Elena Cardone is a successful actress and model, a lifelong competitive sport shooter, and, businesswoman. She released her best-selling book Build an Empire: How to Have it All, to share her vast experience and outline her own curriculum to help aspiring empire builders combine an extraordinary career with a successful marriage and happy kids. Elena is also the executive producer of the annual 10X Ladies Event and Build an Empire Mastermind events and mentors hundreds of women with personal, one-on-one coaching sessions.   Elena joins us today to share the process of when she started to understand how to fast track her life to a higher level and the importance of defining your goals and supporting those you love to achieve the goals. She discusses ‘power couples’ and why dividing roles and taking charge of tasks in your areas of genius allows you to grow and become stronger as a team, even in the face of adversity. Elena also shares her thoughts on being an entrepreneur and having kids and how she tries to keep the mom guilt at bay by prioritizing and focusing on the areas of her life that need the most attention at any given time. "As you scale, you become more prepared to reach your greatest potential. You survive, and you become bigger and better and badder on the other side." - Elena Cardone    This Week on Pretty and Punk: Elena’s entrepreneurial mindset and why she jumped into the deep end by moving to LA to be an actress The importance of having a partner or supporter to help you grow and expand your life The moment she reassessed her life and decided to give up acting Why trust in a marriage helps you move forward What it means to her to build an empire The dangers of a middle-class mindset Why enemies are the sign of success Mom guilt and how she manages her priorities Different parenting techniques and why she homeschools her kids How she gives her children the courage to go on stage and speak in front of thousands of people The biggest challenge she and Grant faced as a couple and how they overcome it The most important piece of advice she would give her kids   Connect with Elena Cardone: Build an Empire: How to Have It All by Elena Cardone 10x Ladies Networking Call Elena Cardone website Elena Cardon on Instagram Elena Cardon on Facebook Elena Cardon on YouTube Elena Cardon on Twitter   Connect with the Pretty and Punk Podcast: Pretty and Punk Website Pretty and Punk Podcast on Facebook Pretty and Punk Podcast on Instagram Spicy Lil Pepper on Instagram Punk Ass on LinkedIn