Frame of Reference: 8 Ways to Improve How You View Yourself

confidence_crop380w

Although you may not be aware of this in your everyday life, how you take care of yourself is critical to your quality of life. Self-respect is indicative of how you view yourself. And showing self-respect keeps your positive feelings about you flowing and growing. Feeling good about yourself and demonstrating self-respect are a chicken [...]

Perception Creates Reality

perception2-300x251

I had the pleasure of attending Tory Johnson’s Spark and Hustle when it was in New York City last Tuesday.  Among the amazingly, inspiringly informative presenters was real estate mogul and Shark Tank star, Barbara Corcoran.   Her topic: “How I Turned $1000 Into a Billion Dollar Business and The 10 Lessons I Learned Along The [...]

A Moment to Meditate: 7 Simple Steps

Meditation-leaf

The idea for this article came about after a conversation with my good girlfriend. The conversation began a bit like this: My Friend: Okay, I have been trying to get this meditation thing right and I don’t know my mind just wanders. Me: Okay so, the mind wanders, that’s what it does why are you [...]

Good Friends are NOT Always Good Mates: The Break-Up (Part II)

black-male-upset

Part I of this article, I discussed the challenges with starting a romantic relationship with a good friend. The question now is what happens when two friends pursue a relationship, but it does not work out? Do you remain friends or do you part ways? This topic is very important because large portions of the emails [...]

The Value of Ignorance

knowledge_is_power1

One thing that really amazes me is how people function on what they think they know more so than on what they actually know. A lot of times; dare I say more than 90% of the time we learn new words by hearing them around us. We’ll hear a new word on television, on the [...]

Passion Into Action: No Matter What May Have Happened, Don’t Be Afraid To Take A Shot!

LoLo

As I enjoyed a relaxing Saturday afternoon, I watched a television documentary on Olympic Hurdler LoLo Jones. Jones graduated with a Business degree after having a stellar Collegiate Track and Field Career from Louisiana State University (LSU). After her college days, she trained hard to take her shot at the Olympics. Prior to the 2008 Beijing [...]

Next Level Living: How To End Unforgiveness

forgiveness-copy

In the last 10 years I have sat through many apologetic news conferences from our countries elite. I’ve watched everyone from Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Governor Mark Sanford. In the beginning there were a lot of excuses, but in the end they all were forced to come clean. Their public [...]