5 Lessons From the “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” Debate

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Earlier this month, a Forbes contributor posted an article entitled “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” on Forbes.com. The post was written by a white middle class man, who offered a bevy of suggestions for “poor black kids” that he himself would take if he were a poor black kid. Almost immediately, a brilliantly [...]

African American Leaders – 6 Reasons You Need a Leadership Coach

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Climbing the corporate ladder is challenging for anyone with their eye on the C-Suite but can be especially challenging for African American leaders. The extra challenges are generally related to skin color, but other factors are also in the equation. This article examines those extra challenges and how a leadership coach (also known as an [...]

Believe in Your Dreams

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Here we are at the close of 2011 and approaching yet another year. I imagine by now many are pondering over their New Year’s Resolutions and working on how to sike themselves up to accomplish something very different from what they did the previous year. At the beginning of this year you might have thought [...]

Empowered Living: Embracing Change

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We are living in confusing times regardless of where we have come from or how we got here – all over the country, regardless of theological persuasion, geographical permanence; it doesn’t matter we are living in confusing times. We have to take off our corporate hats and put down our “scholarly objectives” and sit down [...]

Next Level Living: What Walt Disney Can Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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If you follow Interstate 95 south all the way to the bottom of the east coast, it will lead you right to the gates of a kingdom! What’s amazing, is right under our noses is the most successful franchise on planet earth. The Disney brand is more recognizable than McDonald’s, Apple or BMW. As children, [...]

Weekly Dream Energizer: Do You Have a Dream Support Team?

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Every Dream Chaser needs a Dream Support Team. Dream Shapers and Dream Motivators are the individuals in your life that help you reach your dreams. However, BEWARE of the Dream ERASER!!!! These individuals want to stop you from chasing your dreams. Watch this video to see more.        

Next Level Living: Don’t Get Taken For a Ride!

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On June 30th, 2009 the Federal courts convicted Bernard Madoff for a Ponzi scheme that has resulted in upwards of 130 Billion dollars in unaccounted loses. This is staggering considering Madoff has been running scams like this for nearly 30 years. Madoff never robbed anyone with a gun, he never stood on a corner selling [...]