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Habari gani? Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics

Social wealth is a ghosted concept in many neighborhoods and communities. Being born and raised in Philly, I saw the decline in the village mentality but my mother kept that atmosphere in her home. If she had it...so did you!

That has stuck with me as I started to build my business and network in the Speaking and Author communities. I found out pretty quickly that not everyone had that heart.

It was actually discouraging when I first started out and for a period of maybe 18 months I tried to suppress it. You have the few bad deals that put a dark cloud over social wealth. Then I noticed the influencers & speakers who are bringing it back in a huge way.

Tyler Perry
Eric Thomas
Oprah
Beyoncé
Kevin Hart

You can imagine how my heart leaped when I saw that the fourth principle of KWANZAA is Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics. It reiterated that social wealth makes a huge impact on your success. There is also the clear understanding that social wealth does happen overnight and it can not be achieved without work.

In this episode I’m going back to my childhood and the beginning years of being an author and speaker. It continues to be one heck of a ride!