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Taking Life's Lemons and Making Lemonade with guest Nicole Jackson-Hopkins
Welcome back to Fearless, Inspired and Free, a weekly conversation with Dana Wright and the women she has been fortunate to connect with to discuss their life's journey, the great things they are doing, overcoming life's obstacles, navigating their work and personal businesses; becoming Fearless in their actions, Inspired to live authentically and Free to live a life they choose!
Fearless, Inspired and Free Podcast endeavors to build a community of learning, appreciation, encouragement, resilience, growth, acceptance, kindness and support!
This week's guest, Nicole Jackson-Hopkins has been Designating Managing Broker-Owner & Founder of 3G Realty Inc since 2006.
She grew up in Bellwood, IL and has a lived a life where she has reinvented herself many times, beginning with graduating from high school and heading to college, majoring in Computer Science for a short time before deciding to obtain her cosmetology license. From there, she learned about logistics and trucking services at Sears, utilizing her skills as an account specialist while also working as a hair dresser; before meeting my husband. She eventually utilized those skills to help run his business.
Shortly after getting married, and a couple of weeks after her first daughter's 1st birthday, her mother fell ill and slipped into a comatose state in which she remained for 19 years. Her mother went to live with Nicole's aunt who was an LPN and provided care for several years, while Nicole assisted in her care as she juggled work, motherhood and being a wife. The stress of managing so many things left Nicole ill several times throughout the years as well, with her eventually developing symptoms of anxiety which she discusses candidly in this episode.
Eventually, Nicole began her career as a real estate agent and within a year obtained her Managing Broker license and opened her own Brokerage, known today as 3G Realty Inc. The market crash of 2008 motivated her to go back to school and obtain her Bachelors of Science and her MBA. In addition, she and her family purchased a disability accessible home to accommodate her mother's care and her mother remained in her home until she passed away in 2017.
3G Realty now has 2 office locations and 3 full-time agents. Nicole says, "my mother’s journey has taught me to relinquish my fears & doubts in life while my father’s encouragement and support has helped me developed a great sense of courage, spiritual freedom & a humbling appreciation for life".
Tune in today as Nicole discusses life not being a straight line and how there will be many curves and winding roads, but that we should keep going and not be afraid to fail. She says, we must always do things the right way so no-one can take an accomplishment from us. Nicole emphasizes that we must listen to our OWN voices and cancel the noise of others opinions, otherwise we may let fear paralyze us and we can't let it! She urges the listeners to know their worth and to not let others minimize that worth. "Balance is essential" she says, and "it is ok to say you need help and acknowledge when you are not in a good space mentally". In the end, life throws many things at you, but it's how you carry that load that makes the difference.
You can google Nicole Jackson-Hopkins. She is also on Instagram (@njacksonhop_3grceo), Facebook and Youtube.
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Welcome back to Fearless, Inspired and Free, a weekly conversation with Dana Wright and the women she has been fortunate to connect with to discuss their life's journey, the great things they are doing, overcoming life's obstacles, navigating their work and personal businesses; becoming Fearless in their actions, Inspired to live authentically and Free to live a life they choose!
Fearless, Inspired and Free Podcast endeavors to build a community of learning, appreciation, encouragement, resilience, growth, acceptance, kindness and support!
This week's guest, Nicole Jackson-Hopkins has been Designating Managing Broker-Owner & Founder of 3G Realty Inc since 2006.
She grew up in Bellwood, IL and has a lived a life where she has reinvented herself many times, beginning with graduating from high school and heading to college, majoring in Computer Science for a short time before deciding to obtain her cosmetology license. From there, she learned about logistics and trucking services at Sears, utilizing her skills as an account specialist while also working as a hair dresser; before meeting my husband. She eventually utilized those skills to help run his business.
Shortly after getting married, and a couple of weeks after her first daughter's 1st birthday, her mother fell ill and slipped into a comatose state in which she remained for 19 years. Her mother went to live with Nicole's aunt who was an LPN and provided care for several years, while Nicole assisted in her care as she juggled work, motherhood and being a wife. The stress of managing so many things left Nicole ill several times throughout the years as well, with her eventually developing symptoms of anxiety which she discusses candidly in this episode.
Eventually, Nicole began her career as a real estate agent and within a year obtained her Managing Broker license and opened her own Brokerage, known today as 3G Realty Inc. The market crash of 2008 motivated her to go back to school and obtain her Bachelors of Science and her MBA. In addition, she and her family purchased a disability accessible home to accommodate her mother's care and her mother remained in her home until she passed away in 2017.
3G Realty now has 2 office locations and 3 full-time agents. Nicole says, "my mother’s journey has taught me to relinquish my fears & doubts in life while my father’s encouragement and support has helped me developed a great sense of courage, spiritual freedom & a humbling appreciation for life".
Tune in today as Nicole discusses life not being a straight line and how there will be many curves and winding roads, but that we should keep going and not be afraid to fail. She says, we must always do things the right way so no-one can take an accomplishment from us. Nicole emphasizes that we must listen to our OWN voices and cancel the noise of others opinions, otherwise we may let fear paralyze us and we can't let it! She urges the listeners to know their worth and to not let others minimize that worth. "Balance is essential" she says, and "it is ok to say you need help and acknowledge when you are not in a good space mentally". In the end, life throws many things at you, but it's how you carry that load that makes the difference.
You can google Nicole Jackson-Hopkins. She is also on Instagram (@njacksonhop_3grceo), Facebook and Youtube.