Nobody told you this about success: Rent is due every single day. A lot of people seem to think that after you make it you can coast in the idyllic land of success. This is wrong. Every single day, you have to fight to earn your seat at the table. And that fight gets more intense as you have more success. You have more to lose. More mouths to feed. More people counting on you. More expectations. There's an old saying that I love: Every morning in the savannah, the gazelle wakes up and knows it must outrun the lion or be killed. The lion wakes up and knows it must outrun the gazelle or starve. Whether you're the gazelle or the lion, when you wake up in the morning, you'd better start running. Rent is due daily. Pay it with pride.
We are all so fucking lucky.
We are the luckiest mfers in history.
You can fly anywhere on Earth in less than 24 hours.
Your great-grandfather died within 50 miles of his birthplace.
You can talk to anyone alive from your pocket, for free.
You can start a business from your toilet.
You can learn ANYTHING, instantly, for free.
Nearly everyone before you died young, never left their village, had three career options.
They’d sell their fucking souls for ONE DAY of your life.
Travel the world. Make friends. Build cool shit. Enjoy it. We won the lottery.
You can just do things.
So go do them.
Plan later what.
Fortune favors the fast.
I pay over a hundred grand in taxes every year.
You're telling me that if my entire life and town got crushed from a natural disaster that the Federal Government would send me a $750 check and call it good?
We really need to repeal the 16th amendment.
Why am I paying Ukraine?
Why am I paying Israel?
Why am I paying Iran?
Why am I paying Taiwan?
Why am I paying for both sides of wars I don't fucking care about?
The US Government is completely out of control and needs to be defunded.
A STATEMENT ON THE FLOODING SITUATION IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA & SURROUNDING AREA:
I finally had to log off and get some sleep last night, but I didn't stop thinking about the #Helene damage in western North Carolina (WNC), where I grew up. I have some thoughts on this historic storm this morning.
I believe that Helene has created a unique logistics and infrastructure nightmare there which will last weeks and it will take months to recover. Here's why: (1/6)
Trump just won the election.
I already made this Trump hype video to “Many Men” by 50 Cent.
Now it hits even harder.
Fuck you Dems. Swing at the king, ya best not miss.
Jason, you’re always the first to get behind your keyboard and spout off with this stupid shit. In “my small town” you just walk up to the guy and be a man to his face if you want the smoke… not tweet it at him…. Tough guy.
Effort > Skill
You can overcome a lot of deficiencies simply by being the one that shows up.
There's an abundance of people that like to talk about making things happen.
Few ever do.
No one cares (or remembers) when you fail.
They care about the one time you get it right.