Full Transcript for The Dream That Built a 100% Woman-Owned Trucking School: Kenya Mobley

00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:04.479 Even when I worked for, you know, corporate hospitals, I would always become the lead. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:13.680 So I always had those leadership experiences, and it was about just taking the faith, like taking the leap of faith to just bet on myself. 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.720 And what did it look like to bet on you? 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.160 Um, I'm not gonna give you the fluffy because most people like it. 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:21.120 No, give me the real. 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:22.959 It's not even me. 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:23.759 Give the people the real. 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:26.720 This is not this guy's truth. 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:35.519 It's you're gonna have to do a bunch of praying, a bunch of fasting, you're gonna cry, you're gonna cry some more, you're gonna laugh, you're gonna cry some more. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.959 But through it all, you just gotta keep trusting the process and trust in yourself. 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.800 And I promise you, you'll be okay, but you're gonna cry some more. 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:46.639 And the tears don't stop. 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:48.160 I've been doing it 27 years. 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:50.560 So the tears never stop. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:56.560 It is the most challenging thing that I think a person can choose to do with their life is to have a business. 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:06.639 Because one of the things that got me about is when I started to grow and I started to get employees, yes, and I remember them coming in the office talking about um, oh, I just got a new apartment, I just bought a new car. 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.600 And my mindset was like, oh Lord, so I just got a new apartment. 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:13.439 I just got I got a new car payment. 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:20.800 I got, you know, and I thought about that and I was like, so I'm not just supporting myself, I'm supporting all these people, and that scared the hell out of me, if I'm being honest. 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:21.199 Yes. 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:22.800 It's it's the truth. 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:32.800 And you know, sometimes, you know, especially when you're starting out in this journey, there will be times where you have to make sure that they can pay their bills and you sitting back and you don't even know how you're gonna pay your bills. 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:34.720 Yes, you know, that's real. 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:42.560 Um, and I think the employees don't even know to that extent how much we care about them. 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:46.720 That we we don't have just to make sure you guys have. 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:50.399 Yeah, and I and there's a there was a book out called Pay Yourself First. 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:54.399 And I read it because I thought, well, this would be nice, you know. 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:56.720 I'm not gonna apply it. 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:57.040 Yes. 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:02.399 I read it and I couldn't I couldn't do it,

you know, in in the way that it described. 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.600 I had to like, maybe I'm putting$50 back one time. 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.160 Maybe I can put$5,000 back another time. 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:14.240 But there's no way I can pay me knowing that the people that are giving their all for me are not getting paid. 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:14.879 Exactly. 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:16.720 It's like I gotta go get that$5,000. 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.079 I go get that$50,000 and I gotta make sure that they're good. 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:22.720 What has what has been the biggest challenge? 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:32.560 The biggest challenge for me, I would say, you know, it's always um when you have like a school, it's always the net 30s, like you sitting around the cash flow. 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:32.800 Yes. 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:37.839 When the cash flow, you know, it'll dry up, then all of a sudden, boom, it's all here. 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.519 And then you like, okay, I'm gonna give a little bit here, the little bit. 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:43.360 Yes. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.560 So that to me is like the the cash flow. 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:47.040 Yeah. 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:51.920 Um, and I'm sure like with probably 60% of other entrepreneurs, that's what it is. 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.199 Cash flow is one of the biggest issues that any entrepreneur faces. 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:56.879 So let's go back a little bit. 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.399 Tell me about your growing up and the values that shape the way you see the world. 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:06.240 Tell me a little bit about the past and what, you know, because the past helps push toward the future. 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:07.360 You and my business. 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:09.279 I'm all in your business. 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.639 So yeah, you and my business now. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.560 So I would, you know, people like to say, oh, I come from humble beginnings. 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:16.879 Yeah. 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.920 Ain't nothing humble about humble beginnings. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:21.600 It's nothing humble about being poor. 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:25.279 Like, so I'm from Greenville, Mississippi, down in the Delta. 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.439 Of course, you know it's poverty stricken. 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:27.680 Yes. 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:40.560 And so what shaped me, I think, to where I am now is like my grandmother's praying and over me and giving me a foundation of God and always to follow my purpose. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:44.160 But my childhood was very, very challenging. 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:48.879 You know, I didn't know what I wanted to be, I knew what I didn't want to be. 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:49.279 Right. 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:50.240 If that made sense. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:58.399 So I knew that I didn't want to be, you know, caught up in a system where I'm collecting, you know, government assistance. 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.199 I did for a short amount of time. 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:04.959 Like my grandmother said, if your leg broke, use the crutch, once a heel, put it down. 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:05.360 Yes. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.920 So I used that method that she gave me. 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:12.879 And so, you know, I knew I didn't want to be on welfare, and I was a teen mom. 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.000 So I knew I had to provide for my kids. 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:23.120 Um, so just that that grind and hustle, just wanting more for me and my kids. 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:25.120 It's shaped who I am. 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:27.600 And I think that spills on to other people. 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:29.759 I want them to have the best. 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:30.240 Yeah. 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:31.600 No matter where you come from. 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:37.600 Yeah, I definitely there's enough money in this country for everybody to at least have a place to stay and food to eat. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.519 I truly, truly believe that. 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:50.639 And I think that we're only going to get there not by depending on um the systems, because we see the systems fail all the time, but by depending on each other is is the the true way to get there. 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:55.759 So how did owning a trucking company first introduce you to the possibilities? 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:05.360 You know, because I mean, I just trucking company, I mean I can only imagine the level of stuff that you have to deal with, especially it being a male-dominant. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.320 Okay, let me let me go back. 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:12.639 Okay, I really think it was the child care center that got me to dream big. 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:13.360 Okay. 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:18.559 And so, you know, we we stopped uh as adults, we stopped um imagining things. 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:19.039 Yes. 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:22.080 It's not until you go back and you tap into your childhood. 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:30.399 And so me having a child care center, having fake tea parties, uh pretending I was a princess, riding a dragon. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:31.840 Now you're doing this with the kids? 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.759 As a kid, when I had the child care center, because I love doing that stuff. 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.279 And so I think that's what sparked my imagination. 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.679 That brought my creativity back to life. 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:42.240 I love that. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:42.559 Yeah. 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:49.279 So God gave me the dream of owning a truck driving school when I didn't even know what it was, you know? 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:49.759 Yeah. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:55.840 So I mine started with the child care center, just learning to dream again. 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:59.039 So, what was the personal BS that you had to push through? 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:02.159 Because you know, we all we all

