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Unlocking the Power of Honor: A Guiding Light for Our Tribe's Future

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  Unlocking the Power of Honor: A Guiding Light for Our Tribe's Future In a world where words often lose their meaning amidst the noise, "Honor" stands tall, embodying a profound truth that resonates deeply within the soul of our community. As we navigate the complexities of modern existence, it's essential to return to the roots that define us, leveraging the timeless principles of Honor, Loyalty, and Sacrifice to forge a path forward. This exploration isn't just about understanding a concept; it's about redefining our collective destiny through the lens of integrity and truth. As a community committed to empowerment and personal growth, we dive deep into the essence of Honor—dissecting its impact on our lives and our interactions with each other. This isn't just an article; it's a manifesto for those ready to embody the true meaning of Honor in their lives, propelling our tribe towards unprecedented heights of unity and strength. The Core of Honor: H
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Being successful on the Journey of life is a habit. This habit of success is built up on practices that are consistent and empowering. The warrior on the Journey needs to develop personal practices that grow into habits that move them toward their goals. By developing these habits they make their movement a fact, habits once they are cued will begin without thought. This frees the mind of the warrior to be able to create more habits that will further free him/her to create more habits so that eventually their life is full of balanced habits that move them toward a successful life and peaceful Journey. For those that are new to the Journey and may not know too much about the Gye-Nyame system let me explain what a warrior is. When we look at the definition of warrior we find that it simple means: “One who is experienced or involved in conflict” Looking at this definition we find that a warrior is not limited to only a battle field, swords, spears, bows and arrows, and guns. Whe

Habits II

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I had the pleasure of reading or should I say listen to some powerful books, and because of the content I was forced to retrace my step in my library. These books (Power of Habits by Charles Duhigg, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell) all spoke about building habits of success and in some of my memories and notes I noticed the word habit kept appearing, but I never gave it the true focus that it needed. Habits build the template of our lives, guide our decisions, and more importantly our actions. Habits have been the topic of discussion in almost every book that I have read, but this obvious fact has escaped me. Here are some quotes about habits from some of the people that I have ran across in my readings: “Your beliefs become your thoughts,  Your thoughts become your words,  Your words become your actions,  Your actions become your habits,  Your habits become your values,  Your values become your destiny.”  ―  Mahatma Gandhi “The chains of

Habits

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I've just bookmarked The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Unabridged) Part 1 at 1:13:05. habits are at the root at how we behave often without us realizing it.. Via #Audible for #Android. Get the app free: http://audible.com/wireless @audible_com Study the science behind habits, so that i can help myself and others on the Journey. This is an excellent book that tells you how to start habits that can help you move your life to another level. Check  out the book or the audio. Full of excellent information and motivating ideas, and some practical steps you can do.

Cultural Legacy

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I was given a challenge, and I accepted. I have to develop a character building curriculum for a school and implement it throughout the year. This means that I had to do some research to add to what I already have in my head. I was fortunate enough to run into a book that I had been told to read before, but I let it pass. The title of the book is "Outliers" by Malcom Gladwell. Excellent book, and I also had the fortune of running into a app called Audible.com that allowed me to listen to the book on the move and make notes. I would suggest this app for all those on the Journey. Enough of my commercial and to the meat of this blog today. After listening to the book and Malcolm Gladwell stressing the importance of "Cultural Legacy" in the development of people, the question of what is my cultural legacy? Many may not think this is an important question, but after listening to "outliers" I have to strongly disagree. In the book the author was able to

Ramadan

Today I must focus on the fact that my strength is that I know my weaknesses & not everyone can handle that.. #eidmubarak -- Shelia C. Sales (@chyvaughn)

Simba 2012

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Time moves so quick it seems that it was just time for me to leave for Simba, and now it is over. This was a stellar year for the Columbus Chapter (Gye-Nyame Tribe). We had an opportunity to expose 21 young men to a camp that transforms lives, and that is exactly what happened. Simba is unlike any other program/camp that I have ever been apart of, the focus is providing young men with a safe place to transform and see the possibilities of greatness that lie in their soul. While the camp focuses on the young people it remains a transformational experience for everyone involved, from the kitchen staff to the people that care for the camp. The power of Simba pulls people together and forces them to look inward, release pain, and begin to grow. This year was full of spontanaity and emergence. To write about this things is one thing but to watch in action is another. This year due to my age and length of time in Simba I was able to sit back and watch the power of the Nation blossom. If yo

