Ready, Set, Here I Come Vegas Grand Prix!

Amanda Paolicelli: 00:00:05

What's up radiant Icons and welcome back to Dare To

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Be Iconic the podcast made for icons

who are daring to be themselves.

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I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli, and

for today's Tea Time sesh, I hear Vegas

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calling my name and I am taking you with

me radiant icons because we are prepping

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for the Las Vegas Grand Prix together.

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But before we get into all of that

iconicness, make sure to connect with

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me on socials on Instagram and TikTok.

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It's @amandapaolicelli_

and @daretobeiconic_..

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And if you're on LinkedIn radiant icons,

you already know what I'm gonna say.

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Make sure to connect me on there.

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It's Amanda Paolicelli all of my socials

are linked in the show notes below, and

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since we're speaking of show notes already

into icons, I am here to remind you that

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that link for the exclusive two years, one

Iconic celebration sale can only be found

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in the show notes of this very podcast.

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You cannot find this deal anywhere else.

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This deal includes one breakup with the

past, fall in love with the Future Journal

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and your choice of merch from the Radiant

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So make sure to lock in your orders

today before the holiday season

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because you know you want to rep

your DTBI pride for the holidays.

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All right, radiant icons, are

you ready for your tea time sesh?

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Because it's starting now.

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Oh my goodness, radiant icons.

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I can't believe that Vegas is almost here.

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Like literally I can taste it.

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It's so close.

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That's actually mind

blowingly insane to me.

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But anyway, let, let's talk

about Vegas real quick.

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Okay.

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So actually not real quick.

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This whole episode is dedicated to Vegas.

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Okay?

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So I can take my damn time anyway.

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Vegas, Vegas, Vegas, Vegas, baby.

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Oh my goodness.

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Well, when I think of Vegas, I think of

three words, sexy , single, and iconic.

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I also think of, um, no sleep,

and I think of partying my ass off

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until my feet bleed from my heels.

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Do you know that TikTok sound where

it's like, oh, she arrived in Vegas

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on on Friday and then she stayed up

till 3:00 AM and then the next night

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she stayed up till 6:00 AM That's me.

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That is my theme song

for the entire weekend.

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I literally will only be

in Vegas for 72 hours.

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You know how people say like, oh, New

York is the city that never sleeps.

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No.

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Vegas will be.

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Vegas will be, and maybe it's this

version of Amanda that will not stop.

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Like she will just keep on going.

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And you know what?

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I'm happy for me.

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I deserve this.

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I truly have never allowed myself

to really have a trip where I just

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go full out and I just go for it.

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Because when I was in college, I

was the girl that was studying on

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a Friday, and Saturday and Sunday.

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I didn't go out to the damn club.

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Okay.

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So I think, I think now in this

era of my life, I'm really just

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saying, fuck it and I'm going for it.

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I'm gonna go to the networking

events, I'm gonna network my.

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Ass off.

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Off.

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And then I'm gonna party my ass off.

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It's a little bit of work and

play like, what can I say?

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That's what makes it

sexy, single and iconic.

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But anywho?

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Anyway, let's talk about the

drivers that I'm rooting for.

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Obviously we all know I'm

rooting for Lando Norris.

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Like I don't think that's any surprise

to anyone on this podcast that

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Lando Norris is my favorite driver.

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I live, breathe, and die Lando Norris.

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And I know Lando wants to

be on Dare to Be Iconic.

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So Lando, whenever you are available,

my dude, whenever you are available and

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wanna come and chit chat, spill the tea

about life, about mental health, you

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know, anything honestly, that's iconic.

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We will love to have you.

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Okay.

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But besides Lando Norris,

I am very, very excited.

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Also for the female quotient

and F1 Academy events.

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Not a surprise there.

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They're two of my dream partners.

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When will Amanda ever shut up about them?

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Absolutely never.

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I'm a true believer in manifestation.

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The more times I say it out loud on this

podcast, the more it will eventually

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get to their ears and they'll be like,

Hey, Amanda, and Dare to be Iconic.

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That's, that's who we wanna pair up with.

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Watch.

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I'm gonna be there speaking at an event

next year, point blank, and period.

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Watch it.

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radiant icons.

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I know.

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We all believe it 'cause

it's gonna happen anyway.

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Something else that I'm so excited

for is the Williams fan zone.

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Every Grand Prix that I have

been to the Williams fan zone has

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exceeded my expectations time and

time again because Williams truly

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cares about the fan experience.

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I will never forget my first experience

with Williams in their Williams fan zone.

