Is the War on Drugs, The New Jim Crow and How Do We Stop It...

I recently started reading a book titled, The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. The book is discussing the comparison of mass incarceration of black and brown skinned people (The New Jim Crow) and Jim Crow of the early 1900's. Very good read, I will say. It discusses the "war on drugs" and how it started before the drug epidemic was a major factor. Again good information, but I ask you does it solve the problem. It gives statistics on comparisons between 1990 and 2008, good information but is focusing on the problem getting us closer to where we want to be? T Harv Eker says, "Where attention goes, energy flows, and results show." Stated differently, if we continue to focus on mass incarceration, then we will continue to get mass incarceration. What if we changed that focus to Economic Empowerment? What if we focused on Personal Wealth Building Did you know that a large majority of employees pay to much in taxes, because they have there W-4 filled out wrong? Did you also know that transportation expenses between your home and your main or regular place of work are personal commuting expenses (If you own your own business). If we spend my time increasing our Financial IQ, we can start new world where our kids are getting rich vs incarcerated. We must change our focus from the problems that plague the lower income communities to the solutions that can change our communities. We can not sit around and wait on any one to do it for us. We need new leaders in our communities that are there in the trenches teaching Economic Empowerment. We need someone there who will speak with the people of the community about the SBA and the SCORE office. We need community leaders who are not preaching against non violence, but for Economic Empowerment. I do not say that to take the light off Black on Black crime or the New Jim Crow, because both are major problems in the black community. I am just proposing a new way of looking at things, a new focus. Again, what you focus on expands. Don't take my word for it, do your own research. Education will always govern ignorance. I am not talking about that education you get from school. I am talking Financial Education. Do you know the history of taxes? Do you know where your money is invested in your 401k? Again, I am not advocating for a person to not invest in your companies retirement plan. But when you do that how has your financial IQ increased? Do you go to a job everyday that you love? Was your dream to be an employee? Do you have an Entrepreneur's Spirit? Is there a desire to be your own boss boiling in you? Being a Entrepreneur is a very rewarding accomplishment. It positions you to be able to add value to other peoples life, by providing jobs. It also allows you to do something you love. The greatest thing about entrepreneurship is the ability to do it today at a small price. And we will discuss that in our next post. To You Experiencing Your Level of Success

Living Your Personal Legend

Recently I listened to a video that Will Smith did on success. I actually showed it to all 6 of my kids. Of course none actually got what will was saying at the level that I would like for them comprehended. But today I do not have that expectation. I know that they have to live their on "Personal Legend." I took those words from a book that Will spoke of on that video, The Alchemist.

The term Personal Legend, according to The Alchemist refers to living out your purpose. In Sanskrit, this is know as your Dharma. Whatever name that you want to give your Divine calling, we all have a purpose to fulfill on this Earth. Your Dharma is the thing that when you are doing it, you feel at the most peace. I heard Bishop TD Jakes say "You can wake me out of my sleep with cold in my eyes and slobber on the side of my mouth and I can preach, I was born to do this."
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What were you born to do? Are you a writer and fail to do so because of the callings of everyone else? Sit with that for a minute, meditate on it, pray about it. But whatever it is, listen and it will be revealed to you.

We have to listen to our #instinct as Bishop Jakes says in his book titled, INSTINCT. For a long time I have thought my Legend to be forwarding the cause of black people, through financial literacy. Even though my actions said something completely different. But after reading a book by John Hope Bryant this week, titled "How The Poor Can Save Capitalism," and my spiritual growth journey. I understand this challenge to not only service to black people, but the underserved as a whole.

So stop existing and begin to live. Live everyday as if it your last. I challenge you to wake up tomorrow and dare to live a life where your actions have purpose. I leave you with this quote today "You can have anything in life you want, as long as you help enough other people get what they want." Zig Ziglar

The New You In 2014

Well I write to you this beautiful, snowy day here in Atlanta, Ga. As I write I consider the fact that local news have been warning of this storm for a few days. But somebody, somewhere still dropped the ball. Reminds me of the saying, Poor Planning leads to Poor results.

Is that a familiar saying in your life? Proverb 29:18 in the King James Version of the Bible states "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill labels this as #2 of his 30 major causes of failure "Lack of a well-defined purpose in life." 

Do you know where you are going? Do you wake up in the morning with a clear vision of what you want to accomplish for today? Do you go to sleep every night evaluating your day, to ensure that today was a good day?

These are just a few questions that you need to ask yourself. As I grow on my spiritual path I notice that life is as easy or hard as I make it. But I also know that if I take the time to make my plan (goals), plan my work (to do list), work my plan (action), life is inherently more easy. This does not mean that I do not hit roadblocks, plans don't get shifted, or setbacks don't occur. But when these things happen I keep on moving.

