Brilliant and Built For Success Part 1 by Dr. Catrina Pullum

As my husband, Shawn, and I prepared to launch our entertainment management company, we sat down with each other, as we always do, and talked about our vision, and what we were setting out to embark upon. We’d spent countless hours up until that point, planning, pinpointing, and, most importantly, praying, about what we desired for our lives, our business, and everyone we would touch through it.

We knew the type of clients that we desired to serve and how we wanted to nurture them and their careers within our firm, but we needed to go beyond that. We needed to think about not only how far that we as a team had the capacity to take people, but how far our clients, these brilliant, black stars (in every sense of the word) could take themselves.

So, we came up with a quote that is now the guiding principle of our business:

“Reaching beyond the limits of success.”

There it was. With that handful of words, we set out to powerfully and intentionally redefine what success means. In our company and in our lives, we are purposed to help people to see, reach, and achieve beyond their normal limits. We want to show people how to take the lid off of success and ignite them to keep striving for that next level, that higher plane. We want people to continue to move. Upwards. Beyond what they can see.

Think about the flow of water. It’s kept alive because it’s constantly moving. It’s trying to get somewhere to do something. When water becomes stagnant, there is a pungent smell that rises from it and fills the air. That scent reminds us of death and decay. Yet, when water is in flow, we see that movement as life. We are no different. We were created to move. To flow. To live.

So, we ask you, are you flowing? Have you become stagnant? Where is that you are striving to get to? Is it financial gain? Or is it something higher?

When many of us first step into building something for ourselves, be it a business or a career, we take a leap a faith with the intention of creating something better than we had before. We want to bring a sense of financial ease to our lives. We want our children’s paths to be easier and their futures brighter. So sometimes, oftentimes, success begins to look like things and not impact. You don’t have to stop here. You shouldn’t stop here. The success that you’ve achieved thus far is a way-point, not an end-point. There are new limits—new heights—for you to reach. Because we, as black people, as the descendants of a people destined for greatness beyond comprehension have more work left to do.

That is flowing, growing, sowing, and bestowing. That is what we do for our clients and help them to do for themselves. That is reaching beyond limits of success!

Learn more about Dr. Catrina via her website www.drcatrinapullum.com (personal) www.pullcorp.com or www.coe4youth.org(business) and follow her on Twitter @drpullum (personal) and @pullcorpmedia & @centerofempower (business)



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