Imagine that at 45 you nab your first TV show, your second at age 50. You snag your first book deal at 53. Now imagine that you decide your passion project is acting. You get called in for one scene but they like you so much they call you in for a second episode. As Beverly “Bevy” Smith, author of the new memoir, "Bevelations: Lessons from a Mutha, Auntie, Bestie" (https://amzn.to/3qVjRAZ), claims: “There is one mantra to live by: it gets greater later.” And she’s got the receipts to prove it. Smith grew up a nerdy, shy but “spoiled” kid in Harlem trying to fit in with “a bunch of mean girls.” She broke into the cliques by dressing well, dancing, and having a quick wit. Attitude served her well and made her tons of money as a fashion advertising executive when she landed at Vibe Magazine, just as hip-hop was scaling. “They didn’t have luxury advertising,” Smith says. “Systemic racism assumed that black and brown people would not be interested in fabulous clothes. And if they were interested, they couldn’t afford them.” Smith showed them otherwise, hobnobbing in Paris and Milan, breaking Gucci and Dior and Dolce & Gabbana. She left to do the same for Rolling Stone magazine until she left there to reinvent again, or as she told her boss—“to write, act, juggle, be a helicopter pilot.” Smith says: “When pivoting, be an explorer. We don’t know where the [next] gift is going to come from.”
#143 From PR to Tony-Nominated Broadway Producer (Robin Gorman)
#142 From Acting to Making Wishes Come True (Alexa Fischer)
#141 Sometimes You Have to Make Sacrifices to Start a New Dream (Tammi Leader Fuller)
#140 The Power of Uber-Positive Thinking (Ashley Miles)
#139 Going from Invisible to Visible When Taking Over the Family Business (Azra Khalfan-Kermali)
#138 From Women’s Rights to Animal Rights (Tharaka Sriram)
#137 Finding a Lucrative Hole in the Dying Journalism Market (Tharaka Sriram)
#136 Grabbing Coffee with Strangers on LinkedIn ‘till She Found Her Bliss (Kate Isler)
#135 Using Generosity and Altruism to Transform the World’s Health (Danielle Butin)
134 Reinventing the Way the World Thinks About Imperfect (Emily Rapp Black)
#133 When Trying CBD is Your Aha Moment (Kerrigan Behrens)
#131 Breaking Down So You Can Break Through (Laila Tarraf)
#130 When Getting Laid Off is the Biggest Shock of Your Life (Linda Fears)
#129 If it’s a Passion, then Just Do It (Jennifer Degenhardt)
#128 From Lawyer to Walking Guru (Joyce Shulman)
#127: Rebecca Moses (Pivoting in a pandemic from fashion designer to covid community builder)
#126: Dara Kurtz (When letting go of grief lets you move on)
#125: Leisa Peterson (Using spirituality to reinvent your relationship to money)
#124: Margaret Skoglund (Pivoting in the pandemic from Broadway to Broadband)
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