The Genesis Project Podcast

Dr. Renee Sunday is the Platform Builder. She is a light in this world. She expresses her purpose as being a catalyst for others to walk in their purpose and destiny. She is a Media Personality, Publisher, Bestselling Author, Media Coach, Grief Counselor, International Motivational Speaker, and a Board Certified Anesthesiologist. She is humble and enjoys being a servant to all people. In today's lesson, guest professor Dr. Renee will be teaching a lesson on how to build a platform for your business and your personal brand. Check out Guest Professor Dr. Renee Sunday on her website at: https:\\www.reneesunday.com Subscribe, like, and comment your thoughts on Guest Professor Dr. Renee's lesson. Want to see what else is going on at The School of Hard Knocks? Click this link to find out: https://linktr.ee/genesisprojectpodcast

Guest Professor Parham moved to 7 different schools prior to university allowing him to become adaptable and connect to, played basketball since he was a kid, coached basketball too. Loved and still love going to the gym since he was very young. Supported his dad's construction company and then after engineering company by leading marketing, and helping with administrative support, customer support, and general labour. involved in the entrepreneur scene starting 2 e-commerce shops and 2 entrepreneurial ventures! He worked as a marketing manager in two positions of which really honed his marketing skills. He's currently waiting on his application for medical school (in Canada), working as a kinesiologist, running a podcast, went into the stock game (literally a week before the crash), and working on a consulting project to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. With everything that he's done, guest professor Parham knows a thing or two about processes and today, he teaches a deep dive lesson on processes. Subscribe, like, and comment your thoughts on Guest Professor Parham's lesson. Want to see what else is going on at The School of Hard Knocks? Click this link to find out: https://linktr.ee/genesisprojectpodcast

Guest Professor Mitch Schoenman is an entrepreneur located in Nashville, TN. He is the co-founder of Showtime Media, a full-service digital marketing agency, and the co-host of the Along the Way Podcast. Mitch is very passionate about living the entrepreneurial lifestyle, while at the same time ensuring that he's in great mental and physical shape. Guest Professor Mitch teaches a lesson on digital marketing and how to use it in your business. Subscribe, like, and comment your thoughts on Guest Professor Mitch's lesson. Want to see what else is going on at The School of Hard Knocks? Click this link to find out: https://linktr.ee/genesisprojectpodcast

Welcome back class to a brand new semester filled with great lessons to be learned, taught by people who has either gone through it or currently going through it. In this episode, we will hear from the chancellor himself, Chancellor Bernard Gleton. He'll discuss what to expect for this semester and for the future of The School of Hard Knocks. Get to class before the bell rings and lets get this semester on its way......

How many of us kicked ourselves when you had the opportunity to get into Crypto? If you're older, how many of us kicked ourselves when you had the opportunity to get into Google or Apple? I don't know about you, but I swore that next time I wouldn't be left in the dust. In keeping that promise, I came across an opportunity that could rival Amazon, both as an consumer, but even more so for the people who chooses to become affiliates. That's right, another opportunity comes and before I make a move on it, I had to bring somebody in to get all the details on this new platform.   Make sure you don't drag your feet on this potentially BIG opportunity.

I've mentioned before in previous blogs the difference between marketing and branding. To refresh your memory a tad bit, marketing is just getting your message out to the masses where branding is how you are perceived by the masses. The two are very different but also very similar to another. It is also oftentimes confused between the two. Another way to think about it is by getting your message heard versus getting your message seen. Today's lesson is another lesson in Branding. Guest professor Sharifa DeArmon is the Vice President of Operations for Frontline Entertainment Media Group. Her career started when her cousin asked her to be the manager of his group. After working with them for over a couple of years, she received a call that would change her life. She was asked to help start an entertainment company. She flew out to Las Vegas and two months later, helped launch Frontline Entertainment Media Group. As of last year, she was named music director for Urban World FM. With her experience in the entertainment business, who's best to tell us how to be on top of people's minds with our brands? She has experience with branding in a way I think we should consider, having to run multiple campaigns to get her clients seen. Her strategies explained in this episode have completely changed the way I think towards branding and have made such an impact on me, that now I'm reimagining my own brand and how I want it to come across to potential customers. As always, take great notes from this episode because I think she'll have you rethinking your branding strategy as well.

We all want money. We all need money. Whether it's a lot of money like Jeff Bezos or just enough money to not struggle anymore. Or even if it's just enough to make it till next payday or the next contract we can land.  The world revolves around money and there's nothing we can do about it except Get That Money.   There's nothing wrong with that. We live in a capitalist society. Until something comes along, that is what the world is going to operate from. A wise man once said, "It's not about how much money you make, it's about how much money you can keep." There's plenty of ways we can explore to do just that, but we're going to focus on one particular path that many know about, but may not have the strategy or lack the discipline of doing. What is it you're asking yourself? CREDIT...   Guest professor Lisa Day, the founder of Wallet Share Advisors, comes into The School of Hard Knocks and teaches a lesson on Finances. Her company, Wallet Share Advisors, is experienced to help you rebuild your credit so you can have greater leverage and increase your power to use your credit. It’s easy, fast, and affordable. Working effectively with all (3) credit bureaus to delete the most derogatory credit issues on your credit report. A process that can take 4 to 10 months. Guest professor Lisa Day has a wealth of knowledge and we did talk a lot about personal credit and business credit. We also talked about how to improve them as well and dispel some rumors about credit. If you're struggling with your finances and getting your credit together, she has been the first person I've called to help me with my credit. I would highly recommend you take notes of this lesson because it can literally change your credit life.

We've all had those moments where we could have just thrown in the towel but like the story, we stuck with it. I was fortunate to find a guest professor who has had his shares of failure and has bounced back from it and has been flourishing ever since. The stories and philosophies he tells in this lesson had me reminiscing and looking at things differently since recording this lesson. With no further ado, I present to the class guest professor Todd Palmer. Guest professor Todd Palmer is an executive coach, keynote speaker, renowned thought leader, author, and CEO who is committed to helping business owners tackle their obstacles and clear their path to success. As an entrepreneur and active CEO, Todd knows the struggles business owners face regarding people, cash, strategy & execution. He took his company from being $600,000 in debt to making the INC 5,000 as one of America’s fastest-growing companies (an astounding 6 times!).He specializes in helping leaders join the mission statement of the organization with their personal core values while addressing fears, self-doubts, and imposter syndrome. He brings a unique blend of authenticity, transparency, and vulnerability to help leaders & organizations achieve their highest goals, and he’s here today to share his story, what he’s learned along the way and his proven framework for helping business owners achieve success. If you're looking to turn the corner from failure, I strongly believe that guest professor Todd Palmer can help you with that. As a person who was staring at the face of bankruptcy with his business, his comeback story is nothing short of amazing. He stared at the dark abyss and was able to turn darkness to light again and his methods of getting it all turned around, is something you're definitely want to take note of and implement for yourself.   Make sure you check out everything Todd Palmer got going on, by connecting with him at:Instagram: @ToddPalmer2Facebook: @ToddPalmer13 Twitter: @ToddPalmer LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/toddpalmer1 Website: www.ExtraordinaryAdvisors.com  

This is it! This is the end of the semester. There is no test, just a review of some of the AWESOME gems from the lessons that were dropped this semester.

We all have a glass ceiling keeping us from getting to the next level. We will figure out HOW to break it in this episode and be amongst that small few who broke it. Guest Professor LaToya Early, the coach of life coaches will explain to us how to do so.

Real estate is a broad field, especially if you're looking to invest. Many of us are plagued with either bad credit or no money, or a combination of the two. So can we still invest in real estate if we have two strikes against us? My guest professor says yes you can and he'll show you how.

Hip hop artist, Kendrick Lamar released a song called Money Trees back in 2012. Guest Professor Stephanie J. Pride teaches a lesson on creating a money tree for yourself.

Image by Sebastiano Rizzardo from Pixabay It's no secret by now that I am a HUGE fan of music. Jazz music and old-school hip hop to be specific. Just for clarity, when I say old-school hip hop, I mean A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Jay-Z and so forth. It's just something about the lyrics that allows me to be able to connect to the artist. It doesn't even have to be the lyrics, it can be the rhythm or the melody that I'm able to connect to. There's a thought that the artist or musician is trying to get across that I can either agree with or makes me think. It helps me to zone out and allow me to be in a rhythm when I'm doing something or just thinking. Above anything, I LOVE creativity. My father used to sneak my twin brother and me into the jazz clubs all around Detroit. All so he can play a few sets on the drums. You see, we're pretty tall, we tend to look older and were able to get in fairly easy. We used to see a lot of the well-known jazz greats those clubs. That's how we learned our jazz history. Honestly, that was one of the most memorable memories that I cherish with my father. What I've learned is that music can have boundaries. Therefore, you are free to go in anywhere within those boundaries. Going outside those boundaries, made you crazy. But after the music had time to mature, you were considered as a genius. Something about being in that pocket and being able to stay there. For those who play and listen to music, know what I'm talking about. For those who don't understand what that this, I will do my best to do it some justice. Being in the "pocket" is pretty similar to being an athlete and being in the zone. You're just on-point with whatever note, whatever style and whichever way you throw it. You're right there in the middle and still in rhythm. One of my many favorite jazz songs is "In A Sentimental Mood" by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. I can recall my grandfather playing Duke Ellington songs on his organ after he comes in at night from work. He would play with the lights really, really dim. Similarly, I imagine that he's setting the mood to make that emotional connection with the music. The dimly lit lights are to create an intimate feeling throughout. They make it look so easy and effortless....... Today's guest professor knows exactly what I am referring to. I've known him and watched him for years getting right into the pocket whenever he sits down behind some drums. When I say that this is someone who's passion radiates when he picks up the sticks.......... It will just leave you in awe. I have seen this guy's eyes get BIG when he just looks at a set of drums. Whether it's a new set or an old set, seeing his passion for the craft never gets old. Many people know him as Jrelle Hits, but today we are going to call him Professor Jarelle James. Chancellor Bernard Gleton on the left and Guest Professor Jarelle James on the right Professor Jarelle is a perfect example of what The Genesis Project Podcast and The School of Hard Knocks stand for. Music runs in his family. In other words, it is in his DNA. But, he never went to school to learn music theory or anything of the sort. Above it all, he was able to still somehow become a success by trial and error. By his own words, "hard work and consistency". While I'm not trying to downplay school, I'm just simply pointing out that school isn't for everyone. However, you have just as much of a shot of becoming successful as someone who graduated fr...

Image by 3D Animation Production Company from Pixabay The world is starting to look different now. Masks seem to be an essential need as we walk out the doors of our own homes. Over the weekend, my wife and I did some shopping for the house and the sight was eye-opening for me. While there, I had a surreal moment because just about everyone there had on a mask. The way that we use to show and share love is starting to change. The need for being at a distance is starting to become a temporary normal. It mimics a lot of the movies that I’ve ever watched. If I had to put a movie title to it, it would probably be Mad Max. These are some dismal times we’re in right now. With Covid-19 starting to take ahold of many of our communities and forcing us to stay indoors, it can wreak havoc on our mental stability. In my eyes, what has been an awesome sight to see is how we’ve used technology to still stay connected. Having watch parties, having group video calls and so forth. I must say that it makes my heart smile from ear to ear. I understand that we’re in the middle of something scary and that it does have the ability to be fatal, but it’s a great sight to see that the human spirit is still alive and well and going on strong. Through all of this, what concerns me is the impact that all of this could have on our mental stability and mental health. When I had this vision of the Genesis Project Podcast and The School of Hard Knocks, a topic that I wanted to make a staple throughout all of this was the importance of mental health. My intentions are that for every semester, I will have an episode about mental health. All things mental health will be discussed from how to be mentally strong, how to improve your mental health, how to overcome tough situations and so forth. Originally my plan was to air this episode at the end of the semester. But with the state of the world being where it is currently, now is the best time to air this episode. For this lesson, I asked my therapist to stop by the class and as a bonus, I ambushed my twin brother’s session so I can get him to speak on the topic as well. Chancellor Bernard Gleton on the left, Professor Guam Lee in the middle and Professor Clarence Gleton on the right Guam Lee is a licensed clinical social worker, a mentor, and my therapist. He is currently a therapist at A Better Tomorrow Counseling. Clarence Gleton is not only my identical twin brother, but he is also an Air Force veteran who has since become a mental strength coach, a physical trainer and the author of the book, “Why The F*ck Am I Not Seeing Any Results?: Workout Tips and Tricks”. I truly believe that this is a powerful lesson and a very timely one as well. You’re going to want to take notes on this lesson because it is guaranteed to change your life if you implement these notes. To check out guest Professors Guam Lee and Clarence Gleton, go to:Guam LeeA Better Tomorrow Counseling & Consultation Services, LLCWebsite: www.abtccs.comClarence GletonTo check out Clarence's book, "Why The F*ck Am I Not Seeing Any Results?: Workout Tips and Tricks", on Amazon, go HEREFacebook: Kratos Fitness Performance GroupTwitter: @kratos_fpg Instagram: @kratosfpg Remember to chase everything you want, with VIOLENT, VIOLENT ACTION.

