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September 15, 2017CYLS 076: How Hip Hop & Color Are Diversifying Theater with Nsangou Njikam, Mckenzie Frye & Elisha Lawson
The Cast of Syncing Ink stops in the studio to discuss their upcoming show and shed light on their experience as people of color in the theater industry and what they have done to sustain and change the game.

Insight from this episode:
When picking a team Nsangou looks for his artists to be the following:
Professional
Adaptive
Take advantage of artistic freedom
Chemistry - who do I want to work with
Community
Things that make sure everyone is good on set:
Snacks and a team that will check in to make everyone is treating others right.
“Part of what can motivate people is knowing that there is sweetness in the moment as opposed to sweetness later “-Nsangou Njikam Episode #76
All of these artists are here to serve the work
The name of the play comes from the line “I start to think and then I sink into the paper like I was ink” in I know you got soul by Eric B. & Rakim
 Elisha talks about his experience auditioning and freestyle rapping with the director during his audition.

The entire cast talk about their issues and experiences with auditioning for roles and share the following: 
The audition room is a huge hurdle because you have to fit into someone else’s idea of what you should be as a person of color
As a person of color you have to understand that the lens often times is not the lens of the people that you see on stage its the lens of the viewers and the writers
 
Why minorities do not attend the theater as much as other races:
Cost
Positive representation of people of different races and cultures beyond diversity and on to human community and purpose

How to diversify the theater: 
Buy tickets to shows especially minority shows
Make noise when you see there
Tell people who work at the theater that you want to see more shows that represent you
 Elisha got into theater to be in a play as Santa Clause because he wanted to kiss Ms. Claus
"Discipline plus faith beats anything" - Mckenzie Frye Episode #76
Nsangou got into theater because his older brother used to be in theater and his parents would throw him parties after his performances.  
Things to do to stay out of your own way:
Don’t judge, Don’t judge yourself just do, be in the practice of your faith and beliefs - Mckenzie Frye
Ask yourself what happens if I win. Place tangible things in your life that symbolize success - Nsoungo
Face your fears and practice everyday - Elisha
Resources to be successful in the theater and performing world:
voiceovers, memorization and movements
read this book Uta Hagen -Challenge for the Actor - https://www.amazon.com/Challenge-Actor-Uta-Hagen/dp/0684190400 - Elisha
“Don’t wait for a stage, see if what you do works in real life” - Mckenzie Frye Episode #76
Read the Alchemist, Star Wars and Hip Hop - Nsoungo
Manifest and speak things into existence
 The play starts 9/25/17 buy tickets to the play here: http://www.theflea.org/show_detail.php?page_type=0&show_id=192
 
Nsangou's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Do things with your body
Study someone who is doing or has done what you want to do and modify it to yourself
Get in tune with how life works
Elisha's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
create your daily blueprint
Have faith
Find your inspiration
Mckenzies's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Know that you are enough
Try everything you think you can do
“Have mercy on yourself in the process” - Mckenzie Frye Episode #76

Kevin:
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Elisha:
http://www.instagram.com/elishalawson
https://www.facebook.com/elishalawson

Mckenzie:
www.instagram.com/mckenziefrye
https://www.facebook.com/mckenziefrye

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56 min
September 08, 2017 CYLS 075: Don’t Let Them Change Your Last Name For A Nickname with Sarah and Hilda Perez of Salud Para Todos
Hilda & Sarah talk about their journey of growing up in and now running their family business. How they took over the C-Suite & took their fathers company into the digital age.

Insight from this episode:
Hilda & Sarah are running their family business which was founded by their father and has been running for 25 years and counting
Hilda & Sarah recommend Spirulina
Salad has 40 plus proprietary products
Hilda & Sarah and their mother were the guinea pig for their dad’s new and innovative ideas
Taking over the family business is about protecting the legacy
Health Tip: Tying a rubber band around the palm of the hand on the same side of the bleeding nostril will stop a nosebleed
Their father is a dreamer
They worked at their fathers store during their school years
Health Tip: Heal your sinuses by putting Vicks vapor rub on a plantain peel and put it on your forehead while it is hot
"Don’t let them change your last name for a nickname” - Dr. Rigo
Hilda also runs a marketing company called Savvy
Hilda & Sarah agree that the most challenging part about being in the C-suite is that the buck stops with you.
"If its the wrong decision, its ok to back out" - Hilda Perez episode #75
"Be a problem solver, figure it out and keep moving” - Sarah Perez - Jarrett

Hilda's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Find what you are passionate about and do it
Don’t worry about what other people think
Use your support system

Sarah's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Be selfish = make time for yourself
Be a problem solver
Recognize and ask when you need help

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

Sarah:
www.instagram.com/sarahperezjarrett
https://saludparatodos.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SALUDgroup
Store: 4791 Broadway 9-8pm (800) 299-7917

Hilda:
www.instagram.com/itshildap

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48 min
September 01, 2017CYLS 074: How I made 5 Figures In 10 Days with Todd Wahnish
Todd tells us how he launched a 5 figure product in 10 days, how he navigates work life balance with his wife as his co-founder and why knowing the business of art matters

