Motivating mentor. (Letters).I'M A FIRST-TIME, SELF-PUBLISHED author and mortgage consultant with a high school diploma A high school diploma is a diploma awarded for the completion of high school. In the United States and Canada, it is considered the minimum education required for government jobs and higher education. An equivalent is the GED. and no college experience. Although I don't have a college degree, I do have a great deal of persistence and hands-on experience in my field. I aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for open and operate my own firm by January 2003. Your magazine is just what I need to assist me in reaching my goal. I find your articles and features to be most informative. As a young African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. professional with limited [formal] education, I find BE both inspiring and motivating. Your team puts it all out there without beating around the bush. As a 32-year-old man of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color , I find that most aspiring entrepreneurs need mentors to coach them along the way to success. I don't have one yet, but I do have BE. Thanks, and keep inspiring me. Brian M. Peay Charlotte, North Carolina brian_peay@yahoo.com I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO say how much I have enjoyed my subscription to BE over the years. Your magazine has motivated me and given me the ultimate drive toward becoming a successful entrepreneur, after watching other people of color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) people of colour, colour, color race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important do the same. I am currently in my first year of law school and, upon graduation, would like to get into commercial law. This note is also one of praise. One of our corporate leaders, Richard Parsons of AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, will be named CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. in May 2002. This is a major accomplishment. Please have him on the cover of BE in the near future so we all can celebrate this success. God bless, and continue with the excellent coverage. George Bower Virginia Beach, Virginia Editor's note: At the time we received your letter, we were hard at work on a feature story on AOL Time Warner CEO designate Richard D. Parsons. As a subscriber, we hope you were pleased to see that Parsons was featured as the cover subject of our February 2002 issue. Long-time subscribers know that we've been covering Parson's career since 1975, and that his first cover-story appearance in BE was for the October 1994 issue when he was set to become CEO of Dime Bancorp. |
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