An Inspired Chat with CAROL TICE of Seattle

CAROL TICE shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

CAROL, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What is something outside of work that is bringing you joy lately?
Traveling full-time in our RV in the southwest. We’re based in Seattle but head to warmer places in the winter to stay warm and keep hiking, biking, and paddling.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Carol Tice — the mobile community coach. I built and sold a paid community for freelance writers, generating $6M 2011-21. Now, I travel full-time in my RV while I teach other coaches, consultants, and experts how to follow in my footsteps at Community Growth Academy on Skool.

In my ‘free’ time, I ghostwrite books for thought leaders.

Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. Who taught you the most about work?
My dad. He was an independent insurance agent – and only had two daughters. He was way ahead of his time, teaching us back in the ’60s that we could achieve anything we wanted.

He also modeled an incredible work ethic and the virtues of being in business for yourself and prioritizing family. He used to leave at 6:30 am to go see clients, drive back home for dinner with us, then leave again to make evening calls at prospects’ homes.

If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
Keep going. You can run your business your own way, and you can learn tech tools, even though you find tech baffling, generally.

So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
Every coach of coaches is out there saying, ‘You need a $10,000 offer or you’re never going to make it! And if you give ME $10,000, I’ll teach you how to have a steady stream of $10,000 clients.’

Selling high-ticket just didn’t resonate for me. I didn’t want to have to do the amount of marketing it takes to sell such a pricey offer. Then, I joined a community for bloggers and fell in love with the low-ticket monthly membership community model. Reliable monthly income and helping more people at lower cost is what I love.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. Have you ever gotten what you wanted, and found it did not satisfy you?
Absolutely. I bought the whole American dream, you need to strive, get the big house. Well, I did it all. I built a multi-six-figure business, bought a 5-bedroom house on Lake Washington in Seattle. I did it all for my family…but I discovered it didn’t make us any happier. And having to work hard enought to afford that lifestyle wasn’t for me, either.

We sold our house and now we invest the profits and travel. And I am 100% happier!

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