Tools For Personal Growth

Do weekly introspection or as we like to call it, self-examination. Personal growth does not happen unless you examine your life and consider where you’ve been, where you’re going and what personal changes you need to make. Mildred Antenor



Tools For Career Growth

Change your thinking and change your life.

A good attitude is at the root of all success. Mildred Antenor

When you choose a career, choose something that you love, otherwise you will turn your life into a weekend. Jeffrey Weisenberg

Mediocrity does not like excellence or ambition. Michael Bernard Beckwith

If opportunities are closed to you because of your gender, race or ethnicity be persistent. If the front door won’t open, go through the back door, if the back door is locked come through the side door, if the side door is jammed then go through the roof! Mildred Antenor

You can only go as far as you can see.
Dennis Kimbro

There is no such thing as perfection; you can always improve on something to make it better. Les Brown

Have a mission statement for your life. It should have a 5, 10 and 15 year goal. Dennis Kimbro

While networking whether at a cocktail party or conference make it a point to be cordial with everyone at the networking event. The person whom you deem insignificant “today” you may end up needing a favor from “tomorrow”.
Mildred Antenor

We generally never know of the power lunches going on behind closed doors, ambitious people rarely stay in modest positions for long. Be careful to treat everyone with respect. Mildred Antenor

Create allies in high places. Mildred Antenor

Procrastination is the enemy of success.
Dennis Kimbro

Have discipline, miracles happen when you embrace discipline.

Make a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly “to do” list and follow it because for most people, writing goals down makes them easier to follow and accomplish. Mildred Antenor

Do what’s important not what’s urgent.
Marlene Waldock

The opposite of success is conformity.
Dennis Kimbro


Tools For Spiritual Growth

Measure your accomplishments by looking at how far you’ve come not by what you have. Don Viapree Find someone to mentor. Mildred Antenor

Don’t forget to serve others. God gave you two hands, one is to help yourself and the other is to help others. Mildred Antenor

Physical life is temporary, spiritual life is eternal. Don Viapree

To fill and saturate your soul with love and offer it to the world is the mother of all blessings.
Don Viapree

Meditate regularly. It will help to still your mind and you will be surprised at how solutions to some problems come to you easily when you just take the time to reflect. Mildred Antenor

Pray daily, prayer is a powerful thing.
Mildred Antenor

Appreciate every given moment and seek to learn from it. Don Viapree

Observe and enjoy the natural order of nature. Don Viapree

You are completely demagnetized when you desire something too intensely. Florence Scovel Shinn

Seek more knowledge and truth everyday and spread it. Don Viapree

Wisdom can only be acquired by those who stay on the historical Path of Truth, and those who patiently approach everything with the tools of critical analysis. Don Viapree

Shallow thinking people are Popular and easily forgotten. Wise people are Revered and always remembered. Don Viapree

You represent the total sum of all your experiences. Don Viapree

You attract the things you give a great deal of thought to. Florence Scovel Shinn

The Source of anything provides the Path to the answer. Don Viapree

The existence of Life is fractionally less than a nano second of Time. Yet the value of the development of our Spirit is enormously priceless. Don Viapree

The 21st Century will be no different than the 20th Century until the Power that governs Humanity reflects a genuine and selfless change to righteously serve all of Humanity. Don Viapree

Do something to show you expect success to come. Active faith alone will impress the subconscious. Florence Scovel Shinn

The tragedy of Life is not that it ends so soon but that we wait so long to begin it. W.M. Lewis


Tools For Mental Well-being

Appreciate and place a value on the advice of elders and mentors. Remember that they’ve already earned their stripes and the advice that they give you now can help you avoid a pothole in your life later. Mildred Antenor

Mentors can be any age and you are never too old to have a mentor and learn something new. Mildred Antenor

Your past does not have to dictate your future; a gloomy past does not guarantee a paltry future. Mildred Antenor

Find a good book to read on a monthly basis. Your body needs exercise but so does your mind. Mildred Antenor


Tools For Physical Attunement

Get a yearly physical.

Get a yearly PAP smear.

If you are 40+ have a yearly mammogram.

If you are 50+ have a yearly colonoscopy.

Once your doctor has given you the approval to do so, find a gym and exercise at least 3 times per week. Mildred Antenor

Find a walking buddy and do some power walking for an hour or more daily. Mildred Antenor


Tools For Peace and Personal Satisfaction

Surround yourself with positive people.
Mildred Antenor

Take time to breathe. Janet O. Penn

Be very selective of who your friends are. Surround yourself with people who have similar dreams and aspirations. Mildred Antenor

Make it an effort to smile more often and then observe how people smile back at you.
Try it, it works! Mildred Antenor

Keep an open mind. The more you keep an open mind, the more you will learn. Don’t be afraid to find your own purpose in this life. The two most important days of your life are the day that you were born and the day that you figure out why you were put on this earth to begin with.
Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill

Dedicate yourself to life long learning.
Dennis Kimbro


Tools For Self-Love

Don’t let another person’s negative opinion of you discourage you from what is truly in your heart. Mildred Antenor

Don’t let anyone else give you the measure of your worth. Be proud of who you are. Be proud of your heritage and your culture. Mildred Antenor

If you speak many languages celebrate that and be proud of it. Mildred Antenor

Prioritize what you have to do on a daily basis, and if you are asked to do something that you really don’t have time for, don’t be afraid to say no. Mildred Antenor

There is a lot of love in the word “No”.
Dennis Kimbro

Get a facial.

Get a manicure.

Get a pedicure.

Take time out to take care of yourself.

Go to the makeup counter at your local department store and get a makeover.
Mildred Antenor

Don’t be afraid to ask the sales associates at the better department stores if you can make an appointment to have a personal shopper. In most stores this service is free, it helps to save time and you will have a professional who will give you tips on what clothes fit, what don’t and what colors you should wear or steer away from. Mildred Antenor

Take care of your appearance. The woman next door with the new designer shoes has her share of problems as well, she just looks better that’s all. One thing’s for sure, problems don’t discriminate. Mildred Antenor


Tools For Wisdom

Don’t live vicariously through our children. They were put on this earth for a purpose, which in most cases is completely different from yours. This puts a terrible strain on your children and doesn’t make matters easier for you when they leave the nest. Mildred Antenor

We should not try to raise our children to have a sense of entitlement about life; you’re not doing them any favors. Mildred Antenor

The simplest people are the most genuine people. Don Viapree

When “better” is desirable; “good” is insufficient. Don Viapree

Oppression is never permanent. Change is unstoppable and inevitable. Don Viapree

Don’t be afraid to hand out compliments to someone who is unfamiliar to you at the grocery store or at the bus stop. We often don’t know what trials and tribulations people are going through in their personal lives, that compliment might just help them make it through their day. Mildred Antenor

Talk about your affairs as little as possible, and then only to the ones who will give you encouragement, advice and inspiration. The world is full of “wet blankets”, people who will tell you that, “it can’t be done,” or that “you’re aiming too high.” Florence Scovel Shinn and Lucia Malette