(Akiit.com) You’ve seen the ways injuries can impact more than just your health — they can affect your quality of life, your career, your mental health and relationships with friends and family. But there are also other areas that can be affected: one of which is your financial status. No matter ...

(Akiit.com) Sometimes, things happen in business which are entirely beyond your control. This is just part of the nature of doing business, and it really can’t be helped. From time to time there are emergencies, often completely unavoidable. However, there are certain things you can do to prepare for such circumstances ...

(Akiit.com) If you think that a health problem that you are experiencing right now was caused by a job that you did in the past, you might assume that there is nothing you can do. This is the assumption that a lot of people make, but it’s not necessarily true. If ...

(Akiit.com) When you see someone speeding down the road in a fancy sports car with their music turned up to the max, what do you think? A lot of people would envy that person, some would think he’s an idiot, and others would probably tell themselves that person doesn’t deserve the ...

(Akiit.com) The Black unemployment rate continued to improve falling from 7.8 percent in December to 7.7 percent in January, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. The labor force participation rate for Blacks, which is the share of workers who are employed or looking for jobs, increased from ...

(Akiit.com) Each year, the Census Bureau recognizes Black History Month by releasing up-to-date statistics that reveal the total Black population, the number of Black-owned businesses and even how many African-American military members are serving the country. Currently, the Black population stands at 46.3 million, up about 1.3 percent from the previous ...

(Akiit.com) Entrepreneurs dread making a bad hire. It’s not just that getting rid of them is difficult. It’s that they can do a lot of damage before you finally extricate them from your organization, causing other people on your team to quit and damaging your reputation as a company. Hiring is ...

(Akiit.com) No one is better equipped to tell your story better than you. And logic stands to reason that no one is better equipped and more passionate about telling our story than us. The stories of Blacks in America are equally as triumphant as they are tragic. And many, if ...

(Akiit.com) I love Black History, and so revel in Black History Month. Not that Black History should be constrained to a month. Indeed, when I wrote my book “Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History” in 2010, I hoped that some folks would touch the book each day ...

(Akiit.com) Starting and successfully running a business is one of the finest accomplishments of life. It, however, is far from easy. If your business is product oriented, you have to pay for inventory. In the early stages of business development it is hard to pay yourself a living wage, but when ...