STAND UP AND TELL YOUR STORY!!!
February 17, 2010
Edward Harris At Large!
STAND UP AND TELL YOUR STORY!!!
Former felons and common criminals are telling their stories, what about you and I? Some months ago, I made the point that when an American wants to really make money, he/she tells a story. Many times those stories change lives. Politicians, Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Criminals, all turn to writing a book and even get paid in advance for producing the content. A former white collar criminal – Jerome Mayne who is a frequent visitor to our shores delivered a lecture on Mortgage Crime to St. Lucians during his last visit. He is the President of Fraudcon – “Making good decisions betterâ€. You can visit his promotional website www.fraudcon.com Mr. Stephen Pierce who turned around his life from gangs and being homeless was here two weeks ago and he had a story to tell. You can get his book – Make real money on the Internet at www.makerealmoneyontheinternet.com and visit his website www.stephenpierceinternational.com
There is much talk about crime in St. Lucia but are enough people telling stories of hope. Are there enough persons willing to become mentors and are prepared to address gatherings to tell their stories so that the young people can confidently say I can do that too and even achieve much more than the persons telling their stories. The young people and matured criminals must be challenged to do better. Where are the opportunities? Putting food on the table could be a real challenge these days. In spite of the prevailing global economic conditions, many are convinced that St. Lucia fared well over the past 18 months but we could have done much better by opening up new avenues of business, especially in the IT sector.
Home coming 2010 could bring real opportunities to our shores, if we get members of the Diaspora to share business experiences with our Entrepreneurs pointing them to new areas of business. There are two areas that can benefit our tourism and other related business/services sectors. We need to encourage members of the St. Lucian Diaspora to promote their homeland by appointing reputable professionals and entrepreneurs among them as Investment & Tourism Representatives. A business proposition to launch an Internet business to promote businesses in St. Lucia should also be considered. Tourism products offer a unique opportunity to create a Multilevel Level Marketing (MLM) company that will put the world to work – promoting Saint Lucia, especially since after the BACHELOR TV show.
The budget is around the corner and just maybe someone will respond to my plea which I have echoed for many years – that there is need for the government to take charge of driving Innovation and Technology. Whatever form this will take – a lead Ministry or Secretariat? The time has come for the Government to consider another meeting of the minds on the Economy. What can we do as a nation to inject new ideas? Incentives alone cannot drive this tumultuous challenge of finding jobs in these difficult times. There should be town hall meetings across the nation to engage the citizens in openly discussing opportunities to put idle hands to work. This means that those persons who are in a position to help in this process to step up and take their rightful place as leaders in our society.
The Realtors Association (Saint Lucia) Inc. is collaborating with the Saint Lucia Coalition of Service Industries Inc. to execute their 2010 Training programme – COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTORY TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS & NEW ENTRANTS TO THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY IN ST. LUCIA
The THEME is: “Creating Synergies, Enhancing Competitiveness & Promoting Economic Diversification†with a sub theme: “YOUR CHOICE NOW! YOUR BENEFITS FOR A LIFETIME!â€
The Course will be held for a duration of 3 evenings at the Coco Palm Resort Conference Room, Rodney Bay – February 23 – 25, 2010, 5.00 – 9.00 pm and is coordinated by SATGRO Solutions Ltd. & Visionary Investment Consultants.
The course will enlighten individuals to many aspects of the Real Estate Industry that can be costly to them if they are not aware of certain implications. An example is Exclusive Listing which commits the vendor to paying full commission to the agent regardless of who sells the property. The Course will Show You the Money regardless of your role in the transaction.
This opportunity is taken to wish my readers a Happy 31st Independence Anniversary – Let us celebrate!!!
Keep the Faith, God is in Charge; expect Daily Miracles!
Edward Harris
Biblicist, Freelance Journalist, Realtor, Business & PR Consultant
Email: eaharrisdestiny@gmail.com
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