From Living in Her Car to Living on Her Own Island and Making a Global Impact with Britnie Turner

Speaker 1

00:00

Welcome, everybody. To another episode of the From Adversity to Abundance podcast. I amyour host, Jamie Bateman. And today I have the honor of being joined by Britnie Turner of Aerialgroup.Britnie,howareyoudoing?

Hi.Great.Thankyouforhavingme,Jamie.

Yeah.Andyoualreadytoldme,butfortheaudience,canyoutelluswhereyou'redialingin?I'mcallinginfromthebeautifulBritishVirginIslandswhereitisanotherperfectday.

That's fantastic. And I guess you've kind of made that your home, is that right? Is that where youlive?

Yeah, this I'm actually calling in from my island, which is in BVI and it is called The Aerial BVI onBuck Island and it's been amazing. So, yeah I'll give you a little background. I wanted to be amissionary since I was 12 years old, I went on a ton of mission trips. All throughout high school.I'd work five jobs at a time to save, to go on these trips. I had a huge passion for helping peopleandIwentonthesetripsandrealizedIwasn'treallychanginglifeforpeople.

Speaker 2

02:49

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Speaker 1

03:32

 Abundance, welcome everybody to another episode of the form adversity, to abundance podcast. I am your host Jamie Bateman. And today, I have the honor of being joined by Brittany Turner of aerial group. Brittany, how are you.

Speaker 2

03:47

 Doing? I great, thank you. For having me, Jamie.

Speaker 1

03:51

 Yeah, and you already told me, but for the audience can tell us where you're dialing in from.

Speaker 2

03:57

 I am calling in from the beautiful British Virgin Islands, where it is another awesome, perfect day.

Speaker 1

04:05

 That's fantastic. And yeah, and I guess you have kind of made that your home is that right? Is that where you had?

Speaker 2

04:14

 Was? I am actually calling in, from my Island, which is in be VI. And it is called the Ariel be VI on Buck Island, and it's so cool. It's been amazing. So, yeah, i-i will give you a little background. I wanted to be a missionary. Since I was 12 years old, I went on a ton of mission trips all throughout High School, I work five jobs at a time to save to go on these trips. I had a huge passion for helping people, and I went on these trips and realized I wasn't really Changing Life, her people. Oh yes, we'd feed them for a day, or we build a school, but they're still suffering, you know, they're still having to do terrible things because they have no other opportunities and when you meet parents that have actually sold their kids, it's something you can't unsee or when you meet kids that have been sold, my purpose became really clear so yes I am calling you from an absolutely beautiful. What looks like absolutely Paradise. There's so much more to the story and If we can get anything today on your podcast, you know, it's just a powerful message that you're looking to share. And I want to encourage all of you listening to this, that you absolutely can go from this because I started my career living in my car and it's still all these businesses in alignment with my purpose.

Speaker 1

05:41

 So you weren't just handed an island and went from there. So, yeah, for the listeners, who are you today? Today. And then we're jump back into your back story. With what do you have going on kind of?

Speaker 2

05:55

 Today? So, today I get to live on this beautiful private island in the BVI, which it's not just an island, and it's not just my house. We actually have a resort here that creates these amazing healing experiences where people come, and they find their purpose. It's unlike anywhere I have ever met in the world. I mean, people come here and they find exactly. They're needing in life, and they find Center, and then they actually go forth and make the difference that they're called to in their life. And it sounds, it almost sounds weird, but you have to try it. You have to every single thing is so intentional from the way we integrated with nature, to the food that heals you from the inside out to the activities and the ability to connect to our Equine Therapy, that's on island, and we have over 17 horses and zebras and turtles and Cox that are here that were all rescues. And so when you can come see Redemption, and every layer, when you can come Breathe Again in an inspiring atmosphere, and you can start to connect to the things that matter most to you. And other people that care about changing the world, then you will start activating into your purpose and my career, like, we're talking about started with wanting to help children in Desperate areas. But as I have gone all over the world on these mission trips, I realized it's going to have to take up a lot more than me if you drive through eight hours of slums, it's going to take a whole lot more than Britney Turner and any wealth I could ever build to actually create opportunity in places that don't have The basics, some places in Honduras, I have met with nonprofits, their entire life. Mission is to get people up to the poverty line because there's another layer in Honduras below, poverty called miserable. And they just want to get people up to the poverty line. And I am like, in poverty in Honduras, is different from poverty in America. So sure the island is designed to find other people again, help you heal so that you can have the ability to give to others you. Start attracting the abundance to get past. Living just paycheck to paycheck and you can help solve the needs of the world. And so that looks like this amazing beautiful picture, but there's even some sort of behind it. Yes, I spend about fifty percent of my time in developing nations getting trampled on these different hand up programs. That my husband and I are building or have built wiping out poverty, creating jobs and doing these emergency rescue missions after disaster. So we have disaster all the way through Redevelopment that are nonprofit is involved in, not just saving lives, but rebuilding livelihood. So again you can address poverty at its root and so that's its so amazing and so rewarding, but it took my real estate business being successful. And mindful and intentional purpose to ever get here.

Speaker 1

09:13

 That's exactly what I want to focus on. That's, that's really good and to be clear, I told you before, we hit record I heard you on another podcast. And I mean, and I am not just saying this, I was just blown away by them, what you all are doing. And I just, it's one of those things where it's like, I don't even, I am trying to figure out what's for dinner versus trying to stop human trafficking or Something like so. And again, not trying to compare, but it was just amazing. Just the fact that you have even set your goals that high and that you have what you have been able to accomplish so yeah, let us dive into your backstory and you can start, you know, wherever you want. But trying to focus on some of the adversity that you have been through. And I know that we have all been through adversity. We're all going to face more adversity, right? It's not we don't pretend on this show that it's we had adversity. Now we have abundance. And it's not like that, we don't just flip a switch, but we want to walk through kind of your journey on that, you know, from moving from a thorough adversity and getting to abundance, talk about your real estate and that kind of thing. So what jumps out to you as a good starting point?

Speaker 2

10:27

 I think the starting point is knowing those desires that are in your heart even as a kid really important because everybody is called to something different and my pillar of the difference. I wanted to make in the world was to serve those in extreme desperation and other people are called to put more art in high schools and other people called to, like, make sure that little league is the best Little League in the world. Old, and you have got to be confident and being like the best, mom, or dad, whatever it is, get confident, and know that those desires are in your heart for a reason and then start designing a life to make that reality. And one of the best ways you can do that is to write your eulogy. And the reason that is such a powerful exercise, it is the only thing guaranteed in your life is that you're going to freak die, you're going to die. And let us go, just like those with. Terminal illness. Things become really clear really fast and what matters in life everything people sold, you start to go away, and it's matters. You what do you want to be true in your one chance on earth? Now, I am so blessed that at 17, I was in a class and somebody had me right then. So it's very good kid. Hmm, wanted to be a missionary because that's as big as I could dream. I wasn't actually doing anything today. That would make that story true. And I wanted to start with sharing that today because that was The Guiding Light in my life. And I updated every year because I learned more and my dreams become bigger, just like Jamie was just saying, it's not about growing, it's not about comparing, but when you can meet somebody who is doing more, you can ask yourself, can I do.

Speaker 1

12:16

 More? Yeah, else is.

Speaker 2

12:18

 Possible with my life and my friends. Thankfully, I have got some really cool billionaire neighbors who are like solving answer. They are really lovingly hard on me. Thanks, Brittany. We only saved a thousand people. I am like, oh my God, why are you not working on 20,000 people? You know, people need your help, and I am like, but went because they believed in me because they have set the standard. I now think it's possible for me which means I am going to do it sure. Yeah, confident and you're calling. Don't limit yourself based on whose around. You have people taking your butt and or listen to them like this podcast. Yeah. So they can reset what You think is normal because you're only ever going to do its.

Speaker 1

12:59

 Normal. So what comes to your mind as far as just some of the adversity personal adversity that you have been through, whether its Financial Health, you know, any relationship family things that you have worked through over the years that were real challenges. I had that.

Speaker 2

13:17

 I had that Clarity of purpose that I didn't have any funding for it. And this guy came into class same classes. I was in where the guy had me. Write my eulogy that. Did you know you Buy a house with no money down and I said, go on.

Speaker 1

13:32

 Tell me more, he's been.

Speaker 2

13:34

 At that house out for $1200 a month. But your mortgage is only $900 a month. That's the thing called Cash Flow. Yeah, he said, if you do that 10 times, you can live in Africa and you don't have to ask anybody else for money and all sake. I love that idea because I spend so much time like digging, and I was like, I might as well just go make my own money. I can make my own money more than whoever donate, and so I love that idea but that idea was introduced to me in a year 2007. Hmm a house at 18 and then Googled what? Colleges teach you how to flip houses? As I learned you can make like 10,000 are slipping house. Do you work hard? And I am a hard worker raised on the farm. And no college is told you how to flip houses. So I said, okay, well, I guess I have to learn another way that wasn't exactly popular with my family. I don't know if you guys have ever had anybody, yet not approve, but I had to be willing to do what or be willing to find a way to get educated in what I needed to learn even though there was not a formal education for that, which is sad that there isn't, that just isn't right. So again, my family stop talking, For almost two years. Oh wow. Very hard because I am one of six kids, and we're very close and my boyfriend was super mean he's like this just there's a reason 18 year olds, don't buy a house and all my friends pretending like they didn't know me, and I was like I am doing orphans. I want to save orphans, so I end up getting a job as a loan officer because the main guy said he would teach me how to flip houses. Again, 2008 not one loan closed up in. Dollars of debt and have to wait tables. I am working 12 hours a day, studying, every real estate book. I could possibly get my hands on almost 10 hours a day, sleeping two hours if every night. And.

Speaker 1

15:38

 So was this debt, just curious. Was this from just living expenses or was this how did the debt?

