The season of appreciation and togetherness is upon us. What are you doing to show gratitude towards those in your life? Take two minutes to fill the cup of your friends, family, and loved ones with a message of inspiration, appreciation, and thanks.

When you need encouragement for all that you might be facing, find that still small fire within you and let it burn.

How can you be more productive? Whether you want to gain an hour of time for yourself, or just get the most important things done on your list, productivity makes it all possible. Here are three tips on how to do so.

How do you view this moment in your life? Your perspective will determine your outlook and the outcome. Desiring to move forward is an opportunity to see this moment as one of power, regardless of the pressure you feel it brings.

A Gallup study reported that managers account for 70 percent of the reason an employee leaves their job. Is it time for you to make a pivot in your career?

Too often we live our lives plainly - doing what is comfortable - instead of with a spice. Living with an openness to try new things gives us meaning, purpose, and perspectives we would not have otherwise. How do you want to live?

Preparation prepares us for success. If what you want is to achieve your desires, then being prepared for the opportunity to will require practicing for that time to come.

How you starts your day sets the tone for the decisions you will make. Will you make decisions of comfort or action? The choices you make allow you to act towards your goals.

What do you do when obstacles present themselves - give in or overcome? Moving your life towards your goals is a matter of maintaining momentum.

Life is a journey of disappointment and excitement, how you approach and live the journey is what makes the difference.

Faith and fear cannot co-exist. If you want to achieve your desires, your faith must move to you act. Any step away is fear being your guide.

So much of what we face is constructed with the intent of being perfect - our appearance, relationships, careers. Living to another’s definition and expectations binds us to being half as great because we are not being ourselves.

What would you do if you saw a fire and were able to put it out? Now, what would you do if there was a fire starting or happening in your own life? When we have a fire in our own lives, we do everything possible to put it out. We neither want to get burned or let it “destroy” what is burning.

As a black person in America one of the constant things that makes life challenging is the consistent disappointment you experience from people (of other races).