Do you feel you are not born to succeed? Do you think you don’t have what it takes to take off and conquer the world? Do you feel it is better for you to just continue what you’re doing because it feeds you and that you are not good with any other else, anyway? Do you want to share your story with the world but you think no one will listen? A lot of people feel that way, but if you ask these questions to Tera Carissa Hodges, our episode guest for today, she’ll tell you what you should hear and believe: You are enough, you have what it takes to succeed. You just got to figure out who you are, be authentic, and work on what you have right now. Figure out what your purpose is today and work on it. The best thing is, Tera will be sharing the formula for figuring out your purpose and start to walk in it.

Ever since a little girl, Tera has always been a leader and speaker. She was the senior class president, so even her younger self has enjoyed serving other people. Today, Tera is an empowerment champion through her speaking, media appearances, coaching, and mentoring. Helping people become empowered despite their past and mistakes is her passion. Discovering and learning about your gifts and working on it will take you to places. She believes God would open your door if you just worked your gift where you were. Her pro tip? Remain true to yourself. Don't chase people, develop your platform by using what's in your hand, and watch everything begins to chase you.

However, in order to succeed, Tera points out that you don’t need an innate ability to lead, serve, and to share your story. There are things she is not naturally good at, but she’s come to learn and master them. She believes anyone can do has the ability to learn and succeed. Today, she’s dropped major truths about finding your purpose, using what you currently have to pay the way for your future success, looking for a mentor, and finding life balance. Be sure you are all ears to Tera, the empowerment champion.

Here’s What You Missed

• Can you figure out your purpose? How?

Knowledge Nuggets

[00:02:24] I really tell parents to be careful how you raise your child, be careful how you speak to them because there are some innate personality traits that we are born with and it's not going to change. So just be careful about how you correct your children.

[00:04:46] Your purpose is a combination of your past your pain and your passion.

[00:05:53] Your purpose is seasonal. Ask, what's my purpose this season? What am I supposed to be doing today? And when you start taking care of the things you need to take care of today, you serve your purpose.

[00:06:52] There can't be a resurrection without a crucifixion. Everybody wants the glam, everybody wants power, but nobody wants the process. The glitz and the glam that you see if you are to obtain that, it is going to require a process.

[00:09:00] So instead of harping on what happened and what wasn't fair, look at it and say, how can I use this as fuel to get me to a destiny that my haters never saw coming.

[00:09:59] You don't need an innate ability to tell your truth. Your life experience, that is your expertise.  Get busy telling your story because you're not an imposter when you're telling your story.

[00:11:10] Who mentors me in business, is not necessarily who mentors me in marriage. So I have different mentors for different aspects of my life. No one should be your one-stop-shop because nobody is qualified in every way.

[00:13:52] You don't always need a one on one to glean from someone, to learn from them and to grow from the wisdom that they can impart.

[00:15:15] Develop yourself before you market yourself. You don't want to meet a mentor to soon. Because if you meet someone too soon, they might see you as an understudy, where if you wait and go through the process of becoming and meet them at the right time, they'll come to see you as a partner.

[00:17:28] I never believed I had to kiss anybody's tail to get in with. I always knew that God would open my door if I just worked my gift where I was.

[00:19:54] So remain true to yourself. Don't chase people, develop your platform by using what's in your hand, and watch everything begins to chase you. Everything that's for you begin to chase you.

[00:21:54] I scheduled my life. I live by a calendar and I'm not afraid to say no. At the end of the day, while I'm grateful for the impact that I've made in other people's lives, I still have to have a positive impact on my own life and the lives of the people that are closest to me.

[00:24:12] You have to believe in you before you can get others to believe in you. A lot of times we don't believe in our selves because we're comparing ourselves to other people. You got to stop comparing yourself to other people because you're comparing your ‘now’ to their ‘now’. When they had a beginning, just like you got a beginning

Important Reads and Links

Tera Carissa Hodges Website:                                 https://teracarissa.com/

Tera Carissa Hodges Facebook:                                               https://www.facebook.com/SpeakTeraCarissa/

Tera Carissa Hodges Instagram:                               https://www.instagram.com/teracarissahodges

Tera Carissa Hodges Twitter:                                   https://twitter.com/teracarissa

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