And everything moves on. The fireworks have ended. The countdown has ended. The world turns the page. And yet your spirit still remembers the charge of being called upward. You can't shake that feeling, can you? Because there's a version of you you've been carrying quietly. A leader you've been tucking behind excuses, perhaps exhaustion and even fear. And something in your spirit knows this. 2026 is not asking for a better plan. It's demanding a braver leader. Small leaders, weak leaders, they shrink when pressure rises. They negotiate with fear. They dilute their voice. They postpone their obedience. But legacy leaders, legacy leaders obey through trembling hands and racing hearts. They step into the arena anyway because obedience is the architecture legacy is built on. This is your moment of reckoning, not resolution. You have 48 hours. That's the challenge. Not to think about the calling, but to act on it. We are done sleepwalking. Now we must rise. And now today we are going to move on it. Move over fear, move over excuses, because today we are going to build anyway, no matter what is trying to hold us back. No. Ooh, that's better, right, Beth? Yeah. Yeah. She founded an architectural concrete company. He founded a $100 million clothing company. She took the world by storm as a social media star. He took the world by storm as a famous serial entrepreneur. Together we started a business. And had babies. Now we're figuring out the best ways to do both. Join us as we learn from other entrepreneurs going through the same life struggles. As they share their life hacks about success, love, kids. And everything in between. Hello, my friend, and welcome back. I'm your host, Ildiko Ferenci, and you are listening to Becoming Unshakable, the Legacy Conversations bonus series. A special edition brought to you by the Entrepreneur Parent Podcast, a proven entrepreneurial family building unshakable legacies together. You are not here by accident. You are not stumbling into this moment by accident. You are being called into it. Wherever you are, driving, perhaps folding laundry, little baby socks, little baby onesies, whatever it is, your children's clothes, or perhaps you're finally sipping that quiet coffee before the house wakes up. For me, it's matcha latte. And listen, friend, I am so grateful that you pressed play today. Because we are going to do more than feel the pull. We answer it with action. That's what we're doing today. Legacy is not built alone. It is built by leaders who obey anyway, no matter what's going on, okay? No matter what tries to step in your way. And that brings us into our 48 hour assignment. And let's anchor this in scripture. My community shared a really great one with me and I wanna share it with you. So it's James chapter one, verse 22 through 25, and it is so fitting for our conversation. But be doers of the word and not hearers only. Deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away at once. Forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets, but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. What this means is it is not enough to hear God's direction. You must do what it says. When you delay obedience, you forget your identity. When you act on his word, blessings and legacy are built in the doing. We are not just hearers friends. We are doers, action takers, builders. We are legacy leaders. That's who we are. Now let's ground this in both healing and leadership truth. Therapists identify fawning as a trauma based response where a person shrinks to avoid conflict or rejection. We don't want that. It looks like compliance. People pleasing, are waiting for someone else to take the lead first. I've been guilty of that. Healing begins when you recognize the pattern and replace it with intentional action. Family systems, therapists confirm that when one parent steps into emotional bravery, children mirror increased results. Zillions identify confidence and leadership modeling. Neuroscience research demonstrates that acting before fear fully subsides interrupts avoidance loops in the brain and builds new neural pathways that reinforce confidence through behavior, not hesitation. So this tells us shrinking is a survival response, not a sentence. Listen, rising is a chosen leadership response. Your courage rewires your mind and your family inherits that wiring. Action weakens fear. Write that down. If you have a pen nearby or text it to yourself, action weakens fear. And it strengthens identity and regret proofs legacy. No one wants to be laying in regret in their final moments. I think we can all agree on that. We don't want that. And that's why we're doing the work, the work that we do here together. So now friends, let's move into the 48 hour challenge, the rise framework that we were talking about. Now that your heart is awake, your identity remembered, your calling is acknowledged, we're gonna move into the how. The 48 hour rise framework. So let's get ready. Grab your notebook, your journal, you can text us to yourself. Take a snapshot of where we are in the podcast if you wanna do it later. Step number one, write