I own a duplex. My tenant downstairs is a single mom with a newborn. Rent is due on the 1st. It was the 5th, and I hadn't heard from her. Usually, I send a late notice. It's a business, right? But I went down and knocked instead. She opened the door holding a crying baby. She looked like she hadn't slept in a week. "I'm so sorry," she panicked. "My maternity leave was unpaid and my car broke down. I have $200. I can get the rest by Friday." I looked around her apartment. It was bare. She had sold her couch. "Keep the $200," I said. "In fact, don't worry about rent this month." She stopped crying and stared at me. "What?" "Take the month," I said. "Buy groceries. Fix the car. We'll start fresh next month." I lost $1,200 that day. But the look of pure relief on that mother's face? Worth every single penny. A lease is a contract, but humanity should always be the fine print.
You wouldn’t even understand the level of “locked-in” I entered. I could write it down in English and it would still look like hieroglyphics. In just over a year’s time I went from sleeping in my car to completing commercial buildout #2 and taking on 4 mentees. But God.
it can REALLY be you. Homelessness, deaťh, no job…… Literally anything unfortunate can happen in the blink of an eye, life is crazy like that. Always stay humble and be grateful.
Sitting in your own mess is one of the hardest things to do. Realizing all the situations you put yourself in. All the ways you could've and should've protected yourself. All the mistakes and bad decisions you made against your boundaries. The moment where you sit and realize that other people don't deserve the full blame & that you were a part of your own destruction. Sitting in it is hard but forgiving yourself is harder, Growth is not linear. There will be days like this, Sit in it but don't stay there.
do not borrow shame from the past. You are not that person anymore and you simply didn't know better. No reason to beat yourself up for it. All you can do is really do better.
What’s crazy is the way you can lock in and change your life in 90 days. It’s a wild experience though. I’m an extreme person and do everything to that standard. I dreamed my future life and faked lived it for 90 days. Realized I was no longer faking it🥲 . Stay disciplined.
I worked too hard and been through many storms to get here. And I’d do it again! When I first started, everybody saw the vision. No one saw consistent results for almost 2 years, then nobody believed the vision. Good thing God gave the vision to me and me alone🙏🏾 stay faithful
Jameis Winston is asked about being named QB3 on the Giants' roster behind Russell Wilson and Jaxson Dart:
"As a competitor, you want to be the starter. But I prepare to be the starter, I know I'm a starter in this league.
But you have to be able to be grateful for your role...my role right now is to assist Russ and Jaxson to be the best that they can be while preparing to be the best that I can be.
No matter if I'm 3, 33, this is my first year being number 19, so it's always a first for everything.
I focus on what I would love. And what I would love is for this team to have success."
I look back over the last year and all I can say is God is real, life is real, love is real, and if you apply yourself differently your circumstances can change almost overnight.