The Blessing In Being Stuck

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In each of our lives we reach a point where it feels as if we are stuck, and no matter what we do we cant seem to move forward. It is at these times we may need to slow down, and even stop struggling. I have found that the more we struggle at these times the worse we get entangled in life's net. Just stop and take some time to rest and to gain some perspective. At these times the universe may be trying to talk with us but because we are so busy trying to stay moving we cant hear. We have been taught that it is our duty to keep moving and never stop. If you are sick so what "get up and go to work" because we believe that our job needs us or that we will be fired. If you are stuck on a project keeping beating yourself over the head until a new idea comes forth. We have heard the stories of those who have pushed through major obstacles and now the world sing their praise, and we may want to be just like them. Because many of us feel that success is purely connected to

Oldest Spiral Galaxy: Hubble Telescope, Dates Back 10.7 Billion Years Forms a Gye-Nyame Symbol

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Just wanted to share this article and point out "Gye-Nyame symbol" in the picture look close. Oldest Spiral Galaxy: Star Cluster BX442, Spied By Hubble Telescope, Dates Back 10.7 Billion Years : 'via Blog this'

Have You Shaken The Dust From Your Feet

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Shaking the Dust from your feet is a command that I learned that Jesus gave to his disciples. They were instructed to shake the dust from there feet when they left a town, or house where people did not accept what they had to offer. When you look at it from a purely physical level this command can be confusing, but when we put on our symbolic glasses we see a whole new idea. Dust is defined as " Fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter lying on the ground or on surfaces or carried in the air."   By shaking the dust from your feet when leaving a place means to leave the waste matter, and decayed particles where you found them.  On the Journey we have to have the same mind state, we want to begin shaking the dust from our feet when we leave not just places, but also when we leave negative people. We don't want to be carrying around the old waste from past situations because they may contaminate any new situation that we may enter. shaking t

Checkout FreeStyle Friday

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This week show was packed and we had a good time. I need to stress that these events are open to the public and i would love to meet some of my listeners in Columbus, Oh. We had an Open discussion we hit on the dark knight rampage, the new batman movie, pet goat video, conspiracy, symbolism and etc..Enjoy and feel free to share. Open discussion we hit on the dark knight rampage, the new batman movie, pet goat video, conspiracy, symbolism and etc..Enjoy and feel free to share Hopefully I will see you or hear from you next week, you can send me a message through the spreaker message bar, or you can text in comments or questions, just be sure to share your name 614-594-9422. This is also my business number, so if you want more info about the books or the Journey feel free to hit me up or text.

"Your Lever Is Long Enough"

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I know that this sounds strange but the idea came to me as I was doing research and found a Greek philosopher by the name of Archimedes. Archimedes was quoted to have said "give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world". In this modern time a lever and a fulcrum big enough to move the world has been presented to us all. The lever I'm speaking of is the internet. This lever if it is used properly can help you move your business, your personal life, and anything else you want to move. Through the social network aspect we can set up support networks for just about anything that we want, and leverage the information and inspiration that they provide. We can seek out information that just 10 years ago would have belong to a rare few, and use it on a daily basis to bring success, peace, and happiness into our lives if we choose to. The fulcrum in this idea is the devices that have been developed to experience the internet. The lapto

Till we meet again

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I havent poured a libation since you left, My tears are the testament of the sorrow that I feel, and pray they will push you threw. These are the tears of a selfish man. For they are not for you but for the empty space left by your living this life. But we will meet again Your life has etched the map for me to follow to the ultimate place of rest, and i am grateful for the time we spent and i glance at the picture of you holding and now I hold your memory as tightly. I wont and cant say goodbye, lets just part and say till we meet again....

The Player's Pyramid - 5th Block (Ujima) podcast

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I have decided to share an old post about Ujima to prepare for the podcast. Check it out and leave comments and ideas, here is the link: Ujima Here is the podcast: The Player's Pyramid- The 5th Block (Ujima) Join and support the Journey

Player's Pyramid- 4th Block "Ujamaa" | Spreaker Online Radio

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We have made it to the 4th block, and moving fast. the response on my podcast is incredible. So lets build our pyramids to success. Player's Pyramid- 4th Block "Ujamaa" | Spreaker Online Radio : 'via Blog this'

Most Popular Podcast - Player's Pyramid Series

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for all those that have been following the journey I thank you. for those of you that are new let me take this time and welcome you to the Tribe. I have  been slowly putting out my book "The Player's Pyramid", and now I have been putting together a Podcast based on the system that i developed. For those who would like to follow along I will post all of the information for you to go through and begin your Journey. For all those that want to support the Journey you can purchase the book as a PDF at PLAYER'S PDF  if you want to purchase the paperback click PLAYER'S PAPERBACK  : for  those that want a free peak goto the page listed on this site Player's Pyramid... to checkout my podcast join me on spreaker by clicking " Gye-Nyame Journey Podcast " you can follow the show or follow me ha2tim for those that want quick access to the pod cast here you go: http://www.spreaker.com/user/ha2tim/the_player_s_pyramid_the_first_tool http://www.spreaker.com/