(ThyBlackMan.com) Despite the ebbs and flows of our self-confidence and how we may see ourselves at times, none of us are perfect. When we narrow the lens to financial health, the imperfection is even more glaring. Per NerdWallet, U.S. household debt increased five percent from 2017 to reach $420 billion. Yet, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Seventy-one years ago this month — in January 1948 — a black, 17-year-old high school dropout left home. The last grade he had completed was the 9th grade. He had no skills, little experience, and not a lot of maturity. Yet he was able to find jobs to support himself, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Owning and operating a small business can be truly rewarding. With the right approach and business plan, it can also be extremely lucrative. Of course, this doesn’t mean that opening and running a small business these days doesn’t come without complications and risk because it does. And, there is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even the most asinine person realizes that not everyone has the same life experience. I was recently reminded of such matters while watching a CNN newscast regarding the 800,000 displaced government employees who have devolved into little more than collateral damage in a war between elected officials engaged in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is not a doubt that every business today has an idea as to what search engine optimization entails as running an enterprise has become concurrent with having a website. While the primary limitation has been broken as there are other social platforms that businesses have rightly tapped to for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and were able to spend time with friends and family. How do we make 2019 a successful financial and investment year? You control the most important variable that determines 2019 and tomorrow’s success- YOU! What are you doing to achieve success in 2019? Did ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people from all walks of life are now starting to see the benefits of taking advantage of the Fulfillment by Amazon business model. It is similar to conventional drop shipping, but it gives you the golden opportunity to market more products without the need for storage space. Amazon will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Slavery. The wealthy want to dismiss it, even erase it and ignore it. Some say it’s long past and has no barring on outcomes today. We think we know. We’ve “heard“, and had history classes tell us, but have we ever thought about how skewed the information and research is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Borrowing money. No one likes to do it unless it’s for positive debt such as getting a mortgage for a new house or going to college. While it’s a part of life that most people don’t enjoy participating in debt, it’s also a necessary part of it for a lot ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This year, 2019 marks the 400th year since the Dutch ship White Lion arrived in Jamestown in the British Colony that was to become the Commonwealth of Virginia with “20 and odd Negroes” from Africa. The arrival of these indentured enslaved Africans was the opening chapter in one of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “He who excuses himself, accuses himself.” — Puerto Rican proverb More than 109 lobbyists and 39 Democrat Members of Congress attended a “winter retreat” last weekend in Puerto Rico, ostensibly to help raise funds for damage caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017, reports Fox News. The fun in the sun ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The media’s “President Donald Trump is a congenital liar” narrative reeks of rampant hypocrisy to those who repeatedly complained while the same media gave President Barack Obama pass after pass for eight years. Obama wanted to become a “transformational” president. He succeeded, thanks in large part to a fawning, compliant ...