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Nothing is more sobering than seeing someone hear a rule or a warning and then break it right in front of you. Watching it happen live shows how oblivious we can be.
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Nothing is more sobering than seeing someone hear a rule or a warning and then break it right in front of you. Watching it happen live shows how oblivious we can be.
"No matter what you do, some people will dislike you." She helped me see that if someone wants a reason to dislike you, they'll find one, and that's a reflection on them, not you. This applies to enemies, fair-weather friends, and sometimes family. Understand it's their problem, not yours.
December 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"No matter what you do, some people will dislike you." She helped me see that if someone wants a reason to dislike you, they'll find one, and that's a reflection on them, not you. This applies to enemies, fair-weather friends, and sometimes family. Understand it's their problem, not yours.
When you resent others' achievements, you stifle your own progress. So, learning to feel genuine happiness for others is essential for reaching your potential.
Overall, my friends, we should be celebrating others.
Overall, my friends, we should be celebrating others.
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
When you resent others' achievements, you stifle your own progress. So, learning to feel genuine happiness for others is essential for reaching your potential.
Overall, my friends, we should be celebrating others.
Overall, my friends, we should be celebrating others.
I first read Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People" about seven years ago and have referenced it in presentations and conversations ever since. His predictions, which now seem prophetic, were actually just clear-eyed conclusions from data and his work helping young people. I highly recommend it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I first read Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People" about seven years ago and have referenced it in presentations and conversations ever since. His predictions, which now seem prophetic, were actually just clear-eyed conclusions from data and his work helping young people. I highly recommend it.
Success requires a team; no one achieves it alone.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Success requires a team; no one achieves it alone.
It's easy to claim we believe in doing the right thing, yet still support hypocrisy when it benefits us.
While this might offer a short-term advantage, the long-term outcome will be disastrous.
We should make practice and habit of doing right in all spaces of our lives. Then it becomes easy.
While this might offer a short-term advantage, the long-term outcome will be disastrous.
We should make practice and habit of doing right in all spaces of our lives. Then it becomes easy.
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's easy to claim we believe in doing the right thing, yet still support hypocrisy when it benefits us.
While this might offer a short-term advantage, the long-term outcome will be disastrous.
We should make practice and habit of doing right in all spaces of our lives. Then it becomes easy.
While this might offer a short-term advantage, the long-term outcome will be disastrous.
We should make practice and habit of doing right in all spaces of our lives. Then it becomes easy.
It's the silent sacrifices you make to keep showing up, day after day, that no one sees. If they only knew the strength that takes, they'd be in awe of you. Stay the course, my friends. Keep smiling and pushing forward.
BTW, TGIF!🙂
BTW, TGIF!🙂
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's the silent sacrifices you make to keep showing up, day after day, that no one sees. If they only knew the strength that takes, they'd be in awe of you. Stay the course, my friends. Keep smiling and pushing forward.
BTW, TGIF!🙂
BTW, TGIF!🙂
Life is really a pursuit and journey to find and define purpose. I'm still on that journey.
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Life is really a pursuit and journey to find and define purpose. I'm still on that journey.
If I could advise my younger self, it would be to plan exhaustively. Life is full of too many external variables to ever go exactly as planned, but a solid plan is the compass that keeps you heading in the right direction.
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If I could advise my younger self, it would be to plan exhaustively. Life is full of too many external variables to ever go exactly as planned, but a solid plan is the compass that keeps you heading in the right direction.
I've learned to trust actions over words every time. Promises can be empty, but actions have weight and consequence. It's a standard I try to hold for myself, too, making sure the person I say I am is the same one that shows up in my choices and my life.
I don't always get it right, but I try.
I don't always get it right, but I try.
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I've learned to trust actions over words every time. Promises can be empty, but actions have weight and consequence. It's a standard I try to hold for myself, too, making sure the person I say I am is the same one that shows up in my choices and my life.
I don't always get it right, but I try.
I don't always get it right, but I try.
After exhausting all efforts for reconciliation and acknowledging your own errors, you are met with a refusal of accountability and gaslighting. The central dilemma becomes whether to remain in the dynamic or emotionally detach.