Speaker 2

15:44

 Accumulated? Yeah, it was just waiting for her waiting for a loan to close and living off that credit card living off. That creditor is not out shopping, don't worry. Not a shopper, trying to pay my mortgage because my renters and the other bedrooms weren't paying their rent and integrates were, you know, 7% back then. And so, I am surviving waiting for something to break through. I am learning everything I can and I end up waiting tables and extremely long story, short, these I got offered a job that I would have to move to Nashville. Place had never been and weeks. Well, I decided to kick my roommates out and rent the house out to these guys off Craigslist, I took a job that was less than $600 or 60 is less than the minimum sum. My credit cards. I moved to a place. Nobody know. I don't know anybody families like you're an idiot. Also, everybody's saying so the worst time to get into real estates 2008-2009. Sure. Dumb what are you doing? So I thought this was my big break through but it's good. It ended up being the guys like Well, I was supposed to be his assistant, and he was going to teach me how to flip houses he's like. Well, nobody is able to flip houses right now and do well, so I am doing away with your job position. The tenants first month's rent. Check bounced. So now, I have a mortgage, I have no income. I have all this, and I pay my freaking bills. Okay, mmm. All this going on, I still found a way to pay my bills and might be one from when compared to another, but I paid them and I couldn't tell my family, and so I end up moving into my car. And I found these two guys, the day I got fired that were actually flipping houses and I said can I work for you for free because even though I would almost three years like nothing working in my life I knew that you still have to serve. Yeah. Give us to have to be a blessing for people to want to keep you around and real estate. Investing really expensive to learn sure, Boyd, learns to work for free. So I worked 18 to 21 hours a day for them or nine months living. Living in my car on and off most of the time. And Mike are having creepy truck drivers banging on my window in the middle of the night and grocery store, parking lots. And at the end of those nine months, I had made them like three hundred thousand dollars, and they never offered to pay me. It was just.

Speaker 1

18:07

 A and what was your role with?

Speaker 2

18:09

 Then? I didn't even talk to me the first like week. I just sat in the car. They let me sit in the car and I would listen to their problems. And I knew if I could make their life easier they would keep me around. And so I would take notes. He's really frustrated at is realtor. The realtor isn't hard enough worker. He's really frustrated at his contractor, he doesn't like this tile company. He needs more investors. He can't find enough deals and so whatever he was frustrated that I would ask some When he would ever give me any time on how to do those things. And I would take it on like here's what he expects, here's what he's getting, and I would try to fill the Gap, and so I became his realtor and like, all that I just did everything I could for free to make their lives. Amazing.

Speaker 1

18:55

 Sure. You were listening and solving problems. I mean, that's.

Speaker 2

18:59

 And our people will keep you around. If you make, yeah, at the end of nine months, they're like, are you ready to go do this on your own? And it's still going to sound easier than it. Was it still was like one, so suckiness and like, Like Parable everything going wrong backstabbing, I call that not them, but they're people the Sharky business. Sure, that this is this.

Speaker 1

19:19

 Is one of the risks, sorry to cut you off? But with, with our with this show, it's like we gloss over so much stuff and it's like, oh yeah, you know, I live it out of my car for nine months so that's cool. But I mean, it was way more challenging than.

Speaker 2

19:32

 What the cold my garden eat. It was cool. And it's like, there's so much more terrible things that went on. That I will never have to tell you about like the shadiness of people getting robbed having houses like I was, I had to put two guys in jail for trying to kill me, like it was there's so much drama in that business, but the point was never, it was never about making money and it was never, it was never about real estate. It was about getting back to these regions of the world where it's are going to be alive or dead if I do.

Speaker 1

20:13

 Nothing. Mmm, oh yeah. That's yeah. And frankly and I told you this before, Or we hit record? I haven't said this per se on this show yet but you know, I was the co-host of a mortgage note investing podcast and it was great, The Good Deeds podcast. I recommend any mortgage note investors listen to it but you know, but I found that It's life is bigger than that and that's and so that's kind of that's why I started this show was to talk about things like this where it's like your goals and your intention. And the reason you were doing learning to flip or learning any strategy within real estate, Was to make money to get funding to do these mission trips, right, which was is considerably bigger than flipping a house or, you know whatever the arv is on a particular property. That's all important and that's how you make money but I love it. It's fantastic. So talk us through the next, you know, few years. Or how did you kind of transition from that rough?