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I will never forget how well their

staff took care of my friends and I.

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I will never forget how nice everyone

was and how caring and kind and they

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truly were looking out for us, and

they want the best for their fans.

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They treat their fans like family.

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And I will always be a supporter

of Williams Racing no matter what.

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I actually think Carlos and Alex

are a great driver duo, and I think

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they're both extremely talented.

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I mean, it's no secret that Carlos

is a, you know, a top tier driver,

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and I think Alex is very underrated.

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I don't think he gets his flowers.

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I don't think he gets his

praise as much as he should.

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Yeah, Williams is an underdog and I

will always be rooting for the underdog,

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especially knowing their values

and their morals and their beliefs,

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because I will always go back to Spain.

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I will always go back to how they

treated me, and my first interaction

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with them was absolutely phenomenal

especially as a young woman in this

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sport, in a, in a place that I knew

no one in, I felt extremely safe.

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And that is so rare.

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So Williams will always have a special

place in my heart, so I definitely

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will be going to the Williams fan zone

in Las Vegas and I truly cannot wait.

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Another thing that I can't

wait for is the LN4 Store.

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Again, we know I live, breathe, and Die,

Lando Norris, and while Orlando is having

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his own pop-up store there in Vegas, they

haven't announced the location yet, but

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you already know I'm gonna go and Faith

and Erica are Lando Girlies as well.

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So you all know we're going to be.

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Going together, looking at everything, and

I know that I truly probably shouldn't.

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I shouldn't be, you know, spending my

wallet late at the Landowner Norris

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store at the LN4 store because I know

it's gonna be extremely expensive.

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But no, no, I actually can't.

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Like I truly can't you guys, because you

know where I'm gonna be spending my money

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at the Hello Kitty F1 Academy collab

at the F1 Hub that Oh my, like that.

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Oh my God.

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Oh, I can't even, like complete thoughts.

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I'm so excited about that.

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Like the LN4 store, I'm excited for.

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Obviously I love Lando Norris.

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That is not a surprise.

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Very excited.

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But I know it's not a financially

smart decision to like be

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spending my wallet there.

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I just know everything is gonna

be extremely, extremely expensive.

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It's not gonna be affordable.

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And in this economy and running a business

in this economy, your girl can't spend

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200 plus dollars on Lando Norris fleece.

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Like that's just not happening.

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Um, that's the reality of the situation.

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But you know where I

can spend my money on.

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On that $35 plush on that $35 Hello

Kitty plush in her F1 Academy,

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her purple F1 Academy race suit.

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If there is one thing about me.

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I love Hello Kitty.

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I am a Hello Kitty girl.

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Oh my God, when I was younger,

actually in kindergarten.

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I've never told anyone this story

before this is gonna be so embarrassing.

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But anyway, God dare to be iconic.

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I just say everything on here,

so, so when I was in kindergarten.

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During the month of May, my

kindergarten teacher, Ms.

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Drake, asked me, okay, like,

what's a holiday in May that

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we are looking forward to?

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And you know, the normal person

would've said, mother's Day,

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you wanna know what I said?

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I said Hello Kitty Day, because I

had a Hello Kitty book that had a

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calendar in it and it had all the like

holidays and in May, I guess there's

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Hello Kitty Day and I had just read it

and I was like, oh, hello Kitty Day.

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And so I raised my hand, little

baby Amanda, and she goes, Amanda,

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and I went, Hello Kitty Day.

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I got laughed at.

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I got everyone in class laughed at me.

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I've never been more embarrassed

in my life than in that exact

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moment because I said, hello

Kitty Day instead of Mother's Day.

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That's how you know how die

hard I am for Hello Kitty.

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And so when I saw the F1 Academy,

'cause you know I love F1 Academy

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and you know that's a dream

partner for Dare to Be Iconic.

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And now knowing my love for Hello Kitty.

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When I saw that and I saw it for

Las Vegas, I said, holy shit.

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I said, holy shit.

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I was meant to go to

this race because what?

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Like the universe is

telling me I had to go.

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So here I am in Vegas and I have to

get my hands on that hello Kitty plush.

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I just need it.

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I need it in my life.

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It is a need.

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And a want.

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It's necessary.

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That is a financial decision

that I can get behind.

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I cannot get behind spending 200 plus

dollars on Lando Norris's fleece.

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I just simply can't.

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But I will be spending my money on

any Hello Kitty merch that I deem is

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like beautiful and perfect for me, and

that plush is the first thing that's

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going in my very, very packed suitcase.

