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Welcome to the Road of Life podcast, the show for married entrepreneurs who want to build a thriving marriage and a thriving business. We're your hosts, Meredith and Craig, relationship experts and entrepreneurs ourselves. We know firsthand that your business will only grow as strong as your marriage does.

On this podcast, we share real stories, practical tools, and honest conversations to help you strengthen your relationship, fuel your business, and build a life you love together. Let's dive in.

Meredith & Craig (00:33)

Mineta Minor is the founder and CEO of Guiding Future Success LLC. Mineta has over 30 years experience in recruiting, leadership, and professional development. and she helps students, graduates, and early career professionals launch their careers with clarity and confidence. She dropped some gold in this episode. Yeah, she did. Listening to her intuition, the importance of building lifelong relationships, to the power of saying yes, and leaning into curiosity.

and being a lifelong learner. She also shared her big, hairy, audacious goal for 2026, and it's a game changer. Something I wish that I had when I was graduating college.

Meredith & Craig (01:12)

Welcome Mineta Minor to the Road of Life podcast. We're super excited to have you. Thanks for joining us.

Minetta Minor (01:18)

Thank you so much for having me.

Meredith & Craig (01:20)

Absolutely. So talk to us. Where are you at now? Help us understand your story. What you do and how you got it.

Minetta Minor (01:30)

Yeah, so thank you so much again for having me. And really, it's been a journey kind of getting here, right?

So my journey began about 15 years ago, to be honest. It came out of a situation where I was hiring and growing a team from two to 75 with a medium to large IT software company.

And the majority of my talent, I would say about 85 to 90 percent of that talent was straight from college. And I noticed that they were so heads down trying to get the best grades, go to the best schools, make sure everything was great on the college front. They really weren't spending as much time as they needed to in order to make sure they landed an internship.

a career outside of college. And so once I started noticing this over and over again, I said, I think there's something here. And so that's where Guiding Future Success, LLC came to be. And I'm really super proud of kind of where we are and in the future that we have.

Meredith & Craig (02:42)

That's awesome. So talk to us a little bit about where you are. Like what excites you? What's got you ⁓ pumped right now?

Minetta Minor (02:48)

Yeah, I think that the first thing that comes to mind are all the many individuals that I've worked with over the past, you know, 15 or so years. I've seen them come in straight out of college, very little work experience, if any, to now being directors at organizations, being senior account executives, and just working for some amazing, amazing companies.

And so that just has me super, super jazzed. And not only that, just being able to make an impact in the community and helping so many parents who are pulling their hair out, say, I need to get my college student with a full-time job or they need more internship. I need them out of the basement, right? So that also is a huge part of it as well.

Meredith & Craig (03:25)

Thank you.

I gotta get them out of the house!

That's awesome. you're doing a huge service to these people. These families, like you're changing lives literally by helping them launch these people who like a lot of them probably have this tongue in cheek, a little bit joking, but like at the same time, very serious in that I know I've had people in my life who were like, I don't know what to do with my

My 30 year old, 20 year old, my young adult, I don't know how to launch them. And you're actually doing a huge service in, in, know, we joke around and getting them out of the basement, but like it's a huge, huge service that you're providing. Well, it's interesting too, because like, you know, we coach couples in their relationship and their marriage. And I mean, the service you provide is really valuable for, for parents, you know,

Minetta Minor (04:08)

Mm.

Meredith & Craig (04:30)

helping launch their children and get them out so they can go back to, know, now that the kids are gone, we can focus on us again.

Minetta Minor (04:36)

Yeah, absolutely, and I hear that a lot. And one of the things that I've found is that many of the parents and some of the young adults, they're just not always seeing eye to eye, right? And so they're just like, ⁓ well, I've told Joey to do X, Y, Z, but they won't listen to me. And then Joey's like, well, my parents aren't listening to me, right? And they're not listening to what I want to do. And so...

