07/31 REAL TALK: You Are Worth It

You are worth the trouble and effort required to make your life the best it can possibly be. There is so very much you have to express, to give, to experience and to contribute to the magnificent fabric of life.

You are worth the discomfort and frustration that you'll regularly need to get through. You are worth the pain that the world will sometimes offer.

For within you is the capacity for great joy and astounding achievement. Within you are beautiful and worthy dreams that long to be fulfilled.

You are one of a kind and you are filled with a driving purpose. You are worth whatever it takes to give that special purpose a lasting and meaningful expression.

Yes, the disappointments, inconveniences, pains, problems and annoyances will surely and steadily come.
Yet they are indeed quite trivial compared to the precious possibilities that live within you.

Make whatever efforts necessary, endure whatever setbacks you must, move forward through whatever challenges may come along. For there is no question that you are worth it.

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07/30 REAL TALK: Time On Your Side

The easiest way to handle a problem is before it becomes a problem. The most effective way to resolve a confrontation is to prevent it from ever happening.

By understanding and appreciating what is, you're able to see what can be. By addressing big issues when they are still small, you can greatly enhance your positive influence.

Great achievements are built in long successions of small moments. When you know where you're going from the very beginning, you'll get there much more quickly.

Every day you are putting forth effort.

Have the foresight to point all those successive efforts in the same direction, and you can create whatever results you wish.

Get out in front of your life and do what you must do, long before it must be done.
Instead of wasting much effort on playing catch up, enjoy the rich, fulfilling rewards that come from being ahead of the game.

Act early, act often and act with positive purpose. Reap the tremendous benefits of putting time on your side.

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07/30 REAL TALK: Are you free to be random?

Real Talk hits the streets to find out what inspires the people of New York City.

This gentleman breaks out into a random C-Walk for us.

We guess his response was dancing?

What inspires you? Are you free to be random?

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07/29 REAL TALK: Gather The Small Opportunities

Quick success is nice when it comes. However, slow and steady success is even better, because it is repeatable, robust and sustainable.

Overnight success almost never happens. And in the rare event when it does happen, there's a dreadful fear that it will disappear as quickly as it appeared.

Slow success is confident, lasting success. Success earned over time is success that you can genuinely enjoy, appreciate and continue to build upon.

Instant success depends upon being at exactly the right place at precisely the right time. Slow success, on the other hand, makes a small yet significant opportunity out of each moment and every situation.

Instead of wishing for immediate results, work patiently for the more realistic, reliable and valuable results that can only come with time and commitment.

Steadily spread your success over time, and it will always be yours.

Every minute of every day there is a way to be slowly and steadily successful.

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07/28 REAL TALK: Be Different

To make a difference, you often must be different. It takes courage and confidence to go against the grain of negativity that surrounds you, and such courage can bring great rewards.

Where others see only doom and gloom, look for the bright glimmer of opportunity. For it is most certainly there.

When everyone is looking for someone to blame for what has already happened, turn your focus toward the future.

Exploring the current possibilities will create infinitely more value than arguing over past failures.

When you encounter rudeness and irritation, generously offer your own polite and confident patience. When you bump up against the arrogance of another person, melt it away with your own sincere, self-assured humility.

Just because everyone is heading in a negative direction doesn't mean you must go that way too. On the contrary, it's a valuable opportunity for you to set a positive example.

In times of great difficulty and stress, choose to be a beacon of encouragement, understanding and positive purpose. Be different, and you can truly make a valuable positive difference.

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07/27 REAL TALK: The Power Of Your Passion

Though the odds may not be in your favor, you can do it. Though the challenges are great, you can make it happen.

People will likely tell you it's impossible. Even so, you can find a way to make it possible and to make it real.

When it means enough to you, then you can do it. When you are willing and committed and persistent, you will get yourself there.

Look within yourself and find those values that you most earnestly desire to express with your life. The things that are most genuinely important to you are the things that will power your achievements.

When you can put the power of your passion behind it, you will create it. Make the effort to find and to know that passion, and there is no limit to what you can accomplish.

Be utterly true to who you are. And fulfill your greatest possibilities.

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07/26 REAL TALK: No Struggle

Make the effort, to be sure. But do not make it into a struggle.

Struggle is not a specific condition or action. It is a label that casts a negative spin on your efforts and unnecessarily puts you at a disadvantage.

If you see yourself as struggling, your expectations are already lowered and the best you can hope for is to break even. Yet there's never any reason to see yourself as struggling.

Yes, the challenges may indeed be great. And you have what it takes to make real and steady progress in the face of those challenges.

Instead of seeing yourself as a victim, see yourself as making the most of a valuable experience. Rather than living in fear of being pushed back, seize with enthusiasm every opportunity to move forward.

Every situation is what it is, but it never has to be a struggle. For you are capable of doing much, much better than that.

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07/25 REAL TALK: Where There Is A Purpose

When there is a reason, there is a way.

Where there is a purpose, there is a path.

You are capable of reaching higher and higher levels of achievement. The reason you have not yet reached some of them is because you have not yet had a compelling enough reason to do so.

