11/28/2023-On This day

Ignore the visions of glory and parades held in your honor, and instead, focus on leveraging your talents boldly and uniquely. Let Queen Latifah’s story be a guide today to help you.

On this day in 1989, Queen Latifah released her debut album, All Hail the Queen, and its success helped redefine rap, which men had dominated.

So why is this important to you, premier rock star seller of the world?

Because being bold and brave are good traits to have as sellers – relying on them will help you push a little harder.

Dana adopted her stage name, Latifah, meaning "delicate," when she was eight years old…and yet, she was anything but while building her wildly successful career over the years.

Be bold today. Do something that puts you out there just an extra inch.

While QL probably won’t admit she was trying to be bold when launching her rap career at 19, somewhere in her mind, she knew that she had to fight the gender bias of the music industry courageously. (Talent always helps, too.)

So today, tap into your superpower and use it. How can you turbo-charge that special talent of yours and activate it boldly for your prospects and clients?

In addition to her music and acting careers (as if that wasn’t enough), Queen Latifah represents her own line of cosmetics for women of color called the CoverGirl Queen Collection and has inspired her own line of casual and career wear for curvy women through Curvation Apparel. She also launched a perfume line called "Queen."

Before all this mega-commercial success, Latifah won two state championships on her high school basketball team, made her big-screen debut in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever, and launched All Hail the Queen…all before age 22.

When reading about success queens like Latifah, feel empowered and driven to push yourself…for you. Ignore your visions of glory and ticker-tape parades held in your honor; instead, focus on leveraging your talents boldly and uniquely.

As is repeated often in MySalesDay, "manage your performance, not your results," and you too will enjoy the journey and reap the rewards.

You won’t get there sitting on the couch. Push it.

Queen Latifah seems to be a wonderful person, a great performer, and a role model…and she can go toe to toe with the toughies who eat their prey on Shark Tank.

In this 2-minute clip, the only thing that gets eaten is Latifah’s tasty oatmeal cookies – and the sharks are left wanting more…OF HER!

Watch this for a quick giggle, then return to your bold, and courageous face and kick some arse.