I think that sometimes there's a bit of compromise there, really trying to understand what the goal is, what the parents' goals are, what the young adults' goals are. And I'm sort of the mediator sometimes in the middle of all of that, which it makes things interesting for sure.

Meredith & Craig (05:22)

I

bet. it would. It's a very relationship-based business. You've got a relationship with the parents of the young adult, you've got your relationship with the young adult and trying to help both of them stay connected as you're helping move this young adult through this process. Going back to what you were saying around

They are often so focused on the college admission and going to the best schools and then getting the best grades. then like there's not that sort of same level of strategic intent when it comes to the internships and how the next bit unfolds. Because I mean, from my own experience, I remember coming out of college with zero work experience. And every time I wanted to apply for a job as a way, you don't have any experience. Like, well, of course I don't, I'm at a college. Like I got to get experience somewhere. I didn't, I was not strategic.

Minetta Minor (06:07)

Yeah, so will you help me get that experience?

Meredith & Craig (06:10)

Yeah, so it sounds like that's a gap you fill. Yeah.

Minetta Minor (06:10)

Yeah, and I hear that all the time. Yeah, no, and I hear that all the time as well. like, well, how am I supposed to get experience if no one will give me a job? And I think we're gonna see more and more of that now. Unfortunately, with AI and everything that's coming through with regard to technology. And so, for me, I'm just working very strategically with

the young adults to really understand what it is they're looking to do in that position. What type of environment are they looking for culture-wise? What really intrigues them? What are they passionate about? Guiding future success is really more about, it isn't just getting a job. They can get a job. What I'm looking to do is to help them find something that they can be truly

proud of and that they're gonna go in every day and put their best foot forward and just elevate their career.

Meredith & Craig (07:08)

like feel fulfilled, like they're actually contributing to something that they believe in, we always want to leave the next generation better than we found it. And if we can help get people into positions where they feel like they're contributing to something bigger than themselves and contributing to the, know, something that's moving things, then.

I think that makes the world a little bit better, a little better of a place. What are some of the key strategic, if someone's listening, they're like, who? Okay, I haven't given any thought at all to what it looks like to sort of break into that workforce and do something that I'm really proud of. I don't know what being strategic looks like in that space. What's one step, what's the first thing someone can do to sort of set themselves up for success as they're making that transition from college into their career?

Minetta Minor (07:55)

Yeah, I mean, I think one of the first things that I do with my clients is we sit down and we talk a little bit about, know, I have them pull out their transcripts. Let's talk about some of the courses that you took. What did you like about these courses? What didn't you like? We sit down, we look at job descriptions and we're very deliberate about, okay, what is it about this job description that you really think that is intriguing to you and why?

Once we kind of pull back the peel back the the layers there We do a lot of research on the types of roles who's in those roles are there opportunities for informational interviews to really understand well, you know, thought I wanted to be an accountant but No, that's not what I really want to do. Maybe I want to go into sales

Maybe I want to go into cybersecurity, right? So really just understanding a bit more about the specific roles that they're looking to get into and how that might be fulfilling to them.

Meredith & Craig (08:58)

think basically building more awareness. think, again, speaking from my own experience, I didn't have a clue what the real world would actually look like. I think I want to be this and I think I want to be that. But it's bit of a rude awakening that the vision you have in your mind and what that actually looks like in reality can be two totally different things. So I love that kind of step one is just raising awareness on what this role, what this potential career path could actually look like. What do entry level into that?

look like? does the long-term, what's the long-term potential in that role? raising awareness through that transition is an important first step for sure. You mentioned AI a minute ago. How do you see that? It's impacting everything. So how do you see it changing things in your world?

Minetta Minor (09:45)

Yeah, I mean, it's definitely already made making a huge impact in my world, right? I mean, it has a lot of young professionals that are really fearful, right, that they're not going to find.

an opportunity because AI is gonna take all of the jobs away. I personally don't believe that. think we need humans, right? In order to train the AI to do whatever it is we need it to do. So I think it's more about embracing it. And I know personally, I've had to learn to embrace it a little bit more and say, okay, well, how can I use it to be impactful? So I encourage them.

to embrace the tool, see where there's opportunity for them to grow and to learn, ask other people how they're AI in order to make an impact ⁓ and to determine where they want to go.

Meredith & Craig (10:36)

I love so we've talked a little bit about the transition that your clients make right from like college to career talk to us more about your transition because you spend 30 years in corporate like recruiting and leadership and sales and like you you bet you had a full corporate career and Then have also introduced this entrepreneurship journey So talk to us about tell us how smooth that transition was and how easy it's been for you

Minetta Minor (11:01)

think smooth, yeah, it's

been anything but smooth. And honestly, the entrepreneur side of it, just happened, right? But just to kind of take it back a bit, I I started working in corporate America 30 some years ago. ⁓ My first internship was in high school. So I had two internships, my

Meredith & Craig (11:04)

Yeah.

You

Minetta Minor (11:29)

junior and senior year of high school, working for what is now Northrop Grumman and US Geological Survey. So I did that junior, senior year. And then when I graduated from high school, Northrop Grumman offered me a full-time position. So that's how I started. I was all of 17 years old. I actually found my first pay stub.

The other day. Whoa, that was eye-opening compared to how much my my clients are getting paid today But yeah, I mean it was it's just incredible but going from that and taking many different paths I've pivoted so many different times from working at government contractors to going to working for a health management company for a while

⁓ property management, Fairfax County in various capacities. But one of the key ⁓ transition points for me was leaving Fairfax County after seven years in their economic development office. I had a mentor that she really uncovered, you know, that she thought I'd be great in sales and I had never thought of sales at all before. And she says, well, you know, would you

look into, would you explore it? And I said, well, why not? And so I ended up leaving the county, and I ended up going to work for Oracle. That was a game changer for my career. Two years after being at Oracle, I decided to leave and go to another software company. I would say about six months after being in the role, I was asked to lead a team.

And that was a huge turning point from going from individual contributor to leadership. I had never led a team before, not directly. And so it was a great opportunity, but I grew a team from two to 75 in seven years and promoted over 50 plus of my employees. And it was just an incredible run. It was a global position. I absolutely loved it.

And then that's truly what ended up leading to where I am today.

Meredith & Craig (13:41)

What skills or what behaviors or what attributes would you point to to allow you to grow a team from two people to 75 people in seven years? Because that's, that's an incredible growth trajectory over such a generally short period of time. How did you do that?

Minetta Minor (14:01)

Yeah, a lot of it was organic. Some of it was through acquisition. Right. So I didn't have to hire all 75, you know, organically. Right. However, I would say the ability to be coached, to be coached was huge. Asking for help and getting an internal mentor. So one of my mentors that, you know, was a senior VP of sales, I went to him.

I, there was just something about him that I absolutely loved with regard to how he conducted meetings. I was always, you know, front and center. I was like, wow, it very impressive. And I asked him to be my mentor. And so he said, yes. And so that for me was, was huge. I would also say just being able to, to adapt and

And the last thing I'll say too is, you know, as you're growing a team, listening to your team, allowing them to be part of the journey, not, you have to do everything the way that I say to do it, right? They had amazing, my team was amazing. They always were bringing, you know, great ideas to the table. Mineta, what about this? Can we do that? Sure, let's do it.

and I would give them credit for bringing those ideas to the table. those are the things that come to mind right now.

Meredith & Craig (15:23)

I hear a lot of from you, like one listening to your intuition, but also saying yes. You said yes a lot. And it popped up when you said yes to going into sales. You said yes to your, you know, your team when they bring ideas to you. Yeah, let's try it. And I just love that saying yes and being open to exploring and whatever the adventure is that comes from that. It's really cool. So I've got several things I want to kind of underline and what you just said. I think you dropped some.

incredible nuggets there for yeah, big time some bumps for sure. And that was the first thing. And I was thinking of it from the other other side because we know a lady named Sharon Lector. She's an author who sold like 40 million books like Rich Dad, Dad. Like she's an impressive lady. And she always says, why not? Like ask yourself the question, why not? And you said it from the perspective of you always say yes.

Minetta Minor (16:05)

you

Meredith & Craig (16:15)

What I heard from you is, not? Why not try sales? Why not try leading a team? Why not try whatever idea your employees bring forward? Why not? Your openness to try something new and expect a positive result from it is really incredible. I also, your willingness to ask and take action. Your willingness to, hey, will you mentor me? Your willingness to just step in and try something new.

I agree, that's super impressive. And what I wanted to hone in on for the next question is, it seems from the outside looking in, you just have this innate leadership ability. Leadership came very easy to you, it's very natural. First of all, how much of it is natural versus how much of it was learned? And of that which was learned, what was the hardest thing for you to learn about being a leader?

Minetta Minor (17:02)

Yeah, I would say it's probably 50-50. You know, I do believe that, you know, so first off, the very first thing that I did when I was offered the leadership role is I reflected on the leaders that I had over the years. Who did I believe were the great leaders?

why did I think so I did a pros and cons and I said, okay, these are the qualities that I absolutely loved about the do I believe that I will bring those qualities to the table and if I do then okay, I'm going to do this and if I didn't there was a many leaders that are managers that I just It was terrible to be completely honest and I said, okay, I don't want that right so it was being very reflective in that

Meredith & Craig (17:53)

What was the hardest of the skills you had to acquire or learn? What was the most difficult part of learning skills to be a leader? What was the hardest one?

Minetta Minor (18:02)

I would say that sometimes you don't always get your way. mean, yeah, I mean, you know, I think the ⁓ sometimes you can have the best ideas and you can be really passionate about something and you're coming from it from a perspective of, know, you're trying to do good within the organization and you want.

Meredith & Craig (18:06)

Fair. We should all, we all need to learn that lesson.

Minetta Minor (18:29)

your team to be successful, but sometimes the answer is no. And I was told that and I didn't always take that the first couple of times and then I had to learn, right? Okay, well how do I overcome this? Is there something more that I could have provided to have been successful, right? ⁓ And so it was a learning process for me for sure.

Meredith & Craig (18:48)

Manetti, I think it's super impressive, your ability, one, your level of self-awareness and your level of responsibility, but also your ability to learn from everyone and everything. You never just accept.

a bad leader as just a bad leader. What can I learn? What did they do that I don't want to do? Or you never accept a failure or a no as a no. What could I have done differently to have changed this outcome shows me an incredible amount of responsibility and accountability. How can I do better next time? And what lessons can I take from this so that I can change the potential outcome for next time? It seems like you have a very innate growth mindset.

Where does that come from?

Minetta Minor (19:32)

I would say just overall, you know, I have always been curious. You know, I've always wanted to learn about something, something new. How did, how was XYZ successful, right? How were they able to make, you know, that amount of money or get to that leadership? But a lot of it too is really comes back to my faith.

Right? You know, I've always taken risks. I've always wanted to do better. Right? And I think for me, you know, it comes to, you know, that confidence, that, you know, having faith in praying to be completely honest.

Meredith & Craig (20:13)

One thing I've, I've heard throughout your whole journey is intention. Like you put a lot of intention, a lot of thought. You're a very intentional person, which I think we need more of. I think most people, just, you know, drift through life and we just take life as it comes. Whereas I see with you, you're very intentionally focused. Like, okay, I'm going to be a leader and I want to be the best leader I can be. What can I go and take from all the past leaders I had?

Good or bad, like, okay, from this person, I don't want to do that. But from this person, they had this really strong skillset. I want to adopt that. And I want to, and that's just a really, really cool attribute that I see throughout your kind of your whole journey. Like where does that, I guess it kind of leads back to the, it's similar question, but was there someone in your life that had that, that you were role modeled that like, where does that come from?

Minetta Minor (21:09)

Yeah, I mean, I would say that a lot of it comes from my mom. You know, ⁓ she is definitely a huge part of my life. She is just so resilient. She is, you know, cancer survivor.

She just retired from hospice for 32 years in just that drive and motivation and ambition and not taking no for an answer in her own way. And so ⁓ I think that it comes from that.

And again, just being surrounded by amazing, amazing individuals. Again, I learned from my family. I learned from past leaders. I learned a lot from my team. We were constantly learning all the time. So it really, doesn't matter the age of someone, right? ⁓ There's always something that you can take away. And I think that if...

people would just be open to that, we would learn so much. We would learn so much more.

Meredith & Craig (22:14)

⁓ you're so right. We've got a friend who actually owns his own personal growth company and he talks about his three or just turned four year old is his greatest mentor. Like to your point, you can learn so much from so many people if you're just open and looking for the lessons always. And what I hear what I heard a lot in that answer is people community relationships like

That's one big lesson that we have learned on this entrepreneurship journey is the people you surround yourself with, the community you have, the people you're learning from, the people you're role modeling. It's a game changer. And it seems like, again, you figured that one out early, that you surround yourself with good people and then you learn from them. And what I wanted to go back to was when you mentioned curiosity before of where your growth mindset comes from.

I mean, we believe that curiosity is such a superpower, I mean, in the world, right? Like your example of you're always curious about how things work. How did they figure that out? How did that person create this? But it also from a relationship perspective, when you can lead with curiosity, it's a superpower like we talk about it in the marriage, but it really applies in every relationship when you can lead.

with curiosity. so sometimes people run into a little bit of friction in a relationship from time to time. Like I'm sure in any relationship, your kid set up your tech stuff, I'm sure there might've been a little friction, maybe, a touch.

Minetta Minor (23:40)

relationship.

⁓ yeah, you

know, honestly today it was good, right? I just let him do his thing because I wanted to be ⁓ to be all set up and I said, you know, if I get in the way, right, that's going to, you know, there's going to be some friction. So I let him do it today, but typically there would be because I'm like, what are you doing? Are you sure you have to do that? Yeah. ⁓

Meredith & Craig (23:50)

you

Yeah. And so

when that inevitably happens and that friction inevitably comes up from time to time, our default as humans is sometimes to lead with an assumption or make a judgment. Like, doesn't know what he's doing. Like, he doesn't know that I need to do, as opposed to leading with curiosity. I wonder why he's doing it that way.

Maybe there's something I don't know. And it sounds like you've applied that level of curiosity not only to your work and to your leadership, but also to the important relationships in your life.

Minetta Minor (24:37)

I would say it's still evolving and I'm still trying every day. do, I have a 26 year old son who happens to be a business owner as well. sometimes he challenges me, he Manetta, he says, mom, why are you doing it this way? Or did you think about doing that? I'm like, that doesn't make any sense.

Meredith & Craig (24:59)

You

Minetta Minor (24:59)

You know, and

so, you know, we do, go back and forth. Sometimes my family will be like, you guys sound like an old married couple, right? You know, because, you know, we do, we bicker sometimes back and forth, but he has some really good ideas. And sometimes I have to take a step back as a parent and say, you know what? I should listen to him a little bit more, right? So I think it's where, you know, you constantly have to grow and learn. So yeah.

Meredith & Craig (25:27)

That's cool. You must be proud mom. 26, his own business. What's his business? What's he doing?

Minetta Minor (25:34)

Yeah, so he is a reptile breeder and educator. And so he does birthday parties, events. He goes to schools and educates the children on all of the different reptiles and in their environment and all of that. And so, yeah, so I'm very, very proud of him.

