Join us as we uncover the remarkable journey of Raven Crisp, the inspiring founder and CEO of the Selfless Hands Foundation. From her early involvement in organizations like Jack and Jill and the National Honor Society to a life-changing experience during a disaster relief project in Baton Rouge, Raven's story is one of selflessness, discipline, and tenacity. She shares her insights on balancing a demanding career as a financial manager at Tinker Air Force Base with her tireless commitment to community service. Discover how Raven’s supportive family and personal experiences, including overcoming bilateral hearing loss and lupus, have fueled her passion for helping others in times of crisis.
In a heartfelt conversation, we explore the power of faith and resilience in overcoming life's challenges. Raven emphasizes a no-excuse mentality, drawing strength from her supportive parents and unwavering faith. Her dedication to personal growth and making a difference in the community is truly motivational, and she offers an open invitation for us all to stay connected and support one another's endeavors. Be inspired by Raven’s story of perseverance and the meaningful impact her foundation is making, as we look forward to more updates on her incredible journey.
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Greg Jones (00:00):
Welcome to Three Keys for your Journey podcast,
where purpose, service andleadership come together.
Today, we meet Raven Crisp,founder of and CEO of Selfless
Hands Foundation, communityadvocate and dedicated leader.
From her early experiences involunteerism to receiving the
NextGen Under 30 Award, herjourney has been about uplifting
(00:22):
others and embracing everyopportunity one step at a time.
Join me today as we explorestories of resilience, service
and success, as well asinspiring young women and
communities to thrive.
Let's build somethingmeaningful together.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Are you ready to unlock your potential?
Tune in to Three Keys for yourJourney podcast, where business
owners share invaluable insightsand empowering strategies to
guide you toward success.
Based in Oklahoma City, ourhost, greg T Jones, will inspire
and motivate you every week.
Greg Jones (01:15):
Get ready to join our conversation as we build
community together All rightgood afternoon, good afternoon.
We have Raven Crisp in thehouse.
How are you today?
Raven Crisp (01:26):
I am blessed, I'm good you know what.
Greg Jones (01:29):
This is a really awesome opportunity for our
listening audience.
I got to meet Raven.
Raven Crisp (01:36):
Do you know when we first met man?
I want to say a couple yearsago at Spiked.
Greg Jones (01:40):
Okay, okay, we met a couple years ago at Sp spike
coffee and it was somethingabout raven that I just like,
wow, this young lady is justphenomenal.
I mean you just move and ebbwith the flow, always willing to
be around and help and do andall this kind of stuff, and just
(02:00):
made, I mean just got meexcited.
And then, like I want to say,it was like last summer you were
doing a back to school badgeand, um, I said I'm gonna be
there, I'm gonna try to come,and I think I got there right at
the end and I look up and itwas your mom that I went to
school in college.
Yes, oh my gosh and I'm like, ohgosh.
(02:21):
So it's kind of incorrect,indirectly, kind of cool, that
I've known about you but didn'treally know you through your mom
.
So anyway, I thought that wasreally kind of cool.
So, well, raven, for ourlistening audience out there.
You know, here in the localarea a lot of people know who
you are and the work that you do, but for a lot of other people
around the world they don't knowwho you are.
(02:42):
How would you introduceyourself?
Raven Crisp (02:44):
lot of other people around the world.
They don't know who you are.
How would you introduceyourself, okay?
So Ravencrest, born and RaisedOklahoma City, oklahoma.
Man, just started a non-profit.
Really, before it became anon-profit, I went backwards
into my love for service, backwhen I was in Jack and Jill in
(03:05):
Oklahoma City so Jack and Jilldoing a lot of service.
And then going into high schoolwhere I did National Honor
Society, which was a lot ofservice, and I really just fell
in love with just giving back,even down to being at the
regional food bank.
I remember thinking like, man,this would be so cool, we could
do this locally, but like for us, you know.
(03:26):
And when I went to OklahomaState University, I had an
opportunity to do my firstdisaster relief project for
Baton Rouge Back in September2016,.
Baton Rouge was hit with floods, so from there, I was able to
actually realize that man floods.
(03:47):
So from there, I was able toactually realize that, man, I
love helping people in times ofcrisis.
I love helping people recoverfrom the things that are just
out of their control.
