Anitra Deen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anitra Deen Consulting. She serves her clients as a fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO) and strategic planner to organize her clients' operations, plans, and processes for their business growth. She’s on a mission to support women entrepreneurs and small business owners to move from being stuck and disorganized to having the clarity, structure, and momentum to take that next, first step.

She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at Mercer University and a Masters of Education at James Madison University. Anitra is currently writing a book, Organize Your Ducks: Strategies to Establish Longevity In Your Business.

In this episode, Anitra shares:

• An internship experience that helped her determine law was not the right fit career field for her to pursue

• Why she shifted her goal from following her passion to pursuing the path that allowed her to make the impact she wanted to make in the world
• How she discovered what she values most and how knowing what’s most important to her made it easy to walk away from careers in both law and higher education
•  The importance of recognizing the value in transferrable skills and why graduate degrees aren't always necessary

• Two limiting beliefs that oftentimes keep us stuck in jobs that aren’t the right fit

Connect with Anitra at www.anitradeen.com!

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Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Casby Bias earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at Marquette University and a Master of Arts in Television, Radio, and Film at Syracuse University. She is currently a podcast producer for iHeartMedia as well as the podcast animator, Executive Producer and host of “Adulting 101 with Casby Bias,” a podcast that teaches young professionals how to survive the life-after-college transition.

In this episode, Casby shares:

• The challenges she encountered upon moving out to California to pursue her dream of making it in Hollywood as an animator

• How she pivoted from pursuing a career as a creative to working in corporate communications, and how working in corporate communications lead her back to the creative space she was seeking in the first place

• The sense of failure she felt when moving back in with her parents and tips on how to navigate similar feelings when things don’t go as planned

• Why the pandemic inspired the birth of her adulting podcast

• How producing her own podcast lead to her current job at iHeartMedia and what a podcast producer’s day-to-day on the job looks like

Mentioned in this episode:

• Inroads

Connect with Casby at [email protected] and check out her podcast "Adulting 101 with Casby Bias" for more tips on adulting!

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Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Brian McLaughlin earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from Boston University. He was also an Army major who commanded a paratrooper unit, served in Afghanistan in special operations, and later returned as the media production advisor to General Petraeus and produced documentary short films with an Afghan crew around Afghanistan.

Today, he is a producer and co-president of Emerald Elephant Entertainment where he’s produced four feature films – all acquired for distribution – and have eight in development. Two of his films are also on Amazon Prime Video. Brian is also on the PGA’s Education, Mentoring, and One Guild committees and recently completed a role for The Walt Disney Company as a program manager for health and safety. In this role, he oversaw the COVID compliance department on various TV series, including American Horror Stories and The Other Black Girl.

As a writer, Brian has written two feature film screenplays, one of which was a PAGE Awards quarter-finalist and selected for the Producers Guild’s Diversity Workshop. He was subsequently invited to be a mentor in that phenomenal program as well. As a member of Imagine Entertainment’s invitation-only Impact Community, he’s one of 500 writers accepted from 20,000 applicants who applied to join this exclusive community. Brian is an alumnus of the Writers Guild Foundation’s Veterans Writing Project and has continued as a volunteer in that training. He’s also been published in The Hollywood Reporter and Produced By magazine.

In this episode, he shares:

•  How a hobby led him from working as a business analyst to a new career in film & television

• The importance of building relationships and being engaged in professional organizations specific to your field

• His journey in finding the space he wanted to inhabit in the film & television industry as a producer and writer

• The challenge of balancing working for hire with making progress on one’s own projects

• How having a business background has worked to his advantage in the film & television industry

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 Check out Brian's media mentions and projects:

• Produced By magazine feature (the trade magazine of the Producers Guild of America)

• The Hollywood Reporter - Oscars’ Diversity Dilemma

• Produced By - Hire a Vet

• Produced By - Navigating COVID in the Post-lockdown Era

• Good Boy

• D*I*Y

• Red 71 

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Today, we build upon our discussion from episode 106, “Certainty is Rare: How to Prepare Beyond Job Outlook.” While having a holistic approach to life and career planning is important, having concrete steps to take to provide security for our futures is also important as well. In this episode, we look at three steps to take to prepare for your next job before you need it.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 106 - Certainty is Rare: How to Prepare Beyond Job Outlook

• Episode 97 - The Journey of a Chemist: Meet Dr. Kristin Cederquist

• Journey to Jupiter: Discover the Life You’ll Create LinkedIn Page

• Important Networking Statistics Everyone Should Know

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When considering careers or preparing for a career change, we oftentimes want to be as certain as possible we're pursuing a field that'll offer strong opportunities for employment as well as opportunities for growth and promotion into new positions with greater pay. Even when we do our research and choose a career with strong indicators of continuous growth, however, this still doesn't mean that our success is guaranteed.

