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What advice would you give to someone who would like to What does success mean to you?

mirror your success? Success for me is inspiring others and putting those in need in a better position. I believe that the

journey that I’m on and the work I’m doing is bigger than me. I believe that God and my ancestors
challenged me to this task and I’m simply doing the work they laid out for me. The feedback that I’ve
his sounds cliché, but received on my story shows me that I am doing the right thing and that I have so much more work
it’s just a matter of do- to do.
Ting it. Figuring out the Apart from that, success is also personal for me. I created a list of “100 Things I Want to Do in My
“how” is difficult, so I changed Life,” like move to Ghana, start a business, own a jet, go skydiving, learn to fly, touch an elephant…
my thought pattern to, “What literally anything and everything I want to do in life. Being able to cross those items off my list makes
can I do today to put myself a me feel successful because these are goals that I set and accomplished.
step closer?” I would encour-
age aspiring entrepreneurs
not to focus on the how, but
focus on the now (my mom
taught me that). Write down
everything that needs to be
done in a notebook dedicated How do you use your
to achieving your goal. That’s
very important. Work on your expertise to inspire
goal every day and start train-
ing your mind to believe that women?
it’s already yours, you just ha- What sense of purpose
ven’t reached it yet. do you draw from your

culture and community? I host women empowerment events called
Queenlish, which means “positively speak-
ing things into existence.” I firmly believe
My culture and community are rooted in
being a black woman. It is very import- that once the mind is right, we can do any-
ant for me to proudly represent black thing. Sometimes, we don’t have that sup-
women in everything I do. We constant- port system or the extra push we need,
which is why I started Queenlish. During
ly have so much going against us, espe-
cially with how we are degraded on tele- these events, I provide women with the
vision as being “ratchet” and “ghetto.” I tools they need to achieve their dreams. I
guide them on how to start an LLC, how to
believe it is my duty to prove that image
wrong. get started in real estate, how to get paid
using Instagram, you name it.
I am a proud, strong, black woman and
I know and feel in my soul that I come I am truly passionate about helping people
from greatness. I will act as such and get past the stage of doubt. The power of
the tongue and the mind are amazing. Once
continue to make my ancestors proud.
you start speaking the right words with con-
fidence, you believe you can do it. Once you
believe you can do it, you will achieve it!

Deijha Gordon

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