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		<title>Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/check-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, it's the time of year when pressure on consumers to do their part to boost the engine of our economy begins to build. The "official" start of the holiday shopping season, November 27 (also known as Black Friday—so named because the spending beginning that weekend is expected to bring retailers from being in the red to being in the black, i.e., into profitability for the year), is just over a week away.]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah, I Got It On Layway. What About It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and irresponsible consumer behavior. Replacing layaway plans with easy access to high-interest credit has had devastating consequences for lower- and middle-income families, and black people in particular. The public embarrassment of buying goods on layaway (an admission that you were too poor to just buy what you wanted outright), has been replaced with the private shame of crushing credit card debt.]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Game Is Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/09/03/the-real-game-is-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's just the prelims of the 2009 Black Enterprise Golf &#38; Tennis Challenge and it's already clear that once again the best and brightest moves and players in business and corporate America not only came to play--they came to win. It's what I like most about G&#38;T, hosted once again by title sponsor Pepsi: whether attendees are registered to play golf or tennis, or do some serious rest and relaxation at the world class spa, they know that the real name of the game is business.]]></description>
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		<title>Tapping Supplier Diversity To Energize Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/27/tapping-supplier-diversity-to-energize-your-business</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/27/tapping-supplier-diversity-to-energize-your-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Enterprise Magazine Editor-in-Chief Derek T. Dingle led an insightful panel for Minority Enterprise Development Week (better known as MEDWeek and presented by the Minority Business Development Agency) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. this morning. "Energizing the American Economy with Minority Business Enterprises" was the opening session for MEDWeek, which was kicked-off with a White House reception yesterday, and followed a keynote address from Earvin "Magic" Johnson, CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises.]]></description>
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		<title>To Be the Best, Recruit the Best</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/08/15/to-be-the-best-recruit-the-best</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/08/15/to-be-the-best-recruit-the-best#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are the smartest, most talented, most expert on a team that YOU assembled--YOU LOSE. (And you could be an idiot.) Great leaders are smart enough to recruit people who are smarter and more talented than they are in their respective areas of expertise. They recognize that they only need to be the best and smartest at leadership--not at everything or even anything else.]]></description>
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		<title>After The Recession: Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/27/after-the-recession-now-what</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/27/after-the-recession-now-what#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sooner or later our economy will recover and this latest recession will be a thing of the past. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to relax.]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Don&#8217;t Plan to Watch &#8216;Tributes&#8217; to Michael Jackson</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/28/why-i-dont-plan-to-watch-tributes-to-michael-jackson</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/28/why-i-dont-plan-to-watch-tributes-to-michael-jackson#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They know that they'll get ratings and make money off of Michael Jackson's death. But they weren't exactly backing Jackson up in life. We all love Jackson's music, but we all did not and do not love him. ]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit to The World: Don&#8217;t Count Us Out</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/18/detroit-to-the-world-dont-count-us-out</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/18/detroit-to-the-world-dont-count-us-out#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Battered by a crisis of faith in local government triggered by the scandal surrounding former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, as well as the economic devastation of the automotive industry that gave Motown its name, it is easy for us non-Detroiters to assume that the city is down for the count. Nothing could be further from the truth.]]></description>
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		<title>Jalen Rose to Be Honored With Community Champion Award</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-conference/2009/05/10/jalen-rose-to-be-honored-with-community-champion-award</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-conference/2009/05/10/jalen-rose-to-be-honored-with-community-champion-award#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 02:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jalen Rose, a Detroit native, ESPN analyst and one of the legendary "Fab Five" basketball phenoms at the University of Michigan in the early '90s, will be presented with the Community Champion Award at the 2009 B.E. Small Business Awards Luncheon, hosted by Ariel Investments.]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Into Black Enterprise: What Not To Do</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/10/how-to-get-into-black-enterprise-what-not-to-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/10/how-to-get-into-black-enterprise-what-not-to-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 20:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little things count. Timing is everything. Or how about this one: You only get one chance to make a first impression. Unfortunately, many people, and particularly small business owners eager to have their companies featured in Black Enterprise, shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to approaching us about a story. And in most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Into Black Enterprise: Entrepreneurs, Take Note</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/28/how-to-get-into-black-enterprise-entrepreneurs-take-note</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/28/how-to-get-into-black-enterprise-entrepreneurs-take-note#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you want to be featured on the pages of Black Enterprise magazine?  Join the club—every black entrepreneur seems to share that aspiration. Here are some basic things that entrepreneurs need to know to have a chance at being considered by our editors.]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Us About Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-tools-resources/2009/04/28/tell-us-about-your-business</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-tools-resources/2009/04/28/tell-us-about-your-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information entrepreneurs should provide for a chance to be profiled in Black Enterprise.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Into Black Enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/27/how-to-get-into-black-enterprise</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/27/how-to-get-into-black-enterprise#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["What do I have to do to get into Black Enterprise?" Starting this week, I will begin giving you some answers to that question, in a regular blog called “How to Get Into B.E.” I’ll start out focusing on entrepreneurs, but in the weeks and months to come, I’ll cover what we are looking for when it comes to stories ranging from career profiles to the families featured in our monthly Wealth for Life features. I’ll be bringing you insights straight from the editors of our magazine and website, as well as the producers of our television shows and national networking events.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Earth Day. Get Some Real Green</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/22/its-earth-day-get-some-real-green</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/22/its-earth-day-get-some-real-green#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you live on another planet (literally), you know that today, April 22, is Earth Day. You might also be aware that April is Financial Literacy Month. If the first observance doesn’t move you to change your energy-consumption lifestyle, maybe the second one will—unless you’ve got cash to burn during the current economic crisis.
The fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Teacher Is Other People&#8217;s Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/14/the-best-teacher-is-other-peoples-experience</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/14/the-best-teacher-is-other-peoples-experience#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few things make me crazier than watching people practice the ready-fire-aim approach to entrepreneurship. These are the people who get excited about a business opportunity or personal passion and boldly go where angels fear to tread, starting companies without any real business planning, little or no market research, no involvement in (or even knowledge of) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Mara Brock Akil Change The Game?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/10/can-mara-brock-akil-change-the-game</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/10/can-mara-brock-akil-change-the-game#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Against the backdrop of The CW Television Network’s plans to abandon the half-hour comedy genre at the end of this season, television producer Mara Brock Akil and the cast of the show she created, The Game, are engaged in a bold gambit: to convince the network to expand the show to a one-hour time slot. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B.E. Small Biz Awards Now a Spike Lee Joint</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-conference/2009/04/08/black-enterprise-small-business-awards-now-a-spike-lee-joint</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-conference/2009/04/08/black-enterprise-small-business-awards-now-a-spike-lee-joint#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emmy award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer and actor Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee has been confirmed as the featured speaker at the 2009 B.E. Small Business Awards Luncheon, hosted by Ariel Investments. The event is an annual high point of the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, hosted by General Motors and ExxonMobil, to be held May 17-20, 2009 at the Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center in Detroit, Mich.]]></description>
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		<title>How About a Guide to Money for Us Brothas?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/03/20/how-about-a-guide-to-money-for-us-brothas</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/03/20/how-about-a-guide-to-money-for-us-brothas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s okay, brothas. I know what you’re thinking. You just got your copy of your April 2009 issue of Black Enterprise, featuring the latest installment of the magazine’s Women &#38; Money series, and you’re thinking: “Where is the love? Who’s getting hit the hardest by the current economic crisis? Who has the highest unemployment? Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warmed-over Myths of Black Wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/02/27/warmed-over-myths-of-black-wealth</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/02/27/warmed-over-myths-of-black-wealth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It’s 2009 and a black man is President of the United States of America. So why is CNBC still programming like it’s 1989 and the only way black Americans can hope to achieve wealth is via a sports contract or a record deal? CNBC’s NEWBOs: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass, a special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Required Reading on Black Business History</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/02/06/required-reading-on-black-business-history</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/02/06/required-reading-on-black-business-history#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each February, as we celebrate African American History Month, we recognize the achievements of black Americans in the arenas of politics, civil rights, sports, arts and entertainment and education. Rarely, however, is there a focus on our long and great legacy as entrepreneurs and business leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Done</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/23037</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/23037#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At 12:05 pm, Barack Hussein Obama Jr. became the 44th President of the United States of America.
Nothing will ever be the same. Will everything be better? That is up to all of us, not just our new president.
May God bless us all.
Alfred Edmond Jr. is the editor-in-chief of BlackEnterprise.com
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		<title>It&#8217;s Really Happening</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/its-really-happening</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/its-really-happening#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The combined bands of the U.S. Armed Forces are playing with all of the pomp and majesty you would expect a presidential inauguration. On my way to my seat in Section 1, Seat 88, reserved for Black Enterprise, I pass black corporate leaders like Leonard James of Exxon/Mobil, business leaders including Ariel Capital Management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somehow, the Word &#8216;Crowd&#8217; Doesn&#8217;t Quite Say It</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/somehow-the-word-crowd-doesnt-quite-say-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/somehow-the-word-crowd-doesnt-quite-say-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Did I say there was a crowd at the Greenbelt, Md., Metro station this morning? I stand corrected. That was a cozy little gathering of several hundred people.
