If you’re in a position to help someone. Help them. God just may be answering that person’s prayer through you. #timk. Walk good. 28all. Eya. *BB, LS, SC*

The Warm-Up: 

“One thing I like to say in life is you can compromise on strategy but never on principle. That will lead you to love of self, and as you love yourself, it’s hard not to love others.” ~Billy McBride, Staff Spotlight.

Assistant Athletic Director-Diversity and Inclusion/ Senior Coach at Amherst College

The Core: 

“How you love is a reflection into how you see yourself.” ~Shane Parrish

“Individuals search for truth. Groups search for consensus.” ~Naval Ravikant

“You learn fastest when you take the time to deeply understand.” ~Orange Book

“Everyone wants an edge, no one wants to spend time sharpening.” ~Jack Butcher

“Never be deceived that the rich will permit you to vote away their wealth.” ~Lucy Parsons

“Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.” ~Beryl Bainbridge

“When the fear of being a fool is stronger than the hope of being a genius, the status quote thrives.” ~Thibaut

“Be humble enough to not let praise go to your head, but cocky enough to not let insults go to your heart.” ~Ed Latimore

“Many people struggle to grow because they aren’t on the right difficulty level. Hard workouts. Hard books. Uncomfortable conversations. Taking risks. Meeting strangers. That’s how you grow.” ~Orange Book

“You need people in your life that are further along than you, people that have a bigger vision, people that are more experienced, people that are out of your league. You need to be exposed to new levels so that you can go to new levels!” ~Joel Osteen

“The fact that in my thirty years at Amherst I’ve met some of the most amazing young adults who have done wonderful things. I feel that I’m an extended family member to so many scholars who have impacted my life.” ~Billy McBride, Assistant Athletic Director-Diversity and Inclusion/ Senior Coach at Amherst College

“At every stage of our lives we make decisions that will profoundly influence the lives of the people we’re going to become, and then when we become those people, we’re not always thrilled with the decisions we made. So young people pay good money to get tattoos removed that teenagers paid good money to get. Middle-aged people rushed to divorce people who young adults rushed to marry. Older adults work hard to lose what middle-aged adults worked hard to gain. On and on and on…” ~Dan Gilbert, Ted2014, The psychology of your future self

Last Set: 

“When you don’t have many resources, networks and relationships can be valuable currency. Relationships are one-on-one; networks are how you tie relationships together, and understanding how to navigate both is an important skill. Some people have a natural ability to relate to others one-on-one and genuinely create a connection with them; other people are good at connecting people to other people who can help them. If you can do both, the world will be your oyster.” ~Arlan Hamilton, It’s About Damn Time

Food for Thought: 

“For me, increasingly, it’s become the number one investing criteria, because we’re going to work in markets where people make two to $3 on average, where there is no infrastructure, there is often the great presence of bureaucracy, corruption, complacency, where there’s very little trust, and where you need entrepreneurs who know how to build trust, know how to show up, know how to stay for the long term, have great perseverance, grit, know how to take feedback and build a team who can complement their weaknesses, not just glide on their strengths. And that’s character. We’ve invested in entrepreneurs that have built great companies, but if you want to change a system, and in some cases, change a nation, you had a bet on character. I have some real examples where it’s starting with one or two entrepreneurs has actually resulted in changing entire ways that, where nations organize some of their basic services or a whole ecosystem have developed around it.” ~Jacqueline Novogratz – Investing in Dignity and Character, Invest Like the Best w/ Patrick O’Shaughnessy Ep.196

Other tings: 

The Only Way to Grow Huge

I’m A Black Founder — Here’s My Advice For Other Black Founders Raising Venture Capital

The Epigenetics Of Being Black and Feeling Blue: Understanding African American Vulnerability To Disease