The topic that I would like to blog about is that of resiliency! Webster’s definition of resilience is an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortuneor change. I have really come to admire this term because of what it stands for and represents. I think that I have come to love this term because I strive to possess this quality in my own life. In school, I have seen this term over and over again and how pertains to at –risk youth who make it out of underserved neighborhoods, single parent households, and other harsh realities. When a youth possesses this quality, they are able to bounce back through a range of obstacles or misfortune in their lives, and use them as motivation for success, rather than to succumb to their environment or circumstances. I believe this very much pertains to our age group as young professionals today.
YPBlogSpot debuts YP Next featuring American Dreaming Magazine’s very own, co-founder and freelance videographer Kris (@ADMagazine_kris) is making a name for himself in the filming industry. An American dreamer, doing what he loves (literally) from his point of view. Kris is the man behind the camera of all of the American Dreaming Magazine’s videos, whether he’s filming his Don’t Wake Us crew enjoying life or filming footage for the magazine’s latest issue(s). He just launched his personal website (a few months ago)http://krispfilms.com/where you can view all of the footage thus far then hire him to direct your next event on film. I posted one of my favorite videos directed by Kris, a music video featuring a group called BKS for their single titled, “Back and Forth” in the media box for your viewing pleasure. In addition, Kris has directed/filmed commercials, short films, documentaries, concerts, interviews and everything he can capture with his eye in the sky. Checkout the Vitamin water commercial below as well that is pretty cool…
I’m pretty sure Kris P. Films has next…Best Wishes, Blessings & Much Success to Kris P. Films…!!!
Greetings YPs. I heard about the concept of paying it forward while listening to Michael Baisden’s show a while ago as I do during my commute home from work. Michael Baisden is one of my favorite radio personalities whom I admire and consider a role model for being a philanthropist, and an open minded individual. But let me stay focused on this concept of paying it forward which is basically doing something nice for someone you know or a complete stranger and not expecting anything in return but for them to pay it forward by doing something nice for someone else, hence the term/concept pay it forward.
This week I paid it forward to a complete stranger in gym which I tweeted about a couple of days ago. I consider [click to continue…]
YPs this is a blog/workout for all you young professionals that consider yourselves workout buffs. I do a total of 100 pull-ups, 300 push-ups, and 200 dips in 10 supersets. I have a love hate relationship with this workout because it is so grueling but once I’m finished, I feel like a beast! This workout will definitely demand a lot out of you but it’s all worth it at the end of the day. I start out with 10 pull-ups, then 30 push-ups, and then 20 dips which is 0ne set and I do 9 more sets in the same rotation with minimum rest. Meaning, the only rest I really get is walking from one exercise to the other but of course I may take more rest than I need to depending on how I feel that day. After I complete my 10 sets I’m not done because I do some additional back and bicep exercises to complete my back and bicep workout day. It typically takes me a little over an hour to complete everything which includes 300 ab moves to finish off the workout.
YPs there’s a saying, “Closed mouths don’t get fed,” I don’t know who said it but it holds true in so many instances. I’ve recently had to use what I know to get what I needed and wanted regarding two credit issues in which I had to ask/negotiate and was successful in doing so. [...]
Keep Going: T-Pain Like T-Pain or not this short, simple song speaks volumes. I bet when T-Pain started pursuing his dream of being an artist in the fashion in which he went about it (auto-tune), he probably had a handful of supporters and triple the doubters and naysayers. But he kept going [...]
“My money’s funny. And my credit won’t get it.” If you’re a Young Professional then you probably understand the importance of your credit. In addition, if you’re a Young Professional you’ve either learned the importance of credit one of two ways. You either learned the importance of credit via experience or you had a parent [...]
YPs, life is made up of many situations in life that force you to make decisions. The best part about life is that you always have a choice. Choices come with consequences and rewards, but the important thing to realize is there is always an option. You have to decide what you are and [...]
“I’M NERVOUS, BUT I’M NOT TERRIFIED” YPs, I’m sure if you look back into your lives, you can find a time where you were going into a new situation that you weren’t too sure about. You probably felt nervous, anxious or even scared. I heard a man say once, when about [...]
YPs, I have noticed that life is full of a bunch of talkers. People who know what they may want/need/desire, but only know how to talk about it. People who may even encounter what they ‘say’ they want, but DO nothing that is required to keep it. Think about all the people in life [...]
One of the greatest qualities a person can have in this world is to be humble. I was having an interesting conversation with a friend of mine one day last week. We were talking sports and coaching youth. He then asked me if I could teach the youth today one thing about sports what it [...]
I was reading an article recently about contentment in one’s life. It brought about many interesting points, that made me contemplate my own situation, and think about what really brings me contentment. Contentment defined by the dictionary is “a source of satisfaction.” We all have different ways of finding satisfaction in our lives. What [...]
I’ve always enjoyed the saying above because I truly believe we all are products of our environment and the things we are exposed to EARLY greatly affect us as adults. With that said, I think about lessons passed down to me either via my parents or mentors. My parents did a great job of [...]
Competition is a funny thing. Some people thrive when competing while others do horribly under the pressure of trying to win. There probably are a number of reasons for that dynamic but I personally believe competition is always a good thing. I’ve always been a somewhat of a self-starter but I tend to think I work better [...]
YPs as we all know life throws us all curveballs at any given time. Despite our best efforts to be proactive there are always going to be instances that knock us off track and force us to reevaluate many things in our life. Instead of looking at those instances as negative, look at them as [...]
