“Vision boards are great, but they are not enough. You need to take action and have the right support to make your dreams a reality.” Tiffany Chalk
About Our Guest: Tiffany Chalk is the CEO and lead event manager of Tiffany Chalk Events, a boutique event management firm headquartered in New Castle, DE. Tiffany is a sought-after event planner and event design specialist. Dedicated to her craft, Tiffany stays abreast of what she calls the T3TM. Amplifying the WOW factor of her client’s experience is her expertise. With a growing specialty in enrollment events, Tiffany boasts an unprecedented event management style that fully supports her client and the vision of the event she is managing. In addition to being a businesswoman, Tiffany is a loving wife, mother, grandmother, affectionately called MiMi and fashionista with a penchant for high end designers.
In today’s episode of the Move to Millions Podcast, I’m bringing on my incredible Director of Events, Tiffany Chalk, who has been by my side for over a decade, bringing my biggest visions to life to support our live event experiences to create massive transformation for every attendee.
If you’re serious about scaling to seven figures and beyond, this episode will open your eyes to the kind of team you actually need to make it happen. Think about it: a vision as big as yours requires people who don’t just “get it” but live and breathe it alongside you. In this episode, we break down what it means to have team members who not only understand your mission but fully commit to making it a reality. You’ll hear the powerful strategies behind selecting and cultivating a team that operates with ownership, imagination, and unwavering support—traits that will elevate your vision far beyond what you can do alone. Your vision can only take you so far without people who see it, believe in it, and work every day to bring it to life. This isn’t about just filling roles—it’s about surrounding yourself with people who operate with ownership, creativity, and service so that your million-dollar mission has the foundation it needs to thrive.
If you’re tired of feeling like you’re carrying the weight of your business alone, this is the episode that will change how you think about growth, support, and your next level.
If you’re ready to build the team that will support your vision, grab your Move to Millions Podcast notebook and listen in to discover:
- The importance of vision alignment
- How to rally team support
- The keys to developing a visionary’s mindset
- And so much more
Powerful Quotes During the Episode:
- “Vision alone isn’t enough; you need to take deliberate actions and have the right support to manifest your goals.”
- “Your vision must be accompanied by imagination, creativity, ownership, and action to become impactful.”
- “Personal tragedy can be the catalyst for a mission that educates and empowers others.”
- “Supporting a CEO’s vision requires a team that takes full ownership and works as if the business is their own.”
- “Fear should not be paralyzing but seen as an indication of potential growth.”
- “I’ve always believed that imagination and creativity are essential, but without ownership and action, vision can’t be manifested.”
- “When you have the right team and invest in mentorship, your vision can truly flourish.”
- “Setting clear expectations and developing your team’s skills are crucial to effectively supporting your business vision.”
- “For me, it’s about taking ownership of my clients’ visions and bringing them to life as if they were my own.”
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TIFFANY CHALK [00:00:00]:
I think we’ve given them enough to get them started. You know, always think about how the vision aligns with your personal life as well. Because sometimes, you know, if it’s a business vision, you can be so focused that it may not align. You know, what you have going on personally. So I think that’s always something to think about, especially if you’re married.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:00:20]:
You’re listening to the Move to millions podcast with Dr. Darnyelle J. Harmon. If you’re ready for high level conversations that position and prepare you to move your company cashflow and Conn2 and beyond the million dollar mark. Let’s get this party started. Welcome back to another episode of the Move to Millions podcast. This episode is powered by God Girls Making Millions, going down December 4th through the 6th in West Palm Beach, Florida. Listen, if you are a woman of faith and business leader who is ready to have those anointing and abundance conversations because you are about your birthright, your business and your bank account and you know your next level demands being in a safe, aligned and significant space with other women on a mission to do the same, then I invite you to apply right now for God Girls Making Millions.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:01:11]:
Go to GodGirls Making Millions.com and submit your application. I’m excited for you as I have this powerful conversation with Tiffany Chalk who happens to be our director of events here at Incredible One Enterprises. She also owns her own event management company, Tiffany Chalk Events. Listen, we had a powerful conversation about what it really takes to support the vision and I want you to stop what you are doing and grab your pen and paper as we get into a really, really powerful conversation. Tiffany has been in and around the events industry for a very long time. I mean, she’s been our director of events for over 10 years and it’s been amazing working with her and allowing her to make my visions come to life. She has a real knack for understanding and supporting the visionary and what it is that they require in order to experience and create transformation for their clients. I cannot wait for you to hear this powerful conversation.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:02:13]:
I’ll be back once it’s over and we’ll talk shop. But for right now, grab your Move To Millions podcast notebook and let’s jump into my conversation with Tiffany Chalk. Tiffany Chalk, welcome to the Move to Millions podcast. How are you?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:02:29]:
Hey. Hey. I am doing well. How about you?
