Black, White, or Other? “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” Being Black and growing up in the South—between Virginia and Mississippi—with a name like Pedro Senhorinha Ramos Montero Silva brought in many unwelcomed experiences in my life. One of which was the otheringContinueContinue reading “Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other”
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A Job Doesn’t Define You. Your Work Does.
Don’t Take Rejection From Hiring Teams Personally!!! They Don’t Know You!!! I came across a Linkedin post of someone today who was sharing what they had learned from an interaction with a member from a hiring team. Basically, they wanted him to explain a gap in employment. To me that is a euphemism for “IContinueContinue reading “A Job Doesn’t Define You. Your Work Does.”
Knowing the Ripe Time Versus the Right Time
How many times in your life have you tried to accomplish some goal and not have it work out despite feeling like you had all of the right ingredients for success? You rack your brain trying to make sense out of what is going wrong and come away feeling like, since you’re the common denominator,ContinueContinue reading “Knowing the Ripe Time Versus the Right Time”
How to Lose Like A Winner
One of the most impactful experiences in my life was being punched severely after a basketball game by one of my own teammates who blamed me for our loss. Now mind you that this was not a high stakes game. There was no money on the table. We were not in the final game ofContinueContinue reading “How to Lose Like A Winner”
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