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In this episode, Lesley Logan highlights stories of women using power for good, from world-changing philanthropists to unsung heroes like Marty Goddard. She also shares community wins and a personal productivity breakthrough that proves how small changes lead to big results.

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In this episode you will learn about:

• How the world’s richest women are quietly creating real impact.
• Marty Goddard’s invention of the rape kit and why her story matters.
• How staying top of mind helps Tami-Adrian land another podcast feature.
• Lesley shares how she simplified her inbox and saved hours of work.
• Why small wins and consistent action add up to lasting change.

Episode References/Links:

• Laura Craik’s Article – https://beitpod.com/lauracraik
• Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell – https://a.co/d/cMHFKJR

Transcript

Lesley Logan: It’s Fuck Yeah Friday.

Brad Crowell: Fuck yeah.

Lesley Logan: Get ready for some wins.

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Lesley Logan
Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I’m Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I’ve trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it’s the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It’s a practice, not a perfect. Let’s get started.

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Lesley Logan 0:48
Hi, Be It babe. How are you? How’s it going? Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast, the Fuck Yeah Friday podcast. We talk about what is a win and we celebrate things that inspire us, and we have a mantra, and then we go about our day. So here we go, our win, or the inspiration, actually. The, well, I think this is a win too. So the inspiration that I found on the internet that really like made me happy. This, maybe, maybe it will make other people happy, but I love this. The title is What the World’s Richest Men Could Learn From the World’s Richest Women. And this is from Reshma’s Instagram account, and Reshma had the bike face talk I’m pretty sure, and I really love her. So instead of fixating on power, living forever and winning the space race, Melinda French Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs, Anne Wojcicki and Mackenzie Scott are quietly trying to make the world a better place. So this goes on and talks about all the different things that these women are doing, but I just think, like, these ladies, I know, I bet you know their last names, these are our five richest women in the world, and they are doing epic, epic things from with the money that they have, and they’re not doing anything to tear people down, to tear down a group of people. They’re actually using their money for good. And so I truly, truly love that. These women are doing great things and so you should definitely look them up. There’s an article from Laura Craick that was posted on February 5th 2025 so if you want to dive in more to what they’re doing, and if you want to learn more about Reshma, I highly recommend it, because she talks a lot about worrying, about being, like, I only have a few minutes to say everything I was gonna say, and then, like, learning and meeting all these male CEOs and going, wait, you run this company, I can run circles around you, like, so it’s just, I don’t know. I found it really inspiring and I hope that you do, too. So go check that out. And let’s all be more obsessed with what these women are doing, because I think that that’s going to make us feel a whole lot better in this world with all that’s going on. And let’s be impressed and empowered and, and all the things from them. And then I’m going to give you one more thing, and I’m going to go into your wins.

Lesley Logan 2:53
So meet Marty Goddard, the woman who invented the rape kit, while she didn’t receive credit for her work, shocking, she revolutionized sexual assault forensics. Yeah. So get this, in the 1970s, few women felt safe. There’s tons of sexual abuse. Spousal rate was still, was still legal, freaking crazy, until 1993. Let’s not go into that, that’s going to depress us all. But Marty Goddard was a volunteer for a phone hotline for runaway teens in Chicago. Many callers reported sexual abuse, but not necessarily to the police. Marty took upon herself to further investigate cases by visiting crime labs and hospitals, interviewing as many people as possible. And a standard was set. In doing this, she developed a standard by which evidence is collected following a rape. Her evidence collection kit included basic supplies, cotton swabs, a comb, paper bags, labeled envelopes and glass slides for semen specimens, plus protocols, forms and resources for victims, its simplicity made it affordable, replicable and the more likely to be adopted. The kit opened doors to our understanding of victims and abuse. In other words, these cases are no longer had to be a “he said, she said” sort of thing. She was not given credit. Under the nonprofit Goddard was running, the kit was trademarked as the the “Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit for Sexual Assault Examination.” She routinely worked very closely with the police department order to make the progress she did, and an effort to not ruffle any feathers, gave the kit the name after police sergeant, Louis Vitullo. Newspapers credited Louis Vitullo, often reducing Marty Goddard to his assistant or ignoring her entirely. But she didn’t chase recognition. She channeled her energy into expanding the kit’s reach because impact mattered to her more than credit. So why it matters? The mention of the rape kit has helped countless victims find justice. Survivors still fight to be heard, but rape kits provide crucial evidence that strengthens their case. Hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits sit in a police storage. Goddard gave us a tool to fight for justice. It’s up to us to push that fight forward with legislative reform funding and by holding law enforcement accountable for processing evidence in a timely manner. So you guys, we do have some work to do there. I would highly recommend calling your local people and like making sure that they’re funding these things. But I just thought, how cool is this person? Like she was more she was more obsessed with getting people to adopt this kit and use it so people, victims, could actually get help. So it won’t be a “he said, she said” and now she’s getting the recognition that she deserves. Very, very cool.

