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Thursday, August 31, 2006
BEST MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH EVER!
It appears to be a theme today, but I've been watching a lot of movie clips today. Here's another one to share with you. This is Ben Affleck at his best. When I first saw Boiler Room, it got me motivated!
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As someone who moved away to Florida, Georgia and California for college, it is something I have thought about frequently.
I initially left Memphis because I wanted to see other cities. I also felt that there were better opportunities in other areas. When I speak with other people who left Memphis for other cities, I hear many of the same thoughts. Whether it is NY, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte or DC, some African-Americans believe these places offer better opportunities.
Jobs will always be the key. The cities that appear to have the best opportunities to make a living wage will attract the best and brightest.
The one thing that these cities above have in common is that in addition to keeping many of their home-grown people, these cities also attract the best and brightest from other regions. With great local and non-local minds working and building in the community, it offers different perspectives on the issues.
Memphis does not appear to attract as many people outside of the Mid-South area as the above-mentioned cities. However, there are many more transplants in Memphis now than in the early 1990s. Perhaps things are changing.
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As someone who moved away to Florida, Georgia and California for college, it is something I have thought about frequently.
I initially left Memphis because I wanted to see other cities. I also felt that there were better opportunities in other areas. When I speak with other people who left Memphis for other cities, I hear many of the same thoughts. Whether it is NY, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte or DC, some African-Americans believe these places offer better opportunities.
Jobs will always be the key. The cities that appear to have the best opportunities to make a living wage will attract the best and brightest.
The one thing that these cities above have in common is that in addition to keeping many of their home-grown people, these cities also attract the best and brightest from other regions. With great local and non-local minds working and building in the community, it offers different perspectives on the issues.
Memphis does not appear to attract as many people outside of the Mid-South area as the above-mentioned cities. However, there are many more transplants in Memphis now than in the early 1990s. Perhaps things are changing.
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