The "Keep It 100 Success Challenge" came about after I read The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield. If you keep up with LATH on social media then you've probably heard me talk about it or share some good quotes from the book because it was the March Book Chat book of the month.
In Principal 26 Jack talked about "Acknowledge Your Positive Past." Often we are so laser focused on what we want to accomplish in the future that we overlook how far we've come. Jack encouraged readers to make a list of 100 successes they've had in their life. I immediately decided to make my own list.
I encourage you to join me in the "Keep 100 Success Challenge" by making your own list of 100 successes you've had in your life, from big to small be sure to include them all. Below you will find my list! I also talk about my experience with making my list on the latest "7 Minute Sunday" podcast episode below.
Learned how to ride a bike with no hands in my youth
Taught myself how to swim as a kid
Member of my high school step team
President of the Black Student Union (BSU) in high school
Graduated from high school
Graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing
Completed a summer internship at Showtime Networks
Completed a summer internship Game Show Networks
Press secretary for the Black Business Students Association in college
Jumped off of a cliff into a sinkhole in Mexico
Never fell ice skating (first time skating was in my twenties)
Accepted into the T. Howard Foundation summer internship program two years in a row.
Learned how to snowboard
Gifted myself a BMW coupe for my 25th birthday
Planned my 25th birthday trip for twenty friends to drive to Mexico and celebrate for the weekend
Talent PR for the Game Show Network Get Schooled Tour with former American Idol contestant Kimberly Locke
Moved to Beverly Hills into my first solo apartment after college
Left Los Angeles to move to New York, a city I’d always wanted to live in
Managed the largest NBA All-Star red carpet in 2011, “T-Mobile Magenta Carpet”
Planned and executed two successful NBA Rookie of the Year media tours for Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard
Coordinated media for NBA Rookie photo shoots during NBA Rookie Transition Program
Managed media and red carpet for six NBA All-Star weekend Celebrity Games
Managed red carpet and half-time performer media for six NBA All-Star Games
Worked six NBA Drafts
Worked six NBA Finals
Built the website for my first side-hustle business
Co-created a buzz worthy jewelry line
Beyonce wore a pair of earrings that I handmade in her video for the song Party
The jewelry line that I co-owned was featured in Vogue Italia
The jewelry line that I co-owned was featured on BET’s Rip the Runway
Alicia Keys wore earrings from the jewelry line that I co-created
Solange wore earrings from the jewelry line that I co-created
Kim Kardashian West wore earrings from the jewelry line that I co-created
Amber Rose wore earrings from the jewelry line that I co-created
Jewelry line was featured on the Fashion Bomb Daily as a “Cool Online Find”
Went parasailing in Aruba
Snorkeled in the Caribbean Sea
Volunteered with a group of friends to help distribute food and supplies to those displaced in the days after Hurricane Sandy through
Packed food boxes for charity at Citi Harvest
Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge
Rode a bike in mid-town Manhattan during rush hour traffic
Learned to cook a traditional family dish of gumbo
Became a certified bartender in New York
Completed creative writing classes through Gotham Writers' Workshop
Pushed myself to participate in and complete three session acting class
Participated in the 2012 New York Revlon Run/Walk
Mentored multiple high school through college aged young adults
Quit a coveted position at the National Basketball Association to explore other interests
Volunteered as a mentor for the SEO program
Completed my first manuscript in nine months while working a full-time job
Created Life According To Her
Organically grew the Life According To Her social media to 10k plus followers
Drove from New York to DC to complete a writing bootcamp taught by Zane
Secured a book publishing deal with New York Times Best Selling Author Zane, under her Simon & Schuster imprint to publish my debut novel
Relocated from New York to London for just under half a year
Traveled twice to my dream city, Paris
Went to the top of Le Eiffel Tower and felt the wind on my face
Visited the Louvre and laid eyes on the Mona Lisa in real life
Rode solo in a cable car in Madrid, Spain ( I was nervous as hell at first)
Navigated through Madrid solo for a weekend only using public transportation being a non-Spanish speaker (didn’t encounter many people that spoke English regularly)
Lived in a hostel in London for eight weeks with five roommates sharing one big room (male and female). Totally out of my comfort zone.
Traveled to Morocco just a year after looking at someone’s pictures from there wishing that I could make that trip
Climbed up a rocky waterfall in slippery boots in Morocco
Took a flying trapeze class at like Carrie on Sex and the City at the pier in New York
Rode a camel
Rode an elephant
Survived a wild horse ride (it tried to kill me by trying to buck me off :-()
Toured the Roman Coliseum in Italy
Rode a gondola in Venice, Italy
Visited Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England
Hiked up the side of Arthur's Seat, a mountain in Scotland
Went on the City of the Dead Tour in Edinburgh, Scotland
Hosted my first mixer event in London in 2014
Rode the London Eye despite not being too fond of Ferris wheel type situations
Featured in Essence magazine online for my solo travels through Europe
Taught myself how to use photoshop
Produced my own six-city book tour to promote novel, Preseason Love, in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte and Oakland
Preseason Love featured as Juicy Read in Juicy magazine
Co-created and facilitated the Publish That Book workshop for aspiring authors
Self-published my first short story ebook in 2015
Attended the Sundance London Film and Music Festival
Attended the London Book Fair
Released my first self-published print book in 2015
Reached #4 on the Amazon Best Sellers list in entrepreneurship books
Created the first Beauty + Books events marrying books and beauty
Featured author in Ebony magazine online
Featured as Madame Noire’s Monday Madame
Featured as Vibe Vixen’s Vixen of the Day
Author interview on Good Day Carolinas
Featured in ForHarriet.com article “10 Black Women on Instagram that Inspire Me to Live Greatly”
By line with xoJane.com
Taught myself to do all of my own video editing
Create all graphics for Life According To Her
Wrote treatment, directed and produced Preseason Love book trailer
Curated six I Need New Friends brunches in four cities
Completed 16-week Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) training program for small businesses and entrepreneurs
Produced successful photo shoots for three jewelry collections
Rode 97 miles on Highway 1 along the California coast clutching my seat
Launched the Life According To Her podcast
Created #popofclorpodcast, the first interactive digital directory featuring 100+ voices of black women in podcasting
In a way I feel like this is a vague outline of my life story haha! Tag me on social media or email me to check out your list from the Keep It 100 Success Challenge.
Keep Killing It!
Ahyiana Angel