We are a result of our experiences. The people, places and events all contribute to who and what we are.
“I stand on the shoulders” of the late great Rev Cleophus Robinson, who said to me, “I’m 52 years old and you don’t have to be 52 to learn what I know, if I share with you now!”
He showed me the business side of the church and gave me insight that you could “Do Good and Do Well.” This premise touched me as a young man and set me on a path of integrating community empowerment through business.
His belief in me started in the leadership roles he put me in. He made me the Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday School at 14. He also made me a teenage TV and radio announcer and allowed me to play bass guitar for him and travel the globe.
Just as he saw gifts in me, I do the same for others, giving the next generation a leg up in dealing with the ills of society. History denotes the future, and the more we borrow from our elders the more we have a compass to the future.
Dr. E. Lance McCarthy is a nationally recognized economist and investment advisor, with a specialty in urban development. www.drsilverfoxx.com
