Celebrating Black Trailblazers In Upstate SC

As we celebrate Black History Month, Traci has been reflecting on the abundance of current-day Black trailblazers making a profound and daily impact across the Upstate. We decided to dedicate this month's blog to highlighting just a few of these inspiring leaders and change-makers who have touched Traci's life personally — sharing their CliftonStrengths and how they are each trailblazers in their own right.

We hope you'll take the time to learn more about these incredible individuals pictured above — Richard Hagins, Dr. Nika White, Stacey Gardin, Ava Smith, James Jordan, Carlos Phillips, Tiffney Davidson-Parker, LaCheryl Smith Coleman.

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Tips & Tools: Words to Inspire

"There's power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there's grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become." — Michelle Obama, Becoming

"You alone are enough; you have nothing to prove to anybody." — Maya Angelou

"Escape competition through authenticity." — Naval Ravikant

five ways to live your best life

by adrian michael, love language.

know yourself.

love yourself.

accept yourself.

heal yourself.

be yourself.

your path is yours. to pave to traverse to journey. people will always have something to say about your life. let them. don't preoccupy your time and energy to try and satisfy everyone who isn’t you. you know what kind of lights best guide you. follow your heart.

Tips & Tools: Authenticity, Peace, Inclusion

TEDx Talk: How to Create Peace in Our World

In this compelling Talk, Andréa Ranae Johnson helps us rethink the way we look at peace. And she poses several thought-provoking questions when it comes to our cultural and sociopolitical responses to difference.

“Peace requires the embrace of difference. What I mean by that is when there is peace without an embrace of difference, if we look closely, what we’ll actually see is compliance, conformity, suppression, tolerance, avoidance.”

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Excerpt on the Power of Authenticity, from an interview with Stephan Labossiere

Relationship expert Stephan Speaks shares his wisdom and expertise on how to cultivate a thriving and healthy relationship.

"If we're not being the authentic, true version of ourselves, we are wasting so much life-force energy holding up a facade of who we're not, that we are going to continue to attract people who are a reflection of that."

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Inclusion Uncomplicated: A Transformative Guide to Simplify DEI

Unravel the knot that binds humanity together. At a moment in history when institutions are collapsing, violence and injustice are skyrocketing, and the outcomes of systemic oppression go viral on a daily basis, Inclusion Uncomplicated, has arrived at the perfect time.

This book is the guide you have been waiting for: one that unravels the complexity of diversity, equity, and inclusion, teases out root causes of systemic oppression, and delivers simple, actionable tools for real change.

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Are you or your team feeling stuck? Now is the time to discover and learn how to best utilize your strengths.

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