We had the good fortune of connecting with Kris Dowlen and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kris, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
You’ll never know what you’re actually capable of unless you take some risks on your journey. When I say risk, I don’t necessarily mean risking your LIFE, but nothing meaningful is built without sacrifice and risk taking. That could mean sacrificing hours of sleep, or risking your pride and ego by putting yourself in certain situations where you will be denied or told no.

 

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I do photography, videography, graphic design/illustration, and produce music.

What sets me apart from others is I’m sort of a “one-stop shop” for musicians. I can give you the instrumental for your song, do the music video for the song, do a marketing photoshoot for the song, and create the song/album cover. That’s an extreme version of it, I can do the similar things for, sports teams, businesses, other creatives, etc.

I’m no where close to where I want to be professionally, but to even get to this point of course wasn’t easy. I still take those same risks and make the same sacrifices I mentioned earlier.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
‘Think & Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill. That is a great book to start off with when it comes to self help books.

And of course I wouldn’t be the man I am today if I didn’t have a loving mother who’s always believed in me and raised me to know you can do anything you want in this world as long as you put your mind to it.

Website: https://linqapp.com/snappedbykris?r=link

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snappedbykris/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-dowlen-450035190/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iewjZeBAB5U

Image Credits
Kris Dowlen – @snappedbykris

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