596: Rock Your Lifestyle, Live Life to the Fullest, and Transform Your Life with Jenny Holla

Unknown Speaker 0:00 marketer of the day Episode 596. Rock your lifestyle, live life to the fullest and transform your life with Jenny haula

Robert Plank 0:12 Hey, everyone, and welcome back to the marketer of the day podcast we're chatting with Jenny Hala. And Jenny is a life adventurous, she's a world traveler and the author of rock your lifestyle and the co founder of two j Hala. And Jenny is on a mission to awaken deep transformational life change in leaders and executives who are looking for more free time more energy connection, and who crave more out of life. And we're going to hear all about the fun activities that Jenny and her husband Jai do, and about their show and about their life, Facebook, and all the things that they are able to cram into a day while also making time for what's fun. So Jenny, glad to be talking to you. Holla, I'm excited to cool you got your branding, your your unique catchphrase there. So yeah, tell me about, we heard a little bit about you. But tell me about yourself and your business and what you have going on these days?

Jenny Holla 1:04 Yeah, definitely. I mean, I'm, I am, as you can see, very involved in many different things. So I have a little bit of what's called that, you know, shiny object syndrome, where I get very excited and run this direction and run that direction. But really, at the core of it is I just, I find that life is really exciting. And I really want to be a part of amazing things that make me feel happy and feel good. So I've spent my corporate life in sales. So I've ran all up and down the sales ladder, Director of Sales running large books of business nationally. So there's a lot of that type of experience behind me. But most of all, with the business that my husband and I have put together, it's really just at the core helping people to live their best life by focus on that life side of things and rocking your lifestyle. And my husband focuses on the wellness, health, and helping people create the next levolution in their life. So it goes really nice together.

Robert Plank 2:05 Super cool. It sounds like it. And so something that was really got me curious about what you were talking about there is that your previous life where you did the nine to five grind, you did the, you know, workaholic mindset mentality, all that stuff was in sales. And it sounds like that the the things you learn in sales, the skills required, now play a huge part in building this business that he talked about. So can you unpack that a little bit and kind of explain what you mean by how your sales skills Apply today, you know,

Jenny Holla 2:37 no matter if you've had a professional sales job, or if you just have a business, or Heck, even if you're an employee, it really doesn't matter. Because selling is a big part of our everyday lives. Because we have to sell ourselves, sometimes we have to sell within our companies, we have to sell people on partnering with us, we are selling people on maybe coming to the movies with us as a friend. So I've had that professional background. And it's been great because it's allowed me to see a larger view of things and allowed me to understand some of the dynamics that my clients could be going through in their everyday lives. But it is something that really sales at the core is leading with the heart and helping to solve problems. So it doesn't have to be this big, complex, scary thing. It really can be as simple as listening and finding out if what it is you're offering fits the needs of somebody else that's really at the core of what sales is. And of course, there's all kinds of fancy strategies and fancy things you can say. But at the very core, it's just leading from the heart and solving problems. Awesome. I

Robert Plank 3:41 love it that makes sure that it's nice and simple. And that when you when you present some sort of solution or offer, like you said, whether it's going to the movies or buying my wellness course or whatever, it's somewhat customized, right? Because it's not like you're just spewing out the same can scripted sales pitch. You're asking those questions, you're listening to what it is that they need, you're picking up on specific things, and then you say, Okay, well, here's my solution based on that. And so it sounds like as you're describing that, that maybe some people have difficulties with this whole selling thing, again, whether that's with a friend or that's where the business thing. So is there a really common mistake that can be corrected here? Or the low hanging fruit? Like is it a matter of people not having confidence or not putting themselves in the viewpoint of that prospect? Or like where is everyone kind of dropping the ball these days with in selling if they're not good at it?

Jenny Holla 4:47 There's a couple things that come to mind. And I think I'll just focus on three really quick high level is, number one is the confidence. So if you're wavering in confidence about what That you're going to be talking about business job, whatever it is, if you're wavering, people can sense that energy. Now, they may not label it the same way I just did. But people can still pick up on that there's something missing. So if you're questioning yourself, or what it is you're offering, that's one of them. So it's checking the competence. The other thing would be listening, you have to really be actively listening to what the person you're talking with is thing, not thinking about the next great thing you're going to say not thinking about the next question, you're going to say, like, Listen to what they're saying, and listen to what where the problems might be. And then the other thing is follow up. A lot of people drop the ball with follow up, they're not willing to reach back out because as you know, with everything being digital, we're all talking, we're all on phones, like everything's so easy to access yet so hard, because it's almost like too much. So you have to be willing to follow up. Because sometimes it's a matter of just putting yourself back on the top of the radar for that person. It's as simple as that. It's not a scary thing. It's not bad. You're not pestering them.

Robert Plank 6:05 Right. So those are three really great pieces of advice. So to recap you a little bit, he said that, number one, get that confidence Problem solved. That way, you don't come off in a weird way. Because if you are kind of doing the fake it till you make it or you don't really believe in something, then it shows in all these ways, subconsciously. And people will say, well, something's kind of off about that person. Not sure what but there's something missing there. You're saying number two, be actively listening and not just thinking about the next thing to say. And I think that we've all been stuck in that conversation from hell, where you're trying to talk to someone about something and it feels like they're just dragging you along in the conversation and you're just kind of like along for the ride and trying to get a couple of words in or what really irritates me is that I'm trying to talk to someone, and I'm trying to move the conversation along a little bit. And they're just like back in talking about something else. And they and we're talking and talking and then they reference something from five minutes ago, and then they're back on that. And we talk and talk and they reference five minutes ago. And I don't know about your journey. But I have a lot more fun in any kind of conversation if it's more of a zigzag, right, if we kind of like one up each other or something that, like you said, leads the conversation here and there. And I'm actually thinking and not just saying like, Okay, let me store in my brain The next thing in the queue to say in said it's kind of a back and forth. And then the follow up. It's so simple. It's probably one of the most simple this thing ever. But then very few people reach back out and you're making me think of all kinds of times when I was I'd be on someone's list or I'd be about to buy something from someone. And that just the timing wasn't quite right. Or I forgot or I went to that sales letter or that order button 510 different times and forgot. And then one quick message came in. And then I was like, Oh yeah, I forgot about that went in, you know, six months later and hopped in and, and like you said with the then this digital age with the apps in the smartphone notifications, everyone being accessible, it's easy to get lost in the noise from both ends of it right. It's easy to not get heard as a marketer. And then it's also easy to get overwhelmed with your inbox and your notifications and your texts being full. So really good pieces of advice for us all to absorb there that confidence actively listening and follow up. So now that we got some really good actionable advice so far, I want to switch gears a little bit here if that's okay, and figure out what brought on this transition that it seems like he went through he went from sales to now more of I don't know if like balanced life is the right term, but like, it seems like a more like well rounded whole life as opposed to just the workload. So can you tell us like, what, what led to this lifestyle change that you're on now?

Jenny Holla 8:52 You know, I would say that this life changes transformation has been going on for a long time for me, because I've ever since I can remember, you know, being a teenager, it's always been really important for me to just live my life to the fullest. And as I was exposed to different adults in different situations, you know, I would see people being burnt out and not loving what they're doing. So when you're in high school, you've always look and say, Oh, you know, you're just that looking at that pie in the sky, you know, get real come back down to earth. But I was always like, well, if you don't like what you're doing, find something else. And so I always had said that that's how I want to design my life. That's how I want to live. And as I moved forward in my life, every situation that presented I didn't like a job or I was unhappy with a certain scenario. I didn't like where I was living. I would always look for ways to create something even better for myself. And I found that people would come to me and ask me questions and ask me for advice and inspiration and how to so I have naturally had that leader energy and that inspirational high vibe energy where people have asked, and I realized about five or six years ago, like, man, I really want to do this, I really want to do this as a business and step into people's lives and really help them get clarity on their path, get clarity on how they can just take control or take back control of their life. Because I don't think that it's rare that you find somebody who's 100% control of their life from now until forever. Things happen. Sometimes you'll get blown off course, sometimes you'll get knocked off, things happen. So we're constantly, you know, tweaking counterbalancing, as my husband says, you know, your counterbalancing never fully perfect or balanced.

Robert Plank 10:38 Awesome, boy, it is balanced. But at that point, you're dead. So who wants that? Yeah, but like, if, if things are unbalanced, then there's still more things to do. So it sounds like from your your mentality, and what you've gone through that you don't settle, and that you're looking to solve problems. And like you hear about that statistic of, I can't remember the exact like, range of distance, but it's like you look at where everyone in the US is born, versus where they live now. It's like five or 10 miles, or it's like a really shockingly short distance from the location where they were born and the location where they are now. And I guess there's nothing wrong with you know, staying close to family. But that's kind of a scary prospect of like, some people, you know, haven't even left their state or left their country. And it seems like they've just settled for what life dropped in their lab. And so it's, it seems like from what you mentioned there about, like the taking back control is that, you know, a lot of people haven't really sorted out what's in their control what isn't in their control. So they kind of let themselves become helpless to all this. And maybe, maybe the solution is to figure out, okay, there's this box of things that I can control. And those are the variables, those are the things that that, you know, maybe I can look into if I'm happy or not, and this other box where I can't control these things. And then those are the things that I shouldn't stress about. It's like the the drug addict thing, right? This is the Serenity Prayer, I have to figure out the things I can and can't change, right?

Jenny Holla 12:11 It's so true, we just did. So every Sunday at 8pm. Eastern on Facebook, my husband, Jay and I do a live on the hollistic live show. And we just talked about that exact topic, I think it was like two Sundays ago. And we talked about, you know, when your face and you're looking at where life is currently, and what your ideal life is, and that gap between, you really have to look, and you have to get clear on what it is you want. You have to be willing to have that reality check to see exactly what you said, Is this something I'm actually willing to put in the time and effort to? Or is it this way off thing that's not even worth putting energy into I mean, it's just a way to help align. So for example, if you're a parent, and you have three kids at home, and you've always had this dream to travel the world, you really have to look and you have to say, Okay, well, what does it take to travel the world? The way that I'm envisioning it? And am I willing to take my family along on that ride? are we are we willing to put in the steps it takes to have the money and have the resources and have the connections to go do that? Or do we reevaluate and readjust our goal and say, You know what, as long as we go out of the country once a year, or we travel somewhere exciting, once a year, that's going to fulfill that need. So it's a constant adjustment of what exactly what you said, you know, looking at what you control, what you can't control, getting real about it, having that reality check. And sometimes it takes us having that coach or that mentor that conversation to nudge us back a little bit or to help encourage us to take those steps forward.

Robert Plank 13:48 Awesome. So it's, it sounds like your thought process here is kind of like a project planning thing. Like maybe a lot of people out there, they have that pie in the sky dream, and they look at it as some kind of unattainable vague, just concept and you say, Well, great, you have your big goal. Now let's maybe take some backward steps. Let's break it down and figure out okay, like, if your goal is to travel the world, let's see how your family fits into that. Let's figure out the step. Let's figure out you know, the the money or the resources of where we'll go, we'll look at some some choices, some possibilities. And then even if it can't be worked out right at the moment, then you can say, well, let let's let's at least like take this little bit of work. We've done this little bit of planning, and that's our plan. Maybe we just need to extend the timeframe until this is possible at some later date. So it sounds like the key here is to just sort of break it down and not let those not that those dreams stay vague dreams. say like, Okay, I'm looking to break things down, solve the problem. That way I can get from point A to point B it's like you you punch in directions in your GPS. Well, it gives you the roads and the turns you don't just instantly teleport there magically get there. You know, you take one step at a time to to get there. And so you said something in there where sometimes it takes like that little bit of a boost or you know, some people are trapped in their own thinking and they need your and Jays help to get there. So do you have any interesting stories or case studies like that where some, you know, student or client of yours was stuck, and they found you guys and just everything changed?

Jenny Holla 15:26 There are quite a few. But the one of the ones that comes to mind most recently, is a client of mine who and this is who I work really well with someone who's at a fork in the road, or a transition point where there maybe something bad or good happen that it's like, Alright, now what like now what do I do? And you like you said, you're stuck in your thinking, you're like overwhelmed, or trying to figure out maybe you're really stressed, you're just like, what's next? So this client of mine, she came in at one of those key moments in her life. And through going through the steps of working through some of the power of a positive mindset, which is really, you know, digging into what are the words, you're saying to yourself? What are the words you're saying to people around you? What are the intentions you're putting in the world. So we worked through that we worked through some of her why's we worked through where her blocks are, we worked through time management, it's a lot of basic things that we've all heard of, but it's just a matter of really digging in. And so now she started to get some of that clarity, where she was going from spinning in circles, frustrated, stressed out angry, light, lashing out a little bit at her family lashing out a little bit at her friends unfulfilled. And we're still working together. But her her life has changed so much, because she's got joy, freedom, she's got clarity, and she's got a job that sucks all over time. So now she learned how to manage her energy and her job, so that it's not sucking all of her time. And she can still show up and be powerful there and at home. So it's a combination of all of those things. And she is her energy is so much lighter than it was when we started working together and she sees light at the end of the road that she couldn't see before, adds the biggest part right there.

Robert Plank 17:11 Right, that there's finally hoping that it doesn't have to be this way forever. We don't have to settle for that crappy life, we can make those changes, and it won't happen overnight. But maybe. So it sounds like from the way that you helped her hear that what I'm hearing is that, number one, it helps to put that label on things like you said, some of the time management mindset, the whys, the blocks, all that stuff. Like we've all heard of those things before maybe in little bits and pieces, but sometimes it's overwhelming. We're like, well, there's 100 different things I could do. But then but then you say, well, based on what I'm hearing from you your situation, maybe we'll focus on these two or three concepts, right about like breaking down your anchor or figuring out why you're unfulfilled. So it sounds like, you know, there's a finite number of problems out out there in the world. Like we're not that unique. We're unique in that, you know, we have our own life and things. But if we're, you know, stressed out or angry in a certain way, that's a really common problem, we're not alone. And so instead of trying to say that, you know, our current mental problem, or the current way we are blocked is completely unique. It doesn't necessarily require a unique solution, we put a label on that and it becomes a lot easier to attack it. And then something else that I'm hearing from the way that you helped your student here is that it helps to chip away at these things right slow and steady. It doesn't have to be all or nothing doesn't have to be like the throw out the baby with the bathwater. She's unhappy with a job, quit her job on the family move away from the family. It doesn't have to be that that drastic. And if we do those drastic things too quickly, maybe we won't even solve the problem. Right? Right. Like you quit that the job you hate. Pick a new one real quick. Now you're in just a different job that you hate you, you know, you leave the family, you still have that resentment. And so so you're saying, well, let's just be calm. And think about this. And do these the slow mephala melodical kind of easy steps. Because maybe the lashing out the anger the being drastic, the feeling hopeless, maybe that's what got us into this mess, maybe time to be a little more kind of scientific, psychological, more like a therapist would do sorts of things. And so now I'm really curious about we mentioned our senior bio that you and your husband do a lot of like adventurous stuff, new experiences travel the world. So can you give us a little bit of a taste of that, like what are a couple of or a few just interesting things that you guys have been up to last three years.

Jenny Holla 19:52 Oh, how fun. One of our favorite places to travel is Hawaii and living in Florida. A lot of people question why On Earth would we want to take that big long flight to Hawaii when we already live in amazing tropical paradise. And Hawaii for us has a very, very deep magical, I don't know, it's just like our souls are called to that island or those islands. It we love Hawaii and we actually got married almost two years ago. And sea turtle is one of our symbols. So we like snorkeling and getting in the water. So that's a place that we love to go. We've also been doing a lot of domestic travel lately. So I'm super into the hiking, my husband goes along, occasionally, but I'll go hike all day, 1314 miles tight to a summit, check it out, hike back down. So I love out west and the United States, there's so many amazing places out there so many amazing places. So wherever you live, you know, wherever your adventures may call you, too. I used to think all the best adventures were outside of my country. And I realized that there's adventures all around us, you just have to be willing to open your eyes and look for them. So they could be in your backyard, they could be 1000s of miles away. So it's really just being open, and possibly even exploring your backyard as if you're a tourist in your own city, especially for those people that you said, statistically have only lived in an area maybe move five to 10 miles away, I bet you that a lot of those people have never explored their city as if they were a tourist. And there's so many amazing things out there. So you have to be willing to be open to look for them and find them and experience them. So that's what we're all about anywhere we go, we love to find those experiences.

Robert Plank 21:42 Awesome. And in this day and age, there's no excuse with the the Yelp and Google and you know, it's easy to find those things. Whereas before, there might be some cool events or some, you know, state park or some nature trail down the street. And you used to have no idea unless you got out a map or called the Chamber of Commerce or something or did a lot of research. And now you just take out your phone, dial in a few things. And you can find all kinds of activities. And and yeah, it doesn't have to be super crazy. You don't have to go and visit the Great Wall of China or the barrier reef or something, you can just find something nearby. Like you said, if someone was visiting your city from out of town, maybe they'd check out some of those mom and pop restaurants or the downtown area? Or is there a nature preserve just outside of town or something like that. So really good advice, and all really doable. And so now I'm curious how this all fits into your websites, your training your show your book. So can you tell us about that a little bit of what kinds of websites and places can and should people go after they listen to us talking today. And so that that way they can live this awesome life?

Jenny Holla 22:54 No, that's I I'm excited for that. And we really invite people who are ready to feel empowered and want to be a part of something bigger. So one of the ways to plug into our community is with the Sunday Facebook Lives 8pm Eastern, so if you go to, to J holla, h o l l a.com. That'll reroute you over to Facebook to the Facebook business page. And you can tune into that. And then also a lot of what I'm talking about the rocky lifestyle brand is right now I'm working on one of my next programs that I'll be launching. So for now I have the book available called rock your lifestyle, your life start acting like it. And so I've got old, older copies that I'm gifting out into the world with a 25% off promo code. And they have my old name on it Jenny olding, which is how I was known before, so I'll be rebranding and I only have about 25 of those left. So those are available if you want to get them for the promo at Rock your lifestyle calm with the promo code, Robert Plank, those are only available Like I said, I only have a handful. And once those go out into the world, I will be rebranding the content will stay the same. But there'll be you know, like a less corporate picture of me on the front and my new name Jenny holla. So I'm super excited about that. It's been quite the journey.

Robert Plank 24:13 Awesome. It sounds like it's so if you want to be on the journey with Jenny and Jay and, and not settle and not live this mediocre life. I mean, you're probably already already living a pretty awesome life. If you're living in this day and age. If you're listening this podcast, maybe you have your own business, but there's always room for improvement. There's always a way to up your game and have less stress and have more fun and be able to have all those things that you want and something that scares me a little bit haven't gotten too far into this territory in the past but sometimes it's easy to backslide or forget about what's important or let this business that you're building that was supposed to give you freedom to sometimes get in the way right it happens to some of us and we and we need to get the direction back. Get the refocus back. And as you heard on some of the examples and advice that Jenny share today, you can't always get it back on your own with your own effort with your own thinking, sometimes you need the help with that extra community, sometimes you need some information. And that information might just be reminders of old stuff might be connecting the dots. So and it might be that, you know, 50% of it are things that you completely forgot, and 50% of things that are brand new, so we can't just rest on our laurels. We can't just stop learning or stop reading or stop getting new information, we need to always be aware of what's going on with us and what our next step should be. So that way, we're not in that slow decline. So make sure to get that rock your lifestyle book, that way, you can have that upward spiral and that's out rock your lifestyle calm. And to get that 20% or 25% off, we give you an extra 5% free there, use the promo code Robert Plank. That way you can get those older books, same book, but you just get a little bit of a discount there. And then that holistic life show so that way you can get those up to date meetings, and you can visit them live on live on Facebook that is but live as in they're really there that exact time and it's not just watching a video on YouTube or reading an article. It's real people live with you, you can go to two JHLL a.com that's two j two j holiday calm to check out that holistic life show where Ginny and her husband Jay kind of deal with both sides of that coin of the life change of the mindset but then also the wellness side of things. So that way your mind is taken care of as well as your body so to Jay holiday calm, and then the book rock your lifestyle calm. So thanks so much Jenny for stopping by and dumping a ton of useful information on us and being real until help telling us how you help people and how people can get their own help and about your own experience. I mean, a lot of cool stuff. It was like three episodes in one. So thanks for sharing your stuff and helping us out here,

Jenny Holla 27:06 of course, and I'm going to tell you one more thing you said something really powerful about the life and the transition and being able to step in when you need help. I just had to reread my own book. And I wrote the book because I went through my own transformation. So that just keep that in mind. Just because the authors are just because we're good at something. Sometimes you can revisit it because you need it at that point in your life.

Robert Plank 27:30 Yeah, sometimes we forget why we started and we forget how enthusiastic we were and we just need to get the magic back easy to do many times. Yes,

Jenny Holla 27:39 but it's been it's been fun hanging out with Robert Plank and all of his peeps.

Robert Plank 27:43 Awesome. Check out the latest episodes of our podcast on the web app marketer of the day.com and subscribe to us on iTunes at marketer of the day.com slash iTunes or search the phrase Robert Plank in your iTunes app to find us there.