I was born and raised in the city of New York-Queens, with a Jamaican descent. I grew up fatherless with no male role model. Over time I lost focus in my successes and resorted to the street life, as a result, I became a juvenile delinquent. I've done some time at the Crossroads Juvenile Center, Horizons Juvenile Center, and Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. Over the years, I was in both non-secure detention (NSD) and non-secure placement (NSP) programs. However, I overcame the madness and I am now a veteran of ...
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I was born and raised in the city of New York-Queens, with a Jamaican descent. I grew up fatherless with no male role model. Over time I lost focus in my successes and resorted to the street life, as a result, I became a juvenile delinquent. I've done some time at the Crossroads Juvenile Center, Horizons Juvenile Center, and Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. Over the years, I was in both non-secure detention (NSD) and non-secure placement (NSP) programs. However, I overcame the madness and I am now a veteran of the United States Army. I've participated in Atlantic Resolve 2.0 and supported two operations: Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Resolute Support. Over my six years, I've travelled to Afghanistan, Germany, Kuwait, and Poland. I am now pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in mass communication. In addition to being the husband of a beautiful wife and the father of two amazing daughters. I am also real estate agent and a businessman, who is involved in many ventures. My sole purpose for creating this book is due to the little version of me who grew up without a father to raise him. I was lost as a child, and I went in numerous opposing directions trying to find my way. I was that little kid who had a million and one questions. Growing up without a father left me with a multitude of unanswered questions. I thought of all the other fatherless kids in this world, and I wanted their questions to be answered. I wanted to create a book offering wisdom learned along with multiple traits and tools that will keep other men from wandering around and looking lost. A book for late teenagers searching for knowledge on things occurring in everyday life. A book that grown men can come back to repeatedly. We have five chapters to cover, each one containing knowledge each man must know. This book is a rite of passage for seventeen year- old teenagers who are becoming men. However, it's also a book that a man can resort to for useful information when he feels lost during any stage of life. I want to get straight to the tools provided in this book. Therefore, I won't give you a descriptive thesis and conclusion about what this book entails. I'm a genuinely nice guy. Why would I make you read something just to read it again? That doesn't make any sense, right? The only information I'm going to give you is the reason I created this book. After that, we're going to get straight into it! When I picked up the pen, I combined research with life skills gleaned from personal experiences. My goal was to create a book for growing young adults and grown men to resort to! My idea was not to just create a book that was accessible to readers, but a book that could be passed on to the next generation-a rite of passage for late teenage boys in need of directions on the path to becoming men and a reference text for adult men who have lost their way. Welcome to The Blueprint for Men! I am glad to share this knowledge with you.
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