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Truth and Dare Yourself to Success

by Brandon Yawa - on Mar 1st 2013 - 1 Comment

For most of you, waking up is a routine. You literally do it without actually “waking up”. You can sleepwalk through your “Good morning” greetings, your daily hygiene routines, and complete most of your morning chores without being fully conscious. However, I’m here to tell you that you’ve missed something magical when...

Don’t Lose Your Patience

by Brandon Yawa - on Jan 10th 2013 - 1 Comment

With the immediateness of social media, and the globalized concept of everything being a click away, it can be extremely difficult to understand that the world was not built in a day – that blogs with over one hundred thousand followers, or the New York Times Best Seller books did not reach their present success overnight. Too much...

If You Are Self-employed, Have a Schedule

by Brandon Yawa - on Dec 27th 2012 - No Comments

When we were children, the “coolest” amongst us hated hearing our mom’s voice over our bedsides, “Wake up, you are going to be late for school,” and the “dorkiest” amongst us were already dressed and excited about the school day. Which child which were you? Whether you were on the “too cool for school” side of the equation,...

Overcoming Obstacles

by Brandon Yawa - on Dec 11th 2012 - No Comments

We are all human, and as dramatically different as we pretend to be, we are very much the same. That’s why a blog can attract so many viewers, or why sports teams have such a huge fan base. It’s even why medicine can be mass-produced, because we are so similar genetically and socially for that matter. We face similar life circumstances,...

Go Viral in 2 Months of Blogging

by Brandon Yawa - on Dec 6th 2012 - 1 Comment

Disclaimer: This blog is going to make you great. If you are great, then this post is going to make you greater. Blogging is a text-based television series. Name your favorite sitcom, then list all the reasons why you are glued to your television on a set day at a set time. You look forward to the familiar personalities going through...

Stop Writing and Be Bruce Lee

by Brandon Yawa - on Nov 23rd 2012 - 6 Comments

Disclaimer: You no longer live in your world. Instead, everything you are is now locked in a dojo called Write-Fu. There are no rules, and the only limitations are the ones you set upon yourself. The temple is completely packed, leaving you just enough room to write with your dull pen. Time to sharpen the artist. Periods, paragraphs,...

10 Yawas to Stomp on Stress

by Brandon Yawa - on Oct 30th 2012 - 4 Comments

Embrace Stressophobia. First and foremost, accept that stress is just like breathing, except you do not have to experience it as often. You were given something that made you “alive”, and being alive is magnificent, but it does come with its fair share of collateral damage. As any Hollywood mogul would say, “It cost to be the boss.” You...

You Are Your Own Worst Enemy

by Brandon Yawa - on Oct 19th 2012 - No Comments

Every day you wake up, you have the chance to do something monumentally different. If you are unhappy with your current life, why do you keep living it? It doesn’t matter who you are, or what’s holding you back. I assure you, for every excuse you make, there are successful people who came from exactly where you are and still...

Surviving a Failed Attempt at Writing a Blog

by Brandon Yawa - on Oct 7th 2012 - 12 Comments

You feel great. You have a topic you want to write about and you do what any writer does, you start writing. Hours pass and you are still on the first couple of paragraphs that seem more like a collage of standalone topics that were haphazardly coupled together. You ask your editor (your roommate) for his or her advice on what you have...

Donald Trump’s Bank Account

by Brandon Yawa - on Oct 3rd 2012 - 1 Comment

If you bumped into a handicap genie who said, “Sorry, I can only grant you one wish, and that one wish is complete and legal access to Donald Trump’s bank account”, I do not have to ask what your one wish would be. Just make sure to say thank you to the handicap genie when you pull off in your Lamborghini, or when you remodel...