Tirza Barnes, founder of Tirza Motivates is focused on pursuing her purpose: “to build-up and encourage women."
Barnes sat down with Reporter Rosemarie Miller to discuss her business and what her secret is to creating "conscience, caring leaders".
Barnes sat down with Reporter Rosemarie Miller to discuss her business and what her secret is to creating "conscience, caring leaders".
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00:00 Hi everyone, I'm Rose Marie Miller and I am backstage at the Forbes V-Down case event
00:07 at Tears of Barnes where he and I will be having a singer consultant battle with Tears
00:13 of Motivates.
00:14 Thank you so much for joining us today.
00:15 My pleasure.
00:16 Tears of Kitchen, tell us a little bit about your business.
00:19 Yes, absolutely.
00:21 We do professional development training and personal development coaching.
00:26 So Tears of Motivates is a hybrid service.
00:29 So we go into organizations and provide training and development for leaders and for the employees.
00:35 So leadership consulting, employee training and development, but there's also another
00:40 side that's the hybrid approach where we do women empowerment and we have online courses
00:45 to serve women who are in leadership positions and who want to elevate themselves and evolve
00:50 and grow so that they can really live their full potential, not just in the workplace
00:54 but personally as well.
00:56 What inspired you to pick Tears of Motivates?
00:58 My own life story.
00:59 You know, I remember being in my early 20s and had low self-esteem and I knew that's
01:05 not the way I was supposed to feel.
01:08 There was something different that needs to manifest in my life.
01:11 So I went on a journey of self-help and from that experience of listening to people like
01:16 Oprah Winfrey, Tony Robbins and all the greats, I had developed a passion for developing people.
01:23 So that's the essence of Tears of Motivates.
01:25 We are the source of people development.
01:28 So what challenges did you face growing up in this town?
01:31 Yeah, when I was experiencing my own low self-esteem, self-doubt, imposter syndrome, asking myself
01:39 do I belong here?
01:40 Why am I here?
01:41 And thinking the people who were successful were special.
01:45 But then when I discovered who I truly am and the impact that I can make and the talents
01:50 and the gifts and the personality that I have, once I became in tune with that, I realized
01:55 it's not about me not being better than someone else or being less than someone else.
02:00 It's just about me tapping into my power, my potential, understanding what it is that
02:04 I have to offer the world.
02:06 And so I take that from my own learning.
02:09 I always say from my life journey to yours, impart that teaching and that learning to
02:14 other people in their lives, in the boardroom, but also outside of the boardroom.
02:18 Whether it's retreats or conferences or if I'm being a keynote speaker.
02:23 So what is the behind the mask of being an entrepreneur?
02:27 Great question.
02:28 I was just having this conversation earlier.
02:32 You initially go through the process of asking yourself, can I actually do this?
02:37 Can I actually sustain a lifestyle with being in business on my own?
02:42 That's a very important piece.
02:43 And so I had to overcome that process.
02:46 And then the next thing is carrying out the vision that I have.
02:50 I trust myself.
02:51 I know what I'm great at.
02:52 I know what I can bring to my community and the people who hire me.
02:56 And so being able to make sure I make impact and when I have a vision, being able to carry
03:01 it out.
03:02 And so being able to overcome those two things have been so critical in me being able to
03:07 be successful in my business and create the outcomes that I am creating for the people
03:12 who trust me to serve them.
03:14 What's something that you wish you knew before you started this business?
03:20 Boy, let me think about that.
03:25 You know, networking is so important.
03:27 That's why this event is powerful and it's necessary.
03:33 Your relationships open doors, period.
03:36 The connections you have are so necessary for growth.
03:41 When I started my business, when I went out on my own four years ago, I was able to reconnect
03:47 with my network from when I was doing my nine to five.
03:50 I had already established a relationship with people, a respectful relationship.
03:55 I already had credibility and that was essential for me being able to do what I'm doing now
04:00 in my own business.
04:01 I proved myself when I was working the nine to five.
04:05 People trusted me.
04:06 And so because they trust me, they're willing to hear what I have to say.
04:10 They're willing to give me a seat at the table to see what I'm offering.
04:14 And then once I have them at the table, here's another thing you need to know.
04:17 How to sell yourself, how to communicate your service, how to be persuasive and show outcomes
04:23 and bring data to the table so that though we have a relationship, they want to help
04:28 me but once they have a conversation with me and they see I have something to offer
04:31 that's tangible, that's when you get the hire.
04:34 So developing all those skills over the years have been critical for where I'm at today
04:39 and where I'm going.
04:40 And is this some of the stuff you're teaching?
04:41 Yes, girl, you got it.
04:42 Yes.
04:43 Yes, yes, yes.
04:47 How have you seen progress in those three top topics?
04:55 An awakening, a growth in consciousness, a freedom of self-expression, coming outside
05:02 of the box.
05:04 I have a leadership program that's called the Conscious Caring Leader.
05:07 We call it CCL4.
05:09 The four is for four requirements that we teach so that someone evolves and becomes
05:14 a conscious caring leader.
05:16 The first one is that you must be a free thinker.
05:18 If you want to be a conscious leader, you have to come outside of the box.
05:22 The next one is to be self-aware.
05:25 Know yourself, know your triggers, know your emotions, know your strengths, know where
05:31 there's opportunities to grow.
05:33 The next one is to be solution-focused.
05:35 Too many leaders are stuck on the problem.
05:38 We need to be focused on where is there opportunity even in the challenge.
05:44 And then the last one is being influential.
05:47 Whatever you learn, you must pay it back.
05:50 Being influenced for others so that they can grow and become conscious caring leaders.
05:54 So when I talk about outputs and what is the impact of the work we do, we're developing
05:59 free thinkers.
06:00 We're developing leaders who are solution-focused.
06:04 We're developing people who are becoming more consciously aware of themselves and tapping
06:08 into their power.
06:09 We're developing people who are influential in making a change in their community.
06:14 That's how we change this world.
06:16 Thank you.
06:18 Oh, my pleasure.
06:21 I had a blast.
06:22 Thank you for inviting me.
06:23 My pleasure.
06:24 Thank you.
06:24 Thank you.