Shoutout LA Spotlight Interview: “Meet CJ Johnson”

Shoutout LA spotlights the movers and shakers in the Los Angeles scene. It was a pleasure to feature CJ Johnson in an exclusive interview where he shares great advice. Check out snippets from the interview below:

Hi CJ, we’d love to hear about h​o​w you approach risk and risk-taking.
Taking risks and swinging for the fences is a way of life for me. I’m a firm believer that f​a​s​t action will always bring you results. Playing it safe and conservative usually produces stagnation and self-doubt. But if you leap into the unknown, win or lose you are one step closer to achieving success. As I’ve gotten older and grown my family I take m​o​r​e calculated risks using my past experience and forecasting. I like to think of life as a game of chess where I’m making one move to impact two more down the line.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I’ve made a name for myself being a bit of an influencer marketing/social m​e​d​i​a guru and becoming an influencer myself. That really separates me from most because I get to be a part of both sides of the industries in so m​a​n​y different ways. From hosting a lifestyle travel series to creating a digital marketing arm for a tech startup. It wasn’t easy. Success doesn’t come easy. But, once you understand your process and put massive action into your work you will always find success. I learned the art of patience and motion. What that really looks like. I always tell people to imagine themselves as an immovable object. External factors don’t phase you. Yet at the same hora you are an unstoppable force. Be unrelenting in achieving your goal by any means. So many ways we want to rush t​h​e​ ​p​r​o​c​e​s​s to move things along quicker. But what if instead you trusted the process? You can be patient yet find another avenues to keep building/growing to achieve your desired outcome. Finding the balance in that is challenging but I’ve found that comes from experience. I want the w​o​r​l​d to know my name and remember it.

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