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Ruben Harris is the co-founder and CEO at Career Karma, which bills itself as the easiest way to find a job training program online. Rachelle Olden is Lead at Google's Tech Equity Collective, which creates energizing paths into tech for Black people.  Together, they're launching the Black Genius Academy — a software initiative to demystify fast-growing tech career fields and support Black talent in identifying technical education programs that prepare them to enter the industry with no prior experience required. On this episode, Ruben and Rachelle speak with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the launch of the initiative. Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm profoundly excited to have our amazing guest Asa Leveaux on the show with us tonight. ABOUT ASA: I am a divine soul that is obsessed with you having that "aha moment" when you realize that not only are you a genius with an action plan but you're also divinely dope as well. I am an international professional speaker, 3x bestselling author, decorated combat veteran and awarded entrepreneur who has the capacity to make a difference for you and your organization...NOW! As "America's #1 EntreQUEERneur Coach™", host of "The EntreQueerNeur Show w/Asa Leveaux", creator of Oklahoma Black Business Expo™, Executive Producer of the first LGBTQ webseries in Oklahoma "Scandalous Tales", founder of Genius Academy ™, founder of Queer School™and creator of SingleCon™, I have developed the business and philanthropic acumen that will bring a high level of clarity, creativity and accountability to your dream and vision. The only question now is...what more are you waiting for? Ready for your deep dive with Asa??? Head to his website to connect: https://www.asaleveaux.com/#about --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehealthymindfck/support

I'm profoundly excited to have our amazing guest Asa Leveaux on the show with us tonight. ABOUT ASA: I am a divine soul that is obsessed with you having that "aha moment" when you realize that not only are you a genius with an action plan but you're also divinely dope as well. I am an international professional speaker, 3x bestselling author, decorated combat veteran and awarded entrepreneur who has the capacity to make a difference for you and your organization...NOW! As "America's #1 EntreQUEERneur Coach™", host of "The EntreQueerNeur Show w/Asa Leveaux", creator of Oklahoma Black Business Expo™, Executive Producer of the first LGBTQ webseries in Oklahoma "Scandalous Tales", founder of Genius Academy ™, founder of Queer School™and creator of SingleCon™, I have developed the business and philanthropic acumen that will bring a high level of clarity, creativity and accountability to your dream and vision. The only question now is...what more are you waiting for? Ready for your deep dive with Asa??? Head to his website to connect: https://www.asaleveaux.com/#about --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehealthymindfck/support