So from there, I really wasable to just really identify my
purpose and realize that it'sjust bigger than just me.
So coming back home and beingable to get back to my roots,
get back to my family andrealize that I'm a family woman,
(04:12):
that I just enjoy spending timewith my family, I enjoy hanging
out with friends, like you said, just helping people,
supporting people by day, I'm afinancial manager at Tinker Air
Force Base.
By evening and weekends I'mserving my community in any way
possible, wow.
Greg Jones (04:34):
I think that's number one.
I think that's incredible byday, and then by evenings and
weekends, I mean.
So it sounds like you're at italmost 24 hours a day.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It feels like that.
Greg Jones (04:47):
It felt like that Wow, what, what?
What inspired you?
I mean, you talked about Jackand Jill, you talked about your
experience at Oklahoma State.
What inspires you to just keepgoing?
What inspires you to?
Raven Crisp (04:57):
just keep going.
What inspires me to keep goingis seeing so many people who
didn't have the opportunity thatI have.
Still keep going, so to beblessed where I'm loved, I'm
supported.
My family made sure I never hadto really go without, so who am
(05:18):
I to take advantage?
So if I can see people that didnot have the same blessings
that I have, keep going.
It's no excuse.
So that's what inspires me.
Greg Jones (05:29):
Wow, I think that's incredible.
Well, obviously part of ourmission here at Three Keys for
your Journey is to havecommunity leaders like yourself
kind of share things that havebeen inspirational over their
life.
We call those keys, and I callthose keys purposely, because
when I think about a key, a keyunlocks a door, but you got to
(05:50):
use the key and so you can havekeys, but if you don't do
anything with that key, itdoesn't unlock anything, and so
I like to always ask our guestswhat are three keys that you
have learned about, experiencedthat you would like to share
with our audience?
Raven Crisp (06:06):
The three keys.
I would say selflessness, Iwould say discipline or
structure.
I'm kind of in betweendiscipline and structure.
Mainly structure, um, intenacity.
Okay, that's the three thatcome to mind.
Greg Jones (06:28):
So so selflessness, discipline, structure really,
you're thinking about structureand tenacity.
Okay, where do you want tostart?
Which one do we take first?
Raven Crisp (06:38):
I guess we can can go order.
I guess, selflessness, so tellme about that.
Greg Jones (06:41):
What does that mean to you?
Raven Crisp (06:43):
So really, selflessness to me is just
thinking outside of yourself.
It's thinking, you know, notjust about me, but thinking
about the people around me,thinking about the people that
comes after me, really removingyourself from that equation to
think about the overall bettergood of the situation, whether
it benefits you or not, thinkingabout the long term goals.
(07:07):
So, for me, being selfless hasalways been a goal of mine
because sometimes, you know,it's not always about the
blessing you can receive, it'sabout the blessing that you
could be for others so that theycan pay it forward.
So that's kind of what beingselfless made me think about.
Greg Jones (07:24):
And is this where you get the name of your
foundation from?
Raven Crisp (07:27):
Yeah, yeah, it was.
It's actually not even.
It's funny because with thestory, if I came up with it
wasn't even really to me like asuper deep one.
It was just like oh okay, itneeds to be a foundation.
I'm very hands-on and it'sselfless.
You know, you're not thinkingabout yourself.
You're thinking about whatneeds to be done and what do we
need to do to get the job done.
(07:47):
Regardless of whether it's aninconvenience to you or not, it
needs to get done.
Greg Jones (07:51):
So selfless hands wow, I think that's incredible.
Wow, wow, your second key youyou talk about structure and
discipline.
Yeah, what?
Raven Crisp (08:01):
does that mean to you?
So, growing up, militaryparents, that's one thing my
parents have always put isstructure, the importance of
having structure, having anorder of how you do things and
not having things all over theplace, because a lot can happen
when you don't have structure,if you don't have a layout, if
(08:21):
you don't know how you're goingto operate throughout the day.
So I realized that the lack ofstructure has been can be a
downfall for me, so that, on theflip side, having structure and
having the discipline tomaintain that structure has done
my life very well.
Greg Jones (08:38):
Well, it's interesting because, as I hear
you talk about, you know workingduring the day and the things
you do in the evenings andweekends to be efficient and to
get things done would take,obviously, structure.
So for somebody out therethat's listening, you know, and
at times even in my own life,when I don't feel like I have
structure, how do you getstarted?
(09:00):
I mean, you grew up around itso you kind of saw it.
But if you were to explain thisto somebody that's really
struggling with developingdiscipline and structure, what
advice would you give them?
Raven Crisp (09:10):
So the first thing that kind of helps me redirect
myself, because I fall short attimes with structure at times
too.
So I have to go back to say,okay, what is important, what is
like my main priority?
So it goes work, selfless hands, household.
And the reason I do that ismore so because for me, the
(09:31):
first thing I do when I wake upis get ready for work, and then
after that I'm doing everythingfor my nonprofit.
Then when I get home that's mytime to wind down and focus on
what all needs to be done.
So I guess in some people'seyes it could go household work.
You know, just depends on thetime that they get started.
But from there I line out mypriorities.
So when I go to work, I know inmy mind time management is
(09:53):
everything.
So I'm going to spend the firstfew hours knocking out
everything that I need to do forwork, and then at lunch or
whatever, strategically, I'mmaking sure I'm still handling
my tasks for self-defense.
When I get off work, everyminute counts, however that
looks.
And then when I get home, allthings is off.
Now it's time to take care oflaundry, whatever, because that
(10:18):
helps get my mind together, whenmy mind is clear most times
because my house is clear.
Greg Jones (10:22):
So wow.
So I I love it because, as youdescribe it, I was visualizing
it right, understanding whatyour major tasks are.
Those were in priority and then, while you're in those tasks,
you are really thinking aboutthat, executing on that and then
, when you're in that next taskor grouping, you're really there
in that task and then, like yousaid, when you get home, here's
all the other things that arenecessary to do to make sure,
(10:44):
and then the day starts all overagain.
Wow, ooh, that's good, that'sreally good.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Okay, okay, thinking ahead.
Greg Jones (10:52):
Ooh, that's another good dive.
We should be thinking ahead.
Okay, your third task, or thirdkey, you said, was tenacity.
Talk to us about that Tenacity.
Raven Crisp (11:03):
That's one of my biggest things that I love about
myself is that I push throughregardless.
So when I was a kid I hadbilateral hearing loss, so I
wear hearing aids.
My parents didn't really affordme the opportunity to soak in
that, so I was still involved ineverything.
I was still playing basketballand all these different sports
(11:26):
and that was probably my first,I would say, obstacle.
So I don't know if you'refamiliar with basketball like
AAU, where you know you'replaying on multiple gyms and you
know the whistle blowing.
You don't know if you'refamiliar with basketball like
AAU, where you know you'replaying on multiple gyms and you
know the whistle blowing, youdon't know where the whistle is
blowing at.
So for me, you know I'm young,I can't tell.
So I used to stop in the middleof the game and I'll never
(11:46):
forget how humiliating it feltbecause it was like my teammates
didn't understand they wereyoung, they're like Raven.
Like Raven, like pretty muchyou messing up or you just
stopped.
And my dad I'll never get.
My dad told me when you seeeverybody else stop, then you
stop.
He said, but until then youkeep going like don't stop.
And I really applied that intolife where being young and even
(12:09):
now, as an adult, having tostill press through with hearing
loss.
That's a disability a lot ofpeople don't know I have.
That's hard like not being ableto hear but still have to be at
it no excuse, like my parentsdidn't allow my disability to
cripple me.
So that actually translatedover to every aspect of my life
where it's really no excuses,like if I'm breathing I can do
(12:32):
it, and if I can't do it, I knowsomebody that can teach me or
however I need to outsource, butthe job gets done no matter
what I'm going through.
So as I got older, I have lupus.
So that's another thing.
You know, hearing loss, lupus,vision impairment, so it's like
I have all these differentthings that could be handicaps,
but I don't let it bother me, Istill keep going yeah, you ever
(12:57):
thought about writing a book orsomething a devotional?
Greg Jones (13:01):
uh, are you a singer ?
Raven Crisp (13:02):
no, a poetry writer .
I'm a poet, yeah man?
Greg Jones (13:06):
yeah, because I mean when I say I took my time, you
know, dropping these dimes andquarters and dollars like these
are the things that areencouraging to people Like you
might not understand mysituation, or maybe disabilities
or whatever the case is, butthis word you talked about
tenacity and pushing throughmeaning.
