"You are your best thing." ~Toni Morrison
Rest in Peace Toni Morrison: a woman known for helping "Black women to heal by reclaiming our stories, reclaiming historically White and male spaces, and most importantly reclaiming our sense of self." Her legacy will continue to live on. ❤️
This week has been a busy one. I moderated a panel at an event focused on providing job seeker hacks to black women. It was amazing. A couple of takeaways:
It is important to be your authentic self always. Even if that means rocking your natural hair in the interview process. 💁🏾♀️
Let people know who you are and what you are excited about (this can help with getting jobs and promotions).
Soft skills like communication, team work, and leadership? Those can be #gamechangers during the application process. Because those skills often can't be taught. Whereas hard skills can.
I am excited to see more of these conversations happening because they are needed, so I'm really excited about my friend Deena's SXSW proposed talk: Diversity & Inclusion: Buzzword, Movement, or BS? You can vote for it to be picked here.
On the #sidehustle front, I've been spending the past week doing an audit of all of my affiliate partnerships which I realize that I need to do on a more consistent basis. #quarterlytasks
Excited to do more with affiliate marketing as an income stream in the coming months.
On to the picks!
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What I'm Loving 😍
💃🏾 Fear Experiment - it's happening again! Participating in this year's Broadway art form was LIFE-CHANGING. If you have always wanted to do dance, improv or storytelling in a super supportive space with others just as scared/excited as you are, check it out. Applications are open for the 2020 cohort.
🔐 LastPass - trying to remember passwords can be tough especially with some of the security requirements. This tool has been a timesaver for me for the past few years and I couldn't imagine life without it. You can use it as a browser extension or even as an app on your phone.
[EVENT] 8/20 - Women@Sprout Summer Speaker Series: Jessica Williams — www.eventbrite.com
Really excited to be speaking at this event at Sprout Social on 8/20. We are talking about the power of sisterhood and strategic alliances. Would love to see you there!
Companies that started as side hustles — www.businessinsider.com
I didn't realize that Twitter and Apple started as side hustles too. Definitely an interesting read!
Why Entrepreneurs Should Spend Time Earning a Passive Income — medium.com
Spoiler alert: Passive income isn't completely passive but it's not as much as work as providing a service. For me, I'm really trying to explore affiliate marketing as a passive income stream.
6 of the Best Writing Tools to Add to Your Content Toolkit — www.sprk-d.com
It was so fun writing this blog post for Sprk'd. What are your favorite writing tools?
#lifevibes
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