Episode 20: DeLores Pressley on elevating yourself and others
DeLores Pressley empowers people to determine their own self worth. When she was 6, she was told she was “too big” to take ballet classes. She learned to believe in “the power of you” and started a plus-size modeling company. She believes dreams don’t come with age limits, so she took ballet lessons at 60.
DeLores is founder and Executive Director of She Elevates, a nonprofit that helps girls ages 8 to 14 become confident leaders, entrepreneurs and CEOs.
She’s a world-class keynote speaker, author and life coach with more than three decades of experience. DeLores uses her voice to empower and motivate people to take inspired action, be confident and live, what she calls, “their most marvelous life.”
My takeaways:
Every person should have a mentor, a coach and a sponsor, a personal cheerleader.
If you’re the smartest person at the table, go sit at another table. Learn. Learn. Learn.
Don’t let anyone else determine your self worth.
Create a “Believe in the Power of You” jar: Write on small notes when you accomplish something and stick them in a jar. On rough days, you can see all your accomplishments and believe in you bigger.
Be somebody’s shero.
Give yourself at least 11 minutes every day just to nurture you.
Official Bio:
DeLores Pressley is a world-class Keynote Speaker, published Author and Life Coach with more than three decades of experience. She is the CEO of DeLores Pressley Worldwide and the Founder of She Elevates™, a non-profit organization created to empower young girls to become entrepreneurs.
DeLores uses her voice as a platform to empower and help motivate thousands to take inspired actions, be confident and live their most marvelous life. She has published many articles on inspiration, confidence and empowerment. She is the author of “Clean Out the Closets of Your Life”, “Believe in the Power of You”, “Empower” and Co-Author of “Oh Yes You Can!” She is a contributing writer for Smart Business Magazine and the Spokesperson for Humanitarian Hands Charities.
DeLores has worked at various levels with numerous top-notch companies which include Coca-Cola, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Procter and Gamble (P&G), Union Pacific Railroad, Nationwide, American Heart Association, Timken, Kirby Vacuum and Bakersfield Women’s Conference. She has received many awards and recognition for her work including Top Ten Business Owners by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and was a 2016 recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama.
DeLores received an honorary degree; Doctor of Divinity from Shekinah Glory School of Divinity and Badge of Chaplaincy from CIA International. She serves as a Member of The ABCD, Inc. Board of Directors, O’Jays Entertainers Scholarship Committee Board Member, Founding Member of Women’s Impact Inc., and Past President of the National Speakers Association’s Ohio Chapter.
Her story has been features in Speaker, Glamour, Washington Post, Black Enterprise, Inside Business, Essence, Ebony and Marie Claire magazines. She is a frequent media guest and host of a TV Show; A Purposeful Life. She has appeared on the Bravo TV Network Show; Married to Medicine and has been interviewed on every major network including Entertainment Tonight and OPRAH.
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