Welcome Change: Dr. Bisa advocates for Black communities to overcome systemic barriers by embracing innovation.

0:00This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Pinero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I survived nine months in captivity and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced.

1:00These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Our hometown is not a test tube. 90 miles northeast of Nashville, a battle for the future of America plays out in one small town. The developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land. We need cities on a shining hill. This is our town, a podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment and fights back. I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Michael Imperiolli. I want to tell you about my new podcast, Underground Zero. We're looking at the opportunity of a lifetime for us and the other families. It's about the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. What's in the tunnels? Go boss of English.

2:00It'll be worth half a billion. Starring Steve Sharipa, Ray Abruzzo and me, Michael Imperiolli. How far you prepared to go? Depends how far you were. Listen to Underground Zero on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On Big Lives, we take a single cultural icon. People like Jane Fonda, George Michael, Little Richard. And we pull apart the story behind the image, discovering forgotten interviews that change exactly how we see these giants of our culture. We're here for the messy, the brilliant, the human version of our heroes. I'm Emmanuel Jochi. I'm Kai Wright. And this is Big Lives. Listen to Big Lives on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to my show. I'm Richa McDonnell, the host of Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Will we encourage people to stop reading other people's success stories and start planning your own? Now, you don't want to miss an episode. So please take a moment right now to follow or subscribe to Money Making Conversations Masterclass.

3:03It's free. You can follow me on I Heart Radio app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. New Money Making Conversations Masterclass episodes drop daily. I want to keep you on alert because my guests provide tips on how you can uplift your community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be successful entrepreneur. Now, let's get this podcast started. Please work with Money Making Conversations Masterclass Dr. Bisa Batten-Lewis or Dr. Bisa. She is a best selling author, experienced education authority with four degrees. And we're going to talk about those degrees. I only got one. I'm at the Greek. And a renowned public speaker, Dr. Bisa is a best selling author of the paid PAD educated 10 professional ways to supplement your teaching salary. Dr. Bisa, when do you take a break now? Tell us about how your day starts now. Yes. So I actually, I'm sorry if you ask me that because I start my day off in the mornings with, you know, once I start working that is, I'm more in the meditation, everything. I start off with me, with me catching up on emails and paperwork that I have to do.

4:09I try my best not to schedule any meetings before 11 am, knowing if I can help it because I need time to set up my day. And I also try my best on Mondays and Fridays, not to schedule any virtual meetings or if both in person if I can. Because I need money to set my week. Right. And I need to try to close my week so that through the weekend, I'm not thinking of what I needed to do. We know, I always talk about stress on this show. How to overcome stress, you know, I deal with stress and, you know, society. You said morning meditation. Now, I may be doing the same thing. Tell us what exactly morning meditation. Because you rarely hear people talk about that. And they may be doing the different ways than you're doing it. We need to understand that we do have to set aside time. We have to slow it down and control the elements because once you open that door, it comes in hard and strong. Yes, like a flood. So my, my social prayer. I'm a, you know, a granddaughter of a preacher of a pastor. Uh-huh. My devilish starts with prayer. And I try to make sure I'm not saying the same prayer over and over.

5:11But I am saying that an intentional prayer to God. And then I start with just silent. Meaning, you know, no TV, you know, we're so quick and grab our phones as soon as we wake up and scroll social media, check emails. I try to have just that moment of silence to myself because you're right. Once you open the door, it's a flood of emails, a flood of social, you know, everything gets started. Your day is busy all day. So that morning meditation for me starts with prayer and he gets silent. Right. So let's go back about you. Let's tell your story a little bit here. So before we get into why I brought you on the show to provide information to my listeners and viewers around this world, I want to know how to get ahead. You know, they want to understand how they can make money. And you tie to the teaching profession. And we know that COVID really, really laid a ugly hand on the mental psyche of the teaching industry. Now talk about your education and then we're going to talk about the COVID experience and then moving past the COVID experience.

6:18Give us a background on you. Yes. So I started out as an elementary teacher at top first grade before that I was a paraprofessional teacher assistant as I was finishing college. After teaching first grade for a few years, I moved on up to the college. Well, we'll start teaching at my alma mater, HBCU, Albany State University, down Albany, Georgia. Our early childhood education is what I taught. Then I moved to the technical college, Albany Technical College. I was a dean of early childhood education and over the general court programs as well. Managed shockers, centers at both in both that role at Albany Tech and Albany States. And that's what led me to the preschool part of early care and education. So the rest of my career are pretty much spent teaching others how to work with young children and build quality programs for young children. Now you got two degrees at Albany State and then two degrees at the university of Georgia, correct? Yes. Early childhood education, bachelor's and bachelor's at Albany State. And then a UGA earned a second master's of education and a adult education.

