Essence CEO Caroline Wanga is leading the charge over at Essence Magazine and she could not be a better fit. With The Essence Festival coming up I started to do some reflecting.  I had the privilege of interviewing the original founders of Essence magazine and they were guided by a single unapologetic mission and the magazine is still successful and positively impacting our economy within our culture thanks to the following keys.

As Father's Day approaches I would like to send a special message to all the fathers out there, and want you to know that you are making a difference. God bless and have an amazing Father's Day everyone.

Elon Musk recently gave his employees an ultimatum to return the office work 40 hours or you will be forced to leave the company. Now I am not knocking Elon and all that he has done to build his company from scratch and what he provides for his employees, but I would like to offer some advice to him and all the other CEO's, Managers, and HR Professionals out there as we navigate this new era in the workforce.

One of our own Lebron James has achieved billionaire status. Did you know out  of the 2,700 billionaires in the world only 15 of them are black?! Lebron James was able to achieve this great achievement because of these three key factors.

These facts are why it’s important to be aware of the power that you have, consider how successful black entrepreneurs and businessmen and women have navigated though this stratification and have had the mindset and determination to never go back and to keep rising. You have the power to do the same!

Serve people, go ahead and hustle, and make sure you leave something behind in terms of your legacy.

If you are going to be a corporate climber or an entrepreneur, sometimes life is going to knock you down on your knees. When you get down there I want to share some excellent reading material to lift you back up.

In 2019 I Invited Pinky Cole, Founder of The Slutty Vegan to speak to my classroom as a part of my "Take a Millionaire to Lunch Series", and just this past weekend I was thrilled to see her return speak at this years commencement here at Clark Atlanta University. What was so special about her speech is that she was able to provide every graduating student with their very own LLC making them all business owners thanks to her partnership with the fine people at Varo Bank. Now it's on them to repay Pinky and the only way they can do that is focusing on the 3 Pillars of Entrepreneurship to achieve success.

This past Mother's Day I was inspired to share my appreciation for all the Mothers out there. Let's make sure that we embrace our mothers and we let them know that they are going to be safe and secure.

We are all going to leave a legacy one way or another. In this video I wanted to share an anecdote shared from Nelson Mandela when he was days from making his transition as he answered the question "What is the purpose of life?"