iZania Blogs

I'm sure there are people out there who have very little distractions.  These folks are able to pursue their passions full steam ahead without having to worry about managing multiple careers, children, dishes, school work etc.

Then there's the rest of us who chug along day after day juggling many different elements-our life's work being only one of a dozen things we administer to during the course of one day.  And because of our circumstances we don't feel adequate in any of our varied roles.

In fact Annemarie Segaric, a career coach at Segaric.com told AM New York that no one seems to

I have been reading for self-improvement since 1989 when I was taking Black Studies courses at Penn State University. Black Studies taught me concepts like paradigm shifts, reframing and ultimately personal transformation. After this experience I continued to seek answers to life's struggles and dilemmas by reading. Staying true to my academic roots, after college I continue to read history, literary fiction, political and cultural books.

I don't think I truly believed in the actual self-help genre for a long time even after I purchased my first self-help books during the early 1990s. 

We all recall the famous words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech. . . "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."  It has often been asked if this historic campaign is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.

As we move ever closer to November 4th, 2008, it may be worthwhile to reflect on the actions of each candidate and examine how those actions reflect the content of their character.  A recent TV commercial makes the statement, "Adversity doesn't develop