50 Best NBA Slam Dunks

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The big NBA fan that I am I just had to post this. The crew at Complex Magazine has compiled the 50 best dunks of all-time into one tight little package.
Now this being their opinion there is going to be debate, so don't get excited for the rankings
Would of served them better if they compiled the best 50 in no particular order (I'm particularly fond of #4 & #11 but that's just me) with that in mind, check out Complex's list of the 50 Best NBA Slam Dunks, a collection of humiliating, in-your-face jams.

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Book Spotlight: Mode One

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People always say "you should read more". Honestly my ADD will not allow me to sit and read books if they don't interest me. My interest include basketball, music, women & money not necessarily in that order. So imagine my disgust when my boy hit me up telling me about a book he just read. I was skeptical but in the end it solidified the conversations we were having regularly.

What book could have peeked my interests so well? Mode One (Let The Women Know What You're REALLY Thinking) By Alan Roger Currie.
If you search this book on Amazon its listed under Psychology & Counseling and grouped with many other "How To" dating books. This book is so much more. There are many books on the market that profess to teach men how to attract and seduce "any woman they want to" or "any woman they meet." this book makes no such "hyped up" claims. Currie's approach is all about upfront, straightforward honesty combined with non-manipulative, highly self-assured behavior.

Mode One teaches men that sometimes, being rejected by women is actually a good thing. Especially if that woman is nothing more than a highly skilled manipulator looking to waste a man's time, and take advantage of him financially. We all know women like this and the sooner you can identify this type of woman you can get closer to avoiding this hassle.

The biggest lesson to be learned in Mode One is that men should avoid playing the role of the "well-mannered nice guy" in the hopes that their pleasant, lenient, overly-accommodating, and ultra-flattering behavior will be somehow rewarded later on with a woman's romantic and/or sexual companionship. Everyone knows that women don't want "nice" men, and men don't want women to use them. This book shows you the effective way to communicate which can be used not only to attract women but in your everyday life. Men & women have manipulative personalities.

I myself have never been one to be shy on saying whats on my mind. I have been blessed with avoiding those women (or people in general) that are looking to just get a free ride or pass some time with a guy that they are not interested in. Like the lyric goes, when you see the snakes in the grass then you lean on they ass, so when I feel like someone is trying to use me I put them in they place. I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it just put in perspective the way I normally do business. Honesty has always and will be the best policy.

If this book interests you can check it on Amazon (FYI there's a PDF version that can be downloaded on the net, LimeWire & Torrents for you intellectual thieves - cant post that here don't need another case...)


Click Here To take A Peek Inside The Book


Get To Know You

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How can you expect someone else to give you what it s that you want when you don't even know yourself?

I am a big advocate of relationships... healthy relationships. I also am deathly afraid of being alone. From as far back as I can remember I craved companionship. Maybe being the last born of 3 children & being the only boy, maybe growing up with a distant father in the house I just needed that attention. I clinged to other family members and absorb their circles as my own. The more attention the better. As I grew up this need allowed me to be taken advantage of cuz I felt their happiness was more important than my own. It lead to me either dealing with multiple women or me dropping everything important to me for that one selfish woman. Once out of that situation I had 4 years to my self. That lead me to understand what it was that truly made me happy. Yes I still had women in my life but it was on my terms, no advantages no disadvantages. Now I feel ready to give my all to another woman cuz I'm happy with myself, flaws & all.

This little back story is due to a convo I had with a good friend. She is currently in another potential destructive situation. She has a man, he doesn't treat her as she should be, he doesn't open up to her & he uses her. She has another suitor but he isn't good for her either cuz he has a family. While we spoke I commented that she needs to not be with anyone else. That was met with some opposition. The reason I gave her such advice is cuz she doesn't actually know herself. She has been in back to back to back long term relationships that end up awry. She's contemplating cheating on dude, which is what usually happens to her. Trust is big & she doesn't even trust herself enough to be faithful. I believe a little time away from needing that other person to express how they feel bout her (whether physical or emotional) would do wonders and allow her to explore how she feels bout herself. As we all know women are attention whores & it comes about from having qualms about themselves. Once she becomes truly happy with herself then the choice can be made from potential suitors who truly have her best intentions in mind. Now that I'm happy with me, I want to make my significant other smile as much as I do inside.

So what do you think ... Is being alone that unbearable if the time spent leads you to true happiness in the end???

Battle Scars

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There are reasons to why people give the advice of never do what doesn't make you happy. Happiness is a rare and treasured thing. Without it you are just a shell being pushed by the waves and swells of life.
Everyday you are tested and challenged. Once you feel you have passed then comes another & another till you just feel like whats the point. But you must persevere through the tribulations. Many a time I believed I failed only to be blessed with what I longed for. For years I yearned for that brass ring that seemed so far till this past October when I was at my lowest I reached up & grabbed it & I will never let go. Finally happiness but alas it didn't last long... My trials at work I have documented but I must take you back to '05 for you to understand why my heart pains for a job most wouldn't give 2 shits about.

Back in '05 I was living at home, recent Baruch grad, unemployed but very much in love. So in love was I that the dreaded M word danced in my head. Yes marriage. Now the upstanding gentleman that my mother raised me to be I knew that I had to do right by my future bride. Cant get married sleeping on a twin bed can you? So I pursued employment with all the time I had. I mean trips to LI everyday for interviews, combing the job sites all cuz I had a ring to buy& to find a place for me & mine. One day I went up to Baruch to see my beloved and my boy told me of the employment he just secured. Salary, commission, benefits - all that a husband needs. The company JPMorgan Chase. So I went to this interview like all the others, confident & assure. Met the Branch Manager (hell of a lady) then the District Manager (big time douche). I still remember that day, I was asked to sell him my watch & by the end he was trying to take it off my wrist. Job secured, got my girl - happy. Fast forward a lil - training done but girl lost. Sent to a my branch in Greenpoint for my 1st official day. From day one I had to deal with trails from racism to people not liking me cuz I tell it how it is. When the racism came to light I was asked if I wanted a transfer but the loyal dude I am I said no cuz I would have been abandoning the one person who allowed me to get my life on track. I mean cuz she chose me I was able to increase my savings 9 fold. I'm talking low 4 figures to high 6 figures. As time went on I increasingly got happy again- women here & there but I was able to do anything I wanted, buy what I want & get my place.

Fast forward to '09... economic downturn leads to Chase changing focus. They say they out to help the customer but its all about dollars. Again chance to leave but I stay cuz my loyalty comes into play. By this time I have a core of customers that depend on me. I have helped so many people either set their lives up or turn it around that I get thanked to this day from 3 years ago. Should I look at these people as dollar signs? If there's no commission should I just chuck em from my desk. That's not me. I took this job cuz I wanted to make a difference in peoples lives & I feel I have. Now full circle cuz I'm being targeted by a racist manager who will stop at nothing till all the minorities are out. I returned from vacation 10/23 to find out she was actually telling my co-workers she wanted me out. I mean WTF...

From family members with life threatening diseases to getting arrested to an abortion to almost losing that special girl '09 started rough & progressively gotten worse & now I may start '10 outta work... No bueno
But through this all I have had the admiration & well wishes of many close to me that have kept me sane. I stay strong for them cuz we equally need each other & I cant be selfish by abandoning them... I am battle tested & I will win out in the end.....

Support: Bizzy-Free Lunch

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First & foremost shoutout to the dude Bizzy
I have been blessed to know this dude & seen his hustle.
Words from the man:
  • Free Lunch" the mixtape from BiZZY! became available for download Oct. 31 at www.BlackGeniusInc.com. Be one of the first to witness the real. The mixtape is authentic in that it is meant to capture the emotions that we all juggle on a daily basis. "Free Lunch" will be the soundtrack for that late night train ride and early morning bus trip alike. It encompasses the struggle that we all turn into triumph and it highlights both our failures and successes because these things are what makes a free lunch...free. This is for him, her, them and us. R U BiZZY?


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