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November 10, 2017CYLS 086: The Secret to Co - Founder Chemistry with Lindsey Day & Nkrumah Farrar of CRWN Magazine
About our Guests:
Lindsey Day is an Entrepreneur and Business Consultant passionate about harnessing digital tools to positively shape culture and empower the next generation of leaders, specifically for women and minority communities. In 2009 she founded Made Woman, Intern Queen, Inc, and CRWN magazine; all primarily focused on female empowerment, education, and advancement. She has also designed digital marketing campaigns for clients like Ford, UMe, Teen Vogue, Ann Taylor, NYU, and more.
Nkrumah Farrar is a Creative Director, Product Developer, and Brand Strategist in tune to the social web and new media with an emphasis in building sites and brands that build strong connections between people and culture. Mr. Farrar co-founded CRWN magazine in 2009 and has an extensive portfolio that includes working with clients such as Bank of America, Pixoto, American Apparel, Metro Station, and many others.
Episode Summary
Lindsey & Nkrumah give us their insight on running a print magazine in a digital age, secrets to working together and doing customer development to make sure that they were profitable from the very first day of going into business.
Insight from this episode:
The need for founding CRWN magazine and the mission behind the platform, how they formalized the culture change that was already happening
Lindsey & Nkrumah’s defining moments that lead them to entrepreneurship
Their brand pillars: sisterhood, authenticity, knowledge of self, self love, and ownership
Starting from the “grass root” to grow their Instagram followers
Upcoming for Nkrumah & Lindsey: Money & Power, Love on the Street, black empowerment, cultural exchange
You’ll learn:
How to build your company among cultural change
The components of a strategic and great partnership
The importance of planning to get a successful outcome
That there are some unique ways to expand your audience
Quotes from the show:
“Internal competition will surely defeat your mission before you start”- Nkrumah Farrar Episode #86
“You can’t be what you can’t see” - Lindsey Day Episode #86
“It’s not really a comparison, it’s a continuation of our story” - Lindsey Day Episode #86
“My work is my journal, and it’s all got timestamps”- Nkrumah Farrar Episode #86
“At the end of the day, everything has to come back to the purpose” Lindsey Day Episode #86
Lindsey’s Favorite Books:
Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur
Running Lean by Ash Maurya
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Nkrumah’s Favorite Book:
The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill
Nkrumah’s Favorite Quote:
“Everything I do is the greatest thing I’ve ever done. Today’s work is my life’s work” - Nkrumah Farrar
Lindsey’s 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Stop comparing yourself
Actually take time for self-care
Operate out of purpose
Nkrumah’s 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
You have to be in tune to your values
You have to be aware of your abilities
You have to be in control of your time
Stay Connected:
Create Your Life Series:
https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/
https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001
Lindsey:
Instagram @lindseydayy
Twitter @lindseydayy
Facebook @lindseydayy
Nkrumah:
http://www.nkrumahfarrar.com/
Instagram @nkrumah
Twitter @ nkrumah
Facebook @nkrumah
CRWN magazine:
http://crwnmag.com/
Instagram @crwnmag
Twitter @CRWNmag
Facebook @crwnmag

