Stop Waiting to Be Picked: How to Say Yes to Yourself and Build Your Business With Tam Smith

Описание: "I want to enable as many women as possible to say yes to themselves, whatever that looks like."

Tam Smith flips the script on typical sales fears and the "wait and hope" mindset that keeps so many women entrepreneurs stuck.

After exiting corporate America during COVID, Tam launched Studio 349. She started as a virtual assistant doing marketing work, but a year ago she hit a wall - burned out, saying yes to everything except what she actually wanted.

Her business coach shared something with her that landed: "It sounds like you really want to be doing something in sales."

That shift led Tam to focus on what she does best - helping women entrepreneurs master sales and lead generation. Now she helps women separate their self-worth from their work, get comfortable asking for what they want, and build businesses based on opportunities they go after, not just what someone's willing to give them.

We talk about why she started her podcast "Sales to Service", why there's no such thing as a sales expert (just people with a lot of practice) and how to get comfortable being uncomfortable.

This is about claiming your own success, building a business on your terms, and learning that you don't have to wait to be picked.

What You'll Learn:
▪️ How to shift from waiting for opportunities to creating them
▪️ Why separating self-worth from work changes everything in sales
▪️ The mindset shifts that transform how women show up in their businesses
▪️ Why you're allowed to go after what you want - not just be grateful for what you get

⏱️Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Opening: From Tamara to Tam—leaving corporate PTSD behind
00:03:00 - How Studio 349 started: Googling "how to make money from home"
00:06:00 - From virtual assistant to sales strategist: The pivot moment
00:12:00 - Why asking for help sooner would've changed everything
00:18:00 - The fear of rejection and separating self-worth from work
00:25:00 - Building a business on what you want, not what's offered to you
00:32:00 - Why starting a podcast was exposure therapy for visibility
00:39:00 - Sales isn't a dirty word—it's about creating your own opportunities
00:42:00 - The power of women cheering each other on without elbows out
00:45:00 - Building a legacy: Enabling women to say yes to themselves

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