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[00:03:36] Speaker C: Awesome. Awesome. And our power quote of today is each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. And that's by Maya Angelou. Woo. Woo. How about that? So, yes.
So let's jump right in. Today's guest is Alexia Hoffman.
She's coming to us from Michigan.
She's a TEDx speaker, 2024, Entrepreneur of the Year, mom of four daughters, and someone who has quietly built one of the most impressive portfolios you'll ever hear about on this show. Okay. We're gonna challenge her with that. All right. Alexa started in real estate at age 19 and by 23 was a broker, team lead, and office owner. Alexa, this is exciting. Tell us how you got here. Tell us how you got.
[00:04:22] Speaker B: Yeah, you know, honestly, I don't know at first really how it happened. I didn't know where I was going. I just kind of got there. And that was the thing that changed everything because I got started in real estate at 19. I was still in school. I had just moved to Michigan. I grew up in Southern California, so, so I didn't know anybody. And when I got into it, I just wanted to make six figures. Not really for any reason except because I thought six figures sounded cool. And so I did that, you know, and then I was like, well, what's the next thing I'm going to go for? And it was to become a broker and an owner and a team lead. And so I started working towards that. And again, not really knowing why I was doing it, just because I thought it was the thing to do.
And at the same time, my husband and I, we got engaged. We bought our first rental property. And then the first two years of our marriage, we just continued to buy rentals. And we are still working, so we weren't touching the money from the rentals. We just snowball them to the next one.
And so by the time I, I had my twins, I was working like 60 hours. It was crazy. My husband ended up leaving his job to go full Time with the rentals and go into some our own construction business.
And by the time I got pregnant with my third daughter, I was like, okay, I did all the things, I checked all the boxes, but I don't feel good. I don't like what I'm doing every day. I'm just feeling like unfulfilled. And that was my big wake up call.
[00:05:48] Speaker C: Wow. Wow, that's amazing. That is absolutely amazing. So tell us about the real estate portion of it. Tell us about the real estate portion. How did you all begin to build that portfolio?
[00:05:57] Speaker B: Yeah, so funny enough, I went to a RPOA conference, Rental Property Owner association, more as a realtor. But my, my husband, we were engaged at the time.
We had both already owned homes before we started dating, so we had that working for us. And my husband, very frugal, would rent out rooms in Airbnb in his house.
So we were already kind of of that mindset like, okay, we want passive income, we know we want rentals. We are both, he's construction, I'm real estate. So it worked out well.
And I went to that conference and I, you know, there's a lot of these older guys talking about some stuff that kind of felt icky of like, oh, yeah, wholesaling and you could ask people for money and yada, yada, and none of it sounded good. And then this younger woman, she's so spunky and fun and she's, you know, just bubbly. And I was like, I like her. What's she talking about? And so she was talking about student housing, and she's like, a lot of people hate student housing. They don't want to get close to it at all. But you know what I do with student housing? I found the worst house in the neighborhood. I fix it up, and then I get the best renters. The people that are going to keep the house cle pride of ownership and they're going to pay a premium. So that was her whole thing. So I bought, I walked away, I bought her packet. And, you know, I told my husband, my fiance, I'm like, let's go buy a student rental. Mind you, I'm like 21 at the time. So I ended up having tenants that were older than me.
And so we go out that next day, we sat at IHOP, we read through the binder. We picked 10 houses in two different cities, about two hours from each other. Both college towns. We went out there, we wrote an offer that day turned out having a burst pipe and it ended up being like 12 burst pipes. Actually My husband's like, yeah, no big deal. Cost us $50 at Lowe's and, you know, a couple half hour. No, that was not the case. It cost us a lot of time and energy, but we learned from that. And so we had this vision to fix it up.
And we closed on the house and they said, oh, by the way, we actually already have a signed lease. So you already have six tenants. And I'm like, wait, no, that doesn't fit our plan here. Like, we were supposed to fix it up and find the tenants. So it ended up working out because we took the money that we were planning to use to fix that up, buy another one. Throughout the years, we bought a frat house, we bought an old school, turned it into apartments. We bought an old hardware store, made it a now coffee shop, and has rentals upstairs. So we've just kind of gotten into this crazy world by accident. You know, we knew we wanted passive income, we knew we wanted rentals, but we didn't know what we were doing. We didn't have it figured out. But we both believe we're like, well, we'll figure it out. And that's what we did.
[00:08:37] Speaker C: Well, I don't think, you know, things happen by happenstance as one.
[00:08:41] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:08:42] Speaker C: A lot of times it is divine order, whether a person realizes it or not. People, yeah, a lot of times, will slide right into their divine order. And some people will struggle to find their place within their divine order. I just feel like, you know, you've hit that sweet spot, and that is absolutely awesome. How do you balance that with your kids? Kids, how do you work life balance? How does that work for you?
[00:09:01] Speaker B: Yeah, that's always been like a loaded topic for me since I had kids. I remember I was at a conference, it was after I had my twins. I was pregnant with my third. And I was very fortunate to be in a room with John Maxwell. And I got to have lunch with him and ask him a question. And my question to him was, you know, what's your take on work life balance? Work life balance with young kids. And he said something to the extent of, no, there's no work life balance with young kids. You just make sacrifices and it's not your season.
And that did not sit well with me.
[00:09:28] Speaker C: I love.
[00:09:28] Speaker B: I love John Maxwell. I've actually met with him a few times. He's great. But him from a young parent perspective was not very helpful to me. And so after that, I was convinced to kind of prove him wrong. I was like, no, there's gotta be a way to make this work, you know? So that was really what sparked a big journey for me of, okay, I've accomplished all the things on paper that made sense, but I'm working myself in a capacity that's not fulfilling. Like, I built all of this for freedom of time and financial freedom. And although my finances are good, great.
It doesn't mean anything if I'm not able to be present.
[00:10:07] Speaker C: Enjoy it.
[00:10:08] Speaker B: Exactly, exactly.
And so I started on this journey, and I was like, okay, I guess I'm gonna burn it all down, because I don't know what else to do.
It really started with my business coach. Her. And I would have this conversation week after week, month after month of like, okay, I've done all the things, but it doesn't feel good. I don't like how I'm feeling. I'm waking up. I just. I'm dreading work, which I had never dread work before having kids. Like, I always loved it didn't matter what it was. I loved whatever I was doing. And she would come up with solutions for me, and I would say something to the extent of, that sounds great, but it won't work for me. You know, that's a great idea, but, you know, with my business and how I have it set up in my life, blah, blah, blah, and I had all the excuses. You know, as an entrepreneur, it's easy to justify whatever I want to justify.
And so ultimately, I had to identify what I wanted long term. And so that's like kind of what I walk my clients through now as the first step is like 15 years in the future. Pick a random Tuesday night. What do you want your life to look like? Who do you want to be with? What do you want your house to look like? What do you want your car to look like? How many hours do you want to work? Do you want to travel? What do you want your wardrobe to look like? Get super specific. Once you can identify that, then you can actually find your why within that. And that's what I had to do was, I've always said freedom of time, freedom of money as my why. But that is so surface level when you think about it. Because why do I want freedom of time? Why do I want freedom of money? What will that do for me? How will I feel? How will I impact the people in my life?
Yep. So that's what it took for me to burn it all down. I ended up leaving my ownership in the brokerage, and I had this building that I had renovated. I'm like, okay, our village needs a coffee Shop. So I opened a coffee shop. Didn't know anything about that.
Never been in food and beverage, but I was like, yeah, I'll figure it out. And got into coaching and speaking. And I still sell real estate, but that's more of like a family and friends referral thing. We still buy rentals, but now it's more on a commercial premise. So we buy like old warehouses, old elementary schools, things of that nature. We turn those into multifamily properties.
And yeah, I mean that's. So to answer your question, back to the balance of it all, I think it's really prioritizing what you want and then you have to be able to put those systems in place that allow you to only spend your time doing the things that you need to be doing, which requires a release of control.
Because the biggest thing as an entrepreneur, in my opinion is we are trained to hustle and to work really hard and push ourself to build. Right. To get into that entry point. Whatever the business is, whatever the, you know, outcome is, we have to work really hard for. If we're a high achieving woman, like, you know, I was raised where it's like you can do anything you want, you just have to work really hard to get it. So I believe that and I prove that. But I think over time what happens is we forget that we have achieved the thing that we work towards and we don't know how to get out of that constant pushing, hustle, chaos, overwhelm. So we live in that state even though we've achieved the thing we are working towards and it kind of backfires.
