(Part 1) Reinvent Your Game, Future-Proof Your Dreams: (Old-School Flava)
How Celebs & Pros Go from Played-out to Poppin’ Again!
The unemployment rate took another dip. Some see signs of a better job market. Lots of people still looking for work or trying to reinvent their game. Shirley Strawberry has some advice. She’s written a “pow-wow” book about her life. She uses past Strawberry letters on the show to make her points.
After going through some changes, she’s shown you can come back from loss no matter what. In her case the loss was in matrimony. But her points might even speak to loss of job security. She feels it’s important to take inventory of your skills, assets and relationships.
Dubbed the “best voice in radio” by Steve Harvey, Strawberry is heard by millions. Serving as co-host and sidekick on the show, she brings a “down-to-earth, yet classy, rhythm and style.” Tyler Perry says “she lives life with purpose and divine revelation.” In other words, her success has come by living in victory.
Why write about her personal trials? Maybe she wants to give voice to her victory. Strawberry shows how personal grace can help you win the professional race. She also knows that a good way to reinvent yourself is to re-tell your story. That’s because you live life forward but understand it backward.
Her new book has people talking. “Don’t be afraid to reinvent yourself,” she says. Surely her advice can inspire some to look in the mirror. What you see as a reflection is an outward appearance. But what really matters is found in your heart of hearts.
(Part 1) Reinvent Your Game, Future-Proof Your Dreams: (New-School Flava)
How Celebs & Pros Go from Played-out to Poppin’ Again!
Unemployment took a dip. Finding a job can be a trip. People still looking around. Hoping for jobs to be found. Shirley Strawberry has some advice. She’s written a book that might make you think twice. It’s about relationships for sure. Showing how to turn a loss into something more.
Strawberry recovered from a loss in matrimony. You can too from a loss in job security. Gotta take inventory. Before you reach new glory. In how you reinvent your game. Scoring points towards the hall of fame. Making skills, assets and every day count. For raising the bar to a higher amount.
Strawberry’s got the best voice in radio. So says Steve Harvey, one of her heroes. Working as his sidekick and co-host. Some love her down-to-earth nature most. Tyler Perry thinks of her highly. Since her success comes from living in victory. It’s all a matter of moving purposefully.
Why speak about her trials? No longer living in denial. Maybe giving voice to her journey. Can help one person connect more deeply. Carrying herself with personal grace. Showing how you can win the professional race. Reinventing herself and re-telling her story. Living with rhythm and style as a celebrity.
The buzz is out and people are talking. Reinvent yourself, just start walking. The book’s got advice that’s sure to inspire. If you’re ready to go a little higher. Look yourself in the eye. Go ahead if you have to cry. In the mirror you see a reflection. But let your heart give you direction.
Tip: Reinventing yourself means turning a loss into a lesson, which is like turning lemons into lemonade.
Talkback: How much do you relate to Tyler Perry’s comment that Strawberry “lives her life with purpose and divine revelation?”
Shirley,
The Stawberry Letter (your book)is a CAN’T PUT IT DOWN BOOK. I am a 65 year old women and I cried when you talked about your wanting a college degree. For most of my life that was my desire and Shirley I have two degrees. God blessed me to get my first degree at age 51 and my master degree at age 61. You can do this don’t give up! My two older sisters tried to discourage me by saying I was to old and what good are degrees at my age. My younger two sisters from my father’s second family stated that they were so proud of me. You can do this don’t let anyone stop you. Just think of how God has blessed you without this degree. What more blessing will you have with this degree.
This book says so much to us women and I wish I had, had some of this advise when I was developing into a women. Now I am and older women and your advise to women is a special contribution. I hope all women are listening. I can relate to all the strawberry letters except the one about dating married men. I was the wife on the receiving end of the hurt of the other women. I promise myself I would never give any wife the pain I felt.
I am happy you wrote this book. Thanks. I got it from the library and now I will go out and by it. I have purchased both of Steve’s book after reading them from the library.
Be Blessed and Know that God has plans for your life with or without a degree.
Sincerely
Pearlie