I have heard NONE of the sports “gurus” mentioning the name of Lamar Odom in MVP talks for this or any other season – and it’s time this player received the accolades he deserves. It is my firm belief that Lamar Odom has been the MVP of the NBA for at least the past two years and is a lock for league MVP this year. You want proof? Keep reading.

Okay, it can definitely be argued that others in the NBA are more viable candidates for most “valuable” player. Value is quite a subjective attribute and – as they say – one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. But I speak of a much more objective measure – most “versatile” player. In that regard, Lamar Odom has no peers.

Odom – at 6’11’’, with slick ball handling skills and excellent defensive prowess – can, hands down, do more things on the basketball court than any other NBA player. Some shoot better, rebound better, defend better, etc. But no one does as many things well. And this is the kicker that I submitted to a friend months ago – a purely objective appraisal of basketball ability. Lamar Odom is the only player in the NBA that can adequately both play AND defend all five positions on the basketball court.

He can adequately play and defend the 1) point guard , 2) shooting guard, 3) small forward/swingman, 4) power forward, and 5) center positions. Lebron James is the only other player in the league that comes close – and he can neither play nor defend the center position nearly as well as Lamar Odom can.

I believe that it is time for the NBA to recognize the most versatile players in the league and award them a trophy and an MVP2 status. Lamar Odom is clearly [as Mark Jackson would say] “that man”. Which begs the question: Why is the most versatile player in the league not even mentioned in the running for sixth man of the year – much less Most Valuable Player. It is my contention that Odom’s versatility should garner him serious consideration for both. As always, I welcome comments and additions to the conversation.
[Psst. Lamar! When the press eats this up and you get more endorsements, salary and incentives; break a brother off.]

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Many people take advantage of Twitter to increase their audience whether they are selling, broadcasting, organizing – or whatever. The problem with most programs that purport to increase your following is that they cater to marketers who try to get sales purely via volume followers – utilizing the “follow me and I will follow you” mentality. This results in a large number of people who follow you BUT DON’T READ YOUR UPDATES! A good barometer of whether or not people actually READ your tweets – and enjoy them – is how many times people RETWEET your tweets. Check out @tonyrobbins and see how often people retweet HIS tweets.

Anyway, I found out how useless my vast number of followers were when I tried to get my followers to listen to one of my internet radio shows. I tweeted and tweeted and got no one – other than loyal followers not connected to Twitter – to even listen to the show. THEY WERE OBLIVIOUS TO MY TWEETS.

So I decided to go the TARGETED route and have had much success selling the other things I market through affiliate programs – and I’ll be broadcasting again soon, so I’ll see how it affects my audience growth. I have purged a few (and lost a few) and gained people who really want to hear about what I am tweeting. I’m just short of 12,000 followers, now.

Anyway here is the link to the program – Tweet Adder: http://tweetadder.servant2all.com/ This is a program you have to pay for but there is a FREE DEMO to be downloaded and used so you can test its efficiency. ADDITIONALLY, my page offers a 20% discount coupon code PLUS BONUSES, should you decide to buy after checking out the demo.

The following post is from an email sent to me by one of my closest friends. It was one of those things that you get through numerous parties such that finding out the original author is nearly impossible. Still – even without an ability to give attribution to the writer – I felt that this article might engage conversation. So, without further ado:

What My Brother-in-Law Thinks About The Threat of Socialism

People who complain about the threat of socialism remind me of the man from Virginia who went to college on the GI Bill and bought his first house with a VA loan. When a hurricane struck he got federal disaster aid. When he got sick he was treated at a veteran’s hospital. When he was laid off he received unemployment insurance and then got a SBA loan to start his own business. His bank funds were protected under federal deposit insurance laws. When he retired he went on Social Security and Medicare. The other day he got into his car, drove the federal interstate to the railroad station, parked in the public lot, took Amtrak to Washington and went to Capitol Hill to ask his congressman to get the government off his back.

What are your thoughts on this? Let’s talk.

I first of all want to apologize to readers of this blog for not posting for some time. My energies have been diverted to other projects, but rest assured that I will be back on track within a few days.

The following video succinctly outlines the Black Business Builders Club’s (3BC’s) compensation plan. Although it is a very lucrative, residual income apparatus, I tend to concentrate more on the fact that the 3BC is an “online success university” where its members “learn to earn” and earn while they learn! To me the tools provided, that enable better promotion of your primary business – as well as the institution of a brand new one – are the real gems of the club. That makes the compensation plan the icing on the cake.

The following video of the 3BC compensation plan, compiled by 3BC member David Farad, was glossed over in my “Why Join Black Business Builders Club?” post, can be viewed by all visitors to the site, and is used extensively in 3BC promotions. I thought it would be worthwhile to share it here as well.