TALKING BACK: Rashade
THE EDITOR OF KINGSTON BELLE RASHADE ST PATRICK SWITCHES HATS TO 'HUMAN BEING' AND IS TALKING BACK
Junior Editor Justine Issacs interviews the 21 year old Entrepreneur, publishing his oddities and specialness to the world.
Rashade St Patrick is 21 years old, he turns 22 in January (6 days into the new year he says). That's the kind of guy he is, a sucker for details. 5 years out of high school, no university education and he is the CEO of four start-up companies worth over 2.3 million dollars and grossing between $250,000-$400,000 since July of this year. He’s the fast talking, cape wearing model of a man that young entrepreneurs look up to. But I scaled back the grandeur to sit down with him to ask him a bunch of questions in a series he himself created. I’m Justine Issacs and this is Talking back: Rashade.
KINGSTON BELLE: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
RASHADE ST PATRICK: Living the life I want to live surrounded by the people I care about most. Somewhere in there must be wine, food, the ocean and kids.
KB: What is your greatest fear?
RSTP: I don’t fear death itself but I do fear dying before I’ve accomplished my goals.
KB: Which historical figure do you most identify with?
RSTP: Margaret Thatcher, past UK Prime Minister.
KB: Which living person do you most admire?
RSTP: That’s a tough one. There’s so much. For starters; Carine Roitfeld, Anna Wintour, Francois Penault, Rihanna and so much more.
KB: What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
RSTP: My laziness, it’s so crazy how I can be so efficient one day then a total bum the next.
KB: What is the trait you most deplore in others?
RSTP: Dishonesty.
KB: What is your greatest extravagance?
RSTP: Being my own boss; I get to work for so many talented people and just stay home if I want to. I love that freedom.
KB: What do you dislike most about your appearance?
RSTP: It’s not a strong dislike but I do wish I were 2 feet taller.
KB: Which living person do you most despise?
RSTP: I really can’t stand a lot of people so to name one of them would make it look so deep when it’s not.
KB: Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
RSTP: Essentially and “No, really I’m not made for Jamaica.”
KB: What is your greatest regret?
RSTP: Not growing up a little faster.
KB: What or who is the greatest love of your life?
RSTP: My work!
KB: When and where were you happiest?
RSTP: When I’m asleep.
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KB: Which talent would you most like to have?
RSTP: Is running track a talent or a skill?
KB: What is your current state of mind?
RSTP: “Can’t wait until March, NY here I come”
KB: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
RSTP: I would rid myself of the burning desire I have to fall in love and live happily ever after.
KB: If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
RSTP: Their lack of vision and want for a bigger more impactful life.
KB: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
RSTP: This right here; Kingston Belle.
KB: If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
RSTP: I would come back as a person, a black French prince to be exact.
KB: What is your most treasured possession?
RSTP: My brain.
KB: What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Getting paid only to make other people’s dreams come true.
KB: Where would you like to live?
RSTP: Paris and New York.
KB: What is your favorite occupation?
RSTP: All that I’m doing now.
KB: What is your most marked characteristic?
RSTP: My skin.
KB: Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
RSTP: The voice in my head though I’m convinced it’s far from fictitious.
KB: Who are your heroes in real life?
RSTP: My mum and they maniac that will stand at an alter with me in a few years and say “I do”.
KB: What is it that you most dislike?
RSTP: People who "don't use email",what's that supposed to mean?
KB: How would you like to die?
RSTP: At 100 years old in vintage Hermes in Paris France.
KB: What is your motto?
RSTP: Believe and make believe. It means that you must believe in yourself and your ideas, dreams and goals before and in order to make believers out of everyone else. It also plays on ‘make-believe’ which simply instructs me to always be realistic but still dream.
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