The Journey Begins: Introducing Convicted to Grow

Embark on a growth journey with us as we introduce the first episode of "Convicted to Grow." In this captivating premiere, join your host Tressa Manns also known as Coach Tressa, as we set the stage for a self discovery into the power of redemption, resilience, and personal and business growth.

Summary
In this episode, Coach Tressa introduces the Convicted to Grow podcast and shares the four reasons why she decided to start it. She expresses her desire to impact others and help them overcome challenges in their careers, businesses, and lives. Tressa also discusses her passion for personal and business development, sharing stories of resilience and perseverance, and using the podcast as an extension of her brand. She encourages listeners to subscribe and join her on this growth journey.

Takeaways

• The Convicted to Grow podcast aims to impact and motivate listeners to overcome challenges and grow in their careers, businesses, and lives.
• Personal and business development are key passions for Tressa Manns, and she emphasizes the importance of investing in oneself and seeking growth opportunities.
• The podcast will feature stories of resilience and perseverance from various individuals, providing inspiration and encouragement to listeners.
• The Convicted to Grow podcast serves as an extension of Tressa Manns' brand, offering coaching services, workshops, and speaking engagements.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:14 Reason 1: Desire to Impact Others
07:44 Reason 3: Sharing Stories of Resilience and Perseverance
11:08 Reason 4: Extension of Brand

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Transcript

Tressa Manns (00:07.822)
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Tressa Manns (00:20.558)
What up, what up, what up, what up, what up my good people. Oh my God. What's going on y 'all? Yeah, I say y 'all. What's going on y 'all? Listen, welcome. Welcome to the Convicted to Grow podcast. I'm your girl coach, Tressa, motivational speaker, confidence and business coach. I empower you to elevate not just in career, but business, health and wellness.

the overall well -being and being a better version of yourself as we grow in life and in business. So I'm man, listen, I'm going to pray that I get through this podcast without getting emotional. Um, but Hey, you and his journey with me. So before we go any further, please make sure you subscribe to the channel. Okay. Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel.

for the video portion as well as go down to Spotify and Apple. But today's episode, episode one, the why. I'm gonna tell you four reasons why I decided to start this podcast. I think it's important that you know as you subscribe to my channel, it's only right for you to understand why I did, you know, what I did and why I'm doing it. So.

Thank you, thank you, thank you again for being a part of this growth journey. The reason why you're here is because obviously you sick and tired of being sick and tired of being sick and tired, sick and tired of being stuck, sick and tired of being broke, sick and tired of being unhappy, sick and tired of trying to figure out this thing called life, finding your purpose, finding your way, sick and tired of not growing your business, sick and tired of not making the money you deserve. Like ...

There's a lot of things you could say you're sick and tired of. So again, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for being a part of this journey. So we're going to get right into it. But, um, I have my notes because as a talker, as a speaker, sometimes. Depending on how I get passionate in the word and how I'm talking, I can veer off and, and, you know, be over here talking about something else, especially if something resonate in my spirit. However, I'm trying to be more structured.

Tressa Manns (02:40.493)
So I wrote down the four top reasons right now, the reason why I started the Convicted to Grow podcast. Okay. Number one, my number one reason is I have the desire to impact others. I know that's a part of my calling. I've always been the one that's been the change agent that always wanted to motivate others. Even

from my early years and I'm 45, but in my early years of 16, my very first job was at Burger King. I always wanted to motivate, lead people, help people. There's something about my energy, my aura about me that people just immediately gravitate towards it. And so my goal is to really truly help motivate people because sometimes we have been on low sell.

We're just looking for that encouragement. We're looking for that inspiration. We're looking for that motivation. And you may not have nobody around you that can pour into you. They can give you the word. They can give you a nugget. They can give you confirmation on something that you've been praying for. And so my goal, my number one goal is really truly to impact others, to help others overcome challenges, whether it's in career or business or life.

