Monday, May 1, 2017
Book Review
A few days ago I posted a quote from the book, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe the World.
It is one of the best, most encouraging, most inspiring books I've read in a long time.
The author is a lifelong Navy Seal, and the book is an expanded version of a commencement address he gave a few years ago.
It's a real quick read, with ten short chapters, but it packs a punch, from start to finish.
It will put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye, but most importantly, it will leave you with the notion that you matter, and that what you do has a profound impact on the world around you.
I wholeheartedly recommend it.
It is one of the best, most encouraging, most inspiring books I've read in a long time.
The author is a lifelong Navy Seal, and the book is an expanded version of a commencement address he gave a few years ago.
It's a real quick read, with ten short chapters, but it packs a punch, from start to finish.
It will put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye, but most importantly, it will leave you with the notion that you matter, and that what you do has a profound impact on the world around you.
I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Quote
If you want to change the world . . .
start off by making your bed.
From the book Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe Your World, by William H. McRaven
start off by making your bed.
From the book Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe Your World, by William H. McRaven
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Black Sports Agency
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
This black sports agency reps more HBCU players in the NFL than any other firm
These two agents also handle more than 40 other pro football players
BY MARTENZIE JOHNSON
Adisa Bakari, 44, is the founder and CEO of The Sports & Entertainment Group (TSEG), a D.C.-based sports agency that represents some of the top athletes in the NFL and professional boxing.
Bakari and longtime partner Jeff Whitney, 47, who serves as the company’s president, currently represent 43 professional football players, including Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell, Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor and New York Jets running back Matt Forte. The firm also represents professional boxers Lamont and Anthony Peterson.
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-sports-agency-reps-hbcu-players-nfl/
This black sports agency reps more HBCU players in the NFL than any other firm
These two agents also handle more than 40 other pro football players
BY MARTENZIE JOHNSON
Adisa Bakari, 44, is the founder and CEO of The Sports & Entertainment Group (TSEG), a D.C.-based sports agency that represents some of the top athletes in the NFL and professional boxing.
Bakari and longtime partner Jeff Whitney, 47, who serves as the company’s president, currently represent 43 professional football players, including Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell, Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor and New York Jets running back Matt Forte. The firm also represents professional boxers Lamont and Anthony Peterson.
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-sports-agency-reps-hbcu-players-nfl/
Young, Gifted & Black Female Sports Agent
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
Black female sports agent Tiffany Porter is making her way in a white-male-dominated field
She wants to be a role model for women and men alike
BY KELLEY D. EVANS
While many sports agents are busy at the 2017 draft, there is one standing out in the crowd. As a woman in a male-dominated world, Tiffany Porter is proving that she can stand strong and give her clients the best representation possible.
For Porter, becoming a sports agent was a natural progression to her multifaceted career. The Hampton University alum has built her credentials over the years as a criminal defense attorney and is managing partner of Porter & Whitner Law Group LLC in Atlanta.
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As a certified NFL agent, Porter negotiates contracts, but more importantly she strives to protect her clients’ future beyond their playing days. Earning her law degree from Emory University, she is no stranger to beating the odds in the courtroom or in her personal life. She also earned her MBA from Georgia State University.
As a child, she and her younger siblings experienced watching their mother go in and out of federal prison. She was reared by her grandmother and great-grandmother.
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-female-sports-agent-tiffany-porter/
Black female sports agent Tiffany Porter is making her way in a white-male-dominated field
She wants to be a role model for women and men alike
BY KELLEY D. EVANS
While many sports agents are busy at the 2017 draft, there is one standing out in the crowd. As a woman in a male-dominated world, Tiffany Porter is proving that she can stand strong and give her clients the best representation possible.
For Porter, becoming a sports agent was a natural progression to her multifaceted career. The Hampton University alum has built her credentials over the years as a criminal defense attorney and is managing partner of Porter & Whitner Law Group LLC in Atlanta.
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As a certified NFL agent, Porter negotiates contracts, but more importantly she strives to protect her clients’ future beyond their playing days. Earning her law degree from Emory University, she is no stranger to beating the odds in the courtroom or in her personal life. She also earned her MBA from Georgia State University.
As a child, she and her younger siblings experienced watching their mother go in and out of federal prison. She was reared by her grandmother and great-grandmother.
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-female-sports-agent-tiffany-porter/
Con Men & Losers
An excerpt from Salon -
Donald Trump’s administration after 100 days: A second-rate salesman surrounded by con men and losers
Trump has staffed the West Wing with low-grade hucksters, and his dealmaking skills are just bad poker bluffs
By GARY LEGUM
At the rate Trump is going, the internet could run out of space, long before he leaves office, cataloging all his administration’s deficiencies as a functional entity, its destruction of governing norms and the hash it has made of both domestic and foreign policy. But two observations from the first 100 days stand out to me.
The first is the extent to which Trump’s struggles can be attributed to his pronounced tendency to staff his administration with mediocre, two-bit hustlers and con men whose careers indicate that they have a lot more luck than smarts or talent.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/28/donald-trumps-administration-after-100-days-a-second-rate-salesman-surrounded-by-con-men-and-losers/
Donald Trump’s administration after 100 days: A second-rate salesman surrounded by con men and losers
Trump has staffed the West Wing with low-grade hucksters, and his dealmaking skills are just bad poker bluffs
By GARY LEGUM
At the rate Trump is going, the internet could run out of space, long before he leaves office, cataloging all his administration’s deficiencies as a functional entity, its destruction of governing norms and the hash it has made of both domestic and foreign policy. But two observations from the first 100 days stand out to me.
The first is the extent to which Trump’s struggles can be attributed to his pronounced tendency to staff his administration with mediocre, two-bit hustlers and con men whose careers indicate that they have a lot more luck than smarts or talent.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/28/donald-trumps-administration-after-100-days-a-second-rate-salesman-surrounded-by-con-men-and-losers/
Friday, April 28, 2017
Public Art
From Architectural Digest
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/11-most-fascinating-public-sculptures
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/11-most-fascinating-public-sculptures
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