A friend of mine recently asked me about an influencer program she was considering. The program promised to help her scale her business in record time, make millions of dollars (just like the influencer herself), and fast-track her life to wild success. The program was also a whopping $7000 for 4 weeks! “I’ll be hitting …
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A few years ago, I got my hands on a copy of Tim Ferris’s book The Four-Hour Work Week, where the author described what he dubbed the “new rich,”— a generation of workers and entrepreneurs that leverage the internet to make an income while filling their lives with travel and experiences. This is a generation …
A few weeks ago, a company I greatly admire reached out to me to teach a class on confidence. I was ecstatic, elated, excited, and feeling all the positive, serotonin-filled emotions at the prospect of doing something out of my comfort zone. But as the news sunk in, these positive emotions were quickly replaced with …
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For Zahra Siddiqui, the world is full of color. Zahra is a former youth worker, turned artist, and visual storyteller, leading the conversation on diversity, representation, and equity through art. When I first met Zahra, I couldn’t quite place her. She has the quiet intensity of someone who observes and knows more than they let …
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In 2016, tech conferences were dominated by men. Women founders on the tech stage were few and far between and Black women, even fewer. So when Lauren Washington set out to create a retreat for women working in tech she hoped to get 30 attendees. Her goal, along with those of her co-organizers, was to …
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I am married to the greatest guy in the world. My husband is giving, compassionate, kind and one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet. He is also white and if my name isn’t a dead giveaway, I am not. Before we were married, I believed that our racial differences didn’t matter. We’ve both always …
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