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Sometimes life teaches us lessons

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no one else can, and we need

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old school wisdom to reach our goals

1:31

for success. Welcome to

1:33

Mama Soul Wisdom Talk with

1:35

your host, Loretta Wetzel, also

1:38

known as Mama Soul Wisdom. This

1:41

podcast is about celebrating life,

1:44

love, families and

1:46

entrepreneurship. Now more than

1:48

ever, it's critical that we pay attention

1:50

to our families and promote legacy

1:52

through business and leadership. We

1:54

can live our biggest and best lives

1:57

right now. So if you are

1:59

ready for some old school wisdom

2:01

for a new generation, then here's

2:03

your host, the one, the

2:06

only Mama Soul Wisdom.

2:08

Hello, beautiful people!

2:11

Life was sometimes

2:13

teach you lessons that

2:15

no one else can. That's

2:17

why I share old school

2:20

wisdom for a new generation.

2:22

My name is Loretta Wetzel also

2:25

known as Mama Soul Wisdom, and

2:27

I am your host for

2:29

Mama Soul Wisdom. Talk.

2:32

This podcast is about celebrating

2:35

life and love families

2:38

and entrepreneurship. It

2:40

is critically important

2:42

in today's society to

2:44

pay attention to

2:46

our families and to

2:48

promote legacy while

2:51

living our best

2:53

lives! Today. I have

2:55

a very special guest.

2:58

She is a powerhouse

3:00

of a woman, a leader,

3:04

a wife,

3:06

And recently elected as

3:08

the 26th international president

3:11

of Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

3:13

And many other attributes.

3:16

But most of all, what I love

3:18

about. Dr. Stacie

3:21

NC Grant is that she

3:23

is a woman of faith and

3:25

she is loud and proud. And we'll

3:28

let you know. But besides that,

3:30

she's a business woman. Dr.

3:33

Grant is the Chief Brilliance Officer

3:36

of C and G Enterprise

3:38

Unlimited LLC. It

3:41

is a MWBE firm

3:43

that focuses on meeting facilitation

3:47

and professional development training

3:49

services. Currently

3:51

she is the facilitator for the

3:53

JFK airport

3:56

redevelopment community advisory

3:58

council a 19

4:01

billion dollar redevelopment project.

4:03

Now that's what I'm talking about. This

4:06

woman is powerful! Additionally,

4:08

Dr. Grant is also the founder

4:11

of Destiny Designers

4:13

University. The only.

4:16

Training and development platform

4:19

for faith based entrepreneurs

4:22

and professionals. And she

4:24

is the producer of the

4:26

Faithpreneur channel on

4:28

Exposure Plus TV.

4:31

Dr. Stacy NC

4:33

Grant in the house. Welcome.

4:36

Welcome. Welcome. I'm so

4:38

happy you're here!

4:41

Oh, my goodness. I'm excited!.

4:46

I brought my own noise

4:48

because I want to applaud Mama Soul

4:50

Wisdom. I am in the building

4:53

on the podcast to

4:55

listen to honey. My stock just

4:57

went up, hanging out with my

4:59

dear sister and all the wisdom

5:02

that you share on this podcast, I'm honored

5:04

to be amongst the number and to

5:06

just share whatever is on your

5:09

heart for me to impart

5:11

to your audience. rhymes, I might have to...

5:13

All right now let's go, let's go.

5:15

Well, let's get into it because

5:17

I want my listeners

5:20

to hear directly from you.

5:23

What do you consider to be

5:25

your life's work? There are many

5:28

things that I'm sure because you

5:30

are a woman of many talents and skills,

5:33

but what do you to consider your life's

5:36

work and why?

5:38

I love that question, Mama Soul. So, so my

5:40

life's work is to lead teach

5:42

and inspire. If those three

5:44

things aren't happening, then I'm

5:46

not doing it or called to do it because

5:49

that's what God put me on this planet for. And

5:51

I learned after a long journey

5:53

to stop apologizing for how God

5:55

made me. I'm multifaceted.

5:57

multi talented and multi

5:59

brilliant. I made

6:01

it up!. So it's okay for me

6:04

to hold this space so I can hold that

6:06

space for everyone else. Who's like me,

6:08

God gave you multiple skills, gifts, and

6:10

talents, and you have to learn how to

6:12

fine tune and execute

6:14

them. So you live out your divine calling. So

6:16

in leading teaching and inspiring, I

6:19

am a living example of what it means

6:21

to give honor to God and all that I do

6:23

to use every single gift. When

6:25

I leave, don't nobody cry for me,

6:27

honey, because I wanted said

6:29

at my celebration of life that she

6:32

left it all on the table. She lived

6:34

full and died. Empty.

6:37

I have this question for

6:40

people who struggle

6:42

with faith and maybe you can

6:44

help them out because. I

6:47

want to know, how do you learn

6:49

to grow your faith and

6:52

trust in God's word?