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:02:32]:
I’m doing good. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get you to come hang out with me on the podcast. My fault, y’all. Not Tiffany’s, but I’m so excited that when I was thinking a few weeks ago, like, who should I bring on the podcast this season? You are one of the first people that popped into my mind. So I’m so glad that we made it work out and we could get you here. Take just a quick moment. Oh, yeah. I’m honored to have you.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:02:56]:
Take just a quick moment and in your own words, tell everybody who you are.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:03:01]:
Hi, I am Tiffany Chalk. I’m the owner and lead event manager for Tiffany Chalk Events. We help businesses grow their events through events, and we help our social clients bring their wedding dreams to a reality.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:03:16]:
Awesome. And outside of your business, who are you?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:03:19]:
A mother, a wife, a woman of God? That’s what I need to say.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:03:24]:
What do you call yourself? Gigi. Is that. Is that your.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:03:28]:
Oh, I forgot that I knew Mimi. Yes. How could I forget that? Yes, Mimi, that’s what I’m saying.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:03:34]:
Like, I’m helping you out. Right? I think this is Tiffany’s first ever podcast, y’all.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:03:38]:
It is.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:03:38]:
This is the first one ever.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:03:40]:
The butterflies and all the things are going on right now. It’s my first ever podcast. Yes. Me and my best friend want to start a podcast for 50 and older. You know, 50 is a new now, but we haven’t launched it yet. So this is my first time. So she’s going to have, like, guide me.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:03:58]:
Yeah, I like that. I told you. I think I told you that when you first told me you and Tam were going to do that. 50 is the new now, right? I really, really like that. So just so everyone knows Tiffany, she didn’t say this as a part of who she is, but she is our director of events. I have been working with Tiffany for how long? She always reminds me when it’s our anniversary. Isn’t our anniversary coming up next month?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:04:21]:
It will be 13 years.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:04:25]:
Crazy 13 years. So basically the whole time I’ve been full time in the business, Tiffany has been managing my event. So let me tell you guys the story of how we got to Tiffany being here. So I had a previous event manager. I was doing a. What was that event? I think it was like a prayer breakfast kind of thing. Right? And so I had this previous event manager, and I hired her. I, you know, I paid her.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:04:52]:
I don’t even remember how much. It felt like too much for what she didn’t do. After I hired Tiffany, I will tell you that. And I hired her, and basically I’m at my own event, setting up, breaking down, like, doing all the things. I just thought that that was the way that it went. So after a bad experience with her, I was like, I’m just going to do these events myself. And so I start continue holding events, and I was everything. And then eventually I decided to be in advance who I desire to be.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:05:19]:
Right. And I’m like, well, if you really want to grow this business and you really want to work with these people, you cannot be taking their name at the door, making sure they sign their release, and then being the person who’s out on the stage. Right. So you’re going to need another event manager. I don’t remember how I think I met you, but I don’t remember how I called you. Oh, yes, I do. You were doing your rebrand, and you were having a rebrand event. And I don’t even know how I got on the guest list.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:05:46]:
How did I get on the guest list?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:05:48]:
We met from the Chamber of Commerce. That was it. The African American and Latino Chamber of Commerce. That. Okay, no longer. But we met through a networking event through there. And just kind of being in the same circles, like you were still dabbling with Mary Kay a little, and I was dabbling in the beauty industry as far as the nail tech. And Kanani Hines had an event, and we had met there, so we kind of crossed each other’s path.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:06:16]:
Yeah.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:06:17]:
Hey, she would be nice to invite to this event. Seems like she does events, so that’s how you got on the list.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:06:24]:
You got me, girl. I didn’t even know that was the background hook line. And thinking, y’all. Okay. I don’t even know what year it was, but it was at least 13 years ago.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:06:34]:
It was March 2011. My rebrand was January 2011.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:06:38]:
Okay. Yeah. So 2011, I went to her rebrand event, which was gorgeous. So gorgeous. It was amazing. Like, I didn’t even know that was a thing. Now, you know we live in Delaware, and people joke about Delaware. We.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:06:53]:
Most people know Delaware because this is where companies come to get incorporated. Right. But most people don’t actually live here. So we live in Delaware. Not high fashion by any stretch of the imagination, even though we’re really close to D.C. and New York. And I walked in and this was like, top notch, stellar. It was so good, in fact, that I said, hey, I’m having an event, which was probably like, maybe a couple of weeks later.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:07:16]:
You didn’t even have a long Runway for that first Passionista event. Remember them? Remember Passionista? And I was like, would you be interested in doing this event? She’s like, oh, sure, whatever. Let me tell y’all, okay? And this is not what we’re here to talk about today, by the way. But I just want to, I want to give her her flowers and just honor her because that first event really changed the game for me from an event standpoint. And you know, if you’ve ever been to my event and if you, when you ever come to an event, like, you will know I do not play. I believe in excellence. I believe in you having an amazing experience from the moment you set foot in, wherever the venue is. That’s how we roll.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:07:57]:
And Tiffany was amazing even in that very first event. And the best part, y’all, is when it was over, when I was done doing my thing, she was like, okay, well you go ahead and go home and I’ll bring your stuff. Hey God girl. Have you attended event after event looking for an up level conversation and community only to realize you’ve outgrown the rooms you used to frequent? For inspiration and implementation, I want to invite you to stay spend three days immersing yourself in a safe, aligned and significant space where you can have the deep, vulnerable and transparent conversations about what life beyond the money really looks like. For the first time, maybe ever, you can have the conversations that really shift the way you show up in every area of your life and focus on getting access to more. More freedom, more expression, more self care, more meaning, more alignment and more connections. God girls, making millions is the only room of its kind for you to finally unearth what is burgeoning for your next level. Learn more and submit your application [email protected] Want to know what it’s like to work with me and the incredible Factor University coaching team? You can get started today with the Move to Millions 90 day business growth planner.
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Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:10:08]:
And, Tiffany, what did I tell you? What did I tell you? Which is why we’re still working together.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:10:12]:
Always be my event manager as long as you don’t piss me off.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:10:16]:
I mean, but did I say it like that?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:10:18]:
Yeah.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:10:21]:
Here’S the thing. So it was.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:10:23]:
Maybe it came through annoying, like you saying it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:10:25]:
Maybe it was annoying.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:10:26]:
So I’m saying it in an annoying voice.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:10:29]:
Oh, my God. Here’s the thing about this whole caveat, y’all. It was if. As long as she did not piss me off, there was no stipulation in there about if I pissed her off. So. Because I. She has not pissed me off. We still rocking together today.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:10:44]:
And I would not do an event without Tiffany Chalk. Like, I mean, so much so I probably need to stop doing this. I’ve been telling other people about her. Now everybody’s gonna know about her. So y’all gonna be sliding her DMs to get her to help you with an event. But truly, really, really brilliant at what it is that she does. If you were to Google her, you would see her everywhere as a sought out event planner. And this is what I’m saying.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:11:07]:
These are my words, not hers. But I think one of the things that is really unique about Tiffany is not only does she understand event management and event planning, but she also understands event design. So being able to be the trifecta and being able to offer all three is really, really amazing. So, Tiffany, the reason I brought you here is because I really wanted to play on what I believe is probably the biggest part of your gift, and that is vision. So that we could have a conversation about the role that vision plays in the work that you do. You’re also an adjunct professor helping other aspiring event planners and managers build their business. Talk to me, first and foremost, just your definition of vision. Come on, you know this, Tiffany.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:11:58]:
