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2 Sugars, No Sleep
by Malik Mbaye
The one stop shop for the side hustle generation, students, young professionals, and anyone looking to create a better life for themselves on their own terms. Abraham Robertson and Malik Mbaye have spent massive amounts of time acquiring experience in the fields of entrepreneurship, professional development, branding, financial markets, and personal financial health. We use this platform to share our lessons learned along our journey. This platform is by and for ambitious millennials. If that sounds like you, join us in kick starting your career, your brand, and your life!
Episodes
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Never Stop Learning Because Education is the Key: Keynote Speech from Dora Kennedy Graduation
"So as I sat there in my room… I thought about what would I tell that 13 year old kid who is about to go to high school. That kid who was nervous about fitting in. That kid who was a little bit unsure of himself. What’s the one thing I would tell them to give them the cheat code for the next 10...
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How to build your portfolio without having paid clients
My tips: 1. Leverage school projects or online courses 2. Do work for small businesses for free to get testimonials 3. Create your own white papers and research 4. Write articles about things in your industry to show your POVs and Opinions 5. Partner with people who already have a portfolio and…
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10 business mistakes that cost me 6 figures
1. Customer service 2. Not hiring people and trusting them to lead 3. Not making informed product decisions 4. Not investing in product quality 5. Taking too long to make decisions and get feedback 6. Not thinking about customer lifetime value 7. Not segmenting personal revenue from business...
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Don’t create for the masses. Create for the 1% who believe in your mission
Recommended resources: 1. The 1,000 true fans essay 2. Start with Why Ted Talk and Book by @simonsinek Today’s shout outs go to: ✅ @s.mourtallah a data analytics wizard and wholesome brother out of NYC ✅ @cidotci a fashion and style icon in the making with looks that kill ✅ @_cunnuh my day 1…
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Why Your Creative Process is the Key to Closing Bigger Deals
Why Your Creative Process is the Key to Closing Bigger Deals
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Job Hunting Strategies of the 1%
Well, the creme de la creme are getting recruited and headhunted. But for those on the offense, this video contains a breakdown of my textbook Job hunting strategy. I’ve seen this work consistently with the 100+ ppl I’ve coached. Key Tips: Get focused. Don’t apply to everything under the sun…
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The psychology of personal branding (likes/followers don’t matter)
The psychology of personal branding (likes/followers don’t matter) Watch this if you’re someone who’s building a brand, or if you hate how the Instagram algorithm has affected your content/engagement, or if you’ve been nervous about putting yourself out there, or if you’re tryna figure out how…
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How I manage multiple projects and minimize stress & burnout as a creative
Simple questions I’m always asking myself to guide my focus for the day.
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4 Tips For Up and Coming Creatives Looking to Grow
Today in the inner circle, me @_cunnuh, and @_xprsv were brainstorming with Gabriel who is just exploring his creative side for the first time. Gabriel loves design, digital art, photography, and fashion. But he’s never had any formal training in these disciplines. So the question we were focused...
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Mindset for Digital Innovators and Creators: Everything You Need is Within You
Closing remarks for the UN keynote. Often when we introduce people to new concepts they immediately jump to all the ways it won’t work. But I wanted to remind us all that everything we need is already within us. You’re standing in your own field of diamonds. Just like the Persian farmer, Ali, who...
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Keynote from United Nations, JA Youth Dialogue on Education & Innovation: Ensuring inclusivity in the era of COVID-19
The Digital Innovators Playbook: I was invited by the UN of Jamaica to give a speech on education and innovation in a post COVID world. The content starts a few minutes in. The core message was simple. But don’t let that fool you. You must first understand that we are living in a new world. The…
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How to Level Up in Your Career by Adding Value and Keeping a Paper Trail of Impact
This is a great episode featuring Connor who talks about why he feels like he should be getting paid more. This episode is an excerpt from our inner circle mastermind group. We were wrapping up the personal finance course and we were talking about the importance of adding value and how he can...
