80 percent of life's defining moments happen by age 35. As a culture we have trivialized the defining decade of adulthood. Three things every 20-something needs to hear: Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. The urban tribe is overrated. The time to start picking your family is now.
"As a Morehouse graduate you now wield the power of something more powerful than the diploma you're about to accept. You wield the power of your example." "It portrays a problem of ambition if you think more about what you can buy than what you can do." "Inspire those who look up to you to expect more of themselves." "A…
On Friday, May 17th the New York Times published an article written by A.O. Scott that examines depictions of the American Dream and materialism in three different films: The Great Gatsby, Spring Breakers, and The Bling Ring. He essentially says that these films update the American Dream to be more about entitlement than hard work as a reflection of our…
"Words are things. You can put a few words together and make people want to go to war. Put a different set of words together and make them long for peace." --Maya Angelou
"Work hard, rest deeply, and let go of striving for perfection; the world desperately needs you to be something better than perfect....we need you to be you." --Paul & the Ripples Project Also everyone who is alive should watch this. "When you know better, you do better." --Dr. Maya Angelou
"The problem with all this job-creation is the new jobs are all worse than our previous jobs, which, to be honest weren’t all that rad in the first place. Some jobs, they don’t even pay money, which is still a thing you need some of to live." Read the full article.