Beware the Trap: Seeking a Fair Trade #Juneteenth is tomorrow, and the anniversary has me thinking. I’m thinking also because I am launching a venture 18 years in the making. But, I am wondering how many assumptions we make about life that are simply not true. How many truisms do we accepts because they are […]
MAWMonday Motivators 06/11/2017
Back to Basics: the Fundamentals of You …and your success. I think it is somewhat okay to play it safe. Maybe you don’t have all the information you need to work with. Maybe you have not figured out what really matters, or you have don’t know what you need for survival. What I cannot understand […]
MAWMonday Motivators 06/04/2017
Character and Creativity require Endurance and Evidence I’m saying that if you don’t have an Outcome, nobody wants to hear your Objectives. Your Resolutions offer little without Results. And, that puts you in a pressure spot. What if you can’t deliver? What if you are not there yet? What if it’s not good enough? What […]
MAWMonday Motivators 05/28/2017
It’s Game Time: This is What Life Feels Like Between the NBA playoffs and life’s daily grind, the tension is high. School has ended for many or is ending soon, a great achievement with the potential anxiety of that question. “What’s next?” It’s similar to de-tangling a box of Christmas lights while not knowing whether […]
MAWMonday Motivators 05/21/2017
Forced to Launch Last week was about loss. This week is about launch. It follows logically. After you stare, flat on your back at rock bottom and make the choice to get up again, the choice is both physical and mental. Perhaps the greatest challenge is with the emotions. Emotions that come from what ifs, […]
MAWMonday Motivators 05/14/2017
Have You Lost Enough to Overcome Your Fear? “Let’s do it. What do I have to lose?” There is something about not having much or losing it all that clears the pathway to bold ideas and new strategies. Could it be that your fears are not encapsulated within the rationalizations and intellectualizations you communicate? Could […]
MAWMonday Motivators 05/07/2017
Keep Moving Forward: A Legacy Perspective I offer a bonus tweet today setting the stage for this week’s #MAWMondayMotivators. I am inspired by the imagery of tomb, today, and womb. The choice to move forward isn’t just about movement. It is also about leaving. Leaving involves loss. But, that’s only sight focused in one direction. […]
MAWMonday Motivators 04/30/2017
Giving What You Don’t Owe You don’t owe anyone anything. I believe that. What I am asking is, “What do you have to give?” I have written several pieces about empathy, but I’m afraid that the problem goes beyond our inability to see each other’s choices as reasonable. We are vigilant and ever-ready to call […]
MAWMonday Motivators 04/23/2017
What’s Your Opinion? Is it going to work out for you? Are you going to find your way? Is it all going to be worth it? Yes. Why not? If someone is asking your opinion about the situation, give your opinion. I don’t need to know the situation, but I do know that there is […]
MAWMonday Motivators 04/16/2017
Your Past, Passions, Peculiarities & Your Rebirth #EasterSunday It falls to me in this week of peace and harmony to remind you of the importance of non-conformity. I remind you that we are as different as the painted Easter eggs on the outside. We are also as surprising as those plastic Easter eggs, which hide […]