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How to overcome imposter syndrome

How to overcome imposter syndrome

Leonna is the owner of Shake Culture Dance where she choreographs dance classes within her own organisation and other’s. She also directs music videos for Christian hip-hop artists, offers dance fitness classes for adults and children, and more

In fact, she did an amazing dance fitness class at last year’s Media Magic retreat and will be doing the same this year too

Prior to attending Media Magic, there were plenty of platforms that she wanted to go on but they seemed out of reach

Or that she “could only dream about” them

Because of factors like imposter syndrome (which is something I wrote about in my recent article with Addicted2Success (Imposter Syndrome Is Rooted in Your Past But Here’s How You Can Rewire It), by the way)

This was brought about by limiting beliefs like telling “[ourselves] that we're not worthy of getting somewhere” or “friends… family or the people that have known us for our whole life who say ‘Maybe don't dream too big, or maybe just settle..’”

By the end of the retreat, however, she said: “Entrepreneurs with imposter syndrome should come to this retreat [because] sometimes you just need a little push and that retreat, for me personally, was that push to know that not only I can think of it, but I could actually do it...”. According to Leonna, what led to this transformation was…

How to unlock your full potential

How to unlock your full potential

I’m currently reading Crushing by T.D. Jakes
One of the concepts that stood out to me is how he talks about the fact that change, negative situations or what he calls the “crushing," can ultimately turn out to be for our good

In it, he quotes John 12:24
Where Jesus says “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit”

When Jesus said this, He was talking about Himself and the fact that He would have to die and rise again so He could free us from sin. But this process is also true for us
Here's how 👇🏾

Why haste makes waste

Why haste makes waste

If you’ve been rocking with me for a while, you’ll know that I struggle with productivity anxiety

I’m happy to report that I’m getting over it, and while it’s an everyday thing, I can look back on my progress and see how far I’ve come

In case you’re unfamiliar, productivity anxiety makes you feel like you’re not doing enough which meant that I used to hate planning and saw it as a waste of time

Can you relate, sis?

For me, it was better to get stuck in and do the damn thing than “waste time” actually planning. But then, I audited my life and realised the havoc this was wreaking. For example:

3 common misconceptions about planning

3 common misconceptions about planning

As I sat across from my good sis, Eunice, I felt defeated, like a failure, and that all the plans I had put in place had come to nothing

The other thing I felt was embarrassed (lol) because all these feelings were causing me to cry in public

Eunice and I had met up (as we normally do every month) at a restaurant and, what was supposed to be a fabulous girls' night out, had dissolved into this cry-fest that I was trying to hide by at least not crying loudly and attempting to wipe away all evidence of

But of course, the tears just kept coming and at a certain point, I just gave up and let them flow

You might be wondering why I was feeling this way. Well…

This moment was back in early 2023 when I first attempted to launch Media Magic

My retreat for business women, experts, coaches and authors who want to uncover a quick and systemised process to pitch the media so that they can get onto more top platforms, be seen as industry experts, and start raking in larger paydays

I first had the idea in 2022, but as you can guess from the scene I painted for you in the middle of that African restaurant, the first launch didn’t go well

Looking back now, and hindsight being 20/20, I can see that I hadn’t done everything correctly during that first attempt. But at the time, sitting across from Eunice in that African restaurant, I believed that I had done all that I could- making my poor results all the more painful

Flash forward to now and, not only did I successfully get Media Magic off the ground (in Tulum, Mexico last July), I’m currently planning my second one

(which will take place in Mykonos, Greece in October)

But the Nina of 2023, didn’t know this would happen. She wanted to throw in the towel, crawl into bed and not get out, to be honest

And, truthfully, I did do that for a while…

But then I eventually got myself back up

You may be wondering why I’m sharing this with you, sis

I’m sharing this story and the lessons learned because I know there will be people who will come across this post who have goals but are too afraid to say their goals out loud let alone commit to them

Why?

Because they're scared of ending up like the Nina of 2023 instead of asking, like Steve Mackey, “What if I become my wildest dreams?” (like the Nina of 2024 did)

Perhaps you’re one of them?

Why you need systems to achieve your goals

Why you need systems to achieve your goals

Recently I had the opportunity to chat with Monica Pierre on her show

The Powerhouse Woman Show

It was a great conversation

(Which I knew it would be since we hit it off so well when we met in Paris in October)

And during it, she asked me about the person who has most influenced my entrepreneurial journey: my mum

How to use the six-p formula to achieve your goals

How to use the six-p formula to achieve your goals

If you’ve been rocking with me for a while, you’ll know that I love to travel. As someone who gets lost easily

(even in her home city lol)

the one nerve-wracking thing about exploring new places is figuring out how to get to where I'm trying to go

That's why I spend time planning my routes before I have to navigate them

Knowing exactly where you’re going and having a plan in place to help you get there isn’t only important for sightseeing or visiting landmarks. It’s also crucial for your goals (PR or otherwise)

Because...

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 👇🏾

What I'd tell my younger self about PR

What I'd tell my younger self about PR

Last month my dad turned 70

As he dropped me off to the station after his celebration dinner, I asked him 2 questions: "How does it feel to be 70?" and "what advice do you have for younger people?"

Listening to his answers, captured in this video, it was really apparent to me that he was answering this question with his younger self in mind.

This got me thinking about what I would tell my younger self about getting started with PR and I think it would be this: