In this episode, Kinsey sits down with Ashlee Young, a piano coach who helps self-taught adults how to play beautifully by practicing smarter, not harder. Ashlee recently ascended from our signature coaching program to our top-tier mastermind, Female Founders Board. Ashlee shares her journey as she evolves from classical musician to entrepreneur to an industry leader who’s expanded her reach beyond her one-to-one piano studio. More importantly, she talks about what it’s like to have a safety net of skills, knowledge, and tools that will allow her to create opportunities on demand (for life) that no place of employment could have ever given her.

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00:47 A very special guest is with Kinsey on this episode.

02:27 Ashlee Young's niche is in piano. She’s a piano coach for piano players and piano teachers.

03:02 She loves helping people realize that they can do more than they think they can do and she is so fulfilled in doing it.

03:35 The way Ashlee teaches is by learning how to practice smarter, not harder. It's all about being effective and efficient.

04:42 Ashlee shared here about her journey when she applied her entrepreneurial mind to teaching piano online.

05:28 In her young mind she always thought that someday she is going to grow her company.

05:55 But all the business things to go through is usually the least of her favorite part of being an entrepreneur.

06:15 Things change well for her and started to happen during the pandemic.

06:32 The wheels then started turning and she started thinking, how can she move this beyond just herself? How can she create something bigger?

07:08 That's about the time that she found and joined the 10K Content Collective group. She knew she needed more information to fully realize and make that big thing into a reality.

08:38 On the other hand, she had this mental block for so long about doing online teaching. She didn't know that it would be as effective.

09:00 But once she got through that mental block, the possibilities seemed endless.

09:45 She foreknew that there will be a swamp ahead but she’s gonna learn all that lessons while she is in the swamp.

11:09 She shared that the most uncomfortable part of building a business and helping more people is a lot of growing pains.

11:27 Still having a one-on-one student approach and now making the transition to a different kind of business.

13:26 How to put many people through a program and still get the same result one-on-one?

14:26 Ashlee talked about things that she enjoyed that were very unexpected in her as she started to scale her programs.

15:18 The constant improvement is so empowering because she didn't think she could do or be good at some things.

15:52 The confidence in using her voice now in a way that she is expressing what she wants to express.

16:53 It's a very empowering and exciting feeling for her to know that she can have that lifelong journey of constant learning.

18:45 It’s the willingness to lean in and know that it's not going to be perfect.

19:22 It's a lifelong thing that comes from just showing up every day, that consistency, and just doing it.

19:49 There’s too much change happening in just showing up. It can be terrifying, but it's so rewarding.

20:04 Another skill that she developed is using her voice in content in a way that's compelling. This skill is something she really started to hone in the 10K Content Collective...