I triple booked myself this week. So many awesome summits happening and if this were pre-COVID I would have been forced to choose. Thankful that some are saving the recordings so I can catch the sessions I miss live. Conversations That Count on Wednesday at the Black Enterprise’s Women of Power Tech Summit was a …
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Do you spend a lot of time combing the information for what to do and asking your friends what you should do next? It’s actually a form of procrastination and it is fueled by fear. Click play to hear more.
It’s been three years since I wrote Why Caribbean Parents Aren’t Raising the Next Mark Zuckerberg. I’ve come to the realization that I’m not either. There are mitigating factors. 😀 Three of my four children are now out of secondary school and in one way or the next they are all pursuing some type of …
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In case you are now getting to know me, you should know that I am a Christian and I grew up as a Preacher’s Kid. This PK title came with its own set of angsts and expectations, many of which I probably lived up to, both the good and the bad ones. But this post …
Whether you are a fan of his work or not, you’ve got to admire the business savvy of media mogul Tyler Perry. Maddie Berg wrote in her September 1 article From Poor as Hell to Billionaire: How Tyler Perry Changed Show Business Forever – “The 51-year-old entertainer owns the entirety of his creative output, including …
Scroll through your timeline and you are sure to run across a meme that someone has shared declaring “there is greatness within you.” It’s true, there is. But how do we get the greatness to be manifested so we can do our best work? Another popular meme will tell you that this greatness you seek …
Rejecting Good for Great: Becoming the Caribbean Entrepreneur You Want To Be Read More »
January 1, 2014 found me returning full-time to working for myself. I’d left a government job that I really enjoyed and was able to make an impact in, to take a chance on what I wanted to do more, create my own work that would lead to financial empowerment for me and more Caribbean people. …
One Thing Caribbean Consultants Must Stop Doing Now to Grow Their Business Read More »
Recently, I watched a video on LinkedIn by Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief at Entrepreneur Magazine on how to get press for your business. He said you should “approach a journalist the same way you’d approach a customer, investor, or potential partner. You have to understand what they are looking for first, so you can deliver it.” …
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In the height of the COVID-19 crisis I took an unscheduled break from Facebook. Whether my account was reported or their AI had had enough of my posts, I don’t know. However, it reinforced some very valuable lessons about the power of social and why balance is so important to personal and business success. Since …
It is safe to say that at some point we have all considered how we can save money and how we can have more to spend. I’ve been looking at how I can give myself a raise by not only increasing revenue but shifting how I live. Another of my priorities has been to pay …