Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 in the United States Constitution is known as the three fifths compromise. The three fifths compromise says that African slaves and descendants for the purpose of representation and taxation for any given state, will be counted as one free person within the context of three individuals within a group…
Wolfe Glick calls it the World Champ Difference. It’s having the advantage and identifying with it. Who are you when you, you and how do you, you? In the art of conveying art, imagine, or maybe you can relate to being in a tug of war, or place where your disconnection from reality is your…
Read this article on Substack! Imagine not having to go to work. When you do what edifies you what you do won’t seem like work. Unfortunately however, depending on what statistic you choose, up to nearly 85% of people are disengaged in some capacity at their place of employment. This is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s…
It’s Friday July 26, 2024, and the 2024 summer Olympics have officially started. One of my favorite events is happening in one of my favorite cities. I’ve been to Paris before, but that story is for a different article, maybe. Here I want to briefly share, in honor of the 2024 Olympics, the time I…
There have been several stories of unknown origin floating around the internet for the last almost two months about Saudi Arabia backing out of a 50-year-old oil trade deal with the United States. Most places I looked for more details on this story say that it’s fake news because there was never any deal in…
Why do we need to constantly create? That was the question I asked myself before sitting down to write today. Every day Monday through Friday, for some Sunday through Saturday, we are tasked with the responsibility of creating. You create at work. When your boss asks you to do an assignment, that’s creation. You create…
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Read this article on Substack! We are currently towards the end of week 5/6 depending on location, of the coronavirus quarantine. It feels like we can finally start to see some light at the end of the tunnel. As a society, however, there are challenges that we should be gearing up to face as guidelines…
Pain can be a purpose stimulator if you let it. Save your pity for yourself. When I objectively think about where I am versus where I could have been had I not cared so much, while the trajectory may not have been at stratosphere level it would have been statistically significant. And this matters because…