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Balancing Your Personal Leadership by "BOSS Influencer" Dr. Jacquie Hood Martin

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Life is filled with strange encounters. In a moment and at times without notice, a situation arises that dumbfounds you. A place in your heart that is almost mended, a relationship that is just about repaired, or a wound that is nearly healed. Yet, out of the blue a trigger of how hurt you really were by it, causes you to realize you have not come as far as you think! Living a life of balance is not just how well you handle your finances, manage your affairs, keep up with meals, children, and exercise. It is at times how you balance yourself within the engagements you have with other people. Family, friends, co-workers, bosses, church folk, neighbors, and sometimes casual acquaintances can throw you off balance when you engage in their hurts. These real-life encounters can set anyone (yes, even you) off balance and off-kilter. As you consider how well or not you are balancing your life encounters, consider and remember you are a leader of one; one single person: self. There are ti

Wait! Don’t Quit, Yet By "BOSS Influencer" Yvette Gavin

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How to write a resignation letter made Google’s top 10 most searched ‘how to’ questions earlier this month. Congratulations if you’re among the folks moving on to a promising new job. But, wait. Don’t resign your current position or jump the gun by making announcements on social media until you’ve made it through the background checks and the offer is official. Here are three things you should know before giving your resignation letter: I have a friend who lost a job offer after a lemon poppy seed muffin caused her to fail a drug test. You may not eat muffins, but there are other reasons the offer could fall through. On that note, you can’t put yourself in any situation where your job offer may be compromised. In other words, if someone else in your presence is smoking illegal substances, you need to remove yourself from the situation. Drug tests aren’t the only thing that can go wrong at this point. A gentleman I know lost an offer for his dream job when the company discove

3 Things You Should Never Do When You Present … And What to Do Instead by Bridgett McGowen

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1.   Never say to the audience "Come on! You can do better than that!"   You usually hear this after a presenter greets the audience and receives a less than enthusiastic greeting in return; oftentimes the presenter will insist - jokingly or otherwise - on telling the audience it can do a better job of returning his/her greeting. a. You have not done anything to get people hyped ... unless you have rock star status. And you immediately make the audience feel inadequate or like it has to do something it really does not want to do. b. Do not rely on the audience to get you excited. Never make the audience responsible for making you feel welcome and wanted. Get yourself pumped by thinking of the value you're about to bring that's going to rock the house! Think to yourself "Okay. You aren't excited now, but wait until you get a load of this presentation!" c. Greet everyone, accept the greeting you get in response, then set out to totally wow t

How To Establish Your Business Identity and Claim It Boldly by April D. Byrd

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It’s important to establish your business on purpose, before thinking about money. Understanding what our divine purpose gives us better direction in going forward with what we do and why we do it. Divine purpose is the guide that gives us direction. We find it in prayer, meditation, and taking the time to be one with ourselves. Communicating with the source of the very reason we were created. We have to truly look deep into who we are to find out what exactly it is that we have to offer the world, with excellence! The first step to establishing a business identity is to look into personal divine purpose. Whatever we do, no matter how menial the job seems will play off this and provide peace in doing it. Even the perceived “hard” things. I believe when we understand the purpose behind what we do, we can boldly share it with others without hesitation, no matter what the situation. Recently I was in the car with a new friend that I meant at church, when she asked: “What do

The 5 Cs you need to Achieve Your Life Goals by Tammy P. Moore

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One of my mantras is K.I.S.S (Keep it Simple Sisters)! Many times, in life we over complicate things.  In the words of Lauren Hill “It could all be so simple, but you’d rather make it hard!”  If you are struggling to achieve your goals or you keep making detours on this road called life.  I have outlined the five Cs you need that will get you right back on track.  Remember goals don’t work unless you do! For those of you that have created a vision board and stuck it in a corner somewhere I want you to pull it out and look it, so you can remember what your goals are.  Write the vision make it plain. The year is not over yet, there is still time to get your blessings.  All our goals are different, but I think these 5 tips will help you reach them! 1.    Credit/Capital If you have good credit and a solid business plan you can get money! You need credit for everything, whether you're buying a car, a home, starting a business or even looking for a job.  It’s you on paper so w