A little update about where the Package Your Genius podcast is going...   I haven't sat down to record an episode of Package Your Genius in eight months and for that, I need to be straight up with you and offer my sincerest apologies. When the year started, I was in a season of searching that took me a little longer than it usually takes at the beginning of a new year. I knew I was on the cusp of a season of personal and business change - I can't tell you how I knew it, but I did know it. And for that reason, I believe my spirit was stuck in quicksand. I kept trying to put my own plan together for 2020, but every time I'd try, I'd get nowhere. It was like God was saying - "Girl, no need for a plan right now. Stay flexible. Things are about to get weird..." Then the pandemic hit, and the year began to unravel quickly. I had just launched a high-end group program for established personal brands - AGENCY - and as we onboarded new members, news of the pandemic spread. Two weeks into the new program, my kids' school shut down and transitioned to virtual classes. My husband's corporate job also went virtual so everyone was working from home. Four weeks into the new program, several of my clients reported lost revenue due to pandemic-related cancellations. I was devastated, terrified, unnerved - you name it. I immediately went into my default recession mental programming. If you know my story, you know that when the Great Recession of 2007-2008 hit, I was laid off from my newspaper staff writer position with a newborn baby and my husband would soon lose his job as well. While I hunkered down and started the first iteration of my PR business, I remember feeling stressed and scared the entire time. In those early months, there was a lot of hitting and a lot of missing - and with a newborn baby, there was so much pressure to succeed for survival's sake.   Fast forward to this past spring, and my default story around uncertain economic times started to play in my head. I mean, it was visceral. I could literally feel the panic of 2007-2008 just as if I were once again a first-time twenty-something mother who had just lost her job. Like many parents, I wondered if my kids would mentally be okay spending so much time indoors and if any of us would catch the virus and get sick. I grieved not getting to visit my grandmother on her 90th birthday which coincided with the kids' spring break. More in line with my conditioning though, as I watched news of rising unemployment numbers in the USA, I worried if I would be okay if my clients' businesses would be okay and if I should brace for a season of drought and struggle. But this time, I was far removed from that 2007 2008 version of myself as a business owner who's weathered her fair share of storms and built something profitable and sustainable - something I am proud of. But that didn't keep me from feeling the physical manifestation of anxiety, and replaying my recession story both mentally and physically. My fear froze me. I held off on launching the programs I'd had on my calendar for 2020. I took my focus off of myself and dove into supporting my children as they navigated classes on RingCentral and Zoom. I gave all my energy to my new program clients which paid off handsomely when I witnessed them clawing back to rebuild their 2020 revenues, outline and publish their books, raise six-figure sponsorships, host sold-out virtual events, and land a traditional book deal. I plan to record either a special podcast episode or virtual training on the specific lessons I learned about building your profits via your personal brand even during a pandemic.   But anyway, a few of my new agency clients ended up leaving the program early due to their own situations regarding COVID - one, in particular, was a hospital executive who was essentially living at the hospital and putting herself at risk every day to go to work. But some of the clients we onboarded that spring stayed for the full duration of the 6-month program and can I tell you, it was our weekly calls that kept me focused and productive so much so that I need to call them by name - Thank you Tamika, Amber, Tiffany, Kimberly, Tisa, Tanya, and Susan for giving me a place to put my mental focus on the days I wanted to spiral back into my old story.   Working with these ladies through the first months of the pandemic was so eye-opening - their courage to keep showing up and continue offering their gifts to the world inspired me to keep showing up and keep offering my gifts to them. In hindsight, working with them really got me through the worst of it - at least what has been the worst of it so far.   But back to what happened with the podcast. I knew about a year ago that I needed to pivot my mission and the content for this podcast because I'd started to veer into a new direction with what I was being called to share. Even though it would literally take me 5 minutes to make a list of 20 personal branding topics that would neatly fit under the package your genius umbrella, I prefer to share what is being channeled through me and give you the downloads directly from my source.   And those how-to service pieces were not coming through, okay? You probably noticed how you started hearing a lot about nature and purpose and finding your path much more than you heard about how to write a better bio or grow your audience on LinkedIn. Which is why I believe I lost my podcast voice for eight months. Until I was ready to claim this other more "woo woo" part of myself and my voice, I thought it was better to say nothing at all.   But I'm excited to announce I have decided to step into the new season of my voice and I've launched PURPOSESCAPING, my new podcast and platform to help you go deeper with your personal brand and clear a pathway to your purpose.   PURPOSESCAPING has been in the works for a while, but I'm happy to finally have the opportunity to share it with you. So if you're interested in where I'm going with my new level of thinking, search for PURPOSESCAPING wherever you listen to your podcasts and subscribe. I've also set up an Instagram account just for that brand and it's @purposescaping so please follow along and engage with me there.   Now. What does that mean for Package Your Genius? To be honest, I am not 100% sure just yet. However, I did feel like the content I've produced here up to this point is relevant to many of you, and may be relevant to people who discover me for the first time in the future. That's why I didn't rebrand Package Your Genius to PURPOSESCAPING and essentially erase it from the internet. I wanted to let it stand here as a resource to people who still want to check out these 150+ episodes as they may be relevant to wherever you are on your journey. Because everyone won't want to come along - I'm clear that PURPOSESCAPING is not for everybody.   Will I continue to update the Package Your Genius podcast? As I see it now, I definitely won't be updating the podcast as regularly as I did before, however I still have tactical content from time to time that would probably make more sense to share here, so I may publish at least one episode or interview here per month. We'll see. I'm not putting a ton of pressure on it as PURPOSESCAPING is my major focus right now. But again, as I have tactical personal branding nuggets to share, I plan to share them with you here.   For example, next week I'm hosting one of my longtime students and clients, diversity consultant Amber Cabral in conversation with an acquisitions editor at Wiley Press. They're going to be discussing how to land a traditional book deal as an expert without a huge following, so I may come back on and share a few nuggets from that conversation. If you would like to participate in that live and hear from the book editor and about Amber's experience attracting the attention of a major publisher and landing a book deal in the middle of a pandemic, we are making that conversation a bonus to people who preorder a copy of her book Allies and Advocates, so watch our social media for those details. I'm @packageyourgenius and she's @bamcabral   Last announcement, I am excited to open the doors for another group of students of Package your Genius Academy in November. This group will be a little different - I plan to work with this group over 6 months instead of the traditional 3 so we'll get a chance to GO DEEPER into the concepts, and lean into the brand-building challenges. We'll be embedding much of the new PURPOSESCAPING framework into how I teach. If you've been looking to package your genius finally and feel that now is the time check it out. If you want to work with someone and be in community for at least six months, and you have the time to invest as well as the financial resources to invest, reach out. This is a program, not a course and will be priced as such.   We're looking for individuals who are committed to branding the most authentic version of who they are, ready to step into the NEXT LEVEL of their gift, high achievers who feel like they've reached a level of success that may impress other people but they know they are being called to do more - even if friends and family think they're crazy for wanting to do more tired of just doing what they CAN do - what they have the talent, expertise, and skills to do - or what others recruit them to do. We want to work with people who are on a journey to find their true purpose and the work they were BORN to do. We're looking for coachable clients who understand their PR/Marketing gaps and want to grow. We're looking for those who are willing to be brave and try new things even if they don't understand why you're being asked to do it.   Is that you? If so, apply to work with my team and I at packageyourgeniusacademy.com but make sure you do so in the next day or so as we're reviewing applications and getting qualified applicants onboarded soon so we can start next month. We're not doing a long involved launch this time around - I really want to touch people who are already in my orbit and are familiar with what I'm about so no hard sell here. If you hear about it you hear about it, and if it speaks to you it speaks to you. Because I truly believe the people who are meant to join me over the next few months will hear about it and find their way to applying.   That's all for now - know that I've missed you terribly, and I'm grateful to each and every one of you who has given me a reason to turn on my microphone and record into the void. If you've listened this far, be sure to let me know by saying hi on social media, I'm @packageyourgenius on Instagram - and as always don't forget to rate the show and give us a review if you're so inclined.

