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• f ’ « * • * .« • ’ • % » * ■ « J . • •’ • * • ” % • di * 'Ê NOV. 12,1997 Œ ij e “P o r t i a n i * ( O b s e r u e r ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Page A6 B y J ounious R icardo S tanton " A n y tim e y o u see s o m e o n e m ore s u c c e ssfu l th a n you are, they are do in g so m e th in g th a t you a r e n ’t. “ M alcolm X o you ever look around and see o th e rs a c h ie v in g th e ir goals and atta in in g su ccess w hile you are stuck on a dim e do. or have your h e a rt's d e sire s? P e r haps it is because as M alcolm said, "they are doing so m eth in g you a re n ’t. “ P e r haps they are w orking lo n g er, h ard er and sm arter. Perhaps they have se ll- co n fid ence and believe in th e ir g oals and you d o n 't M aybe you are not taking lull adv an tag e o f all your assets. Sit dow n and lake an assessm en t of your goals and asp iratio n s and the things you have done to bring them into reality. I t's g u t-ch eck tim e, a tim e to be honest with y o u rse lf By being honest I d o n ’t mean being se lf d e p re c ia tin g or putting y o u rse lf dow n. I m ean ex am in in g w hat y o u ’ve done or h a v e n 't done, how you did it and d ete rm in in g w h eth er or not you gave it y our best. Look at your actions or in a c tio n 's and in h in d sig h t d eterm ine if there was an y th in g you could have done b etter Life is w hat you m ake it! I t’s like baking a c a k e or pie. If you w ant the best resu lts you have to put in the best in g re d ien ts. W hat are the in g red ien ts o f su c cess ’ S uccess is d efin ed as, the a tta in D m ent o f a w orthy goal. H opefully your goals are your own and w hat you define them to be To be truly happy you m ust live your own life and be who you w ere created to be! G oals can be as varied as the num ber o f people on this planet. For a to d d le r, success may be tying his or her shoes. For a six -y e a r-o ld it may be w alking to school all by him or herself. For unable you to it may mean opening your own b u siness or w eathering the storm , w o rk ing th in g s o u ra n d rem ain in g in a f u lfill ing re la tio n sh ip . To be su ccessfu l you first need a goal or an o b je c tiv e , so m ething you w ant to acco m p lish You have to e n v isio n it (see it clearly in your m in d 's e y e ) and charge this vision w ith enth u siasm , optim ism and co m m itm ent It must be m ore than an idle w ish or a d aydream . You m ust invest y o u rse lf into it! N ext you m ust fo rm u late a w orking plan How are you going to accom plish w hat you d esire to do? W ho w ill you need to assist you? W hat sk ills, train in g or reso u rces will you need? No one m akes it alone. No one does anything e n tire ly for him or h erself. We all ben efil from the atta in m e n t o f w orthw hile goals. T hat being the case, we must w ork w ith o th e rs to a c c o m p lish our goals. W e need support as well as re s is tance to attain our o b je c tiv e s. Both su p port and re sista n c e are cru cial Io every en d eav o r. S upport gives us the added push and en co u rag em en t we need. R e sista n c e and o b sta c le s test our m ettle, they force us to dig deep w ithin o u r selves and tap into our in n er core of talen t, stre n g th and d iv in ity . T he life/ success p ro cess dem an d s we interact w ith oth ers and p ersev ere to overcom e ad v ersity . Visions, dreams, enthusiasm, support and resistance mean nothing unless we are will ing to commit to action. Our rewards (out come) are always directly proportionate to our output (the energy, tune and commitment we invest in ourselves and our goals). W eall have l440m inutes in aday. no more, no less In that regard we are all equal What we accomplish is directly proportionate to how efficiently we use our time, energy and re sources. How do you use your time? Do you waste valuable time procrastinating? Are you unwilling to ask for help or advice? Do you make the same errors over and over again without learning the inherent lessons within each situation? Do you know how blessed and wealthy you really are? You are rich in ideas and energy You will need e n e rg y /stre n g th to get you w here you w ant to go. T he journey will not be easy. You will need fo rtitu d e to sustain you w hen things gel rough You m ust have faith ; faith that you are on purpose no m a tte r what the w orld says You m ust have faith eno u g h to w ith stand the d o u b ts, the nay say ser and the sk e p tic s; faith that the u n iverse will get the m ost out o f y o u rself, yo u r talents and yo u r reso u rces Experience holiday cooking with a twist Bored with the same old baked ham .’ Tur key and stuffing have you snoozing? It' time to take advice from a professional — New Orleans Chef Leah Chase, owner of the re now ned Dooky C h ase’s restaurant and spokesperson for Lawry's Seasoned Salt. Chef Chase is an expert at making any traditional meal come alive. Bring a little New Orleans flavor to your holiday spread with tasty tips using Lawry's Seasoned Salt: Stewed Chicken with Brown Gravy 1 ,5-pound slewing hen. cut up Lawry’s Seasoned Salt Lawry’s Seasoned Pepper 4 cups of water 1/2 teaspoon of fresh red pepper crushed 1/4 cup of vegetable oil 1/2 cup of Hour 2 cups of onions, finely chopped 1 teaspoon of chopped parsley 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme 2 cloves of garlic, finely minced Seasoned chicken pieces with Lawry's Seasoned Salt and Seasoned Pepper Heat oil in large skillet or deep pot and add chicken pieces. Cover tightly and cook lor .10 min utes. Remove chicken and set aside. Add Hour to drippings in pan and stir over low heat until Hour is golden Add onions and cook until they are translucent. Add water and gradually bring to a boil. Return chicken to pot and add red pepper, parsley, garlic and thyme. Cook slowly until chicken is tender — about 45 minutes. Serves 4. Space: The Hidden Dimension II A n other in terestin g bit o f in fo rm a tion passed on was that a com ing study his w riter now has tw o firs t o f grow th p attern s in P o rtlan d w ould hand rep o rts from recent fo fault the federal governm ent for im p le rum s that a d d re sse d urban and financing the p ro cesses land use. both o f w hich c ite d m enting the that " g e n trifie d ” the N o rth e a st section “g en trification" of N ortheast Portland. o f P ortland. The 'P ro f. John Pow ell p re se n ta W hy c o u ld n ’t I earn six -fig u re s for t io n ', c o s p o n s o r e d by th e U rban pro d u cin g that study? I’ve been saying League and the “C o a litio n for a L iv that here for years, and that an aly sis able F u tu re", w as cited here last w eek; was at the core o f the class I designed both for a general re c ita tio n o f the and taught at the u n iv ersity . econom ic crisis facing A frican A m eri It was this sig n ific a n t role o f the cans in the n a tio n ’s in n e r-c itie s-an d feds in both the so cio eco n o m ic tra u for not d isc u ssin g the key role o f the mas o f g e n trific a tio n and U rban Re- federal g o v ernm ent in ca u sin g g rie v n ew al/R em oval that I felt Prof. Pow ell ous harm to black p ro perty ow ners. could have d ealt w ith quite fo rcefu lly . But. m ore on that later. O ur second However there may have been con reporter attended last S a tu rd a y ’s a n straints that escaped our attention. We will nual co n feren ce o f the “ I ()()() F riends say. though, that he did a very good job in ol O reg o n " held at P o rtla n d S tate his principal area of focus, alerting African U niversity. Americans to the dangerous economic con “ B uilding B locks for L ivable C o m sequences of surrendering their 'priceless' m unities" was the agenda, and "U rban land for quick cash. S praw l" was the an n o unced target of In resp ect to the P o rtland S tate C o n this e n th u sia stic g a th e rin g o f urban/ ference we should note that a sp eaker rural a c tiv ists. from the “C o a litio n for a L ivable F u The keynote sp eak er w as an e c o tu re ” sp elled out one problem in rather nom ic c o n s u lta n t from C a lif o r n ia w hose main pitch is that "lo w -d e n sity su ccin ct term s: P lan n ers have yet Io deal w ith the urban spraw l is d ra m a tic a lly m ore o n ero u s strategy o f sk y-high rent in expensive than h ig h e r-d e n sity , m ore cre a se s and co n d o m in iu m co n v e rsio n s com pact grow th p a tte r n " to force out the less afflu en t (black or Now, that is an a ttitu d e know n to w hite) -- and a ttra c t back from the su b put m ost A frican A m erican s very ill at u r b s , th e w e a l t h i e r w h ite s e g . ease - can “ g e n trific a tio n ” be far b e “g e n tr if ic a tio n " hind.’ Many blacks c o n sid e r the term I believe it was a decad e ago that I “ Urban G row th B o u n d ary " sim ply a w rote here o f a d iffe re n t land saga euphem ism for the process. w itnessed first hand du rin g those years My re p o rte r on the co n fe re n ce is a in Los A ngeles. w hile m ale form er student o f m ine at O ne o f my acco u n ts was the black- P o rtla n d S ta te (m y e a r ly 1 9 7 0 ’ s ow ned ‘M ecca M ortgage C o .’ that fi classes on ‘U rban E conom ic E x p e ri nanced th o u sa n d s o f hom es through e n c e ’. the years - and su c c e ssfu lly 'b u n d le d ' Now a su c c e ssfu l real e sta te bro k er black m onies and re so u rc e s for the real out in w hat he jo k in g ly refers to as estate phase o f econom ic d evelopm ent. “sp ra w l-la n d ", he ‘in a d e -m y -d a y ' by In te re stin g ly one o f the 'S p ik e s ’ slating that m ost o f the land and e c o bro th ers w ho founded the e n te rp rise is nom ic trends I pred icted had com e to an in v en to r featured in my book on pass (d id n 't have to be that sm art. I “ B lack In v e n to rs’ (R ichard B. S pikes). had lived in Los A n geles for ten years, C o n clu d ed next w eek. 1954 to 1964). B y P r o f . M c K inley B urt T New Orleans Chef Leah Chase Happy 9 th Birthday N obody does it B etter for L ess . 1 I f
