This story touched me this morning. I hope it inspires you as well. Joseph "Gabe" Sonnier used to clean up after everyone at Port Barre Elementary in Port Barre, La. Now, the former janitor is the principal at that school. The journey to his promotion began in 1985...
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Like many of you, I have been saddened by the death of Nelson Mandela. While I looked for ways to speak about what his life and his struggle meant to me, I came across this quote from his grandson Zwelabo. Zwelebo Mandela is a student...
As many of you know I have 2 boyz headed to college this year, and a ton of their friends. I have had time to talk to most of them about the perils and opportunities of college. In fact, I just finished a manual on how to...
Recently I invited a group of teens and young adults to sit and ask me questions. Any question about anything. And boy did they throw it at me. This is a video from that series. SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes and bonuses. Get daily motivation on FB: http://www.facebook.com/ByrdOlogy [youtube...
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny...
This morning while taking my wife to work, we listened to the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Today's segment was the Ask Steve Segment. This young male caller asked the question "Steve,How Do You Maintain Focus." Steve answered him with what he called the 4 pillars...
The question was posed to me, Was I afraid that I would lose business because I talk about my "struggles" on social media and on my blog? I have to be completely honest about this. In the beginning, I was very afraid that transparency would kill my business....
As a content creator, I spend a lot of time testing different word processing apps. While there are a lot of good ones out there, my favorite is Scrivener. Scrivener allows me to create my content in pieces or in parts. This is really helpful if...