It's been three hours since arriving at that station this morning. The Green Line train we finally boarded paused for us to disembark two stations beyond our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cold Morning in a New America</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/a-cold-morning-in-a-new-amerca</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/20/a-cold-morning-in-a-new-amerca#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's a great day in America. And God, it's too cold.
Joining the crowd in Greenbelt, Md., to ride the Metro to Capitol Hill to witness the historic inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama brings new meaning to the phrase "huddled masses yearning to be free," if not warm. The saving grace of the cattle-creep to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25 Years&#8230;And Change</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/19/25-yearsand-change</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-blogs/2009/01/19/25-yearsand-change#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first ever professional reporting assignment—meaning my first for something other than a college newspaper—was a little more than 25 years ago, only a few months after my graduation from Rutgers University in 1983. At the time, I worked three days a week as a layout editor/reporter for Big Red News, a black-community weekly that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Stuff I’ve Read This Week: January 5-9, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/01/09/the-best-stuff-i%e2%80%99ve-read-this-week-january-5-9-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/01/09/the-best-stuff-i%e2%80%99ve-read-this-week-january-5-9-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ One of the things I love most about the Internet and social media is the wide variety of thought-provoking, useful, diverse, fun and innovative things there are to read. (I’ve been addicted to reading since I was four years old. I can quit any time I want to. I just don’t want to.) Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Like Our New Site, Tell Your Friends. (If You Don&#8217;t, Tell Us.)</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/01/04/if-you-like-our-new-site-tell-your-friends-if-you-dont-tell-us</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/01/04/if-you-like-our-new-site-tell-your-friends-if-you-dont-tell-us#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ An important part of our strategy for driving the success of the new BlackEnterprise.com is to harness the power of social networking sites to extend the reach of our content and attract (as opposed to traditional marketing, which aims to drive) traffic. I have personally been encouraged and inspired by the example of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Reality Check for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/18/a-reality-check-for-christmas</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/18/a-reality-check-for-christmas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Most of us know the principles of responsible money management: Habitual saving and controlled spending. Never borrow money without a plan to pay it back. Don’t live beyond your means. We read about it in Black Enterprise, heard about it on Nightly Business Report, accumulated best sellers ranging from Rich Dad, Poor Dad to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Leadership From &#8220;Professor X&#8221;: Be Relaxed and Ready</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/17/thoughts-on-leadership-from-professor-x-be-relaxed-and-ready</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/17/thoughts-on-leadership-from-professor-x-be-relaxed-and-ready#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  What should be the posture of leadership when a company, an industry, or an entire economy is in crisis?
Most would probably agree that “Don’t worry, be happy” is not the way to go. Comfort leads to contentment, which too often leads to complacency and inaction. Comfort is the disposition of the prey just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alex O. Ellis &#8211; CEO, Simply Ellis Custom Clothier</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/multimedia/multimedia-video/featured-videos/2008/12/16/alex-o-ellis-ceo-simply-ellis-custom-clothier</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/multimedia/multimedia-video/featured-videos/2008/12/16/alex-o-ellis-ceo-simply-ellis-custom-clothier#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Welcome to The NEW BLACK ENTERPRISE</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/multimedia/multimedia-video/featured-videos/2008/12/16/welcome-to-the-new-black-enterprirse</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/multimedia/multimedia-video/featured-videos/2008/12/16/welcome-to-the-new-black-enterprirse#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<title>Thoughts on Effective Leadership From &#8220;Professor X&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/07/thoughts-on-effective-leadership-from-professor-x</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/07/thoughts-on-effective-leadership-from-professor-x#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The unique talent I bring to Black Enterprise, and every publication I've ever led (including my first, the Black Voice/Carta Boricua, a periodical for black and Latino students at Rutgers, back in 1981), is not writing ability, or editing skill, or a background in web media or great intelligence. It’s this: the ability to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memo to Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Learn Before You Launch</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/06/memo-to-aspiring-entrepreneurs-learn-before-you-launch</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/12/06/memo-to-aspiring-entrepreneurs-learn-before-you-launch#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Entrepreneurship is one of the most important keys to wealth creation. However, too many people—laid-off or forced to take a buyout, eager to leave jobs they hate, or hungry for fast money—start businesses without taking the time to really learn the industry related to their respective businesses first. At Black Enterprise, if we’ve heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let the &#8216;G&#8217; in Giving Stand for Guilt</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/28/dont-let-the-g-in-giving-stand-for-guilt</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/28/dont-let-the-g-in-giving-stand-for-guilt#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ One of the challenges facing many people, especially those considered to be better off than their family and/or peers in terms of education, income or employment, is the misplaced need to always say yes when people ask for financial help or gifts. If you are one of these people, you lend money to friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: A Hand to Guide Me</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/20/wanted-a-hand-to-guide-me</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/20/wanted-a-hand-to-guide-me#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe in mentorship, and study after study shows that it can be the critical difference in who moves forward at a company, in an industry or profession, in society and in life in general, and who gets left behind. Mentors are desperately needed in the black community, in particular, in the 'hood, in college, in corporate America, in business, in church--everywhere.]]></description>
