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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

"Is 'buying black' realistic giving our mis-education in America?"

For those new to the blog, please read my other posts by searching under 'buy black'.  Thanks for all your support.

Supporting black business has become an exercise that is asking a lot of your every day common consumer. The Empowerment Experiment (EE) led by the Anderson family out of Chicago is a great example of this. This couple committed to shopping exclusively with black owned business for one year. They proved that it could be done but more importantly exposed the great lengths one must go to in order to achieve it.(For

Conscious Comedy Explosion! is a monthly upscale comedy and networking event that promotes clean and conscious comedy.

 

 

Our next event will be on Friday, August 27, 2010. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm.

This month it will hosted by Total Deliverance Worship Center, 2774 Sweetwater Springs Blvd, to bring laughter to
the "House of Prayer". This event welcomes all ages.

Our headliner will be A.J. Jamal who is known as "The King of Clean" as seen on The Tonight Show, In Living Color, and HBO.

Event will be hosted by yours