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Introducing Bespoke: Creating Tiny Luxuries

Connections During Quarantine is a series I created to bring me a little closer to family and friends while exploring my creative outlet. My guest today is not only a colleague, but fellow podcaster, Kurtis Cameron. Kurtis is a married father of two adorable little boys. As a result, Kurtis is passionate about all things fatherhood. His podcast The Fatherhood Perspective, highlights the joy and learns of fatherhood featuring a wide range of guests with varying experience as dads.As I catch up with Kurtis we talk about the experience of creating a podcast, what he’s learned from his podcast, and how he’s experiencing podcasting and fatherhood differently during this time of sheltering in place. Check out our chat, here on the View 112 Podcast.

I am continuing my series, Connections During Quarantine. Today I am chatting with a colleague, Robin Haymon about his journey to another city for a promotion and how he finds creative balance for his blog, mrhaymon.com.

Well, its been about 70 days since I last recorded a podcast and…WOW. Things escalated quickly didn't they?! We are truly living through a time I couldn’t have imagined possible, certainly not 10 weeks ago. I’ve been working from home in isolation for 11 days now. As an extrovert and a person who works around thousands of people on a weekly basis, its been quite the adjustment to be in a 600 sqft corporate housing apartment 24 hours a day. It took me about 10 days into this to get a schedule/routine in which I wasn’t working round the clock, catch up on some rest, check on family and friends virtually, and take extensive breaks from the news. Today’s the first day I’ve felt calm, and ready to connect in new ways.So I wanted to kick off a new type of series within my podcast: Connections During Quarantine. During this series, I will spend time connecting virtually with different people on various topics. My first guests, my nephews AJ and Justin. Both of them are one week into online learning and so I’m putting my inquisitive auntie skills to good to use to see how productive its been. Also I’m curious to understand how they are feeling during this time and what’s being discussed amongst their friends. While I’m recording this episode, we use an app for the first time and they share an app I’ve never heard of. Finally we talk about my favorite topic, reading. We share a love of reading and have bonded over Harry Potter in particular. Check out our chat:

I love tackling my year one quarter at a time. I purchased the Savor Life Planner titled The Next 90 days. Already, its been a great tool in my progress toward success. Here I review how.

Architecting Habits“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”-Aristotle or nah?I’m sure you’ve heard this quote before. For many years this quote has been attributed to Aristotle, but new research proves that Aristotle didn’t write it at all. I just finished reading a book titled Atomic Habits by James Clear. I want to share how I am working to build powerful, effective habits for my success in 2020 here on the 40th episode of the View 112 Podcast..Happy New Year! As I record this 40th episode of the View 112 Podcast celebrating my 42nd birthday, I have been thinking about what I will do consistently this year. Over the past decade, I’ve tried and failed at quite a few things. I would love to look back in 2021or 2030 and be proud of the effort I consistently made starting right now.Over the last 3 years, his podcast has inspired to do a few things that I can build on for success into 2020 and beyond.1. I finally got a therapist*Article she sent me:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-savvy-psychologist/201912/5-tips-calm-restless-mind-going-sleep2. Create more stuff3.Continue to read4. Skill build5. Schedule and calendar

What’s the point of working hard if you never take the opportunity to enjoy life? Is there a fine line between comfort and complacent? I believe, like most things, its up to you. You can have intention to be comfortable and you can also take action to avoid complacency. I’m going to share my game plan for tips to flourish this fall here on the View 112 Podcast.

As we go into July 4th week, celebrating Independence Day in America, it got me thinking about how I am living a much more free, independent life than I used to. I have fought for and provided access to others more than I ever have before.

According Merriam-Webster.com, the definition of a limit is "something that bounds, restrains, or confines”. When considering the definition of limit as a verb, it’s "to restrict the bounds or limits of". Living without limits has been a familiar theme to me over the years. Today, I want to discuss self-imposed limits. What are the things we voluntarily assume that are limiting us in life and work? I’ll share a few things we can do to battle ourselves here on the View 112 Podcast. How many L’s have you taken in life due to your own limitations? Self-imposted limitations come in the form of confining thoughts, beliefs, actions/inactions. With self-imposed limits, sometimes we fail because we don’t even start. We miss the full potential of an opportunity or situation because we don’t see the whole. We get some of what’s available, instead of all of it. What can we do to remove self-imposed limits?

What's really stopping me from flexing the power of my perspective as a writer? Today I'm going to share my experience and the surprising lessons learned from my first writing class at The Muse Writer's Center.

