Cover Feature– Joan T. Randall

Interviewed by Jennifer Diaby

Joan T. Randall is an international speaker, award-winning best-selling author, business coach, and publisher. She is president of Joan T. Randall Enterprises, LLC, and CEO of Victorious You Press, an independent publishing company.

As a former regional vice president with Macy's, Joan oversaw operations for several districts, including Northern Virginia, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and the Carolinas. Within her role, she trained, coached, and developed executives for growth positions within the organization. Under her leadership, several managers experienced an upward trajectory into senior manager, director, and vice president roles.

Joan has been featured in media locally, nationally, and internationally. Her awards and accolades include but are not limited to; Outstanding Community Leadership, Philanthropy, Entrepreneurship, AwardWinning Author, and Women's Leadership and Advocacy as seen on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox.

She is an ordained Elder and operates within the five core values she established for her life, business, and ministry: live, learn, love, lead, and legacy. Joan has a passion for giving back and partners with Safe Alliance, a nonprofit organization for women and children recovering from domestic violence. She champions Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Initiatives, the annual Go Red Campaign for Heart Disease, and remains a Partner in Hope for St Jude’s Children Research Hospital.

She is an evolution engineer, empowering individuals to activate a growth mindset in the core areas of their life. Additionally, Joan helps spiritual thought leaders and individuals of faith write and publish their stories, messages, experiences, or expertise so they can monetize their unique zones of genius, build their businesses, and create legacies.

Joan founded The Intensive Academy, an online platform where authors take their Books 2 Business & Beyond™. Here, she teaches authors how to leverage their books to create multiple streams of income, brand themselves as authorpreneurs, and gain visibility and credibility for maximum business growth potential.

As a domestic abuse survivor and victim advocate, Joan motivates and empowers women to own their power by telling their stories, and in so doing, own and celebrate their success.

Joan was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the mother of three daughters, one son, and GiGi to five grandchildren. She currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, Bill Randall.

www.victoriousyoupress.com

Mrs. Joan Thaxter-Randall, you are the Founder of Victorious You/Victorious You Press. Tell the readers about your

company and what services you offer clients. We are an Independent Publishing Company with a specialty in the Non-Fiction Genre. We help spiritual thought leaders and individuals of faith write and publish their story, message, or expertise so they can monetize their impact, build a brand, and create legacies.

Where can the readers view more about your services? They can visit the website at www.victoriousyoupress.com

For many years, Mrs. Joan Thaxter-Randall you have been in the ministry. Tell us about Joan T. Randall Ministries. We are an online ministry whose Mission is: To teach God’s word in practical truths while being fully committed to the greatest commandment – Love. Our goal is to create an environment of relationship vs. religion and fulfill God’s great commission–winning souls for the kingdom.

I know you work with several Authors to help them write their books and published them. Can you tell us more about your

services as Publisher? At Victorious You Press, we strive for excellence, as we believe it is a spiritual mandate. We take pride in the fact that seventy percent of our authors are referrals or repeat clients. That is truly one of our most significant accomplishments. The entire team at V.Y. Press holds firm to our motto: The joy an author finds in penning their book is the joy we find in publishing that book. Our core values make us stand out from the crowd; Live, Learn, Love, Lead, Legacy. We embody these

values as a team and help our clients to do the same.

*We all have a story, message, experience, or expertise. And, once that gift is acknowledged, we must LIVE in the moment, knowing that tomorrow is never promised. *As we journey through life, be open to LEARN new things to grow. Once learning stops, growth stops. *LOVE is all about relationships and treating others with respect and dignity. *As we grow and mature with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, we should LEAD by teaching others, thus creating a LEGACY for the future.

At Victorious You Press, we not only publish, but we Coach Authors to understand the importance of knowing their Why, Who, What, and the R.O.I. when writing their books. In addition, we assist with implementing specific marketing strategies to help them achieve and maximize their best-seller result.

We have a full-service package that covers:

Author Coaching Manuscript Evaluation

Editing Marketing Strategy

Typesetting Keywords Cover Design for eBook and Paperback Uploading to the Publishing Platform ISBN Assignment eBook Conversion

BISAC codes

Print on Demand Account Activation

As a Coach who assist Authors in birthing their books, what advice would you give to someone beginning their journey as a

writer and who wants to become a published Author in the future? I am affectionately known as the Author’s midwife. It is a title that was given to me by an Author and one that I embrace. (lol) I would say to any aspiring author, connect with an indie publisher or a writing coach and talk with them. This will give foreknowledge of the process and prevent procrastination or even the thought that a story may not be worth telling. Once equipped with the know-how of the process, start writing. I would recommend doing a brain dump or mind mapping. This is when you sit and layout every aspect of the story you want to tell. There is a structure for this, but that can be defined later. Get it all out and write — this is just one of many things you can do to get going. Be intentional and schedule your writing time. It is very easy to put it off if it is not planned because it may not be a part of your everyday process. So, when you add the writing time to your calendar, you are more likely to execute it because it is scheduled. Choose the time of day that you are most alert and choose a place to write that brings out your creativity. I believe that everyone has a message that someone is waiting on, So write!

