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Alyssa Co's avatar

“This year I visualize myself spending my days printing and binding not only the magazine, but also Black books published through Blackstack.”

This was a great read and I specifically loved reading about how you’re diversifying income with BlackStack but also creating a pipeline to eventually publish those authors! It’s so smart.

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R. Lucidian's avatar

Well said! 👏🏾👏🏾

I've been the owner and sole operator of a boutique medical practice for the last 7 years without a full-time assistant, and it's so true about knowing how to organize your business for success. For me, I had to redefine what having and running a clinic looks like and removed many of the superfluous aspects that only cost me more time, money, and stress. Don't get me wrong, I would love to have more help to really scale to the level I envision, but I rather have the right kind of help at the right time when I'm ready for it. I commend you for your approach and will definitely be popping into one of those writer circles soon because I have a wellness book I'm struggling to finish and maybe community support can help me get there. ☺️

Thank you always for your inspiring words! 🙏🏾💜

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Kurtis's avatar

This is perfect and right on time.

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Shell Monet's avatar

I FULLY agree! 👍

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Taylor Simone Haynes's avatar

SO INSPIRATIONAL JACQUIE!! Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us

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Angela Hooks, PhD's avatar

I would agree! BooM

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Maya Jeanne's avatar

THIS is the exact mindset I'm pushing myself towards every day! reminding myself that pursuing all the creative ventures isn't selfish, that wanting to diversify the streams of income I have is actually a pretty smart thing to do if I can manage to.

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Shanel Anderson's avatar

Girl this is everything I needed to hear right now. ❤️

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Preston J Cole's avatar

Where did you get that big phone? Archives! I think the 80s were glad shift to flip phones rather than City pubilic booth telephones.

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