Jaylen Brown exposing the behind-the-scenes realities of the NBA. He says most players have handlers who won’t let them invest in their communities, and help build the next Black Wall Street. Once you start doing that, he says, they begin attacking you media personalities like Colin Cowherd push certain narratives, and media companies come after you simply because you want to create change in your community.
When people say “ you doing better than most people” that is not a compliment to me. My goal is never comparison I want to exceed my own goal not settle for “ doing better than most”
As a trader we must have short term memory. Keep pushing forward. It’s hard to do in the moment but you have to shake it off and accept the things out of your control.
When I was a kid and asked my father questions about anything, his first response would always be “look it up and let me know” then we’d talk about it.
Many of you aren’t self sufficient because you literally don’t research anything! Just oblivious and willfully incompetent.
Have to be real with yourself about what future is awaiting you without a skill, education, business, or trade and no financial literacy
Give yourself a chance and get it together
They say books won’t change the world. Tell that to every colonizer who burned them. To every enslaved person who was punished for reading. Literacy is resistance. Literacy is liberation. The library is a battlefield.
What you do in private always shows in public. Reading shows in conversations. Your workouts show in your physique. Your diet shows in your energy. Your discipline shows in your confidence. Your focus shows in your results. You are what you cultivate when no one is watching.
I feel for the younger generations because they are being socialized to not be able to compete by adults sitting behind a phone who don't understand their influence
People are pushing anti-intellectualism, anti-education, anti-health, low self esteem, etc
It's not wise