One of the most important lessons we learned is that our lives and our businesses will teach us along the way. We don’t need to know everything on day one because the challenges we face on day will likely be ones we are already equipped to handle. As we overcome challenges we get better and better and as the challenges increase in difficulty so too does our ability to tackle them.

We asked members of the community that we admire to share important lessons their business or career has taught them and have shared some of those responses below.

Taylor Nixon | Music Artist

The most important lesson my career has taught me has been the power of intention. Vision is a prerequisite to intention and requires you to accurately assess what you want out of life and why. Without intention, you’ll get swept by the many waves of distraction life is bound to throw at you. This doesn’t mean that you can’t get to a specific destination. It just means a longer trip. Read more>>

Javonna Waldon | Nail Tech

Patience, when I first started back doing nails in 2016 I really wasn’t focused but still expected my clientele to pay my bills… well it didn’t lol. I had to take a step back and get a regular job but I continued practicing and building inventory with my checks. When I quit my job in 2020 and reopened Nailed by J, I came back stronger and with better everything, and my clientele started picking up and became more diverse.Last year I said I wanted to be so booked that I was hard to get in with, Nailed it in 2022! Read more>>

Mia B. Fanning, M.ED. | The Queen of Content | Serial Entrepreneur, Content Creator, Influencer, & Coach

People make money from your ignorance. When I started my Content Creation agency, the House of Bequest, pricing my products and services would give me anxiety because I was not only ignorant, but also battling imposter syndrome. I was also in the process of trying to build out my portfolio to showcase our skills as visual storytellers, which meant that I took just about any project that came my way. However, doing so created chaos in my life and business, resulting in burnout for myself and my team. Read more>>

Te’Ann Smith | Personal Chef

In the great words of Rihanna work, work, work. Work, and consistency. People want to work with people who want to work, and are consistent. There has been plenty of times where things haven’t went how I thought it would go but because of my work ethic and my consistency with my clients I’m able to get some leniency on certain things. For example say I am running 10 minutes late because of traffic or I forgot a spice so I need to run back to the store, I know my clients will be able to understand because I come, and I show up every week consistently giving them a great experience. A great work ethic along with consistency and a positive mindset can really move you forward. Read more>>