Lesley Logan 5:06
Okay, let’s go and do a win of yours. So this is from Tami-Adrian George, and she said, a podcast about pickleball reached out to me to be my guest with my topic, Pilates for Players. The invite is a win by itself. And they why they contacted me is its own win. A second host from a completely different topic and show, I guess it’s over a year ago, suggested my name with a lovely glow up. Like LL and Brad have said and has mentioned in many webinars, always about keeping in touch. I would comment on the second host post, listen to an episode and comment maybe three or four times a year and they remembered. And when I asked my college boy which friend group he’d be with and where they were going for spring break, he said he just really wants to come home and eat my cooking and curl up with his cats and chill. So cue the mommy tears. You know, I bought that plane ticket so fast. So I love this. How cool is that, that she made such an impact on one podcast and then she stayed in touch by just commenting. And then another podcast was like, oh, we want to have you on. Because the first podcast was like, yeah, this person has stayed top of our mind. So way to stay top of mind. Tam, it’s not the easiest thing to do, and you did it. It all takes work, you guys. It all takes time and effort and energy, but stay in touch with people, even little things like liking and commenting. I tell you guys all the time, reviews on this podcast are, like, revenue. If you like this podcast, you don’t have to send me money. You can actually just leave a review. Sharing this with other people, that’s what does it right? These are things that podcast hosts think about. So way to go, Tami, you’re amazing.

Lesley Logan 6:37
Okay, so something I wanted to share that’s, like, really exciting is I had this goal. So last summer, I heard about this book called Buy Back Your Time, and it’s Dan Martell’s book. And it’s not something I was like, opposed to, like, oh, we always hire so it’s not like a thing that we don’t do. But he had a chapter about the inbox, about an email inbox, and I between my email inbox and all the Slacks that I’m in and the communities that I’m in, like, there’s, I can’t get to everything every day, and then I would get into my inbox, or I’d use my inbox to procrastinate, and it would derail the day, because there never would be something in there that wasn’t time consuming. And so what his book suggested is that your assistant goes to your inbox and, like, organizes it, and then you only have to respond to the things you have to respond to, and then they can respond to things that they can respond to. I don’t need to respond to someone that Tuesday at 1pm is great for a meeting. My assistant can see that 1pm is free. She can just book it for me, right? That’s really cool. So anyways, I knew about this last summer, but I didn’t have the time to implement it. There were so many things going on. So first of all, the first win is I did not force implementation of this during a time that we had too much going on, right? I set a goal that I wanted to implement this idea in Q1 of 2025, and guess what?, you guys, before mid March, we had, my assistant had, I read the chapter, she read the chapter, she implemented it, and we came up with systems at work before the end of March. So here we are, middle of May, almost end of May. And I can tell you right now I go into my inbox every day, and it can take under 15 minutes to respond to everything and then move on. And I don’t feel like, oh my God, what’s in there? What am I gonna see? Oh, I’m gonna get distracted by a pair of pants and procrastinate there. So anyways, that’s my win. Really made me excited.

Lesley Logan 8:14
So now, it’s time for your mantra. Here we go. While the world praises big moves, I applaud the little acts of magic that can make it happen. So, while the world praises big moves, I applaud the little acts of magic that that make change happen. You are a badass. Thank you so much for listening until next time, Be It Till You See It.

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Lesley Logan
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Lesley Logan
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Brad Crowell
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Lesley Logan
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Brad Crowell
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Lesley Logan
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Brad Crowell
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