I want to be happy.
I want to have abundance all around me.
I want to be appreciated for who I am, not who people want me to be.
I want to be loved.
I want to be smart.
I want to be carefree, at ease, content with life.
I want to be healthy.
I want to be free from the judgement [...]
How do you plot the road map of your life? Do you assign certain goals for certain ages, for example: get married by 30, have kids by 35, etc? Do you think about what people will say at your funeral, and work your way backwards from there? Or are your plans based on the vision [...]
A few weeks ago, I was trying to come up with a phrase to call all the Motivated Sista fans on Facebook. I wanted something catchy, something that made you guys feel good when I posted to the page. I came up with ‘Motivated Moguls’, ‘Motivated Boss Ladies’, and ‘Motivated Movers and Shakers’, but nothing [...]
Reclaim Your Dreams: An Uncommon Guide to Living On Your Own Terms by Jonathan Mead Why I wanted to read this book: I came across an interview that the author did on IncomeDiary.com. The interview initially caught my attention because the book The 4-Hour Workweek was one that changed my mindset in terms of [...]
You’re over there being scared, straddling the fence, not knowing if you should follow your heart or play it safe, and all the while time is ticking away. Do you know that tomorrow is not promised? Do you know that one day you’re not going to wake up?
I hate to get all morbid on you, [...]
Marian Wright Edelman was the daughter of a Baptist minister and raised in South Carolina. He died when she was 14, and his last words to her were “don’t let anything get in the way of your education.” She went on to earn her undergraduate degree from Spelman College. While in undergrad, she traveled the [...]
In honor of Black History Month, I thought it fitting to write about ways we as black people tend to hold ourselves back. I find it ironic that after facing slavery, Jim Crow and the Civil Rights movement, we find ways to keep ourselves and other black people from succeeding. If anything, we’d want to [...]
I got an email this morning from a Motivated Sista subscriber. This Motivated Sista wants to move abroad, but she feels that her ‘worst enemy’ is herself and her family. She asked me to write a post that would motivate her to make that move.
First of all, when I met this sista, I felt that [...]
Why can’t you be as great as you dream to be?
Why can’t you accomplish everything you set out to do?
Why can’t you be successful, inspired and motivated?
Why can’t you ignore the naysayers and show them who you really are?
Why can’t you move now, instead of waiting for everything to be perfect?
Why can’t you feel the [...]