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55 min
November 03, 2017CYLS 085: Efficient, Organized and Resilient + $250,000 with Lauren Washington
About our Guest:
Lauren Washington co-founded KeepUp in 2014 and as CEO is focused on the long-term vision and strategy of the company. She co-founded Black Women Talk Tech in 2017 to help black women create billion-dollar tech companies. Ms. Washington received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a major in Journalism and Mass Communication and her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with majors in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Marketing, and Finance.
Episode Summary:
Lauren talks with us about her app, KeepUp, and being selected out of 7,000 other companies to win the 2014 43North competition and $250,000. She also shares how listening to her market, and pivoting, to scale up has led to her success.
Insight from this episode:
Not thinking twice to move to Buffalo, NY after winning $250,000 and incubator space in the first class of the 43North Competition in the beginning stages of building the app
Path from teaching with Teach for America to online marketing to Founder & CEO and the turning point that said it was time to create her billion dollar idea
Lauren’s 3 personality traits of an entrepreneur: creative, organized, & flexible
Challenging aspects she has faced: managing financials, bringing in investors, & keeping the company afloat
Role model Jessica Matthews and Bozoma Saint John teaching Lauren that leadership can be different than what is the “norm” of what she consistently saw
Plans for keepUp app and Black Women Talk Tech
You’ll learn:
How to be open, and willing, to take a risk and finding opportunities to grow
Pivoting a business model to become a more sustainable business
Staying organized and communicating within a team while taking care of you
Building an app through considering it a business
Developing your peer groups and realizing who should not be a part of it
Not apologizing for who you are or what you look like
Guest Quotes:
“It’s not about taking a great title or figuring out where I’m going to make the most money. It’s where am I going to grow as a person and where am I going to grow my skill set?” Lauren Washington, Episode #85
“Follow the people who are saying that they need something and create a solution for it” Lauren Washington, Episode #85
“The people who are making the changes are the people that are going off the beaten path” - Lauren Washington Episode #85
“Humans are resilient. Keep going and in the end it’s all going to work out” Lauren Washington, Episode #85
Resources Mentioned:
http://www.43north.org/winners/keepup/
https://www.keepupapp.com/
https://www.blackwomentalktech.com/
Lauren’s Favorites
Book: But What If We’re Wrong? By Chuck Klosterman
Quote: “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end” John Lennon
Lauren’s 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Take a risk- don’t be afraid to go after your dream
Be true to yourself
Keep your eyes on the prize

Stay Connected:
Create Your Life Series:
https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/
https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001
Lauren:
Instagram: @ldubs48
Twitter: @ldubs48
Facebook: laurenwashington48

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40 min
October 27, 2017CYLS 084: Strategies to Build Generational Wealth with Dominique Broadway
About our Guest:
Dominique Broadway is an award winning Financial Planner, Personal Finance Coach, Speaker, Finance Expert, Entrepreneur and the Founder of Finances Demystified & The Social Money Tour. Ms. Broadway is a proud alum of Bowie State University where she received her Bachelors of Business Administration with a focus on Banking and Finance. To further her education she went on to receive her Master’s of Science in Financial Management from University of Maryland University College.
Episode Summary:
Dominique walks us through her philosophy of the two types of people in this world and her experience of going broke because she wasn’t charging enough for her services. She highlights the importance of masterminds and goal setting.
Insight from this episode:
Dominique’s “love” for money
Ms. Broadway’s success through faith, learning, and belief
Her takeaways from working with high end individuals
You’ll learn:
Tactics to building generational wealth
Overcoming failure
Pricing services appropriately to run a sustainable business
Importance of accountability groups, professional colleagues, and friends
Balancing work and personal life
How to talk about money at the “kitchen table”
Quotes:
“There are two types of people in the world: spenders and savers”- Dominique Broadway Episode #84
“A lot of times we suffer in silence, unnecessarily, because we’re ashamed of what we're going through” - Dominique Broadway Episode #84
“I needed to start thinking about my business as a business and not a passion project” - Dominique Broadway Episode #84
Resources Mentioned:
digit app
Dobot app
Acorns app
Credit Stacker app
Favorite Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Favorite Quote: “Don’t fear failure, fear regret” - Natalie Young
Dominique's Keys to Create Your Best Life:
Really take the time to figure out what you want your life to be like
Don’t be scared of failing

Stay Connected:
Create Your Life Series
https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/
https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/
Dominique
http://dominiquebroadway.com/
Instagram @dominiquebroadway
Twitter @MsFinanceCoach
Facebook @dominiquebroadway
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

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52 min
October 20, 2017CYLS 083: CEO TALKS - Ready Set Launch: How To Decide When To Launch Your Product with Todd Wahnish and Eric Fondren
Show Description:
Kevin, Eric and Todd give insight into their roles as CEO’s and the strategies that they use when launching a new product, how to know when to pivot, and how to avoid building a product in a vacuum that no one will purchase.

