TM21-43 Matt Rosenberg asks “What’s Next Chicago”?

October 25, 2021May 2, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Our nation’s big cities are broken.
FBI: Record surge in 2020 murders; nearly 30% increase drives spike in violent crime
Urban progressive government badly undermines those it claims to lift…

What Next, Chicago?: Notes of a Pissed-Off Native Son

By Matt Rosenberg

In the fall of 2020, amidst riots, looting, and an alarming uptick in senseless killings, journalist Matt Rosenberg returns to his native Chicago to see if the city can dig itself out of the hot mess it’s become after decades of liberal governance.
Our nation’s big cities are broken. Urban progressive government badly undermines those it claims to lift. Matt Rosenberg lived in Chicago for thirty years and came back to live there again amidst the turmoil of 2020. What Next, Chicago? Notes of a Pissed-Off Native Son exposes the roots of Chicago’s violent crime, failing courts and schools, rotten finances, and ongoing Black exodus, and proposes a rescue plan for this emblematic American city.

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“What has happened to Chicago? That’s Matt Rosenberg’s question, and mine as well. His loving tribute to our hometown is a moving, sensitive, humane and trenchant critical assessment. Read it and weep.” – Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University, author of “One By One from the Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America,” and host of The Glenn Show at substack.com. “Matt Rosenberg writes about the Chicago Way in the Chicago Style of a Mike Royko…It’s a coherent, honest and balanced tour of the city’s perpetual corruption, unsafe streets, gawd-awful schools, ghost neighborhoods, financial legerdemain and the false Unified Theory of Systemic Racism that cloaks it all. Yet, What Next? is no helpless, hopeless wail, but a powerful and useful roadmap for a rebirth of a once-great city, based on the voices of Black families and others who don’t need academia to know what to do. Must reading for Chicago lovers.” – Dennis Byrne, former Chicago Sun-Times editorial board member, author of “Madness: The War of 1812.” “Not since author Alex Kotlowitz ventured into Chicago’s Henry Horner housing projects has an author offered such a thoughtful and thorough first-hand analysis of the state of urban disrepair. Leaders from cities across America would be well served by reading Matt Rosenberg’s account of what’s happening in Chicago and how not to make some of the same mistakes.” – Cyrus Krohn, former Publisher, Slate.com, author of “Bombarded: How to Fight Back Against the Online Assault on Democracy.”

“Matt Rosenberg came of age in Chicago…and “What’s Next, Chicago?” is about his return…to see for himself what’s gone so terribly wrong in the town once regarded as America’s model metropolis. The answer…is…cronyism on a gargantuan scale. Endless race hustling of the ugliest kind. An education system that has given up on the underclass. Corruption (that’s) deep and intractable…But Rosenberg’s scrupulous investigation is full of unexpected turns, and along the way he encounters those of every station who offer at least some reason for hope. Indeed, notwithstanding his clear-eyed record of the city’s decline…his love of the city and its people shine through this brave and important book.” – Harry Stein, author, “Why We Won’t Talk Honestly About Race.” “Matt Rosenberg digs deep into the reasons why a city with such a strong economy can nonetheless lose its moorings. His take on Chicago’s politicians, schools and crime rates is caustic and impossible to ignore…Rosenberg’s chapters grab hold of you, again and again, as he ranges across the most ravaged neighborhoods of the South Side, appreciating the never-quit determination of barbers, donut stand operators and gang members turned Uber drivers.” – George Anders, Senior Editor-at-Large, LinkedIn, and author of “The Rare Find: How Great Talent Stands Out.” (Review)

Rosenberg drove a Yellow Cab in Chicago; worked on the Better Government Association/Chicago Sun-Times Pulitzer-finalist Mirage Tavern probe; helped elect reform alderman Marion Volini of Edgewater to the Chicago City Council; cut his teeth as a suburban reporter for Lerner Newspapers covering regional airport issues; and was a point man for suburban mayors battling Daley II on airport planning. He did airport-related work in Seattle; was a Seattle Times op-ed columnist and a national writer; and a blogging pioneer regionally and nationally. He worked at a Gates-funded surface transportation think tank which helped bring to life a new deep-bored tunnel and road-charging policies. He founded and guided news advocacy start-ups supporting the Washington State business community; and was senior editor of a Mozilla-backed online daily global news magazine promoting open systems and open government. An inveterate hiker in the PNW and Mountain West, he has worked in public policy, advocacy, journalism, and communications for more than three decades.

