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- Define “Leader”? | Leading Series Week 1
Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel to follow along the 8-week Leading Like a Lady leadership program! This - Black Wall Street: An Intro for Black Children | Investing Series
If you haven’t tuned in before, the goal of my Investing Series on YouTube is to make investing and buildingContinue readingBlack Wall Street: An Intro for Black Children | Investing Series
- Glass Ceilings & Chandeliers | Leading Like a Lady
I learned to accept what we can realistically expect a woman to do within a society built on the trashy habits and traditions made by men. … Continue readingGlass Ceilings & Chandeliers | Leading Like a Lady - Started From the Bottom Bottom: Building Wealth From Scratch
Black excellence was coming out of everyone’s lips this year, and while I love the motivation behind it, I hateContinue readingStarted From the Bottom Bottom: Building Wealth From Scratch
- Black People Need Their Own CNBC | Investing
In case you’ve never watched the channel or heard of it, CNBC is the cable news network devoted to finance,Continue readingBlack People Need Their Own CNBC | Investing
- Tyler Perry’s a Billionaire. Now What? | Investing
Congrats Tyler Perry – but now what? We should always celebrate wins in the black community. Especially when it’s someoneContinue readingTyler Perry’s a Billionaire. Now What? | Investing
- How to Change the World on Less Than $1 a Day
We’re afraid to die yet want something to live for. That’s the unofficial lesson I learned growing up in aContinue readingHow to Change the World on Less Than $1 a Day
- Juneteenth is For All of Us: A Letter to the African Diaspora
May 1865: when the United States began to rebuild from the rubble of the Civil War. Two months later, African-AmericanContinue readingJuneteenth is For All of Us: A Letter to the African Diaspora
- Self-Care for the Black Woman Entrepreneur
I joined the CareDeeply podcast, hosted by Wit & Grace Magazine, and I’d describe it as a form of radical - If You Want The Protests to End (A #BlackoutTuesday Book List)
Read all the suggested books below with a free Amazon Kindle 30-day subscription. Today is #blackouttuesday, a day for usContinue readingIf You Want The Protests to End (A #BlackoutTuesday Book List)
- Nowhere is Safe: Microaggressions, Working from Home & Being Black in AmericaThe physical pain of working in a physical office was real. I had heart palpitations every time I sat at
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- Two Stock Tips From Two Bad Decisions | Investing Series
I’m a kinesthetic learner, which means I have this insatiable energy to learn things by doing things. Which means IContinue readingTwo Stock Tips From Two Bad Decisions | Investing Series
- For Michelle Obama, Becoming Ordinary is Extraordinary | Leading Like a Lady
Lesson: See the Unseen. I used to wonder why God was invisible. At times it was hard for me toContinue readingFor Michelle Obama, Becoming Ordinary is Extraordinary | Leading Like a Lady
- I’m Not Selling Disney. Here’s Why | Investing Series
If 2020 was a motto, it would be fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. IContinue readingI’m Not Selling Disney. Here’s Why | Investing Series
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Leading Like a Lady
Lesson: Look like a man, think like a woman. You might call Ellen Johnson Sirleaf an “alpha female”, and that - The Leading Podcast
For those who like to listen more than read, I’ll post some conversations I’m having with women learning how to - Charlotte Seck & the New Feminist Normal | Leading Like a Lady
My Leading Like a Lady series was inspired by an article I originally read in Forbes. The article pointed outContinue readingCharlotte Seck & the New Feminist Normal | Leading Like a Lady
- Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Lessons on Leading Like a Lady
Lesson 1: Finding Yourself. The proudest moment of my life was when I decided to go to therapy. One ofContinue readingDr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Lessons on Leading Like a Lady
- Leading Like a Lady
Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Some women have a hard time answering that. And even - With All Due Respect…Grow Up: Open Letter to African Leadership
There’s an old parenting adage that says if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you? As much as myContinue readingWith All Due Respect…Grow Up: Open Letter to African Leadership
- Where Water Runs Dry: Streams of Income in AfricaFirst thing’s first: there’s an elephant in the room whether or not we’d admit it. Folks are continuing to wonder
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- IT Matters More Than You Think: Africans & Remote Work
The latest pandemic, shut down of global travel, and mandatory quarantines in most countries are forcing us to learn how to make remote work happen. It’s no longer a luxury but a necessity to protect us from what’s been decided as the greater evil – the spread of the coronavirus. … Continue readingIT Matters More Than You Think: Africans & Remote Work - Going Nowhere Fast: The Rideshare Industry in Africa
No, I’m not riding on the back of an okata or boda boda. And you’d have to force me toContinue readingGoing Nowhere Fast: The Rideshare Industry in Africa
- We Need More A.I.R…Second Stop on #GenVolution College Tour
Telling the truth about your life should feel relatively easy. That’s not always the case with people of color/minority groups/peopleContinue readingWe Need More A.I.R…Second Stop on #GenVolution College Tour
- In Awe…First Stop on #GenVolution Conference Tour
October 11th and 12th became monumental days for my journey with Karfi. I had a chance to speak about myContinue readingIn Awe…First Stop on #GenVolution Conference Tour
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