Our Most Valuable Asset

Our Most Valuable Asset

What is our most valuable asset? Is it your house, car, or investment portfolio? …. What is the most valuable thing a man can possess? Intelligence, physical strength, good looks?  In my discovery, I have realized that the most precious asset a man can have...
Goal Statement For My P.H.D.

Goal Statement For My P.H.D.

Many individuals have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity of a worthy purpose. My purpose for seeking a Doctorate Degree in Educational Policy Studies in Urban Education is to expand my...
Dealing With The Little Boy Inside Me

Dealing With The Little Boy Inside Me

It has been two months since I asked the woman I love to marry me.  While ecstatic for this new journey in my life, being engaged has brought a new level of accountability that I did not expect.  I spent the first 30 years of my life thinking about me,...
My Hard Journey To Marriage

My Hard Journey To Marriage

Yesterday I asked a woman who I deeply love to marry me.  If you would have told me three years ago that I would be engaged, and who the woman would be, I would have laughed and offered a friendly wager of everything I had that this would not happen.  This...
Difference Between Choice & Decision

Difference Between Choice & Decision

What is the difference between choice and decision?  Are they the same thing? In practice, although we often use the words interchangeably, it depends on how you define the words. While mentoring the male teens at New Life Southeast, one of my colleagues explained a...
Assessing the Leadership of Cam Newton

Assessing the Leadership of Cam Newton

There has been a lot of attention on the newly crowned 2016 NFL MVP Cam Newton. Some see Cam as a uniquely talented football player who is built like a tight end, runs the ball like a tailback, and throws the ball like a top notch quarterback.  Cam plays the game...