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Reinvesting Every Dollar: Charles Ewing Resilient Path to Transforming a Side Hustle Into an Empire

Summer Owens — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:02:39 +0000

In my work as a speaker and coach, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many inspiring people, but few embody the S.O. What! Success System quite like Charles Ewing. Charles Ewing is the President and CEO of Ewing Moving & Storage, and his journey is a masterclass in Overcoming Obstacles, Eliminating Excuses, and Calculating […]

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From Poverty to Pastor to Prosperity: Ricky Floyd S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:30:41 +0000

So many blessings came from my experience at my first career job which was with the Memphis Grizzlies. There was a group of us hired as temporary sales reps whose job was to get as many season ticket and group sales for the team as possible before the season started. It was a four-month opportunity […]

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Empowering Black & Women’s History: Unveiling Stories of Resilience

Summer Owens — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:30:11 +0000

As we approach the upcoming Black History Month and Women’s History Month celebrations, I want to share a personal snapshot with you. A moment frozen in time when I left the football field as Ms. University of Memphis. Making history as the third black woman to claim that title in the University’s history. The young […]

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10-DAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN- DAY 5: Surround Yourself with Supportive Relationships

Summer Owens — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:00:04 +0000

It’s Day 5 in my 10-day countdown to my 10th anniversary of my last day before becoming a full-time speaker and entrepreneur. Today, we’re diving into the importance of surrounding yourself with supportive relationships and building a team. First, let me say that one of the most frustrating and honestly disheartening aspects of my journey […]

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New Leadership Feels SO Good

Summer Owens — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:52:28 +0000

You never know where your dreams can take you. In 2011, I started my speaking business, S.O. What! LLC, and the next year I founded the S.O What! Foundation. I had no idea how hard it would be to lead and grow both organizations simultaneously. For over a decade I’ve kept both going and growing […]

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Tim Ware: S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:00:37 +0000

Find your cheerleader. That was the closing advice given by the former athlete turned education leader, Tim Ware, in our interview. When we met over a decade ago, Tim Ware had started a school and today he leads another one just for young men. As a single mom raising a son and working in education, I […]

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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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Andy Dallin S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:00:09 +0000

You know the saying about how a person may forget what you did, but they won’t forget how you made them feel? Well, I have not seen or heard from or even about Andy Dallin. Ever since the first few months of the Memphis Grizzlies’ move to Memphis, Tennessee in the summer of 2001. He […]

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Andy Dolich S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 07:00:34 +0000

It seems like it was just yesterday that I landed my first job out of college. It was with the Memphis Grizzlies in their inaugural season in Memphis. Well, it was actually 20 years ago. But I remember so many details very vividly including some specifically about the leadership of our President of Business Operations […]

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