When thinking of what you can do, stop thinking only in terms of what you have done. Think in terms of what you desire, what you can imagine, and what you can dream.

Think in terms of your purpose. Connect your awareness to whatever drives you, and it will drive you far indeed.

Purpose will find a way around the most stubborn obstacles. Purpose will bring the most meaningful and valuable possibilities into reality.

Follow the purpose that is truly you. And effectiveness, enthusiasm, achievement, joy and fulfillment will all flow into your life.

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07/24 REAL TALK: What inspires you?

He's inspired by himself. What inspires him is him... He believes he's going to be a star, and guess what? You're watching him. So let's move to a better question. What inspires you? What are you going to be?

Are you passionate about it, or is it just a dream to you. Are you willing to dream till reality?

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07/21 REAL TALK SCHEDULE: Next Real Talk NY #70 on Wed. August 20th

Can you believe?!

It's Real Talk #70! Had we kept doing it every single week, it'd probably be like #102 or something, smiles!

Keep an open mind, weekly Real Talk events may return here in New York, and of course, if you're located somewhere else, contact us to learn how to start one. We're more than happy to support you in creating your very own Real Talk.

Bring it on... Real Conversations with Real People, about Real Things. This is Real Talk, and this is about you.

See you there! Or not.

Real Talk is held at the prestigious New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
That's on 45th & Broadway in Manhattan!

You can take any of the following trains to 42nd st. A,C,E,N,R,Q,W,1,2,3 and then walk toward 45th and Broadway. We'll be on the 8th Floor in the Atrium Lounge.

The location is provided courtesy of Marriott International

Please email myrealtalk@talking4real.com with any questions.

07/17 REAL TALK SCHEDULE: Real Talk/Boomerang Weekend featuring Brick & Lace

Boomerang Nite Club in collaboration with Real Talk Ghana presents Brick & Lace
September 26th & 27th, 2008 at the Boomerang Nite Club in Accra

For the first time in Ghana, Dancehall queens, and sibling duo Brick & Lace, signed by Akon, Geffen, and Universal Music will be performing live. Get the chance to rub shoulders with two Jamaican beauties who have swagger, fashion sense, and an ability to rock out that'll leave you at the edge of your seats -- that's of course if you weren't already standing up in anticipation once the beat starts playing from their hit single "Love is Wicked!"

Here's how it's going down:
Drinks on the house ALL NIGHT, ALL WEEKEND!
Tickets available at Boomerang Nite Club & Good Fellas premise between 10am-10pm.
Call +233.(0)243.179.669 or +233.(0)249.395.097 for tickets. Or email realtalkgh@talking4real.com

Thursday, September 25th come to party in anticipation -- After work and after dark with Real Talk and the Boomerang Crew.
The Cover Charge: A simple 20GH Cedis

Friday, September 26th see Brick & Lace grace the concert stage for the first time EVER in Ghana!
Regular Tickets: 70GH Cedis
VIP Tickets: 200GHS - comes with a complimentary bottle
Limited tickets available. Get yours now. Call +233.(0)243.179.669 or +233.(0)249.395.097

Saturday, September 27th chill with Brick & Lace
They'll be hanging out with Real Talk and the Boomerang Crew for a few hours dancing and chillen. Maybe you can sneak in some compelling questions and find out how you can be a star. Real Talk style.
Regular Tickets: 70GH Cedis
VIP TIckets: 200GH Cedis - comes with a complimentary bottle
Limited tickets available. Get yours now. Call +233.(0)243.179.669 or +233.(0)249.395.097

Sunday, September 28th say farewell, chill with Real Talk and the Boomerang Crew and party hard before work on Monday!
The Cover Charge: 20GH Cedis
And you might not want a hangover but drinks are on the house all night!

Contact Real Talk or Boomerang to get your tickets IMMEDIATELY.
Call +233.(0)243.179.669 or +233.(0)249.395.097 or email realtalkgh@talking4real.com

Note: Brick & Lace will be performing live on Friday Sept. 26th and making a club appearance on Saturday Sept. 27th. Brick & Lace will not be at the club on Thursday and Sunday.

Brick & Lace website: www.brickandlacemusic.com
Brick & Lace Myspace: www.myspace.com/brickandlace

07/15 REAL TALK SCHEDULE: Next Real Talk NY #69 on Wed. July 16th

Next Real Talk in NY --- ooh! It's number 69... Smiles!

Maybe you should come with a partner? (Smiles!)

Yes, chances are we will talk about sex too... that always falls into the relationships category, which is what people love to talk about most.

It's Real Talk ladies and gentlemen. Step right up for real conversations with real people, about real things. This is about you. It always will be.

See you there!

Real Talk is held at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
That's on 45th & Broadway in Manhattan!

You can take any of the following trains to 42nd st. A,C,E,N,R,Q,W,1,2,3 and then walk toward 45th and Broadway. We'll be on the 8th Floor in the Atrium Lounge.

The location is provided courtesy of Marriott International

Please email myrealtalk@talking4real.com with any questions.