Happy January 2019 and…Happy Birthday to me! I just got home from my first ever solo trip celebrating my 41st birthday in Cancun, MX. I decided on a solo trip for several reasons:1. I needed a serious break2. I wanted to celebrate3. Be still, quiet, and listen for the next move.Book Share:The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder CarrollRadical Candor by Kim ScottThe Windfall by Diksha Basu

Hello! Today is Sunday May 20th and welcome back to the View 112 Podcast. I’ve been quite a busy lady! I'm not going to bore you by rehashing too many details all in this one episode. Here is a brief summary: At the top of the year, I celebrated my 40th birthday in Mexico. Upon returning, I was informed of an opportunity to interview for a professional promotion with the caveat that the role would be in Norfolk, VA about 3-4 hours south of the Washington Metropolitan Area. After several interviews spanning over 2 months or so, I got my offer then spent April and half of May traveling and transitioning into my new role. How has it been? Both thrilling and exhausting. Since this podcast is focused on self development, books and business, I have many elements to share how I got through this first half of 2018 as I prepared to interview, transition, and now start a new life and work in a different city. With this episode, I'll start with the value of authenticity. Here's some thoughts:1. Know Your Story and Master How to Tell It.2. Be Humble, but Let. Them. Know.3. Make Sure Your Squad is GOALS.

I’m going to be honest. By nature, I still worry about things. Over the years, I’ve worked on how I manage the strong urge to worry. In intense moments of angst, I am calmed by advice from my dad. Often, he’s said to me “Be anxious for nothing”. Like most incredible advice from dad, its biblically rooted. Philippians 4: 6-9 reads: 6.Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7. and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. 8. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. 9. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.  Pray Prepare Practice PatiencePeace I promise today’s episode is not a sermon, but it is certainly a good word! As I’ve said before, this podcast encourages me too! I am going to share with you a few ways this has helped me keep my sanity and focus on what matters during acquisition seasons in my life here on the View 112 Podcast.

Oh my goodness! Happy New Year (its not too late to say that right?)! I hope you're enjoying your 2018 thus far. As for me, I've been all over the place (literally and figuratively). A special date has come and gone already: January 12, 2018 also known as my 40th birthday and the 1 year anniversary of View 112! I'll tell you what I've been up to, how I celebrated, and what's next for me here on the View 112 Podcast.1. Never Underestimate Moments of Reflection 2. The Curve Balls Will Come3. Take YOUR Time4. Take Care of Yourself

Nine more episodes to record before my 40th birthday in less than a month. It’s been quite a few weeks since I’ve paused to record a podcast. I’m learning that this podcast is actually a great tool to help me slow down and reflect. As much as I’ve wanted to stop and record, I’ve been focused on school and a lot of work. One lesson in life I haven’t seems to learn is how to stop piling things on. So here are a few words around priority setting from the Queen of Doing Too Much here on the View 112 Podcast. 1. Be Specific2. Be Honest with Yourself3. Curve Those Competing Alternatives

Our whole lives we want to run or sprint towards the various finish lines in life. In today's accomplishment-driven society, we miss looking at the baby steps.  Think about the last major accomplishment of your life. Do you remember how it came to pass? As we near the end of this year, I'm going to share some baby steps that I'm grateful to have taken.  Allow me to give my perspective on the ever so cliche "It's all about the journey" here on the 30th Episode of the View 112 Podcast.  1. The Patience for Baby Steps 2. Build in Baby Steps 3. The Brilliance of Baby Steps

The entire year I’ve been sharing the value in setting a quarterly focus for 2017. Can you believe we are in the final stretch of 2017?! How is your year going? Are you pleased with your progress? Are you like me, with a few things you still need to get done? Today I’m discussing how to focus on finishing 2017 strong. Time to be 4th Quarter Clutch here on the View 112 Podcast. 1. Take an Assessment 2. Learn from Failures and Make a Plan to Move On 3. Set the plan TODAY 4. Are there goals/plans you need to downsize for the next 10 weeks? 5. Weekly checkins

This week is Banned Books Week.  Allow me to share more from the website of the American Library Association: “Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community – librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types – in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.”-ala.com So, Banned Books Week draws attention to the harms of censorship; which brings me to the First Amendment. As a writer and business professional, I have a range of thoughts about First Amendment rights. My goal at the end of the episode is to motivate you to research and educate yourself on current events and our history by sharing how I’m learning a bit more on these topics too. One of the most powerful weapon we have is an educated mind. Allow me to challenge you today on the View 112 Podcast.

When I mention the words "public speaking" what type of emotion does that evoke? Fear? Concern? All. Out. Panic? Today I'm going to share my journey with public speaking, tools/tactics I’m using to develop this skill, and why I believe we need to master the art storytelling. This is yet another strength we can build together! As always thanks for listening to the View 112 Podcast.

What if I told you there is a way you could learn new life skills while at work, getting paid? You'd be down for that right? Well today I am going to share with you how I am going to learn 3 new life skills while I am at work.

This week Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc in Houston, TX Louisiana. The folks in these areas need help and relief efforts need money. Please consider donating any amount of money to support hurricane relief efforts. Pray for them and make a financial donation. This episode is going to be a mash up of sorts: a summer goals recap, August affirmations summary, I’m going to a book festival this weekend, and what makes me tick professionally. Thanks for listening to the 25th episode of the View 112 Podcast. Happy September.  For me, September is a serious month.  Like summer is over, school, is back in session, etc. Kinda like January with the holidays being over and everyone’s back on their grind.   I have a few things to share so lets get into it. Summer 2017 Goals: Summer Streak (writing) Summer Savings Summer Wellness My Summer Adventure So what happens when you do not reach your goals? Do you set the same ones? I re-assess, see where I went wrong and make adjustments.  I think my first mistake is taking on way too much. I do that a lot if you haven’t noticed. Turns out my number one priority is school and all year I’ve known that.  This summer my priority was to pass my math class and everything fell to that.   August Affirmations I am worthy of all God has for me I will do what it takes to graduate in 2018 I will build a lucrative writing business and advance professionally My body is a powerful temple and I will take care of it I will give and receive love beyond my wildest dreams This week, at a work meeting we did an activity in which we had to identify our professional values.  Out of a list of probably 50 or 60 values we had to pick our top 3.  Turns out,my professional values line up with my personal values. I just HAD to pick 4: My Professional Values  Faith Excellence Positivity Thoroughness  Finally, I am headed out to the Library of Congress National Book Festival today! I’ve never been to a book festival and I’m so excited. I’m look forward to seeing how the literary community gets down.  There are dozens of writers speaking today including authors like Roxanne Gay and Thomas Friedman, both of whose books I’ve read. I just can’t wait to take it all in.  It’s free and at the Convention Center in downtown Washington, DC.  I’ll be writing a recap of my experience.​​​​​​​

I've attempted several times in the past week to record this podcast. I didn't feel 100% about it because it's felt weird to simply discuss business and books as usual after seeing the events that happened in Charlottesville, VA. In the last week I’ve gone through a range of emotions: disbelief, frustration, anger, and now resolute. I am more determined than ever to fight hate and be a light.  Not only will I not tolerate the hate and divisiveness in our country but I will continue to shine by supporting initiatives, publications, organizations, and content that work to rid our country of this foolishness and highlight the power of justice and inclusion. Before you listen to this podcast, I hope we are aligned on these 2 things: 1. Hate has no place. 2. Hate is nothing new under the sun.  It's just been given a stronger voice by silence (i.e. tolerance) and emboldened by people like Donald Trump. Today I’m going to share a few of my thoughts on personal and professional responsibility here on the View112 podcast. 1. Speak Out 2. Educate Yourself 3. Allocate Resources

A couple of days ago, I had a chat with a co worker who just received a promotion and is moving cross country to California. I let him know, as a member of my team I always admired how relentless he was about his own professional development. This guy is always reading up on our industry and practicing sales tips/techniques. He even learned a couple of languages to prepare for different opportunities in Asia. In lieu of coming on the podcast, he gave me the title of today’s episode: Chance Favors the Ready. I am going to let you know what that means to me and how I put it into practice here on the View 112 Podcast. Chance Favors the Ready… its right up there with Seneca the Younger’s “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”. In other words stay ready so you don’t have to get ready.  I’m here for that! Here are a few of my best practices to prepare for a professional opportunity: 1. Evaluate your LinkedIn Profile and Resume 2. Commit to Skill Building NOW 3. Know What's Poppin' in your Industry 4. Practice Apprenticeship

