A letter to Black PWI Graduates transitioning into Corporate America
Self-deception
Life principle: The law of sowing and reaping
Whose responsibility is it to make you feel comfortable in a new or different environment?
More visibility (vision) comes with more blind spots — both in driving and in life.
An army is not limited to the soldiers on the frontline; rather inclusive of the civilian workers who contribute to the overall mission.
"A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great." – Proverbs 18:16
"Take care of y’all mentals, y’all bodies and y’all chicken.” — Marshawn Lynch
“Comparison is an act of violence against the self.” — Iyanla Vanzant
"And it’s not just what you think you believe on the surface. It’s also your shadow beliefs...” – Oprah Winfrey
“The purist’s form of education is participation and observation.” — Isaiah Thomas
“Sometimes you can’t wait for someone else to save you. You have to be the hero that saves yourself.”
“You can’t shrink your way to greatness!” - Seth Godin
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ― Ernest Hemingway
"...his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself."
“The Race Is Not To The Swift Or Strong But To Those Who Endure To The End”
Don’t copy the formula, apply the methodology.
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." — Maya Angelou
“Would You rather be at war with yourself and at peace with the world, or at peace with yourself and at war with the world.” — Nipsey Hussle
“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.” ― Les Brown
“You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.”
“There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.” — Oprah Winfrey
“The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.” — Robert Harris
“Being honest with the pain that we feel is the prime mover for people to do the work that is necessary.” — Michael Gervais
“With friends you will have no sure caution, and if you hire them, they will eat you alive with ingratitude.” - Baltasar Gracian
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” ― Albert Einstein
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.” — Rosa Luxemburg
"As all the world's problems can’t be solved by one man neither can all one person’s wants/needs be met by one man.” — Nate Perro
“When your brain says you’re done you are only 40% done.” - David Goggins
“You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.” — Diana Ross
"The beauty about meeting new people is that they can expose you to exactly what they see." — Kelly McLeod
“Take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime, in the lifetime of the opportunity!” - Eric Thomas
The Official BYLU Playlist!
"The amount of time or the route you take to your goal is insignificant—what matters is achieving it." - Nate Perro
“Humankind’s main motivation is to seek and experience Personal Freedom.” - Brendon Burchard
“Somebody should have told me it would be like this….” - J. Cole, False Prophets
"Your values become your destiny.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Job security is too often based on someone’s insecurity.”
“It is a competitive disadvantage if you are not authentic because your authenticity is at the heart of your power.”
“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
“The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.”
"How much money you have has nothing to do with your character."
"In order to light the rest of the candles when the fire has gone out a candle had to be already lit."
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