Episode 298- Taking Ownership Of Yourself & Your Future, Listening To Your Gut + Black Wealth With Chad Sanders
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Chad Sanders, author of Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned From Trauma And Triumph, and writer on HBO Max's new show, Rap Sh!t, joins the Journey To Launch podcast to discuss his experience leaving Google and the tech industry, how to deliberately develop your creative skills in the real world and Black money and wealth.
We chat about his new project, Direct Deposit, a podcast through Audible Originals, where he talks about being on the brink of wealth and what Black wealth looks like when you start earning money and more!
Chad's writing has appeared in The New York Times, SLAM magazine, Teen Vogue and more– but he isn't only a writer and author. Since his time in tech, Chad has also directed and acted on TV series and feature films with collaborators Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, Issa Rae and Will Packer.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Being scrappy with money, opportunity cost and his new financial podcast Direct Deposit
- The pull to choose what is safe vs. what you love and deciding to follow your passions
- Why it takes so much courage to leave corporate America or a stable career
- Code switching, pivoting from the tech industry to the creative space, making it in Hollywood + more
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| 0:00.0 | I broke that cold pilot in that coffee shop, no outline, not getting feedback from anybody, |
| 0:10.0 | and I just poured it out. |
| 0:11.6 | The story I had to tell, I just poured it out, and then spikedly literally just appeared |
| 0:16.8 | in my life. |
| 0:17.8 | You know, he, like, just like, right there. |
| 0:21.1 | Team Minus 10 seconds. |
| 0:23.1 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast, with your host, Jamila Sufrat, as a money expert |
| 0:28.8 | who rocks her top. |
| 0:30.4 | She helps braid juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:37.5 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in 5-on-4-3-2-1. |
| 0:50.6 | If you want the episode, show notes for this episode, go to journeytolange.com, or click |
| 0:56.0 | the description of wherever you're listening to this episode. |
| 0:59.3 | In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that |
| 1:04.2 | we mentioned, and so much more. |
| 1:06.7 | Also, whether you are an OG, junior, or brand new to the podcast, I've created a free jump |
| 1:12.1 | start guide to help you on your financial freedom journey. |
| 1:16.0 | It includes the top episodes, still listen to, stages to go through to reach financial |
| 1:19.7 | freedom, resources, and so much more. |
| 1:22.6 | You can go to journeytolange.com slash jumpstart to get your guide right now. |
| 1:27.8 | Okay, let's hop into the episode. |
| 1:30.8 | Hey, journeyers, welcome back to another episode of the Journey to Launch Podcast. |
| 1:37.9 | This week, we have Chad Sanders, Chad is the author of Black Magic, what Black leaders |
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