Mother May I?  Yes You May!

Mother May I?  Yes You May!

Welcome to May and Happy Mother’s Day to every mother, auntie, sister or foster mom who has ever impacted someone’s life.

My father and mother used to tag team on their children.  If we went and asked my dad first he would say, “what did your mama say?”  If we asked mama first, she would say, “what did your daddy say?”  They made sure that they were on the same page with discipline, advice, permission as well as rewards.  But one thing we knew that they both would say and sometimes at the same time was, “you can do anything that you set your mind to do.”  My dad would add, “as long as human beings are designed to do it.”  So parental support, advice, money, opportunity and cheering us on was NEVER a problem in the Foree Household.  We may not always agree but we knew that we were loved, supported and always had a home to come back to no matter what.  So I ask you, are you delaying doing something in your life because you are waiting on someone to give you permission?  Do you realize that you may never get permission from another human being?  In your career, life or business, you have to give your own self permission and wait for anyone else.  Today, my father is deceased and can no longer give me permission or encourage me to do things in my life or business.  My mother, still to this day says, “go for it.”  My husband says, “how much?” first and then says, “let’s do it.”  Lol.  But seriously, you are gifted, talented, have the desire, can save the money (you can) and I’m here to help.  What’s stopping you really?  It is you.  I’m here to give you permission, tell you to push on the forward button, hard and fast because your life depends on it.  Go for it.  If you need my help, schedule a time at www.talkwithroyston.com but otherwise, let nothing stop you from your dream.  Julia May I?  Yes You May!

It’s my birthday month too, I’ll be 59 on May 29^th, so I’m offering 59% off of everything in my store, www.juliaroystonstore.com.  Use the discount code, ‘royalbirthday’ Take advantage of it.  May 31^st, it’s all over.  Let’s go!

Julia

#bookbusinessboss

Welcome April

As you can tell, I love sports and as a business owner, I get motivation from anywhere and that includes sports.  Quarter 1 for me in sports is used to work out the kinks, size up your opponent and play to your strengths instead of your weaknesses especially if one of the team is injured.  So what have you found out in Quarter 1 about you and your current situation?  Do you need to change up your strategy?  Do you need to rethink the goal? Never because you’re in it to win it but how you win is left up to you.  Right?  Yes and No.  Sometimes you win by doing what you’ve always done but going harder.  Sometimes you win when you change up everything that you’ve ever done or ever thought about doing.  The next 3 quarters of the year are wide open.  What will you do in the next 3 quarters?  Will each upcoming day, week,  month and quarter look the same or are you going to go hard, switch it up so that you can go home with the win?  It’s left up to you so I wish you well and Let’s GO!!!

March Madness

In the United States, the term “March Madness” is normally associated with basketball and especially the NCAA and NIT tournaments.  I watch basketball especially during the tournament but I never actually played basketball.  I was in the band and I digress.  Lol.  Just like basketball fans are clearly mad about their sport, I am clearly madly in love with what I do.  I go hard for it.  I travel for it.  I spend and invest my time, energy and money into what I do.  I even invest my knowledge into others whether they are ready or not.  Why?  Because I see things in others that they may not have considered or thought of themselves.  So you can truly say that I am mad about writing, publishing, promoting, business and life, period.  I am truly loving and living my best life.  I imagined it so much while teaching in the classroom that now that it is possible, I often pinch myself and remind myself that it’s real.  What are you truly mad about that you don’t know if it will become real or will it remain a dream?  I can’t speak for you but for me I worked at it everyday.  I learned from others and invested in coaching, mentoring, videos, training and whatever else would help me be where I am today.  What does ‘March Madness’ look like for you?  What are you investing in, going ‘hard for’ and loving even in its beginning stages?  Life is short. Life is hard at times but try to find something that you love and be ‘mad’ about it.  If you need help, let’s have a conversation at www.talkwithroyston.com.  Let’s go!

Trainings coming up are a free training for creating Children’s Books on March 17th at 7:00 p.m. EST, register at www.creategreatkidsbooks.com

If you’re ready to write a book, no matter the genre, the 5-Week Intensive Write that Book Now Boot Camp, starts April 19 at 7:00 p.m. EST, register at www.bkroystonpublishing.com/classes.

Be blessed and make it a great, “March Madness!”

Julia Royston

#bookbusinessboss

Love, Learn and Lead

February is the month of Love but also Learning because of Black History Month.  There is never a February that doesn’t go by that I don’t learn something new about an African American inventor, developer or achiever.  It is incredible how much can be accomplished when you put your mind to it.  It may not start off perfect. There may be 100 reasons that it won’t work or rejection after rejection may come in your path but if you keep putting one foot in front of the other. Study your craft.  Refine it.  Develop it.  Display it and then Refine it some more, incredible things can happen.  I guarantee that nothing will happen if you do nothing.  If you don’t try, learn, launch and learn some more, your goal will never be reached.  Even if you learn what not to do, you learned something and that’s a major accomplishment within itself.  Life is so, so short that you should give yourself a congratulatory pat on the back when you figure out what you are NOT meant to do as much as what you were BORN to do.  When you figure that out, jump out of bed every morning with a passion, purpose and push to do only those things that you were born to do.  I do that every day.  Distractions come.  Other opportunities are presented but if they don’t align with my purpose, I may consider it but eventually will say no.  I want to love what I do each day.  Don’t you?  With that said, what were you born to do?  In this month of February, are you doing what you love, learning about it everyday and ready to lead the way in the industry, career or your business?  I hope so but if you need help, I am offering my book and journal, “Plan B” for $15.00.  This book is designed for those people who are looking at their life differently, need to ask themselves some hard questions and strive to get some real answers.  Click here to get your copy today! 

Julia

#bookbusinessboss

In One Day

I enjoy watching the NFL draft.  I am not an owner or have a child involved in football at all.  I enjoy watching football.  It is my favorite sport and during the draft, the stories and profiles of the players told are overwhelming, emotional and definitely empowering.  They demonstrate the power of hard work, perseverance and tenacity along with skill, mentoring and opportunity.  How one day can change your whole life is amazing?  Some of these young men go from poverty to millionaires literally over night.  I watch the family and friends and wonder if they are in the room as real support or just for the opportunity that the young man will bring to their own life.  Just by association their life changes too.  Good or bad, one day can literally alter the course of the remainder of your life.  Your quality of living, career, health, relationships, family, finances and business can all be lost or won in one day, by one decision and at a moment’s notice.  Making each day, relationship and/or opportunity count is literally priceless.  There is no price tag on good health, wellness and self-care as we’ve all realized especially during the pandemic.  My final thought to you is what have you put off doing, experiencing, risking and/or enjoying that can be done if you started today?  Be blessed. 

If we need to talk about it, schedule the time at www.talkwithroyston.com.  Let’s go!