You Have Everything You Need to Get What You Want is a step-by-step guide that will help readers transform their life, relationships, and business. Why was this such an important book for you to write?

This book was so important for me to write because it helped me to understand that if I just open my eyes and switch my perspective I have all the tools I need to get what I want. I just have to see it. We are all making excuses everyday. We get held up on going after our dreams because we have a lacking mentality and we tell ourselves that we don’t have everything it takes to go after it. I wanted people to have the realization, like I did, that when you have an abundance mindset and you are utilizing the assets in your life the possibilities are endless. That doesn’t mean it won’t be hard work but when you have a system to use your possibilities are increased dramatically. Like I like to say in the book, “when you’re on your path luck has a way of finding you.”

I needed, and I knew others needed, a system to really make a dramatic positive impact on their life right now using the things they already have. Following COVID, war, and economic problems there has never been a better time to get this information out there. We all have so many things weighing us down but when we free ourselves of the things that don’t  serve any purpose we are able to get closer to the freedom, the happiness, and the fulfillment we all desire. This all really comes back to the balance sheet of life.

I came from a first person perspective when I was telling the stories but I’m hoping that readers can relate to those stories, imagine themselves in my position and have revalations of how they can apply the same ideas to go after what they want. I’ve always felt like stories are the best way to learn. We’re all just big kids after all.

What is the first critical step someone must take to make a lasting positive change in their life?

The first step that anyone should do is to be willing to try. We all tell ourselves that something we want to go after is too scary, we aren’t ready, it won’t work out, it’s impossible, that’s been done before. So, we stay where we are content to carry on as we always have wandering through life lost, without a system knowing the entire time, deep down, that if we just put our mind to it we can find a way. But this takes being willing to try.

We’ve all heard the quote by Confucious, “the journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.”  This is so true because it all starts with willingness. The willingness to try helps us take that first step and that starts us on our journey. Guess what? We figure it out along the way.

What is a common obstacle that you see people facing when they try to manage their bad habits?

Managing our bad habits is the ultimate key to getting to our goals faster. We all know that. The funny thing is that we all know what the bad habits are. I mean they are easy to identify. But we do it anyway. So how do we turn it around? The first key is to identify the bad habit. Make it known. Once something is on the radar it’s easier to conquer.

One of the biggest obstacles  that people face with bad habits is that they won’t face them. Managing bad habits is very difficult because they always come back in full force when you let your guard down.

A concept that I talk about in my book is “Ignore, Improve, Remove”.  These are the three options to deal with the things holding us back in our lives. You clearly can’t ignore a bad habit. You have to overcome it especially if it is keeping you from getting what you want in life. You can improve a bad habit but it always comes back. Ultimately, a very bad habit has to be removed. That’s the only real solid conclusion to come to.

How do you do this? You replace the bad habits with good habits. The concept is easy to understand but the actual doing of it is one of life’s great challenges. This is why I emphasize the power of starting over. Starting over is how we constantly refresh our commitment to ourselves and try again, always improving. We forgive ourselves and start over.

What is one thing you hope readers take away from your book?

I want people to know there’s hope. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I want to help people uncover the resources in front of them and see the assets in their life. I want them to have a newfound sense of gratitude for what they do have, not a feeling of lacking for what they don’t have. I want to help people “see it”. When you can “see it” you can believe it and when you believe it anything is possible.

The subtitle of my book is “You Have the Power to Change Everything.” This is something I really want to drive home to readers. Your life is in your power and you can change anything or everything you want. In the book I say, “you are the writer of your story and as the writer you can change the next chapter in your life, just like I did.”

I come from what I call, “humble beginnings” and what this basically means is I grew up in a bad neighborhood. I was surrounded by drugs, gangs, violence, abuse, and poverty. The thing you hear so many people say is, “I’ll never make it out.” No matter where my readers are in the world I want them to know that there is hope, there is a way. Let’s face it, there’s a lot of people out there going through a hard time. Trust me, I understand. The one thing I want people to know is that if you have a system, and you stick to it and do it everyday you can make it real.

So find a system, overcome your fear of taking the first step, identify your bad habits, and stick to it and do it everyday. We have everything we need to get what we want. All we have to do is see it.

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