Create Your Life Series

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The Create Your Life Series is for Self-starters looking to live life on their own terms. Join award winning entrepreneur, author and speaker Kevin Y. Brown as he shares the Strategies Behind the Successes of today’s Trailblazers by uncovering experiences, daily habits and defining moments of high achievers from around the world. Learn more at cylseries.com

Episodes

Tuesday Jan 29, 2019

CYLS 154: Tangible Ways To Put Your Passion, Dreams and Podcast In Drive with Rana Campbell

Tuesday Jan 29, 2019

Episode Summary

Rana talks transparently about her foray into podcasting, what helped her gain an audience and what her strategies where for growth. She speaks insightfully about her own hangups and fears, shedding light on challenges many entrepreneurs face in a humorous and honest way.

Kevin Y. Brown

Kevin Y. Brown is a National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Center For Public Trust (CPT) “Being A Difference” award recipient, international speaker, entrepreneur, and author. The former MTV Networks host and NYC fashion marketer has created an international following as a speaker on personal excellence, effective communication, and leadership. Kevin has been featured by Black Enterprise magazine as a “Modern Man of Distinction” and highlighted in various publications for his self-help speaking work and helping students graduate college debt-free. Recognized for his commitment to empowering foster care youth and as a foster care system alumnus, he has also delivered the keynote address at the International Foster Care Organizations Conference in Sydney, Australia and Osaka, Japan. Kevin is currently the creator/host of Sirius XM’s “Create Your Life” series, a fellow in the New York Chapter of the Startup Leadership Program, and an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Rana Campbell

Rana Campbell is the host of the Dreams in Drive podcast, a show for creatives and lifestyle entrepreneurs who want to take their dreams out of park and put them in drive. She is a graduate of Princeton, where she studied sociology. She also owns her own marketing consultancy and by day, works in marketing for an e-commerce fulfillment center. She has always had a passion for storytelling, so she is dovetailing that with her background in sociology and marketing to create great podcasts.

Insights From the Episode

The secret to using research skills to get where you want to go
Strategies for achieving growth early on in podcasting
How to use social media effectively to grow your audience
Strategies for settling up interviews with superstars
Secrets to goal setting that doesn’t overwhelm you

Quotes From the Show

“That’s how I kind of got into the media world is because there was no place for me so I created my own place.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154
“I want to say I always had the entrepreneurial spirit, but it wasn’t until I was kind of forced to put that into action when I realized that okay I think I got what it takes.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154
“If you can research and you can figure it out, you can do anything.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154
“I’m very good at figuring out what my schedule is, figuring out what my goal is, and then minimizing distractions.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154
“When you have guests on your show you’re able to leverage the audience of your guests in order to grow.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154
“The biggest struggle in a lot of people’s journeys isn’t the tactical logistical things, it’s those inner things, like convincing yourself that you’re worthy of it and not being scared of failure.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154
“Nobody is going to show up for you if you don’t show up for yourself.” - Rana Campbell, Create Your Life Series, #154