carry it, we all have it. 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.000 What was it that you were pushing through? 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:05.519 How much time you have? 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:10.799 Just okay, give us give us the top two or three. 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:20.159 Just just being a female in that space, like on in a wanting to own a truck driving school, just being a a female and not only a female, a black female. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:20.559 Yes. 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.799 So that's like the top BS. 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:24.720 Like nobody's taking you seriously. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:29.200 And then the point is the another fact is I don't even have a driver's license. 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:30.960 I don't even have a commercial driver's license. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:32.720 So therefore, they really didn't take me serious. 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:35.679 Like, how are you gonna teach me something that you don't even have? 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.080 Right. 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:37.919 You like I'm bringing the people in to teach you. 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:38.879 Exactly. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.600 So that's a lot of BS. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:42.879 Yeah, for sure. 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:51.360 I mean, but I the way that that people think, and I think the way that entrepreneurs think, entrepreneurs see opportunity where other people see obstacles. 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:52.000 Yes. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:57.759 And so the fact that you were able to see through that, it that's amazing to me. 00:10:57.919 --> 00:10:58.159 Yes. 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:00.240 And do you have do you have a CDL now? 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:00.480 No. 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.440 You still don't know. 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.759 You still like I don't need it, I'm not doing it. 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:04.639 I'm not doing it. 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:10.799 Even when I share with my students, you know, when people ask me, I always say, you know, you know, you I use the Henry Ford method. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:11.679 You know? 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:14.240 So explain the Henry Ford method. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.519 You know, it's like you don't have to be in there in the Nixon craning. 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.200 You hire smart people to do it. 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:19.519 Yes. 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:23.679 And I'm not afraid to tell people that my staff is smarter than I am. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:27.120 I always want to be surrounded with people, my staff they're smarter than me. 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:29.440 So I'm yeah. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.039 Give me one early lesson you learned about business. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.960 Uh, is make sure you're able to check the checker. 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.080 Check the checker. 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.279 Check the checker. 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:46.559 And that means you're able to, you know, even though I don't know how to drive a commercial truck, I I know what the pre-trip is supposed to look

like. 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:55.120 I think, you know, you have an accountant, but you need to go and see if check your money to make sure that he's doing what he's supposed to do. 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:56.320 Check the checker, y'all. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.120 Check the checker. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.919 I once heard Oprah say, I still sign every check. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:00.159 Yes. 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:04.559 And I thought, if Oprah can sign every check, I definitely will be signing my my little check. 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.360 That part. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.639 All right, y'all, stick with us. 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:13.919 Coming up, Kenya shares the bold moves and pivotal plays that helped her break through and build a thriving business. 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:17.120 Want more of what you're watching? 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:24.159 Watch us on Roku, Amazon Fire, or listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio, to name a few. 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:44.320 Kenya, every entrepreneur knows that there's one turning point where everything changes. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:48.080 For you, what was the boldest move that got your business off the ground? 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:49.120 COVID. 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:52.159 That was the bold move. 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.600 COVID. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:54.960 Okay, explain that. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:13:01.759 Because um, when COVID happened, we learned that truck drivers were considered essential workers, right? 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:02.159 Yeah. 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:09.679 And so, you know, when I just wanted to start off small, I just have a small drug driving school, um, COVID came. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:14.000 And now everybody wanted to be truck drivers because it was tons of money out there. 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:14.240 Right. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:21.440 And so I had to take the bold move to hurry up and learn this industry real fast because I opened in 2019. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.480 COVID happened 2020, early. 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:31.039 Yeah, I so I had to make that bold move and start purchasing trucks like right away. 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.120 How would I just start purchasing trucks? 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.919 Because those trucks are not, that's not, that's not a small purchase. 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.799 So how do you what happened that allowed helped you to get funding? 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:50.159 And I think it was really important because most entrepreneurs, first of all, just getting started is a lot, but then actually trying to find the capital that we need to keep moving. 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:51.200 So how did you do that? 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:54.799 So fortunately, I had the the childcare center. 00:13:55.279 --> 00:14:02.720 So the childcare center, the the resources I had from that, I was able to take that and invest into the truck driving. 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.720 So that's how I done that. 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.399 And then I'm a jack of all trades. 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.639 I teach CPR, first aid CPR. 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.440 I I'm gonna I'm gonna make some money. 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:22.080 What would you encourage an entrepreneur to do though that's looking to figure out how am I gonna how am I gonna actually get the money for this to happen? 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:23.279 Um, friends. 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:25.600 You seem to go to friends instead of banks? 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.399 Of course. 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.519 Because you know, I'm the type of person, I don't like people to tell me no. 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:30.240 You know. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:38.399 So my friends know how I am, how I'm passionate about things, and they won't know once I bring them an idea, I'm gonna see it through. 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:38.720 Yeah. 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:45.039 So if your friends know that you're the type of person that's gonna see it through, I'm sure they don't have a problem with, even if it's a hundred dollars. 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:45.440 Yeah. 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:50.240 You know, you think about if you have what, ten friends, a hundred dollars, you know, do the math. 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.480 And you say that I I I did that, friends and family. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:52.879 Yeah. 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.519 I went to friends and family, I had a whole little plan. 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.639 It was about three pages. 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.840 I was asking everybody for twelve hundred dollars a piece, and only three people did it. 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.240 Yes. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.159 But it got me through that time, exactly. 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:06.960 And thank God they love me because it took me forever to pay them back that little twelve hundred dollars. 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:15.200 It took forever to, I mean, I'm like, I'm glad y'all love me and still talking to me because but I think they were seeing me work. 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:22.559 Like, it wasn't like I was chilling, I bought a new car on the money, like they were seeing all the things that I was doing and all the things that I was going through. 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:28.559 So, so if you ask friends and family for money, make sure they see you grinding. 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:36.240 And if it takes you a while to pay it back, stay in contact with them, let them know what's happening so it doesn't look like you just took the money and ran. 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.399 So, what was your first big win that made you feel like, yes, this is working? 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:41.279 I got this. 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:47.200 My first big win, um, it didn't happen to years later. 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:47.840 That's okay. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.399 Okay, yeah. 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:57.600 My first big win is I put in a bid for a contract, and I won a contract with my next palette, and I was like, girl, why are you doing

