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Continue reading →: One of the core organizing principles of my life is that success comes through a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen.One of the core organizing principles of my life is that success comes through a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen. ROBIN S. SHARMA I enjoyed this aphorism because it pointed out to me one of my core Achilles heels…. Patience. One of the great joys…
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Continue reading →: At the end of the day, I’d rather be excluded for who I include, than be included for who I exclude.At the end of the day, I’d rather be excluded for who I include, than be included for who I exclude. We live in a society that bifurcates the herd in many ways. As a herd animal, humans want (by definition) to be in the herd. We are not desirous…
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Continue reading →: Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in. AIMEE MULLINS Do you know how many ideas an individual has had that has been summarily dismissed by a spouse, lover, parent, friend, or colleague? More…
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Continue reading →: When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in that walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to your garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in reading your financial statement? Or course not. What will matter most then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn’t they matter now?When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in that walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to your garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in reading your financial statement? Or…
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Continue reading →: I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people. Sidney Poitier THEY CALL ME MR. TIBBS. Perhaps one of the greatest lines in all cinema history,…
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Continue reading →: The truth is that the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you see their flaws. That’s just the way it is.The truth is that the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you see their flaws. That’s just the way it is. That is why marriages fail, why children are abandoned, why friendships don’t last. You might think you love someone until you see the way that they act…
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Continue reading →: Maturity is not when we start speaking big things, it is when we start understanding small things.Maturity is not when we start speaking big things, it is when we start understanding small things. As we start making our way through school, many topics cross our paths and leave us in a continual state of awareness and potential excitement about some of the ones that are most…
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Continue reading →: Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence. Have you made mistakes in your past? We all have. Have you made some really big ones? I certainly have! Did you punish yourself continuously for having done so? I most certainly did. Until…
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Continue reading →: You are so much more than someone’s second choice, an afterthought when things change. You deserve to be the first person they think of, no matter the moment or who is in front of them. If you are truly important to someone, you will always be their first choice. Just as they are yours.You are so much more than someone’s second choice, an afterthought when things change. You deserve to be the first person they think of, no matter the moment or who is in front of them. If you are truly important to someone, you will always be their first choice. Just…
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Continue reading →: We didn’t realize we were making memories, we were having fun.We didn’t realize we were making memories, we were having fun. A.A. MILNE Isn’t that life? We get so immersed in our experiences, the fact that it is generating memories is mostly a background element (until the invention of the selfie). As a photographer, I was snapping pics of all…
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