2024 Spring Jamaican American Club

Jamaican American Club

2024 SPRING NEWSLETTER

The love track

When it finally happens, how do you know for sure that the timing is right? Take your time. Don’t make assumptions. The first person you must have that feeling for is you. If you can’t love yourself then how can you love someone else? When some-

one tells you about themselves, believe it. Hopefully, these will be some of them:

1. What roles do love and affection play in your life?

2. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people’s?

3. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?

5. Make three true “we” statements each. For instance, “We are both in this room feeling ... “

6. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone with whom I could share ... “

7. Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest

this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you’ve just met.

8. When did you last cry in front of another person or by yourself?

9. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?

Jamaica is the largest Englishspeaking island in the Caribbean. Although the national language of Jamaica is English, most people speak Patois, an English-based Creole language with strongWest African influences.

Reputation is everything.

Leadership Survival

What will you do to make yourself unique? How will your product or service stand out? The business world can be a nasty place, if you are not prepared. Here are some effective tools to become an effective leader.

1. Never outshine the chief. People above you should never feel intimated because if they do, plan on being targeted. Position yourself to make your superiors appear brilliant and you will receive favors from them in many ways.

2. Never put too much trust in associates. Be wary of your surroundings. Human nature is just that, regardless of your relationship with that person. Envy is always lurking around the corner, which will result in tyranny.

3. Disguise your aims. Don’t tell everything because if you do, your competitors will create a defense. Keep them guessing on what are you really doing.

False trails are always the best because by the time they figure it out, you are ahead to the game.

4. Continually say less than necessary. No one likes a busy body. The more you say, the less you appear to be intriguing. You may be repeating something but do it in a way as if it is an original.

5. Reputation is everything. The good books in Proverbs speaks of a good name is better than fine jewelry. Status alone can be the trump card to win or intimate your opponent; therefore, one slip will make you vulnerable and susceptible to attack.

6. Encourage consideration at all cost. Why be ordinary? No one cares for followers or the perception of average. Stand out and be conspicuous. We are all selfish and people want to know what is in it for them. The way you attract, will answer that very question.

Keys to your greatness

7. Develop others to do the work but always take the credit. When you use insight and the groundwork of others, you save time and energy. The goal will be achieved with minimum input of your time, while you get the credit.

8. Create the narrative so that others come to you. Forcing people to do things against their will is momentary success. You will have to continue harsh power for control. However, if people do things of their own free will, a better and longer production mode is in place. Make people feel they have control or power.

9. Earn respect through your actions, never through argument. Ever hear the term, less is more? Demonstrate not illuminate. This is the ultimate power. Brute force will only conjure up ill will, which means you are leading.

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You are unique, so no one before or after you will have your capabilities. What are you doing to leverage your skills and talents? Why will your products or service will be chosen? How do you ensure this? Follow these recommendations:

1. Know how to manage your media. Are your media platforms making you money? How much time are you spending watching TV, You Tube and Facebook? Use these tools; don’t let these tools use you. Set a time limit and cut them off.

2. Know what is next. What you do today, will impact you tomorrow. Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

3. Know your purpose. Define you. Don’t go along to get along. Relish in your uniqueness. Be the orange on the gray canvas.

4. Know how to become an open-minded listener. You can hear something but are you listening? The only way the entrepreneur can tap a niche, to provide a product or service is to listen to the customer’s needs.

5. Know how to be persistent. Don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t do. Keep going and remember: When someone tells you it can’t be done, it’s more a reflection of their limitation not yours. Figure out a way to break through.

Crowdfunding

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Do you need some seed money but your friend and families are not in a financial position to help you. Crowd funding can be an option for you. So, what is crowd funding? It is a way of asking people to support your vision. At the end of the day, you just might need some extra coins. I am not endorsing any one particular site, but here are some places on the web:

www.Appbacker.com

www.Crowdfunding.com

www.Gofundme.com

www.Indiegogo.com

www.Invested.in

www.Investedin.com

www.Kickstarter.com

www.Moola-hoop.com

www.Rockethub.com