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more than it appears. “Anybody can stand
there and look cute and hold the mic and
say ‘So, tell me what you’re wearing today.’
Let’s get past what you’re wearing and
really dive into a conversation that’s
going to be engaging, interesting and
be different from what everyone else is
discussing at the same place and at the
same time,” explains Walker. “While
[hosting] wasn’t something that I aimed
to do, it ended up being a seamless
transition and a natural progression in
my career and has really empowered
me to do so much more.”
People are drawn to the
realness. We are not per-
fect and we don’t have it
all together and when you
let go of that, it’s liber-
ating. Just be yourself at
whatever costs.
If you follow Walker on social media,
you know she’s #BookedBusyBlessed,
but she’s always intentional about
taking time to recharge and indulging
in self-care. “It’s waking up and praying
or going to go work out or just sitting on
the phone talking with my girlfriends.
It’s also realizing that there’s power in
no. If I don’t get through this list today,
it’s going to be there tomorrow. The
world will be ok.”
Even with her robust schedule, Walker
does not plan on slowing down anytime
soon. “I’d love to be bicoastal, so I
would love to do some things going
back and forth from New York and LA.
People ask me, ‘What’s your five-year
plan?’ I say, ‘Listen, I can have a five-
year plan all I want, but when Jesus
says yes, can’t nobody say no’. It’s like
you’ll tell God your plan and He’ll
laugh at you. I’m always open to what
God has for me because the things that
He’s done, I would have never ever
imagined would have come along.”
It really is possible
for us all to live our
best and authentic
lives and Kéla Walker
shares her secrets
for living life to the
fullest:
“DON’T NITPICK YOUR
DREAMS because in doing that,
you tend to procrastinate and
when you procrastinate you get
paralyzed and nothing happens.
And so when you nitpick and
you’re waiting for idealism and
perfectionism, nothing comes
about. So don’t nitpick them, just
do them. We hear the cliché ass
saying, "Just do it"—just do it and
learn in the process.”
“DON’T BE CONCERNED WITH
WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING.
And the pressure of society.
Just focus on yourself and what
you want to do. Oprah said
when you’re in a horserace, the
horse has those blinders on. His
peripherals don’t even exist. He
is focused on the road ahead.
And it’s the same thing with your
dreams and goals with your life.
Focus on your path and what you
want to do and where you want
to go.”
“DO GOOD WORK. Don’t be so
consumed with getting to that
next level, next stage without
making sure that you’ve done the
work in the place that you are.
Because in doing good work in
where you are, you will naturally
progress to the next level and
that next stage. So I encourage
people to really take time on the
work that they do so that when
they their signature on it, its done
by them and can't be easily done
by someone else. And that’s when
it comes recognizable and that’s
how you progress and grow."
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