33: Money Loves Circles: Why You Should Do Business with Your Friends

Episode: Money Loves Circles - Working with Friends ft. Lola

In this groundbreaking first guest episode, Christabel sits down with Oakland-based stylist Lola to challenge one of capitalism's biggest lies: "Don't mix business with friendship."

In This Episode:

• Why wealthy people always do business with family and friends
• The capitalistic conditioning that keeps marginalized communities poor
• How to navigate conflict in business relationships with friends
• Building self-trust and follow-through
• The role of vulnerability and relational skills in business partnerships
• Reclaiming abundance as descendants of opulence

About Lola: Lola is an Oakland-based stylist, creative, and dear friend to Christabel and Kachi. She styles WNBA players and helps people unlearn the conditioning that ruins personal style, creating closets that future generations will fight over.

Find Lola:

• Instagram: @lola.styling
• Substack: Hypnotic Style

Timestamps:

• 2:22 - The lie about mixing business and friendship
• 5:20 - Self-trust and follow-through
• 9:35 - Breaking shame spirals
• 22:30 - Learning conflict resolution skills
• 42:25 - Reclaiming ancestral abundance
• 46:06 - Why you can work with friends

Key Quotes: "Money loves circles" - on how wealth circulates among the wealthy "I don't believe in being lonely at the top" "If you can work with your microaggressive boss, you can work with your friend"

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