Good morning from New York City. I think this week’s theme is about releasing things that are causing a drag on my energy. This is one that’s been festering for a long time. I may not have spoken about this in the past, but when I left my company Scout Talent around the time that my sister passed away, I spent a lot of time focused on philanthropic endeavors.

During that time, I brought a lot of money into a great nonprofit called Artolution.org and became a very engaged executive board member. I also went on a book tour with Dr. Terrarai Trent, an amazing woman from Zimbabwe. She was Oprah’s favorite guest of all time. Interestingly, I barely knew her at the time. I had somehow heard that her husband was unable to go with her on the book tour and I raised my hand and said let me come with you. We had so much fun together.

Another fun, rewarding thing I did during was to go to South Africa with my brother, Randall. He is a Master Montessori teacher, but his real calling in life is Early Reading Mastery. We went to do reading training for the teachers at a Montessori school. Actually, it is one of 65 Montessori schools there, and it’s the only one in a black township. We had a great time.

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