Speaker 2

21:19

 Period? Well, I never got not rough. I will just say that if it's got rougher in different ways. Okay, um, but yeah, it is perspective, your problems change, it's not Mo Money More Problems. It's less. You made your money in terrible ways, then it comes back at you. It's Mo Money different problems. And every day that I have different problems against somebody, dumped a boat in my bay, and the numbers to get it out, it's like eighty, five thousand dollars. Something insane. And I was like, wow, so annoyed because somebody just dumped it there, instead of actually disposing of it properly, it was after the storm and it's like, well, you get to have these kinds of problems, right? Right renting, these kinds of ramen, all of these are better than not being able to fill your gas tank up. I hated those. I will still pick these, huh? Because it's not even that the problems aren't actually harder or bigger. It's that you're more confident. In yourself, more confident, that I have a track record of knowing you have gotten through that before. You can also get through this, that always makes a way. Got always brings you through it and it always ends up working out for your good. And instead of labeling things problems, you can call them expansion tools because they really are blessings made and designed for your expansion. So you can go to the level that you're asking to go to because it makes you smarter, it makes you dive in, it makes you ask better questions, makes You learn more connect more, talk to other people, listen to more podcast, whatever it is, to grow to be able to handle those things. I am not into like attracting extra problems. Trying to cut, right thing. If you don't label them problems and you're going to have a more joyful Journey. Sure, that is, yeah, I wish I had understood earlier on these hoes upset thinking, this shouldn't be happening to me. I am a good person. Making money for good, it's good. I get to deal. At these, I have been entrusted with these. Yeah. How can I be a leader amongst time? How can I help other people? How can I grow, what's the person at the coming? And then my feeling my life with anger, and rage, which is my go-to or am I feeling it with purpose and remembering my why in a powerful.

Speaker 1

23:39

 Way? Now, that's really good. And we have one of the major common themes that's come through all these episodes so far. This is episode 22. So through 21 now, 22 Episodes. One of the common themes has been just that, which is okay. You may not see it in the moment that this is great. I am so happy. I am going through this, you know, terrible time this struggle right? But over time and it's different for everyone. It's every situation is different but over time you look back and you see because you have shifted your perspective you see that actually that was a blessing because of that hardship I went through all these personal growth or you know you're better off actually and You're able. And the other thing is you're able to focus on helping other people. That's the big one that I found through all of our guests. Whether it's health challenges, Financial challenges, they are. I don't think we have had a single guess who hasn't mentioned. Hey, I shifted my focus to others in order and that's what really got me through this hard time in this adversity. So I just that's, I mean, you're all about serving others but it just that Been a major takeaway for me personally is, look, yes, you do need to focus on yourself at some point. You know, this is a real challenge that I am going through. We're not saying it's not but at some point to get past that in to think bigger you have got to focus on serving others and that's just been a big part of this show so far so if you would so take us through just kind of from I guess that flipping that initial real estate face. Is through today. And I know that's like a ton to cover but it's so in real estate and business kind of what it hit, some of the highlights that you have got, you know, got at work through to get to.

Speaker 2

25:31

 Today. Yeah, so I was flipping houses. To make money so that I could buy cash flowing assets so that I could move to Africa. That was my plan. God didn't want to have to ask other people for money. So I went out on that Journey. Again, started the worst time you could get into real estate. Yeah, process of flipping houses, I kept going back to Africa and my mentor took me to one of his orphanage sites and showed me. How? These business guys who saw things they couldn't unsee it, designed an orphanage, that was so beautiful and it was so inspiring that these kids, they pulled out of garbage. Heaps were dreaming about being the president, is little girls, which reaming about being president of Kenya one day, and having loving relationships in a family. And it was so cool to see the power of environment. And we went from that orphanage site to another one where I helped him do the land deal and then I helped him do the site plan and then I helped him recreate a family model versus warehousing children. And then we came up with enough cash flowing. I don't if you want to call them assets but like a guard that you not only feed the kids with and teach them skills. You can sell the extra the marketplace and create cash flow to where that orphanage is self-sustainable. I this is such a an integral part of my journey because I went from trying to make cash flow to understanding that my skill set is how you solve poverty because I was actually mad at God. A lot of my journey thinking like why are my learning real estate? Yeah, I am flipping houses. What the heck does that help to do with Africa? Where I really want to be? Came back to the orphanage site that we had helped tie up a year later, which we hadn't even been able to break ground yet. It takes forever to get title there. I saw how The area we had picked because parents were selling their kids for $25 like forever gone. They knew was going to happen to them, organ harvesting or sex trafficking, he picked that level of desperation area because that poverty, all these businesses had moved in and now it was one of the wealthiest areas within like a 10-mile radius and are like, what happened? It's because the Americans are investing their had the fates of Start these like second branches that are companies or whatever, the will African company and I saw how real estate development can shift what's possible for communities. And I said, can I start practicing in areas? People don't believe in areas that are similar to this environment areas that need help. How do I get people to Believe In These Broken places? Because if they believe in them, then opportunity will come and Elevate. The people up with dignity. Instead of Gentrifying its painful. Revitalization and giving the people who want it that chance to.

Speaker 1

28:46

 Pull them. You're getting the buy-in from the people who are already there as opposed to forcing.

Speaker 2

28:51

 Forcing these changes. It's not them, it's that. Okay, people bring in the opportunities pick that spot. Okay, and so, the people who live there, get those opportunities versus having outside, people have to move their Nets. Gotta kind of idea. So.

Speaker 1

29:13

 You.

