Page 5 - Winter/Spring 2015 Issue

by Stefany J.
Editor In Chief • • •
Welcome to my world, THE WORLD of HUSTLE MAMA: Today’s, Tomorrow’s, and the One Day’s POWERHOUSE WOMAN! I am blessed by all things Hustle Mama, its purpose, its growth, its evolution, but most of all its impact upon lives of every demographic and geography around the world. I never thought when I began this journey that it would become this big. I never knew that so many women would identify. I never imagined it would have such relevance. I am humbled and grateful. I am honored and blessed.
WHY HUSTLE MAMA?
I realize that initially when hearing the name Hustle Mama, some may immediately think pessimistically and degradingly about its attributes and inferences. I love the fact that I am able to have an opportunity to influence public perceptions and opinions about simple words and shift the paradigm from negative to positive when it’s heard and referenced. I believe that it means even more to me because as a woman of African American, Native American, and European decent, and my identification as a Black Woman and “Other” when I’m specifically asked, also comes with a TITLE that makes me subject to public opinions,
thoughts, and societal judgments much like the name HUSTLE MAMA.
I feel that in some small way if my goal to have women of every race, income bracket, religion, creed, ethnicity, demographic and geographic residence adopt this term that embodies so much in power, character, mindset, and influence then there is actually hope for us as minorities, as mixed-races, and as individuals.
If an entire nation can end up adopting a loving and embracing emotional trigger when the name Hustle Mama is referenced instead of a skeptical one, then that means we have the ability to do the very same for any and every term that has bred negativity in their connotation simply because of the attributes we’ve subscribed to and ascribed to when using them.
Hustle Mama is not about being a mother or even having children of your own. It’s not about being a boss or the boss in your workplace. It’s not about being controlling or in control of all things. Hustle Mama is not about what you have or what you’ll do. It’s more about what you ascribe to in principle and deed. Being a Hustle Mama extends far beyond a mindset or frame of reference, it’s an art of being... the best you possible, for yourself, and those who become a
part of your world either temporarily or permanently. A Hustle Mama is a woman about so many things, going through just about everything, and dreaming anything is possible while knowing deep down she’s capable of all things. In a Hustle Mama’s world, the opportunities are endless and her ability to flow with the move of the Universe is a given!
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From the CEO
THINGS TO CONSIDER...
PROCRASTINATION IS A DEADLY DISEASE AND THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE ABSOLUTELY FATAL!!!!
2014 and the beginning of 2015 have taught me much about depression, procrastination, and the role that both play upon our psyche, our careers, our families, our dreams, and our lives. Also; I have learned that we are not are own worst enemy as much as our thoughts are, and when those thoughts become the least bit dark, it is time to reach for a life line of any kind from any light source possible. My LAST WORD article will shed light on my personal experience of late.