Blow Your Mind(set)

"Strategize To Monetize!"

Lu-Ann Barry, CEO and Founder of SpiceLab Enterprises is a force to be reckon with.

As a corporate dropout, expert strategist, and project manager extraordinaire, she has a breadth of knowledge and expertise that adds to the credibility to her project management firm. It doesn't matter if you want to bring more value or service to your own business or you want to level up your brand or executive presence or bring more impact in the workplace, Spice Lab Enterprise can help!

Basically, how do you want to Strategize To Monetize? And how can SPICELAB help level up?

Lu-Ann speaks on having a vision and having objectives and goals!  She drops gems on how your vision should be part of your spirit, your soul, and should bring you joy which allows you to execute and to meet your goals.

Listen - if you have a vision and not too sure how to execute or how to move forward with your vision, Lu-Ann and her team at SpiceLab will take you by the hand and guide you by helping you strategize and lead the project in the direction needed to help you monetize on your vision!


Lu-Ann Barry
CEO, Founder of SpiceLab Enterprises
lnstagram: SpiceLAB
Email: [email protected]

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Money can be a source of stress, fear, and limitation. Or it can be a beautiful tool to solve problems, create positive financial health, live generously, and change the world.

How you think about money determines the role it plays in your life.

There are no resolutions here my friends! Special guest Erica Hill talks, Money, Mindset and Strategy for this new year.

Resolutions fade. Goals fizzle by February. This is a where mindset and strategy come together to create  solid systems and habits that will last all year and years to come.

This podcast episode helps dispel some limiting beliefs that may be holding you back from reaching that ideal state of living.

While Erica will help a variety of people, her focus on women specifically is unique in that women makeup $20 Trillion of the current economy - THAT IS POWER! She helps you see your power with money. We also discuss the importance of having a wealthy mindset or abundance mindset as well as sharing that it is never too late to get your finances in order.

"Wherever the mind is set, the actions are going to follow. " So let's get started.

SPECIAL OFFER: For the month of January, Erica is offering a FREE 20-minute consultation call. Tell her you heard us chatting on Leveling Up with Nicole Smith and get started on your financial health and wealth!

Contact Info:
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.createyourfab.com
FB:  facebook.com/createyourfabulouslife
IG:  instagram.com/createyourfab


 

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That Payroll Guy! No...really, that is our guest for this episode. That Payroll Guy, Gerard Hall, CPP, is a payroll professional that helps you, me and many others understand their paycheck. Most importantly, he helps other professionals run their business or organization's payroll following regulations, laws, and with 100% accuracy.

But what makes him and his story interesting is that Gerard is in a predominantly white female industry changing the game! He didn't decide to go into payroll when he attended Virginia Tech. He started in Computer Science because that is the college major he thought would "bring in the money"...many of us do.

Listen to how Gerard has taken something we see every two weeks (your paycheck) and has made it into a topic that can be quite sexy - I mean, getting paid accurately 100% of the time is not a small task for all the payroll professionals out there!

I ask...have you thanked your payroll professionals in your business or organization lately?

Take a listen to Gerard Hall, CPP! He speaks, educates, and consult to help others in the payroll industry!...including YOU!

Twitter/IG @ThatPayrollGuy
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Thomas Payne, President and CFO of Urban Express Transportation, Inc. and Podcast Host of Gen X Has Something To Say and he said it!

This episode is simply two GenX'ers chatting it up and letting the world know how we leveled up in a hip-hop generation that was independent, vocal, flexible and today...a little exhausted, but not afraid of taking calculated risk and go for ours!

Can you relate? What do you have to say? LISTEN - this generation has had such an impact as we have seen more happen in society than any other generation, but as latch key kids we didn't have much direction,but look at us now!

We have changed how business is done, we parent our children differently than our parents, and even changed the dynamics of....may I dare say...church and the whole "religion" around it. (WHOA!)

GenXer's have something to say! Take a listen!

Thomas Payne
Urban Express Transportation, Inc. / Gen X Has Something to Say Podcast
President and CFO, Podcast Host

http://www.urbanexpresstransportation.com
IG:  @tp2dotcom / @gen_xpodcast / @urbanexpressclt
Twitter:  @tp2dotcom / @UrbanExpressCLT
FB: @tp2dotcom 

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Taylor Jackson “Redd” is a entrepreneur who decided to take an idea of owning her own liquor brand and turn it into her reality.

Taylor took her first steps to creating “Redd Rose” Vodka.  Redd Rose is a strawberry lemon flavored vodka that is so smooth and flavorful it can be sipped over ice – no chaser or mixer.

She is also the owner of Cocktail Catering - "Pour Mixology." But it hasn't been an easy road, however it has been one of many lessons, and many wins!