Speaker 2

29:13

 There. So practice in my own backyard how do you take everything from a house to a street to a neighborhood and get opportunity to come to it through the revitalization and it's mindful, mindful sounds like a girly word, it's not, it's means to consider. Other means to take all of it into account, and care about it versus just taking the piece, you need to be profitable, how can you eat profitable while considering others and Meeting everybody and as much as that again, takes a lot more effort. It's so amazingly worth it and I never would have dreamed. Like people would bring us their deals because they demanded. We're the only ones I give a crap about the community. On, we're the ones that are allowed to buy it which was so cool. Was like this and making blessing that came from having this like, great heart. And, so I actually went from, we woooon Forbes, sixth fastest growing woman-owned and Woman Led company In the world in the next year's and then fortunate number three, Urban fastest, Urban male or female, fastest, growing company in the nation and a bunch of other really cool Awards, like tons of Princeton young, and I didn't even go to pick up half of them. Not that I am rude that I, I have met the kids that are suffering, and if I can impart anything to my listeners today, it's your why can Actually make you scale your business so much bigger than yourself and you can tie purpose to every transaction. If you can start integrating your impact in small ways to where you can then be getting to do it full time. As you grow your company, your impact grows. Don't give away all your money tomorrow. Torsionally. Dedicate a portion of every transaction to the impact that you want to see in the world and you're going to start having a reason to wake up in the morning, every business gets old every day. Salt. And so, if you're feeling burned out, shut up. Shut up. If we can hear it, I want to hear activating into your purpose. Better. Start integrating things. You care about and thank God for the blessing of your business. Never curse it or whine about it because gratitude is what leads to abundance being grateful for what you have already been. Given you will be given more and more, but if you are selfish with that and you hoard it and you keep it in your not a conduit for good to flow through you. You're not going to be given So start tapping into ways to being impactful with anything, you have been given and you will be given.

Speaker 1

31:52

 More. Wow, I am definitely gonna have to listen to that last two minutes myself. But yeah, that was fantastic. So just for the listeners out there and I know you're not saying you care about all these Awards, too much time on your website right now? And there's, I mean, I know there's a ton of awards that you and your team have been had earned. So I only bring that up to say it's your not Just some person that's saying all this stuff, you have actually we should actually listen to you have actually accomplished quite a bit and that's just these Awards. But what you're saying is, these are words mean nothing in comparison to your greater purpose and serving these kids serving these impoverished communities, right? And, so I mean it's just yeah, I could go. There's so many ways we could go with this. So, so just to kind of like, Complete the so as far as your real estate and your businesses, and what does that look like today? And what is your, you know, we don't have to get into like dollars and cents or number of units, but what is your kind of real estate or business look like today? From an if someone looked at it from the outside.

Speaker 2

33:03

 Yeah, I have seven companies and all of them are Force for good companies. Which means we do good in the way we make our money, and then we do good with the money we make. And quite honestly like this, don't care. Otherwise, like I am absolutely not motivated. I am not one of those wake up driven people who see a kid. Yeah, can't speak. Because of the level of abuse, they experienced as an infant and it's their still going through that. Like, you can't. Nothing Else Matters. And thankfully I have been entrusted with amazing things, like a private island. That's really cool but the private and is fully surrendered to making a difference in the world. And if I can His straight more good through this place than anywhere else on a competition. But like right well on it to be that impactful. I want every element of it to be that impactful. I want people to come here and understand how powerful they are. Nothing pisses me off more than finding depressed Americans. Why? Why are you living your life with so much access to?

Speaker 1

34:12

 Yeah, we're totally spoiled.

Speaker 2

34:14

 Yeah. Yeah, you're consumed with yourself. It's because you're not loving purpose, and I am not mad at them, but I don't think it's, I don't like this privilege idea there with every ounce of what you have access to or were born into. It comes a responsibility. I am not telling you to go give away all your money tomorrow. I am saying, understand the calling on your life and keep asking, take that aerial perspective on your life. What is possible? What is all the Things that can happen through me? If I so choose to activate into this instead of living a life of escaping, hmm, living a life of intentionality not but going towards something that matters. Even if there are obstacles even if there's adversity there absolutely will be every day is going to be dumb stuff to big step but got to stay on track with that mission.

Speaker 1

35:07

 That's really good. So your question popped into my head. How does your like how do you and your husband work from a business standpoint? Point you know, because I have worked with my spouse as far as on rental properties in our real estate and mortgage notes and things and it can be challenging, let us be honest. So I am just curious. How do you, how do you break that out? As far as what's your role? What's his.

Speaker 2

35:28

 Wonderful question? And I think the most important thing with any couple period, whether or not you work together is to find a way to view them. As a blessing, not a burden because anything you view is a burden will get taken away from you and do, You will miss the blessing. Hmm, life will suck. So every day that I start getting just annoyed at him, he's a blessing. How can I see that? He's a blessing today and again an asset in your life. So for us is we have a really weird story on how we met at an airport. He was in a wheelchair, just goofing off, like we just, I never thought we had any potential on actually being together, but The more we actually went overseas and served together, he was active duty, but we come on these just Disaster Response trips with me. I saw him step into his purpose and my life calling is to knock out sex trafficking as much as humanly possible. And the best way to do that I found is through Economic Development, giving people better opportunities than selling their kids, just be real. That's like an amazing way to knock it out, because it just stops there. So, I want to live in these developing nations and helping them. He has all the skills to navigate austere environments. And so, it was so interesting to see, Because we go in after disasters because people will like they need the help. It's an emergency, and they also it's a nice time to like build trust because I am not always the right color. I am not always the right gender. I am not always right age for people to just wake up and be like, I feel like listening to the best practices of recovery from this chick you know. So when you really proved your heart to help they listen. So anyway, How we work together is? I thankfully God took me down this path of like, some of the hardest ways to learn how to be successful in business at the same time as authentic with your mission to really help and serve at the same time as being able to be profitable by that Asian like yeah, we're good company creation. So I have got this awesome background and like making companies for real sustainable. Mhm. And he has this amazing back, right? He's got over 10 million dollars of training and him from the government because he's special forces that we now get to repurpose into saving lives, and so he are. We merged our life passions and his big thing now that he's like awake and can see the opportunities that veterans can have versus your only opportunity to stay in the military. That's what of them are told. And I don't blame the military. They put a lot of money into them. They want to kill him, so absolutely. But he wants them to see how many other people they can help after they retire. And so we have a heel, the heroes program, where we take these guys, that don't see their purpose, they don't understand what they're capable of, and they go through this year-long healing program. And then on the other side, they have these in crazy, amazing opportunities to give back. Serve teach work with entrepreneurs, get these amazing jobs. It's been one of the most rewarding things that we do so and it's saved a ton of lives.

Speaker 1

39:04

 That's awesome. And it's everything. You're I mean it's always Forward Thinking and it's you know you're not just teaching them, you're not just giving them a fish, right? You teach them to fish, right? And your it's bigger. So you're not only healing that veterans life but how many lives is that veteran than impacting? Positive way. That's awesome.

Speaker 2

39:29

 5,500 people in Ukraine already over 900 of them are orphans that were trapped in bomb shelters and our team. Who's used to those environments were able to go in without any weapons and conduct these rescue operations and getting these people to safety. So that's its, that's.

Speaker 1

39:45

 Amazing. Crazy boarding. Yeah, I got a chance to work with some of the SF guys and in Iraq. And they're just on a whole different level. Level. It's pretty awesome. We were working to try to create a special forces Battalion for within the Iraqi Army. Now, I mean, it's not it's a different, you know, it's a different. Just their army is very different from the US military. But yeah, it was, I mean, we did some missions with them. It was, I mean, phenomenal, just, it's a whole different, it's mind-blowing, they're just on a different level. And one of the things I took away was that they're always prepared. Paired. It never goes. I mean this is more than one thing. Never goes away. They think it's going to write, but they also travel really let you mentioned no weapons. It's like we were all up-armored and slow and you know they're just in and out and just very efficient so that doesn't directly relate to the to what you just said but it just I can only, I can just picture. You know, I can't imagine what it's like. On some level. As far as you guys going in and.

Speaker 2

40:57

 Serving really, to answer your question though, is, I had a Clarity of purpose, and he had a purpose and then yeah, you can start that way. Yeah. You build a life with your significant other that harnesses each other's gifts, and then you can like this amazing Force for good versus like I see you and I kiss you when I get home and even in that relationship, how do you go deeper with it? How do you start asking more questions and helping your significant other fine? And what they're passionate about and then support it anyway. You can, like, find a way to be a blessing, find a way to instead of just well, we live together. So she's my secretary and, or he pays for everything, I take care of it. Like, don't just Ocoee this sure, it's bigger than that amazingly in the world that you're in each other's life for a reason. Don't let it suck.

Speaker 1

41:49

 That's really good. So as we move toward the end of the show, I do have some kind of Rapid Fire questions. That I am going to throw at you if you're okay with that. Is that all right, sure. What's one thing that people misunderstand about you?

Speaker 2

42:08

 Oh man, I misunderstand I think the everybody typically assumes until they know anything about me that it's another, daddy's money are divorced money or something? Because I am a woman and I blame women for that, we are so amazing and there's so many done incredible things, but we don't share it. And are ten times more insecure than men on average and the fewer women share through this false humility bullcrap, the less they share the harder. It's going to be for our daughters because until humans, see that someone that looks like you can do this thing or in this industry you will forever be. It's just not normal yet. And if it's not normal then that doubt will make people have to work ten times harder to prove. Its Possible. And, so I am not a whiny woman don't bottle. Ah I understand why people do that but I would rather just share what's possible through my life. But that does take intentionality. I do have haters, I have had people try to hurt me, and so I know I people hide but stop hiding. If you have something amazing, you're doing be willing to share on behalf of humanity, so that more people can be entrusted with.

Speaker 1

43:29

 More. Yeah, if you don't have Haters, you're probably not challenging yourself, probably not doing what you're called to do. So that's really good. Some people push back on the phrasing of this question. But what's, what's one of your biggest failures? And what did you learn from?

