Hello Good evening everyone I apologize for being a little late my fancy headphones didn't want to play right but

here we are Once again it's the first thursday of the month I'm so glad to

be back with you and I got my partner back with me she bailed on me last

week for some gala Uh what's up man Talk to us I'm here I'm here Hello

everybody we missed you The truth is Stephen got the weeks mixed up and uh I was actually on it

and then we had to refocus so I was on it All right so let's go wake up but

we really missed you and we have a really exciting topic for you today that's gonna have

you kind of scratching your head and maybe second guessing how you do things and operate within just not your

business but your personal life Okay I hope I can recover from that bus that

just ran over me So dad you got some news for let's start over what your

big news has been You know I've been watching a couple of social media posts and you very

happy Yes so I recently got news that two of my um my trademarks were approved two of

the three the third one I I still I have gotten permission to go ahead and

use is still in waiting but it still can be used Um I've been working on really some

content that focuses on workforce development entrepreneurship combining those and what does that look like for the new workforce that

we are entering So its position yourself with the career correct your mindset and it's

really teaching people how to become their own boss in a way You know a lot of what I've realized

as I've gone through my journey as an entrepreneur is that nobody handed me anything I really had

to know how to position myself how to take an opportunity when it was an opportunity Is

it an opportunity and learn from a lot of mistakes and we're not taught that and whether you are

an entrepreneur or you're in your career roadmap it's a business and you have to know how to

professionally move through it So I'm very excited to be able to release this new work

that has been in work for years Great so what's the trademark names The first one is

position yourself the second one is the career preneurs and the third one is getting naked with your

business So we got a career preneurs faith preneurs we got all kinds of preneurs it existed congratulations So thank

you tell people what is a trademark and why it's important I don't think the public want me to

say those things first Well I really wanted to protect what I create I realized that I'm a

business more than anything in my business I really have very good strategic and innovating skills and

I realized I have to start protecting what the ideas that I'm putting out there and everything that

I'm putting out there I'm I'm creating it as a framework as something that can guide

people and move people forward I felt it was important as a part of my asset portfolio to make

sure that I had um trademark those and before I started to really use them everywhere And the best part

about it is I found a grant I did it for free Nobody I didn't have to pay anything

Law firm a law firm was offering it for small minority business owners I just

went through the process and I've got them all all done Hey Kirk come on man

telling people what happened you're about to jump on telling people what you want me You want

me to hop on and talk about it Yeah tom what tom did Okay Hi Kirk Behind the scenes

guy I don't usually jump on the show but I'm gonna tell this quick story hip

hop Stephen one of the first times meeting he and I were just you know I'm a first time

business owner um you know wanting to legitimize what we do we would kind of turn from

hobby into hustle into now a legitimate business And one of the first times he

and I sat down he gave me so many gems but the greatest gem of them

all was about how he was about to take the head nurse in charge and bring it under

his company's brand because he said you ain't got no trade market He said anybody could come in and

take you take your name And I said well wait a minute Hold on We've been doing this since

I said hold on we've been doing this He said don't I think if the U S Patent office don't

got your name on that name guess what It's open to anybody He said I trademark 10 names

everything I think of stuff We we had a conversation and we both agreed on like

a term He said it'll be trademarked by tomorrow So I love that brother to death JD

said why I look like I'm coming from a swinger club because we're performing well before JD stop it We

were performing in D C We down at blurred con but we could be at blur con as head

nurse in charge is because we have our trademark We are how they say we legitimize now

and at the minimum I all jokes aside it's ridiculous how one panel that I was just recently doing

two weeks ago I said how many black owned businesses do we have in the nerd culture Everybody

put their hand up I said now put your hand down If you don't if you have if you

don't have your trademark more than half the room put their hand down and then that was a

learning opportunity for everybody to realize honestly you don't own your content You don't own your business You don't

own anything until you go through the proper paperwork and make sure you call dibs on

the thing that you put in your heart and soul into So I'm out of here correct Hey

you know the president of blood Khan was just interviewed on the grill Hilton just interviewed on the

grill So he just ran his his piece today So good Have fun man Thank you for being

here We all business right now I'll have fun after all Right so I'm very big on trademarks and very

big organizations having trademarks Yeah try to make I thought it was sunday and Wednesdays I try

to make a point to catch Okay thank you Glad you're here Glad your quarters were the first

thursday of the month Um I make a big deal about trademarks as well as our guest

this evening because she has trademarked a lot of things to around her business to protect him

As a matter of fact we at one time shared the same trademark attorney who was actually

a guest last month Clyde Bedell Assembly member Clive Burnell He was before that he was a trademark uh trademark

attorney So the reason I talk about trade but it's very hard to say you own a

business if you don't own the trademark So I have a group My mastermind group members they think

this person that I was getting ready to put on blast was one of the members

It's really not I want to call this person by his initials D W So me

and D W Had a conversation D W Been in business for over about six or seven years Made a

few million dollars but don't own a trademark but I like the name of his business

So I'm giving D W I'm giving you D W Two this show next month the trademark your

business name If you don't I will be on here live going into my U S P

T O Account and I will spend $350 to trademark your business name There's nothing

to D W Know that uh some people like to learn from experience Some people rather take the advice

