It’s college decision day for high school seniors, and graduation month for both high school and college students. Early milestones that seem like a really big deal… because they are. Decisions made now about the next step in life will shape everything else to come. Being ten years older than my youngest brother, at his […]
May 2017: Advice to My Younger Self Read More »
“An ounce of gold will not buy an inch of time” – Chinese Proverb “If I could turn back time…then maybe maybe maybe…” – Cher I’m standing over the wash sink at my twin’s and my cafe, speeding through a mountain of dirty coffee mugs and breakfast dishes because we are running out and there is a
Calculated Irresponsibility Read More »
I spend most of my days so exhausted it is literally difficult to breathe. It’s getting hard to turn my head. The tension is so bad I’m just in pain all the time. Last year at this time I was training for a half-marathon and eating with intention to fuel my body. But I haven’t
Semicolon; The Angry Wolf and Me Read More »
When people contact me for a PR Game Plan, they’ve often already reached a point of frustration. They’ve either tried to do it alone and were met with disappointing results, or have been disappointed by their expectations of a previous engagement with a PR firm. When marketing professionals in my training workshops respond to my
Relationship Therapy: Creating Better Client-Marketer Engagements Read More »
Conventional common sense says that the gym in packed in January, but in my experience, it’s March when you have to fight for a space on the spin bikes. Same goes for business: my client calendar has consistently ramped up in March, when people realize their Q2 goals are going to require an investment in strategic
March 2017: Elevating Wellness Read More »
Willie Jackson is a media executive, technologist, and entrepreneur. He’s the founder and publisher of Abernathy, and the tech lead of Seth Godin’s altMBA program. “A place to spend my quiet nights, time to unwind So much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times I once contemplated suicide, and woulda tried But
From Dying to Thriving: One Black Man’s Journey to Wellness Read More »
We, as Americans, are one hell of a screwed-up family but, even so, we’re still a family. Never has our dysfunction been on display more than in 2016. As a post-WWII baby who witnessed the aftermath of what we can do when we all come together, and as a coed whose university closed because of
One Big Dysfunctional Family Read More »