Alone In Vegas

There’s something I love about late nights. It’s around 1am-4am where creativity burns the brightest, for we tend to think about life’s conundrums and our own problems. You know, the ones where we try to ignore the whole day.. Why is it that when we have issues that we tend to solve them through temporary highs like alcohol or drugs? The escape may be the answer, but what’s worse, the pain or the hangover?

Alone in Vegas is about being in a place where what happens in a situation stays there and that only those who happen to make that journey with you, will be able to fully understand and appreciate. This is the story of trials and tribulations to the top of the mountain and the cost of changing situations.

Its amazing how things can change between certain individuals or groups of people. When we struggle through our own issues nobody wants to be there by your side, they don’t want to hear your problems or support you.. But fast forward a few months/years and the same people who didn’t want anything to do with you are putting out there hand acting like they owe you something because you worked so hard to make your dreams a reality and now that you’ve made something of yourself, people act like what they did didn’t happen.

When we need people at the toughest times and we need the support and love it is vital for our wellbeing to be surrounded by “riders”, the type of people who stick by you through thick and thin regardless of circumstances. But in today’s society, its hard to find genuine people. If it does not concern the individual or have something to do with their interests than they don’t want anything to do with you. See, people of circumstance are toxic to your life. In order for you to succeed and live a positive life, it is crucial for you to rid these people of your life even if it means you are alone.

For you need new people, people who can lift you higher and direct you on the right path for your dreams and ultimately your success. People who are of circumstance are usually people who would be hiding their jealousy and envy plotting against you. They wish rather to be you than share in your success.

These type of people secretly do not wish for you to succeed, they wish for you to be less successful than they are.

However, real genuine people do not see you as a threat but more as an asset. You add something to their life in which they value you and your company. If you want people who uplift you and support you through thick and thin find these people who see the value in you.. Not just in what you have achieved. Find a connection or a meaningful friendship that goes beyond materialistic things.

Sometimes its not the amount of friends that you have but the quality of friends. Ensure that these people who are on your team are not temporary nor do they wish for your downfall but only wish for your uprise.

In order to succeed, the key to success is unity and if individuals do not wish to commit  or understand you or your lifestyle, you will find it an uphill battle as you will try to convince these people to side with you. DON'T!! They shouldn’t need convincing they only need the fundamental plan in order to be on board for they only want the best for you and believe in you.

Working towards common goals makes it easier to understand one another and there will not be those from the inside trying to remove the bolts to your structure.

Communication of issues and ideas are also fundamental for success as it is important for everyone to be on the same page, if they wish to keep these private you must weigh up what the cost may be if these are not easily discussed. For how can you build on a strong foundation if you do not continue its progress. Being able to communicate with your team or your partner without confrontation but understanding will allow you to work together and accomplish tasks without having taken your focus off of the task at hand.

No longer shall you accept people who are not genuine who focus on things that are not ideal for the direction in which you wish to head. The price of success at times is loneliness for you value the dream and the requirements in which you must meet in order for you to hopefully bring this dream to life.

You find that you must surround yourself with quality and like minded individuals and not just anybody but people who can also add to your life just as you add to theirs.

Relationships are also difficult for you need someone who understands the lifestyle that you live that is also willing to ride by your side even through the negatives. You cannot just settle for anyone for your partner becomes not just a marriage or a relationship but a partnership where both individuals understand what it takes to succeed and accept that as a way of life. The values you have must be shared and for some, like myself, need an individual who can challenge me in order to allow me to keep developing. Development is important for any individual hoping to succeed in life, for their spot can be taken at any time that they feel its okay to rest without little or no competition.. Everyone wants your spot so its important that when you’re home that your partner helps build you and not just share these moments with you..


Sometimes it’s a long lonely road before you see anybody.

But that’s the life we choose.

We prefer dimes over pennys for we see the true value in the bigger picture.

Great things take time and we are only getting better. 

Below is the "Alone In Vegas" video by Pusha T which you should check out if you want to understand the concept behind this article and looking for a new song to vibe to haha

"The memories begin to fade so I write this alone in Vegas..."

Growing Pains

Not an insightful post but a personal yet cryptic post that touches on a crazy journey and the next chapter to come.

Growing up at times can be tricky, when you’re going through puberty, you think that girls are important to your life. But as you grow up and the difficulties of getting through school, having fake friends, heartbreak,  bouncing around through the ups and downs in life, there comes a time where you begin to really grow up and mature.

You no longer focus on girls, you got real goals now, you got goals for your future. 

You no longer let things get you down, you let negative situations spur you onto bigger and better things rather than feeling sorry for yourself.

It becomes motivation.

Your past no longer defines you, you let it be the beginning of something new.

See, to paint a clear picture, for the past 4 years it has been a real rollercoaster with certain people. People coming and going when they please and being misunderstood because you analyze everything, you think too much and people make assumptions based on limited facts.

You get to a point where you have people around you but no help.. Because you can help yourself and its in that solitary moments in life you begin to explore your deep thoughts and feelings, you begin to learn knowledge that can only be found through self exploration.

I went through deep emotional turmoil but it was through this that I found myself. I found everything from who I really was to my sole purpose in life. Something in which I couldn’t of found 4 years ago.

Pain was my greatest teacher it forced me to grow, to learn, to mature, to create.

I found strength where I once saw pain, I found happiness where I once saw sadness, I found beauty where I once saw destruction.

It was the greatest discovery of my life and it’s through these “growing pains” that I’ve found my potential. Its through this discovery that I want to teach and inspire others, to motivate them and turn rain into rainbows.

