Chapter 1: How did Timeka Washington transition from welfare to millionaire?
Life has many scripts. Life has many roles for you to play. Like, as a wife, you play the role of a wife. As a worker bee, you play the role of a worker bee. As a boss, you play the role of a boss. Like, I was taught in acting class that you literally have to be able to switch it on and off because you don't know what role you're going to step into, but you've got to be a winner of all roles.
Yeah, let's talk about some of the philosophies and the mindset about being a boss.
So being a boss is more or less honing in on you and what you can bring and what you can offer. It's not about bossing people around so much, being a mean girl and this, that, and the other. It's about just really owning you and being okay with being a woman in a position of power. You know, a lot of times,
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Welcome to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Red Life edition. Joining me today is another amazing legacy maker, but this one with quite the twist. She is the boss of all bosses. Tamika Washington is joining us today. Welcome to the Red Life. Tamika, how are you?
I'm fabulous. How about you?
No one's ever asked me that. I'm actually unwell.
No, I'm kidding. You don't need to be around me.
I love it, Tamika. I'm doing fantastic now that you're here. Good. I love the red on red and the gold. Killer outfit.
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Chapter 2: What mindset shifts are essential for becoming a boss?
Thank you. Thank you.
How do you feel? You're obviously growing. What's on your mind?
Oh, my gosh. So much is on my mind. It never stops going. It just never stops going. But I am very happy to be here. I'm feeling awesome. And I'm so grateful for this opportunity.
Right on, Tamika. Well, we've been patiently waiting.
Yes.
This is Tamika the sequel. I believe your first outing, you were a little skeptical. You're looking at it like, what the hell? And you're back. How do you feel now?
I am happy to be back. So am I. Jesus, it was an event before, but we made it happen. That's what we're going to focus on.
We're going to focus on the event of today. What are we going to learn about you and your Legacy Makers episode?
Oh my God, you're going to learn so much about my personal struggles, about how I went from basically welfare to millionaire. Love it. You know, my children, my family life, how I went from little bitty Fort Wayne, Indiana to fabulous Atlanta, back to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Chapter 3: How does Timeka define success beyond financial wealth?
Oh, for sure, for sure. Let's talk about your life. This is all about you. Where do you want to begin, the today or the yesterday?
We can begin with today.
Where are you today?
Today I have reached so much success that I am just giddy inside. I can tell. Yes, but, you know, I wear many hats, which I don't complain about because it could be another situation.
Sure, sure.
So I'm just at a point in a position in my life where I'm grateful for everything and I want to make sure that I spread the knowledge that I've built. I'm actually working on something called the Bossy Blueprint.
Hell yeah.
To where I can give women a blueprint to starting venturing out into things that they're not comfortable doing. Just being more of a boss, embracing your bossiness.
Right on. A lot of folks hear this bossy word and they're like, oh yeah, the stuff I see on the TikTok where I got to wear this and I got to do that and act this way. It goes beyond that, right?
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Chapter 4: What is the 'Bossy Blueprint' and how does it empower women?
Wow. Everyone didn't fear him because he was a friendly face. It was the EA, the boss of all bosses. Oh, man, nobody would mess with that woman. That's right. And she was quite scary, but quite powerful. She kept him together. Oh, yeah, because she kept all the CEOs before him and after him together.
But do you understand what you just said?
Go ahead. What did I just say?
You said that these were women who were helping men. They were behind the scenes. Yep. In other words, you know, if we're behind the scenes, it's okay for us to be bossy. But when you're a woman and you're running things and you're bossy, people are like, oh, gosh, she's so mean. She's so this, she's so that. But then you have Rudy, who has to be a boss. Yeah.
You have the PlayStation man who had to be a boss. Yes, Mr. PlayStation, of course. Can you imagine the position of power that they're into? But they can be that man of power, but it would be harder for a woman to be in that position of power. However, the woman is really the one that's running it behind the scenes.
Perfect. I always like to land on that. Like even one of my heroes, George Lucas, the person that saved the movie was the editor that happened to be his wife that happened to be a woman. I'm like, it's always been powerful, a female energy, not in control, but in influence. And it goes now what you're teaching is your blueprint is beyond influence. It's like, no, I am beyond the influence.
I am the power.
Yes, and it's okay.
It's absolutely okay. Look at me, completely understanding your power and worshiping your energy. And it's deserved. And it's not just because you look good. It's because I feel your energy. I feel the scars and your general badges that you wear with honor. And I recognize it. Now let's talk about some of those scars and how you earn them.
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Chapter 5: How can women embrace their power in leadership roles?
And how can folks that are listening and watching this gain your knowledge and your braveness?
