Hi everyone! I'm looking to connect with those of you that are small business owners with employees. I'm doing market research about the realities of small business owners supporting an employee through addiction recovery without an HR department.

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Elizabeth Keckley did it, then went on to build a million-dollar clothing empire. Born enslaved in 1818, Elizabeth watched her enslaver force her mother to work as a seamstress to support his entire household. When she was old enough, Elizabeth asked to take on the work herself — to spare her mother. Her enslaver agreed, but not out of kindness. He sent her to work in a dress shop where she served clients, built a reputation, and generated enough income to support a 17-person household — but legally, every cent belonged to the people who owned her. She had clients. She had skill. She had a business — but couldn't keep a single dollar she earned. When she asked to buy freedom for herself and her son, they named an impossible price: $1,200 — around $45,000 in today's money. But what he didn't expect was this: Keckley was so good at what she did that her clients loaned her the money to buy her freedom. Her needle created INCOME for others. Her relationships created FREEDOM for her. Once free, she moved to Washington, D.C., built a luxury dressmaking business, hired around 20 seamstresses, and dressed Mary Todd Lincoln and the political elite on both sides of the Civil War. She paid back the loan, but it took years. She exemplifies how UNSTOPPABLE Black women really are. Here's the framework I want you to steal from Elizabeth: The Keckley Leverage Method™ 1️⃣ Be great in any state. Your environment can be unjust, but your performance standard is about you. 2️⃣ Relationships are currency. Elizabeth's clients became her "investors" — the bridge between no legal wages and a $1,200 freedom loan. 3️⃣ Don't build a one-woman factory. Once she was free, she hired ~20 seamstresses and scaled. If you're the most skilled and still doing everything, you're capping your revenue at your energy. 4️⃣ Market your proximity to power. Elizabeth didn't stay a secret. She intentionally served high-profile women; their visibility became her marketing. If your clients are heavy hitters but no one knows, you're hiding your best proof.

Hello My Fellow Trailblazers, I am creating a leadership offer for 6-figure earners and I want to ensure that I am building it out based on what they need and not what I think they need. So I am conducting a short market research for this offer. I am specifically speaking with professionals who earn six figures or more, to better understand the pressures, goals, and private challenges that come with high levels of success. It is only five short questions. Your answers would stay general and only help me understand this audience better. Would any of you be open to answering five quick questions? It should take less than 10 minutes via ZOOM platform. If so, Let's connect. I can't wait to meet you.

Hey y’all I’m planning our next two-day intensive and I’m looking for the best days to plan an event like this. What are the two days that you think work best for people to attend a two-day intensive?