58: Gabrielle Jordan: How to Impact Change on a Global Scale

Gabrielle Jordan is the owner of Jewelz of Jordan, an upscale jewelry business, which she started at the age of 9. She's also the co-founder of the ExCEL Youth Mentoring Institute, and a host of a weekly video podcast called ExCEL with Gabrielle. Some of her clients include Syracuse University, Columbia University, Google, United States Embassy Nassau - The Bahamas and National Commercial Bank- Jamaica.Gabrielle Jordan is the owner of Jewelz of Jordan, an upscale jewelry business, which she started at the age of 9. She's also the co-founder of the ExCEL Youth Mentoring Institute, and a host of a weekly video podcast called ExCEL with Gabrielle. Some of her clients include Syracuse University, Columbia University, Google, United States Embassy Nassau - The Bahamas and National Commercial Bank- Jamaica. On today's show, Gabrielle talks about how she has become a young entrepreneur and shares her tips on what it takes to make a change on a global scale. Gabrielle also covers, ⦁ How her passion for making jewelry at the age of 7 led her to become a young entrepreneur ⦁ She wrote the book about physical and mental necessities of being an entrepreneur at the age of 11 ⦁ She is the 6th generation entrepreneur in her family ⦁ The importance of taking the opportunity to learn something new from every person you meet ⦁ Her goal is to impact change on a global scale ⦁ How she wants to help people to understand what abilities they have so that they can unlock the potential they already hold ⦁ Her Life Changing Question is: Why am I important? ⦁ The importance of self-awareness and why is it both, a blessing and a curse ⦁ When you get a better understanding of yourself, you can then get a better understanding of others ⦁ Self-awareness is about knowing 3 things: who you are, what you do, why you do it ⦁ Her habits and rituals include: buying different kinds of art, creating and decorating, cooking, playing with Lego's and hanging out with her family and friends ⦁ The thing on her bucket list is skydiving   Resources Mentioned in this show: excelyouthmentoring.com gabriellejordaninspires.com Recommended Reading: The Making of a Young Entrepreneur - Gabrielle Jordan The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis