Black In Business

Many years ago when I accepted my first professional position at Xerox, my manager provided me with some outstanding advice. He said the difference between college and the business world was subtle. In college, you could put projects off but in the business world, you had to get it all done and now!
Have you ever put off something. here are some examples; some day, I will go back and get my degree, MBA,physical, lose weight, visit a friend, you get the point.
I had a friend that we often spoke of getting together some day. We were both Black Divisional VPs for Abbott Laboratories. My friend was a Pastor as well. One Sunday morning as he rose to lead the congregation in “The Lords Prayer,” he dropped dead. We never got together.
I took a development program on leadership and we had to predict our life expectancy; based on factors such as; family history, personal health,amount of exercise and other factors that could contribute to the answer. We had already listed out goals we had for our life. We then looked at how long we sleep, take holidays and time off. The purpose was to show, the clock was ticking, we may not have as much time as we thought.
Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes ran out of time recently. These stars has accomplished a lot in life but both deaths are reminders to us all, to not put off till tomorrow what we can do today.
Mr. Hayes and Mr. Mac had lives we can all be proud of. They worked hard with honor and started off poor. Use their passing to motivate you to do something for yourself and others that you have put off.