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I don't know where the hell

I'm gonna fit all this shit,

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but I'm gonna figure it out.

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I'm gonna figure it out.

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So that is what I am looking forward to.

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The, oh, also, I'm very excited

for the outfits because you already

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know it's gonna be like cheetah

print and leather and sparkles and

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glitter and like some purple to

bring back the OG DTBI aesthetic.

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Like I am so excited.

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I'm so excited.

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And you already know thigh

high boots, chunky ass heels.

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Like it's, it's gonna be so good.

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So good.

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I can't wait.

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I cannot wait for the content, you guys.

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I truly cannot wait.

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And then also, I'm very

excited for the food.

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I am so excited for the food.

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One thing in Vegas that I just keep

looking at, because again, I'm from

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the East coast, okay, we have Shake

Shack, but I see every damn time

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in and out, and I will finally,

finally be able to eat in and out.

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I'm so excited.

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My girl, faith and I,

faith is also from Florida.

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She's from the East Coast, and.

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We were texting each other, we're

like, we have to get in and out.

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And our friend Erica, is from the

West coast, so she's already had in

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and out, and she's like, I can't wait

to be there with you guys for when

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you like try it for the first time.

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And so we're doing it.

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I don't know how we're gonna fit it in in

our 72 hours of doing everything because

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Friday's the most packed day imaginable.

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And Saturday is race day.

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And then Sunday we're gonna be so tired,

but we have to fit in, in and out.

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Like In-N-Out is a necessity.

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So I'm very excited for the

food, particularly in and out.

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And I'm so excited for the

outfits because, you know, I love

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dressing up, I love looking hot,

and I love taking my hot photos.

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I love it.

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So again, make sure you're following me

on Insta and TikTok for the live updates.

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You know what's going on because

you already know it's gonna be

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sexy, it's gonna be hot, it's gonna

be iconic, it's gonna be chaotic.

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It's gonna be unhinged.

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Like I.

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Lord, help me.

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Lord, help me Lord, help us Lord,

help everyone, especially those

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single men in Vegas, because I

will be getting those free drinks.

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Okay, now let's talk about that personal

prep and behind the scenes madness.

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So I will be living in a suitcase

for the next 15 days of my life.

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I'm a little terrified you guys,

because I have a lot of shit to pack

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in a very tiny carry on luggage.

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And in the middle of this, I'm

traveling during the government

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shutdown, like I'm based in the us.

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So if you guys don't know, we're

in the middle of a government

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shutdown as I'm currently filming

this, I think they're in the middle

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of figuring out some type of deal.

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It's complicated.

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The us, the US is all I have to say.

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Um, but I am gonna be living in a

suitcase for the next 15 days of my life.

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I'm scared.

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I'm so scared and so excited because the

wardrobe for this trip is like, the first

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half is all business professional for my

day job, like covered up to the max, like

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so so covered up, nothing is showing.

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And then you'll see my Vegas fits and

it's like sparkles and leather and

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short ass skirts and red and thigh high

boots, and the lowest tops imaginable.

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Like the teeny tiny outfits

that you saw for Halloween.

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Imagine that doubled for Vegas.

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That is what my luggage is, is gonna look

like I, I'm literally Hannah, Juan Santa.

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Okay.

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I'm literally Hannah, Juan Santa.

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I'm living the best of both worlds.

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Okay.

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Like that's just it.

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Oh my god.

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But now on a serious note, radiant icons.

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This wouldn't be dare to be iconic if

I didn't share the lessons that I hope

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to gain from my trip to Las Vegas.

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So my goals for this trip are to have

fun, to lean into the unpredictability

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because the reality is when you're

going on a trip for this long in length,

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and you have two different reasons

why you're gonna be there, right?

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This, this trip for me

is split down the middle.

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The first half is for my day job and

all those day job responsibilities

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that I have, that I hold.

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And then the second half, the 72 hour

portion is for my own business, dare

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to be iconic and getting the most

out of this opportunity as I possibly

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can, and while this is a very long

trip and I'm just gonna be going,

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going, going, I need to lean into the

unpredictability and appreciate the

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small moments that will happen when

I lean into that unpredictability.

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Because the honest truth is with anything

right of this magnitude things will not

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go as planned, whether that's in the day

job portion of this trip, or it's in the

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Dare to be iconic portion of this trip.

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Things will not go as planned,

so I need to learn how to lean

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into the unpredictability, be

okay with it, and appreciate the

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small moments that I do have.

