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The Dreamless Entrepreneur by Nicole Nixon

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The Dreamless Entrepreneur As the CEO of my own data technology company, I wish I could say I was one of those people that had “big dreams” of what I wanted to become. Sadly, that was not me. And I did not have “DREAMS” or so I thought! I was raised by a single father of 3 girls which I’m the oldest. Although my dad was a minister, he worked 3 jobs as well as a member of the US military. Needless to say, when my dad wasn’t working, my family was in church. It was rough growing up without having a mom in the house. As the “oldest” of 3 girls, I was always reminded of my responsibility to “set an example”. This was NOT what I wanted to hear. I was not happy. Dreams did not live here. After graduating from high school, I entered college to obtain a degree in Business Administration. Within a year, I became pregnant with my first child which suspended my college education. Two years later, I welcomed my second child and was no longer focused on resuming my college education. A

PARENTS: DESTINY is calling… Will YOU Answer? by Dr. Deborah Tillman

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Destiny is not something you wish or hope for. It is something you believe is meant to be. As I see it, we have three choices when Destiny Calls. First, we can choose NOT TO ANSWER . Motivational speaker, Les Brown said the richest place on earth is the graveyard because it is there that you will find hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared and the cures that were never discovered simply because someone was too afraid to fail so instead of running the risk of failing they didn’t try at all. It is true that there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Fear holds us back from living the life God  intended for us to live. Life doesn’t happen when the alarm clock rings, life happens when we wake up and realize that we still have a PURPOSE and that our past doesn’t dictate our future and our current situation doesn’t equal our permanent destination. We have to know that BEST i