Hello,
2010 has been a very interesting year, to say the least. Today is November 6th after the midterm elections. It seems that the Republicans will regain power in the house of Representatives. No worries. This is a trend based on the fact that we have a Democrat in office as the President of the United States. Also, this is very important in many aspect of doing business. Most Economists will give you mixed opinions about the current status of our countries' recovery from a recession, but the facts remain clear. We need to create jobs.
In my opinion, now is time to leverage and jockey for position. I equate our current situation as being the coach of a NBA basketball team. The best team doesn't always win the championship. Most often, the team that is well coached with the right talent wins the title. Honestly speaking, to be a champion you have to think like a champion. Even when you are down by 20 points and your key player is hurt, you can still win. No, it is not always easy but it is a reality that you can still win. Establish and work the plan and hustle to no end. Champions!When Barack Obama said, " Yes We Can," it meant that we can do whatever we as a nation would like. Right now, we are down 20 and MJ just went down with an ankle injury. But we still have Scottie, Dennis and Phil Jackson coaching. "Yes We Can," Why not?
We are still the 2nd largest country in the world behind China. However, if we are going to work the plan we need to know about trends and history that are very important about our country. In the Reagan administration a trendy name was given to William Niskanen's game plan of how the Americans should conduct themselves in the free world, Reaganomics was established. These policies were effective for not only the eight years of President Reagan's administrations but also thru the Presidency's of George H.W Bush and William Clinton. Remember, the only time in our history that we had a surplus was when President George W. Bush took office in 2000. We all know what happen in 2001. But, what most people don't realize is that regulations in the mortgage industry lightened. This gave our country a real estate bomb unmatched by any other housing market or any other housing trend in our current history. Quasi government agencies were securitising no documentation and stated income loans by the trillions and most of the investors that purchased those securities were not American citizens. Ironically, not until the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) of October 2008, when we realized our direction, companies like AIG, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had to be bailed out, sold OR restructured in order for overseas investors to recoup the funds invested in what I call the FAKE PAPER market of 2001 until 2008.
The foundation of knowing the history of our troubles is to know what we are up against in 2010. Again, going back to our basketball analogy, we can not just shot threes in order to get back into this game, It is not a quick fix. We will obviously need a game plan and some patience to work a plan that seemingly is already predicted to fail in a fearful investor climate. But, we move forward never looking back and working towards a win that is inevitable. 3-2-1. Game!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
A Starting Point (Part one)
Hello World,
You know, in life there are obstacles and pitfalls that make us feel defenseless about our journey, at times. But, I am reading a book called The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama and it helps me to focus. A New Year and a new mind is my motto for 2010. The fact that I will be 40 years old this year is soo amazing because as a young lad I dreamt of the day. However, I thought I would be retired living on a Island in the carribean. I have always been a dreamer or as my mother would say a visionary. I was always able to use my imagination to create things that no one could i.e music, stories and even business concepts. Allow me to help you to see some of my visions.
I have been in the real estate industry for 15 years. But not until I realized the potential for me to change the lives of my family did I realize that I have a talent for building businesses. In 2007, my father and I ventured out and started a company dedicated to making dreams come true. Not only for our family but for the communities that we have served for so many years in the real estate industry. The motto of our new company "Dare to Dream" captured the vision of a father and son destined to become the nations next power team. But wait, the road can't be that easy. Afterall, in order for a new company to change lives they must first have a plan. So, off we go planning and positioning strategic partners nationally to encompass the vision. Never did we think that the vision would have a delay and there were things that had to be hammered out. Needless to say, our dreams of creating a new business and saving lives was cut short by a country in the initial stages of an economic recession and the fear was settling in to damage the framework of our marketing scheme. (To Be Continued)
You know, in life there are obstacles and pitfalls that make us feel defenseless about our journey, at times. But, I am reading a book called The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama and it helps me to focus. A New Year and a new mind is my motto for 2010. The fact that I will be 40 years old this year is soo amazing because as a young lad I dreamt of the day. However, I thought I would be retired living on a Island in the carribean. I have always been a dreamer or as my mother would say a visionary. I was always able to use my imagination to create things that no one could i.e music, stories and even business concepts. Allow me to help you to see some of my visions.
I have been in the real estate industry for 15 years. But not until I realized the potential for me to change the lives of my family did I realize that I have a talent for building businesses. In 2007, my father and I ventured out and started a company dedicated to making dreams come true. Not only for our family but for the communities that we have served for so many years in the real estate industry. The motto of our new company "Dare to Dream" captured the vision of a father and son destined to become the nations next power team. But wait, the road can't be that easy. Afterall, in order for a new company to change lives they must first have a plan. So, off we go planning and positioning strategic partners nationally to encompass the vision. Never did we think that the vision would have a delay and there were things that had to be hammered out. Needless to say, our dreams of creating a new business and saving lives was cut short by a country in the initial stages of an economic recession and the fear was settling in to damage the framework of our marketing scheme. (To Be Continued)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
KUUMBA (HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!)
Hello World,
The sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba, which means creativity with a definition to do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. This principle exhibits the core beliefs of what President Barack Obama ran his 2008 campaign on with leaving our next generations a chance to build instead of rebuild. Looking back on a festive year for African Americans with the first black president of the new constitution and a chance for hope and change in a era where things started to look pretty bleek. We give a standing ovation to President Obama and his lovely family.
The year comes to an end tonight and I would like to thank all of the partners that helped to make Axiom Capital Funding a success. We started this company with a vision, a dream and a direction. The marching orders have been debated and we deployed on the hope that President Obama so gracefully beck upon our nation. We are not under any illusions that our journey will be easy. However, we do understand that we are only as good as the professionals that we surround ourselves. I would like to wish all of our colleagues a Happy New Year!!!
The sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba, which means creativity with a definition to do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. This principle exhibits the core beliefs of what President Barack Obama ran his 2008 campaign on with leaving our next generations a chance to build instead of rebuild. Looking back on a festive year for African Americans with the first black president of the new constitution and a chance for hope and change in a era where things started to look pretty bleek. We give a standing ovation to President Obama and his lovely family.
The year comes to an end tonight and I would like to thank all of the partners that helped to make Axiom Capital Funding a success. We started this company with a vision, a dream and a direction. The marching orders have been debated and we deployed on the hope that President Obama so gracefully beck upon our nation. We are not under any illusions that our journey will be easy. However, we do understand that we are only as good as the professionals that we surround ourselves. I would like to wish all of our colleagues a Happy New Year!!!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Hello World,
Today is the day before new years eve Wednesday, December 30, 2009. This is the fifth day of Kwanzaa NIA pronouced nee-AH. The definition, to make as our collective vocation, the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. As a crescendo to our seven day celebration I am going to focus on that last few words of the definition of NIA. "Restore our people to their traditional greatness." As I said in my previous post, this is my second year celebrating Kwanzaa and really reading to understand the full meaning of each principle. But, when I get to the last words of this principle it makes me aware of the fact that "our people" experienced greatness on another continient, another hemisphere, another age. Restoration would mean that we are not great RIGHT NOW and I live by a self proclaimed principle that I am ALREADY great. I wish that we lived in a world where we didn't have to engage in a history where our communities were destroyed by civil war, racism and Jim Crow. However, the reality of these actions are evident and prevelant in our media and marketing every day. We have to realize that we validate ourselves although we live in a culture that degrades the acceptance of our ancestors being from another land and studying another religion. The fact that we, as a people, have accepted the culture of a nation that says that we are 3/5 of a man just to protect our families from being separated or even murdered is disturbing. Nonetheless, we are a great people. Maya Angelou said it better when she wrote, "You may write me down in history, With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise." Those are very powerful words from a great woman in our history as I end my post for today.
