"Be Confident"

Where your confidence comes from is not really that important. What matters is where your confidence can take you...

Perhaps your confidence is based on your past experiences, or perhaps it is not. Perhaps you are confident in yourself just because you have chosen to be...

Confidence is not about what has already happened. Confidence is about moving forward and creating the best of what can be...

Even though you have no logical reason to be, you can still be genuinely confident about what you intend to do. Confidence is an attitude you choose, not an evaluation of what you’ve already been through...

Ultimately, confidence does not come from who you know or where you’ve been or what you’ve done. It comes from your choice to do what you know you must...

Confidence can be yours no matter what. Choose it and use it to follow your dreams...

Be Confident In Yourself...

"Don't Deny Purpose"

The thing that will keep you focused is not a strategy or technique or condition. What will keep you focused, and disciplined, and committed, is a purpose you cannot deny...

If you’re serving a purpose that isn’t really your purpose, you’ll easily be distracted from it. Yet when you follow a purpose that lives at your very core, nothing can pull you away from it...

Focus is not about trying hard. Focus is about living true...

Great achievement demands great effort. A clear, authentic purpose is what will drive that effort, and make it feel like no effort at all...

Be honest with life, be honest with others and, most of all, be honest with yourself. It is an unwavering commitment to truth and openness that enables you to connect to the power of your purpose...

Live the purpose that lives at your heart. And live with richness in every moment...

"People Can Be Difficult"

Difficult People....
The people whom you find most difficult to deal with can also be your most valuable teachers. For your problems with them are not really due to how they are, but rather to how you respond to how they are...

Learn to deal successfully with difficult people, and you learn valuable lessons about yourself. Work to relate positively to difficult people and you develop skills that can serve you well in many other challenging situations...

People are the way they are. Get past the need to try to change them, past the need to judge or condemn, and look for the value they offer. Sometimes that value is deeply hidden, and when you find it you’ve found a real treasure, something few people take the time to uncover...

 In every difficult person you encounter, make a point to look past the difficult part and focus your attention on the person part...

The other people with whom you interact are mirrors that help you to see things within yourself...

 With some people, that mirror can be difficult to view, yet when you have the courage to do so, the rewards can be many and great...

"Being Creative"

Be Creative...
Creativity is not reserved just for those who engage in artistic pursuits. In every life, in every situation, there are opportunities to be creative...

Being creative means acknowledging that there are many possibilities beyond the obvious. Being creative means having the courage to consider doing things in a way that’s different than the way they’ve always been done...

Creativity gives you the ability to solve multiple problems with a single course of action. Creativity transforms weakness into strength, and builds value where there was none before...

Imagine the possibility of a connection between things that don’t appear to be connected, and creativity will start to take hold. Look at life from a new perspective, and it will further nourish your creativity...

Creativity refuses to accept limits. And as such, with sufficient creativity you can move beyond any obstacle...

There is always room for improvement, and there is always a place for beauty, for achievement, for fulfillment. Be creative, and you’ll continue to add richness to life...


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"No Limitations"

The world does not persecute you so much as you would think. Anything that holds you back is assisted in great part by your own imagination, or lack thereof...

Imagine for a while that the barriers are not there. Imagine what you could do if you stepped outside your current assumptions...

The more you focus on what holds you back, the more it holds you back. Imagine being free of the limitations and suddenly, in a very real way, you are...

The energy of your mind has great power. Apply that energy in a positive direction...

Visualize life beyond the limitations. You won’t erase those limitations, yet you can make them far less significant, and much less confining...

Seeing that something is possible, makes it possible for you. Imagine life beyond the limitations, and go do what you have imagined...

"The Tommy Brown Show" Premiere & VIP Wine Tasting

J Rag & Anthony Mason

"Noemi" by J Rag for The MindScApe Wine Collection & Anthony Mason of Can I Wine

"Noemi" by The MindScApe Wine Collection... Available This Summer!!

Anthony Mason & J Rag

R&B Divas Star - Lil' Mo

Tommy Brown & J Rag

J Rag & Tommy Brown

"The Tommy Brown Show" Premiere

J Rag & Rhonda T. of Fresh Talk Radio

Special Celebrity Guests

Celebrity Guest Appearances

VIP BackStage

J Rag & Philly HipHop Cop

J Rag & Larry Larr

BackStage

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"The Tommy Brown Show" Premiere

"Neur" by Tommy Brown & Can I Wine

Larry Larr & J Rag

Anthony Mason & J Rag

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"Don't Make Excuses"

Don't make excuses...
Every day offers you plenty of reasons to make excuses. But excuses bring you nothing of real value...

Sure, a plausible excuse may enable you to save face, to appear more diligent and disciplined than you know you are. But do you merely want to appear successful, or would you prefer to actually be successful?

Excuses hold you back because they enable you to avoid responsibility and the achievement it brings. You deserve more than just a life filled with useless excuses...

Instead of making excuses, choose to make some honest, authentic progress. Even a tiny effort is infinitely more productive than a big, impressive excuse...

Don’t settle for a growing list of reasons for failure. You can just as easily give yourself real, compelling reasons to succeed...

Free yourself from the shackles of useless excuses. And see this day as the grand opportunity that it is...

No Excuses!!

"Be Mindful And Pay Attention"

Always pay attention to what is going on around you, be aware of your surroundings, and when talking to someone, be mindful, and pay attention to signs and what is really being said....
When you truly pay attention and are fully aware, you are never bored and life is never tedious. You are continually immersed in a wondrous universe of limitless proportions, and it is always good to be mindful of that...

Be mindful, and see the possibilities in every moment and in every situation. Be mindful, and take positive, meaningful and beneficial control of every aspect of your life...

Instead of living on autopilot, instead of living from your assumptions, live from your best intentions. Instead of letting the illusions get you down, grab the immense positive reality of life and lift yourself higher and higher with it...

Give your complete and loving attention to whatever you’re doing, without judgments or preconceptions. Connect with the astounding beauty and possibility of what is, and discover new joy in every situation...

Don’t waste the power of your magnificent mind by filling it with worry, anger or resentment. Use that awesome power to appreciate life’s special goodness and to make much more of it for yourself and others...

When you think, when you see, when you speak, when you listen, when you act, pay attention. Be fully mindful, and be fully alive...

"Think Before You Respond"

Always take a second and think before you respond. Never act on Feelings, Anger, & Emotions. It's better to take the second to really think about what you are going to say without just reacting...
Before you respond, take a breath. Before you respond, take a moment to think...

When you instantly and automatically react, it allows the people and events around you to take control of your life. When, on the other hand, you thoughtfully and deliberately respond, it puts you firmly in control...

You can watch, listen and learn from all that’s going on in your world. Yet you never have to let it all get to you...

Always remember that you can choose how to think and feel about whatever is happening. Even more importantly, you can choose what, if anything, to do about it...

Stay ever connected to your dreams, your values, your experience and your wisdom. Give yourself a moment to consider the best of who you are before you decide how to speak or to act...

Every moment is a choice that you have the opportunity to make. Choose those possibilities that will move you steadily and decisively forward...

"Looking At Opportunity"

What does opportunity look like? How do you not look right past it?
What if you were staring straight into the face of a magnificent opportunity and you didn’t even know it? Just what does opportunity look like, anyway?

Many people think opportunity looks like a free ride, a chance to grab on to something, to be powerfully and quickly swept toward fame and fortune with a minimum amount of effort. But that’s not opportunity... That’s fantasy...

In reality, opportunity looks like hard work... It looks like something that will require some patience and persistence. It looks uncomfortable. It looks challenging. It looks risky. It looks a little rough, and doesn’t come with a guarantee...

Would you recognize real opportunity if you saw it? The fact it, it’s all around you. Opportunity is any situation in which you can make a positive difference, and surely you come across plenty of those situations every day. The more of a difference you can make, and the more people who can benefit from it, the bigger the opportunity will be...

Commit to making a positive difference in the lives of those around you, and your own life will be filled with rewarding opportunities...

"Write Your Own Story"

Write your own story.. Only you have control of the Pen that writes each page and each chapter that can create the Book of Your Life...
It’s not really so hard to get up and get going. It’s mainly a matter of changing the story you tell yourself...

