Three Reasons Why People Never Launch Their Dreams.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Studies suggest that a vast majority of people – up to eighty percent – get up in the morning and report to jobs they don’t like and work with people they virtually hate. In the process, ulcers are born, mental breakdowns rocket, physical fitness fails and dreams are aborted. Why? Because most people would rather wake... [Read more...]

The Six Degrees of Success Mindset.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) What is the difference between those who claim they want to achieve something great – whether it’s writing a book, launching a business or going back to school – and those who actually do it? Mindset! Success begins with a thought and eventually becomes a mental attitude. A mindset is an established set of mental attitudes.... [Read more...]

Racism Bad For Business in 2017?

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) In 2015, CNN reported that 49% of Americans thought that racism was a big problem in the United States.  Not surprisingly, people of color and Whites had significantly differing views regarding the subject.  66% of Blacks and 64% of Hispanics thought that racism was a big problem, while only 43% of Whites saw it that way. In... [Read more...]

Is Donald Trump Really A Racist? Facts Only.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Then came Peter to him, and said, “Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus says unto him, “I say not unto you, Until seven times, but until seventy time seven.” (Matthew 18: 21-22) And the Scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this which speaks... [Read more...]

Rewriting History Before Our Eyes.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Look back on the great men and women of history.  Most of them fare poorly when subjected to modern scrutiny. They launched wars, murdered rivals, enslaved enemies, enriched allies and violated most every moral norm valued by people today. Yet their tombs are venerated, their distinctions are celebrated and their successes are... [Read more...]

Were Businesses Run Differently Before the Information Age?

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) When you look back on the past and the way businesses were run before the information age took hold, it’s amazing how things have changed. From clunky typewriters to sleek laptops and from smoky conference rooms to offices that are completely smoke-free, a lot has changed over the years about the way offices are run. Of course,... [Read more...]

Film Review – Crown Heights: Please Don’t Let It Be A Cell.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Please don’t let it be a cell – is the incantation that will ring in your ears when you leave the theater after watching Crown Heights. But it is – it is a film about a black man who spends 21 years, a lifetime, where he does not belong – in a cell. Movies make people feel good. It does not matter what genre. The communal... [Read more...]

How do we teach our children about taking part in community service?

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) In my line of work, I meet a lot of people. As the Program Coordinator for one of the largest global organization in the United States, I spend most of my time at community and corporate events. So I am always meeting people of diverse backgrounds. One of my jobs is to coordinate volunteers to help with organizing events. We... [Read more...]

Donald Trump & GOP’s Frankenstein’s Monster Is The Charlottesville Saga.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t mad at #45 Trump for his initial mealy mouthed, say no name, whitewash of the white nationalist rampage in Charlottesville. I wasn’t mad at the Republican National Committee chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel ‘s, equally mealy mouthed, say nothing, statement on the racist perpetrators of the violence. My anger only rose... [Read more...]

President Donald Trump Spoke The Truth; Violence, Bigotry, Hatred, On many sides.

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) British writer and theologian G.K. Chesterton observed, “It is hatred that unites people — while love is always individual.” The use of hatred to mobilize has a long and bloody history. We should understand why it works so well. It taps into human weakness. It exploits the unwillingness of individuals to take... [Read more...]

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