
EP3: How To Become The Executive Producer of Your Life with Robert Hartwell
01/04/23 • 66 min
Having starred in 5 Broadway musicals, Robert Hartwell is the founder of Strength on Stages - an elite speaker training program for entrepreneurs. When he isn’t on tour, performing at the Tony’s, or going viral for his upcoming renovation of a colonial home with OWN on Discovery+ TV, Robert lends his Broadway panache to help women of color express their own magic in business.
But how does he do it all?!
Tune in as Robert Hartwell shares a day in his life, along with his secret desires, advice to all up-and-coming entrepreneurs, and what he sees in the future as he time travels 10 years with your host Danielle Leslie.
KEY POINTS
Bringing Broadway to entrepreneurship (6:06)
Robert’s secret desire when creating his business (9:43)
Why we need to have conversations with every version of ourselves (13:15)
History is your future - meeting yourself back where you started (29:00)
How Robert became the executive producer of his own show and life (32:43)
Should we aspire to elevate out of our business? (45:56)
QUOTABLES
“You have an incredible idea, or you have a beautiful presence, but you're not able to marry your story to the marketing materials to be able to get the press and get on the stages that you so desperately want to get on.”
“It's so important for black and brown people to be in these positions of power because we then have the responsibility and the opportunity to open the door for the next line of storytellers.”
GUEST INFORMATION
Robert Hartwell
Strengthonstages.com
IG | instagram.com/sirroberttakespics
RESOURCES
Join Member Up - Get 14 days FREE
Watch the Course From Scratch Masterclass
GO SUBSCRIBE to SINCE3000 on All Streaming Platforms
Having starred in 5 Broadway musicals, Robert Hartwell is the founder of Strength on Stages - an elite speaker training program for entrepreneurs. When he isn’t on tour, performing at the Tony’s, or going viral for his upcoming renovation of a colonial home with OWN on Discovery+ TV, Robert lends his Broadway panache to help women of color express their own magic in business.
But how does he do it all?!
Tune in as Robert Hartwell shares a day in his life, along with his secret desires, advice to all up-and-coming entrepreneurs, and what he sees in the future as he time travels 10 years with your host Danielle Leslie.
KEY POINTS
Bringing Broadway to entrepreneurship (6:06)
Robert’s secret desire when creating his business (9:43)
Why we need to have conversations with every version of ourselves (13:15)
History is your future - meeting yourself back where you started (29:00)
How Robert became the executive producer of his own show and life (32:43)
Should we aspire to elevate out of our business? (45:56)
QUOTABLES
“You have an incredible idea, or you have a beautiful presence, but you're not able to marry your story to the marketing materials to be able to get the press and get on the stages that you so desperately want to get on.”
“It's so important for black and brown people to be in these positions of power because we then have the responsibility and the opportunity to open the door for the next line of storytellers.”
GUEST INFORMATION
Robert Hartwell
Strengthonstages.com
IG | instagram.com/sirroberttakespics
RESOURCES
Join Member Up - Get 14 days FREE
Watch the Course From Scratch Masterclass
GO SUBSCRIBE to SINCE3000 on All Streaming Platforms
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EP2: New Ceilings Require A New Identity, Behind The Scenes with Danielle Leslie X Jessica Hurley
We all know Danielle, the Serial Entrepreneur; Danielle, the Millionaire Maker; Danielle, the creator of Course from Scratch - but every new ceiling requires a new identity, and for the longest time, Danielle had hit her highest and could no longer see a future she could create.
And for the first time ever, Danielle had to face the most terrifying question: How do I get out of self-judgment, loneliness, and, worst of all, the hopelessness of reaching my full potential?
In this episode, Jessica Hurley, host of the Rich in Real Life podcast, switches seats with Danielle Leslie and takes a deep dive into Danielle’s journey of being a student once again as she embraces her seasons of silence to integrate the lessons she had learned and to finally put them into practice.
So join us in this episode to find out how she made her pivot into her fully-expressed self, time travel with Danielle to 10 years from now, and get to know the Danielle from the future. It’s time to go behind the scenes with Danielle from SINCE3000.
QUOTABLES
“The more healed people are, the more playful they are.”
“The best friend; The biggest love of your life, is yourself.”
“It was a simple question. Is this in service of my highest self? Is this helping me be fully self-expressed? The answer was yes.”
KEY POINTS
Danielle’s Dark Night of the Soul [6:05]
Putting in the Work - How Danielle made the pivot into her true self [14:00]
The Expert is now the Student again [21:00]
Did Ego ever get in the way? [29:00]
Danielle’s “cry in the car” moment in business [37:40]
Time traveling to Danielle 10 years from now [47:55]
Breaking ceilings, the power of proximity, and leading in femininity [1:03:32]
The Breakup Letter [1:08:08]
GUEST INFORMATION
Jessica Hurley
IG | @jessicahurley__
RESOURCES
- Join Member Up - Get 14 days FREE
- Watch the Course From Scratch Masterclass
- Follow Danielle on IG
- Follow SINCE3000 on IG
GO SUBSCRIBE to SINCE3000 on All Streaming Platforms
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EP4: Embracing The Multiple Characters Within with Apps w/o Code Founder Tara Reed
Meet Tara Reed - CEO of Apps Without Code, a company humanizing app development, helping thousands of ambitious professionals take an idea and turn it into something that can serve millions. But Danielle and Tara aren’t here to talk tech...
Tune in as Tara shares her road from scarcity mindset to abundance queen through the help of hypnotherapy, time travel, and challenging herself to get more self-actualized. As well as finding and embracing all the different “characters” she embodies.
Acknowledging that this world is not always created or designed for us, listen in as your host and her good friend Tara urge you to walk through every portal the universe opens for you. Only then, can you grow, reach the next level and find your highest authentic self.
QUOTABLES
“You are the vibrational average of the five people closest to you.”
“There's always a portal there for you. And most people just never open any of the doors.”
“I’m a lot and that’s beautiful.”
KEY POINTS
Meet The 3 Goddesses, Super Hero, and Inner Child [3:23]
When scarcity looks you in the eye [8:24]
Shifting your definitions of success and into your highest self [26:37]
Tara’s Birthday Challenge [34:53]
Opening portals to different levels [40:35]
What does masculine and feminine mean to you? [47:06]
How to thrive in a world not designed for you [50:02]
The importance of the people closest to you [56:02]
GUEST INFORMATION
Tara Reed
IG | instagram.com/tarareed_
RESOURCES
Join Member Up - Get 14 days FREE
Watch the Course From Scratch Masterclass
GO SUBSCRIBE to SINCE3000 on All Streaming Platforms
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