about me.

it’s cliche – but let’s go with this. i’m writing this on tuesday, may 21st 2019.

i’m 27 years old, i’ve been married for 5.5 years. i am self employed and own multiple businesses that i’ve started with my business partner.

i have one brother, thomas who moved to pittsburgh a little over a year ago – my mom just moved to pittsburgh. dad lives in nc where i was born and raised.

i grew up in winston-salem, nc – went to college at nc state in raleigh, got a job working in sales. worked there in raleigh doing sales for 3 years, after which i was promoted and moved to pittsburgh to do face to face sales.

i started a few businesses, quit that job in september of 2018, and now we’re here.

i have a dog, he’s dope.

i have a son on the way. fatherhood is something i’m looking forward to, i’m excited about, and i think i’m ready for – but honestly i don’t really know what to expect or be ready for – so i’m as ready as i’ll ever be.

all of the businesses i own are around amazon. 70% of everything that’s sold on amazon is sold by people like me, and so my 4 companies are all around that – consulting, teaching and helping individuals and businesses to grow, scale or start their own amazon businesses.

i like cars, i like technology, i’m a super nerd. i can sometimes be an ass, but i never do it because i don’t like you, i do it because it’s my way of not being awkward. most of the time people laugh around me. if they don’t, i feel weird and bad.

i have a ton of amazing friends, 99% of them i met through my church, amplify. it’s a dope place.

my wife is the most amazing person on the planet. she cares about people, she’s kind. she loves me, she supports me, she’s everything to me. i wouldn’t be where i’m at right now if it weren’t for her. there’s a lot more to that story – and it’s the truth – if it weren’t for her and the impact she’s had in my life, i’d be in jail, or dead. true talk.

i want to help people. i want to succeed in life and i want everyone around me to succeed. i want to have a direct influence on how people live, on what they’re able to do.

i have a few core beliefs.

1. everyone has the same opportunity and abilities, no one is better than anyone else.
2. everyone can make their life whatever they want it to be, just most people don’t have the work ethic to do it.
3. emotions are terrible. they cause people to make irrational, short term minded decisions and i don’t want them to control my life or my decisions.
4. i don’t like the sun. it’s hot and uncomfortable and makes me sweat. god gave us air conditioning and it’s my favorite thing.
5. you have a responsibility to yourself, and to the people around you. not monetarily, not where you have to give them everything, but to better your own life and better the peoples around you too.
6. the only difference between me and the most successful people to have ever lived, is time and hard work. luck or place and time doesn’t have anything to do with it.
7. treat people with respect. you have to understand that not everyone is like you, people have different beliefs, people have different personalities, and it is not their job to become like you – it’s your job to meet them where they are at.

i’m interested to see how over time these things change. where i’m at in life, what i’m doing, even how my core beliefs change.

this is me.