Okay, I need everybody out there who will be listening to this episode. I need y’all to just reach your hands toward the podcast app so we can send Tiffany some positive energy and just remind her that she is it. This is her time and her turn. And you are all sitting here holding your breath, waiting for her to share her brilliance with you.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:12:23]:
Thank you for that. Appreciate that I received that prayer. So when I think. So when I think about from a client perspective or even just overall, the vision is just imagining what their plan is. Like, what. How they see the Future of their events. Right. And how I can bring that to life.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:12:44]:
A lot of times depending on what type of event that I’m working on or just personally like we always know, write the vision down, make it plain. Like you have to have a clear vision of written down on what you want. So my job, I look at it in that space of why it means so much to me. Like I take ownership, I think that’s something else that’s unique to. I take ownership, I think that’s something that’s unique about me is I take ownership of my clients visions and what that is as if it’s my own. Like I adapt. It is as if it’s my own and I buy into it again like it’s my own. So I’m forecasting how I would want to see this plan, this vision come to life and how I can logistic wise plan this out for you for it to come to life.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:13:32]:
So where did that come from though? Because I feel like in our work together specifically, right. I feel like I tell you what I want, what I want to see and then the way you elevate that is way different. So where did the gift to see at the next level come from? And you know, and make it as practical as you want. So it doesn’t necessarily have to just be about the work that you do in event design and event management, but just in general. Like is that something that you saw as a child? Like you, you had this, for lack of a better way to describe it, this sixth sense to be able to see things differently and based on that site because like I can imagine, like I didn’t know Tiffany as a child, but I can imagine just based on what I know about you. And we’ll get into this whole how you have changed my life from a spending my money standpoint. We’ll get into that later. But I can imagine you as a young girl being like resident fashionista.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:14:34]:
Just like the way that you see things and the way you put things together just made people want to draw to you. So tell us a little bit about where that came from and how that parlayed into how you now show up in the work that you do. So.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:14:51]:
Exactly. Even as a young child. And it’s funny like we say, I had the gathers anointing. So I always was somebody who gathered people. People were drawn to me in those type of gathering settings. So even people who knew me as a child, who still know me now, they were like you was always so creative to think differently. Like how you decorated Your room, like how you dress, like things of that nature. So it really comes out of the creative side of me.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:15:18]:
And then it’s two things like the creative side of me and then also the service side of me and the hospitable side of me where in which. And I don’t want to. I guess I can say this like one of my favorite quotes is, what God makes happen for others, what you make happen for others, God will make happen for you. And like that is my life, like personally and business. Like, so when it comes to seeing somebody else’s vision and wanting to help them manifest and bring that vision to life, like, I wholeheartedly buy into that and I use my creative skills and my creative mind to bring that vision to life. It’s all, it’s always been like that since I was a child. Like, it literally has my childhood friends, they love what I’m doing now, even in the event space, because they saw that when I was younger in everything that I did. And just really being that support.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:16:10]:
And I’m just. Hospitality means a lot to me and it’s one of my core values.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:16:15]:
So.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:16:15]:
So that plays into acts of service. Like, that’s really big to me as well. And I think that all plays into when you’re supporting somebody else’s vision. Those are the characteristics that you must have to help them fulfill and manifest what their vision is. And I just take pleasure in that. Like it’s so much pleasure in that personally and in business.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:16:37]:
Yeah, I love that. And I just want to, for everybody who’s listening, I just want to kind of double click on some of the things that you said because I feel like you’ve given us a really great recipe. So as an entrepreneur, small business owner who’s on the Move to Millions, you may or may not be the visionary, often entrepreneurs. We are big picture visionary people. And even when we are big picture visionary people, we need other people supporting our vision that can help us to take it to the next level. Right. I say all the time, if you could do it by yourself, it would already be done. So likely you need other people to participate in the process.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:17:11]:
And for those of you who are trying to find the people who will participate in the process, Tiffany’s given us a really amazing roadmap that I just want to highlight for you so you can potentially even start using some of these words in your job descriptions as you’re looking for support team to be able to help you on your journey to the million dollar mark. So first, the skill set of Imagination coupled with creativity, I would actually keep them separate. And Tiffany, I would love your buy in or your thoughts there because I think there are two different. The ability to, to have an imagination, it includes the need to be creative. But they are, they can stand like.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:17:51]:
You can imagine big, but you don’t have the creativity part to see that what you imagine fully through.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:17:59]:
Yeah, yeah, I agree. And then the second thing is ownership. So you want to make sure that those who are supporting your vision are people who are taking ownership. They are working like it’s theirs. One of the things I love about our team here at Incredible One Enterprises, shout out to team Incredible One is that they all show up every single day in the role that they play as if it’s theirs. They honestly think this is their company and I’m okay with it because if there’s ownership involved, our vision just actually gets manifested. Right. It makes a big difference.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:18:32]:
And then the last thing that you said, which I think was like a two parter service, so the ability to show up in service and in order to show up in service, you have to understand the significance of hospitality and taking action in the name of service. You call the acts of service, which we know is one of the five love languages. But service has to be about action. And so as you’re thinking, whether we’re talking about your first executive assistant or maybe you do want to start doing live or virtual events, or you’re bringing any person that’s on your team, make sure that they have an imagination, they are creative, they can take ownership, they understand the significance of service and hospitality and are willing to show up in action to the service that you require from them in order to see the dreams and visions that you hold actually be manifest out in the world. I think so.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:19:29]:
Good. Well, thank you.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:19:30]:
You know, that’s one of the things I do well. I’m popping my little collar. I like this so much because I feel like when you are an entrepreneur and regardless of where you are on the Move to Millions continuum, right? So we’ve got seven levels on the continuum. We’ve got mapping, when you’re not doing 100k momentum, you’re at 100k, mastery, you’re at 100k a quarter. Millions, you’re at 100k a month. Monumental or majesty, you’re at 100k a week. Monumental, you’re at 100k a day. Or maverick, you’re at 100k an hour.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:20:03]:
Right. So no matter where you are in that continuum, what I love about understanding the significance of the people who support the vision being a part of the journey is that you can always know that you can one up because you’ve got the right people surrounding you. So tiff, when you think about your own, your own team and the people who support the visions that you have in order to continue to grow your business, can you see these character traits in each of those people that you have on your team as well?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:20:34]:
AM I being 100% honest?
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:20:35]:
Sure.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:20:37]:
Yes.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:20:38]:
We’re not gonna say no names.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:20:39]:
Oh, yes. And if I see that you’re not, then you can’t be a part of the team. It just doesn’t work for me because that’s how I am. That is my nature. So I expect that as well. And you can see the difference when you have a team member who is hitting on all of those cylinders and someone not and it affects the other team. Like that’s what I’ve experienced. When it has not been a good flow, it’s affect the other team members and that’s when I know I need to make some adjustments.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:21:10]:
And you know, sometimes people say you can’t put the same expectation of how you operate on your team members, but I beg to differ. How come I can’t?
