GEMS FROM THE FLOOR

I wrote all this while laying on the floor.

It’s free gems.

You’re Welcome.

CRITICISM > PRAISE 

If a person you’re around constantly needs their ass kissed or you have to always gas them up. They’re weak. They’re a weight that’s holding you down or will in the future and I’m willing to bet they talk about you behind your back. They’ll sell you out for attention. It’s important to surround yourself with people who seek criticism over clout, attention, or praise. I’m referring to actual constructive criticism. Not no hating shit. You can tell the difference between someone who is offering constructive criticism and someone who’s just saying some hating shit. People who give constructive criticism will break everything down like a coach watching game film. You can tell they’ve studied what you’ve created thoroughly. A person who just hating makes it personal and you’ll know if it’s personal. Always study the criticism without getting lost in it. If someone keeps praising me I assume they have some ulterior motive. 

JEALOUSY

You only jealous when you’re not working smart enough and you know that you’re not working smart enough. So your outlet to display your frustration is being jealous of people who are doing the opposite of you. Jealousy is for normal people who do normal things. Be different. When you don’t do what’s normal in this society there’s a higher percentage of you winning. Normal is violence. Normal is being broke. Normal is disloyalty. Normal is jealousy and envy. While you’re jealous, that person you’re jealous of is doing what they’ve consistently been doing and that’s outworking you mentally, physically, and not being aware of your existence. Jealousy doesn’t do you any favors and you’re wasting your time. 

PERFECTION IS FOR CORNBALLS 

Perfection is corny. It’s for scary weirdos. If you preach to me about perfection I’ll see someone who’s scared. Just say you scared. It’s okay to be Trey in Boyz N Da Hood. Ask Doughboy to pull over and get out the car and go home and get out the way of people who ready to put in work. You in the way of people who are disciplined and ready to execute. Go figure out what you really wanna do.  Perfection is a cool word for “excuse.” When someone tell me they’re a perfectionist I leave quicker than LeBron left that press conference in the finals clutching his briefcase. 

WINNING DON’T JUST HAPPEN 

Winning starts with habits. You ever wonder why someone wins all the time? Look at their habits and I bet their habits are better than yours. They have winning habits way before they started winning. They don’t pretend to win. They embrace their losses and keep playing and working. A winner is un-phased and unbothered about losses. They don’t blink when a loss comes because they’ve taken losses to get to their winning ways. When they lose they don’t hop on social media and seek an audience full of sympathy, they take the hit and get back in the field. The problem with creatives and aspiring entrepreneurs is that they like to look like winners to strangers but they’re happy with participation trophies. They want to participate with the winners but have the habits of losers. They just want to be apart of something without the face card or solid reputation. Winning don’t just happen. Only the soft believe it does. 

YOU SEEK THE TITLES

Fuck titles. Titles don’t even matter in combat sports anymore. Just ask Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Everyone who’s a champion cannot put asses in the seats of arenas like those 2.  The fans know it’s an experience to watch them fight. A lot of you chase titles and money instead of creating experiences for your supporters. A lot of you don’t want to grow or evolve. Some put having a title ahead of transforming into a better person. These weirdos out here all cap and special effects like a Michael Bay film. It’s the same with people who always want people to gas them up with praise. Watch how they operate at functions. They act different cause they wanna be accepted. They act different in front of crowds of people. It’s like those lames who try to be extra cool when there’s women around but end up looking extra corny. Those are the types that will try to sneak in VIP sections and leave their homies who helped them behind. They all status no cabbage. 

RESPONSIBILITY 

Nobody responsible for the position you’re in. If you’re willing to take responsibility for the good in your life then you have to take responsibility when shit not going great. You’re responsible for everything in your life. Accept that shit and enjoy your life. 

Peace

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