Monday, March 19, 2012

Questions: Black People and Success

I’ve got a couple of questions for Black people, i.e. people of African heritage. The first one is: Do you have to behave like a white person in order to be successful?

The next two questions are for the sistas: Do you have to behave like a man in order to be successful?


Also: Do you expect a man to take care of you?

I’ve just been listening to this great recording with Shelly Lefkoe as part of the Wealth for Women series. I completely agree with her that our beliefs create our reality.

Actually, I say our thoughts create our reality because our positive thoughts work for us and our negative thoughts work against us, WHETHER WE BELIEVE THEM OR NOT.

However, as a Black woman, I do not think I have ever expected a man to take care of me. I just was not raised that way.

Click here for the Shelly Lefkoe audio and the Wealth for Women series
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What are your thoughts? Please leave your comments below.

For more info, click here to listen to my short audio about my success workshops in London. Even if you're not in London, have a listen. I think you will learn something.

See also: Do We Need to Learn from White People?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wasn't raised to expect a man to take care of me, either. Do you have to behave like a man in order to be successful? Do you mean do I feel that I have to run roughshod over everyone else in order to get a promotion? No. Do I have to be highly competitive in order to become successful? Yes. And, of course, women can be highly competitive too. The question is: do I WANT to act that way?