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		<title>Investing to Build Wealth? Or Spending to Look Rich?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/17/investing-to-build-wealth-or-spending-to-look-rich-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/17/investing-to-build-wealth-or-spending-to-look-rich-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I like to talk about when I travel the country speaking about the principles and habits of successful wealth-building is learning to recognize and avoid what I call poverty traps: behaviors and ways of thinking that sabotage our ability to increase our net worth and build wealth. The poverty trap I'm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis Better to Give, But Don&#8217;t Get Taken</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2008/11/16/tis-better-to-give-but-dont-get-taken</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2008/11/16/tis-better-to-give-but-dont-get-taken#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's the holiday season, when generosity and goodwill toward others—reinforced by the gifting traditions of Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah—is the order of the day. This is an especially important time for charitable causes of all kinds, as donors like you and me are more likely to respond to fund-raising appeals than at any other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While Holiday Shopping, Guard Against Identity Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2008/11/16/while-holiday-shopping-guard-against-identity-theft</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2008/11/16/while-holiday-shopping-guard-against-identity-theft#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit card]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/?p=7437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The holiday season is prime time for identity theft. It's no wonder: the mix of frenzied shopping, demanding kids, wall-to-wall crowds and a tidal wave of consumer marketing via phone, mail and the Internet create just the right environment of distraction and confusion for identity thieves. These crooks are just waiting for you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Fifty Educated African Americans&#8217; (or, Why Black Enterprise?)</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/16/50-educated-african-americans-or-why-black-enterprise</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/16/50-educated-african-americans-or-why-black-enterprise#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David L. Evans]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/?p=7434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The following was forwarded to me by a friend. I've shared it with others, including many of the people I am honored to mentor, and today I was inspired by one of my mentors to post it again. It is attributed to David Evans, a beloved African American senior admissions officer at Harvard. Evans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Get Caught in a Foreclosure Scam</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2008/11/16/dont-get-caught-in-a-foreclosure-scam</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2008/11/16/dont-get-caught-in-a-foreclosure-scam#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home foreclosure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NeighborWorks America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to today's economic turmoil, sparked by an ongoing mortgage crisis, a record number of Americans are facing fears of not being able to keep up with mortgage payments on their home. Home foreclosures are at record highs, and many people are desperate to save their homes or get out from under the pressure. Unfortunately, this makes them perfect targets for con artists who run foreclosure scams, promising to help you save your home, but actually stealing your money and/or home equity while doing nothing to prevent your eviction.]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Foreclosed Home: Good or Bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2008/11/16/is-buying-a-foreclosed-home-a-good-idea-of-course-maybe</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2008/11/16/is-buying-a-foreclosed-home-a-good-idea-of-course-maybe#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank-owned properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home buyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You've heard that the silver lining to all of the change and turmoil of the subprime mortgage crisis is that there are great deals to be had for would-be home buyers, specifically in the foreclosure market. You've heard the stories and seen the commercials, but some still want to know: Is buying foreclosed property a good idea? The short answer to this question is, "It depends." ]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Survival Tips Are Not Just for Recessions</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/16/recession-survival-tips-are-not-just-for-recessions</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/11/16/recession-survival-tips-are-not-just-for-recessions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt elimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Anybody checking the headlines of business news channels or the cover lines of magazines including Black Enterprise, will see plenty of advice on coping with a struggling economy, rising prices and the threat of recession. 
Pay down and avoid credit card debt. Cut costs and eliminate unnecessary spending. When you do spend, shop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Have to Cancel Christmas, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/credit-debt/2008/11/16/you-dont-have-to-cancel-christmas-but</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/credit-debt/2008/11/16/you-dont-have-to-cancel-christmas-but#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit & Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit card debt]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/?p=7406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ I've stressed that the two most important things we need to do to survive the current financial crisis is to focus on building up emergency savings and paying down our credit card debt. However, with the economy in dire straights, the pressure has already started to get us to start our holiday shopping and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Do The Obama Dance!&#8221; No. Let&#8217;s Not.</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/29/lets-do-the-obama-dance-no-lets-not</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/29/lets-do-the-obama-dance-no-lets-not#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Slocum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politics.blackenterprise.com/?p=947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Throw your 'O's in the air!"