Speaker 2

43:45

 It? Mmm.

Speaker 1

43:52

 Failures, regrets it. You know, it doesn't have to be. I am not saying you would go back and change it necessarily, but, you know, something you have learned And from something, you wouldn't repeat.

Speaker 2

44:03

 Maybe? I think it's something that's shown up many times in my life, I am I have learned the gift. I don't think at all. I was born with this, but I can through, rehabbing, you can train yourself to see things done as if they already are, walking, like the crappiest building full of like, dog poop. Yes, beautiful thing. As if it like, because you're, you're trained that way. Now, I have taken that from a building two regions now. She's very cool but I also do it with people. I can find the highest and best in everyone and something to note is the best advice I think I have ever been given it which is to feed the hungry. Don't try to drag everybody with you. You can open doors but you can't force people through them and see what's possible for someone if they don't want it, then it could end up breaking your heart or stabbing you in the back. So my point is to You can speak life over people. I have had a lot of people throughout my life just either stab me in the back or hurt me for even believing in them. And so just don't It's that it's just it's a gift and a curse that you can see the best in everyone, but you have to just know, humans are going to make their own decisions, right? Shouldn't stop you from speaking life over them.

Speaker 1

45:28

 Right? You can't always control the outcome or other people's choices. Yeah, sense. If you could have coffee with any historical figure, who would, who would you choose?

Speaker 2

45:39

 Other than Jesus, you mean.

Speaker 1

45:41

 No, could be Jesus. I don't know if you know, I don't know if he drink drank coffee. I don't think.

Speaker 2

45:49

 But I don't drink coffee. Okay. Well, you.

Speaker 1

45:53

 Have ice cream with anyone. I mean, Jesus is a perfectly acceptable.

Speaker 2

45:57

 Answer. It's a great answer. Jesus, I would say Napoleon Hill. I love everything. Yeah, yeah. He's.

Speaker 1

46:04

 Absolutely really good. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if you have written. I don't know if you have written a book or anything, but if you had to write a book this year, what would it be about?

Speaker 2

46:15

 Hmm, I am writing a book this year, okay, this weekend which I am so excited about. There's a waiting list on my Instagram. Okay, tree. So yeah, it's about being a Force for good and it is all 100% about how to be so clear on your, why? And that You can design a life to where everything Flows In to being in alignment with that, your, your body. Why do I want or need to be fit to wear? That Fitness is bigger than me, being? It's not about looks, it's about that. It's about my relationships have to align. They have to make sense, I cannot be friends with this person because it's not in alignment, you know. So having this amazing Clarity because when you have Clarity, you can make decisions quickly and that's how I won. All those Awards. I am Fast because I knew what to say no to and it wasn't without obstacles. There's.

Speaker 1

47:16

 So much, right?

Speaker 2

47:17

 But you can move fast when you have Clarity on. So that's what the book is about is understanding how you really can be a force for good in the world and make a meaningful difference in your one chance.

Speaker 1

47:29

 What's the name of the book? Did you say it.

Speaker 2

47:31

 Called Force for? Good. Horse for.

Speaker 1

47:32

 Good. Okay. And it's not out yet.

Speaker 2

47:34

 Right now yet.

Speaker 1

47:36

 Gotcha. Got it. Okay? So if I mean yeah so much you have dropped a ton of knowledge bombs and a ton of really good advice. I mean and that's not even that's such an understatement. These are like is so big. I definitely need to listen to this one. Again, if you what occupation would you try? If you could just try any occupation that you're Not involved with or haven't.

Speaker 2

48:09

 Done before. I don't know if it would be to get a job doing something else, but I am growing my medical education right now. Okay I do we have what's called a sorting Special Operations, Advanced reconnaissance team for aerial recovery. We go in as soon as humanly possible within a couple hours to 24 hours after disaster is depending on how far they are. And when I responded to the one in Haiti, this big 7.2 earthquake That happened last fall. I am amazingly talented at, identifying the issues and like as an entrepreneur being able to figure them out and like master plan and tell everybody where they need to be. But when you can't help medically at the level you want to hmm it's like a kid's leg dangling off because you just pulled them out of rubble, and they're screaming Daddy and nobody has any pain meds in Haiti because the hospital's collapse and like it was, so we saved over 200 people's lives. My team was so amazing, but I want to advance my men. Education. So I can be even more helpful in the field and on those missions and passionate about it, my whole life, but I went into business and real estate instead of getting medicated so furthering that even more.

Speaker 1

49:28

 The great answer. So now how do you stay aware of these like world events? I mean, this wasn't on my list of questions. But I mean do you watch the news or what's? How do you.

Speaker 2

49:39

 When you're in the world? You get notified immediately but I also have the right apps. We have joint Special Operations centers that we have monitoring storms, monitoring earthquakes, monitoring tsunamis monitoring tornadoes, like we team, that work 24/7, monitoring. These events around the world, but there's some pretty easy apps. Like one is called my radar, the bomb. Yeah. Gotcha. If you can see exactly where it's tracking, what is scaled supposed to scale up to where it's supposed to hit and you can prepare, and then we have different deployment. Actions throughout America and the Caribbean to be able to go.

