How Listening to Your Clients Drives Intentional Growth (Jenny Mac)

If there’s one skill that all entrepreneurs could improve on that would have a powerful impact on their businesses, it’s listening. Jenny Mac is the CEO and Founder of Elopement is Fun, and she joins us to talk about the power of listening.

Jenny shares key insights into how you can become a better listener and leverage that skill for your business. This episode is packed with tangible tips and hilarious stories from Jenny’s entrepreneurial journey, so we know you’re going to love it.

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CHAPTER MARKERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 From photography to full-service elopements
5:15 How the power of listening has shaped Jenny’s business
10:09 Why you need to maintain a beginner’s mind
17:18 How to read between the lines and listen to what your clients want
28:45 What Jenny is working through in her business in 2025
33:18 Jenny’s wildest wedding story
39:15 The biggest differentiator between the businesses that succeed and the ones that fail
40:48 Outro
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Resources mentioned :
Buddhist concept of beginner’s mind: https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhism/be...
The 5Y Technique: https://www.mindtools.com/a3mi00v/5-whys

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Website: https://elopingisfun.com/
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