Episode 17

The Garden is Growing and So Am I

Makeda records this episode from her homestead garden while planting tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. She connects the slow, intentional work of building a food system to the patience required when building a service business that creates real assets and freedom.

In this episode:

  • Why homesteading teaches delayed gratification, the opposite of AI's instant answers but essential when building a business or life that lasts
  • How Makeda stays in tech sales while intentionally creating a different long-term reality for herself and her children
  • The choice to trade convenience for sovereignty, knowing exactly what goes into your family's food and opting out of pesticides
  • Why life and business are never finished products, and how rest and appreciation fit alongside constant growth
  • The upcoming Connectors Market, which will share thousands of hours of research on everything from garden beds and soil amendments to solar generators, podcast equipment, hiring systems, and business setup

Who this is for: Service business owners who want to use their income strategically to build real assets and long-term options, not just trade time for money indefinitely.

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Seed & Society™ teaches service-based business owners how to use AI, automations, and agents to create more money, time, and options.

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Makeda Boehm

Makeda Boehm is a Strategic AI Advisor, keynote speaker, and educator who has closed nearly $10M in enterprise tech sales and earned seven figures doing it. She holds a BA in African American Studies and Sociology, an MBA in Organizational Management, and is completing an MS in Data Science. She teaches service-based business owners around the world how to use AI, automations, and agents to create more money, time, and options. She runs a mortgage-free 10-acre homestead in Tennessee, homeschools two kids, and has maintained a daily AI practice for over 500 days. seedandsociety.com