Latest / DA CREW Podcast / 21 DAY CHALLENGE W/ QUEEN ANGELA |Day 16: Book Excerpt Reading | THE POEM WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE BY LASHAI RUCKMAN FROM HER BOOK ROOTED CHILD
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- 0:05Speaker 1: Now y'all, y'all, come on in, Come on in, Come
- 0:08Speaker 1: on in. It is day number sixteen of a twenty
- 0:12Speaker 1: one day challenge, y'all. We were on a twenty one
- 0:13Speaker 1: day visibility and brand challenge. So I go to today today, y'all,
- 0:18Speaker 1: got my book, got my book for school. But this
- 0:20Speaker 1: is not what this is about. Got my book for
- 0:22Speaker 1: school today, y'all, so I am ready for that.
- 0:25Speaker 2: But today we are going to be.
- 0:30Speaker 1: Also sharing another sharing about our author of the week,
- 0:36Speaker 1: going to get the opportunity to share some about her.
- 0:39Speaker 1: But our challenge for today is the power of engagement.
- 0:47Speaker 1: Why sharing exerts sharing an exert from your book? So
- 0:51Speaker 1: why sharing exerts matter as an author pouring your heart
- 0:55Speaker 1: and experiences and imaginations into your story. Yet, getting our
- 0:59Speaker 1: books to the hands of readers is about more than
- 1:02Speaker 1: just publishing. It's about building genuine connections. One powerful way
- 1:05Speaker 1: to foster this relationship is by sharing exerts from our book.
- 1:10Speaker 2: Why sharing exerts?
- 1:11Speaker 1: Sharing snippets of your work gives potential readers a taste
- 1:15Speaker 1: of your voice and your vision. It's like inviting someone
- 1:20Speaker 1: to read the first chapter over coffee. It builds anticipation,
- 1:24Speaker 1: curiosity and trust. When you offer passages that stirs emotion,
- 1:29Speaker 1: it sparked reflections and raise questions, your audience feels included
- 1:35Speaker 1: in your journey. So how do you build the connection.
- 1:39Speaker 1: When readers engage with your exerts, they begin to see
- 1:42Speaker 1: themselves in your story. Maybe they are inspired by a character,
- 1:47Speaker 1: moved by a poem, are fascinated by your perspective. Inviting
- 1:52Speaker 1: them to share their response and thoughts and interpretation. Encourage
- 1:56Speaker 1: dialogue in every comment or share brings you closer to
- 2:01Speaker 1: your audience, transforming readers into lawyer fans. Share a meaningful
- 2:07Speaker 1: excerpt on your social media or a newsletter, it poses
- 2:12Speaker 1: an open end question. How does this resonate with you?
- 2:18Speaker 1: Or which line speaks to your heart? Watch as your
- 2:21Speaker 1: community comes alive over your words. Today, I am going
- 2:27Speaker 1: to be sharing an excerpt from our author of the week,
- 2:31Speaker 1: Leche Rupman. She has a poem in her book titled
- 2:38Speaker 1: Wisdom and Knowledge. The excerpt that I'm sharing with you
- 2:41Speaker 1: guys today, it's short, but it's meaningful. I will continue
- 2:48Speaker 1: to be kind, generous in my giving, gracious and my
- 2:52Speaker 1: gratitude kind yet firm, and my criticism creative and my suggestion,
- 2:58Speaker 1: loving and my attitude. And that's a part of one
- 3:02Speaker 1: of the poems out of her book titled Wisdom and Knowledge.
- 3:08Speaker 1: This exert can bring meaningful discussion. So I invite you
- 3:13Speaker 1: What I gathered from this poem is I taking jobed
- 3:18Speaker 1: it down. So I'm gonna share with you guys what
- 3:20Speaker 1: I gathered.
- 3:22Speaker 2: Though.
- 3:22Speaker 1: In this thought provoking poem, leche Rupman reminds us that
- 3:26Speaker 1: wisdom and knowledge is more than information. They are living
- 3:32Speaker 1: virtues cultivated through experiences and humility. Age or academic achievement
- 3:38Speaker 1: does not guarantee wisdom. Rather, it is willingness to listen, reflect,
- 3:44Speaker 1: learn from your journey in each other. The lines from
- 3:48Speaker 1: Wisdom and Wisdom and Wisdom and Knowledge for the wisdom
- 3:57Speaker 1: listens before it speaks, and knowledge humble seeks to invite
- 4:01Speaker 1: us to not only seek answers, but to genuinely engage
- 4:05Speaker 1: with the world around us. The share words shine a
- 4:09Speaker 1: light on the importance of pairing understanding with humility, a
- 4:13Speaker 1: lesson as profound in literature, in literature as in life.
