Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Writer. Speaker. Truth teller. And Professional Troublemaker.

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4.6 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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You'll get a kick out of this remarkable person. I know I did. Luvvie Ajayi Jones is an award-winning author, podcast host, and sought-after speaker who thrives at the intersection of comedy, justice, and professional troublemaking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth.
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0:48.3	I'm Guy Kawasaki, and this is remarkable people.
0:52.3	This episode's remarkable guest is Lovie Ajayi.
0:56.1	She is an author, speaker, podcaster, and Nigerian wild woman.
1:01.5	She moved to America from Nigeria at the age of nine.
1:05.4	She graduated from the University of Illinois, where she started as a pre-med,
1:09.8	but gave that up when she got a D in chemistry.
1:13.0	Her first book was a New York Times bestseller. I'm judging you, the do-better manual.
1:18.9	She just released her second book, Professional Troublemaker, the Fear Fighter Manual.
1:24.8	Here are two quotes from that book. If thinking highly of myself and being self-affirming is a fault, I want to be the
1:32.2	walls of the Grand Canyon.
1:34.7	Second quote, black trauma is never given space to heal because we have to make sure the
1:40.6	white people who hurt us don't feel too bad about it.
1:49.0	Even as victims, we're told to care about the feelings of those who harm us. Her TED talk, getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, has been watched over 2.4 million times.
1:56.0	In professional troublemaker, she also quotes the best insult that I have ever heard.
2:02.3	If I want to kill myself, I would climb to your level of stupidity and jump to your IQ.
2:10.6	Apparently Nigerians are very good at insults, and that is something to admire.
2:16.8	I'm Guy Kawasaki.
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