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    How to Survive the Next 365
    How to Survive the Next 365
    How to Survive the Next 365
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    How to Survive the Next 365

    By Klarque Garrison

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    Do you know anyone who needs to learn "The Art of Trusting Yourself"? "How to Survive The Next 365" is a masterful look into a new way of thinking! “How to Survive the Next 365” can be your guide to developing a proper mind-set to get you to “your” next level! I also helps you re-define what the next “level” for you will be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKlarque Garrison
    Release dateOct 16, 2010
    ISBN9781452440279
    How to Survive the Next 365
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    Klarque Garrison

    There were so many reasons for writing this book. Ultimately, I settled for “Your voice needed to be heard”. I began heeding my inner voice and connecting with life. I saw life with my 3rd eye and it was glorious. I had only to ask and create those thoughts into the most perfect word...”Action”. And so after witnessing life at a greater level of understanding, I was called to share this clarity with all who would hear its beautiful voice.I was born in Los Angeles, CA and raised by a single mom with little to no education. However, what she lacked in education she made up in unconditional love. I came to writing much like most authors, it chose me! Writing became a tangible voice that could be heard and always spoke true. This book “How to survive the next 365” takes the reader on a journey of understanding that you truly hold the answers for a better life. My life has thus far been a true testimony of this revelation. I’ve owned and operated, even partnered several very successful businesses. 13 years of experience in real estate investing and negotiating terms with hundreds of lenders around the country have compelled me to master “The Art of believing in the power within me”. It is my hope that this book can do the same for you!Klarque Garrison

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      How to Survive the Next 365 - Klarque Garrison

      How to Survive the Next 365

      By

      D.K. Garrison

      A Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2010 D.K.Klarque Garrison.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system—with the exception of a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase another copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to http://www.smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thanks for respecting the hard work of these authors.

      This book includes information from many sources and gathered from many personal experiences and interviews. It is published for general reference and is not intended to be a substitute for independent verification by readers when necessary and appropriate. The publisher and author disclaim any personal liability, directly or indirectly, for advice or information presented within. Although the author and publisher have prepared this manuscript with utmost care and diligence and have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information contained within, we assume no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions or inconsistencies.

      Dedication

      To all those who have dreams…but are afraid to live them

      And to everyone who believes in the Power that lies withinYou

      365 Creed

      Our Purpose is to Build an Evolution of Thought and Action. To Help Develop One’s Inner Voice, To Provide a Platform for Like-Minded Discoverers. To Build a Network of Individuals who Use Positive Ideologiesto Survive…and Thrive! Survive 365:

      Your 360 Prologue

      Survive the Next 365!

      Who am I? Well, to borrow from one of The Beatles’ famous songs I am he. As you are he. As you are me. And we are all together. In short, I am no different than you. I hope, dream, laugh and cry. I doubt myself; I hate how I look; I wish I had more. I am a King one day and a Bum the next, with only myself making the judgment. I am recklessly racing down the same laborious road on which you find yourself as you read this book.

      Let me offer a bit of historical perspective here, not necessarily to validate my argument but more as a similarity barometer as to our shared experiences and commonality: I am the product of a home where my mother played all the roles in my play (translation, Single Mom Household). In fact, my mother has an incredible story in her own right, which unquestionably shaped so much of mine.

      She left home (Jacksonville, Florida) with not much more than a 9th grade education and became a burlesque show and line dancer touring North America. As she traveled to one major city after another, she met and performed with legendary comedic, musical and stage stars including Redd Foxx, LaWanda Paige (Aunt Ester from Sanford and Son), Dinah Washington, Sam Cooke and Leonist Splat ‘n Doobie Flowers, my father, a Jazz trumpeter who played with the likes of Richard Dorsey and Billy Larken, to name a few.

      They met in Alaska – yes, ALASKA – and fell hopelessly in love. Soon after, I was born – the perfect family…except for one small problem - Mr. Flowers, like many Jazz artists of the times (circa 1964), was a womanizer and had a serious drug habit. So, just like many babies of the times, my father left, and I grew up in a cocoon of MFSB™ love (MotherFatherSisterBrother)i – an environment where one person – my mother – was every thread in my family fabric. What a strong woman she was to be all things to me!!