This is a line from a YouTube music video I just watched called "The Obama Dance" (http://www.theobamadance.com/video.html), made and being promoted (seriously; I got the press release) by self-proclaimed hip-hop artist Bob Brown.

Depending on your point of view, this video is either hot, or just a hot mess. In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21st Century Problems Call for 21st Century Leadership. (Hint: That&#8217;s Not McCain)</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/20/21st-century-problems-calls-for-21st-century-leadership-hint-thats-not-mccain-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/20/21st-century-problems-calls-for-21st-century-leadership-hint-thats-not-mccain-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politics.blackenterprise.com/?p=708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my Facebook friends, someone I've known since our days as classmates at Gregory Elementary School in Long Branch, N.J., posted a note on his profile asking what Sen. Barack Obama has done for anyone during his political career. My response to him? The more important question is not what have Obama and Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Audacity of&#8230;.McCain</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/05/the-audacity-ofmccain</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/09/05/the-audacity-ofmccain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politics.blackenterprise.com/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me get this straight. Arizona Sen. John McCain, age 72, a 26-year veteran of Congress, and President George Bush's legislative twin brother, the man who has for months repeatedly condemned Sen. Barack Obama's message of CHANGE as grossly inferior to his decades of EXPERIENCE--yes, that McCain--is now saying that he is the change candidate? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain Picks Palin for VP: A Giant Step for Tokenism, Not Diversity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/29/mccain-picks-palin-for-vp-a-giant-step-for-tokenism-not-diversity</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/29/mccain-picks-palin-for-vp-a-giant-step-for-tokenism-not-diversity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politics.blackenterprise.com/?p=348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Come on, now. Let's be honest. Condoleeza Rice. Hillary Clinton. Sarah Palin. Which one of these names doesn't belong?

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is probably a fine wife and mother. Let's also assume that she was a good mayor. And she may be a great governor for her state. (After less than two years, the jury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Know What To Say&#8230;What Would Pop-Pop Think?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/27/i-dont-know-what-to-saywhat-would-pop-pop-think</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/27/i-dont-know-what-to-saywhat-would-pop-pop-think#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politics.blackenterprise.com/?p=250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this really happening? Did I just witness Sen. Hillary Clinton move to nominate Sen. Barack Obama by acclimation? (They can do that?) And the move was seconded? And voted on? And PASSED? Sen. Barack Obama is officially the Democratic Party's nominee for Presidency of the United States of America?! WHAT?

I was born in 1960, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Eyes Are Open. Are We Ready To See?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/26/our-eyes-are-open-are-we-ready-to-see</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2008/08/26/our-eyes-are-open-are-we-ready-to-see#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politics.blackenterprise.com/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether Barack Obama gets into the White House or not, we are about to look into the mirror as a nation. As always, the image that will be reflected back at us depends on who we are politically, racially, generationally, culturally and regionally. But even with all of those defining factors, what we will find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Required Reading for Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2008/02/19/required-reading-for-black-history-month</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2008/02/19/required-reading-for-black-history-month#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://content.blackenterprise.com/2008/02/19/required-reading-for-black-history-month/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each February, as we celebrate African American History Month, we recognize the achievements of black Americans in the arenas of politics, civil rights, sports, arts and entertainment, and education. Rarely, however, is there a focus on our long and great legacy as entrepreneurs and business leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>From Boys To Men</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/11/01/from-boys-to-men</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/11/01/from-boys-to-men#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/uncategorized/2007/11/01/from-boys-to-men/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Every single mother faced with the daunting task of raising a male child should read The Big Payback: A Guide on Raising a Young Man as a Single Mother from the Perspective of a Young Man (Cederick Tardy Enterprises; $15) by Cederick W. Tardy II. That goes double for those who truly want the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticky Situations</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/05/01/sticky-situations</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/05/01/sticky-situations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/uncategorized/2007/05/01/sticky-situations/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ All ideas are not created equal. Think of the millions–maybe billions–of thoughts, facts, theories, beliefs, values, objectives, and concepts you've attempted to communicate during your lifetime to family members, colleagues, friends, subordinates, bosses, and clients. How many were even remotely memorable? The answer: a precious few. Now think of those ideas that you can't [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Happens. Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2006/10/01/life-happens-now-what</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2006/10/01/life-happens-now-what#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  How many times have you heard someone utter the words "If I knew then what I know now?" This is especially true when we need a little legal advice -- from breaking a rental agreement to incorporating a business -- which typically doesn't fit into our budgets. While experience is an excellent teacher, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Money Trap</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2006/08/01/the-money-trap</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Money is one of those sensitive topics that can make us cringe at even the slightest mention of the word. We constantly worry that we don't have enough and obsess over how to get more. These are intensely private obsessions, baggage we don't want anyone -- not even our spouses -- to inspect. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 30 Best Companies For Diversity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2005/07/01/the-30-best-companies-for-diversity</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ –Additional reporting by Carolyn M. Brown, Kenneth Meeks, Matthew S. Scott &#38; Sakina P. Spruell
What makes a company good at diversity? The answer to that simple question has become increasingly complicated over the years. The bottom-line benefits of diversity and relatively new phenomenon of diversity lists published by mainstream magazines have created a seemingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alone In Your Time Zone</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/12/01/alone-in-your-time-zone</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Do you have a chronic lateness problem? Be honest with yourself. We won't call you out, but you know who you are. If you don't, then here is a clue: You miss deadlines and appointments at least 30% of the time (leaving behind lost opportunities and a damaged reputation). Need more clues?
