Get Clear on Your Gifts so You Can Create a Legacy with LaDondra Hervey

Hey Friend!

I have a fun conversation for you; a deep-dive with LaDondra Hervey where she and I discuss the one core thing you’re called to do that’s got Kingdom capacity. I’m talking about generational wealth creation and creating a legacy for your children and your children’s children.

While that topic may feel big and daunting, LaDondra does such a beautiful job walking us through how she got to that end result and the awesome method she has created – her CODES method – that helped her get to this place and create that generational wealth God’s way.

Getting Clarity

Where are you in your online business? Are you still confused about what your calling is? I want to remind you that I have a course called Clarify Your Calling. It’s a simple, easy-to-digest, four-week e-course that takes you through and helps you get super clear on what God has called you to do.

We go through your spiritual giftings and your trials, finding the core thing and your niche from which you can start building your business. This four-week process is transformational because clarity is priceless. You can check out the course at stefaniegass.com/clarifyyourcalling or you can check out my free Clarity Workshop and freeclarityworkshop.com, which is an hour-long training on clarity work. Either one of those will help you begin this process of knowing the topic of your business and podcast.

Who is LaDondra Hervey?

LaDondra Hervey is an award-winning author with over 20 years of experience as a multi-generational change agent. She supports women in creating purpose-driven businesses, breaking generational cycles of stagnation, and elevating their faith to create a legacy of freedom and financial overflow.

Stef: Welcome, my friend, LaDondra, I’m excited to have you on the podcast!

LaDondra: Hey Stef, it’s an honor to be here. So excited about today’s interview! 

Stef: We met when I was featured on one of your amazing summits. We both connected over our Kingdom vision and that passionate, Holy Spirit-led energy. I love that and wanted you to come on and teach about the giftings you have.

Start us off with who you are and what you do.

LaDondra: I am a faith-based business coach and I have the unique honor of helping women run Kingdom enterprises to step into their God-given purpose and legacy impact. We help our clients take their business from purpose to profit and beyond to create a legacy using our generational wealth CODES method.

Stef: When you say ‘legacy impact’ what does that mean to you?

LaDondra:  Legacy impact has to do with tapping into the eternal; building something that’s going to outlive the lives we’re living on Earth. The Bible tells us to build something for our children’s children.

How Did LaDondra Discover Her Kingdom Calling?

Stef: That feels incredible when you say that. But for the listener who feels like that’s really big and far away, take us on a journey of when you didn’t know what your audacious, Kingdom-led calling was. How did you walk into this space of knowing?

LaDondra: It can feel audacious. Let me share a little of my story. I grew up with drug abuse, alcoholism, and prison recidivism. My grandmother has seven kids and of them, there was some type of addiction with all but one.

Being the oldest in my family, I told myself that I’d break the generational cycle. I would see them as these talented people and would wonder why they weren’t doing anything with their gifts. Why were they stuck?

As I got older, I thought I’d break the generational cycle by becoming an attorney and helping my uncle get out of jail. I started working in an attorney’s office and discovered that it was not my path. 

As I kept trying on different things, people were asking for advice. I started to see that advice was transforming their lives and I realized I’m good at encouraging others and strategizing.

For anyone wondering how to create a legacy, it starts with daily decisions; being obedient, one step at a time. You may have a Moses moment when you ask God what’s going on. For you to step into that legacy impact, you start by taking one step at a time.

Trust God and allow Him to reveal His plans and purpose to you.

Stef: I love that you talk about following breadcrumbs because that’s exactly how I’d identify them. “Is that from God? I think I’ll take a step.” Then move forward and take another step.

LaDondra’s Journey From Law to Creating a Legacy

Stef: What happened to go from being an attorney to doing what you do today? Did the opportunity just come knocking at your door?

LaDondra: I moved from the attorney’s office to banking. When I was in banking, I was pursuing my degree in social work. God had already told me I wasn’t going to be a traditional social worker.

While I was finishing, my husband started his business and I helped him. I started to see him take off with the strategies I was applying. Then I started helping friends. It occurred to me that I have a knack for this thing. 

I was on a journey of self-discovery, but one particular book was talking about the coaching world. I decided to attend a coaching program in Tennessee and dragged my husband along. It opened my eyes to see the whole coaching world and what it had to offer. I could see that there was a path forward with the clients I already had to create a monetizable business. 

Stef: I love how God works in all those little details! It all comes together in this one pivotal moment and you realize what you do. It feels so good to finally get to that place. Sometimes it takes a decade or more of putting those puzzle pieces together to ultimately get that clarity.

Where Did the CODES Method Come From?

Stef: I know you have a specific method and I’d love to talk about that. It’s the CODES method. Tell us how you discovered you even had a method.

So many listeners and students start their podcasts and we figure out their one thing and create something. That’s what a method is: it’s your secret sauce, your gift to the world, and one core offer. You begin with this one thing and that’s going to help people find the breakthrough.

How did you figure out yours was the CODES method and please tell us about it.

LaDondra: In trying to figure this out, I was in all different environments and I found myself trying to conform to fit. Being around a lot of older, seasoned entrepreneurs taught me to look at success and replicate it. I thought: They have it figured out, so I should do what they do. 

I started to lose myself, was unfulfilled, and started to feel lost. I’m normally very vibrant and know what I want. I had to get back into alignment with Father God’s heart. As I did this, I was able to see some patterns. I realized there were a lot of other people conforming to fit; getting caught up in people-pleasing and perfectionism. 

Who would they be if they knew who they were?

The Lord revealed some steps that I was already using but hadn’t brought the pieces together. I was just throwing on a little bit of this and a little bit of that. He showed me that there are some codes that allow you to tap into that generational wealth and do it God’s way

What is the CODES Method?

C – is tapping into your Creativity; into our supernatural, God-given gifts. We often think wealth is something that comes from outside of us, but really it comes from within. You have to peel the onion to discover the gifts. 

O – is tapping into your Operations and creating an infrastructure to ensure your dreams survive in the right environment. A lot of times, we try to do all the things: people-pleasing or performing. That’s when our gifts are not in the right environment. Part of the infrastructure is tapping into your signature method.

D – is about Dominion, tapping into your brand authority with God-confidence. We are trying to recreate experiences other people are called to create instead of tapping into the brand authority God has called us to experience and the people we’ve been called to serve. We are not assigned to everybody, but we are assigned to somebody.

E – is Expansion. People want to do everything; a little bit of this and a little bit of that and they’re all over the board. Instead, narrow your focus on one thing, it creates an acceleration in your life and business. Acceleration allows you to tap into another layer of freedom in your identity as well as financially. 

S – is Scale, tapping into the law of reaping and sowing; creating a multiplication effect. What have you already built and how can you multiply that? If you’ve been doing one-on-one coaching, maybe turn it into a course or certification program. Maybe you want to scale by building your team. It’s unique to every person. You want to do things in order. God is a God of order. If you try to scale before you end the growth stage, you’re doing things out of order and causing confusion in your business,

Focus on One Thing at a Time

Stef: I can see many of these pieces. You’ll have one locked in but not another. When you cultivate, grow, and are willing to fail forward, step out in faith, invest in yourself, and let go enough to focus on the one (person, idea, and offer), that’s where you begin to unlock each of these letters. Creativity may be the one thing you’re great at, but you don’t have operations down. You’re not going to reach generational wealth until you get each of these locked in

Is it one at a time that you’re getting cleaned up and then you move to the next phase? Is that the experience you’ve had?

LaDondra: Absolutely! It has to be one at a time because anything else will cause overwhelm. You’ll shut yourself down before you even get started. You’re lacking clarity if you start to move too fast. You get into a cycle of burnout. You’re trying to do all the things and out of order.

