We recently had the chance to connect with Bobbie Match and have shared our conversation below.
Good morning Bobbie, we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
The first ninety minutes of my day are sacred. I begin with a large glass of lemon water, followed by coffee kept warm in my coveted Ember mug. No matter the weather, I step outside onto the patio, protected by an overhang and settle onto my outdoor sofa, my miniature Poodle, Micki, curled up beside me.
From there, I take in the view: there’s lush green landscape overgrown with lavender blooms, agapanthus and flowering ground cover alive with lots of bees that hover from flower to flower. The best show of all are of the crows, woodpeckers, sparrows, and blue jays that fly across the sky, perching on telephone wires or swooping down to the fountain for a quick bath and drink of water.
After a few sips of coffee, I open the news and ease into the rhythm of the day, grounded by these quiet moments of nature and companionship. “It’s the best!”
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Bobbie Match, and I am the Owner and CEO of Busy One Books, a self-publishing company based in Thousand Oaks, CA. During the Covid epidemic, I reinvented myself, transitioning from teaching in a Pre-K classroom to becoming a children’s author.
Drawing on my extensive hands-on experience, I recognized a crucial need for books in classrooms that support social, emotional, and developmental learning strategies. I wanted to help children shift away from their constant use of “tablets” and instead develop the ability to verbally communicate confidently and effectively. Yet, I found that resources in this area were limited.
My current mission is to raise awareness of the growing lack of healthy social, emotional, and developmental growth among young students. Social media has deeply affected our society’s ability to communicate effectively, creating an epidemic of children who struggle with confidence and essential soft skills.
If we do not address this deficit, we risk creating a society where effective communication becomes a lost art. In many ways, that shift is already underway—making it all the more urgent that we act now before it moves beyond our reach.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?
For most of my life, I carried the belief that I simply could not write. As a child, and even well into adulthood, I avoided putting words on paper unless I had to. Then one day, while visiting a $5 fortune teller, she looked at my cards then at me and said she saw books in my future—books that I would write? I laughed to myself and thought, “Well, that’s five dollars I’ll never get back. Writing books? That will never happen.” And then it happened……….
What fear has held you back the most in your life?
The fear that has held me back the most in my life is being the center of attention. What’s interesting is that this doesn’t apply to teaching—I can stand in front of a classroom of children with ease and confidence. But in other settings, the spotlight feels daunting.
For me, it’s what I call a form of the “Pregnant Pause.” According to Webster, it’s “a moment of significant silence that builds anticipation, tension, or suspense—implying that something important or meaningful is about to be said or understood. The silence itself is not empty but is pregnant with unspoken meaning, waiting to be filled by what comes next.”
That pause—those few moments of silence—are the hardest for me. But once I move past it, I find my rhythm and I’m just fine.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
What really matters to me is the way I make someone feel when we’re together. I want to be known as the friend who always shows up, who can be relied upon, and who often has a little something in her hand to give.
Family and friends are among my highest priorities. I am not a people pleaser—but I do want others to feel truly listened to, heard, and never judged. We are all entitled to our own opinions, and I believe kindness and respect should always guide how we interact.
As I often remind my students and my children, “If you have good manners, you’ll get invited to do a lot of fun things!”
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What do you understand deeply that most people don’t?
“I have very strong intuition. It’s natural for me to read people and situations, staying attuned to subtle cues others might miss. I often just know things without needing a lot of information and can usually anticipate outcomes before they happen. My gut acts as my guiding light and inner compass—something I can depend on to be right more often than not. Because of this, I understand the deeper layers of people and situations in a way that others may overlook.”
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