Creating Relationships of Value

Torin Ellis
Torin Ellis
Theodore Roosevelt said "the most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." I'm amazed when I think back on some of the professional encounters I've had with so many different people with varied degrees of authority. So many were absolutely fantastic while a few were nothing short of disastrous. Honestly, some of the most fantastic relationships have been with ordinary people willing to do what they said they would do. You know, they gave you a business card and had every intention of following up despite the void of direct benefit in doing so.

Focusing on the bigger objectives

Torin Ellis
Torin Ellis
Don't drain your mental reserves. On this Monday switch thought.

I promise not to keep you long. In 1965, there was a gentleman by the name of H. Naylor Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh actually had a scholarship to Harvard at the age of 16 and was one of four African Americans in the 1931 class of 1000. Fitzhugh was the first African American to earn and secure an MBA in Business from Harvard. Armed with a great deal of education and exceptional talent, Fitzhugh was forced to wrestle with a tireless opponent by the name of struggle. A brief stint at Howard University positioned Fitzhugh for the business community, which was well deserved. While at Pepsi Cola Inc., he manufactured the widely used business phrase "Target Marketing." Switch.

Pimps of the Movement

Darryl James
Darryl James
Since the end of the Sixties, rang out by the assassinations of Malcolm and Martin, the African American community has been searching for the next leader, or the new movement.

For some, the new movement is all about economic empowerment, political astuteness and personal community improvement based on personal responsibility.

For some, the new leaders have yet to be identified, perhaps hidden among today's youth in politics or in the pulpit.

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