Tuesday Tools

Good morning. Grace and peace be unto you!

10 Leadership lessons from Hidden Figures. 

1. Don't let anyone take credit for your work without a fight. 
2. Be willing to be inconvenienced for something you really want
3. Speak up- If something is not working don't be afraid to make a suggestion to improve the                       system.
4. Get information to fuel your growth- Never stop learning and growing
5. Share information to fuel others growth- It is important to charge your team the better                 equipped they are the better they make you look.
6. Take risks- Don't be afraid to try something new. If it doesn't work try something else.
7. Don't take no for an answer- Every no is one step closer to the yes. Take and keep pushing.
8. Don't be afraid of change- Change is inevitable so embrace it and move with it.
9. Goals are important but how you treat people will determine if you can reach them.     Don't be so quick to get to the goal that trample of the very people you need to reach the goal.
10. Check your hidden biases- we all have them you have to recognize and then overcome them.

Thursday Thoughts

Good morning,
Grace and Peace be unto you.
Did you know?

Alfred L. Cralle (September 4, 1866 – May 3, 1920) was an African-American businessman.

Cralle was born in Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1866 just after the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865). He attended local schools and worked with his father in the carpentry trade as a young man, becoming interested in mechanics. He was sent to Washington, DC where he attended Wayland Seminary, one of a number of schools founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to help educate African-Americans after the Civil War.

After his education, Cralle settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he first served as a porter in a drug store and at a hotel. In 1897, at the age of 30, he received a patent for the "Ice Cream Mold and Disher," a type of ice cream disher (a scoop with a built-in scraper). He later become an assistant manager in a local business association.

Cralle died in a car accident in 1920, survived by his daughter.

Lest we forget. This country was created off of the backs of African Americans.

And as always remember to... live Blessed