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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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What I'm reading this Month - July

Read a book.

I hope people don't think that just because the Internet is now everyone's favorite source for information that books are no longer useful or relevant. I definitely beg to differ. As the old adage says, "reading is fundamental".

I've decided that every month I'm going to go to the library and pick out some choice non-fiction to help me master my craft. I'm not really a fan of fictional black literature like many of my peers. I'm trying to be a millionaire--that stuff doesn't do anything for me.

 

So here's a list of the books I'm reading this month. I've taken the liberty of linking the images to Amazon, but if you know any black-owned book sellers that carry non-African-American themes such as these, let me know and I'll support them!

 

Ultimate Selling Power by Donald Moine & Ken Lloyd


The Greatest Sales Training in the World by Robert Nelson

Your Attention Please by Paul Brown & Allison Davis

Sales Dogs by Blair Singer

 

Prospecting Your Way to Sales Success by Bill Good

The Alligator Trap by Del Gaizo, Corcoran, & Erdman