Speaker 1

50:16

 Quick. Mmm, it's the reason I ask that is that, you know, a lot of people get stuck. Watching the news or consuming the, the mainstream media and then it leads to, I think maybe depression or something where because personally, I made a shift in 20 15 2014 2, kind of just turn all that off and just focus on what I can control. Now that may seem smaller than what your, what Your Working on, but it really elevated my mental health. And, you know, I guess that, you know, just that balance of how you're obviously aware of what's going on with world events. Whereas I feel like in some ways I am not because I am trying to focus on what I can actually influence and maybe this is a good challenge for me that I can influence more than then I think I can.

Speaker 2

51:08

 I have never watched the news. I will tell you that you.

Speaker 1

51:10

 Never want, don't start. And if I.

Speaker 2

51:12

 Open by a TV, that's playing the news, I have watched less than five minutes of it. Yeah, I will skim headlines to be looped on like, what other people are sure doomed by, but you can either watch the news, you can make the news, you can TV or you can make TV. And that's the way that we were Pedro. Actually weren't allowed to watch TV growing up unless you made it. So we grew up the video camera in her hand and it was really Good. If you have kids out, there was one of the best things. My parents did was say which side of the TV. Do you want to live on and do not have a life worth other people watching? Well, it takes getting out there and doing stuff. And so we had a lot of fun with home videos and things like that, but I think the lesson was powerful, you do need to know what is going on here stock Trader. You need to definitely know what's going on, but you don't have to sit there and get engulfed in it because you realize that the news is a for-profit business that gets paid more. If they scare you enough to click it then you can put it with the right filter versus actually believing it's that bad?

Speaker 1

52:18

 Yeah so you don't have to bury your head in the sand but you have got to be intentional about what you consume something. I mean, yeah, that's really good. So what's one as we wrap up with one question? You wish I had asked that I haven't asked Anything you want to touch on or Direction, your business is headed or anything you that we haven't covered.

Speaker 2

52:42

 I think it's not necessarily a question, but if there's someone listening to this that does want to learn how to have a business. For example, how do I actually make it a Force for good? How do I even get clarity on my purpose or the kinds of impact that I want to be making? Everybody wants to make an impact, but if you don't have any Clarity or Direction on that, We can help you with that. And it is our privilege and our joy to light you on fire so that you can the difference because I can't do everything and my team. Everything that's what we found is the most impactful thing. I could actually spend my time on is creating this ripple effect through everybody doing their thing. As many people could possibly like whatever I have learned that could possibly help you. We will get. And so there's everything from I have a podcast called broke too. I woke, we have very inexpensive courses. I have a mastermind called G Force, which is Force for good entrepreneurs, and I also have immersive Summits here on the island, which our life resets for people. And I never thought I would be a speaker, a teacher. And that's not how I even think of myself. It's what has worked. What is permanently worked and how do we actually help other people know about that stuff? And that's, that's it. I have never tried to be I get paid for doing these things. Like it's how can I Empower other people to make a difference? And that's the way we got it. So there's lots of different ways to start activating into it. And, like I said, if there's something we have that can be a value to you start diving. It is your responsibility to take responsibility for your own life, in your own impact. Nobody in the world is ever going to care about you in the way that you need to care about.

Speaker 1

54:31

 You. Okay, point now I just I mean I got to say it's just the way trying to think how to phrase this. It's, I mean you have people who talk a big game, right? And think big as well but and you know, want to solve big worldwide problems, but they don't actually know how to take practical tactical steps to make that happen. And I don't know somehow you, you and your husband and your team has just been able to do all of the above. So it's really inspiring, you know, and it's encouraging to me and hopefully for our listeners that you can think bigger, and you actually can solve problems. You can actually get that. You know, it's not an either or you can do more if you have Clarity of purpose. That's for me, the biggest takeaway from this episode is all about Clarity of purpose and yeah this is Ben Brittany. This has been fantastic. Having mentioned it mentions a couple places, our listeners can find you online. Do you want to highlight any?

Speaker 2

55:39

 Others? Yes, aerial BV, i.com is the island website. G-Force Mastermind.com Brittany Turner.com probably has it all and then the podcast is called broke to awoke, and it's on all the podcast platforms, but I look forward to getting to know you even more. And again, thank you for having me and hopefully I will see some of y'all here. Here.

Speaker 1

56:03

 Wow, that is awesome. Thank you so much Brittany. Really appreciate your time. I know you're. I know you're busy. So really appreciate it and to our listeners out there. Thank you so much for spending your time with us. We know that's also a very valuable resource. Thanks, everyone. Take care.

Speaker 2

56:21

 Thanks so much for tuning in to this episode of the form adversity to abundance podcast. If you're enjoying the show, please feel free to rate, subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to Your podcasts that helps others find the show, and we greatly appreciate it. Thanks again for listening, and we will catch you in the next.

Speaker 1

56:39

 Episode.