IT TAKES 21 DAYS FOR YOU TO CREATE A GOOD HABIT The definition of the word HABIT is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. How does something become a habit? Consistency is a word that you must learn in order for you to make something become a habit. As the new year approaches we all have goals we want to reach. Millions of people around the world make New Year's resolutions every year. But by February those new year's resolutions

A question that I ask a lot of people is "Why do you do what you do?" Most of the time people get stuck and take some time before answering the question. I jump back in the conversation and ask... "Is it your passion? Is it because of the money? Or do you actually hate it and are just waiting for something better to come along?" Their final response is... "To be honest I just like the money." There's no problem doing things for money. Money is a necessity and I always encoura

"Excuses are like a**holes, everybody has one." - Someone smart The above quote might register with a lot of people I know. I know for sure it registers with me. We all get lazy sometimes and when it's time to start something we reach in our bag of excuses and pull out the first one we can find. "It's raining out so I'll start tomorrow." "I'll start my diet on the first of the month this monday." "I can't look for clients on social media because my phone is broke." We can get

Back in 2003 I was watching the BET awards and rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson won an award for best new artist. He walked up to the podium after he won his award and thanked a couple of people. With a serious face he finished his speech with... "I'm gonna be honest with ya'll, I wanna thank me." At that moment a lot of people in the room probably looked at him as a really cocky individual. I, on the other hand didn't see anything wrong with it. Why can't a man who works as h

We all want to be perfect in everything we do. Whether you're an artist who has been trying to sell their work for years or you're a singer who for years has been trying to get a record contract but haven't had any luck. We must know that at some point in your adult life you will fail at something. One of the greatest quotes about failure that I've ever heard is "FAIL HARD AND FAIL FAST" (I would credit the person but my mind is drawing a blank lol). What does that quote mean

Around Christmas time I had an opportunity to read a wonderful book called KNOWN:The handbook for building and unleashing your personal brand in the digital age by Mark W. Schaefer. Mark is an author of six books that mostly talk about the new era of social media. In his books he helps people who have little knowledge of understanding social media and transforms their knowledge on the topic. His book KNOWN is the only book of his that I have read so far and in my opinion by f

I was on twitter last week and I read a tweet from INC magazine saying "the world's most successful people start their day at 4am." Then I saw one of my favorite authors J.K Rowling retweet and reply "oh, piss off." I laughed at first then really thought about it when I read the responses of people on twitter. So are really saying that you have to get up at 4am to be as successful as Bill Gates or Warren Buffet? If they are I think that's not realistic and it puts a lot of pr

You ever heard the phrase WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES ANOTHER ONE OPENS? I'm sure every time you hear it you just want to roll your eyes. The truth about the phrase is that it is 100% accurate. We as humans don't handle rejection very well, and I really don't know a specific way to tell you how to handle any rejection that comes your way. What I can tell you not to do when you get rejected is to walk in a room, shut the door and close yourself off from the rest of the world. Some of

In the dictionary the definition of success is THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO. Success really is that easy when you think about it. What is your success? Is it trying to lose 30 pounds in a certain time frame? Are you trying to get that big promotion at work? Or maybe achieve a certain level of financial success in life. In today's society we look at other successful people in our fields and try to compare ourselves to them. THIS MY FRIENDS IS A

I was watching one of my favorite financial gurus online who goes by the name of Grant Cardone. He had a short video on 6 reasons why New Years resolutions don't work. I have never made a New Years resolution because I just never thought it was important. There is a statistic out there that says 80% of New Years resolutions fail by February. I truly believe this because most people have problems with consistency and planning. So when I scrolled through youtube and watched the

Being a detective in the city of Boston is no easy task, and with the crime rate sky high, law enforcement is the only hope of getting things back in order. One of the best detectives in the state is Thomas Kent, a hard-nosed, by the book type, who doesn’t bend the rules for anyone. With the help of his department, he has taken down some of the biggest criminals in the city, and has also made a lot of enemies as well. For years he has battled with the biggest drug kingpin in

October 1, 2013 was the release date for my first book 'Qaddafi's Point Guard'. It took a lot for me to put my life on display because I'm a very private person. The book has done a lot for my life. It was an opportunity to talk about my experiences in life, but most importantly I got to shine a light on the people that helped me throughout my rough time during the Libyan Civil War. It would've been selfish for me to not talk about those people and how they were courageous en

Every month I'm giving an opportunity for an individual to do a guest blog post on my blog. The very first one is from a guest blogger by the name of Vada Green. Vada is a tremendous blogger who lives in England and writes a great blog called Ramblings of a Neurotic Writer . Check out her guest blog post about her reading journey below, and let me know what you think in the comment section. I was home-schooled all through my childhood and my mum taught me Maths, English, Scie

My favorite piece of reading this summer was a book by Jon Gordon called 'The Energy Bus:10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy'. The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment - at work and at home. Jon Gordon infuses this engaging story with keen insights

Whether you're an athlete, entrepreneur, doctor or lawyer, we all have a passion we want to follow. We all have family or friends who can't wait to tell you to FOLLOW YOUR PASSION. What they don't tell you is that following your passion can get expensive (and I'm not talking about monetary value). Time, rejection, doubt are just some of the expenses that come along with passion. Time is probably the most important asset that we have in our lifetime. It is something you can't

As the summer comes to a close I had a good amount of time to travel to a couple of different countries. One of the most important things I did this summer was to focus on reading a lot of other authors work. My personal favorites are John Grisham and Kate Moretti (they both might be tied for first). As fiction writers our minds have to be a bit twisted at times just to think of some of the shit we come up with. I mean a character in my book dies every other chapter (just kid

It's important for me to take time every month to highlight one of my fans. A lot of authors don't believe in the 'ONE FAN AT A TIME' strategy but to me that's the most important thing for me in being an author. It takes a lot for one of my readers to sit and read a 200 plus page book which I hope they might like. These days people's attention spans are very short. I hear all the time that people don't take the time to read physical books anymore. In the era of fifteen second

One of the most important things in my life is appreciation. In the dictionary the word appreciation can be described as, recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. To recognize the good qualities in someone is truly an amazing thing. You actually show that person that they are worth your recognition. In today's society of social media we tend to forget about simple things like telling someone thank you for a nice gesture or complimenting our sig

We've all been in this same situation. Sitting at work looking at a clock that says 4:50 pm and packing up our shit ready to hit the nearest happy hour. What that last ten minutes represents is a whole weekend of unmotivated binge drinking caused by what I call THE CUBICLE SYNDROME. Now we all know someone who sits in a cubicle and hates their job and we all know people who sit in the same cubicle and love what they do (HOORAY FOR THEM). But what I've come to realize is that