About the Guests:
Eric Fondren is the CEO of Itell.io, a company that provides a digital advertising platform for ATM owners to digitally advertise to their customers.
Todd Wahnish is the Founder of Clever Era. Clever Era helps bootstrapped Entrepreneurs build businesses...even if you have no idea, no capital, and no technical ability. He is also an award winning artist, animator, and product designer with a portfolio that includes Marvel Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and artist Jeff Koons.

Insight from this episode:
“Be the voice, as well as the feet” -Eric Fondren
"Dip your toe in the water before you jump in the deep end" -Todd Wahnish
Development/Solving a "Problem"
An idea is great, but having an idea that solves a "problem" is the one that will sell
Look beyond your friends and family-they will always be your cheerleaders
Multiple competitors are not a bad thing
"Get some money in the door, cause money is the ultimate validator" -Todd Wahnish
Pre-Launch
Soft launch/bite size launch to pre-sale to a small audience with incentives
Marketing plan with customer development and partner affiliations
Audience conversion goals
Cost to acquire and Cost to lifetime
A plan to follow the funnel path: get people in it, then guide them through it to get safely out the end
"Amateurs focus on front end, professionals focus on back end" -Todd Wahnish
Launch
Know when the right time is for the hard launch
Keep up the momentum & bring the hype
Prepare for the next launch

Stay Connected:
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001
Eric:
http://www.itell.io/
https://twitter.com/ericnfondren
Todd:
www.cleverera.com
https://www.instagram.com/wahnish
https://twitter.com/wahnish
https://www.facebook.com/todd.wahnish

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49 min
October 13, 2017CYLS 082: How I Raised $33,000 for my Kick Starter Campaign with Mandy X. Bowman
About our Guest:
Mandy X. Bowman is the Ceo and founder of Official Black Wallstreet which is a digital platform and database created to give black-owned businesses, black entrepreneurs, and aspiring entrepreneurs a place to shine.
In order to be successful digitally
Have good content
Brand everything on social media
Know your target audience, what they want and will listen to
Insight from this episode:
Mandy details her experience of moonlighting for 2 years and finally quitting her job, raising $33k for her business, stepping out of her comfort zone to do a Tedx talk and go on the Queen Boss tv show to pitch her business to investors.
You’ll learn:
Secrets to moonlighting
Strategies to run a $33,000 successful kickstarter campaign
How to garner a great support system
The importance of circulating the dollar in black communities
How to grow your social media following to $275,000 people
How to monetize your social media following
How to plan your exit strategy from your job

Resources Mentioned:
kickstarter.com
www.Asana.com

3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Figure out your why, what you're passionate about
Map out where you want to go in life
There's a beginning and end but you need to have an in-between game plan for
Just Do it

Stay Connected:

Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

Mandy:
www.officialblackwallstreet.com
https://twitter.com/mandyxbowman
https://www.instagram.com/mandyxbowman/

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43 min
October 06, 2017CYLS 081: I Made 6 Billion Dollars For A Company And Walked Away To Start My Own with Angel Rich
Show Synopsis:
Angel shares how she made 6 billion dollars for an employer and left to start her own company. She gives us her 10 steps to accomplish any goal and details her experience of exiting her employer, becoming an author and being labeled the next Steve Jobs.

About our Guest:
Angel Rich is the founder and creator Credit Stacker, patent pending, is an education technology game application that teaches students how to manage various types of credit, interpret a credit report, achieve good credit and avoid risks associated with debt. The objective of the game is to make timely bill payments on five credit types, with unique loan amounts, to eliminate debt while maintaining low interest and a high credit score.

Insight from this episode:
Angel was given business books at a young age
Angel read the richest man in babylon and other monumental financial books in elementary school
Angel has created the mobile credit app credit stacker
Angels app was downloaded over 200,000 times in just 2 weeks
Pioneer of the financial literacy gamification
Angel used to keep 30 mentors when she worked at prudential
Angel made Prudential 6 billion dollars
Her validation to remain focused on her dream came as she asked her mentors about her idea and they told her it was a billion dollar idea and that she should sell her idea to prudential and keep working for them
Angel followed her heart and spirit and turned down a full ride for an MBA to follow her dreams and is now the graduation keynote speaker for the same program
Angel credit’s 80% of her success to her networking
Angel says network with a purpose, research the organization and the goal.

