Today marks seven years. Reflecting on this moment and what I have accomplished since then.
Posts by Jerry Franklin Poe
"Anytime there's struggle, it enriches the soul." - Common #SoulPower #ABA
"Empathy isn't conditional; it's either given or it isn't" - Christopher Pike #StarTerk
"Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?" - Yoshii Toranaga #ShogunFX
"Seldom are we prepared for the moments that define us. It is how we meet them that reveals who we truly are." - Queen Eleanor #RobinHood #MGMPlusSeries
Just dropped a new episode on the ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ with host Guy Dunn. We're talking about ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น through intentional networking and strategic relationships.
"Never put passion before principle. Even if you win, you lose." - Mr. Miyagi #KararateKid2
"For a person with no forgiveness in their heart, living is even worse punishment than death." - Mr. Miyagi #KarateKid2
After a day spent providing career coaching to unemployed former Federal employees in Arlington, VA, I found this "speech" particularly jarring to listen to.
SNL should do a skit... What's my favorite word? #BlowTheWhistle
Imagine making others feel truly seen: accept their style without judgment, then adapt your approach to connect on their terms. When you accept and adapt, you build real trust and understanding. Try it today and watch your connections grow! #AcceptAndAdapt
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ-๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ-๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด-๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ธ๐ญ๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ.
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#TeamRetreat #MarketingMagic #SpeakTheirLanguage #CommunicationSkills ๐ฆ
Wishing all my friends and family a Thanksgiving filled with love and boundless inspiration: let's continue to elevate and empower one another. #BeVictorious
This year, every obstacle has been a stepping stone, every setback a setup for a comeback; I've emerged stronger, more determined, & hungrier for what's next. Wishing all my friends & family a Thanksgiving filled with love and boundless inspiration: let's continue to elevate & empower one another.
Ebony Tie Affair 2025 - "๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ: ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐" - 30th Anniversary
The philosophy we live by determines our decisions. The decisions we make shape the course of our life.
#Leadership #LiveVictoriously #BeVictorious
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best." - St. Jerome
When tragedy strikes, character is revealed. ๐งก๐๐งก๐
"Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect."
- Jackie Robinson
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
- Jackie Robinson
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway
"The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!" - Tennessee Williams
"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." - George Orwell
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden
"I got turtle philosophy. Hard on the outside, soft on the inside and willing to stick your neck out." - Dick Gregory
"We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both."
- Louis Brandeis
"Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous."
- Suzanne Collins #HungerGames
"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent" - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Revolution is not a one-time event. It is becoming always vigilant for the smallest opportunity to make a genuine change in established, outgrown responses; for instance, it is learning to address each otherโs difference with respect." - Audre Lorde
"He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldnโt be done, and he did it!" - Edgar A Guest
There are friends, there is family, and then there are the friends who turn into family.