Ask yourself a question……”Am I a true friend?” Now before you answer this think about it….Then I want you to ask yourself this if I meet me would I be a friend to me???? Now I need you to be honest with yourself there is no one here to judge you just you and your thoughts……I sometimes get caught up in the middle of the night or even in the day and ask myself questions like this, and it helps you become a better person because if you can not be a friend to you then what makes you think you are a good friend to someone else?????? ‪#‎realtalk‬ ‪#‎Iamjustsaying‬

It is believed that success is measured in how much $$ Money you have the car you drive the house you live in or even the job or business you have. If this is true then I must be the most unsuccessful person I know. I do not have much money I do not have a fancy car and work hard for every penny I have. You would think that ends my story right here, I am here to tell you if you think that makes you then you have a long way to go in life. A man once told me now this is a man with a lot of money. "If you measure your success on material things then you will never have enough." I also know a man that lives in a shelter and he tells me that he is happiest he has been in his life now. He says he feels free. Now I know that is 2 extremes but never the less it is real. Now some of you might the guy that has money can say that because he will never be without others might say the guy with nothing is crazy. Here is what I think they are both right you can not take it with you and success it is not up to any of us to measure anyones success. I measure success on my relationship with God relationship my family and friends. I will leave God alone because I do not wish to offend anyone with my personal views on God however the Key word in all this is RELATIONSHIPS!!!! Whether or not you are in business, friendship, or family it is all about the RELATIONSHIPS you forge, and if you forge good relationships then to me my friend you are a success. Because if you have a trusting RELATIONSHIP with your friends and family you then have a successful business. Hope you understand!!!!! ‪#‎realtalk‬ ‪#‎gottobuildit‬

Sometimes people will pull you down because they do not want to see you come up. That is okay they is when you know you are moving in the right direction, but do not stay there. See if you were not trying to move up then they would not be trying to pull you down with them. Understand if you are in the muck with them you are fine, but when it is time to move out they get to fighting and try to hold you back. Truth is you have to sometime breakaway from those you mostly care about in order to get the thing you want in your life. To become successful you have to be able to stand alone, and that is sometimes the hardest thing to do. But know that if you are determine to get the things in your life that you want you will not mind standing there alone, you will attract the people you need in your life to help you get where you need to go. You just have to keep doing what you need to do. People are going to be watching you and taking notes to see if you are faithful. Sometimes it will be two, ten twenty, years before you make it, but you have to stay faithful. You have all heard the saying “It is lonely at the top” that is a true saying because when you are at the top of your game and the key word “Your Game” not “my game” “his game” or “her game” this is “your game” you know how hard you had to work to get there and that is why nobody can stand with you at the top and that is why is so lonely up there. Not to say you cannot have company up there but in the end you and only you understand what it took the sacrifice, the blood, sweat, the tears, the sleepless nights, and all the things it took for you to get there.

So what are you going to do from here stay where you are or start moving toward something? You have to start living for you or die for someone else. Like I keep saying this is work, we have to face the facts this is not for everyone, not everybody is going to be able to do this. I think something like 80-89% of the people you know will never move to better themselves, something like 9-10% will try and only 1-2% will make it. Where to you 1st see yourself and then where do you land? I am working on the 1-2% see the smaller the number the bigger the reward but it takes WORK!!! I cannot stress that enough do not think you are going to step up and hit a homerun every time. The greatest homerun hitter’s strikeout most of the time, and that is just the facts, but it always seems like when the team needs them the most is when they come through. I wish everyone could be in that 1-2% but the fact is we all cannot. There is only 1 Michael Jordon 1 Billie Holiday 1 Muhammad Ali and only 1 Serena Williams you get what I am saying all great but only 1 and there will never be another. Think of yourself as that 1 there will never be another, only you can do it the way you do. Stay focus and keep on moving and never give up!!!!!!!! ‪#‎realtalk‬ ‪#‎amjustsayin‬

How many of us can admit that we are not where we want to be? I know I am not, when I was younger I saw myself living comfortable and not really wanting for nothing. But because life happens I am not where I pictured myself by now. Let me asked you a question, better yet ask yourself this; Question: Because my dreams have not come true is that it? Answer: NO. One of the hardest things to do is be honest with yourself. This has to stop now if you want to make a change. We all have dreams and that is what they are. I believe dreams are a glimpse of what could be we cannot miss what we never worked for or ever had. I thought I was a great football and baseball player and I probably was in my own right. But I am not in the league (NFL or MLB). That’s real but my dream was to have every kid in the world wearing my Jersey #32 did it happen no, did life stop no we move on. So do not stop because it did not happen when you wanted it to. Remember a glimpse is just that a peek, but it is not reality. We make our own reality the decisions we make in life dilates some of our outcomes in life. Sometimes it is even the people that we allow in our lives make up our outcome. Let me explain, think about the top 5 people in your live take their income and average them up and you will more than likely be right around your income. If your income is that much higher than most of the people around you then you need to change your circle. That is real talk people; not saying that you need to forget them just limited your time with them. Let’s look at the other side of the coin. Do people that are successful allow you in their circle? The answer is a flat NO! They understand this dynamic you would bring their average down. Now why do I bring this up you might ask? It is simple if you want to change your live start hanging around those you might look up to. See when you are the man or woman everyone is looking to you, so if you are the most successful person in your circle get a new one. You want to be at the bottom of the circle because they will challenge you to do better. Get out of your comfort zone!!! See if you are comfortable with your friends and everyone has to come to you for everything that is a sign you are in a comfort zone. Now there is nothing wrong with this but if you have a dream that is bigger than you if you are striving for something that people say you can never achieve then you need to step out of that comfortable zone and get a little uncomfortable to get to the level that you are trying to get. It time to take that leap, jump off that cliff. Now I know it is scary but one thing I can promise you that vision you have you will never achieve it by just sitting where you are. It is not sometime that happens all at once, it happens in stages. Little at a time and if you are called to that which you have set out, you will have the patience for it. You will have bumps in the road you will even feel like given up, people telling you; ”You are crazy, you can not do this, just give up”. Family and friends will turn their back on you and you will feel alone, that’s okay it is all a part of it. You have to start saying to yourself “You do not have to believe in my dream” all that is important is that YOU BELIEVE!!! How do I step out?? One of the first things you have to do is start networking with people. Get to know the people in the industry you want to be in, do not go in knowing everything you seen on YouTube or read somewhere just listen. People love to talk about themselves and what they do just listen. Take mental notes and you will start to know who’s who in the arena. Then if need be take classes or online courses. This process could take anywhere from 6 months to years I will not put a number on learning because you should never stop learning. This is the one down fall a lot of us have we want it in a box with instructions and it is not that easy, IT IS WORK!!!! Start working in your field, I am not saying open your own business just starts working. If you have to work for free then do it. People underestimate the power of volunteerism people will see what you are doing and remember that trust me I know. No matter what it is or how small it is do it get your name out there. Also it is a great way to network!!!! You will see and understand that I am big on networking. Your Networking will dictate you Net worth. If you do not know where or even how to start hit me up and I will help you get started networking. Really, guys that’s is the nuts and bolts of it just get start jump off that cliff of yours and do it. I mean I could go on but you are probably tried of reading by now, but if you got through it I hope you got something out if it. I will talk with you all soon!!!! ‪#‎Network‬ ‪#‎Networth‬ ‪#‎realtalk‬