EP 05 - How to make it BIG in Biz + Stay Real AF: The Art of Not Conforming

<p>⚡the art of not conforming:</p> <p>My career, as an artist I went w my heart, even if it got smashed, which it did many times.</p> <p>As a female in the food industry, the pain/discrimination was part of my path.</p> <p>This year, with new endeavors + content w <a href="https://www.instagram.com/SXSW/">@SXSW</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/Forbes/">@Forbes</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/Girlboss/">@Girlboss</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ariannahuff/">@ariannahuff</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iamwellandgood/">@iamwellandgood </a>Council + the new book <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harpercollinsus/">@harpercollinsus</a> Oprah Magazine, Today Show + Dr. Oz: I’m committed to sharing my story, in hopes you can see, a girl who started from the bottom, waiting tables in college, fit modeling to pay bills, paying for culinary school on my own, this girl does it all:</p> <p>Here's what we will learn in episode #5: </p> <p> Here are my Best Tips on "Making Shit Happen":</p> <p>1- Execution trumps all talk. If you want to be a killer, you need to produce. Anyone can talk or troll, but it takes a true artist to pick up the brush, the mic, the camera, the knife, the pen + get going. DO SOMETHING, just start.</p> <p>2- Ignore the haters. If I listened to all the mean shit people laid on me for years, I'd never equate to anything. You have to ignore+remember that's about them, not you. Pray for them. 🙏🏼</p> <p>3- Integrity+Grit: those two things set me apart from the rest. I always did my best & never cut slack. I'm as hard on myself as I am my team. I expect excellence, that's what the reader deserves. Recipes that work, images that captivate, content that matters! Writing that changes the world, and evokes emotion, connection + action. That's what grit+integrity do. I write ALL of my own work, recipes, my site, my newsletters, I produce/direct each of my books & shoot my own content/videos⚡the art is in the artist.</p> <p>4- Skills: I learned them. I went to culinary school at 22