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
Friday May 04, 2018
Friday May 04, 2018
The Create Your Life Series celebrates accomplishing it’s two-year long goal of making it onto Sirius XM. In this episode guest host Todd Wahnish interviews Kevin about the journey and what is next for the show. Listen in for Kevin’s experience with dating shows and for surprise dancing in the studio!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
In this episode, Kevin provides his top secrets got the Create Your Life Series nationally syndicated to 100 million impressions per episode. He provides an in-depth overview of what to do before you start and actionable steps to take once you get started.
Friday Apr 20, 2018
Friday Apr 20, 2018
About our Guest:
Kevin Y. Brown motivational speaker, author and host brings you insights into the ins and outs of entrepreneurship each week with the Create Your Life series.
Episode Summary:
Kevin is completely transparent, sharing his battles with consistency and how it has become his friend over the years. He explains how his drive to stay consistent has helped him grow his team and create a solid foundation for his personal and team growth. He also gives his 10 ways to achieve with consistency daily and friendly callers across the nation tell their methods for fighting the battle of consistency.
Kevin shares good vibrations with friendly callers across the nation who tell their methods for fighting the battle of consistency. Insight from this episode:
- How to win the war with ourselves
- How to not take life for granted
- Why Kevin chose a new and improved morning routine
- The importance of depending on your community for support
- The importance of self-care
- How to take feedback from others and not lose site
Quotes from the show:
“Sometimes I have to take a step back, take a pause and do some self-care...I’m lucky enough to have people I can call who can step in when I am not up to par,” - caller Tenisha, Queens, NY episode #114
“I think self-care is important and a lot of people don't make time for that because they are so busy working and living their lives and supporting themselves. You have to do self care...just take some time by yourself, a time to reflect on things. - caller Tenisha, Queens, NY episode #114
“Sometimes we wait and wait, even waiting on someone else to make the decision...when in reality we need to just jump out the window and make the decision for ourselves.” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Being consistent means you are sometimes going to have to operate without all of the information.”- Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Being an entrepreneur still applies to life. So whether you are starting a new company or if you say hey, I’m going to create a different type of life for myself, you are still in startup mode. You yourself as a person are a startup to an extent.” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“You have to do self care and it doesn’t necessarily mean spending a bunch of money” - caller Tenisha, Queens, NY episode #114
“Follow your gut and understand it.” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Don’t prioritize your schedule, schedule your priorities.”- Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Forgive yourself for the times you are going to fall off the wagon.”- Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Ask yourself, Why am I doing this, why is it important for me to remain consistent.”- Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Getting a seat at the table for the conversation is cool, but I want to reach the goal. Do it until it’s done” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Learn to Forgive Yourself, We all fall short of glory at some point” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
“Get out there, achieve and be great in life.” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #114
Kevin Y. Brown’s top ten (at least) ways to stay consistent:
- Have a morning ritual.
- Schedule it.
- Do things even when you don't feel like it.
- Forgive yourself.
- Take responsibility for the process, not the results.
- Allow yourself to grow into who you want to be.
- Post your goals and your reminders in your environment.
- Tell your friends and social media community what you are up to.
- Keep your eye on your why.
- Set specific goals.
- Set boundaries.
- Celebrate your wins.
- Focus on progress and not perfection.
- Don’t have an all or nothing mindset.
- Have a night routine.
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Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
About Our Guest
Jeremy Horn is an award-winning, product management veteran with 2 decades of experience leading and managing product teams. Jeremy has held various executive and advisory roles, from the founder of several start-ups to driving diverse organizations in online services, consumer products, and wearables. As founder of The Product Group, he has created the largest product management meetup in the world (16k+ members in NYC) and hosts the annual awarding of The Best Product Person. Accelerating the next evolution of product management, Jeremy acted as creator and instructor of the 10-week product management course at General Assembly and The New School, and mentoring at Women 2.0 and Lean Startup Machine (where is has been a judge).
Episode Summary
Jeremy shares how his path of computer programming at five years old has helped him stay ahead of the curve and what is coming in the future of artificial intelligence. He also shares his secrets of building a 16k plus meetup group.
