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Burn the Cape: Why Your "Independence" is Actually Your Prison

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Burn the Cape: Why Your "Independence" is Actually Your Prison Let’s be real: most of us are exhausted because we’re playing a game that wasn’t designed for us to win. We’ve been fed a steady diet of "rugged individualism," convinced that if we just grind harder, sweat longer, and suffer in silence, we’ll finally arrive. We wear the "Strong Black Woman" cape or the "Unbreakable Black Man" armor like it’s a badge of honor, but it’s actually a lead weight. When you carry the world on your solitary shoulders, you aren’t being a hero; you’re being a martyr for a system that doesn’t love you. This isolation breeds the "Mad, Sad, and Scared" cycle. You’re mad because you’re tired, sad because you’re lonely, and scared because you know if you trip, there’s no one behind you. Ujima —Collective Work—is the antidote. It’s not just a nice idea; it’s a survival strategy. It’s about making your brother’s problems your own so they don't become a ...
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Discouragement

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Sometimes I get discouraged... I have heard this over and over again in my studies, and being on this Journey, I have  felt it. This feeling can strike at the strangest time, but I like those before me I need to push on. I am in the beginning stages of writing another book. The Idea came to me complete with a title and the first thing that hit me was the feeling that accompanies discouragement and self doubt. The negative question began to hit me from the inside as well as the outside. The book will be about the Journey to success, although I have dealt with this topic in my other books, this book will deal with it more directly and be more universal in scope. The first negative thought hit me and tormented me for the first day, after I put the title on my thinking board (will speak on the "Thinking Board" in an upcoming blog). The question was what gave me the right to write about success? I was embarrassed by the question and images of other people asking me the same questi...
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