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The Architecture of Mastery
She was born Zaila Avant-garde in Harvey, Louisiana, the daughter of Alma Heard and Jawara Spacetime — parents who weren’t just caretakers but architects of possibility. Her father, Jawara, chose the surname Avant-garde in homage to his favorite John Coltrane album, infusing her identity with intention, exploration, and a nod to creative boldness before she…
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What’s Your Word?
Have you ever heard about choosing one word and living with it for a year? Well some time back in November I decided to choose joy. Joy is the highest energy of all. It’s the magical sense that everything is possible; it springs from appreciating the gifts in each moment except I wasn’t doing that.…
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What to do when you’ve Lost all Hope in Your Business
As children we all grow up thinking and believing that there is something, outside ourselves, that’s going to “fill us up” …complete us. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” ignites thoughts of careers that include farmers, architects, bus drivers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, prime ministers and presidents. Some of us think about…
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Are you stuck in your own “Twilight Zone”?
Dictionary.com defines the twilight zone as a state of mind between reality and fantasy; dreamlike or hallucinatory state. It’s natural to dream and to want a better life but we must be careful if all we’re doing is ‘dreaming’ and ‘wanting’. Sometimes we can become mired in the zone between reality and fantasy and remain…