6:55

It's a journey. And I talk about

6:57

that all the time. You just don't arrive

6:59

with the level of conviction in

7:01

knowing what your faith is built on overnight.

7:04

God gives us free will. And

7:07

that's why my audience is very

7:09

niche, faith, preneurs. They understand

7:12

that there is a God, they have chosen with their freewill

7:14

to believe that he's real and his word is true.

7:16

So for those, with that

7:19

kind of developmental

7:21

growth, you build your faith through

7:23

the actions that you take. You build

7:25

your faith with not just being a hearer of the

7:27

word, but a doer of the word. And even

7:29

if you're not a person. Of

7:31

faith, by sense of believing in God.

7:34

Everyone has to have a level of faith, which

7:36

is belief. That's what faith is.

7:38

What do you believe in? I'm calling

7:40

forth that faithpreneurs believe in God

7:42

and we operate with an integrity to him

7:44

and how we do business. And the only way we

7:47

work our faith out is by taking

7:49

actions. When you can't see what's

7:51

on the other end as Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr.

7:54

Would say faith is taking the first step

7:56

without seeing the staircase. That was

7:58

a brilliant download that God gave him, because

8:00

that's exactly what it is. It's moving

8:02

forward without certainty. It's moving

8:05

forward without knowing, but trusting

8:07

what you know. And that is God is

8:09

real. His word is true. He's not a man that he

8:11

would lie and nothing will ever

8:13

return back void to him and his

8:15

word. So when you believe in that, then you move

8:18

with a different action. You have a different posture. You

8:20

have a different tone because you know

8:22

that weapons will be formed, but no weapon

8:24

formed will prosper. So faith

8:26

is acting on what you believe.

8:28

Baby, you have got to believe,

8:31

oh my goodness. And you can't

8:33

just sit home either. You got to take

8:35

some action steps!. Now

8:38

when it comes to families, what's

8:40

the one thing that you would tell

8:42

people now that you wish

8:44

you knew back then first starting

8:47

out when it comes to families?

8:50

Well, when it comes to families, I

8:52

joke around with what someone said, you

8:54

can't choose your family, right? You you're born

8:57

into it. And then depending

8:59

on what you choose to do in life, you get to create family.

9:01

If you build one you have children.

9:04

Family can only

9:06

appreciate who you

9:08

are as they see the development

9:11

on your journey. And I'm mentioning this

9:13

because for faith preneurs, you're entrepreneurs,

9:16

you're building something that hasn't yet been

9:18

done or seen. So sometimes family

9:20

can look

9:20

And why are you

9:21

you

9:21

doing

9:22

You know, who authorized you to go out there

9:24

and why you doing it? So you have to just

9:27

give them grace and love for that. As

9:29

who they are, they're your family, but they don't

9:31

have to be your cheerleaders. If you're fortunate

9:34

to have them as your cheerleaders. God bless.

9:36

I'm fortunate to have a husband that covers me, children

9:38

that support me, parents who have always believed

9:40

in me, but not everybody has that story. And

9:42

I have to share with them. It's okay

9:45

for them to love you the way they

9:47

know you, but don't get your feelings

9:49

hurt if they can't appreciate who you've grown

9:51

into. Because that

9:54

might not be where they are in their

9:56

own personal development. And you can only

9:58

recognize things that you see in yourself.

10:01

So as you're growing and evolving as a

10:03

person, give the grace and the latitude

10:05

to your family, to love you in

10:07

the capacity they have. And as you continue

10:10

to succeed, as you continue to get your

10:12

receipts, they will start to celebrate

10:15

who they are getting to know you as.

10:17

Because strangers will celebrate you sometimes

10:20

more than family, because they can appreciate

10:22

you from a different context. It's not that your

10:24

family doesn't love you or know you, but

10:26

they don't really know who

10:29

you've been called to be. So they got to catch

10:31

up!

10:31

Give 'em 'grace. I love that.

10:33

That was a mic drop moment. When you said

10:36

your families don't have to be your cheerleaders.

10:38

I'm like, oooh, let me write that one

10:40

down. I love that one. Yes!

10:43

And I got all kind of family,

10:45

so just don't have to be your biological family.

10:48

Cause you know, we got extended

10:50

family across the planet.

10:52

Let's talk about our young people. Our

10:56

young people, they want to start

10:58

businesses. They want to do

11:00

it a little bit different. What

11:03

words of wisdom would

11:05

you share with our young people

11:07

who are starting out and they

11:09

want to pursue their business

11:12

dreams?