Again, like I said, I am a motivational speaker. I am also a confidence coach and a business coach and episode two will go more into detail in terms of my role, but, um, I just wanted to kind of give you an understanding of that. And, you know, I feel like in this season, it is, it's so important that you understand what your why is in anything that you do understand the why.

Why are you starting something see this podcast was actually supposed to start last year? Um, no, let me take that back. Let me take that back This podcast actually was supposed to start in 2022 Um god had laid it on my heart to start it and at the time I think I was gonna call yeah matter of fact. I was gonna call it empowered to elevate That was gonna be the name of it. I didn't know I won't I didn't know if I was going geared towards just strictly entrepreneurs or what because

Tressa Manns (05:09.933)
One of the things that I have done in the past, I have create environments, whether it's virtual networking events or in -person networking events for entrepreneurs and business owners to come in to a space to promote their business, service -based or product -based and really truly network because in this season, it's collaboration over competition. And I think a lot of times people don't understand the importance of networking.

the importance of collaboration. That's key. You're trying to build a brand. You're trying to build a business that is key collaboration and net work. Okay. I don't like the word solopreneur. People say, Oh yeah, I'm a solopreneur. I mean, Hey, to each his own, but I don't want that. I don't want all that weight on me. Let me connect with somebody. Let me collaborate with somebody. It's enough opportunities out here where we all can eat.

we all can benefit from. So I'm excited for that. And so my goal is to impact, impact professionals, leaders, entrepreneurs, visionaries, those who are looking to change and to be in a better version of themselves, just in life and in business. And so the good thing is I, you know, I prayed about this thing. I was like, okay, God.

I don't want to start this podcast and I, you know, just excuse my language, but half ass do it. Because let's just keep it real. Some of us will start something, but the consistency is not there. The dedication is not there. And we tend to start it just to say we got something going on, but we ain't committed to the process. We ain't committed to the craft. And therefore you start it and then you stop.

However, I understand that sometimes life setbacks.

Tressa Manns (07:15.629)
can hinder and have you pause for the cause, right? Sometimes there's life qualifying change events happen where you have to take a break or you have to just be still. And we're going to talk more about that as well. But I knew that I wanted to go all in with this. I said, okay, this is something I need to birth. I need to birth this thing. Cause let me just keep it real.

Some of y 'all got million dollar ideas that just need to be birthed.

But for whatever reason, self doubt kicks in, the fear kicks in, the imposter syndrome kicks in. Not having a supportive cast or community or team around you. You know why I know? Cause I've been there, done that. Been there, done that. And so we can tend to sometimes be our biggest roadblocks when it comes to...

hindering our growth or not going after the things that we say we're going to do and not executing. So I want to make sure that when I did this podcast, I wanted to do it the right way. I want to do it with pure intentions. I want to make sure that the why, the why was there. And it wasn't about, Oh, let me just do a podcast and say, I got a podcast. I can do something else with my time.

It ain't like the podcast is going to make me money right off the bat. Cause it should be told based on what I'm seeing and what I've heard, it takes a minute to, for your podcast to grow. It takes a minute to get the brand out there. It takes a minute. You got to bill. You got to bill just like I had to bill. It took me 21 months. It took me 21 months to grow my Tik Tok.

Tressa Manns (09:14.445)
fan base, well, not fan base, but it took 21 months to grow my TikTok following to 50 ,000 followers. And I started April 19, 2022 to now. That's a whole another segment. And I'll tell you what I've done for that, to grow that. But for this, it was a scary place for me. I was a little scared. I was like, ah, what if I fail? What if I don't know what to talk about? What if, uh...

I don't want to just be me, me, me, me all the time. I was in my own way. The enemy was the inner me. I was holding myself back because I felt like everything had to be perfect. Well, let me tell you something. You ready for this? Because one thing about this podcast is you're going to have to understand and learn is that you're going to have teachable moments in this podcast. It ain't just me talking, talking, talking, talking. You're going to have teachable moments where I can tell you right now.

