In a couple days I'll be traveling to my 104th country... a place in Central Asia I didn't know existed until a few months ago.
As a leader in many capacities, I love that leading in this arena means listening first.
I'm already anticipating awkward conversations, mistranslations, and stories I'll later share with you all here.
Solo travel for me has always been my greatest form of education.
To be plopped in the middle of a place where you have no earthly connection to, and yet you find a way to communicate, relate, and understand.
My goal to travel to every country in the world stems from being able to have first-hand experience with every culture, so that I never fall prey to believing what the media tells me about anyone.
Do you realize a country is only featured in the news when something bad is happening? Exposure therapy is needed! Go see the everyday good to balance out the random bad.
To be expected: the parallel history lessons, the bursts of fun facts, and inevitably, the people who have never seen a Black woman up close.
Yes, as funny as that sounds to say out loud, we have to remember the privilege of a U.S. passport that allows us to land in most countries around the world for fun.
For many others due to politics, macroeconomics, and colonization, that isn't their reality.
There is no version of Glo today without directly attributing her light to some of the smiles and people I've crossed in the last 15 years on the road.
Grateful for never settling for a career that gave me anything less than the time, location, and financial freedom I get to live out today.
I can’t believe I created software to solve my own pain point of having ugly thumbnails 😆
Swipe to see the painful journey of getting here 😅
Beyond thumbnails, it also helps you identify viral story angles from your past, create series concepts, high click-through titles, cue cards, timestamps, tags, video length recommendations, and even a business offer to go with every single video!
This software can pay for itself if you use the business coaching in it too!
Try it for a month and see if it doesn’t revolutionize your content workflow
Country 103: New Zealand! 🇳🇿 My favorite solo trips sometimes never get posted… but Auckland was too precious of a place to keep to myself.
Coming all the way down to New Zealand was just a massive dream come true.
I always felt like I needed to save it for when I had three months free to do the proper camper van style trip, but just like I remind other people… if you love a place enough, you can always go back!
Having a quintessential Kiwi experience was unnecessary pressure I was putting on myself to do this country justice, so I instead allowed myself to go for a week and just exist.
Some of your best trips are the ones that don’t have a massive itinerary, just you existing on a random Tuesday in a country where there is so much beauty.
New Zealanders, or as they’re lovingly known: Kiwis, are some of the most precious people on earth.
I was humbled to the point of tears by the number of conversations and moments where I was reminded of just how good and pure people really are.
It’s not a surprise this country is at the top of the list for so many people.
It’s also not overly populated, so you get to experience a place where there’s still a lot of untouched natural beauty.
I’m already looking forward to when I come back and do Queenstown proper but until then, New Zealand, thank you for the memories, the moments, and the magic I got to feel from experiencing The Haka up close and in person.
To the Māori people, may your traditions live on for thousands more years 🙏🏾🥹
I've never shared this moment before, but I think it's time.
In December, I felt God downloading in my spirit that the next iteration of Glo required a type of solitude I haven't experienced in years.
In fearful obedience, I got out post-it notes and wrote out every thought, fear, and area of my life that I felt He was speaking to, and then laid hands over them in prayer.
What followed was a stream of clarity, ideas, and momentum like I'd never experienced before.
Blocks I felt for years, conversations I'd been dreading for months, and ideas ruminating for days, all unveiled itself in a single night.
By hour 5, I was prancing around my living room playing worship music, crying in overwhelm, and proclaiming my future.
It was the most revealing, beautiful, and intimate encounter I'd ever had with the Holy Spirit.
I felt the presence in the room, and every day since, I've felt Him take up more space in my life as I've gotten stronger in my faith.
As a former Pastor's Kid, my upbringing was filled with the fear of God, but as I matured, I began to experience the love of God that's always been there too.
From videos where I mention God's name and a bird will immediately chirp in the background, to a peace in my spirit that I can't even name.
All of this is a result of withdrawal and prayer.
I became less available and more discerning over how I spent my time and what I fed my mind, and it's manifested into the peace I live with today.
Entrepreneurship is a 24/7/365 commitment, and though you have control of your time, you still need to honor your Sabbath... in whatever form that be.
There's an easier way to do life when you partner with God and make Him the leading voice in your head.
To anyone struggling with their faith walk, here's a shame-free resource you can use to navigate your questions, doubts, and anything more.
Dear High-Functioning Women Who Have More Talent Than They Know What To Do With:
It’s not virality that you actually want...
Because if a million strangers discovered you today, you’d implode from overwhelm.
What you’re actually yearning for is signs that you matter.
That your pain meant something. That your story resonates. That you’ve done something meaningful.
I often tell my clients who are trying to be more visible on social media that:
The first 100 days is practice. The next 100 days is profit.
If you allow the pursuit of consistency to shape your message more than the desire for virality, you'll have something 99% of creators never get.
