651: Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Be a Troublemaker and Raise a Troublemaker

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and podcast host who thrives at the intersection of humor, media, and justice. Her critically acclaimed books Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016) were instant bestsellers and established her as a literary force with a powerful pen. Her newest book Rising Troublemaker: A Manual for Teens is out NOW! Luvvie is a proud disruptor who has been featured in NPR, Forbes, Inc, Fortune, Chicago Tribune, and more. She has disruptively graced the stages of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Nike and many more top brands. Her renowned TED talk "Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable" has over 8 million views, has been transcribed into 23 languages, and has placed her in the Top 1% of TED Talks of all time. Born in Nigeria, bred in Chicago and comfortable everywhere, Luvvie enjoys laying around in her plush robe, eating a warm bowl of jollof rice in her free time. Her love language is shoes. Listen in to hear Luvvie share: The importance and urgency of showing up in this very moment in history How to be a Troublemaker in ways that are authentic and true to who you are Why you must become a Professional Troublemaker yourself in order to raise a Troublemaker Why Troublemakers need to ask more questions How to circle back on missed chances to speak up The 4 types of Troublemaker 3 things three things Rising Troublemakers can do every day to own your dopeness The domino effect of using your words to have impact Links mentioned: Connect with Luvvie: luvvie.org/ Book: Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens Book: Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual Podcast: Professional Troublemaker Luvvie’s Community: LuvvNation Luvvie's Blog: https://awesomelyluvvie.com/ Luvvie on Social Media: @luvvie on all platforms Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.9	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode
0:22.5	651 with Lovie Ajai Jones. Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the
0:28.4	episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 651.
0:43.2	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you
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1:07.0	All right.
1:07.5	Let's dive into today's episode.
1:14.3	Lovey. All right, let's dive into today's episode. Lavi Ajai Jones is a two-time New York Times bestselling author,
1:18.8	sought-after speaker, and podcast hosts who thrives at the intersection of humor, media, and justice.
1:24.6	Her critically acclaimed books, professional troublemaker, the Fearfighter manual,
1:29.2	and I'm judging you, the do-better manual, were instant bestsellers and established her as a
1:34.4	literary force with a powerful pen. Her newest book, Rising Troublemaker, a manual for teens,
1:40.6	will be released this week. So if you are listening in Live Time, this is the week
1:45.2	of the book launch. Go out and get yourself Rising Troublemaker Emmanuel for Teens. A noted writer,
1:51.5	Lovie, is published in several anthologies and her work has been featured in outlets such as NPR,
1:56.7	Forbes, Inc, Fortune, the Chicago Tribune, and more. Lovie was also featured in the Netflix documentary, She Did That, which showcases black
2:04.6	female entrepreneurs. She's an 18-year blogging veteran, where she writes on her blog,
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