The Ten Rules for Making Good Black Decisions

Access to you is earned. Not everybody belongs at your table.

Pay attention to the energy, the power, and the stakes before you make your move.

Your time, attention, and peace are valuable. Spend them wisely.

If it matters, document it. Memory can be questioned. Records cannot.

Strategy sometimes matters more than proving a point.

You can’t move wisely if you’re running on empty.

Your name should mean something even when you’re not in the room.

If your presence makes people uncomfortable, that’s information — not a reason to dim yourself.

Every decision you make shapes the world the next generation will inherit.

Because it does — to you, to your family, and to the people coming after you.