We were lucky to catch up with LaToya Ball recently and have shared our conversation below.
LaToya, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
I’d have to say my resilience came from becoming a first-time solopreneur. Figuring out that I didn’t have all the answers to everything, and everything was really on me. This lead to more than enough lessons where I figured out Success comes from the lessons. So on my journey to success, I figured out early that the end goal was about the journey, which built my resilience and endurance.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
By trade, I am an Operational Consultant and Virtual Assistant. For me, my formal title is Change Narrator. I use my skills, experience, education, and knowledge and create efficient and effective systems for small businesses to scale and for corporate and larger organizations to connect to the community. My objective is to highlight a business purpose, and the initial dream and expand it to create an impact on the culture that will expand business, and change the narrative of success and wealth to include the emotional effects on the industry and community. I’m excited to add that this year we will be expanding into more merchandise, and tangible takeaways as well as training. Its great to be a small business and we have to start somewhere but it doesn’t stop there.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
The three most impactful areas of knowledge that were most impactful in my journey were EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, really learning to listen, analyze, and comprehend what was going on around me and what people were saying. Being able to take the E from Motion to keep going, which is nothing more than resilience, and the benefit of teamwork and collaboration. As an entrepreneur, it could be scary to bring someone in on your journey but building a team of like-minded individuals is growth. Trust yourself enough to have healthy conversations about your goal and trust your team. If you need help building a healthy sustainable team lol shameless plug, but let’s connect, I have some great resources, systems, and even a team that could assist, this is something we offer! The advice I have for people early in their journey to develop or improve these qualities is to always remember ” Comparison is the Theft of Joy”, find your lane and stay in your lane! Can you help, cheer, and be proud of others, even admire them, YES, that’s normal but please don’t try to do what they do! They found their gift and exercising that, worry about yours!
Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?
In the past 12 months, my biggest area of growth or improvement is ME! I started within. How could I help others be their best selves and lead lives of purpose and passion when I couldn’t find that in myself? Imposter syndrome is real and I did not want to spread that. You can not effectively be a problem solver when YOU are the PROBLEM! I always start my client relationships by trying to understand who they are as a person and that helps me understand why they are showing up in their business the way they are and the effects it has on others, their purpose, products, services, and customers.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.popvaservices.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pop_va_services/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/THEPOPPINVA
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/latoya-ball-76019124/
Image Credits
S. Damone Photography Instagram @s.damone