contracting? 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.240 Yes. 00:15:58.559 --> 00:15:59.039 Girl. 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:01.440 So that was that was the big move for me. 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:09.120 That gave me the boost to know that you know you are doing quality because the municipality is not just gonna give any and everybody a contract. 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.279 Right. 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:14.799 And so then that gave me the assurance that, okay, you can do it again. 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:16.960 See who else got contracts out there. 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:19.600 And that was that was a turning point for me. 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:25.840 I love it because so many businesses to go after contracts, and I I hate um I hated going doing the whole bid stuff. 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:33.440 I I hated doing it because they ask you questions that you're like, I have no idea about, but you gotta make it up and make it sound good. 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:40.559 Um, but I I I've never liked bids, but I know so many people that have won bids, and I think I may have won one. 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:40.879 Yes. 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.799 And I just I'm like, nah. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.879 But it is a it is a route. 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.799 It is a route that you should definitely look at. 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:50.240 Marketing your school with the with the viral post was huge. 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.600 Tell us about the viral post. 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:53.200 So the viral post. 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:58.879 So the post, um, of course, you know, women, uh, March is international women's month, right? 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:04.400 And so, like I say, I'm big on women, supporting women, you know, that's that's my thing. 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:10.559 So after I put the school together, um, I just stood outside the front door and I took a picture. 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:15.359 I said, the boys wouldn't let us play in a sandbox, so I created my own. 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.480 I love it. 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:20.319 And the next morning I woke up, I was like, bing, bing, ping, bing, bing, bing, bing. 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.759 I was like, what the world? 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.559 And then I go down to the building, like people just standing outside. 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:27.839 Go on social media. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:32.480 I have Arlington, Virginia fighting over me, and Arlington, Texas fighting over me. 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.799 So that was amazing. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.319 That is amazing. 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:38.640 And how many people did it reach? 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:41.519 Oh my God, I I can't even tell you. 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.279 It it thousands, like hundreds of thousands. 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.079 It was everywhere. 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:47.839 Newspapers, it was everywhere. 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:52.160 So you had people lined up just ready to just ready to get in school, ready to go, ready to go. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:59.680 And the fact that, you know, seeing a woman do it with no mentor, that was even a wow factor for them. 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:01.359 That was a question I was about to ask. 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:05.759 Any mentors, any people that you could call on, nobody. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.640 Cricket. 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.960 I hope you'll be there somebody for because it is super important. 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.640 I was I was blessed in that way. 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:14.640 I did have, I did have a mentor. 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:14.880 Yeah. 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:21.440 And I it's it was so special to me because I could just stop by and say, I have no idea about this. 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:26.480 So I I really, yeah, I love that you'll you'll give that back because it's super important. 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.240 What was the hardest part of breaking into the male-dominated industry? 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.279 The hardest part is just being a woman. 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:39.200 Did you think respect, did you have the respect that you felt like you deserved? 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:44.079 Um eventually I did because I carried myself with everything. 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.480 Right. 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:46.799 I didn't cower down when I walked into the room. 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.920 Are you hurt? 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.799 Yes, I am hurt. 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:50.079 How can I help you? 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:58.880 You know, so I just me having that personality and building that, look at me, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere. 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:03.599 Avatar helped me to maneuver the male-dominant industry. 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.599 And were there any mental gymnastics for you to get to that space? 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:13.440 Because it can be hard to get to the space of, you know what, yeah, I am she, what you want. 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.119 Like it's it's it can be difficult. 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:17.680 So were there any mental gymnastics that you had to jump through? 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.400 Yes. 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:20.799 Um, so my childhood plays back. 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:24.960 So I always I always have a reference point for me. 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:27.920 And I'm like, okay, if you made it through that, you can do this. 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:29.359 You did that, you can do this. 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:33.039 You jump through that hurdle, you can jump over this hurdle. 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:33.279 Right. 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:37.200 So it's just my past, my reference point. 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.640 I love that those reference points are pushing you forward instead of pulling you back. 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.279 Yes, they put that back. 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:47.279 Because sometimes they do, you know, sometimes you think about the things that maybe were traumatic or difficult and they make you think I can't do it. 00:19:47.680 -->

00:19:50.480 But you're like, mine are like, no, I did this, I can I can go do that. 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.200 And I love that. 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.559 That's a that's a reframe thing. 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:52.799 Yes. 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.079 I I think if you take anything from that, take the reframe from that. 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.400 Yes. 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.359 What risk? 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.599 What were the risks that paid off big? 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:02.079 What was the biggest risk that you took? 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.759 Taking the money from the childcare center and investing it into a business. 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.480 I had no clue of what I was doing. 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:14.960 And it was, and a lot of nights I stayed up because I'm like, you know, my kids depend on me. 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:16.240 Everybody depended on me. 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:21.519 Even my siblings depend on me, you know, because I show up as a dependable person. 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.079 Right. 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:28.240 Um, and I feel like the the women in trucking depended on me because they was like, okay, sis, you got this shot. 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.440 Take us home. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:29.920 You know? 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.440 Yes, and everybody's looking at it. 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.799 Yeah, everybody's looking at it. 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:43.359 I know one woman that uh that I grew up with who has a trucking company, and uh, she's not a black woman, she's a Native American woman, but I I was like, wow, this this industry. 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:46.799 So when I when I saw your story, I knew that I absolutely had to talk to you. 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.359 Thank you. 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:51.920 Now, how do you balance running the school with mentoring and supporting your students personally? 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.920 I had to start drawing boundaries. 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.240 I have to make sure now that I'm okay. 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:01.119 Because at first I'm just a poor, poor, poor. 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:03.599 And I got to a point where I hate doing it. 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:12.240 I hate, I hated going to work, I hated mentoring, I hated it all until I stopped, I took a breath, like, listen, take care of you. 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.480 Yes. 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:17.599 So I started doing my praying, my yoga, my meditation, just pouring back into me. 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:19.200 And now I'm like, I'm good. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.839 I can do it. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.640 I can do it. 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.119 I can do it. 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.799 Self-care is super important. 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:28.319 I think um I'm gonna make an assumption you're G and X, Generation X, are you Generation X? 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.599 Who is X? 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:34.559 Well, I'm Generation X as well, but I might be at the right thing. 