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Running a company can be quite a gamble at times. Entrepreneurs need to decide what business opportunities to pursue or pass on, often without having any idea of how these opportunities will turn out. Chances are that each entrepreneur has made the mistake of passing on an opportunity that proved to be highly lucrative afterward.

But dwelling on these mistakes and obsessing over how you could have prevented them is both counterproductive and can negatively impact a leader's decision-making when future opportunities present themselves.

Basically you should Own it and learn from it...

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Being bold means asking yourself, “what do you have to lose?” or, “what’s the worst thing that could happen?” before making a decision. Then you realize you don’t have that much to lose. If the worst happened, you’d live to tell the tale.

Being bold supports the development of an abundance mentality. If one opportunity slips through your fingers, having an abundance mentality will help you recover quickly. You know there’s more to come.

This week, I challenge you to do one thing that’s out of your comfort zone just to see what happens. What do you have to lose?

9/11 defines my life in a nutshell.

"On a sunny, cloudless Tuesday morning nineteen years ago, New York, the nation and the world were changed forever. We will never forget the nearly three thousand lives lost during the September 11th terrorist attacks."  Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke this morning at the 9/11 ceremony,

Sept. 11, 2001

8:46 a.m. Hijackers crash American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower. The 76 passengers and 11 crew members and hundreds inside the building are instantly killed.

9:03 a.m. Hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 175 into the south tower, killing 51 passengers, 9 crew members and an unknown number of people inside the building.

9:59 a.m. The south tower collapses in 10 seconds after burning for almost an hour. More than 800 civilians and first responders are killed.

10:28 a.m. The north tower collapses after burning for 102 minutes and more than 1,600 people are killed.

During this time, I would have been between the two towers. But that day I didn't make my usual trip.

the irony lives in my heartbeat every day.

I never forget. Not the day. not the time. Not the loss and certainly not how we all came together.

" You are my son, Will. End of story. "

― Philip Banks

Philip Banks is the Tritagonist on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. He is the father of Hilary Banks, Carlton Banks, Ashley Banks, and Nicky Banks, the uncle of Will Smith, and the husband of Vivian Banks. He is portrayed by James Avery.

Philip is a paternal, humble, instructive, level-headed, inspirational, protective, bold, aspiring, noble, kind-hearted, selfless, understanding, nice, caring, loving, educated, patient, honorable, independent, logical, zany, encouraging, knowledgeable and efficient man. Vivian is usually the only person that can make Phillip relax when he loses his cool. He is a very strict man, but a great father and husband.

"Will is not a coat that you hang in the closet then pick it up when you're ready to wear it. His life goes on! He's not supposed to be here for you, you're supposed to be here for him!"―Philip Banks on Lou's irresponsibility as a father.

Even though Phillip tends to lose his temper fairly quickly, he means well deep down, and he loves and cares deeply about his family

Philip has had a history with the Civil Rights movement.

Shortly after Will arrives, he calls Uncle Phil soft, and Philip calls Will out on having Malcolm X posters when the latter saw and heard the man himself speak, a notion that seemed to surprise and impress Will. When a fellow activist calls him a sellout for working with the system, he tears into her verbally that while he no longer fights in the street anymore, those times were never forgotten and that he faced dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, as well as watching Harlem go up in flames. He instead during his time as a lawyer uses his position to fight for and win fair housing, affirmative action, and better health care.

The question is "Where is Uncle Phil" in today's pandemic

Where are all the heroes?

One of my readers recently asked me a pointed question: Why are there so few heroes? It’s a good question that deserves some thought, especially given how much our world is rife with poverty, famine, violence, natural disasters, and tragic accidents.

We need heroes more than ever. So where are they? Why do they seem to be in such short supply?

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Chadwick Boseman was an American actor known for his portrayals of Jackie Robinson in '42' and James Brown in 'Get on Up.' He also played the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Chadwick Boseman had early success as a stage actor, writer, and director, before landing gigs on TV shows like Lincoln Heights. Boseman broke through with his big-screen portrayals of two African American icons: baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42, and soul singer James Brown in Get on Up. Boseman later took on the role of Black Panther for a series of Marvel superhero films, including the immensely successful Black Panther in early 2018.

Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born in 1976 in South Carolina and went on to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in directing. He then attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.

Boseman has performed in a number of stage productions, including Breathe, Romeo and Juliet, Bootleg Blues, Zooman, and Willie's Cut and Shine. He won an AUDELCO Award for his role as the teen E.J. in 2002's Urban Transitions: Loose Blossoms, a play by Ron Milner about a struggling African American family pulled in by the temptation of fast cash. He's also worked as part of the Hip Hop Theatre Festival and has written the plays Hieroglyphic Graffiti, Deep Azure, and Rhyme Deferred. Additionally, he has directed a number of stage productions, as well as the short film Blood Over a Broken Pawn.

More Importantly,  Chadwick was one of us who is happy to see he made it and makes a difference with it. We dream of these moments where we can cheer on our hero and feel good about the small progress we make. He embodied not only Black Panther but an entire culture that would help us and lead us into a new era. Let he who has been watered, be water. Let he who has given, be given unto.

Thank You, Chadwick and prayers up to you and on your wife, family, and friends...Gone Too Soon.

If things are falling apart in your life then THE most important thing that you can do to get your life back on track is to

ask: “How can I transform my life and achieve my dreams”

This question is coming from a place of pain and scarcity and I’ll be honest with you … I get it.

Life can be brutal at times and it can feel like there’s no hope.

But it’s in times like this where you must shift your focus from the sh*t storm happening around you and behind you and instead focus on the rainbow and pot of gold that you’re moving towards.

Things you can do to combat this:

Double down on your health and fitness

Express daily gratitude for what you already have

Commit to Kaizen

Laugh your butt off

Commit to a goal and follow the 5-step success formula

Reconnect with old friends and family members

Relax and take a page from Bob Marley...

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If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

John Paul Jones

The people, places, and things you experience every day play a vital role in encouraging or discouraging negativity, no matter the day or time you are having in your life. If you want to remain negativity-free, you must make some changes to the people, places, and things with which you normally engage.

Listen to the pod to learn how!

Stay Humble, Stay Safe, and Stay Positive!

There are problems in your life that you have been conscious of for a very long time, but haven’t yet found the capacity to fix. You reflect on these old ways and old patterns, and you can clearly see the unnecessary pain and suffering they have caused you.

Yet you remain stuck in them.

Even while knowing they are wrong and ineffective, you keep doing them. Repeating them. Again and again. And each time the pain and suffering comes back. And you say to yourself, “Okay, that’s the last time. Fuck that. Never again. I’ve learned my lesson now.”

But, for some odd reason, you do it again. And again. you act as if you enjoy the pain, even though you know you really don’t. You act impulsively. Automatically. Like a programmed robot with no sense of choice.

These patterns in your life seem to be really sticky. They are deeply rooted. You’ve thought of countless ways you can try to correct them, but your efforts have so far remained fruitless. It is almost as if there is another part of you that you can’t change. And perhaps there is.

But you can change that today and start to live a limitless life by searching for your identity...Today

What political voice is and why and how it matters – and for whom – has emerged as a central area of interest and engagement in international development.

Understanding people and what they are looking at in anew normal and an emerging pandemic,  It's high time they look in the mirror about their views and look beyond themselves to embrace their community.

Progress is both a necessary and a dangerous idea. It is necessary if one tries to improve the way things are, and it is dangerous because the pursuit of progress has often given rise to experiences of paternalism, colonial domination, and narratives of civilizational superiority. In my research, I try to defend a critical account of progress by distinguishing between moral and political progress, and by exploring the relationship between political progress and justice. I believe that we make progress not when we approximate an idea of justice that is always known to us, but when the political institutions we construct reflect what we learn from the trials and failures of the past.

It's time to learn more about people, politics, and progress.