Reading the Room. The Skill That Changes Everything.
Fifteen seconds when you walk into a room to establish yourself and read what is already there. Black women are the best room readers on earth. The skill works in boardrooms and bedrooms and everywhere in between. The question is whether we trust what we read.
The Quiet Revolution. What Black America Is Building While Nobody Is Watching.
The hangings. The layoffs. The dismantling of sixty years of civil rights protections. The school to prison pipeline feeding a constitutionally legal slavery machine. This is coordinated. Black America sees it. And the response is not what they planned for.
The Second Act. On Reinvention After Fifty and Why It Is the Most Powerful Career Move Available to You.
Nobody tells you that fifty feels like a beginning. The fear changes. The tolerance changes. The clarity arrives. This is the second act- and it is the most powerful career move available to you.
How I Learned to Let People Underestimate Me. And Why It Was the Smartest Thing I Ever Did.
In my regular life, I am an open book. Not a naive one. Not a foolish one. But what you see is largely what you get. I do not suffer fools lightly and you will always know where you stand with me. I am direct. I am transparent. I say the thing I mean and […]
The Girlfriend Voice, the Bulldozer, and Three Types of Power Nobody Taught You About.
Position power. Expert power. Connection power. Black women have been running all three simultaneously since before it had a name. Meet Mavis. And the bulldozer she is covering for.
Confident Kevin and the Greasy Bag. A Sales Primer.
The introduction is a power move most salespeople do not know they are making. One point per slide. Brief your SMEs. And please – do not introduce the consultant as the question lady.
The Business That Runs While You Sleep.
The tools exist. The systems are buildable. The Thursday in Africa where your business runs without you is not a fantasy. Here is exactly how to get there.
This Meeting Could Have Been an Email. It Really Could Have.
The stage has been set. The curtain is up. We can begin the play now. Mary, however, is still describing the curtains.
Pass the Poppycock. This Political Theatre Deserves Better Snacks.
The lead actor has forgotten his lines. The stagehands are stealing the furniture. And the American public is eating plain popcorn while all of it happens. I require better snacks and better information.
Retire at 45? Sure, Baby. But First, Let’s Talk About the Money Tree.
You want to retire at 45, pay zero taxes, and never interact with a human being again. Completely valid. Here is the system that actually gets you there – legally.