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:21:19]:
Yeah.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:21:20]:
Yes.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:21:20]:
And especially if you’re willing to develop them.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:21:23]:
Exactly. And then.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:21:25]:
Yeah.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:21:25]:
Yes. We know team members may have a skill set that you may be greater or to a lesser degree and you balance each other out. But those core things, those core values that I discussed, they’re not negotiable for me. With the Tiffany Chalk events team, we wouldn’t be able to serve at the level that we serve if it wasn’t cohesive across the board.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:21:45]:
Yeah. And I think it’s important that you made that distinction. Right. Because yes, you can put it, you should put expectations in place. Like if you’re hiring, you create a job description. Guess what job descriptions are their expectations. Right. So it is not ill placed to desire for your team to come to the table with this level of skillset because as the visionary of your team, the lead person with the vision that you’re going to entrust to other people to actually execute, you have to be able to put those stipulations in place.
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TIFFANY CHALK [00:23:33]:
Yes.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:23:35]:
Yeah. It gets to be really, really easy. So let’s talk about some of the other areas of your life where this skill set of supporting the vision comes in. I know that you are a big philanthropic spirit and you love to support other causes. And I mean, how many boards are you serving on right now? Just. Oh, just one. Okay.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:23:57]:
Well, two. One industry board and then one personal, you know, to support my other personal efforts. Just one. Because I’m now the co chair of the Delaware Healthy Mother Infant Consortium. So taking on that role and then a sub role underneath of that role by leading the well women and the black maternal health committees, underneath of that is a hefty task. So I did have to, you know, forego some of my other efforts outside of being a senior leader at my church. That’s my primary focus.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:24:28]:
Yeah, definitely. So let’s get into a little bit more about why these causes are important to you. So I’m gonna. I am gonna put you on the spot. I don’t think you have a problem talking about it though. But I, I do want to have you share a little bit about because I, I know we’ve had offline conversations about why you show up so fully and why you take your skill sets and apply it to or offer it to this particular organization. Because it’s something that’s near and dear and close to your heart. And I remember the year.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:24:58]:
I mean, do they, I guess, march and Dimes is still marching, Right?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:25:02]:
So it’s so funny. Yes, March of Dimes is still marching, but we don’t have a local march in Delaware anymore.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:25:08]:
Oh, okay. That’s what happened.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:25:09]:
The pandemic, when they came back in person last year. It is now linked with the Philadelphia chapter.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:25:18]:
So talk a little bit about, you know, the background of why these particular causes are so important to you.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:25:25]:
So these particular Causes are important to me. From having a premature baby in 2003, my son Jared, who lived a month and eventually succumbed to the causes of having a baby extremely premature. So what? I was a very uneducated consumer. As we know, there’s a lot of racism, implicit bias, and all the things when it comes to black maternal health. And my goal when I first started volunteering, so my role started as a volunteer with the March of Dimes. And that first started out of my heart wanting to support other mothers who may be going through what I went through and for them to be educated and not have to go through and experience what my family went through. That is literally, to this day, my goal is to have educated, consumer, educated black women in the maternal health space. So when they walk into triage, five months pregnant in active labor, and they’re not treated or put to the side because they’re a black woman, the pain can’t be that much or, you know, just the way that we’re looked at as black women in that space.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:26:33]:
And I did not want another woman to experience and feel like how I felt at that time. And I lead with that from my heart with all my efforts for the volunteerism and the work that I do through the dhmic, the March of Dimes and other avenues.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:26:48]:
Yeah. The reason why I wanted to have you talk about it is because I admire. Have a tremendous respect. You know, I mean, I’ve had my own issues, maternally or whatever the proper terminology is. And I just admire the vision that you had after you had such a devastating experience personally, that it wasn’t a measure of, let me just keep this to myself and let me sit in my own healing. Right. But instead the vision was let me amplify and educate so that other people don’t have to worry about this. And part of the reason why I wanted to talk to you about vision is because when I think about you, I really believe that anointing on you.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:27:38]:
What did you call it? The gatherer’s anointing. I actually think it’s even bigger than the gatherer’s anointing. I think that the anointing to be able to see something, to recognize what’s not, quote, unquote, right about something, and the willingness to do what is required to make it right. It’s massive. And it applies to every area of life. Right. Like, I think about even some, you know, some of the other things that you do that we may or may not get into throughout this conversation. So, you know, this is the problem.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:28:09]:
Y’all when, when you, when you’ve known somebody and worked with them for 13 years. Right. You. You know all their business. But it. But. And not. But.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:28:20]:
And it creates a really nice example of what it looks like and the type of people that you really want to have in your corner. Like a person who has the level of vision and is willing to act on it. So again, I go back to the characteristics you gave us, right? Imagination, creativity, ownership, service and hospitality and action. To be an example of that, to be that personified for other people in the various ways in various areas of your life, I think it really makes a difference. Let’s switch gears a little bit and let’s talk about entrepreneurship and the journey of entrepreneurship and where you. Based on your own experience and your own journey, where do you feel entrepreneurs kind of sell themselves short from a vision perspective?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:29:10]:
I think not having the proper people in place to support the vision and then also not investing in themselves as far as a coach, a mentor or something like that to help them as they’re trying to forecast their vision to make sure they’re on the right path. Like, you don’t know everything. If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. Like everyone says that. I always say that if you’re the sharpest tool in a toolbox, you in the wrong toolbox. Like, that’s what I say. So I think a lot of entrepreneurs fall short with that. Like, they, like, you can’t Google everything, right? Yeah.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:29:41]:
Like, you have to. You have to link with somebody who knows more than you. That’s going to help you strategically plan out this vision that you’re trying to forecast and then having the proper team that’s going to support you through action and service.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:29:55]:
Yeah. I feel like what I’m hearing you say between the words that you’re saying is vision isn’t enough. Like, it’s important. Right. The Bible says it, without vision, the people perish. But what else is there? Vision is not enough because there’s a lot of people, you have a lot.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:30:12]:
Of visionaries who are CEOs, who are never going to make it to. To the point that they would desire to because they just have the vision. Like, like you. You said this earlier, like you can have a vision. A lot of CEOs are visionaries, but they might not even have the skill set or the support to say, okay, how can I get this vision out of my head or off this piece of paper into real life to manifest the way I want it to manifest.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:30:39]:
Yeah, yeah.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:30:41]:
So many is so many. Vision plan. How many people do a vision board every year? And you haven’t manifested a lot of things on that board because you haven’t put the proper people in place. So to put some action so these things can manifest. You can’t just. It’s not going to happen. Like God’s not going to make it happen by osmosis because you put it on the board. Like you, you have to.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:31:03]:
You say this. Give them something.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:31:05]:
Wait a minute. You could tell me if I take my time and I cut out these little things in the magazine and I get my glue stick and I put them on the poster board and put it on my wall. You mean to tell me that’s not enough?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:31:19]:
No. You’re going to have a nice looking collage on your wall. That’s about it. That is not enough. You need a strategy behind it. You need a strategy behind it and.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:31:32]:
You have to believe in the vision. Like how many people have a vision that scares them and so they don’t do anything. Right. Fear talks them out of the vision. So it’s not enough. Like, I do think it’s part of it. Tiffany had her hand raised up on that one. But it’s only a piece of it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:31:49]:
