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BLOG: Ending the Racial Divide

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With the news of George Floyd circulating the internet, there has finally been the low rumblings of outrage rising – not from the black community – but from the white community, particularly from influencers.  And I think that’s massive.  The more I analyze what role I play in all of this – as a “white” girl (technically half white and half asian, but I definitely look white enough to experience a life of white privilege) – the more I become passionate about what steps the white community needs to take… Read More

BLOG: Never Stop Learning

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Never stop learning. What worked ten years ago – or even five years ago – may not be true today. It’ll be difficult to be successful when you are still operating in outdated concepts and ideals. I love Hans Zimmer’s quote “if someone tells you a rule, break it.” When it comes to the creative world, there is no right or wrong, only what is popular or standard at the moment. The people who become infamously successful are the people who break the rules and discover a new standard that… Read More

BLOG: The Cost of Success

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This first week of 2018 has proven to be bursting with possibilities. How it will all pan out is still be determined, but it has presented Robert and I with valuable reflective conversation – primarily about the cost of “success.” There’s a verse that asks what it profits a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul. When we think about “losing our soul”, most people immediately take it to mean a spiritual death or a loss of a moral compass or ethics (kind of like “selling your… Read More

BLOG: Been Criticized Lately?

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I took some time last night to go through some old emails and purge the ones that aren’t relevant to my life anymore (yes, this is what I do for fun). For as long as emails existed, I’ve held on to the “extreme” emails – encouragement emails, praise emails…and yes, some very harsh emails as well. I like reading the encouraging emails every once in a blue moon because they remind me that someone out there thinks I’m being or doing something worthwhile…but I especially like reading the not-so-encouraging emails…. Read More