DAY 32 - A DEFINING PROCESS!

Planning my work and working my plan! According to Edison Montgomery: "Clear definitions of goals is the key to success!" ...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 31 - SIXTY MORE DAYS TO GO!

PICTURED ABOVE: Boxes of the Novel / Poetry Book - EASIER SAID THAN DONE!

It has been 30 days since I started on my quest to sell ONE MILLION BOOKS ACROSS AMERICA. At this point I thought for sure that I would be well beyond the half-way point. I've sold 190 Books as of today and I have 60 more days to go until my August 31st deadline. I know what you're thinking - "He's never gonna make it". Henry David Thoreau said - "In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high!" So the next 60 days will be busy, busy, busy! I'm going to reach out to everyone I can to join the movement(Yes, get ready for the ultimate email campaign - lol). I'm going to reach out and touch at least a million people, the more the merrier. I'm like the little engine that could - I KNOW I CAN! I KNOW I CAN! ...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 29 - BROTHERS AND BOOKS!

PICTURED ABOVE: Rob Darrett, brburns.com, Quincy Cole, Will Curtis & The Booksss

"United WE stand, divided WE fall!" ...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 27 - LOYALTY IS PRICELESS!

Today I paused my book tour to travel to Mobile, Alabama. A friend asked me to be a part of a stage play that he was directing. "Loyalty in little things is a great thing!" ...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 16 - DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE "B" in TCB!

Today I took the opportunity to catch-up on some overdue paperwork(They don't call it Show Business for nothing!). Since I started this goal, I had gotten behind and it was piling up(Send out emails, follow-up on some leads, look for new places to sell and promote, balance the books, update the websites and schedule guests for the radio show - WHEW I was getting behind.) . But, I never want to get so busy, that I can't pause a minute, just to say THANK YOU to all of the people who have so graciously accepted me and my mission and became a "Believer". All of those wonderful people who have purchased a book or cd - THANK YOU! All of the business owners who have set up signings for us - THANK YOU! All of the Salon and Barber Shop owners who haven't once called security on us -THANK YOU! And to everyone who has gone to the website and signed-up - THANK YOU FOR BEING A BELIEVER! "The esseence of generosity is self sacrifice!" ...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 14 - WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS? - There is no "i" in "Team"!

PICTURED ABOVE: Hilton "Duke Rogers, Stacy Martin, Chana Traylor, brburns.com, Toisli Martin & Davit Williams

NOT PICTURED: Daniel Atianyi

I must take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to the best "DREAM TEAM" in the world. Since we started this mission, you have worked diligently to help make this goal of selling ONE MILLION BOOKS ACROSS AMERICA a reality. Your efforts, sacrifices and hardwork is not and will never be taken for granted! "REAL FRIENDS will not tell you what you cannot do - REAL FRIENDS will ask: What can I do to assist you!"...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 11 - GET UP! GET OUT! AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN!

As I sat home, patiently waiting for those "tons" of internet book orders to come flooding in, a song by Macy Gray popped in my mind. I don't really remember the whole song(But I do remember that crazy hair and those huge white balls), I remembered the line - "Get up! Get out! And MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN!"

So I rounded up my TEAM, and we did an impromptu Beauty Shop & Barber Shop Tour. Not only did we sell a ton of Books, but we made some great new fans and got a lot of great leads. And for the record let me just say this, there are a lot of ARTISTICALLY TALENTED PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND THOSE CHAIRS! We met singers, poets, actresses and more. It made me wish that I could do/cut hair. How phenomenal would that a be: Me doing my Talk Show, acting in and directing a play, spitting a poem, signing a book and at the same time, putting on a perm and giving a bald fade - COULD HAPPEN! And as far as those internet orders, I'm sure they're on the way - SMILE. Thomas Edison said - " Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits!"...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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DAY 8 - I'M KEEPING MY HEAD UP - And My Umbrella Opened!

"If you want the RAINBOW, then you have to put up with a little RAIN!"...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!


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DAY 5 - EVERYBODY THAT YOU SEE - DON'T SEE WHAT YOU SEE!

Every since I started ONE MILLION BOOKS ACROSS AMERICA(My mission to sell 1,000,000 books in 90 days!), I have reached out to a lot of people that I know - personally and professionally. And to my surprise, most of those efforts have been in vain. I can't tell you how disheartening it is, to be hit with the realization that everybody you think is in your corner - is not. "Everybody that you see - don't see what you see!"

For the past 5 days I have felt like I was standing at the airport waiting for someone in my family or one of my friends to get off the plane. I'm excitedly standing there with out-stretched arms and when they deboard, they see me standing there, they look me straight in the eyes and walk right on by me. - WHAT A KICK IN THE HEART! Support and encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed-up flower; it may be the turning point for a struggling life!...AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT... But Who knows - Maybe it's just me!

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