The other day I got an email from one of my closest friends and fellow bloggers, J. Sakiya Sandifer (www.thethinkmovement.com). The email subject line: “I thought you would get a kick out of this”. I love getting these types of emails from people who really know me. I can always expect to laugh or be inspired as only I can (I have a very unique sense of humor).

The email had a link to a YouTube video of Michael Jordan, who happens to be one of my heroes and one of the greatest basketball players to ever touch a basketball. Anyway, the video is shot at one of MJ’s adult basketball camps called Senior Flight School. It’s a basketball camp for adults over 35 years old that Jordan and a host of other Hall Of Fame coaches meet, greet, compete and teach with for about 3 days.

No,…these 35 year olds (more like 40 and over) are not ex-NBA players but rather middle age, close to arthritic, balding guys who have the extra money to carry out a life long dream: Meet, compete and network with Michael Jordan. Wow,…I am putting that on my “2010 Bucket List”.

After I watched the video, I started to recall reading an article about 2 years ago that talked about Michael Jordan , the world’s greatest basketball player getting beat by an old, no name, guy. It was like a big rumor. No one had seen the video. Until now…

In this video, you’ll see the “guy”, John Rogers Jr., founder and CEO of the nation’s largest, minority-run mutual funds, totally compete to beat Jordan.  At the end of the video, you’ll hear some funny commentary from world famous comedian Damon Wayans who was also at the camp.

Watching this video makes me think about creating, building and sustaining wealth from a Middle Class perspective. For us we will always have what seems like insurmountable financial obstacles that prohibits us and keeps us stagnated. But just like John Rogers, who lacked the skill, the athletic ability, and the experience, we first must get in the game and just compete to win. Everything else will work itself out.

Enjoy the video…make sure you leave your comments box.

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