This shows that by using ones raw ability and talents you can achieve personal success along with financial wealth. It does make him a role model for many!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Marketing Your Image
In recent years public figures have been able to capitalize on their own image and for most of them this has given them a method to obtain greater wealth. This comes to mind as we were reading a story about Usain Bolt who has inked a deal with Puma to produce his own line of sports apparel.
This shows that by using ones raw ability and talents you can achieve personal success along with financial wealth. It does make him a role model for many!
This shows that by using ones raw ability and talents you can achieve personal success along with financial wealth. It does make him a role model for many!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Another Caribbean Success Story
Last week in "News Americas Now" the story of the appointment of Dennis M. Walcott to the positing of School Chancellor of New York City should make people of Caribbean descent extremely proud. These are the stories that usually do not receive wide coverage throughout the diaspora communities. Considering all the negatives that we are constantly bombarded with it is good to see the accomplishments of the these individuals as it reminds us all, that their no replacement for good values and hard work.
Congratulations to Mr. Walcott and we hope that in a few years you will be able to bring some of these lessons back to the Caribbean region.
Congratulations to Mr. Walcott and we hope that in a few years you will be able to bring some of these lessons back to the Caribbean region.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Caribbean Brain Drain
The Caribbean region has been suffering from brain drain for many years due to many of its citizens from various islands leaving in the 50s and relocating to North America and Europe. Therefore, in 2011 to read a story referring to teachers in the USA having not received their green cards after 10 years is shocking and raises many questions.
For many of us who are products of the large scale immigration, we often wonder if the sacrifice on the part of our fore parents-to emigrate to these area of the world for quantity rather than quality was worth it.
Late last year a group in the Ottawa region recognized the domestic pioneers who came to the area specifically from the Caribbean but what I do believe they missed in that recognition was the basic fact that most of these women left their own families behind but still had the ability to care for families that became their own. Quite frankly if the truth be told they ARE the back-bone of some of what this country has become.(Apparently on the world stage we have not been doing too bad).
Once again we need to take a step-back and analyze whether we are really progressing as a human race or just repeating some of the same old deplorable actions.
For many of us who are products of the large scale immigration, we often wonder if the sacrifice on the part of our fore parents-to emigrate to these area of the world for quantity rather than quality was worth it.
Late last year a group in the Ottawa region recognized the domestic pioneers who came to the area specifically from the Caribbean but what I do believe they missed in that recognition was the basic fact that most of these women left their own families behind but still had the ability to care for families that became their own. Quite frankly if the truth be told they ARE the back-bone of some of what this country has become.(Apparently on the world stage we have not been doing too bad).
Once again we need to take a step-back and analyze whether we are really progressing as a human race or just repeating some of the same old deplorable actions.
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