Today was not a good day. I watched multiple coworkers get handed walking papers. “Thank you for your hard work, but the company is restructuring, and your services are no longer needed.” Nothing about restructuring makes it less personal. I convinced people to move thousands of miles to be a part of something that was supposed to be so much bigger than all of us and now here we are. I reframed the reframes today trying to see the opportunities that lay ahead. I’m still standing (thank you for that) and today I’m looking ahead of me, not behind me. I heard somewhere that windshields are bigger than rear windows because there’s more to see in front of you than behind you. I guess I need to see some of the past and use it to grow and learn from, but whoever said that was right. One door closes so that others may open. The writing is on the wall, but this was supposed to happen for me, for us.

Stop saying “I’m trying.” Trying keeps you in effort. It leaves room for excuses. Start saying “I’m acquiring.” Skills. Assets. Discipline. Confidence. Wealth. Acquiring implies inevitability. It signals ownership, decision, and momentum. Your language isn’t neutral—it’s programming. Speak like the person who already decided to win. Shift your words. Shift your identity. Shift your results. #MindsetMatters #WealthLanguage #IdentityFirst #LevelUp #RichThinking

"Work smarter, not harder... "You’ve heard it. Maybe said it. But until this month, I hadn’t lived it. Let me tell you what actually happened—and how it’s changing everything for me going into 2026. 📉 The Raise That is Humbling Me @Phillis Contreras and I had $1.26M in soft commitments, mostly from amazing—but unaccredited—investors we’ve built real trust with. Then came the deal. ✅ It made sense on paper ✅ Strong team behind it ❌ But it required accredited-only capital Suddenly, 90% of our investor base couldn’t play. We were stuck mid-raise, holding potential that couldn’t be unlocked. That moment hit me: I was trying to finish something I never should’ve started. 🧠 The Shift Instead of pushing a deal uphill, I asked: “What if I flipped this?” What if I started with the capital mandates like Marichel suggested—the investor criteria—and then found the deal? And now, I’m doing just that: - Building decks for fund managers, financial advisors, big check writers - Sourcing deals that match their criteria - Partnering with experienced underwriters and full-cycle operators - Showing up in every call like it’s the one conversation that changes everything Because you never know which one will be. 🙏 Reconnecting to My Real “Why” I used to say things like: “I want to be a good man.” “I want to be a role model.” All true. But now I know what I really mean: I want to take care of the people I love. I want to do dope, legacy-level work with @Tyler Baisden , @Yonnick and Marichel Matthews, @Michael Hartley , @Parul Sharma, @Lori Malek, @Angelyn Ndlovu, @Chris Frank, and so many more that I can't tag here. I want to free my family, retire my parents, and bless everyone connected to me. Myron says money moves in the direction of value and alignment. Maxwell says people move when you speak from authentic conviction.

Goooooooooooooood morning everyone! For those of you in training or who've recently completed the training, you're in for some life changing experiences compliments of Yonnick and Marichel! While life has taken me in a path away from capital raising, I've constantly used the concepts of this training to give public presentations which results in lots of success. That success and motivation compounds, giving me more confidence to engage in more public speaking. For 3 Saturdays in a row in January, I will be traveling to 3 different states to give presentations to solicit business and recruit for my team who will benefit greatly with me. Each event is projected to have 500 attendees with 80-100 people attending each presentation. The skills I've learned and given me the confidence and audacity to keep moving. I wish you all the best success with your capital raising and public speaking ventures!

EDIT: OCTOBER 3, 2025 I want to provide some more motivation for the YM2 Academy Community. I gave another presentation yesterday to a different group of more established investors and real estate investment association (REIA) leaders. The presentation went well and I got about 20% interested with QR code scans. I've had many visits to my exhibitor table leading to people signing up for my program and also have been invited to present in person and virtually to a few groups in different states! The presentation was a gateway to having table visits and conversation starters at the networking opportunities which led to a lot more positive responses from these old heads, especially after getting to know one another and after building rapport. (Tip: let people talk about themselves and keep asking follow up questions. They'll lower their guard and like you a lot faster). Follow the formula for what you're learning in this program and you'll see success in relating to people by being your authentic self and showing them how you can help them in their goals! ********************************************************************************************************* If I may, I’d like to offer some Tuesday motivation for you and gratitude towards Marichel and Yonnick. I took their first Public Speaking class last year. Of course it was great, but I’m a very direct person. I was skeptical that telling people my story to relate to others would work instead of my normal method of just directly explaining what I do. I had a presentation over the weekend at a multifamily event in front of 500+ people to pitch my services. @Yonnick and Marichel Matthews critiqued my presentation a week prior and Yonnick mentored the hell out of me for about 2 hours. I did exactly what he said. I added the emotions, the panic and stress of what the audience was going through and offered the solution. My jokes hit and I asked for permission to tell them more to a very boisterous “yes!” from the crowd which actually startled me a bit. Even when the audiovisual guy mistakenly turned off the slideshow, I jokingly asked the crowd to boo him, which deflected from a minor mistake, but lightened up the moment, which would’ve otherwise probably stressed me. That moment which began with lighthearted booing, erupted into laughter from the crowd.When my presentation was done, I received a thunderous round of applause from the crowd. Shortly after I received a trickle of attendees to my exhibitor table, and I thought that maybe I didn’t do so well after all. However, upon the first break, I was bombarded over the next couple days with hundreds of conversations from different people, about 400 scans to my QR code and dozens of people registered for my webinar! I was accused and asked by attendees if I was a professional speaker, if I was an actor, and even complimented on my dramatic pauses, so the room could be filled with motion, which is what Yonnick told me to do. Little did the crowd know that I would hit periods of nervousness, which would cause me to pause and also forget what I was about to say. It turns out that while I was perceiving nervousness, stress and panic, the crowd was perceiving powerful emotions.