We recently connected with Lindiwe Mlaba and have shared our conversation below.
Lindiwe, appreciate you joining us today. Before we get into specifics, let’s talk about success more generally. What do you think it takes to be successful?
I believe anyone can be successful, with a clear mind and lucrative goals that can help you achieve your dreams. As a passionate business woman/entrepreneur you don’t have to have everything in order to start ,start where you are ,start with what you have and work on it. Commit towards yours goals and dreams. Change your mindset and how you view certain things, go out do your research ask ,successful people of today how did they make it to be where they are today. Your surroundings the people that you associate yourself with should have the same version as you, you can’t associate yourself with people who don’t share the same interests as you. Never be ashamed of your hustle a hustle is a hustle. We are all capable of doing great things, it all start with the mind . In order to recieve change you have to accept change and act towards that change. Everything and anything is possible with God. Don’t sleep on yourself we all have capabilities trust the process and put in the works!!!.
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 am Lindiwe Mlaba, a 26 year old young talented woman , I was born and breed in Soweto . Before anything else I am a mother ,a fiance ,a daughter and lastly a sibling. I was raised by a single parent ,I was raised well I did not have it all but my mother’s efforts were enough. I had a difficult childhood as I was juggling from city to city for accommodation. I was raised with love and respect .I admire my mother’s strength she was able to raise six children all by herself,she’s very strong she’s the reason why I am here today .I am what I am today because of that woman she made me, I am very grateful that I was fortunate enough to have a parent like her who made sure I don’t feel the resentment of not having a father she is my everything . Both my parents are business beings ,my mother used to sell fat cakes and French palony that’s were the love for business grew very fondly within. I struggled to find a job due to high rate of unemployment and a society that does not do much for the youth. Years of being unemployed I then thought if things I can do I started being a sales representative for Avon, I then moved from being a sales representative to being a Yoni sales representative, I joined under a young black woman , she came to me with proposal and I grabbed the opportunity with both hands. As we all know social media is powerful, I then used technology as a source of my marketing strategy that’s when I came up with love your Yoni, as a woman it is very important for me to inject self love towards myself because if I am capable to love myself the whole world follows. You are what you project within yourself. Self love and self care is essential hence the name love your Yoni it’s very vital to take care of your Yoni as a woman use natural supplements like herbs to help fight bacteria in your Yoni ,hydrate to naturally assist your Yoni to produce healthy bacteria inside your body. I got positive feedback from my clients concerning Yoni steaming . Our bodies react differently it’s very important to pay attention to your body when you use herbs to cleans your body. I respected every feedback I got be ,it its good or bad, I cared about how these herbs had an impact to their bodies as individuals I also advise them to stop using Yoni if it affected them anyhow I listened and I also advised them to use natural / or ancient remedies to assist them further or seek medical attention . I am very proud of myself and the things that I’ve accomplished as a young black woman I am not there yet ,but I strive to do better in everything that I do.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
I unlearned that everything takes time, and some things require patience and effort to help you achieve more and reach your outmost full potential . When I started I was not consistent enough and inorder for something to work for you ,you have to put more work ,your effort produces results. If you work less you get Less if you work more you get more. Now that I’ve don’t a self introspection towards my business goals I am more confident and committed in trusting that all shall.work in my favor because I’ve learned from my past mistakes. I also added nuts into my hustle to help me to make more money.
Can you talk to us about how your side-hustle turned into something more.
My side hustle hasn’t been my only source of income ,life is expensive and I am still looking for things I can do to help me invest on my business ,so I can be able to sell more things and help me create a website were I can do an online store for my clients and my future clients .
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/ndiweh_steamingherbs?igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg==
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeendiewehEmpressDlozi?mibextid=ZbWKwL
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindiwe-mlaba-b9255a176
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