Get a notebook, I challenge you, get a notebook. On the front of it, put convicted to grow. And on the front, after you put convicted to grow, in the first page of it, I want you to put in there, you know, what you're expecting for this year. What do you expect for 2024? And this is February, 2024. That's a whole nother challenge we're gonna get into.

See, that's why I had to write stuff down because I'm telling you, I get so passionate about certain things that come to my mind. I want to talk about everything. And I'm trying to be cognizant of the first episode, but I had to understand I had to get out my way. And I knew I couldn't be selfish on my call and I couldn't be selfish of my gifts. I have a gift by nature. I'm naturally dynamic. I already know I'm destined for greatness, but I'm naturally dynamic. My voice impact.

others in terms of encouraging them, empowering them to want to elevate and be in a better version of themselves, being the best version of themselves, wanting to shift and pivot to growth. Because you ready for this? Growth is a daily thing. Growth is a daily thing. So that's the first reason, desire to impact others. Number two, my passion of personal and business development. Woo! Now that one, listen.

Tressa Manns (11:41.389)
The reason why some of us are not growing is because we won't even invest in ourselves. We won't bet on ourselves and we won't invest in ourselves. You won't hire a coach. You won't hire a mentor or partner with a mentor. You won't even take the time to even like, there's a lot of resources out here that's free, right? You can Google things today. You can go on YouTube today and find a lot of things, right? However,

Sometimes even the free ones like I used to do I took so many notes and notes and notes for years how to grow my brand how to be confident with content creation how to Leverage my business how to just really truly be the best version myself. I joined communities I can't even tell you the countless workshops and masterminds and seminars and conferences that I have to attend it and This year gossip. Uh -uh

If you don't apply all that knowledge, all those resources, all those connections, now I need you to apply it because now you're hoarding all this information and you're using this as an excuse not to launch the podcast. Like I said, the podcast was supposed to be launched in 2022. That's going to make sure you...

click on the notifications. Cause I'm gonna give you episode two on the delay. I'm gonna tell you the delay, why it didn't happen in 2022. And I'm telling you it's mind blowing because yeah. But I still have to say, um,

Tressa Manns (13:31.341)
I was holding myself back. Everything had to be perfect. And the equipment had to be perfect. The camp, like right now I'm not, I got the webcam, but I'm using a camera. I went and purchased the Sony, I think it's a Sony EV10. I got the Shure MV7 mic, the headphones, I'm on a Mac book. I'm using StreamYard, like.

Got the ring light. I got some little lights back there. The hue lights. Like I needed it. I went to Home Goods, bought a couple of little pitch. Like I wanted the everything to be perfect. In fact, because I had an event, matter of fact, I recorded this on purpose today because I had an event to go to today where I had to do a virtual workshop, not a workshop. And I had to get my makeup done. And since I had to get my makeup done, I said, oh, this is the perfect time to do my, um,

Record. Now I'm not going to say, listen, I'm going tell you right now, listen, you ain't going to see me all the time, dude up, made up when I'm recording, but I was like, why not get, listen, let me give y 'all a look. Pop. Let me go ahead and just show y 'all, but let me tell y 'all something. For those who don't know me, rock with me for a little bit. Rock with me for 2024 as we expect more.

more opportunities, more love, more support, more peace, more clients, more money. Rock with your girl. So make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel. But the personal development and business development, like I have a passion for that. I've been in the consultant space for 20 plus years, leadership space. Started out in government contracting, helping small businesses grow through talent, through talent acquisition, helping...

even entrepreneurs grow with helping them with the branding side of the house in terms of building their confidence, putting the content out there, how to go out and leverage their LinkedIn and things like that. And so I said, God, I don't want to be selfish with this gift. Convicted to grow. And I was torn between, because I was like, am I going to talk about life or business? Because truth be told,

Tressa Manns (15:54.733)
I'm passionate for both.

