APRI (KD): Favorite quote.
DB: "FAITH ISN'T FAITH; UNTIL IT'S ALL YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO"
APRI (KD): How did you get started as a writer?
DB: Writing started for me as an outlet to help myself and others facing hardship in life.
APRI (KD): Tell us 3 interesting/crazy things about you.
DB: I'm an outstanding cook. I listen to Stevie Wonder's son "LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY" every day. Video games relax me & help me to think.
APRI (KD): Name one entity that you feel supported you outside of your family members.
DB: Manhood training class.
APRI (KD): Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your life?
DB: Events in my own life.
APRI (KD): What was the hardest part of writing your book?
DB: Sharing my personal situation with my children.
APRI (KD): Who is your intended audience and why should they read your book?
DB: Anyone who has lost their way in life and want to get back to the path of greatness.
APRI (KD): What can readers, who enjoy your book, do to help make it successful?
DB: Share the information; sponsor a book for someone who needs it. Stay in touch!
APRI (KD): If you could speak to all the youth of tomorrow in one setting what would you tell them?
DB: That everything they need to achieve their dreams and goals are already inside them. Fight like hell to protect it.
APRI (KD): Can you name one person who has had a tremendous impact on you as a leader? Maybe someone who has been a mentor to you? Why and how did this person impact your life?
DB: My high school teacher, MR. HEMPHILL, he would take time out to address me in my loss, self-destructive condition. He suggested books, lectures and various streams of information that ultimately started me on a lifesaving journey.
APRI (KD): What are a few resources you would recommend to someone looking to gain insight into becoming a better leader?
DB: Study the successful ones, learn their habits, and identify what you have in common with people who shake up the world.
APRI (KD): What do you like to ask other leaders when you get the chance?
DB: What they do to relax? How they start their day?
APRI (KD): What ignited the spark in you to start a new business venture or to make significant changes in an existing business? How did the idea for your business come about?
DB: First with CLEAR VISION, LLC, it was born out of the obstacles that I've faced and had to overcome. To help empower others to stand and face the fears within themselves. CULTURE ESSENCE, QUALITY, NATURAL SKIN CARE was born to provide a need, first in my community and then the world. Both were born to INSPIRE!