Here are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Antwone Fisher?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/10/01/the-next-antwone-fisher</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am a 19-year-old sailor in the U.S. Navy. I have been crazy about the film business since I was 12 years old. I believe I have an extraordinary talent, yet I'm very confused about the road to take to make it into the business.
--T. Johnson, Via e-mail
A: You should read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Ministry</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/09/01/music-ministry</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I've always been a writer. At first I wrote just poetry, but recently I've started to write gospel songs. My problem is I don't write music; I only know how to write the lyrics and how I want the melody to go. I have over 50 songs on paper. Can you help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Serious About Saving</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/08/01/get-serious-about-saving</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am a 31-year-old, newly divorced mother of four. I have an income of $2,046.56 a month, but I still come up short on my bills. My credit score is only 577. I am a full-time college student in addition to working full time. I feel trapped and bogged down financially. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Market Of One</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/07/01/a-market-of-one</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I have two great ideas, but I lack the knowledge to see them manifested. I wrote a book. Also, I have an idea for a magazine. I am in college majoring in communications; my previous major was nursing. My book is about my experiences in nursing. The magazine is geared toward a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peer Pressure</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/06/01/peer-pressure</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am in college. I don't have a credit card yet because, as a younger person, I know that I will probably want to buy [unnecessary] items. Have I made a bad move by not having a credit card up to this point?
-- W. Moody, Via e-mail
A: You remind me of one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make-Or-Break Leadership Lessons From The Apprentice</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/05/01/make-or-break-leadership-lessons-from-the-apprentice</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Kwame and Omarosa -- no last names required. Every African American professional knows the Harvard M.B.A. Wall Street investment adviser and the up-from-the-projects former White House appointee who were among the competitors on The Apprentice, NBC-TV's hit reality show. Beginning in January, the show followed the exploits of 16 young entrepreneurs and professionals as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking A Lost Son</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/05/01/seeking-a-lost-son</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: The Tony Shellman story ["Profiles in Courage," January 2004] really touched me and my husband. Shellman said he hired a CI [certified independent] to locate his birth parents. My husband has a 14-year-old son he's never met because the mother of the child gave him up for adoption before my husband was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Poet&#8217;s Lament</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/04/01/a-poets-lament</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I have been searching the Web to find potential publishers of poetry. Most publishers don't accept unsolicited work. Most require literary agents. In my quest to have my poetry published, I am finding it difficult getting started. Can you help?
–T. McRae, Stockbridge, GA
A: Check out SoYouWanna.com. It has a section on getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Too Late</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/03/01/never-too-late-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I'm a 37-year-old single mother still struggling to get myself together. I was planning to return to school to become a nurse, but I don't want to graduate at age 40. I was thinking about becoming a journalist, but I felt I was a little too old. I have written a children's book, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Dreams Come True</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/03/01/when-dreams-come-true</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  A generally accepted tenet of the American dream is that a high-quality education is a birthright. Quality education, however, takes on new meaning among socioeconomic classes, often leaving gifted black and Latino students behind the educational eight ball.