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.720 Yeah. 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:41.440 Because I think our um the age group that we're from, we're used to just doing, doing, doing. 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:51.279 And so when everybody starts talking about self care, it's like, okay, I don't really I'm look, I'm showering, I'm getting my clothes on, my makeup, I brush my teeth. 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:53.359 That's about all the self care I have time for. 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:55.680 With especially, and then you add entrepreneurship. 00:21:55.759 --> 00:22:05.039 Like people feel like that without entrepreneurship, you add entrepreneurship, and I think there's Misnomer out there that you know what, I'm entrepreneur, I'm gonna have all the time in the world, I'm gonna do what I want to do, I'm gonna be the boss. 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:11.680 Well, now you're the boss, not not just you may be a boss, but you have bosses instead of one, you got about 12, 13. 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.720 Yes, if you're lucky, because those are clients, yes, right? 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:18.640 So there are so many things that that we place upon ourselves. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:23.920 So when self-care came around, it was like, I don't have time for all of that. 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:26.640 But if I don't do it every day, my day is not right. 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.680 My day's not right. 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.559 It is not right. 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:32.799 So you build programs for men and women, but especially create space for women. 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.400 What does that mean to you? 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.640 I love safe. 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:41.200 You know, I always tell you that my childhood was not the normal. 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:44.000 And so I always crave safety. 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.559 Yes. 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:48.400 So that's what uh my truck driving school is for women. 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.279 Safety. 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.240 I love it. 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:55.839 You know, they know that you know, our hair huncho is identifies with me. 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:58.480 If I have a problem, I'm going to see her. 00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.039 Yes. 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:06.160 You know, there's no, you know, she's not gonna tolerate, you know, me being abused at the hand of someone else. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:10.720 I I love that so much because I think there are so many spaces in the world is scary. 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.200 Yes. 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:23.759 And so knowing that you have a place that where you go every day that allows you to feel safe and you have somebody that you can talk to and confide in, um, it just makes that day a little bit better. 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.759 That may be the only safety they have in the day. 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.240 Yes. 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:29.039 So, you know, kudos to you for doing that. 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:29.759 Thank you. 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:36.160 Kenya, for those

of us who want to follow your journey and see what you're building, where where can we connect with you online? 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.880 Uh so um I'm everywhere on social media. 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:50.000 Okay, so um on track career academy, uh, and my personal space is Kay Richard on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, all platforms. 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:52.799 You know, I have some people even stop by my office. 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.559 You know, they see me on social media. 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:58.079 I'm on Cooper Street in Arlington, 983 North Cooper. 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.640 And they have no desire to do trucking. 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:02.160 They just want to talk about life. 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.880 Wow. 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.839 People just show up. 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.880 People just show up. 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.000 I think that's amazing. 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.599 That speaks a lot to you. 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.799 Don't go anywhere. 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:13.200 Up next, Kenya reflects on the highs, the lows, and the biggest lessons she's learned along the way. 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.160 Want more of what you're watching? 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:23.279 Watch us on Roku, Amazon Fire, or listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio to name a few. 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:51.279 I'm still pushing through um, like I say, like cash flow. 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:53.359 Like you still that's that's a forever thing. 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:58.000 Yes, I'm gonna say, listen, business owners, we don't ever get past that part there. 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.319 Right. 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:03.519 You know, even with the best CPA, you know, it's just about how how the people paying, how the people showing up. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:14.000 Uh so um another BS I'm pushing through is like trying to balance like what I do here in the US and what I do in Ghana and Nairobi. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.400 So it's just So what are you doing in Ghana and Nairobi? 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:31.440 Um, so I have a nonprofit, and what I do is I take dignity kits to girls off in the villages, like sanitary napkins, um soap til so they can continue to school while they have the you know monthly. 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:39.519 So just balancing out, like how do I, you know, tend to my Americans as well as, you know, the things I do in Africa. 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.880 So that's I'm pushing through that. 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.559 Yeah, that that's amazing. 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.680 I mean that so many people need so much help all around. 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.400 All around. 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:51.359 So it's definitely what has this journey taught you about resilience and faith? 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:54.960 Whoo, Lord, that was one of my talks, resilience. 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:59.039 You know, you can push through anything, it's just the mindset you have to push through it. 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:02.240 If you can't, if you tell yourself you can't, of course you can't. 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.920 If you can't, of course you can't. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.279 Yeah, you'll figure out a way. 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:10.319 I like to remind people that you have survived 100% of your hard days. 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.799 Exactly. 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.559 Because I think we can forget it in the moment. 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.359 It does not feel like we're surviving, but the fact that we're still here. 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:22.640 Yes, we are still here, that means that, you know, if you're looking for a way, eventually you're gonna you're going to find it. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.720 And I don't want to make it sound easy. 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.279 Yes. 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.759 Because it's it's not, you know. 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:34.319 Um I I think a lot of times when you hear entrepreneurs talk and they've gotten to a certain level, it's like, oh, you just do this, this, and this. 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:37.119 But what is it really like to be resilient? 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.200 What does it look like on your worst day? 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:44.160 On my worst day, um it's not wanting to get out of bed. 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:49.519 And even when you do get out of bed, me counting that as a win. 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.319 Yes. 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.279 Me making my bed, that's a win. 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.759 Yes. 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.759 You know, taking it, that's a win. 00:26:55.839 --> 00:27:00.240 So I my resilience is pushing through the minor things in life. 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.720 Yes. 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.440 That's a win. 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.240 And we forget that. 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.559 Yes. 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:09.200 People think resilience is, oh, I woke up, you know, and I did, ran 55,000 miles. 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.599 You know, you know, good for you. 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.079 Right. 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:16.720 But let me count, let me add up my small wins to make it to your 55,000 K one. 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:20.240 And I but I think we need to see more of that because that's what you get to see on social. 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.559 Yes. 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.440 Is yes, I did run this marathon, but what did it look like on day one? 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:23.920 Exactly. 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:30.720 And those days, because it's, and I have to remind myself of that because for everything that I've been through, walking has been saving my life. 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.039 Yes. 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:33.759 So I want to walk three, four miles every day. 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:38.720 Well, something might come up where I'm like, I can only get in a mile, and it feels like a failure. 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:41.759 It feels like a loss, but it's like, hey, you were out there today. 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.640 You were mobile.

