Reprint. Originally published: 2006.

Young brotha: the newest perfect model -- Qualities / Nas and Curtis Martin -- Friends as family -- My friends at school / Anthony Anderson -- Being raised by a single parent -- Staying in the game: the debt rule -- Effort: working hard at working smart: mentors, careers -- Quitting versus changing your mind -- After graduation / Jerry Bruckheimer -- Tools of choice: educating and money-making: salary, cars -- Finding your swagga: what women want, girl(s) -- Sex matters -- Girl complications / Gabrielle Union -- Mistakes: HIV-AIDS / Phill Wilson -- Dreaming big: superstardom / Venus Williams -- Living with passion: questions -- MANifesting your destiny: smoking and drinking -- Fear and the "doing-ness" of life: gossip -- The power of belief: making money -- Vision into being -- Life / Ray J, Barack Obama -- Wealth and winning: mantras? -- The wind at your back.

The film and television star draws on personal experiences to present a series of motivational letters that explores such topics as the value of a good education and the media's inappropriate emphasis on material wealth.