We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Raven Finley-Flowers . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Raven below.
Raven, appreciate you joining us today. What do you think it takes to be successful?
I believe it takes courage, knowledge, a community and a plan to be successful. Success is based off the consistent actions of working towards a goal . Keep in mind your actions have to be progressive steps . You can’t do the same thing and expect a different result, just because your being consistent. Regardless of the path that one has to take it’s important to know that their will be a lot of things that might deter you away from what you originally set out to do. It takes courage to pull through especially when your emotions make you feel otherwise . Knowledge is a must . When trying to accomplish anything you have to be willing to learn and also be wrong . The saying knowledge is power speaks nothing but the truth. The more you know the easier things become due to being able to handle the situation that will arise . Community plays a part in your success because you absolutely need people to succeed . Whether it be to help with your marketing , ideas and even the obvious customers . I’ve found the more genuine and willing you are to help others the bigger and better your community will become . Lastly having a plan . I’m not saying you have to stick with that plan but have a idea of the direction your trying to go. These are some many paths that lead to the top.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
Well hello my name is Raven Finley-Flowers owner of Confidently Fit LLC . I am a positive motivator , personal trainer, radio show host and semi pro women’s contact flag football player . My goal is to inspire the most people that I can . I do this through affirmations and fitness . I believe that their is so much power within allowing yourself to release and push past the expectations/limits that we place on ourselves . My plan is to make a memorable impact within the community that I have building since 2018 . I offer affordable personal training services and group training sessions created to strengthen and tone your body and build the mental capacity to conquer our negative thoughts . Confident in my abilities I plan to teach others what I know , emphasizing on helping my clients obtain their physical goals, including ridding anxiety of being in the gym . Host of Growing in Confidence Radio show playing every Tuesday at 8:30 pm eastern/standard time on wdrb media; I am striving to spread knowledge and offer a platform for other people to grow. I’ve found that even though the ultimate goal is own my own facility, what I currently offer and add on is all apart of building my community . I solve the problem of breaking mental barriers, and everything I do enforces just that .
Can you open up about how you funded your business?
When I first started Confidently Fit I didn’t need much capital. What I needed was a space to provide my devices . When I transitioned into selling items like booty bands , wrist bands , and hats. I was working 3 jobs 4 if you’d like to count training . I used income from one of my jobs to fund the start of my website. Now still in an investing period for my brand I don’t have to use my personal money often to invest in the business I have been working on for the last 4 years . The real question is how do I scale from investing into making more capital, and that is what I am currently working on .
Are there any books, videos or other content that you feel have meaningfully impacted your thinking?
I have been making sure that I am more aware of the things that I intake , meaning a lot of what I read and the podcast that I listen too are geared towards changing my mind and controlling my emotions . Techniques in which I use in my workout sessions . I read books such as my Bible , calm the f*ck down , how we can stop reacting and start healing our emotional triggers and do it afraid . Personally for me it’s important for me to learn how to control my emotions has I reach higher levels so that I can sustain the mental stress that comes with growing . I know I can be a better manager , business owner and mentor if I learn key traits . As far as business goes , I am learning as I go . The basics are the basics but how you run your business is forever changing .
Contact Info:
- Website: Confidently.fit
- Instagram: Confidently_fit
- Facebook: Confidently fitt
Image Credits
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