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.480 And I I just did a speech about this. 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:50.000 I'm like, sometimes resilience might be getting out the bed, to the bathroom, back to the bed, but hey, it's I showed up. 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.079 I showed up. 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.680 Tell me, I showed up. 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:58.720 Yes, you go ahead and clap through it because it is not easy. 00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.200 Yes. 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:06.160 And I don't ever want this show to make people think that oh, it's it's easy, just keep doing it. 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:09.440 Because I know people who are probably on the side of their bed on their knees right now. 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.000 Of course. 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.519 I was one this morning. 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.920 Yeah. 00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:15.839 And and I'm one most mornings, so I get it. 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:19.759 What's the mistake that turned out to be your best teacher? 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:24.319 Depending on others. 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:29.200 And them uh letting me down. 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.000 Yes. 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.440 Now that's deep. 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.000 Yeah. 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.880 That's deep. 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:37.119 Have you found your tribe now that you know you can count on? 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.160 Oh yeah. 00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.200 Okay. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.359 Yes, I have my people. 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:41.839 Okay. 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.559 Because that I I think is super important. 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.319 And people that you can let your hair down around. 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:48.880 Yes. 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:53.680 Um, because I I want to talk about this for a second, it just popped into my head. 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:58.319 When you get to into a certain level of business, the conversation changes. 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.200 Most definitely. 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.559 You don't change, but the conversation changes. 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:08.480 And sometimes the group that you were around, they don't grow into those conversations with you. 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.720 How did how did you handle that? 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:14.720 I found that to be one of the most difficult things that I dealt with. 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:19.119 I just look at it now like as seasons. 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.839 You know, you know, you you were good for that season. 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.119 It's nothing wrong with you. 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.000 You are perfect. 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.319 Yeah. 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.759 You were who I needed at that time in my life. 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.160 Yeah. 00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.920 And that's how I handle them. 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.039 You can call me. 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:39.359 You know, we can still chit-chat, but that access that you had to me during that season, you don't have that access right now. 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:42.079 I'm I am still struggling with that. 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.400 Yeah. 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:47.200 I I truly struggle with it because I want, first of all, I want everybody to come. 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:49.119 I want everybody to grow. 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:54.640 I want, you know, if if we kicked it in middle school, I still won't, I want that for everybody. 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:57.839 But I've realized it the hard way that everybody won't come. 00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:00.480 And my aunt said to me one time, she said, you know what? 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:09.839 She said, you've got people, she said, I see you with people, you holding nobody's leg, you dragging them by their legs and they're kicking and screaming, and you're trying to take them where you're going and they they can't come. 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.240 Yeah. 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:14.000 And I I really, really struggled with it. 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:17.359 So I love what you said about there are seasons. 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.920 They are. 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:21.440 You know, but yeah, I still I'm dragging you. 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.119 Like, come on, we we're going into the next. 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.839 Because that's that's how it felt for me. 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:31.680 Like, yes, the price I was paying to carry them was too heavy. 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.400 It was too much. 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:34.400 I couldn't, I was burning out. 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:36.240 I I was becoming depressed. 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:39.519 I didn't even like who I was because of who you are. 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.480 But it was hurtful. 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.519 It's very hurtful. 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.319 It was hurtful. 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:44.640 And I and not just for you, but for the other person. 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:47.680 And you just realize all we have is the past. 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.319 That's it. 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.640 And I I just um I I think growth does that. 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:55.599 You know, I growth does it, but nobody really talks about it. 00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.119 The people that you're leaving behind. 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.720 But I gave you the opportunity. 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.119 Yes. 00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.680 Now that's true. 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:02.799 No, I gave you the opportunity, and that's how I start looking at it. 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:09.920 I gave you the opportunity to grow with me because as a friend, I'm sitting beside you and I'm sharing with you everything I've learned. 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.240 Yes. 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:12.240 So you don't have survivor's guilt then? 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.640 No. 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.119 Okay. 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:15.599 I'm still working on mine, to be honest. 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.440 That's why I would give everything away. 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:20.960 If you told me,

Kenya, I like this jacket, I'm coming up out of it. 00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.960 Because it was that survivors. 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:25.440 But now I'm like, no, babe, I'm working hard for this. 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.240 I'm having to show you how to do it. 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.359 Yes, I do. 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.160 Yeah. 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:34.400 No, I have, but I had a good friend, he had to tell me, say, you know, I think you have survivors guilt. 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:37.200 And I it took me a long time to say, yeah, that's true. 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:39.119 Yes, it's so it's a real thing. 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:44.400 Well, and this, you may have already answered this, but how do you protect your peace while you're carrying that weight? 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:47.279 Oh Lord, I'm so strict now. 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.440 I'm like the CIA now. 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:52.240 Like it's just you're very strict to get access. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:57.759 Like beyond, I have my personal time and then I have my public time. 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.319 Yes. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.640 I keep my personal time, that's mine. 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:05.440 And I I you can call me at I don't take phone calls after 6 p.m. 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:08.079 You can call me all you want to because that's your phone. 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:10.319 But on my end, I'm not picking up. 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.440 That's my boundary. 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:13.279 Like, that's my peace. 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.039 That's that's that's for me. 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.400 And I had to learn that. 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.039 Yeah. 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.759 Yeah, and that's I I love that you got there. 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.160 Yes. 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.839 But I'm learning so much from my guests. 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.400 Y'all got me. 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:24.000 I'm gonna I'm gonna be ready in a minute. 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:26.079 I'm can't wait to get back in track. 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.279 Yeah, try so many. 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.119 Do it like this. 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.599 Yes. 