You’ll learn:
Some of the advantages of learning on someone else’s dime
The power of mentorship
Angel’s blueprint to exiting her job to pursue working as a full time entrepreneur
how to build your executive team
How to persevere despite descrimination
Tactics to understand if you should pivot or stay consistent on your
The importance of understanding your competitor adn their
The 10 steps to complete any goals
I made 6 billion dollars for a company and walked away to start my own

3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Ask yourself what you would wake up and do for free, focus on that
Make a plan towards that goal
Know what success looks like when you reach your goal. what’s the next step.

Stay Connected:

Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

Angel:
https://angel.co/wealthylife
http://www.getwealthylife.com/
https://www.instagram.com/angelrich27/
https://twitter.com/wealthylife
https://www.facebook.com/wealthylifers

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57 min
September 29, 2017CYLS 080: CEO TALKS - Let Go Of Your EGO To Be A Great CEO with Todd Wahnish & Eric Fondren
In this episode we talk about the dangers of having a E-G-O as a C-E-O, how to sustain the highs and lows of success and failure in your business and how to celebrate the journey overall.
Insight from this episode:
In this episode we talk about the dangers of having a E-G-O as a C-E-O, how to sustain the highs and lows of success and failure in your business and how to celebrate the journey overall.
Todd believes in working with friends and that relationships are valuable
Never be too big or to shy to hop on a call to fix whatever problem a client may have
“My livelihood and the livelihood of the people that I support depends on me having good relationships” - Todd Wahnish episode #80
“If you’re going to be a great C-E-O remove your E-G-O” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #80
Learning you are not special helps and keeps you level headed in times of triumph
Knowing what value you add to the world outside of the work also helps, essentially having a work life balance
“Sometimes there’s a blueprint most of the time there’s not, it’s up to you to Create Your Life” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #80
“There’s going to be a failure, there’s going to be a success, I know I’m walking in the right direction and so I have to be comfortable walking in both lanes” - Eric Fondren episode #80
“Essentially building a business is the failure olympics, You fail and fail and fail and then you fail a little less and then you have enough failures to look back and make a change baed on our experiences” - Todd Wahnish episode #80
“We tend to forget that walking is essentially just falling the right way. You’re tripping constantly you just are so used to it and good at it that we call it walking.” - Todd Wahnish episode #80
It is important to have a culture that celebrates wins as a team
“The ways to building a relationship with an audience happens in 3 steps: People get to know you, they like you and then they trust you.” - Todd Wahnish episode #80
“Once you have a passionate audience behind you the rest kind of falls into place” - Todd Wahnish episode #80
Create the Standard, follow the standard, be consistent with the standard and do the work - - Kevin Y. Brown episode #80 when asked about protecting your reputaion from the CEO seat

In this episode, You’ll learn
The importance of not celebrating before actually accomplishing the goal
The importance of experiencing the wins and losses as a team
How to keep a good relationship with past employees and still keep a great reputation as CEO
The importance of being authentic with your team and your audience.

Stay Connected:
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

Eric:
http://www.itell.io/
https://twitter.com/ericnfondren

Todd:
www.cleverera.com
https://www.instagram.com/wahnish
https://twitter.com/wahnish
https://www.facebook.com/todd.wahnish

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54 min
September 22, 2017CYLS 079: Listen & Surrender To The Flow Of The River part 2 with Wal-Mart executive Tony Waller
Tony Waller - Senior Director, Corporate Affairs Constituent Relations for Wal-Mart, tells his journey of trying to avoid the work that he was meant to do and how great advice from his mom + friends helped him accept himself and his life’s assignment.

