Shaunice Hawkins
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Strategist
Thought Leader
Business Consultant
Speaker/Lecturer
Academician
Blogger
Biography
Shaunice Hawkins, A.S., B.A., C.M.B.A., C.S.S.G.B., is the founder and chief executive officer of Evolutions Consulting, LLC, a business consulting boutique specializing in improving efficiencies, maximizing effectiveness, aligning strategies, promoting brand visibility and strengthening consumer engagement.As an adjunct professor and guest lecturer, Hawkins teaches around the country on employee and labor relations, diversity, organizational behavior, workplace culture and race relations. As a speaker, Hawkins leads keynotes, moderates and/or participates in panels for corporations, colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, churches, associations and foundations (past organizations include the Girl Scouts of America, Procter & Gamble, The Young Women's Leadership Network, Women in Periodical Publishing, Howard University, Rutgers University, Central State University, Cornell University NYSSILR, Drake University, New York University, Magazine Publishers of America, National Association of Multicultural Media Executives, UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc., University of Kentucky the New York City Department of Employment, Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith Inc., and the Bibleway Churches Worldwide). Hawkins’ insights have been profiled on syndicated internet radio talk shows, “Workin’ it Out,” and “Against the Grain” and in various local, regional and national publications including AMNewYork, Black Enterprise, DiversityInc., Diversity Woman, FOLIO:, Maynard Institute’s Journalisms.com, The New York Observer, TimeOut New York, Advertising Age and Target Market News.Previously, Hawkins lead all aspects of the member services program for Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and its membership of 225 publishing companies, 1200 magazine titles, 100 vendors/suppliers and 80 international media companies as Vice President of Member Services. In 2004, Hawkins joined MPA to serve as its head of Diversity & Multicultural Initiatives. Among her many responsibilities, Hawkins was charged with working with board executives, publishers, editors and the industry at large to create, execute and promote diversity and inclusion initiatives that recruit, include, retain and promote a diverse workforce. Her activities encompassed a broad spectrum including publishing several widely distributed media resources such as How to Build a Career in Magazines, Succeeding in Magazines, Moving Up the Magazine Masthead, Making the Switch to Magazines, Creating Your Personal Brand, How to Become a Successful Freelancer, Networking 101: Your Keys to Success, The Success of Diversity Within the Magazine Industry (with Dr. Ella L.J. Edmonson Bell of Dartmouth University), MPA Diversity Update, The MPA Diversity Benchmarking Study (with Prof. Charles Whitaker of Northwestern University), and MPA's online Diversity Resource Center.Prior to joining MPA, Hawkins spent nearly a decade in financial services (Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; Prudential Securities, LLC; Prudential Financial, Inc.; Wachovia Securities, LLC.) in various diversity-related roles, lastly as Assistant Vice President and Corporate Relationship Manager of Diversity and Workforce Effectiveness. She also served as a mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Hawkins is a graduate of New York University (NYU), St. John's University, Cornell University, Tulane University and Villanova University with degrees and certifications in a variety of business, diversity and human capital management curricula. Hawkins serves on the boards of MOSO Nation, the National Association of Multicultural Media Executives (NAMME) and Scientific Journals International (SJI) and is affiliated with a number of professional associations including the Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM) and the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY). She has (co)founded a number of business resource and affinity groups and is the former chair and advisor of the Jefferson Elementary School Diversity Council in Maplewood, NJ; media sponsor of A. Philip Randolph Campus High Schools Journalism Program in West Harlem, NY and NYU's Urban Journalism Workshop in New York City. Described by her peers as the "Ambassador for Diversity", Hawkins is best known for building strategic partnerships and alliances with key leaders, influencers and stakeholders. She was recognized in 2008 as a 40 Under 40 Dynamic Achiever by The Network Journal for her body of work in the fields of business and diversity and for her 20-year multi-industry career.Hawkins, author of the soon to be released book, Passion...Who Needs It? and Diversity Woman magazine column, "Shaunice Says", resides in New Jersey with her husband and their two teenage children.