Well, you have to channel in your inner beast. And when I say that, it's going to come from a place where it kind of is a little bit much, which I've been told I can be much. If I wasn't much, I wouldn't have much. So I'm okay with it. I'm totally okay with it. But at the end of the day, I feel like this is a movement for women right now. Absolutely.
I feel like a lot of times roles have reversed. And it's back in the day when it was a woman can't be they can be seen and not be heard.
But not anymore.
Not this movement. Not this world. Not where we live. Because if women weren't heard, then a lot of people wouldn't be as successful as they are.
PlayStation man. Exactly.
Rudy.
Me with my grandmother. Oh, gosh. Are you kidding me?
Women are the beginning of it all. And I honestly feel like men were just so intimidated. They did not want us to own our power. And now we don't care what they think. We're going to own our power and we're going to move forward and we're going to be bossy queens.
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Chapter 6: What strategies can help in building legacy-driven businesses?
But in reality, they're not even realizing they're leading the scene behind the scenes. Yeah. If that's what you're okay with it, then I'm okay with it for you. But out of sight, out of mind, I can't. I'm going to move forward regardless because that is just my bossy energy. But I'm hoping that as I move forward, people are watching, listening, and learning and not staying stuck in the 1900s.
Oh, for sure. There's a statement to keep your friends close and your enemies even closer, per se. That's what they say. They live rent-free, but you're always placing them in the back because that's the entrepreneurial thing to do. It's all strategy. It's always chess, not checkers.
Everything is strategy.
Talk about your strategy today. What happens the moment we shake hands and you leave and you run right off into the sunset of Miami? What happens next for you?
My phone goes crazy. Right on. My emails go crazy. My assistants are going crazy because they're like, what's she doing? Where's she at? What's going on? But at the end of the day, it's about making sure I hang on to this. Right on. Because if you do not, you are a boss. I am a boss. We are bosses. But we still have responsibilities that we have to uphold.
I'm learning more about stepping out of my business and helping building the team. Yeah. that can run the business while I look on the outside and perfect what's going on inside. Because for so many years, I did not want to give that hat to anybody else. I wanted to hold on to every hat, and it's gotten me a little crazy.
Oh, no, trust me. I've done hundreds of these with Rudy, and the moment he goes, all right, Rae, you're up next, I go, wait, what? Wait, what? I'm like, okay, I can do this with my eyes closed. And then Rudy's literally on an island shooting another show.
Yes.
So he's multiplied me.
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Chapter 7: What role does emotional resilience play in achieving success?
He's done the thing.
Yes, he's done the things and I understand the things that he has to do.
Welcome to the tribe.
Yes, yes. And I'm so happy to be here.
Welcome. So am I. I'm so happy. As a tribal member, what do you say to folks that are skeptical or see all the zany and how zany we are? Do you think folks need to be characters to thrive and survive in today's society?
Yeah. Hell yes. Because you know what? Okay. So when I was in college, I learned that life is a role. Oh, okay. No, no. Life is, has many scripts. Life has many roles for you to play. Like as a wife, you play the role of a wife. As a worker bee, you play the role of a worker bee. As a boss, you play the role of a boss. Like I was taught in acting class that you literally,
have to be able to switch it on and off because you don't know what role you're going to step into, but you've got to be a winner of all roles.
Oh, yeah. That's the secret. That's your secret card there. The acting class. I always encourage folks, if they don't do any coaching, just stand in a theater and be coached at least for something. Yes. Get the experience of understanding what presence means, what landing on your lighting, saying a certain word and letting the room buzzle and sizzle. Like doing live theaters.
I'm just getting chills thinking about it. We're doing live theater right now. We are playing and this is us.
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Chapter 8: How can listeners apply these lessons to their own lives?
Batman is back at home chilling. And I mean that on purpose. This is Bruce Wayne. We are in control.
And that's why I have that persona, she's so bossy. Yes. You know, I have a reality show that I'm in and it's called Indie Bosses.
Hell yeah.
And that is actually something I didn't really talk about in my interview because it's still being picked up and all of the things, but... it is so important to understand what you just said. Like I have to be, she's so bossy in the world. I have to show as she's so bossy. And then, but then when I, when I'm at home, when I'm relaxed, I'm just Tamika, AKA Mika. You know what I mean?
But we're a very lucky generation. We were raised in the eighties and nineties in the early two thousands. And then everyone figured out, Oh wait, I can actually play in real life. You mean an influencer and all this other stuff. Everyone caught up to what we've been doing for quite a while.
Yes, before social media was social media.
I know. We had to do the thing. Yeah, we had to do the thing. It's just being called a theater kid. And before that, just being called a nerd and understanding that we are just... So you were a nerd too? I'm a nerd geek all in between.
Oh my gosh. I had to embrace my inner nerd.
Oh, you have to. You have to.
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