Insights From The Episode:
- The power of being ahead of the curve and changing with the times and technology
- The importance of vision
- New roles in agriculture, artistry, and writing being needed
- The importance of AI technology and how it is creating new job opportunities
- Insights into Product Management
- The secrets of a great Product Manager
- Insights into the keys to a strong project manager
- Insights into Lean Methodology
- The importance of Road Mapping
- Insights into companies generating revenue over time
- Keys to product success
- Insights into Product Meetups
- Strategies to grow a meetup to 16k
- How to set goals and achieve them
Three Things Jeremy Looks For in Project Managers:
- A drive to help others
- Creativity
- A people person
Quotes From The Show:
"Roadmapping is critical, its how you keep yourself on track, it's how you communicate with what you're doing internally and externally." - Jeremy Horn episode #113
“When you think about AI, it can solve more problems at a greater scale than ever before.” - Jeremy Horn episode #113
"Don't be a victim of death by comparison." - Kevin Y. Brown episode #113
“AI is creating new opportunities for people who would not have had opportunities for jobs.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“I didn’t pick product management as much as...i just realized I was doing it.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“The best reason to go into product management...is you want to help people.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“You are really in it to solve problems and generate revenue for the business.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“A product managers will have a road map...at the end of the day you have to be a people person.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“Don’t build anything just do a quick tiny slice and throw it out there, if it doesn't work, try something else.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“Make sure you can be very adaptive.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“Even Apple does research...market testing and experiments.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“The meetups are laidback roundtable style..diving into product problems.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
“You always want objectives to be measurable you always want the results to be verifiable but someone else, not opinionated.”- Jeremy Horn episode #113
Key Components to a Company Like Apple Consistently Being Able to Put Products Out:
1. User testing
2. Experiments
Three Things Why One Products Sells vs. another:
1. Who has the better marketing
2. Who has a better market fit with the right movers in the
industry faster
3. Who executes faster
Resources Mentioned: Google Cloud, Python Cloud
Favorite Quote/Motto: “Just do it” - Nike
Favorite Book: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Three keys to creating your best life:
- Don’t forget to prioritize your happiness
- Don’t overthink it
- Build relationships
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https://www.facebook.com/theproductguy
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Friday Apr 06, 2018
Friday Apr 06, 2018
About Our Guest
Lenore Kantor is a strategic advisor to companies and individuals who are managing growth, innovation and change. Lenore founded Launch Warrior to help emerging and established businesses and founders in the technology, creative, financial and professional services sectors to increase revenues, establish market leadership and achieve results by aligning their vision and values with their brand, messaging, strategy and culture. Lenore helps clients to clarify their positioning develop their leadership, manage corporate changes and go to market successfully.
Episode Summary
Lenore tells the difference between those who want to launch a company and those who succeed in launching a company. She shares the importance of finding your market, appreciating feedback, being around creative people, and branding yourself personally and professionally at the same time.
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Insights From The Episode
- Secrets of the Launch Warrior beginnings
- The importance of having an internal drive to become an entrepreneur
- The importance of industry credibility
- The importance of getting a variety of experience while working in the corporate world
- How to choose the best clients for your business
- How to outsource chief marketing roles
- Strategies for breaking down barriers for a successful launch
- How to get past procrastination
- How to stay motivated when times are challenging
- The importance of bonding and networking with like minded individuals
- How to balance your spiritual and professional life
- The importance of goal setting
Quotes From The Episode
“I do believe people have these moments in their life where they realize something is not...the way they thought it would be.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“Having navigated the corporate world I have a lot of experience managing teams, ...building brands, working with organizations.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“Everyone has different experiences in life. Then you need to look back and reflect and see what was the through line...the thing that made sense and tied everything together.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“What I found early on was there were people I really liked and I wanted to help but they didn’t want to invest in their business. If they don’t want to invest in their business...it's kind of hard to grow if you are not looking to do the things you need to do to make your business better.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“I’m often working with teams...around what are you trying to achieve for the company, what are your priorities and goals, what are you trying to get to. Then what resources do you have and what are your strengths so the two can come together so there can be a better focus and you can be more successful.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