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:33.680 So what's the most rewarding part of seeing your students succeed? 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:38.319 Um, I have so many stories, I promise you. 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:43.440 I had one guy, he had done like 26 years in prison. 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:47.920 And he told he he had dropped out of school and everything in high school. 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:50.240 And he even tried to quit truck driving school. 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.640 Okay. 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:52.559 And I went and I looked for him. 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:55.119 And I kept looking for him, and he came back to school. 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.880 And he told me, he said, you know what? 00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.400 You're the only person that showed me what real love was. 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.920 You didn't give up on me. 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:06.960 So you actually like drove to his house and looked up his information and went and found him. 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.640 And calling on the phone. 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:10.000 I don't, yes, I did. 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.359 That's amazing. 00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.880 He's a truck driver now. 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:20.000 He has a wife, he hasn't returned to prison, he's taxpayer, you know, he got all his kids back with him. 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:24.799 And so it's it's moments like that that fills my cup. 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.640 It keeps you going in the day. 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.720 Yes, that's super important. 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:37.839 I um my dad, I have a little bit of background because my dad drove trucks for a lot of years, and so I would just listen to him. 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:45.359 He would call all the time because he's just on the road and he would call, and I would be super worried about him because sometimes he'd be in white out conditions. 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:49.440 Or it's raining hard, and you know, or I'm calling, like, where are you at? 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.960 Can you why don't you pull over? 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.799 He's like, baby, I can't pull over. 00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:55.920 I I have a be I have to be there in this amount of time. 00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:02.000 And so I was kind of mad at the trucking companies because I'm like, they got these people out here, you know, in these conditions. 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:05.440 It's not the trucking company companies, it's the consumers. 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:07.599 So it's not the companies, it's us. 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.920 We want everything right now. 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.119 So it makes sense. 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.719 That's a whole different show. 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.280 Yes. 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.639 That is a whole different show. 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:26.320 Yes, that's a that's a different uh reframe for me because I I really during that time of worrying about your loved one, I'm like, oh, this makes no sense. 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:28.960 Like, you know, but when you say it like that, yes. 00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.519 Yes. 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.840 That that it makes perfect sense. 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:39.039 How do you personally define your personal culture, the the energy that you bring in the room and the impact when you leave the room? 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.960 How do you personally describe it? 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:45.599 Um, I always describe myself as an experience. 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.480 An experience. 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.920 What kind of experience now? 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:50.880 It could be a good experience or a bad experience. 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.559 Whatever you want it to be. 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.840 It's on you. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.480 It's on you. 00:34:54.719 --> 00:35:00.320 However you want it, but I'm

gonna always show up as an experience to be memorable to you. 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.960 Yeah. 00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:04.480 You know that whatever you say to me, I'm gonna hold it. 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.119 Yes. 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.199 You know, gonna always feel safe with me. 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:09.840 I'm gonna always always make sure we laugh. 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:15.760 I'm gonna make sure you always walk away with something my grandmama said that you can apply to your life. 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:19.280 So I'm just, like I say, I show up as an experience. 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:24.800 Like, and you do, because even from the first time I contacted you, Kenya and I don't know each other. 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:27.760 And your message was so sweet back. 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:32.559 Like, first of all, this is amazing what you're doing, and all of those things, and most people don't do that. 00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.119 Wow. 00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:37.840 Most people, I 90% of people, they they do not do that. 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:40.320 So I thought I was like, oh man, she's so cool. 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:46.079 Like that, it immediately made me think that without having spoken to you, you know, on the phone. 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:47.679 So, yes, you are an experience. 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.639 You're an experience. 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:53.599 Yeah, I am, and everybody is special, and that's the way I that's the way I treat people. 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:55.039 Like, you're special. 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:59.920 Yes, like you may not know it, but to me, you're special, like yeah, and it comes across. 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.119 Definitely comes across. 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:06.559 Coming up next, we'll have some fun with Kenya in a lightning round of quick fire questions. 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.280 Cutting through the noise, no lies. 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.800 Want more of what you're watching? 00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:17.840 Watch us on Roku, Amazon Fire, or listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio to name a few. 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:33.039 Overtime, a lightning round. 00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:36.320 So let's have some fun with these quick fire questions. 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:38.159 Oh, let's go. 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:41.199 All right, morning person or night owl. 00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.320 Morning person. 00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.679 What time do you get up? 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.960 Uh 4:35. 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.760 1 a.m. 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.119 Why? 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:52.400 I feel like that's like the most peaceful time for me. 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.840 Like people are not moving around. 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.559 Yes, I agree. 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:57.280 So it's just me and my own messing with you. 00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.079 I'm about six. 00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.039 I'm about six. 00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:05.920 But yes, it it feels like the rest of the world is sleep and you can just have the space and time to do whatever you want to do. 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:08.639 Coffee, tea, or energy drink, or something stronger. 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:16.159 I'm a I'm a toss-up between coffee and tea because, like I say, I visit Africa a lot, and all of them they love tea. 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.480 Yes. 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:18.159 When I come home, I drink coffee. 00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:19.360 So it's a toss-up. 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.960 I can't do the coffee. 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:22.559 Yeah, you can't do the coffee tea. 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.760 It's horrible to me. 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.119 It smells amazing. 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:27.280 You gotta add a lot of cream. 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.320 Now that's true. 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:28.960 That's true. 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.800 My partner makes coffee for me. 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:32.960 Every blue moon, it's it's so much cream. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.880 I'm like, okay, it's a cream. 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.920 It's a cream. 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:39.360 What's your go-to hype song when you need motivation? 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.639 That part right there. 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.280 Motivation. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:44.159 Motivation by T T motivation. 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.639 That is it. 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.320 Like, come on, that is it. 00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:50.320 You are when I'm crying and praising God. 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.440 Motivation. 