Affirmations are specific statements used to help you visualize and believe in what you are setting out to do. Today I am sharing my brief story of affirmations and the new book I’m reading The Motivation Manifesto here on the View 112 Podcast.  I've spent a lot of time talking about goal setting and quarterly reviews. I've also been reading a lot about affirmations so I've decided to give them a try. In the past, I've used something similar to affirmations such as mantras while running or working out to encourage myself past the mental hurdles that pop up. I also recently listened to an episode of The Tim Ferris Show in which Seth Godin shares his experience with affirmations. His testimonial convinced me further to give it a whirl.  I will be saying these affirmations out loud 3 times per day (I've set a reminder on my iPhone) and writing them down once per day.   On this podcast I share the whys behind my August affirmations: I am worthy of all God has for me.  I will do what it takes to graduate in 2018 I will build a lucrative writing career and advance professionally. My body is a powerful temple and I will take care of it.  I will give and receive love beyond my wildest dreams As a nice compliment to this practice, I just picked up The Motivation Manifesto from Brendon Burchard. In this book, Burchard shares his 9 Declarations and I find them to be pretty powerful. I share them as well. Books come into our lives in different seasons and can be used for many different reasons. Again, I think this book will be a great compliment to the work I'm doing with affirmations.  Hope you enjoy this episode.  

In this episode, I review my quarterly progress on 2017 goals in life and business. I also read and respond to a listener question about vision boards and goal setting

For the 20th Episode of the View 112 Podcast, I snag a special guest! One of my business mentors, Terrence McBurnie II. Terrence has served in the United States Air Force, holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration, and has enjoyed an accomplished career in leadership with a couple of Fortune 100 caliber companies. Terrence is the first person to acquaint me with the concept of having a Personal Board of Directors for development. This concept of mentorship has changed the way I asses mentors and reevaluate the type of mentor I am to others. On this episode, I ask Terrence more details about establishing a Personal Board of Directors and what components are important to him. As usual, he provides great insight. You'll see why he's one of my mentors.   During our chats over the years, Terrence challenged me with a thought from renowned author, speaker, and businessman Jim Rohn:  "You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with". We discuss the significance of this this concept and the power of cultivating relationships that matter. Thanks for much for listening!

This Father's Day edition of the View 112 Podcast my sister Deaven Taylor comes back and we chat about the impact our Dad had on our lives as professional women.

Here I share the courses, books, and podcasts I'm into this summer for my personal and professional development.

Jeanita and Patrick discuss Simon Sinek's book Together is Better, leadership, and the 2017 NBA Finals.

I'm ready to make the most of Summer 2017. Check out my goals...

I believe in the power of words. I am an eternal advocate of reading as it has truly changed my life. Listen today as I share how reading has shaped my life first as a young girl, then a professional and now as a writer. Reading is truly one of the great loves of my life. This is my ode to reading here on the View 112 Podcast.

Listen as I share 3 ways I am working to build my writing business.

Special Guest Deaven Taylor (my sister) and I discuss how my mom's entrepreneurial ventures influenced is as teens and now adults.

While sharing a few personal stories, I discuss 4 ways to advance in your career or business

Not all side hustles are born due to lack of job satisfaction. Here are tips to loving both.

We all start off as rookies at some point in our career. Often times over and over again. Here are some tips to make the most of it.

In this episode I discuss the process in defining my brand as a professional and finding my voice and brand as a writer.

