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Needed this!

Thank you for your kind effort to put together this video It really helps

Great video!

That’s a really good question

Great topic! It has happened to me more than once. Please unpack this topic more. Would love a part 2 on the subject

Great video

Definitely agree with the fact that we are set up to fail. I wish I could share my experience on here, but hey the internet is wild 😅. Thank you for shedding more light on this topic. This conversation needs more voices on it.

Right. All publicity is NOT good publicity, especially in the age of social media when bad publicity can turn into a whole other uncontrollable beast. Thank you for sharing!

well said. people need to realize that advice is expensive at both sides

Helpful tips. Thank you.

Great conversation. I would also add to this that we, whether in the States, UK or elsewhere, should also consider how these businesses treat their employees and if they are good community partners. I feel like we need more of a class analysis beyond just a racial one. These businesses are owned by specific black folk but they are not owned by the community. True community ownership is very different. That would be like coops. Yet, we (not the creator of this video) often speak of “black owned” as if the community actually owns or has some degree of ownership. We don’t in most instances. We are customers. Even if the owners are members of the community that does not mean them owning those businesses automatically positively contributes to the community any more than a non-black owned business beyond aesthetics. Most black folks throughout the world are not business owners. They are employees and thus, the major issue for most of us is not ownership as it is one of labor rights (unions, collective bargaining and so on). This even impacts the viability of the businesses in the community because the masses earnings is related to their capacity to buy goods or services. And to one of my previous points, collective ownership, we can and should explore that as well.

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Support Black Business was used as a short hand way to support black employment. As in most races, black owned businesses tend to hire black workers. My X employee was white but was more comfortable around black people. So subconsciously or not, he hired mostly black people. I do too, because... Atlanta.

Great video, Ronke. Thank you.

If someone offers you a bad contract that you accept, you are to blame and shouldn't complain. Don't accept it. You do have a choice and you are not a victim. Pool resources and create your own and you will never be underpaid again.

Navigating a corporate space and towing the line between being likeable and a walkover as a (black) woman is a constant struggle. Because we already have a hurdle. Being respected yet approachable is the best outcome if the situation will allow it. At the end of the day, it really comes down to how tight the economy is because you have to adapt to survive.

As I have got older being liked in the workplace has become less important to me.

Thanks for this, Ronke. We are TIRED!

Omg you hit the nail on the head. I just started a RUclips channel and within 2 days of me finally posting videos I had 2 family members (who don’t have RUclips channels themselves) trying to give unsolicited advice. It took a lot for me to have the courage to start and all I was looking for was support. I have a long list of what I need to improve on for myself and it wasn’t the right time to start dishing out advice, just support. They haven’t even liked or commented on my videos which costs nothing but they have energy to give advice 👀

"Strong woman" feeds the superhumanization bias. Be well, take care.

I saw you struggling at the end to define or include a certain thing that is attached to the word "self-made". I think the advancement of socioeconomic classes is the other condition that is required to consider a man or a woman self-made. An advance from upper to elite (highest class) can't really be considered self-made since the hoops required to get to that point aren't many. If it is from middle or low class to elite then I can see it being applied in that case. The upgrade from vastly different socioeconomic classes along with attaining massive wealth are perhaps the two most important parts in being "self-made."

Modern days are hectic in both Off-peak and Peak time. Busy professionals have standards to adhere stop wasting time for nothing online or in social setting.

Hi Ronke, great episode! 👏Glad to be your first viewer here 😉

This is fabulous commentary! Thank you for speaking on this.

Congratulations

Congratulations Mama Ronke. Many of us don't listen to our bodies enough. I wish my life change had a baby at the end. But, it taught me how to listen to every single nerve in my body and be more compassionate with people around me. PS: you look great!

Lovely to see this pop up on my feed, love hearing what you've learned. And totally resonate with you not wanting to lose yourself, your creativity and ambition. But, on balance also the desire to want to savour and cherish being a mum and getting to know your daughter. It's always been a bit tug of war for me, the kids have won out so far lol but now that my youngest has started school I feel freer to really dig in with the business and channel more of my creativity into it. So happy to see you loving motherhood, take that 4 day weekend! I would rather work more, fewer days a week than work less and spread it out. That's just me though! x

Unsolicited advice actually comes from people you love and value. I use patience and silence in dealing with people like this

I had a an acquaintance just ruin my mood with her unsolicited advice. She sent me a text out of blue, & her advice doesn't even pertains to me. I mind my own business & get easily annoyed when I my boundaries are crossed.

Love this!

Yup loads of con artists out here.

Well said Ronke ❤️❤️❤️

Funny but true! LOLs

Love this 👌🏾thanks for sharing your tips Ronke sooooo useful

Thanks for sharing the truth... Entrepreneurship can be very bloody lonely.... Ive almost given up due to this very reason... NOONE around me understood when I was going through something difficult in a past business. That's why community is so damn important! ❤️

Extroverts who need attention all day long are the biggest time wasters. They wont respect your need to focus on your own work. Will get pissed off if you are not paying attention to them even if you are in the middle of work or meals. It is all about THEM. And if you set boundaries they will have temper tantrums and make you out to be rude when THEY are selfish and disrespectful.

Loneliness is definately one for me. Entrepreneurship is a hard journey, but you have to believe in what you have in your hand in order to keep going.

New subscriber! Love your channel

I, too, have done a few courses in the past only to realise I could have searched RUclips instead. Great advice!

I love the chuckle - It's so true, caution is needed. Some people want to buy into bypassing the hard graft that comes with being "successful".

I think people pay for some online courses because they can find all the information in one place rather than spending hours filtering through content on RUclips. However, a lot of online creators especially on Instagram have made it seem like you have to do their course to be successful.

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Thanks, Ronke! This was a well-needed video.

Rest is so underrated 😩

🤣 I cracked up when you said you enjoy enjoyment. I don't blame you. While working hard to achieve our goals is amazing, you can't do that and enjoy the benefits if you're exhausted

This video is exactly what I needed. Thank you!

Ways I deal with that: delay in response. Take them through a route they will value. Create a physical meeting (bills on you). Ask ahead what we need to talk about.

You did a good job reviewing this book. Please stay connected

Okay, I like this. Thank you Ronke. This land in a good time as am starting to look for speaking opportunities. Thank you.

Awesome.