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Always Give Your Best Effort with Guylaine Saint Juste
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This episode of Success Fundamentals features Guylaine Saint Juste, the president and CEO of the National Association of Black Accountants. Guylaine shares with Kris her humble beginnings in Haiti in a matriarchal household.
Guylaine credits much of her achievements to the guidance of her grandmother and mother, whom she describes as ethical and strong women. When she arrived in the US, Guylaine started working as a minimum wage employee to make ends meet. Despite her humble stature then, Guylaine always went above and beyond her duties and conducted herself with pride, earning the respect of her coworkers.
The biggest lesson that Guylaine imparts is to always have the tenacity to do the work to achieve your goals. No matter what it is you plan to do, have the patience and determination to put in your best effort, and the rest will follow.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Growing up with strong women
- Don't chase riches, chase wealth
- Living up to her grandmother's legacy
- Leaving Haiti for the US
- In times of hurt, always say thank you
- Be the master of your reaction
- Whatever you choose to do, you need to do the work
- Money is energy
- Kindness is power
QUOTES
Guylaine: "I was surrounded by strong women who were ethical, who worked hard, who had a view of their place in the big whole but then also realized that what you do contributes to a whole. This idea of interconnectedness, that nothing you do happens in a void. Everything you do is impacting in the whole."
Guylaine: "Wealth is to have moved to a place where you can live the life that you desire to live and to leave enough space for others to have that too."
Kris: "Don't wish for anybody else's success because you don't know what their burdens are."
Kris: I always tell people, you can do whatever you want to do whether it's art, whether it's comedy, whether it's business. But you have to have fundamental things for that profession for you to build on. For example, from a math standpoint, you can achieve calculus but you gotta know how to add and subtract first.
Guylaine: "Money is a horrible master but a fabulous servant. I like having my money, not because it rules over me, but for what my money allows me to do for the things I want to do."
Guylaine: "Love is not a feeling, it's a practice. It is choosing to be kind. It is choosing to be the best in people. It is choosing to want the best of others and yourself. It is choosing to know that you are enough."
You can connect and learn more about Guylaine through the links below.
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/guysaintjuste/
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