Asa Leveaux grew up with a burning desire for knowledge. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Asa grew up the oldest of five siblings. His role as eldest sibling catapulted him to leadership roles within his family dynamic making it easy for him to continue to lead throughout his academic career. With multiple degrees that include an AS in Liberal Studies, a BA in Administrative Leadership, and certification in Behavioral Health Rehabilitation, Asa's path was clear. His expertise in business development and optimization was refined through an extensive study of coaching technologies, philosophies, and various provided assessment tools. Asa, known as America's Leading Clarity Coach, has coached and mentored actors, singers, other entertainment business leaders, fitness, health , and wellness professionals, millennial entrepreneurs, business professionals, and more which he has made a positive and measurable impact . He has also been a professional speaker for numerous organizations that reach out to the disenfranchised, including youth and people overcoming obstacles to re-enter the workforce. Asa founded the Genius Academy™ (division of Leveaux Group, Inc™)which promotes personal and business success through the implementation of key strategies that are encouraged through inspiration and tactical execution. Genius Academy™ is a resource and network for individuals which has entrepreneurs' main goal is seeing their ideas from formation to success. Leveaux has written several books on a number of topics including "I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men" and "I Am Woman Enough: 365 Affirmations for Women" which encourages with daily notes, quotes and sayings that help them put lives of women and men into perspective. Asa leverages his unparalleled skill set to propel his own success as well as the growth of his colleagues and clients.

Ross Chats with Asa Leveaux, the founder of Genius Academy, about life, his experiences, inspiration, and hope. Asa is energetic, compassionate, poetic, and amiable. Asa's Links Fuck Balance Asa's Upcoming Book www.fuckbalance.co Entrepreneur Playbook www.entrepreneurplaybook.co Website www.asaleveaux.com Queer School www.queerschool.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritual-phoenix-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spiritual-phoenix-podcast/support

This episode will be an inspiring discussion with author, motivator, and entrepreneur Asa Leveaux. Asa founded the Genius Academy™ (division of Leveaux Group, Inc™) which promotes personal success through the implementation of key strategies that are encouraged through inspiration and tactical execution. Genius Academy™ is a resource and network for individuals which has entrepreneurs' main goal is seeing their ideas from formation to success. Leveaux has written several books on a number of topics including his latest "I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men" which encourages men daily with notes, quotes, and sayings that help them put their lives into perspective. Asa leverages his unparalleled skill set to propel his own success as well as the growth of his colleagues and clients. If you need to be inspired, this is definitely the show to listen to.  For more info about Asa, click http://www.asaleveaux.com/ For more info about Donta, click http://www.dontamorrison.com