Perfectionism holds people back. “People think unless its perfect I don’t want to go live...nothing is perfect, you can spend forever and it will never be perfect. There needs to be a willingness to take a risk, to try… stick your toe in the water, try it and see how it goes.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“The more clear you can be for your organization around what you are really trying to achieve... is that realistic? If that is what you want to achieve then you actually have to say...what is it going to take to get there and am I prepared to make the investment necessary.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“Progress is better than perfection.’ - Kevin Y. Brown episode #112
“Free advice is what it’s worth, its free.”- Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“Passion can get you really far...but at the same time you need to know what it takes to get people to engage in using whatever you are building.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“ Correction is direction, feedback is love. by Dr. Rafael Moffitt” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #112
“Everything is a lesson and an opportunity to learn.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“Try to keep your vision and try to stay positive when you can. The more positive and focused you can be, the more clarity you will have and the better opportunities to manifest what you want.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
“It’s really important to try and set goals...it will look different for different people.” - Lenore Kantor Episode #112
Resources Mentioned: Evernote, Smartsheet, 17 hats, Dubsado
Favorite Book: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Three keys to creating your best life:
- Work on yourself
- Treat people with gentleness and kindness
- Try and tap into what you really want to create for yourself
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Friday Mar 30, 2018
Friday Mar 30, 2018
About Our Guest
Greg Alkalay is the Co-Founder and CEO of batteryPOP, the online and mobile video network exclusively for 6-11 year olds, where kids are in command of what “POPS.” Recently named among Café Mom’s Top 10 Mom-Approved Sites, the network features curated and unique content ranging from cartoons, live action series, and exclusive interviews covering top trending celebrities and topics for kids. A Princeton University graduate, Greg’s passion for youth entertainment is further inspired by the enthusiasm of his own two children, Harper (3) and Dylan (6 months).
Episode Summary
Greg discusses his bold, entrepreneurial leap and growth in digital children's media. He tells about "licking the frog," first thing every morning, balancing work with parenting, and creating his own distinct media platform. He shares his three jewels for those looking to create their best life.
Insights From The Episode:
- Strategies to monetize content
- The importance of connecting with the kid audience at eye level
- How the audience is calling the shots
- Secrets to the kid creative process
- How to decide to become an entrepreneur
- The importance of emotional and financial support
- How to freelance to support the business
- The importance of partnerships
- How to stay motivated in the down times
- Insights into moving past personal roadblocks
- Secrets to balancing life and work
- The importance of accelerator programs
- How to set goals
- How to Deal with challenging moments
Quotes From The Show:
“We facilitate great content and get it in front of kids where ever they are.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“There is no filter when it comes to kids, they will tell you if something is good or if it is really not good. If they ask to watch five times in a row, you know you have a great piece of content” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“When it comes to kids content, you need a human being to be apart of the process.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“I took that leap, it was plenty scary. There is this myth of entrepreneurship that you drop everything and walk off a cliff and either you land on the next cliff and keep climbing up or you fall and plummet. I had support, so I wasn’t diving into an abyss, I knew I would be ok if I took a run at this.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“Having a support network is very important.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“Partnerships are the lifeblood of entrepreneurship, I think going at it alone is a very difficult approach.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“Look for someone who compliments your skillset. You don’t necessarily need to be working with your best friend, unles you really have different approaches to business.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“It’s not about being comfortable, it's about finding someone to fill the roles you are not good at.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“Focus is a very tricky thing. When you are running a small business you’ve got a million things to deal with at once. And how do you pick that one thing that is more important than something else.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“The two things I am most passionate about in this world are my family and this business I started.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“We want to grow this business and it comes down to, are we making money?’ - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“We were all kids at one point, everybody has a take on this.” - Greg Alkalay episode #111
“Keep dreaming and keep working, everything is going to be alright.” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #111
Resources Mentioned: Slack
Favorite Quote: “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” Mark Twain
Favorite Book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Three keys to creating your best life:
- Find somebody who wants to go through it with you
- Have a plan for success but more importantly have a plan for failure
- Get sleep when you can
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https://www.facebook.com/Batterypop/
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Friday Mar 23, 2018
Friday Mar 23, 2018
About Our Guest
Nicole Valentine, the ”Small Business Champion”, is an entrepreneur, media personality, tech founder, business fitness coach, deal lawyer and strategist, passionate about helping you live your journey with confidence, courage & joy. She is the creator, executive producer and host of TV Special, “Empower Lunch”, which aired in over 90 million US homes on RLTV and ABC Networks.
Nicole Valentine is the Founder of Winly Playbook, a business strategy, data and productivity platform and small business community focused on executing daily wins. She is the CEO of Synergy Business Development, a New York based business growth consultancy. She mentors New York small businesses through government agencies (SBS & MTA) and advises through organizations and corporations (Black Women Talk Tech & American Express OPEN Forum).
Episode Summary
Nicole gives us the secrets to her transition from corporate America to entrepreneur, the ups, and downs of being in business, war stories of being a non-technical founder, secrets to picking the right business partner and superhero names.
Insights From The Episode:
- How to grow up in an entrepreneur family
- Secrets to creating your own destiny
- The importance of preparing before becoming an entrepreneur
- The importance of having a good reputation in the business
- How to supplement and earn money while building a business
- The importance of technology in business
- The secrets to overcoming internal hurdles
- Strategies to start fresh everyday
- The importance of overcoming roadblocks and hurdles
- How to see the Big Picture
- The importance of a team and partnership in business
- The importance of a strong circle of friends
- Secrets to goal setting: Vision Boards
- Strategies to start and win at your business
- Power of being open and humble
- Secrets to the time frames it takes to grow a real sustainable business
- Secrets to being strong and following your dreams
Quotes From The Show:
“When you start your business you say who is your client? Everybody.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“You have to go inside and think...how can I live my life to my best ability.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“When we are creating our own lives. How do you want to be remembered?” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“The life I want to live is one of purpose, of passion of pushing people to their next level. Because I see what they can become.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“It takes about a good three years to really have a business model that works.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“It’s important to invest in your dreams.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“You think you have enough money, but when you are starting a business sometimes you spend more than you may think.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“I don’t believe that you have to starve as an entrepreneur or small business owner… you just have to have the right preparation and positioning for your next level” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“If you show up for your clients if you stand up for your clients and make sure that they are served they will continue to come back to you” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“Don’t begrudge the movements that you make that seem like detours. There may be times when you have to think about how to transform your business so it can be sustainable.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“It’s one thing to have the tech tool in front of you. It’s another thing to have the tool be transformative for the user.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“If you are a small business or entrepreneur and you’re doing what you’re doing alone, then you’re not going to go far.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“Keep our village tight.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“A bad partner can destroy your business.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“Someone is always watching what you are doing...when you get that random phone call, then you know what you are doing..that you’ve planted the seeds.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
“I’m in a good place. I’m in a place of love.” - Nicole Valentine episode #110
Goal Setting Methods: Vision Boarding
Resources Mentioned: Winly Playbook
Favorite Quote: “Travel light, live light.” Yogi Bhajan
Favorite Book: Things Fall Apart by Achebe Chinua
Three keys to creating your best life:
- Love yourself
- Forgive yourself
- Be your authentic self
Stay Connected:
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Guest Name: Nicole Valentine
https://www.winlyplaybook.com/#bnr
http://www.nicolevalentine.tv/
https://www.facebook.com/NicoleValentineTV/
https://twitter.com/NValentineTV
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Friday Mar 16, 2018
Friday Mar 16, 2018
About Our Guest:
Jerrod Delaine has worked in real estate private equity, consulting, not-for-profit advising and project managing. His efforts have included asset management, acquisitions, construction and development due diligence. He is currently the Director of Development for Carthage Real Estate Advisors LLC. Carthage is a Harlem based development firm focused on affordable and market rate residential development.
Episode Summary:
Jerrod talks about the process and hidden expenses of home buying in New York City, managing your finances and tips to get and keep your credit up. He shares his strategies to work-life balance and some amazing quotes to live by.
Insights From The Episode:
- Insights into what gentrification is
- Addressing limited housing resources
- Getting involved in the real estate game
- Understanding emotions vs. the reality of real estate
- The importance if building bonds, networking and forming strong relationships in graduate school
- The importance of building your credit and saving to purchase a home in New York
- The secrets to keeping your revolving credit lines down
- PMI: what it is and how it works
- The hidden fees a home shopper can run into
- Building wealth off of credit
- Programs for first time home buyers
- Strategies for home buying
- Balancing family and work life
- Self-care rituals
Quotes From The Show:
“We have to work at how to preserve our resources..one of the primary ways is ownership,”- Jerrod Delaine episode #109.
“Real estate is an emotional thing...the place where your home is,”- Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“The world is changing around us literally,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“America is built on ownership, all of the laws, rules taxes it all benefits those who own this place,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“What is great about this business is you can make a couple good decisions and see exponential benefits,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“Real estate is about forming relationships...but that is in a lot of other industries too,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“You need to have that money saved up and ready for this journey you are running down,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“Even some of the biggest companies in the world, in real estate, use leverage,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“We can do more together, than we can as individuals,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“Failure is not an option, be desperately dedicated,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“The other part of gentrification in our neighborhood is we don’t own a lot of businesses in our community and support those businesses.” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
Resources Mentioned: I-Phone, Evernote
Real Estate Development: The Process by Jerrod Delaine
Real Estate Development-Gentrification by Jerrod Delaine
Real Estate Development: What is it? by Jerrod Delaine
Favorite Quote: “Desperately dedicated” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
“Cherish this moment, the next one is always better,” - Jerrod Delaine episode #109
Favorite Book:
I Will Teach You How To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Clason
Three keys to creating your best life:
- Figure out your goals. What will make you happy and are you working toward it?
- Figure out how you can build for your family.
- Give back.
Stay Connected:
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https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/
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Kevin:
Guest Name: Jerrod Delaine
https://www.facebook.com/jerrod.delaine
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrod-delaine-b0718112/
https://www.instagram.com/gjd244
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Friday Mar 09, 2018
Friday Mar 09, 2018
About Our Guest:
Atima Lui is a Harvard business school grad who started the company Nudest.
Nudest is a company building patent-pending skin tone matching technology for humans of every color with computer vision and machine learning. Nudest is a technology solution to make it possible for people to find products that match their skin tone. With a team consisting of software engineers Nudest’s website was created to offer the products which are “changing the definition of nude.” The patent-pending Nude Meter is available now on nudest.co.
Episode Summary
Atima Lui discusses creating tech that redefines the standard of beauty for the world, secrets to staying confident, and the importance of sharing vision while leading the industry.
Insights From the Episode:
- Nude doesn’t match 84% of the global population
- Love thyself techniques
- The importance of surrounding yourself with positive, supportive and encouraging people.
- Finding resources to inspire you.
- The importance of commiserating with a group of like-minded peers.
- Having goals that are clear about where you are heading.
- The importance of motivation is crucial.
- Staying focused on your number one goal.
- The importance of getting feedback from your target market before moving ahead
- Knowing when to pivot
- Addressing your mental health needs
- Secrets to staying confident in yourself
- The importance of expressing the overall vision to the team
- The importance of celebrating every little thing as a team
- Secrets to working with family
- Shades of a product
- Insight on the ratio of working vs. planning
Quotes From The Show
Nudest is, “Changing the standard of beauty to match the full range of diversity in human skin.” Atima Lui episode #108
“Some of the best start up ideas seem like a no brainer.” Atima Lui episode #108
“I think that when you are a little start up it is a big deal when you have a big company willing to negotiate with you... Just getting that seat at the table is massive and worthy of celebrating.” Atima Lui episode #108
Atima Lui spent her youth “subconsciously consciously taking in imagery of what beauty is supposed to look like.” Atima Lui episode #108
"Learning my past, learning all of the people from whom i have benefitted and the shoulders that I stand on that is a big part of feeling proud and black” - Atima Lui Episode #108
"I have had to cut out some friends who are more about competition over community” - Atima Lui Episode #108
“I am around people who see my success as their success” - Atima Lui Episode #108
“Look inside yourself for what you are supposed to do with your life” - Atima Lui Episode #108
"If you’re going to have a life partner…that person needs to be radically supportive of you, not just when it’s convenient for this person’s career… this person needs to see your success as their success, be willing to sacrifice for you to get where you need to be” - Atima Lui Episode #108
“You have to create a standard and everybody else who comes into the arena they need to live by it, you also have to offer an experience and make people want to show up and that's a part of being authentic as well” - Kevin Y. Brown Episode #108
“Somebody might reject you right now, that's because they don’t know who you are, it will come full circle and they’ll be asking for your help or to work with you or they will have respect for you or they’ll find out not too long after.” - Kevin Y. Brown Episode #108
“Rejection is not final, the real key is not to internalize it" - Kevin Y. Brown Episode #108
“Everything is not for you, but something is and that something nobody can take away” - Kevin Y. Brown Episode #108
Resources Mentioned: Shopify
Favorite Quote: “Done is better than perfect.” Sheryl Sandberg
Favorite Book: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Three keys to creating your best life:
- Not to look outside yourself, but to look inside yourself for what you are supposed to do with your life.
