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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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'Where There's No Vision, Your Business Perishes'

Yes the subject line is drawn from a scriptural reference and the principle is so relevant today I thought I would touch on it.

 

I heard my Minister one day go into the Hebrew meaning of the passage ‘Where there's no Vision, the People Perish".

 

And he mentioned how the literal meaning of that phrase means, "When there's an inability to see out of Darkness, the people become Distracted".

 

We are living in a dark period right now and if we can't develop the ability or the vision to see out of the darkness many of our businesses will not have focus and become ruined and perishable.

 

When your business doesn't have vision it is very difficult to determine if the decisions you're making is taking you toward your goals or if they are taking you in the wrong direction.

 

You have to have clearly defined goals. You should have in your mind what you want your business to look like in a couple of years.

 

Once you are clear on what you want for your business, you begin to work backwards to figure out what you need to do to make your business run smoothly.

 

It sounds simple, but it is not always practiced. That's why from time to time we need someone to come around and shine some light until we develop the ability to see out of the darkness.

 

Well, this Thursday on a FREE tele-conference Les Brown will be sharing some light to help you navigate in these challenging and changing times.

 

I highly recommend the call.

 

Les Brown and George Fraser on the same conference call, you're guaranteed to get a nugget or two to help improve your life.

 

And it's all FREE!!!

 

I don't think I need to tell you that the call will probably fill up fast; you can reserve your space by registering here:

http://www.frasernet.com/cmd.php?Clk=2952481

 

See you on the call.

 

To Your Victory and Success,

Bro. Bedford