This interview is part of the “Personal Branding Expert Series“.Asa Leveaux trains and develops aspiring entrepreneurs to help them create their very first $10,000 within their business.His story consists of military service, working for large companies, and an accounting internship which not only gave him experience with corporate culture, but also helped him to develop an appreciation for it. Episode Summary1. Asa Leveaux talks about what Branding means to him.2. He also explains why he chose to be authentic in his branding style.3. Asa discusses the benefits of publishing books and speaking.4. Asa describes how to get started when adding branding to your core and business.5. Asa talks about changing the narrative of pre-existing platforms such as social media to reflect your brand.6. He also tells us why he brings a soccer ball to networking events.7. Asa sheds light on the concept of Balance, and his risky new book title.8. Asa leaves us with an inspiring and thought provoking concept about self awareness and self worth.Quotes“Branding to me is the story that is remembered about you once someone comes into contact with you on one platform or another.”“I desire individuals to have the information that will best serve them without any of my ego attached to it”“If somebody out there is praying for something, they are praying for a particular solution, they are meditating day in and day out for a particular solution: what solution do you bring?”“Being able to articulate what you do in a way that can be digested and a way the person listening can take action in one way or another will help you greatly”“Your brand is not based on one thing”“You don't do things to color within the lines”“Comparison is the thief of all joy”“I don't want to be all things to all people all of the time. I'm going to stay present in the moment and maximize where I am”“There is nothing like being able to look into the mirror, tell yourself that you love what you see and you mean it”Links:To learn more about Asa Leveaux visit his website. He can also be reached on LinkedIn or Twitter.His business Genius Academy helps train and develop aspiring entrepreneurs to help them create their very first $10,000 within their business. His upcoming book Fuck Balance is releasing in a few week. BonusThe most famous B.C Clark Jingle from Oklahoma City.Intro Music provided courtesy of Accelerated Ideas (www.accelerated-ideas.com). Soundtrack – Siren KickbackEnding Music provided courtesy of Accelerated Ideas (www.accelerated-ideas.com). Soundtrack – No Need to Rush See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Asa Leveaux is fiercely committed to guiding entrepreneurs to achieve result-based transformations; he activates the genius in their minds and in their money, he also trains them to know that they are the answer to someone’s prayers so they can possess an existence that is saturated in apossibilities. If you are looking for a proven expert who can guide you to address what is blocking you from your true success, to locate where your genius can best be nurtured and how to reside out of the box, you have met the right person. Mr. Leveaux has over a decade of organizational experience working with amazing clients, customers, employees and decision makers while guiding them to achieve remarkable success. His mission and commitments are to take you from your level of bull and give you the tools and resources that will support you on your journey to blissful success.   Questions Tell us a little bit about yourselves and your journey What are some of the founding principles that helped you to be successful? How do you feel as a customer in your everyday activities? What are some of the things you help businesses work on to ensure that they can make even more than USD $10,000.00 after they’ve made their first USD $10,000.00 and what are some of the keys things they need to be doing differently than everybody else in their industry and market they are in? From your book, can you share some information you are able to get across and who it is meant to help? How do you stay motivated every day? As an entrepreneur, what are some important considerations for an entrepreneur or online business owner you believe for them to be successful? What is the one online resource, website, tool or app that you absolutely cannot live without in your business? What are some of the books that have had the biggest impact on you? What is one thing in your life right now that you are really excited about – something that you are working on to develop yourself or people? If you were sitting across the table from another business owner and they said to you that they feel they have great products and services but they lack the constantly motivated human capital, what’s the one piece of advice would you give them to have a successful business, specifically as it relates to constantly motivated human capital? Where can our listeners find your information online? What is one quote or saying that you live by or that inspires you in times of adversity?   Highlights Asa Leveaux is the founder of Genius Academy; he created the Genius Prescription System, which is a seven step system for aspiring entrepreneurs to make their first USD $10,000.00 in business. And though Genius Academy is the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of the Leveaux Group and best selling author, those accolades and achievements just didn’t embody who he was all the time. There was a time that none of those things existed but what did exist was a level of frustration with himself, a level of frustration with no one allowing his cash register to ring as he became an entrepreneur, frustration with his family of not giving him the support that he thought he needed from them, even the frustration of not being able to provide for his little boy who he calls his “son” and his “sun”. Even though he was on state assistance for food, he still allowed him to go to school to second grade without a lunch and that was the last time he allowed himself to do that, he understood that he needed to take action to make that no longer a reality. Asa Leveaux shared that some of the founding principles that have contributed to his success for him is one, understanding that your passion is your problem. What he means by that is we all have a passion, it may be a non-profit which helps battered women, it may be to make sure that children can read in our communities, it may be that we love to make clothes and love fashion and that’s our passion or even fixing cars is something that we know that we are born to do but whatever that passion may be for you, realizing that no one else in the world was given the passion that you have, the way you have it, so because of that don’t insist that support from friends or family should be as high as yours because it’s not their passion, it’s your passion. Don’t create this unreal contract between them as though they need to support you in a way that you support yourself because they have their own passion to work with. That has been the biggest step for him. Asa stated that in his everyday activity as a customer he has come to a point in his life that he doesn’t create expectations for people, so when he enters a store or an atmosphere where he is about to make a transaction, he does his best to enter that space not expecting anyone to be nice to him but stated that’s an internal work he had to do with him being himself. He stated that if he was the person that is over that transactional environment or that retail store, then he is creating that expectation for those individuals that are providing customer service on his behalf to do the necessary things and making sure that those expectations are written down and are clear. So as a customer, doing his best to be mindful and conscious and loving of other people where they are, that’s how he operates. As far as a business person that may have individuals that is responsible for customer service in his organization, that expectation looks like a PWS (Priority Award Statement) and SOP’s as in you will treat the customer this way and being very specific about that to ensure that the customer experience is a good one. Asa Leveaux shared that some things that he ensures that he tells them is that your result statement needs to be visible, clear and consistent. So often individuals are not clear about what they provide for people. If you are in the health care profession and you ensure that people are resilient, that by itself is not enough, he needs to understand that when he exchanges value for value which may look like money for your time, he needs to know what the results are so that he can be very clear of what to expect from you and the result statement has to be there and if the results statement is not there, now he’s a confused buyer and your sales conversation will be longer and harder because you did not set it in stone what it is that you do and how you do it and who you do that for. For instance, he started this interview by stating his name, stated the he ensures aspiring entrepreneurs make their first USD $10,000.00 as a result of creating a Genius Prescription System, he knows who he is meant to serve, he knows how he’s going to serve them and result that they are aiming for, if you don’t have those components, you are wasting your time and theirs. Asa shared that the most recent book that he wrote was a book called “I am Woman Enough: 365 Affirmations for Women”. When he mentions that he wrote that book, he initially gets hit with flack and he understands that because his response to their request of him creating that book was that he was not going to work it, he was complete in his experience of writing books that were affirmation based at that time but women kept asking him for the book. His thing was that he is a man, he is void of ovaries, so that doesn’t make him an expert on being a woman and he was very clear on that. He saw all of the strife that women and men have sent to Steve Harvey, T.D Jakes for writing books catered to women, he didn’t want to be a part of that, he didn’t sign up for that but when a woman stopped him in Texas and said “If you don’t write the book, who will?” He had nothing to come back with, he had no rebuttal and so because of that, he wrote the book, however he had 22 other women to help him in that endeavor.  