Taylor did not let all the laws, legalities, stereotypical biases hold her back. She dealt with genderism, sexism, ageism, and at times racism to create a BRAND that is all her own - the name and the liquor is hers. REDD ROSE is sold in 41 states!

Listen to Taylor's story as it is toast to her grandmother's legacy, but also one of triumph and has place Redd Rose as a vodka brand on the rise!

Cheers!

@ReddRoseVodka: IG, FB and Twitter
Taylor Redd on Facebook and LinkedIn

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We had to bring back Stephanie M. Kirkland (soon to be Dr. Stephanie M. Kirkland). During this podcast we speak about Self-Care, Identity and how together they can help you move towards success.

She knows first-hand how to help people gain clarity and achieve success. Stephanie is the founder of Identity Dynamics, LLC, a personal and professional leadership development company. She has developed a revolutionary process, called the Identity Dynamics System. It is based on self-leadership, identity development, leadership competencies, emotional intelligence, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness practice, intra-personal skills, communication, self-efficacy, individual psychology, and brain based learning.

She is also the founder of the ME TIME DAILY MOVEMENT.   The mission is to support and encourage women to PRIORITIZE themselves DAILY through morning practice. This develops the mindset, habits and behaviors to BECOME their best selves, EMPOWER their lives and create effective IMPACT on every role and responsibility they walk out on a daily basis.

Stephanie drops nuggets that you need to scoop up. It’s time to Level Up my friends!

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Season 2, Episode 1 is kicking off by continuing our conversation from last season! We spoke about how to level up in Marriage and Money. This season we have brought the children into the conversation! What lessons have they learned from the parental unit (me and my hubby!) and what misconceptions did they have? They even talk about how we are more lenient with our daughter (the youngest). Our son (the oldest) is trying to see how he can still get an allowance and how he thinks Dad is now more of a sneakerhead.

I think the biggest lesson for them is that money does not grow on that shady tree in our backyard and... Mom handles the wants and Dad tends to the needs.

We are building generational wealth but most importantly teaching our children financial literacy to be able to thrive in this world! Take a listen.

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Let me share something with you - Couples that argue about finances at least once a week are 30 more likely to get divorced. 

Listen…I am NOT arguing about money. 

Our finances are JOINT.  And that takes TRUST. As much as we want to say “what is his is mine and what is mine is mine”…it doesn’t work that way (for us) in our marriage. 

Oh, I know some folks will love this one! Marcus and I, chat about how our Money works in our Marriage! I manage the “wants”, he manages the “needs.” 

Getting married changes your financial life in profound ways. It's not just that you're living together or sharing expenses—you don't need marriage to do that. And while your credit score remains individual, your future choices could be changed by what your spouse brings into the financial picture. 

 Before you exchange vows, it’s important that you and your partner each disclose your full financial circumstances to each other. Because marriage is a legal and financial decision—the government couldn’t care less how in love you are—you need to know what risks you are taking by binding yourself to another person. 

Gems we drop:

·      Partners should fully disclose their assets, liabilities, and credit reports to each other before marriage. 

·      Financial decisions around wedding budgets will affect couples for years—for better or for worse. 

·      Marriage can have major financial benefits, especially if you understand the best way to file your taxes as a couple.

·      Set up a college fund for your children when they are assigned a social security number (through  529!).

Listen to what works for us after almost 26 years!! #trust

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As we grow up, we are determined to "not be like our parents."

But, let's be honest, there are gems that our parents have dropped as we were growing up and for me finances were a huge topic in our household...the good, the bad, and the ugly!

In this podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with my daddy, Tony Rogers, on how he learned about finances. He went from a skinny kid, with antiquated teachings about money, going into the Air Force to a twice retired, debt-free Air-Force Captain/Corporate Executive at the age of 55!

My siblings and I called him CHEAP...then we went to FRUGAL...then we said, "This man actually knows what he is talking about...teach me."

I have gathered all the gems my dad has taught me about Finances (and cooking!) and I applied them to my life to create a lifestyle both my husband and I desire. We are now teaching these same lessons to our sons! We are shifting their money mindset!

Take a listen! (and stay tuned, my hubby and I talk about Marriage & Money in our next podcast!) 

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Part Deux!

Let's continue  as Dr. Rosalyn Harrington, Dr. Dawn Nail, and Dr. Geleana Alston, all from HBCUs, speak on how the the pandemic disruption, racial disruptions, and political disruptions have changed how GenZ views the workforce  and the perspective they have of the leaders leading the charge. 

We wrap up our conversation with leadership nuggets that these three would give their younger selves.

If we want the leadership outlook to become clearer, we have to give the incoming generation the room and the space to bring their innovative ideas, but remember that they are not leaders just yet, but still deserving of the chance to make an impact!

Enjoy part two and lean into your greatness. You may even have to listen to part one again!

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