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No quitting allowed
Morning Move Makers: My message today is about finding your own path.
Maps, examples , land marks, travel guides are all helpful when going somewhere. What happens when you’ve lost your map? When your GPS google maps is off? For me that was my mother. For you that could be the absence of a father or maybe you took a wrong turn that caused you to get a little lost off path. Once we lose our map or get off path our life becomes about getting back on track. We spend an excessive amount of time trying to figure out “Why” and “How” we got lost.
I’m here to tell you that you’ll make it there. Yes it’s taking you longer to get to where you feel you should have been years ago but you’ll wiser and much more appreciative of what took so much effort to attain. Quitting is not an option!!
You can take a break, cry, yell and regroup. Just know that if something is meant for you, you will get there.
Pray, Plan, Persevere
Respectful Thoughts!
Morning Move Makers: Embrace your thoughts and views but respect the opinions of others. We all have different life experience, which contributes to our thought patterns. I don’t always agree with my Granny or my Manger but I respect their point of view. If everyone around you thinks like then you need new surroundings.
Have a open minded weekend
We About That Life – Keeping Your Momentum While Mommying
Beyonce and Oprah aren’t the only women in the world with big dreams and big talent. You have something special too. No matter what your beginnings, your goals can be achieved. Easy! Nope, it takes a lot of time to find the right combination of time, resources and opportunity. It can be done. It has been done.
Keep yourself amped about your goals. Day to day tasks get boring. ( Lord knows I know) Add some umph to your routine with personal pep talks. It’s perfectly normal for you to boost your confidence by projecting your future career, scholastic and business plans to the world. Don’t be arrogant, but having a positive outlook on your future will inspire those around you.
Start on your business plan, even if you have no money. Put a picture of your dream house on your wall, even if you stay in a shelter. List the characteristics of your dream job, even if you’re a freshman in high school. It’s never too early to start planning for your future wins.
Keep pushing and believing in your dreams but remember without hard, smart work there will be no reward.
Fear of Success/Failure- Are You Sabotaging Your Life?
It’s amazing how many people are afraid to fail and in return live in a mediocre life avoiding success. It’s amazing to me to witness the potential on street corners and clubs. To most people these people are hopeless but to me I see fear. I see fear of change. I see winners with a losers mind set. I had a long conversation with my cousin and while she’s border line genius no one told her how to fail. She’s afraid to try anything because she doesn’t want to fail. She brought light to a common issue in our community. If this bright young woman that’s working full time and in college fulltime feels this way, there must be others.
Sadly, No one told her that sometimes she would try her hardest and it still wouldn’t be enough. Someone failed to tell her that when she fails to not live in her failure but get up from that failure with a lesson learned. Parents are pushing kids to succeed but leaving out the very important details about failure. This is indeed the reason we see teen suicide, depression and disobedient behavior. No body’s saying that every kid, teenager and young adult have to be perfect.
I figured things out on my own. I realized there was no perfect life, just the one you decided to live. My mother did always say do your best and if that’s not enough, that’s ok you’re good at something else. Our children need to be encouraged to succeed but they must also be trained to fail. The need to never feel ashamed of trying because in that very moment they tried they succeeded.
Our society isn’t failing, we’re simply not trying. We don’t care to succeed because we can’t get over the thought that we may fail. Dream chasing is going after what you want repeatedly without apology. Goal reaching is attaining what you want without excuses.
No matter what you want in life whether it’s the corporate boardroom, flashing lights, business owner, blue collar worker or whatever. Failure is a part of life and you are not alone. We all fall down the key is to brush yourself off and try not to fall in the same place again.
“Anything worth having is worth failing at”
Happy Goal Reaching
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South Suburban Make Up Boutique Hosts Summer Camp for Girls
This is absolutely awesome !!! With appearance being a top priority for teen girls what better way to teach your little lady the beauty ropes. Now you know if we don’t teach them they’ll learn beauty tips from the Love and Hip Hop cast! Laughing but serious (yep I spelled it out)
BEAUTY CAMP FOR TEENS AT VARIABLES, July 8-19, 2013
Support Greatness – 5 Tips for Helping Others Pursue Dreams & Goals
If you’re not interested in being the greatest, support those that aspire to be great. Great coaches nurture great players, Amazing teachers nurture amazing professionals, Great parents nurture great children. Your words and actions can inspire others to push for excellence even if you dont want to rule the world yourself. We all can play an important role in the life of a champion.Here are 5 Tips for you to contribute to the success of another.
1.) Understand their product, business or talent. Ask questions about what they’re doing now to work towards their goals and how they plan to get there.
2.) Spread the word about their gifts, talents, events and products. You don’t have to wear a shirt that says “Marketing Manager” but you can utilize your social media, professional and person connections to spread the word about your friends budding business.
3.) Patronize their products and services. Put your money where your mouth is. You can’t tell others to believe in something you won’t buy yourself.
4.) Encourage them – look out for helpful resources, grants and possible business opportunities. They can use all the help they can get.
5.) Be consistent – Many people are excited at the beginning of careers and ventures but when the going gets tough people stop supporting. Show that you’re interested in their success. Ask how things are going weekly and if you can lend a hand.
These tips can be applied to college students, business owners, volunteer work, magicians, comedians and even preschoolers. The underline rule here is to support progression at any stage.
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Poor Preparation leads to an Unfulfilling Career – Internships Before College
Many college bound kids have an idea of what they want to do after college but lets be honest none of us are sure until we work in the field.
Engineering was the occupation I was going for before I enrolled in the bridge program and realized how much math didnt like me. It took some trial an error but I was eventually lead to Advertising and Marketing. If I’d had the opportunity to shadow or at least talk to someone in the field, I would’ve been better prepared.
Making and informed position about your your education which will lead to your career is very important. Who wants to pay 50k for a degree they’ll never use.
Here’s 5 quick tips to find what you’re really good at.
1. What can you see yourself doing for 20 plus years.
Remember you’ll be working for about 40 plus years. You want the career path you settle on to be something comfortable for YOU, not your parents or friends.
2. Explore the field.
Don’t wait until college to start asking questions. You have access to more people than ever. Sign up for linked-in.com and start networking. Professionals love to boast or complain about their careers. Take notes and build relationships. You may work with them one day.
3. Don’t Limit Yourself
I’m sure you’re good at more than one thing but everything you’re good at may not have a job description. Don’t be discouraged, You are the master of your own fate. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur. Start reaching out to small business owners about their humble beginning. Owning a business is a lot of work so be sure to know what characteristics make for a successful business owner.
4. Shadow
The best way to learn is to do it. Reach out to a business that fits your career needs and ask about volunteering for a week. Be sure to be professional, have a resume ready (even if you’ve never worked. List school assignments and projects.), references and be honest about why you’re volunteering. Make sure you document what you learn.
5. Stay Positive
You’re not going to like every occupation. Some careers are just not for you and that’s fine. It’s better you find out now opposed to after you graduate from college.
“I am always doing things I can’t do. That is how I get to do them.” -Pable Picasso
I’d love to hear about your journey to greatness
Leave comments or email us at mommymakinmoves@gmail.com
Resources
http://www.internships.com/
http://www.chicagointernships.com/
http://www.careerrookie.com
Need a Indoor Play Place for Rainy Days? Try EduFun Play Center
Kids need their play time. Today we took our little mr. to EduFun Play Center in South Holland, IL.
I’ll admit I had no idea what to expect but I’m tired of the playground and Randy needed to get out the house.
We grabbed some food from Boston Market (Yum Yum) and headed to EduFun. Didn’t know at the time but you can bring food. That’s great!! The play places in the mall won’t allow that.
The building is 1 block off 159th street. Easy to find! Because it’s a week day of course it wasn’t packed which wasn’t a problem for Randy. He doesn’t mind entertaining himself.
We knew we were on to something when Randy said “Mommy this is a nice place.”
For $5 he played for 90 minutes. They even gave him a batman tattoo and a lunch. Bonus!
Mrs. Okeisha, whom I believe is the owner offers cooking classes with 24 hours notice. We’ll definitely be back for that.
Here’s the link http://www.edufunplaycenter.com/
Dry Congrats on Career Accomplishments: Are Women More Excited About Relationship News?
This will be quick as I know you’re busy closing business deals, setting up meetings and planning your life and every one elses.
A close acquaintance of mine was a bit bothered that when she shared some great news with friends and family everyone blew it off as “oh, that’s nice.”
To her this was huge, life changing almost but it was treated as an everyday occurrence. It got me to thinking (every situation should) why are women so quick to jump on the bandwagon in regards to relationships but when it comes to career success the conversation is short?
Women have discovered how to control their financial destiny but are still a bit confused at how to bag the man of their dreams. The truth is in today’s society it’s an easier task becoming CEO of your company than to find a man that genuinely loves, appreciates and respects you. This is a hard reality for many of us.
So I guess because a large chunk of women are moving up the corporate ladder a promotion is no longer BIG news but moving up the relationship ladder is bit more of an accomplishment.
Do your friends seem more excited about relationship subjects than career subjects? Why do think that is?
Mommy Making Moves by LaChanel Hemphill 