How Jay-Z and Linkin Park illuminate one beautiful insight from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Have you ever read something and found yourself immediately struck upon impact with the words? That is how I felt the first time I read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, published in 1989 by Dr. Stephen A. Covey, was a landmark…

A murdered rapper was forgotten in the Grammy’s… —

I am a walker. It just feels good to me. The motion is meditative and medicinal all at once. My mind runs when I walk. My feet crack the code to my creativity and break dance on my (writer’s) block. This is my neighborhood. I like to walk. It keeps…

Stop talking recklessly to people you care about —

Why he believed the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse — “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.” — President Jimmy Carter President Jimmy Carter is and will be known for perpetuity as one of our nation’s greatest humanitarians. …

Use these four strategies to combat text culture — I want the world to know that I hate texts. Texts are a major pet peeve. Like the guy holding paper towel hostage in the corner of an airport or nightclub restroom. I just can’t stand it. All that said, at this point, most of us can’t avoid texts altogether. …

Storming Caesar’s Palace, parenting, and the art of crafting city policy — Dear Mayor Woodfin, I am scared. The women who serve the City of Birmingham are scared. The women we represent are scared. I am calling on you to join me in doing everything we can to protect and support women. These were the first sentences of a personal letter written…

careening with you —

Unforgettable references to cold, hard cash — “I’m out for dead presidents to represent me” — Nas, The World is Yours (1994) Whose world is this? The most powerful political office in the world and the most substantial monetary currency on the planet — other than gold — were borne in the United States. The presidency and…