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Celebrating Grandparents Day: How I Turned Grief Into Something Grief On My Grandparents Day First Without My Grandmas
This Grandparents Day is bittersweet for me. It's the first one without my grandmothers, Agnes Idella “Dorothy” Jones Owens and Ocie Lee Woods Williams, who both transitioned this year. They were two of the strongest, wisest women…
100 Lessons My Centenarians Grandmas Taught Me
How do you deal with grief?
Well, when I lost my girls (both of my grandmothers) five days apart last month, I had to demonstrate what I teach and practice what I preach.
I had to say, "S.O. What!" and, "so NOW what?" to focus on ways…
Overcoming Odds: Mahal Burr’s S.O. What! Success Story
You never know what the next person has gone through, overcome, or still dealing with.
Last year I had the incredible opportunity to host the Women of Achievement awards. As a 2012 Heroism honoree, I had been introduced to a beautiful sisterhood…
Antonio Taylor Resilient Journey from Fatherhood to VP | S.O. What! Success Story
Be the Bag! Don’t chase it!
Whew! Powerful words to live by from a man who eats excuses and uses them to make him stronger to help others.
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a company-wide keynote and then a leadership training…
Do you allow yourself to be vulnerable and transparent?
Do you allow yourself to be vulnerable and transparent?
I do. I've now spoken to hundreds of audiences. Several thousand individuals. But last week I had my biggest audience to date. About 2000 students, and if you ever…
Barbara Teicher: S.O. What! Success Story
There’s not much that really shocks me. But learning of the bicycle accident of my friend (Barbara Teicher) while she was in France certainly did.
I had last seen her at the National Speakers Association’s annual conference. We laughed…
Darrell Cobbins: S.O. What! Success Story
Cool, calm, and collected.
When I think of Darrell Cobbins those are the words that immediately come to mind.
In addition to professional, inspiring, and just cool.
All of which I had the privilege of experiencing as a fellow University…
Greg Caesar S.O. What! Success Story
What are some of the positive moments in your life that you’ll never forget?
One of those moments for me was when as a teen mother I stood on the football field at halftime during the University of Memphis homecoming game in October 2000.
And…
Joann Massey S.O. What! Success Story
People don’t have to support you.
That was very apparent to me as a young mother and even more apparent when it really got tough raising a teenager.
But it also became painfully apparent when I became an entrepreneur.
Then, someone,…