Fearless Reloaded

The Fearless Reloaded conference was an awesome and engaging experience. The 3-day conference consisted of a series of panels and networking opportunities. The conference presented many opportunities to engage with Black-Women owned businesses.

Day 1 – Cocktail Reception

• The cocktail reception was an awesome kick-off to the conference to engage with panelist and business owners in a relaxed setting.

Day 2 – Fearless Conference – This was a fulfilling 12-hour day!

Personal Note: What an awesome way to wake up on a Saturday. Excellent view (conference held on 27th floor), bomb music (DJ was poppin), and being in a room filled with #BlackGirlMagic!

Keynote Speaker – Pat Smith (Author/Actress)

• • Theme: Second Chances & Transparency
  • For many years, Pat felt like she had to fake her brokenness and hide her imperfections to be accepted and respected.
  • Use your setbacks, rejections, and down falls as opportunities to re-direct your journey.
  • Losing in the Miss USA pageant altered her perspective and she saw 1st runner up as a failure. She tried to find things to fill the void she developed from losing.
  • She was hurting on the inside, and felt like she had to fake it to make it.
• Use your test as a testimony and sharing how you encountered and overcame adversity.
  • In order to be fearless, you have to be transparent.
  • “When you’re broken, God can use you.” – Pat
• Jealousy: She found herself being jealous of her husband for continuing to pursue his interest after football.
  • She had to check herself, and realized she felt this way because she was not walking in her purpose.
  • We can admire, but shouldn’t be envious. When you walk in your own purpose, you can genuinely clap for others success.
  • “If he’s called you for it, he’ll make provisions for it.” Pat

Finance – (Nicole Collette, Dominique Broadway, Erika Blair, Ngum Sue)

• • Theme: How to build wealth and financially invest for the present and future
  • Investment Portfolio should consist of stock, crypto-currency, and real-estate.
    • Stocks
      • Look at what products you use on a regular basis and look for investment opportunities there.
    • Cyrpto-currency
      • Put 5% of your investment portfolio in cryto-currency.
    • Real Estate
      • Buy Tax Lein Properties.
      • Look into Detroit and Baltimore for investment property.
  • Invest in yourself first:
    • Developing a good relationship with your finances
    • Financial Education
    • Monetize on things you enjoy
  • Multiple Streams of income
    • When evaluating multiple streams of income, perfect the first, before moving on to the second.
    • Making your streams of income relatable
      • I.e. Public speaking engagements, books, consulting.

Faith

• Daily Spiritual Practices
  • Set aside time daily for personal devotion.
  • Set aside time daily for family devotion.
  • Time Management:
    • Set Priorities
    • Create to-do list
    • Set a strict schedule
• Pivot in moments of failure and self-doubt.
  • Recognize that you are your biggest critc.
  • Speak positive affirmations to combat the self-doubt.
  • Realize that success is defined by how you fulfill your purpose.
  • “It takes a tribe to launch a successful business” – Christina
  • Surround yourself with people who are ahead of you in business and/or faith to pour into your life.
  • Allow every situation to grow your faith.
• Refill your cup – Self Care
  • Taking daily & weekly time for self to quiet the noise, shut-down, and unplug.
  • Therapy is an important part of self-care
  • God can’t use you if you’re empty
  • Be careful not to become addicted to busy!
    • You can’t be everything to everybody.
    • Analyze life and lean-in to what needs your attention and what can wait.
    • Evaluate if it’s the time or season for this endeavor.
    • Say yes to important
  • “If you’re always doing, we’re not growing.” – Aventar Gray

Hustlers – (Karen Civil, Karleen Roy, Angel White, Necole Kane, Tahirah Joy, Cesily)

• Handling Rejection:
  • Why did we receive this no? Is this an opportunity to re-direct or go harder?
  • When you start feeling uncomfortable in business, it’s time to evaluate your presence in this space.
• Monetize without overshadowing passion
  • Creating goals for every networking event
  • “Don’t chase the check, chase the relationship!” – Karleen Roy
• Success
  • In your 20’s, success is doing what brings you a check.
  • In your 30’s success is doing what brings you peace.
• Strengths / Weaknesses
  • Doing an accurate evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses. Get a clear understanding of things that bring you joy and move forward in that space.
  • Outsource things that are not a strength and focus your energy on things that make you happy.

Family Business – (McBride Sisters)

• Theme: Dreaming and Driving
• Have Unapologetic tenacity: Never apologize for your passion or intelligence
• Biggest Challenges:
  • No Money
  • No Experience
• The Journey
  • Started as a wine import company
  • Hit the grown running and went from a wine import company to a wine company in 4 years.
  • Key – Created strategic relationships with large wine companies as mentors and partners and realigned once partnerships were no longer viable.
  • Mentorship
    • It’s important to have mentors and experts around to guide you.

Health & Wellness

• Heart Disease is killing women
  • 80% of heart disease cases are preventable or reversible.
• Fibroids
  • 8 out of 10 women suffer from fibroids
  • Fibroids are treatable and a hysterectomy should NOT be the option to treat fibroids.
• Therapy is IMPORTANT
  • Therapy helps you learn yourself.
  • Vulnerability is a strength.
  • Sharing your highlight wheel is not the most important thing when sharing your journey, being vulnerable and sharing the obstacles are what help other people overcome their obstacles.

Fearless Reunion – (Michelle Williams, Keisha Knight Pulliam, Meagan Good)

• Consistent Self-Care Practice

• • Meditation
  • Prayer
  • Affirmation
  • Be Present
  • “Keep your power and not taking ownership of others opinions of you.” – KKP
• Enjoy the Journey
  • Be aware that you’re in the process
  • Be Patient
  • Work hard until you manifest your dreams into reality.
  • Work to combat imposter syndrome
  • Everything we go through is a vessel to get to the present.
  • Share your journey with others.
• What would you tell your younger self?
  • It’s ok to have standards. – MW
  • You teach people how to treat you by the way you treat yourself. – KKP
  • You’re AMAZING and UNSTOPPABLE. There is nothing you can’t accomplish. – KKP
  • You’re worthy. – MG
  • Relinquish the vision of how you thought things were supposed to go and embrace the way things are.

Guest Speaker/ Keynote – Devon Franklin

• Key Takeaways from this Talk
  • Success = Peace
  • God is the only one who can direct your story.
  • Make your fears your to-do list.
  • Keep your intentions pure.
  • Problems are an opportunity for reward.
  • Always serve others.
  • Owning your differences and be you you’re supposed to be.
  • We’re all given talent and time:
    • Disengage with people who waste your time
    • Time is like good seed, it produces something.

Day 3 – Fearless Brunch

Mother/Wife/Entrepreneur

• Key Takeaways from this Talk
  • You can have it all!!
  • You need to define what having it all is for you.
  • Success is not defined by money, but freedom and flexibility. -Monique Rodriquez (Mielle Organics)
  • Don’t think of trying to balance everything in your life, but how do you integrate everything in your life!
  • Parenthood: your presence is not important, you being present in their life is important.
  • Ruthless prioritization is important and designating time for certain things.
  • Surround yourself with people who are strong where you’re weak. To give you support where you need it.
  • Speak words of encouragement and appreciation to your partner.
  • Communicate with your partner what you’re thinking and how you feel.
  • Success is not Owned it’s rented, and rent is due every day. – quote Monique Rodriquez
  • Don’t compare your chapter 1 to someone’s chapter 300. – Monique Rodriquez
  • In our lack, God is more than enough.
  • Stop serving from your fumes, serve from your over flow. – Nikki
  • Peace is the new success.