Shaunice Hawkins, A.S., B.A., C.M.B.A., C.S.S.G.B., is the founder and chief executive officer of Evolutions Consulting, LLC, a business consulting boutique specializing in improving efficiencies, maximizing effectiveness, aligning strategies, promoting brand visibility and strengthening consumer engagement.
As an adjunct professor and guest lecturer, Hawkins teaches around the country on employee and labor relations, diversity, organizational behavior, workplace culture and race relations.
As a speaker, Hawkins leads keynotes, moderates and/or participates in panels for corporations, colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, churches, associations and foundations (past organizations include the Girl Scouts of America, Procter & Gamble, The Young Women's Leadership Network, Women in Periodical Publishing, Howard University, Rutgers University, Central State University, Cornell University NYSSILR, Drake University, New York University, Magazine Publishers of America, National Association of Multicultural Media Executives, UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc., University of Kentucky the New York City Department of Employment, Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith Inc., and the Bibleway Churches Worldwide). Hawkins’ insights have been profiled on syndicated internet radio talk shows, “Workin’ it Out,” and “Against the Grain” and in various local, regional and national publications including AMNewYork, Black Enterprise, DiversityInc., Diversity Woman, FOLIO:, Maynard Institute’s Journalisms.com, The New York Observer, TimeOut New York, Advertising Age and Target Market News.
Previously, Hawkins lead all aspects of the member services program for Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and its membership of 225 publishing companies, 1200 magazine titles, 100 vendors/suppliers and 80 international media companies as Vice President of Member Services. In 2004, Hawkins joined MPA to serve as its head of Diversity & Multicultural Initiatives. Among her many responsibilities, Hawkins was charged with working with board executives, publishers, editors and the industry at large to create, execute and promote diversity and inclusion initiatives that recruit, include, retain and promote a diverse workforce. Her activities encompassed a broad spectrum including publishing several widely distributed media resources such as How to Build a Career in Magazines, Succeeding in Magazines, Moving Up the Magazine Masthead, Making the Switch to Magazines, Creating Your Personal Brand, How to Become a Successful Freelancer, Networking 101: Your Keys to Success, The Success of Diversity Within the Magazine Industry (with Dr. Ella L.J. Edmonson Bell of Dartmouth University), MPA Diversity Update, The MPA Diversity Benchmarking Study (with Prof. Charles Whitaker of Northwestern University), and MPA's online Diversity Resource Center.
Prior to joining MPA, Hawkins spent nearly a decade in financial services (Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; Prudential Securities, LLC; Prudential Financial, Inc.; Wachovia Securities, LLC.) in various diversity-related roles, lastly as Assistant Vice President and Corporate Relationship Manager of Diversity and Workforce Effectiveness. She also served as a mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Hawkins is a graduate of New York University (NYU), St. John's University, Cornell University, Tulane University and Villanova University with degrees and certifications in a variety of business, diversity and human capital management curricula. Hawkins serves on the boards of MOSO Nation, the National Association of Multicultural Media Executives (NAMME) and Scientific Journals International (SJI) and is affiliated with a number of professional associations including the Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM) and the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY). She has (co)founded a number of business resource and affinity groups and is the former chair and advisor of the Jefferson Elementary School Diversity Council in Maplewood, NJ; media sponsor of A. Philip Randolph Campus High Schools Journalism Program in West Harlem, NY and NYU's Urban Journalism Workshop in New York City.
Described by her peers as the "Ambassador for Diversity", Hawkins is best known for building strategic partnerships and alliances with key leaders, influencers and stakeholders. She was recognized in 2008 as a 40 Under 40 Dynamic Achiever by The Network Journal for her body of work in the fields of business and diversity and for her 20-year multi-industry career.
Hawkins, author of the soon to be released book, Passion...Who Needs It? and Diversity Woman magazine column, "Shaunice Says", resides in New Jersey with her husband and their two teenage children.
