Being the Blueprint and Finding Your Creative Path with Brooke DeVard
Jan 9, 2024
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Brooke DeVard, founder of Naked Beauty, joins the podcast to discuss being a trailblazer and creating your own seat at the table. They explore navigating double standards, dealing with criticism as content creators, and setting standards for our lives. They also touch on leaving corporate jobs, getting credit for ideas, and tips for starting a podcast.
Creating your own path and blazing your own trail can be challenging, especially when you are the first to do something or the blueprint for something new.
The importance of having a supportive manager who recognizes and acknowledges the originator of ideas and the challenges faced by Black women in the workplace.
Finding inspiration from various sources, even if they don't exactly align with your own identity or background, and having the courage to be vulnerable and open to criticism are crucial for success as a podcaster.
Deep dives
Importance of Creating Your Own Path
Creating your own path and blazing your own trail can be challenging, especially when you are the first to do something or the blueprint for something new. Brooke Devard, founder and host of the Naked Beauty Podcast, discusses the importance of carving your own path and shares her experiences as a creator and influencer. She emphasizes that podcasting and creating content should stem from a genuine love for the craft and the desire to offer something unique to the audience.
Navigating Corporate Settings and Dealing with Idea Appropriation
Brooke Devard shares her experiences of having her ideas appropriated and not receiving proper credit, both in corporate settings and as a creator. She emphasizes the importance of having a supportive manager who recognizes and acknowledges the originator of ideas. Additionally, she highlights the challenges faced by Black women in the workplace, including microaggressions and the need to constantly navigate stereotypes and biases. Brooke encourages speaking up for oneself and setting boundaries to ensure that ideas are properly attributed.
Transitioning from Corporate to Entrepreneurship
After years of balancing her podcast with a corporate job, Brooke Devard made the decision to focus on Naked Beauty full-time. She discusses the process of recognizing when it was the right time to make the transition and the importance of aligning her goals and priorities. Brooke shares how she outlined her primary, secondary, and tertiary goals, which guide her decision-making process when accepting partnerships and projects. She emphasizes the value of transparency and authenticity in building her brand and offers insights into the challenges and rewards of building a brand identity from scratch.
Finding Inspiration in Podcasting
One of the main insights from the podcast episode is that as a creator, it's important to find inspiration from various sources, even if they don't exactly align with your own identity or background. The speaker shares her experience of listening to podcasts hosted by white men when starting her own show, as there were no podcasts at the time hosted by black women that she connected with. She emphasizes the importance of taking what resonates from different blueprints and making it your own, creating something new and unique.
Overcoming Fear of Criticism as a Podcaster
The podcast episode also discusses the mental barrier of putting oneself out there as a podcaster and the fear of criticism. The speaker highlights the need to have the courage to be vulnerable and open to criticism, which is essential for finding success in the creative field. She shares the importance of having conviction in your ideas, knowing your values, and having a strong why. The episode also highlights the significance of qualitative feedback and the impact that even a small engaged audience can have on a podcast creator.
Have you ever been imitated? Or had your ideas shared by someone else? Have you felt like you’re the first person to blaze the path your on? If so, you are the blueprint and it’s time to embrace it.
In today’s episode, I’m deep diving with host and creator of Naked Beauty, Brooke DeVard, on how we can start creating our own seats at the table (or better yet– make our own tables!)
Together, we discuss navigating double standards, overcoming criticism as content creators, and setting the standard for our lives, one pivot at a time.
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