Old School Thoughts

This episode concludes Martha’s three-part series on “We’re Not Merchants!” This episode has a lot to do with the importance of marketing and knowing your product well enough to accurately pitch it. These are two pitfalls to transforming an idea or dream into a sustainable business. We love you and be good. Please pass it on.

Last week, Martha led our conversation with her knowledge and description of a “Merchant Class or Society” as it pertains to African American communities. This is Part 2 of the same topic. We opened this episode with a short discussion about what should we take away from the observance/celebration of Juneteenth. Let us know your thoughts.

Martha and I had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Dr. LaTasha Jones Adams to learn about her initiative to start a charter school in Columbus, Georgia. The proposed name for the school is Dominion Purpose Academy. Though she is at the early stages of the process, Martha and I invited Dr. Adams to the podcast to share with all of us her purpose behind the initiative and other considerations. I look forward to this legacy and its impact. Please pass it on.

Welcome to another episode of Old School Thoughts! Thank you for all of your support. Like always, I really enjoyed recording this episode with Martha. We’re Not Merchants has to do with strengths and weaknesses to survive as a business class. I hope you enjoy this episode and pass it on to friends and family.

In this episode, Martha is leading us through a series of thought provoking situations that we should analyze beneath the surface. She used bugs and slugs, metaphorically, at one point, to get her message across. Please pass this episode on to others.

Growing up, I would hear adults saying, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” I never understood why I would keep my enemies closer than my friends. Martha and I revisited that saying after listening to a speech delivered by Killer Mike titled: Free Speech Lets Me Know My Enemy. His spin on the topic was spot on. It showed his maturity.

Our parents have always told us, in many different ways, to “Keep your eyes open”, “Pay attention” and that “You better smell the coffee.” Which meant that you better keep your sense about yourself.

We all have to learn how to slow down what we see to reflect and assess. If we don’t, we will let too many important things slide while turning the other cheek. I am all outta cheeks.

Martha has led us into an episode for the archives. Most of our discussions are surfaced for discussion amongst larger groups - then some episodes go beneath the surface that might cause some of our listeners to step back. Those are the episodes I see as a recording for the archives. The archives are left for others to discover.

Martha opens this episode by exploring a repetitive mantra often used in the African American community, We are caught or stuck between a rock and a hard place.” We have repeated this phrase without ever assessing its meaning in layman terms. Here we go with another significant discussion. We hope you like it and add it to your collection. If you like it, please share it.

This episode is a door blaster because Martha and I have reached a new horizon when it comes to analyzing why our parents sent us out of the room when “Grown Folks are talking.” Martha hit the spot when she stated that, as adults, we represent those adult conversations that took place in the background. What a profound discovery! Let us know your thoughts. Thank you for your support.