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My Second-Highest ROI Activity This Year (and It’s Not What You Think) Featuring Linda Sidhu

• Kwadwo [QUĀY.jo] Sampany-Kessie • Episode 976

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I never expected a mastermind to become my second-highest ROI move of the year, but The Mixer Mind did exactly that. Over two years inside Linda Sadhu’s community, I’ve seen real returns, from podcast guest swaps and referral partners to peer pods that feel like family. 

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In this episode, Linda interviews me about what makes the group different, why curated connections outperform random networking, and how it’s helped me choose events and collaborations more strategically. 

If you’ve ever wondered whether joining the right room could change your business, check out Linda’s Magic Mixers on Nov 13th - 14th.



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SPEAKER_00:

So this episode will be interesting because I have here, if you can't already see her because you're listening to the audio podcast, Linda Sadhu, and she is the owner, the creator, the mastermind behind this group that I've been in over the past two years called The Mixer Mind. And I'll let her introduce herself and the mixer mind in a very quick moment. But if you have ever wondered, should I join a mastermind? What is a mastermind? I know mastermind means the exchanging of ideas, and I know that I could benefit from being in a group of other online entrepreneurs, online course creators, people who serve online course creators too, but I just have never, never really met somebody to ask them about what it's like. Well, this episode will be cool because Linda will be interviewing me about my experience inside the mixer mind, which is the name of her, let's call it online mastermind for now. I'm sure Linda, you will clarify in a moment, but you're gonna be interviewing me, Linda. And I'm excited to have you on the Art of Online Business podcast again.

SPEAKER_01:

Yes, I'm so happy to be here and turning the tables on you this time and taking your brain and trying to get answers to questions that I think people all have in regards to the mixer mind and then also for 2026 and what the future holds for opportunities out there.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, I know you already have questions prepared for me, Linda, and I'm happy to answer them. The mixer mind has been it's been a blessing. It's been quite good to be a part of. And so when you had contacted me and said, Hey, Quijo, could I interview you? I thought, yes, absolutely. Um, as you know, like I'm very supportive of the mixer mind. And then I realized my listeners, the Art of Online Business Podcast listeners, probably would benefit from hearing about what I've been involved in and see if it's a good fit for them, for you, dear listener.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I mean, the mixer mind was something I created a couple of years ago, and I've talked about this in other podcast episodes too, but essentially it was something that my community wanted, and I just sort of followed the breadcrumbs and then just created something that was sort of essentially a new category in the online space. So it's not quite a mixer, it's not quite just like a mix and mingle networking group, and it's not quite just like a mastermind, however, it sort of is a mastermind, which most masterminds aren't even real masterminds. They're usually listening to an expert, uh, where this is actually the meeting of the minds, and which is really interesting. But uh yeah, so I'm really excited to dig into your experience and help people understand if this is a good fit for them or not. So let's get to it. You ready?

SPEAKER_00:

I am quite ready. Let's go.

SPEAKER_01:

All right. So you did an interview for me last year. Unfortunately, my dog was really sick and I couldn't interview people. And so I had put out a request to my mixer mind members, like, hey, if anybody can speak and share their experience, I would greatly appreciate it because I didn't have the capacity or time to do what I'm doing this year. Thank God my dog's doing okay. She ended up getting diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, but it was it was rough like trying to figure out what was going on with her last year this time. But in your interview, you had shared with the community last year that the mixer mind was one of your highest return on investments for the year of 2023. There was one, only one other opportunity that you felt like was better, and that was specific to your business and where you were headed. And you rejoined. So you've been in the community for two years. I would love for you to share more about what made it such a strong ROI. And the reason why I want to kick off with this question is because everybody is looking at investments as how can I get a return on investment from this. So it's a fair question that somebody might be considering right now. And I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, yeah. On the one hand, when you go to events or you participate in something like the mixer mind, you or me, I want to meet good quality people and make good connections, right? But then on the other hand, as my bookkeeper will support, like we do want to see an ROI of the business activities that we do, otherwise, we are going out of business, quite simply. And so the context here is that when I first joined the Mixer Mind, I was looking, I had a new podcast and I was looking for quality guests. And so also as a service provider, I knew that, well, I would want to start to rub shoulders, so to speak, online with folks who had a more established business and could benefit from Facebook and Instagram ads. And the first thing that the mix that the mixer mine provided me with was good guests for the podcast. And then also I did have the opportunity. It's kind of funny, actually, I didn't pitch myself to be on other folks' podcasts very much. And I think maybe I was on somebody else's podcast after having had, I don't know, five guests or so from the mixer mind on my own podcast. But that ROI is very easy to measure, not because I could associate a specific amount of revenue with me being on other folks' podcasts um initially or them being on mine, but look at any podcast pitching agency and look at their fees and then compare the results of that. I mean, everybody cringes at the podcast agencies that send those mass-produced, reused emails saying, I have a guest for you, you know, who would be great with your podcast. I've listened to your episode and it's just like a script. And I'm like, you haven't listened to my episode and you don't know anything about my podcast. I get like five of these a day, but those agencies charge charge fees and people pay them. And so the mixer mind is kind of like a built-in vetting system because you're great at attracting the right kind of people. And I know that inside the mixer mind, there'll be quality guests who really can contribute to episodes on my podcast, and then at the same time, people that are aligned with the kind of folks that I serve, and then it makes sense for me to be a guest on their podcast. That makes sense.

SPEAKER_01:

Absolutely. I think we have quality entrepreneurs inside the community, and so what's really cool is they're vetted. So when you do put them in front of your audience, you know they're gonna show up in a big way for you, your audience. And it's just a triple win, right?

SPEAKER_00:

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, and then so that's great. So you had you were able to leverage the community with having people on your podcast. I think there's different ways to leverage the community. There's also um, we have the the collaborations tool that's available this year that that came out. And one of the other ways that I think all Mixer Mind members truly love this community, and I believe you do too, because you've talked to me about this before, is the peer-to-peer pods that I curate for the group. And so essentially what I do when I curate these pods is I try to figure out where are these individuals at in their business journey? Do their values align? Do they have a similar ideal client so that we can potentially create long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships that are going to last long term, where it's a triple win for them, their audience, you know, all that. Of course, we have to consider time zones because there's a lot of people on different time zones in the community too. But essentially, I curate these groups. And the idea is for me to have you connect with these individuals so you can build long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships, and you're in these groups for a certain amount of time together. Can you speak to this experience and how they've actually supported your growth inside the community?

SPEAKER_00:

That's great. Finally, I know how you've done it because all I can say, after having participated, what in two handfuls, not two handfuls, but yeah, on the low side of two handfuls of rotations through different peer pods, is they've been all good. Each peer pod that I was in had what felt like the right kind of people that I would want to collaborate with, or some of them were people that I had already chosen of my own accord to collaborate with previously. And so thank you, first of all, for curating these groups. And it feels like they feel like a supportive business family. Yes, it makes the mixer mind smaller when you are in these peer pods. And yes, you can spend time exchanging ideas and asking business questions, but more than that, as if that wasn't enough, that would be enough by itself, but more than that, like you feel like you have people that support you. I remember specific calls where either I or other members of my peer pod were just going through hard times, be it personal, personally, family-wise, or you know, a pivot or a difficult spot in our business. And it really does feel like I'm surrounded by other folks who care. For me, I live in Mexico, right, Linda. And it's not like I have a local group because I'm not in the cool part of Mexico on the beach. Like I don't have a local group of online entrepreneurs that I can meet in person, and the Pure Pod really has provided that kind of social interactiveness for me.

SPEAKER_01:

I love it. Yeah. And there's different ways you can interact with your pod. I try to encourage, we have pod leaders to help with the facilitation. And sometimes you don't want a hot seat, like you're good, you don't need advice. Maybe you can share something that's working in your business, or maybe there is something going on and you just need like a virtual hug and a safe place to share what's going on with no judgment, right? So each, I think pod has a unique vibe of their own. They're all different, but they will vibe for the most part as long as the members are showing up. Because the thing is, is you even if you don't have a hot seat to do, you should show up for the other members and then you can share something that's working. And that's what creates that long-term mutually beneficial relationship, is showing up in these moments, even when you don't need support, right? So it's a beautiful way to like give and receive, which we do throughout the community in various ways.

SPEAKER_00:

Hey, we'll get back to the episode in a moment, but if you're hearing what I'm saying and interested in actually joining the Mixer Mind, you need to jump into one of two magic mixers.

SPEAKER_01:

They're happening on November 13th and November 14th. And this is going to be an opportunity for you to experience what the community is like. Then the doors will be opening for the only time in 2025 for the 26 cohort. So go ahead, check out the link, add your name, join one of the magic mixers and see what this community is all about.

SPEAKER_00:

I can't, I couldn't have said it better myself. Back to the episode.

SPEAKER_01:

So looking back, I am curious because you have connected with a lot of mixer-mind individuals. You've done a lot of collaborations. Is there any collaboration or specific moment that was extremely meaningful to you?

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. And I want to take a moment to pause to say, like to my podcast listeners, you're listening right now. If you've ever heard somebody say that competition happens at the bottom and collaboration happens at the top, or if your business is growing, but you've wondered, oh, like organically, how can I increase my influence, my reach? How can I grow my email list? Like what you're about to hear is that because it's the connections with real people who you gel with personally or business-wise too, that really do end up supporting your business growth and you support their business growth for years to come. And that's what I've experienced two years now into the mixer mine. So I met the first year a lady named uh Sam, Samantha Burmeister. She's a copywriter, and you know, we just she was one of the people I had on my podcast as a guest, and we clicked because of our shared love of travel. But then quite specifically, we each have spent significant time living outside of the United States of America where I was born, and so we were able to relate on so many levels just the things that all of us go to go through when we spend so much time outside of our home country. And so then she became a podcast guest, and then we actually ended up collaborating on a couple of email bundles, and for me and her, it was profitable because these were bundles where we were selling some of our lower ticket offers. Um, but more so than that, when I get to meet her in person, which we've met twice in person now, not just at mixer mind events, but also at other events, because you know, our all of our paths tend to cross when we start attending different sorts of retreats or business events. It's been like seeing a good friend, you know, and someone who you can just quickly cross eyes with, you know, meet up and catch up on life. And they actually know about you and they remember you, which is so nice when you walk into a room of a bunch of new people.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I agree. Sam is such an incredible mixer mind member. She has, I really feel like she's leveraged this into finding her business besties. I've seen her travel to Canada, I've seen her travel to the East Coast, and it was intentionally to meet other mixer mind members and spend time with them. And I I see it being reciprocated where people go visit her. And that is one of the when you peel back the onion, we are cultivating and you know, curating and really truly connecting with entrepreneurs where you can find a business bestie, right?

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, I'd add one more thing too that I had thought I wanted to mention was that when I met Sam, the cool thing was that she shared other things from her life. Like, you know, she's in a real estate investor, and I was interested in real estate investing. And so many times we're multi-passionate, or we want to, as business owners, take the profits from our business and do something else with them. And so you get it's like behind-the-scenes access to what other folks are doing. And uh lastly, it's nice to see a positive ROI from a relationship, but also with Sam, it's been really good knowing that I have a copywriter who I actually trust because I know and that because I've worked with them myself. Like I have paid her to do some of my copywriting and my pages, my sales pages have converted better because of her. But then I know that as a Facebook and Instagram ads manager, when somebody asks me about having their page redone, and I'm the one, you know, running Facebook and Instagram ads to it, already several times I've been able to refer her, which makes me a trusted source of value for my clients, which elevates me above the myriad of other folks that do basically the same service that I do. And so that's also a huge value that I found in the relationship. And that's just another benefit in general of being a part of the mixer mind.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I think these things happen organically. Like technically, I don't want people to like share all their stuff on the Facebook page and like self-promote, right? But what happens is inevitably you get to know each other, you get to know each other's strengths, you start hiring each other, you start referring people out. Like I see this happen inside the community. It's the ripple effect. Yeah. Um, and thank you for sharing that. I was gonna say it's really a great, it's just incredible to see the rising tide does does lift all votes in the end. But there is a caveat, you do have to put in some effort to feel the effects from it. So whatever you put in, it'll get reflected back to you. And if you don't feel like it's a good return on investment, the likely chance that you're not doing anything to add energy could be the case for it, right?

SPEAKER_00:

Right?

SPEAKER_01:

Like it's true.

SPEAKER_00:

Like it is true. I like that you mentioned what I will just say in one word moderation. The group is moderated, it is not a glorified pitch fest in there, which is wonderful. And you're right, the so many of the business connections do happen behind the scenes after genuine connection is made. And it's a beautiful thing that you've put together. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01:

Ah, you're so sweet. I love you. Um, you mentioned this is actually really cool, but you mentioned the Mixer Mind retreat, and it was last year in Cabo. We hosted this retreat. It was my first retreat I've ever hosted. By the way, I never thought that would be on my bingo card. But when you do ideal client research and you find out that your members really want a retreat, then you put it on the agenda. And so I was very nervous to do this. But I think it was like on the first day you and I were sitting next to each other and you looked at me and you said, Linda, I just want to thank you for this experience. Because usually when I come to an event, I don't meet the people who I think I'm going to meet. Like people are different than what they really are online. Like they have this like fake facade. And then when you actually meet them, you realize, oh, maybe they're not who I thought they were. But you told me that everybody in the community was exactly who you thought they were. And I thought that was such a huge compliment for what we're cultivating in the community. So I wanted you to kind of share your experience, what made it so special, and just hear your perspective from that because I think that's huge.

SPEAKER_00:

I mean, look, it's meeting up in a resort in the sun, you know, great weather. So of course it's gonna be fun. But yeah, people aren't fake, you know. I haven't I haven't met anyone who's fake in the mixer mind so far. And I consider myself fortunate because I have been to events where you're in the room, it's the time, you know, to meet other people who you haven't really talked to so much at your table or people at other tables. And I've had someone give me the look before, and that look is you know, it's just like the quick once-over, okay, cool that you're here, but don't talk to me. It all in one look. I I can't explain it, but I can I've seen the look, and it's been given to me before, and I didn't get that at the mixer mind, and the quality of people, it's just a great quality of person. And so the first event, the first retreat, if you will, when we went to Cabo was great, and it made me instantly think next year I will be at the next one. One because it's only like an hour and a half flight for me from where I live in Mexico. But the main reason is is I'm all about in-person events. Like I just love connecting with people in real life, and this one, yours did not disappoint.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I want to speak to that just a bit and talk, I think, about why it does make it so special. I do think the majority of the people who are opting into the community are heart-centered individuals. Oh. And I think you can have very egotistical people that do end up at some of these conferences, events that you go to. I have also experienced where I walked up to somebody and was excited to meet them to say hi. And they were totally dismissive of like wanting to have any conversation. And it sucks, right? Like obviously you start thinking, like, am I not good enough? What did I do? Did I do something? Like, I swear I don't, I don't think I've ever met this person. I was just trying to say hi. Um, and it is sort of like a mind like issue that you go through where you're like, wait, what's going on? But back to the mixture mind folks, I don't think we're calling in egotistical people. We're calling in very heart-centered individuals who care about who you are. Um, they care about their business, yes, but it is a beautiful community of heart-centered folks. And it's heart-centered, high vibe, and high quality. I always say it's like the three H's, and that is what we cultivate in the community. And yes, you are a big fan of in-person retreats and conferences and events. And I want to dig into that a little bit because in the community, our members really enjoy going to conferences, in-person retreats, events. They want to meet more people in person. And so with our collaboration tool, you can share events that you are hosting. So I have been asked, by the way, to host more retreats. But the retreat I host is like a wedding. And so I'm like, no, nah, like, not gonna do that. Like, that is too much for me to that I can physically, mentally, and emotionally take on. So I love when other mixed of mind members share different events. And so you've been able to attend several of these events, and I want you to be able to speak to that and um share like why do you go to these events? One specific one that comes to mind, actually. Well, there's two. Laura Sprinkle's event, I thought was really cool. It had a lot of mixed or mind members, it was completely different, but then also the Kint conference. There was a lot, you attended that one too, correct? Yeah. And there was a lot of Mixed Of Mind members that showed up to that event too. And I know Laura Sprinkle, which we're going to talk to her in another episode as well. But she had hosted a whitewater rafting event. And so it's so cool when you have a group of people where you can also attend different events and you you've got people there already. So can we speak to that a little bit? And like, you know, your experiences, are you able to leverage this? Which ones do you choose? Tell me all the things.

SPEAKER_00:

Uh, okay. Let's talk the ROI of an event in general, though, because this is something I did not get until last fall, let's say 2024. And then I started going to events on purpose in 2025. And so here's the thing: if you're listening right now and you're a service provider, as in you provide a service to a business, you normally, I normally, as a service provider, have to sell somebody twice. Okay, and I'm using cold marketing terms, but you know, uh, we have to sell somebody twice, right, Linda? The first time we have to sell somebody is that their mindset has to shift to their business is worth investing in in order to see their business grow to achieve the goals that they want to achieve with their business. Once that sell is made, then you have to sell somebody the second time, which is that you are the right service provider for them. I am the right service Facebook ads manager for you for whatever reasons, right? And so there's two sales that need to happen. The reason I go to events I've been to a lot this year is because I wanted to have a successful business and I started doing what I believe is the ultimate shortcut, asking people who are more successful than me, what are they doing differently for me? And I realized last year in 2024 that the folks who had the kind of success that I wanted and also had similar business models to mine, they were in more masterminds and they were going to more events. And so I determined that yes, already I knew that I loved meeting people at events, but I determined I would on purpose choose to go to many more events in 2025, knowing that some events would be wonderful and some would be trash and I would never go to them again, but that I would get a series of events like on my roster, so to speak, annually that I could return to. And so that is the context that I went into 2025 with and the mindset that I would find events to go to and meet people, engage with folks, find new online business friends, and hopefully find folks that I could serve with Facebook and Instagram ads. And so I've been to bad events. The mixer mind event is not one of those. You would ask me, Linda, refresh my memory. You would ask me how I chose the convert kit event and like Laura's event.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, like I'm just curious if there was some intentionality behind it. For example, I agree when you're going to events, you're putting yourself in a room that is more established entrepreneurs. And those are the people that you want to, you know, obviously you're you want to hang out with those people for two reasons. Because they're gonna bring you further along in your business, and then also because, you know, those are the potential people that are gonna work with you to hire Facebook ads because they have to be further along in their business, they have to be investing in their business, so it's smart. Um once I realized that too, and then got very intentional on where like who my ideal client is. So back when I used to do quizzes, it was really important for me to get in front of coaches and course creators. So knowing that I would go to Kajabi, for example, they would have a conference. That whole room was filled with course creators and coaches. So I wanted to get on their podcast, I wanted to get on their stage because I started to make intentional decisions to move the needle to get in front of the right audience. I'm wondering if this is like a similar play. And I don't know if a lot of entrepreneurs, they might go to a lot of events, but are they being intentional about the ones they're choosing because it will move the needle in their business? So I would love for you to speak to that too.

SPEAKER_00:

You just cannot know what you can't know if you really align with the event until you go. Yes, you can look at the events page, and you can even, and here's one thing that I leverage the mixer mind for is I asked other mixer minders, like, hey, have you been to this event? What did you think? And you can get people's opinion, but you just don't know until you go. And you have to go to events. I say that strongly after having been to them, you have to go, and there will be some that you don't like. I will say one thing right now, Linda, which is I am a social butterfly. Like I'm on the extroverted side of the spectrum, as in the longer I am at an event, the happier I get, the more social I get, the more people I want to meet, you know. Whereas like somebody on maybe the introverted side of the spectrum, they'll do well at an event that they go to, but like they're drained at the end of the day. I am not drained at the end of the day. I've been at events where I had to be on 150%, like really fight, not like hands and fist fight, but mentally, emotionally exert myself in order to kind of break into circles and be a part, you know, where normally ease of interaction is just it comes to me so easily. At the mixer mind, I've never had to do that. It's like at the mixer mind, everyone's inviting you into their circles. And so if you don't feel like you know somebody at the mixer mind, it's it's easy to meet folks. That's not true at every event. And that is one thing that I will plug on this episode specifically for the mixer mind. But I think I've said everything about in person events, obviously.

SPEAKER_01:

No, it's all good, it's all good. Yeah, I just think like, well, I think what you're trying to say too, and I I agree, when you're in the community of the mixer mind and we have groups of people showing up to these events, the likelihood of them introducing you to somebody that might open a door is could happen, right? Um, for example, uh, I have a really good friend of mine who invited me to a conference and I knew that she knew specific individuals. And I knew that if I could get those introductions, I could get on a podcast or I could get on somebody's radar. And so you just never know. But when you have a community that shows up for different events, you can meet more people and those doors can open a lot faster for you. And so I think that's what's really cool because every event that you've gone to this year, there has been mixed or mind members there, right? For the most part.

