CYLS 091: How Intuition, Grit and Creativity Grew Into A Global Children's Brand with Marjuan Canady

Summary: About our Guest: Marjuan Canady, a native Washingtonian with Trinidadian/African-American roots, is an award winning writer, actress, playwright, director, educator and producer for both film and the stage. Canady is the founder and CEO of her multi-media production company, Sepia Works. She is the CEO / Author / Co-creator of the children’s media brand Callaloo. Originally conceived as a theatrical play, Marjuan has led her team in building Callaloo into a brand consisting of books, puppet shows, digital content, animation, arts education programming and merchandise. Canady’s first children’s book Callaloo: A Jazz Folktale was published in 2013 in which she received the 2013 First Time Author’s Award from the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago. School of the Arts Episode Summary: Learning through failure, being rejected from roles, creating a global children’s brand, trusting her gut, having 6 jobs at once , touring and growing her performance fee, writing her own original work & bringing youth of color to the theater Insight from this episode: How to find the passion to create your original work Keys to knowing you are enough Strategies to overcoming depression and downtimes on your journey How to grow your fee’s Marjuan shares her superpower that she earned from her rejections Strategies to overcome stereotypes Marjuan gives a live performance of characters from her one woman show and play Steps to become and remain a profitable artist The power of your friend group pushing you to the next level How to be supportive and winning as a team The importance of saying “No”  Quotes from the show: “You can’t just be one thing” – Marjuan Canady Episode #91  Resources Mentioned: https://quickbooks.intuit.com https://www.wunderlist.com/ icalendar google.com
 Favorite Book: Sula There Eyes Were Watching God
   Favorite Quote: “If you don’t see you in the world, Script Your Story” –Marjuan Canady Episode #91 3 keys to Create Your Best Life: Be patient and be patient with yourself Do The Work Enjoy the process
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