11:13

Oh my goodness! Why are you all up in my

11:15

business, Mama Soul Wisdom? Because I gave

11:18

birth to two of those young people, I have an

11:20

18 year old and a 24 year old, who all

11:22

they've known is entrepreneurship. So

11:25

we've had our own struggles on the traditional

11:27

routes of their educational path

11:29

and how to stay the course because they come back with our

11:31

retort, honey Lord. Well, why

11:33

do I have to do that? Well, that doesn't make sense. Well, that,

11:36

and they both have started businesses early

11:38

in life.. You know, one son started

11:40

doing a lawn service without even letting me know and

11:43

had the audacity to consult my attorney

11:45

to get advice before he was legal

11:47

age to work. And the other one started selling

11:49

books and, and loose-leaf at school.

11:52

I said, Jesus, be a fence, Lord!

11:54

But that's what they know is that it's

11:56

okay to build and create your own economy.

11:59

But what I tell my sons and what I

12:01

tell other young people is that you

12:03

have a solid foundation. There's no

12:05

get rich quick scheme. There's no

12:07

way around doing the work. There's no

12:10

skip over the basic steps

12:12

of making sure that you have vetted, that

12:14

you have built a plan of action that you have

12:16

done the research that you have exercised

12:19

the right leverage and partnerships and relationships,

12:21

so you can produce the revenue. So take

12:23

the time to learn. What is tried

12:26

and true and don't try to recreate what has already

12:28

been done. And yes, you can put your

12:30

innovative spin on it. Yes. You can

12:33

create something that maybe gen

12:35

X or baby boomers might not appreciate,

12:37

but the formula of hard work

12:40

has never changed and will never change the

12:42

formula of building and

12:45

staying the course. Of consistency

12:48

is always going to win over

12:50

any YouTube sensation or Instagram,

12:52

rich scheme or whatever else that comes up.

12:55

Take the time to study and show

12:57

yourself approved. The study might not be

12:59

in a traditional path, but there is study

13:01

available and must be done. If you

13:03

want a sustainable legacy,

13:05

you can get a couple thousand, maybe even a

13:07

million or two, but do you want something

13:10

that outlives you? Then follow

13:12

the plan of action that is tried and true

13:15

with creating your business structure, your business

13:17

plan, having professionals who you

13:19

hire to take care of the areas where

13:21

you're not as strong, and then

13:23

do your due diligence.

13:24

All words of wisdom. We're going to have

13:26

to wrap this up. Dr. Stacie Grant.

13:29

However, I would be

13:32

remiss if you don't share

13:34

with the listeners about your

13:36

signature premier event,

13:39

Faithpreneur weekend. So please

13:42

share with the audience how they can follow

13:44

you, how they can attend your event.

13:54

Well, thank you again, Mama. Soul Wisdom

13:56

for having me here. Yes. This is our fifth

13:59

anniversary Faithpreneur Weekend

14:01

experience. This is where globally

14:03

faith preneurs come together from all across

14:05

the globe. Faith-based entrepreneurs and

14:07

faith-based professionals. So it's still working their corporate

14:09

jobs, but one multiple streams of income.

14:11

And we're, faith-based not gender base. We

14:13

are 80% women, 20% men and growing.

14:16

So all are welcome to come and learn

14:18

how to leverage your relationships, resources, and revenue

14:20

to create a sustainable and profitable

14:22

legacy by being unapologetic. Profitable,

14:26

you can find out [email protected].

14:29

All the details are there and the history of how

14:31

we started. But I also want you

14:33

to realize and know that there

14:35

is a new wave of

14:37

innovation that's coming out of this global

14:40

pandemic and we go take action action.

14:42

Despite the distractions. So this is the conference

14:44

you want to be at to listen to the experts

14:46

that do the networking to have the fellowship.

14:49

That's going to usher you into your

14:51

new. I'm not just proposing

14:53

I'm telling you, it's going down this

14:55

year, August 10th through the 13th,

14:57

faith control weekend.com. And this

15:00

year, honey, we got pay-per-view programming

15:02

available on Exposure Plus T

15:05

V. So there's an in-person

15:07

limited VIP, but we will be able

15:09

to broadcast all over 400, million

15:12

households on Exposure

15:14

plus TV on the Faithpreneur channel.

15:16

So, hunty, go ahead and log on

15:18

to Faithpreneur weekend.com. Get some

15:20

information, stay connected to Mama Soul because

15:23

honey, she making an appearance too at

15:25

Faithpreneur weekend. So thank you so much

15:28

for this opportunity to have a little fun!

15:30

You have been listening to Dr.

15:33

Stacie NC Grant,

15:35

Chief Brilliance Officer and

15:38

Founder of Destiny Designers

15:40

University and Faithpreneur

15:43

weekend.

15:43

Learn how to live. Be unapologetically

15:47

profitable, and build

15:50

your legacy. You

15:53

have been listening to Mama Soul

15:55

Wisdom Talk. Life

15:58

will sometimes teach you lessons that no

16:00

one else can. So MamaSoul Wisdom,

16:03

I'm going to share that old school wisdom

16:05

for a new generation for

16:07

your success! Until next

16:09

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16:11

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