7:18And my doctor is an adult education to focus on community college leadership. I'm going to tell you some doctor pieces. I was tied with my one math degree. I wanted to get away from school so bad. It took me seven years to get that one math degree. I'm just being honest with you. Sound like you got five four degrees in your seven years. Now I was a sophomore all the way up to my four, four and a half years. I was still a sophomore. So I was just in college just, I don't know if I was doing the right things, but I know I wasn't advancing. So what, what about education? You know, uh, uh, well, you inspired by your parents. We inspired by your teachers to pursue that level of education. I believe I was inspired, it's just, I was inspired by the barriers. Mm hmm. You know, I noticed that people listen to you more based on your credential level. That's true. That's true. Because if people with the bachelor of master's or no degree could do some of the works that I do, mm hmm.

8:18But the, I could not get into those same rooms or gain the same attention. So whether I'm providing professional development or speaking or keynoting for the school principals, college presidents, you know, legislators, whoever I'm talking to, I'm uncomfortable, comfortable and confident, uh, in that space. And they're, and they, and I gained that listening ear because of those degrees. At least don't go anywhere. We'll be right back with more money making conversations, masterclass. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Piniero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meaning people and they were like, you smiled at us, not a lot of people smile around here.

9:20It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind, or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and health captive for nine months. I survived and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. I just remember this low taunting voice next to my ear saying, shut up, don't say anything. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up without a doubt he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming.

10:26They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced, but these aren't stories about what's taken from them. Their stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Our town is small taters by most standards, right? But to the people who grew up here, it's everything. What happens when a quiet Tennessee town becomes the front line in a battle over the future of America? Developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land in the area. The first thing you see when it pops up is high nears and apple etchum, but they weren't just planning houses. We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and embody the Christian way of life. Stop right there, is that normal? A podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment. God need men to rule and decide to fight back. Do not use my hard work

11:29to sell your bulls**t. They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. Our hometown is not a test tube. They feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration. I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On big lives, we take a single cultural icon. People like Jane Fonda, George Michael, Richard Pryor, and we pull apart the story behind the image. And we do this by digging through the BBC's vast archive. We're talking iconic moments in broadcast history. I'm not just a boxer, I'm educating, I can talk all week on the millions of subjects. And forgotten interviews that change how we see these giants of our culture. Well, if changing the system from the ground up is revolutionary, then I'm revolutionary. We're here for the messy, the brilliant, the human version of our heroes. And when I go on stage, I like to dress as sluts as possible because it makes me dance better

12:33for some reason. I'm Emmanuel Jocci. I'm Kai Wright, and this is Big Lives. Listen to Big Lives on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Dear Hunnies, this is goodbye. In February of 2024, celebrated illustrator and children's book author, Patreon Authors, and her husband Michael, nailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let them know that they had died by suicide. By the time you get the shalliter book, Petra and I will be dead. Next stop, Wonderland. Patreon and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy, and in love. Why did they do it? And what did it do to the people they left behind? I would have given a million reasons to not leave this world had I known. I keep coming back to a truly hope that Patreon was a thousand percent on board with the plan. Do you think of him as having killed her? Yes, I do. I hold my corners responsible for my mother's death.

13:35I'm Leon Nefak. And I'm Alice Gregory. Together we set out to interview everyone who got one of Patreon Michaels letters, as one married couple trying to understand another. Listen to death of an artist on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to Money Making Conversation Masterclass hosted by me, Rishan McDonald. Let's get back into it. So sometimes those papers just help you get in the room honestly. I'll be honest with that's true. Because I tell people I got a math degree. They cringe and go, woo. I swear today I was going to be like, woo, a math degree man. And I tell you right now, don't ask me if I know doing no math right now. You know, I can count money really well. You start getting into these equations. It could be a fight because I think you're trying to embarrass me. You know what I'm saying? Dr. Bates. And so because you're born struggling right now because but he has a math degree on that wall and I will point over that with pride because it took a lot of hard work and a lot of

