Young Sir: 12 Principles for Becoming a Man of Character, Commitment, and Courage

"The Urban Dictionary says a Young Sir is what cool people call themselves when being modest. I have a different definition. It's the moment you realize you're no longer a boy but not yet a man. It should be the stage of life when you realize that your life has a purpose, but more often, it's a period of confusion.A Young Sir is actually living through a series of very pivotal moments where preparation is needed to shape the character of the man he becomes. The road to being a Young Sir can start in grammar school or college. The young men who travel it should have help along the way. But many, like me, really don't. Instead, they have to learn how to reach manhood by themselves. This book is written to show them how to do so, without becoming the type of childlike adult who knows nothing.We all have struggles. The problem is most of us choose to do it alone. That means there are few guideposts for others who see our success and want to follow. It is my desire that this book will help young men all over the world live lives of character, commitment, and courage."Levi Harrell started life knowing his father didn't want to acknowledge him. "I learned that he and my paternal grandmother demanded a DNA test when I was a one-year-old," he will tell you softly. The proof positive results did nothing to build a father-son relationship and left Levi spending a good portion of his life wondering why his father wouldn't love him.Seeds of self-doubt rooted themselves into Levi because of his father's rejection. Those seeds took years to uproot. Levi destroyed the belief system based on rejection out of his life by creating powerful self-rejuvenation tools. He calls them principles."I realized that there was really no one to teach me how to be a man, how to be successful or how to grow up," he explains. "So, I looked at the lives of the men I admired and taught myself to copy their best characteristics."What he did worked. Levi is not only a successful entrepreneur but also the founder of an organization that has gone on tour motivating thousands of young people. Levi's presentations are so popular that he began selling them on iTunes. His achievements have earned him an Outstanding Citizen and Goodwill Ambassador award from the Georgia Secretary of State. In 2016 he became an ordained minister.