Raphael Benavidas's guest appearances

Raphael Benavidas

Create Your Life Series

Dennis Kimbro

Dominique Broadway

Jovian Zayne

Michael Holland

Simon Sinek

John Lee Dumas

Evita Robinson

Ahyiana Angel

Les Brown

Stephen Hart

Patrice Washington

Matt Giovanisci

Colin Morgan

Mathew Knowles

Justin Manning

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About our Guest:   Raphael is the owner of ricardos steak house, corner social, mintons playhouse and the cecil steak house as well as an executie chef, who uses his culinary mastery to incite creativity and fun with food. He is also the exectuive producer for east harlem presents which is a performing-arts venue with a multi-use art gallery space &amp; independent programming. He is also the owner and artistic director of the Poet's Den Theater &amp; Gallery and founder of the east harlem international film festival.   Episode Summary   Raphael talks about his journey immigrating to the United states, going into the family business. He breaks down his goal setting process, secrets to his decision making when taking on a new project and his secrets to creating a great team.     Insight from this episode:   Why trusting your gut and taking risks is important even against a great opportunity Why Raphael turned down his internship opportunity on the first day to follow his intuition The 4 step process to making a decision before taking on  a new project including opening a restaurant How to play to your strength Business tips for selling art Why money is not in the top 3 of opening a business  Secrets to aligning great partnerships Raphaels rejuvenating rituals Money is not what is going to make the business      Quotes:     “Dont ever do anything for monetary reasons, money is always the by product of what you do” - Raphael Benevidas episode #94 Anyone can paint art, but it takes a genius to sell it” - Raphael Benevidas episode #94   Resources Mentioned: Cell phone   Favorite Book:  Brains on fire   Favorite Quote: “If you never try, youll never know if it could have been”?   3 keys to Create Your Best Life:   Be passionate about whatever you do Nurture your personal relationships Dont ever do anything for monetary reasons    Stay Connected:   Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001   Guest Name: www.eastharlempresents.org instagram.com/raphaelbaccus https://twitter.com/poetsdentheater https://www.facebook.com/raphael.baccus Email: raphael@mintonsharlem.com   Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on iTunes, Google Podcast, Stitcher and Spotify.

About our Guest: Raphael is the owner of ricardos steak house, corner social, mintons playhouse and the cecil steak house as well as an executie chef, who uses his culinary mastery to incite creativity and fun with food. He is also the exectuive producer for east harlem presents which is a performing-arts venue with a multi-use art gallery space &amp; independent programming. He is also the owner and artistic director of the Poet's Den Theater &amp; Gallery and founder of the east harlem international film festival. Episode Summary Raphael talks about his journey immigrating to the United states, going into the family business. He breaks down his goal setting process, secrets to his decision making when taking on a new project and his secrets to creating a great team. Insight from this episode: <ul><li>Why trusting your gut and taking risks is important even against a great opportunity Why Raphael turned down his internship opportunity on the first day to follow his intuition</li> <li>The 4 step process to making a decision before taking on</li> </ul> a new project including opening a restaurant How to play to your strength <ul><li>Business tips for selling art</li> <li>Why money is not in the top 3 of opening a business </li> <li>Secrets to aligning great partnerships</li> <li>Raphaels rejuvenating rituals</li> <li>Money is not what is going to make the business</li> </ul> Quotes: “Dont ever do anything for monetary reasons, money is always the by product of what you do” - Raphael Benevidas episode #94 Anyone can paint art, but it takes a genius to sell it” - Raphael Benevidas episode #94 Resources Mentioned: Cell phone Favorite Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brains-Fire-Igniting-Sustainable-Movements/dp/B006PPFPWC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1512575215&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=Brains+on+fire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Brains on fire</a> Favorite Quote: “If you never try, youll never know if it could have been”? 3 keys to Create Your Best Life: <ol><li>Be passionate about whatever you do</li> <li>Nurture your personal relationships</li> <li>Dont ever do anything for monetary reasons </li> </ol> Stay Connected: Kevin: <a href="http://www.kevinybrown.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kevinybrown.com</a> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/kevinybrown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/kevinybrown</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kevinybrown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/kevinybrown</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/kevbrown001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/kevbrown001</a> Guest Name: <a href="http://www.eastharlempresents.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.eastharlempresents.org</a> <a href="http://www.createyourlifeseries.com/instagram.com/raphaelbaccus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/raphaelbaccus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/poetsdentheater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/poetsdentheater</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/raphael.baccus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/raphael.baccus</a> Email: raphael@mintonsharlem.com Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on <a href="http://bit.ly/CYLSitunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9jeWxzZXJpZXMucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vZmVlZC54bWw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcast</a>,<a href="http://bit.ly/CYLSTITCH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stitcher</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3S7j0iYi2vqsCFHNt5GBZJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>.

CYLS 094: The Rewards Of Following Your Passion with Raphael Benavidas