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So that's a really big goal that I

really, really, really want to just

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fully embrace as I go on this trip.

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And my last goal is I need to shoot

my fucking shot, especially for

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the Dare to be iconic portion of

this trip, the 72 hours in Vegas.

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I am going to be in rooms that

I have only ever dreamed of.

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I have only ever dreamed of in my

first year of Dare to Be Iconic,

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I wished and dreamed to be in the

rooms that I get to be in, in this

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stage of my career, of my business.

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I am now, oh my God, we're, we're

in year three of Dare to Be Iconic.

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That's so weird.

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I haven't said that before, but

we are in year three right now.

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That is immense growth to be in

rooms that I have only dreamed of.

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And I need to shoot my fucking shot.

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I need to take every opportunity that

I can within that short amount of time.

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I need to fucking go for it.

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I can't hold back because like

female quotient has said in one

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of their campaigns, it's like fq

fear, that's what I need to do.

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Fuck the fear of perception.

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Fuck the fear of judgment.

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Fuck the fear of making

a fool out of myself.

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Fuck the fear of whatever the hell it is.

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Fuck that fear and go for it.

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Because like I mentioned last

week, fear is just an invitation.

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Fear is just an invitation to glow up.

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How the hell are you gonna glow up?

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For me, i'm gonna shoot my fucking

shot when I'm in these rooms.

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I'm not gonna be afraid.

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I'm going to dare to be myself.

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I'm going to talk about dare to be iconic.

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I'm going to get to know that other

individual and see maybe how can we align

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for future projects, future partnerships.

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That's my goal.

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And that is what I'm going to do.

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I'm going to make the most out of the

time that I have in Vegas at the events

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that I am fortunate enough to be at.

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That is what I want to do.

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That is one of my main, main goals.

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So I need to fuck the fear.

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I need to shoot my fucking shot.

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And my goal within that, so like my sub

goal, right, is I wanna leave each event

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with at least, at least two new contacts,

two new contacts that will add value not

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only to myself and dare to be iconic,

but add value to them as well, because

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that is the goal of a partnership, right?

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It has to add value for both individuals,

both organizations, and that is my goal.

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I want to come out of these

networking events with two, at

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least two impactful and value added.

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That's the word I'm looking for.

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Value added connections.

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Yeah.

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That's dare to be iconic for you baby.

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I always have to mention a lesson or two.

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And you know what?

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It wouldn't be dare to be iconic if

I didn't end on a sentimental note.

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So I was actually thinking about

this the other day, radiant icons

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is that my first race was in June

of: 2024

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Before the Barcelona Grand

Prix, I had never been outside

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the United States before.

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I had never traveled by

myself without my parents.

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I never traveled with my friends and

I never liked a sport in my damn life.

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I never liked a sport in my damn life.

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And then all of a sudden I got laid off

in August of: 2023

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to fill that void in my life, right,

to give me some sense of joy as I was

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also figuring out Dare To Be Iconic.

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And at the time I was figuring out Dare To

Be Iconic and the vision for my business.

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I fell in love with Formula One,

and because I fell in love with

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this sport, I have been able to have

the most amazing and unforgettable

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opportunities and experiences of my life.

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I have gained so much confidence from

this sport, whether it's in my voice

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and advocating for women in motor

sports, particularly fan girls, right?

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Dare to embrace your inner fan

girl, or if it's confidence in that

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I can do the scary things alone.

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I can travel across the world

and go to a sporting event.

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I can use my voice and get seen by

companies that I've only, or organizations

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that I've only ever dreamed of, and

be invited to events at Grand Prix.

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I can create meetups at Grand

Prix and bring girls together

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through word of mouth, through

marketing, solely online, right?

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I can do all these things.

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F1 gave me confidence.

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It empowered and embolden my voice.

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Without F1, the trajectory, and I'm

so, so positive on this, is that

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without F1 and being a fan girl of

this sport that I love so fucking

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much, my business, Dare To Be Iconic,

would not be at the place it is today.

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It would not, because when I was

starting Dare To Be Iconic in the very

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early stages, right when it was just

a blog, right before the podcast came

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out, I started posting on LinkedIn,

and at first I tried it from this

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professional development angle.

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I don't know why the fuck I

decided to do that, but I did.

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And then it didn't work for three weeks.

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And I said, okay, we need to change it up.

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What do I wanna talk about?

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And I said, I really wanna talk about F1,

but I'm not a marketing genius and I'm not

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an engineer like how do I talk about F1?

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Well, my superpower in life,

one of them is being a fan girl.

