steak too juicy
lobster too buttery
concierge too attentive
picket fences too white
ocean view too unobstructed
yacht too big
inheritance too generational
private jet too direct
espresso too single origin
neighborhood too safe
marriage too stable / loving
oppression too difficult to locate
These people don't appear on any published rich list.
The shadows and gutters of global finance are filled with anonymous billionaires, heirs, and villains.
And we don't have a clue.
This is staggering –
Of the 369,000 jobs the U.S. Labor Dept. says were created since last year, nearly all - 348,000 of them - went to women, and only 21,000 went to men.
Basically, that means 94% of the net employment growth in the U.S. went to women.
Ninety four percent!
what a privilege is it is to afford a gym, buy healthy food, pay bills, have legs that walk, eyes that see, a brain that functions, work every day, and take our bodies to their full potential.
It took me a year of 15 hour days to make my first $100k
Nowadays I can lose the same amount in one blackjack hand.
Makes you realize money isn't real.
Time is.
And we're all selling it.
Rock bottom is a beautiful place. Once you are there, you realize life can't get any worse. It's just you & God. The only way out is up. You have nothing to lose but everything to gain. Is that not the most beautiful part of life? Opportunity? Your time at rock bottom never goes to waste either. Once you make it out of rock bottom - you carry a certain swag. You can live life without fear, knowing you can lose it all & still make it back.
It’s poetry.
I made a shit tonne of money from 17-19, I lost it all by 21/22 (due to a combination of crypto, bad biz partners, bad timing & all-round bad decisions). I always remember one time where my card declined at Starbucks & my ex-girlfriend had to scoop the bill instead. Nowadays, a few years later (at 25), that story always makes me laugh as I pull up to those same drive thrus in an f8 spyder.
I remember explaining all this to someone a few months ago & they asked why I didn't just delay my dreams. As he said that, it occurred to me in that split second that even though it felt like the whole world was against me - not once did I ever think of quitting. That word didn't even exist in my subconscious.
I have a lot of time for people who have visited rock bottom in life, I have no time for quitters.
Life always gets better & when people say EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON - they mean it - there have never been truer words spoken. I would not be where I am today if I didn't go through that shit a few years ago. If you can't see the reason yet, it’s because your journey is still being written. But one day it will click & you too will admire the romance of life.
May God protect you & the universe bless you.