We’ve been fortunate to connect with so many brilliant artists, business owners and leaders over the years and so we reached out to some of these talented folks to discuss what it takes to be successful.

Kameshia Dancy

What do I think it’s takes to be successful? I think it takes hard work, dedication, showing up even when there’s low results. The abilities to understand trial and error, utilizing your full 24 hours in a day, and working multiple jobs if it takes to make income meet the needs of your livelihood while you’re securing your place in your career! Read more>>

Lynn Bomberowitz

Success, in my opinion, requires a blend of passion, resilience, and a willingness to embrace opportunities, even when they present themselves in unexpected ways. Read more>>

Rosalinda Post-Lucas

I have spent my life working as an art educator and artist. As such I see my success as two fold. As an art educator I have had the opportunity to reach out to students who felt like failures simply because they didn’t fit the traditional mold of being athletic, or gifted in math or language skills. Read more>>

Tyler Kelbert

Success to me is how many people you’ve helped while you have been on earth. I try to help as many people as I can, that’s one of the reason why I’m an instructor at a college. Read more>> 

Jhené Eke

I believe that becoming successful takes a combination of hard work, determination, perseverance, and a positive attitude. It also requires setting specific goals, developing a clear plan to achieve those goals, and staying focused and dedicated to your vision. Read more>>

Alex Andrews

Success requires motivation, hard work, and resilience. It means being good at solving problems and dealing with unexpected situations. Read more>>

Mimi and Mason

Mimi – We can all dream and have ideas, but until you put in the work to make it happen, it’s only dreams and ideas. I think how success is defined shifts as we move into different phases of our lives and careers. Read more>>

Stu Heinecke

To be successful, we have to believe we can succeed, and work toward making our vision a reality. Nothing happens without consistent, meaningful effort. But the one factor that stands out to me is unfair advantages. Read more>>

Monique Garcia

How we each define success is deeply personal. For me success is having the following things – physical and mental well-being, fulfillment, financial security, and the freedom to live my day to day life the way I wish to live it. Read more>>

Misha Segal

I believe that two qualities stand out as the primary ingredients for success in any endeavor. The first is discovering your true passion—a force that ignites your spirit and fills each day with unwavering enthusiasm. Read more>>

Jacquie Conine

To be successful I believe you need passion, energy and understanding. I love what I do, with practiced balance separating my home life I find I’m always thinking of my work. Read more>>

Charlotte Filbert

To be successful you have to show up when you don’t want to show up you have to show up when you do want to show up you need to strive to be polite and kind and fair and your work needs to be good. Read more>>

Todd Wilson

Perseverance may sound cliche, but it’s really the whole game. Commitment to an idea with the follow-through work hours can not be overstated as being the most important part of any business. Read more>>

Shawn Brown

It takes purpose, passion, and persistence to be successful. Success does not happen overnight. On my journey as a business owner I’ve learned that purpose provides the vision for your business idea. Read more>>

Caroline Waterwall

First, I think you need to define what success looks like for you. For some, it may be an income dollar amount. For others, success may be being able to purchase their ‘prize piece’ (ie buying a home or Range Rover in cash). Read more>>

Amy Guo

I think it takes grits and curiosity in things and people. I used to think success is only for certain type of personalities or traits, but it was for everyone. Read more>>

Cesar Marquez

I think the main thing to get a successful project is consistency in your project and try do don’t lose your goal and fight to bring it to life Read more>>

Mandy Shaw

My mom has always called me her “trial by fire” kid. I jump into projects fearlessly, even when I don’t have a clear vision for the outcome. Read more>>

Wendy Leiser

Appreciate you joining us today. Risk taking is something we’re really interested in and we’d love to hear the story of a risk you’ve taken. Read more>>

Ron Cobert

Classically, the list of characteristics includes goals, hard work, persistence, learning and adapting, awareness, resilience, willingness to take calculated risks, collaboration, communication well, and integrity. Read more>>

Peyton Scott

I believe success is something you have to work for. It will not be handed to you and certainly will not wait for you. I used to think everyone could obtain success over night but that’s simply not the case. Read more>>

Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin

Success for me is an ever-moving benchmark. I’ve been trying to shift my thinking to define success to look like my own satisfaction rather than institutional validation. Read more>>

Aly Brooks

Self awareness is critical as an entrepreneur. Having an objective perspective in successes and failures will take you far. I like to use the information to gage my next steps. Read more>>

Kysi “Keyz” Collins

After moving from small town and being exposed to more individuals that do have successful businesses and brands, I started to realize they also are ordinary people just with extraordinary dreams. Read more>>

Richard Jagger

Knowledge, Perservance, Paitence, Motivation and Prayers Read more>>