It doesn’t matter how you start — it’s how you finish!

“It doesn’t matter where you start, it matters where you end up.” — President Obama

As sure as you are born, you have history from the moment you are conceived. This history follows you each step of the way throughout your life until your last day on earth. Often times in the beginning of your life, you don’t have much control over your history but as you mature you do. You can make better choices or bad choices that can be detrimental to life itself.

One’s history doesn’t have to be a determining factor as to where you will end or how successful you will become. Many wealth people come from impoverish background. Your attitude will determine your altitude. Yes, life will throw blows and punches that you didn’t see coming, some you may dodge while others beat you like a tsunami, leaving you lifeless. Motivation and inspiration has totally escaped your mind. Everyone goes through something, but even this doesn’t define you. How you accept and deal with “this” something defines you.

Coming from Mississippi and moving to New York at the young tender age of 18. It seemed to be an unwritten consensus among many that I would not be successful based on my history and where I cam from. In my mind, I thought, “I’ll show you!” Fast forward many years…