Alegna Consulting

It is very important to find happiness in your life.  Being happy prevents stress, increases your life expectancy and positively impacts the people around you.  My challenge for you is to, Make It Great!  Make every day great.  Our time spent on earth is very short when compared to the grand scheme of things.  I have been caught up in the hustle and bustle of full-time work, part-time work, full-time school, and self-employment and I have noticed that I have gotten away from making every day great.  I know, if I have fallen into that slump someone else has also.

At the end of March, I had the opportunity to be in New York City for the purpose of attending the AERA Conference.  As with many things I been a part of lately, it has been confirmed that I am in fulfilling my passion and purpose.  What I have come to notice is that there are so many things I want to do, I have difficulties focusing and often feel scattered.  Being among the elite of researchers in the field of education caused my wheels to spin faster.  I feel as though I am behind in the field as it relates to research.  After speaking with well established members in the field, I have been made aware that I have to simply work the process of the doctoral program and start researching.  

Making it great will result in getting rid of things and/or people in your life that are not great.

Making it great means getting rid of things and/or people in your life that prevents you from making every day great.

Making it great means taking some of the focus off you and putting it on others, the community and the future.

Making it great means picking up a hobby.

Making it great means having a relationship with a Higher Power.

Making it great means being open for new and unusual ideas.

Spring is the time of renewal. Get out of the dormant winter state!

Be Well and Make it Great!

Angela Rembert    

 With it being Black History Month, I must mention a couple of my thoughts as they pertain to African-Americans in the field of Higher Education and the Global Marketplace.  African-Americans still lag behind as students, graduates, educators and administrators as compared to our Caucasian counterparts.  I am concerned that African-American forefathers paved the way for us; however we still have not been provided the same opportunities in many areas and in other areas we have not seized the opportunities that are available to us to increase our knowledge and marketability. Our Religion, Education, Ethics are three areas that we as individuals have control over.  The learning and experience we have concerning the abovementioned areas can not be taken away or diminished by anyone.  The more we know the better we will be.  I often have thoughts that we should be further along as a people because of the sacrifices that were made for us, despite how far we have come.  We have a responsibility to our parents, grandparents and children to make the world a better place.  We have overcome so much; it is now time to do something. 

Challenge yourself to embrace your heritage, respect yourself and others, obtain a formal education, give back to your society, increase your relationship to your higher power, speak correct grammar, be on time, present yourself in a manner that will make your parents proud, know your values and be willing to support them, be aware of your medical history and lastly do yourself a favor and tap into your creative genes (music, poetry, writing, pottery, painting, etc.)   

Live Well!

Angela Rembert