Stef: I hear people who say they’re ready to scale when they don’t have everything in place. Back up and be okay with where you are. Start with creativity. How are you going to reach and touch people? Get your house in order with operations. Then take additional steps.

My pause point is to think about which of the letters – CODES – you have locked and which you’re working on now. What’s the next right step?

God will give you the next right step and when you do it, you’ll get the next one. The entire roadmap is available, but it’s going to take time and you have to be okay with that.

LaDondra: Absolutely. Trust God and partner with Him. Stay in alignment with your assignment.

Surround yourself with people who can call you higher.

What Should You Do When You Face Challenges?

Stef: My listeners are in the beginning phases of trying to figure out how to create a business out of this calling.

The enemy comes at us with all the distractions. What are the misconceptions, myths, or challenges you see these women facing? How do they prepare for that? 

LaDondra: Don’t try to follow the world’s way. Stay in alignment with the Word. The Word will help you be anchored and build a solid foundation in your business. Stay true to your God-given gifts and the assignment He has put in your hands. Don’t leave your job until God has given you permission to walk on that water. When He does give you that permission, don’t play with it. Go all in. Don’t get out there and let fear take you out.

Some misconceptions are that it’s going to be easy or that you’ll be successful in 90 days. Maybe, maybe not. But make sure you’re developing yourself one step at a time.

Wealth flows from the inside out. When you are wealthy from the inside out, you create a legacy in your life, your marriage, and your health.

Stef: I believe in everything you just said. I want to get a printout and hang it in my office, “Don’t follow the world, follow the Word!” We have the world’s way and we have God’s way.

What Should Your First Step Be to Create Your Legacy?

Stef: What is the first step for people who hear us and believe there’s an assignment for them and that generational wealth is possible? How do they actually begin walking out the CODES method?

LaDondra: My answer is: Get still.

“Be still and know that God is God.”

When you can really get still, you can hear. When you can hear, He will reveal things you may not have noticed you are great at or have suppressed.

“God, what do you see? Show me my gifts.”

If you ask, He will show you. 

Next, you can ask trusted friends and family members what they see you doing naturally in serving others and doing with excellence. Document the answers.

What is it that brings you much joy and fulfillment? That’s your passion and it’s linked to your gifts and talents. Then ask if it’s your business. Sometimes it’s just a passion, but decide if it’s something you want to take to the marketplace.

Then start taking action – one step at a time. If you’re just starting, free is okay. Put a limit on free, but it is okay to develop yourself, and your skills, and get testimonials. Start where you are and don’t despise small beginnings.

Stef: Amazing! I just love how beautifully God works with all of His daughters who are in leadership. So many of your messages are things I say too. I love how He works like that.

What did you hear today that gave you Holy Spirit goosebumps and you knew was for you? Write that down and circle it. Then go implement the one thing God spoke to you today.

A Gift From LaDondra

Stef: LaDondra, this has been incredible. I know you have a gift for everybody – a free class – tell us more about that and how people can hop on and watch it.

LaDondra: It’s our Generational Wealth CODES Method Masterclass. It will walk you through each of the things we talked about in detail to help you figure out what your gift is and how to create an infrastructure around those gifts. It is a $300 value, but for the followers of the Stef Gass Show, we are giving that to you for free using the code: STEFGASSPODCAST

Stef: You’re starting a podcast soon; what’s going on with that?

LaDondra: Yes! Stef Gass is the bomb with her program! I took Podcast Pro University and implemented her system in two weeks. We launched the Gifted Entrepreneur Show in June and are now a Top 2% podcast. I help you build that generational wealth to create that legacy you were created to create.

Stef: I am so grateful you took a minute to speak about the course. Friends, if you want to start that podcast, you know what to do. Go, invest in you, and get it done.

We are here to do Kingdom work and it’s something we believe for you too.

I pray this blesses you!

Xo,

Stef

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