Validated market feedback. AND in half the time!
For example, I've posted on average 1.2 times a day, every single day, for the last 15 years on Instagram (check my receipts below).
That level of visibility, public evolution, and persistent documentation, allows me to occupy a lane of few who can speak to the social media trends over time.
In my 15 years on Instagram, I've treated my page as a public diary, college journal, basketball scorecard, photography portfolio, study abroad outlet, solo travel blueprint, motivational highlight reel, ally educational guide, dating app roadmap, entrepreneurial repository, life abroad sneak peek, and most recently, the behind-the-scenes of building a one-person SaaS company.
In each of these evolving narratives, I might lose 5,000 followers... but just as quickly I'd gain 15,000.
People fear pivoting because they think their audience will abandon them entirely.
But that's the point! Let people leave so they can free up the good seats for the newcomers who are on board for your next iteration.
Do you realize more people DON'T know you exist than do?
Most people feel trapped inside their brand, because they've secretly outgrown it, but they're afraid to admit that.
Every time I pivot, I quite literally send a mass email with the subject line: "Here's Why You Should Unfollow." (can't get left if I tell you to leave me first, amirite?) 🤭
I give them permission to opt out, versus be on the defense for their confusion when they see I've changed.
If you're a constant learner, understand you will outpace and outgrow most people, places, and spaces you once occupied.
And that forces those in your life to re-learn you or exit stage left.
But this is what living is about... alignment!
It's better to be hated for who you are, than liked for who you're not.
And no matter what, keep showing up, because the private practice you’re doing now will be the public praise you get later.
Tell me your greatest fear about pivoting below, and I'll give you a simple strategy to work through it 👇🏾
Glo Atanmo
Can a Type-B packer become Type-A overnight? Recorded my chaos for members here 😅 https://youtu.be/hjGMbF1qg9M?si=uPvU_...
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In a couple days I'll be traveling to my 104th country... a place in Central Asia I didn't know existed until a few months ago.
As a leader in many capacities, I love that leading in this arena means listening first.
I'm already anticipating awkward conversations, mistranslations, and stories I'll later share with you all here.
Solo travel for me has always been my greatest form of education.
To be plopped in the middle of a place where you have no earthly connection to, and yet you find a way to communicate, relate, and understand.
My goal to travel to every country in the world stems from being able to have first-hand experience with every culture, so that I never fall prey to believing what the media tells me about anyone.
Do you realize a country is only featured in the news when something bad is happening? Exposure therapy is needed! Go see the everyday good to balance out the random bad.
To be expected: the parallel history lessons, the bursts of fun facts, and inevitably, the people who have never seen a Black woman up close.
Yes, as funny as that sounds to say out loud, we have to remember the privilege of a U.S. passport that allows us to land in most countries around the world for fun.
For many others due to politics, macroeconomics, and colonization, that isn't their reality.
There is no version of Glo today without directly attributing her light to some of the smiles and people I've crossed in the last 15 years on the road.
Grateful for never settling for a career that gave me anything less than the time, location, and financial freedom I get to live out today.
This too, is entrepreneurship.
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Full Bangkok beauty routine is up for members! What I get, what it costs, and why I love being a woman in Bangkok 💁🏾♀️💄
Video here: https://youtu.be/yVJETwHOPHE?si=nyJc-...
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I can’t believe I created software to solve my own pain point of having ugly thumbnails 😆
Swipe to see the painful journey of getting here 😅
Beyond thumbnails, it also helps you identify viral story angles from your past, create series concepts, high click-through titles, cue cards, timestamps, tags, video length recommendations, and even a business offer to go with every single video!
This software can pay for itself if you use the business coaching in it too!
Try it for a month and see if it doesn’t revolutionize your content workflow
👉🏾 makeyourfirst10k.studio/
P.S. If there’s any features you need, just suggest it inside 🤩
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Country 103: New Zealand! 🇳🇿 My favorite solo trips sometimes never get posted… but Auckland was too precious of a place to keep to myself.
Coming all the way down to New Zealand was just a massive dream come true.
I always felt like I needed to save it for when I had three months free to do the proper camper van style trip, but just like I remind other people… if you love a place enough, you can always go back!
Having a quintessential Kiwi experience was unnecessary pressure I was putting on myself to do this country justice, so I instead allowed myself to go for a week and just exist.
Some of your best trips are the ones that don’t have a massive itinerary, just you existing on a random Tuesday in a country where there is so much beauty.
New Zealanders, or as they’re lovingly known: Kiwis, are some of the most precious people on earth.
I was humbled to the point of tears by the number of conversations and moments where I was reminded of just how good and pure people really are.
It’s not a surprise this country is at the top of the list for so many people.
It’s also not overly populated, so you get to experience a place where there’s still a lot of untouched natural beauty.
