Mikel McGee had a master’s in criminal justice, a stable nonprofit job, and no plan to become a florist. On Success, Rewritten, the founder of Milwaukee’s 414loral traces the pivot from human-services work to a Bronzeville flower shop, and how she stopped measuring success in dollars.

Xerxes Nabong has been a wealth advisor since 2005. Then his dad died at 58, and the why behind the work changed. In this episode of Success, Rewritten, he talks about what it means to plan for the life, not just the retirement, and how that shift reshaped the way he runs his firm and his family.

Jami Stigliano built DivaDance from a one-woman side hustle to a national franchise brand with over 50 locations. In Episode 2 of Success, Rewritten, she gets real about bounced checks, COVID pivots, and why not paying yourself is not the badge of honor you think it is.