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3 reasons you're not as successful as you want to be

3 reasons you're not as successful as you want to be

On October 5th I attended the Next Level Speakers Conference

This was all thanks to one of my close friends who got me a ticket as a birthday gift

One of my all-time favourite motivational speakers, Eric Thomas (ET), was a keynote speaker

I’ve followed him for years and had seen him twice in London before this (I wasn't kidding about him being one of my faves lol). But seriously, every time I see Eric Thomas it’s incredible, and the copious notes I took are testament to that

Here’s what I learned 👇🏾

How networking leads to PR success

How networking leads to PR success

In the last week of August, I had the awesome pleasure of going to Panama with The Christian Travel Club

It was such an amazing experience with a great group of people in an amazing country

Whilst there, I had the opportunity to attend a small mastermind breakfast with Anthony O’neal

In case you’re unfamiliar with him, he’s a former Dave Ramsey personality and host of The Table. He’s also the guy with the mic in the video above.

During the mastermind I witnessed something which was a great reminder of why networking is so important and how, if heeded, could lead to PR opportunities for you too…

2 common brand clarity mistakes (and how to avoid them)

2 common brand clarity mistakes (and how to avoid them)

When we hear the word "branding" it can be tempting to reduce it down to things like logos and colours but it's much more than that, sis.

Your logo and colours on pretty graphics etc are the superficial things that might initially attract people to your brand but your content is what will make people stick around and, ultimately, want to work with you. This is why brand clarity is so important- it ensures that you not only attract leads but can retain them and convert them to customers.

This is also why it's super important to make sure that you don't make these 2 brand clarity mistakes:

Why brand clarity is so important for PR success

Why brand clarity is so important for PR success

What's your word or theme for 2021, sis?

Last year mine was "be fruitful and multiply" so-

This year, for me, it's "scale"

In other words, I'm taking all the things that worked in my life and business from last year and building upon them this year.

Business-wise, there were 2 areas where I really saw "fruit":

-Helping women in business to DIY PR through The Perfect Pitch Packet

-Providing done-for-you PR services through The Perfect Pitch Programme

so these are the areas that I want to scale this year.

The issue?

How to have a Successful New Year

How to have a Successful New Year

Last week we talked about 3 disempowering life and business beliefs

Remember that, sis?

As we stand at the beginning of a new year, I think it’s important that we discuss how to make it a success

If you’re anything like me, you’ve entered this year with a set of goals and things that you would like to achieve

Here are 4 lessons that we can learn from the widow in 2nd Kings 4:1-7 about how we can do that:

How to Increase your Capacity to Succeed

How to Increase your Capacity to Succeed

When you hear the word “faith,” sis, what comes to mind?

Is it the many sayings and adages about it?

Like:

  • Faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things unseen (Hebrews 11:1)

  • Faith is the currency of heaven

  • Faith is the bridge between your current circumstances and your future

Whilst I don’t dispute them, there is another side to the nature of faith…

Lessons from Mahlah and her sisters on How to overcome Limiting Beliefs caused by Gender Norms

Lessons from Mahlah and her sisters on How to overcome Limiting Beliefs caused by Gender Norms

Last week we discussed how legalistic religious beliefs within the church can stop women from walking in their purpose and fully showing up

Click here if you missed that, sis

This is important because it plays into culture

(which is the behaviours and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic or age group)

especially in terms of how girls are socialised which, in turn, has knock-on effects on our ability to show up, be visible and therefore make impact as women

For, as one of my favourite authors, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche said:

“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller, we say to girls, ‘You can have ambition, but not too much.’ ‘You should aim to be successful, but not too successful…’”

which is why, according to research, women feel less at ease with promoting themselves than men- which in turn means that they're less likely to do it.

However…

Mahlah and her 4 sisters (Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah) teach us that the best way to overcome this is to: