Q4 Strategic Planning Guide for Entrepreneurs: Navigating Common Pitfalls and Setting Goals for Small Business Success

by Marie Deveaux | Nov 7, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Motivation and Mindset, Productivity

Embrace the Season of Reflection for Strategic Planning Q4 is a great time of year. That’s when everyone starts to slow down and prepare for the winter holidays. If you’re a business owner, it’s the opportune time to start dedicating some time and...

4 Black Women to Watch

by Marie Deveaux | Mar 11, 2022 | Motivation and Mindset

Part 1 of the 22 in 2022 Series of Black Women to Watch As a Black woman, finding my tribe became a rite of passage. After spending time in Corporate America as an only or (at best) as one of few, I realized that having a community around me that looks like me was...

Side Hustle Alumni: Coach Kerry Talks About Integrity

by Marie Deveaux | Aug 20, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Motivation and Mindset

Read the transcript below… Marie: Okay, it’s Marie here, it is Wednesday, we are live at lunch. I am here with coach Kerry-Ann Elliot today. I am super excited because Kerry’s one of my favorite-favorite people. And you’re going to find out why...

Business Review: Why Sankofa is a core value of my Business

by Marie Deveaux | Jan 27, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Motivation and Mindset

Everyone should have guiding principles that are at the core of their business review, their life and their work. Mine are abundant equity, growth, community and Sankofa. I feel like in some ways Sankofa is a cheat because it means so much. It’s more than just...

This Little Light Of Mine: Magnifying Your Energy

by Marie Deveaux | Oct 21, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Motivation and Mindset

Do you know what it is to be a star? You know a star is a concentrated ball of energy? It creates light because light is energy and movement because that’s energy too. And it doesn’t take instructions from anyone. A star shines because that is its nature....

Radical Rest and other Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic

by Marie Deveaux | Oct 15, 2020 | Motivation and Mindset

Are you a recovering workaholic? If so, when was the last time you really rested? Especially in the field of Coaching and Consulting our very presence is a service that we provide to others. So often I find that clients not only seek me out because they have questions...