EP4: Monetizing Your Everyday MAGIC with Mattie James
08/19/22 • 47 min
One of the absolute hardest things to do as a business owner is finding that middle ground between family and business - but OG blogger & influencer, and now published author of Everyday MAGIC, Mattie James has proven that it is certainly possible!
From auditioning for American Idol and Making The Band, to building an empire in the blogger & influencer space, Mattie James sits down with us and shares the pivotal moments in her journey that have led her to create her Everyday MAGIC.
As Mattie shares her unapologetic approach to designing a life that holds space for both her family and her business, she also gets open and honest about her separation and reconciliation with her husband, and explains the power of priorities and boundaries in everything that she does.
So, join in on the conversation, and find out how you too can start creating your own Everyday MAGIC with Sherrell and Mattie today!
KEY POINTS:
Mattie James’ journey from auditioning to blogging
Her pivotal moments as a blogger and influencer
Supporting and educating Black creators in the blogging space
The secret to balancing and separating your business & family
What does it mean to create your Everyday MAGIC?
Setting and respecting boundaries as a business
QUOTABLES:
“Being kind is important, but it's not a substitute to doing the work.”
“A little bit of progress is still progress. Baby steps are still steps. Even if I have to baby step myself to the top, I am willing to do that. I think I'm worth that effort.”
GUEST RESOURCES:
Mattie James
IG | @themattiejames - www.instagram.com/themattiejames
Twitter | @themattiejames - www.twitter.com/themattiejames
Pre-order Everyday MAGIC now: www.amazon.com/dp/1546002227/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_94M9KBNBS388N4FAR9YV?linkCode=ml1&tag=mattieologie-20
PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:
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Website | sherrelldorsey.com
IG | instagram.com/sherrell_dorsey
Twitter | twitter.com/Sherrell_Dorsey
Get your own copy of Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us at sherrelldorsey.com/upperhand
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One of the absolute hardest things to do as a business owner is finding that middle ground between family and business - but OG blogger & influencer, and now published author of Everyday MAGIC, Mattie James has proven that it is certainly possible!
From auditioning for American Idol and Making The Band, to building an empire in the blogger & influencer space, Mattie James sits down with us and shares the pivotal moments in her journey that have led her to create her Everyday MAGIC.
As Mattie shares her unapologetic approach to designing a life that holds space for both her family and her business, she also gets open and honest about her separation and reconciliation with her husband, and explains the power of priorities and boundaries in everything that she does.
So, join in on the conversation, and find out how you too can start creating your own Everyday MAGIC with Sherrell and Mattie today!
KEY POINTS:
Mattie James’ journey from auditioning to blogging
Her pivotal moments as a blogger and influencer
Supporting and educating Black creators in the blogging space
The secret to balancing and separating your business & family
What does it mean to create your Everyday MAGIC?
Setting and respecting boundaries as a business
QUOTABLES:
“Being kind is important, but it's not a substitute to doing the work.”
“A little bit of progress is still progress. Baby steps are still steps. Even if I have to baby step myself to the top, I am willing to do that. I think I'm worth that effort.”
GUEST RESOURCES:
Mattie James
IG | @themattiejames - www.instagram.com/themattiejames
Twitter | @themattiejames - www.twitter.com/themattiejames
Pre-order Everyday MAGIC now: www.amazon.com/dp/1546002227/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_94M9KBNBS388N4FAR9YV?linkCode=ml1&tag=mattieologie-20
PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:
Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!
Website | sherrelldorsey.com
IG | instagram.com/sherrell_dorsey
Twitter | twitter.com/Sherrell_Dorsey
Get your own copy of Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us at sherrelldorsey.com/upperhand
Find the latest news & updates on Black founders and innovators from The Plug newsletter tpinsights.com
I Think I’m Doing This Right is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)
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EP3: Merging Culture and Code with Render ATL Founder, Justin Samuels
Lanyards on gold chains, a wing bar, and the swaggiest nerds you’ll ever meet, Render(ATL) is the premier software engineering conference and cultural experience. And in this episode, its founder and senior software engineer at MailChimp, Justin Samuels, joins Sherrell to speak about the drive for diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in the software space as well as his own journey to tech.
From slinging MySpace pages for $20 to studying the science of food to scaling Render(ATL) at an explosive rate, don’t miss this short and sweet episode to catch all the lessons Justin Samuels has learned and is still learning, on his path in entrepreneurship.
KEY POINTS:
Justin Samuels’s journey to tech
How the idea for Render was born
Why Justin Samuels believes in being whole-heartedly unapologetic
Business is booming! But with growth comes challenges
You can’t win every battle, so mitigate the bleeding instead
Is it possible to scale and be sane?
QUOTABLES:
“When you own a business, you got to learn not to work in the business but work on it. You get to a point where I'm hustling harder turns to I’m hustling smarter.”
“When your business explodes everybody wants your time and money, trying to ask you questions about everything. There are times when you got to really remember why you began this thing and hold that close to you.”
GUEST RESOURCES:
Culture meets Code at: enterrender.com
Follow Justin Samuels on social media!
IG | instagram.com/thugdebugger
Twitter | twitter.com/ThugDebugger
PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:
Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!
Website | sherrelldorsey.com
IG | instagram.com/sherrell_dorsey
Twitter | twitter.com/Sherrell_Dorsey
Get your own copy of Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us at sherrelldorsey.com/upperhand
Find the latest news & updates on Black founders and innovators from The Plug newsletter tpinsights.com
I Think I’m Doing This Right is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)
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EP5: Break Shit, Build The Ego
You’re going a mile a minute, everything around you is falling apart, and balls are dropping left, right, and center - sound familiar?
It’s incredibly easy to get swept up in the heat of things around you. That is why in this episode, Sherrell gets real and vulnerable with you by sharing the days and moments where she got things utterly wrong and shows you that sometimes slowing down can be the biggest thing that protects us from ourselves.
It’s time we started stepping away from the 24/7 hustle culture, embracing our seasons of rest, and ultimately trusting that things will work out in the end.
KEY POINTS:
How slowing down protects you from yourself
The moment everything starts falling apart around you
Rejecting hustle culture and embracing rest
Trust that everything is going to work out for you
QUOTABLES:
“When things are collapsing, slowing down is sometimes the best remedy.”
PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:
Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!
Website | sherrelldorsey.com
IG | instagram.com/sherrell_dorsey
Twitter | twitter.com/Sherrell_Dorsey
Get your own copy of Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us at sherrelldorsey.com/upperhand
Find the latest news & updates on Black founders and innovators from The Plug newsletter tpinsights.com
I Think I’m Doing This Right is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)
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