So that's how I got into hiring. I hired my first, you know, couple assistants and it was chaos. And I'm just bringing them into chaos. And that's what people don't realize. A lot of time with a hire is if you're in chaos and you're bringing someone on, they're just going to be two people in chaos at that point. Right. It's not.
[00:13:33] Speaker C: Well, I always say where there's no order, there is chaos.
[00:13:36] Speaker B: Exactly, exactly. And it's like that overwhelm. I think we bring someone else in a lot of time we think, oh, they'll help me get out of that. But the reality is you have to figure out what systems you need. You don't need to spend a bunch of time and like, I'm not saying spend six months and build out systems and test and trial them, but you need to figure out like, okay, what I tell people to do, list out all the tasks you're doing the tasks that you like to do and that you don't like to do. And then what you want to be doing, all the things that you don't like to be doing, you don't need to be doing. Someone else can do 80% as, as well as you can take those tasks and come up with a SOP standard operating procedure that doesn't take any time. You just go in chat GPT, whatever AI you like and you tell it what tools to use and what the desired outcome is. Takes a minute. And once you do that, that's what you can hand off to someone. And when I do that, I tell them I did not proofread this right, I made this in chat GPT. You need to check it. If something's wrong, you fix it. If there's a better way to get to that desired goal or outcome, you do it. But, but you're responsible for that outcome, not the tasks along the way. And I think that's how I have learned how to have that balance is I'm working about 10 hours a week because I'm delegating 80 hours plus of work a week. But not just tasks that require me every step of the way. It's the outcome and the end result
[00:14:57] Speaker C: and that's what that was going to be. My next question, what were your top three systems but you gave us one. ChatGPT, what were the other two?
[00:15:03] Speaker B: Yeah, ChatGPT is a game changer. I think a virtual assistant, I don't know if that's considered a system but like if you can properly utilize someone and bring them on, that's changed my life. It can be an in person assistant too.
But I found for like a lot of those repeatable tasks or things that, you know, you, you, there's great virtual assistants out there and the cost of the hire makes a lot more sense financially a lot of the times that would be the second thing and then I think a third system which is maybe untraditional. I'm going way a different route here, but I think it's self care truly. I think making time for yourself as an entrepreneur or as somebody who has that freedom of time, I think it's very easy to fill our schedule with things we don't want to do, but we feel like we're supposed to do. And we lose track and perspective of why we, we started it in the first place.
[00:15:53] Speaker C: A lot of times people lose perspective and track of who they are.
They get lost in the business, they get lost in trying to scale, trying to grow Trying to get a million dollars, trying to get, you know, $100,000. They lose themselves in that and then they, they get burned out early. Yep. And then they get stuck. They feel overwhelmed and then they get stuck. And it's like, I know that I'm supposed to be doing something better, something greater, something new, but I don't know how to do it. And, and I believe a lot of time that comes from mindset. You know, you've put yourself on autopilot to hustle and grind instead of hustle. And it's not hustle, but aligned. You want to hustle and grind culture. You know, just like I tell the, the people that I coach, we, we're not, you know, hustling and grinding. That's not what we're doing. That's not our new normal. You know, that's going to lead you to quick burnout. That's where you're going to be overwhelmed. That's where you're going to have these mental blocks as to how to move forward, how to grow, how to balance things. No, we're going to align.
Align with that original plan. Like I told you, a lot of times, I believe it's divine. When people are operating in a flow, even though, you know, to each his own, some people don't acknowledge, you know, that our Creator as Lord Jesus, they don't acknowledge him. They. Some people are serving statues. To each his own. I don't serve a statue. So in my experience and then with faith based coaching, a lot of times I point them back in the direction of the one who gives you these ideas. The author and finisher of your faith, you know?
[00:17:24] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:17:24] Speaker C: Ideas come from above. They don't come from just sitting and looking at the birds flying by or digging in a pothole, you know, at the beach and just saying, okay, I, I created. No, it doesn't. There's divine alignment. And if people can find that point of relationship to understand and to listen and to receive that it gives a smoother path. Because then you've got guidance, then you've got instructions, and most of all, you've got wisdom.
[00:17:52] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:17:53] Speaker C: And I think, go ahead.
