Sumo Challenges, Sushi Bite Solutions

Picture of Koi

As I work on establishing priorities that are fluid and moving one foot in front of the other when working on critical projects I felt the need to go into detail on how I engage large projects by dividing them into reachable goals. Dana Montenegro calls it taking a sumo size challenge and dividing it…

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A Young Mentor & A Village in Kenya

AJ Leon, Raúl Colón, and Tim Washer SXSW 2013

Throughout my life I’ve had multiple life experiences that have granted me the privilege to meet some pretty remarkable people like AJ Leon. Experiences I cheering like the of meeting the  CEO of a Big 4 Accounting Firm and the opportunity to work along with a New York Times Best Selling Author.  I have many more…

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Believing in Yourself

My confidence sometimes tends to go on the overly optimistic side. In the past, people have told me that it could be perceived as being cocky. The first time someone pointed out this issue, I was in the Army Reserves and Drill Sergeant Instructor Deborah Hancock was the one who told me. I had just…

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Make it a Holiday

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. – Phillip Adams *|FNAME|*, if you celebrate today as a holiday then Happy Mother’s Day. If not, then make sure to enjoy your Sunday as much as I will. To a certain extent I like the concept of Mother’s Day. What I…

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The scale does not define you

Photograph of Isla Verde Beach.

  “Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.” ~Lord Chesterfield The past two months I have gotten a better at staying away from the bad habit of weighing myself every day. I have scale in my bathroom and when I started my latest fitness transformation, I got…

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