Asa stated that I am Woman Enough book lead him to write his third book called “I am Man Enough: 365 Affirmation for Men” and the reason he wrote that because men sometimes, more often than not, get the bad end of the stick as far as blaming the world, so men are responsible for so much bad to the point that they are not seeing anyone taking a role their empowerment, just because you are the majority in certain spaces does not mean you do not need empowerment, just because you have a preconceived notion of power. That is the reason he wrote that book. There was a time when he was involved with someone in a relationship with someone and they were coming up to their one year anniversary and he wanted to give her something from the heart, not because he was being cheap but because that’s something she valued and it’s important to understand what your partner values, just because the last person liked flowers doesn’t meant the new person likes flowers. He was writing out all the reasons why he loved her and he was placing them in a box to look like a treasure chest and people were passing his office and seeing the project and said I should write a book about that and I said “What do you want me to do? Make all these reasons for her and give it to every woman?” They said exactly and that’s what he did. He created a workbook for couples called “365 Erotic Reasons Why I Love You” He is meeting a need, when your customer is saying they have a potential need; meet the need, that’s called research and development. The first book he created was based on his desire to hire more people that look like him, he was 23 years old with three different businesses and Oklahoma wanted to hire more black people and all of the black people that were showing up to him were usually very young, even younger than him and they didn’t have the necessary skills not just to get in his door but to get in any door. When he talked about this to other entrepreneurs in his community, they were experiencing the same thing. So he wrote a book to help them, the book is entitled “Why I Won’t Hire Black People: Racial Profiling for a Reason”. He stated that when you are writing books, it’s important to research your genre of book, he understood and was very specific, he was going for African Americans in the workplace and he started to look at books that were already doing that so he was reading books like “Black Faces in White Places” or “What It’s Like To Be Me” or “To Be Black In Corporate America.” “What could I do to ensure that people would react, create an emotion in people that would allow them to take action?” In his experience, the real true emotions that will …. are sexual and anger. When you are angry about a book or the content or even the person who wrote it, people tend to take more actions by obtaining more evidence of why they hate the person or why they hate the book, which is why he created it. Another thing he wanted to show them subconsciously is that a lot of times he is hit with “I shouldn’t be judged by what I look like if I am trying to be hired as a black person” and he would say “you are right, however, you are judging my book by its cover by not wanting you to be judged by yours”. It is a lesson within itself. The books are available on Amazon and his website – www.asaleveaux.com Asa Leveaux stated that every day he doesn’t feel like being motivated and sometimes it comes at 7:00 am in the morning and sometimes it doesn’t come until 11:07 pm at night. Asa stated that even with entrepreneurs, sometimes we don’t answer the phone until noon because we haven’t got the motivation yet, sometimes we quit the business three times before noon because things become difficult and we don’t see a way out but in those moments and in those days that he does have a hold on motivation, how it comes is him caring about the individuals who are waiting for him to show up. He knows that he was called for people that are choking on frustration and if he is too concerned about what’s happening or not happening with himself rather than what they are going through, he will remain unmotivated. Asa shared that if you are an online entrepreneur, the first thing he will want you to consider is your domain name. He stated that causes him a high level of anger when he sees a domain name that he knows is not converting anyone. For instance, if you have a book and you are saying that your book is available on Amazon and he asks where can he get it and you say go to Amazon and he asks what is the name of your book and you tell him but he doesn’t see it at all. How does he get there and you tell him that he needs to put in a search for your Amazon, he’s going to be angry, if you tell him to Amazon.com/selfhelp/Jamaica/yourname. He’s going to be angry again. It would be easier to go to a company such as GoDaddy.com and get a domain for your book and create something called a vanity URL which is just you’re pointing where your product is to the point that you want to bring them to. The Woman Enough book that he mentioned earlier, instead of saying go to Amazon and look for Asa Leveaux or look for Woman Enough book, he said go to WomanEnoughBook.com or ManEnoughBook.com and that just takes you to where he wants you to go. Asa stated that you should always direct people where you want them to go and make it easy for them. Yanique mentioned that she did an interview with Jay Baer Author of “Hug Your Haters” and he said from research, one of the number one things that customers want is speed. The quicker and easier customers can access you online the better because nobody has time to be digging and going through different pages just to find one thing. Asa mentioned that also with name, everybody’s name does not convert well in a podcast or any other auditory format. For instance, his name is Asa Leveaux, some people don’t know how to spell his last name, Asa is easy but why would he make that his potential customers’ problem of finding that out. Even though he has www.asaleveaux.com, he also has a www.lifewithasa.com. So he rarely says go to asaleveaux.com on auditory format but he will say it on a written but to say it out loud, he would usually say go to lifewithasa.com and they all point to the same website. Asa Leveaux shared that he compartmentalizes his life, meaning when it’s time for business, it’s business and when it’s not, it’s not. So for him, his phone is real so he doesn’t want to be contacted at 11:00 pm at night from anyone unless something is happening or they are going out for drinks. There’s a company call Grasshopper that allows you to receive incoming calls and make outgoing calls through their app, he makes all his calls through the grasshopper app and the thing about it is when he calls, his business number shows up, so if they want to call him back, that’s the number they call him back on. Asa shared that when he started his entrepreneurial journey the book that gave him the fire he wanted was a book called “Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!” by Robert T. Kiyosaki and he read that book more times than not and was totally enthralled by it, he says that whenever he sees it, like in a waiting room or someone pulls it out, he’ll read it again just because he likes it that much. Asa also stated that another book that made on impact was a book called “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason, which he really loves. The last one would be “The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure” by Grant Cardone. If you want to take responsibility for everything you have in your life, you need to read that book because everything that you could be doing could be 10 times that. Asa shared that something he did this morning, he was thinking about the customer experience, as he was getting ready for this interview, he started thinking about what it means to “woo your customer” because you want to them to be wooed, you don’t just get married to them all of a sudden, there’s a wooing process that needs to happen. How can he woo them quicker, sooner, faster? Genius Academy has a main platform called the Entrepreneurial Playbook and the Playbook gives you the different plays for your entrepreneurial journey, it’s a monthly subscription. He then thought what can he do to woo his customers? He then created the opportunity for anyone to take advantage of experiencing that for 30 days for USD $1.00. There’s a link for Genius Academy at lifewithasa.com or they can go to www.geniusacademy.co and look for the Entrepreneur Playbook and he also listed the coupon code. Asa stated that the Entrepreneurial Playbook has different course within it that they get to have access to so for instance, if you want to know how to publish your book, it’s there. If you want to sell your book on Amazon, it’s there and if want to sell period, it’s there. Marketing, how to operate your business, financing and speaking, it’s all there. There are eight courses that you get in the Playbook and you have access to all of them. Asa shared that for him it’s two fold. He stated that if he has people that are working for him, he will ensure that one of his (KPI’s) Key Performance Indicators is that they show up motivated because he may be out putting out a fire (figuratively or literally) and he doesn’t have the capacity in that moment to motivate the person that is handling his customers. However, when they get hired on, they will sign the agreement that these are your Key Performance Indicators and if you do not show up well in these specific ways that are measureable and quantifiable, meaning that you have a positive customer comment cards and you can resolve or de-escalate issues, then you will no longer be an asset. Ensuring that motivation is embedded within the things that are measured to keep someone on the team. The next thing is from a leadership point of view because as a leader, you are responsible for everything that does and does not happen in that business. Because of that you just let people know that you care about them, not necessarily the customer but the person who is caring for the customer because that’s the issue a lot of people don’t get. When you are the manager or even business owner and you keep saying the customer is always right, what are you then saying is that you have no value as the employee. One of the things he learned from Richard Branson is that he doesn’t say, “the customers are always right”, he says, “I value my employees” who are then feeling valued now can give value. If you have a workforce that is happy, they can then give that happiness to someone else but if they are depleted, they have nothing to give. Asa says listeners can find him on: www.lifewithasa.com www.asaleveaux.com Asa Leveaux Facebook Asa Leveaux Twitter Asa Leveaux LinkedIn Asa Leveaux Pinterest Genius Academy Facebook Genius Prescription System   Asa stated a quote that helps him by Albert Einstein “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” He uses that to ensure that he is clear whenever he is talking. He understands that your ego can be wrapped into using words when you are talking about the problems of life, you could talk about the vicissitudes of life but he would rather not go that route because his main goal is not for anyone to see the intelligence but he would rather you understand so that you can spend the money. If you are not clear on what he is talking about, you are confused by it, which actually means someone who doesn’t buy. So if he can’t explain to a six year old and that’s with anything, his business plan, how he’s going to talk to his customers, how he’s pitching a new product or service, if they don’t get it, he needs to go back to the drawing board and start over. He stated that he used his son for awhile but he is now 10 years old so he asks his nieces and nephews if it make sense to them and if they can tell it you as far as what it is that you do, then you are clear now.   Links “I am Woman Enough: 365 Affirmations for Women” by Asa Leveaux “I am Man Enough: 365 Affirmation for Men” by Asa Leveaux “365 Erotic Reasons Why I Love You” by Asa Leveaux “Why I Won’t Hire Black People: Racial Profiling for a Reason” by Asa Leveaux Grasshopper “Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!” by Robert T. Kiyosaki “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason “The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure” by Grant Cardone