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Appearances
2010
Previous Appearances
Accolades
“I met Shaunice Hawkins in 2003 during an event that she hosted for the Urban Financial Services Coalition - New York Chapter, while working at Prudential Financial, that was one of our most organized and successful events. I have had the pleasure of keeping in touch with Shaunice as she has moved on and up in her career at MPA. One of Shaunice’s recommendations said that she is an Ambassador of Diversity, I concur. She is helping to level the economic playing field, by assisting those whom have participated in here programs at MPA and through her volunteer work, that a diversified workplace is not only reflective American consumers but is good for any corporation’s bottom line. Shaunice is a passionate speaker, an intense listener, a great leader and a great resource. She inspires those that she knows to work harder towards excellence. I feel extremely fortunate that she is in my network."Andrew T. Carr Executive Director, Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Past International Ambassador, Urban Financial Services Coalition “Detailed, strategic, smart and together are just a few words that first come to mind when I think about Shaunice Hawkins. Gracious, caring and supportive are others. I have worked with Shaunice for many years throughout my career in various capacities and know her to be a person of her word who utilizes all of her resources, makes good business judgment and is committed to getting the job done. To say that Shaunice is motivational and an incredible force in this industry would be saying too little. When it comes to the work, she is all about business and getting the best results for the company but does it always with a huge smile, such a positive attitude, tremendous care and decency making it easy to forget that it is "work.” Stephanie ScottDirector, Marketing & Communications, 3LAB Skincare“I met Shaunice Hawkins at one of MPA's networking events back in 2005. We've since kept in touch and Shaunice has been of great help to me with the launch of my magazine. Shaunice has taken the time out to point me in the right direction of ad rep firms, resources and countless other tools I've found to be quite useful in my venture. Shaunice is a wonderful person with a beautiful disposition who doesn't see impossible as an option. I'm sure in her career she comes across many start-ups, but she has shown that she cares about each and everyone as though they were the only ones. Shaunice has my admiration, my recommendation and I am truly inspired by her integrity and dedication to her publishers.” Andre ColeyPublisher/CEO, The FEATURE™ Magazine “Shaunice is amazing. She's incredibly smart, creative and hard working. She accomplishes things in days or weeks that would take others months or years. Along with being a terrific business person, she has a wonderful, warm personality with a really big heart. I expect big things from her in the future.” Beth CarvinPresident/CEO, Nobscot Corporation“When I think of "leader" I think of Shaunice Hawkins. She is a consummate professional who knows when to listen and when to act. She is sensitive and respectful of the points of view of others, and a skilled negotiator who works thoughtfully and with integrity to find a productive solution for all. In short, she is a result-oriented professional who knows how to achieve the goal at hand, on time and on budget. I highly recommend her.” Charlotte BarnardPrincipal, Barnard Partnership“First allow me to say that as tremendous a professional as Shaunice is, she is that much more incredible a person. That said, Shaunice's passion complemented by her personality and professionalism allowed her to introduce the virtually foreign concept of managing Diversity & Inclusion to the entire magazine industry. Many individuals who have been exposed to one of the MPA Diversity events under her leadership have been inspired to bring a heightened awareness back to their respective organizations - in several cases they have even begun formal initiatives. There are few greater Ambassadors for Diversity than Shaunice Hawkins.” Derrick Phillip IICorporate Circulation Sales Manager, Harvard Business Review “Shaunice is one of the most organized, thoughtful and analytical people I know. She is quick to offer her creativity and energy and never turns away a challenge. One of her other key traits is her ability to work with a team - as a leader or participant. She's able to drive results on deadline and in a thorough manner.” Neil FootePresident/CEO, Foote Communications, LLC “I had the good fortune to meet Shaunice while I directed a summer program journalism program for urban youth at New York University. Shaunice went to great lengths to support the program with a generous grant, by helping to identify other major contributors and with her inspiring presence at the graduation ceremonies. Shaunice is not only a consummate professional but she is also a wonderful person who anyone would be blessed to count as an employee, colleague, associate or friend.” Professor Pamela NewkirkSchool of Journalism, New York UniversityPulitzer Prize Winner & Author, Letters from Black America“Shaunice is an expert in magazine publishing, social networking, and web marketing. She has provided valuable consultation to my company on our current multimedia expansion. I also benefited from her success at the Magazine Publishers Association, where she helped bring dirversity to the organization and and helped it increase membership among ethnic minority magazine owners.” Randi PaytonPresident & CEO, On Wheels Media , Inc.