D S Woodard Consulting©

If you had a chance to speak to your younger self with the wisdom you currently have, what advice would you give you? We'll get to that later in the post, but think about it. The pictures to the left are the countries around the globe and where they stand in entrepreneurship.  Amazing that the U.S. is not first, and Uganda a country on the continent of Africa is the leading country. The U.S.is not even in the top 40.  I couldn't make this map larger and the makers of the map did not even highlight Africa, but the color coding works like this left to right, 0-1.9% red, 2-2.9% dark orange, 3-3.9% light orange , 4-4.9% yellow, 5-5.9% light green , 6-7.9% yellow green, 8-9.9% teal green, 10-12.9% gray-green, and 13+% purple.  Did you see the U.S. in yellow which is surprising, but not really.   Most Americans are taught to get good grades, so they can get into a good college so that they can get a good paying j.o.b. (Just over broke) with benefits and s...

If you had a chance to speak to your younger self with the wisdom you currently have, what advice would you give you? We'll get to that later in the post, but think about it. The pictures to the left are the countries around the globe and where they stand in entrepreneurship.  Amazing that the U.S. is not first, and Uganda a country on the continent of Africa is the leading country. The U.S.is not even in the top 40.  I couldn't make this map larger and the makers of the map did not even highlight Africa, but the color coding works like this left to right, 0-1.9% red, 2-2.9% dark orange, 3-3.9% light orange , 4-4.9% yellow, 5-5.9% light green , 6-7.9% yellow green, 8-9.9% teal green, 10-12.9% gray-green, and 13+% purple.  Did you see the U.S. in yellow which is surprising, but not really.   Most Americans are taught to get good grades, so they can get into a good college so that they can get a good paying j.o.b. (Just over broke) with benefits and s...

This is my life. Hello my friends and followers. Welcome to 2016. I know it's close to ninety days in and you have not heard a word from me unless you follow me on twitter and that has been limited as well.   Things are great for me. I miss sharing the things that I live and learn with you guys, but as I told you in 2015, the format is changing and so am I.  I said all of that to say my focus is turned more towards me.  I actually see some of those who I mentor making great strides, so I am over the moon with joy about that and I don't need credit, I know what I have given to the Universe and now it is time to be a little more selfish.  I love moving forward and I am proud of all of you who are taking action, step 5 in my book Y.O.L.O  and that is why I decided to move on to the next thing I've wanted to do forever, but kept making excuses about why I couldn't.  There are a million reasons, but like the famous line in Star Wars, Yoda, ...

This is my life. Hello my friends and followers. Welcome to 2016. I know it's close to ninety days in and you have not heard a word from me unless you follow me on twitter and that has been limited as well.   Things are great for me. I miss sharing the things that I live and learn with you guys, but as I told you in 2015, the format is changing and so am I.  I said all of that to say my focus is turned more towards me.  I actually see some of those who I mentor making great strides, so I am over the moon with joy about that and I don't need credit, I know what I have given to the Universe and now it is time to be a little more selfish.  I love moving forward and I am proud of all of you who are taking action, step 5 in my book Y.O.L.O  and that is why I decided to move on to the next thing I've wanted to do forever, but kept making excuses about why I couldn't.  There are a million reasons, but like the famous line in Star Wars, Yoda, ...