Business

BLACK SUPPORT?

If you want to make a change in life, you have to be the person who initiates that change. A movement was started in the region in 2020 to support black businesses while providing inclusivity for young black entrepreneurs and black business owners. Unfortunately, this initiative was short-lived. I knew at the time that the …

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HUSTLE AND SHINE

Having useful life and professional skills to perform every day is also known as hustle. We are all born with God-given talents. We realize some of those abilities earlier in life, while others we discover as we navigate throughout our lives. I don’t believe anyone is truly lazy. I think motivation is based on your …

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KNOWING YOUR SELF-WORTH: GETTING THE COMPENSATION YOU DESERVE

Today’s workplace is filled with educated, hardworking, motivated, and competitive employees who help companies to succeed. Salary negotiations can be challenging and sometimes intimidating; however, knowing your worth is very important. If you don’t know the value you bring to your employer, why should anyone else? I’ve had my fair share of awkward confrontations regarding …

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Poverty to President

My dreams and goals first started inside a 200 sq/ft shack shared with a family of 8 nestled inside a village on the island of Grenada. Everything that we would take for granted today; electricity, running water, telephone and store-bought clothes was not an essential but rather a luxury growing up. I was convinced we …

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