I had a high school football coach and his halftime speech to us was "Breaks go against you, keep on pushing, Breaks go for you, keep on pushing." So if those plans call for changes, make the changes and begin to move forward again.

WINNERS NEVER QUIT AND QUITTERS NEVER WIN.... 

Secret Motivator that Pays....

This morning as I did my spiritual reading at 6:30 am, I had this feeling of overwhelming success overtake my being. As I had this feeling, I thought about all of those people who were getting up at that moment headed to a job that they did not like and I simply said Thank You. How often do you say those words? What does your morning ritual consist of? Do you get up with the gratitude of living another day? To receive more, we must be grateful for what we have. So here is my morning ritual.

My feet touch the ground and I say "thank you." And I let run thru my mind's eye all of the things that I am grateful for. Then I do my morning meditation, about 20 minutes. Next, I do my affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements that reinforce where you desire to be in your life. Because we have to remember everything we desire already exist in the Universe and is simply waiting for our alignment. Next, I shower and listen to a little short motivational video. Last, I send the positive energy out to the all the places I have to go today. Next week I will add going to the gym to that list.

Can you imagine starting your day with what Tony Robbins calls your "Hour of Power?" This gives you the energy to fight off that boss you do not like or the employee that brings the negative energy to your organization. As I have been doing this ritual for about 5 years now. A little more consistent over the last year and a half. I still had (and have) those days that I need a little motivation. Do you work for a boss that keeps you motivated? Do you have a ritual that brings instant motivation to you? I hear a resounding NO... We all need that extra boost from time to time. So I started looking for away that can take me out a negative state. Tony Robbins says that in order to change your state you need to move. And that actually works, but not all the time. After a lot of research I think I have found motivation that is always only a few inches away from you, your phone. Well not your phone exactly, but a app that you can download on your phone. This app is phenomenal. Anybody that knows me, knows that I am into personal development. The kind of personal development that helps you grow as a individual.

I could go on and on about this app. It will help you grow in so many different areas of your life. But enough of my ranting. Don't take my word, check it out: http://iLivingApp.com/dimitriwhitehead

Daily Decision's

I constantly come across good quotes and post them on Twitter and Facebook. I do this not merely to entertain but to pass on life altering information. In hopes that someone will read it at the right time to help them make a different decision

I believe life is all about the decisions we make on a moment by moment basis. From what we are going to eat for the next meal to am I going to get up and workout this morning. Do you ever feel yourself caught in that decision making place, knowing what the right decision is but finding it hard to go in that direction. Yeah those days when you have been on your diet for 10 days doing good. Then, you wake up this morning and the "fat guy" shows up and he doesn't want to workout or eat a healthy diet. What decision do you make then? In Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich, the lesson on DECISION, was the first on in the book. So I was looking at the body-for-life.com today and I came across this quote and I just had to give it to as many people as will read these words.

"Winning is not normal and those who constantly win follow an ‘abnormal’ path. The discipline, dedication and sacrifices are incomprehensible to those thousands standing outside, looking in, who are capable of joining the winning team, yet unwilling to pay the price of admission. Winners win in a fair effort, on a level playing field; because they deserve to win... they willingly pay their dues in full, time after time, after time." 

I do not know where this quote came from. But I knew I needed to share this quote with you. But I would like to leave you with these words. Each One, Teach One. It is nothing special but if we just began to live our life by a different set of Principles, we could make this world a better place.

Life Changing Information

I've been social networking now for a few years and although I wouldn't consider myself "hard core", I check FB daily and occasionally share pics and/or videos. But on a regular basis add incredibly witty comments to the crazy things that my friends post. Some are true classics! In recent days, I've become more and more concerned about what I read about social networking sites selling the information that they compile about me as I use their site. Evidently, the 500,000,000 of us sharing our likes/dislikes, talking about where we go and what we do-is really big business-and by that I mean-big MONEY business. SNS sell our personal information as well as our content to third parties-who are clamoring to find potential sales. I mean I know they have to make money, but at what price to us-the users. And it seems so easy for private information shared on these sites to become available to everyone-I mean, you read terrible stories about things that happen as a result of private information made public from these sites. A friend mentioned to me that she was using crazygood.com-a subscription-based social networking site that doesn't sell users' info or even allow ads. I still FB often but use it more as a search for friends now-because it's so massive. But if I want to SHARE info, photos, etc., I only use Crazygood. It just makes me feel more protected, and I'm back in control of my own information. If you're concerned about your cyber safety and want to be SURE your private information remains just that-PRIVATE, then check out Crazygood by clicking on the link below.

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