Exercises and Books for Identifying Your Purpose

Hello Inspirational Perspective family. Here are the exercises for identifying your purpose, that I talked about on tonight’s show, on WVON 1690 AM. The first exercise is called “The 21 I Ams”. I learned this exercise from listening to old Earl Nightingale tapes. Take a blank sheet of paper and write out 21 I Ams. Read More

Who are YOU? What is your Brand? Radio Show

Here is the 5th Inspirational Perspective radio show for your listening pleasure. If you missed this segment a couple of weeks ago, be sure to check it out. In this segment, I talked about the importance of building your personal brand. I also asked the listening audience the following questions: “Who are YOU?” “What is Read More

Sandbags and Barricades

This past Thursday, Chicago got hit by a ferocious flood. During this flood, water ran rampant in certain neighborhoods throughout the city, destroying homes, cars, landmarks and just about anything else that lay in its wake. This weekend, as I was driving through my neighborhood, I noticed that one particular street was completely closed and Read More

Are you USING your tools or are your tools USING you?

Here is the fourth Inspirational Perspective radio show for your listening pleasure. If you missed the other segments over the past few weeks, be sure to check them out. In this segment, I talked about the importance of evaluating the relationship we have with the tools that we use. My listeners and I unpack the Read More

The Purpose For Having a Purpose

Two thousand years ago, when a sailor started a journey, he would chart a course using nautical maps and then use the stars to ensure he was on course. When the skies were overcast, a seafaring vessel could lose valuable time drifting in the water, waiting for a sign that they were headed in the Read More

Experiencing NO!

How much thought have you given the word, NO? I would venture to guess that very few of us have given this two letter word a significant amount of thought. Yet, when we hear the word, NO, it typically has a significant impact on our psyche and emotions. What is it about this word, NO, Read More

Our Environment Creates Our Thoughts

  I am often shocked and baffled, when I encounter friends and colleagues who are passionate about being green, saving the earth and fighting global warming, but don’t place the same importance on their personal space. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all about being green and recycling. I recycle fanatically. (…and when I can Read More

Are you USING your tools or are your tools USING you?

A friend and I have debated many times whether he should get involved on social media. He’s a businessman and a writer, so whenever we have this conversation I point to the many conveniences I experience by being digitally connected through social media. His argument is based on the premise that social media can steal your Read More

Living with Courage, Looking with Gratitude!

A few evenings ago, while sitting in traffic on my way home from a long day at the office, I noticed a gentleman who was cautiously navigating the ice and snow patches, riddled all over the partially shoveled and salted sidewalk. From behind, I could also see that he had something in his left hand, that from my vantage Read More

Consultants, Cheerleaders and Coaches.

Last night the debut broadcast of Inspirational Perspective, with Linal Harris, Chicago’s very own life coach aired at 9:30 p.m. CST, on WVON 1690 AM. Now that the first show is done and labeled ‘a success’ I can definitely say that broadcasting the show was a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to hitting the airwaves Read More