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ora whanau and welcome to the Krystal Rowe Impact podcast. Today

we are going to be talking about ancestors to

entrepreneurs, drawing strength from our past to shape our future.

There's been so many times in my life that I've had to

draw strength from my past. where

I've had times that I have been

so lost that I always go back to my safe place,

my safe person. And that's my great grandmother. And

I always know that no matter what, she

always shows up. And it's a really beautiful connection that

we have. from time to time that I've

needed her and I always remember her strength

and I always remember the power that she had

to always make me feel okay and

to make me feel loved. And I think that's

the beauty about the power of

our ancestors. I think that when we

reflect on the life that they lived

and the choices that they made to get us to where we

are today, to make a huge impact

on our everyday living is

because of them. I like to remember my grandmother

and just to be in

her memory because it gives me a reminder that

I'm stronger than what I feel. And on an entrepreneur journey,

I love to dream big and sometimes

my visions are so out of this world that some

people might think I'm crazy. And a lot of the things

that I do in life seem crazy, juggling

our 10 kids and businesses and starting

new ventures all the time. But one thing

that I always remember is that I come from a

really, really strong line of ancestors that

took up challenges that they didn't know the outcome of.

And I really believe that we can relate the choices and

the sacrifices that our ancestors made to

a current entrepreneur now. As

an entrepreneur, you're dreaming big and you're taking risks and

you don't know what's on the other side. Just

as like our ancestors, when my grandparents left

Niue to start a new life in New Zealand, they didn't

know what actually lied and what was waiting

for them. But they took the chance of

a better life anyway. And

I love that. I love the fact that they took

that chance, that the grass was greener on the other side, that

there was opportunity, that light in the promised land. And

that happens for us as entrepreneurs as well, that we

know that there's a better outcome, that there's

more to a nine to five, Monday to Friday, hustle and

bustle, being on the hamster wheel. We know

that if there's a passion burning within us, that

we can actually turn that passion into a purposeful business

and create a life of our dreams. And I'm so grateful

for my grandparents and my great-grandmother. And

I only say that far back because I haven't been

blessed enough to learn just yet how

far my ancestral strengths go. And that's a

journey that I'm definitely going to be taking. And

so as an entrepreneur, I know that I

can always be reminded of the courage and the

wisdom it took for my grandparents to make

a choice to leave for the Promised Land.

And I know in my heart that I'm creating and I'm

choosing every day to create a better life for my

children, for my husband, and

for myself. And so it's a journey that

I'm proud of, it's a journey that I love to share,

and it's a journey that I can't wait to empower others

to join me on. So as an entrepreneur, and

I love that term entrepreneur because it's really limitless. It

means for me that there's no boundaries to my

success. There's no limits to what I can achieve.

And I'm really forging and creating a new path that has

never been walked before. And that actually gives me so

much confidence and so much empowerment deep inside my

soul that I know that I'm actually making my

ancestors proud. I know that I'm

doing them justice. I believe that every

choice that I have made on my entrepreneurial journey

is a direct reflection of the choices that my ancestors

made. And I can stand here today so proud that

I've made the choices that I have in direct reflection

of the choices that they once made to give me and

my family more opportunity and a better life.

I never really thought too

much about the importance of making my ancestors

proud until I became a parent and I realized

the sacrifices that I've had to make and

the choices that I've had to make for the betterment of my children. And

so I find myself in

an absolute place of gratitude and

love and most importantly respect for

the sacrifices and the choices that my grandparents and

great-grandparents made to give my

family and my bloodline a better future.

And it's up to me now to

keep that going. And it's up to me to

make sure that my children respect and

honor the choices that my ancestors

made for a better future. Thanks for listening, whānau. Remember,

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