There are no excuses.
(13:26):
I can still do it.
Raven Crisp (13:28):
And.
Greg Jones (13:28):
I just have to imagine, through all that
support from your parents hasgiven you strength over the
years.
All that support from yourparents has given you strength
over the years.
So for any of the adversitythat you've come up against,
things that you had to face, youhad that already built in you.
It's in me.
Well, I'm not going to get onthe track to race against you.
Raven Crisp (13:47):
I'm just going to tell you that right now.
Greg Jones (13:49):
I appreciate it.
Wow, raven.
So this is awesome.
Now you're a young lady thathas followed you on social media
, tons of awards in variouscategories.
You're getting recognized foryour work that you do in the
community.
You're getting recognized as aleader in the community.
(14:10):
You're driven with purpose.
But when I talk to you, youknow that's not the first thing
you talk about.
You talk about the work.
You talk about wanting to helpother people.
You're really giving yourselfto what it is that you're called
to, and I just want to let youknow that I really appreciate
that about you and how you carryyourself and just as an example
(14:35):
for so many other and I won'teven just say young women, but
just people in general.
Raven Crisp (14:41):
Thank you.
Greg Jones (14:41):
Older or younger.
So I mean, keep it up as we'vebeen talking today.
Has anything else come to yourmind that you want to make sure
that you get a chance andopportunity to share?
Raven Crisp (14:51):
Man, I would just say faith that's been the
biggest thing within the lastyear is faith, one thing that I
remember someone telling me agood friend of mine, actually.
She told me this quote, just tosummarize it that you know,
faith is you.
(15:12):
When you jump off the cliff,you're either prepared to learn
how to fly or you trust thatthere'll be something to catch.
You had that perspective.
That's really helped me with alot where, um, it's a lot of
times that you know I'm notperfect, I don't got it all
figured out, so there's somedays I'm just like man, I don't
know.
I don't know how this is gonnahappen.
But one thing I can say when Ilook back that everything that I
(15:35):
said, I wanted, um, and Ibelieved in, I got it.
I may have not gotten it theway I thought I was gonna get it
, but having that blind faith toknow that, you know, you put it
out there what you want, andthen you let God do the rest.
Greg Jones (15:55):
So, really, that's talking about yielding your
faith to God and letting himreally lead and guide your life.
Yes, wow.
So if you're hearing this, Ijust want you to know and
believe that you know Raven'ssaying and I'm saying it as well
that you know in times such asthese, and you know what those
times are for you.
But it's awesome to hear thatthere are people striving to do
not only what's right, buthaving faith, to believe, and I
(16:18):
love the quote that you talkedabout.
That's a really good.
I call it a parable or exampleof you know which choice is it?
You know I use that example too, but I use it.
You know you get pushed off ofbuildings like who going to
catch you and sometimes youcan't even see the bottom
because you're so high up.
Raven Crisp (16:35):
Yeah.
Greg Jones (16:36):
But you got to believe.
Raven Crisp (16:37):
Yeah.
Greg Jones (16:38):
And having faith does that.
Wow, raven.
This has been a greatconversation.
Most people ask on a podcast.
I get comments later.
Oh, my gosh, raven was soencouraging.
How do I connect with her?
So somebody wants to connectwith you connect with the
foundation.
Raven Crisp (16:56):
How do they do that ?
You can connect with me throughwwwselflesshandfoundationorg.
I'm on Instagram at OfficialRaven Crisp, facebook, raven
Crisp, linkedin, raven Crispreally everything Raven Crisp.
Or, if you want to contact methrough my nonprofit, you can
contact me through the website,through any of the nonprofit
pages.
(17:16):
Yeah, or by phone 405-652-9181.
Greg Jones (17:23):
And I love that, and you have a foundation.
You're doing great work in thecommunity and so somebody might
be listening to this podcast andis inspired.
I'm sure there's several wayson the website that they can get
in contact with you.
They can give You're doinggreat work in the community.
We want you to keep it up Now,Raven.
(17:47):
I mean, you know, I guess maybeone of the next things you
might get is an Academy Award orGrammy or something.
