Skillology 101 Blog

Motivational insights, creative inspiration, news, tips, resources, and announcements from the Skillology team -- to help foster your creativity and personal growth.


Reads: 41 | Comments: 1 		« Published Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 4:46pm

What's on Your Dream Board?

There’s been a new craze sweeping the walls of dreamers in the past few years. They’re inspiring, motivating and captivating.  Some call them “inspiration boards,” I like to refer to them as a “dream boards....  Read More

Reads: 58 		« Published Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:04pm

How to Benefit from Your Mistakes

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. – John C. Maxwell I would say the trait cited above is one of the cores of personal, professional, and academic success....  Read More

Reads: 66 		« Published Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:20pm

9 Tips to Motivate and Sustain Your Project Team

Whether you’re an incorporated entrepreneur or a dreamer on a mission, you’ll find that any project worth pursing needs more than one laborer.  A collaborative effort is always stronger, faster and wiser than the effort of one hard-...  Read More

Reads: 80 		« Published Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 4:49pm

3 Tips to Overcome Creative Block and Make Progress

It’s time to start moving forward.  I know it’s been a while since you have even had the motivation to do so when it comes to some of your goals, but you can get the movement going again. Where should you start? Well, check out the...  Read More

Reads: 115 		« Published Friday, January 20, 2012 - 6:55am

Sacrifice for Success: The Art of Fasting

From my humble upbringing in the church, I was introduced to fasting at an early age. According to a quick Wikipedia search, “Fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. An...  Read More

Reads: 99 		« Published Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 3:50pm

The Tale of Tails: An Inspiration For All

Much to the anticipation of the African-American film world, the movie “Red Tails” will be released this coming Friday, January 20, 2012.    I, myself, not being as big a movie buff as I once was, have not been able to miss the...  Read More

Reads: 102 		« Published Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 6:48am

Google - An Employee's Playground

According to CNN.com, Google is ranked #4 out of America’s 100 Best Places to Work.  Why, might you ask.  Well...Google let’s it’s workers play. Yes, I said it. Workers at Google have fun going to work.  They get...  Read More

Reads: 173 | Comments: 4 		« Published Friday, January 13, 2012 - 7:11am

Love of My Life, You Are My Dreams

Far in the distance, in a room full of well-suited, personable, sparkly-eyed boy geniuses, I see a figure. Unfortunately this one is harder to make out; not quite as clear as the others.  But I notice it’s height, irregularly tall; much...  Read More

Reads: 163 | Comments: 2 		« Published Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 7:39pm

BlackList Me

They are leaders.  Entertainers.  Gurus. Politicians.  Innovators. Game Changers. They’re minority faces that broke barriers in society and continue to represent a marginalized community well. Thanks to Timothy Greenfield-...  Read More

Reads: 108 		« Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 4:32am

Be a Legend, Create a Legacy

In the northwest corridor of Washington, D.C. off of a busy 14th street intersection is a black and gold establishment where a legend resides. He is a 75.-year old legend, to be precise, who has impacted communities from the West Coast to the East...  Read More

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