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Posted by nbbta in Untagged
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On each forum I visit I find some discussions regarding the "lack of support" from Black business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers. There always seems to be some general (sometimes stated, sometimes implied) "expectation" regarding the behavior of Black people as it relates to Black business and the use of ones money. Expressions of how it "should" be as opposed to how it "could" be.
I consider myself a Black Business Advocate and supporter of Black entrepreneurship. Over many years, I have put both my time and my money to this commitment. And will work until my end being committed to the cause of Black business owners and entrepreneurs.
What I see happening to many, is that we as business owners and entrepreneurs don't know how to manage and then overcome the "fear" of being in business. Nor do we fully understand how to get the real results we say we want.
Many seem to operate in a constant state of "fear". As a friend of mine says, "False Expectations Appearing Real". These "expectations" tend to cause people to PANIC when the expectations don't manifest (usually within their EXPECTED time frame).
Maybe this will help some of us in 2007:
1) Stop panicking. Fear keeps you from thinking clearly. Desperation causes you to sap your remaining power on useless actions. Including joining program after program with no intent on really working the business, but with great expectation that the "opportunity" will pay you anyhow.
How do you get rid of the
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Posted by nbbta in Untagged
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On each forum I visit I find some discussions regarding the "lack of support" from Black business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers. There always seems to be some general (sometimes stated, sometimes implied) "expectation" regarding the behavior of Black people as it relates to Black business and the use of ones money. Expressions of how it "should" be as opposed to how it "could" be.
I consider myself a Black Business Advocate and supporter of Black entrepreneurship. Over many years, I have put both my time and my money to this commitment. And will work until my end being committed to the cause of Black business owners and entrepreneurs.
What I see happening to many, is that we as business owners and entrepreneurs don't know how to manage and then overcome the "fear" of being in business. Nor do we fully understand how to get the real results we say we want.
Many seem to operate in a constant state of "fear". As a friend of mine says, "False Expectations Appearing Real". These "expectations" tend to cause people to PANIC when the expectations don't manifest (usually within their EXPECTED time frame).
Maybe this will help some of us in 2007:
1) Stop panicking. Fear keeps you from thinking clearly. Desperation causes you to sap your remaining power on useless actions. Including joining program after program with no intent on really working the business, but with great expectation that the "opportunity" will pay you anyhow.
How do you get rid of the fear?
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Posted by nbbta in Untagged
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On each forum I visit I find some discussions regarding the "lack of support" from Black business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers. There always seems to be some general (sometimes stated, sometimes implied) "expectation" regarding the behavior of Black people as it relates to Black business and the use of ones money. Expressions of how it "should" be as opposed to how it "could" be.
I consider myself a Black Business Advocate and supporter of Black entrepreneurship. Over many years, I have put both my time and my money to this commitment. And will work until my end being committed to the cause of Black business owners and entrepreneurs.
What I see happening to many, is that we as business owners and entrepreneurs don't know how to manage and then overcome the "fear" of being in business. Nor do we fully understand how to get the real results we say we want.
Many seem to operate in a constant state of "fear". As a friend of mine says, "False Expectations Appearing Real". These "expectations" tend to cause people to PANIC when the expectations don't manifest (usually within their EXPECTED time frame).
Maybe this will help some of us in 2007:
1) Stop panicking. Fear keeps you from thinking clearly. Desperation causes you to sap your remaining power on useless actions. Including joining program after program with no intent on really working the business, but with great expectation that the "opportunity" will pay you anyhow.
How do you get rid of the fear?
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Posted by parentadvocate68 in Untagged
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Why is everyone hating on Marion Jones?
She has only been accused of using anabolic steroids; she was never convicted. More specifically, the only positive test that she failed proved to be invalid, resulting from the negative results of a B sample. Marion Jones is still the greatest, womens sprinter competing today, and she is DRUG-FREE.
Florence Griffith-Joyner, God rest her soul, ran some amazing times (10.49 in the 100, 21.32 in the 200), Because she ran as fast as many men, you could easily build a case that she was on "the juice". While I enjoyed watching her compete, I still had a difficult time believing she could run that fast without a little help. Her records should have been wiped from the books if she was indeed using steriods. But her quick retirement following her astonishing records, and unfortunate death, prevented us from getting at this truth. Consequently, she will always be considered the all-time world's fastest woman.
But getting back to Marion: She lost her millions not because of a lack of wisdom when it comes to the management of her finances. She lost her millions by hiring high-powered lawyers to protect her good name. God has shown favor on Marion's track and field career, allowing her to become prosperous through the exercise of her gifts, and it's a shame that we, the American public, allowed the media to tear her down rather than build her up.
If anything, Marion opted to be equally yoked with unbelievers - shot putter C.J.
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Posted by Hugh in Untagged
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Paul R. Williams:
On June 26, 1953, Paul Revere Williams Was Awarded The NAACP's Spingarn Medal For His Work In Architecture.
In The 1930's Williams Designed The Saks Fifth Avenue Department Store In Beverly Hills, California. During The 1940's He Executed Alterations And Additions To The Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The Landmark Building, Located On Wilshire Blvd., Is Considered One Of The World's Finest Hotels.
Williams
Also Built Many Plush Hollywood Dwellings In Bel Air And Beverly Hills,
Including Homes For Lon Chaney, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Danny Thomas
And Frank Sinatra.
He Designed The Los Angeles County Courthouse, The Golden State Mutual Life Building And The Tudor Mansion In Pasadena, CA, Used As Wayne Manor, In The 1960's TV Show, Batman.
Other Buildings He Designed (Completely Or In Part) Are The Shrine Auditorium, The Los Angeles International Airport, The Hollywood YMCA And Sunset Plaza Apartments. The United Nations Building In Paris, Is Also Among The More Than 2,000 Structures Designed By Williams During A Career That Spanned Almost 60 Years.
A Pioneer Of The "Environmetalist" School, Williams Used A Utilitarian Style That Merged Physical Structures With Natural Surroundings.
Called The "Architect To The Stars," Williams Was The First African American Member Of The American Institute Of Architects.
Williams Was Born February 18, 1894. He Died January 23, 1980. He Was A Member Of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
"In Order For
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