Every day you’re strengthening your habits and assumptions with the things you do and the things you tell yourself. Every moment you have the opportunity to become more energetic, more focused, more purposeful and successful...

If you sit around telling yourself that you’re too tired and that life is unfair, guess what? You’re creating a reality with your inaction and with those negative, self-defeating thoughts...

Instead, get up, move around, do something useful and caring, being thankful all the while. Remind yourself of life’s best possibilities and jump at every opportunity to have a positive impact...

Is the story you’re telling yourself holding you back, keeping you inactive and unmotivated? If so, it’s time for a new, improved story, and you can start telling yourself that story right now...

You deserve the best, so remind yourself to get busy and create it in every moment. Fill your days with positive thoughts and actions, and live the very best story you can imagine...

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"Positive Energy"

It's all about the approach with Active Energy.. Keep it all Positive Energy...
Tell yourself, right now, that you’re going to live this day with a high level of positive energy...

 Remind yourself, right now, that you don’t have to let anything make you sluggish or hesitant...

Let the comments, dramas and situations come and go as they will. Through it all, offer your own enthusiastic energy to life...

This is a day to make real progress in a meaningful direction. This is a day to engage yourself with your best possibilities...

Though others may sit around nurturing their doubts and dreaming up excuses, you have much better things to do...

 You have the energy and the willingness to make good things happen...

It’s nice when you get encouragement and validation from others for what you’re doing, but not an absolute necessity...

 You can activate your energy and move forward even when there’s no one there to urge you on...

This very day offers all kinds of great rewards. Put your energy into living this day and earn yourself the best of those rewards...

"Capricorn in The BedRoom"

Capricorns are always after newness and novelty in the bedroom and detests sameness. You do not particularly like being submissive in the bedroom, but you find that sex is something they want done right, and wants a lover who can take them to great sexual heights....

"Life Of A Capricorn"

Being a Capricorn born on January 7th, your personality is defined by your adaptive, charming and hardworking nature. While there are many people that struggle with new situations, environments or people, you are not amongst them. You take to new experiences with excitement and when people over with your sociability and warmth. Although you may not realize it, your charm is quite irresistible and explains for your numerous friends. Those closest to you would be sure to mention your work ethic as one of your most admirable qualities; you will work tirelessly to accomplish a task that you feel to be worthwhile...

January 7th, Element Earth is the paired element of the Capricorn and of all the zodiac signs, you have the only cardinal connection with the element. Your unique relationship with Earth makes you more of a self-starter than other earth zodiac signs. Your active Earthly qualities are paired well with the pragmatic and realistic outlook that all Earth signs share. As you stay grounded, you will be able to work towards practical goals. Be wary of Earth's negative qualities however, as an overly-cautious mindset may cause you to miss exciting opportunities...

January 7th, Planetary Influence:
Your sign's planetary ruler is Saturn, but as you were bon in the second, Decan, or part, of the sign, you also receive the mysterious planetary influence of Venus. While Saturn's influence can be witnessed in your determined, disciplined and organized nature, the influence of Venus is reflected in your appreciation of beauty and sociability. Your unique combination of planetary powers makes you far more social and creative than the other Capricorn Decans. You have the fortitude and creativity to meet any challenge and solve any problem. In love, you take the same determination and pair it with attention and affection. If your planetary influences had one downfall, it would be pessimism. Take care to avoid depressed moods by trying to find the positives in all situations and relationships...

January 7th, Career:
Since it is very difficult to choose a career, you are lucky to have several natural abilities that can lead to success in any field. Your determination and creativity would be well-served in demanding fields like advertising, sales and promotions. On the other hand, your preference to be social and warm can lead you to careers in education or mediation. The entertainment world may prove too alluring to ignore, especially film and television...

 If this is the case, let the fruitful careers of Nicolas Cage and David Caruso, who both share your January 7th birthday, inspire you...

"The Tommy Brown Show" [Premier]

"The Tommy Brown Show" [Premier] Tonight at The Treasure's Lounge in Philadelphia in front of a live studio audience with Special Celebrity Guests & Appearances....