Today we’d like to introduce you to De’leon Bates
Hi de’Leon, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
If you asked me where i was gonna be in 5 years five years ago, i would’ve told you on a podium somewhere getting a medal on my neck in the 100yard freestyle!! Swimming was my first true love and passion, but over time my priorities changed and the love i once had started to die with my mentality shift and coaching/team drama. So I ended up going to college majoring in nursing (going psychological nurse practitioner route) and not playing any sports , but instead using that time to enjoy my youth & freedom while finding myself. As I began to find myself, I realized that Nursing was what i wanted for myself academically but not in life. I began pondering upon Graphic Design as a major and DAAP , because i began to fall in love with fashion my senior year of highschool (and even more in college) , but instead of abruptly changing my major after midterms i decided to finish one year in nursing school and take a Gap year to decide my future. Through much patience, prayer, trials & tribulations I have been able to start off my clothing brand and have a very successful movement so far!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Absolutely not, but the bumps build character. My biggest bumps were relationships that were holding me back, spiritual warfare, financial issues and not being in tune with who i truly was/am.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am CEO/Creative Director and an Entrepreneurial Mind. Many people in the city know me for being apart of a party promotion team Run by my good friend Tez called WATHESAY Promotions where we unite like minded hustlers, kings and queens under a fun and positive party atmosphere. I am most proud of enduring all the trials, ignoring all the doubt and overcoming all the obstacles in my life to become the confident leader, talented artistic mind, and strategic entrepreneur i am today. ARXHIVAL is my proudest creation and it truly took GOD and GOD’s timing, patience, faith, my entire soul & effort to realize. What sets me apart from others is my style and uniqueness as a whole, my versatility, my thought process, my attention to detail, my execution, lack of fear, my readiness to achieve, how i carry myself, my hustle +discipline and last but certainly not least my faith in GOD and his perfect plan.
What quality or characteristic do you feel is most important to your success?
My unwavering in GOD and ALLAH’s (SWT) plan. ALLAH makes the impossible possible and my worries are so little compared to him and his magnificent plan he has for me (subhanallah). whenever i lean into him for strength he unlocks powers within me i would never have on my own. a few are unwavering fear which allows me to execute without fearing failure or judgement, the strength to oppose myself , stay disciplined and look at roadblocks and obstacles as opportunities to grow, and the courage to face my weaknesses and use trials and tribulations as a mean to increase in virtue.
Pricing:
- Popout Blue Tracksuit $125
- Royal Pink Tracksuit $125
- Cool Grey Tracksuit $125
- Sunset Black Tracksuit $150
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