it. Name one area where you've been shrinking yourself. I think we can all claim something here. Maybe you've been afraid to launch a business, God put on your heart. Write that down. Or maybe you've avoided a hard conversation to keep the peace. Write that down. So write it down, whatever comes to you right now, the first thing that you think of, write it down. You can always write two things, but just focus on the first thing that comes to mind. Number two, plan it. Define the smallest bold step you can take in the next 48 hours. Not the perfect step, the first possible one. Maybe an example could be send the first outreach message you've been afraid to send. One thing you've been thinking about, but you just didn't do. Draft the first page of your book, one that you've been shrinking from writing. It could be anything. Launch the page. Launch that social media page, whatever it is. Just move on it. Step three, pray. Pray it. Pray over it. Before you act, pray this short prayer. Pray this short prayer with me now. James chapter one verses 22 through 25 teaches us to obey through action. Now we're gonna pray before we build. I get ready. And if you're driving, don't close your eyes. Here we go. Father, I feel afraid, but I choose obedience today. Strengthen my heart, direct my steps, and let legacy be built from this moment right now. In Jesus' name, amen. You can say a different prayer. I just wanted to say something simple and easy. Just something that we could say together. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, but that gives you something to start with. Step number four, do it. Take the step within 48 hours, even if your hands shake and your heart races, go for it. Take the step before fear goes quiet. Don't let fear take that away. That's how courage rewires your mind. And legacy rewires your family tree. Psychologists confirm that acting before fear fully subsides, weakens the brain's avoidance loop and strengthens identity confidence. Family systems, their own, therapists observe that as we were talking about before, that children mirror the emotional bravery of the parent who leads first. You lead first, go for it. And step number five, report it. Why don't you screenshot the moment and send it to me for accountability? Because conviction becomes legacy, only when it becomes movement, when you've moved on it, when you've taken action. Open your Instagram, post the screenshot of your bold step to your story or your post. Tag us at entrepreneurparentspodcast. Tag my personal page, it's linked below. You can use the hashtags becoming unshakable. Come up with your own hashtag. Tell me, this is my brave step, claim it. Let everyone see that you're gonna build legacy anyway, no matter what, no matter what. Hands are trembling, so what? Go for it, your heart's beating fast, good, you're alive. Thank God, you woke up today. Then hit share, done, done, reported. Accountability doesn't pressure you to shrink. Okay, accountability pressures fear to fall off. That's what's gonna happen today. So let's go, I'm so excited, so excited for all of us. I wanted to share something that I haven't really talked about. I mean, we kind of have. Dan and I, we've talked about it, but I think this is a different perspective. I was really thinking about the topic of this podcast and it just popped into my head. A few years ago, my husband received a career opportunity that required our family to pivot. And for a short season, the podcast paused. And it was frustrating, it was frustrating for both of us. Our audience was so disappointed, but we believed our voices had to rise together, or not at all. So I never stepped forward alone. He was doing his thing and then I was kind of in the back. Not moving forward with what God had placed on our heart. So I could feel it burn it, it just, it was a terrible feeling, it was a terrible feeling. So I just, I sat there, not stepping forward alone. I never even suggested it. I didn't even consider it at the time. I told myself, I was building with him, not shrinking from my purpose. So then I just stopped. But sometimes shrinking doesn't look like weakness. Sometimes shrinking looks like waiting for someone else to lead first. So it was just sitting there waiting for us to do it together, right? Then came a season when the noise was louder. It was, it was louder than the direction. Business pressure, illness in the family, emotional exhaustion, spiritual strain, outlining it once. And in my heart, I heard my mother's voice saying, never stop the podcast. She would always say that, never stop speaking life. You were given these experiences in life and you need to share, never stop building legacy. She said that to us, to both of us, not me alone. I never imagined the baton would one day rest in only my hands. And then the pull grew stronger. Emails and messages from mothers, CEOs, fathers, other leaders that poured in saying things like, we need you to share about postpartum, about grief, about illness, share the struggles you failed, or failed, share the failures, share the struggles you faced in your marriage. Just