Lisa Bilyeu

So if Quest doesn't work, my house goes away. So that fear that once upon a time would hold me back from taking action actually propelled me forward to take action. So every moment that I found myself not knowing what I was doing, I said to myself, Lisa, you have a choice. You can do what you used to do, which was run and hide, or you can save your house. Which one do you want?

And every time the fear of losing my house came into effect, I said, well, you better figure it out. So that became the motto I would use that you've got to better figure it out. Now, there's multiple ways to figure it out. The problem is if you just blindly listen to somebody, you're going to find yourself not succeeding.

And every time the fear of losing my house came into effect, I said, well, you better figure it out. So that became the motto I would use that you've got to better figure it out. Now, there's multiple ways to figure it out. The problem is if you just blindly listen to somebody, you're going to find yourself not succeeding.

Even if you're listening to this podcast right now, you'd be like, all right, Lisa said to do this. I did this and it didn't work. Well, I guess I'm no good. No, you have to find out the thing that actually works for you, which means you have to try a bunch of stuff. You may have to try 50 things to find that one thing that actually serves you and your goal. And I'm speaking from experience.

Even if you're listening to this podcast right now, you'd be like, all right, Lisa said to do this. I did this and it didn't work. Well, I guess I'm no good. No, you have to find out the thing that actually works for you, which means you have to try a bunch of stuff. You may have to try 50 things to find that one thing that actually serves you and your goal. And I'm speaking from experience.

So I started trying to figure out how do I get these ex-convicts, these really big dudes, how do I command respect with them? So I went in reading all the books. I read the Sheryl Sandberg book, Lean In. I read all the leadership books. And I went in trying to be like Sheryl Sandberg. And I was like, all right, well, Sheryl said to do this. So this is what I'm going to do.

So I started trying to figure out how do I get these ex-convicts, these really big dudes, how do I command respect with them? So I went in reading all the books. I read the Sheryl Sandberg book, Lean In. I read all the leadership books. And I went in trying to be like Sheryl Sandberg. And I was like, all right, well, Sheryl said to do this. So this is what I'm going to do.

Didn't work at all, Ilana. What a surprise, right? You're dealing with different people in a corporate world with people that come from, let's say college, is very different than working in manufacturing and talking to a human that doesn't care about your degree. They just care about your interaction with them. So I tried a bunch of things, nothing worked.

Didn't work at all, Ilana. What a surprise, right? You're dealing with different people in a corporate world with people that come from, let's say college, is very different than working in manufacturing and talking to a human that doesn't care about your degree. They just care about your interaction with them. So I tried a bunch of things, nothing worked.

So eventually I just said, okay, I know I still have to reach a goal. I have to command respect with the team. Otherwise I'm never going to succeed. We're not gonna be able to ship these bars out in time. So I said, what do I know? Forget about all the lessons that I'm reading. What's in my heart? And in my heart was they were guys who loved hip hop. I'm a freaking hip hop fan.

So eventually I just said, okay, I know I still have to reach a goal. I have to command respect with the team. Otherwise I'm never going to succeed. We're not gonna be able to ship these bars out in time. So I said, what do I know? Forget about all the lessons that I'm reading. What's in my heart? And in my heart was they were guys who loved hip hop. I'm a freaking hip hop fan.

I grew up in the 90s. I wasn't listening to pop music. I was listening to Tupac, Biggie. I wanted to be a rapper. If I really could in another life, Ilana, I would be a rapper. So in saying that, I was like, hang on, this is something that's really genuine. I freaking love Tupac so much that I know half of his music. I probably know 90% of the lyrics because I've learned them so much.

I grew up in the 90s. I wasn't listening to pop music. I was listening to Tupac, Biggie. I wanted to be a rapper. If I really could in another life, Ilana, I would be a rapper. So in saying that, I was like, hang on, this is something that's really genuine. I freaking love Tupac so much that I know half of his music. I probably know 90% of the lyrics because I've learned them so much.

So I was like, I love freaking rap music. These guys like rap music. On a busy day, instead of cracking the whip, if you will, and just yelling and being like, work harder, work more. I'm just going to connect with them. And so I went out to the store. I bought these big speakers. I put them in our shipping facility.

So I was like, I love freaking rap music. These guys like rap music. On a busy day, instead of cracking the whip, if you will, and just yelling and being like, work harder, work more. I'm just going to connect with them. And so I went out to the store. I bought these big speakers. I put them in our shipping facility.

And every time we had these big orders and we were on a clock because you've got these big trucks coming to pick up the orders, I would blast the music and I'd be like, all right, guys, who can rap faster than me? Now, what I would do is when I would use rap as the analogy, right, because we would have to wrap pallets with plastic and

And every time we had these big orders and we were on a clock because you've got these big trucks coming to pick up the orders, I would blast the music and I'd be like, all right, guys, who can rap faster than me? Now, what I would do is when I would use rap as the analogy, right, because we would have to wrap pallets with plastic and

Now, what they don't realize is by the time I hired them, what they didn't realize is that I used to do their job. So they saw me as this woman that's working in the office that doesn't have any idea about what they're doing. And what I realized was I needed to show them that I knew what it was like. I needed to show them that I knew how hard you had to work in this department.

Now, what they don't realize is by the time I hired them, what they didn't realize is that I used to do their job. So they saw me as this woman that's working in the office that doesn't have any idea about what they're doing. And what I realized was I needed to show them that I knew what it was like. I needed to show them that I knew how hard you had to work in this department.

And I had to make it fun. No one wants to just work hard. So I would do these competitions. And with Blast Tupac, I would have these rapping competitions where I would make people try to see who could beat me with rapping these big palettes. And I'm quite speedy. So like we would rap while rapping to Tupac. So you're doing the double entendre, right? You're rapping and you're rapping.