July 30th, 2008
Dan Duster
Dan is a young man I admire. He has a heart of gold and a mission to give back to his community. I met Dan when we both worked at Abbott Laboratories. Dan worked for several corporate Giants, including IBM, Gartnerand Pepsi. Dan was prepared, primed and recruited to be a corporate star. He had his degree, stayed out of trouble and was full of talent. White folks loved him but he was and is a true brother.
The point of this article is to pick up your phone and call a friend. Dan and I keep in touch and have nice conversations which end with us promising to get together fun the infinite lunch that never happens. Yesterday was one of those days and we spoke about 20 minutes, a very long talk for 2 men! I caught up with Dan and was reminded of why I enjoy his outlook so much.
Dan walked away from an almost sure ride to corporate success in order to do his own thing. Dan is the owner of 3D Development Corporation. Dan’s company is the complete source for human development. He has worked with school districts, not for profit and for profit corporations. He is doing well and is content being his own boss. He still has great ideas including, working to enpower blacks through realestate, and setting up a speaker site geared toward low budget organizations that want to use outside speakers.
Dan has great business ideas and he should look into blogging, I am going introduce him to my friend Chris Baggott of Compendium blogware so he will learn more about the blogging community.
In closing, pick up the phone and call an old friend, if you call someone like Dan, you will be glad to see how positive his life is and what a good reflection he is representing Black men! Dan thanks for keeping hope alive.
July 31st, 2008 at 10:41 am
JD
You are certainly blessed to have a life long friend such as Dan - and he should think the same.
Great men always live and work in the same circles.
Thanks for sharing your friend.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Morgan, thanks for the shout out, Dan is making an impact
July 31st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
And thanks for including me in that circle. One of the great things about these social media like blogs is it makes it really easy to keep up.
Dan…looking forward to meeting you sometime.
Chris Baggott
http://www.compendiumblogware.com
July 31st, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Hey there JD.
Long time, my brother. Great post. I especially liked when you said the point of this is to pick up your phone and call a friend. That is so very important. Sometimes I find myself way busy and I fel myself putting off getting in touch with friends who’ve been steady trying to reach me. And then I have to check myself and re-direct myself, you know? Because the older we get, the more important those friendships become. Especially the ones that have endured.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Chris, you and Dan will get enjoy knowing each other, blogging will help his business grow. Thanks for stopping by.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Keith, it has been awhile, I hope all is well in MoTown, I have found it very difficult to keep up with blogging, reading blogs, making money,family and keeping in touch with friends.Your point is valid, we must try to find a way
August 6th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Hey there Jim! Thanks for the warm words brotha! It is a blessing to have a mentor that is a also a great friend. I know we’ve been talking about lunch, but I have to treat for dinner after this blog…thanks again for your friendship and guidance over the years!
August 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Hi Dan, I will accept the dinner, thanks for the offer. Make sure you hook up with Chris Baggott, his comment is comment 3. I think blogging is something you could run with.