March 02, 2018

CYLS 107: Chasing Curiousity While Affirming Your Future With Jonathan McCrory

53 minutes

Episode Summary

Jonathan shares secrets of his journey of going from actor to behind the scenes to becoming the director of theater at the National Black Theater at 25. He shares his mission of helping other creatives and secrets to make sure that his work is growing.

Kevin Y. Brown

Kevin Y. Brown is a National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Center For Public Trust (CPT) “Being A Difference” award recipient, international speaker, entrepreneur, and author. The former MTV Networks host and NYC fashion marketer has created an international following as a speaker on personal excellence, effective communication, and leadership. Kevin has been featured by Black Enterprise magazine as a “Modern Man of Distinction” and highlighted in various publications for his self-help speaking work and helping students graduate college debt-free. Recognized for his commitment to empowering foster care youth and as a foster care system alumnus, he has also delivered the keynote address at the International Foster Care Organizations Conference in Sydney, Australia and Osaka, Japan. Kevin is currently the creator/host of Sirius XM’s “Create Your Life” series, a fellow in the New York Chapter of the Startup Leadership Program, and an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Jonathan McCrory

Obie award winning and Adelco nominated Harlem based artist who has served as director of Theatre Arts at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre since 2012. He's also directed numerous productions including Dead and Breathing, HandsUp, Hope Speaks, Blacken The Bubble. He was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival and Winston Salem North Carolina and the Torchbearer Award by Theatrical Legend Woody King Jr. He is a founding member of the collaborative producing organization Harlem 9, Next Generation National Network and The Movement Theatre Company. He sits on the National Advisory Committee for Black Theatre Commons and How Round. Was a member of the original cohort for Art Equity and is a proud emerge N.Y.C. Alumni A Washington D.C. native, and he attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in New York University,Tisch School of the Arts.

Insights From the Episode

Secrets to meaningful connections

Secret to bridging the gap between the old and the new and still staying in alignment with Dr. Teer’s vision.

How to deal with adversity of people who want things to stay the same

How to go about setting and accomplishing goals

Strategies on self care rituals

How to gauge and make sure that the work you are doing is improving

Rubrics/benchmarks to measure success

Jonathan sees success of the work that is being accomplished by the human transformation of the people he is able to touch, and what they are able to accomplish.

Quotes From the Show

“Don’t Get Goal Jacked” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“I like joy, I love to smile, it was a gift given to me by mother and grandmother and my dad and all of those lineages coming together really helpled to cultivate a space where i got to learn black boy joy” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“When you lead after voicing it with an intentionality of manifesting the resources from the universe provide it” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“The algorithim to success: you have to uplift from the muck to become the diamond” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“What you do not know is something you have to be generous in starting to know” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“Your POV is limited because of the beautiful live you have been able to live” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“The quest for greatness and purpose and for being energized is to dismantle those blind spots to a space where your pov has a 360 reality to it and then you start to become awakened to humanity” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“The more specificity you have the more universal you will become” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“If we are to be our ancestors wildest dreams…inside of that conversation is we are the vessels to manifest unfinished works” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“Whatever’s not serving me I send it back to the sender” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“I strive for excellence and excellence is a moving target” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“When I think I know excellence, there is another realm of excellence” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

“I will spend the entirety of my life trying to achieve with joy, curiosity and anticipation” - Jonathan McCrory, Create Your Life Series, #107

Resources Mentioned

Inside Timer App-Apple

Inside Timer App-Android

Favorite Book

The Alchemist

Favorite Quote

“I’m my ancestors’ wildest dreams.”-Unknown

Keys to Create Your Best Life

Understand that this walk might physically be lonely by you’re never spiritually alone.

Through silence you will interrupt the noise.

When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and honestly tell yourself you love yourself.

There’s nothing to fear inside of the darkness. You are light.

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