There’s so much more that goes into taking the vision and getting the people to support you in the vision and even just being willing to show up for the vision. Bumps and bruises and all, right? Because listen, I’ve had visions that haven’t made manifest that I’m not sitting underneath my desk right now like, or, or believing that just because I had the vision, it’s just going to show up. Like I think the Bible says it in James, faith without works is dead. I like to say, give God something to bless, right? So you can believe and see all day long. But there’s an amount of action. Now I’m gonna put a little asterisk up there because I don’t believe it’s all action. Or let me say it this way. I don’t think that the action is just movement.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:32:40]:
I think sometimes the action is the embodiment of it. Right. It’s. It’s recognizing the vision and saying.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:32:46]:
Owning it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:32:47]:
Yeah, right. And taking that ownership. Right. And saying, okay, how would I act if this were my reality and becoming it in advance so they could actually show up in your life experience. Right. I say all the time you have to see it in order to see it so that you get to experience it. Right. So vision comes first, but it’s not the stopping point.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:33:06]:
It’s just really a stepping stone.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:33:08]:
It is. I would agree with that.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:33:10]:
Yeah. So when you think about your own journey and what you’ve accomplished, how. How many years have you been in business? I feel like you’re further along than I am.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:33:22]:
16.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:33:22]:
Okay, so we’re about the same. Well, yeah, we’re about the same, but.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:33:26]:
I haven’t been full time. 16 years. But I have been business. 16 years. I think I’ve been full time, probably 10.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:33:31]:
Okay, got you. So when you think about your own business and your own journey and you think about your own vision and what you have been able to accomplish, what’s next? What’s in the vision that hasn’t been realized yet, that you’re still working to get the support for that part of the vision? I ask the tough questions, people.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:33:54]:
He does. And I just had a team meeting, I guess, two weeks ago. We had a working session, and I really talked about the direction that I want to go into personally, how they can support, you know, my vision for, you know, branding myself as an industry expert. As, you know, I’ve, like you said, I’m an adjunct. I’ve spoken on different stages from South Africa to California and everywhere in between. And I kind of got away from that. Right. Like, you lose sight of the vision sometimes.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:34:26]:
So I’m in that season where I’m trying to get that back. So, like, that’s kind of like what’s next? Okay. Now, you know, I’m still deemed as an industry expert, but I want to walk in rooms and. And be a part of circles that I have never been a part of before. So, like, that’s my new fresh vision. Yep. You did this. You spoken at almost every industry conference nationally.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:34:48]:
Like, what’s the audience, you know, that you want to go into now? And after being in business for so long, like, tiff, you have so much you can share with people outside of your industry. You don’t have to pigeonhole yourself just to the event industry as you’re building yourself as this expert as well. So that’s kind of where I’m trying to regain focus from the vision that I previously had for myself.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:35:11]:
Yeah, I love that. And I even love the analogies and metaphors that you use in there to stay in long, align the themes of vision. Right. Losing sight of the vision. And I think, you know, I think we all have that happen based on what else is happening in life. Right. You know, you’ve heard me say before, it’s hard to have a booming business when you Have a busted life. And busting your life doesn’t have to mean you lost your house and your car and your man done left.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:35:37]:
Like, it doesn’t have to mean the worst of the worst. It could just mean that you’ve lost sight of the vision, right. That you have forgotten because life has happened one time too many. I think for so many people. Covid19 created or caused a lot of people to lose sight of the vision, right? We were in a state of panic as a country. Like I was having this conversation on a podcast that I interviewed for a few weeks ago. And the one thing I said, the question they asked me was, how do you feel the marketplace has changed? And my response was, the marketplace actually hasn’t changed. We’re recalibrating.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:36:15]:
COVID 19 was a disruption. It came in and it threw everything off kilter. And we just went along with what was happening. But now that we’re post Covid, things are restabilizing in the marketplace. And I would offer to anybody out there who’s questioning their vision and maybe even thinking that they’ve lost sight of their vision, that the same thing is happening, it might be time to restabilize the vision. Right? Because you. Because you can lose sight, but can only be temporarily. And once you get back a hold of the vision, then it’s time to begin to put the things in place.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:36:51]:
So, Tiffany, what I’d love for you to do is let’s create a little pseudo roadmap for the people that are listening. Specifically around if you’ve got Move to millions the book you need, Move to millions the planner. It’s the perfect companion as you plan, prepare and position to profit, to and beyond the million dollar mark. Grab your Planner. [email protected] I’m renewing my vision. I’m restabilizing my vision. I have pieces of my original vision that I never realized. Now I want to put them into action.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:37:29]:
What are the steps that somebody listen right now who has a vision, who had a vision, who’s ready to get back to their vision? What are the first three steps that they should take to begin to re realize the vision that they hold in their heart for, Whether it’s. It’s in their life in general, in their business specifically. Like, what would you say would be the first step?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:37:51]:
Pull out that old journal where you have that vision written down. And that’s what I had to do. Yeah, I love journal, the old notes. Pull that out and you know, I’m a woman of God. Like, pray and war over every prophetic word that’s tied to your vision that you got. Like, prophetic words are conditional, right? Yeah. We have to put something behind that. So I have journals where I wrote out my prophetic words that were specifically tied to this vision that I’m now trying to recalibrate and get focused back in.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:38:22]:
I pulled those out. I have recordings out there. I’m listening to them. I’m letting that get down in me so I can get my paradigm and my mind back on the path that I needed to be on before I did. Before I do anything else, I think you have to deal with your mindset first. That’s what I’m before. Okay, now let’s.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:38:45]:
And I love even specifically the mandate, number one, get out the journal. Number two, go back to. Especially if you are a person of faith and someone has spoken and put ahead of you what it is that they see for you. Go back to those things. I do that too. I tell everyone, like, whenever I get a prophetic word, I’m like, first of all, thank you. Can you say that into my voice recorder? Right. If they don’t send it to me as a voice note, I’m like, can you say that again into my recorder? Because I want to be able to go back and listen, because I feel like it’s not just a measure of faith to listen.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:39:21]:
What does the Bible say? The Bible says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So if someone has given you a prophetic word, you have to hear it over and over again in order to solidify the vision and even the courage to pursue the vision.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:39:37]:
Yes.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:39:37]:
Right. Because. Because that’s why vision alone is only one thing, and we can’t just rely on the vision. So we’re gonna get a. We’re gonna get our journal out. We’re gonna go back to the notes that we wrote down. In a minute. Tiffany, I’m gonna ask you.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:39:49]:
If I don’t. If I can’t find a journal. I didn’t journal. I want you to help me to come up with some journal prompts for them. What are some things they can ask themselves and then journal about to be able to help them to get this flow and get this vision flowing again. But that’s the first step, and I would agree with that. I think that that’s the first step. So I’ll.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:40:08]:
Here’s a prompt and that I would have you write down if you have to start journaling or even if you want to take what you already have from a vision standpoint and add to it. How. How does this vision sit in my spirit? That’s. That’s one thing I would want you to answer because that’s going to bring up any fears, any doubts, anything that you then have to pray against. Because Tiffany said you’re also going to have to war over that vision. Right. Just because you’re given the vision does not mean that it’s just going to appear. Right.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:40:44]:
So if you’re going to have to whirl it, I want you to check in with your spirit. Like, how do you. How do I feel about this vision? And a second prompt. Am I now willing to do what it takes in order to.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:40:56]:
That’s what I was going to say. Yeah. That was the prompt that I was going to say. Am I willing to do the work?