You are an Award-Winning International Best-Selling Author of many books, can you tell the readers about your books

and where they can purchase them? Yes, my books are all available on Amazon, and anywhere online books are sold. They are also available on my website at www.victoriousyoupress.com/book-store.

What book projects are you currently working on? I am working on“Image in The Mirror II.” It is the second Anthology in the Trilogy series. There are sixteen authors in this book, and I am excited to share that I will be executive producing a documentary to this book. The eBook launches in Feb 2022, and the film launches in April 2022.

What has been your most significant achievement as an Author? My most significant achievement as an Author is successfully building a six-figure publishing business from my books. As a result, I launched The Limitless Academy, where I teach authors how to leverage their books to create multiple income streams in a strategy called Books 2 Business and

Beyond™

As a Transformational Speaker, what topic would you speak on transform the lives of people who are stagnant in their

businesses or careers? Transformation means to Change or to Shift. So, if someone is stagnant in their business or career, they must do an audit on their current position to see if something needs to be adjusted or changed. I would speak to the seven P’s (These are in no particular order) Pray (I absolutely believe that faith, career advancement and or business goes hand in hand), Position, Presence, Prospect,

Plan, People, Pivot

Recently, you became the new Co-Executive Director of “The Boost Pad.” Please tell the readers about the “The Boost

Pad” and what type of services you offer clients who are Entrepreneurs in our community? I am super excited about becoming an Executive Partner with Steven Lewis at The Boost Pad. The Boost Pad provides the necessary resources underrepresented entrepreneurs need to create solutions, build impactful businesses, and increase economic mobility. The purpose is to invest in minorities, people of color, and female entrepreneurs. The goal is to connect them to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem and propel their growth from ideation to minimum viable products and beyond.

Our focus is Curriculum, Community, and Capital.

Curriculum: Structured guidance that teaches entrepreneurs what it takes to start and run a successful business. We focus on the psychological and economic factors for building a business. Community: Access to subject matter experts, mentors, advisors, and investors who can contribute knowledge, perspective, and, in some cases, funding to founders at the start of the entrepreneurial process. Capital: To eliminate financial barriers for new entrepreneurs/founders, we have created the Start-Up Currency that helps with a line of credit and start-up Capital. In this space, I get to truly impact lives to change outcomes and create legacies.

Over the years, you have been featured and recognized on several news platforms. This month you was the feature story on

Making Headline News. Congratulations on your feature story. Tell us about that experience. The Headline News Story was extraordinary. It was a great experience. To be recognized for my work in this space is humbling. I was also awarded the title International Woman of the Year for International Women’s Day. I was elated. All Glory goes to God for the blessings he has bestowed on me. Without my never-ending, crazy, reckless faith, I would have never had the courage to activate the promptings from the Holy Spirit. So, He gets the Glory.

We are living through very difficult times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. What words of encouragement would you give to

those who are losing hope to build up their faith? Yes, we are experiencing some difficult times and some major storms. However, I believe that as long as we are alive, we can be the best of who we are called to be.

Covid has been a burden on most of us, but there have been notable wins as well. Unfortunately, the natural disasters we are experiencing are out of our control. At this time, we can only control our mindset, attitude, and behavior. Because we were given free will, we must choose how we show up daily. If we decide to shut down, be depressed or be negative, that is the lane we will reside. However, if we choose to be grateful for what we have and operate with a positive mindset and attitude, that will make a difference in how we live each day.

The storms never last forever, and like Jesus, who was asleep in the boat, if we can find rest in the storm, we will come out better on the other side. Now is not the time to lose hope, now is the time to draw closer to God and build that relationship that will fill your heart with joy even in these times of uncertainty.

Do you have any upcoming conferences, events, or workshops? Yes, I do. I have a free “Books 2 Business and Beyond™” Webinar coming up on October 15th, from 12 noon – 3 pm EST. Then the Limitless Lifestyle Intensive Conference is November 5, 6 and 7. The theme of the Conference is A Literary Affair. It is all Virtual. On 11/5 and 11/6 are general sessions for all attendees and on 11/7 it is VIP session only. To access tickets, go to www.victoriousyoupress/limitless-conference

However, the most exciting thing happening for me this month is my trip to Nairobi, Kenya. I will be launching Victorious You Press Internationally and the first location in Nairobi. This is in partnership with The Nehemiah Project, a Global organization with businesses on five continents and 38 countries worldwide. In 2022 we will launch VYP in The Congo and Cameroon. This is an exciting time for Victorious You Press as we will now be a Global company.

Give us some words to educate, inspire, and encourage women and all of our readers of Growth Women’s Business

Networks Magazine. Queens, it is our time. We were created with unique gifts and talents for such a time as this. God is calling on us to make significant shifts in the earth realm. We are problem solvers, solutions strategists, encouragers, motivators, healers, builders, prayer warriors, and supporters. The bible refers to us as wisdom. So, rise and be courageous. There is no need to hold back. Write the vision, take action and walk in your authority.

Stand on your story, no matter how painful it was, has been, or is. You were built to overcome, to be resilient, and to persevere. Own your story, as it is someone’s vitamin or painkiller. Your story is the solution to a problem, and that story was designed for your purpose. You were born for this! If God gave you the Vision, He will give you the Provision. Your time is NOW!