different questions coming at me, telling me that they needed my voice. We need your story. We need your strength. These things would echo, but I never imagined doing anything myself at that time. This was a together thing, only us together. So I was waiting. I prayed about it. And then just lately, something similar. So I prayed about it again. And this is what I learned. I learned fear doesn't disappear before obedience. Fear rides shotgun until action weakens it. So when the situation came up, rather than stopping the podcast, you know what I did? I hit record while I was scared. I didn't want to, I didn't want to, but I did it anyway. People, my heart raced. My heart was racing. My hands shook, my hands shook a little because that wasn't the initial plan, but I will obeyed, but I obeyed because I prayed over it. So I obeyed, I was scared, shaken, shaken. I was shaking. But I obeyed anyway, not in perfection, but in, can you say participation? I participated and look what happened. The charts shifted. The community grew. Legacy expanded. And my family rose with me. Together, we never hit number one back then, before. But when I finally stepped forward, the podcast reached number one multiple times, faster than I ever imagined possible. Even more remarkable, our children stepped into leadership too. Last summer, last summer, they decided to launch their own show. And their show reached number one in less than a year, not because they were fearless, but because they were obedient anyway, through doubt. People said that they shouldn't do it. People will come with you. They'll say negative things, okay? Do it anyway. After prayer, if you feel that calling on your heart and your life, you do it anyway. I'm not sharing this for applause, okay? I'm sharing this so that you can borrow the courage of this moment and say, if God could build a legacy through her trembling hands, he can build it through mine too. That's why I'm sharing this with you. So now it's your turn. Write down the thing that makes your heart speed up, okay? Write that down. The thing that makes your heart speed up. What is it? Write it down. Claim it. The thing that makes your hands tremble. What is it? Tell me. Share it with me. DM me. Share it in your story. The thing you've been avoiding because you think it must be perfect. How guilty of that are we? The thing you've been avoiding because you think it must be perfect or together or later, later, later. Let's do it later. Let's wait till the end of life and then you can regret it then. No, not today, alright? Not today, alright? Not today. And then take the step anyway, no matter what you're feeling. You're sweating, good. As I said, your heart's pounding, great, you're alive. You know how many people in that cemetery would do anything to change spots with you in a heartbeat? Take the step. Screenshot it. Tag us, tag me too. And write one line. This is my brave step. I build legacy anyway. Whatever touches you most, this is my brave step. Share it, claim it. Hit story, share and post. And let fear watch you lead. Let fear watch you lead, okay friend? Your 48 hours begins now. When this episode ends, your 48 hours begins and the challenge is on. Because accountability doesn't pressure you to shrink. Accountability pressures fear to fall off. And remember what we said before, weak leaders, they shrink. Legacy leaders obey through trembling hands and racing hearts. They step into the arena anyway. Right? Step into the arena anyway. I get the Theodore Roosevelt speech. My son says that speech in his famous keynote. It's so powerful, so powerful because it reminds people of how brave they were when they were his age. And then something happened. Remember how brave and fearless you were as a child? Then somebody said something to you. Then all of a sudden you felt self-conscious. You didn't wanna play the way that you did because perhaps someone said you looked silly or it was silly. Then all of a sudden you got in your head and you got self-conscious. I love his speech because it reminds us all to who we were when we had the most confidence. He's speaking in front of thousands of people. 5,000, 8,000, fearless. Fearless, let's be fearless. Before you reach for that coffee, consider this. What if the energy boost you're looking for isn't in your cup but in your cells? I challenge you to swap your morning coffee for Sheila Jeet by Symbiotica. And here's what can happen. No crash, no jitters, just clean, sustained energy plus mental clarity and trace minerals that our bodies actually need. That are actually starving for, to be honest. This isn't just a supplement. It's an ancient adaptogen sourced from the Himalayas that supports myocondrial function, stamina and overall vitality. Your coffee never did that. Okay, let's just be honest. Try it for a week and tell me your body doesn't thank you. Symbiotica's Sheila Jeet is next level wellness. And honestly, you may never go back to drinking coffee. Click the link below down in the bio and get your Sheila Jeet today. The legacy is not built alone. It's built in community, starting at home. Now let's