Insight from this episode:
Rain shower, cloud, storm, it doesn’t matter Listen & Surrender and Go with the flow of the river
Tony went to interview with Wal-Mart out of professional courtesy to a friend who was the recruiter.
Tony initially turned down his executive job with Wal-Mart
He knew the job was his calling because he wanted to avoid it and as he did so everything in his life went to shambles. He realized he was avoiding what god wanted him to do.
“Are you flowing with the river?” is the question that Tony’s mom used to ask him after their conversations every Sunday.
His mom called him out about doing research before passing judgment and how to notice the opportunity in the midst of distractions.
“ You have to flow with the river because the river knows where it is going” - Barbara Jean Motley Waller, Tony’s Mom
Tony sits on the board of the center for Asian - Pacific American Women. He is the only male and only non-Asian on the board. It was a re-connecting exercise that he did with the board that finally convinced him that the job with Wal-Mart was the right job for him.
14:55 - 15:03 The plan is good and the plan is perfect, what is going to happen is going to happen. What is meant to be is going to be. You don’t have any power to impeded what is to be.
“We are given two things when we are born, we are given a name and were given an assignment that only we can accomplish in the greater good. That’s what makes us special is the assignment that was given to us.” - Tony Waller episode #79
15:42 - “Our greatness will be determined on how courageous we are to take on the assignment that was given to us.” - Tony Waller episode #79
It ain’t what they call you its what you answer to” - Barbara Jean Motley Waller

3 things that have helped Tony navigate and reach his level of success
Living an authentic life (embracing all of who you are the good the bad the ugly)
Understand that there is true power in vulnerability
Do the best with what you have
Be observant about what you do not see
19:31- 19:47 “If you decide to be truly authentic there will be times that your authenticity will reward you and there will be times that your authenticity will be a liability to you.” - Tony Waller episode #79
“I was never happy trying to be what everybody else wanted me to be” - Tony Waller episode #79
Tony’s favorite four words in the English vocabulary are “Thank you for noticing” because he is thankful that people notices and doesn’t give much to their opinions about him.
Tony believes in a daily routine and having a gratitude journal
25:20 - 25:27 “It is when you become vulnerable and you truly share all of who you are and are brave enough to share all of who you are that you really see great power” - Tony Waller episode #79
Tony became confident with living authentically with all of who he is by accepting himself for who he was including his sexuality. He has a strong support group that helped him reach where he is now. He credits the scripture 2nd Corinthians 12 in the bible for giving him the words to be authentic.

Tony’s advice on how to build your network
Be the first to say hello
Become comfortable with rejection
Create friendships, connections and relationships with those that you ordinarily would not create a connection with. Sometimes people who think differently than you and whose views can be offensive to you. It presents an opportunity to learn. It doesn’t mean that you will be friends but can be enlightening.

“One of the biggest lessons that I’ve learned is that you don’t know what you don’t know. Often you don’t know because you haven’t had that experience, You know what you know based on your experiences, your education, your trials, your tribulations, your ups your downs. That’s’ what creates what you know, but if you haven’t had certain experiences….” - Tony Waller episode #79
“I am who I am because of everyone else around me” - Tony Waller episode #79
Tony’s favorite quotes
“Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words” - Saint Francis of Assisi
“Each of us is a word spoken by god only once”- Unknown

Tony's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
You are meant to great never doubt that
It ain’t what they call you it’s what you answer to
Never forget that its not about you, its not about your plan its about your role in the great plan.

Stay Connected:
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001
Tony:
https://www.instagram.com/1solesearcher
https://www.twitter.com/1solesearcher

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55 min
September 22, 2017CYLS 078: Listen & Surrender To The Flow Of The River part 1 with Wal-Mart Executive Tony Waller
Tony Waller - Senior Director, Corporate Affairs Constituent Relations for Walmart, details his journey of growing up in Puerto Rico to moving to Virginia and trailblazing his own path at University of Virginia and making his way to the executive suite.

