#45, Women & Their Reproductive Rights

About three weeks ago, I was quoted in an article by Christine Michel Carter (Forbes), The Unexpected Impact of Birth Control on Female Entrepreneurship https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecarter/2018/03/01/the-unexpected-impact-of-birth-control-on-female-entrepreneurship/#79fbc119707b, well, the conversation continues as I lend my voice again about women and birth control. In an article written by Jeffrey McKinney (Black Enterprise) Birth Control, Reproductive Rights Key to Black Women Entrepreneurs’ Success http://www.blackenterprise.com/survey-birth-control-black-women-entrepreneurs/, I had a lot to say about how #45 is causing women and their reproductive rights to become an option instead of a necessity.

In my continued effort to speak not only for small businesses but minority and women https://thejegroupzone.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/back-to-basics-for-business-growth/, I am standing in the forefront to help out voices to be heard. We must speak loudly and strategically above the white noise from writing to our elected officials to voting in those that have our best interests at heart. “In order to succeed, we must continue the journey as small business owners with the support from Congress, government and elected officials.”

What are your thoughts about #45, women and their reproductive rights?

Simplify Your Life, Improve Your Character

What do others say about your character? Are you looking for ways to improve the essence of your being? According to Miguel Ruiz, there are four simple principles that you can consider to help you to improve your character.

In his book, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) you will learn the simplistic and profound ways to a path for wellness and well-being.  It is through the choices that you make and the decisions that you enforce that determines your outcome. Everything that we do stems from our upbringing and from there we began to weave and bob through life and where we land is contingent upon our decisions and choices. If you do not like where you’re planted, do things differently. The Four Agreements offers some solutions.

Learn how you can apply Miguel’s four simple agreements of: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don’t Take Anything Personal, Don’t Make Assumptions and Always Do Your Best to create a  paradigm shift to a new and improved you. It may not seem like it is this simple but in actuality it really is.  Here’s to a new you, salute!

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Making Billions the Simple Way

Warren Buffett is the person to follow not only if you are seeking intellectual ways to perform trade and stock pickings but in the practical way that he lives his life. No, he isn’t perfect, but there is a method to his madness. Despite the fact that he is a multi-billionaire with stakes in several companies from See’s Candy and Johnson & Johnson to the Coca-Cola Company he has a strategy that’s actually simple.

In The Warren Buffett Way by Robert G. Hagstrom, you will learn the characteristics behind the investments as displayed in Chapter Four: Common Stock Purchases: Nine Case Studies.  I have been a fan of Buffett for decades and have read several books about him, and each time I come away with something different about him. In this book, you will learn the various ways in how Buffett processes his investments, as well as learning about his principles and practices.

From his childhood to his mentoring relationships, everything that he has encountered has been instrumental in the choices that have made about his success as displayed in Chapter Two: The Education of Warren  Buffett. You will learn from this book that it takes practice to acquire not only the financial gain that Buffett is known for but the most important thing is to fully understand the industry in which you have an interest in investing in. Did you know that your knowledge of industry commodities will help you to obtain a more sound investment decision?

While everyone may not obtain the same financial gain as Buffett, it is always a great practice to understand the man behind this simple principle as shown in Chapter Six: The Psychology of Investing. As Buffett states “patience is the key.” As you will see in Chapter Eight: The World’s Greatest Investor, Buffet states it simply “How I got here is pretty simple in my case. It is not IQ; I’m sure that you will be glad to hear. The big thing is rationality…..”

In Buffett’s Tenets: Business, Management, Financial and Markets you will be taught the various aspects of the decision-making process. As an added feature watch the movie, Becoming Warren Buffet, where you will learn not only about the man and his billions. Also, you will learn about his wife, Susan, who died in 2004 but has left an indelible mark on who he is today.

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What Does Your Destiny Hold?

What does your destiny hold? Are you walking in or towards your calling? The Greatest Salesman In The World by Og Mandino is a classical story about life and purpose. The lives that we live, the talents that we possess and the wealth that we acquire is not only for ourselves but the betterment of the world. In this compelling story, Hafid tells us how.  Hafid is a man of great wealth. Every year he has his chief bookkeeper, Erasmus, to yearly give half of his profits to the poor. Since the loss of his love, Lisha, Hafid has begun to see life differently. He desired only to maintain enough money to live life comfortably but as the years progressed, Hafid’s willingness to divest his wealth increased.

One day Hafid revealed a secret to Erasmus about his success which he placed directly on a set of scrolls that he had been keeping privately in a chest. Most people live on this earth vicariously walking to and fro while others see that there’s more to life than themselves and that of those around them. How do you look at your life? Make sure that it is a part of the destiny that you were called to?

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Do You Hear Me Now?

When someone is talking to you do you actually hear what they are saying? When you pray, do you hear God’s response?  How To Listen To God by Charles Stanley will take you on a journey through the various steps and processes to understanding how God talks to us. While everyone’s interaction with God is different, there are some universal ways that God talks to us from His word and confirmation from others to hearing directly from Him during your prayer time. In this book, you can obtain a clearer understanding of your relationship with God. Do you know if God is talking to you?

One factor to this connection is that when you pray, expect, an answer. Now keep in mind that the answers that you seek may not occur in the way that you desire. An example is that you ask God for transportation or more specifically a car. When you pray, trust and begin seeking the answers to your prayers. You may see your answers surface in various ways from a friend giving you a car to you being approved for a car within your price range, despite your poor credit.

Learn your communication language with God so that you do not miss the answers to your prayers. If you are seeking a more productive learning experience with God, this is a book that you must add to your library. Remember, God is speaking. God does answer prayers. Do you have your listening ears on?