- 4:19Speaker 1: So how can you take this insert and post it
- 4:24Speaker 1: on your social media and gunner engagement?
- 4:27Speaker 2: How do you do that?
- 4:28Speaker 1: So you can post it, and then you can ask
- 4:30Speaker 1: how have wisdom and knowledge shaped your journey? Get your
- 4:34Speaker 1: audience to share how wisdom and knowledge has shaped their journey.
- 4:40Speaker 1: It's important to include them along your journey so that
- 4:44Speaker 1: they can feel connected, so that they can share their perspective,
- 4:47Speaker 1: because again, we're building a community and we want individuals
- 4:51Speaker 1: to share. We want them to feel like they are
- 4:53Speaker 1: a part of what we're doing. So do and ask
- 4:56Speaker 1: this other question, do you have a life lets where
- 5:00Speaker 1: you found wisdom through experiences? It encouraged them to share
- 5:04Speaker 1: something that they've been through. And then you can go
- 5:07Speaker 1: back and you can ask what line from the poem
- 5:10Speaker 1: resonate most with you because it may not have been
- 5:12Speaker 1: the one from the insert that you share. It could
- 5:16Speaker 1: be another line that they resonated with, So ask them
- 5:20Speaker 1: so that they can share their insight and their expertise
- 5:23Speaker 1: on that. Y'all, I told you this was gonna be
- 5:26Speaker 1: a quick one today. This was gonna be a quick
- 5:28Speaker 1: one today, but I'm going to I do want to
- 5:32Speaker 1: share this entire poem with you guys, so you guys
- 5:34Speaker 1: can understand where I was coming from. So I want
- 5:37Speaker 1: to share the entire poem with you guys. And it's
- 5:40Speaker 1: coming out of the shape Rutman's book. She is our
- 5:44Speaker 1: current poet of our author of She's our current author
- 5:49Speaker 1: of the week. So every week we have a author
- 5:54Speaker 1: that we share on the platform. So she is our
- 5:57Speaker 1: current author of the week. I'm want to read this
- 6:00Speaker 1: how you're polling to you guys, so you guys can
- 6:01Speaker 1: get an idea of where I was coming from. Its say,
- 6:06Speaker 1: wisdom and knowledge. I would continue to be kind, generous
- 6:09Speaker 1: and given, gracious and attitude, kindt firm and criticism, creative
- 6:14Speaker 1: and suggestion, loving and attitude. Stay dedicated to being a
- 6:18Speaker 1: positive individual, keeping my interest important things, and remain devoted
- 6:25Speaker 1: focus on building myself, never tearing down others. Do not
- 6:28Speaker 1: fear boundaries set some, so set some and do not
- 6:34Speaker 1: overstep others. Don't give somebody's excessive water the ability to
- 6:39Speaker 1: flood your mental have knowledge to soak it all up
- 6:43Speaker 1: and dry it out. Avoid toxic relationships and situations. At
- 6:47Speaker 1: times we get lost in our thoughts, becoming victims of
- 6:51Speaker 1: our own mind. Take this time to meditate grasping that
- 6:55Speaker 1: nearly nthropical feeling. And that's that piece, y'all. And this
- 7:00Speaker 1: is a poem called wisdom and Knowledge, and it is
- 7:03Speaker 1: one that's inside of The Rooted Child. The Rooted Child.
- 7:07Speaker 1: This book is available on Amazon. It is written by
- 7:11Speaker 1: the Shae Rupman, who is our author of the Week.
- 7:15Speaker 1: So I encourage you guys to go over check her out.
- 7:18Speaker 1: She's right here on TikTok. She's on Facebook, and I
- 7:22Speaker 1: think she has a YouTube. But you can go and
- 7:24Speaker 1: check her out and see if this resonates with you.
- 7:29Speaker 1: It may be some more poems that resonate with you
- 7:31Speaker 1: inside of this book.
- 7:32Speaker 2: She has available in ebook and imprint.
