One Memorial Weekend about 10 years ago, I was in Charleston, South Carolina supporting a group of fellow alumni in their effort to host a networking social at a restaurant downtown. Not really there on vacation but not officially there for work, my thoughts were everywhere but on the holiday itself. The alumnus who volunteered… Read More In Memory of… Leadership Through Sacrifice
Goooooooooooooood wonderful Wednesday before a holiday weekend, everyone! It’s your girl, DJ Lady Luck, back on the wheels of steel to kick off the unofficial start to summer with a sweet bonus play for May! Bringing you a message of encouragement to power through this second quarter of 2017, I’ve selected this gem by Y’akoto,… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Y’akoto
Hellooooo, very recent graduates with your commencement photos still circulating through all your contacts and social media connections! Hellooooooo, young alumni with college degrees firmly in hand and busy schedules believed to be vital for establishing yourselves in workplaces around the world! And, hellooooooo, mid-career or seasoned professionals looking to make your next career move or possibly… Read More Lucy’s Help Desk: 5 Steps for Conducting a Meaningful Job, Career, or “Happy Place” Search
Good Sunday, everyone! Today’s post is a meditation on mothers/mother-like figures and their love, sacrifices, hopes, and continual support for those children/child-like figures in their lives. *** As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown to see my mother less as a parent and more as a person. Not that I no longer respect her… Read More A Moment to Meditate: On a Mother’s Love, Sacrifices, Hopes, and Continual Support
What’ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss happening, my people of Wednesday! It’s your girl DJ Lady Luck ushering in May 2017 with the latest tune from a Nigerian rapper I started listening to around this time three years ago. Phyno is his name (actually, a nickname given to him in high school and derived from the word “phenomenal”) and rapping in… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Phyno
Have a blessed Easter Sunday and happy early Earth Day!
Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but… Read More A Moment to Meditate: Poetry for Encouragement
Being an avid reader and collector of knickknacks since I was a kid, the room I loved second-most to my bedroom in our house was the “front” room with the built-in bookshelves. Growing up in the countryside of eastern North Carolina, I couldn’t easily walk to my town’s library. So, to me, that room served as mine… Read More Ms. Lu’s Library – Book of the Month: The Alchemist
Gooooooooooooooooooooooood Wednesday, my loyal listeners! It’s your girl, DJ Lady Luck, kicking off your March 2017 with a fresh sound for your ears AND a concert update, for those of you in NC! This Wednesday’s featured group is a dynamic American hip hop duo of classically-trained violinists named Black Violin. And I’ve picked their tune “A Flat”… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Black Violin
And here we are again on another Wednesday… What’s up my peopleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and happy last full week for the month of January 2017! Hope you’ve been productively tackling all those goals and resolutions and plans we all are apt to lay out for ourselves at the start of a new year. Well, whether you’ve done… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents…Lakuta
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