Through our work we have been constantly amazed at the incredible things people in every neighborhood are working on. What’s even more exciting is that they all have different stories, backgrounds, strengths and weaknesses. That there isn’t a single formula for success means that everyone can take their unique set of strengths and characteristics and turn it into a success story. We recently reached out to some folks we admire and asked them what characteristics they feel are responsible for their success.

Kimia Kalbasi | Sr. Social Strategist + Influencer Marketing

I’d say my positive outlook and attitude intertwined with my la la land childlike daydreaming nature. For instance, as a child, you’re truly hopeful, hold an unfiltered and unconditional faith in the world around you, an untethered soul who embraces any opportunity or challenge that enters your space. Read more>>

Kara Lee | Founder and CEO, The Well Community for Women

The Well Community for Women is only possible because of the COMMUNITY of women surrounding me as the founder. This organization’s mission is to gather women and to refresh them in order to help them refresh their world around them. Read more>>

Brittanie Harbick | Travel Squad Podcast Co-host

Persistency has been a key factor in the success of the Travel Squad Podcast. When we started our podcast, we had no experience with podcasting. We self taught ourselves how to create, edit, and publish our episodes and we faced a lot of challenges and obstacles in order to create a high quality and engaging travel podcast. Read more>>

Dinara Baizakova | Photographer, Videographer, Producer

The most important factor behind my success is connections and people. I’m a first generation immigrant. And I didn’t know much people when I moved to the USA 3,5 years ago by myself. And when I start meeting people they started recommending me to another ones and so on. Read more>>

Lauren Holman | Silversmith, creator of Solder and Stone

The most important factors behind my success are perseverance and willingness to collaborate with others. Working with metal is a slow process that requires much patience. Frustratingly, it is precision oriented and takes years to hone one’s skills. With much patience, Read more>>

Bradley Scroggins | Creative Writer, Noble, and Performer

Locating the blocks!!! Finding a term like ‘civil rights journey’ and making the turn. The you Father Time. Read more>>