Maximize Your Brand with Markeith Braden

This week I share an interview I did with someone I recently met a couple of months ago, who is an amazing entrepreneur doing great things in the Federal Government contracting space.     Ms. Sheyla Blackman, a native North Carolinian, began her successful career in 1981 and has spent over thirty- seven years providing consulting services and solutions to the US federal government.   She started a...

This week I share a video interview I did with a young entrepreneur who is doing great things as a business owner.     Ms.  Zandra Cunningham , is a 18-year-old entrepreneur from Buffalo, NY who started her own beauty products company ( Zandra Beauty ) at the rightful age of 9 years old.     Zandra Beauty is a social good company that educates + empowers girls & women across the globe via STEAM Ed...

This week I continue with my 4 Part 1 year Anniversary Series. After years and years of trying the BIG change approach to achieving my goals and failing, I finally adopted setting smaller baby step goals and succeeding.    I'm hope this podcast episode can save you some of time & pain.  My hope is that you grasp the concept of setting small bay step goals that give you wins along the way to HUGE s...

Fantastic Friday To You! I pray your week as been productive & that you were able to accomplish all that you set out to do this week.  This week for #FreeYourMindFriday  I share why it's important not to despise your small beginnings. It does not matter where you start, it matters where you end. I hope you enjoy. 

This week I continue with my 4 Part 1 year Anniversary Series. Do you sometimes find yourself stuck in the past? Do you find that you regularly have regrets about some of the decisions you've made? Don't be too hard on yourself, we've all been there. We all have a past, and that past could be the reason many of us can't seem to breakthrough in life. We all go through those stages in our lives wher...

This past week I celebrated 1 year in business full-time. What a journey it has been over the course of the last 12 months. I've learned a lot about me & more about the purpose for which God has called me too. Interesting enough, the journey hasn't really been about the business at all. However, it's been more about God revealing to me more of WHO Markeith Braden really is. Everyday, I get to see...

This week I have the grand opportunity to interview someone who I have admired from afar for many years. It is not often you get to interview individuals you have idolized, especially those you you have only watched on television.   It is my honor to share my interview with Best Selling Author & Nationally Renowned Speaker Stedman Graham, as he and I discuss his latest book "Identity Leadership" ....

The changing times have led to the implementation of various products of technology in businesses. With various aspects of businesses transforming everyday with the changing customer requirements and market demands, these tools have turned out to be necessities to stay afloat in this highly competitive market. Podcasting has garnered an immense popularity over the years. A podcast is a set of digi...

Fantastic Friday!,   I hope you have had an awesome week.  It has been a couple of weeks since I last email you.  Consider it an email vacation.  Lol...   This week I wanted to share with you a video I recorded entitled  The Power Of Consistency .     If there's one piece of advice that I could offer any aspiring entrepreneur, I would share with them to develop a habit of consistency. It doesn't m...

This episode of The Markeith Braden podcast is a short and sweet one.  I have three questions that I would like for you to answer by emailing me.   Thank you for taking the time out to listen to this 7 minute podcast to help me provide greater value to you.    

We often think entrepreneurship is all about the hustle and the grind. However, I've come to find out with the right mindset and strategy, hustle & grind can be eliminated from the process. Today, AJ Lew & I will discuss how the entrepreneur's mindset is the foundation for creating a profitable and impactful business.   This conversation is a weekly conversation AJ & I decided to do in order to ho...

So what is self care?  "Self care is mindfully taking time to pay attention to  you , not in a narcissistic way, but in a way that ensures that  you  are being cared for by  you." -    Maria Baratta Ph. D., L.C.S.W. In today's podcast episode I share nine ways to exercise self care and take better care of you.  You only have one life to live, so why not do all you can to ensure you have the best q...

What ultimately prevents one from achieving the success they want? Many of us could respond to the above question with a laundry list of of reasons why we aren't where you want to be. Most people automatically find excuses and blame others when things don't work out the way they want. However, if success is your goal, looking outside of yourself is a strategic error. The most important lesson you...

How is your self discipline?  Years ago I I read a quote by Dr. Cindy Trimm & she stated, "The definition of success is the fulfillment of purpose.  The Key to success is self mastery."   To date, I have never forgotten that quote.  This month is my 11 month as a full-time entrepreneur. I am quickly coming up on a year.  These 11 months have revealed to me areas where I have lacked discipline & ne...

Today I interview,  Darnyelle Jervey Harmon . Darnyelle Jervey Harmon is the successful CEO of the award-winning business consulting firm, Incredible One Enterprises, LLC which is headquartered in Newark, DE. Darnyelle is a powerful, passionate speaker who loves business and the people who lead in them each day. In fact, in one facet or another her work has been growing businesses for nearly twent...

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche Knowing your why is so important to realizing your best life. When you know the why of your life, you tend to live a more meaningful existence than those who don't. In this video I share three reasons how knowing your Why is beneficial to your success and progress.

In honor of women's history month, I will be highlighting some awesome women in business who admire & have gleaned from over the years.   Women have played a major role in my life, from my mother, to grandmothers, to teachers and even business coaches.  Yes, there are great women of history I could focus on.  However, I feel there are women who today are making history in their own way.   For this...

In honor of women's history month, I will be highlighting some awesome women in business who admire & have gleaned from over the years.   Women have played a major role in my life, from my mother, to grandmothers, to teachers and even business coaches.  Yes, there are great women of history I could focus on.  However, I feel there are women who today are making history in their own way.   For this...

  Distractions destroy action. If it is not moving you towards your purpose, leave it alone.

Creating a Personal Brand is beneficial for both entrepreneurs and career professionals.   By building a personal brand it can show the skills and qualities that someone has, defining what makes them important or different. In a competitive world, it is very important that individuals are able to find an edge on their competition. Now, more employees have the opportunity to build their own unique...

We are what we consistently think about. Where you place your focus will ultimately determine what you receive in life. This week for Free Your Mind Friday, I want to encourage you to raise your deserve level. You deserve more, better & greater.

This week I get to interview an author and speaker who I've admired from afar.   Several people have always recommended his book "Profit First" to me over the year, & I finally read it during the latter part of 2018.   Little did I know I would soon meet this internationally renowned author/speaker at a conference in attended in January 2019.  What better time to ask him to be a guest on the Marke...

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." - Napoleon Hill

Are you too busy making a living to have a life? If you had asked me this question 4 years ago, my answer would have been an unequivocal yes.   The great majority of my life, I witnessed everyone in my life out work first & life second.  So, guess what I did once I became an adult.  You guessed right.   Once I realized this was backwards thinking, I started to take action to correct the error of m...

You and I are wired to seek permission. Think back to your early years as an adolescent. As kids, we needed permission from parents, teachers and other elders in our community to do anything & everything. When we became adults, we seek permission from our bosses and authorities. Our mind is conditioned to ask for permission, & it can be challenging to shift your mindset from seeking permission to...