I always find this thing funny.
How do you define ambition? Must one be hustling and desperate like a rat and having big dream to appear ambitious? Not everyone wants to be rich or glory conscious. Just people just want a simple life.
Personally, nothing I hate more than pressure. Only reason I want to be rich is so my family and friends will be financially secure. Then I can do enough good to others.
There is really nothing more to life.
if you are struggling to find your gift in life as a young person, walk through this piece.
& pay solid attention;
i have a working theory and this is it: i don't think your gift is hidden from you, i believe you can't find it cos you've seen it every day of your life. it is called the curse of familiarity. listen to me. familiarity doesn't only breed contempt; it also causes blindness.
i'll tell you something fascinating about your brain. do you know that right now your nose is in your field of vision? you can see it. you've always been able to see it but your brain quietly edits it out cos it is familiar and i believe many people suffer from the same problem when it comes to their gift.
the things that make us remarkable often feel ordinary to us cos we've lived with them for so long.
we assume they can't be valuable cos they don't feel rare anymore. look, familiarity has a tendency to hide significance. we get so busy searching for our future that we overlook the evidence we've been carrying all along.
the first person to undervalue your gift is usually you. yes, you and while everybody else experiences your gift as a miracle, you're busy experiencing it as muscle memory.
i've been there and it has happened to me many times. people will call it exceptional and you'll call it normal. the things that come naturally to you may be the very things that have been supernaturally assigned to you & that which you cannot acknowledge, you cannot maximize. i will always tell the younger generation the truth.
in this short life, during your hard times and good times, pay close attention to patterns and to what has followed you through all those seasons. pay attention to what people consistently come to you for. what is that thing that has become invisible through familiarity?
there is a difference btwn when something is hidden from your sight and when something is hidden by your sight, buena suerte 👍
& if you check yourself and realize you come from an average family that isn’t supportive enough, that your parents aren’t also financially comfortable
pay close attention;
if you know that within 24 hrs, your entire family coming together still couldn’t raise at least $10,000 in this economy, stay out of trouble. i’m telling you that for free. you have no business chasing endless enjoyment or la vida loca. your place is on the battlefield, working relentlessly on yourself.
i will always tell the younger generation the truth: poverty is far more damaging than most people understand.
if a sibling falls critically ill and the entire family still can’t raise enough money for treatment or surgery, that’s a reality you cannot ignore. i’ve also heard of people who secured life changing opportunities abroad, even free visas or contracts but lost em cos they couldn’t afford the flight ticket and their family couldn’t support.
if deep down you know this could be your reality or fate, make it your mission to break that cycle.
there should be days you need to go totally offline, switch off your phone, ignore distractions and focus completely on becoming better than you were yesterday. the consequences of being a young man without money or a strong support system can be brutal. that’s why, while you’re still coming up, treat your growth like a responsibility, not an option.
walk with me to learn
buena suerte as you do so 👍
@fineboywill Thats one, now imagine the first game being the one to cut the ticket and you never taught of re-betting because you think there will be another cut 💔