Learn how Rod Johnson - one of the co-founders of BLK & Bold Speciality Coffee - ventured from a successful career in higher education fundraising and development and teamed up with a life long friend to create a coffee brand with a cause. He talks doors closing in his face, building resilience, and embracing the power of NO in order to grow a vision from scratch.
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Do you feel stuck in PARK and would do anything to get and STAY in DRIVE? What if I told you the key to making that shift has nothing to do with external factors - but rather - the key is INTERNAL...it's all YOU and your mindset?! On this THROWBACK episode from 2018 (EP 148) we chat with Felicia Leatherwood - one of Hollywood's favorite natural hair hairstylists. Her styles have been featured on stars such as Ava Duvernay, Issa Rae, Will Smith, Jill Scott, Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Nicole Ari Parker, Kim Coles Kimberly Elise...and more!
Felicia takes us through the early days of her career from transitioning from corporate to entreprenuership and building her stylist career. She talks how she got the courage to JUMP and go after her desire to be successful and see where her talents and hard work could take her. Felicia also shares the challenges she faced along her journey and how she was able to overcome and navigate past them. If you're currently finding it hard to believe in the dream or need some insight and motivation on how to keep going although you aren't sure how things will turn out for you - this episode is one you need to tune in to.
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE DISCUSS:
- Felicia's early memories of creative visualization
- Transitioning from corporate America to full-time entrepreneur
- Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace
- Character building & the importance of soft skills
- How Felicia learned to charge what she's worth
- The benefits of working with up and coming talent
- How Felicia got her first celebrity client
- The best advice Felicia ever received
- What inspired Felicia to start her own detangling brush line and talent agency
- Why you need a good attorney
- Recovering from a bad contract negotiation
- The key to a winning team
- How to make your mark and more...
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1. Confidence
2. Belief in yourself
3. Good support team
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Necole Kane is no stranger to saying goodbye to one dream to pursue a new, higher calling. Our EP 63 guest is back in the guest chair updating us on what's been new since 2017. You may know Necole from XO Necole - the powerhouse women's empowerment media platform she built after saying goodbye to her first venture - Necole Bitchie - a celebrity gossip blog that launched her into made fame and stardom.
Necole shares why her newest chapter- My Happy Flo feels right and may have been where all past experiences were supposed to lead her. My Happy Flo is feminine wellness brand featuring an all-natural, plant-based supplement that supports hormonal balance, and helps relieve women of painful periods and unpleasant PMS symptoms. Necole details the importance of purpose and evolution and why My Happy Flo will be a game changer for women of color's health narratives. She also shares why it's so important to have RESILIENCE, CONSISTENCY, and VISION while #dreamdriving.
This conversation is one of growth and a reminder to anyone listening that your path can change. Your purpose can change and that’s okay. It’s okay to step into a a new dream with a new vision for your future, knowing everything you’ve been through serves as the foundation for a strong dream fulfilled.
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