do something special together. Before the world asks for your resolution, your family needs your presence and your leadership. You know this. So grab that journal and I want you to write this down. I want you to keep record of it. Ask your spouse today, what is one area you see me shrinking that I should lead in this year? What is that one area you see me shrinking and that I should lead in this year? And then the second question, what is one bold step we can take together as a family in the next seven days? What is that thing? What is that one bold step that we can take together as a family in the next seven days? What is that? Ask your spouse. And then ask your children. Where do you think mommy or daddy is meant to be braver this year? What's their opinion? What do they see for you? Where do you think mommy or daddy is meant to be braver this year? You'll be surprised. Now that I have another question, what is one brave thing you can do in the next 48 hours to lead in a small way? What is the one brave thing you can do in the next 48 hours to lead in a small way? And how can we turn that into something we do together? How can we turn that into something we all do together? Then take those answers, fold them into your family legacy blueprint and put it away somewhere safe. Because next year you want to see growth. You wanna see the growth. Just remember, don't drift. We're building, building a legacy. You will never regret rising in obedience. You will only regret the moments you knew you were meant for more and you did nothing with it. Let that sink in. But today, today we become doers and that changes everything friends. That changes everything. That changes everything. So today we become doers. If this episode stirred your heart to take action, do share it, share it with someone you care about. If it lit a spark, review it please. It helps us get to the families who need it. And if it called you upward, act on it. Post your 48 hour rise moment in your Instagram story and tag us. We have all the links below. Tag me too. I will stand in agreement and pray over your brave steps. I promise you friend. And don't forget to tune into the Entrepreneur Kids Legacy Show hosted by Daniel and Destiny. A screen free, faith rooted, legacy driven leadership podcast for children and families everywhere. They're doing so good. Dang, I couldn't even, I was so happy. I was so happy. Christmas Eve, they were number one. Christmas day, this podcast was number one. It's just the blessings and just, it was so, it was the best, it was the best. I'm telling you that was the best Christmas present for our family legacy. Just to see that, I could, I just, we cried, we laughed, we cheered, all the emotions, all of it. We all worked so hard. We all worked so hard. And listen, if you would like to support their work and production, you can contribute at buymeacoffee.com backslash, Entrepreneur Kids. Every gift honors their, every, every get, why am I getting excited? I'm getting emotional. Every gift, it just, it honors their hard work and keeps legacy voices around the world rising and leading with confidence. They have so many great little friends around the world. All the families are listening together. It's just such a great little podcast. I know you're gonna love it if you haven't listened to it. And don't forget, you can support them too. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for spending New Year's with us. It's a new year, guys. It's 2026. I can't believe I'm saying this. It's, we're in 2026. Okay, all good things are coming our way, all our blessings. But we just have to be fearless about it. And we have to step forward. We have to be the example. And this isn't just the start of another year. This is the start of a braver, stronger, obedient version of you. So remember friends, strong families build unshakable legacies and legacy leaders act anyway. No matter what you're feeling. Shaking hearts, beating act anyway. God bless you all and glory to God always. God bless you. We love you. Thank you, beautiful friends for listening to this important message from Mama. There is someone you love and care about. Oh, and we'd love to personally invite you to listen to our podcast. It's for young future leaders ready to change the world and be a light in the dark. Listen together as a family. It's called the optional kids legacy show. We know you'll love it. Be bold, be kind, build an unforgettable family legacy. God bless you. We love you. And parents, if no one told you yet, let us be the folks. You're doing a remarkable job. And remember, you are the hero of your story because every legacy begins with a hero. And that hero is you. This podcast is for inspirational and educational purposes only. And it is not intended to replace professional advice, legal advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are based on personal experience and faith-based insight and are meant to encourage reflection and growth. Always seek the guidance of qualified professionals regarding any questions or concerns you may have about your health, relationships, or business.