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3 Tricks To Jumpstart Your Resume Writing (References, Bullet Structure, and Measurement)
Once you've brainstormed all your content, it's time to get down to brass tax. There are 3 things I'm always mindful of when it's time to write. 1. Never start from scratch In most cases, no matter what job you want there's always a reference you can look to. At the very least, there are people…
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Affirmations for Success, Self Confidence, Focus, and Achieving Your Dreams
Another one of my favorite affirmation tracks Full disclosure, I didn't create this content. All credits go to VYBO. As always, listen to affirmations for 30 days or more to maximize the benefits Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/vybo Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/2udjVV8 Soundcloud 👉...
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Overcoming Resume Writer's Block: How to Brainstorm Content
We all know we should do it, but we hold off until later. Later turns into someday. Which isn't on the calendar last I checked. #ResumeWriting can be daunting because you don't know where to start. There's so much that you do on a daily basis that it's tough to keep track of it all. That's how I...
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The First Principles of Impact Resume Writing: What it Means and Why it Matters
At Google I learned the avg recruiter only spends 6 seconds looking at your resume. After coaching 100+ students over the last 4 years, the biggest thing that's always missing is a clear articulation of impact. Many give vague descriptions of their responsibilities without showing why anybody...
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How I Went From 1.5 Years of Rejection to Landing Dream Job By Tweaking Resume
There's a big difference between having a #resume.... And having a resume that creates #opportunities for you. That's why the workshop I led with Yielding Accomplished African Women meant so much to me because I know what it's like to be on both sides of the fence. I remember waking up at the…
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Millionaire Money Affirmations to Attract Success, Wealth, and Prosperity (Listen Daily)
Millionaire money affirmations to attract success, wealth & prosperity. Program your mind to get rich with these money affirmations combined with luxury visuals so you can vibe & visualize the success you want to attract in your life. All credit for this goes to VYBO. If you like their content,...
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Lofi Hip Hop Affirmations for Self Love, Positivity, Success, Forgiveness, Hustle
I love affirmations. But Ive always felt many tracks are missing "the cool factor" And since hip hop invented cool, i thought to mix the two So I made a lo-fi hip hop affirmation track Unique lofi hip hop affirmations track to help you subconsciously change your inner beliefs about yourself....
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Why Jeff Bezos is the Richest Man in the World While the Rest of the World Struggles
Bram stumbled across an infographic that listed all of Jeff Bezos' assets and investments. We posted this in our community and on social and got a lot mixed replies. Some were inspired, some were disgusted, some were upset that Bezos has acquired so much wealth. "Why does he need that? That's too...
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Jamaican investor shares why lack of information is not your problem: Ignorance is a choice is a choice in 2020
Come on yall, it's the information age. Everything you need is one click away, how come you're not sharing your ideas with the world? The same money you spent on the weekends could be used to invest in yourself and your business to get to the next level. No more excuses. Let's make this…
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Experience Stretching: The #1 Thing You Need to Understand About Healthy Social Media Use
In today’s discussion, we get to meet Abraham Robertson (@AbrahamNeitaRob), Investor and Entrepreneur, and student of life. We’re talking about something that everyone needs to understand in the 21st century and beyond. Tune in to find out why. ... Have you ever compared yourself consciously or...
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How do you deal with Anxiety or Fear when it comes to interviews, presentations, or public speaking?
Have you ever dealt with Fear or Anxiety with presentations, interviews, evaluations? This video is for you. It does a couple important things: Discusses the origin of this fear and what it means: Reframe how we think about those feelings of unworthiness, the fear of being wrong, or the fear of...
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4 Secrets to Stand Out from EVERYBODY in the pack When Interviewing
4 Secrets to Stand Out from EVERYBODY in the pack When Interviewing
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BE THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON YOU KNOW #MOTIVATIONALRANT
I just stumbled across a video from 1-2 years ago and I’m both entertained and inspired. The hustle and grind is one of my core tenets. In personal experience and in my studies, I’ve seen firsthand how much of a difference it makes when you’re willing to dog it out in the trenches. When you in…
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The Top 2 Reasons to Put Yourself Out There #Branding
Today I got a heartwarming message from an old classmate and it reminded me of why it’s so important to share your message and your journey.Putting yourself out there can be daunting for several reasons: fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of humiliation, fear of ridicule. But this video...
