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The Mandalorian, Season 2 rocketed into Disney+ with a new episode featuring some fan favorites. You’ll get plenty of Din Djarin swaggering in his Beskar armor, Baby Yoda floating along in his crib, and Western-style showdowns with beasts and baddies.

There’s some surprises. And of course Disney will leave you hanging with a character twist by the end.

There’s one ingredient, thankfully, the writing team keeps expanding: The humanity of the Mandalorian.

After a short Facebook browse, I stumbled across an article about the Cream of Wheat logo. Its mascot of a smiling Black cook is under “immediate review.” In the words of B&G Foods, owners of the Cream of Wheat brand: We are initiating an immediate…

Twitter and the rest of the social media sphere have been abuzz about the half time show and Jason Momoa's unsettling and hilarious commercial for Rocket Mortgage.

Personally, I loved Bill Murray's nostalgic reprisal of his role from the film Groundhog Day in this zany Jeep commercial.

But this one from New York Life Insurance really caught me by surprise:

In my first post in this short series, I explored the power of science behind small victories. The “Go big or go home” mentality may work for a single football game, but it lacks practical roots for growing new habits over the course of a year.

Today's topic is much more personal for me. Please take what I share as illustrative. Hopefully, it will help you along your New Year's journey.

This past year challenged my resolution resolve.

Setbacks. Major life events. Procrastination. They all grabbed hold of my motivation to achieve awesomeness. 😉

I also felt humbled by last year. Looking back, I have gained more clarity for going forward.

Please, learn from my fears and failures. Here's the first nugget of wisdom I gained from last year.