4 Entrepreneurs share the best advice received.
Just in time for Father’s Day — the best advice provided or given.
Father’s Day is a holiday honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers and father figures in society. I took the opportunity to ask 4 entrepreneurs what was the best advice shared with them. Each of these men comes from various backgrounds and the advice shared was more than inspiring.
“Don’t limit yourself in one area, learn how to do everything.” -Leon Brown
This is the greatest advice Celebrity Chef Carlos Brown received from his father Leon Brown and has embedded this quote into his life within his successful culinary career. With over three decades in the hospitality industry, Chef Carlos has used this father’s words to diversify himself and his legacy by wearing multiple hats including celebrity executive chef, restaurateur, nonprofit founder, and real estate investor. This has afforded him notable accomplishments like being featured in the Smithsonian African-American Museum, being awarded the key to the city of his hometown Charleston, SC with his very own Chef Carlos Brown Day as well as working with numerous celebrities including Jim Carey, Shaquille O’Neal, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Viola Davis, Ray Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, Barak Obama and more. It’s safe to say his father’s words served him well.
I can’t tell you about the best I’ve received because I didn’t have many male role models coming up. But the best advice I have given my son is as follows:
Always go beyond the expectation with anything that you do, no matter how big or small, because the impact is something people will always remember, and it changes how people view you”. — Ty Brownlow
About Ty Brownlow
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Ty Brownlow is a TV Talk Show Host, Life Coach, and Youth Advocate. Studied Psychology at Chicago State University and has spent many years educating and tutoring middle/high school students at the public, charter, and Non-Public Schools sector in Special Education/Needs classrooms. When Ty isn’t hosting his Talk Show or advising youth he is with his Beautiful, Loving, Insightful Wife Chundria, or his new hobby photography.
One of the best pieces of advice that comes to mind is something that I was told to me recently by my Pastor, Tourè Roberts.
Most of us are familiar with the Fear acronym (False evidence appearing real). He told me that in moments when I feel fear to step into it. I am someone who mediates heavily on things that I feel could be life-altering. He reminded me that my mind works for me, and it is my instrument of infatuation, imagination, and innovation towards the purpose and vision for my life. — Pastor Tourè Roberts
Emir Horton is the Founder and CEO of Eartha Watch Company. Raised in Philadelphia, Emir is no stranger to life’s challenges. As a young man, his environment weighed on his confidence and caused him to question whether he would be able to fulfill his entrepreneurial dreams. Emir found hope as a student at Delaware State University. He graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communications and planned to move to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a career in acting and entertainment. With more courage than connections, Emir quickly found himself in L.A. sitting on a curb with a bag of his belongings, a little more than a month’s supply of cash, and nowhere to live. At that moment, he was reminded of the legacy attached to his name and the impact it would have if he stayed the course and kept moving forward toward his goals. However, it would take more than faith and ambition to fulfill the mandate of his life. Emir reevaluated his circumstances and realized he needed to be more strategic with the use of his time. The realization was the start of the idea to create a timepiece that represents transcending barriers and living up to one’s full potential.<br><br>With a wealth of knowledge and the desire to provide a luxury product for today’s thought leaders, innovators, and modern-day visionaries, Eartha Watch Company was born. As one of the youngest Black men at 26 in the watch industry, Emir hopes to support the dreams of his fellow leaders and remind himself, and others, to be bold and reclaim the rich resource, time.
Quote from My friend Pete aka Big Flame as I did not have a Dad in my life.
“Take what you’ve learned in the streets and combine it with your education and no one will be able to stop you.” — Pete aka Big Flame
Jamar “J Haleem” Washington is an author, nationally-published and award-winning corporate and commercial photographer, serial entrepreneur, business coach, motivational speaker, and corporate trainer. J Haleem was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey where his interest in being an entrepreneur was birthed. While in college, J Haleem became a convicted felon. Because of his challenged background, he was never able to get the corporate job his degree warranted, even though he graduated with honors. It was at that moment that he chose entrepreneurship to be the platform on which he would establish himself. Now, with more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur; his 501c3 organization, I Won’t Starve Academy provides education and training for entrepreneurs and career development focused on creating successful intrapreneurs.
