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    Thursday
    Sep172009

    2009 United Way of Dutchess County Campaign Kickoff

    Just arrived in Poughkeepsie New York as their featured Keynote Speaker for their annual United Way of Dutchess County Campaign Kickoff event held at the elegant Grandview Conference Center overlooking the Hudson Bay.  A good friend and former classmate from Northeastern University advocated for me to be this year's speaker.  It has been over 16 years since we have seen one another but he remembers my keynote address at Northeastern University like it was yesterday.  Find something that you love to do and do it so well that people eventually pay you for it!

    Tomorrow I will be sharing my testimony and strategy toward success that I like to call the P.O.W.E.R. of leadership.  P.O.W.E.R. is an acronym which stand for:

    P = Purpose and passion

    O = Opportunity Chaser

    W = Willingness to go solo

    E = Enthusiastic Spirit and

    R = Relationship Builder

    I am very excited about tomorrow.  It will be a great opportunity for me to share my life story and help turn the hearts of those who live in the Hudson Valley.  Everyone that I have met has been very kind and this is a very special place to be...somehow, someway, I think I will be coming back - at least I hope so...

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    Doug, your words and your warm presence at the 2009 United Wayof Dutchess County Kick-Off breakfast on my anniversary, September 18, 2009 were empowering and long lasting in my heart. You and I spoke briefly about how to deal with negativity all day every day in the work place. One of the things you told me, was that God has something better in store for me and that certainly held true. As of that following Monday, I was no longer employed with United Way of Dutchess County. I felt like a freed person. So many positive things immediately started to happen for me, once I left that toxic environment. Working with a negative boss 7.5 hours a day can certainly destroy one's confidence and sanity. I could see myself slowly diminishing and that's not who I was. God is good ALL the time and I KNOW He's got something in store for me that is going to be phenomenal! Thank you for your again inspiring words. I truly believe that when you put God first, everything else will fall into place. May God continue to bless you along your journey. Do come back to the Hudson Valley, we'd love to have you! Thanks again!

    September 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAngela Berry
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