Posts in Inspiration
Podcast: 14 Books to Help You Level Up in Life & Business

So in 2018, I read more books within a year than I have during my entire adult life! I actually loved reading as a child and I was always be winning those “accelerated reader” awards and filling up those buttons with stickers to get the free personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut. It was such a treat! LOL. But as I got older, I started to feel like it wasn’t “cool” to enjoy reading and I sorta stopped. I’d read a book every now and then, but it was basically only for college classes. But once I got out of college, I discovered the world of personal development and started to love reading again!

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Podcast: How to Deal with a Job You Hate

So, I certainly know a thing or two about working in jobs I’ve hated. That’s literally all I’ve done since leaving college 8 years ago. But I had bills to pay and no “employer-approved” experience for any of jobs that I really wanted, so I just had to roll with the punches and deal with it to make ends meet. Eventually, I decided to take matters into my own hands to pursue my business full time to create a job I’d love, instead of continuing to beg for it year after year. So I’m happy to finally be able to move on. I know many people are in the same situation I was in, having to work in jobs they hate, just to get by, so I wanted to give you a few suggestions help you stay afloat until you can move on to your next chapter in life.

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Podcast: Why Change is So Hard & 5 Tips for Making Changes Stick

This podcast was a little off the cuff, but in this episode, I discuss CHANGE. I felt inspired to talk about this because since starting my business full time, I’ve been attending a lot of local networking events for entrepreneurs. However, I’ve been meeting a lot of people who want to start businesses or who have all these cool ideas, but when it comes to executing and doing something about it, they’re not doing much at all. I know I used to be like this myself, so I’m definitely not judging. But I started thinking about why.

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Podcast: What Working in Tech Startup Sales Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

I got my start in corporate America in sales. It totally wasn’t planned, but after searching for a permanent full time job for about a year and a half after finishing college, it was my only option. I got into a corporate sales training program and the rest is history.

Looking back on it, though I complained about it a lot, I’m now seeing that I gained a lot of valuable skills.

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Podcast: How to Overcome Your Mental Blocks to Make Progress Towards Goals

Oftentimes, we don’t achieve what we really want to in life because of mental blocks we have on ourselves. These blocks are typically subconscious beliefs that we don’t even realize we have because they’re just second nature to us. But once you’re ready to make changes in your life, you begin to notice the patterns. And you also start to notice that when you continue along with the same actions, you’re going to get the same results. When you want to change your results, you’ll have to change and with your subconscious mental blocks so you can start taking new action in your life.

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How to Stay Motivated During the Start-Up Phase of Entrepreneurship

Even though I’ve been blogging for about three years now, I didn't get really serious about turning my blog into a business until the three year mark. I’ve been blogging relatively consistently the whole time, but now, since I'm making it business, instead of just a hobby, I’m in the "intense work phase," where I’m blogging practically every day and promoting myself as much as possible, in my first steps towards entrepreneurship.

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How to Be More Confident as a Blogger

Blogging can be a really fun way for many of us to express ourselves and let our creativity shine. It's like a blank canvas that's all yours that you can use to create the perfect masterpiece. However, in today's age of social media, it's easy to feel unconfident as a blogger, especially when you're just starting out. As you brainstorm on your ideas for your new blog or as you put yourself out there with your existing blog, without getting the response you wanted to get, negative thoughts can start to creep in...thoughts about not being where you think you should be yet or self-doubt or fear of being judged for the type of content you create. These can all be hindrances in being confident as a blogger.

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8 Podcasts That You Must Be Listening to As an Aspiring Entrepreneur

Last year, I started to take my entrepreneurial aspirations a lot more seriously. I started listening to podcasts more and more as the months went on, as I was sitting at my desk at my 9-5 or as I was getting ready for work in the mornings. I ended up with an arsenal of eight podcasts that I love that help to provide wonderful information for anyone aspiring to be an entrepreneur.

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10 Game-Changing Life & Business Tips from Successful Entrepreneurs

Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending the MogulCon conference in Atlanta that was hosted by Felicia Phillips of The PINKpreneur Network. The event was tailored just for entrepreneurial and influential corporate women. I had such an amazing time. As someone who is an aspiring entrepreneur, it can be somewhat of a lonely pursuit, as I am the only one in circle of family, friends, and close acquaintances with entrepreneurial aspirations. Considering all of this, it felt really good to be in a room full of successful black women entrepreneurs who were living their dreams. There was SO much inspiring knowledge that was shared, so it was hard to narrow it down. But here are my top ten life and business lessons that I learned from influencers at the conference that can serve as inspiration to fellow aspiring entrepreneurs.

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How to Overcome Stagnation: 7 Steps I Took

So in 2016, I really pushed myself beyond what I perceived to be my limits. I started blogging in 2014, but for the first time, this year, I overcame stagnation and gained the momentum needed to do it well and to do it consistently. I also did freelance website work, and took an evening class, ALL while juggling a full-time 9-5. When I look back, I now see that my lack of momentum was due to a lack of confidence in myself and in my abilities. Here are the 7 actions that I took in 2016 that helped me to finally overcome my stagnation and my “lukewarm” pursuit of my dreams once and for all. You can watch me talk about it in video or read it below!

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How to Overcome Fear of Failure in 5 Steps

My main goal in life is to have no regrets, so I won’t grow old with any “what ifs.” I can't remember where I first read about this concept, but what I've learned is that life is basically an EXPERIMENT. It's trial and error. Below, I listed some of the principles that have helped push me to live life to the fullest and to overcome fear of failure.

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6 Tips to Maintain Career Momentum, Even When Results are Slow to Come

So many of us second guess ourselves and our abilities, thinking we have to be absolutely 100% certain of every detail before making a decision and perfect in our abilities before taking action, especially when it involves our careers. In our minds, we toss ideas around back and forth, never really coming to a conclusion. We end up stuck in this place of limbo and indecision, at times. Here are six tips that I've been incorporating into my life to keep my career momentum going, even when I feel unsure, unsupported, or like results aren’t coming fast enough.

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10 Things to Stop Doing for a More Authentic Life & Career

Our 20s can be some of the best years of our lives. It's in this decade that we get our first "real adult" jobs, we go on fun trips and have amazing new experiences, and we just discover and learn more about who we really are. However, many of us can make our 20s more complicated than they really need to be by wasting our time, energy, and thought power on irrelevant things. Now that I'm older and wiser, it's been nice to have more energy, laughs, and just an overall better quality of life because I've learned what to give attention to, what to ignore, and how to live in a way that truly matters to me, when it comes to my career aspiration and personal life. Check out my list of 10 things to stop doing when have made up your mind that you want to live an authentic life that fills you up. 

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