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:41:02]:
Yeah.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:41:03]:
And what would that look like? Right? Like what is the work? I’ll tell you. As I was going to look for my old journal, one of the things that I know I should have been had, as they say, for me is writing a book. You create a whole curriculum for a continual education class on events for a college. You were paid to do that. There’s your book, girl. Like, this is me talking to myself. So I had to go back and like, I know I had this outline. I know I had this outline.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:41:35]:
Holy Ghost, help me find this outline. Took me about three days, but I found it. But before I found it, I was like, okay, if I don’t find it, Tiff, what’s the work that you need to do to start this outline again? And I started writing out, I’m going to need to do A, B, C, D because I didn’t want that to stop me from not doing it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:41:56]:
Absolutely, I agree. So after we, we go back to the vision or, you know, remind ourselves of the vision. Listen to those words. Begin to journal about the vision. What’s the second step?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:42:07]:
The action steps.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:42:08]:
Start. Start getting into action. So do we get into action first or do we rally the people that we need to have?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:42:13]:
Let me stop. We rally the people. Yes. Let me stop because I’m even thinking about my own process. Like I said, I had the team meeting. Like, we rally the people. We rally the people who we know that are going to help us support this vision.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:42:28]:
Then the action comes, then the action. And so let’s dig into the rallying the people part. So what was that like for you? Like what? What? Give us a high level overview of what was in the conversation and what you said in order to get Their buy in for your vision.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:42:44]:
Well, they already gonna support it. I didn’t have to say much like.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:42:48]:
Well, if you have the right people, you have the right people, right? But what if you’re starting from scratch? You don’t have no people yet, so you’re trying to get the people together.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:42:56]:
What am I gonna say, Danielle?
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:42:58]:
What does that look like? I don’t wanna tell you. You tell me. No, I’m joking. So we can do this together. So if I don’t have the, if I don’t have the people yet, then I think part of the second step is that and who do I need? Right? So that’s another journal prompt. So I know the vision is this. So let’s use Tiffany’s example. The vision is get on bigger stages, further solidify my industry expertise so that I become a more well known name.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:43:26]:
Right. I become even more sought after than I already am. Okay, so that’s the vision and I don’t have the people to help me do that. What might I need in order to begin to move in the direction? Well, I’m probably going to need somebody who can do pr, right? Someone who can amplify, amplify my story, my presence, my branding. Right. I might need somebody who can help me with branding, visual branding or the messaging piece of the brand, if that’s not already solidified. Right. I might need somebody who can actually help me to map out what the process looks like.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:44:02]:
Right. Or if I know the process, which often we know the process, we just need the people who are going to implement and execute. Then I might need a support person, I might need an assistant type of person who can fill in all of the gaps between whoever’s going to be working on the PR interests, whoever’s going to be working on getting me booked to speak, whoever might be helping with branding or messaging. Right. Those are probably the core people that I need in order to support this vision and there might be other people. So as you listen to this and you go through these steps yourself, if there are other people, write them down at this particular point in time in your Move to Millions podcast notebook because you want this to be a very clear action list of what you need to do in order to get the support that you desire to manifest the vision.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:44:45]:
Yeah. So Danielle, I want, I just want to go back for a second. For me that rallying and people first had to start with my team.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:44:52]:
Okay.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:44:53]:
To make sure like I we had to sit down, we’re revisit our SOPs switch out because now if if that’s going to be my focus, some of the tasks that I may have been doing in the business, I want to be freed up from so I can focus on getting on track, realigned for that vision. So for me, that. That rallying the people first started with meeting with my team, sharing my heart, laying out. We really did a working session. Like, what’s these sops look like? How they need to be refreshed? How is one team member transitioning to another lead role? What does that look like? That’s how I laid that out first. And then my second layer was, okay, now let’s get this team together. Just had a conversation. It sounds like I need a brand manager.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:45:40]:
Like, I said that. Okay. Brainstorming, writing things out. Okay. It sounds like I need a brand manager. It sounds like, okay, refresh other brand. Okay. Somebody who’s going to solicit, speaker manager, whatever that might be.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:45:54]:
Pr, all the things that you just named was like the second part of rallying the team. For me, I needed to make sure the company itself can still run the way that it needs to run. Before I even think about scaling anything. For me to do anything else, I needed to make sure those systems were tight.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:46:12]:
Yeah. And I think that that’s an important distinction because foundation comes before scale, not just in the dictionary. Right. So making sure that you have that in place. And then the other thing I love about that, Tiffany, is even as you evaluate the team, the role that you need to play in order to execute the vision might shift. So being able to delegate and backfill everything that you were doing that you might not be able to do, which could be potentially handled by an existing team member, or there might be the need to bring someone else on the team too, which I think is important.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:46:44]:
Yep. That’s.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:46:45]:
Anything else there. For the second step of rallying the.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:46:47]:
Team, I think that’s it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:46:49]:
Okay. And then the next one is getting everybody into action. Right. So I would go ahead.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:46:54]:
I said, let’s work. That’s all.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:46:56]:
That’s work. And let’s create the milestones so that we know when we are actually being effective and getting closer to the goal that we set. Because we could just be working and we could be working aimlessly towards nothing in particular unless we’ve actually put milestones in place. Right. And so maybe the first milestone is make sure all the SOPs are tight. The second milestone is evaluate everything that needs to be done and reassign key tasks to free up time on Tiffany’s counter. The third milestone might Be consider the feasibility of bringing on a brand manager who will be responsible for PR and speaking engagements. The fourth thing might be whatever action items end up coming as a result of doing those first three things.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:47:42]:
But I think it is important not just to get into action, because I think as entrepreneurs, that’s what we do. We just work, work, work, work, work. Right. Like the fabric of our country here in the United States was built on hard work. Like, we. That’s what we truly believe, that you have to work hard to be successful, when it’s actually not true. Hard work makes you tired, not successful. And so recognizing that we don’t want to work aimlessly, especially if we want to make sure that we have harmony.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:48:09]:
I don’t like to use the word balance because I don’t really think that there’s any such thing, but we have the harmony that we need for the other areas of our life. Anything else? Like, for anybody who is ready to roll out the vision and get the support that they need with the vision, anything else that they need to consider at this point, or do you feel like we’ve given them enough to get them started?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:48:27]:
I think we’ve given them enough to get them started. You know, always think about how the vision aligns with your personal life as well. Because sometimes, you know, if it’s a business vision, you can be so focused that it may not align, you know, what you have going on personally. So I think that’s always something to think about, especially if you’re married.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:48:47]:
Yeah. Well, and I’m actually glad that you said that, because I think this creates a fourth step. And this might be early. This might be, or it might be. Well, maybe it’s not a four step. Maybe it’s an additional part under rallying the support. Because some of that is going to need to look like talking to your significant other, having a team meeting with them to talk about what you won’t be able to do or not do. Right.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:49:09]:
Like, I think about when I was writing the book and knew the book was launching, right. I had to go to your boy, and I just be like, listen, I’m not going to be cooking, so I’m gonna make sure you eat every night. But Mama not gonna be at the stove cooking your food. Right? So making sure that they understand. What’d you say?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:49:30]:
It was personal. I said, I don’t think Mama made it back to the stove.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:49:34]:
No, Mama’s not making it back to the stove. Mama is done with the stove. I like to cook now when I feel like it like when. When it is a joy for me to do and it’s a surprise for him, as opposed to an expectation that it needs to be done. Because, I mean, at the end of the day, yeah, I just. Sometimes when I get home, I just want to chill and I don’t want to have to stand up. But anyway, that. That was a sidebar that maybe went on a little too long.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:49:56]:
The gist of the point being, as a part of the rallying the support, make sure that you get your key family members involved. Always remember, and I say this every chance I get, I learned this from Mary Kay Ash. People support what they help to create. So if they’re part of the planning process, as you start to work towards this vision, they’re going to be a part of it. Right. It’s going to be something that they want to see happen as well. As opposed to it being an afterthought.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:50:25]:
Exactly. You don’t want your family to resent your vision, whatever that might be, and not buy into it because you didn’t pull them into it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:50:34]:
Correct. Yeah. This has been so good. Anything else you want to share around the vision itself or supporting the vision before we move into our Move to Millions wisdom questions?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:50:46]:
No, I think, you know, we just need to. And I could be saying this to myself, you know, to beat down fear and know that we have what it takes. And once we put these steps and these plans that we discussed into action, we can see it manifest. You will see it manifest. Like, imagine it manifesting. See yourself at your launch event. See yourself on those stages, you know, whatever it may be.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:51:12]:
Yeah, I love that. And, you know, fear is okay as long as fear does not stop you.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:51:20]:
Yeah. Does not cripple you. Yes.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:51:22]:
Correct. Yeah. You know, I always say fear is an indication that your next level is present. So feel the fear. Get excited for the fear, because that is an indication that something big has the potential to happen if you follow through with the fear. Or. Or do what you would do if there was no fear. Let me say it that way, because I think that sometimes we feel that fear and we think that it is a stopping point instead of an evaluation point or a celebration point, which can make a big difference.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:51:50]:
Good.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:51:50]:
That’s so good.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:51:52]:
Yeah, thank you. So honored again. She’s hold my hand through my first podcast.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:51:58]:
You did good.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:51:59]:
So when I’m like 20 podcasts in, I’m always saying, well, my first podcast was podcast, and I was talking about podcast, but Darielle gave me grace, so I appreciate it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:52:11]:
No, I I think you did great. I think that everything that you had to share was amazing. And I think the lessons that will come out of this episode, for those who are challenged by the vision, trying to figure out how to unearth the vision, like, now they will know how to go and get support for the vision. And that was what I really, really desired for the episode. All right, so as we move into our. Or before we move into our, Our Move to Millions. Wisdom questions, just really briefly, just tell everybody, like, where can they find you? If I wanted to connect with you online, where would I go?
