Mayleigh Flanign

I say my village. I think it takes a village for you to be the best human possible. I say my network. I have an incredible support system from family. I seek friends that align with the life that I want. And I also have had incredible professors, incredible mentors. And even in my workspace, in my company, in the field that I work in, we don't really have a lot of employees, people, and I just learn from every single person, so my network, I really attribute my success, because I'm like a sponge, and I try to suck up everything, and I try to learn from everyone's lessons and mistakes, so I don't repeat the same, and I try to share my own for people to learn from as well.

I'd say there's two. And one was to never stop learning. You're always a learner. And that has been the best career advice for me as a leader, and also a manager, because a leader and manager are two different things. And by having this open mind of never stopping to learn, I always realized that no matter where you might be in your corporate hierarchy, there's always something to learn from somebody. The moment you believe you know more and better than everyone else is the moment you stop growing, so you're a forever learner. And then, I'd say the next thing is more so a personal and a career thing. It's to be the energy you want to attract, and what was taught to me by that, is to be self-disciplined and focused. Because by being self-disciplined and focused, you inherently are attracting what you want. You have to pretty much just stay focused on your goal, and as long as you're focused and determined on your goal, you will get what you need through self-discipline and focus.

I think, naturally, the business world is male-dominant, but there are so many powerful women that have made an incredible platform for women today. And in my field, it is very male-dominant. If you treat everyone as equal, and you kind of never play this natural, you feel lesser than somebody else, you're treated just fine. So I think this goes for male and female, but it is to be your true, authentic self, and to never let anyone doubt you. That is my best piece of advice, because the moment you start letting someone else doubt you is the moment you start letting someone else control you.

I see everything as an opportunity. There's absolutely no bad experience, because everything's a learning lesson. So I say for opportunities, electronic dance music is one of the largest growing genres in the world. And with that, that means, inevitably, you have more of a target market. And also, the world is kind of coming into a place of more wellness and healing, and there's a part of the eating AM scene, there's something called Afro House, which is scientifically proven to heal depression and dancing. So there's just a lot of opportunity for wellness and events, for this world's mental health, and also for entertainment, too, because it's just more of a liking right now. I say for challenges, and I think this is an ongoing challenge, the music scene in general can sometimes be looked at as a party versus like entertainment and wellness. And I think because of that, it can have a negative or bad rep, which does make it hard to grow events sometimes.

My work and personal life, I believe in work-life balance, but I do believe in the work that I'm doing in this world. I also need to match it with my in my life. So I truly that's what I was saying, is being the energy you want to attract is my biggest thing, both professionally and personally, whether I'm on a call with my CEO, or if I'm on the call with my best girlfriend, I'm going to be the same person. That's one something I've really tried to mentor people and being, because people really struggle with I don't like the idea of having to hide your personality in the corporate space. You are hired for your skill, but you're also hired based off your morale and personality, and I think being true to yourself will get you absolutely furthest, so as long as I'm authentic and true to myself, I know I'm doing the right thing.