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Be Outdoors (Camping in the Rain...)
Be Outdoors (Camping in the Rain...)

Last week, we had to suspend Mastermind Connect's Camping to Connect experience due to tropical storm forecasted for Friday and Saturday in Blairstown, NJ. I kept receiving texts messages from participants concerned about it, and honestly, it was not pretty. The risk of injury kept coming to mind. I could not keep their safety out of my mind. Suspending it as a last minute decision was the right call though. A rain date is now in the works, and details will go out soon to our members.

But, how did we get here? Why am I showing you a picture of a camping trip from this past weekend?

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Enhance, LifestyleManny AlmonteCamping to Connect, Camping, Black Men CampComment
Soulful Sundays: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (Recap)
Soulful Sundays: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (Recap)

On the morning of Sunday, October 22, 2019, Mastermind Connect members decided to come together (virtually) for some fellowship and fulfilling conversation. Focused around David Deida’s The Way of the Superior Man , we wanted to dive into the topics that hold us back from reaching our highest potential.

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Build, Enhance, Every Man Should Know, LifestyleJD Weatherspoonsoulful sundays, Mastermind Connect DC, Mastermind Connect, virtual platforms, mastermind connect coloradoComment
Soulful Sundays: The Way of The Superior Man - Part I (Recap)
Soulful Sundays: The Way of The Superior Man - Part I (Recap)

On the morning of Sunday, October 22, 2019, Mastermind Connect members decided to come together (virtually) for some fellowship and fulfilling conversation. Focused around David Deida’s The Way of the Superior Man , we wanted to dive into the topics that hold us back from reaching our highest potential.

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Build, Enhance, Every Man Should Know, LifestyleJD Weatherspoonsoulful sundays, Mastermind Connect DC, Mastermind Connect, virtual platforms, mastermind connect coloradoComment
Mastermind Connect + Brooklyn Borough President Team Up For "Black Men Meditate"
Mastermind Connect + Brooklyn Borough President Team Up For "Black Men Meditate"

On Sunday morning, October 29, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Mastermind Connect joined to lead nearly 100 men in the Black Men Meditate initiative to bring awareness to domestic violence, inside Brooklyn’s Ft. Greene Park.

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Motivation, Lifestyle, Black Men MeditateWaddie Grantmeditation, Black Men Meditate, Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President, The Commitment, Meditation, Exercise, Fitness Events Comment
Connecting the Dots: a Camping to Connect Recap
Connecting the Dots: a Camping to Connect Recap

With the current polarized state of the world, sometimes the most revolutionary act can be found in reconnecting; with self, others, and the natural forces that unite us. This philosophy, along with the need we saw to address the issue of nature deficiency in urban youth, inspired us to create the Camping to Connect Initiative.

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Motivation, Enhance, Build, Give Back, LifestyleJD WeatherspoonC2C, Camping to Connect, Outdoors, Mohican, YOPComment
‘For Us, by Us’: Inside the New Social Spaces for People of Color
‘For Us, by Us’: Inside the New Social Spaces for People of Color

In New York City, there’s a growing movement when it comes to places to gather. There is an obvious need for community, support and belonging, which organizations like Mastermind Connect is trying to fulfill. Jeff Lindor, from The Gentlemen’s Factory, explains why this matters in a recent article featured in The New York Times.

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Lifestyle, News, Opinions and EditorialsManny AlmonteNYT, The New York Times, The Gentlemen Factory, Gentlemen Factory, For Us By UsComment
When Legal Meetings with Jay-Z Don't Bring Fulfillment
When Legal Meetings with Jay-Z Don't Bring Fulfillment

You know, I’d pretty much worked through my 20’s and early 30s knowing what I wanted to do and was very fortunate to land in all those positions, but now here I was at the end of that journey still feeling like, ‘Huh, if those things didn’t make me happy, what am I really looking for here?’

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Motivation, Lifestyle, Enhance, Opinions and EditorialsJD Weatherspoonhappentoyourcareer, pivot, success, fulfillment, careerseekerComment
Healthy NYC Expo at Governors Island
Healthy NYC Expo at Governors Island

Mastermind Connect and JIG Media are honored to announce the 2nd Annual Healthy NYC Expo at Governors Island. Healthy NYC is a citywide initiative that combines digital media and grassroots engagement to galvanize community influencers, elected officials, families, and healthcare professionals around the idea of improving the overall population health of New York City.

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Lifestyle, News, EnhanceManny AlmonteGovernors IslandHealthy NYC Expo, healthy NYC, Health, NYC, Wellness Events, wellness, FitnessComment
Mastermind Connect Celebrates One Year Anniversary with Road Trip to DC
Mastermind Connect Celebrates One Year Anniversary with Road Trip to DC

Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is JD Weatherspoon, some of you may know me from Mastermind Connect’s blog section, various CC’s on emails, and comments from Instagram and Facebook. That's because I live in the DMV area, though everyone who talks to me for more than five minutes knows I'm a Floridian living my best life here.

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Build, LifestyleJ.D. WeatherspoonWashington DC, MC DC, DC Chapter, Eighteen Street Lounge, Surf Side DCComment
We Did the Damn Fashion Thing to Start 2018
We Did the Damn Fashion Thing to Start 2018

Kicking off New York Fashion Week 2018, Mastermind Connect partnered with premier made to measure line InStitchu, where we gathered for an evening of style and great vibes, enhanced by the amazing cocktails that YAVE Tequila provided us with, and the very tasty hors d'oeuvres, which The Tastemakers NYC created by infusing them with the different flavored tequilas that we were pairing them with.

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Lifestyle, EnhanceManny AlmonteInstitchuMastermind Connect, Yave Tequila, InStitchuComment