Shift Happens (Wk 3 – Fail Forward)
“Greatness is not the absence of failure, but the wisdom to know how to USE failure to your advantage!” At the age of 29, Diana Nyad dreamed of being the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a cage and in the midst of shark infested waters. Why would someone jump into shark infested waters […]
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“Warriors don’t retreat….they reload!” In 1985, Steve Jobs was fired from the company he founded. Apple was suffering financially under the weight of bloated product offerings and being eaten alive by the press as if Apple was already lying in a satin-lined casket. Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy. Then, SHIfT happened. Steve Jobs returned to the company in July of 1997, and […]
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It’s been decades since Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” And yet, those words still hold true today for the life and quest of great entrepreneurs. Bottom line, challenges WILL come your way and the familiar phrase “@#%& Happens” will, no doubt, hit you at some point in your journey. The secret behind GREAT […]
Continue readingP.U.S.H. (week 4) – Hustle
This is the final week of the four week P.U.S.H. series. Today we talk about “H”. HUSTLE like a Heretic First lets take a look at what the word Hustle means according to the dictionary. HUSTLE means to obtain something by force. It means to want something so passionately that you sacrifice for it. You […]
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SUCCESS OR SIGNIFICANCE? I remember as a little girl running to my mom and dad after having put on my new Sunday dress and waiting on pins and needles to hear them say, “Oh sweetheart, you look so pretty.” I remember at the age of 5 doing cartwheels and asking my “Mamaw” to give me […]
Continue readingP.U.S.H. (Week 2 “U”)
We are in week two of THE P.U.S.H. series and today we take a look at the “U”. “U” as in YOU, Inc. Do you realize that YOU, Inc. is the GREATEST brand you will ever represent? No matter what company, product, concept, party or organization you may call your own, YOU, Inc. will always […]
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Watching the 2016 Olympics brings out the warrior in me. It makes me want to work a little harder, push a little stronger and give more to the vision and dreams that echo within my heart. In August, I started a new form of messaging on Facebook Live. It’s called Warrior Wake-up and it it intended […]
Continue readingREADY, WILLING AND ABLE
Are you ready, willing and able? I have just boarded the plane, headed home after another great event. As I handed the agent my boarding pass a double beed sounded and he said, “Ma’am, you are in an exit row. Are you READY, WILLING AND ABLE to assist others in case of an emergency?” I […]
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