- 7:36Speaker 1: It is five ninety nine for the ebook and it
- 7:39Speaker 1: is twenty five dollars for the actual paperback copy. If
- 7:43Speaker 1: you like an autograph copy where she would write you
- 7:46Speaker 1: a personalized message inside of this book, please reach out
- 7:50Speaker 1: to her. You can reach out to her via Facebook
- 7:54Speaker 1: or ted tok. Just go into her messature and let
- 7:56Speaker 1: her know that you would like a sign copy of
- 7:58Speaker 1: this book.
- 7:59Speaker 2: Again, she is our author of the week, and.
- 8:01Speaker 1: If you want to know a little more about her,
- 8:03Speaker 1: all you have to do is just scroll down. If
- 8:05Speaker 1: you're on TikTok, go down and check out some of
- 8:07Speaker 1: those videos. She is in some of those videos. We
- 8:10Speaker 1: have some reels posted about her. You can also go
- 8:14Speaker 1: over to my substa. She has a feature on the
- 8:18Speaker 1: substa and all of the authors that have been featured
- 8:21Speaker 1: so far they are on the substack as well. Again,
- 8:24Speaker 1: I want to thank you guys. I want to thank
- 8:26Speaker 1: you guys for stopping by y'all and being a part
- 8:29Speaker 1: of this twenty one day journey.
- 8:31Speaker 2: I do have to share this For those.
- 8:32Speaker 1: That think that being participating in these challenges and doing
- 8:37Speaker 1: these things does not work, let me tell you they do.
- 8:40Speaker 1: Even though people may not share and like your stuff
- 8:44Speaker 1: like you want them to. And I just made a
- 8:45Speaker 1: post over on my Facebook page just encouraging people not
- 8:49Speaker 1: to look at likes and shares. You got to go
- 8:52Speaker 1: over to your analytics and actually look at you know,
- 8:57Speaker 1: your views and look at what people are doing on
- 9:01Speaker 1: My views over the last twenty eight days have increased
- 9:05Speaker 1: ninety five percent. Whether they are liking it, sharing it
- 9:08Speaker 1: or not. The views have increased ninety five percent, meaning
- 9:11Speaker 1: people are looking. And sometimes people don't like to share.
- 9:14Speaker 1: They don't like to they don't like to comment, they
- 9:17Speaker 1: don't like to share, they don't like to like because
- 9:19Speaker 1: they don't want other people to know that they're supporting you.
- 9:22Speaker 1: Because they may have had conversations about you, They may
- 9:25Speaker 1: have said things about you behind closed doors. They may
- 9:28Speaker 1: have these negative thoughts, they may have all this stuff
- 9:30Speaker 1: going on where they would feel that they don't want
- 9:34Speaker 1: to publicly support you.
- 9:35Speaker 2: But it's okay.
- 9:36Speaker 1: The fact that they are checking you out, the fact
- 9:38Speaker 1: that they are engaging. They go over and they look
- 9:41Speaker 1: at your videos, they looking at your content, it means something.
- 9:44Speaker 2: So take that to heart.
- 9:45Speaker 1: Y'all, don't quit because know that God did not quit
- 9:49Speaker 1: on you, because guess what you got another day. You
- 9:51Speaker 1: got another chance to do something, to impact your brand,
- 9:55Speaker 1: to impact lives around you, and to catch up with
- 9:58Speaker 1: your destiny. So y'all keep on keeping on. No, the
- 10:01Speaker 1: Queen is over here rooting for you. She's cheering for you.
- 10:04Speaker 1: She wants you to succeed, because guess what, when you succeed,
- 10:07Speaker 1: I succeed. And that's what it's all about, each other,
- 10:10Speaker 1: rooting for each other and each other thriving and doing
- 10:13Speaker 1: the theme that He has called us to. I say,
- 10:15Speaker 1: we work unto the Lord, and we never have to
- 10:19Speaker 1: worry about who is supporting. Okay, y'all, continue to do
- 10:23Speaker 1: what you're called to, walking your destiny. I appreciate you
- 10:26Speaker 1: guys for stopping by and gracing this platform. Know that
- 10:29Speaker 1: it is appreciated. It is appreciated, and I love y'all.
- 10:33Speaker 1: And guess what, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
- 10:36Speaker 1: See y'all next time.