[00:17:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I think exactly that. With the wisdom of. It's God's wisdom. Right. It's not ours. And I think surrendering that and saying, I didn't build this. I couldn't have done this on my own. It was God's will for me. He put me where I was when I got that opportunity. He gave me the strength to make it through that hard season. And I think that's exactly what it is.
[00:18:17] Speaker C: Precisely. And a lot of people, like I said, they try to have one without the other, and then it's like, well, you know, how did you come up with this idea? Oh, well, it just popped in my head, really.
You know.
[00:18:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:18:28] Speaker C: Okay. Sometimes they're not templates. A lot of times.
[00:18:33] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:18:33] Speaker C: But there are processes, there are systems, and I believe the best systems are created in collaboration with him.
The systems 100 and. And so when you are in collaboration, you're in alignment, you're in a flow, and it flows freely. When you hit that ceiling or feel like you've come to, like a stumbling block. Okay, check your. Your line of systems. Have you disconnected?
Have you not asked and checked in to see what the next marching orders are? Are you still working off the original marching orders?
[00:19:08] Speaker B: Yeah, and something on that too.
Yeah. Is if something. I've noticed if something is not going according to how I want it to go according to my plan, I'm wondering, okay, did I ask God to just tag along, or am I following him? Am I going in his path for me? And I found that when it's not working, it's probably because it's not his will. It was my will, and I was just trying to invite him to come.
[00:19:31] Speaker C: Where'd you go? Spot on. Absolutely spot on. It's just like a lot of times people say, well, you know, how'd you do this? And how'd you do that? Listen, how'd you arrive? Listen, I never say that I've arrived. I'm still a work in progress. I'm still a work in progress because as a leader, and I'm sure you understand that with all those real estate properties and the different things in your portfolio, as a leader, we have to submit to someone too.
And a lot of times everybody's looking at you and you're looking at him, and it's like, okay, you know, and even with my teens, it's like, you know, I can only think, but to a certain point.
[00:20:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:07] Speaker C: That's why I give you the opportunity to be able to get us to the destination your way. As long as you're doing according to our systems, you're being creative and you're being fair to the team that's working under you, but I have somebody to answer to, too.
So when they come and I don't know the answer, I know that I need to seek wisdom for that answer. I need to seek further guidance for that answer. And again, a lot of times, people try to put the horse before the cart, the cart before the horse, however that go, they. They try to misalign steps.
[00:20:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:41] Speaker C: Alignment order.
[00:20:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:43] Speaker C: And then you wonder why everything's chaotic.
[00:20:46] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. And that's exactly the thing. Right. Like if things are chaotic, are you trying to open a door that God has said is shut? Right. Like, are you trying to open that door? You can't. Right. He ultimately decides what's going to happen. So you can either submit to that and listen to what his will is, or, or you can continue to try to open a door that he's shutting or vice versa. Right. Like if he's opening the door, he'll make it clear it's not. He's not trying to trick you. He's not trying to get you to question.
Oh, do I want her to do that? No, no. He wants you to know, I am opening this door for you or I'm shutting this door for you. Because there is a better door that I'm opening in your future.
[00:21:25] Speaker C: And when people realize that in their work, in their lives.
Accept that. I don't even want to say realize it. Accept it. Because sometimes you're trying to force Phillips head into a flathead or into a hex head, and it's not working. And you're trying to figure out why it's not working. And then it goes back, my mind goes to that scripture where David asked God, do I contend in pursuing his enemies? You know, do I contend or to what? Do I stand still? Do I fight? Or do I stand still? Do I draw back? You know, and so a lot of times, even in. In our processes for business, in our processes for our lives, that's a question you have to ask when you trying to force that Phillips head into that flathead or that hex head. And it's not working.
Sometimes it's not like adversarial acts. It's not his will.
And so when you're not in his wheel, there's a whole lot of friction.
And a lot of times that friction. You know, I spoke to someone recently.
She kept getting sick. Just long story short, she was in a coma. She kept getting sick, but she was hearing from him during these times.
And finally she realized that that voice that he was having. And basically unfortun I said, you know, did you not realize that you were being placed in these situations so you could listen?
You. You keep trying to force a piece.
You're not listening. It's unfortunate a lot of times to have to hit a brick wall and have complete meltdowns and everything shatter before you listen. And, and it's not that, you know, he's like an angry God and he wants to upset your life. A lot of times we get comfortable in our comfort zone.
A lot of times we get comfortable with the first rules, the first marching orders, the first set of instructions, because it's been working for. For 10, 20 years.
[00:23:14] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:23:15] Speaker C: But then he's trying to elevate us, to give us more. And we're trying to hold on to this old pattern, which is expired.
That's why trends are important.
Not to study it to a point where you're obsessed. But trends, market trends. Important not to take it on, to take that on as your business concept. But you do need to know what's going on. And sometimes I do believe those blockages or those roadblocks or stumbling blocks that people enter into as they're getting along their path is because something has changed. And you didn't check in to see what has changed so that you can adapt.
[00:23:52] Speaker B: Exactly. That's exactly that verse you were talking about from David. My. We just. Church just talked about a couple weeks ago. And what he said was, you know, if you read a few verses before or after, depending how you're looking, it's. Yeah, you know, David asked him and he told him to stand still. And then David asked him again and he said to go. And if, if David would have just checked in once and said, hey, what do I do? It wouldn't have worked the second time. If he would have just, you know, listened to that, what God said the first time, and he didn't go back, he would have been attacked. He would have been killed. And I think that's exactly what it is. We have to be in constant communication. We have to constantly seek out his wisdom. It's not a one time. Okay, here's the, here's the solution. And now I don't need any more feedback from.
[00:24:37] Speaker C: God is going to always keep himself employed in our lives.
[00:24:40] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, yeah.
[00:24:41] Speaker C: He's going to keep himself employed. For lack of better terms, he's going to keep himself employed. You're going to need him.
[00:24:49] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:24:50] Speaker C: And it's just like.
[00:24:51] Speaker B: And if you try not to need him, he's going to prove it to you even, even more.
[00:24:55] Speaker C: There you go. And, and you want to be the loving side, where you're working together in tandem, in partnership. That's such. I tell people all the time, I said, listen, the passenger side, let them drive, let them drive. It's a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ride on the passenger side.
[00:25:11] Speaker B: Yes, exactly.
[00:25:12] Speaker C: And that's even as leaders, you know, people think a lot of times it's just your team that needs to follow instructions. No, we have to follow instructions too, in order to lead efficiently. Yeah, lead properly. Lead with positive metrics, outcomes. Those things don't come just because you're standing there looking at it and hoping and wishing. These things are coming because you've aligned your thoughts, your actions, your patterns and your plans and taking on the original plan and it's flowing smooth or not.
[00:25:39] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:40] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:25:41] Speaker B: Amen to that.
Exactly.
[00:25:43] Speaker C: What. What is something I would say, I don't know if you have boys or girls. Do you have all girls, all boys,
[00:25:48] Speaker B: or mix all girls? 4 girls under the age of 4.
[00:25:52] Speaker C: I thought you said that. So as a woman, as a mother of girls, what is the one thing. No, give us two. Two top things that you want your girls to learn from your journey.
[00:26:08] Speaker B: Wow, that's a great question. I think the first thing is to be unapologetic in who you are and who God made you to be. I think the culture and societal norms from when I grew up were to be quiet, to sit down, to not be bossy, to not be loud, to not be too much. And I think I really turned into a people pleaser without even knowing it. I wasn't like a traditional people pleaser in the sense of I'm gonna just sit down and shut up, but I was a people pleaser in the sense of I was such a high achiever because I cared so much what other people thought of me.
And I think through that, I really lost myself. And I never figured out who I was, not even lost myself. I never really allowed myself to step into who I was. And it took me, you know, going through all of these business journeys and reaching, quote, unquote, success on paper and realizing that I wasn't feeling that fulfillment. To understand who God designed me to be and who I really. Who I was. And to some people, I am too much. To some people, I am too loud. And that's okay. Those aren't my people.
And I think to remember that and to not shy away from that, to fit someone else's mold of you, that would be my first thing. My second thing would be to really lean on your people, to find your people, to.
To trust them and to build those relationships, even when it's inconvenient. I think I really struggled with friendships and questioning, you know, what it meant to be a good friend.
As a. As a young girl. I was an only child, so I felt a lot. I felt Lonely a lot of the times. And now as a adult, I have the most amazing friends.
And one of them lives three houses down. The other one lives across the country. So I have a wide variety of supports. You know, some people don't believe in God, and they're really close in my circle, but that. That's okay because we, you know, we still have respectful conversations. It's not that we're not having those conversations.
[00:28:16] Speaker C: And then to your light, let your light so shine upon men that they will see the light in you and glorify the Father, which is in heaven. You keep doing what you're doing. Yeah. I really am a firm believer that he puts different people in our paths for different reasons.
And when we don't take the will from him trying to drive it, he'll drive them right where he wants them to be, through us.
[00:28:41] Speaker B: Exactly. Yeah. My husband. I have that conversation a lot. Right. Because my belief is that we are not going to ever get somebody to change their life. Jesus is going to get someone to change their life, and we just have to point them to Jesus. So for me, a lot of my friends who don't believe, it's not that I'm sitting there every conversation saying, oh, you need to go to church. You need to. No, but I'm going to show them, through my life, through my love, who the person of Jesus is. At least I hope I can. Right. And he will do the work in their life, you know?
[00:29:14] Speaker C: Yes. Thank you.
[00:29:15] Speaker B: Yeah. He's the one who's going to do the work, though. It's not up to me. I'm just in charge to plant the seed. Right. That's it. That's all I have to do.
[00:29:22] Speaker C: Because sometimes your life is the only God they see.
[00:29:27] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:29:28] Speaker C: Sometimes your life is the only church they'll attend.
[00:29:31] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:29:31] Speaker C: I love that, you know, and I remember some. That you just brought something back to me.
I've always had a very diverse group of people that I've worked with, and we respect each other's differences. That's just me. I'm just that way, you know, And. And I remember, even though, like, my nonprofit is, of course, serving all. All genders, race, color, creeds of people that are homeless and impoverished or in transition or at risk of.
I remember a lot of our most dedicated volunteers were not the same culture. We were all different cultures. Different.
And a lot of times they paid a lot more attention to me than I ever realized.
Well, give or take six months into the, I would say, volunteer relationship, the working relationship, where they're working alongside of. Of me going into the trenches and the woods and the bushes and bringing these people out and helping to transition them.
I'll never forget this one lady told me.
She said, cindy, I want to know your God.
Oh, God.
[00:30:33] Speaker B: Wow, that's amazing. Oh, my gosh.
[00:30:36] Speaker C: She said, I want to know your God.
She said, I've seen him move at the 11th hour at you talking to him. I've heard you mumble, and it sounded like you were mumbling, but I realized you were praying.
She said, I didn't know God.
[00:30:51] Speaker B: God.
[00:30:51] Speaker C: She said, but I want to know your God because I see the relationship that you have with him, and it's like no other relationship I've ever known.
[00:31:02] Speaker B: Wow. I have goosebumps my whole body.
[00:31:07] Speaker C: But that's that light that he gives us that we don't even know. Because I don't. Me personally, I don't set out to inspire or to encourage people.
I. I'm just me.
I can only show up as my authentic self. I can only be who he has made me to be and strive to be that better person that I'm evolving into as he works his perfect will in my life daily.
[00:31:35] Speaker B: I love that. Yeah.
[00:31:36] Speaker C: So. So for me, when something seemingly so small is recognized, where it transforms or transcends somebody's thinking from one way to the other. We are the light. He puts the light in us. We are his witnesses. I was reading a scripture passage not too long ago.
I can't even remember exactly what it was, but in other words, he was reminding me that in the earth, I am his witness. He sent us here as his witnesses to what he can do, what he does, how to draw to him, how he wants to have intimacy with us,
[00:32:14] Speaker B: not just a one off exactly.
[00:32:16] Speaker A: You know, you think about the children
[00:32:18] Speaker C: of Israel, and I'm gonna bring it back in here because I can go on all day about the children of Israel that went around and around and around and around a circle. And when God told Moses to tell Pharaoh to let his people go, the gist and bottom line was he says, so they can worship me
[00:32:35] Speaker B: so good.
[00:32:36] Speaker C: Out of all the things a great big God could request.
[00:32:39] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:40] Speaker C: You want intimacy with us.
[00:32:42] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:42] Speaker C: All of that bondage of them going around and around in a circle only to get. He wanted them to get what he'd already prepared for them.
[00:32:49] Speaker B: But they weren't listening exactly.
[00:32:52] Speaker C: They were looking at what was in front of them that did not match what they were told it was going to be.
[00:32:59] Speaker B: How relevant that is today, huh?
[00:33:01] Speaker C: So they're stuck.
[00:33:03] Speaker E: So they're stuck.
[00:33:04] Speaker C: And you're spinning around on a hamster wheel and don't know how to get off.
[00:33:09] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:33:09] Speaker C: Because you're out of alignment. You didn't shut your mouth enough to have a dialogue versus a monologue. Your monologue was grumbling and complaining. But then that young lady that heard me, heard me praying sometimes. Oh, my God, they don't know I was praying for provision. Praying for weather. Sometimes I'm looking to see somebody's coming. That looks kind of scary. We've got kids over here on this side. All types of things. Sometimes it was the weather.
We're getting ready to go out and, oh, my God, it looks like it's about to rain. And it's like, God, we've got all these people going to serve your people. Give us beautiful weather. And I've seen him. Yes. Roll the storm cloud away.
[00:33:47] Speaker B: Yeah. Wow. I love that.
[00:33:50] Speaker C: So we are his witnesses because you've experienced his goodness.
[00:33:55] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:33:56] Speaker C: You've experienced his. His kindness. You've experienced his corrections. Because whom the Lord loves, he chastes. You see?
[00:34:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:04] Speaker C: Sometimes it might be ugly if you're not paying attention. Yeah. You might end up flat on your back because you're not paying attention. And he's trying to get your attention.
[00:34:11] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:34:12] Speaker C: It's so sweet. And it's like, oh, my God, I'm sorry I didn't hear that before. I was like sewing a tailspin. I didn't even hear that.
[00:34:19] Speaker B: And you said, oh, yeah. You know what I mean? You've been saying that.
[00:34:23] Speaker C: He said it earlier. Just catch a pet.
[00:34:27] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:27] Speaker C: Like, sometimes I'm quick, sometimes I'm slow.
[00:34:29] Speaker B: Yeah, I feel that. I feel that.
[00:34:33] Speaker C: But ultimately, anytime you're doing anything great in the earth, it didn't just drop by happenstance or by some. Some magical thought that you thought you had.
[00:34:46] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:49] Speaker C: And. And you know, and I love that. I love that people a lot of times think it's on their clock. And sometimes I've been guilty and had to rein myself back in to remember I'm not in control.
You know, I am not in control. I have a manner of authority that he allows me to have to lead other people. He trusts me to lead other people. But it doesn't mean that I know everything, because I don't. I'm still learning.
And even to this very day, it's like, listen, we're going to learn together.
I know this. You know that. Well, Cindy, you know. Yeah, I know. I know a little bit more in that area. But together, when you put it together, one can chase a thousand, but two can chase ten thousand. You see what I mean?
[00:35:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:35:33] Speaker C: We can put that 10,000 in order.
[00:35:36] Speaker B: Exactly. Yeah. I love it.
[00:35:37] Speaker C: This has just been awesome. This has absolutely been awesome. What would be your parting words for our listeners?
[00:35:44] Speaker B: I would say to the listeners, thank you for spending time with us. No matter what season you're in, spend some time, look 15 years in the future and figure out what that ideal life looks like for you. Don't get caught in where you are today, but give yourself freedom to let go of society's expectations, what you think is expected by other people. And figure out what you want, where God wants you.
And you know, just spend time figuring out your deep true why not just what you think you're supposed to be doing.
[00:36:17] Speaker C: Awesome. Awesome. How can people find you or get in contact with you if they want to chat some more?
[00:36:22] Speaker B: Yeah, I would love to chat more. So my website is alexiahoffman.com. there's a bunch of stuff there, free resources, all that good stuff and then I'm on all the socials. My my go to is Instagram at Alexia Hoffman co. If you DM me podcast, there's freebies that I'll send you and I just love to hear feedback, you know, what were your takeaways from the conversation or what would you like to dive into? Deeper.
[00:36:46] Speaker C: Awesome. Awesome. That is beautiful. So beautiful. I'm so happy that you were spending time with us today.
From the babies.
[00:36:54] Speaker B: Yes. Thank you. This was a great conversation.
[00:36:56] Speaker C: I love it. I have enjoyed it so much. Thank you so much for being here.
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