But just you know, think aboutthe little people over here at
Three Keys, for your journey andjust check in with us.
Yeah just just check in with usevery once in a while.
You're welcome to come backanytime you want to check in.
I love to have you back on thepodcast and hear about more
great things that are happeningin your life and happening
through your foundation and thethings that you're the
(18:08):
difference that you're making inthe community.
So we really appreciate youcoming on and we hope that this
has also been a joy for you aswell thank you for having me all
right.
We'll talk to you soon on threekeys for your journey.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Thanks for joining Three Keys for your Journey.
Tune in next time for anotherepisode.
Welcome to Three Keys for your Journey podcast,
where purpose, service andleadership come together.
Today, we meet Raven Crisp,founder of and CEO of Selfless
Hands Foundation, communityadvocate and dedicated leader.
From her early experiences involunteerism to receiving the
NextGen Under 30 Award, herjourney has been about uplifting
(00:22):
others and embracing everyopportunity one step at a time.
Join me today as we explorestories of resilience, service
and success, as well asinspiring young women and
communities to thrive.
Let's build somethingmeaningful together.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Are you ready to unlock your potential?
Tune in to Three Keys for yourJourney podcast, where business
owners share invaluable insightsand empowering strategies to
guide you toward success.
Based in Oklahoma City, ourhost, greg T Jones, will inspire
and motivate you every week.
Greg Jones (01:15):
Get ready to join our conversation as we build
community together All rightgood afternoon, good afternoon.
We have Raven Crisp in thehouse.
How are you today?
Raven Crisp (01:26):
I am blessed, I'm good you know what.
Greg Jones (01:29):
This is a really awesome opportunity for our
listening audience.
I got to meet Raven.
Raven Crisp (01:36):
Do you know when we first met man?
I want to say a couple yearsago at Spiked.
Greg Jones (01:40):
Okay, okay, we met a couple years ago at Sp spike
coffee and it was somethingabout raven that I just like,
wow, this young lady is justphenomenal.
I mean you just move and ebbwith the flow, always willing to
be around and help and do andall this kind of stuff, and just
(02:00):
made, I mean just got meexcited.
And then, like I want to say,it was like last summer you were
doing a back to school badgeand, um, I said I'm gonna be
there, I'm gonna try to come,and I think I got there right at
the end and I look up and itwas your mom that I went to
school in college.
Yes, oh my gosh and I'm like, ohgosh.
(02:21):
So it's kind of incorrect,indirectly, kind of cool, that
I've known about you but didn'treally know you through your mom
.
So anyway, I thought that wasreally kind of cool.
So, well, raven, for ourlistening audience out there.
You know, here in the localarea a lot of people know who
you are and the work that you do, but for a lot of other people
around the world they don't knowwho you are.
(02:42):
How would you introduceyourself?
Raven Crisp (02:44):
lot of other people around the world.
They don't know who you are.
How would you introduceyourself, okay?
So Ravencrest, born and RaisedOklahoma City, oklahoma.
Man, just started a non-profit.
Really, before it became anon-profit, I went backwards
into my love for service, backwhen I was in Jack and Jill in
(03:05):
Oklahoma City so Jack and Jilldoing a lot of service.
And then going into high schoolwhere I did National Honor
Society, which was a lot ofservice, and I really just fell
in love with just giving back,even down to being at the
regional food bank.
I remember thinking like, man,this would be so cool, we could
do this locally, but like for us, you know.
(03:26):
And when I went to OklahomaState University, I had an
opportunity to do my firstdisaster relief project for
Baton Rouge Back in September2016,.
Baton Rouge was hit with floods, so from there, I was able to
actually realize that man floods.
(03:47):
So from there, I was able toactually realize that, man, I
love helping people in times ofcrisis.
I love helping people recoverfrom the things that are just
out of their control.
So from there, I really wasable to just really identify my
purpose and realize that it'sjust bigger than just me.
So coming back home and beingable to get back to my roots,
get back to my family andrealize that I'm a family woman,
(04:12):
that I just enjoy spending timewith my family, I enjoy hanging
out with friends, like you said, just helping people,
supporting people by day, I'm afinancial manager at Tinker Air
Force Base.
By evening and weekends I'mserving my community in any way
possible, wow.
Greg Jones (04:34):
I think that's number one.