“I have known Shaunice for many years since her responsibilities at MPA. She has been an awesome resource to me and my business. In addition, she is a very hard worker and she's extremely intelligent. I wish she was on my team. Shaunice is organized, efficient, extremely competent, and has an excellent rapport with people of all ages. Her communication skills, both written and verbal, are excellent. In summary, I highly recommend her to anyone who seeks out her talent and skills. She will be a valuable asset for any company or organization."Matthew JohnsonPresident & CEO, Girlfriends Holdings, LLC“Shaunice Hawkins is a rare individual who is a jack of all trades and master too. Whether it is marketing projects, diversity initiatives, event planning, consultation or developing a team, Shaunice shines as a professional. Shaunice has also played a seminal role in helping the media industry recognize the importance of diversity in content and in practice. Shaunice is one person I greatly admire, and any organization would benefit from her expertise.”Won KimSocial Media Director, Reader's Digest Association“Shaunice is hands-down one of my favorite people in this industry. She's worked many years to address the necessary recruitment of people of color to the media world, and now she's reinventing and rebranding many good people to help them take the next steps to adapt in our ever-changing world. Beyond the industry aspects, Shaunice is simply one of the best human beings you could know. She's the real deal.”Florian BachledaCreative Director , FB Design“Shaunice is a wonderful collaborator and leader. When at the MPA, she hired me to do a seminar on business presence and was a delight to work with. I admire her morality and personal and business ethics. Plus she's fun and funny.” Susan SommersPresident & FounderDresszing and Susan Sommers StylePower
“I met Shaunice Hawkins in 2003 during an event that she hosted for the Urban Financial Services Coalition - New York Chapter, while working at Prudential Financial, that was one of our most organized and successful events. I have had the pleasure of keeping in touch with Shaunice as she has moved on and up in her career at MPA. One of Shaunice’s recommendations said that she is an Ambassador of Diversity, I concur. She is helping to level the economic playing field, by assisting those whom have participated in here programs at MPA and through her volunteer work, that a diversified workplace is not only reflective American consumers but is good for any corporation’s bottom line. Shaunice is a passionate speaker, an intense listener, a great leader and a great resource. She inspires those that she knows to work harder towards excellence. I feel extremely fortunate that she is in my network."
Andrew T. Carr
Executive Director, Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project
Past International Ambassador, Urban Financial Services Coalition
“Detailed, strategic, smart and together are just a few words that first come to mind when I think about Shaunice Hawkins. Gracious, caring and supportive are others. I have worked with Shaunice for many years throughout my career in various capacities and know her to be a person of her word who utilizes all of her resources, makes good business judgment and is committed to getting the job done. To say that Shaunice is motivational and an incredible force in this industry would be saying too little. When it comes to the work, she is all about business and getting the best results for the company but does it always with a huge smile, such a positive attitude, tremendous care and decency making it easy to forget that it is "work.”
Stephanie Scott
Director, Marketing & Communications, 3LAB Skincare
“I met Shaunice Hawkins at one of MPA's networking events back in 2005. We've since kept in touch and Shaunice has been of great help to me with the launch of my magazine. Shaunice has taken the time out to point me in the right direction of ad rep firms, resources and countless other tools I've found to be quite useful in my venture. Shaunice is a wonderful person with a beautiful disposition who doesn't see impossible as an option. I'm sure in her career she comes across many start-ups, but she has shown that she cares about each and everyone as though they were the only ones. Shaunice has my admiration, my recommendation and I am truly inspired by her integrity and dedication to her publishers.”