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.440 I love it. 00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:56.159 Most of my guests have said, I'm like, that's that is the song. 00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.519 I think T.I. 00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.880 is the motivational rapper. 00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.440 Exactly. 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:01.519 Because go get it, ASAP. 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.000 I love it. 00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:08.239 Okay, if you weren't running on track, what what's the career you'd be chasing right now? 00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:12.400 Uh the career I would be chasing right now is in the nonprofit sector. 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:17.440 So full time, I would definitely be on the continent of Africa serving. 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:20.559 Like that's what there's there's nothing better than giving back. 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.639 Yeah, that's that would be my full time. 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:24.480 Okay, you you thinking about that? 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.039 Yeah. 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.159 Here in the future. 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.880 Yes, yes, yes. 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.320 That sounds amazing. 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:33.840 What's one thing your students have taught you that surprised you? 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:41.280 Um my students have taught me that, you know, you really can't judge a book by its cover. 00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.760 Yeah. 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:47.119 You know, because I've had some come in, I'm like, yeah. 00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:54.719

And they they supersede everything that I, you know, thought that they would be or they wouldn't be. 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.159 Or just their background. 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.719 Right. 00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.280 You know. 00:38:57.519 --> 00:39:00.639 I love what you're doing with backgrounds of giving people second chances. 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:03.360 I think it's it's so important. 00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:07.199 My my dad is a uh second chance person. 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:10.960 Um and so maybe that's where a lot of the empathy comes from. 00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:19.840 But it's it's so crazy to me that something he did at 18, yes, that he still deals with that and he's in his 70s now. 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.159 Yes. 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:24.400 And so it's like people people were different people. 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.360 Who were you at 18? 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.000 Exactly. 00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.920 Versus even who you are at 30. 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.159 Yes. 00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:29.679 It can be a totally different person. 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:34.559 So I think it's it's really important for uh companies to give second chances. 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:44.400 I will ask this, how do you handle because some people have violent, very, very violent crimes versus um those those softer, softer crimes. 00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:47.039 Is there a difference in the way that you handle those? 00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:51.280 Um, so I do take um, just depending on the circumstance. 00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:56.000 Now, one thing that I would not take is uh like a a sex offender, a violent sex offender. 00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.639 I'm a female. 00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.760 So I don't take those, but it you know, it just depends. 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:06.719 Like my brother, my brother's second chance, and he had a you know, a violent case, but my brother's not a violent person. 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:10.239 You know, it just depends on the environment, the circumstances. 00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:16.559 So you you basically take the time to try to figure it out with them and see if it's something you feel comfortable with. 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.599 I take the time. 00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:19.760 And then too, me, I'm a second chance. 00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:26.400 Like I've never been to prison before, but if you know my behavior, depending on what season you meet me in, you may not like me. 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:34.480 And then I may come back in another season and I'm like, give me some grace because I'm a different person than I was during that time. 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.280 I should look at that. 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.239 That's how I look at it. 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:39.760 I want the way you can because we all need second chances. 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:41.440 I don't care if you've been to jail or not. 00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:41.840 Yes. 00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:46.559 We all, I don't think that the first

impression should define how you view a person. 00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:49.039 Because you could be meeting them on the worst day of their life. 00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.519 Yes. 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:52.559 How do you celebrate when the students pass the test? 00:40:52.880 --> 00:41:04.960 Oh, we have theme songs, we take pictures, I make sure, you know, I always give them like a certificate because, you know, a lot of them, majority of them have not received a certificate. 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:09.599 Like they haven't graduated, you know, high school or accomplished things. 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:14.960 So just having that certificate saying, look, I accomplished this. 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.360 Right. 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:17.679 That's that's a huge win from them for them. 00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.559 I love that. 00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:18.880 Yeah. 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:23.360 And do you have something where the family comes and sees them get the certificate? 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:26.639 Because it's like a common go type of thing. 00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.840 So I I don't. 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:42.320 And then when it's time for me to have a big graduation, you know, majority of them already driving over the road, so it's kind of hard to pull everybody back together, but I celebrate them independently to let them know I see you and I'm happy for you. 00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:44.559 And how many people have you put on the road? 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.880 Oh Lord, that's a lot. 00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:50.400 Because remember, I told you COVID had us rolling, rolling, rolling. 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:54.320 So I I I I don't know numbers, but it's in the hundreds. 00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.840 That's that's really cool. 00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.480 Yes. 00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:59.199 So who inspires you the most right now? 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:03.280 Um, I'm gonna be a little cocky a little bit. 00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.679 Okay. 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.239 Me. 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:06.000 No, you're doing like Snoop. 00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.960 I want to thank me. 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.239 Me. 00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:12.800 I inspire me the most because I inspired to be a better me. 00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.280 Yes. 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:18.400 You know, I look back, I was like, you know, you know, just from life paths. 00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:22.639 So I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm my inspiration right now. 00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:32.400 You know, and and actually, as you say it, all jokes aside, we have got to figure out how to be our own inspiration because sometimes people aren't there to be that inspiration. 00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.559 Yes. 00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:36.559 Or the people that are there, you don't feel like they're really understanding where you are in that space. 00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.639 So yeah, I'm gonna steal that one from you. 00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:47.920 And this is like on a personal like level, like

