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Updates on the King
It’s been a while since the last article, so I wanted to update all of my readers on what has happened this summer. But before the update, I want to mention a couple thoughts that came to mind. As I look back over this website, there are two things I noticed. One thing I noticed […]
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FREE Book for Father’s Day
Yesterday, my brother DeJon graduated from college. For those of you familiar with the story, he was the inspiration for me writing my book Joker to King. LAST YEAR on Father’s Day, I awoke to find that my book Joker to King had hit the number one spot in Amazon’s self-help category and also the […]
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How to Be One Percent Better
The most important factor in improving your life is to have goals instead of dreams. Concrete, specific goals exist in reality…lofty, shiny dreams exist in fantasy. All of the men who have dreams instead of goals soon discover that their dreams never become reality. They gradually lose momentum, and then wake up one day feeling […]
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How to Master Small Talk
There are going to be times when you find yourself in situations that call for small talk. These situations include networking events, first dates, social functions, conversations with co-workers or potential clients, or even conversations with friends and family at events like weddings and funerals. The term small talk refers to the polite conversations you […]
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Three Things to NEVER Do When You Apologize
I’m going to keep this article relatively short. A couple weeks ago, some stupid and unnecessary actions from a couple of my friends got me thinking about the way men apologize. Many times, pride and anger prevent most men from apologizing. The wildly successful men’s website Art of Manliness posted an article eight years ago entitled […]
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How to Forgive Your Parents
I know someone whose mother has been battling a serious addiction for several years. This has led to a terrible mother-child relationship. So for that reason, I decided to write a different type of article on this Mother’s Day weekend. There are so many ways in which we are inadvertently hurt by others. For some […]
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The 50-30-20 Rule
When it comes to managing your money, regardless of how much you earn, there is nothing more important than the 50/30/20 rule. I wish I came across this in my younger years, but I didn’t see this until after I was married with two kids. The 50/30/20 rule all began with the amazing Elizabeth […]
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Name Your Nuts
Earlier this morning, I asked a colleague a question about an incident that happened a few days ago with one of his students. My friend got heated, argumentative, and shouted that I had no right to question his integrity. (Afterward, he realized that he actually made a mistake with this incident and came back a […]
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Live Within Your Means
At first glance, the phrase live within your means is obvious. But there’s a lot more stuffed into that small phrase than you may realize. Let’s look carefully at those four little words. LIVE. First and foremost, we want to remember to not just survive, but to truly live. The point in acquiring […]
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Why Discipline Beats Motivation
A Quick Story Right around this time one year ago, I finished writing the draft of my book Joker to King. But here’s the funny thing about the book…I actually started writing the book in 2014. You heard me right…2014. So you’re probably wondering why it took me so long to finish. Here’s the reason. I was […]
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Developing a Healthy Masculinity
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