I think that's incredible byday, and then by evenings and
weekends, I mean.
So it sounds like you're at italmost 24 hours a day.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It feels like that.
Greg Jones (04:47):
It felt like that Wow, what, what?
What inspired you?
I mean, you talked about Jackand Jill, you talked about your
experience at Oklahoma State.
What inspires you to just keepgoing?
What inspires you to?
Raven Crisp (04:57):
just keep going.
What inspires me to keep goingis seeing so many people who
didn't have the opportunity thatI have.
Still keep going, so to beblessed where I'm loved, I'm
supported.
My family made sure I never hadto really go without, so who am
(05:18):
I to take advantage?
So if I can see people that didnot have the same blessings
that I have, keep going.
It's no excuse.
So that's what inspires me.
Greg Jones (05:29):
Wow, I think that's incredible.
Well, obviously part of ourmission here at Three Keys for
your Journey is to havecommunity leaders like yourself
kind of share things that havebeen inspirational over their
life.
We call those keys, and I callthose keys purposely, because
when I think about a key, a keyunlocks a door, but you got to
(05:50):
use the key and so you can havekeys, but if you don't do
anything with that key, itdoesn't unlock anything, and so
I like to always ask our guestswhat are three keys that you
have learned about, experiencedthat you would like to share
with our audience?
Raven Crisp (06:06):
The three keys.
I would say selflessness, Iwould say discipline or
structure.
I'm kind of in betweendiscipline and structure.
Mainly structure, um, intenacity.
Okay, that's the three thatcome to mind.
Greg Jones (06:28):
So so selflessness, discipline, structure really,
you're thinking about structureand tenacity.
Okay, where do you want tostart?
Which one do we take first?
Raven Crisp (06:38):
I guess we can can go order.
I guess, selflessness, so tellme about that.
Greg Jones (06:41):
What does that mean to you?
Raven Crisp (06:43):
So really, selflessness to me is just
thinking outside of yourself.
It's thinking, you know, notjust about me, but thinking
about the people around me,thinking about the people that
comes after me, really removingyourself from that equation to
think about the overall bettergood of the situation, whether
it benefits you or not, thinkingabout the long term goals.
(07:07):
So, for me, being selfless hasalways been a goal of mine
because sometimes, you know,it's not always about the
blessing you can receive, it'sabout the blessing that you
could be for others so that theycan pay it forward.
So that's kind of what beingselfless made me think about.
Greg Jones (07:24):
And is this where you get the name of your
foundation from?
Raven Crisp (07:27):
Yeah, yeah, it was.
It's actually not even.
It's funny because with thestory, if I came up with it
wasn't even really to me like asuper deep one.
It was just like oh okay, itneeds to be a foundation.
I'm very hands-on and it'sselfless.
You know, you're not thinkingabout yourself.
You're thinking about whatneeds to be done and what do we
need to do to get the job done.
(07:47):
Regardless of whether it's aninconvenience to you or not, it
needs to get done.
Greg Jones (07:51):
So selfless hands wow, I think that's incredible.
Wow, wow, your second key youyou talk about structure and
discipline.
Yeah, what?
Raven Crisp (08:01):
does that mean to you?
So, growing up, militaryparents, that's one thing my
parents have always put isstructure, the importance of
having structure, having anorder of how you do things and
not having things all over theplace, because a lot can happen
when you don't have structure,if you don't have a layout, if
(08:21):
you don't know how you're goingto operate throughout the day.
So I realized that the lack ofstructure has been can be a
downfall for me, so that, on theflip side, having structure and
having the discipline tomaintain that structure has done
my life very well.
Greg Jones (08:38):
Well, it's interesting because, as I hear
you talk about, you know workingduring the day and the things
you do in the evenings andweekends to be efficient and to
get things done would take,obviously, structure.
So for somebody out therethat's listening, you know, and
at times even in my own life,when I don't feel like I have
structure, how do you getstarted?
(09:00):
I mean, you grew up around itso you kind of saw it.
But if you were to explain thisto somebody that's really
struggling with developingdiscipline and structure, what
advice would you give them?
Raven Crisp (09:10):
So the first thing that kind of helps me redirect
myself, because I fall short attimes with structure at times
too.
So I have to go back to say,okay, what is important, what is
like my main priority?
So it goes work, selfless hands, household.
And the reason I do that ismore so because for me, the
(09:31):
first thing I do when I wake upis get ready for work, and then
after that I'm doing everythingfor my nonprofit.
Then when I get home that's mytime to wind down and focus on
what all needs to be done.
So I guess in some people'seyes it could go household work.
You know, just depends on thetime that they get started.
But from there I line out mypriorities.
So when I go to work, I know inmy mind time management is
(09:53):
everything.
So I'm going to spend the firstfew hours knocking out
everything that I need to do forwork, and then at lunch or
whatever, strategically, I'mmaking sure I'm still handling
my tasks for self-defense.
When I get off work, everyminute counts, however that
looks.
And then when I get home, allthings is off.
Now it's time to take care oflaundry, whatever, because that
(10:18):
helps get my mind together, whenmy mind is clear most times
because my house is clear.
Greg Jones (10:22):
So wow.
So I I love it because, as youdescribe it, I was visualizing
it right, understanding whatyour major tasks are.
Those were in priority and then, while you're in those tasks,
you are really thinking aboutthat, executing on that and then
, when you're in that next taskor grouping, you're really there
in that task and then, like yousaid, when you get home, here's
all the other things that arenecessary to do to make sure,
(10:44):
and then the day starts all overagain.
Wow, ooh, that's good, that'sreally good.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Okay, okay, thinking ahead.
Greg Jones (10:52):
Ooh, that's another good dive.
We should be thinking ahead.
Okay, your third task, or thirdkey, you said, was tenacity.
Talk to us about that Tenacity.
Raven Crisp (11:03):
That's one of my biggest things that I love about
myself is that I push throughregardless.
So when I was a kid I hadbilateral hearing loss, so I
wear hearing aids.
My parents didn't really affordme the opportunity to soak in
that, so I was still involved ineverything.
I was still playing basketballand all these different sports
(11:26):
and that was probably my first,I would say, obstacle.
So I don't know if you'refamiliar with basketball like
AAU, where you know you'replaying on multiple gyms and you
know the whistle blowing.
You don't know if you'refamiliar with basketball like
AAU, where you know you'replaying on multiple gyms and you
know the whistle blowing, youdon't know where the whistle is
blowing at.
So for me, you know I'm young,I can't tell.
So I used to stop in the middleof the game and I'll never
(11:46):
forget how humiliating it feltbecause it was like my teammates
didn't understand they wereyoung, they're like Raven.
Like Raven, like pretty muchyou messing up or you just
stopped.
And my dad I'll never get.
My dad told me when you seeeverybody else stop, then you
stop.
He said, but until then youkeep going like don't stop.
And I really applied that intolife where being young and even
(12:09):
now, as an adult, having tostill press through with hearing
loss.
That's a disability a lot ofpeople don't know I have.
That's hard like not being ableto hear but still have to be at
it no excuse, like my parentsdidn't allow my disability to
cripple me.
So that actually translatedover to every aspect of my life
where it's really no excuses,like if I'm breathing I can do
(12:32):
it, and if I can't do it, I knowsomebody that can teach me or
however I need to outsource, butthe job gets done no matter
what I'm going through.
So as I got older, I have lupus.
So that's another thing.
You know, hearing loss, lupus,vision impairment, so it's like
I have all these differentthings that could be handicaps,
but I don't let it bother me, Istill keep going yeah, you ever
(12:57):
thought about writing a book orsomething a devotional?
Greg Jones (13:01):
uh, are you a singer ?
Raven Crisp (13:02):
no, a poetry writer .
I'm a poet, yeah man?
Greg Jones (13:06):
yeah, because I mean when I say I took my time, you
know, dropping these dimes andquarters and dollars like these
are the things that areencouraging to people Like you
might not understand mysituation, or maybe disabilities
or whatever the case is, butthis word you talked about
tenacity and pushing throughmeaning.
There are no excuses.
(13:26):
I can still do it.
Raven Crisp (13:28):
And.
Greg Jones (13:28):
I just have to imagine, through all that
support from your parents hasgiven you strength over the
years.
All that support from yourparents has given you strength
over the years.
So for any of the adversitythat you've come up against,
things that you had to face, youhad that already built in you.
It's in me.