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Another one is using my voice.

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And another one is advocating for women.

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Perfect.

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I tied everything together and I wrote

my first post about Formula One, and

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I think I wrote it about Lando Norris.

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No, actually I wrote it about liveries

and then maybe two posts after that.

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I wrote about Lando Norris and why

Lando Norris is my favorite driver,

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and ever since then not only has

my personal branding on LinkedIn

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exploded and you know, really expanded

my network, but it brought so much

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exposure to my business, which allowed

the podcast to literally break records

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and grow at this unprecedented rate.

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because I started using my voice

and talking about F1, and the

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more I spoke about F1, the more

I found my community and the more

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opportunities opened up for me.

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So honestly, I owe a lot of Dare to Be

Iconics Growth and Success, especially

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in that first year going into that second

year to formula One and to the sport that

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I love so much, and I can't believe that

I get to go to these sporting events and

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advocate for women and talk about Dare To

Be Iconic and just meet so many amazing,

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wonderful radiance icons in person.

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And the reason I get to do

that is because of my business

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where I had the courage to talk about

something that I loved, like it's just

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so mind boggling, and it makes me really

sentimental to think of like, wow, like it

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was so unpredictable, all of this growth.

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It was so unprecedented, but I'm

so damn lucky and I'm so grateful

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and I owe it to this sport.

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I owe it to Formula One, or I

owe some of it to Formula One.

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And that's just so cool.

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So I'm really excited for this next

chapter and this next race, and to

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see what it brings into my life and

the lessons that I'll learn from it,

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and how I will take it as I, as I

continue to grow and become even more

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iconic than I already am, and I can't

wait to share it with all of you.

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I truly cannot wait.

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I know I keep saying that this trip is

gonna be like so crazy off the rails,

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like, ah, and like that's true because

there's a new energy to me now as I'm

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in this new era of my life, as I'm

in the radiant reign era of my life.

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But.

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At the core, I know I'm gonna learn

something from every moment that happens,

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and I truly cannot wait to see what it is.

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And maybe it's learning how to have

fun and embracing the fun of life.

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Maybe it's that, maybe it's learning

how to embrace the unpredictability.

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Or maybe it's a combo of it, or maybe

it's something I didn't even mention,

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and that's what I'm so excited for.

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I learned so much from these experiences

and I'm so lucky and so fortunate that

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not only do I get to experience them,

but I get to bring you guys along for

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the ride, and then I get to come here and

spill the tea about it all and how we can

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both apply these lessons to our lives.

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This is just the coolest thing ever,

you guys, and I truly can't wait

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for Vegas, so let's fucking go.

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Okay, radiant icons.

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I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.

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As you know, we are in our radiant

reign era and for me in this era, I have

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been finding little things that make me

feel powerful, that make me feel sexy,

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that make me feel unapologetically me.

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And one of those is my

iconic signature scent.

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I have crafted mine with oakcha.

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I do sinful layered with that girl,

vanilla, and it is delectable.

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It is sinful and it is

sexy if I say so myself.

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Every spritz just feels

like confidence bottled up.

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It is my reminder that I am evolving

for myself, not anyone's dusty ass sun.

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And you can have that too, radiant icons.

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Make sure to build your own fragrance.

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Through Oakcha, use the discount

code linked in the show notes

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below to save yourself some cash.

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Because icons do not follow trends.

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We set the standard.

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All right, radiant icons, that is

your tea time session for today.

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If you enjoy today's episode, make

sure to subscribe, to leave a rating,

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a review to tell your friends about us,

to tell everyone and anyone, because

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you know, we love what More Radiance

icons in our iconic community of ours.

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I truly will never get tired

of saying that many icons.

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But anyway, I cannot believe

that Vegas is almost here.

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I can't wait to take you along

this crazy, crazy ride with me.

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So make sure you are following me on

socials for those live updates of while

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I'm in Vegas, Instagram and TikTok.

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It's @amandapaolicelli_

and @daretobeiconic_.

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and also then make sure.

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And also make sure to come back on

December 3rd at 7:00 AM Eastern for my

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iconic recap of everything, the Las Vegas

Grand Prix taught me because we're back

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with some fan girl confessions for Vegas.

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Baby.

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Let's go.

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I'm so excited.

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You guys, I'll see you December

3rd at 7:00 AM Eastern.

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Make sure to subscribe so you don't

miss that notification when that

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very special tea time sesh drops.

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Until then, radiant icons,

remember, dare to be iconic.

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Bye.