The SCR Music Portal Page is now live and takes us one step closer to full realization of the completed SCR Entertainment website. You can see it at SCR-Entertainment.com.

This portal gives you direct access to all avenues of contacting and interacting with me and allows quick navigation to the different aspects of my company, services I provide and new expansion sites as they come on line.

Two new sites are in development in addition to the SCR site. We are grinding here at SCR Entertainment so while we diligently push through the workload please be patient, you will love the new developments!

One of the new sites in development, which is essentially the whole catalog of SCR Entertainment, continues and is progressing nicely. The first 12 SCR releases dating back to 1993 plus all of the new works will be available. At launch we will have nearly 220 tracks with more coming!

At the portal page there are links to connect with me on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. I encourage all of you to connect with me there so we can establish a relationship that allows open communication regularly.

Did you check out the SCR Albums page yet? I have selected four albums from the audio vault for your listening pleasure, all with Hip Hop flavor demonstrating what it used to be like, preparing you for the now.

The choices are:

Spiritual Warfare by Yotman - This is Gospel Rap. Hip Hop from a warrior for God!
Release Year 2001

Against all Odds by EastSide - This is Urban Contemporary Gospel for five men of God!
Release Year 2001

From The Vault a Smooth Composition Recordings Compilation - This is Hip Hop!
Release Year 2000

Lord Please Protect Me by Krush - Full of bangers regarding hood life, ghetto fab and grindin!
Release Year 1998

All four album's tracks are available to listen to as sample clips and you may purchase any or all of the albums as MP3 downloads! (Complete albums only.)

Come listen, tell a friend, purchase and enjoy audio bliss at the SCR Albums page!

Here is a breakdown of the 5 most recent beats added to the site:

• Mo Fo U - Other Flavor
• Jazzy Funk - East Coast
• In The Hole - Club Flavor
• West Coast Funk - West Coast
• Symphony Funk - West Coast

Be sure to check out Bloggin 365. I post here weekly and on occasion, daily.

Goal setting; thousands of books and millions of articles have been written about the benefits of setting goals. Great achievements are the result of goals established and reached and very few can say that they don’t know about goals and even fewer still, can say they don’t believe goals are important. So why then are there so many that continue to move through life drifting without clearly defined goals? Why are there so many of us who fail repeatedly to achieve that which we say we desire most.

Well, many reasons can be cited, however much of the reasoning will come down to this; goals are about change. Change requires work, and effective goal setting requires self examination and decisions, which is work. So, recognizing my own growth and proficiency in the area of goal setting, I can honestly say two things definitely:

1. Over the years I have set short, medium and long range goals. Many I have reached, some I’ve missed (in a few cases missed horribly) and others I am still in pursuit of. With my goal setting experience, I know how to get results and I spend less time and effort chasing things that look good to me but on a deeper level I really don’t want.
2. While I teach what I know, I remain a student to those who have mastered the techniques of goal setting and continue to share their knowledge with those of us who desire to become more successful and effective in our personal lives.

I encourage those serious about goal setting to Google the following individuals and investigate their work. I have studied them and read many of the books they have written: ZiZ Ziglar, Stephen Covey, Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, David Allen and Jim Rohn. All of these men are best selling authors and all have achieved great personal success through effective goal setting.

In this three-part series on goal setting I will be sharing what I have gleaned from them and what has worked for me.

Part 1: The formula

All you need before you begin setting goals is to have an understanding about the process of effectively doing so. Effective goal setting involves the following:

1. Deciding what you want to accomplish.
2. Determining what you need to know to achieve the goal, including the skills that may need to be developed as well as information that must be obtained.
3. Selecting any people necessary for the completion of the goal.
4. Determine any barriers to overcome.
5. Establish a specific time frame for completion.
6. Clarify why you are pursuing the goal.
7. Create a plan of action.

The wording may vary but the content is the same; this is the system presented by every goal setting guru. It has been tested and works in the same way an accurate map does; when followed it will get you to your destination every time. Before you make a move, read over and consider the formula. It works the same way for financial, career, physical, or any other area of your life. People interested in achievement will at some point stop drifting and take control of their lives. Effective goal setting will get you anywhere you want to go.

Wisdom from the grind: Learn the formula for success and execute.

First single sneak preview from the Tashe album next week!

Natasha’s album is currently entering the mix stage. Samples will be available this month. Check the blog project details!

I do not profess to know anything you don’t, I merely offer what I hope will help you remember what you already know. In this way we are both blessed.

Adopt a new attitude: Whether it is about what we want, who we are, or what we are doing, striving to clarify our vision of the future will allow us to draw inspiration from it.

Develop self-awareness: To begin making better choices and decisions for ourselves, and about ourselves, requires that we learn more about who we are. Improved choices, improves results which also improves our attitude. Attitude is everything.

You must first determine where you are going and then you must decide to go there. Your destiny is your destination. Every destination has a route.

-Dr. Myles Monroe