Maja Taylor – From Corporate Identity to Career Ownership

Tim Melanson: [00:00:00] Hello, and welcome to today’s episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast. I’m talking to a career ownership coach with Entrepreneurs Source, and what she does is she helps senior corporate professionals, typically at the director level and above, to transition from corporate careers to business ownership through franchising.

Super excited to be rocking out today with Maja Taylor. Hey Maja. You ready to rock?

Maja Taylor: I am hi Tim.

Tim Melanson: Hi. We always start off here in a good note. So tell me a story of success that we can be inspired by.

Maja Taylor: Story of success. I will get into that after I, I first wanna say to your listeners

that, um, go support Tim. Tim and I share a passion of helping people. Uh, launched our own businesses, become business owners and entrepreneurs. I really love the great work that you’re doing, Tim. I think more people need to hear your stories and your interviews,

um, and the wonderful guests that you have on, so, so please. If you’re [00:01:00] listening right now and you haven’t done it yet, give Tim a five star rating so he can continue the great work that he’s been doing and I am thrilled to be on with you today because we share that passion. I feel the future is an entrepreneurship, so,

Tim Melanson: Mm-hmm.

Maja Taylor: um, and I appreciate you having me on. So, success story, a recent success story.

There’s so many. I have the best clients, I have to say that. Um. Most people come to me at a time when they’re at a crossroads going through a transition. Um, e either they’re really feel stuck or or frustrated in their career, or they have been let go capsized, downsized, right sized, um. And through challenges in the job market or their job search?

Um, I mean, there’s a lot of uncertainty in the market right now. I I hear crazy stories every day from my clients. So I was working with this one [00:02:00] gentleman, um, I think we worked together for six to eight months, and he had been looking for work for almost a year. Not quite. and and had gotten to a point where, you know, when he went through all the stages of frustration, um, and then felt pretty defeated.

So when we met, he was at a real low. Uh, I would say depressed.

Tim Melanson: Okay.

Maja Taylor: I, some, some calls that he jumped on, it felt like, you know, he was late or, you know, maybe just came outta bed. ’cause it, it was like, you know, what’s the use? Why am I even getting up? Why am I still doing this? Nobody wants, wants to hire me. And, um, he had an incredible background. He was an engineer. Um, by training. He had managed teams. Really successful mid-level. You know, career professional into, uh, going into senior level career professional and just couldn’t, couldn’t land anything. So [00:03:00] we started working together and it was really just helping him see. His his greatness and his strengths and his skills again. And, uh, trying to focus again back on what he really came here on this planet to do.

’cause I think he had lost sight of that. I’m a pretty spiritual person. I think it’s important to be really clear on what you want to do while you’re here. Um. The, the only, the only thing that we can’t get more of is time, right?

Time is precious, right here, right now counts. So we focused all the energy on, on what he really wanted to do, and I helped him craft a, a vision and some goals. What does he need from his career? To live the life that he wants to live. And he, he had several aha moments and points of clarity and we found a, a business that really helped him achieve what he wants to achieve.

He has now, uh, chosen a pet sitting. [00:04:00] Walking business,

which is very different from his background right now. This was a journey. It didn’t happen overnight. And the beautiful part is that his two kids are working it with him,

so it’s now a family business and he always wanted that to spend more time with the kids. So now his daughter and his son are working with him, um, in, in that business, they all love animals and this is not something that he was even looking at when we started talking. So. I guess what is the moral of the story? Be open to the opportunities that present to you

as you’re exploring your career, what you, you never know what might be around the next corner and just be open to learn and explore and, and, you know. You never know what might happen. So he, he’s now an entrepreneur and is done with the job market. It’s, it’s funny, he had some choice phrases for, um, the last interviews that he had, um, which I will not repeat here, but it is just [00:05:00] so great to see somebody just completely blossom and bloom from when we met, just, you know, six months prior where he thought his life was over.

Um, so anything can happen if you’re open.

Tim Melanson: Yeah. So why do you think he thought his life was over? Like, what, what, what do you think got him into that position? Was it just that the identity of losing the job or whatever it was, or.

Maja Taylor: Well, I mean, identity was part of it, I’m sure. Um, but money is

what people worry about, right? If you,

if you don’t have income and you can’t afford the things that, um. You need to do, want to do. I mean, he was okay. He, he had, uh, he had prepared properly, um, which, that, that’s important in business, right? You gotta prepare properly.

Um, but, but just not being able to see a future for himself, I think that was the biggest show stopper. So I, I’m happy that I [00:06:00] was able, able to help him with that.

Tim Melanson: I think, I think it’s interesting because if he did prepare, then, I mean it’s, it’s almost like in a way that might have been one of the reasons why he couldn’t get outta bed. ’cause it’s like, if you’re in, if you’re in like, uh, you know, panic mode where you know you lost your job, you need to go get money right now, well then you’re gonna, you’re gonna be motivated.

But having that little cushion. Might have actually kind of made him go like, well, you know, I don’t have to get up right now. And then it just kind of puts you into this depression and now you’re not sure where you’re going. But it’s

so fortunate that he ended up having somebody like you that could kind of talk ’em through things.

’cause sometimes you just, it’s tough. It’s tough to think about what’s next, right. When you’ve been doing something for so long. Right.

Maja Taylor: Right. It, it is, and entrepreneurship is a team sport. So it wasn’t just me. Right. I, I, I referred him to other resources to help him. Um, but I, [00:07:00] what I’m seeing is that especially with, with men. The job, the career is tied to identity

and it’s often tougher for men to come kind of dig themselves out of the hole.

So a asking for help is hard, right?

Tim Melanson: Yep.

Maja Taylor: So.

Tim Melanson: I didn’t wanna say that because I didn’t, I didn’t wanna be like, well, men versus women, all that stuff. But you, uh, I, I agree with you. Like

Maja Taylor: I mean, women have it too, right? But yeah, it is different for men because, you know, you’re the provider, the protector, and I must, you know, for the family, I mean, he had kids still right, that, that needed his help.

So yeah,

Tim Melanson: Yep. But, uh, but yeah, so now along your journey though, I mean, sometimes things don’t go as planned. So there are some

bad

Maja Taylor: is true.

Tim Melanson: we might hit and you know what, but those, those, those failures we’ll say, you know, those

are, uh, those are some of the things that keep people out of, of, of doing something.

They, they are

scared to get [00:08:00] started, so I like to talk about them because, hey, you’re still here, right?

After all, after all those things, can you share with us something that didn’t go as planned? Maybe something that we could learn from.

Maja Taylor: Oh yeah. So failure is good. I’m gonna just say that right.

Fail. Fail fast. If you’re gonna fail often. Fail

fast, right? And, and, um. Uh, this, this has me go back. So, so I was thinking about that question, right? Um, in my current business, I have not yet experienced failure because the prior ones had lots of failure.

So I’m going to rewind. I’m gonna rewind and go back to, to my twenties. I’m not gonna tell you how old I’m right now, but it’s, it’s a bit ago. Um, where my. Naivety and failure to prepare financially really bit us. Um, so, so [00:09:00] married twenties, I had a 2-year-old. Um, we were exiting. He was leaving the army. So we were, I was the army spouse, let’s just say that we were moving back east, um, because he had promises of a job there. And getting out of the military is, is a transition for an an active military member. It is definitely a change. Um, and we did not prepare financially well because, well, we didn’t have a lot of money. And I remember the moment sitting in a brand new town where we didn’t really know anyone or anything on the main strip and some pizza joint. I don’t even remember what it was. Pizza Hut, little Caesar’s, one of those, right? And we spent our last $10 on a pizza. It was me, him, and the baby. Or, well, 2-year-old, not quite the baby. Um, and I remember it hitting me. I’m sitting, I was like, oh my gosh, we [00:10:00] don’t know where our next meal’s gonna come from.

He hadn’t started his job yet. Um, we, we had just kind of, sort of moved into to an apartment. Um. And like, what, what, what’s tomorrow? Like, what are we gonna do tomorrow? So, so we had a couple of groceries at home, but, um, you know, then having to rely on on close family who wired US money, sent us money gift cards to help us get through those initial weeks in our new town. That was very humbling and that, I just remember sitting in that restaurant then and I was like, this will never happen to me again. This will never happen to me again. So, so, so the lesson for me was, you know, that, that kind of fear of, oh my gosh, what’s happening tomorrow? How am I gonna pay for breakfast tomorrow?

What am I gonna feed my kid? Um. Really helped me just prepare better financially when I transitioned into business. So [00:11:00] I don’t necessarily tell this story to my clients, but Well now they’ll know it’s on the podcast, but it’s, but it’s, um. If you have the desire to go into business for yourself, which I applaud you, go do that.

It’s

amazing. Um, but it’s not easy. If it was easy, everybody would do it.

Most businesses fail because of lack of money, right? So set yourself up for success. So, so I, I, there’s lots of recommendations out there. In, in my case, I, I preplanned when I left my job, job, corporate job, I preplanned to be good for a year in my personal budget and the business budget.

If I don’t make any money for a year, I, I knew I was gonna be okay because when you’re focused on. The worry or afraid that you don’t know how to pay the bills for the next month for you, either personally or the business bills, then you’re not [00:12:00] focused on the right things. You’re not focused on growth, you’re not focused on, you know, getting out into the world, the great service that you do, or the product that you have for people that’s gonna help them, right?

You’re doing others a disservice. By not showing up and giving you a gift, and therefore you can’t get paid, right? I want you to be out there thinking and planning and doing the thing that you’re good at and get it out into the world. And when there’s lack of money, you can’t do that. So prepare financially, please.

Tim Melanson: Yeah.

Maja Taylor: Yeah.

Tim Melanson: You, you act different too when you don’t have money, right? Like

isn’t your sales process just a little bit kind of wonky a little bit,

Maja Taylor: Desperate. Don’t be desperate. No. People can smell that.

Tim Melanson: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And it’s not that you, the irony is that it’s not that you’re bad at what you do. You probably are very, very good at what you do, but if

you sound desperate, they’re not gonna wanna hire you for some reason.

It’s

just they can feel it on you. Right.

It, it, it gives it kind of like a red flag right

Maja Taylor: Mm-hmm. It does

Tim Melanson: now, [00:13:00] uh, a year in advance. That’s pretty, that’s pretty, pretty good.

Maja Taylor: So I am very conservative.

I know there’s some people who say, oh, you know, have three months cash

Tim Melanson: Yeah.

Maja Taylor: six months cash flow. I just, for me, that wasn’t comfortable enough because of that experience that I, I share with you, right? I never wanted to be in that position again. So I’m like, double, triple, safe.

Tim Melanson: That’s good. Well, and cashflow is a good thing to talk about too, because, I mean, that’s the thing is that you, uh, it’s difficult. I mean, there’s a lot of this up and down, right? I mean, uh, you know, if you think about it from a business perspective, from the, you know, the, the CEO of a company like.

If they’re, if they’re running of this big business, somebody is thinking, well, there’s clients dropping, there’s clients coming in, somebody is thinking, I don’t know where the next, where the next payroll is coming from.

Somebody’s

thinking it. Now, as an employee, you might think, oh, well I have a secure job, and so I’m fine, but. When you start to run the business, you [00:14:00] now all of a sudden are wearing this hat of like, now you know that things are going up and down. So how do you, how do you deal with that? You know, of course you, you now keep a, uh, you, you keep a, a stash, right?

Of, of, you know, a year’s worth of expenses. But how did you even get that in the first place? Or what if that starts to dwindle? How do you make sure that you keep making more than you’re spending?

Maja Taylor: Great question. So budgeting, I’m going to quote my fantastic financial advisor who taught me how to properly budget, um, just, just personally. And then, and then I applied those same kind of rules to my business budget. But just know what your expenses are, know what you need to. To run the business and stay afloat, I would say for a minimum of six months.

Right. You, you don’t wanna go overkill. ’cause if you have a lot of cash sitting around, that’s not working for you, that’s not good either. Make your money work for you,

right? Have enough reserve. It’s, it’s that balancing game. So it depends on the business a lot, right? I, I don’t know. Um. [00:15:00] W what businesses your, your listeners go into.

But some of ’em, uh, might be high ticket that happen at various times throughout the year, but there’ll be lull periods or you need to make sure you’re prepared for those lull periods. That’s how my business works, right? I mi I might have a couple of, you know, placements and clients. Then there may be six months where there’s nothing I need to be okay for those six months.

