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Your Million Dollar Idea Is Hiding In Plain Sight: How to Find It & Start NOW with Amy Jordan

Earn Your Happy

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This episode features a conversation about building an entrepreneurial path through invention, community, and personal healing. The guest and the host discuss how paying close attention to everyday problems in business and movement can lead to patented innovations, moving from traditional marketing roles to launching fitness equipment and studios nationwide. They also share personal stories of overcoming severe life challenges, including navigating a rare cancer diagnosis and healing from past trauma, highlighting the importance of listening to one's intuition, showing up for oneself, and taking timely health precautions.

  • Immerse yourself deeply into the specific world or industry you want to enter to understand how to improve things and make money. 2:47
  • Start building your business and testing ideas before seasonal rushes like Black Friday rather than building in the middle of peak traffic. 21:14
  • Do not consult Dr. Google or look up intimidating statistics when facing a serious health diagnosis, as those statistics do not define your individual outcome. 50:44
  • Schedule medical appointments immediately whenever anything feels out of the ordinary with your body to catch potential issues early. 56:53

Chapters

  1. 0:02
    Podcast Intro and Sponsorships

    Hosts introduce the episode and list various sponsors and promotional offers.

  2. 3:23
    Amy Jordan’s Entrepreneurial Identity

    Amy explains why she identifies most as an entrepreneur rather than a Pilates guru or inventor.

  3. 8:11
    Early Influences and Teaching Roots

    Amy discusses her family background, early creative inclinations, and the moment she realized teaching Pilates was her calling.

  4. 9:42
    From Marvel Marketing to Pilates Innovation

    Amy recounts her time at Marvel, the creative limitations she felt, and how Pilates became her true passion and side hustle.

  5. 14:47
    Designing the Wunderformer Machine

    Amy describes the brainstorming, prototyping, and iterative process that led to the creation of the Wunderformer Pilates machine.

  6. 21:00
    Innovation Philosophy and Community Focus

    Amy emphasizes the importance of listening to community needs, staying true to her vision, and collaborating with others to bring products to market.

  7. 29:51
    Expanding Product Line and Patents

    Amy outlines her subsequent inventions, including the Wundecore Resistance Ring, blocks, and the upcoming Helena home machine.

  8. 46:19
    Personal Healing Through Movement

    Amy shares her personal journey of trauma, therapy, and how Pilates served as a healing tool for her and her clients.

  9. 48:38
    Breath Work and Movement Healing

    The host discusses using breath work and movement healing techniques to address physical and emotional blockages after cancer treatment.

  10. 49:45
    Exploring Alternative Healing Methods

    She explains trying various healing modalities like EMDR, heated yoga, and Pilates to manage trauma and stuck emotions.

  11. 53:09
    Facing Diagnosis and Emotional Reckoning

    The conversation turns to the psychological impact of a cancer diagnosis during COVID and the struggle with self-identity.

  12. 53:55
    Sharing the Crisis to Inspire Others

    She talks about openly sharing her cancer journey to motivate others to get checked and prevent future crises.

Highlights

  • 6:51

    Defining the Entrepreneur Identifierinsight

    The guest explains why she identifies primarily as an entrepreneur rather than just an inventor or a Pilates instructor, noting that every business she built stems from an invention born out of her work as a master educator.

  • 12:10

    The Marvel Comic Book Rulestory

    The guest shares a surprising and humorous story from her time working at Marvel when an executive taught her a simple trick to distinguish Marvel characters from DC characters.

  • 29:51

    Patents and Expanding Productsdata

    The guest shares the number of patents she holds and has pending, explaining how her innovative equipment and tools serve as critical differentiators in a massive fitness market.

  • 33:25

    Prototyping With Simple Materialsstrategy

    Demonstrating that inventions do not require high-end tools at first, the guest reveals how she created her first resistance ring sculpture using CVS clay, duct tape, aluminum foil, and binder clips.

  • 37:52

    Solving the Home Workout Probleminsight

    The guest details her new home Pilates system designed to look like a normal accent chair that conceals reformer and chair components inside, solving the aesthetic and space problem for home workouts.

  • 50:31

    Navigating a Rare Cancer Diagnosisstory

    The guest opens up about being diagnosed with a rare and severe form of cervical cancer during COVID-19, refusing to look at negative survival statistics, and completing rigorous treatments while continuing to show up.

Quotes

  • “I believe in the idea of community over competition. Even in the Pilates world, I have dear, dear, dear girlfriends that are, you know, mega stars in the Pilates world.”
    Unnamed speaker · 5:44
  • “You just have to start and utilize your relationships and trust yourself and your idea and believe in it so wholeheartedly that there's no option but to do it.”
    Unnamed speaker · 33:46
  • “I just wouldn't even look at it.”
    Unnamed speaker · 50:40
  • “I had one moment in that journey when I decided to give up.”
    Unnamed speaker · 50:54
  • “I had a clear pap smear in January of 2020. And by June of 2020, I had a tumor that was so large, it was inoperable.”
    Unnamed speaker · 56:37
  • Shopify 0:02–0:10
  • Monarch Money 0:10–0:22
  • Northwest Registered Agent 0:23–0:38
  • Indeed 0:38–0:54
  • Sequencing.com 1:00–1:18
  • FAIRE 1:59–2:42
  • Mark Pincus 19:40–20:51
  • Shopify 21:02–22:10
  • Mark Pincus 39:20–40:28
  • Northwest Registered Agent 40:30–41:51
  • Shopify 41:56–43:14
  • Amy Jordan 58:34–59:19

About this episode

Think your business idea has to be PERFECT before you start? In this episode, I sit down with entrepreneur, inventor, and Pilates expert Amy Jordan to talk about what it actually looks like to trust your ideas enough to bring them to life. Amy shares how she went from a career at Marvel to opening a Pilates studio as a side hustle, inventing her own equipment, earning multiple patents, and building businesses around the problems she saw people experiencing every day. We get into why your best ideas often come from getting closer to the people you want to serve, how to stop letting competition distract you, and why execution matters so much more than having a polished first version. Amy also opens up about how movement helped her heal from childhood trauma and supported her through an incredibly difficult battle with cervical cancer. Get ready to trust yourself more, pay attention to the problems worth solving, and take the first step on the idea you can’t stop thinking about. Check out our Sponsors: Shopify - Launch your business before Black Friday, go to http://shopify.com/happy to start your free trial. Monarch Money - Get your first year of Monarch Core for half off at http://Monarch.com with code EYH. Northwest Registered Agent - Visit http://northwestregisteredagent.com/EarnFree and start using free resources to build something amazing. Fabric - Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at http://meetfabric.com/EARN. Meetfabric.com/EARN. Quince - Find the fall pieces you’ll reach for most at Quince. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns and when Quince asked how you heard about them, let them know it was here on Earn Your Happy. Gloss Genius - Run a business that takes appointments? Use code HAPPY at https://glossgenius.com/earnyourhappy for 50% off your first two months of a premium plan. Faire - Sign up today and get 50% off your first wholesale order, up to $100 at https://faire.com/happy50. Terms may apply. Life at the Speed of Play - Go to http://getmarksbook.com/earn to get two copies for the price of one—one for you and one for a friend. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Meet Amy Jordan, Creator and CEO of WundaCore. 02:30 How relationships can connect you to your next level. 04:00 The mindset shift that creates more freedom as an entrepreneur. 06:45 Knowing when your work no longer feels meaningful. 10:15 How a side hustle turned into Amy’s first Pilates studio. 12:00 The creative process behind turning a problem into a new invention. 14:15 How to stay in your lane when other people criticize your ideas. 18:30 Immersing yourself in a new industry before trying to build in it. 20:30 The value of hands-on experience when creating something people need. 25:45 How Amy turned a simple idea into a patented product. 29:00 The problem Amy set out to solve with her new home Pilates machine. 33:45 What to do when you hit a roadblock while building something new. 35:00 How movement can become a powerful tool for healing and self-care. 39:30 The mindset that helped Amy keep moving through a major health crisis. 42:45 How sharing your struggles can help other people feel less alone. 45:15 The reminder to listen to your body and get anything unusual checked. 47:30 Where to find Amy’s workouts and Pilates inventions. RESOURCES Shop WundaCore and use code LORI10 for $10 off your ring or blocks HERE Watch Amy’s free YouTube workouts at Amy Jordan Official Get on the waitlist for Mentor Collective Mastermind HERE! Try glōci for 40% off your first order with code HAPPY at checkout - head to getgloci.com FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow glōci: @getgloci Follow Amy: @amyjordanofficial

Transcript

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Topics

  • Legree
  • Life at the Speed of Play
  • Wundecore
  • Wundeformer
  • Wundecore Resistance Ring
  • Wundecore blocks
  • Helena home machine
  • Shop Pay
  • Glossy
  • Montrose

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