Singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, Pop Star, Actress and the list could go on L.O.L.. I’m talking about no other than H-Town’s own  Beyoncé.  In this short clip she explains why she didn’t give up on her goals.  Check it out below it may be just the motivation you need to get you ready for your week.

If you are like most people, you began 2016 with many goals. What goals did you set?  Maybe 2016 was the year you were going to get a better job, slim down, eliminate a bad habit or meet the perfect mate. Did You Achieve Your Goals in 2016? 2016 is over. Did you achieve your […]

If you can't let go of certain people entirely, at least let them become irrelevant to your life.

You know all those things you swear you’re going to do before you die? Bucketlist.org is where you keep track of them. Bucketlist is a…

On today’s “Sunday Morning Live” Dr. J Thomas Smith and Val Wilson were  joined by guests Darryl Ewing, Certified Fitness Trainer/American Council on Exercise who discussed “Achieving Your Fitness Goals in 2013.” Plus, Sylvester Brown of the Black Heritage Society shared information on MLK Jr. Activities around the city. Also, Gospel Recording Artist and Mufasa’s […]

Aiming isn’t hitting. –Swahili proverb On this day,  I will take five minutes to discuss with my sons concrete ways they can work to achieve their goals. Read more…

To die for the revolution is a one shot-deal; to live for the revolution means taking on the more difficult commitment of changing our day-to-day life patterns. –Frances M. Beal                                           On this day,  using family, friends, or historical figures as examples,  I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about the importance of […]

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now. –James Baldwin On this day,  I will take five minutes to consider whether I or my sons have a tendency to procrastinate. Read more…

For this is a beautiful world: this is a wonderful America. –W.E.B. DuBois                                                   On this day, I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about one of their goals and how they might go about realizing it. Read more…

I will not allow one predujiced person or one million or one hundred million to blight my life. –James Weldon Johnson                         On this day,  I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about looking within to decide who they are,  where they want to go in life, and how they want to get […]

One day after another meet and another loss, I came home and complained to my family that I was tired of losing. I pinned pictures and articles about track and field on a bulletin board in my room, and started setting goals, writing them down and tacking them onto the board. –Carl Lewis                                                     On this […]

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While watching a singer-songwriter I admire singing and playing the guitar in a live video, I was recently reminded of the importance of having dreams. One of my goals in life is to be able to be a skilled musician, to be a braver and stronger performer than I am at the moment. Although it […]