I have learned that the advice cost less than the experience at times Okay so

moving on Um one of the things that I definitely want to get us to have

a conversation about first of all not a great job getting the trademarks Very important I like I like

what you're doing and how you're gonna use them They're very important to build your brand Anyone who

knows me the people know me and my mastermind group They know they actually say

the first thing they say now I'm gonna trademark this before Stephen does You know actually I even

came up with a trademark idea on DR Grant showed that I had to stop for a minute So for

the first time ever I get to interview dr Grant dr Grant has always interviewed me and I was

actually on one of her programs when I came up with a term that I really said I gotta train

walk that we were just talking about wanna be entrepreneurs people who want to be a preneurs

Uh So that's that's my addition to the to the Preneurs brand is want to be a preneurs

okay they want to move into a couple of comments couple sections before we get into and learning more about

faith manure And one of them kurt can you bring up that um Chadwick mean because it

really goes into how business owners So you know if you read the mean this is

not the full story you know the government did not take half they actually put

up a bond for that The executives of the state to do the right thing they would take

their fees out and they would still you know give the rest of money to the to to the families

Um Now there's some things different actors do when it comes to earning money and putting away his money

because they work in different countries And sometimes the studio that you know put movies out

in those countries don't take the payment in U S Currency They'd rather leave the money in the

country So that way they avoid taxes Matter of fact that's what ernst and Young is right now got accused

of because ernst and Young actually told one of their clients to create a shell company in

Israel so that they could buy the product from themselves pay no taxes and then

resell it back into the U S And the Rs was like no mo You just can't disrespect us like

this We want you know 1.7 million for that nonsense But what I want you to understand is that

the will having a will having a having a land trust These are very important documents that understand that

you really cannot be a business on If you're not ensuring your assets okay you can run

away and call yourself a solar print or whatever But if you're not insuring your

asif you don't have a will Uh if you don't have insurance you know what are you

really doing Because I don't know if any of y'all noticed and I know there may be some

people that feel that their faith is going to regards of your faith you're going to die They make no

mistake no matter what your religious belief in no matter what your religion is Every religion says

that this human body will become a decrepit decaying corpse you're going to die And if you

die without any insurance without any will in place especially a living will or will so that so

that the probate courts don't have to decide how the money was going to be you

you're doing a disservice to your family Insurance Number one job is to provide for your

family as if you were still there the same thing it does for your business It

allows your business to continue or allow a political means for the business to discontinue my daughter Tia You know

I'm being transparent I had Covid last week I am now negative Did the test

today and I'm negative again But Tia Yes thank you Tia asked me about what happens

to me should I die Because like I got Covid he's like what happens next You know she

was a part of the business and I explained to her that I took precaution I did not

have that discussion with them I apologize for that But I sat down with my attorney and and insurance company

to take precautions to protect the business or to make sure the events can continue on

the decisions that they make may they may say they want to keep the business

going or they may want to sell the business that's entirely up to them Okay so I just

wanted to make those things clear So number one uh if you're not out here

ensuring yourself you know you're playing this game You know it's not smart I saw I remember two

years ago we had new york state senator that passed away and we had to do a

go fund me for a matter of fact kurt show that that mean that really talks about

what it is Yeah So this is a sign that was actually show show the other photo too

So this sign was what an insurance agent had on her table I was coming from whole foods in Harlem

and she said don't let go for me be your insurance plan And that's 100% certain there

are ways better ways to do this than not taking the the steps necessary to protect your

family protect your business protect the things that you're looking to build So I really wanted

to have that conversation with you all because I see too many people out here

who are you know they're flying by night not really paying attention to the foundation of what it means to

run a strong company and then something happens and now they are unable to continue business

But hopefully you take some some knowledge from that So number one uh your ideas your company name it should

be trademarked Uh your content should be booked should be copyrighted Okay The same U S Patent

trademark office uh responsible for copyrights and trademarks You know learn the system get your works protected especially

if you don't copyright any of your written work that you you have no no you have

no challenge if anyone uses it You know So those are things to do if you are you

know regardless of your age or where you are have some insurance on yourself on your business Okay

so tonight I am extremely happy to have my buddy here longtime friend Uh we go back

and I get to sit in the chair and ask all the questions and what I you

know and I'm gonna lead off First of all this is dr Stacy N C Grant

who is one of the nation's foremost not just face manure but also M C Uh you know she

does Frazier now I've been doing it for a number of years as well as other organizations She just

did what is it Black girls Princess Jenkins in the Black her her event uh

as well So she's one of the foremost exciting speakers out there to listen to And with

and got wrapped right into it as well and it's been fun ever since and I am

so glad to have you here But the one thing that I want the public to know

is that this is a faith manure family because everybody in her family got a company you know most families

everybody got a job but everybody her family got a company get that coin Okay let me

behave We didn't even start yet First of all thank you thank you for being

on and talk to us about what it means to have a full family out there working for

you know the way you guys work So so first of all can I just pause for the cause

you know I'm on here with the two superstars with Trans erupted Can we just I mean hello everybody

put a virtual applause out there Uh you know head nurse in charge has some of the best programming

ever So it's an honor to be here with both you and allie tonight you are my brother

from another mother We go back like old highways and spinal cord So it's a blessing to be here to

talk about what you are saying tonight before I even get into talking about my

family we saw what covid did to remind us once again life is here for a moment but you

have to have your business in order We do not want to see the hard work sweat equity everything that

people work hard for go to the government the government has their cash and their coin and you need

to keep yours to pass on to generations So protecting and having the trust and the wills protecting your intellectual

property That is a must If you're tuning in and you're part of any of the programs with

