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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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Turns out, whether I was traveling on business or not, the likelihood of me being impacted by racism was still present. Having allies at work isn’t just about having a confidant or an enforcer of policies. Among the leading causes of this reluctance was their unwillingness to deal with racism in the workplace.

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What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal

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One day he’ll walk out the door and end up somewhere exotic, tropical, freezing or remote, confident and curious. After dinner, my wife had broken off to wrap presents, so I adjourned upstairs to accept my son’s challenge in a fierce game of Super Mario Kart 8. It’ll be hard to see him go, but I’m thankful that’s the way he is.

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Do This When Procrastination Strikes

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I’d be sprinting to drop it off in time at 9 am before the last chime of the bell. When it came to certain challenging activities like building a presentation for him, he wanted the work far sooner than I’d do left to my own devices. For example, I recently delayed handing in a written presentation for my German class for 3 weeks.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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She yelled at me across the entire airport as she was sprinting to her gate, ‘Spanx and wheels on luggage, the two greatest inventions in the last 50 years!’” She has the confidence to follow her gut instincts and not allow herself to be discouraged by others,” the author says. “Everywhere I go with him, he gets flashed, too!”

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