I'm passionate for both. So I was like, okay, God, this, listen, y 'all as I, I had to let go so I could grow in this season. So as I'm growing, y 'all going to grow with me in this first season of convicted to grow.

because I had to understand that if I didn't put it out there and didn't do it, I don't know where my mistakes would be. So I, listen, I'm gonna tell you now, I apologize in advance if I don't say something grammatically correct, if I all over the place, or I'm just trying to figure this thing out. But God said, I need you to launch this thing now, get out your way. And so like I said, this was supposed to be launched in 2022, but a series of events happened that kept me from...

not doing it in 2022 and I'll talk more about it in episode two. And so yeah, we here. And so that was another reason. Number two, the passion for personal and business development, especially when it comes to my entrepreneurs, because I know what that feels like. You're sick and tired of working at nine to five, but the side hustle, your business, ain't making the money that it should be making. So therefore,

you having to keep working the nine to five. I know what that feels like. I did it before. I was in corporate before and I took a leap of faith and went all in. Pandemic came. I went back to corporate and then I said, you know what? God says time again. And I did another leap. This time I'm determined. I'm mad, M -A -D, motivating, determined not to go back because right now I'm all in. I'm invested in myself.

Tressa Manns (17:45.773)
So that's number two. Number three, I get to share stories of resilience and perseverance of other individuals. It ain't going to be just me talking all the time. Cause when I do talk and when I am giving you a word, I want you to treat this as a coaching call. Cause I'm going to come with two or three jams, two or three nuggets or whatever that looks like. So like I said, you get prepared to have your convicted to grow notebook.

Cause we're going to talk about a bit of everything, life and in business. If you ain't about that business life, then maybe that episode ain't for you. But we will talk about life, how to build confidence, how to bounce back from a setback, how to break out from your cry out, how to overcome adversity, how to build that confidence and know who you are and know your worth and know what you bring to the table. Yeah. That's what we're going to talk about.

So the third one, you're gonna hear other people's stories. I get a chance to have people on my platform, bring people in that may have not ever had a chance to even share their story, to share their triumph story, their resilience story, or something that got to where they at today.

You may resonate with that person at day from, I just, matter of fact, I interviewed, as a matter of fact, that's going to be episode three. So stay tuned for that. I interviewed somebody today on the episode three. He was talking about how he got shot in his twenties and today, I mean, it was a traumatic experience from him. I mean, he suffered PTSD from it. And today he's thriving as a transformational speaker and, and you know, loving husband and father and.

and things like that. And so, like I said, you're going to hear from entrepreneurs, CEOs that got seven -figure CEOs, visionaries, professionals who just took the leap of faith and quit their job. Like, I want to bring all types of stories to you because like I said, this first season, I got to figure out what's going to stick.

Tressa Manns (20:09.805)
You see a firsthand of me growing this podcast. And right now here we are February 13th. I'm recording this on February 13th, 2024. And I only have 56 subscribers. So you see firsthand and this is episode one. So by the time we get to episode 40, 50, I'm listening, I'm speaking and claiming it. I want to be at a thousand. I know it's a lot because people been telling me on YouTube, it takes a while, you know, growing your YouTube channel. Um,

What they say is not a sprint, it's a marathon. It's going to take a minute, but I'm competitive with myself and I got to put myself where I see myself. And if I have 50 ,000 followers over there on TikTok, oh, trust and believe every time I go live over there, follow my YouTube channel, follow my YouTube channel, Instagram, follow my YouTube channel. Why not? Why not? And that's another thing we'll get into about being the brand ambassador of your vision of your business, because a lot of times the reason why we don't grow,

because you don't promote yourself. So that's number three. Number four.

Tressa Manns (21:18.669)
The reason why I decided to start this podcast to be an additional extension to my brand, Convicted to Grow Coaching, LLC is my business that I have now where I coach, I do one -on -one coaching, I do group coaching, whether it's confidence coaching or business coaching. I also do workshops for corporations. I'll go in like matter of fact,

Last month I was at JMU, James Madison University. Shout out to the staff down there for dining, the JMU dining hall services, which is contracted through Aramark. Aramark was the client. Prior to that, I did LexisNexis. Like I go into corporations because leaders, leaders and people in management team, they sometimes deal with low confidence or imposter syndrome and...

still trying to juggle the work -life balance scenario. So I know what that feels like. And so because I came from corporate, because I have that staffing background and leadership background, the business background, and then the motivational background, it's kind of like, hey, I know what that feels like. So Convicted to Grow Coaching offers coaching services for not just one -on -one, but group coaching for organizations, especially in the corporate space as well.

