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Old school in a new age

Some of you may know I used to train and teach the martial art of Capoeira. I learned so many lessons about coaching and building a business from this experience. Like the one that inspired this new post on Escape Velocity. Here is a taste: — I always could tell which new students were going [...]

Image source: Jon Oliver and Funk Inc. The entrepreneur journey is not all gumdrops and rainbows. Some times you get tired, frustrated, impatient and downright sad while trying to convince the world your product is the greatest thing since John Travolta met Saturday Night Fever. If you find yourself in a bit of a funk, [...]

In his newest book Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness, (co-authored with long-time business partner Jeffrey Robinson) author Randal Pinkett discusses some unique challenges and opportunities facing African-American professionals who operate in environments where they are clearly the minority. Randal was the winner of Season 4 of [...]

(image from genkaku) One of the great perks of my job is I have clients and blog readers who come with all kinds of business ideas. Alpaca farming. Software startups. Energy healing. Green energy consulting. Mental health advocacy. And perhaps my favorite, posted to my public coaching page a few days ago: Hi Pam, I [...]

There is warmth

Deep within you, under the heaps of doubt and clutter of stress and buzz of busyness, there burns a slow fire. The Diné (Navajo) call it the crystal fire. It is the spark of life that keeps your body moving, that allows all your organs to work together in glorious harmony so that blood gets [...]