Tamara Thompson
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738 appearances
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3 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 28 Apr
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Everything today, I always tell my team, they're always like, how did you handle that conversation? And I'm like, I was like, it really didn't phase me. It's just something that had to be done because of the fact that I've dealt with harder in my life. And it pushed me and propelled me into a stronger woman in business because of those life stories that I had with my past.
And so it all evolves and changes and shifts. And my mindset completely shifted and stepped into as more of like a leader with the company and started removing myself from different things and started focusing on what I was passionate about and allowing everybody else to do everything that they were passionate about and skilled at.
And so that was really more of my path, but that's a little bit more of my backstory.
It wasn't that bad, but it was more of like a women's correctional facility. So we shared the space and it was hard because people were coming in late at night. They'd bring them in. You had people come in like, oh, she just came in from the psych ward. Or, oh, she's coming down off meth. So there were some very intriguing...
Um, times where I just, they actually saw me as a leader in there and the women in there respected me as they got to know me, the ones that were in there with me for the time. And it was very interesting to see because I, I, I'm fairly tall for a woman, five, nine. And I was in the, actually the best shape of my life. Cause I was constantly doing like.
You know, tricep dips off the bunks, you know, wall sits off the wall, lunges across the room, doing stuff off the picnic table that was pinned to the floor. You know, like everything was pinned down. So there's just like this crazy, you know, the stories that I have in there as well. But like everything that went through, like I was even told that I inspired the officers in there too.
Like it was weird. Like after I got out, like all of a sudden the officers like in there were were trying to add me on Facebook and I was like, I do not believe this is a good idea. So, but yeah, that really like, there was so many like crazy stories that went on, went on in there. There was a gal one day that literally came in from the Usain Asylum and this gal was being bullied.
And this is another thing that in my past, I was very much bullied in middle school and I don't ever appreciate anyone talking down to anybody or bullying somebody. And I will step in and say something when I see fit and, And she was bullying this nice woman that had been in there. And she came in and I was sitting on that bolted down bench, right? And so she was standing in front of me.
And I was wearing glasses at the time, just like you. I haven't had LASIK since then, but grateful for that. But I was wearing glasses. And the first thing I thought when she came at me was, I'm going to get my glasses smashed in my eyes right about now, but I'm not going to flinch. So I literally said, hey, you don't need to speak with her like that. She's just asking a question.
I could tell that the mental health was not stable. And at that point, after I opened my mouth, the gal lunged at me, basically pulls her fist up right into my face. And I literally was like... OK, I could lose my eye right now or I could stay calm and they'll get the officers in here, which it was the latter. And so it went through that process that was removed.
But it was like after that, all the women also saw me as a leader, too. In that scenario, they always like would flock and be like, what do you want to watch on TV? I was like, well, what do you guys want to watch as a collectively whole? Yeah. And so things like Shark Tank and other things like that. So I started learning more business while I was away and then watching more when I was out.
And so then I went into entrepreneurship later on in life. But it was very interesting to see that. But that really was part of my monumental experience from a personal path, from being bullied younger, to being pulled over for DUIs, to being put away, to... to the jail, to the house arrest, to interlock on my car for five years. You know, those little bluey things. Yeah. Five years.
So that's how bad it was. I also lived in Seattle, Washington, which was probably the second worst state for DUIs at that point, which I understand, but I'm actually grateful. I went through all of it because it, It put me in debt. It put me through these experiences. I had to live and learn and figure out how to grow and get through them.
And I actually ended up negotiating with the judge for my sentence and got the best case scenario for myself with the lesser amount through the experience because of... the knowledge of negotiation, which is also applied in business. But yeah, I've just taken all those things. So yeah, it's a lot more backstory there, but that really propelled me into the woman I am today.
Yeah. No, everything Broadcast Your Authority, our YouTube channel, it's where we host our podcast. We're excited because we have our annual event coming up in April, the end of April for Broadcast Your Authority. We're on Instagram, Broadcast Your Authority, TikTok. For me personally, though, my favorite platform is Instagram. And you can connect with me at Tamara Thompson Official.
uh, Mick knows we, we message in there, you know, each month we're like, Hey, what's up? How's it going? What are you doing? You traveling? What are you speaking? So, so yeah, that's my favorite spot, but yeah, I'm definitely on, on Facebook and all the other platforms, but definitely connect on broadcast your authority, even our websites, broadcast your authority.com.
And we're just super excited for all the stuff coming up the rest of the year.
Well, we appreciate you as well. And thank you so much for having me on your show. Appreciate you.
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