Andre Coley
Publisher/CEO, The FEATURE™ Magazine
“Shaunice is amazing. She's incredibly smart, creative and hard working. She accomplishes things in days or weeks that would take others months or years. Along with being a terrific business person, she has a wonderful, warm personality with a really big heart. I expect big things from her in the future.”
Beth Carvin
President/CEO, Nobscot Corporation
“When I think of "leader" I think of Shaunice Hawkins. She is a consummate professional who knows when to listen and when to act. She is sensitive and respectful of the points of view of others, and a skilled negotiator who works thoughtfully and with integrity to find a productive solution for all. In short, she is a result-oriented professional who knows how to achieve the goal at hand, on time and on budget. I highly recommend her.”
Charlotte Barnard
Principal, Barnard Partnership
“First allow me to say that as tremendous a professional as Shaunice is, she is that much more incredible a person. That said, Shaunice's passion complemented by her personality and professionalism allowed her to introduce the virtually foreign concept of managing Diversity & Inclusion to the entire magazine industry. Many individuals who have been exposed to one of the MPA Diversity events under her leadership have been inspired to bring a heightened awareness back to their respective organizations - in several cases they have even begun formal initiatives. There are few greater Ambassadors for Diversity than Shaunice Hawkins.”
Derrick Phillip II
Corporate Circulation Sales Manager, Harvard Business Review
“Shaunice is one of the most organized, thoughtful and analytical people I know. She is quick to offer her creativity and energy and never turns away a challenge. One of her other key traits is her ability to work with a team - as a leader or participant. She's able to drive results on deadline and in a thorough manner.”
Neil Foote
President/CEO, Foote Communications, LLC
“I had the good fortune to meet Shaunice while I directed a summer program journalism program for urban youth at New York University. Shaunice went to great lengths to support the program with a generous grant, by helping to identify other major contributors and with her inspiring presence at the graduation ceremonies. Shaunice is not only a consummate professional but she is also a wonderful person who anyone would be blessed to count as an employee, colleague, associate or friend.”
Professor Pamela Newkirk
School of Journalism, New York University
Pulitzer Prize Winner & Author, Letters from Black America
“Shaunice is an expert in magazine publishing, social networking, and web marketing. She has provided valuable consultation to my company on our current multimedia expansion. I also benefited from her success at the Magazine Publishers Association, where she helped bring dirversity to the organization and and helped it increase membership among ethnic minority magazine owners.”
Randi Payton
President & CEO, On Wheels Media , Inc.
“I have known Shaunice for many years since her responsibilities at MPA. She has been an awesome resource to me and my business. In addition, she is a very hard worker and she's extremely intelligent. I wish she was on my team. Shaunice is organized, efficient, extremely competent, and has an excellent rapport with people of all ages. Her communication skills, both written and verbal, are excellent. In summary, I highly recommend her to anyone who seeks out her talent and skills. She will be a valuable asset for any company or organization."
Matthew Johnson
President & CEO, Girlfriends Holdings, LLC
“Shaunice Hawkins is a rare individual who is a jack of all trades and master too. Whether it is marketing projects, diversity initiatives, event planning, consultation or developing a team, Shaunice shines as a professional. Shaunice has also played a seminal role in helping the media industry recognize the importance of diversity in content and in practice. Shaunice is one person I greatly admire, and any organization would benefit from her expertise.”
Won Kim
Social Media Director, Reader's Digest Association
“Shaunice is hands-down one of my favorite people in this industry. She's worked many years to address the necessary recruitment of people of color to the media world, and now she's reinventing and rebranding many good people to help them take the next steps to adapt in our ever-changing world. Beyond the industry aspects, Shaunice is simply one of the best human beings you could know. She's the real deal.”
Florian Bachleda
Creative Director , FB Design
“Shaunice is a wonderful collaborator and leader. When at the MPA, she hired me to do a seminar on business presence and was a delight to work with. I admire her morality and personal and business ethics. Plus she's fun and funny.”
Susan Sommers
President & Founder
Dresszing and Susan Sommers StylePower
Evolve U: Continuing Education for the Mind, Spirit & Soul
Illusions, Mirages & Myths, Oh My!
