This TED Talk video about animator Safwat Saleem who kept speaking even when people mocked my accent reminded me of my own personal experience with my accent years ago, shortly after I had moved to the US.
After over a year and a half of #magicmondays quotes, I decided to change it up a bit and have a blog post inspired by a famous quote every Monday to start off our week on the right path.
As someone who has dealt with less than favorable circumstances, I’ve learned early on that circumstances only determine my point of origin, but they do not determine my goals, my successes or my achievements.
A couple of weeks ago my friends and I decided to do the Zion Subway hike in Utah. Since it was described as a somewhat advanced hike bound to take upwards of 7 hours, part of which we had to walk through the river bed, only a few of us actually dared…