(Akiit.com)Everyone in the workforce, irrespective of stature or level therein, must be mindful of one critical truth: your brand goes wherever you go…because your “brand” is you! ” Those seeking to move forward in their career would do well to embrace the “You, Inc.” concept—the philosophy that YOU are the ...
(Akiit.com) Confidence is what turns your thoughts into action. It is impossible to be successful without it because it is your belief that you can, that you’re worthy, and that you will ultimately succeed. But sometimes, insecurities can get in the way of feeling confident. When that happens, there are ...
(Akiit.com) GOP Presidential contender Donald Trump was so happy he couldn’t jump high enough when Bill Clinton met briefly with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. This supposedly was irrefutable proof that Lynch, and by extension President Obama, and Hillary Clinton, were in cahoots to cook the books on the FBI and ...
(Akiit.com) The worst mass police shooting in U.S. history exposed how black radicals target whites for murder. Dallas resembled a war zone after Micah Xavier Johnson, an ex-U.S. Army reservist and Black Lives Matter sympathizer, gunned down five officers and wounded seven. Johnson told police he wanted to kill “white ...
(Akiit.com) It is with a heavy heart that I offer my first official communication as the national chair of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). I find myself in a difficult situation when responding to recent instances of social injustice. A significant portion of the revenue used by NSBE ...
(Akiit.com) The day after 52 percent of the people who voted that Britain should leave the European Union, Google was deluged with questions. The most common – what is the European Union? That suggests that the people who voted to leave the European Union didn’t even know what it was. ...
(Akiit.com) America always has been an exceptional nation. People in other countries recognize that America is unique. It’s why so many of those fleeing foreign oppression come to the “land of the free.” What made the U.S. great were its principles, not its officials. America was different from most other ...
(Akiit.com) No one in her or his right mind would expect to leave home and not return alive. Those engaged in warfare and in other special circumstances may contradict this; but, under normal conditions, people expect to return home in the same or better condition as when they left home. ...
(Akiit.com) Since 1897, the New York Times has boasted that it publishes “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” That slogan, created by Adolph S. Ochs, the original owner, still appears on the masthead of the Times each day. On the front page of last Sunday’s edition, the New York ...
(Akiit.com) I wish the cops in charge of babysitting the protests that occurred around the country last night had job applications to pass out to the crowds. I suppose the protesters never considered that maybe the Black Lives Matter movement, with their anti-cop sentiments, may be responsible for the overreaction ...
(Akiit.com) Where to start with actor Jesse Williams’ widely praised rant on police brutality and white racism delivered at this year’s Black Entertainment Television awards show? To his enthusiastic audience, Jesse Williams reeled off lie after lie, all in the name of black “resistance” over the “oppressor” — meaning anyone ...
(Akiit.com) Being in Europe and interacting with many one-on-one across the spectrum truly gives a different perspective about Brexit. Since 2007, it has been a right of European Union member states to withdraw from the EU per Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union. On June 23, 2016, ...