Rock bottom

I think it's just so sad how people who consider themselves entrepreneurs still don't "hustle" as much as they claim to...

Some times all it takes is for you to hit rock bottom before you actually strive to succeed. Some times all you need is that moment in your life where you're living out of your car... or moving back home... asking your parents for petrol money even!

But it seems a lot of so-called "hustlers" are still relaxing. Slacking if you will. Still having things given to them and being spoon-fed opportunities. My take is, as long as you still have your car, still have your own roof above your head, still have your own everything and haven't really lost or given up anything in pursuit of your dream/ambition... then you haven't really figured out what it takes to succeed.

If Steve Harvey had to live in his car and be homeless and unemployed for him to succeed and be all over the entertainment industry for as long as he has... then you know what's pushing him... to stay where he is now... That constant reminder of what it's like to lose everything and start at the bottom. Literally and otherwise. He knows all too well how it's like to not know where his next meal was gonna come from. And I believe that's what it takes to keep you hungry for more. What keeps you aiming and searching for the next big thing, the next goal, the next notch on his belt, the next achievement.

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So... My observation is this... If you don't know what it feels like to lose absolutely everything, you don't know what it takes to strive for success.

That's that.

I could run with this for a few more paragraphs, a few more examples... like Patrice Motsepe, who was literally unemployed and broke at age 32, and made his first million at 36. Why? Because he had the drive, that fire on his ass that kept fueling him not to go back there.

Anyway, let me leave it there.

Night!