The Wizard of Oz is an iconic 1939 American fantasy film based on the 1900 children’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. It features film legend Judy Garland in the role a 12-year-old Kansas farm girl, Dorothy Gale, who seeks to live far away from her humdrum farmhouse existence in a place “where there isn’t any trouble”.
Due to a series of unfortunate events initiated by a tornado, Dorothy is rendered unconscious. While unconscious, Dorothy fantasizes that she, her dog, Toto, and the farmhouse have been transported to the magical and seemingly trouble-free Land of Oz. There, Dorothy encounters Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, who advises Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and meet the “all powerful” Wizard of Oz, who can return her to Kansas. During her journey, Dorothy meets a Scarecrow, a Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion, who join her in hopes that they will receive what they lack themselves: a brain, a heart and courage (respectively) while also attempting to avoid the Wicked Witch of the West and her attempt to get her sister’s ruby slippers from Dorothy, who received them from Glinda. After overcoming insurmountable odds, Dorothy and her friends defeat the Wicked Witch of the West; learn valuable lessons about courage, bravery, innovation, gratitude (and themselves); receive their hearts’ desires; and, of course, live happily ever after.
The Wizard of Oz has many symbolic interpretations however there is one that is often overlooked: the art of illusion.
There is a scene in the film in which Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow and the Tin Man, traveling to the great land of Oz, enter a dark, thick forest which immediately terrifies Dorothy. She trembles with fear and says, “I don’t like this forest. It’s dark and creepy…Do you suppose we’ll meet any wild animals?”
Assessing the environment and believing in the high probability of attack, the Tin Man surmises that the forest will be filled mostly with “lions and tigers and bears.” (Note that Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow had just cause for concern. Lions, tigers and bears are fierce and extremely dangerous animals. Individually and collectively, they are to be rightfully feared for the abilities to devastating and usually fatal damage to their prey.) Intrinsically aware of that fact, a dialogue ensues.
A timid Dorothy asks: “Lions?”
An even more frightened Scarecrow echoes: “And tigers?”
A concerned Tin Man exclaims: “And bears!”
Dorothy exclaims: ” Lions…and tigers…and bears, oh my!”
As they march along the twisting Yellow Brick Road, fearfully repeating the phrase and rapidly gaining speed, a ferocious-looking lion bounds into their path with a strange roar. Both Tin Man and Scarecrow back away and cower on the ground. The lion then stands on two feet and challenges them with his bravado. After posing a threat to Toto, Dorothy summons the courage to resist the lion only to find that he is cowardly and is in fact, no threat to any of them at all. The Cowardly Lion had, until the point of confrontation with Dorothy, been living a lie. He was operating under the illusion that he, the mighty king of the jungle, was ferocious, fearless and brave when he was really timid, fearful and harmless. He was far different from what he looked to be.
There are three things that threaten your journey to the great land of success: illusions, mirages and myths. Individually and collectively they are cause for concern because they can cause devastating and fatal damage to your hopes, dreams and plans. If you can summon the courage to resist their bravado, you can live successfully ever after.
Illusions
Illusions are defined as “those things that deceive by producing a false or misleading impression of reality”. An example of an illusion is an obstacle. Obstacles obstruct and hinder progress by producing the false and misleading impression that they cannot be overcome. They ferociously bound into your path to get you to focus on them and to convince you that they are so insurmountable that your goals can never be reached. Never take your eyes off of The Emerald City. The Yellow Brick Road will often be cluttered with debris but if you continue to look up, ahead and forward, you’ll pay less attention to impediments.
Mirages
A mirage is “an optical distortion that forms under certain atmospheric conditions, in which nonexistent objects seem to appear.” Mirages are most often experienced in a desert. Extreme heat, lack of water and shade, and desperation are the usual catalysts for the optical distortion. Fear – the distressing emotion aroused by real or imagined impending danger, evil, pain, etc. – can also cause mirages. Fear signals to your brain that conditions are extreme, dire; that you have no resources (money, talent, skill, etc.); and that you are desperate. Desperate people often take desperate – not the most expedient – measures, resulting in remorse and regret. Fear causes you to panic and lose focus. The best way to see past a mirage is to embrace reality: good, bad, indifferent and prepare a plan. Preparation thwarts fear and uncertainty and helps to minimize the frequency of mirages.