Suppose things were different. What if we really did leave no child behind? In 1978, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungry For Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/02/01/hungry-for-success</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I am a hungry, 26-year-old, African American male. I want to start my own food distribution company (such as SYSCO). I drove tractor trailers for food companies and was blessed to see how they operate. How do I get started? How can I meet with others in this field? Where should I go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Soldier&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/01/01/a-soldiers-story</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I'm quickly approaching retirement from the military. How do I turn my military procurement job into a civilian occupation? Also, my dream is to write novels for African American women. I have a lot of stories to tell about being a black woman in the military, and I have no clue of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me, Oprah!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/12/01/help-me-oprah</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I believe I was born to do my part in the social and spiritual fight toward achieving world peace. But I need help. I have written an appeal to Oprah Winfrey for an opportunity to appear on her show to perform a song that I wrote about world peace in the aftermath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Talks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/11/01/money-talks-4</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am an African American woman who has been working the typical 9-to-5 job and I am looking to choose a different career path. My current job is in customer service and is geared to communicating with people all over the United States. I've been told -- by both strangers and co-workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Model Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/10/01/success-model-wanted</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I am 26, and single, with no kids. I work as a cosmetologist and go to school full time, studying physical therapy. My dream is to become an actress and model. I really want a lot out of life. I know I'll get there, but what must I do? I continue to pray, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Still I Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/09/01/and-still-i-rise</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I'm a 25-year-old, single parent who works 45-plus hours a week at my day job.
Within the past six months I've developed a great passion for learning about and investing in real estate. My long-term goal is to become a consultant and motivational speaker for first-time home buyers. Presently, I don't have the extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screen Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/08/01/screen-dream</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I am an African American woman who has been working in administration for over 20 years, and I feel my career has gone nowhere. My dream is to become a screenwriter. I have completed a script and I'm working on another. I would love to get my script read and produced and also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Dad&#8217;s Mission</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/07/01/one-dads-mission</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I [want] to launch an online publication [that focuses] on black fathers. I am the father of a 1-year-old girl. This experience has shown me that I am in a sea of self-doubt and have questions with no answers. I was raised by my loving mother, a single parent. My father was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing But the Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/07/01/nothing-but-the-truth</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  In her latest book, Choosing Truth: Living an Authentic Life (Simon &#38; Schuster; $22), Harriet Cole practices what she preaches. By choosing to share personal aspects of her life, including a failed marriage and several years of hidden drug and alcohol abuse, she motivates the reader to be unflinchingly honest with his or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help A &#8216;Sista&#8217; Out!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/06/01/help-a-sista-out</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am a 36-year-old divorced mother of two. I work full time and attend school part time. I really don't know what my calling is. I am [pursuing] a degree in business administration, but I don't know where I am going with it. Right now, I am a conference planner. I've got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith–And Works</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/05/01/faith%e2%80%93and-works</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am an art teacher, and I don't want to teach any longer. I've decided to move to a new city and follow my dream of creating and selling my own work. My dilemma is this: I'm having difficulty understanding where to start–I don't know how to go about it. In our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dream Or A Goal?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/04/01/a-dream-or-a-goal</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I have the reasons to save and invest, but lack the will power and resources to get and stay motivated. I have plans. I have dreams. I just don't have the motivational tools to achieve them. Can you help?
--A. Taylor, Via the Internet
A: I urge you to call our toll-free number, 877-WEALTHY, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go! Ready! Set!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/03/01/go-ready-set</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I've just turned 30 and I am married with six children. I have been an engineering recruiter for the last seven years with the same firm. Now I want to branch out on my own, but I run into the same problem every time I think about being independent: funding. I recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Your Mind&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/02/01/free-your-mind-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am a very determined, energetic, smart African American woman. I really want to own my own business and I've been developing the vision since I re-entered college to finally acquire a bachelor's degree. I am 25. I don't own anything. I'm on a tight budget of $1,300 a month. Am I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Only A Test</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/01/01/this-is-only-a-test</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am curious to know if you have any information on the best graduate and/or business schools for African Americans. I am concerned about my future. I carry a 3.11 GPA and I've worked hard to maintain it. I have researched many schools and most of the "good" schools require or prefer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/12/01/legal-dilemma</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I hate to sound antagonistic, but after three years of law school and student loans that make the U.S. deficit look like a joke, I can't find a job in the legal industry. I did what society said to do -- go to school, get good grades -- and right now I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get &quot;There</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/11/01/how-to-get-there</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I often read success stories of many businesses and businesspeople but not many about people trying to get "there." I am the author of two novels and a book of poetry. I have also written three commercials that I am trying to sell to ESPN, in addition to ad slogans targeted for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/10/01/great-expectations</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I was fired from a temporary assignment, even though I was doing a good job. Since terminating a temp is done easily and without notice, few people consider financial and emotional hardships on the temp. One day I had a livelihood; the next minute I didn't. I feel like I had been used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Change</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/09/01/choosing-change</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: Several years ago I accepted an exciting job with a small company. The company has grown tremendously since then. I have a nice salary and my life has definitely taken a good financial turn. I have at least 10 more years before I can stop working a full-time job. My career is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Motivators</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/08/01/top-motivators</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: In your opinion, what are the top five motivational books ever written by an African American?
