Archive for August, 2009
1969-1970: 1st Grade - Dress for Success

1969-1970: 1st Grade - Dress for Success

Posted 31 August 2009 | By Lori Grant | Categories: Letters to Mini-Lori | No Comments

Hi Mini-Lori,
No Wonder You’re a Night Owl as an Adult
You’re in 1st grade now. What you don’t know is that your father works hard, very hard. He works for an airlines company as a sheet metal specialist. He works the graveyard shift so the planes can fly during the day. He always gets ready for [...]

Pre-K and Kindergarten - Be in the Moment, Pay Attention

Pre-K and Kindergarten - Be in the Moment, Pay Attention

Posted 12 August 2009 | By Lori Grant | Categories: Letters to Mini-Lori | No Comments

Hi Mini-Lori,
As you go through pre-k and kindergarten, you’ll be very shy. You’re an introvert so you’ll be quiet and prefer to blend into a pack of kids. You haven’t learned how to play basketball yet. So you haven’t learned the confidence that you’ll derive from your successes in basketball. You’re having a blast though. [...]

This is Your Life Mini-Lori

Posted 11 August 2009 | By Lori Grant | Categories: Letters to Mini-Lori | No Comments

Hi Mini-Me,
I’m your future self. I know that sounds weird, but I’m you years from now. In the future, you’ll have a happy life. You won’t be content until your mid-40s because you have a need for financial security. You’ll always be thinking of your next big thing that will allow you to retire. Even [...]

Letters to a Young, Bi-Racial Entrepreneur

Posted 10 August 2009 | By Lori Grant | Categories: Letters to Mini-Lori | No Comments

I enjoy coaching and mentoring people with their careers, so naturally I always think of how I’d coach and mentor a younger version of me. What would I tell myself in grade school, junior high, or high school? What childhood events shaped my decisions that eventually led to my current skill set as a knowledge [...]

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