Book Review
The Beauty of Success by Kendra Bracken-Ferguson is an ultra-modern blueprint for navigating the path to starting, growing and accelerating your career while sowing the seeds of self-awareness and self-reflection. You’ll discover how author and 3x founder, Kendra aligned her personal pillars of community, mentorship, education, and capital with her business goals to bring her vision for building a successful company to fruition.
Through her story in Beauty of Success, Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, and the stories of other entrepreneurs in the beauty industry, she shares helpful nuggets of wisdom and collective experience that will help you pursue an entrepreneurial career or follow your path to the top of your corporate sector. The Beauty of Success is your guide to discovering your own guiding pillars, finding what ignites your passion, recognizing your strengths, and safeguarding what makes you valuable.
Find inspiration in the story of Kendra Bracken-Ferguson’s entrepreneurial success and the candid stories of other prominent visionaries and leaders
Identify the values and pillars that guide your life and your career, and find ways to align with them every day
Reconnect with your inner purpose and your passion, whether you are starting your own business or climbing to the top of the corporate world
Transcend any barriers to open yourself to new paths and levels of success
The Beauty of Success will help you find your own professional north star―the principle or principles that will serve as your compass as you navigate your professional journey. You will also learn to appreciate the strengths that have gotten you this far, and how to leverage them to get where you want to be.
Author Quotes
If you have ever thought about becoming an entrepreneur and finding your true defining life pillars to guide your journey, this book is for you.
As an entrepreneur, I took risks, I made decisions, I prayed every day we’d make payroll, but I was the bearer of all decisions, successes and failures. I was a chief and my own champion, mentor, colleague and coach.
Entrepreneurs and visionaries encompass a much smaller group than what is portrayed by job titles; there are a lot of people who pretend or wish. Entrepreneurs see possibilities that other people can’t.
About the author
Kendra Bracken-Ferguson is an author and internationally acclaimed thought leader. In demand for her strategic vision and attention to brands that want to grow to scale quickly and sustainably, she is a sought-after speaker and c-suite/board advisor. Kendra's ecosystem of leadership is rooted in her global conglomerate BrainTrust including a global brand marketing firm, BrainTrust Founders Studio, the largest membership-based platform for Black beauty and wellness founders and the adjacent BrainTrust Fund. She hosts the Business of the Beat podcast, offering insights and behind-the-scenes stories from BIPOC senior executives and operators as they navigate the journey of building and exiting their companies. As one of the first 200 Black women to raise over 1M dollars in investment for her debut company, she is a trailblazing three-time founder with two exits. Her first book, "The Beauty of Success: Start, Grow, and Accelerate Your Brand," launches in February 2024.
Why LoA loves it…
Every woman entrepreneur needs to find their own north star to guide them on their journeys to success. In The Beauty of Success: Start, Grow, and Accelerate Your Brand, Kendra Bracken-Ferguson shares her tried and tested blueprint for navigating your entrepreneurial journey, igniting your passion, harnessing your strengths, and finding what makes you and your business unique. This is a great book that feels like having your own personal business growth coach along side you as you embark on the next phase of your entrepreneurial journey. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa