Once You Get It, It Never Goes Away I once heard my friend Carole Sharp say “I can’t kill it and it won’t die.” As I recall, she wasn’t referring to entrepreneurs, but I remember that the moment she said it, I immediately related it to my entrepreneurial spirit. Over …
Your Autobiography: Still More Story to Tell I’ve heard it said that there is a book in all of us. Each of us has our own (life) story to tell. I don’t know about anybody else, but I could certainly write an autobiography about my life and I promise it would not be …
The Buck Stops Wherever You Stop It We’ve all heard the catch phrase “The Buck Stops Here” made famous by Harry Truman. In short the phrase indicates the finality of a decision. I don’t know what made me think of it, but when I did, I immediately thought about how people stop …
There Are Only 24 Hours in Any Given Day I was in the grocery story recently and the woman in front of me was about to leave the 6 pack of Mountain Dew that she had purchased. The cashier caught the woman as she was walking away. The woman responded …
Do What You Wanna Do The Dramatics sing a song titled “Do What You Wanna Do” and it goes on to say “be what you are. There ain’t no right or wrong way….” That is “so” the path and attitude that we may want to adopt in our own lives. …
Who Says a Date Has to Involve More Than One Person? You ever have those days where you want to go out and do something fun but you can’t find anybody to go with you? I know that feeling. But guess what I do? I go all by my lonesome …
So Whatcha Doin’ Now? I’ve done a lot of things in my lifetime particularly when it came to supporting my family of 2. By choice I have owned a hair salon, a desktop publishing business, started an investment group for women, attempted to start a hair style magazine (derailed by photographer’s poor …
Don’t Let Frustration Stop You I really do not like using the words most, everybody and all, but in this case, I would venture to say that everybody experiences frustration sometimes. Frustration may set in when you’ve tried over and over again to accomplish something and no matter how many …
The Greatest Source of Peace I find the greatest source of peace when I pray, meditate and talk to God. Many times I forget to pray before I go to bed, but I am often up in the middle of the night. When that happens, I spend quality time with …
Martin Luther King Epitomized Dreaming No other writings about dreams resonate more than Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. He dreamed back in a day where our dreams hardly seemed possible and yet many of us are living our dream today. Dr. King dreamed that every human being would …
Much of What You Do Can Wait Everybody’s in a hurry these days. Messages must be instant. People don’t want to talk, instead they want to chat. Handwritten letters have been replaced by the text message on the go. Phone calls have been replaced with a quick status update on …
Personal Mission Statement When we think of mission statements, we often think that only businesses have them, but not so. We all have a mission in life don’t you think? Since in large part, we thought mission statements were only for businesses, many may not have considered their own mission …
Without Passion There is No Success That’s what my pastor said on this past Sunday and it really resonated with me. Personally I love it when passion takes over to the point where I can’t sleep for thinking about ways to bring that passion into reality. Nearly every waking moment, …
You Are Here Because You Conquered Yesterday’s Challenge These days staying alive is a challenge. So many innocent bystanders are struck down by gunfire, domestic disputes or other such nonsense. It is a blessing to be here today. At the end of the day, even your children conquered a challenge yesterday: they …
Hurry Up and Wait Sometimes when you set a goal or have a desire to do something, it just seems like it’s never going to come to pass. Even when we make consistent strides towards achieving a goal, it seems like it takes forever for it to happen. Some people will …