Insight from this episode:
"Amateurs make something so they can sell it, pros sell it so they can make it” - Todd Wahnish episode #74
Todd talks about learning from Jeff Coons and the reasons to
Don’t be blinded by your ideas to the point that you forget about your audience (the people who will need to buy it)
Avoid building your ideas in a vacuum by putting your idea out there and doing research with the people you attract.
Put the idea out there via a blog and work to build a audience
Todd’s first question was would you buy this when presenting a new idea to his audience and it funded his idea
"Cash is validation, yes’s are not validation money in your pocket’s validation and its also pressure" Todd Wahnish episode #74
Even though his wife is his co-founder they have 1 rule: No business before breakfast
His wife and his working relationship started organically because he needed help,
He knew his wife was the one because when the chips were down and he had $3 in his bank account she told him to keep going and not to go get a job
He tested her to see if she was down to go through the high’s and low’s of entrepreneurship
Todd was once homeless and only able to take a shower every 3 weeks
Todd stood up to his college dean in order to be able to get started on his new york art journey
How staying persistent to get his opportunity for a job when he was unemployed paid off
Todd learned to think about more than being an artist by working in the music industry
Todd suggests making yourself yourself the center of attention when networking or building an audience by talking to people, putting your work out there, going on social media and adding value and dedicating something to your craft
"You only feel your shackles when you try to move, you can be that prisoner, you can be there stuck in that life but its up to you to realize that thats what it is” - Todd Wahnish episode #74
Todd's 3 keys to Create Your Best Life:
Trust yourself
Focus on what you do
"You only feel your shackles when you try to move, you can be that prisoner, you can be there stuck in that life but its up to you to realize that thats what it is” - Todd Wahnish episode #74

Stay Connected:

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

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

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47 min
August 25, 2017 CYLS 073: Guest Episode - Hustling Forward - Kevin Y. Brown on Underdog Stuff with Gregory Nesmith
UNstoppable guest Kevin Y. Brown stops by to talk about how millennial entrepreneurs can hustle forward! Kevin shares the 10 “C’s” of Entrepreneurship and more!

Stay Connected:
Kevin:
www.kevinybrown.com
www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001
Gregory Nesmith:
https://gregorynesmith.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thegregorynesmith
https://twitter.com/gregorynesmith
https://www.facebook.com/gregorynesmith

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35 min
August 18, 2017CYLS 072: Finding and Creating My Own Path with Kia Brown
Kia goes in detail about her journey from working in retail to saving lives in Ameri Core/FEMA and now living her passion as a community gardener in Nashville Tennessee.

Insight from this episode:
The purpose of community gardening is to bring people's focus back to the land and the earth and have people be connected with their food system. Also to bring people together to cultivate community. Bring people together who may not know one another
A lot of the vegetables that new American people are used to eating are more expensive in grocery stores which makes community gardening a better affordable option
Kia volunteered for AmeriCorpos in a branch of FEMA before working in community gardening
After graduating college Kia worked in retail before working at AmeriCorpos
She found her inspiration for community gardening at a potluck while in AmeriCorpos where her teammates had all made fresh dishes from their community garden and had a deep sense of community and conversation around the meal. People from different cultures and ethnicities and different foods.
"I love to connect good people to good food and each other” - Kia Brown
Her support system tells her to trust her instinct and that she knows what she is doing
"Hey what you are doing is ok, you don’t have to have and you don’t have to lead a traditional life because you are not a traditional person” - Kia Brown episode #72
"Stay true to yourself and focused on doing things that you love to do because eventually, you’ll get to the place where you need to be” - Kia Brown episode #72
Sit down and write out a list of things that you love doing and write out a list of things that terrify you. Most of the time its a mixture of the two that lead you to your dreams
Be ok with making mistakes because mistake are apart of the journey and mistakes make you who you are
Kia’s favorite food to grow is Brussel sprouts
Kia's Keys to creating your best life:
Don't be discouraged if you are surrounded by people who know what they want to do
Don't let others influence you so much so that you feel that you are failing in some manner

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Kevin:
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www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

Kia:
www.instagram.com/munchichi_4782
www.instagram.com/thenashvillefoodproject
24 min
August 11, 2017CYLS 071: The Top 10 Quotes We All Should Live By
In this episode of the CYLS, Kevin elaborates the 10 most impactful quotes from past Create Your Life Series guests.

Insight from this episode:
“Life can make choices for you or you can make choices for your life.” - Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, Broadway actress, TV Host and speaker
“Walk in the shoes you want to fill.” - Eric Fondren CEO of Itell.io
“Believe with a period, not a comma.” - Dr. Raphael Moffett
“Pay attention to breadcrumb experiences (experiences that set you up for a bigger purpose in life later on).” - Jovian Irvin, Founder of the OnPurpose Movement
“Do not become attached to your title because your title is not your identity.” - Tony Laurent

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22 min
August 04, 2017CYLS 070: The 10 C’s Of Entrepreneurship
Kevin highlights his 10 C's of Entrepreneurship and how every entrepreneur needs them to create their life.

