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Category Archives: Leadership
DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAM?
BELIEVE in your DREAM. BE COURAGEOUS and take the necessary steps to BUILD what you SEE!
Every year we set our goals after being motivated by the new year or the idea of losing weight and making more money or just hearing a speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Titled ” I HAVE A DREAM.”
Today we commemorate the legacy and teaches of Dr. King but what would Dr. King celebrate about our efforts and achievements as a multicultural America?
Many of us have lost the vision….
7 Keys to Develop and Sustain Relevancy
I love the innovation in today’s world with this current generation. They have a ton of creativity to be shared. Rather it’s through various styles of art, entertainment or technology it’s an exciting time despite the adversity in our communities with this huge relationship gap that exists between the young and older.
Mommy you don’t understand, daddy you just don’t get it……..
6 Points of Perserverance
Year after year the mental and emotional struggle of not accomplishing your goals creates a disheartening feeling of failure. Maybe life has thrown you some curve balls unexpectedly and you can’t believe for the life of you why things are going wrong for you or you can’t seem to get on your feet. Do you feel everyone else is making it happen and you are still in the same place or worse?
Are you tired of being rejected from peers when you come up with an idea that you feel can change your life? Is hope fading because of the lack of support from those you love and you constantly buy the opinions of those who don’t have what you desire?
Sometimes we get motivated and see part of the vision because of a program on television that inspired you or you went to a workshop and all the speakers were talking directly to you, then that voice started telling you success has no place for you or they will say………..
5 Fundamental Principles of Communication
Trying to get your point across to another individual can be a challenge for many people on a daily basis. The challenge at work of trying to get your boss to see that you’re doing your best, your spouse that you do love them, and your children that you are only one person. Sometimes it’s the multiple conversations going on in your own head about this and that leaving you indecisive and uncertain about what you believe or desire.
It’s all about effective communication! I know you’ve heard that before. I have for years and years and years. The struggle of trying to understand other people’s passions and view points and the disappointment they have when you don’t get what they are trying to say or see the value in what they’re talking about.
How do we speak the same language and not understand each other?
I grew up a middle child between two boys. I always felt squeezed, left out and misunderstood. An older brother who got all of the older brother attention and a younger brother who got all the baby boy attention. So, I never really having a voice. I became insecure and timid whenever I had to say something that challenged me. The fear of not being heard feeling rejected or left feeling stupid gripped my emotions and caused me to cower. I realized I was suffering from a lack of confidence in myself due to a lack of consistent engagement from the people I trusted the most, my parents.
Don’t get me wrong, growing up in the Shorter household was far from the worst. We had a great upbringing but the longing for conversation that focused on my needs and desires or even my thoughts and opinions would have help me long-term create confident dialogue as well as offer value about what I had to say in any given situation.
The practice of engagement allows the brain……..