Episode 298- Taking Ownership Of Yourself & Your Future, Listening To Your Gut + Black Wealth With Chad Sanders

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chad Sanders, author of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned From Trauma And Triumph</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and writer on HBO Max's new show,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rap Sh!t</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, joins the Journey To Launch podcast to discuss his experience leaving Google and the tech industry, how to deliberately develop your creative skills in the real world and Black money and wealth.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We chat about his new project,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Direct Deposit</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a podcast through Audible Originals, where he talks about being on the brink of wealth and what Black wealth looks like when you start earning money and more!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chad’s writing has appeared in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">SLAM</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">magazine,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Teen Vogue and more</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">– but he isn’t</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">only a writer and author. Since his time in tech, Chad has also directed and acted on TV series and feature films</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">with collaborators Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, Issa Rae and Will Packer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Being scrappy with money, opportunity cost and his new financial podcast</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Direct Deposit</span></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The pull to choose what is safe vs. what you love and deciding to follow your passions</span></li>