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Sleeping Giants
February 13, 2009 Investment Forum Shares Love with D.C.
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I recently shared a scrumptious pancake breakfast at the
Washington City Club. The gentleman I
dined with engaged me in small talk of everything from baseball to
politics. On the surface, there seems to
be nothing spectacular about that. After
all, pancakes aren't anything unusual and baseball is out of season. What you have to pay attention to are the
subtleties. Go to IHOP or Denny's, check
the menu for what suits your budget and order to your hearts content, but when
you are invited to dine at The City Club there aren't any prices listed to
budget and no bills. Further baseball is nothing
unusual but this guy nearly owned the Washington Nationals. I have to admit that politics are exciting
these days with headlines from our country's first Black President-Elect Barack
Obama to Illinois Governor's Blagojevich's alleged
hustle for the vacant senate seat. I
could have tried to impress this gentleman by telling him how in 2006, I actually
scripted in my High Impact Presentation DVD that the new President-Elect was
just a countdown away. He could have
easily ambushed that comment by telling me what he did for breakfast on
vacation in Martha's Vineyard when he and his
ole buddy Barack awoke to enjoy a little family fun and sun. Still the subject of this message state's
"sleeping" giants. Sleeping is the right
term because this guy remains a sleeper to many. He can walk right past you and you not know
he's currently orchestrating a several hundred million dollar deal that
involves the acquisition of prime commercial real estate.
It's imperative that everyone start the year with prosperity in mind.
We're in a recession but the sleeping giants I'm talking with have no
such conversation and they realize the stories of the greatest fortunes are being written right now. After much
anticipation and numerous requests, it is time to reconvene. Just as my most recent conversations with the
sleeping giants of the elite class have contained commercial real estate ventures, I thought it made
sense to keep the momentum flowing. I've
spent many months intimately gaining familiarity with the commercial landscape
as I'm working on opening a coffee shop that focuses on authors, complete with
a stage setting that allows the audience to feel the authors on why they wrote
their books and free Wi-Fi Internet access.
It would also be an incubator for new authors to get heard and get
published. More on that later.
Since this forum has a commercial real estate flair, I
thought it would be of high importance to talk about foundations of who makes
the key decisions within the local government.
So who else to help engage the discussion than David Byrd, Deputy Chief
Administrative Officer for Government Operations / Environmental Services for
Prince Georges' County? Mr. Byrd has
been very influential in helping The Investment Forum's economic development
understanding by exposing us to organizations such as the ICSC. In addition, I want to give others a glimpse
at what it takes to nurture the mindset of someone looking to make it big in
the commercial real estate game by introducing you to Mrs. Hilda McIntosh, international investor, serial entrepreneur, power broker and aunt
to the billion dollar developer Donahue Peebles. We will have a wonderful time as we share on the
evening of February 13, 6:30 p.m. at the Donavan House learning, networking and exploring.
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The Investment Forum Survives Cancer and Celebrates Life
with Michelle Hannah Founder of Celebrate Life Foundation
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The Investment Forum found the
essence of leadership and the fundamentals of excellence when we were
introduced to a rising star named Michelle Hannah. Her divine insight and uncanny ability to
lead and inspire could not go unnoticed.
She is making monumental moves and saving countless souls who were
otherwise overlooked. Bringing awareness
to those who otherwise wouldn't be privy to it is one of the fundamental
reasons The Investment Forum was started.
Therefore, partnering with Michelle's Celebrate Life Foundation was an
easy decision to make. Our goals are to
ensure that cancer survivors are deeply intertwined in the awareness and basics
of good investments as it is fundamental not only to a prosperous life but
those who are potentially clinging to life. Our most intimate relationship
extends to our very own Chief Marketing Officer, Annie Mickle who was diagnosed
with cancer many years ago and has pledged to be a survivor and leader to
many. The awareness and application of
the investment decisions we share at The Investment Forum has forever changed
her financial future and ability to enjoy a prosperous lifestyle.
Celebration Life Foundation
(CLF), founded in 2004, as a non-profit foundation that promotes research on
the sexually transmitted disease Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Celebrate Life Foundation's mission is to educate,
communicate, eliminate and promote the prevention of the sexually transmitted
disease HPV which can cause cervical cancer. Unlike most cancers, cervical
cancer can be prevented by preventing HPV. CLF recognizes the need to provide
innovative research, educational resources, counseling and health care services
to assist women towards finding hope and rebuilding there lives following the
traumatic challenges they face on a daily basis with these medical conditions.
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Interested in Writing/Publishing a Book
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Since I've published my first book, I've been both honored
and inundated with people who have asked me a ton of questions about writing the
process. So many that we may have to do
a forum on book writing. I'm not sure
I'm the guy who should lead the discussion since I never set out to write a
book in the first place. At any rate, I
have added a few more tips:
Don't be Dr. Huxtable
when Claire's Out of Town - We all remember vividly our favorite Cosby Show
episodes. Can't you just see little
Rudy's face when she lip-synched the words "Babaaaaaa" as the family performed
for their grandparents? Or when Theo
wanted a $90 Golden Gartrail shirt and Dr. Huxtable said, "I don't have a $90
shirt and I have a job?" Try to remember
when Claire went out of town and Rudy had to write a paper for her elementary
school assignment. The paper was turned
in with words like "Ubiquitous Melancholy" and "Insurmountable Obstacles"! Come on now, we all know Rudy couldn't write
like that and so did the teacher. So if
your writing includes common words and you want to tell your story then use
common words. Don't try to be someone
you're not or it will never sell.
Be Prepared to Get
Sliced and Diced! - Forum emails are not given to an editor before they go
out. I write what's on the mind, set it
aside, come back later, edit and hit send.
Whether you all think I'm a good writer or not, let me tell you - a
professional editor will tear these emails to shreds. So when I got my manuscript back the first
time, it looked like Rudy tried to do Denise's Hillman paper! Red X's, cross outs and underlines
everywhere! There were so many errors
they couldn't even fit them all in the first time. I had to have a second edit just so they
could chew me up so more. Trust me,
that's the difference in how good you think you can write and how the
professionals know you need help. In the
end, you need them and so did I. Thanks
to the editors my first book won four awards.
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Sincerely,
Anthony "Von" Mickle
The Investment Forum, Presiding
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February 13, 2009
6:30 p.m.
cost: $40 in advance, $45 at the door
The Donovan House
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I
know this book will provide valuable information to everyone that reads
it. It is indeed very timely and an outstanding guide for educating
people on real estate investments.
Jack Johnson
Prince George's County Executive
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