Hey PlayMakers! Happy Wednesday. Hope most things are going well for us. I am getting back to my regular posting here as well as on LinkedIn, and I would love your support. Here is the link ( https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tanique-easy_in-the-two-weeks-since-hurricane-melissa-activity-7394388744331538432-QywW?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAACoaXL0B-oj-r3rjoI4GmUOdd0dB9bPJpmA) to my post for today on LinkedIn; please take a moment to hop over and give it a like and a comment if you will. Much appreciated.

🎉 Yesterday marked 10 years of Black BRAND .biz and what an honor it was to speak and celebrate with so many humble, hungry, and ambitious entrepreneurs. The room was full of vision, bold ideas, and leaders committed to creating generational impact. My message was on Navigating Change as a Leader to Accomplish the Impossible, and I shared a few key lessons that I’d love to share with you as well on how to get unstuck and make the change to F.L.Y. 🔹 1. FOCUS Forward Remember: people may show you one thing, but you get to choose what you see. Your perspective determines your progress. 🔹 2. LEARN, Don’t Lose Every situation and every personality type has something to teach you. Learning, not losing, means launching while you’re improving, not waiting until things are perfect. 🔹 3. Say YES to Your Turn Your persistence will eventually position you for an opportunity. Don’t forfeit your moment out of fear. As my friend and national speaker Terry Gray says: 👉🏾 Your YESTINY is waiting… so say YES to your DESTINY. 🔸 Bonus Lessons for Entrepreneurs & Speakers that I taught yesterday: • If you’re for everybody, you’re for nobody. Niche down and become “inch wide and mile deep” in your market. • Speak the language of the line item. When pitching, speak to problems tied directly to budgets, outcomes, and measurable value. I had such a great time that I forgot to hit record on my camera (😅 amateur move, I know but the class was so hype we just started talking and flowed right into the presentation and it got good quick 🤷🏾🫣😂) but I did grab one last-minute photo with a few attendees who stayed afterward to talk. Big thanks to Blair Durham for inviting me to be part of such a meaningful milestone event! Big Shout out to fellow JMU alumn Angela D. Reddix, Ph.D. for her presentaton on innovation vs invention It challenged me to reconsider some of my market place and ministry solutions for 2026. ✈️💸If you’re tired of being STUCK and you’re ready to F.L.Y., and take your organization or business to its maximized potential DM me and let’s get started.