It’s never too late.

What do we say to the people we love when the loud dreams of youth quiet down—and the real work of living begins?

Hey Nico, Got a Minute? Finding the Next Self After the First Dream Ends is a series of intimate reflections from a father to a son. These honest conversations are shaped by raw experience, hard-won patience, and the profound lessons that only time can teach.

This is not a book of motivational slogans or easy answers. Instead, it offers a steady voice of companionship through the quieter seasons of life—when success looks different than expected, when priorities shift, and when meaning is found in the everyday moments we once overlooked.

Inside this deeply human memoir, Lamont Neal reflects on:

• The Long Arc of Becoming: How a life is built through small, mechanical daily choices rather than single, defining moments.
• The Courage of Staying: What endures when early athletic or creative dreams must evolve, fade, or be completely rewritten.
• The Messy Intersections: A vulnerable exploration of work, love, regret, patience, and hope—and how they shape a meaningful legacy.
• Presence Over Prescription: True insight offered through shared reflection and quiet companionship, not rigid instruction.

Perfect for fathers and sons, parents of adult children, or anyone standing between who they thought they would become and who they are now, this book offers a reassuring truth: growth does not end with youth.

Hey Nico, Got a Minute? is meant to be read slowly—revisited in quiet moments when perspective is needed most. Because while one dream may end, the story is still unfolding.