Edna is in charge and you're here with trans erupted Please you have to get your business

in order And the good news is it's not judgment We're not trying to show throw shade what we're telling

you is don't just listen be an active participant in doing so you can get

the results So I just had to get that off my chest because you know I was ready to

jump in on that on the beginning I thought you was gonna jump in especially on trademarks

because you know you know I want to be right in decent order So I'd get invited

back to the show Actually actually let's switch things up So you have been very serious about protecting your brand

tell us what you've been doing What does that what does that mean to you

To protect your brand So exactly what you shared before I saw a lot of people

that I admired that had certain levels of influence in the marketplace that I found out I

had never protected their blood sweat and tears in building their brands their books their programs And when I

met our mutual attorney he was talking about how much exposure was left out there especially those in the

personal development who are speakers and authors and trainers and they're coming up with all these unique and incredible ideas

that they are building programs and products for But anybody can come and swoop up and use it and

profit from it because we haven't protected it That's like leaving your Children out in the middle of

the street just abandoned that anybody can come and scoop them up and claim to be their parents

where would we do that So why do we treat our businesses the time and the effort that we

put in to creating programs and products and not protected So once I learned c when you know

better you do better and sometimes it's just a matter of not being exposed to the right conversations and having

the right people in your front row which is something that I talk about that can challenge you to

show up in your best self that can challenge you to look at creating a strong foundation not building on

sand but building on a strong foundation that will outlast you Because what we do is it's really

not about us but what we're setting up for the next generation and our future

generations so that they can have more and do more than what we had access to So protecting my intellectual

property led me down a road of understanding the power in ownership the power in

being able to leverage what you own because it's not just about owning your I P You can then

sell it you can license it There's so much leverage that you are able to create

for you and your generations If you take the time to put things in right in

decent order So just like having an attorney having an accountant having a back office are

part of just the fundamentals of business If you're creating if you're creating patents if you're creating trademarks and

copyrights that's a part of what you protect for your business structure so that you treat it as the

asset that it is you took the time to create it You could have a million

people doing something similar but nobody can do you the way you do you and

if you want to have ownership on how that lives in the marketplace you have to own it

and the power in owning it also allows you to create and build legacy So yeah we talk about trademark

That's a part of my annual conference Training is a part of the work that we do with

Destiny designers university And the thing about doing the process I was listening to Natalie said she

got it done for free Mom weren't free I had to pay my attorney But it is wonderful to

look for opportunities where you can get the support and how to not only protect but know

how to protect because it's one thing to get a trademark but they're different classes So you need to

understand what classes you're protecting your intellectual property in because you can correct you can protect

one but being exposed in another So you have to think holistically about what you're building And that's why when

it does when the opportunity presents itself rather to meet with a knowledgeable attorney to really

guide you on what all of your options look like And you can gradually scale

and add more marks Uh two and more classes to your trademark You have to think about whether

you want to keep it in the United States or you want to move it internationally So

there's a whole lot more to learn But the bottom line for everyone watching today

if you are building a business if you have products and you have services and

you wanted to outlast you make the investment in yourself you're the best investment that you can make

a bet on you and get the legal structures in place to make sure that your

legacy outlives you So to the person who asked the question about what do you get first

I've always got a trademark First I got a trademark I even thought about what

the business structure would be So when I birthed the name transfer uptick uh the first thing I

do want to see was the domain available and it's a trademark available Once those two things

with those first two things I registered I can always figure out any later date what would be the structure

of the company But I feel that it's always more important to have that trademark

in place and also then go to the LLC or whatever And LLC is not necessarily the best

means of business ownership for everyone That's one Once again that's where you have a question

answered with a professional so that they can you know go over based upon your tax structure would be

the best way to set up your company Okay so transfer uptick is not an LLC trans

erupted is a benefit C corporation So in other words we are providing a social good but we're still

a regular C corporation I felt that was a better way than being an LLC especially comes to

what we do and to the tax structure So that's the decision that you want to

make independently Don't just go out There is a number of people on social media to tell

you I can help you form an LLC The devil is alive Make sure you

get the right counsel wise counsel is important business that is very very important But my

take on it real quick definitely do the research in it But also understand that you can do a

little market research to really see what people are reacting to before you take the

time to spare and the investment on getting your intellectual property protected So that's just another context of you It

I don't think there's a right and wrong way per se It's what's best for you and

how you're building what you're building So there's a right way for you to do it But

that takes getting the right counsel so that you have all the benefits of making a decision for where

you will be not for where you are now but for where you will be correct

Thank you So doctor you have a household of entrepreneurs What is that like So here's the funny part

of this story My Children only know their mother as an entrepreneur My life in corporate and

the things that I did was before I gave birth to them I'm not gonna tell you how old they

are because then you'll get an inkling on the fact that I'm climbing the ladder here But

they both that's all they knew and experience So even in elementary school both of my kids were starting

businesses one started one behind my back when he was like 10 years old he went to console with my

attorney who were the first to as you know uncle you know how we do in the family you

know anybody that's an adult you don't call them by their first name their uncle so

and so on so and so so he went and had a whole conversation with him because he wanted

to get summer youth employment He wasn't old enough So they had a conversation about

different ways you can earn money as a preteen and blah blah blah Next thing I knew he went

out and started a lawn service didn't tell me got his best friend who lived

a couple doors down and they took our lawn mower out of the garage and

have people sign up for a subscription lawn service that they would cut the lawn for $15 or

$20 a week and he didn't even have a cell phone I said well how are people

contacting you Oh well I get in the house phone I said how you collecting

money and you didn't even ask your parents if you could have a business but it was innate to

him that there are ways to make money and I can start generating money and you

know people actually paid him and he had a little roster of clients walking around the street

in a neighborhood where landscapers had contracts He was able to carve out a little niche for himself at 10

years old doing lawn service and it just grew from there He became a DJ because we saw

his love for music This is for all the parents listening when your kids show you who they are listen

early and fast so you can move them in a direction that they are growing

He would get in trouble for tapping in class or humming for singing And a friend of

mine said did you put that boy in music class and I was like duh maybe

we should put him in music He plays five instruments He started showing that he loved music so

much He started deejaying His grandmother bought him a turntable at 11 and he started deejaying

as a professional DJ at 13 and ended up playing for the mayor of the city of new

york Mayor de Blasio twice for the west indian day parade I'm sharing this all

with you because it was in their blood My oldest son he was selling loose leaf and

pencils during testing time when he he was in elementary school I was like what kind of

racketeering you got going on at the school I do not need the principal calling me but

he went with his grandmother got his supply from staples and he was like ma

it's supply and demand So entrepreneurship was in my Children he is now doing videography and

photography production work with my husband but my husband was not the entrepreneur he was

corporate America that's what he was used to and then he married someone who was As an

entrepreneur and being the supportive husband he is 26 years in I love my baby

Daddy thank God for that support But now after watching the development and supporting his

wife he launched a couple of years ago I think we're up to four years I really

think about it his own production company as an entrepreneur So he has been learning he calls himself my

first graduate of destiny designer because he is now building his enterprise with his skill It's one thing

to support his wife which is great but I'm like you have a talent and we

need to get paid off of that too So all of us have a stream of income that

we're contributing because my grandchildren and my great grandchildren will have the blueprint that my grandmother

didn't have but that my platform honors because God answered her prayers through me to be able

to create space to grow and enterprise with an integrity to God's standing on our faith So we are

about getting that Well I'm not gonna say about getting the paper but it is

about getting the paper and why it's about building capacity God didn't intend for us to be

broke And I rebuke anyone who believes in God and thinks that we took of

our poverty for the rest of our life That's not what my word says and that's not what

I believe And I'm very vocal about my faith and what I stand on If we're

gonna be the head and not to tell we have to have some capacity we can't help anybody if we

broke You know my one of my mentors Les Brown loves to quote um reverend Ike is

that the best way not to be the best way to help people is to

not be one of them And there's some truth to that you can't help anybody if you

are trying to beg peter to pay paul you're trying to pull things together And that's not to say

there is a space for bootstrapping and growing your business because we work with emerging faith preneurs who

are trying to figure it out and later foundation I remember what that was Established faith who

are they started but it's time to scale and grow and expand their reach and

then are empowered faith preneurs who now have the capacity to see kingdom business How can

you see anything if you don't have a thing to draw from So my household gets

it understands it It's also helped to exponentially grow throughout my family and my cousins and relatives because they're seeing

that it's a process We don't sell overnight success What we sell is a opportunity

for you to believe in how God God created you to have more and not less

How you have everything that you need in order to stay the course of a journey of development that will

manifest your reward in the marketplace Because somebody's looking for your solution somebody's looking for your answer Somebody

needs you to bring some healing in this cray cray world and you get to profit

off of the oil in your life Okay I'm of course I feel like you're talking

to me I was like I'm like for me this was definitely for me So well I'm not shocked

about your family and your kids I'm not shocked about that because I realized when you when you

create a table where that conversation is about business at dinner time I know we sat at my

table every day We talked about the day what what what happened during the day right And if you're

a business owner and the conversation is I got a new client we're gonna learn how to

scale I'm looking at my p And now even if it's just general conversation they

get used to it and like to your point it becomes innate it becomes a part of

who they are their D N A You know So I've always said that if the conversation has

not had a table then you don't know right You don't And we see this all the time when

black and brown business owners and we especially saw it during Covid when funding was available and books weren't ready

and people couldn't get it together and all that stuff Right So I totally I

love your message I love your word I love the message behind faith because I was

asking steve and I want to know what the faith manure is I love the fact that

you operate in abundance because a lot of the time we're taught that we should be meek and mild

and that's not the energy that I believe that we that that God wants us to operate in So this

is just it's very refreshing Well thank you for that Natalie and and that's the space

that we wanted to create You know For me it was honoring the fact that when my grandmother

transition december 15th 2015 she was 98 years young and Natalie I was my grandmother's brat My cousins will tell

your mom tell you that's my grandma like I she had seven kids she gave birth to She raised

another dozen But I was her number eight And I thought I knew everything about my

grandmother But it wasn't until we were burying her that my aunt told and shared with me a

story that my uncle had created a whole piece to our house where she was able to set up

a store and when she set up that store she opened it up excited to sell her weirs and people

kept coming to the store and they didn't have enough money And my grandmother's heart was so big She

started layaway before layaway was a thing and she would allow them to take and they would promise

to bring back and they never did So my my grandfather shut down the whole store Natalie imagine

if my grandmother had a destiny designers university that was producing the content that we do That had

an annual conference like faith in the weekend that had faculty like Stephen Jackson that we're

able to pour in and give her the tools that she needed so she could have created that story

as a profitable legacy to leave us But what I realized is that she did leave

us a legacy of faith My grandmother was unwavering when it came to her belief in God when she stood

on his word she believed him all the way Not partially like okay I served this guy He kind of

cool today but I don't know what he's gonna do on friday It was every day 24 7

She believed what he said in the miracles that he was able to reduce in her

life for our family to see I am now sitting here as a beneficiary of her prayers I am

now sitting here as the manifestation of the answer because I can honor her dream

I started the business that she wasn't able to start I'm creating the legacy that she he wasn't able

to fully see manifested before she left this earth But she's watching me with the best angel view

from heaven because everything that God promised her he did it through her child's child

and everything that he is promising me The things that I see now and the

things that I will see when I have a different vantage point my Children's Children will be able to

be a part of that because a good steward and a wise man leaves an

inheritance for his Children's Children and faith endures are all about doing that Faith based entrepreneurs

and faith based professionals We don't tell you gotta quit your job to be a faith You

might love what you do but you want multiple streams of income to add to your personal economy So

we leverage our relationships our resources and our revenue to create a sustainable profitable legacy

by being cash flow positive and unapologetically profitable That's what faith manure is that we collaborate in the process

I love it Let's take this back to the beginning Okay what is faith during weekend

coming up next month What what is what goes on What happens Well thank you for that

question thank you for that question So you were there when we built this um I mentioned my grandmother's

transition and that led to my signature book being released on the eve of her birthday in 2016 2017

She would have been 9100 years old And I said let's have a legacy dinner 2018 came and

I said I have to keep this legacy going How are we gonna celebrate how we build

our businesses with an integer to God unapologetically standing in our faith And I told my

husband we're gonna do a faith and our weekend he was like dear Lord help this woman We

went from a book launch to a dinner and now she talked about a three day weekend

and I said we're gonna do it And we went down and did this conference in the middle of where

the ball drops every year New york Marriott marquis People were like why is she doing it down there

Where is she gonna get the sponsors for it He might not talk about uh faith

and and business nobody wants to put money in that They had all kind of naysayers who

wanted me to have it in the church basement And I said there's nothing against the church basement but

the God I serve owns everything So why am I limiting the vision for what faith noise can

be And starting out with just the vision We have grown it from three days to four

days This year is our fifth annual faith nor weekend experience It is now four days we start

off with a faithful God talent segment where we highlight the talent of our young people in

music and art dance spoken word I just got off the phone earlier collaborating with a

girlfriend of mine whose documentary is going to be viewed on own Tv network we're gonna do

a screening because guess what Hello steven I didn't even get to tell you this

this fifth year We are broadcasting live on exposure plus tv network as a pay per

view We done moved on up to the east side because my God can do it

So virtually those who who are joining will be joining on pay per view and those

who are coming in person for a hybrid event will be in the theater where

we're producing the whole of paper or a weekend and then we go into thursday where is the

gala You just saw the flyer I honor my friends not just because their bosses

and millionaires and all this wonderful accolade that you will see in their bios but I happen to

pray with them having to do business with them I happen to work with them and I

get to celebrate them on our legacy gala but we talk about how they built their enterprises without

compromising their faith and they are very profitable and then friday it's an all day training

and development opportunity where we get into how to leverage your revenue your resources your relationships how to honor

your temple cause you can make all the money in the world if you are sick as poor little I

don't know what I'm trying to move about What what sense is it what profit is it if

you can't enjoy all your hard work So we get into those conversations we talk

about uh relationships and a sense of how do you partner with someone who complements

you We have a millennial segment where we talk about passing the baton we don't need to hold on everything

Some of us can't let go make room for the next generation And my youngest son he's talking about

the gen z take over So we having a full training uh development on the friday

and we close out on saturday morning with our faith in our V I P Prayer

breakfast for 13 years I've been hosting a prayer call which started from fraser net That Stephen

mentioned earlier at another conference with one of my mentors dr Frasier I saw people

walking around confused like what do I do what do I do And I said let's get together

for Sunrise prayer and ask God to direct our steps to know what to invest in at what

time and with what person and I got back home Natalie people were calling me

up talking about what time is prayer I'm like we're talking about Willis and they said no no

we need to keep this going And so I committed to praying with them every saturday And it grew

and it grew and it grew and then we started um recording it and sharing the

recordings and then clubhouse came into view and now we do it live on clubhouse and the call one

conference call was God set up one conference call and obedience and keeping that open has opened up

so many blessings and we do the call live to close out the whole weekend experience and I give

out an award to our international corporate faith preneurs pearl recipient and out of my grandmother that's

the faith manure who's in corporate America but still building an enterprise as additional stream of income for their retirement

So that was that But we gotta love that I love that I love the story about your

grandmother I told my grandmother used to I say that she was she was the original importer and exporter

because she would take she would barrel things up send it to Jamaica have the

basement and then she would sell everything there to your point when she died it

was like where is everything where you know what I mean Right And if she only had better

support better knowledge better know how Right So I think that's very proud naturally you're not

telling me say yeah yeah yeah speaking spoken we don't know say y'all one of me

if I speak it I will offend you and my biggest thing is when people talk Jamaican and I'm like

don't do that don't ever ever do that again you're disrespecting my whole being right now

