I would have to say the one major factor that has contributed to my personal growth would be my difficult childhood. I am a product of a single-parent home, however I never knew what it meant to be in need of anything. At one point my mother worked two jobs while finishing her degree at night. I learned how to set a goal for yourself and to achieve it, now matter what. My mother taught me that life will be difficult, times will be hard, nothing will come easy but at the end of the day; if you want it, go get it. The second factor to my growth would have to be my older sister who passed in 2005. She taught me to truly believe in my own gifts. She would often tell me to “believe in the star in yourself”. Keia supported me in every way humanly possible. She got me in trouble A LOT lol but she also pushed me to simply be great. She was the first person who supported my political and musically dreams. She gave the confidence that I could do both and and be damn good at them.
In the next 5 years where do you see yourself going?
This is such an interesting question for me right now. Had you asked me this in 2016, I would have said that I’m going to be working for the government and collecting this check and those “good government benefits” lol. But as we all know, sometimes God has a different plan for us. So in five years, it is very likely that I would be sitting in the House of Representatives or doing music full time with my own label. I’m on the path for both so only time will tell. But one thing I do know is that wherever I am in five years, I will enjoy it and be doing an amazing job at it.
Believe in yourself- a large part of believing yourself, is learning to be comfortable with who you really are. And realizing, that there is a winner in you
Dreams- no one ever achieved anything by giving up on themselves. So if you want success you have to work toward it
It’s ok! Everyone hits a road block at some point. We all get to that mountain that is just a little larger than others. And because we have conquered the smaller ones, we often beat up on yourselves for not knocking this one day immediately. Road blocks are simply a larger victory we will soon have, so don’t worry, just take it one step at a time.
I would like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds. There aren’t many success stories of people who come from my background. There definitely aren’t many success stories on a national level. I would like for the younger generation to see me as an example of how great they can be if they simply believe.
Now this question could go on and on lol. As most people know, I am currently signed to a record label. We are currently working on the 2nd album; scheduled to be released in June of this year. I am also a new appointee to the city council so I am working hard to my political align myself with the right people to make an honest run at this. I am also CEO of my own consulting firm (W2 Consulting). We specialize in event management and restaurant consulting. My “Waffles with Wesley” brunch series is starting to gain some steam, so I am enjoying being able to show off my culinary schools from time to time. And I have a few other project in the fire but we will save those for another time
Additional message from Mr. Wes – I just want to encourage people to not give up on themselves or their dreams. It took me almost 25 years to achieve one of my musical dreams but I made it. I was homeless and living out of my car at one point in time but I didn’t allow that stop me from achieving one of my educational dreams. So anything you want to do and are willing to put forth the effort towards, you can do it. Simply Believe.
in my opinion, self-confidence is the most important thing that should be in our life! it helps to survive!