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Steps to achieving... whatever you want pt. II

OK, so I went a little hard the first time, so I'm going to back up a little. Like hell I will! This is an intervention and it’s imperative that I be as blunt as possible! Alright, now that that’s out of the way; where was I? Oh!

The third reason we fail to achieve our dreams is that we don’t surround ourselves with likeminded people. This may come from the media and how they portray the successful people. “Self-made millionaire”, “Lone ranger” and other misleading phrases such as that only make us think that we should do things on our own, when in fact it’s nearly impossi… wait… yeah nearly impossible to become a self made millionaire. Unless you invent a machine that can print money (and please send me a message if you have a solution ;-), you probably need someone to make you money; clients, investors, advisors, partners, employees, someone. However we continue to think to ourselves, “I got it!”, or “No one will care for [insert dream here] like I do”, or my favorite, “How can I trust someone?” All of these are just manifestations of your fear. This is all expected as well as normal, however surrounding yourself with people who are interested in what you are (maybe not exactly, but related) and you will find out that a support group is infinitely more productive than being by yourself. I relate this to having sex, we all can do it alone, but how many of us really want to do it alone? You have to think of it like that, because the rewards feel great when shared with others; believe me.

Side note Plenty of people also say these things when it comes to building a business and let me tell you that money and proper management will cure most if not all of these fears. “I got it!” No you clearly don’t because you do not have expertise in every venue of the business. “No one will care for [insert dream here] like I do”, so just make sure that you set it up to become what you want it to be and have proper management in place to oversee the operation. “How can I trust someone?” You sound like someone who stole and cut corners at your job, if so then OK, but if not then look at yourself and say, “That’s why”.
 

What to make of the rap game?

So I was watching Boondocks today, (I know I’m a little late but that’s a whole nother story) and I noticed that Thugnificent said something very profound, “... da music industry dead. I'm tryna get dat Flava-Flav money.” so I started thinking to myself, damn he’s right hip-hop ain’t making nothing. Now I know some artist are still making a killing out there, but this episode had plenty truth to it. Just think about it, how many artists are making money and are only rapping? I can’t think of one either, so this must mean that artists are supplementing their income with something or are just flat out broke. Most of the heavy hitters have diversified into a multitude of other ventures, from clothes to NBA teams. So I ask you, is it smart to start rapping like it was back in ’95-’00? I don’t think so; you are better off spending a couple grand on an acting coach and try-out for a reality TV show. Or if being lyrical is your thing, then that Flava-Flav money is real nice right now, just look at how much Ray-J brags about being the family bank. He’s still making money off of the momentum of his appearances, with this “new” business of making guest appearances at clubs (might be more than what he was grossing as an artist). The next time you start to follow an artist who claims to be breaking all this bread, google ‘em and you just might be extremely startled. The fact that most of these artists are just making 6 figures and claim to possess what only an 8 figure person could posses. It’s simple math, but hey, don’t listen to me, just do the research and you will see. Having a Masarati, Bentley, Maybach, fly crib, and a damn airplane. Oh, I forgot, plus PLENTY of ice, kush, tricking on women, hitting up clubs, paying your entourage, getting cuts, pimpin’ out the cars and house, plus you pay taxes. Come on! I can’t see you doing this if you only went gold once and did a bunch of mix tapes. It’s time to get real and ask yourself, “how can I ball, no for real ball not rent-to-own ball?” Follow me and trust me you will.
 

Steps to achieving... whatever you want pt.I

If you are anything like I was, then you know what failure feels like. You constantly plan a business or some hobby to make you money and move you that much closer to what you want. But then, “BOOM!” you end up getting set back. It isn’t your fault, the economy sucks, your girlfriend (or boyfriend) continues to beg for attention and your job is taking up more time than ever. You might be asking, “is that really why?” Hell, no it’s not, blame yourself. There are many reasons we fail to achieve our dreams, however here are just some of the reasons:
  • Too many irons in the fire
  • We are planers and not doers
  • We don’t surround ourselves with like minded people
  • We’re lazy
  • We don’t believe in ourselves

First I’ll start with too many irons in the fire. When I was 18, I was working on a basketball career, boxing career, web development business, robotics business, discovering ways to improve on genetics, etc., etc., etc. But one thing I did not take into consideration was: I sucked at basketball and boxing for that matter, I learned only half of the web development side (backend for you geeks), I knew nothing tangible about robotics or genetics and a lot more. All I ended up doing was learning enough to BS my way in a conversation with other half-ass know-it-alls. I was really pathetic.

After I realized that one thing had to be done at once, I picked web design and flourished. But then my “gotta do it all” mentality destroyed the business. Still determined to do everything at once I began starting business after, business after, business after… well you get the point. I kept justifying it in my head, reassuring myself that it was strictly short-term and was only going to last until I get my web business back on the map. But a wise man once said, “Don’t have plan B, because it distracts from plan A”, and it proved correct, because this became a very vicious cycle. I would plan businesses, finally do and then watch as my web design business struggled more, so I would plan more businesses until my business was no more and I had a dozen mini businesses with no revenue and no customers.

Next I’ll start with we are planers and not doers. I still have this problem so don’t beat yourself too bad in the head. We are too busy planning on what to do and researching that either the opportunity passes us or we talk ourselves out of it. Take for example my truck, I’ve had it for 2 ½ years and still only changed the tail lights (and that’s cause I got a ticket and had to change ‘em). I have had a three-page plan on what I want to do to my truck and still will go on web-sites and “research” what I need in order to do this, but I keep procrastinating, waiting until I can afford it, and when I can afford it guess what happens? Yep, I spend it on something so unimportant like rent. I look out at my 2001 truck and continue to beat myself up about procrastinating, but yet I do it over and over again.

   

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