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Navigating Obstacles: Geo Derice Blueprint for Resilience and Success

Summer Owens — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:30:18 +0000

I am so excited to share my latest S.O. What! Success Stories episode with the incredible Geo Derice, a marketing genius, author, and founder of 2020 Living and First Book Done. This episode was special because Geo has helped me in my business and we have become fast friends, and let me tell you, his […]

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CEO Summer Owens Still Sounds Weird

Summer Owens — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:49:57 +0000

I’ve been a full-time entrepreneur for over a decade (a boss all my life ), but it still feels weird seeing CEO tied to my name. Weird in a special, awesome way. I’m grateful for this acknowledgement and article about my journey! Summer Owens: Overcoming Adversity and Inspiring Personal Triumph in Today’s Youth

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Revealing Unbreakable Resilience: Tina Bailey S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 09:30:09 +0000

It’s weird (to me at least) how not too much makes me cry anymore. I think I’m grateful, and maybe it’s a skill to help me get through my challenges. And more importantly, I think it’s a skill that allows me to listen to sometimes the hardest situations and do what I do best- focus […]

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10-DAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN- DAY 1: Celebrating Milestones and Staying Committed

Summer Owens — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 08:00:45 +0000

The other day I met up with Cynthia Daniels, the well-known event planner who coordinated the Inaugural S.O. What! Awards and Scholarship Soiree. We were making time to celebrate the success of the event that I had envisioned for years and finally made happen. Because…it was incredible! Today is the last day in my 10-day […]

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10-DAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN- DAY 2: Be Flexible -Embrace Adaptability and Flexibility

Summer Owens — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 08:00:05 +0000

When I was a marketing specialist advisor at FedEx, I worked on three teams and four different managers in my first two years. I led or supported several different projects and was pulled off some and added to others in the middle of the project at times. One of the greatest lessons I learned in […]

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Erica Nathan: S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:00:32 +0000

You know that friend with so many gifts and talents that you’re amazed by all they are able to do? Fittingly, I met Erica Nathan at church through a mutual friend. Also, fittingly, she was stylish and her hair was laid. As an evangelist, hair stylist, multi-faceted entrepreneur and so much more, she has made […]

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How Winning a National Speakers Strength Award Inspires Strength in Others

Summer Owens — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 21:49:27 +0000

When I came home from school on my first day of kindergarten, my mom quizzed me about my teacher’s name. I excitedly repsonded, “Mrs. Muscles!”. Her name was actually Mrs. Armstrong, but that memory always makes me smile even through pain when I think about strength. This is us when I was in kindergarten in […]

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Fred Jones Jr: S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 08:00:08 +0000

When I moved to Memphis for college in the fall of 1997, one of the first events I just had to attend was the Southern Heritage Classic. At the time (and for years after), it was just an amazing gathering where I was guaranteed to see friends, make friends, eat good, and have a great […]

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LeWinfred Shack S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 23 May 2022 08:00:23 +0000

People who give of their time and talents have a special place in my heart. LeWinfred Shack, best known as Shack, is one of those people. We met probably a decade ago at church, and I learned about his massage therapy business. When I created the Love Yourself Event, the annual fundraiser for the S.O. […]

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