We were lucky to catch up with Darius Notman recently and have shared our conversation below.

Darius, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about the things you feel your parents did right and how those things have impacted your career and life.

I am truly fortunate to be a product of the extraordinary direction, discipline, and guidance I received growing up with both of my parents, in the household. Their insight and the life principles they taught me have become invaluable in steering me to make the best choices as I travel down my own life’s journey.

And I’m delighted to introduce the world to both John and Deloris Norman during this magazine interview.

First of all my parents have been successfully married for over 50 years now. Which is a testament within itself that should be recognized.

And as we conduct this interview my introspection has led me to recognize and appreciate the sacrifices, my parents have made to be an example to provide strong leadership and guidance to the community they serve and represent.

My father John B. Norman, Jr is a businessman and pastor of the Rivers of living waters faith Church in the great city and state of Birmingham, Alabama. And also my mother Deloris G. Norman is a retired Birmingham city schools teacher and founder of the John B. Norman, Sr Christian school. As you can see and review my parent’s memoir and life’s work. Their motivation and passion have been centered around making an impact on the lives of others. Which led me to choose the career path of becoming a Social Worker.

But ultimately the characteristics of integrity and discipline my parents have demonstrated over the years as it pertains to how they have managed their finances has made a major impact on me. Presently, my parents live a debt-free lifestyle. And they taught me, and my other three siblings about the important principles of saving money, owning real estate, land, managing debt, and investing. I and my three other siblings have been able to incorporate those same principles we learned from our parents into our lives which has allowed us to create habits that are necessary to reach certain levels of success individually.

As I have become consistent over the past 5years with incorporating those financial principles my parents taught me. Those principles have helped guide me to make some good financial decisions so far.

Currently, I have little to no debt. And Also, I have become a very serious saver and investor in the stock market.

Also, I was inspired by what my parent taught me to publish and write my very first book which is entitled”Rewriting Financial Rules”.

It is a manual to teach individuals simple principles I learned to help improve anybody’s credit score. And again I’m appreciative of the invaluable lessons I learned from my two incredible parents.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I’m a Social Worker, Author, and Radio/podcast host of “The Darius Norman Show”.

And also, I’m proud graduate of Morris Brown College and Clark Atlanta University.

Currently, I have been in the profession of social work for 23 year’s now. And the social work profession prepared me to launch into the radio medium space. And it became an important arena for me to break out of my own comfort zone to engage the public.

” The Darius Norman Show” has been in existence for over 5 years now. However, lately I have not had the time to create any new show content. “Laughs”. I think I will start back soon.

Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?

My favorite book is ‘ How to win friends & influence people which was written and published by the great Dale Carnegie. This Particular installment has been in print for over 75 years. The guidance and insights I attained from reading this book have been a great resource for me to achieve my own personal development goals. Furthermore, the topic areas that are covered in this book are invaluable especially if you are looking for direction to help you reach any desired outcomes you would like to obtain in your business or personal life.

And I will list some of the topics that are covered in the book.

• You will learn and find a simple way to make a good first impression.

• How to become a good conversationalist.

•What to do when nothing else works.

• How to Interest People

This book is a must-read and I suggest that everyone should add it to their library.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

I think NFTs are intriguing. Presently, I am learning more about the industry, and from what I understand about it right now, the NFT business will be the cutting-edge industry in the future marketplace.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @darius_norman
• Facebook: Darius Norman

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Vince Vickers