SPEAKER_00:

Actually, yeah. Every event there has been mixed or mind members.

SPEAKER_01:

And so there's this like um family that's also embedded at the at these events where you can essentially like have breakfast and then walk into the room together or meet up later. Or you know, you want to meet, hey, so-and-so, you have to meet Quayjo, kind of thing. Like you have that vibe already going into it, which is so cool because the community loves events and you're definitely one of the people that are attending more events than other entrepreneurs inside the community. But I do think it's a smart play because I've always heard that uh miles can make you millions.

SPEAKER_00:

I agree with that. And for somebody who's listening and you're like I've been to like networking events and they made me feel you or I've been to great events, but I didn't know how to meet people. Like everyone walks the line in a different way. But remember like an event is a chance to make new connections that benefit your business. But it also is a chance to meet wonderful individuals who run businesses that you never have heard of and they're just great people to connect with and it's it's really cool when you can connect with someone who ends up you know having a business relationship with you either directly or indirectly because of referrals or partnerships down the line and I always go to events with that mindset. I just like meeting people. So I go to an event where all the people are there to meet folks and hopefully establish business relationships. And then I just meet folks and have fun.

SPEAKER_01:

I know I love it.

SPEAKER_00:

On a personal note can you share um what surprised you about joining the community I mean I'm a guy my brain doesn't tend to think along think in terms of relationships you know I'm like put in X and get out Y and when I had first joined the community I did have one purpose which was I need good quality guests on my podcast. And so although I already had friends inside of your mixer mind and they told me oh it's great I you know I had blinders on I just needed good guests for the podcast and if I got some more Facebook and Instagram ads customers wonderful uh but at that time I actually was inundated in customers you know I didn't actually have additional capacity for for Facebook and Instagram ad clients so the surprise Linda was that I ended up having a group of people that I that I cared about and maybe that sounds cold like Quayjo you went to this group like not expecting to meet friends it's like no I just wanted good quality guests for the podcast who could deliver value so that my listeners would know that I attract valuable people and have more people listen that's all I wanted and I didn't expect to be trusted to give advice I didn't expect to be sought after to get advice I didn't expect to see tears. And um I didn't expect to see tears of success either like I didn't expect to be involved at a level that I am now with people that I care about. Like when I say like they're winning and I'm winning it's like when we meet in person and I want to know how did this thing go and they tell me how it went and I'm either genuinely disappointed like somebody on my team is you know not having things go how they wanted or genuinely excited because they are crushing it. And I remember the process and some of the conversations we had over the year like I didn't expect that going into the mixer mind and I totally got that coming out of the mixer mind.

SPEAKER_01:

I love it. Yeah we uh discussed a little bit about this in the Heather Sager interview and if you want to talk like hear more about specific examples of where it's like the community just showed up for each other that's a great episode to listen to because I talk about how Sophia Para had her baby we were all along that journey with her she just publicly shared about her unfortunate situations of having miscarriage after miscarriage through IVF. And then she finally gets pregnant and we were all rallying rallying around her there were four mixed of mind members that actually showed up to host QA calls for her community so she could take you know a maternity leave like I could tell you several examples of how we have been alongside each other. And I always tell I was actually talking to Sophia and I'm like let's just lock hands and like do this for each other. And she was like I love this I love this let's let's lock hands you know what I mean like um and I think it really goes back to and I share a lot about this in the Heather Sager interview of how the community was founded like I essentially launched this community with a bait around personally invited 20 30 people and then weeks after that I get diagnosed with cancer. And so that story is in that interview and it's like my community then had to start showing up for me when I hadn't even had a chance to host the welcome call, right? So it was built on a foundation of this beautiful give and receive component and I just think that if there's any other community that tries to replicate what the mixed mind's doing it will not work because of the foundation of how it was created. And it was almost like you know some people are like how did you come up with the mixer mind and I'm like I think the mixer mind chose me. Like it just organically right yeah so anyways I love that like there is so much of that going on inside the community that's just absolutely beautiful.

SPEAKER_00:

So last question for you but for somebody considering joining what would you say to them about the affordability the ROI potential the wide range of events like can you speak to any of that um and share what's on your mind and like if they should join or not duh of course they should join that's so but why why would someone like me say it's a no-brainer to join um if we're talking about affordability it's very easy to go and click on other events that are going on through the year and see what those events cost to attend especially if you decide to upgrade for an event that offers like an exclusive mastermind portion of the event they're not cheap and then you throw in the cost of a plane ticket you know and the cost of all the traveling you know commuting and like the Ubers or the taxis. Does anybody take a taxi anymore? The Ubers the eating out this sort of thing and the cost of leaving your family because there's an emotional cost too like if you're in a relationship you know and you're leaving your spouse or your partner or if you have kids and you got to say goodbye to them look at those tangible and intangible intangible cost and then compare that to the mixer mind and it's like of course the mixer mind value is just off the charts and then there's the fact that when you pay to go to an event yeah you can keep in touch with folks but in a three day event that's more on the intimate side we'll say a hundred people how many people are you really going to meet and have solid conversations with you know it might be five it might be 10 and then everyone else you know you're trying to do that whole let's swap insta uh instagrams and you know I'll kind of if you have a follow-up system I'll follow up with you after the event but like the mixer mind you get to spend quality time in these wonderfully and intentionally curated peer pods but then you also have access to the group in general and that's for a whole year. Now that is that is special and again it's something that just skyrockets the value and all the other return on investment that comes from actually having time to build solid relationships like it's it's it's worth it.

SPEAKER_01:

I'll still go to in-person events you know I'll still go to some of these other big name events but the mixer mind has such high ROI for the reasons that I just shared I have never heard anybody share it in that perspective so thank you for doing that because I I'm like oh my gosh you're so right like the mixer mind is so good like I need to join it.

SPEAKER_00:

You need to join it will you be it next year Linda will you be there again you just sold me on my own program.

SPEAKER_01:

No to your point though like and I was talking to Danielle Laura who's also a mixer mind member and I always get stressed out you know for an upcoming launch like I hope it goes well I'm doing all the things like you know we're gonna do this we're gonna do that and this is on tap for next year and this is how it's evolving. And um she'll tell me she's like Linda like you know how business is in 2025 she's like we need the mixer mine more than ever in 2026. I'm like you're so right like you're so right you know and so I go back to like and really I think I will say too not a plug for me but just a plug for business owners in general the more you focus on the lifetime of your clients the more successful everybody's gonna be not just you but them as well. And so I think that is one thing I've always when I thought of creating the community I wanted it to be like a lifetime value what can I give what can I pour into how can I help these individuals and I think that's also created such an incredible community from that. And I do have to say it probably came from my whole cancer diagnosis because I never had time to like get like let my ego get in the way it literally just hit where I was ultimately receiving back from the community that I had just created and it was overwhelming for me to like experience the amount of receiving I had to do that year. But it was cool. It's like such an incredible community so thank you for having this conversation with me today. I really think you highlighted some incredible benefits and shared a great perspective. If you are listening to this episode and you're interested in seeing what it's all about I'm hosting two magic mixer events one on November 13th one on November 14th. I encourage you to join so you can experience what the community feels like and then the doors do open to the mixer mind which only happens one time a year and that'll be on November 13th. So do you have anything else you want to share?

SPEAKER_00:

I mean I'm joining the mixer mind again and I've already shared it. If you're still listening at this point the this the mixer mind is one of those things that you just need to check out even if you only are doing it on the faith of what I've shared or on your based on your faith in what I have shared in these past minutes do it please like there are certain decisions that you will make that when you look back on them three years four years from now you're like holy crap that's what made the difference in my business this has been one of those decisions for the first year or the second year and I'm confident it will be for the third year. So excited to have you again you are just one of the best members I have in the community and I just appreciate you taking time today to share your perspective share your thoughts share your encouragement lots of love Quijo thank you thank you Linda I hope that this episode has been eye-opening for you because I learned a lot from attending in-person events and if you have not been doing that or if you have not been masterminding and obviously if you have not been mixer minding check this out. It's the next level of your business growth I can say that confidently as long as you put in some effort to you know being a kind person that wants to help other folks and meet other folks. Until the next time you hear from me or see me take care be blessed and I'll see you in the next one. Bye

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