February 2023 Newsletter

FEBRUARY 2023
NEWSLETTER
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“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”  ﻿ — Wayne Dyer

UPCOMING EVENTS
 
This month provides multiple opportunities to engage, both in-person and virtually, with a number of topics that may interest you.
 
On February 22nd (Wednesday) at 7 PM ET there is a free Webinar, sponsored by Successful Innovations, where we talk about Effective Communication in the Home. Register today and engage in this critical topic that can directly help your family.  
 
For those in the Hampton Roads Virginia area, you are welcome to attend the free in-person parenting class, sponsored by Care For Me Youth Initiative, on Saturday February 25th at 9:30 AM ET.  The subject of discussion will be Establishing a Vision for your children and family.  Registration is required, and you can also receive diapers during this month's Breakfast and Learn Event.  
 
You can check the full list of upcoming events by clicking the below link, and you are always welcome to schedule a one-on-one by clicking here.

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RECENT EVENTS
 
2023 is off and running, and over the last few weeks I have been getting situated for an exciting year.
 
This included volunteering at Booker T. Washington High School and Lake Taylor High School (Norfolk, VA) where I have been sharing messages to help those scholar athletes be better prepared to excel as adults.  I also facilitated a Leadership Panel, sponsored by the Hampton Roads Chapter of the ROCKS, Inc., at Elizabeth City State University.  All of these events help "plant seeds" in our youth who we will see emerge as leaders in the years to come.
 
I continue to host Parent Night sessions at the Polaris Village Academy in Easton, MD as part of a year-long program to best equip those young parents to best raise their children. Additionally, the second in a three-part Parent Education series hosted by Care For Me Youth Initiatives was held on January 28th where we talked about Parental Approaches and how that affects the home environment.

 
LIFE ALIGNMENT
 
Last month we left off with the first sub-line under Expectations -- which is Aspirations, and those are only limited by your imagination of a "heaven on earth." 
 
From there you need to identify Goals. These are time-factored and should be measurable once achieved.  Many people set goals, and there is nothing special about goals in this context.  In addition to goals, you need to identify what  you want to do, when  you want to do those things and prioritize them at a given time.  Theses prioritized goals, with respective Milestones, effectively define your plan. 
 
The compilation of Aspirations, Goals and the components of your Plan (priorities and milestones) set your imaginative and practical Expectations.  This also sets the far point for your framework.