Brand identity. Brand message. Brand equity. Brand language. Brand logo. Brand this and brand that. I can’t be the only one who is just a tiny bit over the whole idea of branding. I mean I went to school for this stuff. I use to like learning about this. Then I had to actually do…
I like to think I am pretty organized. I’m not a super neat freak but I do like to have things in the right place the majority of the time.
As many thing in life though, sometimes I notice that there are too many papers on my desk, too many book laying around, too many…
How many people have access to you? Your attention? Your time? Your voice?
It’s important to take inventory on how much you not only consume but where you give your energy to. There are many areas you can take inventory on in your lie. I’ll highlight just 2 of them today.
What you see: What…
“When goals are tied to insecurities, that’s when we lose.” Nousheen Rahman.
Fact: We are all works in process.
Question: How often do you get overwhelmed with your process?
I remember taking my strengthsfinder test and one of my top 5 characteristics was ‘futuristic.’
“People with the strength of Futuristic have an incredible ability to see…
“Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!” – Luke 12:3 NLT
I’ve read and heard this verse many times in my life. What it used to mean to me was that…
I love planners. I decided to try the @cultivatewhatmatters planner for this year as I get back to writing my goals out on paper.
What I like about it so far is that there is deep work into reflection and setting goals for the year not just based off metrics but based off intention and the areas…
I love technology. And specifically, I love social media. The ability to connect with people near and far, the chance to share pictures, get reactions…it’s exciting to me. Social helps me do what I do every day for my businesses and for my personal life.
Even with my love of technology I realized one day…
Samy Tshimanga is an example of how online connections grow over time as your nurture them. We connected through a mutual friend for an interview a few years back and have kept in touch through the years. We have collaborated, bounced ideas off each other and simply talked about life.
Samy is a music junkie…
“God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.” –Billy Mills
When I ran track in high school I mostly ran the 400m dash. Man, did I hate that race! I didn’t want to run the race, because it seemed hard to run a full sprint around the whole…
There are a lot of people I look up to that feed into me different aspects of my life from personal to business. Today I am celebrating some people in my life. One of them probably doesn’t even know me, but she is still someone I look at to learn lessons from. It’s important to…
It was about 1 AM and I had a breakdown. That moment when it’s just tears and a yell that can barely get out in between wheezing. When the very last nerve got hit and everything came rolling out at once. Months of frustrations, staying busy, acting like I didn’t care, trying to just get…
I’m kind of embarrassed to even write this. Okay totally embarrassed (but I’ll get over it). In January I set a goal of sending out a monthly newsletter. Something to keep myself accountable, share as I learn and interact with you guys who took the time to subscribe.
But it’s October and this is only my second…
“He also said, This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.” Mark 4:26-27
Sometimes we get impatient. We think why am I doing what I am doing?…
We are in the final phase of the year – But IT’S NOT OVER YET- time of the year. I don’t care if you lurked, dragged, hid in fear, or were lazier than ever- 2018 is STILL going to be your best year ever.”
This was a note from my mentor and one of my coaches,…
“Shoes make the outfit. Hair, makeup, shoes. What’s in between can come from anywhere.”
Sarea is a fashion blogger in transition. Sarea grew up around fashion and says she has always loved the space. She has modeled, worked with makeup at Estée Lauder and dressed customers at Kenneth Cole. She even won ‘most fashionable’ at…
“One thing I always try to bring to light is give people information about mental health. I feel like people always fear things they don’t know about. But once you put the knowledge out there people can move forward in a more compassionate way” – Rowana Abbensetts
Mental health has always been important to me. Back…
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” -Lao Tzu
Have you heard anyone (with a legitimate business) talk about being successful without stressing the importance of their journey? I don’t know about you, but I haven’t.
The connection between where you are now and where you are going, is the way you…
Sam Atadoga also known as Ajofe Streetmic is a entertainment producer, performer, writer and what I call a musical renaissance man. What is exciting about Sam is his ability to hone in and focus on the process and craft of creating music. If you’re like me you may think that the music we listen to just comes…
Faith. A word many of us have heard since for as long as we can remember. Whether you prefer to it in a spiritual/religious sense or practical sense we all have done things that we believe in so much without seeing actual proof. In moments of faith we often hear a voice, whether it’s called…
Who ever said your side hustle and your full-time job couldn’t co-exist? I’ve seen many people build up their side hustle as they also progressed through a full-time job. You don’t have to have to quit your full-time job cold turkey. I mean a girl’s gotta eat right? I have been working successfully for a…
Here’s the truth. I wasn’t motivated to write this post.
So why did I do it? Well, because I believe in doing what I say I will do. I believe in following through with the commitments I make to myself. It’s one of those things that seems like ‘duh of course you do what you…
People who once said “be yourself” but somewhere between ‘you’ and ‘self’ they failed to tell about the terms and conditions
Terms and conditions which only allows for marginal differences
The ‘you’ which society accepts and the ‘self’ which one will forever struggle with because of wanting to be socially accepted by a society that…
I’m excited to share that I had my first guest on my podcast! Before I get into the actual interview part let me share how it all went down before I pressed record.
I (and about 500 of my closest Rich Friends) got a challenge from our mentor, Nicole Walters to pitch brands and companies that we…
Bag lady you gone hurt your back
Dragging all them bags like that
I guess nobody ever told you
All you must hold on to
Is you, is you, is you
Bag lady you gone miss your bus
You can’t hurry up
Cause you got too much stuff
Let’s be honest – we all carry…
