"Colonel Harland Sanders", the founder of KFC and a legend in the fast-food industry, turned countless failures into success at the age of 65.
From a roadside seller to transforming the industry with his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices, to suing his own company.
Let's dive into his life's struggles and adventures that made him so strong-willed.
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A wise man once said - For a black person, money only makes him/her happy as long as it makes him/her richer than his neighbors
Comparison is the thief of joy
Most of you are unhappy, not because of what you lack but because of what your relative, friend, classmate, workmate or celebrity has that you don't have
β’ you can afford a basic shoe but you envy the designer someone has
β’ you have a phone that lets you communicate but you envy someone who has the latest iPhone/Samsung
β’ you can afford to feed yourself but you envy eating at fancy restaurants like someone else
β’ you have a roof over your head but you envy the mansion someone lives in
β’ you can afford a plane ticket but you envy someone who travels first class
β’ you have a basic car but you envy someone who has a luxurious car
You put so much value in material positions. Using things to fill the void inside. You're depressed because you're not content with who you're as a person. And you'll still be depressed even if you get those things, because someone will have bigger and better than you
Learn OR perish!!!
CRABS IN A BUCKET MENTALITY
Do you know, if you were to put a crab all alone in bucket it would most likely climb it's way out
But if you're to put many crabs in a bucket, none would climb it's way out
How so? Anytime a crab attempts to climb up, the other crabs will pull it down, if it persists they'd bite it and if it still persists they would even k!ll it
This applies to human beings as well, in various set ups e.g families, friendships, workplaces, neighborhood/communities
You will have these people who will do everything possible to crush you down whenever you want to try to upgrade yourself. And their number one weapon is social pressure. For example
β’ in a family specially African families, you want to try something that's never been done in your family, you will face intense criticism
β’ amongst friends, for guys, you decide you want to quit alcohol, smoking or drugs, you will be told you're now lame
β’ amongst friends, for girls as a woman, you decide to live a morally decent life, you will be called a pick me
β’ at the workplace, you decide you want to start a business, you'll be told how a majority of start ups fail
β’ in the ghetto, you mind your business just doing your thing, you'll be told how you think you're so better than everyone else
Which is why you need to surround yourself with people who also want to improve themselves. Because continue hanging around losers, they'll do everything to sabotage you
And make sure you keep your plans to yourself. When you start to improve yourself, you will become a target
Learn OR perish!!!
Fellas:
Run your life the way Florentino Perez runs Real Madrid. If Madrid was a man, that would be an alpha male to the fullest
β’ CONFIDENCE - you always here how every Madrid player talks about the "we are Real Madrid" even when the odds are stacked against them. They have this confidence that makes them believe anything is possible. That is the DNA of success you need as a man in life
β’ DESIRE - as soon as they lifted their 15th UCL, Perez was already talking about getting the 16th. That hunger for more is what has kept Madrid on top of everyone else. Never get comfortable even when you win, always desire more
β’ DISCIPLINE - as Perez always says, discipline is the core foundation of Madrid. Everyone from the players to the ground workers must be disciplined, no one is bigger than the club. There's a code of ethics and rules that must be followed, no matter what. As a man always maintain discipline, no matter what
β’ ABUNDANCE MINDSET - Perez says that there's no player who is irreplaceable, even their greatest player CR7 had to be let go. Even Mbappe when he played hard to get, Perez looked elsewhere till Mbappe came begging. As a man have this mindset that no woman is irreplaceable, there's only one of you and a million of her
β’ REBELLIOUS - don't always abide by the set rules and norms, bend or even break some rules if you can. Perez is pushing for the Super League a direct rebellion against UEFA, but that's to make Madrid even more greater. As a man be willing to go against the matrix inorder to standout from the rest
Be like Don Florentino Perez
Learn OR perish!!!
Fellas:
Stop using your age as an excuse
At any age, lift weights
At any age, start business
At any age, write or invent something
At any age, learn a skill
Youβre not dead until youβre dead
Learn OR perish!!!
50 Cent seems to be enjoying Diddy's downfall more than anyone else, which is understandable considering they have beef over his baby mama Daphne
But put that aside, 50 Cent needs to remember this is still America, he is new money, he is still at the mercy of old money. The same way we have seen old money destroy newly built up empires in a blink e.g Kanye by Adidas and now Diddy by DIAGEO can also happen to him
50 has built up a TV empire of himself under the umbrella of his hit successful series Power which has spawned many sequels and prequels. But just like Diddy and Kanye, that empire can crumble in a flash. The only reason it exists and flourishes is because STARZ allows it
The day he decides to get full rights to those shows, is th day he signs his death certificate. They will destroy him, they will pull up all the dirt on him. And yes there's always dirt, no man is clean. He too will find himself in ruin and an object of ridicule
Lesson: Never kick another man when he is down, life rolls like a wheel, today it's him, tomorrow it's you
Learn OR perish!!!
Geremi Njitap first biggest mistake wasn't doing a DNA paternity test on those twins, it was marrying a non virgin. Sources are saying he married a divorcee. What did he expect?
If you buy a piece of land with a grave you must accept that even if the land now belongs to you, the relatives of the deceased will still visit once on a while to pay their respects
It's always best to avoid non virgins for marriage, don't even be swayed by the bs of low body count, the only low body count acceptable is ZERO
Learn OR perish!!!