We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tami Bailey a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Tami, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s kick things off with a hypothetical question – if it were up to you, what would you change about the school or education system to better prepare students for a more fulfilling life and career?
The one thing I would change about the educational system for our students to prepare them for their future would be incorporating mandatory financial education I feel like our children are being failed by the one system that’s supposed to prepare them. Is detrimental to the students when they don’t properly prepare them for the next stage of life. Understanding finances is the one thing that a lot of students graduate from highschool and even college and have no clue about how money works.
Tami, 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?
Well my name is Tami Bailey I’m born and raised right here in Atlanta Georgia I am a serial entrepreneur I have a cleaning company called Feng Shui Cleaning Services that I run locally here in Atlanta I have a product line that I’m producing which will be coming out pretty soon It’s skincare hair care products I also own a publishing company called Papa source publishing I’m a licensed insurance and financial agent as well as I’m an actor I do act in both stage and film I started acting in Atlanta in 2018 and I said I’d give myself 5 years 6 years tops to make it to a point where I made a name for myself and I could get representation through an agency I did just that I got my starting to stage play by London Beverly called how to beat that beat at his own game in 2018 in 2019 I won Atlanta’s hottest actions in theater since 2019 the current day I’ve received a number of different accolades from my peers as well as for 4 years straight I was nominated as Atlanta hottest actress I’m currently represented by the King Watts talent agency I feel ever grateful and eternally blessed to be working with Ms Bunny Watts She actually was the final piece in my 5-year plan so now I can move on to the next 5-year plan I have kept pretty busy out here in the industry I guess you can say I started when I was a kid my first love was music So my first taste of the entertainment industry was me as a musical artist My brother and I had formed band called r o s k o h and after that I went solo as Ms Yummy Royale I never completely stopped creating music or writing I just decided to pivot into acting. I’ve done some modeling I’ve created my own virtual dating show called Atlanta sweetheart You can find it on YouTube I’ve also created directed produced and acted in my own feature film called FRIENDGENCE which is in post-production right now I’ve had an opportunity to connect with a lot of amazing individuals in this industry I’m a part of an incredible community called the building unity community which is a conglomerate of entrepreneurs and business owners that come together with the same ideals to build by and brand together I’m also partnered with a non-profit Call the center for truth and healing which is an incredible non-profit organization that helps reach out to the community and partner in the community to advocate for the betterment of people all ages I’m a part of the traveling stage play called sanctified produced by Javon Johnson I have just recently acquired my first sag row which I’m really excited about we haven’t started filming yet but pretty excited about that I can’t say too much of course because of the NDA but you guys will be seeing me really really soon. Needless to say it’s been quite a journey to this point and I feel blessed and ever grateful to be here and I’m excited for what’s to come
Can you talk to us about how your side-hustle turned into something more.
So I wasn’t always interested in insurance It’s not the one thing that I ran to It’s like I can’t wait to become a licensed insurance agent and stay underwriter I simply pursue the job because I was needing and wanting more income and I needed something that could be flexible with my time which would allow me to still indulge in my acting career so I decided I would pursue becoming an agent so that I could make relatively good money in part-time environment and then I began to learn the principles of money I begin to understand fundamental building blocks of finances All of a sudden this job that I considered for something part time to make a little extra cash became a pivotal point for me because of the things that I learned I just wanted to be able to give that knowledge to someone else I was able to identify learning the things that I did how very different my life would be had I understood and know these things prior to So what started out as something part time potentially temporary has now been fueled into a full passion of mine so I’ve now made it my mission to educate inform and advocate others like me about financial literacy because of it.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
Since becoming an entrepreneur in business owner I have learned on this journey to say the most by saying the least is I’ve learned that you have to unlearn everything you’ve learned about finances so that you can learn how to properly maneuver that area in life And I said that because majority of us are raised hand to mouth You work hard you earn your money you feed your family you make a home you rinse and repeat but there are other financial processes that don’t include such a traditional way of doing things and sometimes the traditional way of doing things can get in the way of progress It can get in the way and disable you from being able to explore other options and I had to unlearn a lot of the principles and financial building blocks that were placed in me about how money. One phrase in particular is money don’t grow on trees another is I’m not made out of money and finally you could just work hard and save your money and save your way to wealth It would take a very very long time to do that there’s a better way to do that and that’s probably not the best avenue to take is learning those types of things that were ingrained in you when you were a child
Contact Info:
- Website: https://tamiarnold.com/life-insurance-agent
- Instagram: @TamiRoyaleBailey
- Facebook: Actress Tami Bailey
- Youtube: Atlanta’s Sweetheart Tami Bailey
Image Credits
Special shoutout to @iracarmichael @vondonald @davidprice