Insight from this episode:
Tony’s mother would always say to him that you are meant to be great, but you are not the only one who is mean to be great. We are all meant to be great
She would also say when you were born you were given two things your name and the assignment that was given to you on the day you were born.
Tony stopped and listened to his life’s assignment because of the continuous life signs he received when people kept saying to him “You know you’re supposed to heal people” from the age of 11 to when he was 41. At 41 is when he decided to listen.
Tony is leading Wal-Mart’s relief efforts in Houston to help people overcome the devastation of hurricane Harvey
Tony grew up in Puerto Rico until he was 11 years old and then moved to a completely different world in Virginia.
Tony dealt with not fitting in as a Afro - Latino growing up in Sothern Virginia at a time where everyone was considered either black or white.
Going to counseling as a young boy changed his outlook and desire to fit in and it helped change and shape his life. He was encouraged to go to counseling by his parents.
Tony learned his work ethic from his parents
“I choose not to do it very often but if I have to do it I’m sure glad I know how to do it.” - Tony Waller episode #78
Tony created his own major at the University of Virginia because the pre- determined majors were to strict for him. He studied Interdisciplinary study in Latin -American Affairs with a concentration in Latin American Business which is now an official major at UVA.
Tony details his experience traveling abroad to Johanessburg and working in villages to help others inside of this episode.
Stay Connected:
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001
Tony:
https://www.instagram.com/1solesearcher
https://www.twitter.com/1solesearcher

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50 min
September 16, 2017 CYLS 077: The Blueprint To The Vice President Suite in Corporate America with Chris Winton & Donald Comer
Donald & Chris give us their blueprint to making it to the Vice-President suite in one of America’s Fortune 100 companies. They detail their experience and the power that mentorship and self actualization has played in their successes.
Insight from this episode:
Chris changed his course from wanting to be CTO of Fedex to moving in Human Resources because HR aligned more with his passion
Chris’s big indicator that he like human resources more as he noticed that his bookshelf changed from being IT focused to leadership focused and through conversation with friends and colleagues
Donald has worked multiple careers in finance, marketing, auditing, IT and operations anaysis now doing decision science for FEDEx
At 57 Donald is energized and in learning mode in his career. Things that keep him motivated are his humble upbringing and hanging around people that are smarter than he is.
“I know that I always want to work, I always want to contribute and I always want to make an impact and leave a footprint” - Donald Comer Episode #77
“My motivation has always been to a be a contributor and to be able to gauge my impact on the bottom line of the corporation.” - Donald Comer Episode #77
It’s very important to surround yourself with cheerleaders, also attend conferences and be a member of organizations that energize you
Chris started out as an IT intern and worked his way up. He spent his nights and weekends reading on the position and expertise for the job he wanted. He sought out mentors in the positions that he wanted. He then practiced posing in the mirror for the picture with the exact suit he was going to wear for 10 years.
“I started posing in the picture with that in mind at age 22 and made managing director in IT at 32” - Chris Winton Episode #77
“You can never understand the power of a sponsor, somebody who is willing to lend some of their personal equity to get you to a place that you want to be or sometime not even a place that you know you want to be, but a place that they know you ought to be based on the demonstrated hard work, commitment and the genius that you bring to work everyday.” - Donald Comer Episode #77
“We often talk about having a mentor but what we all should aspire to is to earn a sponsor. You can request a mentor but you have to earn a sponsor.” - Donald Comer Episode #77
“The way you earn a sponsor is with great work not good work and most people confuse the difference between good work and great work. Good work you have to go sell yourself, great work, other people talk about it.” - Chris Winton Episode #77
“Earning a mentor who is in reality a sponsor is the greatest success that an individual can have in terms of moving their careers forward” - Donald Comer Episode #77
Chris acknowledged that he was excluding himself from high-level conversations because of internal dialogue and got out of his own way by studying the companies business and broadening his knowledge base.
Chris had a huge breakthrough when he stopped thinking of himself as his educational background.
“When you add something of value that drives revenue, it doesn’t matter what color you are everybody is listening” - Chris Winton Episode #77

Chris does the following to perform at his best:
Meditates daily
Always smiles
Always starts his day with music, listens to his music after a tough meeting, finishes his day with music as well.
Challenging days or situations he listens to Eminem 8 mile
Jazz music relax’s him
The music is important to keep the smile.

Donalds's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Have a plan
work the plan
Find as many cheerleaders as you can to help you along the way

Chris's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Find your purpose
know your purpose
connect your purpose to solving someone elses problem
Keep your motives pure

Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

Donald:
https://www.instagram.com/donaldcomer/
https://www.facebook.com/donald.comer.5

Chris:
https://www.facebook.com/chris.winton.7545

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41 min

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