TIFFANY CHALK [00:52:43]:
Www.tiffanychalkevents.com awesome. Awesome. And, you know, I’m on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. It’s all the same. My name. I always say Tiffany, like the store chalk, like the chalkboard. The most expensive chalk you’ll ever know. I love it, I love it, I love it.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:53:00]:
And she’s not lying about being the most expensive chalk. Let me just tell y’all this. If you ever have an opportunity to meet her face to face and you’re anywhere near a retail establishment, especially if it’s a brand name one, run in the opposite direction. Do not Pascal, do not collect $200. Do not entertain anything that comes out of her mouth because she loves to spend other people’s money. I do.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:53:20]:
I do.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:53:20]:
I have to tell this story. I said I was going to tell it. So before we get into the wisdom questions. So years ago, like, like, you heard her say, we’ve been rocking together for almost 13 years. Years ago, I was. I was coming out of a bad breakup. Is that what was happening? And I was. Was like, I want to go do some retail therapy.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:53:37]:
And she was like, darnell, if I was you, I would be at the Michael Kors store. And I was like, michael Kors. Okay. So I went to the Michael Kors store. I got this. Remember they had that purple bag? I still have it. I haven’t used it in forever. I probably need to try to.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:53:53]:
Anyway, that’s a sidebar. I went to the Michael Kors store and I bought the bag. And she said something that I. I recount to people all the time. Because my whole thing was, y’all, this was my limiting belief around buying name brand things. And maybe this will deliver you. But I was like, I can’t carry that purse. I don’t keep that much money in there.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:54:12]:
Like, because I always believe. And I don’t know, I heard somebody say it and I don’t know where I heard it, but they said that if you don’t have the amount of money to carry in the purse that you paid for the purse. You have no business carrying the purse. It made sense to me. And so I said to her, I was like, well, Tiffany, I don’t keep. I think they were like $400 at the time. I don’t have $400 to carry in a purse. And she was like, but Danielle, you have it in the bank.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:54:38]:
I was like, oh, you’re right. And she started something. I never, I don’t think I ever had a name brand, anything up until that point. Well, no, that’s not true. Everything has a brand name on it. Right? But like a luxury ish neighbor. And I don’t even today think Michael Kors is luxury.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:54:55]:
The evolution Michael by Michael Kors and then it’s Coors.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:54:58]:
I know Michael Kors, of course, you.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:55:00]:
Know, because he has his ready to wear and then he has like, you know, his more upscale. But let’s talk about that first pair of Louis Vuitton.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:55:07]:
Yes, yes, yes. I’ve got my first pair of lubies messing with her. And here’s the thing. I have like three pairs of them. There was only one pair I actually wear. The other two are take pictures in these shoe shoes because they are not comfortable. They are not comfortable. Like I don’t, if you’re listening out there, make your shoes more comfortable.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:55:26]:
They are not comfortable. So. But I, I dare. I remember when I got the first pair and I was like, oh, this is amazing. And you know, now we’ve got a lot of brands. We’ve got a Rolex.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:55:38]:
No, I don’t, I don’t, I don’t have to help her. She’s on her own.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:55:41]:
She doesn’t have to help me anymore. She doesn’t have to help me, but she like to send me things that she thinks that I should add to my, my collection. Anyway. This has been amazing. I’m so glad that you stopped by just to share your wisdom with us. Everything that you had to share I could definitely relate to and get into and so I know this is going to make a big difference from for everyone who’s listening. So before I let you go, our final three wisdom questions. I’ll give them all three of them to you and then you can answer them in whichever order you decide.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:56:11]:
So number one, what is the quote that make it makes a difference when you’re having a moment a day and you are not feeling like the Tiffany chalk that we’re having a conversation with today. Number two, what is the book the Book that has made a difference on your own journey to and beyond the million dollar mark. And number three, what is one tool that you swear by that you leverage inside of your own business as you make the Move to Millions? So quote, book, tool, book.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:56:41]:
Freedom from your past. Jimmy Evans I would not be able to operate the way that I operate personally and in business if I didn’t get free from things from childhood. Right? It allowed that book. It’s just a wonderful book. It allows you, it really talks about personality and you really get to see like how you’ve been some away for a very long time and you think, oh, that’s just me. And it’s really not just you. Some trauma or something had entered in that created you to be one of mine is peace at any price. That book really broke down peace at any price for me because I was to come my own peace for somebody else’s peace and for my fear of rejection which was always tied to self rejection.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:57:26]:
That’s why I did what I did. So just really getting free from those things because I believe how like you said it, when you have a busted life, like that’s a part of that busted life. Because I, I tell people all the time that if you, if you struggle with self rejection for rejection, all those things you’re going to price out of that rejection and you’re going to price incorrectly for your business. So whatever’s operating in personal life can definitely filter off in your business. So freedom from your past by Jimmy Evans I recommend that book. It’s one of those books that you can pick up five years later to remind yourself of things. I would say I mentioned one of my favorite quotes earlier on in the podcast, but sometimes if I’m not feeling myself, it’s more like I think about maybe a scripture that tells me I’m fearfully minded and wonderfully made or a scripture that says I was created in the image of Christ. Like those things carry me seeing myself as though how he sees me is things or that I can affirm and affirmations that I speak to myself that can easily lift my spirits.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:58:32]:
One tool, One tool. One tool, one tool.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:58:35]:
It’s probably that dang blasted honey book that gets on my list.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:58:38]:
I was gonna say honey book, but.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:58:39]:
Oh my gosh, it gets on my nerves.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:58:41]:
Base camp because it keeps us in order internally on the back end, all our docs and files, all our communications as far as that. And my assistant is very well versed into it so she makes it easy for me to love it as well. The way she organizes. So I. I wouldn’t run my business without it. Honeybook would come in a close second because that’s how I get my bread. That’s how I get paid.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:59:05]:
Wears me out. Okay. All right. Well, this has been great, Tiffany. I’m so glad you had the opportunity to stop by the podcast and I know everybody’s going to be blessed and we’ll listen back to this conversation several times over. So thank you for being here today.
TIFFANY CHALK [00:59:21]:
Thank you for having me. I appreciate you.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [00:59:23]:
Wasn’t that amazing? Listen, I love Tiffany. I love the way she thinks. I love how she recognizes the significance of being supportive to the CEO. As the CEO of your own company already making seven figures or on your way to seven figures, it’s important to be surrounded by a team that gets the vision and can set themselves up to support the vision. So I want to encourage you as you think through your team, as you are finalizing fourth quarter and getting ready for 2025, make sure that you do a SWOT analysis on your team. Make sure you spend some time really evaluating. If you have people on your team that not only understand the vision, but fully support the vision, I promise you it will take you so much farther if you do. I cannot wait to hear how this conversation continues to unpack itself for you as you think of ways to make sure that your team is prepared to support you and your vision to and beyond the million dollar mark.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [01:00:19]:
I’ll see you guys next time. Take care. Thank you for joining me for the Move to Millions podcast. If this episode has impacted you in any way, would you please take a moment and rate and review? Doing so helps us to deepen our impact and expand our reach around the world. And if you are ready to start your very own Move to Millions, I highly recommend that you order your very own copy of my brand new best selling book, Move to Millions. The proven framework to become a million dollar CEO with grace and ease instead of hustle and grind. You can get your copy and our bonuses today@movetomillions book.com until next time. Remember, millions are your birthright and to access them, you need only move.
Darnyelle Jervey Harmon [01:01:06]:
I’ll see you next time.