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Improve your confidence by leaning into discomfort and becoming antifragile
A quick reflection on a lesson I learned today from David Goggins, the worlds toughest man. We talk about: Goggins Confidence Fear Comfort zones Fear of humiliation Fear of failure Cancel culture Concept of antifragility
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The truth about #MambaMentality: 8 lessons to make this your Kobe year
1. Have a ruthless schedule 2. Sacrifice to be the best 3. Embrace failure 4. Never doubt yourself 5. Prove them wrong 6. Harness your dark energy 7. Constantly expand your horizons 8. Develop wisdom by observing the world around you
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#TechTrek Ep. 1 - My Programming Journey
Inaugural video covering: What the Tech Trek is all about My learning roadmap (links to courses) https://see.stanford.edu/Course https://www.educative.io/track/scalability-system-design-for-developers https://www.educative.io/track/beginning-front-end-developer...
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Morning Motivation: Double Your Effort, Double Your Income
A monologue I pulled from early 2017. The message still rings true today. Get up and go after it. No excuses. Only results.
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A Letter to My Haters
Thank You. Thank you for doubting me and at sometimes getting me to doubt myself. If it wasn't for that pain, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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Daily Affirmations for Resilience, Strength, Motivation, and Focus
The Black Lotus is in bloom. 2019 is about staying focused on the prize and doing the impossible. It's about doing what you planned for a year, in a quarter. And then doing that in a month. And then doing that in a week. The only way to do that is to reframe your understanding of who you are.…
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#Branding: Why Podcasting Is a MUST in 2019!!!
Here’s my analysis on why Podcasting is a huge opportunity. It’s a 7 billion dollar industry in China already! The US is only a 300M industry in the US. A lot of big players are investing in the space: Google, Apple, Spotify. And even further, audio is the first step to creating a truly connected...
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#Mindset: Jocko Willink’s Keys To Success | DAILY MOTIVATION!!
This episode is a monologue by Jocko Willink where he talks about what it takes to succeed in life. Everything from his voice to the story he tells is gripping, serious, honest, and accurate. I decided to post this because I know it’s a reminder I’ll need to hear often so i figured I’d share it...
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#Mindset: How I Bounced Back from Depression and Going Broke -- You Create the Narrative for Your Life
I can’t believe I gave a commencement speech to 5,000 people. I have a lot to be grateful for.. but this is by far my proudest moment because it represents a huge step for me living my dreams of inspiring and empowering young people everywhere. •• But in this moment of power, where I stood before...
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How I made an extra $3,000 selling iPhones!
First, find an evergreen product that is consistently in demand. Two, do some digging to see if you can identify any inefficiencies in the market. Three, exploit ignorance and make a killing 😈
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#Mindset: Dream big, but start small
In today’s episode I wanted to remind us all to dream big, but start small. Don’t focus on doing it big out the gate. Focus on doing it right. And the rest will come.
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#Entrepreneurship 5 Ways That You Can Make Money TODAY
1. Selling your time 2. Selling a service 3. Monetizing an Idea 4. Investing 5. Arbitrage
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#Marketing: What Cardi B Can Teach Us About Personal Branding
The Cardi B. Formula: 1. Social media allows us to connect with the world at scale. 2. Authenticity is the Key! 3. Own Your Power!! 4. Build a Community, Don’t be an influencer!
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#Mindset: 5 Major Keys to Success in College
Here's a recap of my commencement speech to 5,000 attendees at the Bowie High School 2018 Graduation. I gave some insight into 5 things I wish I knew when I started my journey! 1. Own Your Power! 2. Take Chances, Make Mistakes! 3. Don't Do It For The Gram, Do It For The Love! 4. Give And You…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The one stop shop for the side hustle generation, students, young professionals, and anyone looking to create a better life for themselves on their own terms. Abraham Robertson and Malik Mbaye have spent massive amounts of time acquiring experience in the fields of entrepreneurship, professional development, branding, financial markets, and personal financial health. We use this platform to share our lessons learned along our journey. This platform is by and for ambitious millennials. If that sounds like you, join us in kick starting your career, your brand, and your life!
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