The burden of genius.   A colleague recently posted about the struggle creative people have in choosing their predominant energy to prioritize. My response to her social media post was why do we have to choose one thing?   The notion is limiting. Influential leaders would say people should focus on ONE thing at a time. This is ONE proven strategy. It is scalable for the masses.    Creative people do not fit the “ researched statistical data   curve”. They are outliers. Truth be told, although we all “know” this method of singular focus is successful, most people don’t do it.   Myself included. Here are a few reasons why… We are in Perpetual Motion According to physics and science, everything is in constant motion.   Every cell in our body, and every particle in the universe is moving toward something. Everything we experience in our environment is simultaneous. We are hard wired for conglomerates.    We are predisposed to des...

    If I had to pick a publication that represented all the cool   intellectual kids and me, it would be the New Yorker.   Everything about its influence is metro and retro reminding me of my foundation for curiosity, creativity, and independent thought as a kid. Recently I had an assignment in my communications class to apply for a dream job or opportunity.   I chose The New Yorker.   It’s a brand with a meaningful past   and promising legacy.   Every contributor is brilliant in their own right, and both the contributors and guests   featured are an instant authority. Most importantly, although it is the Sunday Paper meets Life magazine, they do an extraordinary job of keeping the humanity and intrigue in the message and the work of structured journalism. You could call it “creative non-journalism.”    It’s audience and its core values are things I wholeheartedly align with.   Although the majority of its consumers are...

I just finished Outliers by Malcolm Graham. I read two of his books back to back. Talking to Strangers was wildly fascinating. Outliers (This book) took what is believed mystical magic and debunked it to repetition and culture. One quote he gave clung to me indefinitely. " No one who can rise before dawn fails to make his family rich." The chaper begins with this quote and it's talking about the mentality of the Rice Farmers in China. Gladwell's premise is that human success isn't isolated or extraordinary. He proves that it is quite calculated and cultural. This quote turned on all the lights in my 7 chakaras. People (including me) always complain about time. The facts are that we are all given 24 in a day. The reality is that we don't prioritize our time for optimal outcomes. We sleep. We scroll screens. We eat. Possibly we work. On rare occassion, we do extra cirruculars that improve our lives. The simple truth is that people want success without sacrifice...

This morning I sat in coffee shop, reviewing notes from my professor and aligning my week for structure and success.   I have a unique ability to channel sound to a background noise and focus on the task in front of me. I read on the elliptical machine at the gym.   I can work at coffee shops with blaring discussions and vibe music roaring.   I wouldn’t call this multi tasking.   I was say it’s a gift.   It’s a practiced skill.   Some people can’t concentrate at all.   Let alone in the chaos of distraction. As long as my eyes can fixate on one thing, my brain can focus.   But the drama and chaos is always there in the background.   As I was pondering the beauty of my imagined week, I overheard a conversation of two gentlemen next to me.   It inspired me to write this post. The men were supposed to meet for coffee.   One of their persons was unable to come.   The first man says to the other, he can only stay 30 minutes b...

I was with my first boyfriend about 18months and I knew he was not going to be in my future, but I loved his family and he was predictable. It took me another year to move on  and another 6 months to let go. It felt like what I imagined divorce would be. It felt like failure. It didn't matter that we were two different people, with two different backgrounds, sharing the present space, with no future in sight. All that mattered was I had given a substantial investment of my life to this person and there was little to show for it save some fun trips to ATL, NYC, LAX, MIA. All which left me in debt. All that energy and that is all I had left to show for it. I remember thinking to myself, my next person is going to be the one, and I'll have something to show for my self investment. I will build a lifetime skyscraper and monument with this one. And it came to pass...literally. Over 12 years I met a tall dark and handsome narcissist, gave him 2 sons, married and divorced him.  ...

Deductive reasoning and actually knowing are 2 different things. I'm back in school and doing well in my classes, but I feel a lot of that is because of my ability to deduce what the answer should be and not because I actually know what they are. It's like making an educated guess based on experience and logical common sense. Common Sense is  a very important  part of the learning process. But at some point in time you really do have to know the material and master the information. I was thinking about life and how we develop deductive reasoning skills. I think that deductive reasoning is It's like making assumptions.  Assumptions are very helpful and an important part of manifesting.   It is believing that things are as we intend them to be.  Manifestation is powerful.  it is literally imposing your will upon your environment and creating that reality. It is Influencing  your will upon others  by transference  of energy. However,...