Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is the host of the Tapestry podcast and the President and CEO of Soulstice Consultancy, LLC providing consulting and training to companies and organizations in leadership, DEI, community and partnership development as well as CSR/philanthropic efforts. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at Tulane University in the MPA program, a research affiliate at Antioch University, columnist for Texas Metro News and the author of 4 books including Empowering Charity: A New Narrative of Philanthropy, recently published by Baylor University Press.

Ten things I wish I knew by my 30s

1. The importance of establishing credit and finances

2. Time flies so make wise decisions…each decision is building a foundation

3. What you focus on, you’ll get more of

4. Realize when it’s time to leave a job, friendship or relationship

5. Expecting others to be something they are not

6. Love isn’t enough

7. No regrets…just lessons you learn from

8. A closed fist can’t get anything in it—be open to possibilities

9. Learn to give AND receive

10. Investing in your career is great but if you only build one area and fail to invest in the others, you are like the fencers I saw in high school—well developed on one side but weak and atrophied on the other—how are you building relationships, spiritually and emotionally, etc. You are more than what you do

11. Bonus: Build an emotional vocabulary—