one of the great thinkers of our time!
Enjoy!!!
Add comment | January 28th, 2010
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putting your dreams into action is second to none…big shout out to patrick chang from canada who pre-ordered 2 copies!!!
“The questions challenge the beliefs, morals and foundation of “your world”…Sakiya proves his innovative talent as a wordsmith and utilizes each word to its creative capacity.” Melody Hoffman, JET Magazine
“The contents of this book possess a concept which is as vital to the human mind as water and oxygen are to the human body.” Harry O’Brien, Collingwood Football Club
BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO READ MY LATEST LITERARY EFFORT!
All pre-orders will be shipped prior to release date of March 22,2010, PLUS the first 250 fellow thinkers to order will receive a signed and numbered metallic ink cover edition.
To pre-order your copy today, click –> (more…)
1 comment | January 27th, 2010
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east vs. west — the myths that mystify
This was the TED Talk video that was shown right before I went on at TEDx Istanbul and the only thing I was thinking was how am I going to follow this guy…LOL!!!
It’s definitely worth the watch…enjoy!!!
Add comment | January 27th, 2010
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open letter to peta vp dan mathews
Dear Mr. Mathews,
First I would like to commend you for the passion you express in your beliefs, but unfortunately that’s where the compliments must end. It seems that you have become so engulfed in “your world” that you have greatly compromised your perspective of “the world”.
You see sir, in “your world” it would make perfect sense that everyone would bow to your demands and have no freedom of self-expression. Everyone would fear the consequences of going against the dress standards that you and your court have deemed inappropriate. The flaw in your perspective is that it doesn’t seem to be strong enough to accept when someone else happens to be strong enough to consciously decides NOT to partake in “your world”.
Perhaps you didn’t get the e-mail, text message or even the tweet that there are a lot of rational independent thinkers that just happen to reside outside of your world… (more…)
Add comment | January 26th, 2010
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what an experience!!!
I can remember first coming across TED last summer and immediately saying to myself that I wanted, no, I must present my ideas on that stage. TED’s mission of “ideas worth spreading” embodies everything that I stand for.
Of course no one can ever plan out every step of their journey, so it never dawned on me that what hopefully is the first of my many TED experiences would be in Istanbul, Turkey.
I can still remember vividly standing in the lobby of Armand’s building when he told me the news. It was kind of surreal because I never told him how much I really wanted to do a TED event. The only indication of interest was me posting a couple of TED Talks videos last year.
The overall experience was truly a “Thank You And You’re Welcome” moment for me. From me learning (more…)
2 comments | January 25th, 2010
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the first rule of focus is ”wherever you are be there.”
Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself.
Add comment | January 21st, 2010
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the thinker’s thoughts + tedx = ideas worth spreading
Alametifarika is launching the world’s most important intellectual platform in Turkey and I’m a honored to annouce that I’ve been invited to present my thoughts at their first TEDxIstanbul Conference on January 23, 2010 at the Sabanc Museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The event’s theme is The Limits of Tolerance and can be watched live via www.TEDxIstanbul.com/webcast. I PRESENT AROUND 11AM (4AM EST)
Outstanding thinkers from around the world will address the presence, absence, possibility, impossibility, power, and weakness of tolerance in terms of science, art, politics, trade and technology.
Speaker’s List:
Ann Pellegrini / Janet Jakobsen / Lone FrankÂ
J. Sakiya Sandifer / Arun Kundnani / Sharon Begley
Babar Luck / Sevan NiŸanyan /Michel Bourse
Nihal Bengisu Karaca /
Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan / Painted on Water
As being one of the world’s most important intellectual platforms, TED, is offering the opportunity to realize a TED-like experience with its local and self-organized events. TED Conferences invites expert academics, politicians and artists with the slogan “Ideas worth Spreading for 18 minute speeches.
For more about the TEDxIstanbul Conference, visit www.TedxIstanbul.com
5 comments | January 18th, 2010
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what life will be
The more and more that I discover about myself and others, the more and more I become convinced that one’s life just simply comes down to “will”. As Kid Cudi says,” it’s as simple as that for your simple ass”…and sidebar, I’m really digging the vibe of his album and I don’t even smoke…LOL!!!
Getting back to the point, one’s will is more powerful than most people think or even can imagine. There are countless examples of great accomplishments that were achieved by someone just making a total commitment to whatever their I will _____was.
My fellow thinkers, life is really just that simple. I would even dare to say that everyone’s life after the age of about eleven or twelve is a clear reflection of their WILLs and WILL NOT THINK ABOUT IT!!!
1 comment | January 15th, 2010
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thanks to all who continue to show their support!!!
First allow me to apologize for the lack of new posts lately. My plan is to start writing more original content this year, but I’ve been too busy obsessing over my new book plus finishing up another book project that I co-authored/designed with Marc Cinque, CEO of Premio Foods and Matt Eventoff of Princeton Public Speaking. Click here to  check out the book cover.
So my fellow thinkers, finally a cover that I’m satisfied with…YIPEE!!!! After all the drafts created, I decided to go with simplicity. I spent about six hours in book stores this past Saturday just looking at book covers and all the ones that stood out to me didn’t have anything on it that wasn’t necessary.
Although it’s simple, there’s multiple meanings in the cover. One of the meanings for example is the gray color palette which represents how most questions and answers are subjective and shouldn’t be look at in black and white.
Stay tuned…available for pre-sale soon!!!
3 comments | January 11th, 2010
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welcome to 2010
This is the time of year when many of us take time to reflect and relive the year’s ups and downs. We miss our love ones who are no longer here, reminisce over our lovers from past and smile about our new ones. Although there were some decisions that we surely regret, there were also some that made us feel as smart as Einstein.
We had moments of historic proportions as well as “more of the same”. Unfortunately there were many people that lost while a few gained when it comes to finances. I project 2010 will produce an unprecedented amount of entrepreneurs…not out of choice, but necessity.
It will pay to think outside the box when it comes to making money.
Especially when you find out there’s actually a niche for your crazy idea. Here are a few of the craziest ways people are making money in this economy. (more…)
3 comments | January 2nd, 2010
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so great that it makes you want to hate
I was reading fellow thinker Harry Webbers’ blog (www.madisonavenew.com) recently about how when you see something so freaking great, that a part of you hates that it wasn’t something that you created. Mr. Webber’s example was the Converse ad where Mos Def did the narration with just a CGI ball moving throughout a empty gym. The first thing that came to my mind was the this Apple Commercial that I originally posted in August of 2008. (more…)
Add comment | December 22nd, 2009
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artistic expression or just being rude???
Remember to think for yourself!!!
Add comment | December 20th, 2009
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oh how i love the creative process!!!
Yesterday I worked for about 12 hours creating cover concepts for my new book, “A Book of Questions with One Answer”. I didn’t realize how much time had passed until the 8th draft. The thing that I like most about being creative is the magic of connecting with my soul until something is revealed. I really can’t explain it, but I always know it once I see it.
The fire was really ignited after showing the first couple of drafts to Armand and Kanye due to neither of them having a problem with telling me just how wack they were! It is a good thing that I know the importance of keeping an open mind to constructive criticism…especially when the other person is right!
Although it’s not quite ready yet, I’m getting quite anxious to share it with the world!!!
Add comment | December 19th, 2009
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behind every successful man…
Barney Pressman, founder of New York-based luxury chain Barneys, owed a lot of his success to his wife. When Pressman saw a small store in Manhattan going under in 1923, he wanted to buy it and open a clothing store of his own.
There was just one problem…he didn’t have the cash. When Pressman told his wife, Bertha, about this predicament, she slipped off her engagement ring and told him to pawn it. With the $500 Pressman got from hocking his wife’s diamond, he took over the failing store’s lease and bought 40 high-end suits, which were the original inventory when Barney’s Clothes opened its doors shortly thereafter.
What a trooper that Bertha was!!! I really like this story because it exemplifies perfectly the importance of your circle of influence. More often than not, it is the key factor that will have the greatest impact between your success or failure.
I leave you with the words of one of my best friends, Mr. Erik Canandy…success is a choice, so choose wisely!!!
Add comment | December 18th, 2009
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tonight’s topic…critiquing the so-called social critiques
Topics range from business to politics, religion to education, relationships to self-empowerment, to pop-culture and everything else in between. Tune in and join in the discussion where great minds don’t think a like…they think for themselves!!!
Add comment | December 16th, 2009
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tonight at 6pm
Hoboken Public Library
500 Park Avenue / Hoboken, NJ 07030
Free General Admission
For registration, call (201) 420-2347, email hobkref@bccls.org, or visit http://hoboken.bccls.org
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS…
Add comment | December 15th, 2009
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i wholeheartedly agree!!!
“In general, I feel if you can’t say it clearly you don’t understand it yourself.”
-fellow thinker
John Searle
Add comment | December 14th, 2009
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well freaking said!!!
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living”
- fellow thinker
Nelson Mandela
Add comment | December 10th, 2009
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great show…be sure to take a listen!!!
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Too many to list!
Topics range from business to politics, religion to education, relationships to self-empowerment, to pop-culture and everything else in between. Tune in and join in the discussion where great minds don’t think a like…they think for themselves!!!
Add comment | December 9th, 2009
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save the date
Tuesday / December 15, 2009 / 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Hoboken Public Library
500 Park Avenue / Hoboken, NJ 07030
Free General Admission
For registration, call (201) 420-2347, email hobkref@bccls.org, or visit http://hoboken.bccls.org
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS…
Add comment | December 7th, 2009
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definitely worth trying!!!
Try to regard all encounters and situations, including your job, as a game, as the world of illusions. Pull back a little and enjoy it all. Do you best, but don’t fall apart if everything doesn’t pan out the way you’d like it to. Remember that things are seldom what they seem. Even skim milk masquerades as cream, and as Oscar Levant once said, “When you strip away the phony tinsel, what do you find underneath? The real tinsel.”
I highlighted this passage over ten years ago. When I came across it over the weekend, it dawned on me just how much I’ve applied it to my life!
Add comment | December 6th, 2009
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introducing a new way of being
A couple of weeks ago during the We Think Radio show, I stated that I’ve never had an argument with anyone who was smarter than me. Â What seemed to be something just said in passing has actually made a profound impact in my way of being…for I have not argued with anyone since!
I know now for sure that there is no reason to argue with anyone based on this new way of thinking.  Allow me to further explain… (more…)
1 comment | December 3rd, 2009
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great great great show!!!
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Why are men afraid of strong women?
Topics range from business to politics, religion to education, relationships to self-empowerment, to pop-culture and everything else in between. Tune in and join in the discussion where great minds don’t think a like…they think for themselves!!!
Add comment | December 2nd, 2009
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a fellow thinker thoughts…
The Muslim Problem:
Clarity in the age of the Anti-Muslim Industrial Complex
By Preacher Moss a.k.a Undercover Muslim
A while ago, a good friend, and fellow thinker, Sakiya Sandifer, asked me to compose and article on the recent and tragic shootings at Fort Hood military base. As I watched the news, the words “killer, Muslim, terrorist, and Islamic seemed to role across the screen as it made its way in the context of conversation being offered by the journalist. It appeared, in a continuing trend, that the media was looking to take the actions of alleged Muslim gunman’s act of terror, and immediately try to connect his actions to a fundamentalist, violent, radical, but extremely profitable and marketable form of Islam. I affectionately call this making doe on the “Muslim Problem. For those who are new to this, welcome to the world of the Anti-Muslim Industrial Complex (AMI Complex) my friends…or maybe not.
If you want to know what the Muslim problem is, I would submit to you as Example A, (more…)
Add comment | December 2nd, 2009
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who am i not to judge?
Often when one is labeled with the term “judgmental”, it carries a negative connotation…and of course I strongly disagree with that notation.
By definition, judgment means (more…)
Add comment | December 1st, 2009
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save the date
Tuesday /Â December 15, 2009 /Â 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Hoboken Public Library
500 Park Avenue / Hoboken, NJ 07030
Free General Admission
For registration, call (201) 420-2347, email hobkref@bccls.org, or visit http://hoboken.bccls.org
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS…
Add comment | November 30th, 2009
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i couldn’t agree more!!!
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
-fellow thinker
Winston Churchill
Add comment | November 26th, 2009
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tune in tonight!!!
Tonight’s topic…reasons to be thankful?
Topics range from business to politics, religion to education, relationships to self-empowerment, to pop-culture and everything else in between. Tune in and join in the discussion where great minds don’t think a like…they think for themselves!!!
Add comment | November 25th, 2009
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getting to the root of the matter
“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
- fellow thinker
Abraham Joshua Heschel,
from The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, 1967
1 comment | November 24th, 2009
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tune in!!!
This will be very interesting for me to watch tomorrow because I did this interview over a month ago and I kind of forgot what I said…LOL!!!
Saturday, November 21, 2009 — 10AM — Channel Thirteen
Monday, November 23, 2009 — 7AM/1PM — WLIW WORLD
Thursday, November 26, 2009 — 11:30PM — WLIW
I remember it going well for the most part.
Add comment | November 20th, 2009
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what do you want most?
You have control over your life. Your success or failure is completely up to you. You control how lucky or unlucky you are. You create your wealth or destitute with your efforts. (more…)
Add comment | November 20th, 2009
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save the date
Tuesday / December 15, 2009 / 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Hoboken Public Library
500 Park Avenue / Hoboken, NJ 07030
Free General Admission
For registration, call (201) 420-2347, email hobkref@bccls.org, or visit http://hoboken.bccls.org
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS… (more…)
Add comment | November 19th, 2009
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tonight’s topic…why do we doubt religions that are started in modern times?
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Reason is the enemy of faith!
Topics range from business to politics, religion to education, relationships to self-empowerment, to pop-culture and everything else in between. Tune in and join in the discussion where great minds don’t think a like…they think for themselves!!!
Add comment | November 18th, 2009
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well freaking said!!!
I encourage everyone to answer the same question for themselves!!!
Add comment | November 16th, 2009
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very cool…wish i would’ve come up with it!!!
An interesting concept by designer Aïssa Logerot, this innovative mirror can be used as ironing board when it’s tilted and secured on horizontal position. According to the designer, “this object is a link between two consecutive actions: iron clothes and dress up.”
Add comment | November 16th, 2009
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a classic “if you don’t know your history, you’re destined to repeat it!!!”
“What luck for the rulers that men do not think.”
Add comment | November 13th, 2009
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tune in tonight!!!
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Is honesty a relationship killer?
Topics range from business to politics, religion to education, relationships to self-empowerment, to pop-culture and everything else in between. Tune in and join in the discussion where great minds don’t think a like…they think for themselves!!!
Add comment | November 11th, 2009
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a submission by fellow thinker joy fejoku
I was having a conversation with Sakiya recently and the question was posed, are winners born or created? This is quite the interesting question, especially when you look around and see so many obvious winners and losers in the world.
After much thought, I’ve settled with the belief that winners are (more…)
Add comment | November 11th, 2009
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