Fully assess where you are currently (i.e. job, finances, relationships); be honest and truthful. Brainstorm ways to improve your situation (no idea is too eccentric). Narrow your ideas to the 2-3 of the most implementable and build a strategic plan accomplishing them. Finally, work your plan.
Myths
A myth is “an unproved or false belief that is used to justify a social institution; a fiction or half-truth that forms part of an ideology”; in essence, “a lie”. Failure is also lie or myth. None of us are perfect. To err or to fail is human. We all fall short of achievement at one time or another. Failure is another story. Failure is the state, being and condition of constant insufficiency. Its function is to pinpoint our individual errs and missteps and sort them into patterns over time. Repeated patterns are falsely labeled as trends of under-performance. Failure asserts that you are subnormal, your efforts to date have been subpar and that future attempts at success will be met with sub-standard efficacy. Failure and its assertions are bold-faced lies. It is tempting to believe the myth of failure. However it takes courage to know and accept the truth that although you may fail, you are not a failure. It is just as to easy for focus on all of your successes as it is to center your attention to your faults.
Surround yourself with reminders of the things you’ve accomplished. If you have certificates, awards and commendations, hang them up so that you can see them every day. If you have letters of recommendations, read them frequently. When you accomplish a task – large or small – revel in your success. Enjoy the truths of what you’ve accomplished and say goodbye to the lies.
Just beyond the ominous forest of defeat, away from sinister predators, illusions, mirages and myths, awaits an Emerald City of prosperity, fortune and gratification. Keep your eyes on the prize, click your heels thrice and say with a smile, “There’s no place like success. There’s no place like success.”
FINAL THOUGHT
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. ~Booker T. Washington
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Passion...Who Needs It? [Coming soon to Amazon.com and retail stores near you]
Passion...Who Needs It?
[Coming soon to Amazon.com and retail stores near you]
It's painful to come to the realization that
your passion has 'gone missing'.
Without a clear understanding of the factors involved and the changes that may have occurred in your life, you can't take action to regain what youve lost. Passion...Who Needs It? is not about finding your passion. To be honest, there are plenty of books on that subject. This book focuses on giving you a new perspective on passion, one that you can use in a practical, productive way. This book is designed to be an action-oriented exploration of who you are and how insights about yourself can help you get back on track to wherever you would like to go. Page by page, you'll delve deep into
your psyche so that you can
» Name and identify feelings of grief, loss of purpose and helplessness
» Understand what you are feeling
» Learn strategies on how to renegotiate the sense of loss
» Turn the lack of direction into focus for the accomplishment of
more positive ambitions
You will also find equal measures of instruction, advice, coaching and motivation to help you reconnect with the idealistic, bright-eyed person you were when you first started out.
Speaking & Consulting
Shaunice speaks extensively around the country for corporations, business groups, non-profits, colleges/universities, schools and churches. With passion, humor and thought-provoking concepts, Shaunice is sure to motivate, inspire and challenge your audience.Shaunice's firm, Evolutions Consulting, LLC, specializes in improving efficiencies, maximizing effectiveness, aligning strategies, promoting brand visibility, and strengthening consumer engagement.For speaking and/or consulting information, please complete the form to the right.
Shaunice speaks extensively around the country for corporations, business groups, non-profits, colleges/universities, schools and churches. With passion, humor and thought-provoking concepts, Shaunice is sure to motivate, inspire and challenge your audience.
Shaunice's firm, Evolutions Consulting, LLC, specializes in improving efficiencies, maximizing effectiveness, aligning strategies, promoting brand visibility, and strengthening consumer engagement.
For speaking and/or consulting information, please complete the form to the right.
Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves?
Friedrich Nietzsche
