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If you think about Black men an asset, we would be undervalued in the marketplace.

What do I mean?

I’ll give you an example.

I met with my client Keith, who worked at a Fortune 200 company and was making $210,000. He wasn’t getting promotions and was called the “nice guy” at work.

We worked together and improved his interviewing skills, his industry research skills, his networking skills, his professional brand, and helped him hit the job market.

Although he was skeptical at first, as we unlocked his potential as a leader, his confidence soared, and he landed a job making $70,000 in a new director role that was new to him and is something he loves.

He’s now on fire, speaking industry-wide about his expertise and inspiring others to reach their professional potential.

I gave him an education and framework that very few brothers get, and even less take action on.

As a community, we are undervalued due to a lack of action.

Corporate cannot hold us back at all when we unleash our full gifts upon the world. It’s impossible.

In my work with brothers over the past eight years of coaching and speaking with brothers, I’ve seen what the best of you guys do—those who fly up the chain to success—and what the worst of you guys do—those who feel stuck and are not fully aligned with your purpose and earning potential.

Success in corporate is about doing the right thing.

Not just anything.

Not just hoping.

Definitely not complaining. (Although there’s a place for that.)

Not wishing.

Not (just) praying.

Not talking to your wife.

Not lamenting to your frat or friends.

Not scrolling through LinkedIn and X (Twitter).

But taking the right actions to advance.

Now we know that being a brother can throw you into challenging racial dynamics, from not seeing other Black men in the C-suite or getting funded to outright bigoted comments or subtly noticing your non-Black peers getting promoted past you when you’re more qualified.

However, when we ask if you are optimized as an asset, as a performer, as a leader, as an industry expert, and as the best in the world at what you do (which is the expectation here), is your answer yes or no?

Over my eight years of doing this work and over a decade of helping my own dad struggle to win in business, the answer from brothers 9 times out of 10 times is “no”.

So as a community, we have to step into our full power, reject being rebels and outsiders to our own greatness, and accept that our deepest freedom and satisfaction will come through unlocking our potential and carrying it out in the world.

Below is a sobering but empowering self-assessment for you to do to let you know if you are fully optimized or not in the business world.

It’s our time to close the confidence gap—not between us and other races, but between our own potential and our limitless achievement.

This comes from taking the right action steps to get results, so let’s take a look.

Here are the steps to ultimate career success. If you are missing them, then you are likely underperforming and underearning in some way.

Jewel Love’s Performance and Earnings Evaluation

1. Are you working with a coach to point out your blind spots, hold you accountable for action, and provide you with priceless skill set and mindset shifts?

Yes / No

1. If you need to improve your mental and emotional health to perform better on the job (and at home), are you working with a psychologist, psychotherapist, or psychiatrist?

Yes / No

2. Do you know what your professional mission is (the outcomes you want to deliver in the world of business by the time you retire)?

Yes / No

3. Do you know what your impact statement is (the feel-good impact you want to have on humans, animals, or the planet with your work)?

Yes / No

4. Do you have an active and extensive network of executives, mentors, investors, and colleagues sending you job leads, clients, and investment opportunities on a weekly basis?

Yes / No

5. Do you know how to land your dream job that you love doing at the seniority you want (and are qualified for) that pays you your worth?

Yes / No

6. Do you have an excellent professional brand that is known throughout your industry that leads to incredible job offers, clients, and investment opportunities?

Yes / No

7. Do you know the latest innovations in your industry, including trends, challenges, regulations, rising stars, old-guard leadership, scandals, and best practices?

Yes / No

8. Do you have an executive presence so others see you as such or see you as a rising star executive?

Yes / No

9. Do you actively and regularly communicate the value (not just activity) you bring to your organization in a way that unlocks continual promotions?

Yes / No

10. Do you have a professional development plan that includes the top trainings, programs, conferences, and workshops in your industry?

Yes / No

Guys, if you are missing some of these components, you are likely underrealizing your professional potential and underearning as well.

My expectation for you is that you are firing on all levels professionally and earning 7-figures in a job or business you love.

I’m not pivoting off that expectation because I know the lifestyle benefits it brings to your family and your future generations.

Lock in the 10 steps above, and you will see your results go through the roof and be mind-blown at who you become.

While I typically work with guys in their 30’s-50’s, younger guys reading this need to start locking these in now.

If you wait ‘til your 40’s to get started because you “have time,” you will find yourself decades behind your counterparts who are now running the company and took these actions in their 20’s.

A friend of mine, Logan Green, who now has a net worth of $140 million, was my political party running mate in college at UCSB. While I was focused on Black student activism, he was focused on building Zimride, which later became Lyft with an IPO market cap of $24.3 billion in 2019.

A recent client of mine, Chris Bennet, built out the elements above to secure $47 million in funding for his SaaS business, Wonderschool, which is valued at $150 million.

And another client of mine, “Greg Phillips” (not his real name), SVP at a well-known Fortune 500 company, used the formula above to pivot from his VP role to his current SVP role, while now entertaining 7-figure opportunities at other organizations.

With that said, I hope you guys have a great weekend and the week ahead.

If you’d like to get your 7-figure blueprint together and reach your next level of success in your job, job hunt, or business, you’re welcome to contact me for a 15-minute consultation at the link below.

-Jewel

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