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A Community of Common Goals

What does community mean to you? A community is a group of individuals that possess common interests, goals, and results. The essence of the community can be displayed in several ways from your church, and sorority or fraternity to support groups. In The Art of Community by Charles H Vogl you will learn about the various aspects of how the ultimate goal of what a community is. Community entails a sense of belonging. Vogl offers Seven Principles for Belonging from The Boundary, Initiation, Rituals, Temple, Stories, and Symbols to The Inner Rings. Community affects everything and everyone around us; it is who we are and in whom we become. Vogl has been able to build on his quest for building communities by incorporating everything that he has learned from being a volunteer in the Peace Corps to being the Broken English Productions, Founding Producer.

It is always a great idea to be conscious of the types of communities that we engage with because it significantly influences our outcomes in life in both negative and positive ways. The principles that Vogl displays in the book provide you with a more well-rounded insight of what to look for in a community and to see how you can influence change by the community that you become a part of.  It has been communities that have been the voice of the Black Civil Rights Movement; National Farm Workers Association led by Caesar Chavez, Christian church movements, and social groups amongst others. So instead of just becoming a part of a community just to belong, begin to thoroughly view what that community stands for and in how it is focusing on making a difference in the world.

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How Does He Look At You?

When God talks to you what does He say? How does He speak to you? Do you and God have a unique way of communicating? New York Times Best-Selling Author, Good Morning America Former Television Executive, and father of several ABC television children programs like Schoolhouse Rock, will bless you with his book When God Winks At You. This small power-packed book is full of stories from people all over the world describing the aspects of how God winked at them and blessed their lives. To get a glimpse of what a good book contains begin with the Table of Contents.  In this book, everything from Chapter One to Chapter Nine is written with the reader in mind. Stories about people like Billy Graham, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and everyday people like you and I will come to life in this book.

This book is a must-have, especially as we live in this fallen world. To make it through our everyday lives there must be Godwinks that God has strategically placed in answer to our prayers. By reading this book it will give you an insight into how God is still answering prayers, we just have to look for them. Our answers may not show up as we wish them to be, but it shows up as God has planned them to be. Our steps are ordered, as we walk in His will. His will shows up in our lives in ways that we would have never imagined. If you love this book and want to continue on with the Godwink Family join Squire and others throughout the world on Facebook where you will be inspired, encouraged and motivated with stories,  scriptures and so much more. In God, there are no mistakes, but we see them as mistakes with our human eyes while God sees them as blessings with spiritual eyes. Enjoy!

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Let’s Walk Into Another World

 

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Books can be so entertaining that it can take you to another world. Lately, I have been enjoying the world of mystery, suspense, and intrigue. Because of time constraints, I have been unable to read a book physically, so I had to resort to listening to audiobooks.

In my quest to dabble in the audiobook world and to seek out some great choices I decided on a few that you too may enjoy. Let’s explore two of them. One of them you will find is over seven years old while the other one is relatively new, but they are so entertaining that you would not want to stop reading or listening to them.

I will provide you with an overview to not spoil the plot of the story. First, is The Associate by John Grisham (2009), a story of suspense and intrigue about Kyle McAvoy, a young attorney. In Kyle’s world, he goes through the experiences of living the life and wonders of becoming an attorney but what he sees behind the scenes puzzles him.

What he realizes is that his hourly salary, the tireless charades of clients’ paperwork and watching his co-workers spend more than they make just to look the part is all created to become a part of the illusion in the life of an attorney. He is living the dream. He realized that he had made it, but all that glitters is not gold.

His life changes when one day his past catches up with him. He is being asked to expose the secrets behind the firm that he’s working with? Will Kyle risk what he has worked so hard for or will he play along as if nothing has happened?

Next, Dangerous Games by Daniel Steele (2017), a story of high-risks, and mystery of working behind the scenes in the media industry. With TV correspondent, Alix Phillips, and Ex-Navy SEAL turned cameraman, Ben Chapman, working together, no story is safe. Alix has a passion for turn over every stone with Ben close behind.

As they travel abroad to cover stories that are dangerous either from riots or gunshots they always come back with excellent results. Alix wanted to find out more about Tony Clark, Vice-President of the United States. As she begins to turn over several stones, she discovers that Vice-President Clark wears different faces.

On the outside Vice-President Clark seemed to be confident and appears to be a man in charge yet in his private life, Clark is a man of corruption, deception, and cunny. No one knew, not even the President of the United States, that Vice-President Clark would do whatever it takes to become the next President. As Alix began to research the various aspects of the story concerning Vice-President Clark, she begins to uncover something so sinister that her life and those around her are at risk. Will this make Alix cease continuing the story or will she do what she does best tell the truth and to give the story the exposure that it needs?

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Blessings to You. Peace

Keep Your Eyes on High

Janie was a woman of mystery that every man was intrigued about in Eatonville. The men in the town could not understand why she chose to be married to Mr. Joe Starks, who was almost twice her age. What they came to understand was that Starks was a smart man that came to their town with great ideas and with money. It was his ideas and money that garnered him to be elected the town’s mayor.

On the other hand, the town’s women felt that Starks could have chosen someone better, like someone his own age and they couldn’t understand why he chose someone young like Janie. Despite what the town felt Stark and Janie had that special something, that connection that kept them together “til death do them part.” When Starks died Janie decided to leave Eatonville to embark on another adventure, this is when she met Teacake. Teacake was different than any man that Janie ever knew. Not only was Teacake much younger than her but he provided her with the adventure, excitement, and love like she’s never felt before.  As Janie tells it Teacake made her insides feel like some live bumble bees.

Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neal Hurston is about how your choices can affect the decisions that you make, how passion becomes the center of your world and how watching God during tragic occurrences and taking action can guide you to where you were meant to be.

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