THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN JANUARY 4 -10 1987
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Test your success potential
By p n Gate
Do you ever onder ho
cce ul you could be if thing
al ay went right? Did it ever
occur to you hat p ople have
different ce potential? If
you think about it, me p opl
you no ith good education
and all the right qualification
probably aren't doing swell
as other you know ho lac
the .
e probably all know me­
one ho h gotten abe d and
ho i cce ul becau of his
own determination, drive, and
enthu . SID for hi or. And
e might al kno
who h
turned to dru or alcohol just
to get through a d y, meone
who ha opped looking for a
job, maybe even someone who
ha attempted uicide to 'end
it all."
In spite of what they ern to
know or the qualifications they
have, me people are more
successful than others.
Here are few simple que -
ion which can reveal if you
are a successful yo might
be:
1. Do you execute pr . ct
effectively?
2. Do you find th t you
have a f re ction time?
King celebration
Continued from '.98 1
La year celebration for Dr.
artin Luther King' birthday,
the fir t year that the birth-
d te re gnized a a
n t' n holiday ttracted in
exce of 1,500 P ople to e
ichigan College. The Twin
City Symphony Orche r under
the direction of Robert Vod-
noy performed with Clifton
Davi of television fame dur­
ing the evenings event.
Dr. Burk ate that "Thi
year' recognition is designed to
en ure that Dr. in' birth­
d te i ob rved in a meaning­
ful and rewarding manner for
p rticipant and community
member ."
3. Do you rarely get sic ?
4. Do you find that you are
enthusia ic about your life mo t
of the time?
5. Do you have the courage
needed to do what you want to
do or do what you feel you
should do?
6. Do you like to listen to
points of view expre d by
other?
7. Do you like to take
responsibility for project or
ctivitie at wor or in cial
activities?
8. Do you find living a
pleasure?
9. Are the thing you own
in excellent repair?
10. Do many people like
you?
11. Do people think you are
a good friend?
If you hav an ered ye
to most of the question ,
the chance are that your
cee potential i pretty good.
If you have answered no to some
of them, your potential could
probably be improved upon.
Of cour this i by no mean
a complete or a fully accurate
te r. The que . ns are simply
a ort sampling of personal
characteris ic which when
e aluated in full do accurately
indicate a per n's true succe
potential.
Urge support of Blae
W SHI GTO The
ational Council for Policy
Review CPR , a composition
of minority bu ines s and pro­
fe ional a ciations approved
a re lution to support the
Black beauty indu ry. The
resolution wa acted upon in
respon to a recent statement
m de by the Revlon Corpor­
ation Pre ident Mr. Irving Bott­
ner wa quoted in the October
13th i e of ewsweek maga­
zine saying that Black-owned
comestics busine s will all be.
ld to hite companie in the
next two year. The ( ews-
week article al ated that
Bottner said me Black com-
pani s offer poorer-grade pro­
duct.
The CPR re lution call
on the national Busine Lea­
gue to: conduct a national
advocacy and awarene scam­
paign through its local chapter
. affiliate and ational Trade
As ciation network; advocate
and support the "Proud Lady"
10 0 campaign of the Ameri­
can Health and Beauty Aids
Institute AHBAI) on a
national basi' and issue a
formal tatement in support of
Blac busine that participate
beau y industry
in the Black beauty indu ry
and denounce the racially­
oriented statements made by
r. Bottner.
Lafayette Jone executive
Supper
Continued from' ge 1
5% ranking o. 3 on per
capita ba is with the citie of
Detroit and Flint as o. 1 and
o. 2 respectively.
"The AACP points out
the fact and so feel that a
Black judge i urgently needed
at this time and if ttorney
Gavin is app inted it would
be first Blac judge ever in the
hi tory of Berrien ounty.
'Governor Blanchard the re­
que t to appoint a Blac a
judge does not say that all
Blac people cannot receive
justice with white judge but
what we of the AACP DO SAY
that all BI c people especially
our Blac you th need to e
people of color in place of
respon ibility nd motivation."
director of the American Health
and Beauty Aids Institute
AHBA , add re d the CPR
meeting during the ational
Bu ine Lea ue's 6th Annual
Convention recently held in
Cleveland Ohio. He informed
CPR member that th Bla
beauty industry i a Billi n
dollar mar et of which 5
i ontrolled by Black manu-
fa turer . The HB I re-
ently launched a million
pr motional campaign to urge
Bla to pur h
the 'Pr ud
Lady" 10 o. The 10 0 ill be
placed on product rna e by
Blac companies.
The ational Coun il for
Policy Review i comp d of
the key officer of the rna' or
Black and other minorit bu i­
ne trade, and profe i nal
a ciation. It i a forum
through which leaders of the
organizations can debate
national i sue that have im­
pact on their con ituents
develop polici and opini n
on tho issue and transmit
tho policies to the Admini-
stration, Congres federal and
state a encies, and private tor
entiti s.