I’m still waiting for that album…Beyonce. — I have no idea how to start this off. I guess I’ll start this off with…I came out of the womb. Bam! Who am I? This is the easy part where I give you a quick rundown of my bio. Here goes… I’m a HUGE Beyonce Fan — I went to see her…

I got scammed. — “This isn’t going to work out! You’re not ready! Bye!” Ladies and gentlemen, meet my mentor. Scratch that. Ex-mentor. I decided on a whim that I wanted to become a successful entrepreneur when I grew up (whatever that means). YouTube infatuated me with mountains of videos depicting the life of…

Build your chain. — It takes me five minutes on average to come up with 10 writing ideas — sometimes I come up with more. I always see writers piss and moan on the internet about how they can’t write daily articles because they can’t come up with ideas every day. Wait a second…

No one cares about your unicorn. — Yes…this is possible. I say this first because everyone I speak to gives me the, “Wow, you’re crazy!” face every time I tell them I’ve written articles every day for a year and a half. I used to have that same reaction every time someone got a 100% on a…

“There are some black people I don’t want to unify with.” — Angela Davis — “Let’s not confuse racism with culturism.” One of my history teachers said that aloud when we discussed racism in class. I said in front of everyone that most white people are racist because we talked about a black person that got followed in the store. What the hell is culturism? …

You can’t balance two crucial things. — “You F**king!….” — Random person on the phone One cold call down in hell, 200+ more to go. That’s how I began my writing career 3 years ago. I cold-called hundreds of companies per week craving a writing gig. But there was one slight…okay, HUMUNGOUS problem. I had 0 content. …

Father time kicks everyones’ ass. — I’ve done it a million times. I’ve copied the headline structure, prose, tone, paragraph structure, subheading style, and voice of all of my favorite writers. I’ve done it over and over again. No writer has worked harder at being a copycat than me. Still…it never works. No matter how many…

Hint: As soon as you become the therapist. — “When people show you who they are, believe them.” — Maya Angelou Toxic friendships are coke. It’s bad for you, but you keep coming back for it. The white powder is too strong for you to resist. So when should you leave these toxic friendships? After the 2nd offense —…

The NFL sets black coaches up to fail — The news broke a few days ago that the Houston Texans (NFL team) fired their head coach, David Culley. Culley was one of two black head coaches in the NFL, and now that he’s gone, that creates a HUGE deficit in regards to representation. But who’s surprised? I’m not. I’m…