14:37skill to be able to pull that off. Now you're in the education profession and that's teachers. And we know how important this teachers are but we also know that teachers are underpaid. Why is that? People don't always see our value and you know, I really got to start it during COVID because I thought that what we all noticed that people saw us as a central worker. So I educators preschool provide that as essential workers because people in parents at home couldn't have their own children. The one or two they had and now you know, we have teachers have 20 in the classroom right. So for a little while we thought we were getting you know the respect bag but you forgot. I don't know. I was at an event and an event recently and even though I'm not a teacher in the past many more I'm hot. You know, I highly respect profession and I still train teachers and administrators and at the event so once I said to me, you look at teacher, are you school teachers? And I said, oh, I do like a teacher and then I said, well she said, oh I'm sorry

15:37they apologize to me we're showing thinking that they insulted me. Right. Right. Right. But maybe what is a like a teacher? What are you doing? It's like a you know, a doctor has a bad side manner. Okay. And you know, what skills are you passing out there? You know, I'm trying to remember what my teacher did for me that that I would look at you and go, are you a teacher? Are you a teacher? You know, are you are you pulling a napkin and pat little kids and four hands or are you correcting the English? What are you doing out there Dr. Beeson? I know, right? I think she's in the way of the job. Don't you don't you put that on the teacher the way they dress? I don't even know how teachers dress now. So you just got four degrees. There's a lot of education. So you're going to act a little bit different than Rashana McDonald's. I would tell you, I'm talking Dr. Beeson. She's well-renau, Ben Sellanath experienced educational authority with four degrees to an HBC. And since she went up to Donald country, UGA got two more degrees. And I can't tell you, I'm overwhelmed

16:44and by the fact that it took me seven years to get my one degree and a minor. I'm going to throw that out there. Social minor and social. I'll take credit for that. Got a 4.0. 4.0 and social. I'll change my life. That was one of the degrees that opened my mind to life because that's why that's why I have so much respect because of the fact that I would not be sitting here without my teachers seeing value in me, Dr. Beeson. And I think that that's where we missed it and as far as education and now you see artificial intelligence coming in. Do you think AI will supplement some of the roles that teachers have planned today? Oh definitely not. And the reason I say that is because you still need that those experiences in that human mind. So you know, like people are afraid of AI, I embrace it. I love artificial intelligence. I think it's amazing. It's all about the way it's used. But what I do think is that it forces education to change. Education, especially in America, it needs to be transformed.

17:48It needs to be transformed what is not just about writing papers and essays and doing research and theory, but it's about practice. And so now as you've been seeing on social media, a lot of videos going around where faculty are saying, hey, you know, we can tell now we have this tool to use to see if you use AI to write your paper. Well, maybe not a sign as many papers these days because it's really not about what you write, it's about what you practice. So more practice based performance, behavior, practice based in performance more than just papers. And tenable colleges have been doing that forever. Now, universities of course, to do the same because at the end of the day, your employer wants to know whether you can perform the duties and not just write about them. That's important. I remember when I worked at IBM and IBM, they, you know, they hired me, I was undergraduate, did they hired me full time at a math degree, but I remember they started going to more liberal art degrees. It wasn't about the technical. It's about how they understood the role and responsibilities of communication. Because in the end, communication is still the key.

18:52And that's what you say by AI can't, can't replace that communication that hands on that, that confusion that a child will have oftentimes when they're trying to understand the lessons that are put in front of them. But the thing that I was reading your information that was sent to me, I went to everybody here that's correctly nationwide data shows teacher pay isn't keeping up with inflation. They're climbing over the last decade. You hear me? The very, the very people that we need to move this country forward, educate our youth, take them to middle school, then to adulthood, teachers are making less on average than they did 10 years ago. And just to fall aflates. You know, I guess I can ask you that question over and over again, Dr. Bisa, within your industry are teachers leaving the industry? Are they? Yes. Sorry, Sean. I mean, you jumped right on in this. I may have had some more to say, but you should stop all this madness. We out.

19:55They are they are leaving. And I almost half of them at this point are leaving or have left the profession. You know, one thing that COVID taught everyone is that there's life outside of work. People now know that life again is this is how it works for their traveling more. Yes, teachers are finding other things they can do than making more money. Right. And they don't have to deal with some of the misbehaviors and some of the, you know, the expectations come on. It was two things. You know, you got the kids you got to deal with and sometimes their parents are worse than the kids. You know, you think the parents buy the coming at and defend you from a from a disciplined standpoint. They were there. You're talking about child like that. You don't touch my child. It is really and that's where the confusion comes in. Please don't go anywhere. We'll be right back with more money making conversations. Masterclass. Not need for you to do me a favor. Right now, you'll follow or subscribe to money making conversation. It's free. And you can find it on the iHeartRadio app, Spotify, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Please do me that favor. Follow or subscribe, money making

20:59conversations on the new podcast. Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motor cycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Pinero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word solita, trading the pity for possibility. Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people and they were like, you smiled at us. Not a lot of people smile around here. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and health captive for nine months. I survived and I've

22:07spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. You just remember this low taunting voice next to my ear saying, shut up, don't say anything. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up without a doubt he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced but these aren't stories about what's taken from them. Their story is about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with the Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Our town is small taters by most standards right but to the people who grew up here it's everything. What happens when a quiet Tennessee town becomes the front line in a battle over the future of America?

23:14Developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land in the area. The first thing you see when it pops up is high nears and apple etchum but they weren't just planning houses. We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and embody the Christian way of life. Stop right there, is that normal? A podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment. God need medjaro and decides to fight back. Do not use my hard work to sell your bull. They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. Our hometown is not a test tube. They feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration. I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now did you? Listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. That call was really pivotal for me. Hey, it's Emily Tish Sussman and this season on She Pivots the podcast where women share bold career

24:14and personal turning points that changed everything. I sit down with culture shifting women who share their pivots like Para Olympian Alley Truett. I was like I'm on out from a shark attack. There's no way in 11 months I'm making the very little index. Advocate Elizabeth Smart. I still feel that dry that I can still make a difference so I'm gonna keep going. Celebrity chef Carla Hall was that scary to walk away from such a stable career after just two years? No, I was more afraid of being unhappy than I was broke and in a dead and job that I didn't enjoy. An feminist legend, Gloria Steinem. All of us were trying to express women's real lives. We need a meeting place of our own and if I can contribute to that, I'd like to maintain that and leave this house for that purpose. Listen to She Pivots on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Dear Hunnies, this is In February of 2024, celebrated illustrator and children's book author, Patre Mathers and her husband Michael, mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members

25:18to let them know that they had died by suicide. By the time you get the shalliter both Petra and I will be dead. Next stop, Wonderland. Patre and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy and in love. Why did they do it? And what did it do to the people they left behind? I would have given a million reasons to not leave this world had I known. I keep coming back to I truly hope that Patre was a thousand percent on board with the plan. Do you think of him as having killed her? Yes, I do. I hold Michael responsible for my mother's stuff. I'm Leon Nayvak. And I'm Alice Gregory. Together we set out to interview everyone who got one of Patre and Michael's letters as one married couple trying to understand another. Listen to death of an artist on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to Money Making Conversation Masterclass hosted by me, Rishan McDonnell. Money Making Conversation Masterclass

26:20continues online at moneymakingconversations.com and follow Money Making Conversation Masterclass on Facebook, X and Instagram. As sawways look at teachers who have this tremendous skill set. Now only while they're teaching and also if they decide to leave the profession, there are ways they can increase their income or enhance their income. Am I correct in saying that Dr. Beesah? Yes you are. I never want to encourage people. I want to make sure people understand I'm not telling you to delete the profession but there are ways you can make money beyond the classroom whether you're in the profession or not. Yes. Let's just, should we, because I don't want to, you know, you, you, first of all, break down what do you do? I mean how do you offer opportunities for individuals who are curious to find how can they reach you? Yes. So I do a podcast, a paid educator podcast and on my website, you know, I know Sharmie give it out but it is Dr. Beesah.com the RBIFA.com and so there's a podcast. I have coaching opportunities that have events,

27:25book for keynotes often and the PAID people should understand that it's not just about money because teachers will, you know, call up in a whole of a thing that is only about money because they love personal services. And so P is for prospects who will do business with you, what are you thinking, what skills do you have to offer? The eight is for allies who can support you and be your ally and building your business. I is for information, what more do you need to know to make this a business and something that is marketable and then the D is for dollars. How much money can you make and making sure that you do know information about the funds? So, you know, PAID is an acronym and if you do the PAID, if you know your prospects allies and information, the dollars will come, the deal will come. Right. Because it's always about multiple streams of income. Now a teacher can be overwhelmed, you know. Can you tell me, like you say, we're saying I wake up and I meditate. I don't know if you meditate and as a teacher because you

28:26had to get your school real fast and deal with these students and then get back and I'll be honest with you. My daughter, I felt I was doing homework for the teacher. There was so much work that was being brought home to me. I was trying to figure out what was the teacher doing. Now, what is the role of a teacher in modern day education today? Yes, oh, great question. So, I want to make sure I say this too. Meditation can be music, whatever, right? I didn't work, listen to music to me, that's meditation. That's what I did a lot when I was heading to work or listen to a book online, so on the under your radio. And so for me, when it comes to working in your profession, it is important, Roshan, that you are thinking about what your skills are, right? Right. And you asked about, you know, what might your skills be? You should think about what their quality skills are that they offer. And as an educator, it's important that we know that

