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GOALdigging Academy: How To Kick Fear’s Ass
{This post is the second in the GOALdigging Academy series. To read the others, click here} In the trailer for the big budget action film After Earth, Will Smith drops some jewels about fear that hit me straight in the heart. He tells his son: “If we are going...
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GOALdigging Academy: 5 Steps to Make More Money NOW
The sage poets of Shaolin were onto something when they implored listeners to get the “dollar, dollar, bills y’all…” in their seminal hit, C.R.E.A.M. Because while self-esteem, honor, respect, family, and love are all valuable (and great), money talks while those who...
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The One Thing EVERY Creative Entrepreneur MUST Remember
What do Coke, Pepsi, Oprah, Jay-Z, Apple, Microsoft, Target, and Bill Gates all have in common? They are all brands. While Coke, Pepsi, and Apple are corporate entitles, and Oprah, Jigga, and Bill Gates are people, they each represent exactly what they sell…and act...
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Stop Talking About Single Mothers Unless You Have Some Solutions
It looks like the media found a new group to throw under the bus this week: single moms. I really just want to say...keep our names out your mouth, yo...but I'm going to take a more diplomatic approach. After The National Marriage Project released a report detailing...
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Backup Plans Are For Suckas
At this very moment I have about $5000 in the bank, $63,000 in student loan debt, a car note, a couple of thousand dollars in unpaid invoices, some running room on my credit cards, an always-hungry 7-year-old, and I just dropped two grand on biz classes to help me...
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This Is Why You’re Pissed (and How You Can Change It)
{First of all, do me a favor. Head over you YouTube (or Spotify) and listen to this (If you're at work, put on headphones. There will be cussing), because I need you to get a little amped up for this one.} Recently, I went to the L.A. Zoo with Le Kid (my 7-year-old...
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If You Don’t Like Women, I Don’t Trust You
"There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other." Madeleine Albright How many times have you heard another woman say: “I just don’t get along with other women.” “I don’t have any female friends.” Or the kicker, “I just don’t trust b*tches!"...
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3 Tips for Writing Your First eBook
I’m in full-fledged promotion mode trying to get my new ebook, Break Out of Your Box, in as many hands as possible (do you have your copy?). And while I’m trying not to spam the hell out every, single social network I’m apart of, while still Facebooking and tweting...
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‘What If I Don’t Live Up to The Hype?’ And Other Fears That Keep You Stuck
As I mentioned last week, I’m finally releasing my ebook, Break Out of Your Box. *Toots horn…throws glitter…gets nervous* After overcoming the anxiety that kept me from releasing the book last year (i.e. the paralyzing need to be absolutely perfect), I’m just days...
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She Taught Me: Lessons From Black Female Millionaires
When it comes to business acumen, few have overcome immense challenges to rise to the top like women. While men continue to dominate the business world, there are over 10 million woman-owned businesses in the US with revenues of upwards of $2.5 trillion—yes, TRILLION....
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It’s How You See It
Last night I met up for drinks with two wonderful ladies, Alaia from One Organized Business and Simone from I Am Possible. Although we connected through the #GOALdiggers Project Facebook group, we didn’t link up to talk about business or networking or work. We came to...
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This Time, It Just Feels Different
Sometimes change happens because of a major life adjustment: you move across the country, someone close to you dies, your lover leaves you. And other times, change just subtly slides in causing a small ripple that triggers some very subtle, yet powerful shifts....
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