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C21-18 Understand Your True Longing with Dr. Dravon James

May 3, 2021June 7, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Dr Dravon James, on air from May 4tth

Shorten the Journey from Here to Your Goals Understand Your True Longing

We all want something out of life. Some people want a big house and a yard. Some want money. Some want fame. Some want beautiful clothes or flashy cars. Others want a log cabin in the woods. No matter what the goal, there is a true, underlying longing that drives our desire for it. Ironically, however, that desire can never be satisfied by the goal itself.

By looking within, we may understand that the reason we want a flashy car is that we feel inadequate in some way. Having the car won’t change that. Introspection and self-love can, though, and once we’ve satisfied that ache with inner work, the car just becomes a trinket, and life feels good with or without it. Likewise, we may want a big house because we crave a sense of security, but the house itself will never give us that. Security comes from within, too.

It’s okay to want things- we should all be able to enjoy the perks of life, but they are only the icing on the cake, not the cake itself. If we are having difficulty reaching our goals, we can shorten the quest by discovering what it is we really desire.

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Dr. Dravon James, Founder of Everyday Peace, Inspirational Speaker, and Author

Dr. Dravon James is the founder of Everyday Peace, the host of Everyday Peace on Unity Radio, a Life Coach, and the author of Freedom is Your Birthright. As an inspirational speaker, Dravon’s goal is to educate, empower and inspire others to build the life of their dreams no matter what shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise.

Her journey began in poverty on the South Side of Chicago. Though she had always dreamt of a career on the stage, Dravon went on to earn a doctorate in pharmacy from Creighton University and has worked as a pharmacist all of her adult life. Along with her medical career and theatrical aspirations, Dravon has also always had a keen interest in personal development. After reading Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking in college, she went on to make a lifelong study of the power we all have to create the life we want.

Dravon is now the happy mother of two teenagers, a successful pharmacist, inspirational speaker, author, and an actress whose career credits include a recurring role on HBO’s acclaimed “The Wire”, many stage plays, and independent films. She continues to inspire and teach what she knows to be the most effective tool for transforming, creating and building a spectacular life—tapping into Everyday Peace. Her client list includes the University of the District of Columbia, New Hope World Ministries, Today’s Care Adult Day care, Stadium Place, and Next Chapter online radio.

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QS21-18 Mark Boldizar’s Unleash Your Future

May 3, 2021February 24, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Quantum Spirituality with Sara Troy and her guest Mark Boldizar, on air from May 4th

How to transform your dreams into reality through the Law of Attraction using a simple, yet powerful 5 step formula. Learn how the Law of Attraction really works and how to really make it work for you.

My Work: I teach people how the Law of Attraction really works and how just like me, they can use it to create the success of their dreams. My new book launching on April 30, 2021 is Unleash Your Future, The Powerful 5 Step Formula to Transform Your Dreams into Reality Through The Law of Attraction.

Mark has always been a highly inquisitive person with an endless thirst for understanding how things work and why they work that way. He excelled in high school in all subjects, but his passion was for the sciences. He finished his high school years with numerous awards and entered Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA where he also received numerous awards before graduating summa cum laude with a degree in chemistry. After completing his education, he took his strong intellectual curiosity into the corporate world as a scientist.

Mark’s corporate career spanned three decades, included multiple global corporations and projects in North America, Europe and Asia. He worked his way up the corporate ladder from a basic research scientist to high-level positions that included Plant Manager of a manufacturing facility with over 150 people in his organization and a corporate Quality and Technical Support General Manager responsible for the quality and productivity improvement of 10 plants located around the globe. This sounds like a success story, but Mark found himself unhappy and unfulfilled.

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Mark became passionate about using science to study and experiment with the Law of Attraction (LOA) after watching The Secret. Mark’s focus on LOA has not only led him to manifest significantly new levels of success in his own life, he also developed an innovative and simple system that anyone can understand and learn to utilize to create the success they desire. Mark understands the frustrations that are encountered when attempting to manifest new experiences with LOA without a clear understanding of how it actually works.

Mark’s systematic approach to intentionally programming The Law provides the fundamental explanation that will help everyone understand why LOA has sometimes worked and sometimes not worked for them in the past. But most importantly, this new approach teaches you the critical components required to manifest success in a way that is significantly easier to understand and, therefore, easier to apply in your life. Mark is a gifted and engaging teacher committed to sharing his experience and understanding of manifesting with LOA so that you can become the empowered creator of the life of you desire just as you are intended to be.