Yes that’s right only 90 days until Christmas Celebrations. Not to be deep but, what will your life look like in 90 days. Will you be more fit, maybe better prepared. Will you start working towards a debt free experience on the holidays. What kind of rest and relaxation are you preparing for?
I am going to be diligent about my health (P90X) again! And diligent on business affairs. Make your Christmas great with focused energy.
Positive Change in Birmingham Alabama. While walking in Kelly Ingram Park on September 13th, 2013, my family and I were reading a historic marker. Kelly Ingram park sits between 16th street and 17th street. The marker says in 1963 helmeted police stood on 17th street. The police were there to keep Blacks from marching to City Hall. Whites considered 17th street the great dividing line between the races. The park is on the block where the 16th Street Baptist Church sits and where the bombing of the “4 Little Girls” happened. Side note the markers on “the Civil Rights Heritage Trail” are very informative and excellent on your mobile device.
Now you know the history and here comes the positive change that shines like a bright light. This glorious day standing underneath the Historic 16th Street Baptist Church sign was the current police Chief AC Roper. Chief Roper is African-American and he was casually talking with people in the very spot where the tragic bombing occurred. One block away perched on a police car on the corner of 17th Street was a young uniformed officer, he was white. But the irony was that he was on the very corner where the marker showed angry, tense, battle ready officers 50 years ago. Just this one moment in time illustrates that Birmingham is truly 50 years forward. This made me proud to call the city my home. Hooray for Birmingham!
To follow-up on my last post this how are you going to be a leader for Positive Change in your community? We remember the Foot Soldiers who stood up for righteousness and the Marchers who endured hardship for Justice. Positive change starts with bold action. Be a leader, have a vision and don’t stop.
Birmingham, Alabama has been celebrating 50 Years of Civil Rights all year long. As a resident it has been fantastic to see progress and the patience of a city. There is a great website http://50yearsforward.com/history/ .The celebrations have continued to remind me of the struggles and true sacrifices in the past and the victories won through the years. We have made significant strides in America to level the door of access for all citizens. The most impressive thing about the people that marched and work for Civil Rights then and now is thier commitment to toil now for a better future for the next generation. The movement had the Patience to Dominate, with its sit-ins and demonstrations knowing full well that justice would take time. One of the blessing of living in Birmingham Alabama and formerly of Atlanta Georgia is that I have had the occasion to meet some people directly connected to the movement. I will take the time to mention these people only because of their grand commitment to patience and Justice.
Martin Luther King III, James Orange , Julien Bond, Andrew Young, Angela Davis, Dick Gregory, Bernice King, Huey P. Newton, Fred Shuttlesworth, Congressman John Lewis
These are all people that I touched and remembered the conversations. I remember the conversations because they were so serious and direct. Most of these encounters were brief and one recurring word I remember from these conversations is actually a title. The individuals directly involved in the movement would call me LEADER. James Orange, AFL/CIO Leader was the first to address me like that and I was meeting him to ask a favor. The most recent was when I happened upon Dick Gregory waiting on Martin Luther King III to pick him up. Note: stay connected no matter how long or winding the path. My young family and I offer Mr. Gregory a ride and He said, ” Leader are you involved in your community?” I said, “Yes, Sir!” and then asked him why did you call me leader. He said “First, I am calling out of you, your potential. And more importantly it is people like you and those in your community who are leaders to organize and support the overall Civil Rights Movement. ” So in reality it is not the more notable names that power the movement it is the people like you and I who participate and stimulate the current of Justice and economic empowerment.
Julien Bond and Andrew Young had a different approach both of them mentioned Economic empowerment as the next catalyst of Civil Rights. This vision takes many shapes but economic empowerment is introspective because it is about self-motivation. You and I have to build a future that is sound and expressive financially to support the overall Movement and assure your personal DREAM.
If we take our leadership and economic empowerment seriously we can honor 50 Years of Civil Rights Movement and enrich our individual communities and families. Patience sees over the Mountain Top.
Before we get started, this is a mile stone post for me and www.patiencetodominate.com . This is post #100 thank you to all who commented and believed from the beginning. Cheers to another 100 posts about patient leadership and clear vision.
Recently, I have needed help with being on time. When I analyzed the reason that I was not on time, the most prevalent was that I was still preparing when it was time to leave.
Preparation, preparation, preparation
Wether the meeting was early in the morning or in the afternoon I was still in preparation phase when it was time to launch. The number one tool to help you be on time is preparation. Prepare as if you were going to the interview of a lifetime. Know your main goal. Call all the people involved. Confirm details of all travels and paperwork. Get ready for all the good and foresee the bad. Don’t be a willing participant of the time takers. Big gossip helps no one. I said before, ” Your problem is not my emergency.
Writing is commitment. When you write where you supposed to be then you can rule out some time wasters and time slowing activities. Write list that can be performed early. Write everything down even if it is in the wrong place. You will get more organized later but for now just write it down. This leads to the third principle of the art of “on-time”.
Review
Review everything you write and those things that are so big you do not have to write. All situations are helped with an honest review. Preparation saves time, Writing sets commitment and reviewing puts you in control. Have no fear when you preview your tomorrow and you review your plans.
Early Action
Early action puts you in the flow of the art of “on-time”. All of the other steps are good and you need to apply each one daily. Start early to do tasks on your list that will keep you on time later. Early action prevents regret later.
I am going to use these traits to perfect the art of on-time what about you? See you at a meeting! What principles can you add to these four?