      But back to me (and you) – like most kids, I had a mind that grew at first from inquiry (yes, I was a Why kid, constantly peppering my mother with Why this and Why that). Then, as I grew older, the growth was propelled by thirst. I thirsted for a better world, a better home (we traversed from one apartment to another during my early years), and a better vantage point from which to see the world. Suffice it to say that always looking up not only gave me poor angles – resulting in poor choices – it really hurt my neck!

      So, I grew into a willful, bad-attitude teen. There was absolutely nothing you could tell me; I knew every damn thing there was to know (a quality some of my present-day circle would say still holds true)! Oh, c’mon, didn’t you? Anyway, my adolescent omniscience took me to the very same place it takes all willful, bad-A teens – trouble! A lot of it and a lot of the time!

      I remember once I was so insanely bored, I walked to our apartment’s garage (we lived in a multi- leveled apartment complex with a garage that was down the street), and went through each level checking to see if the car doors were open. When I found one, I ransacked the glove compartment, throwing the items all around the car. I never stole a thing, I had far too much fun making a mess and wondering what the owner of the car’s first words would be when they returned.

      Admittedly, I never really ventured into serious acts of stupidity and I have to believe the only thing that kept me out of getting into serious trouble was my fear of being in the box – the iron bar hotel. And my fear that somehow, I would meet Mr. Flowers – my father booked into that same hotel.

      Next stop College. Yes, college – because, like each of you, I was smart, I had something to offer, and the Universe conspired to give me yet another opportunity to contribute – as it always does.

      College was, to me, a place where I could escape. It was a place where I could start over and transform my persona into whoever/whatever I wanted it to be. I was smart enough to know who/what I did not want to be - I did not want to be the resentful, angry, kid who dreamed of his father each night and acted out the loss (Because deep down I knew that if I kept that up, ultimately I would do something stupid and end up booked into the iron bar hotel).

      So, I tried every new thing I could think of as a college man (FAMU – Florida A&M University, provided a plethora of options). I pledged fraternities (KKY, KAY); I became a drum major in the incomparable FAMU Marching 100 (the renowned FAMU Band); and I earned a black belt in Tai Kwon Do. When a few folks suggested that I looked like a model and should consider that, I jumped headlong into the pursuit of a modeling career. Keep in mind I could not imagine why they would think of me as a model; or whether they had the slightest idea what they were talking about; or what it takes to become a model; it was a new arena and perhaps they could be right!

      So, true to form for someone who had no idea who he is or what he is to become, moved to Miami to become a model – not a corporate manager or aspiring innovator – a model. Here I am, out of school, in Miami, with little more than enough money to get an apartment, starting a career in modeling, about which I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Granted, I was always the type to dare to be different, but even for me, this was a stretch.

      Let me tell you about my first day in the so-called Model World. I woke up around 5AM and laid out a clever plan of how I would visit all the top modeling agencies. One by one, I waltzed in, only to sheepishly retreat, my tail firmly tucked, as I heard every denial imaginable.

      So there I was, at the end of a long tortuous day, with EVERY SINGLE AGENCY I visited launching a full-scale campaign to convince me that I should move back where I came from and get a real job!! I was crushed. All I could do is what any 20-something man would do….I called Mama!

      The brief glimpse I shared with you of my mother’s life should let you know that my mother’s advice is not for the weak-of-heart. The story would venture into a trip down her memory lane where she gives examples of how she went through the very same thing – and more and tells you that what you need to do is get over yourself. To her credit, my mother sensed my dismay and she instead, scolded me for being a quitter! Are you going to give up on your dream simply because someone else didn’t see it?

      I was amazed – and invigorated by her tough love talk. I decided to really plan a course of action that would get me where I wanted to be in the Model World. The most important part was understanding that I might have to take a few steps backward to make one great step forward – and being willing to do so. The rest, as they say, is history. Within a month, I signed with a reputable agency and had a successful 7-year career. I got gigs in Europe, the Caribbean, and every major city in the states. I did music videos,

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