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"WHEN I GET WHERE I'M GOING is about three very different sisters
and is a wonderfully entertaining read." 
 Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times Bestselling Author

When I Get Where I'm Going by Cheryl Robinson 

After thirteen years in Hollywood, Alicia Day is ready to give up on her dream of becoming a movie star. A call from a woman in Detroit claiming to be her half sister couldn't have come at a better time, and Alicia decides to return to her hometown to meet her.

Heaven Jetter was shocked when her father told her about his secret daughter. But now that she and her full sister, Hope

Self-Improvement is an holistic journey. The tendency to compartmentalize our life into separate formal and informal boxes and buckets, compounds the problems standing in the way of our becoming Extraordinary.

True, there is a time and place for everything, but this only serves to organize and increase the efficiency of our self-improvement efforts.

What I am getting at is this: Personal development initiatives must incorporate our whole life, in order to reap the most benefit.

We need to assess our effectiveness in meeting the demands of our material, physical, social and

Don't be stupid about ignoring symptoms and neglecting your health.  Be aware there are many negative health aspects confronting us everyday, no matter where we are.  Pollution in the air and foods, and water we consume, cannot be avoided.

Working in health care I see many ill and sick people everyday, believe me you really don't want to wait until you end up in the hospital due many times to ignorantly avoiding seeking medical help sooner for symptoms neglected.  Doctors are forced to perform various tests do to litagation concerns. So your simple hospital stay may turn into a more extended

As one who is engaged in a successful business and working from home, there is never a need to go into begging mode when you feel you are not being adequately compensated for your worth. You are the comptroller as well as the chief decision maker for your business. As such, it is up to you to determine your value to your business and reward yourself accordingly. At this point, it is also important to note that as the head honcho; you control the books and access to same. You know the complete materiel condition of your business at all times and basically; you are responsible for that

If you're someone looking for media exposure, there's no better place to turn than HARO. I think what Peter Shankman has done with the HARO site is nothing short of phenomenal. But Peter can only do so much. He can get the word out for you but then it's up to you to do the rest.

This brings me to the purpose of my blog post today. A few months ago I put out a request for panelists for the Second Annual Social Media Summit (sponsored by BAMMedia. I was inaundated with emails from all over the country and Canada. That's a good thing, however, what was disturbing to me was the fact that some

Some employers are using the Internet to check up on potential employees before making hiring decisions, but did you realize that potential clients could be checking up on small business owners, too?  Making sure you know what is being said about you and your company on the Internet should be a regular part of your business activities.  Use these three tips to keep track of your online brand:

1. Create a Google alert of your name, company name and web site address.  Google will send you an email daily, weekly or as it happens when one of your search items is found on someone’s web site,

Shirley Sherrod declines offer to return to USDA job

Shirley Sherrod has declined to return to her job at the USDA. Watch video of her explain why she declined and what she intends to do with her life now here:

http://aareports.com/2010/08/shirley-sherrod-declines-to-return-to.html

Supporting black business has become an exercise that is asking a lot of your every day common consumer. The Empowerment Experiment