Two broken people can’t exist in a relationship if both of them are broken. We've heard this phrase as we go in and out of relationships, but our guest professor is that small percentage that proves that she has been able to be completely successful at being in a broken place, finding her husband who was in a broken place and have a successful marriage at it too. This episode was totally and completely transparent with nothing but learned lessons throughout this episode.

Many people will look at a church…………well, as a church. In this episode, professor Steven Bennett Jr. brought a good word from the good book of life and talks about The Business Behind A Church, his personal hardships and stepping up as the new pastor of House of Prayer and Praise in Detroit, Michigan, after one of the founding pastors, his father passed away, and the recent retirement of the remaining founder, his mother.

Our guest professor this week is Alan Rocdwell Johns who taught an incredible lesson on The Business of YOU. As an artist with a musical catalog, he wanted to do a music video for one of his songs, but no one could bring to vision what he had in his mind. So what did he do? He started a company to help bring his vision to the world visually and offers his skills to bring other's ideas to the world visually. This was an insightful lesson with many pearls that you won't have to go to the ocean for, but you will need a submarine because it gets deep.

Through these halls are your peers. Your peers consist of people who are chasing the same thing that you are. SUCCESS. When I was younger, I was always told that success leaves clues. The clues can often be a treasure hunt for those who are starting this journey of being or wanting to become an entrepreneur. Luckily for us, there are plenty of people that we can lean on to help us decipher the treasure map. Success is often a term that is different for people. What success is to me, may not necessarily be the success to you and vice versa. There is nothing wrong with that. In fact, that’s awesome! Whatever success means to you; I am sure there someone out there who can speak to your version of success. Some of us may of went a traditional route; school and working in the intended field, but there is still an uncharted path of people who are seeking the non-traditional route to success. Even those who have gone the traditional route is seeking a way to break into the non-traditional route. The School of Hard Knocks is typically people who have learned through mistakes. What we do here at this school, is bring people aboard who have reached a level of success who may of went the non-traditional route to their success. The guest of the show will be referred to as professors. It is through these professors that we dissect their path, to find the nuggets that we can use to our own path to success. We’ll learn from their failures to keep from getting trapped in their same pitfalls, and we’ll adopt their successes, modified in our own way, and put it towards our own life. In this welcoming episode, we will hear from the Chancellor of The School of Hard Knocks as he lays out the vision, the mission and the core values of this school. For this semester, make sure that you take notes to revisit whenever you need too. And remember, in everything that you do and chase after, attack it with violent, violent ACTION. Don’t be late for class.

This week in the classroom we have guest professor Michelle Hammer. She is the owner of Schizophrenic NYC, a schizophrenic New Yorker. She is attempting to alter New York's perception of mental illness, particularly that of the homeless who are mentally ill.Follow Michelle Hammer on IG @schizophrenic.nycSubscribe, rate, and comment on your thoughts about this episode. Want to know what is going on at The School of Hardknocks? See what is happening in the halls here: https://genesisprojectpodcast.com/The School of Hardknocks

On this episode, the chancellor talks with guest professor Jamar Tunstall on how to embrace failure as an opportunity for growth, innovation, and learning. Don't let the fear of falling hold you back from soaring to new heights. Embrace failure, learn from it, and watch yourself thrive.