Understanding Your Gift to Live With Purpose with Fredrick Douglas Bussey

Welcome back to another powerful episode of the dear black CEO podcast.

 In today’s episode, we are joined by Fredrick Douglas Bussey, the author of Breaking Orbit and the Founder of IconStatus, a marketing and branding consultancy. He also coaches entrepreneurs and Executives to unleash the power of their gift and create extraordinary results with the uniqueness that only they can bring to the world. 

As a serial entrepreneur and creative with more than 20 years of experience in the Music & Entertainment industry, he has worked as a Songwriter, Producer, Publicist, Marketing Representative, Creative Director, and Artist Manager. Frederick believes that his purpose in life is to use his talents to help others discover and exploit their gifts to impact the world for the greatest good.

Let’s dig in and be ready to learn more about your gift and live with purpose to reverse engineer the life that you want.

[00:01 – 09:41] Opening Segment

• Before we get into the episode today, I want you to know that you can gain the security, ownership, and time Freedom You Want by building a business around a solution that only you can provide. 
• • Head over to karlsona.com/giftassessment to download the free quiz that will help you figure out what you’re uniquely qualified to do.
• I introduce the guest, Fredrick Douglas Bussey.
• Frederick shares his background and life journey.
• The transition from music creative to business entrepreneur. 
• • God doesn’t make people without solutions.

[09:42 – 21:04] What does it mean to have a Gift 

• Fredrick unpacks the definition and the meaning of the word ‘Gift.’
• • Words are powerful when you can unpack what they mean.
  • The misconception of gift, talent, and skill.
• How to discover your gift.
• • Your gift is not what you do but how you create the impact that you have through what you do.
• Your identity is not in what you do but comes through in what you do and how you do it.
• Frederick shares how he discovers and truly understands his gift.
•  Three categories of gift
• • Transformer
  • Translator 
  • Transistor 
• Your gift is equal to your Impact

[21:05 – 32:01] Understanding Your Gift to Live With Purpose

• Identify your gift first so you could find your ‘why’ and your purpose.
• • Your purpose is attached to your design, and your design is in your gift, and your gift is about the impact.
• The importance of knowing and understanding your purpose.
• If you are a black business owner looking to grow your revenue, listen up. There is a major revenue-generating opportunity for you, and The Kas company is here to help you secure the bag. The Kas Company is a black-owned alliance agency specializing in finding and brokering partnerships between black-owned companies and big brands looking to diversify their supply chains.
• • See the link below to book your free consultation today.
• Value vs. Usefulness 
• • Values are closer to impact, where usefulness is closer to function.

[32:02 – 49:44] Reverse Engineer The Life That You Want

• Not mistaken our talent and the function of our title in the corporate world.
• How to step into your gift at the highest possible level to activate your impact in a way that brings life and joy to yourself and others.
• The network effect.
• How do we reconcile the difference between our current identity and our potential?
• • Potential is not a fixed quantity but an open ending.
  • Become that person even before you achieve it.
• A goal is not a thing to walk forward but a place to come from.
• The process of creativity to reverse engineer the life that you want.
• Set the goal of becoming and live with intention.
• Fredrick’s definition of success.
• •  Closing the gap between who you are today and who you were created to be every day.
• Limitless potential.
• Fredricks talks about his soon-launched The EchelonExecutive Leadership Mastermind for black executives and The 7-Figure Circle Million-Dollar Mastermind for entrepreneurs.
• How to connect with Fredrick and get his book.
• • See links below.
• Who is one black CEO in your network that you think would be influential and a good fit for the Dear Black CEO Podcast?
• •  Irvin Bishop 

[49:45 – 55:24] Random Round

• One tip of advice for anybody who prioritizes the material stuff as a sign of their success.
• • Nothing you buy will amount to the joy that you get anticipating buying that thing. 
  • All the real joy is the anticipation.
• What’s one negative stereotype associated with Black Culture that you feel to do away with?
• • Ignorance. 
• What’s your favorite strategy or loophole towards creating generational wealth?
• • Infinite banking.
• Final words from Fredrick and me.

Mentioned Links:

• 212: The Extra Degree by Sam Parker

• The 7-Figure Circle Million-Dollar Mastermind for entrepreneurs.
• Breaking Orbit: Rip Out of the Regular by Unearthing the Power Within
• The Icon Status 

Tweetable Quotes:

“Your gift is not what you do, but how you create the impact that you have through what you do.” –  Fredrick Douglas Bussey.

“You don’t have to do those things to be this person but be this person to do those things..” –  Fredrick Douglas Bussey.

“There is nothing that you buy that ever going to amount to the joy that you get anticipating buying that thing.” – Fredrick Douglas Bussey.

Find out more and connect with Fredrick on Linkedin and Instagram. Or visit his website http://fredrickbussey.com/. 

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You don’t have to be anyone other than who you are to be a world-class CEO!