Cultivate Your Calling

"If Black Men Don't Do These Three Things, Black Woman, Men & ChildrenAre In Trouble"On March 29th of 2020, at 11 pm, I got the scare of my life.My 18-year-old daughter Kyla came bursting into my room and said, "I haveto go to the hospital!"As Kyla rubbed her eyes, I'm thinking, "Did she eat another piece ofseafood she's allergic to again?""Tyrell has been shot!" she said. See, Tyrell is Kyla's boyfriend of twoyears. I offered to drive Kyla to the hospital, but she refused. Shedrove...
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"If Black Men Don't Do These Three Things, Black Woman, Men & ChildrenAre In Trouble"On March 29th of 2020, at 11 pm, I got the scare of my life.My 18-year-old daughter Kyla came bursting into my room and said, "I haveto go to the hospital!"As Kyla rubbed her eyes, I'm thinking, "Did she eat another piece ofseafood she's allergic to again?""Tyrell has been shot!" she said. See, Tyrell is Kyla's boyfriend of twoyears. I offered to drive Kyla to the hospital, but she refused. Shedrove herself there.Later, at 2 AM, the phone rings. It's Kyla calling my wife Sierra. Ilooked at it and said to myself, "I ain't picking up that phone!"Sierra answers the phone, and Kyla says, "Tyrell has passed away."We were shocked, to say the least. Instead of Kyla planning for a wedding,She planned a funeral.The next day, I thought to myself, "What can I do to help our Black menand boys?"I quickly thought that if the guy who took Tyrell's life was cultivatinghimself and walking in his purpose, he would not have the desire to takeanother person's life.I also realized that there are three areas of a man's life that must becultivated. If Black Men Don't Do These Three Things, Black Woman, Men & ChildrenAre in Trouble"First, black men must work on themselves. They must recover fromwhatever pain, trial, and trauma they experienced throughout theirlifetime.So, I came up with what I call THE L.I.O.N. Assessment. The LIONASSESSMENT is like a SWOT Analysis but for Black men.Second, black men must restore their relationships. Domestic violence,divorce, and gun violence play a role in damaging relationships. We must examine the impact and change the narrative.Finally, black men must be restored in their career, discover theirpurpose so they can monetize their gift, and learn to build a careeraround it. All this I share how to do in this book.