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The E-Book is Available for Pre-Order!!!
There are some announcements that feel bigger than the words you use to make them. This is one of those for me. The e-book edition of The OOPS Factor: How Failure Can Shape Your God-Given Purpose is officially available for pre-order! This Book Began Long Before I Started Writing It The OOPS Factor was born from a lesson I had to learn through failure. We all have OOPS moments. They are the decisions we wish we could redo. The plans that did not work. The doors that closed. T
Shelta Richardson
Aug 192 min read
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The OOPS Factor Podcast is LIVE!!!
🎙️ The Journey Begins I’m excited to officially welcome you to The OOPS Factor Podcast! This project has been years in the making. What began as personal experiences, leadership lessons, and countless moments of reflection eventually became The OOPS Factor book. Today, I’m thrilled to expand that conversation through a new podcast dedicated to helping leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, ministry leaders, and anyone navigating life’s unexpected detours discover
Shelta Richardson
Aug 112 min read
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The Detour is where Leadership Gets Developed
We all love the straight path. ✅ Clear goals. ✅ Clean timelines. ✅ Predictable progress. ✅ Measurable outcomes. But some of the deepest leadership lessons are learned on the path we never planned. 💪 The setback teaches resilience. ⏳ The delay teaches patience. ❤️ The conflict teaches emotional discipline. 🧠The closed door teaches discernment. 🌱 The failure teaches humility. 🔥 The rebuilding teaches grit. Take a moment and look at those qualities. You can’t put a price ta
Shelta Richardson
Aug 21 min read
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What TikTok Taught Me About Leadership
There I was…Ready to launch my very first TikTok video. My daughters post on TikTok all the time. How hard could it be? I uploaded the video with no music because it already had music built in. Apparently, TikTok didn’t catch that little detail. What I didn’t know was that if you don’t choose your own audio, TikTok will choose music for you. I had absolutely no clue. The next morning, my phone started lighting up with text messages from my daughter begging me to take down th
Shelta Richardson
Aug 12 min read
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Welcome to the OOPS Factor Blog!
What if your greatest mistake isn’t the end of your story…but the beginning of your purpose? Welcome to The OOPS Journal, where leadership, business, and faith intersect. If you’re here, chances are you’ve experienced an OOPS moment.Maybe it was a poor decision.Maybe it was a failed relationship.Maybe it was a business setback.Maybe it was something that still makes you cringe years later. Here’s what I’ve learned after more than 30 years of leading organizations, coaching le
Shelta Richardson
Jul 242 min read
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