I’m already looking forward to when I come back and do Queenstown proper but until then, New Zealand, thank you for the memories, the moments, and the magic I got to feel from experiencing The Haka up close and in person.
To the Māori people, may your traditions live on for thousands more years 🙏🏾🥹
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I've waited 6 months for this moment.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M HERE!
The perfectionist in me has slept 3 hours total in the last 3 days.
The believer in me knows that this is only version 1 and it only gets better from here!
Founding members, lock in!
→ Claim one of the founding seats: MakeYourFirst10k.studio/
→ A walk-through of what’s inside (please excuse my excitement 😭) https://youtu.be/TokW6Wus9To?si
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I've never shared this moment before, but I think it's time.
In December, I felt God downloading in my spirit that the next iteration of Glo required a type of solitude I haven't experienced in years.
In fearful obedience, I got out post-it notes and wrote out every thought, fear, and area of my life that I felt He was speaking to, and then laid hands over them in prayer.
What followed was a stream of clarity, ideas, and momentum like I'd never experienced before.
Blocks I felt for years, conversations I'd been dreading for months, and ideas ruminating for days, all unveiled itself in a single night.
By hour 5, I was prancing around my living room playing worship music, crying in overwhelm, and proclaiming my future.
It was the most revealing, beautiful, and intimate encounter I'd ever had with the Holy Spirit.
I felt the presence in the room, and every day since, I've felt Him take up more space in my life as I've gotten stronger in my faith.
As a former Pastor's Kid, my upbringing was filled with the fear of God, but as I matured, I began to experience the love of God that's always been there too.
From videos where I mention God's name and a bird will immediately chirp in the background, to a peace in my spirit that I can't even name.
All of this is a result of withdrawal and prayer.
I became less available and more discerning over how I spent my time and what I fed my mind, and it's manifested into the peace I live with today.
Entrepreneurship is a 24/7/365 commitment, and though you have control of your time, you still need to honor your Sabbath... in whatever form that be.
There's an easier way to do life when you partner with God and make Him the leading voice in your head.
To anyone struggling with their faith walk, here's a shame-free resource you can use to navigate your questions, doubts, and anything more.
God is good! Not just to me, but you too. ❤️
🔗 thediscipledaily.com/pages/the-good-news-glo 
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Dear High-Functioning Women Who Have More Talent Than They Know What To Do With:
It’s not virality that you actually want...
Because if a million strangers discovered you today, you’d implode from overwhelm.
What you’re actually yearning for is signs that you matter.
That your pain meant something.
That your story resonates.
That you’ve done something meaningful.
I often tell my clients who are trying to be more visible on social media that:
The first 100 days is practice.
The next 100 days is profit.
If you allow the pursuit of consistency to shape your message more than the desire for virality, you'll have something 99% of creators never get.
Validated market feedback.
AND in half the time!
For example, I've posted on average 1.2 times a day, every single day, for the last 15 years on Instagram (check my receipts below).
That level of visibility, public evolution, and persistent documentation, allows me to occupy a lane of few who can speak to the social media trends over time.
In my 15 years on Instagram, I've treated my page as a public diary, college journal, basketball scorecard, photography portfolio, study abroad outlet, solo travel blueprint, motivational highlight reel, ally educational guide, dating app roadmap, entrepreneurial repository, life abroad sneak peek, and most recently, the behind-the-scenes of building a one-person SaaS company.
In each of these evolving narratives, I might lose 5,000 followers... but just as quickly I'd gain 15,000.
People fear pivoting because they think their audience will abandon them entirely.
But that's the point! Let people leave so they can free up the good seats for the newcomers who are on board for your next iteration.
Do you realize more people DON'T know you exist than do?
Most people feel trapped inside their brand, because they've secretly outgrown it, but they're afraid to admit that.
Every time I pivot, I quite literally send a mass email with the subject line: "Here's Why You Should Unfollow." (can't get left if I tell you to leave me first, amirite?) 🤭
I give them permission to opt out, versus be on the defense for their confusion when they see I've changed.
If you're a constant learner, understand you will outpace and outgrow most people, places, and spaces you once occupied.
And that forces those in your life to re-learn you or exit stage left.
But this is what living is about... alignment!
It's better to be hated for who you are, than liked for who you're not.
And no matter what, keep showing up, because the private practice you’re doing now will be the public praise you get later.
Tell me your greatest fear about pivoting below, and I'll give you a simple strategy to work through it 👇🏾
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Say This Prayer:
Dear God, thank you for the brain you've gifted me.
I'm so in love with how I think, work, and create.
You've given me a vision that could span a dozen lifetimes, and I don't take that lightly.
May I always be a worthwhile vessel for the abundance you bring my way.
In Jesus Name,
Amen 🙏🏾
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Confession: I’m really tired of crying on the internet 😭 The vulnerable path ain’t easy y’all. Whoosah 🫶🏾
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