something I have, and that was I went through my niece passed away. 00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:50.400 I got was going through a divorce. 00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:54.719 Um, and like business just with I couldn't function in business. 00:42:55.119 --> 00:43:01.519 And when the lights went down, you know what Beyonce is like, it's just me, myself, and I thought I have any end. 00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:03.039 Yeah, and she was right. 00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:05.760 Because when the lights went down, I couldn't call my friend girls. 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.880 I didn't want to bother them. 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.199 Right. 00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:08.960 I had to pull my own self out of that. 00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:12.239 I had to inspire myself to get up, girl. 00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.960 Yeah. 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:14.159 So, yeah. 00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.760 Call the clock if you want to. 00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:17.679 I'm pulling myself out of that. 00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:18.800 Okay. 00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.719 That is what has to happen. 00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.280 I'm with you. 00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:25.360 What's something about you that most people would never guess? 00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:30.800 People would never guess that I'm very, I guess they would say, um, introvert. 00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:31.679 Really? 00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:33.280 Yeah, I would not guess that. 00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:36.719 So you you can only people for a certain amount of time. 00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:41.519 And then I call that being a conditional extrovert because I think that I think that's how I am. 00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:43.519 Like I'm good until I'm not. 00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.000 Mm-hmm. 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.480 Mm-hmm. 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:48.159 I have, I do not have the fear of missing out. 00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.199 I enjoy it. 00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.880 And when people invite me out, they know, can you have two hours? 00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.239 I like that's the t shirt. 00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:56.000 I do not have the fear of FOMO. 00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:57.199 I don't, I don't. 00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:58.480 I'm like, I have two hours. 00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.599 I can go to this event with you. 00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.360 Two hours. 00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:14.000 And how because I know as as I was building my business in my home city, there was an event every I mean, you know, there's always something that you feel like you need to show your face at as an entrepreneur. 00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:22.239 Once upon a time I was going to a lot of events and that that caused a burnout. 00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:30.960 And then I had to reflect more, like, are you looking for your work and wanting to build your platform based on these people and what they think about you? 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:34.719 Because if that's what you're doing, sis, that's not. 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:41.199 But was it not the business that you were going to get potential kind of uh create relationship? 00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:48.000 But really, what kind of relationship can you create in a in a room full of three, four, five hundred people? 00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:50.559 Yeah, so that's where I I think is my special sauce. 00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:52.320 Like I'm in that room doing my thing. 00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:53.199 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.800 See, I'm good with one-on-one. 00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:57.280 Like I see you, you see me, come here. 00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:59.679 You got what I want, you got let's let's do it. 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:06.079 Okay, if you could instantly master any skill outside of business, what would it be? 00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.840 That would be yoga. 00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.639 Yoga. 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.039 Yes. 00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:10.079 Yoga is hard. 00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:11.199 I love it. 00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.880 Yoga is hard. 00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:14.320 Outside of business, yeah. 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:15.679 You catch me on a mat. 00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:17.039 I love that. 00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:22.320 What's a phrase, mantra, or quote that you live by that keeps you on track? 00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:24.719 Oh, I have so many. 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:30.480 Um one is you survive one of your toughest days, majority of your toughest days, what you said. 00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:33.440 Like that's my mantra to keep me going. 00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:33.840 Okay. 00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:36.079 You did it like that and you survived. 00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:39.280 God's gonna make a way and you're gonna make it through this. 00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:41.440 So I have to always remind myself. 00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:44.960 Now, do you have a routine that you follow every single day? 00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.840 Oh, yes, ma'am. 00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:46.800 Tell us about it. 00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.760 Yes, ma'am. 00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:50.159 So I'm up at 4:30. 00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:52.559 Uh, well, actually 2.30. 00:45:52.639 --> 00:46:07.280 I do my praise and worship from the bed at 2 30, take a nap, back up at 4 30, start another praise and worship, get up, meditate, do my yoga, take my dog out, sit on the couch, I drink my tea, I journal, shower, break. 00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:10.639 Yeah, now I'm ready for the day. 00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:14.000 Yeah, but if I don't get that in, you don't get the best of me. 00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.639 Yeah. 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:17.760 Now, see, I cannot meditate in bed because I'm going back to sleep. 00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.079 Uh-huh. 00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:22.480 I have to actually get up, walk across the house, and go do my thing in another room. 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:25.199 Because I've tried laying in the bed, I'm going back to sleep. 00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:26.159 But a dream will come. 00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:27.679 See, that's the point of meditating. 00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.480 Then a

dream will come. 00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:30.639 Then you wake up and you follow the dream. 00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.719 No, sis. 00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:35.679 I ain't doing that, Kenya. 00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:37.039 No, I won't be asleep. 00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:38.400 I'm like messing with Kenya. 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:41.199 I haven't meditated in 30 days. 00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:45.119 So, but I love, I love that you can do that and that it works for you. 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:49.679 And that's what's so special about each of us having a routine that gets you ready for your day. 00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:51.440 I think that's what it's all about. 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:53.920 Kenya, this has been such a joy. 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:55.599 Where can people keep up with you again? 00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:57.360 We want to follow all the amazing things you're doing. 00:46:57.679 --> 00:47:06.159 Yes, so follow me on social media, on track career academy, uh, my personal um social media platforms, K Richard. 00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:07.840 Um I'm out there. 00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:12.960 Just and like I said, you can stop by, 983-North Cooper, and we can have a conversation. 00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:14.079 She's a brave woman. 00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:15.519 She letting y'all stop by. 00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:15.760 Okay. 00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:18.880 Kenya, thank you so much for joining me today. 00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:26.719 Your journey shows us that success isn't just about building a business, it's about resilience, faith, and breaking through the BS that holds us back. 00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:33.920 From dreaming your school into reality to mentoring the next generation of drivers, your story is one of grit, courage, and love. 00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:37.679 Kenya is proof that when the dream calls, you better pick up. 00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:39.199 She didn't wait for a mentor. 00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:40.719 She didn't wait for perfect conditions. 00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:42.079 She built her own lane. 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:43.199 That's the takeaway. 00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:45.360 Stop waiting for somebody to crown you. 00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:47.280 Stop waiting for the stars to line up. 00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:49.679 Take the step right now with what you got. 00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:52.719 Faith plus grind will take you further than fear ever will. 00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:56.639 I'm Risha Grant, and this has been Be Better Than Your BS. 00:47:56.719 --> 00:48:00.960 Until next time, stay bold, stay true, and keep being better than your BS. 00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:06.800 Got a mirror in the mind, reflecting the test. 00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:08.159 What's the truth in your soul? 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:09.199 What's the lie you suppress? 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:11.360 Till the layers back, onion of success. 00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:12.639 Gotta shut that old skin. 00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:13.920 No time to regress. 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:16.239 From the boardroom table to the block finesse. 00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:18.800 Richard breaking things, working thought, no less. 00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:20.320 Want more of what you're watching? 00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:27.360 Watch us on Roku, Amazon Fire, or listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio to name a few.