We asked the community what factors they felt were responsible for their success and we’ve highlighted some of those responses below.

GRINXHY | RAPPER & SONGWRITER

KNOWING AND TRULY BELIEVING IN GOD & Knowing Without Him Nothing Is Possible. But With Him I Can Do All Things Thru Christ Read more>>

Waverly Willis | Cleveland’s Favorite Barber

I think the most important factor behind my success is my love of the charity work that I do. In my opinion if God has freely given you a talent that has enabled you to take care of yourself & your family you should periodically freely give that talent to help people. Once I started cutting hair for free at nursing homes,schools,recreation centers,hospitals ,day cares, churches ,juvenile detention centers,etc. my popular sky rocketed. Read more>>

Jordan Williams | Author

The most important factor for me has been consistency. There are plenty of people who are more intelligent and talented than I am, but I always view consistency as the main quality that can set me apart. I have no problem doing the same simple habits every single day with patience. Read more>>

Extriara Gates | LCSW/Psychotherapist

There is a quote by David Frost that says ‘don’t aim for success if you want it just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally”. My practice was naturally birthed because of my love for helping people navigate the human experience and my belief that all humans are deserving of wholeness. Read more>>

Keosh Jones | ADHD Holistic Productivity Coach for Women

To me, the most important factor behind the success of my business is commitment. The ability to not give up when it gets hard, the ability to seek support when things aren’t going the way that I expect, the ability to just bounce back, but bounce back quickly is part of commitment. Read more>>

Shane King | President & Chief Creative Officer

It’s definitely the team that we’ve built up over the years (since 1999) and our commitment to constantly evolve what we do and the clients that we’ve been able to bring along the journey. When we started we couldn’t have ever imagined that we would be doing great things for organizations like Shaw Floors, The Home Depot, TOTO USA, Porsche and Goodwill. Read more>>

Olivia Garcia- Babka | Model, Actress, Entrepreneur

Honestly it’s the fact that I’m completely self taught. when I first wanted to start modeling everything in the world was still virtual due to covid. Any class I wanted to take to learn the basics were through zoom. I did take a few workshop classes for acting and modeling, but not actually being able to be hands on with a class made it that much harder. Read more>>

Ajz’nee Young | Actress/ Model/ Artist

The most important factor behind my success. I guess I will say that, I learn to see myself in my future. Read more>>

Kwame Sarfo-Mensah | Educator, Consultant & Content Creator

I believe there have been many important factors behind the success of the Identity Talk brand but I have to choose one, I would say my authenticity. When most of us begin our entrepreneurial journeys, we get so caught up with comparing ourselves with other successful entrepreneurs and mimicking their styles because we believe that’s our ticket to success. Read more>>