But then I I can understand because if I couldn't there be some big problems at

home Absolutely absolutely I used to get annoyed with that in college sidebar they like speak Jamaican

I'm like Jamaican is not a language it's a dialect it's an accent Lord of Mercy but coming from

Jamaica it's certain work ethic that we grew up with and and not to say

that that's not in other cultures and of course here with our brothers and sisters but it

was something about how you work and how you stay diligent and you have to stay the course

so many entrepreneurs whether their faith manure entrepreneur um all the different preneurs that are now

being protected out there you have to stay in for the long haul This is not overnight all

the people that you think become Youtube famous and instagram famous and overnight famous If it's not built on

a strong foundation it will crumble and fall So being a part of trance reupped it and being

here with head nurse in charge gives you roadmaps and opportunities for you to look at frameworks that

create a solid foundation for your journey and you hear me talk a lot about the journey of

a faith manure The only difference with us is that we understand that we answer to someone higher than us

that we've been given we believe in lately We've been given the skills the gifts and the

talents in order to multiply it not to hide it So there's a process that comes along

with the journey and that's what ultimately we fortify our faith Preneurs with at our annual conference every

year with our gear round training and development now with the launch of the Faith Preneurs Maga Now

we're building out the TV network in our partnership with exposure plus and Steven has been

a witness to all of this staying the course building growing and expanding so that

we can reach the masses and reach our goal of one million cash flow positive faith

noise by 2025 awesome You know it's interesting because ice always teased doctor granted she's getting like Tyler Perry she's

put every every day on Facebook she's putting on another show That was my practice run

Yeah it definitely was I mean eight o'clock in the morning there's this Doctor Grant show four

o'clock in the afternoon when another day there's a Doctor Grant show I love it

And then it was my favorite was Dream Dude done Yeah we've been one of

my favorites So I mean uh actually what's up with the journals So the journals are still being produced We're

gonna lift dream dude done onto the faith in our network So we're we're transitioning everything because now

it's growing bigger and broader All our products are still available and we're just expanding We're expanding the reach I

believe in collaboration I believe in the opportunity for us to share access and anything that I

have access to Stephen already knows he has access to And now by default Natalie you have access to

it right kurt has access to it because it's not about keeping it to yourself is how do

you expand and grow This is the year of Grace This is the year of Grace For

for me it's our fifth anniversary faithful your weekend experience But now the experience has grown

into a movement and everyone who's interested in registering Yes they can go to the website but I want

head nurse in charge to know I want trans ruptured to know that Grace is what I need you to

remember because if you're interested in the in person V I P Which is about to be closed

because Covid is real Thank God steven that you are okay We're not filling the house We're limiting

our numbers to keep everyone as safe as possible But for all of what I shared their meals

their bonuses their gifts and and that in and of itself is only 4 97 because

we discounted it because of everything going on in the world But if you use

the code Grace you get to take off $400 off of that price I'm just saying you got that

put that information up there on live on the screen so people can take advantage of it but

that's what we want them to do Uh and I said for the first time I attended my first faith

into a conference as a as a speaker had took the podium with my good buddy suddenly

remember Clyde you know we kind of find ourselves talking about very similar things and it's really

been a wonderful great experience and you have a panel that I don't see anywhere else in the country and

I want you to talk a little bit more about you do a panel for couples business Absolutely

because I think that's that's important because too often entrepreneurs don't feel they have the support

that they are looking for from their significant others or from family members and stuff and sometimes those

significant others or family members don't know how to support the entrepreneur entrepreneur doesn't even know at times what

do I really need besides more sales you know but what else So what is

that what what what what that panel about and what's so special about I mean

to me it is a special panel it's always the crowd favor it's always the crowd favorite especially with

um the different couples that I bring on because it's an honest conversation we need to have if you

are dating or married to someone who is an entrepreneur and you didn't meet them that way there

is an adjustment in your relationship that is going to happen because there's a different drive there's a different work

ethic there's a different commitment to the building that is required for someone who is an

entrepreneur and you have to be able to have those conversations especially if the person didn't know

that was in you they managed one way they dated you one way but they didn't know

you were going to have this newfound fire about building and growing a business and everything that comes with

it and honestly some people aren't ready for that It can be a game changer in

some relationships because they don't like the public facing view they don't like always being out and networking So

we talk about how to that and then if you are married to an entrepreneur

and you both are on the same page it's also creating space for the downtime because if you both are

on 100 all the time then you might not be intentional about creating the space that's

necessary to keep your love your relationship you're working situation and your personal situation intact So we are able to

talk about all of those different variations and for those who might be well I'm

single and you know I can't find someone who understands I say show up the way you

want to be received and don't compromise because if they can't match or manage your drive while you're

building and grinding they won't be able to complement you If you get into a serious relationship you have to

be able to have those honest conversation doesn't mean that they're a bad person but they might not be the

right person for you and growing and building your enterprise This is so accurate kurt are you listening Just say

type guest if you're listening because we had a similar conversation Okay go ahead I am so glad

that this came up because um when I met my husband now we met in college but I

think he always knew I was a go getter I was president of the B S U I

was doing everything We dated I was working in corporate America and then one day I

was like I got laid off and I was like I just wanna start a business will

you support that He supported it right and not a day has gone by where I feel

like he feels any way about it He understands I'm gonna be working late tonight He really he works

he's just awesome with it And it's funny because people are always like what does

your husband think about never being home never And I'm like how do you know I don't spend time with

him We have built that in our relationship and and him watching me he started his own business

and I think that became tricky when I have to coach him on things he's doing in

his business and what we developed is that whatever I have to coach him because he needs to improve

a process or I see an opportunity I say Anthony I'm changing into priceless right now Please don't get offended