29:28our job is to guide learning, right? So to guide learning, that is what we should do. And whether, you know, I know we have textbooks and we have websites and we have our curriculum. And we're not teaching that word for word, pays by page, but we're looking at where a section of children in our program are in our classroom to see what their needs are. And then we are developing our plan, our lesson plan to guide their learning. So, I think that's what people need, people need to understand to guide their learning. And sometimes we think that, you know, we can drill information into children. No, we need to make sure that we're providing experiences to guide their learning, their skills and abilities. You know, it's like my daughter was she graduated from college, you know, she graduated with honors, was so proud of her and it was like digital media. And so she ran out there looking for a job. And then, but then I told the patient, and I think that in any profession, you have to realize that you have to deal with options. And that's what you're

30:30basically talking about right now, options being able to see beyond what you're doing currently for the opportunities that may be available to your skillset. So she got another job, a couple of other jobs. And then I said, she fell into the job doing RFPs, RFPs. And I said, oh, okay, I said, hold up now. I said, I know there's not graphic, but you're in something really unique here now, RFPs. And so she really loved this. She really got into it and she became a value. People started, you know, job seeking her out, you know, headhunders and stuff like that. So basically, that's what you're saying. You know, she may have gotten this degree over here, graduated honors and all this good stuff. But then another opportunity came over here that she's very comfortable with. And she can use her skills of digital media in there. But the title right now is RFPs. And we know that that's a position that's going to always be in high demand, correct? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. People love, those requests for proposals are so important. I was spent, you know, yesterday writing a grant

31:31proposal. And so people, people don't always have that writing skillset. They don't know how to connect all the dots. So, you know, yes, you know, writing proposals is always something that you can definitely make money doing. So I love that she found her skillset. And that's what the key is about the shine is finding your process, making the list of how you can, what are your skills to make money doing, what you do best. For me, it was curriculum. What my superpower was when I was in a classroom, I could always find a creative way to teach a standard or to do skill. And I provided these great innovative activities, creative activities for children in all the different subject areas. And first grade, we have to teach eight subjects, right? So eventually, you know, later, I was able to make that the skill set that I used to put out there. Now, that's how I came out with wings. The whole curriculum wings curriculum is for the body rolls and is used in 30 states. But that's my superpower. I thank you. I chose 12 themes one for each month. And for every week, four weeks

32:34to the month, there is a sub a sub title or a study. And so using those themes to teach standards and all the different learning domains for children. Again, that's my superpower. Now it's in 30 states. So I know just like your daughter, everyone who's listening out there, think about hone in, what is your superpower? And how can you monetize it? Okay. So someone out there needs it. Now Dr. Beza, I see right down here. You said it. Grant writing. Now, do you, do you hire your services or this just grant writing for your projects? But nonprofits, I used to do it for others, but it's something that I no longer do that for others, but I do it for our black child development institute at LANAS, a nonprofit that I'm happy to work with. And we support black children families. 80s, zero to eight. We mainly work with adults, children who have young children in their lives, show them how to build programming and support families and young children, a co-responsive co-free relevant way. And so I use that same skill that I mentioned when it comes to curriculum

33:36and experiences activities for young children. And I'm able to replicate that superpower and use it for others to learn how to work with black children and their families appropriately. That's awesome. Before I go now, go to DrBeza.com, that's drbisay.com. There's a guide that you offer. What exactly is that guide when they go to the website? Yes. So I actually came out with a journal that people will have a roadmap and they could plan. So maybe that's what they do during the medication time in the morning. They get up and they work on one section of their journal because it allows you to think about your prospects, allies, information, dollars. And they think about that this is my skill, visual media. And they have questions that they have to answer to help them to develop a plan which leads to monetizing this superpower. Yes, the paid method in this trademark, by the way, P-A-I-D method trademark. She is to go to expert for those educators who love teaching,

34:39but want to use their skills to make more money beyond the classroom. Again, as we wrap this up, DrBeza, how can we get in touch with you who will listen to this show? Thank you for that opportunity. Yes, drbisay.com, drbisay.com is my website and all of my social media Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, WorldNumber, Twitter, etc. All of my social media is DrBeza. Yeah, so much is happening, but you know, you can find it. That's one of the skills I teach when I'm coaching in my online course as well, or shine. Make sure everywhere on social media, you're consistent that you don't have you don't have different handles out there that people can find you. Well, you know, the thing about it is that I'm glad you brought it up. The word consistency, because I always talk about my staff too, about being consistent. Being consistent, make designs, look consistent, make parts look decent, because everybody wants to say, well, you know, I want to change, I don't want to look like different over here. No, consistent is what drives the train of reality. Consistence where people gain trust in it, they feel you know how to replicate

35:39something. And I think this part of your mentorship that you're talking about is that you're talking about sitting down with individuals who are talented, but offering advice and also teaching them the value of consistency means that they can be profit tied to that consistency. Correct. Definitely, yes. And that's how people you get referred. I don't care how much you are on, how much marketing you have that you pay for. People, that word amount, that's the best reference, because people want to know who has worked with you. And you can get all of your business and you can have a full time income on just referrals if you work with integrity, honesty and trust. Okay, cool. I want to say this before I go to Dr. Beeson because of the fact that, you know, you come on my show and you offer information to a profession that doesn't give respect to this underpaid. And there's very important that on this show is that this is about uplift, this is about motivation. First of all, telling the SD do in the military, thank you for your

36:39service. We should in some way say the same thing for teachers who are educating our children because of the fact that they're taking a blank slate, a blank slate. And nowadays it's incredible because the violence is out there. Not only to just to go to school, you have to go into school with the metal detectors are put in place. It's just such a different system that's in place now. These it's ridiculous. And they're the rules of change. And so, so if you, as you project the teaching system, because you say, we're sure I'm still in the game of teaching. What do you see education going? I definitely see more of technology being used. But again, I don't see everything or replacement. I see more technology being used because during COVID, it was almost as if it was the first time a lot of people utilized certain technology. Zoom was already out there. I was already using Zoom before COVID. But people discovered what they didn't know before. So now that they're aware of it, there'll definitely be more use of technology. And then if you make learning more

37:43interesting, a lot of the safety issues, behavior issues that we have and those that you just mentioned, we don't have to worry about those so much because children's students are enjoying education a lot more. When it's more remote and it's just writing this and writing that and this paper and that paper, they hate to go to school. They hate math class. But if you make it more fun, relatable to real life, then they're more excited about it. So if you're using AI for that, ask AI, you know, chat GBT or whichever one you want to use on being. So you're not running from AI. You're you're fun. Stop it. Stop it. No. But you know, okay, first of all, you know, we already fight. Let's talk from a minority's perspective. Okay. You know, minorities or we just say blacks or people of color because they're white women are now considered minorities. So when I say that term, I have to kind of like put a disclaimer on that, you know, blacks, you know, we generally all the law paid, we generally all the last hired are the first released, you know, we don't have the tech training that we want

38:48to to compete. And so, so when I say that, I see myself, I see these robots just going down these assembly lines. I have to consider that AI. Then that's replacing people who got these well-paid jobs physically. You don't, you don't see how do we, how as a community, there's always underserved from economic and job employment opportunities. How do we, how do we overcome the AI imbalance that's coming our way? I love that you asked me that question. Some of my cousins were like a free of AI and they thought it was a devil and all of that. And I explained to them, I said, that's how we're we're oppressed. We allow ourselves to be oppressed because you're worried about something thinking it's a devil. And one of my cousins is a football coach. And I explained to him, I say, you're a state of AI, you think it's a devil, so you're not using it. But that competitor, that you have the other coach over there, that other school, he's using AI because he's not a press. He hasn't come from a press history. And not only he's using it to design plays because AI

39:53would do that for you with a play. And now he's a super coach. Right. You're going against a super coach with your old school plays, but he has used AI to help him to determine some new strategies. You keep wondering why you losing while they're winning. We are always steps behind because at first we are afraid of the new technology or anything that comes out. Stop being afraid, stop being oppressed and make sure that whatever comes out, you figure out how you can use it. All about how you use it in an appropriate way. I appreciate you. And again, we got to talk soon because the conversation was style and flow. And I got to find out why people call you a teacher and public. I got to find out they ain't dressed. You doing something like that. Dr. Beeson, some Dr. Beeson. But again, thank you for calling. Money making conversation masterclass. Thank you for listening to this episode. Now I need for you to do me a favor. Right now, you'll follow or subscribe to money making conversation. It's free. And you can find it on the iHeartRadio app, Spotify Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Please do me that favor.

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