So that's another thing. And not only that, I get a chance as I continue to grow this podcast and market myself as a motivational speaker to come in and speak to your organization, whether it's a keynote, whether it's a panel, whether it's an MC hosting, or you just need me to come in and do a two, three, four hour workshop, you can see, okay, social proof, social proof. So I just gave you the rundown of the four reasons why.

I decide to start Convicted to Grow podcast. Again, number one, the desire to impact others with my motivational nuggets and encouragement and inspiration. Number two, the passion for personal and business development. Being able to grow not just in life, but in your business as an entrepreneur or as a, or leveraging your business as a small established small business owner.

Tressa Manns (23:39.903)
Number three.

hearing other people's stories of resilience and perseverance, getting a chance to hear from others from all walks of life. And number four is being able to have an added extension of my brand. Convicted to grow coaching, convicted to grow podcasts. You can't see it, but I got the convicted to grow shirt. Convicted to grow. Yeah, so.

I'm excited y 'all. I'm not going to stay too long on this first episode because again, I know, listen, attention is everything until I get your trust and get you in here to understand that, listen, we on this journey together, we're going to grow together. Then you'll start seeing longer form podcasts, but I need you to make sure you subscribe to this channel. Okay. Hit the notification button.

So make sure you subscribe to the Convicted to Grow. You can also follow me on my personal social media handles, which is Coach Tressa, Coach Tressa, spelled T -R -E -S -S -A. I am on Instagram. I am on TikTok. Every Monday I do a Monday Motivation on TikTok Live. Every Monday we do a Power Hour of Motivation. And now that I'm on YouTube, you're gonna start seeing me going live here.

Like I said, y 'all, y 'all going to take this ride with me. Y 'all going to take this ride with me, but I'm not quitting. I'm not giving up. I'm in this thing. And like I said, I had to let go so I can grow. Because why? In this season for 2024, I do expect more. In order for me to expect more, I got to do more. I got to execute. I got to believe in myself. I got to bet on myself. I got to invest in myself.

Tressa Manns (25:38.349)
but I can't cheat what God has called me to be. He's called me to be someone to bring motivation, encouragement and impact, to use my knowledge and my skills and my ability to help others, to serve others, to bring people together, to collaborate. So again, I appreciate you guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. First episode down, y 'all, I'm about to go celebrate. Look, I'm about to celebrate and it's just me.

And uh, but at least I say I'm gonna celebrate because if y 'all only knew I have recorded an episode probably for the last three months and I never published it. I never put it out there because I was like, oh my God, this ain't right. Oh my gosh. I was, um, my eyebrows wasn't done. Oh my gosh. I said too many uh, uh, uh, uh, uh's. Oh my gosh. I wasn't, I was all over the place. Oh my gosh. I wasn't looking in the camera. Oh my God. Like I had every freaking excuse. Oh my God. I looked fat in the camera. Like y 'all.

Please don't be like me and just wait. If you know that you're supposed to be executing in 2024, do it. I had to be obedient to the process. I had to fall in love with the process. You're taking this journey with me, this growth journey, this growth journey of healing, this growth journey of grieving, this growth journey of being a better version of myself, this growth journey of being a better leader, this growth journey of being a better businesswoman, this growth journey of self -love, this growth journey of...

even put myself back out there on the dating scene. That's a whole other story, child. But anyway, ah, but thank y 'all. Thank you for tuning in. Again, make sure you watch episode two and episode three, because we're going to launch all these things and make sure you go out and subscribe because every single week you're going to get a weekly dose of inspiration and motivation to grow, whether it's in life or business. Love you.