Right This is what I would say to a client and I change my tone And then

I say okay I'm coming back right And he just knows and that has worked Really really well for

us Um we've been together for 19 years and out of the 19 years for

thing about it he understands that he doesn't need to be everywhere He doesn't need to shadow

me right People come to me and they're like Oh where's your husband Where is he

He's mine Not yours Don't worry about it Don't worry about it right Like like he doesn't he doesn't want

to be in the public eye like that If he had to he would do it

But I don't I don't I need his he's my um he's my piece he's

my escape He gets I get to do all the fun things that make me

me with him and I love that But when it's business you don't need to be

around that that's not his portion and and we have to be okay with that But here's what I also

say real quick It's hurtful for the person that you love The person that you're building with not to be

interested in what you're doing right And sometimes we have to be conscious of that and

allow for even if it's not your thing at least ask the question How is

it going at least read the book if someone published a book at least come to

one event Because that's hurtful if the person that you love doesn't love you enough to be interested

in what it is that you're building and growing So I don't know who that's for But whoever that can

bless may that be something Oh no we're gonna get it back That was such a good topic So

the promo code for the face of the weekend is Grace G R A C E For anyone who

signs up and looking to attend Check that link It didn't go through the link He had to

link up I just tested it It went to a dead plage Faith preneurs weekend dot com Let me just

check something Okay please do We don't wanna get people all over the place Can help it Uh

Oh yeah I wouldn't be with my husband if he wasn't supporting what I did I would like if if

if this if he if his ego was too much he couldn't handle me and all of my

type D Personality It wouldn't work But I know how to manage it with I know

how to keep that respect and and manage it in that that's always been very interesting because uh people jump

out there into relationships and uh like for me the lesson I had to learn was how to turn

business off and create personal space And I wasn't getting that lesson early enough and you know fortunately I

did get it before it got to the D Word because that at some point it probably

would have went there but I had to learn that lesson of I don't you know I'm

not a doctor I don't save lives so there's really no reason for me to be running businesses 10 o'clock

at night 11 o'clock because someone feels they have access to me you know so

he is how to manage the time between the both of dr grant I know you have to go any

more words you need us you would like for us to our audience to hear from you first of all

thank you again for having me here Um You know sometimes facebook can be funny when

you put the w W So you know just go straight to face throw weekend

dot com and just check it out Just just visit if only to learn about the

story if only to look at the history of where this started and I want to close with sharing one

of my life lessons in my book Action Action despite the distraction it's not about being perfect it's

about getting started So you have something to perfect It's not about being perfect it's about getting started So

you have something to perfect That is my second life lesson Why is that important Whether it be getting your

trademark whether it be starting your business whether it be scaling your business whether it be the relationship

whether it be the resources that you need whether it be the product development start don't worry about how

perfect it is Work in the spirit of Excellence Put your best version out and we find it as

you go in the book I use an example of a device that many of

us have That's named after a fruit I don't call the name because they're not

sponsoring me yet But every single year they have multiple releases of imperfect items that people stand

on all online's across the globe to get this particular item knowing that it's not perfect knowing there's

gonna be an update Knowing there's gonna be above knowing there's gonna be an issue

But they focus more on giving the best quality version that they can and they do

the updates later So if a multimillion dollar brand can launch with imperfections what are you

waiting on That's my word for you today That's a good word because uh 100% credit That's the

is coming will complete all my imperfect actions This is what yes we are on the same page

We are So before you go there's two things you gotta talk about Give us the

name of your book again Can they find it on the face of your weekend

Yeah well they can go to action action book dot com and grab their copy Um I'll put

it in the back channel so we can share that But that book is a must have it's a whole

library that has come out of it that we're gonna be releasing this year at the conference But it's

an opportunity for you to stop making excuses and take action right That's the bottom line you're

around me you can't stay stagnant If you're around me you're gonna move because I shift the

atmosphere I change the energy and I get action out of you So it's all about And that's our

conference theme this year Action despite the distraction living your faith in three D So action

action book dot com So you can get the book you know about the conference and

if you need me um Stephen is my unofficial manager So if you want to book me for

a speaking event you can go through He gotta vet you first make sure your coins are

right and then we can talk definitely so definitely So I've been in that room

before and the last thing I want you my favorite thing of yours is the dream dude Done

