Hello Successful People!  I’m Dee Kay! 

 

I am an office director, attorney, wife, mother, grandparent, and lifelong learner. I am also a proud graduate of the School of Hard Knocks!  

With this blog, I will share experiences (the victories and defeats), lessons learned, observations, research and information that successful people shared with me. I hope this information motivates and inspires you to keep working toward your goals and dreams – just like it has for me! 

Here’s what inspired me to write this blog! 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic everyone had to learn new ways to work, learn, and connect with friends and family. In 2020, the word “pivot” became the new term to describe the sharp left-turn of life; career reinvention, overcoming and adapting.  Because of the pandemic, previously learned skills and ways of doing things were put to the test and for some people, new skills and talents have emerged. 

I pivoted many times to overcome adversity and succeed because that’s what I had to do to make it in this world. Despite being a high school dropout, I went to 4 colleges before graduating, and then I went to law school. I changed jobs and careers several times, became a full-time remote worker (I had not really even teleworked before), relocated from Maryland to Texas (I’m originally from NYC), and got married (for the third time) last year!   

Over the past 2 years, some people struggled to make career, social and economic adjustments. Others, however, seized the opportunity, set new priorities, learned new skills, and thrived by pursuing interests previously set aside until “a better time” or discovered hidden and untapped talents. 

In this blog, I am sharing years of official and unofficial research, wisdom I gained at the feet of mentors, friends, family, coworkers, bosses, and real-life lessons learned. I will also show you strategies I have used to re-route after wrong turns and make tight U-turns from dead ends. I hope and pray that this blog gives you the information, motivation, and inspiration to achieve your goals.

This blog is dedicated to you – successful people!