In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of workflow and project management. Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary is all about sharing my social mission and passion for building brands, empowering communities, and uplifting humanity. My experience in business, education, media, and music has made me who I am today. As a result, through sharing my experiences, insights, and learnings, I hope to encourage and inspire others to do the same as we all aspire toward...
May 06, 2023•13 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of stepping into our own space and owning our strengths… Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary is all about sharing my mission to promote positivity in an effort to uplift the condition of humanity. My experience in business, education, media, and music has made me who I am today. As a result, through sharing my experiences, insights, and learnings, I hope to encourage and inspire others to do the same as we all aspire t...
Jan 16, 2022•7 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I share my thoughts about a short exchange I had with a student of mine and talk about the power of doing something... Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary is all about sharing my mission to promote positivity in an effort to uplift the condition of humanity. My experience in business, education, media, and music has made me who I am today. As a result, through sharing my experiences, insights, and learnings, I hope to encourage and inspire others...
Apr 20, 2021•2 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of sustainability and determining what we may or may not be able to sustain... Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary is all about sharing my mission to promote positivity in an effort to uplift the condition of humanity. My experience in business, education, media, and music has made me who I am today. As a result, through sharing my experiences, insights, and learnings, I hope to encourage and inspire others to do the s...
Feb 28, 2021•23 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about being inspired by closed doors, leaving it all on the line, and defining our own readiness. Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary is all about sharing my mission to promote positivity in an effort to uplift the condition of humanity. My experience in business, education, media, and music has made me who I am today. As a result, through sharing my experiences, insights, and learnings, I hope to encourage and inspire others to do the sam...
Feb 19, 2021•34 min
Inspired by my good friend, Isaiah Rogers, in this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about appreciating the art and practice of patience. When I initially recorded this episode on June 7, 2020, I spoke about viewing patience not as “wait time” but as an opportunity to improve ourselves in some capacity. In addition, I also spoke about patience as an opportunity to be productive while other events take their course that are outside of our control. Earlier today (Wednesday, Febru...
Feb 18, 2021•8 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I touch on my belief that that when we prioritize proficiency by creating the conditions and environment to foster connection and engagement, the overall achievement disparity will gradually decrease and student performance will gradually increase. One assignment at a time. One day at a time! Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary is all about sharing my mission to promote positivity in an effort to uplift the condition of humanity. My experience in...
Feb 09, 2021•18 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of putting in the work that leads up to the moment. | Talking Points | 4:22 - Put in the work that leads up to the moment... 6:44 - #HELP1SELFNYE 8:23 - Be nothing less than grateful for the opportunities that we have been afforded... 9:25 - How do opportunities unfold? 18:02 - As long as we are doing the work, it is only a matter of time before opportunities will present themself 19:04 - Create a ripple of impact (...
Dec 31, 2020•32 min
On October 12, 2015, when I drove for Uber, I walked into the Rite Aid on South Orange Avenue in South Orange, NJ. To this day, I still remember being greeted with a hello and good morning from three employees at the front register. Whether or not a customer has intentions on purchasing a product or service, a simple hello may aid in a potential transaction, a rewarding long-term relationship, or even helping to make someone’s day a little bit brighter. | Talking Points | 1:17 - Stopping at Rite...
Dec 27, 2020•6 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of creating a frame of reference as it pertains to building meaningful relationships. | Talking Points | 0:45 - Meaningful relationships are built through context and creating a frame of reference... 3:00 - Turn a "cold introduction" into a "warm introduction..." 3:54 - The Seventh Level by Amanda Slavin... 4:28 - Make and take the time to genuinely learn about the people we are interested in getting to know... 5:49...
Dec 07, 2020•6 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about my encounter with a poem entitled, “The Girl Who Was Afraid To Be” by Nikita Gill (@nikita_gill) via @kathyvioleta_’s profile page on Instagram. After reading this poem, I was IMMEDIATELY inspired to write my own version of what I would consider to be a comeback and continuation of the scenario that took place in the poem. As a result of what I read by Nikita, I decided to name my piece, “Finding a Reason to Step Into Our Being.” ...
Jul 14, 2020•20 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of self-accountability, leadership, and morality. | Talking Points | 6:54 - Why should we continue to uphold systems that protect people who intentional bring harm to others? 8:43 - How might we measure someone’s moral compass?
Jul 14, 2020•11 min•Ep. 15
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about how I revisited a quote by Mike Smith (@mikesmithlive) in which he mentioned, “stay rooted in love.” As soon as I heard this quote, the following question came to mind, “Is our lack of love our real war?” | Talking Points | 4:18 - Timing is critical... 5:18 - Is our lack of love our real war? 6:15 - Differences without dialogue... 7:30 - Why do we yearn for power? 8:35 - Competition and performance… 10:48 - It’s important that we ...
Jul 13, 2020•23 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about how my attention span for comfort has always been considerably less than my attention span for challenge. | Talking Points | 3:19 - Comfort never made me tick… 7:24 - My mission is to change lives… 9:03 - Comfort provides me with the time to reflect… 9:36 - I believe in the integration of work and play… 13:57 - Great teams consist of different players who bring different skill sets to the table…...
Jun 27, 2020•15 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I address the following questions, "Do mistakes happen on purpose?" and "Are there underlying, intentional, and purposeful elements which we are meant to learn from which enable "mistakes" to happen?"
Jun 24, 2020•14 min
In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I get very comprehensive and go very deep into my career journey and the steps that I took to get me where I am to date. Thanks for listening!
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min
After participating in a discussion hosted by Nalini Saxena who is the founder of Elicit Consulting entitled, “Connecting the Dots: Against Systemic Oppression and Racial Justice”, I reflected on the importance of learning through listening after hearing the usage of the term, “cisgender.” I believe that learning is a gradual process and the only way to truly inform ourselves, is to understand that we are uninformed.
Jun 06, 2020•11 min
Amid the current circumstances taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota due to the murder of George Floyd, I spent my entire day processing the impact that this event has on the lives of Black men and women across the nation. In doing so, I thought to listen back on a recording from 2017 entitled, "A Black Man's Cry For Humanity." My content is my memorial and I am obstinate in believing that we must continue to seek solutions. Should I die trying, at least people will have a greater sense of who ...
May 29, 2020•13 min
While emailing a student, I thought to myself, “How do we learn as adults?” As a result, I decided to record the following thoughts for Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary Season 1, Episode 1.
May 26, 2020•6 min
May 31, 2018•3 min
Be Intuitive. Be excited!
Jul 10, 2017•5 min
Should money be the motive?
Jul 10, 2017•5 min
How Does Allowing Room For Mistakes Enhance Our Natural Learning Process?
Jul 05, 2017•4 min
Defining Our Moments (Discipline vs Distraction)
Jul 05, 2017•5 min
I called my good friend Thomas Johnson of GetUpNGetFit to test out the phone interview feature here on Anchor.
Jul 05, 2017•2 min
What is my purpose?
Jul 02, 2017•3 min
