This may get me in troble but I got to say it.
I'm not a young man. I've been around. I've also had to opportunity to here and see some of the greatest Civil Rights people of all times. But.
People please, please stop repeating the same sweat statments that our civil rights people said in the past.

The civil rights movement has changed. The MAN is not in our way anymore. We've got to stop begging and looking for a Messiah to deliver us.

The people in power will not finance the minorty group or groups that will compromise thier all mighty existance. They just will not do it. Would you?

In order to survive as a people the civil rights movement will have to change to economics.
Remember the Bible verse (Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for the rest of his life) .
We've got to stop asking for the fish. Stop.
We must learn to be entrepreneurs. We must support our businesses. we MUST stop the crime against each other. We must become educated. WE MUST STEP OUT AND DO FOR OURSELVES. We must NOT wait for a Messiah. And let me tell you about that.

We will only move when we want to or move when the right person tells us to.
Who is the right person? The right person is your personal Messiah. Who is your personal Messiah? It could be your Mom, Dad, Pastor, Teacher, Lover, Radio Personality, etc. --- In other words, It is who ever you will listen to or who can make you move. and this is why we are in the fix we are in.

If I say we need to do this as a people and I'm not one of your Messiahs then I may as well be talking to myself. It doesn't matter how good it is or important it is, it matters who am I and what I am to you.

We need to understand that state education is not going to work for certain minorty groups.
We are not in the mix no matter how smart we are but the plan is to let some of us get in so we don't mutiny. How long do we have to hit ourselves in the head with hammer before we understand it hurts (400yrs.)

We must teach finance in school from day one. We must teach marketing in school from day one. We must teach entrepreneurship in school from day one. If school is only open on M/F then we need to teach our own on Saturday. Church's DO YOUR JOB. Oh, I'm not a Messiah.

If we want ot save our children then we must take charge. Quit the excusses that he or she had no role model. I had no Father and my Mother is not educated. All she could offer me was love. I at times only saw my Mom on weekends because I worked after school and she worked midnights. So, when I got home she was gone on the bus to work. I had practice after school and went to work after practice. She couldn't help me with homework it was beyone her but I still did it when I got home. I also did stupid dumb things too, but not to the tune that it turned me into a idiot.

Mom Dad or Mom or Dad or Grandma or whoever, get off your a_s. The poeople in power tell us everyday some place some where that if you don't do for yourself, tough. Get with the program or die. Be productive or kill yourselves off. Fill sorry for yourselves and get High make babies rob the few businesses you have. Tear up you Homes and Hoods. Live like Zombies. We will catch you and cage you like an animals in a Zoo you fools. Plus we will make money off of you when you spend your money on all the nonsense we can put in your Hood. We will do our best to keep you in dept and ruin you credit. We also know you believe that education is not for you no matter how easy it is. Good.

If you feel what I am saying then do something. Talk to your messiah and tell them what you have read an what you want to do. If you don't feel what I'm saying then you are already dead and it wont matter. If some of you are on the border line of starting your business I hope you get started advertise and remember, "Let Us Mind Your Business."
Gaidi

Business people, I have a pet peeve.
What happen to QUALITY SERVICE and CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I was on the road to Atlanta last week. I stop to get something to eat. When I went to pay my bill I had some Coka Cola glasses also. Well, the cashiers could not find the price for the glasses. (The bar code was wrong.) The glasses were $2.00 ea. but they had no way to enter $2.00 without the bar code. The line began to form behind me. It got up to ten people and thier families and they were still looking for a way to enter $2.00. UNBELIVEABLE.
Next, I wanted to use my cell phone. I have a national plan. I carried two phones in case something happened to one of them I'd have a spare. Once I got out of Michigan I could NOT make a call. (Not in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Georgia). So I called customer service *611. A recorded message said I must call a 800 number. Well I called the 800 number. The recorded message said I must call a 800 number and repeated the number I just called. I had to use the phone of an competitor in order to get customer service to fix my problem.
My problem? My phone could not pick up the towers outside my state. This meant I did not have national service. I've carried national service for over 20 years with the same vendor. Do you think they will give me an adjustment on forever how long I was without national service. NO! It can NOT be figured.
I tried to buy some Church's Chicken at home. I asked for some water with my order because the Doc. said no soda for awhile. They told me it will cost $.52. I asked where is the price posted and was told it wasn't. Well I said, then you can't charge me for the water. Plus to make matters worse, a women was in front of me and asked for a glass of water and she did NOT buy a thing. She not only asked for one glass of water she asked for another when she got through with the first one and got it. She did not buy one product and did not pay the $1.04.
I guess the charge was just for me.
I wrote Church's Chicken headquarters and they never responded to the letter. I asked them how much is thier water and why is it not posted and why do some people have to pay and not others.
People don't run your business like this. Quality and Customer service is the heart beat of your success. Plus, advertise and "Let Us Mind Your Business"
Gaidi.

Some wonderful things have been happing to me.
I know I've been away but this was worth it.
We have a brand new paper that hit the market in our city and they did an article on me.
So, I'm so proud I'd like to share it with you.
The name of the paper is "Black Pages Monthly." It's going to feature local minority businesses that you will not see in some of the national business magazines.
I should tell you that I'm an advocate for networking minority businesses because it's so important for the families that start those businesses to be successful so they can create jobs in the minority community where they are located, which is so badly needed.
With onlinebusinesssites.com, I hope to offer a business an easy begining to thier success and exposure to the internet. Enough of that. Here's the article.

Gaidi: The master plumber with a nose for business.
By Stephanie Josephs "Black Pages Monthly" June 2006
Leaky faucets and clogged drains might frustrate most of us, but these problems helped kick off a thriving and evolving career for Detroit's Gaidi (who goes by one name only).
Like a few of those leaky pipes, Gaidi's career has had a few twists and bends along the way, but like any good Master Plumber, Gaidi has found a way to work the expected and the unexpected to his advantage.
Gaidi earned industry notoriety at a relatively young age, becoming a Master Plumberat age 25 (and the nations youngest black Master Plumber at the time). He has beenin the plumbing business for 40 years, first starting out as Gaidi's Plumbing Co. Gaidi thanks the prospect of Affirmative Action for getting him into the plumbing program, but his own initiative for making it happen. The Plumbers Local 98 let him in the program before Affirmative Action was enacted, but the lack of work inthe area after he became a Journeyman led him to go for his Masters and create hisown job.
"My first job was a kitchen sink, that I did literally off of my motorcycle, said Gaidi. "I had the materials shipped, strapped my toolbox on the sissy bar and awayI went. The customer said, "If you have the guts to do this from your motorcycle, than I have the guts to let you do it."
That trust gained in the early days fueled the fire for furthering his business. He broadened the name and scope of his business to Gaidi Mechanical, Inc., building churches, libraries, schools, hospitals, a phone company and more in cities including Detroit ,Kalamazoo, Atlanta and Houston.
At the company's peak, there were nearly 50 employees working for Gaidi. Financing didn't come easy, however. The business operated one job at a time, with a materials account and paying the monthly bills. A joint venture project - The Receiving Hospital in the Detroit Medical Center completed in conjunction with Limbach Co. helped set the firms financial footings more firmly. "I'm most proud of that job, saidGaidi, Because our team truly outperformed. Limbach wanted to continue our business relationship for future projects.
While Gaidi no longer contracts, but works for contractors as a Journeyman, he's definitely not the retiring sort. He runs, not one, but two other enterprises. In 2002, Gaidi opened G's Tasty Treats, a vending service, placing and servicing vending machines in offices and small businesses. Gaidi notes that this is nice businessfor his retirement as it's a lot less taxing on the body than pipes, ladders, wrenches, hot and cold weather and being on his worn knees.
Gaidi also manages a web site called "http://www.onlinebusinesssites.com/". The site sells sort of super-sized classified ad on the Internet, with plenty of perks and benefits to distinguish them from typical ads. Customers receive their own URL, control panel, password and ID, and the freedom to make changes to their ad at anytime. Links to three other web sites, photos and multi-category listings provide a mini-web page for a price less than most classifiedads about $10 per month or less.
When asked about professional challenges Gaidi noted, Everything was a big challenge back then. You had to be strong in your constitution and beliefs. I could write a book on the challenges we faced.
Gaidi would like to see more networking and self- and family-employed businesses. "We as a people have so much to offer each other. If we're in a network that we can see and use, that network can police its members so consumers who use that network have a voice about that business.
"It's a myth that every graduating class of every university is going to be employed every year. The world is not like that. We have families that control enough money within themselves to open something and employ family members, stressed Gaidi. "
His advice to young people just starting out is firm, but heavy with the voice of experience. "Quit being a passenger in your life. Take charge of your life. The reason for education is not so you can get a good job, but so you can think productively; so you can go where opportunity is, and work or start a business."
Gaidi's formal education may have ended at high school, but he stressed, "I read and read and read about everything, letting no one and nothing rain on my parade." "I learned to speak well and have manners, and doors have opened." "I didn't let peer pressure dictate who I am." "I did, however, let myself be coachable." And finally, "I did more then what I was paid for, because I knew someone would see this and help me along the way."
Gaidi makes his home in Detroit and proudly boasts about the accomplishments of his three children, who all make their home in Atlanta. His eldest son is a poet and considered one of the tops in the nation. He's also an Air Force veteran; his second son is a fire fighter and his daughter is in her last year of nursing school, and is also an Air Force vet.
He sums up his philosophy on success succinctly:
" Being successful is already in you." "In order to survive you must be successful."
"If you are a ball player, you must play ball religiously to be successful."
"If you are singer, you must sing religiously to be successful."
"If you are a crook, you must be a crook religiously to be successful."
"If you are an educator, you must teach religiously to be successful."
"So, if you are doing nothing, you must be doing it religiously to be successful at it." "You name it, fishing, golfing, math, spelling, reading, cooking, parenting, running, computing, learning, printing, plumbing, selling, preaching, building, everything."
"If you want to be successful in it, do it religiously." "Do not go through the motions, but do everything religiously." "Believe it, taste it, want it, and go get it no matter where it is."
Gaidi can be reached at gaidi@onlinebusinesssites.com.