Well, I'm not going to get onthe track to race against you.
Raven Crisp (13:47):
I'm just going to tell you that right now.
Greg Jones (13:49):
I appreciate it.
Wow, raven.
So this is awesome.
Now you're a young lady thathas followed you on social media
, tons of awards in variouscategories.
You're getting recognized foryour work that you do in the
community.
You're getting recognized as aleader in the community.
(14:10):
You're driven with purpose.
But when I talk to you, youknow that's not the first thing
you talk about.
You talk about the work.
You talk about wanting to helpother people.
You're really giving yourselfto what it is that you're called
to, and I just want to let youknow that I really appreciate
that about you and how you carryyourself and just as an example
(14:35):
for so many other and I won'teven just say young women, but
just people in general.
Raven Crisp (14:41):
Thank you.
Greg Jones (14:41):
Older or younger.
So I mean, keep it up as we'vebeen talking today.
Has anything else come to yourmind that you want to make sure
that you get a chance andopportunity to share?
Raven Crisp (14:51):
Man, I would just say faith that's been the
biggest thing within the lastyear is faith, one thing that I
remember someone telling me agood friend of mine, actually.
She told me this quote, just tosummarize it that you know,
faith is you.
(15:12):
When you jump off the cliff,you're either prepared to learn
how to fly or you trust thatthere'll be something to catch.
You had that perspective.
That's really helped me with alot where, um, it's a lot of
times that you know I'm notperfect, I don't got it all
figured out, so there's somedays I'm just like man, I don't
know.
I don't know how this is gonnahappen.
But one thing I can say when Ilook back that everything that I
(15:35):
said, I wanted, um, and Ibelieved in, I got it.
I may have not gotten it theway I thought I was gonna get it
, but having that blind faith toknow that, you know, you put it
out there what you want, andthen you let God do the rest.
Greg Jones (15:55):
So, really, that's talking about yielding your
faith to God and letting himreally lead and guide your life.
Yes, wow.
So if you're hearing this, Ijust want you to know and
believe that you know Raven'ssaying and I'm saying it as well
that you know in times such asthese, and you know what those
times are for you.
But it's awesome to hear thatthere are people striving to do
not only what's right, buthaving faith, to believe, and I
(16:18):
love the quote that you talkedabout.
That's a really good.
I call it a parable or exampleof you know which choice is it?
You know I use that example too, but I use it.
You know you get pushed off ofbuildings like who going to
catch you and sometimes youcan't even see the bottom
because you're so high up.
Raven Crisp (16:35):
Yeah.
Greg Jones (16:36):
But you got to believe.
Raven Crisp (16:37):
Yeah.
Greg Jones (16:38):
And having faith does that.
Wow, raven.
This has been a greatconversation.
Most people ask on a podcast.
I get comments later.
Oh, my gosh, raven was soencouraging.
How do I connect with her?
So somebody wants to connectwith you connect with the
foundation.
Raven Crisp (16:56):
How do they do that ?
You can connect with me throughwwwselflesshandfoundationorg.
I'm on Instagram at OfficialRaven Crisp, facebook, raven
Crisp, linkedin, raven Crispreally everything Raven Crisp.
Or, if you want to contact methrough my nonprofit, you can
contact me through the website,through any of the nonprofit
pages.
(17:16):
Yeah, or by phone 405-652-9181.
Greg Jones (17:23):
And I love that, and you have a foundation.
You're doing great work in thecommunity and so somebody might
be listening to this podcast andis inspired.
I'm sure there's several wayson the website that they can get
in contact with you.
They can give You're doinggreat work in the community.
We want you to keep it up Now,Raven.
(17:47):
I mean, you know, I guess maybeone of the next things you
might get is an Academy Award orGrammy or something.
But just you know, think aboutthe little people over here at
Three Keys, for your journey andjust check in with us.
Yeah just just check in with usevery once in a while.
You're welcome to come backanytime you want to check in.
I love to have you back on thepodcast and hear about more
great things that are happeningin your life and happening
through your foundation and thethings that you're the
(18:08):
difference that you're making inthe community.
So we really appreciate youcoming on and we hope that this
has also been a joy for you aswell thank you for having me all
right.
We'll talk to you soon on threekeys for your journey.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Thanks for joining Three Keys for your Journey.
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