53 - Changing Your Trajectory and Taking Control of Your Destiny with "Purpose" Author Jessica Huie

<p>Jessica Huie MBE is an entrepreneur and the author of the bestseller <em>PURPOSE: Find Your Truth and Embrace Your Calling</em> published by Hay House. Jessica enjoyed a glittering career as a journalist and publicist and has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars and business people, including Samuel L. Jackson, Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland, and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle. In 2006 Jessica launched Color Blind Cards, a multi-award winning multicultural greeting card company that drove an early conversation around the importance of ethnic representation in retail and became the first independent brand to secure a high-street presence for black cards in the UK. Her first book, <em>Purpose</em>, as well as her transformation evolved from the profound space between life and death in which she found herself as a caretaker for her beloved father.</p> <p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE:</strong></p> <p>[00:03:07]: Jessica Huie believes that you do not have to fit into one label at a time and answers Tracy’s question on if she would consider herself an entrepreneur or an author.</p> <p>[00:04:22]: What was Jessica like as a child and what was her perspective like on her future career possibilities?</p> <p>[00:08:19]: Jessica tells the story about getting expelled at 15 years old.</p> <p>[00:14:43]: How did Jessica deal with growing up mixed race in London?</p> <p>[00:16:31]: Jessica became a single mother at 17 years old and had a rocky beginning to her career that was made even harder by the shame her father felt for a daughter that did not reach what he believed was her true potential.</p> <p>[00:23:23]: Jessica’s post-grad experience after deciding to go back to school with her abundance of determination and breaking into the field of PR and journalism</p> <p>[00:28:13]: Tracy and Jessica conversate about how they believe having a degree affected their path to success.</p> <p>[00:30:18]: Jessica tells the story behind Color Blind Cards, a greeting card company she founded after a pivotal experience she had w