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    Be Definable & Know Your Audience This is Part Three of a Six-Part series called The Platform Series. Are you being intentional when it comes to your personal brand? Do you know who you're uniquely gifted to serve and what they REALLY want from you? Here are a few tips to help you figure it out.   If you're ready to build your platform so you can make a bigger impact without burning out, apply for Platform for Purpose Incubator at https://platformforpurpose.com

  Overcome Perfectionism & Find Your Voice Welcome back to Part Two of a Six-Part series called The Platform Series. Now more than ever, people are looking for authenticity. They want to know that they don’t have to live a carefully curated, Instagram-filtered life to still be successful.   You don't have to be perfect to make an impact! If you're ready to tap into the unique contribution that you have to bring the world with your knowledge, expertise and experiences, apply for Platform for Purpose Incubator at https://platformforpurpose.com

  Stop Playing Small & Embrace Your Expertise Welcome to Part One of a Six-Part series called The Platform Series. It's easy to take for granted how much you know and not think it’s a big deal. But when we don’t appropriately value our knowledge and what it means to our audience, it can lead to challenges. You are LITERALLY the answer to somebody's prayers, but they don't know you exist. Let's change that. To apply for Platform for Purpose Incubator, visit https://platformforpurpose.com

Do you feel like there’s more to life than what you’re experiencing right now? Are you feeling stuck because you don’t know where to start? In this episode with Certified Life Coach Pamela D. Smith, we talk about how you can change your life without quitting your job, hitting the lottery or some unique twist of fate. Pamela D. Smith is a certified life coach and author of several books including her newest publication, Harvesting Your Pearls. and my On Purpose anthology series. A champion of personal growth, Pam helps women reach their full potential and become whole in every area of life. As a divorced mother of two working in the airline industry, Pam was frustrated and ready to quit her job when she discovered the power of changing her environment without changing her environment. That led to several promotions, including one that unlocked her purpose, and later getting her life coaching certification and launching a business while still working full-time. In this episode I talk to Pam about: Why people limit themselves when they know there are goals they want to achieve How she started her business while working full-time Tools to help you on your personal development journey   Connect with Pamela D. Smith: Website - https://www.pamhasfavor.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pamhasfavor Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pamhasfavor/ Pam Book: https://www.pamhasfavor.com/product-page/harvesting-your-pearls   Join Startup Life Support If you’re struggling to start or grow your business,I invite you to join Startup Life Support. As a member of our mastermind community, you’ll be able to achieve more and shorten your learning curve by regularly connecting with other entrepreneurs and coaches who will share their knowledge generously and hold you accountable to doing the things that lead to reaching your goals. Learn more and join at https://StartupLifeSupport.com.

How have your life experiences shaped your behavior professionally? As a leader, have you ever been criticized for being too harsh? Are you always trying to prove that you’re worthy? In this episode, we chat with Veronica C. Armstrong is the founder of Leadership Life Support and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach who helps women shake off the traumatic experiences of the past while helping to propel them into the light of their future business opportunities. Growing up, Veronica experienced living in three group homes, two foster homes and a juvenile detention center before being declared an emancipated minor at 15. Always a leader and a gifted student, her life began to change after meeting the first of several influential women who came into her life. Instead of using her background as a crutch, Veronica took advantage of the opportunities to succeed that presented themselves. But it didn’t come without challenges. Veronica shares how the scars of her past threatened her ability to be an effective leader and what she did about it. Veronica and I also talk about: How experiences shape your behavior Why Black women are seen in a different light Strategies to improve your self-awareness Receiving constructive criticism The difference between a coach and a mentor Veronica is also one of the co-authors of my new book, On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life. She talks about moving beyond what has happened in your life and overcoming those limiting beliefs that we’ve developed through life. There’s more for you!   Connect with Veronica C. Armstrong: https://linktr.ee/veronicacarmstrong   Do you know your CliftonStrengths Top 5 Themes? Here are Veronica & Isha’s: Veronica’s Top 5: Achiever, Deliberative. Learner, Focus, Maximizer Isha’s Top 5: Communication, Futuristic, Positivity, Strategic, Activator     Join Startup Life Support If you want to connect to a community of fellow entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid to talk about the challenges of launching and growing a business, who share their knowledge freely and celebrate each other’s wins authentically, I invite you to join Startup Life Support - a mastermind community that eases the fear, overwhelm and isolation of entrepreneurship. Learn more and join at https://StartupLifeSupport.com. 

Ita Udo-Ema is a video producer, a strategic storyteller, and the founder of the studio, View From Above Entertainment. In this episode, Ita talks about how to move beyond getting caught up in new platforms and vanity metrics and how to use video as a vehicle to achieving your business objectives. In the episode I talk to Ita about: How he ditched engineering school at Purdue for a creative degree Understanding the metrics that matter most to your business Upcoming trends in video and how it can make your projects even more amazing Developing the G.A.M.E plan. Ita is also one of the co-authors of my new book, On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life. He talks about his life then takes us for a walk through how to take your jumbled ideas and structure them into a beautiful story. Connect with Ita Udo-Ema: Website - www.viewfromabove.net Email - [email protected] Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ViewfromAboveNet Download Ita’s free resources HERE! Platform for Purpose Boot Camp Are you ready to build your platform, but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re completely overwhelmed trying to figure out where to invest your time, energy and money. Should you be blogging? Podcasting? Livestreaming? Hosting events? Pitching yourself to media? Do you need to hire a publicist? Or maybe you’ve been letting those  nagging voices keep trying to convince you that you’re not qualified, no one wants to listen to you, or you don’t look or sound good enough to be front and center. If you can relate to any of these scenarios, I invite you to join me for the Platform for Purpose Boot Camp.  IN THIS LIVE, VIRTUAL TRAINING EVENT, YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO:  Build your confidence so you can show up on bigger platforms to reach the people you’re called to serve. Choose the right platforms to share your message (Hint: It isn’t ALL of them!) Authentically connect to the people you’re called to serve in a way that gets them to value your voice.  Position yourself for speaking and media opportunities. Stay committed to your goals even when life gets in the way.  Learn more about the Platform for Purpose Boot Camp at Bootcamp.PlatformforPurpose.com. 

Do you feel like you’re not pretty or polished enough to build a platform? Working in media, Sarah R. Adams has had a front-row seat to the insecurities we often have to work through when our work puts us on stages, in front of the camera or behind the microphone.  Sarah is an award-winning multimedia producer, freelance reporter, writer and educator with over 20 years of professional experience in broadcasting and higher education. As part of our Platform for Purpose incubator faculty, Sarah teaches the two-day On-Air Boot Camp experience, providing subject-matter experts, coaches and consultants with practical skills to be their best selves when they’re in the spotlight.  In this episode, I talk to Sarah about: Why we turn into someone we’re not when the camera comes on. How to make sure you’re not distracting from the message people need to receive.  Avoiding the comparison trap.  Platform for Purpose Boot Camp Are you ready to build your platform, but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re completely overwhelmed trying to figure out where to invest your time, energy and money. Should you be blogging? Podcasting? Livestreaming? Hosting events? Pitching yourself to media? Do you need to hire a publicist? Or maybe you’ve been letting those  nagging voices keep trying to convince you that you’re not qualified, no one wants to listen to you, or you don’t look or sound good enough to be front and center. If you can relate to any of these scenarios, I invite you to join Sarah and I  for the Platform for Purpose Boot Camp.  IN THIS LIVE, VIRTUAL TRAINING EVENT, YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO:  Build your confidence so you can show up on bigger platforms to reach the people you’re called to serve. Choose the right platforms to share your message (Hint: It isn't ALL of them!) Authentically connect to the people you're called to serve in a way that gets them to value your voice.  Position yourself for speaking and media opportunities. Stay committed to your goals even when life gets in the way.  Learn more about the Platform for Purpose Boot Camp at Bootcamp.PlatformforPurpose.com.  Connect with Sarah R Adams: Website - https://adams1sr1f8f.myportfolio.com/home LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-r-adams-a70b263/ Twitter -  https://twitter.com/AdamsCmu Order On Purpose:12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Purpose and Change Your Life featuring Sarah Adams  

