Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brook Carter. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Brook, thanks for joining us today. Can you share a story that illustrates an important or relevant lesson you learned in school

The most important lesson that I’ve learned is to not listen for criticism, rather to listen to understand their point. I learned this from my many years competing in and coaching slam poetry. Many of my friends and workshop buddies would only listen to the poem at hand to figure out what was “wrong” with it. Then, they would tell them their way of fixing it, completely neglecting the message of the poem. It’s the same thing in the business world. People (customers and workers alike) listen to the other to figure out what can or can’t be done. Instead of what event or service needs to be planned.

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

I currently am a decorator. However, I have been the Creative Assistant Director for a nonprofit called The Blunt Space for a little under a year. As a decorator, I create cakes for all sorts of events. As well as creating and decorating other desserts for our bakery. For the nonprofit, I help run, organize, and plan events. I also help create flyers, take notes, and step into other responsibilities whenever I’m needed to.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

I created my following on social media through slam poetry and my first book, Glass Roots. I competed in slam poetry for quite a while. I am retired now, but I so still perform and feature in open mics.

I released my first book approximately three years ago. It is all about my journey, basically a way to get to know me. The title was inspired and taken from the first poetry club I was a part of.

What else should we know about how you took your side hustle and scaled it up into what it is today?

This is something I’m balancing. I do have a full time job (decorator). However, when I’m not working with them, I am helping the nonprofit. In between all of this I’m editing my second poetry book.

It requires a lot of time management, patience, and breathing. I have to remind myself that within my roles and responsibilities I have to schedule myself in. I am just as important.

Contact Info:

• Website: theblunt.space
• Instagram: brook_likeastream
• Twitter: Brook_stream

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