We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jocelyn Bishop a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Jocelyn thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Before we get into specifics, let’s talk about success more generally. What do you think it takes to be successful?

It takes a lot of work and dedication to be successful in any area of life. Looking back on my life and where I am right now. I couldnt even imagine how successful my life would have been. Growing up in the rough neighborhood of Baltimore City. To going into foster care at a young age, to aging out of the foster care system. Then having hopes and dreams of becoming a Nurse to not pursuing my dream because of fear. To writing my first book called She found Strength. Then landing a job in the school system as a Janitor of 15yrs. Based on statics I’m not suppose to be where I am right now. But God has graced my life and can’t wait to see how much more my life will blossom. Not giving up is the key to success.

Jocelyn, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I am an Author for 5yrs and have been featured in the Kidspeace newsletter which a foster care agency. Then back in 2023, I was interviewed with the Baltimore Voyage.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

I think the most fun and rewarding aspect about being a creative is inspiring people all over the world. You just never know who you might come across that will be inspired by your story.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

A lesson that I had to unlearn is thinking that everyone would support when an actually fact it’s not. And not to care what others think about when it comes to whatever I create. After I wrote my book that was a lot of opinions and not many nice things said. I didn’t let those negative thoughts take root in my mind. I just kept it moving in the right direction.

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