Hello my friends!

What is going on for you this week? I am so excited because I just planned my little vacation! In fact the week this episode airs I’ll be traveling for the first time since the world changed!

I am going back to Marfa Texas! Marfa is a tiny little town of less than 2,00 people, waaaaay out in the high desert in West Texas pretty close to Mexico. I first found out about Marfa from a series on Amazon Prime called I love Dick that starred Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon. 

Marfa became a sort of arts and cultural center back in the 70’s when minimalist artist Donald Judd moved from NY to Marfa to create large-scale art in the desert. It's the town that has that Fake Prada store out in the middle of nowhere?

I’ve only been there once before in January of 2020, I was feeling restless after Christmas break and Darren was in NY and I was like - I’m going on a road trip! So I drove to Marfa - it’s kind of the only way you can get there - there are planes that can take you into towns that are still like 3 hours away from Marfa so it's kind of not even worth it. So I did the 7+ hour drive and I gotta say, that drive was pretty cathartic. I really thought I was going to hate it but I kinda loved it! I had my podcasts, my audiobooks, my music, and sometimes just the silence.

I remember driving into Marfa around 4:40 pm and the sun was just setting over the mountains, I was still an hour away but I knew it was going to be a really special trip! 

And I don't know what it is about the desert, but that trip, even in January when it was freezing, practically nothing was open, I fell in love with this place and the people.

I’m soooo excited for this trip and I promise I will tell you all about it! I’ll probably be posting pictures on Instagram and LinkedIn so you can check it all out.

All right, we have an incredible guest today!

Meet the #KillerPitchMaster - Precious L. Williams

 13-time elevator pitch champion, she’s successfully appeared on “Shark Tank” and taken her company from $0 to multi-6 figures in less than 2 years. 

Besides helping women entrepreneurs and business leaders, she also conducts corporate trainings, helping teams to create killer communication skills, craft messaging, and understand how to pitch and build sales programs. She’s a world-class speaker for global brands including: Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, George Washington University, Intuit Quickbooks, NBC Universal, PwC, and more. She gives back by working with organizations like Bottomless Closet, the Bowery Women’s Mission and Dress for Success.

She’s also a 3-time #1 bestselling author for my books, Bad Bitches and Power Pitches: For Women Entrepreneurs and Speakers Only, and The Bad Bitches and Power Pitches Workbook, with my third, Pitching for Profit: The Bad Bitches’ Playbook to Convert Conversations into Currency, available now!

She graduated from Spelman College with a degree in English and then earned her JD from Rutgers Law School. She even practiced law for a hot second!

We have a LOT to talk about so let’s get into it!