Meredith & Craig (25:56)

We have a nephew that would think that was my gosh. Yeah. He's been a turtle on vacation. I think he's, we're going to hear a lot about that on the weekend. funny. saw pictures of him and his brother. He is very into his brother. Very scared of this turtle. You can tell it's all over his face, but yeah, great. Yeah. Yeah. So Manetta, what are you excited about now? what's with,

Minetta Minor (25:59)

Well, let me know. I can hook you guys up.

you

Very cool.

Meredith & Craig (26:24)

building future success, like what is the thing that you're working on that you're passionate about that you're really excited that you're working on?

Minetta Minor (26:31)

Yeah, so, you know, Guiding Future Success, it's truly my baby. And what I'm most excited about going into 2026, and I'm gonna speak this into existence, right? Because it's something that is really very important to me. I've heard time and time again from young people.

that are just like, know, information about, you know, life and careers in one place. Getting my finances in order is in another place and we need, you know, health and wellness and mental health resources, et cetera. And I really, my goal is to create a community next year to launch it where it's a one-stop-shop resource.

for all things to help young professionals navigate their lives.

Meredith & Craig (27:27)

I love

that. I love that you spoke that into existence right here, right now. Because I think that is so needed and necessary. think, well, what you're already offering that group of young people is changing lives. But also to your point,

there's so many pieces and when we come out of college and we finally get our real job and we're, you know, all these things and we got to think about our debt and all like, you know, there's, want to buy a house and like there's, there's all kinds of financial demands and financial stress and financial things we don't know. And we're supposed to be saving for retirement and that feels like it's a million miles away. And so why would I do that right now? And I just, think bringing, bringing young people together in a community where they can learn from each other, learn from you.

Minetta Minor (28:05)

I know. Yeah.

Yep. ⁓

Meredith & Craig (28:15)

each other,

hold each other accountable. Like community, I think is never a bad idea.

Minetta Minor (28:21)

It's not. mean, if I go back and again, the many people that I hired over the years, I am just amazed at how many of them are friends today. Like on Facebook, they've been to weddings, know, they've been to baby showers, they go on travel and vacation together. I mean, it's absolutely incredible. And so

I believe that this community is really gonna make a big difference. It'll have all the resources that they need. I'll be partnering with other people. I'm not gonna try to do everything myself, right? So I just went to a networking event last night around building wealth. And so we'll be partnering with people to bring their expertise and knowledge.

as a resource and have sessions like we're having right now to make them successful and to see their lives grow.

Meredith & Craig (29:22)

That's so cool. was just, I was actually before you even said that I was like, I can just see because of the world you're in with like all the networking you're doing and all the relationships you're building and all the expertise that is out there. can leverage those relationships and have them come in and do presentations to the kids and help them with, you know, the finances here or whatever relationships here. And by the way, anything we can do to help you by all means.

Minetta Minor (29:43)

Yeah.

Meredith & Craig (29:46)

but health over here, all the things, right? Like you can have all these people on your journey that you're meeting and all these other industries and they all can come in and provide value to your community. It's so cool. Yeah. And you know what? I have to say like, again, from my own experience, I found sometimes making friends as grownups.

Minetta Minor (29:46)

Absolutely.

Meredith & Craig (30:05)

to be a lot harder than it was when I was a kid. And so having a community of people who are all trying to grow and be the best version of themselves in that same demographic would be really nice. Especially at that age, like where you're coming out of university or college and going into the reinventing yourself. Yeah, it's just...

Thinking back, that would have been such a cool resource to have available. I would love to have had that opportunity to join a group and to go on that journey with a bunch of my peers who were doing the same thing, building a life for themselves and getting all these resources and coaching and help from someone like you with all that expertise and who has done this so many times. That's really cool. Yeah. Super cool.

Minetta Minor (30:46)

Yeah, I mean,

I have an amazing network that ⁓ I plan to tap and say, hey, can you bring some knowledge about XYZ? Like literally, I just had a conversation with someone that is in the funeral industry, right? I have a client that I'm working with that has an interest in getting into that field. I said, you know what? I think I know a couple of people who are gonna do an informational interview.

We're gonna go do a tour together. My services are really, I try to customize them as much as possible so that they get what they need from working with me. And so if I have the resource, I'll definitely pull it together for them.

Meredith & Craig (31:28)

Yeah,

I love that. Like one day you're teaching someone how to negotiate a salary and then the next you're doing a tour of a funeral home and like,

Minetta Minor (31:38)

Yeah,

I mean, I went to job fairs with my clients, right? So I pulled about, I think it was like three or four of them. This was probably about two years ago. And I said, hey, I'd love for you guys to meet one another. It'd a great networking opportunity for you. And I says, well, let's go to the job fair together. So I got them out there, said, OK, let's do a little bit of role play now. Go out and test your skills. Come back and tell me how it went.

We tweaked a few things and get back out there real time doing these types of things. I mean, it's amazing. I love it. I'm always learning something new. So it's fun. It keeps exciting for me.

Meredith & Craig (32:19)

my gosh, I can't.

That's a game changer. Right? can't imagine having real-time coaching at a job fair. That, think, is worth its weight in gold for sure.

I always found in my corporate life, networking to be like a four letter word, like, there's a networking event. Like, God, do I have to, But I think when you can bring a community of young folks together at this stage where they're just starting on their career and make networking like just part of it and fun and something where they get a lot of value and they enjoy each other and they support each other and they cheer each other on.

For the rest of their lives, networking doesn't become this awful thing they feel like they have to do for work. It becomes something they've always been doing and it's just easy for them because they learned it so young and they enjoyed it. So I think that's also a huge benefit.

Minetta Minor (33:03)

Yeah,

networking really is sometimes it can be a little stressful. I'm not going to lie. You you go to a new event that you've never been before. You don't know anyone. That can be really stressful. So I always say bring a friend with you, right? And then you just work the room. You you go talk to one person, you bring them over, you introduce them. But I think that networking is so essential. mean, if I could look back at my

my network, I still have connections from my very first job that I could text right now. And they would pick up. That's the other thing. And I stress that because so many times, especially on LinkedIn, it's all about getting the connections, getting the connections. Click, click, click, click, click.

Meredith & Craig (33:38)

Amazing.

That's incredible.

Minetta Minor (33:55)

You know, I've done more of that where I'm trying to broaden my audience, but at the end of the day, you want authentic, real connections. You want for people to actually respond when you're sending them a note. You can't necessarily do that if you're just accepting every single invite that comes into your inbox. Yeah. Yeah.

Meredith & Craig (34:15)

Yes. You want to build an actual relationship, not just a transactional connection. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, that's beautiful. I'm excited for you. think this, this community you're building is going to be fantastic. Super pumped for you. Yeah.

Minetta Minor (34:27)

I hope so. I hope

so. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. I think that it'll be valuable. So we'll see.

Meredith & Craig (34:34)

So launching in 2026.

Minetta Minor (34:36)

launching in 2026. I'm thinking April May timeframe. Yeah.

Meredith & Craig (34:38)

Early, late, mid.

Nice. I love it. That's

awesome. So how can people get ahold of you, Mineta?

Minetta Minor (34:48)

Yeah, great question. So you can go to my website. It's www.guidingfuturesuccess.com. You can find me on Facebook and Instagram at at guidingfuturesuccessllc. You can find me on LinkedIn, Mineta Minor, I'm one and only. Yeah, ⁓ I'm out there.

Meredith & Craig (35:08)

Perfect. Well,

we'll make sure we include all that in the show notes. People can get ahold of you easily because I'm sure there's going to be someone, at least one person who was like, ooh, this sounds like something that my 23 year old who I want out of the house needs to be involved with. So now you know. Well, thank you so much for being here. was such a pleasure. You dropped so much gold. Yeah, absolutely.

Minetta Minor (35:22)

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Thank you so much for having me.

Wonderful. Thank you.

Meredith & Craig (35:33)

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