This episode of the Shift Your Life Podcast, I share an interview I did via Blab with the Genius Activator Asa Leveaux.     During this blab conversation, Asa and I discussed the topic of What's Holding You Back?.  During this live video interview Asa and I provided tools and strategies on how to overcome limiting beliefs and how to create winning habits.     Asa founded the Genius Academy™ (division of Leveaux Group, Inc™)which promotes personal success through the implementation of key strategies that are encouraged through inspiration and tactical execution.   Genius Academy™ is a resource and network for individuals which has entrepreneurs' main goal is seeing their ideas from formation to success.   Leveaux has written several books on a number of topics including his latest "I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men" which encourages men daily with notes, quotes and sayings that help them put their lives into perspective.   Asa leverages his unparalleled skill set to propel his own success as well as the growth of his colleagues and clients.  

We are just DAYS away from a brand new year. How are you bringing in the New Year? And what are you leaving behind? Are you going to party, embrace your purpose, or find ways to combine the two? You can ENJOY LIFE while pursuing your goals. Join three dynamic coaches and let’s explore how we can truly make the most of the New Year ahead of us! Trina Ramsey is a career and life strategist, specializing in personal transformation and career transition. Founder of Perspectives Plus Coaching, she is launching The Just Do You Institute in 2016. A "people person" and a change agent, Trina is on a mission to help people to discover the joy in life and make more empowered decisions. Visit mycoachtrina.com. Get your FREE guide: 5 Signs it’s Time to Leave Your Job at http://bit.ly/ItsTime2Go Asa Leveaux’s personal motto is "possessing a joyous existence conceived by enlightened thought and achieved through love, passion and wealth". Asa works with coaches, trainers and entrepreneurs to attain a luxury level of accountability service for themselves and their clients as they innovate, learn and grow. Asa is Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc, Founder of Genius Academy™ and author of "I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men", Asa says, "Business is a necessity. Bliss is a luxury. You deserve both!" Antonina Romano-Bongiovanni, ELI-MP is a Transformational Life & Business Coach, Mindfulness Teacher, Conscious Leader, and Founder of Life Well Made. She helps individuals own their magic, awaken their true potential, and thrive in the face of change by helping them expand mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually to experience sustainable happiness and an abundance of peace, love, joy, and freedom in all areas of their life. Awaken to your best life, your LIFE WELL MADE www.lifewellmade.co

