6. What’s a typical day like for you?
Well, one could classify me as a bit of a workaholic.
people remember you. After a ten year love affair with crack cocaine, all my morals, values and integrity went right out the window. I had to be patient, live life the way I felt I should, and finally gain trust, respect, and honor back. I am proud of the fact that people see me today as honest (transparent), dependable and of moral character. I try and only surround myself with people of positive and true integrity. I have more respect for somebody coming forward about a wrong-doing or mistake and taking accountability with a desire to do better, than I do for somebody that tries to hide behind lies and blame.
Question 10: What are your success habits that other entrepreneurs can learn from you?
Again, I go back to being transparent. If we live our lives with honesty and give people the raw and real all the time, that in itself is success because we are free from keeping up the burden of lies, facades and fake intentions. Be yourself in your personal and business life. Don’t pretend to be something you ARE NOT just to make a buck. Instead, form a real relationship based on honesty and trust. Share with others about your past mistakes, pitfalls and failures and let them see the REAL you so they can learn to love and appreciate who you are, what you can offer them, and how you can be an asset to them.
The world is full of fake people. I am sick of people trying to fit into what society has brainwashed them into thinking they need to be. For example, the guy posing on the steps of the mansion doesn’t tell you it isn’t even his house, or the fancy car picture doesn’t convey they almost lost their home over the car note! Trying to keep up an elaborate façade is tiring. Eventually, we get lost in the lies and get caught and tarnish our integrity. People will love you for YOU if you are transparent and conduct yourself with integrity. I stay true to myself and people know they can trust me and I will always tell it like it is, good and bad and for me that is the best business partner I could ask for.
Additionally, I would say “stop waiting on perfection.” Your business plan, style, show, partnership, or life will never be perfect so stopping procrastinating. I advise to just go for it and tweak things along the way. Procrastination, due to fear of lacking perfection, nearly kept my best-selling book, What Goes Up