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This is Where It All Began (Sort of)

 Let me tell you where it all began. Over 20 years ago I read the book What Makes the Great Great by Dr. Dennis Kimbro.  It changed my life by allowing me to see my future differently in the stories of exceptional people.  In 1998, I attended the National Black MBA Association’s 20th Annual Conference in Detroit, MI. I was honored to meet Dr. Kimbro and attend his seminar.  […]

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No Doubt

I have a friend who, after someone made a comment, would almost always reply, “No doubt, no doubt.” At the time it was annoying. I thought, ‘Don’t you have anything else to say?’One day, I really listened to those two words. No Doubt. They began to take a different meaning. How many time have we […]

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Procrastination is Not Your Friend (though it hangs around like it is)

It’s inevitable. There’s something we know we’re supposed to do. Something that will help us, make us better, move the needle forward. What do we do? Nothing. Stall. Ignore it. Procrastinate.But why? It doesn’t make sense…especially when it’s always something that will make us or our situation better. We make a commitment to exercise. We […]

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Laura Pajestka, Entrepreneur

Know all the Pros & Cons I was born into the trucking industry because my Dad was a union driver for many years. Before my father passed away 13 years ago, our son had followed in his grandfather’s footsteps by working in the trucking industry. We talked about starting a trucking company of our own. […]

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Make Time for Your Dream

One evening after work while doing chores, the phone rang. Normally, I don’t like to answer when I’m in the middle of something. But this evening, something told me to pick up. The call was from someone who rarely called me. My 90-year-old uncle. It’s unusual for me to receive a “just-thinking-about-you” call from one […]

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Kelly Chapman, Entrepreneur

Be Aligned with Purpose I was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. I attended Case Western Reserve University and received a general MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. A self-proclaimed “hustler”, I have always worked three jobs since I was in high school. One of them happens to be […]

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A Life With Purpose Is On Purpose

The world needs you and the purpose for which you were born. Everything in life and everyone created by God has a purpose – from the smallest grain of sand, to the largest mammal in the sea. When man creates a product, the purpose precedes production. Purpose is the original intent for creation. It is […]

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No Doubt

I have a friend who, after someone made a comment, would almost always reply, ‘No doubt. No doubt.’ That eventually began to irritate me. I thought, ‘Don’t you have anything else to say?’ One day, I listened to those two words. No Doubt. They began to take a different meaning. How many times have we […]

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Have You Been Robbed?         

I came home one day and found the front door wide open. Uh oh. . . I thought. Someone must have been in here. Since we have two children, who are mostly forgetful and sometimes irresponsible (I love them dearly), I figured they may have rushed out of the house forgetting to close the door. […]

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Captain Laura – Pilot

Keep Your Goals in Front of You I have the best job as a commercial airline pilot. I’ve been flying for more than 30 years. My job has taken me around the world flying various aircrafts including the Boeing 767, 757, 737, Airbus 320, Lockheed L-188 (civilian P-3) and Convair 580. My book, Remove Before Flight is […]

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Press On!

For a Christmas gift, my sister gave me adult coloring books. I’d run across them a few months earlier and thought coloring again would be relaxing and fun. I loved coloring with my children.  Now they are older and rather play video games. Instead of crayons, colored pencils are used. Children’s coloring books have big, […]

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Be Brave

“Wow, you’re so brave,” is what friends told me after I led a group of ninth-graders to launch French fries toward the chalk board in math class (the teacher just happened to be standing there). I don’t know if it was being brave, or having an adolescent brain that hadn’t fully developed. We definitely paid […]

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Changed by Chance

There are times when you come across someone’s life story and all you can say is, “Wow. How were they able to get through that?!” As you move from one unnerving life situation to the next, you can’t help but wonder what is within them that allowed them to eventually claim the victory. Changed by […]

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