La’Vista Jones is the Founder and CEO of 31 Marketplace, where she helps entrepreneurs bring order to the chaos of business and life by blending systematization and self care. In this episode, La’Vista discusses when the notion of self care became real for her as a person on the fast track in her corporate career and the day she, in her own words, “lost her mind” and how 31 Marketplace was born out of that experience. La’Vista speaks about how to build your business in a way that is nurturing to you as the founder and getting you to see that your vision is NOT a solo gig. She will show you that you have the capacity to fulfill the vision that you have for your business and take care of the Visionary at the same time; giving you permission not to subscribe to the habits of hustle culture and the glorification of busyness. In the episode I talk to La’Vista about: ● Why entrepreneurship isn’t necessarily the answer to your workplace stress. ● How we break ourselves of the mindset of busyness and #TeamNoSleep as an entrepreneur. ● Using systems and automation to replicate yourself and eliminate low value work that creates busyness in our lives and business. ● Identifying your personal definition of self care and surprising ways to infuse it into your business. La’Vista is also one of the co-authors of my new book, On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life. If you would like to schedule a consultation with La’Vista, you can reach her at www.lavistajones.com. Read the B.O.S.S. Manifesto shared at the beginning of the episode: https://www.thirtyonemarketplace.com/single-post/shift-manifesto. Connect with La’Vista Jones: Website - www.lavistajones.com Podcast - https://bosstalkpodcast.libsyn.com/website Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lavistajones/ Join Startup Life Support If you want to connect to a community of fellow entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid to talk about the challenges of launching and growing a business, who share their knowledge freely and celebrate each other’s wins authentically, I invite you to join Startup Life Support - a mastermind community that eases the fear, overwhelm and isolation of entrepreneurship. Learn more and join at https://StartupLifeSupport.com.

Social media can make it seem like successful entrepreneurs wake up one day, make a decision to quit their jobs and pursue their dreams and within months, they’re millionaires jet-setting around the world. But those of us who have started businesses know that’s a fairy tale.  Dr. Erika Brown of Dr. Erika By Design walked away from Corporate America a year ago to launch her business and reclaim control of her mental health. She soon discovered that the rules for success she was used to following in the workplace didn’t always apply to entrepreneurship.  During our conversation, Dr. Erika speaks vulnerably about entrepreneurship, being able to see the vision, overcoming roadblocks and celebrating successes while giving yourself grace to “figure it all out”. In the episode I talk to Dr. Erika about: Figuring out where to start when you’re multi-passionate and want to do several things in business What she learned and unlearned in the transition from employee to entrepreneur Being vulnerable in the process of change  Figuring out WHO you want to be, not just what you want to do What gets her moving when she wants to give up.  Make sure you stay until the end where Dr. Erika shares advice for those of you who have recently or are thinking about quitting their 9 to 5’s. Dr. Erika is also one of the co-authors of my new book, On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life. If you would like to schedule some time to talk to Dr. Erika about planning your amazing online event, you can reach her at www.talkwithdrerika.com.  Connect with Dr. Erika Brown: Visit the Website - www.drerikabydesign.com Listen to the Podcast Connect with Dr. Erika on Instagram (drerikabydesign) Join Startup Life Support If you want to connect to a community of fellow entrepreneurs who aren’t afraid to talk about the challenges of launching and growing a business, who share their knowledge freely and celebrate each other’s wins authentically, I invite you to join Startup Life Support - a mastermind community that eases the fear, overwhelm and isolation of entrepreneurship. Learn more and join at StartupLifeSupport.com. 