Deciding to break free from the status quo of dysfunction is one of the most liberating choices you can make and the most empowering experience you'll ever have. You'll find yourself in uncharted territory - one that includes a positive landscape, a 'refuse to give up' attitude, and a game plan that involves creating the life you've always desired. You're on a journey of self-discovery and it feels absolutely amazing... but, wait! What about 'those people' you left behind? You know, the family and friends... the same folks who are still 'functioning' in the dysfunction they've always lived in? How do you tell them that you're not the same person anymore? How do you show up at your next family dinner and reveal to them who you really are? Join Lisa Marie Pepe and Asa Leveaux as the two coaches reveal how to embrace your new identity and how to show up authentically in front of the people you still love the most without fear of rejection or ridicule. Lisa Marie is The Confidence & Online Visibility Coach for Heart-Centered Women Entrepreneurs. She empowers her clients to fully embrace their unique gifts and talents by providing them with the tools they need to have rock-solid confidence, become vibrantly visible online, thrive in business, and live the life they most desire. To contact Lisa Marie, call 203-671-0139 or email lisa@positivetransformation.net. Asa serves the world through his endeavors of love, passion and wealth through being the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc, Founder of Genius Academy™ and author of “I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men”. Asa often tells his audiences and clients that, “Business is a necessity. Bliss is a luxury. You deserve both!” To contact Asa, call 405-757-0164 or email asa@leveauxgroup.com.  

Life is akin to riding a thrilling roller coaster ride, filled with peaks and valleys, highs and lows. One minute we are on 'top of the world' and in the blink of an eye our whole lives may get flipped and turned upside down. Often, when we are blindsided by events that we could not predict nor prepare for, we are left feeling distressed, dejected, and depressed. From the loss of a loved one to the betrayl of a spouse and everything else in between, these unexpected events can either make or break us. The choice, however, is ultimately ours.  Join Lisa Marie Pepe, Asa Leveaux, and Tiffany Mayfield as the trio take to the airwaves on Wednesday, Semptember 23, 2015 at 2PM EST to discuss effecive ways to deal with life's unexpected setbacks. This is one show you can't afford to miss! Lisa Marie Pepe is The Confidence Coach for Heart-Centered Women Entrepreneurs. Her new book, "Abundantly You! On Purpose in Business: Face The Fear of The Unknown" is now available on www.amazon.com. To schedule a complimentary clarity consultation with Lisa Marie, visit www.positivetransformation.net or call 203-671-0139. Asa Leveaux serves the world through his endeavors of love, passion and wealth through being the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc, Founder of Genius Academy™ and author of “I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men.” Please visit Asa's website: www.geniusacademy.co for further info.  Tiffany Mayfield is a Master Transformational Coach, Public Speaker, Best Selling Author and Consultant. Through proven methods, tools and resources successful, executive women will be shown how to remove the fog and haze of life's most intimate breakdowns to gain clarity. Pllease visit www.tiffanymayfield,com for more info.