Journal as you know I gave those out last year and now I'll be doing it again

I know I'll be doing it again this year Uh talk about where can we find and what

makes that journal so special you know I know what makes it special for me and

for the people I've given it to So the Dream View done Journal is a collaboration

between Serena Brown Travis Les Brown's baby girl and Tamara Hartley Massaro and myself The three

of us used to have conversations behind the scenes and we brought those conversations to the public

around how to keep each honor keep each other honest in our growth development So it's almost like

masterminding every single week and we made that collaborative conversation a way for us to go through what

we need to stay focused on the journey So the journal breaks down how your mind

works how you can take action notes how you can measure your results from month to month and

we give you some touch points some measuring tools tools and some resources and quotes and information that just

keeps it interactive so that when you're flipping through your journal you can actually see your progress from quarter

to quarter and not just get stuck in one area where you're not seeing the results if you

keep moving you can utilize my formula for success consistent action plus extended period of time equals

maximum results And the dream Dude Dream Journal allows you to do just that So you're

done dot com and grab your copy because it is a must have for your library It

definitely is like I said I've given them out two good friends who they really

enjoyed it you know So we just in a short period of time we've been talking to you

we didn't uncover it like four of your businesses Yeah we started talking about I'm a true Jamaican

right So you have seen you're watching one woman who's created multiple streams of income based

on her knowledge and her belief Okay that's something to take away from this You don't take anything else to

think about You yourself have a living knowledge of things that you are great at you're good at

and you can create streams of income from that you know and she hasn't we haven't

talked about uh Faith University destiny designer universe We didn't get into that conversation Is it is a few

other things that she is you know consistently doing on a regular basis So she creates

multiple streams of income based on her skills And that is what you also be looking to do the

ability to take what you learn what you know what you love what you believe and create those streams of

income So that yeah you better be my friend on facebook don't make me feel sometimes I'll make sure

I correct that in addition the reason why I have to jump off is that

I've had a fundraiser going on while we were in the show for me running

for international That's right I didn't mention that So she is running for International President

Yes Sorority Incorporated and they are waiting for me outside I said but honey I'm on trance

Reupped it on Head Nurse in charge baby you got to just hold on a minute

Well first of all I can't vote for you but you know you have my

utmost support that you that you win You're definitely a great candidate You definitely I know

you're gonna bring some really forward thinking uh stuff too you know I appreciate that Thank

you wish you much success and everything you do Okay thank you I love you my brother Natalie

Missus tree you know it got clear love you like cook food and Curtis Curtis you

know you're my brother from another mother too and I thank God for you and excited

for how Head nurse in charges continue to take over the universe to go out there and

transfer erupted family love that and I'll see you next time Bye take care So ladies and

gentlemen thank you for being with us this evening I hope that dr Grant inspired you all

to uh take what you already have learned to package it and create those those streams of

income out there in the world for yourself It is uh it's it's liberating to be an entrepreneur

to be a business owner It allows you more control of your life which is

one of the things that I always enjoyed about it you know and if you feel this is for

you then you know start to take that road to it We are trans ruptured were preparing

to launch our first cohorts we just finished getting everyone up to date on a course

that we're gonna be utilizing as part of our training So we're gonna have information

about our first to the cohorts that's gonna start very soon All that information on the website as well as

the show is going to actually start to be produced through the website as well

We head nurse in charge they're gonna be doing some amazing things with their content We're

glad to be a part of their their platform definitely apart have a great friendship with

with kurt uh and his organization Natalie the last words I love dr Stacey Grant she was

amazing she's amazing It was great I felt like she was talking to me in some cases

so I feel good sometimes you need that read that that confirmation but what I have to say

in the words of blue tangs protect your neck Get those trademarks alright that is all I have to say

in the words of the womb and the 36 change first protect your neck and actually naughty by nature says

says something very similar to guard your guard your grill so protect your death and guard your grill So I

don't I want everyone to know that I'm not dumping on jumping on people and say if

you're not doing this you know you're not legitimate and stuff this is done out of out of love I

want to see you all back white businesses successful but in order for that to happen we gotta

set the foundation we got to build a foundation We can't leave ourselves vulnerable because I I can personally

tell you I know are some people who all they do is sit around and wait for you to fall

so they can scoop up your stuff at penny's I know an individual he has made about

close to $10 million by waiting for patents to expire and he scoops him up and he you

know Samsung and Microsoft and other companies to pay him a couple of million dollars to get their patent back

Okay so there are always gonna be individuals who are just waiting for you to stumble and they were scooping

and like oh well you don't have this Okay well And I know many people have some sort

of feeling with 50 cent did it to Tina Marie to her business but that was a serious

business lesson she had you know you got advisers and stuff they should advise her to how are you

gonna put out a clothing line and don't trademark anything you know so that's what this really comes down

to You know and there are individuals like dr humor and dr Boyce Watkins and others who are consistently

putting out these type of messages for us to learn to do things better That's what this

is all about The last thing I want to you know like we're great people and

we are more than um you know one brother bringing a happy meal for one person out of five

you know that's not who we really are is a great you know it was a great conversation I'm

gonna get into it you know but I want to see us having more conversations about

how we and our families discuss credit discuss how to use money discuss how money should be left Let's start

having more of those conversations with our families Let's have some authentic conversation with our Children about our

family history our health history our financial history Let's really start to have those type of conversations start to be

a little bit more transparent with our loved ones and the ones who you know are coming

up behind us so that they don't make certain mistakes so they can learn and they can power

on and be the next better generation You know that's what I would love to see us

do more of it just starts with just as you said now we have a simple

conversation at the dinner table So instead of talking about homeboy and you know whether he was right for bringing

one meal or or five meals or whatever meal he didn't bring Let's have a conversation about Well is

what a credit score means to me So I thank you all have a great week nice wife clockwork

Our guest That's right He's actually set up My time is up Good night Everybody

have a great week Talk to you soon Thank you for being on