In today's episode we review a couple of examples in which industries traditionally known for their security have actually had to lay employees off due to unforeseen circumstances caused by the economy. Then, we discuss a planning strategy beyond just considering job outlook that will help protect your career pursuits in the years to come.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Job Outlook: What Is It and Why It's Important? (Indeed.com)
• Fortune.com article: "Big tech layoffs have claimed more than 70,000 jobs..."
• Los Angeles Times column: "The real aim of big tech's layoffs..."
• NPR article: "As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than a Million Healthcare Workers Lose Jobs"
• The YearCompass tool discussed in episode 105
• The 8 principles to the art of mastering oneself in Episode 8 entitled "What's More Important Than College in Your Life Journey?"

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Happy New Year everyone! In this first episode of 2023, we take a look at a tool called YearCompass that helps you close 2022 with deep reflection on all you experienced and plan the year ahead with intention.

There are many helpful tools to help plan your future, but this tool is different in that it gives you space to consider your past experiences so you can refine your goals and tweak your approach to accomplishing them in the new year.

Also mentioned in this episode:

• The 8 principles to the art of mastering oneself in Episode 8 entitled "What's More Important Than College in Your Life Journey?"

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In our last episode, our guest Nicholas Sapp shared his college journey that included taking a leave of absence after having withdrawn from one too many classes. He highlighted the fact that there’s much conversation about the importance of going to college while there’s less discussion about what it takes to actually be successful in college.

Today, we review four things to consider before dropping or withdrawing from classes as well as some tips for college success.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 103 with Nicholas Sapp

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Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Nicholas Sapp grew up in the city’s Cascade neighborhood. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a major in Comparative Human Development. While on a leave of absence from his undergraduate studies, Nicholas’ interest in Student Affairs was sparked by the programming offered by Georgia State University’s Office of Black Student Achievement.

Currently, he spends his 4th year working at Emory University with the goal of providing similar programming opportunities to its student population. Outside of work, Nicholas is passionate about Black American street dances and is eagerly learning, competing, and teaching.

In this episode, Nicholas shares:

• How he ended up attending one of the top universities in the United States (University of Chicago)

• His thought process when deciding to which colleges to apply and ultimately which school to attend

• Why he took a leave of absence from college, and how that time away helped him discover the students affairs career path

• The importance of talking about how to succeed in college just as much as it is to discuss attending college

• How taking a job just to “get your foot in the door” can be a path that leads to your desired job

Connect with Nicholas via email at [email protected] and LinkedIn!

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You may have heard the saying that we all have the same 24 hours in a day. Yet, we know that some seem to get a lot done while others seem to get very little done in this same amount of time. A critical factor in getting the most from our time is practicing good time management. In today’s episode, we discuss:

• What is time management?
• What is it important?
• How do you practice good time management?

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 100: Increasing Your Income by Creating a Portfolio of Work
• Episode 38: How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions in 2020 (Values & S.M.A.R.T. Goals)
• “What Is Time Management?” by Mindtools.com

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Raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sean currently works as Director of Enrollment Analytics for Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, NC. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from St. Ambrose University in Iowa and a Master of Arts in Higher Education from Ashford University.

Sean’s career journey was fueled with an unrelenting ambition to do the heart work and honor his family’s legacy as educators.

Unfortunately, he oftentimes pursued this journey at the expense of his personal identity and those around him. After suffering from multiple mental health challenges, he sought help, refocused his priorities and purpose. All of this has helped him cultivate a teachable strategy to inspire anyone to become enthusiastic about using their unique gifts to shape what is needed to move forward without losing themselves. 

In this episode, Sean shares:

• How he decided where to attend college
• What attracted him to history as a college major
• How an internship encouraged him to pursue a career working in museums only for his graduate program to convince him otherwise (essentially his lack of fulfillment with the process of pursuing his desired career field led him to change careers altogether)
• The difference between having a job vs a career
• How he discovered his passion for working in college admissions
• Important differences in his career journey prior to achieving his goals compared to the journey afterward

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 99: Pursuing a Career Based on Your Interests vs. Pay
• Episode 100: Increasing Your Income by Creating a Portfolio of Work
• Episode 95: Plan for the Future, But Also Live Fully Now

Connect with Sean!

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Email at [email protected] 

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Edited by Ken Inge of Dead End Hip Hop

Today, we round out our discussion of embracing self-awareness and self-acceptance (in episode 98) while also considering the fact that various jobs and career fields offer different pay (episode 99) with a solution for those considering a career in traditionally lower paying fields: increase your income by creating a portfolio of work.

We also review previous guests who have adopted this approach to give examples of how anyone might pursue this path as well.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 74 with Dr. Brandy L. Simula
• Episode 21 with Jeanne Sparrow
• Episode 39 with Steven L. Anderson
• Episode 25 with Justin "Chef JRob" Robinson
• Episode 96 with Travis Opocensky
• Episode 31 with Jeff Beckham
• Episode 98 regarding self-awareness and self-acceptance
• Episode 99 regarding salary expectations vs reality

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