Hi and welcome to Episode 8 of the View 112 Podcast. Between those of you who listen to the podcast on line at View112.com or those of you who read the show notes, I appreciate the support! Today is Saturday April 1st! We are officially done with 1 quarter of 2017. The topic for today's podcast is 2017 Q1 Review.This year, I took a different approach to my New Year's Resolutions and planning. I did set goals for the year, but I also mapped out a quarterly plan. I changed my approach because I noticed at the end of 2016, there were some goals I set for myself that I didn't accomplish or had not even thought about doing, mostly because I didn't have a plan. I spent the last quarter of the year trying to see if I could hit the target on some of the goals I set way back in the beginning of the year. I didn't feel good trying to play catch up so I decided to make a change. For the most part, setting quarterly goals has been a hit. I set high level goals like: write more, keep in shape, complete school, improve finances, and take care of my health. I mapped out Quarter 1 with a list of to-dos and ideas. January: Register for school, complete whole 30, book all medical appointments (eye, dentist, physical, gyn, therapist), file divorce paperwork, complete 1 blog post per week for 112Books.com, and 112 Book Drive?February: Prep for big move at work, stay strong in class work with discussion boards, yoga/beach body/run/bike (wellness challenge at work), complete 1 blog post per week, consider home buying options and lower car payment, build professional network, consider Paleo.March: Keep focused with school work, prep for lenten season, game plan summer semester, 1-2 blog posts per week. Running plan/bike plan/yoga, decide if moving (lease is up), sharpen writing skills (maybe a class), and Women's History Month (consider advocacy and literacy activities)Some highlights to note: 1. I did not really picture View 112 (blog or podcast) being a thing so this has been quite the experience. Through it all I have posted 2 times a week, for which I am very proud. This and my school work has helped sharpen my writing skills a bit. Still, I do need to work on more professional development in this area. 2. I did improve my financial outlook by slightly lowering my car payment, getting out of a bad loan, and getting a new car in the process. I also negotiated and renewed my lease for one more year, 3. I have maintained my physical fitness with spinning yoga, and started a new running plan a couple of weeks ago, and 4. I am wrapping up 2 classes toward my degree: Human Resource Management, and Entrepreneur Venture Planning. In the past, I have often registered for classes and then mid semester when things get crazy at work, I drop the classes. Not this time. Ya girl has been, not just hanging in there, but thriving. Trending for As in both classes. Obviously there are some things that didn't get done. I will incorporate them into my Q2 Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams for Spring: 1. I didn't take care of all of my medical appointments. I did go to the eye doctor and the dentist in March. I still need to get my annual physical and GYN exam. Which leads me to 2. My eating habits are kind of a problem. Sloppy. Still working out fairly regularly, but my diet is a mess. Whole 30 was an epic fail in January. I didn't make it past my birthday. 3. I would not say I've built my professional network though I am pleased with some of the advances I've made professionally. I need to join a writing group, conference, MeetUp or something in this space as a freelancer. You know, just be around other people who do this. Plus View 112 is totally different than 112 Books and I need to upgrade my plans and goals to match the expectations I have for this new platform. At work, I'll be celebrating 5 years (2 in my current role) in May and haven't expanded my network to collaborate or work with anyone new in at least a year. 4. About that divorce paperwork...yeah I need to get to it. Looking back like this helps me see my progress but also identify what I need to do in Q2. At this pace I will accomplish a lot more in 2017 than I did in 2016. So how about you? Where are you with your 2017 resolutions, goals, plans? Would you benefit from a quarterly strategy and review? Here's what it looked like when I mapped it out in late December. I'm working on that Q2/Q3 update now: First Draft of 2017 Quarterly Plan...

For those unfamiliar, I am taking classes toward my undergraduate degree in Management Studies. One of the classes I am taking is Entrepreneurship and New Venture Planning. For this class I had an assignment to interview an entrepreneur and I interviewed DJ Lady B. Bee Wood hails from Nashville, TN and was inspired to DJ at very young age. DJ Lady B also created the beat to the into of the View112 podcast. Bee and I discuss freelancing and entrepreneurship through the following questions:How did you get started in Deejaying?How did you find the confidence to enter a male dominated arena?What has been the biggest obstacle as a freelancer/entrepreneur?Do you use any productivity tools or apps for time management?How do you attract clients?What advice do you have for negotiating contracts?What advice do you have for someone scared to pursue entrepreneurship?

A few reasons we (yes, we) don’t go and pursue our dreams: 1. fear of not getting it right 2. timing and 3. concerned we are going to make a mistake and people are going to judge us. Well I have news.We will make mistakes and people will judge. Now that we’ve acknowledged that, how can we fail and then move forward?You will learn from the mistake and the judgement. The criticism will help you be better. I want to share a story with you. The day I dreaded the most in college was Wednesday. Wednesday was the day in my creative writing class in which we were forced to share our assignments to the class. As a sophomore, taking this class with mostly juniors and seniors, I was intimidated by my talented classmates. These same talented people whose work I admired would be providing me feedback on my work. All the feedback made my pieces better for sure. Still the day before critique days would keep me up at night. My professor suggested I attend and participate in the local open mic night. Her theory was to build stronger tolerance to feedback and judgement. The additional element of judgement from strangers instead of my classmates was unnerving. I went from participating in open mic night my sophomore year, to hosting open mic night my junior year. The process made me not only comfortable receiving criticism, but craving the feedback to get better. Sure, there were harsh comments and times I felt misunderstood. Those feelings were significantly outweighed by the times I got so much help and support. Thinking back, I was such a stronger writer in college thanks to the repetition of writing and then facing the regular critique of my work. Its a process I am trying to reproduce here to rebuild that muscle. Publicly learning a new skill set like podcasting and blogging surely will attract judgement and criticism. I’ve been thinking a lot about that bright 19 year old girl in college and how I’m a bit different today. I’ve allowed some setbacks and failures over the last 20 years to dim that light just a bit. I’ve lost some of that 19 year old bravery that propels you to be risky without regard of failure and then the rewards that come from that. I think about how many times I’ve hesitated to try something out of fear of making a mistake and the judgement that will follow. Going forward I will draw from 19 year old me. The 19 year old that was fearless. I want to be the kind of person and writer that would amaze her. What’s holding you back from what you need to do today?

