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CYLS 091: How Intuition, Grit and Creativity Grew Into A Global Children’s Brand with Marjuan Canady

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About our Guest:

Marjuan Canady, a native Washingtonian with Trinidadian/African-American roots, is an award winning writer, actress, playwright, director, educator and producer for both film and the stage. Canady is the founder and CEO of her multi-media production company, Sepia Works.

She is the CEO / Author / Co-creator of the children’s media brand Callaloo. Originally conceived as a theatrical play, Marjuan has led her team in building Callaloo into a brand consisting of books, puppet shows, digital content, animation, arts education programming and merchandise. Canady’s first children’s book Callaloo: A Jazz Folktale was published in 2013 in which she received the 2013 First Time Author’s Award from the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago. School of the Arts

Episode Summary:

Learning through failure, being rejected from roles, creating a global children’s brand, trusting her gut, having 6 jobs at once , touring and growing her performance fee, writing her own original work & bringing youth of color to the theater

Insight from this episode:

  • How to find the passion to create your original work
  • Keys to knowing you are enough
  • Strategies to overcoming depression and downtimes on your journey
  • How to grow your fee’s
  • Marjuan shares her superpower that she earned from her rejections
  • Strategies to overcome stereotypes
  • Marjuan gives a live performance of characters from her one woman show and play
  • Steps to become and remain a profitable artist
  • The power of your friend group pushing you to the next level
  • How to be supportive and winning as a team
  • The importance of saying “No”

    •  Quotes from the show:

    “You can’t just be one thing” – Marjuan Canady Episode #91

     Resources Mentioned:

    • https://quickbooks.intuit.com
  • https://www.wunderlist.com/
  • icalendar
  • google.com


    • Favorite Book:

    • Sula
  • There Eyes Were Watching God


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    Favorite Quote:

    “If you don’t see you in the world, Script Your Story” –Marjuan Canady Episode #91

    3 keys to Create Your Best Life:

    1. Be patient and be patient with yourself
  • Do The Work
  • Enjoy the process


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    Guest Name:

    http://www.marjuancanady.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/marjuancanady

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    ‪callalookids.com 

    ‪sepiaworks.org 

    ‪canadyfoundationarts.org 

    www.callalookids.com/

    https://www.facebook.com/Callaloothebook

    https://www.instagram.com/callaloothebook

    www.twitter.com/‪callaloothebook

     

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