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Put Up Or Shut Up
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
Johann von Goethe
mpowered Finan-
cial Greetings to all!
Money talks and everything else walks. It’s time to put your money where your mouth is. You say you want to get out of debt. You’re tired of living paycheck to paycheck, borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, and never having enough to make ends meet. Well, let’s do something about it.
This week I am going to provide you with some sug- gestions for increasing your income, so that you will have money to decrease your debt, to the point of elimination. And as with anything, these
ideas will only work if you work them. As quoted above, you must be willing to apply what you know by doing it.
Get a part-time job.
Start a home-based busi- ness.
Use your talents and hob- bies to earn extra cash.
Sell items you are no longer using on eBay, Craig’s List, Amazon, etc.
Have a yard sale.
Rent out a spare room. Ask for a raise.
Blog or write how-to arti-
cles online.
Work overtime.
Raise rates if self-em-
ployed.
Whatever you choose to
do to increase your income, become diligent about it, ded- icating this additional source of revenue towards paying down your debts, and nothing
else.
Until next week, I em-
power you to be like Nike and
JUST DO IT!
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Does Emmitt Till Live Again?
t was as if a Biblical prophet had stepped into the
halls of Hades and brought back a dead man . . . more than three quarters of a century dead . . . and not a man but a boy, 14 years of age.
Emmett Louis Till – Chicago teenager who went to visit kinfolks in Mississippi and who ended up dead when he supposedly wolf-called a white woman. His body broken, head bashed in, was found at the bottom of a river with a cotton gin fan blade tied around his neck . . . That young man has been recently brought back from the dead by a conscience ridden American justice system.
But how so, and why so? ‘It seems that during a re- cent interview, the white woman who claimed insult recanted her accusation and admitted it was a lie. And because of her recant, legal representatives felt free to re-indict the two men (one white, one Black) who were thought to have been responsible for Till’s murder . . . even though both men are long since dead.
So, what’s the justice of re-burying that which is al- ready dead? The answer is not so complex. Bringing back the dead has never been a problem for America’s history-minded “What If” society. But what about a young Black man whose death is credited with the sac- rificial blood that began America’s Civil Rights move- ment, a movement as caustic now as it was during the years of Emmett Till’s life and death?
Legal scholars and Black Historians are holding their breath as the dust is blown off old and forgotten court records that record a justice system once blinded by racism.
Meanwhile, the frail body of a Chicago teenager rises up from his grave and takes his first furtive steps in the 21st century daylight. His wounds are healed and his smile is restored, and those who see him swear that it was like Emmett Till had never left us, at all.
Youngest Black Woman To Own McDonald’s Franchise
Jade Colin, 28, is Mc- Donald’s youngest Black franchise owner in the coun- try.
Colin, a New Orleans na- tive, was introduced to the McDonald’s franchise at an early age and not just by being a regular customer. Her parents purchased their first restaurant in 2010 and they now own six.
After graduating in 2012 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a degree in business manage- ment, she got right to work.
“I started working in the restaurants learning McDon- ald’s procedures and poli- cies,” Colin told The Black Professional.
She also applied for the Next Generation Pro-
JADE COLIN
gram, that’s specifically for children of McDonald’s own- ers. The program allowed her to undergo extensive train- ing, to prepare her to become a franchise owner herself.
After completing Ham-
burger University and com- pleting interviews with Mc- Donald’s executives, she became the youngest Black franchise owner at the age of 26.
Jade has advice for oth- ers trying to figure out their career path.
“Take the risk and know that it will be a lot of hard work. Pray about it. God sends everyone on a different journey in life. As you build your relationship with Him, He will help lead and guide you in the right direction,” she said.
Aside from deciding to take the risk of owning her own franchise, she thanks her parents for inspiring and supporting her along this journey.
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