Networking, reading Marketing books / magazines, time with friends, branded entertainment, pool, good food, good drinks, good conversation...JUST BEING!
Millions of Dollars!! My maternal Grandparents, Michael Jordan, Jack Trout & Al Reis (marketing gurus), Ghandi, Warren Buffet, David Ogilvy, Tupac, Aaliyah, Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, Richard Branson, people I can get money and do good business with.
Classic Soul: Al Green, Teddy Pendegrass, Barry White, De Barge, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Ohio Players, Isaac Hayes, Sly & Family Stone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Isley Bros., Kool & The Gang, Stephanie Mills etc.
Hip-Hop (1986-1996): Run-DMC, LL Cool J, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Juice Crew All-Stars, BDP, Queen Latifah, Kid n Play, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Nice & Smooth, Gang Starr, Super Lover Cee & Cassanova Rud, De La soul, Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Poor Righteous Teachers, 3rd Bass, X-Klan, Special Ed, NWA, Jungle Brothers, Salt n Pepa, Naughty by Nature, Whodini, Mob Style, Whodini, MC Lyte, Positive K, Audio 2, Lord Finesse and DTC, Black Moon, Nas, Jay-Z, B.I.G...let me know who I left out.Contemporary R&B: R. Kelly uhhhh........
Blaxploitation:
Petey Wheatstraw "The Devil's Son in Law",
Cooley High
The Education of Sonny Carson
Willy Dynamite
The Mack
Uptown Saturday Night
Across 110th Street
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Disco Godfather
Black Belt Jones
Black Ceasar
Black Godfather
Blacula
Bucktown
Carwash
Dolemite
Foxy Brown
Hell Up in Harlem
Penitentiary 1 & 2
Shaft
Superfly
Gangsta:
Goodfellas
Casino
Menace 2 Society
New Jack City
Boyz in da Hood
Scarface
Hoodlum
Bronx Tale
Juice
Comedy
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Friday
Half Baked
Meet The Parents
Hollywood Shuffle
Airplane
Bad Boys
Barber Shop
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2
Blazing Saddles
Boomerang
Booty Call
48 Hours
Vacation
Coming to America
to name a few....
Self-Help
The Power of Now
The Game of Life and How to Play It
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
48 Laws of Power
Think and Grow Rich
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Richest Man in babylon
The Millionaire Next Door
As a Man Thinketh
The Celestine Prophesy
Business
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
22 Immutable Laws of Branding
Ogilvy on Advertising
Your Marketing Sucks
Positioning: "The Battle for Your Mind"
Purple Cow
Selling the Invisible
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This
The Influentials
Jack Trout on Strategy
The End of Marketing As We Know It
Grandparents, Parents, ME and anyone that has influenced me in a positive way