Insight from this episode:
Compound
Calculate
Contribute
Collaborate
Consistent

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Kevin:
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www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
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15 min
July 28, 2017CYLS 069: Paris, Barcelona & Ibiza - 10 things I Learned While Traveling Abroad
In this episode Kevin reveals the 10 things he learned while traveling abroad to Paris, Barcelona & Ibiza. Racism, Travel & Universal language.
Insight from this episode:
Exchange as little money at the airport as possible
Use local transportation (train and buses)
Save money on housing by staying in a hostel or using AirBnB
Reviews matter
Racism & Discrimination are alive and well
Stay Connected:
Kevin:
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www.instagram.com/kevinybrown
www.twitter.com/kevinybrown
www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

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12 min
July 21, 2017CYLS 068: Embrace Challenge & Take Advantage of All Opportunities with Carl Ulysses
Carl takes us on his journey of sleeping on a air mattress with holes & eating peanut butter sandwiches every day to becoming a respected tailor. He details the importance of self belief, embracing challenges & taking advantage of every opportunity.

Insight from this episode:
Carl has worked on Captain America, Black Panther, Tupac Biopic “All Eyez On Me” 23 tv shows and films to date
The power of being great at your craft and referalls
Carl discussed the challenges and triumphs of making costumes and things that he has never done before
The Power & Rewards of Constructive Criticism
Tailoring for Janelle Monae, Jessica Alba, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and other Celebs
"New York showed me that there is nothing that I can go through that can hinder me from my dream” - Carl Ulysses episode #68
He just opened a new showroom in Atlanta georgia
"Not knowing, is the best thing that you can be up against, because it provides challenge and challenge is what shapes you."- Carl Ulysses episode #68
"It’s ok to make mistakes, it’s ok to learn, its ok not to be the best because there is no one that is going to be as good as you are at whatever it is that you are trying to do.. So nobody can be you” - Carl Ulysses episode #68
"The best jewels that I have received don’t come from a person they come from situations" - Carl Ulysses episode #68
Carl outlines and details his struggle to become
"You’ll receive what you need throughout struggle as long as you embrace it” - Carl Ulysses episode #68
He discusses the importance of cutting off your non believers from knowing your vision, protect it
Leaning on your friends to reach your goals

Carl Ulysses 3 keys to Create Your Life:
Pray
Embrace Challenge, stand in the face of adversity, don’t allow chaos around you to distract you
Take full advantage of each and every opportunity that you have
Stay Connected:
Kevin:
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www.facebook.com/kevbrown001

Carl Ulysses:
carlulysses.com
[email protected]
twitter.com/carlulysses
fb.com/carlulysses

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31 min
July 14, 2017 CYLS 067: Eating to Live with Chef Keidi Awadu
Chef Keidi provides us with insight on why he changed his diet to vegan and took up being a chef as an occupation. He also shares some of his lessons learned from traveling the world and why vegans live longer.

Insight from this episode:

Our live event Ambition went GREAT! cylseries.eventbrite.com
Lessons learned from throwing our first live event
On average vegetarians live longer than carnivores and vegans live longer than vegetarians.
According to Chef Keidi, there are 10 levels of eating
“Once I learn a fact about something, I attempt to integrate it immediately." - Chef Keidi Awadu episode #67
"The More I learned, the smart I became, the smarter I became, the more I refined the life that I lived and the exposures in which I expose my body which therefore increased my capacity…. for learning even more.” - Chef Keidi Awadu episode #67
Meat Sweet diet is not healthy and affects the function of the brain
Keidi’s eyes rejuvenated after changing his diet and he is 62 and no longer needs glasses. He wore glasses in his 20’s
"Food is nature’s most perfect medicine” - Chef Keidi Awadu episode #67
Chewicide= People die from what they eat.
Our hearts are designed to last 120 years

3 tips to change your diet
Be a well informed consumer (study up)
"Live is Life, dead food is Death - Chef Keidi Awadu episode #67
95% of food sold in common grocery stores is not made for human consumption

"Humans are the only animal that must cook the meat before they eat it or else the meat will kill them" - Chef Keidi Awadu episode #67

Chef Keidi Awadu says that what separates him from other raw food chefs is his recipes have the densest spicing spectrum in the world
He hasn’t used an over in 7 years
He hasn’t used a microwave in 20 years
Chef says that if a microwave can change the structure of water, if your body is 71% water then you might not want to use a microwave
Chef Keidi has been a raw chef for 7 years
Chef Keidi speaks multiple languages and taught himself to speak french in 2 months
Chef Keidi has published over 30 books
3 lessons Chef Keidi has had the opportunity to learn while traveling the world
Travel is one of the greatest forms of education
When traveling to a country learn how to be polite in their language
Don’t travel as an american (or as someone of your own country, be open to learning how life is lived elsewhere)
Chef Keidi Awadu's 3 keys to Create Your Life:
Rule your body by the rhytms of nature, mother nature - Chef Keidi Awadu episode #67
Literacy is supreme, Literacy determines the fate of nations
Dream out loud

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Chef Keidi:
http://livingsuperfood.com/
https://www.facebook.com/chefkeidi/
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54 min

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