Right. Um, maybe you have clients who have more regular, smaller or, or even bigger increments that come in monthly because they have, you know, memberships or things like that. Then you can budget differently. Know and understand your cash flow and what’s coming in and know your responsibilities of that.

You have to keep paying out to keep your business running. And yes, payroll, payroll is one of the bigger expenses in most cases, especially for, you know, remote type of businesses. You don’t have a ton of overhead, you don’t have real estate, ideally, right? [00:16:00] Um, that’s why a lot of people like working remotely and the flexibility. But, um, payroll is one of the biggest one. Prepare for that.

Tim Melanson: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Well, and know your numbers. I mean, that’s one of those things, right? You, you, um, I think, actually, let me ask you a question. Why do you think any business owner would not know their numbers?

Maja Taylor: That’s a good question. I don’t know that I can answer that question. Maybe,

um, maybe they’re just not good at keeping track of it, or there’s, there’s too many other things they’re focused on. Um, maybe they don’t, they don’t know. Then I would say ask for help and hire yourself an accountant who can keep your books straight for you.

Right. I mean, I, I have someone who does that for me, because that’s an area I don’t wanna worry about every day.

I, I do the, you know. The high level planning, but the nitty gritty I give to someone else in that department [00:17:00] because it just makes sense. I don’t wanna spend my time in accounting.

That’s not my strength, right?

Uh, my strength is in coaching people and talking to people and helping them be better, but, um, I guess know what you’re good at maybe and, and, and work in the strength zone rather than, um, in an area where, you know, you can’t keep track of it. Well ask for help. I know we, we have that topic already. It’s maybe tough to do, but

Tim Melanson: I think that that’s, I think that’s right. I think that, I think that’s the way, because I don’t know if everybody is a numbers person. I

think, I think most people are probably not numbers people. I, I don’t, I’m a

numbers person. I like it. I mean, I, I like it. I, I look at my numbers every day more than once a day.

I love it, but that’s not.

That’s not everybody. And I know it’s not everybody. And I’ve, uh, you know, even my, my wife doesn’t want to look at the numbers like that. She lets me do it. She want, it stresses her out. And so I [00:18:00] think that when, when that comes to to play, I think that a lot of people are just like, well, whatever.

It’ll just work itself out. And it, it absolutely does not work itself out. The budget doesn’t balance itself. Right. It’s one of

those things where. You do

need somebody. And like you said, if you have somebody that’s working for you, all they have to do is just give you the high level stuff, right?

Because they can handle the nitty gritty of it all and making sure all and, and then they can also start to give you advice.

And now you have informed decisions. Can you afford this upgrade to your computer? Ask your guy. Right? Like there’s a lot of things that will come, and then there’s a lot of. Uh, great salespeople as well that will, you know, come and try to sell you this new whatever it is. And, you know, if you’re not asking the right questions, you know, and you don’t have somebody that’s, that’s gonna ask the right questions, then that can, that can be messy.

Like you can end up in these financial compromising situations [00:19:00] where it seems like it’s a good deal, but is it a good deal? Right.

Maja Taylor: Yeah, I, I, I would say as long as your overall strategy is aligned with, with, with where you wanna go, I think that you need to make sure. Is right and not, and, and matches. I don’t think you have to look at your numbers every day like you, Tim.

Tim Melanson: Nope, you don’t.

Maja Taylor: Um, unless you actually really enjoy it.

Tim Melanson: I love it.

Maja Taylor: I, I don’t, I don’t, I feel it’s a distraction if I do, but maybe check in monthly, check in quarterly, whatever makes sense for your plan, like how, how, does your business flow?

Is it more long term? Is the client journey, um, a pretty long cycle, or do you have a shorter cycle? If

you have a shorter cycle on how you work with your clients, maybe then you need to look at it more often to make sure things are actually right.

Tim Melanson: Yeah, well, well, you do have to look at it at least monthly, and I, I, I’ll give you one reason why is because if [00:20:00] something, if there were to be some fraudulent activity on your credit

card. You need to notify them within a month. Otherwise, otherwise you could end up paying for it. So

at at least once a month, you need to look at that and make sure that you’re paying things that you’re actually buying.

And nothing weird is going on in your account. And sometimes it might even be fraud. It just be, could be subscriptions that you don’t need anymore that keep on popping up. So there are, there are certain things that need to be looked at. So if it’s not you, then somebody in your team needs to be looking at it at least once a month.

But I think, I mean, I am definitely overkill. I like I say, I like it. It’s fun. I like numbers. So for me,

that’s why I do it right. But I don’t recommend it for everybody else. It stresses them out. Let’s talk a little bit about, um, about, you know, coaches and, and mentors and all that stuff, because I mean, you, you are a coach.

You, you, you teach people, but do you have a coach?

Maja Taylor: Of course

every [00:21:00] good coach has a coach. Um. I’m a learner. It’s one of my top five strengths and I’m also a teacher. It’s always an exchange,

just like you and I are have. We’re learning from each other,

right? You’re teaching me things. Um, I think having a coach is critical. Most, if you look at the successful people, they all had a coach at some point.

The best teams have great coaches and that’s how they win Super Bowls or. World Cups. Right.

Um, so, so I think it’s critical. And for, for me, I got here because I had really great mentors and coaches. I didn’t do this by myself. Right. And it’s, I think it’s perfectly fine to admit that. So, so do you learn from the best? Maybe. But people are brought into your life for a reason, right? You, it’s. [00:22:00] It’s an, it’s an attraction. Teachers show up when the students are ready. And I know I had some really great, I had some great bosses in the past who I learned a lot from in my, in my, you know, corporate career. Um, I’ve had some that were not so great, but they still taught me things. Right. They teach you what not to do.

That’s also, that’s also, that’s also important. Um. Then seeking, seeking out people who are good at the thing that you are struggling with. Like, like me and marketing, oh, that doesn’t mix so well. It’s an area that intimidates me. It’s an area that, um, I feel weird about, like, how do I even talk about myself?

It’s just a challenge. Right? And um, I’m sure once I hear the recording of this podcast or see it, I’m like, oh my gosh, this is what I sound like. This is what I look like. I can’t see. Stand it. I, I wonder if everybody thinks that, [00:23:00] but for me it’s especially bad. It’s better not for me to look at it, but I’ll just go and you and I have a conversation.

It’s better that way. But getting some coaching around the areas where you are not quite feel at home, and I think that’s really important to keep stretching yourself out of the comfort zone. That’s what a coach, a good coach is supposed to do. Right? Kind of question your existing thinking and stretch you out, and it’ll feel uncomfortable. It should, it should feel uncomfortable because if you do what you always did, don’t be surprised if you don’t see anything different in your

life, right? If you want to grow to higher levels, if you want to launch a business, if you want to learn a new skill, you’re gonna have to be prepared to get a little uncomfortable.

So I’m a huge fan of that, uh, because that’s how you grow. And yeah, there’ll be some failures, quote unquote, in there. So you stumble and you fall. Uh, none of the star football players or you know, Olympic athletes got there overnight. It takes a lot of practice [00:24:00] takes, it takes a lot of, you know, sweat equity too.

It’s the same with business, right? So surround yourself with people who have done it and been there

and can share their stories with you

so you don’t make those.

Tim Melanson: Yeah. And it’s great to have that, even just to have the self-awareness to, to recognize that you’re not going to be good at everything. You, you, you can’t, like, I mean, even if we look at sports, I mean, take anybody who’s a pro football player and put them in. I don’t know, tennis, are they gonna be pro tennis?

Maybe if they put the same amount of work into it. Right. I mean, it, it’s just, it’s one of those things where you’re good at something, which means you spent a lot of time on it, uh, and energy on it, which means you didn’t spend a lot of time and energy on something else. And having that awareness of going like, okay, well I’m good at this.

I’m not good at this. I need to find somebody that’s gonna help me with this, that, that is huge. Right. Um, and I, I think that that does hold a lot of, [00:25:00] definitely some, a lot of entrepreneurs back is they had this thought that, well, I’m, you know, it’s my business. I need to be doing everything. I need to know everything.

Uh, you know, but you don’t, you can, you can delegate some things, right? You, you can have other people help you, right.

Maja Taylor: For sure, for sure. And, and that’s what, uh, coaching really does. I, I will sit there with you and will peel back the layers about what are your strengths, really become aware of them. I, I think most people don’t spend enough time take just taking a step back. And really, I, I provide that time and space, that thinking space to, to really understand, here’s what I’m good at and here’s what I’m not.

Here’s what I wanna do and here’s what I will not, it’s, it’s hard to really clearly to find that when you’re just stuck in your own heads. I think a, a coach or a mentor, if you, if you’re part of a mastermind, if you’re not yet, go find one. Right? Those are people who, who ask the [00:26:00] right questions that make you. Hmm. I’ve never thought about it this way, or I really ought to look at that. Maybe I do need some help in that area. And then working with a coach will help you get clarity. That’s, that’s my role, right?

My goal is to help you get to a point of clarity, because when you have clarity, Ooh, it makes my hair stand up right now, it gives me goosebumps. That’s when you know what the right step is. The right next step is, and that. You’re not gonna wander around in confusion or make the wrong choices, you’re gonna make the right choice if you have clarity. So that’s really a coach’s role. And I, I do that with, with some assessments. We do disc, we do career questionnaires and some other entrepreneurial, uh, questionnaires that will help you get clarity on what’s the right choice for you. So I think coaches are almost mandatory in my life. I’ve, I’ve always said, uh, in my heart of hearts, I’m a coach, but having one will allow you to, to, to rise to [00:27:00] higher levels.

Tim Melanson: Yeah, I agree. Uh, some sort of coach or mentor or somebody who’s got your blind spots, right,

because I.

you know, the, we all have the blind spots. It just is what it is, right?

Maja Taylor: Yep. And if you talk to the, if you, if you listen to any other podcasts at all, and if you listen to like the, you know, the people who have made it to the top, that’s what they all say they have in common. They found themselves good mentors and coaches.

Tim Melanson: Yep.

Maja Taylor: So that can be the, you can go to school and you can get degrees and you can certainly practice makes perfect right doula, but you can get there quicker if you have good coaches and mentors.

Tim Melanson: And, and hey li like listening to podcasts and, and taking courses. All that is learning from somebody else too. Uh, but I guess there’s a big difference, um, between. You know, listening to something prerecorded or, or, or going to a, you know, a, a structured class versus somebody actually asking [00:28:00] you those questions and working with you on one-on-one.

There’s a very big difference between those two things. Right.

Maja Taylor: Yeah, there’s a huge difference.

Tim Melanson: What do you think would hold people back from, from, from getting coaching help or some sort of mentorship? Mm.

Maja Taylor: Oh gosh, lots of things. Um, people think they can’t afford it. You have to ask yourself the question, why, why, why would it, wouldn’t you? What are you giving up by saying that? Um, maybe lack of awareness, lack of time, uh, not really knowing what they’re good at. I run into that a lot actually. PE people often don’t realize all the skill sets that they already have right now, right now, and they think they’re not good enough.

Tim Melanson: Yeah.

Maja Taylor: That, that is actually probably the biggest one. I should have started with that one. Um, I hate using the word imposter syndrome. It’s kind of floating around social media quite a bit. Um, I’m not really sure what [00:29:00] that means, but the whole thing of, we have those internal voices

Tim Melanson: Yep.

Maja Taylor: that usually tell us that things are a lot worse than they actually are, you know?

Tim Melanson: Mm-hmm.

Maja Taylor: How, how not good we are. How stupid this is. You’re not fast enough, you’re not pretty enough, you’re not, those voices can at times get really loud and the, the hard stuff is easy to believe, especially if someone externally tells you, whether it’s a parent, whether it’s a boss, whether it’s a friend who makes some comment, all of a sudden you own that comment in your head and it’s not even true. Right? I, I often see my clients surprise themselves. On when they realized that, wow, I, I did that. Yeah. Those are my accomplishments. I did all these things and these are my strengths. Own. Own that stuff. Own it.

Tim Melanson: Yep. Yep. And I, I think that what, what we do find out over time is that, like you say, the people that have had the success [00:30:00] tend to have some help from somebody else, and there’s no shame in asking for help.

Right.

Maja Taylor: Yeah. There is no shame.

Tim Melanson: Yep. So let’s get into that a little bit into your solo. So tell me what’s exciting in your business.

Maja Taylor: Oh gosh. Um, my business is coaching

and I am excited to offer something really great to your listeners. Es especially, especially, um, if you reach out to me either on my website. Maja taylor.com. That’s M-A-J-A-T-A-Y-L-O r.com or on social media. Most of the time I hang out on LinkedIn. Uh, do some Facebook and Instagram too, but mostly LinkedIn. Um, and you reach out to me, you book a call, I will give you a free disc assessment, so

that’s, that’s an assessment that helps you understand.

Tim Melanson: Who, you are?

Maja Taylor: Yeah. Who, yeah.

A a little bit of how you like to work, how, how you prefer to [00:31:00] communicate. What are some of your motivators and drivers. That’s pretty important to understand when you’re looking for the right fit for yourself.

Right. And I will give you a debrief. Um, it’s about a $200 value. I’ll give you that for free if you reach out.

Um, I’m really excited about learning and teaching and often that starts with self-awareness, right? That’s when growth happens, when you become more aware. So. I offer a complimentary learning journey for you to first help you craft your career and your life vision.

What is it that you need from your career so you can live the life that you wanna live, right? And maybe it’s business ownership, maybe it’s not. Um, but then we’ll explore options and possibilities to help you get there, to meet those goals and vision, right? Everybody’s journey and needs are different. I meet you where you are. That’s the most exciting thing for me.

And I love seeing those aha moments and people when they see, oh, I can do this, that, um, that’s my high. that’s.

Tim Melanson: [00:32:00] Yeah. That’s amazing. That’s an incredibly good gift. ’cause I, I know that those disc assessments are expensive, first of all. Uh, but also they’re so useful. It is so nice to, it, it’s so great to know where your strengths and weaknesses are. Right. And it, it’ll actually open up some ideas of what you could possibly do next.

So who would be like, let’s just say, uh, yeah. Who would be the best person or the most. Um, the person that would get the most outta working with you?

Maja Taylor: The person who would get the most out of working with me is

the person that keeps an open mind.

So it doesn’t matter where you are in your career, in your life, as long as you can keep a learning mindset. You and I are a great fit. Um, people who can’t, can’t commit to that learning journey ’cause it is a journey. We’re not gonna uncover, you know, the world in a half hour conversation. That just doesn’t happen. So, so, so being willing [00:33:00] to. Go on the learning journey and commit the time. Um, when you work with me, there’s always gonna be some homework because in coaching, the growth actually happens in between the sessions.

So be prepared for that too. And, and then we’ll see if, if you have the entrepreneurial itch, hopefully we can find you a venture that you can be successful in and thrive. I’m willing to bet that there is one. And if, if you don’t, then. We’ll go in a different direction.

Tim Melanson: I love that. I love that. Yeah. ’cause I mean, if you’ve got this learning, uh, mindset and now you go find out what your strengths and weaknesses are and you are open to finding out, you know, doing the homework and all that stuff, then there’s definitely something for you. Because I mean, that’s just the type of personality that’s going to see some success.

Right.

Maja Taylor: Yeah, for sure. For sure.

Tim Melanson: That’s awesome. So how do we find out more then?

Maja Taylor: You find out more by going on my website, Maja taylor.com,

or look me up on LinkedIn, um, [00:34:00] and let’s have a chat and see if it makes sense to work together.

Tim Melanson: Awesome. Last question. This might be the hardest one.

Maja Taylor: Okay?

Tim Melanson: Are you a music fan? Who’s your favorite rock star?

Maja Taylor: oh boy, that is hard. Who’s my favorite rock star? I’m gonna date myself now. Um. I don’t know if you consider them a

rock star, but Depeche Mo is

probably my favorite band. Um, they were my first English speaking band, um, that I listened to in Frankfurt, Germany. I am from Germany, so, so that was a big, big event and I was it last year they came to Philly, um, and I saw them their life again and they were just as amazing as back then.

That

was a good, good concert.

Tim Melanson: Wow. Depeche mode. That’s awesome. We done and I’m so happy you got to see them. That’s

Maja Taylor: Me too. I’m glad they’re still singing. It was, it was phenomenal actually.

Tim Melanson: That’s awesome. Well, thank you so much, Maja, [00:35:00] for rocking out with me today. This has been a lot of fun.

Maja Taylor: Thank you Tim for having me. You are a lot of fun. And um, well keep up the great conversations. I really love listening to you.

Tim Melanson: Great. Tell the listeners make sure you go to workathomerockstar.com for more information and we’ll see you next time on the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast.