Happy September Friends! To my stateside people – I hope you had a great long weekend. To everyone else, I trust you’ve been great. To everyone, may September 2016 be your most fulfilling month yet (say amen!) lol. Okay so last Wednesday, a dear friend of mine (hey Chris) invited me to an event at Rebecca Minkoff’s store in SoHo. The event was a talk hosted by social influencer and model Folasade Adeoso, The Salif Keita Global Foundation and designer Rebecca Minkoff. This talk featured Super Model Diandra Forrest. I won’t lie, when I accepted the invitation, I … [Read more...]
Why Copying the Habits of Successful People May Not Help You
Happy 2016 again folks! I hope the year's gotten off to a great start for you. Okay so, I was catching up with an old friend a few days ago. We were talking about 2016 resolutions when he said he was going to start listening to the Rocky theme song every morning. The rest of the conversation went a little something like this; Me: Have you seen any of the Rocky movies? My friend: No Me: Have you seen Creed? My friend: Not yet Me: So why would you listen to the theme song? My friend: Because XXX said he does before he gives a speech Me: Do you give a lot … [Read more...]
Goals Check – November 2015
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I know I am late but I really wanted to let you all to know that I am grateful for you all for your faithful readership, feedback and encouragement! You guys give me a sense of purpose and I truly appreciate you ??? Okay so, back to the matter! Remember earlier in the month, I wrote a post about my November Goals (click here if you missed it), in the hopes that exposing them will keep me accountable and more incline to achieve them? Well, a few days after I put up that post, my insta-mentors (the distinguished ladies and gentlemen … [Read more...]
November Goals
Happy New Month People! I hope you all had an amazing and safe weekend. Okay so, starting this November, at the beginning of every month, I will share my personal goals with you all. Note that I wrote goals not dreams. Please PROTECT YOUR DREAMS! Bad belle/haters are EVERYWHERE; so keep your dreams (as you work towards them) to yourself! Back to the matter - I have noticed that I do a lot better when I set specific goals for myself. It gives me something to work towards and something to feel good about upon completion. They also stress me out if I fall short … [Read more...]