Yesterday I had an enlightening interaction. Now this interaction wasn’t enlightening in the sense of walking away feeling more uplifted. What I experienced was quite the opposite. I walked away feeling exponentially worse than I felt just moments before the interaction took place. Here’s what happened… I received a phone number via text from Read More
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Live life in 3D!
There are twenty-four hours in a day. One third (1/3) of this time (8 hours) is typically reserved for sleep, which means there are sixteen hours left for conscious activity. During a week day, eight to ten of our conscious hours are spent working, and depending upon where you live in relation to where you Read More
Success vs. Mediocrity
What makes a person successful? What makes a person mediocre? Better yet…what if we changed these two questions around just a bit. Are you a successful person…or are you mediocre? The temptation many of us would have when answering this question would be to quickly reply that we are successful…after all no one WANTS to Read More
Inspirational Perspective by Linal Harris
Yesterday my younger sister posted a blog that shared a few tips for finding your purpose and living the best life possible from my radio interview on WVON, Sunday night. A few of you have asked about obtaining a replay of the interview, so I will be posting the interview just as soon as I Read More
The Danger of Denying Change
A friend and I recently joked around with a few people we had just met at a social gathering that between the two of us we knew ‘everything’! Initially, there were looks of contempt and confusion, but then the joke served its purpose and got quite a bit of laughter. I do believe it’s safe Read More
What did it take to get me here?
This past week I celebrated a birthday. Wednesday made 36 years I’ve been a fellow inhabitant on this wonderful planet. I love birthdays! Birthdays are the one time a year, that each of us get to unapologetically make a whole day all about ME! Now…while the selfish aspects of celebrating a birthday are quite Read More
DO different!
When I first started this blog I had already accepted the fact it wouldn’t have explosive popularity and grow from one follower (my mom) to millions in a matter of months. Why had I accepted this reality? Well it’s quite simple…my message isn’t sensational…there’s no soundtrack, no explosions and no A class actor doing backflips Read More
Pigeonholed?
All of us know or have known someone within our professional lives that is or has been in a pigeonhole (to be stagnate, with little opportunity or growth in your current career for a long period of time). They’re OKAY…sometimes even great at what they do, but lack the attitude, skill, will and/or emotional intelligence Read More
Influence
My sister Keila, is in New York this week to gain perspective and knowledge from my virtual mentor; Seth Godin, also known as ‘America’s Greatest Marketer’ and author of fourteen books. Seth’s speeches and writings have had a great deal of influence on me over the last few years and this Monday, my little sister will Read More
The Walking Stick
The past few weeks I’ve been away on vacation. I’ve spent my time away exploring parts of the Southern Hemisphere which for a portion of my travels took me to the jungles of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. While in Kimbe, I joined a group of fellow explorers on a hike through the jungle and Read More