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“Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with people, people with ideas, and people with opportunities.”
― Michele Jennae

“One thing I've found... the road rarely rises up to meet you until you've begun walking.”
― Michele Jennae

“On the great canvas of time
We all create our own masterpiece.

Choreographing our steps across minutes and hours
Dancing over the days
Painting pictures over months and
Writing our stories on the years.
Singing our songs that echo across eons.

We are all a thread in the talent tapestry.
A snapshot in the cosmic, collective collage.”
― Michele Jennae

“Authenticity is what makes a relatable person believable. It is what makes the relatability sustainable. Anyone can fake relatability for a time, but authenticity is what makes it real.”
― Michele Jennae, The Connectworker

“Music is about more than connecting notes. It connects people!”
― Michele Jennae

“If you saw the size of the BLESSING YOU ARE BECOMING, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting!”
― Michele Jennae

“Networking means the act of exchanging information with people who can help you professionally.”
― Michele Jennae

“With wine ideas flow, without ideas wine flows.”
― Michele Jennae

“We all have a god and a poet inside us. The poet, the human; the god, the divine.
It is by the grace of our god that we can find the divine inspiration with which to wax poetic about our human experiences.”
― Michele Jennae

“Most of us make assumptions about how someone will relate to us, and they are often unfounded.”
― Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino

“Bird of the sky
still bound to the earth,
soaring to unimaginable heights
yet returning to perch in the willow.
Death is near, always near
and so...is life
even in the ashes.
Rise Up Phoenix.
Live. Fly. Create!”
― Michele Jennae

“The power of a network can be reduced to it's simplest form in 'I know someone who knows someone who knows someone.”
― Michele Jennae

“We develop trust when we show that we are reliable, by doing what we say we are going to do to take care of that treasure, and then stepping it up by doing more, by anticipating problems and handling them before they even happen.”
― Michele Jennae, The Connectworker

“For success, don't take the path of least resistance. Take the path of most persistence.”
― Michele Jennae

“Leaders step up, even when they feel like hiding. And they do so because they care.”
― Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino

“I'm not reinventing myself. I'm finding myself. There's a difference!”
― Michele Jennae

“Where there's a will, there's a way. Perhaps tomorrow, if not today.”
― Michele Jennae

“Empathy is a creative act. It is the act of imagining ourselves not only in another's shoes, but perhaps inhabiting their very heart and soul.”
― Michele Jennae

“The Naked Truth ©2012 Lyrics and Music by Michele Jennae

V. 1
We dress ourselves in the lies of others
Lessening who we are
We clothe ourselves in our own self doubt
Holding on to scars
Take off the mask of uncertainty,
Let me see your face
Remove your disguise of hopelessness
Stand tall in this place

CHORUS
The naked truth is that you’re… beautiful
You always have been
The naked truth is that you’re… incredible
You’re a perfect ten (I’m going to say it again)


V. 2
We robe ourselves in mediocrity
And all for what
We hide behind our fear and frustration
Who says you didn’t make the cut?
Strip off the feelings of inferiority
Show us who you are
Let me see the winner inside you
Baby you’re gonna go far

BRIDGE
Why would you want to be anybody else
Other than who you are?
Because the fact of the matter is
you’re a shining star”
― Michele Jennae

“A COnNeCtworker is a networker that Considers Others’ Needs Continually.”
― Michele Jennae

“At the base level, it is about making connections and building relationships, but if you take the letters from networker out of the word COnNeCtworker, you are left with 4 letters. C. O. N. C. Victor, we actually talked about this at Carina’s the other day with Sheila. C. O. N. C. stands for Considering Others’ Needs Continually.”
― Michele Jennae

“Our personal evolution into the lives we dream of is dependent on our willingness to trust ourselves. To learn to trust our imagination and then use it effectively.”
― Michele Jennae

“There is no commerce without community. And there is no community without commerce”
― Michele Jennae

“The strangest thing was, as beautiful as I found her to be, she admitted that she wasn’t always comfortable in her own skin. I found that hard to believe until she explained herself. All of the sudden I was not so much in awe of her but found myself empathizing with her.”
― Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino

“The story you live is the ripple you leave.”
― Michele Jennae

“A catalyst by definition creates a reaction, but itself remains unchanged. Be a positive catalyst for a cause you are passionate about. I dare you to remain unchanged!”
― Michele Jennae

“A COnNeCtworker is a networker who is always taking into account the needs of others. Approaching people with a service attitude to bring them value and build a relationship. Then when that person is looking for a reliable service provider in a particular industry, they will pick the COnNeCtworker.”
― Michele Jennae

“WILL WORK FOR FOOD © 2013 Lyrics & Music by Michele Jennae
There he was with a cardboard sign,
Will Work For Food
Saw him on the roadside,
As I took my kids to school
I really didn’t have time to stop,
Already running late
Found myself pulling over,
Into the hands of fate
The look in his eyes was empty,
But he held out his hand
I knew my kids were watching,
As I gave him all I had
My heart in my throat I had to ask,
“What brought you here?”
He looked up and straight into my eyes,
I wanted to disappear.

CHORUS
He said… Do you think I really saw myself,
Standing in this light
Forgotten by society,
After fighting for your rights
WILL WORK FOR FOOD,
WILL DIE FOR YOU
I AM JUST A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER,
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
v. 2 He put the money in his pocket,
Then he took me by the hand
Thank you dear for stopping by,
I am sure that you have plans
He nodded toward my children,
Watching from afar
It’s time they were off to school,
You should get in the car
My eyes welled up and tears fell down,
I couldn’t say a word
Here this man with nothing to his name,
Showing me his concern
I knew then that the lesson,
That today must be taught
Wouldn’t come from textbooks,
And it could not be bought
CHORUS
He said… Do you think I really saw myself,
Standing in this light Forgotten by society,
After fighting for your rights
WILL WORK FOR FOOD,
WILL DIE FOR YOU
I AM JUST A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER,
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
v. 3 I told him then that I had a job,
That I could give him work
And in return he’d have a meal,
And something to quench his thirst
He looked at me and shrugged a bit,
And followed me to the car
We went right over to a little café,
Just up the road not too far
After I ordered our food he looked at me,
And asked about the kids
“Shouldn’t these tykes be in school,
And about that job you said.”
“Your job,” I said, “is to school my girls,
In the ways of the world
Explain to them your service,
And how your life unfurled.”
He said… Do you think I really saw myself,
Standing in this light
Forgotten by society,
After fighting for your rights
WILL WORK FOR FOOD,
WILL DIE FOR YOU
I AM JUST A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER,
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
v. 4He wasn’t sure quite what to do,
As he ate his food
And began to tell us all about his life…
the bad… the good.
He wiped his own tears from his eyes,
His story all but done
My girls and I all choked up,
Hugged him one by one
Understanding his sacrifice,
But not his current plight
We resolved then and there that day,
That for him, we would fight.
We offered him our friendship,
And anything else we had
He wasn’t sure how to accept it,
But we made him understand
LAST CHORUS
That we had not really seen before,
Him standing in the light
No longer forgotten by us,
We are now fighting for his rights
He had… WORKED FOR FOOD
HE HAD ALL BUT DIED FOR ME AND YOU
NOT FORGOTTEN ANYMORE
BUT STILL A SOLDIER IN TRUST”
― Michele Jennae

“...but to be a connectworker, one must have an overall positive influence on people, and Victor has really made the switch.”
― Michele Jennae, The Connectworker

“Knowing how you want your work to look helps you decide who best to work with and where.”
― Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino