Zolra's Corner: See Your Vision and Stick With It

See Your Vision and Stick With It

Hello everyone. Happy reading to you guys. I hope you guys bought a copy of this. Like I said before, Russell Simmons book Do You! 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success was my November 2009 book selection.

I have been thinking about bringing everyone back to reading. This is the second book I've chosen. I am not going to reveal the whole chapter. It's better if I describe it and let you guys read the book instead.

In this chapter, he discusses that if we have a dream, we must see it clearly and then stick with it. This is something that I have stuck with for a long time. Growing up, we begin to explore the world and figure what we want to do in life. Then once we figure out we want to do, we focus on our craft and then build up our knowledge.

I have been like that for a very long time. When I was little, there were so many things I wanted to do. I thought about being a professional soccer player. I was a fan of the game, and wanted to do everything I can to be that.

Then I gave up sports because I fell in love with the performing arts. Then I said I wanted to be a singer and actor. I still do, but more than one career has clouded my head: acting, modeling, writing (books, magazines, newspapers, songs, screenplays), talk show host, blogger, and promoter. Ever since then, I have kept these careers in my mind, and I know that these are the things I want to do.

Of course, there are going to be people who says "There is no way you are going to be that? Boy, you must be crazy. You might as well give up. You're not meant to be that." Don't believe in that crap. I have dealt with that for 18 years. I even have to deal with that from my own parents. That's why it's sad that we don't have a close relationship anymore.

Whatever the reason, See Your Vision and Stick With It. This is my overview of the chapter. If you want more, read this chapter. I will update you guys on chapter two in two days. And if you don't have this book, buy your own copy or check it out from the library.

Do You Have A Business Dream? Are You Open to Living it?

Yesterday we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s a very special day for me. It’s a day of reflection. Just like Dr. King, my ancestors where brought to this country not of their free will; however, they had hopes and dreams for themselves and their families. A number of those dreams included businesses. Do you have a business dream? I believe when you have a written business dream or plan, you’ll step into your future. Ask yourself, why aren’t you living out your dream? What would living the entrepreneurial lifestyle mean to you? Would it give you financial, spiritual or emotional FREEDOMS? Well, I would first start off by stating, sometimes you can’t have them all at once, but if you are clear about what you want; you will step into your business dream.

Madame CJ Walker, Reginald Lewis, Bob Johnson, Booker T. Washington, Russell Simmons, Oprah Winfrey and Berry Gordy started out with business dreams. So did the people of Greenwood, a section of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 known as Black Wall Street.

The Tulsa race riot, also known as the 1921 race riot, the night that Tulsa died, the Tulsa Race War, or the Greenwood riot, was a massacre during a large-scale civil disorder confined mainly to the racially segregated Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 31, 1921. During the 16 hours of rioting, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, an estimated 10,000 were left homeless, 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire, and $1.8 million (about $21.7 million in 2009 dollars) in property damage was caused.

Officially, thirty-nine people were reported killed in the riot, of whom ten were white. The actual number of black citizens killed by local white militiamen and others as a result of the riot was estimated in the Red Cross report at around 300, making the Tulsa race riot the worst in US history. Other estimates range as high as 3,000, based on the number of grave diggers and other circumstances, although the archaeological and forensic work needed to confirm the number of dead has not been performed.