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Preface: An Open Letter to the SleepersYou can only be awakened to follow your journey towards consciousness after acknowledging and decomposing the first accepted lie-Stevie Baggs, Jr.-

Talk Grey To Me explores the grey area of life-related to an individual's academic views and experience. More specifically, it explores the challenges of pursuing post-graduation plans while encountering unexpected realities of life. It is founded on interviews with individuals with college experience, individuals who have attended college but chose not to finish, and college graduates. Upon post-graduation, I found myself substitute teaching while awaiting my last job offer with my future employer. While in this period, I found myself in the grey area. It was not pretty. I interviewed individuals about the grey area related to their college views to gain some insight. While interviewing individuals, I saw I was not alone as they were also trying to figure life out. It is time we normalize the grey and embrace our grey areas. I encourage you to read this book and begin conversations within your inner circle regarding the grey area. Remember, in the grey area, you are evolving, and that is exactly where you need to be.

I Vuyo Joboda solemnly swear that I will forgive my past.I look forward to my future.I promise myself that I will be the best version of myself at all times.I will dream big.I will work hard to reach all my dreams.I will not give up on my dreams even if it seems hard.I will be patient with my dreamsI will surround myself with people who will positively impact my dream. I will laugh, love and find happiness.I will rise, unafraid.I will shine, unapologetically.I am a winner.I am beautiful, bright and brave.I am legendary.I am light, ignited in Africa.I Vuyo Joboda will change the world

Aneese was a typical young woman who imagined her adulthood to be magical, but along the way to her happy ending, she experienced many traumatic obstacles. While reliving a childhood nightmare in her adult life, she never let it break her. She was a great mom, a beautiful wife, an amazing student and friend. With all that she's been through, it helped her to forgive and open up her heart to many positive experiences. Time after time she experienced nothing but trauma and disappointment. You would suspect being traumatized would ruin your life but there's more to your story.

The story of a little girl and self-love. Waking up in all her glory. Wearing her crown of hair with pride and affirming her self-worth.¿Kristen Scott is an Entrepreneur and Philanthropist born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Graduating with honors from Louisiana State University, she excelled in her career as a Pharmaceutical Representative before becoming an author. After marrying her husband, the couple had a beautiful daughter, Kenzi, who became Broccoli Hair's inspiration.

Redefining Her ..... I impart within these pages some of the most defining moments of my journey-experiences with childhood afflictions, trauma, toxic relationships, disruption, self-sabotage, lessons learned, and ultimately my transformation to self-acceptance, self-awareness, and self-love, with the hope that my story will empower you to confidently emerge from the burdens of your past story, shift your perspectives, embrace who you are, and in the process of this unveiling discover that you are more than enough- you always were.

The inspiring true story of one man's rise from homelessness to success in the world of TV and movie production...----------Having grown up with an absentee single mother and subjected to homelessness, to being shunted from relative to relative and experiencing the murder of a beloved cousin, Markus Burns made his way to Minneapolis. It was here, where, still just a teen, he fathered a child and ran the streets, cheating death not once, but twice along the way. The true story of how this troubled young man became a successful reality TV producer (Real Housewives of Atlanta, Sunday Best, Married at First Sight) is the subject of Markus Burns' heartfelt and moving memoir, The Debriefing of Markus Burns. With his firsthand experience of being a disenfranchised Black male who successfully left the street life behind him, Markus is now sharing his success story with all who desire to be inspired. His riveting and unforgettable memoir, The Debriefing of Markus Burns, is drawn from his own experiences as a fatherless runaway, teen parent, and high school dropout. In telling his sometimes harrowing, yet, always challenging life story, in which he went from an aimless existence to channeling his energy and determination into creating a better life for himself, Markus offers great insight on the many challenges faced by poor young men of color in America today. Taking on the role of spokesman for those who grew up amid the turmoil and hopelessness of America's inner cities, Markus Burns' tale of triumph is guaranteed to inspire people from all walks of life.

When you don't have a role model, the only option you have is to become one. That is exactly what Dr. Waajida L. Small did. For far too long, outside of her home, Waajida never saw anyone who looked like her, who was in a position she could aspire to. From preschool to Ph.D., she had one educator who looked like her. As she climbed the corporate ladder, there were none. It wasn't until she looked outside of her organizations that she found women who shared her experiences, women she could look to for professional advice, mentors who had been where she was and found paths forward...but they were few and far between. Her vision of what leadership looked like was that of the narrative still being told; leaders are straight white men. Knowing this to be a false narrative -having seen prenominal women, Black women, Latina women, Asian women, lead teams and organization- she made it her mission to work toward changing the face of leadership. She discovered that in order to be successful at doing so, she had to first discover the underlying factors, internal and external, that play a role in preventing women like her from ascending into the leadership roles, and then educate those rising up the ranks to become leaders in their organizations of the obstacles they can expect to face and how to navigate them. Rooted in research and backed by her experience as a human resources executive, Dr. Waajida Small's Our Leadership Journey is the mentor she needed and has now become for other women of color on the rise into positions of leadership and influence. Through her model of leadership, the stories of real women navigating the treacherous terrain of corporate America, and sharing the lessons she has learned and advice she's received along her journey, Waajida teaches readers how they can own their power, maintain their authenticity and change the face of leadership.

If you only knew what God knows about you. What is your purpose? What is your gift to give to the world? Sometimes we struggle through life, but it is all for a bigger purpose that we will not know until later.