Today is the day before new years eve Wednesday, December 30, 2009. This is the fifth day of Kwanzaa NIA pronouced nee-AH. The definition, to make as our collective vocation, the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. As a crescendo to our seven day celebration I am going to focus on that last few words of the definition of NIA. "Restore our people to their traditional greatness." As I said in my previous post, this is my second year celebrating Kwanzaa and really reading to understand the full meaning of each principle. But, when I get to the last words of this principle it makes me aware of the fact that "our people" experienced greatness on another continient, another hemisphere, another age. Restoration would mean that we are not great RIGHT NOW and I live by a self proclaimed principle that I am ALREADY great. I wish that we lived in a world where we didn't have to engage in a history where our communities were destroyed by civil war, racism and Jim Crow. However, the reality of these actions are evident and prevelant in our media and marketing every day. We have to realize that we validate ourselves although we live in a culture that degrades the acceptance of our ancestors being from another land and studying another religion. The fact that we, as a people, have accepted the culture of a nation that says that we are 3/5 of a man just to protect our families from being separated or even murdered is disturbing. Nonetheless, we are a great people. Maya Angelou said it better when she wrote, "You may write me down in history, With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise." Those are very powerful words from a great woman in our history as I end my post for today.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Hello World,
Today is Tuesday, December 29th 2009. I am celebrating the forth day of Kwanzaa and preparing for a great year in 2010. As I reflect on the meaning of the principle of Ujamaa (oo-jah-ma), cooperative economics, I remind others of a city in Oklahoma that was destroyed on June 21, 1921. This city embodied the definition of Ujamaa, to build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. This city is Greenwood, Oklahoma. A suburb of Tulsa, Greenwood gained national respect during the years of the oil boom of 1910 by gaining the nickname "Black Wall Street." There were many businesses in Greenwood that supported the population of approximately 10,000 african american settlers. Everything from barber shops, banks, clothing stores to realtors, doctors, lawyers and grocery stores all African American owned and operated. Ironically, there is no other time in history that African Americans had cooperative economics so perfectly cohesive than the years of 1910 up until 1921. Some agrue that today we have many organizations that support the cooperative economics of black people and that African Americans spend billions of dollars per year as consumers in America today. Needless to say, after reading and researching on this matter I concur with the critics. Even with the collaspe of the United States economy in Q3 2008, African Americans still spend $723 billion annually as consumers with fast food and entertainment toping the list. Furthermore, the number of African American millionaires has sky rocketed since 1921 with business persons like Robert Johnson, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods just to name a few. However, in comparing the wealth of today's millionaries and the impact of the cooperative economics of Greenwood, Oklahoma. You must be aware of the era. These settlers were first generation decendants of run away slaves. They had their religion and their families and were given the opportunity to live the American dream. Not until the Klu Klux Klan rioted the city on that lonely day in 1921 did the dream turn into a nightmare for thousands and the city has never recovered to date.
Today is Tuesday, December 29th 2009. I am celebrating the forth day of Kwanzaa and preparing for a great year in 2010. As I reflect on the meaning of the principle of Ujamaa (oo-jah-ma), cooperative economics, I remind others of a city in Oklahoma that was destroyed on June 21, 1921. This city embodied the definition of Ujamaa, to build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. This city is Greenwood, Oklahoma. A suburb of Tulsa, Greenwood gained national respect during the years of the oil boom of 1910 by gaining the nickname "Black Wall Street." There were many businesses in Greenwood that supported the population of approximately 10,000 african american settlers. Everything from barber shops, banks, clothing stores to realtors, doctors, lawyers and grocery stores all African American owned and operated. Ironically, there is no other time in history that African Americans had cooperative economics so perfectly cohesive than the years of 1910 up until 1921. Some agrue that today we have many organizations that support the cooperative economics of black people and that African Americans spend billions of dollars per year as consumers in America today. Needless to say, after reading and researching on this matter I concur with the critics. Even with the collaspe of the United States economy in Q3 2008, African Americans still spend $723 billion annually as consumers with fast food and entertainment toping the list. Furthermore, the number of African American millionaires has sky rocketed since 1921 with business persons like Robert Johnson, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods just to name a few. However, in comparing the wealth of today's millionaries and the impact of the cooperative economics of Greenwood, Oklahoma. You must be aware of the era. These settlers were first generation decendants of run away slaves. They had their religion and their families and were given the opportunity to live the American dream. Not until the Klu Klux Klan rioted the city on that lonely day in 1921 did the dream turn into a nightmare for thousands and the city has never recovered to date.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
Hello World,
This is my second year of actually celebrating Kwanzaa. I am soo happy that we as a people can cling to positive principles as the nation is seemingly understanding that there is a difference between truths and traditions. Ujima, collective work and responsibility, is a very important principle. To date our communities have been separated by religion, social status, gangs and political party. How long will we continue to be soo NAIVE? I was reading last night and came across a sentence that was so profound that I had to read it twice. The sentence read, " I realized that wealth was a way of thinking and not a dollar amount in the bank." I thought to myself, this is soo true. We have been trained to think that we should be chasing money instead of thinking rich. In other words, it is a class issue and not a money issue. This year I will be writing more about OUR thinking but today, UJIMA. It takes a community to raise a child. It also takes a community to stay alive in a world and nation that would rather give you the left overs and take the full course meal and trade it for MONEY. Respect yourself, then respect the ones around you enough to lend a helping hand. We should be studying together, YES, because obviously what we have been taught is NOT truth. It is called social engineering. Read about it and set yourself free from the oppression.
I would like to offer a helping hand to those of you that a looking to change your direction. Give me a call if you are looking to start a new business for our communities, help the sick and homeless in our community and build affordable homes in our community. You can call me at 630-570-1990 or email me at rod@rodrickcarter.com. Namaste!
This is my second year of actually celebrating Kwanzaa. I am soo happy that we as a people can cling to positive principles as the nation is seemingly understanding that there is a difference between truths and traditions. Ujima, collective work and responsibility, is a very important principle. To date our communities have been separated by religion, social status, gangs and political party. How long will we continue to be soo NAIVE? I was reading last night and came across a sentence that was so profound that I had to read it twice. The sentence read, " I realized that wealth was a way of thinking and not a dollar amount in the bank." I thought to myself, this is soo true. We have been trained to think that we should be chasing money instead of thinking rich. In other words, it is a class issue and not a money issue. This year I will be writing more about OUR thinking but today, UJIMA. It takes a community to raise a child. It also takes a community to stay alive in a world and nation that would rather give you the left overs and take the full course meal and trade it for MONEY. Respect yourself, then respect the ones around you enough to lend a helping hand. We should be studying together, YES, because obviously what we have been taught is NOT truth. It is called social engineering. Read about it and set yourself free from the oppression.
I would like to offer a helping hand to those of you that a looking to change your direction. Give me a call if you are looking to start a new business for our communities, help the sick and homeless in our community and build affordable homes in our community. You can call me at 630-570-1990 or email me at rod@rodrickcarter.com. Namaste!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Hello World,
For years I have been doing business as an E or S but in 2007 my father and I ventured out to make a difference as B's and I's. I was encouraged that this was the right move to make in a failing economy and an incoming president running on CHANGE. After studying the markets and hearing the views of thousands of people I know feel that this country is going thru an overhaul. The people are realizing that in a information age there is too much to juggle with child care, health care and politicians only caring about their own selfish goals instead of the needs of the people. It makes you ask the question WHY. Why do we continue to engage in non sense instead of dealing with the real facts. We have kids watching television instead of reading books. We have men trying to feed their families with the money left over after they hang out with the boys and buy wii's. Come on guys lets change our minds in 2010. A new mind, a new life and propsperity for ALL.
For years I have been doing business as an E or S but in 2007 my father and I ventured out to make a difference as B's and I's. I was encouraged that this was the right move to make in a failing economy and an incoming president running on CHANGE. After studying the markets and hearing the views of thousands of people I know feel that this country is going thru an overhaul. The people are realizing that in a information age there is too much to juggle with child care, health care and politicians only caring about their own selfish goals instead of the needs of the people. It makes you ask the question WHY. Why do we continue to engage in non sense instead of dealing with the real facts. We have kids watching television instead of reading books. We have men trying to feed their families with the money left over after they hang out with the boys and buy wii's. Come on guys lets change our minds in 2010. A new mind, a new life and propsperity for ALL.
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