- If you are going to have a life partner, that person needs to be radically supportive of you.
- You want to find something that you are incredibly passionate about. The entrepreneur life is incredibly hard, so you have to do something that makes you happy so you can go back and say, I’m enjoying this. That way, as they say, you will never work a day in your life.
Stay Connected:
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Guest Name: Atima Lui
https://shop.nudest.co/pages/about-us
https://www.instagram.com/atimalui/
https://www.facebook.com/nudst.co/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/atima/
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Friday Mar 02, 2018
Friday Mar 02, 2018
About our Guest:
- Obie award winning and Adelco nominated Harlem based artist who has served as director of Theatre Arts at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre since 2012. He's also directed numerous productions including Dead and Breathing, HandsUp, Hope Speaks, Blacken The Bubble. He was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival and Winston Salem North Carolina and the Torchbearer Award by Theatrical Legend Woody King Jr. He is a founding member of the collaborative producing organization Harlem 9, Next Generation National Network and The Movement Theatre Company. He sits on the National Advisory Committee for Black Theatre Commons and How Round. Was a member of the original cohort for Art Equity and is a proud emerge N.Y.C. Alumni A Washington D.C. native, and he attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in New York University,Tisch School of the Arts.
Episode Summary
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Jonathan shares secrets of his journey of going from actor to behind the scenes to becoming the director of theater at the National Black Theater at 25. He shares his mission of helping other creatives and secrets to make sure that his work is growing.
Insight from this episode:
- Secrets to meaningful connections
- Secret to bridging the gap between the old and the new and still staying in alignment with Dr. Teer’s vision.
- How to deal with adversity of people who want things to stay the same
- How to go about setting and accomplishing goals
- Strategies on self care rituals
- How to gauge and make sure that the work you are doing is improving
- Rubrics/benchmarks to measure success
- Jonathan sees success of the work that is being accomplished by the human transformation of the people he is able to touch, and what they are able to accomplish.
3 tips to survive as artist in the city
- “Find your tribe, find the people who can share space with you and hold you down in love and in light and help you to lean into the discomfort in love and light” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
- Dont get goal jacked
- Be generous
3 self care rituals that you use
- Meditation
- Take baths
- Smile
Quotes from the show:
“Don’t Get Goal Jacked” - Jonathan McCrory Episode #107
“I like joy, I love to smile, it was a gift given to me by mother and grandmother and my dad and all of those lineages coming together really helpled to cultivate a space where i got to learn black boy joy” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“when you lead after voicing it with an intentionality of manifesting the resources from the universe provide it” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“The algorithim to success: you have to uplift from the muck to become the diamond” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“What you do not know is something you have to be generous in starting to know” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“Your POV is limited because of the beautiful live you have been able to live” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“The quest for greatness and purpose and for being energized is to dismantle those blind spots to a space where your pov has a 360 reality to it and then you start to become awakened to humanity” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“The more specificity you have the more universal you will become” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“If we are to be our ancestors wildest dreams…inside of that conversation is we are the vessels to manifest unfinished works” - - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“Whatever’s not serving me I send it back to the sender” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“I strive for excellence and excellence is a moving target” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“When I think I know excellence, there is another realm of excellence” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
“I will spend the entirety of my life trying to achieve with joy, curiosity and anticipation” - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
Resources Mentioned:
- Inside Timer App-Apple
- Inside Timer App-Android
Favorite Book:
Favorite Quote:
- “I’m my ancestors’ wildest dreams.”-Unknown
3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
- Understand that this walk might physically be lonely by you’re never spiritually alone. - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
- Through silence you will interrupt the noise. - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
- When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and honestly tell yourself you love yourself
- There’s nothing to fear inside of the darkness. You are light. - Jonathan McCrory episode #107
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