Sometimes God will SLOW you down so the evil ahead of you will PASS before you get there. Your DELAY could mean your PROTECTION. #realtalkkim. 28all. Eya.

The Warm-Up: 

“I’m in the lion’s den but they don’t know I’m a lion too.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

The Core: 

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” ~Jean de La Fontaine

“Having a real conversation is rare, because real communication happens on an energy level. -my teacher.” ~Maryam Hasnaa

“Sometimes you have to put aside what you feel for them, and pay attention to what their actions are saying they feel for you.” ~Daniel Chidiac

“My mentor once said: ‘If you have to talk to more than 3 people about the same problem, you don’t want help, you want attention.” ~Anonymous

“Don’t shape your behavior just to prevent others’ getting upset with you. They will anyway and when they do, it’s their problem, not yours.” ~Kpaxs

“Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1

“What’s easy to overlook is that networks and trust compound like any other asset, and every time you switch jobs or careers you reset the clock to some degree.” ~Morgan Housel, Staying Put

“Teach your kids that someone not liking them is not an indication they need to try harder or change who they are to gain approval. It’s not our job to make other people like us. It’s our job to like ourselves.” ~Christine Derengowski

“It’s a simple fact of life: if you want to do something incredible, something that makes you stand out above the rest, then you have to become comfortable being different—that means being misunderstood, criticized, even hated.” ~Mark Manson

“Quitting your job isn’t being disloyal to your boss. Sometimes it’s the only way to stay loyal to yourself. If work threatens your well-being, leaving is an act of self-preservation. If work violates our values, quitting is an expression of integrity.” ~Adam Grant

“Be the person who still tries. After failure, after frustration, after disappointment, after exhaustion, after heartache, be the person who musters up the courage to believe that a new attempt can manifest a new outcome. Be the person who still tries.” ~Michell C Clark

“By the way, if you’re not happy now, there’s no sports car, amount of followers, busts size, promotion, social media feedback or material possessions that’s going to fundamentally change that. External validation isn’t happiness, it’s a hamster wheel. Happiness is an inside job.” ~Steven Bartlett

“We got different Saab stories, save your soliloquies / They like, ‘If BIG was alive, Hov wouldn’t be in his position’ / If BIG had survived, y’all would have got The Commission / Hov was gon’ always be Hov / It ‘twas the universe will ‘cause Allah said so, and now I’m here…” ~Pusha T ft. Pharrell & Jay-Z, Neck & Wrist

“The world is always changing. Now it’s a racial reckoning and a pandemic. Before this, we had the 2008 recession and the dot-com boom. If you think you’re going to come in and operate your business as if it’s February 2020, you’re going to get crushed. If you think you’re leading the same workforce—people with the same mindset, the same mentality, the same desires, and the same priorities—you are nuts. You have to change or get out of the way. There’s no turning back. This is the big reset, and that’s where the hope and opportunity live.” ~Scott Sonenshein on Unlocking Us | Dare to Lead w/ Brene Brown

Last Set:

“Many good opportunities are ruined for the dream of slightly better ones. Would you have a more successful career if you had taken that other job or moved cities? Possibly. But your actual career will definitely suffer if you don’t commit to doing it to the best of your ability. Would you be 10% happier in a different relationship? Maybe. Maybe not. But you’ll definitely be unhappy in the one you have if you spend all day thinking about what else is out there. The surefire way to end up worse off is to agonize over unchosen options and fail to make the most of the one you selected. Every minute spent yearning for your unlived lives is a moment you can’t invest in the one you actually have. Choices matter, but so does your level of commitment.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1

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