Please Join LeAnne, ans Asa, as we chat about Steppin it Up in the midst of Challenges, Chaos and Celebration! Asa Leveaux delights in the fact that he has learned to operate within his personal motto of "possessing a joyous existence conceived by enlightened thought and achieved through love, passion and wealth". As a result of working with Asa, coaches, trainers and entrepreneurs are guaranteed to receive a luxury level of accountability service for themselves and their clients as they innovate, learn and grow. Asa serves the world through his endeavors of love, passion and wealth through being the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc, Founder of Genius Academy™ and author of "I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men", Asa often tells his audiences and clients that, "Business is a necessity. Bliss is a luxury. You deserve both!” LeAnne Parsons is The Walk Your Talk Coach, as well as the CEO of Legacy Now Lived™. As a Coach, National Speaker, Radio Host, and Conscious Adoption Advocate™, LeAnne has given her life to the service of others. LeAnne is a former Homeschool Mom, a devoted Warrior Wife, a Grandmother, Reunited Adoptee, Small business owner, and New Nester. Parsons has walked through this life, one step at a time. LeAnne understands the challenges, fears and insecurities that each one of us can face as we journey through the many seasons of life. As a Certified Life and Leadership and Relationship Restoration Coach, and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner, as well as a C.ORE Wellbeing Specialist. LeAnne boldly stands shoulder to shoulder with you as you learn to courageously let go of all the obstacles that hold you back from fully embracing the life you were created to live.

Asa Leveaux is the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc., founder of Genius Academy and best selling author of "I Am Man Enough."   Press play and you will learn: - Learn how to find the value in you. - #1 productivity hack to have the best morning ever! - Learn how to become a best selling author by a best selling author, and so much more!   Join us!!

F.E.A.R. - it's a normal, but unpleasant emotion that we experience the minute we are made aware that we are in danger of being physically harmed. What happens though, when we mistakenly perceive something as threatening even though there is no evidence to support our misperceptions? Over time, these misperceived threats can leave us in state of angst, overwhelm, burnout, and defeat.  Join these three dynamic life coaches as they dive in deep to dissect the anatomy of fear. The trio will show you how to differentiate between real and perceived fear and how to bust through the latter. Lisa Marie Pepe is The Confidence Coach for Heart-Centered Women Entrepreneurs. Her new book, "Abundantly You! On Purpose in Business: Face The Fear of The Unknown" is now available on www.amazon.com. To schedule a complimentary consultation with Lisa Marie, visit www.positivetransformation.net or call 203-671-0139. Asa Leveaux serves the world through his endeavors of love, passion and wealth through being the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc, Founder of Genius Academy™ and author of  "I Am Man Enough: 365 Affirmations for Men."  To contact Asa, visit his website: www.leveauxgroup.com. Nikkia Bell is a Certified Coach, Speaker, and Trainer with the John Maxwell Team. She cultivates leaders and empowers individuals, helping them to grow forward. Please send an email to nikia@nikiabell.com or visit her  website: www.johnmaxwellgroup.com/nikiabell for more information.

Are you worn out from trying to fit in? Have you followed all the rules and done everything everyone says you need to do in order to be successful? What if there were a way to create the life you’ve always dreamed of just by slowing down, doing you and BEING? Sure it sounds counterproductive and a little crazy, but what if it were true? If you’ve ever wondered if there were even an ounce of truth to that whole “just be” movement — or if this is the first time you’ve ever heard of such nonsense and we’ve piqued your curiosity — then this show is for YOU! Tune in as my brilliant co-hosts and I share Part 2 of our journeys toward “going with the flow” and decide for yourself if you’re up for the challenge of letting go and just being you. Danica Trebel, Communication & Family Dynamics Coach, knows first-hand the power of the spoken and unspoken word. It was through her own personal experiences that led her to this place of healing, restoration and passion to help others. She is an expert in helping people live their lives to the fullest through faith, communication and vulnerability. Asa Leveaux, Founder and Chief Genius Activator of Genius Academy™ which is the largest and most effective accountability practice in the world, is the Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer of Leveaux Group, Inc. and is the author of “Why I Won’t Hire Black People” and “365 Erotic Reasons Why I Love You." Gina Costa-Goldfarb, a breast cancer survivor and Certified Professional Coach & Energy Leadership Master Practitioner, is the owner of New Beginnings with Gina. Please visit her website for more details on her programs and services at www.newbeginningswithgina.com.

Host: LaShawn Allen-Muhammad Dr. Freya Anderson Rivers is a retired Elementary School principal and former director of The Genius Academy, an international educational consulting group.  She is the founder and creator of Sankofa Publishing Company, Sankofa Shule College Preparatory Public School Academy and Sankofa Watoto Preschool. Sankofa, an Afrocentric charter school was called an "Educational Powerhouse" under her leadership by U.S. News & World Report and was also highlighted in The Wall Street Journal. She has diversified experience as a teacher, educational consultant, publisher, retail business owner and a leader in government, economic and social issues. Her recent publication, “Swallowed Tears” is a story of an African American family's courage and perseverance. This story is about one family but there were thousands of unknown individuals and families who daily put their lives on the line to end segregation. Dr. Dupuy H. Anderson was one of these individuals who persisted in spite of numerous threats to his life to change the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was one of the many in Baton Rouge who fought for change. When the moment began in Baton Rouge, no one knew that the impact of the 1953 bus boycott would create universal hope for the rights of equality, justice and freedom. The leaders did not know that Martin Luther King, Jr. would use their model as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, challenging oppression in the struggle for truth, justice and righteousness, Dr. Dupuy H. Anderson, one man, made a difference