My last podcast episodes: Be a Doer and Focus on the Work sparked my first listener question!What best practices do you have for a person wanting to try something new and stuck in the research phase of a project?The Research Phase. You can always tell my interests or opportunities based on what I am reading. Literally everything from running to recipes, I've read several books on subjects in which I need more information. I think there needs to be a balance between books and articles. Books go in detail and you can find varying opinions. The thing about books is depending on the industry, the information can grow outdated. MagazInes and online articles will give you the latest and greatest information. I love a balance of both. I would like to caution: you cannot live in the research phase forever. You have to start DOING things…which brings me toExperiment. The example I gave about this before is with this podcast. I have listened to many podcasts. I have done research about podcasting. I understand conceptually what I want to achieve via a podcast platform, but until I actually start podcasting, I will have no idea what I’m really doing. Learning through experimenting is vital. You can learn from mistakes you don’t want to make again. I’ve also learned from feedback. Just in the first 4 episodes, I’ve received a lot of feedback that make my podcasts better. Feedback, brings be to my final point:Seek counsel/mentorship. Is there someone excelling at what you are looking to do? Ask for help. People really do love helping people. One of my favorites thoughts around this is from The Alchemist “And when you want something, the universe conspires in helping you achieve it”. When you seek, help, people will help you in ways you never imagined. When I started the 112 books challenge, not only did I get over 300 book titles, I got actual books to read too. To this day, people still give me titles. When I said I wanted to be serious about my writing, I had friends help me with my wevsite and the pdocast. All because they wanted to see me be successful.

The 100th book I read during the 112 Books reading challenge was Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday. There is a line in the chapter titled "Talk Talk Talk" that caused me to evaluate how I do things. Here is the quote: “It’s a temptation that exists for everyone-for talk and hype to replace action.” p.24How often do we talk about things we have yet to do? You see, up until that moment in my book challenge, I would take a picture of me with the book and share it on social media. I'd say I'm going to read this or #currentlyreading. People would ask me what it was about or if it was a good book and I couldn’t respond. My blog posts were also shallow because I wasn’t ready to review a book I had not read. Going forward, I decided to read a book, write a blog post reviewing the book, and then share on social media. I had so much more insight and could connect with people better. That small simple change made all the difference. Allow me to share why this simple shift was huge for me. In the sales world we are all about forecasting, setting lofty goals, competing and bragging. To simply shut up, put your head down, do the work and THEN share the work is not the way I’ve gone about my life professionally. Everyone wants to know what you are “working on” and how you foresee executing something. If I am honest there is a part of me that likes the validation I get. I like when people are excited to see what I am reading. Talking trash motivates me and makes me accountable to what I’m about to do. But I’ve found greater rewards as of late from focusing on the work. I still get the validation but now with better results. This week I got a suggestion to throw a party for the launch of View112.com and the View 112 Podcast. The idea was to help showcase my work and market the platform. My immediate response was meet with surprise: absolutely not I said. I went on to explain 2 reasons why: I don’t believe I’ve accomplished anything worth celebrating. I’ve invested some money into a website that is less than a month old and recorded 3 podcasts. What is the party about? In Ego is the Enemy, Holiday warns that by celebrating or telling people about your aspirations early, you could fool yourself into believing they are already accomplishments.If you are going to build a tall stage and cast a wide spotlight, you better put on a killer show! I’ve run a company before and I am a pretty good sales person. My biggest mistake as a business owner in the past is to drum up business that my team was not prepared to handle. I did not have a good production plan in place to accommodate orders causing a lot of stress on my team and failed delivery times for my customers. I need to have strong content, posting schedule, and delivery in place.Trust me when it is time to party, I will be there with my dress and champagne! I just want to make sure I’ve done the work.How often do you talk about things you have yet to do? What will you do differently?

Today I explore creating vs consumption

Welcome to the View 112 Podcast! I am Jeanita Morris. For my birthday (1/12), I've decided to give podcasting a try.