Dr. Marrix D. Seymore Sr. shares a lifetime of experience, history, and tools urgent for any man's success, especially one of color. The Urgency of Knowing challenges readers to retool and revamp their lives in areas such as communication, conflict resolution, and expanding one's horizons while also rethinking and reimagining the art of personal mastery along the way. Included in Dr. Seymore's richly woven chapters are essentials every man needs to know to not only function at his optimal best, but also contribute to his community in a meaningful way. Dr. Seymore details how each man must revisit these essential growth elements throughout his life until he has mastered living as his "optimal self". Each chapter explores the lessons learned from Dr. Seymore's education and professional experiences, while his life adventures and familial influences exemplify growth and abundant living. Dr. Seymore holds nothing back as he shares the ten things every man of color should know with the conviction that indeed, there is enormous and abundant power in knowing