>> I think the best part of what I do is I get to, kind of, make my own schedule.
I, kind of, get to manage my own-- my own business.
You know, I have a lot of freedom, which is good and bad because you know when you have a lot
of freedom you have to understand how to really kind of focus your--
focus your day and kind of prioritize and, you know,
understand what's important, what's not important.
What can wait?
What needs to be done right now?
But, you know, just kind of having the flexibility to, you know, move around and,
you know, with that flexibility comes different opportunities and different doors opening up.
You know, if I'm, you know, at a black enterprise event in New York, you know,
and they ask me to come and do some engaging there you know there might be other
opportunities that open up from the people that are within that room.
So there's always opportunities to network and, you know,
build and grow your own personal brand while doing the business that you're doing.
I think the biggest challenge is, kind of, like, kind of, what I eluded to before a little bit.
Just, you know, understanding what's important.
You don't really have someone that's saying, you know, these are your deadlines.
These are, you know-- These are your priorities.
This is what needs to be done.
You, kind of, set those yourself.
And, you know, when you don't have someone over your head all the time, you know,
it's easy to get a little relaxed.
It's easy to, kind of, you know, maybe one day say hey I'm just going
to kick back and chill a little bit.
But, you know, working-- After A1 I worked at Kellogg's, the food manufacturer,
and you know I was in a very visible position there on our marketing side.
I managed $30 million worth of business in the D.C. metro area
and put together all the marketing and promotional planning.
So, you know, understanding, you know, how they want to do business, how we go to market,
you know, using those tools to, kind of, set my guidelines and, kind of,
move the way I moved when I was at Kellogg's.
And from those experiences, kind of, keeps me in line but that's the tough part, you know, just,
you know, staying focused and understanding that this is your business
and you grow this business, you know, not someone else.
So.