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USL Magazine to Host a Spotlight Series During Stonecrest's New Black Wall Street Festival

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 A Line-up of Atlanta's Rising Stars Scheduled to Perform ATLANTA, GA .  USL Magazine  in collaboration with  Blue Bistro Creative  will be hosting a special ' Spotlight Series'  on July 3, 2021, at 5:30pm as a part of  The Allen Entrepreneurial Institute's   New Black Wall Street Market 4 th  of July Festival. The 'Spotlight Series,' which includes a variety of musical performances, will be hosted by entertainment entrepreneur Patrick Kelly , model/actor  Antonio Walker and model/actress  Sefora who are the stars of the upcoming indie TV Series: DAQ . They will be flanked by Elyse Davis , the new managing editor of USL Magazine.   Performances include: TOMMI COLE Tommi Cole is a soulful R&B Artist that is looking to bring back Old school R&B vibes with a new school twist. SCAN THE GODDESS Scan The Goddess is a writer, actor, performer & entrepreneur – a woman of many crowns, an...

NYU / Harvard University - What Fatherhood Means To Me

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What fatherhood means to me... I know that they are watching me...what am I showing them? I know that when I tell them to do something, I have to do that too... I know that they are gonna discover things about themselves as they understand things about me... Commitment is not about words, but action...I am committed to constantly working to live at my best and that includes continuing to learn and improve myself,  so in addition to the leadership classes I'm taking thru HARVARD UNIVERSITY's  online program, I also signed up for a specialized industry certification through NYU , which will help me to build skills to operate in the film and television industry at the highest levels... I'm determined to change the conversation for my family for many generations to come...one day at a time. My 3 kids and soon to be 7 grandkids are a huge "WHY" for me...I love them in ways that often brings me to tears...fatherhood, and feeling that deep can be overwhelming in that way...

Leadership - - Becoming a Better Film Producer

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One of the most common sources of failure in leadership is a diagnostic failure.  CONTEXT - IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM I am taking a series of leadership classes through Harvard University's online education platform. This morning, I completed another lesson and got some deeper insight and clarity on some of the things that I believe have limited my success rate in the past.  THE LESSON If I do not properly diagnose the problem, the solution I implement will not work. In the past, I have identified the problems with some of my undertakings, but I am suddenly realizing that I didn't go far enough, consequently, my solutions didn't go far enough, which led to my missing the mark on several occasions.  THE TAKE-AWAY If I am truly committed to meeting consistently with the best results, I have to make sure that when problems arrive, I dig deep enough to understand what those problems truly are before I decide how to deal with them. Also, different problems require different type...