Loni Love, comedian and co-host of The Real: “I want people to be inspired.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This episode was recorded on May 28, 2020. Loni Love brings effortless personality, confidence, and honesty to TV screens daily as the co-host of The Real. And the secret to her success: perseverance. Because her journey has taken many twists. She sat down with us to share how she's found her voice, onstage and off. You’ll also want to pre-order her new book, I Tried To Change So You Don’t Have To, at lonilovebook.com. In this episode, Loni shares how she learned perseverance from a young age (3:50), why she’s kept a journal throughout her life (5:35), and how to conquer self doubt (17:47). Stay tuned at the end for a spotlight on Jali Creatives, a digital marketing firm founded by Juana Jones. It’s providing free templates and resources to businesses who need it in the wake of COVID-19. Want to be featured? Submit yourself or a friend here.

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0:00.0	I want people to be inspired I want people to know that even though you may not come from the best beginnings, you can make something out of
0:15.4	yourself.
0:16.4	You can get out of bad situations.
0:18.0	And I think that's important to tell.
0:19.7	I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisbergk. I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:24.0	Welcome to Skim from the Couch.
0:26.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice
0:28.0	from women who have lived it.
0:29.0	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team
0:32.0	to the rough stuff like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:37.0	We started the skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all out than where it began on a couch.
0:44.0	Hey everyone, this show might sound a bit different today because we are still skimming from three different couches.
0:56.0	The skim is still working from home for the time being because of COVID-19.
1:01.0	Today Lonnie Love joins us on Skimmed from the Couch. She is a comedian and the Emmy
1:06.4	and N-A-C-P image award-winning co-host of the daytime talk show, The Real. She's also the co-host of Cafe Moca on Serious XM. Her new memoir
1:18.0	entitled I Tried to Change so you don't have to examines her unconventional path to Hollywood.
1:24.4	Lonnie, we are very excited to have you today.
1:26.8	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
1:29.1	I am so glad you can read.
1:31.0	I just, that's just impressive. It just just impressive.
1:33.0	It's so impressive.
1:34.0	Also, can I just tell you that doing these and reading it in one shot?
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