Stories of Black Women
“It’s your road and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” — Rumi “Wooooohooo!” screamed the 8-year-old. “I’m king!” He was laughing so hard, an ear-to-ear grin plastered on his face. The lego he built is standing proudly on the floor. For all eyes to see. In the …
Instead of improving everything (urgh, much effort), try to improve the tiny things that have a disproportionate impact. How many shoes do you have? 20% of your pairs will be worn 80% of the time. Want to work more efficiently? 20% of your time at work generates 80% of the value. Want more claps? 20% …
Why challenges are the best things that happen to you. Socrates was called “an immoral corrupter of youth.” Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly. His teacher called him hopeless as a composer. Charles Darwin wrote in his biography “I was considered below the standard level by my family.” Walt Disney went bankrupt several times before he built …
Watch out for boredom in your career if your heart is not involved. Imagine you have an uncle you don’t like. But you need him. Imagine you are new in town and he is the only one who can get you a job and his place is the only place you can stay for a …
Change doesn’t happen in grand gestures. You change by making ordinary that which you once thought was impossible. And that is a slow ride. It is progress. The journey is not a 100 meters sprint. It is a marathon. It takes time for change to materialize in your life. There is a saying I like: …
Action begets motivation — not the other way around. “Show up for yourself, for your work, for your dreams, for your goals every day.” — Shaunta Grimes Hector Quintanilla, in an article he wrote about how to be motivated, says that motivation is like an unfaithful partner. You would not depend on such a person, would you? You have got …
Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you. “The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.” — Mike Litman Once upon a time, I had a co-worker who had no interest or dedication to a job of training others. Until we parted ways, I saw no …
Try Again Poem by William Hickson, ‘Tis a lesson you should heed– Try again; If at first you don’t succeed, Try again. Then your courage should appear; For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear, Try again. Once or twice though you should fail, If you would at last prevail, …
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It’s always under the surface where it’s reserved for good divers. You have an unwritten book that will only come out through intense pressure and heat If you are too afraid to dive in, to take risks, to face challenges, you lack grit. You end up on the surface being so soft that life will chew right …