Have you stopped dreaming and started settling when it comes to your life or business? If life is hard anyway, why not push to do things to create the life of your dreams? Join us as we kickoff a new season of On Purpose with Isha Cogborn, featuring conversations with the co-authors of my new book, On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life. If you haven’t already, get ready for the season by grabbing your copy, along with the free action guide to help you apply what you read. Let’s take the conversation beyond the podcast in our Facebook Group. What are you struggling with? What can others learn from your experiences? What resources have you come across that could benefit others? Connect with the On Purpose community and let’s go further together. Buy the Book – On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life Join the Facebook Group -  Platform for Purpose: Tools to help you change the world! Join Startup Life Support – StartupLifeSupport.com

Episode 011 – Joy Bretz of nJoyBnFIT & Leave with Ease Do you feel like you’re chained to your desk watching life pass you by? Trying to figure out how you can manage financially if you do what you love?  Are you suffering the health, mental and emotional effects of work-related stress and burnout? In this episode, Joy Bretz tells us about Leave with Ease - a program she created to help you develop your exit strategy to pursue a career and life that brings greater health and happiness. You can connect with Joy at https://www.njoymindbodyandsoul.com Our Guest Joy Bretz is passionate about helping stressed-out professionals. She spent 20+ years in a high stress corporate financial management career, paying a heavy toll physically, mentally and emotionally. She understands all too well the desire of many to leave that lifestyle behind and live life on their own terms. Joy realized she had a choice, leaving her corporate career behind in 2016 to reclaim her purpose and her life. Now, she wants to help others do the same. Leave with Ease is a blueprint to help stressed-out professionals set themselves up to leave their day job without jeopardizing their standard of living while reclaiming their time, well-being, finances and peace of mind. In this episode, I talk to Joy about: How a #metoo experience pushed her over the edge and on the path to a more purposeful life. Ways stress manifests itself in your body and what to do about it. Techniques to maintain your physical, mental and emotional health. Why money may not be the only thing standing between you and your ideal life. What to do RIGHT NOW if your job is stressing you out. Connect with Joy Bretz: Website: https://www.njoymindbodyandsoul.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/njoymindbodyandsoul/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/njoybnfit/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-bretz

Show Description: Do you feel handcuffed to a career or business that won’t let you enjoy life the way you really want to? In this episode, Latiesha Johnson tells us how she turned the traditional model of life as a corporate accountant on its ear spend half of the year traveling the world and offers practical strategies to bring more freedom into your life. You can connect with Latiesha at LivingDreamsJoyfully.com Our Guest Latiesha Johnson lives life on her own terms.  She created a non-traditional career path choosing to work mostly as a contractor instead of an employee so she could honor her life goal of being FREE. This flexibility has allowed her to explore her love for travel, visiting 22 countries on six continents. With so many people asking how she does it, Latiesha now puts her experience to work for others, recently launching her independent travel agency, Living Dreams Joyfully. Latiesha can help you create the perfect plan for your vacations, destination weddings, solo travel, cultural excursions, girls’ and boys’ trips and more. She also hosts a blog by the same name, where she offers tips on travel, financial freedom and getting to the core of what you really want in life. The seed of entrepreneurship was first planted when she was introduced to Mary Kay cosmetics as a college sophomore. After earning a degree in accounting from Prairie View A&M University, Latiesha added licensed Texas mortgage broker and real estate salesperson to her list of income streams. In this episode, I talk to Latiesha about: How a failed long-distance romance lead to her solo travel adventures The freedom mindset that guides her professional and personal decisions Managing your career as a free agent Building your “I can quit fund” and dealing with unpredictable income Practical tips for safe and flexible international travel Connect with Latiesha Johnson: Website Facebook  Instagram Twitter: @dreamsjoyfully LinkedIn