September 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
After exhausting all efforts for reconciliation and acknowledging your own errors, you are met with a refusal of accountability and gaslighting. The central dilemma becomes whether to remain in the dynamic or emotionally detach.
The efficacy of any system or process is dependent on a culture of individual accountability.
Ultimately, organizational performance, whether positive or negative, is a product of its people. Without personal responsibility ingrained in the culture, failure is inevitable.
Ultimately, organizational performance, whether positive or negative, is a product of its people. Without personal responsibility ingrained in the culture, failure is inevitable.
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The efficacy of any system or process is dependent on a culture of individual accountability.
Ultimately, organizational performance, whether positive or negative, is a product of its people. Without personal responsibility ingrained in the culture, failure is inevitable.
Ultimately, organizational performance, whether positive or negative, is a product of its people. Without personal responsibility ingrained in the culture, failure is inevitable.
Inspiration > Intimidation. Coach> Critic.
My leadership philosophy is simple: build up, don't tear down. Be a coach. Be a mentor. True accountability empowers the talented and transforms mindsets.
Who are you inspiring today? #Leadership
My leadership philosophy is simple: build up, don't tear down. Be a coach. Be a mentor. True accountability empowers the talented and transforms mindsets.
Who are you inspiring today? #Leadership
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Inspiration > Intimidation. Coach> Critic.
My leadership philosophy is simple: build up, don't tear down. Be a coach. Be a mentor. True accountability empowers the talented and transforms mindsets.
Who are you inspiring today? #Leadership
My leadership philosophy is simple: build up, don't tear down. Be a coach. Be a mentor. True accountability empowers the talented and transforms mindsets.
Who are you inspiring today? #Leadership
Solve Forward
— Every challenge has a solution. Instead of over-analyzing the problem, focus on action. Often, the obstacle you see is one you’re uniquely positioned to overcome.
— Every challenge has a solution. Instead of over-analyzing the problem, focus on action. Often, the obstacle you see is one you’re uniquely positioned to overcome.
July 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Solve Forward
— Every challenge has a solution. Instead of over-analyzing the problem, focus on action. Often, the obstacle you see is one you’re uniquely positioned to overcome.
— Every challenge has a solution. Instead of over-analyzing the problem, focus on action. Often, the obstacle you see is one you’re uniquely positioned to overcome.
"Growth demands a new environment." – D. Bronner
Do you feel stuck? Your surroundings might be the reason.
Ask yourself: Is my environment helping me grow? If not, maybe it’s time to shift.
Have a productive week, my friends.
#GrowthMindset #ChangeForGrowth #NewBeginnings
Do you feel stuck? Your surroundings might be the reason.
Ask yourself: Is my environment helping me grow? If not, maybe it’s time to shift.
Have a productive week, my friends.
#GrowthMindset #ChangeForGrowth #NewBeginnings
June 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"Growth demands a new environment." – D. Bronner
Do you feel stuck? Your surroundings might be the reason.
Ask yourself: Is my environment helping me grow? If not, maybe it’s time to shift.
Have a productive week, my friends.
#GrowthMindset #ChangeForGrowth #NewBeginnings
Do you feel stuck? Your surroundings might be the reason.
Ask yourself: Is my environment helping me grow? If not, maybe it’s time to shift.
Have a productive week, my friends.
#GrowthMindset #ChangeForGrowth #NewBeginnings
Hypocrisy always has consequences. You can pretend for a while, but the truth is like the tide—sooner or later, it comes for the shore. Lies fade. Trust erodes. In the end, the gap between what you say and what you do will catch up with you. Stay true, or the waves will wash away the act.
June 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hypocrisy always has consequences. You can pretend for a while, but the truth is like the tide—sooner or later, it comes for the shore. Lies fade. Trust erodes. In the end, the gap between what you say and what you do will catch up with you. Stay true, or the waves will wash away the act.
HAPPY TUESDAY!
Reminder:
You being here on Earth is not some random accident or mistake. So, friends, if no one's told you this yet, or in a while, hear it now.
You were made for something amazing. Act like it. Live like it’s true!
Walk and live in your purpose.
GO BE GREAT, MY FRIENDS!🙂
Reminder:
You being here on Earth is not some random accident or mistake. So, friends, if no one's told you this yet, or in a while, hear it now.
You were made for something amazing. Act like it. Live like it’s true!
Walk and live in your purpose.
GO BE GREAT, MY FRIENDS!🙂
May 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
HAPPY TUESDAY!
Reminder:
You being here on Earth is not some random accident or mistake. So, friends, if no one's told you this yet, or in a while, hear it now.
You were made for something amazing. Act like it. Live like it’s true!
Walk and live in your purpose.
GO BE GREAT, MY FRIENDS!🙂
Reminder:
You being here on Earth is not some random accident or mistake. So, friends, if no one's told you this yet, or in a while, hear it now.
You were made for something amazing. Act like it. Live like it’s true!
Walk and live in your purpose.
GO BE GREAT, MY FRIENDS!🙂
I once thought,one person could change the world alone. Then I realized no one can do it all, it is the small steps, tiny choices, they add up.
We are here to leave things better than we found them. If nothing shifts after we’re gone? We failed. That is how we shift things, bit by bit.
We are here to leave things better than we found them. If nothing shifts after we’re gone? We failed. That is how we shift things, bit by bit.
May 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I once thought,one person could change the world alone. Then I realized no one can do it all, it is the small steps, tiny choices, they add up.
We are here to leave things better than we found them. If nothing shifts after we’re gone? We failed. That is how we shift things, bit by bit.
We are here to leave things better than we found them. If nothing shifts after we’re gone? We failed. That is how we shift things, bit by bit.
Nelson Mandela said, "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears," it reminds us to focus on our aspirations and dreams, not let anxieties dictate our path.
My friends, your future is greater than your fears.
My friends, your future is greater than your fears.
March 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Nelson Mandela said, "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears," it reminds us to focus on our aspirations and dreams, not let anxieties dictate our path.
My friends, your future is greater than your fears.
My friends, your future is greater than your fears.
Since familiarity breeds indifference, the expected seldom provokes a reaction.
March 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Since familiarity breeds indifference, the expected seldom provokes a reaction.
When I tell you history repeats itself...
Ecclesiastes 1:9, states: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 1:9, states: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
March 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When I tell you history repeats itself...
Ecclesiastes 1:9, states: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 1:9, states: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
Each day, we have an opportunity to make ourselves better and our space in the world a better place.
If enough of us become better and create better spaces, we will block out the negativity that is so prevalent in modern society.
Let's be the CHANGE we want to see.😁
My friends, have a great week.
If enough of us become better and create better spaces, we will block out the negativity that is so prevalent in modern society.
Let's be the CHANGE we want to see.😁
My friends, have a great week.
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Each day, we have an opportunity to make ourselves better and our space in the world a better place.
If enough of us become better and create better spaces, we will block out the negativity that is so prevalent in modern society.
Let's be the CHANGE we want to see.😁
My friends, have a great week.
If enough of us become better and create better spaces, we will block out the negativity that is so prevalent in modern society.
Let's be the CHANGE we want to see.😁
My friends, have a great week.
Never forget that life is finite. As some have wisely noted, "we all have an expiration date." But while we are still here, we have the power to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Helping those around us is not something to be dismissed as trivial or overly sentimental.
March 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Never forget that life is finite. As some have wisely noted, "we all have an expiration date." But while we are still here, we have the power to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Helping those around us is not something to be dismissed as trivial or overly sentimental.
My friends, no matter where you are in life, always remember that change or transition is not a loss. Sometimes, it is necessary and essential.
Always welcome new seasons. They are required and needed.
It's March 1st, so spring is on the way.
Always welcome new seasons. They are required and needed.
It's March 1st, so spring is on the way.
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My friends, no matter where you are in life, always remember that change or transition is not a loss. Sometimes, it is necessary and essential.
Always welcome new seasons. They are required and needed.
It's March 1st, so spring is on the way.
Always welcome new seasons. They are required and needed.
It's March 1st, so spring is on the way.