Black Shopping and Buying Habits

I have been looking into ways to research the shopping and buying habits of Black consumers, and I have a few suggestions.

To find out more, see: How to Research Black Shopping and Buying Habits.

Click here for more free advice for Black business owners.

Here's to your success!

Repeal of Healthcare Reform

Got this email today from President Obama's office. The text is below.

Many of us saw this coming, but of course, the Senate would have to vote for repeal as well for this to take effect. And that's unlikely to happen.

The people who would suffer most from repeal of healthcare reform are the most vulnerable members of society - Black people, homeless people, people on low incomes, the elderly, and children.

This is the text of the email

At 5:53 p.m. Eastern Time today, the House moved to repeal health insurance reform.

Every single Republican -- all 242 -- voted for repeal.

This is a vote for insurance companies. There is no other way to put it.

Because if the question is what is best for Americans, repeal would never come up: Health reform is already at work improving the lives of millions of people. Repeal will result in 32 million fewer Americans with health coverage -- and add $230 billion to the deficit over the next 10 years.

Republicans in Congress need to know there's a political price to pay for siding with special interests over the constituents in their districts.

We're putting together a dedicated team of organizers and volunteers across the country to protect our progress on health reform -- and we need 2 donations from Pope Valley to make sure they have the resources they need.

Chip in $3 or more to support Organizing for America and help stop repeal before it's too late.

Our True Power

Our true power lies within. Check out my article: Positive Change and Transformation.

We talked about this recently on the What U Need to Know radio show. Click here to listen.

Have a great day!

Black Author Interviews

More Black Success Volume 9 is the second volume dedicated specifically to interviews with Black authors. The first was MBS7. Click here to get your free copies now.

Bobby Richardson’s novel The Neighborhood describes how a completely illiterate street thug transforms himself to become a respected and mega-successful businessman.

H.V. Lyons, author of Supernature, is inspired by classic science
fiction writers such as H. G. Wells.

Author of Poison Reality: a Symphony of Bittersweet, Nedyne Shorts Nettles creates true-to-life characters in realistic
situations.

In Transformations: Give up the Struggle, Renee Wiggins asks, what’s keeping you from reaching your full potential and becoming all that you can be?

Lots of the other volumes also contain interviews with Black authors. Click here for your free copies of More Black Success.

See also: New Black Author Interviews

The Future for Black Boys

One of our guests on What U Need to Know on Saturday, Theron J. Jackson, author of Never Be Nothin, talked about his experience of having been told in 5th grade "You'll never be nothing". He was told this by a Black woman teacher. Click here to listen to the show.

I use the term "teacher" advisedly.

One of the many challenges faced by our Black boys and young men is that many are being raised in an environment where they have no positive male role models. One result of this is that many of them are lost in the education system and end up in the criminal justice system.

Although our guest was speaking about African American boys, we see the exact same things happening in the UK.

Although being raised without positive male role models is not the only reason for this problem, the lack of role models does have an effect.

I think girls as well as boys need positive male role models.

This is why I published Black Success Stories Volume 1.

Many of those interviewed in the book speak about educating our young people, and the duties and responsibilities of Black parents.

Click here to order your copies of Black Success Stories now.

See also: Do You Think Like a Success?

Click here for more about our panel of experts.

Here's to your success!

Lil Wayne Hates Dark-Skinned Women: Why We Still Need to Heal

I just saw this: Lil Wayne Boycotted for Hating Dark-Skinned Women.

We have public figures speaking this nonsense, but yet so many of our people are still in denial about why we need to heal.

This is all about self-hatred.

Check out my article series: Why We Need to Heal.

See also: Positive Change and Transformation

What is your vision for 2011? Order a copy of my book Success Strategies for Black People to help you achieve your unlimited possibilities.

Plus, click here to consult our panel of experts.

Here's to your success!

Our Panel of Experts

We had a great show on Saturday's What You Need to Know. If you missed it, Click here to listen to the recording.

We had a very impressive panel of experts, and we will continue to work together to offer you help, advice and support.

There was so much wisdom coming from our guests.

We were joined by:

T. Murray, author of the Stuck on Stupid books. Click here for her website.

Karen Shablin - Have you been laid off from your job? Check out Loving Your Layoff by Karen Shablin. Click here for her website.

Nadia Mathews, author of How I Let Her Steal My Husband

Terry Carter, founder of the Travertine Spa Collection and author of the forthcoming book How I Changed Careers. Click here for his website.

Dr. Veronica Glass, author of Use Your Buckets - 12 Life Lessons for Success

Theron J. Jackson, author of Never Be Nothing. Click here for his website. He was once told by a Black woman teacher he would "never be nothing".

Dr. Joyce Morley-Ball, author of Seeds for the Harvest of a Lifetime. Click here for her website.

Lisa Sims, author of Stretching a Dollar to Make Thousands, a guide for entrepreneurs.

And of course, my co-presenter, Joan Gosier, author of Cotton Pickin' Paycheck. She will be interviewing our guests on her blog at Overground Railroad.

We have so many strategies and resources available to us to make the most of our potential and achieve our unlimnited possibilities.

Here's to your success!

Happy New Year! Radio Show

On tonight's show on What U Need to Know, we are talking New Year's resolutions.

Click here to listen to What U Need to Know at 2 p.m. EST, 7 p..m. UK time.

I hope you will join us. If you miss the broadcast, you can still listen to the recording.

Click here to listen to What U Need to Know

We aim to help you sort out your

money
work/career
relationships
health

So join us then!
What U Need to Know

See also: How to Manifest What You Want.

Here's to your success!

A Powerful Way to Promote Your Business

I love Squidoo, I really do.

Squidoo articles are called "lenses". Publishing articles is a powerful way to promote your business.

Click here to join Squidoo by posting an article. It's easy and it's free. Squidoo also has a profit-sharing scheme. And Squidoo lenses tend to have high Google rankings. It's really easy to track your rankings on the site.

Not sure what to write about? Click here for an article on how to generate original content.

Squidoo has recently introduced a points system. Click here for an article about ways to earn points on Squidoo.

Click here for more great article marketing resources.

See also: How You Can Start Your Business with No Money Today.

Here's to your success!