Wayne Atkison, Via e-mail
A: Of all time? Wow -- that's a tough one.
Well, if you read the Motivation section in the January 2002 issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE ("Required Reading") you already know one of my top five: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write The Script For Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/08/01/write-the-script-for-your-life</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bishop T.D. Jakes cautions us on what we miss when we settle for predictable outcomes
Men are notorious for doing it. Women, I suspect, are just as guilty of indulging this secret pleasure as their men. You sit in your favorite armchair or that comfort-worn spot on your couch. A cozy blanket drapes your lap, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving On Up</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/07/01/moving-on-up-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I'm at a point in my life where I'm trying to figure out where I want to go, what I want to do, and what I want to become. I'm interested in administration, but I just want that to be a base for me. What I would really want, I think, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Powell Principles</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/07/01/the-powell-principles</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Let me say from the outset that I recommend Oren Harari's book The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell (McGraw-Hill, $21.95). However, there are two ways to read this book. The first is the traditional way: simply, from the table of contents at the front of the book to the appendix at the back. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Lose the Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/06/01/dont-lose-the-lessons</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: When I attend conferences and hear motivational speakers, I am really energized and inspired. However, once the sessions end, I can't maintain the positive energy. How do you stay motivated once the conference is over? -- K. Charles , West Orange, New Jersey
A: Remember what we were told about the value of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What works for you?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/06/01/what-works-for-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Whether you are a positive or negative thinker is beside the point. The question is, are you using your outlook to achieve the outcomes you desire? Here's how, whether you are a cloudy pessimist or a sunny optimist, you can be effective or ineffective.

Ineffective pessimist -- You believe that whatever can go wrong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tough Review</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/05/01/a-tough-review</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: For the past year, I have been employed as a personnel assistant. To my chagrin, my most recent performance review was less than stellar. This surprised me because six months prior, I received a glowing review. I believe that the change is due to management changes that have taken place in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking The Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/04/01/talking-the-talk</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: People have always told me how I enlighten them and give them direction in their lives. I feel confident that I can be an excellent motivational speaker. Do you have some tips on how to get started?
--T. L. West, Kansas City, Missouri
A: Your first challenge will be to gain experience and training. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake-Up Call</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/03/01/wake-up-call</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I started a nonprofit organization called the Embattled Fathers Group in 1997 to advocate for parents having difficulties with their custodial/visitation rights after a divorce or end of a relationship. I work four, 10-hour days a week, from 3:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at a pharmaceutical company. I also meet individuals at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Inspired</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/02/01/getting-inspired</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Q: I am an avid reader and have enjoyed a couple of the titles you recommended in last month's Motivation section ("Required Reading," January 2002). How about recommending some [faith-based] inspirational titles, such as some excellent stuff by T.D. Jakes, Deion Sanders, Michelle Hammond, Joyce Meyer, and others?
-- Leonie Chandersingh, Orlando, Florida
A: If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Science Of Self-Image</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/02/01/the-science-of-self-image</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  More than 50 years ago, plastic surgeon Dr. Maxwell Maltz had a revelation after witnessing behavioral and personality changes in patients after disfiguring accidents or corrective surgery: How you see and what you believe about your self-image controls absolutely what you can and cannot accomplish. Furthermore, the habits and actions you associate with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Me Coach You</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/01/01/let-me-coach-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  When the idea for Motivation hit me four years ago, I envisioned a business-oriented, practical, yet inspirational, self-help section aimed at helping you to improve your personal effectiveness. Now, I finally get to serve as the editor of the section, which, under the direction of former BLACK ENTERPRISE Careers Editor Robyn D. Clarke, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation: Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/01/01/operation-now</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's 2002, and you are determined to make it your best year ever. You've set your priorities, made resolutions, and identified goals. You are committed to improving yourself and making the most of your life. As you devote the first weekend of the new year to tossing out clutter and bad habits with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Required Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/01/01/required-reading</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Go to any book store anywhere in the country and you will be all but overwhelmed by what has been a booming segment of publishing: motivational, personal development, and self-help tomes. Books such as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Simon &#38; Schuster, $28) have become franchises unto themselves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milestones Of The B.E. 100s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 1997 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Last year, we reported how black owned businesses abandoned traditional pattern of conservatism that were stifling their growth, in favor of more innovative and risky approaches the held higher potential for gains. This year, a little reflection seems in order.
Whether they've used conservative or risky strategies, BLACK ENTERPRISE is proud to have chronicled the [...]]]></description>
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