(ThyBlackMan.com) Not long ago, MSNBC was the first network I turned on in the morning and the last I turned off at night. As opportunities would allow, I was a loyal viewer throughout the day. I counted on it as a primary source of unbiased reporting, “straight” news and great discussion ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “There are [Blacks] who are willing to worship the pyramids of 4,000 years ago but will not build pyramids in the present so their children may see what they left behind as well. We have a leadership who rallies the people to look at past glories but leave their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Frugality includes all the other virtues. —Cicero According to Blackdemographics.com: “Black owned businesses in the United States increased 34.5% between 2007 and 2012 totaling 2.6 million Black firms. More than 95% of these businesses are mostly sole proprietorship or partnerships which have no paid employees.” According to Nielsen, The State ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The home-buying process can seem daunting for someone who hasn’t done it before. You know that buying a house isn’t like buying a car, but you don’t understand all the ins and outs, and you get confused by terms like “escrow” and “due diligence.” You may get so overwhelmed that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s only natural to feel a little nervous about getting a mortgage. This is the way that many people feel when they have never had one before but are now thinking of finding one. It can all seem a little complicated and overwhelming. But that doesn’t mean you have to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nobody wants to think about being injured at work. Obviously, nobody ever wants to injure themselves, but something about the idea of injuring oneself on the job is even scarier. You don’t just have the injury to contend with, but the ensuing aftermath. If you ever are injured at work, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is the magnitude of the increase. An issue not often included in minimum wage debates is the substitution effects of minimum wage increases. The substitution effect might ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Doing business, day after day, without any interruption is by no means guaranteed. Things can and do go wrong which can threaten a business and bring it to its knees, whether it’s a natural disaster or a man-made one. For this reason, companies need to be prepared, and employees have ...
Nothing prepares you to brace for the impact of a car accident. It happens in an instant—the screeching tires, crunch of metal and flying glass shards seem unreal. If you’re able to get out of your car and assess the damage, it’s like you’re doing so in a daze. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Did you know that it takes less than a second for a person to form a first impression of you? That’s right – it’s lightning quick, and it’s not dependent on your intellect, the quality of your arguments or your emotional stability. It’s just a gut reaction that people get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A snippet to all our loyal readers on the eve of my soon to be released book: The Moses Principle of Leadership: Teach, Tell & Train. I wrote this book as an intro to all pastors and those that aspire to labor in the Christian vineyard as a groundbreaker or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Listening to all the Black chatter about the post-Obama era, all the indignation, the whining, and the lamenting about Trump, makes me think about the Standing Rock protest and standoff in North Dakota. In April 2016, Standing Rock Sioux elder, LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, began a resistance against the Dakota ...