The lost of Nipsey (March 31, 2019) was felt worldwide. How can a use his musical platform to not just influence the culture, but also change the community. We always hold celebrities accountable for not giving back, but not Nipsey. He didn’t just give back, he picked up, and carried the burden of his community by unifying gangs that would never share the same block, but Nipsey seen it as an opportunity to decrease the killings, and bridge the gap between “Red” and “Blue”. This gap now consists of many other colors but the goal is the same. We must walk in his light and continue he “Marathon” of life! R.I.P Nip #AllMoneyIn

Does Superman have a protector? Does Iron man take vitamins? Does the Hulk have a fitness plan? Does Thor have a spiritual connection with God? I use these hero’s as an example to our ideology of manhood. We’re hero’s to the ones we protect and provide for. The question is do you take the time out and focus on self-care? For years I didn’t, and it lead me down a path of destruction, I damaged a lot of vital relationships along the way. It’s ok to fix yourself before you save the world!

They say 90% of men suffers from lack of manhood. So many guys contribute money to manhood. Money doesn’t make you a man, in fact it’s makes you less of a man. The idea that you can buy your manhood, or having the ideology that richness makes you a man, shows how insecure you are as a man. Being a man consists of love of God, love of family, self-awareness, leading by example, and connected to your emotions. Is the reflection in the mirror one that you want your sons to emulate, could your daughters marry a man like you? If the answer is no, you too suffer from a lack of manhood.

What drives you? What’s your motivation? Focus on that and chase it everyday. Distractions will come from all angles but you have to be willing to sacrifice the now, for the then. Understand that you can’t celebrate NOW, but when you succeed THEN you’ll celebrate forever. There’s a saying “if you do what’s easy, your life will be hard, but if you do what’s hard your life will be easy”. Go be tenacious about your dreams, attack everyday with one goal in mind, and that’s TOO EAT!

Chris Nickson, soon to be Dr. Nickson gave his expert and personal advice on transitioning into a better version of self. He’s a expert on life and manhood as many of us are, but his point of views and insight is unique. For it’s not the similarities, but our differences that causes a change in the social make up of manhood. Dr. Nickson stated that discomfort with self will cause you to change. How many of us “Men” aren’t in a state of comfort when it comes to who we are? Just the fellowship on manhood!

One thing about life is it’s stressFUL.. there’s no reward without sacrifice, or there’s no testimony without a test. Put yourself in a uncomfortable position, being uncomfortable creates the opportunity to be creative in your thoughts. I quoted Les Brown, “Don’t go where the path may lead, go where there’s no path and leave a trail”. Embrace the stress that you have and use it to evolve. Live stressFUL

I often wondered why I damaged some of the most cherished relationships throughout my life. The statement “Hurt people, Hurt people” is so true, but what if you didn’t realize you were hurt. We are dealing with the wounds passed down from our fathers, and their fathers. What about the statement “Anyone who never felt love, can’t give love”. This may not be true for all cases, but for the vast majority I can promise it’s fact. I don’t want to express my activist views, but I do want to shed life on the breakdown of relationships, friendship, and Selfships, and it’s because “We” men don’t express self love more. We have the power to change the way society view men, and also influence all aspects of life by simply loving ourselves. There’s a GENIUS within you, I challenge you to MASTER yourself.

I want to talk briefly about self love, and self image. It’s imperative that we as men, clean up the inside before dressing up the outside. How many of us wonder throughout life feeling dissatisfied because we don’t know who we are, but you have an image to uphold. I challenge you to sacrifice your image, in order to gain self worth. Change the way you dress!

I battled myself for a day or so about publishing this podcast, because I felt I needed to deliver it better, then I realized I need to stay genuine, and it’s ok to not be perfect. So this particular podcast is an introduction from me to you and a little background information About myself. I figured this podcast will grow organically and reach the ones it’s supposed to reach.