Read more“Never make decisions from an emotional place. Any decision you make emotionally, will also be a wrong decision. Make a decision with inner clarity, with inner calm, with passion even. But never make a decision — emotionally. And remember also, business is never personal.”
John Hope Bryant, author of Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World.
Read more“The U.S. Treasury Department has taken an important step forward by deciding to rename the Treasury Annex building to acknowledge the truth of America’s history. By changing the name to Freedman’s Bank Building the department is recognizing the importance of historical attempts to address the great economic divide and wealth inequality gaps of African-Americans following emancipation in 1865. At this time of deepening wealth and income inequality gaps in America, this is a critical time to recognize the truth of the legacy of slavery and the systemic institutional inequality that still exists and must be addressed today.”
Read more“Andrew Young often says to me, “Men fail for three reasons: arrogance, pride, and greed.” All three of these things are rooted in insecurity and fear, and doing the wrong or utterly selfish thing most often happens when fear and insecurity overtake our being, our inner reason. The key to winning is to get over these insecurities and fears, to first conquer ourselves and to learn to become reasonably comfortable in our own skins.”
Evan Carmichael: John Hope Bryant’s Top 10 Rules For Success
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1Ru6pczas&w=560&h=315] Honored that Evan decided to profile some of my approaches to life and living, but I also think he is a cool guy, and doing some cool and inspiring things in the world. So I wanted you to know...Read more“It is a fitting recognition of American history which we are sometimes all too willing to forget. The new building celebrates the start of a new era in African American history which has led to substantial progress in 150 years and will inevitably lead to more.”
Dr. James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, a Nobel Memorial Prize winner in economics and an expert in the economics of human development.
Read more“The humble cultivation of and commitment to finding everyone’s talent is where America began. We have not always been well-to-do or able to walk away from ourselves and each other. We once needed each other. Desperately so. America the beautiful as we now know it was once made up of the broke and the under-resourced, a mostly immigrant population that came here to escape oppression and a limited life somewhere else”
Excerpt From: John Hope Bryant. “How the Poor Can Save Capitalism.” iBooks.
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