I was born on Christmas Day so I’ve always hated my birthday. Either nobody remembers or they remember but still only get me one gift. On my 14th birthday my mom gave me two gifts the first gift was money and the second was a lesson on life I would never forget.

How I made money while having to care for my new born son.

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I teach you how I made $20 in less than 5 minutes!

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Going to prison my first time wasn’t easy and it changed my point of view. What you think you can get in trouble for and what you don’t. Everyone does bad things but it’s the unlucky ones that get caught. Was I unlucky or was it because I am a brown boy in a time when being brown is unlucky.

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My college experience turns out to be nothing but drinking drugs and violent moments. A hometown boy willing to help the little group of friends until the struggle becomes to real and the true selfishness of a person comes alive.

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The finally decided to go Arizona and confront my mom to tell her I got accepted into college. The only thing I was afraid of was she would not help me with the loans. Luckily she did help me but knew she was hurting me. As she tried using logic and reason to convince me otherwise I still chose to make the mistake of going to college. Rather she thought it was a mistake to go to college.

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I got tired of sneaking in through windows of girlfriends houses and asking my friends to spend the night. I decided after getting my first paycheck to buy a car. Thanks to the help of my stepfather I was able to buy a cheap fixer upper. My stepfather also taught me the most important lessons in life how to buy a car and how to go about fixing it.

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At my fifth interview for the week desperately needing a job. I hear the same question. Why this job? Why here? For the money duh! I found out experience does change a person for the better or sometimes for the worst.

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The day I left for college was the scariest day of my life. I decided to go see my mother before I left and she thought it was time for her to tell me her life story.

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A mentor influences your decision and makes you question your own beliefs. Luckily I had three mentors each with there own ideas and what they thought was best. I took the best parts of these men and they make up who I am today. (This Episode is longer than I wanted so I divided it into 3 segments, that way you can listen to it in parts or in full)

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