(ThyBlackMan.com) How do we maximize our desire for success? First, let’s define success. The best definition I’ve ever heard for success was from the venerable Earl Nightingale: Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. By this definition, who is successful? The answer is obviously the person who is constantly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you look at a beautiful building, you may wonder how it all came together and where it began. Our life is similar: often we wonder how we got to where we are, good or otherwise. But, like the beautiful building, it started somewhere and it came together in many ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We should know our social security number; we should know our birthplace and date of birth; we should know the day we got married – but is that all we should know? Of course not! Our lives are not golden until we tap into that ineffable source of enlightenment called ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you have an elderly parent that lives alone? If so, making sure that they take their medications properly can be a matter of life or death. Even with a med list in hand, it can be difficult to decipher which pill is which, and how often your loved one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest iteration of Obamacare repeal has likely failed. Senate Republicans were unable to pass a watered-down repeal effort that offered states some meager level of federalism in the form of block grants. Now, we’re again going to hear a lot of noise about the need to embrace a “bipartisan” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands drowned while President Donald Trump tweeted. It is hard to conclude otherwise. On Sept. 20, Hurricane Maria — the second major hurricane in less than two weeks — hit the islands, which together are home to some 3.5 million American citizens. Yet for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wrote “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation” to highlight how success comes from work, dedication and accepting challenges. Why does the NFL and NBA sports industry fail to understand who we are – and stand up? You guys are just entertainers and not performing surgery on me, sending my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. … There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Colin Kaepernick, August 2016 It would be one thing ...