So within the next few months, I will share my journey as I begin the hard road into what I hope to be a successful campaign through creating a vlog, more social media presence and quotes that reflect my thoughts and feelings as well as a self published book in perhaps the not so distant future.  Also, will be offering motivational speaking and sessions for individuals or groups next year to help push others into their own greatness through unlocking their potential.

I have a lot planned for the next couple months as I look to get my foot in the world of business and motivational speaking. But in order to execute any plan, I have to put in the hard yards and not expect things to fall in my lap… Lets just say, the growing pains are over. My growth has hit its limits, its now time to take on a real challenge and see where it leads me to.

But one thing is for sure, I can fail one million times but rest assure I will get up a million and one. Don’t ever count me out and no matter how hard it will be.. I’ve never seen a mountain I couldn’t climb.

The transition into this period, which has been the best part of 5 months, has allowed me to really find the direction that I wish to head in. I have had to make hard decisions which are not personal but are necessary in order to head in the right direction.

Positive vibes and people who can help my growth are what I need right now, people who can help me create and build ideas not people who look to destroy my confidence or my dreams.. I don’t need y’all.

Its amazing how much you can grow if you just focus on watering your seed rather than acting out and being so negative.. The person I was 4 years ago is a stranger, the person I was last year wouldn't of believed that this is where I would end up, the person I was a few months ago wouldn't believe that i'd end up here.. Head down and focus on you. If you want to grow, you have to focus on numero uno. 

On a personal end note; sometimes what we really want is consumed in things that we cannot control, but sooner or later, you hope that everything works out even though you face another mountain.. You must be willing to climb even without strength for he who gives up, only achieves failure. To the ends of the world, I shall walk. To the depths of the sea, I shall swim. Fear will never keep me away from the dangers of the climb, it only makes my heart race with a body full of adrenaline. I can not lose. For the only loss one shall endure is the loss of a life chasing what we had wished all along for..

Everything I am has made me everything I’m not.. Different from the rest but all the same, we remain. Only time shall reveal the true agenda of the Lord. But, trust me, I only have time to play one game.. that’s the game of life. Or perhaps I should say Monopoly..  HA!

Trophies

When we attain success, does our level of success require trophies? Success can be measured in various ways and are all uniquely defined by the individual.

Some may say, success is what is in the trophy cabinet or perhaps what is in the bank account.  I assure you that type of success is only for ones ego and vanity. Success in which one only wants fame, fortune and the plaques on the wall will forever chase happiness as they are constantly trying to inflate their egos by showing off ones achievements. 

I believe however, that ones success should be shared with those who have helped you get to the top of the mountain. That includes your family, your close friends and those who never truly believed in you. Success should not be focused on your achievements but the impact that you’ve had on the world around you, the impact on the people around you and what you’ve been able to do in your position of “power”.  Selflessly, I think people should strive to set goals in which can impact on the lives around them. Not just their own, through the levels of success, from rags to riches or from a nobody to a somebody. It should be the job of a successful person to bring people up with them, to empower those close to you.

It shouldn’t be all about you.

See, you should be striving to say look what I’ve been able to do. Not just look at what I’ve been able to achieve. 

However, those who tend to be stuck in their 9-5 job earning minimum wage and achieving very little because all they do is push papers, will tend to have negative vibes towards the successful person as they envy their position.  This causes a bridge between the two especially when the egotistical successful entrepreneur tends to look down on everyone else who aren’t quite “on their level.”

If you are successful, remain humble. Even if no one believed in you or supported you.

It is not your job to ridicule those people. For you are a dreamer, you put in the hard work that no one thought you could, let alone what they could put in. You made it. You manifested your dreams into reality.

But showing your love and appreciation to those who always had your back from the very beginning is what you must do. Because if you truly endured the trying times and the failures before you finally got it right… These people were there for you, these people believed in you, these people loved you while you were a failure. Take care of these people, like they took care of you and you don’t need any trophies for that kind of success. 

For if your family is living good, for if your friends are living good. Is that not all that matters?

I don’t want to be successful for me, I don’t have anything to prove to anybody. I just want to take care of everyone that stood by me when things got hard, when I did the wrong thing and these people were able to overlook my past transgressions. Those are MY PEOPLE. I take care of my people and they don’t have an award for that.

See, I believe in giving more than you take. For what you give is more rewarding as anyone can steal, rob and take from others. That is not hard, however giving is much harder as you have to have something to give. Whether it may be love, your time or perhaps even your money. If you give it to the right people for the right reasons you will be rewarded ten fold. Simply, because eventually you will see your whole team winning and nothing will ever compare to shared success.

There is a catch however.

You cannot give everything away or give to everyone. For they do not truly support you or are happy for your success nor will you have anything for yourself.

You must stay vigilant of those on your team. For they will take any opportunity to turn around and stab you in the back for they envy your success. Those who are grateful to just be in your life or were there when you had nothing will always have your back when you had nothing. When people forgive you for your mistakes and still want you to be part of your life despite your mistakes, you should value these people for they have seen value in you in order to forgive you. Do not forget this. For many people, they choose not to have anything to do with you if you do not benefit them.

But when you are at your lowest and you have nothing to give and they are still by your side recognize these peoples efforts and give back to them. Be thankful, show your appreciation and let these people be the reason why you want to succeed in life.

To see adversity as an opportunity to turn negative situations into positive images empowers others to know that where they currently are is not always where they will end up.

Let those around you motivate you to succeed. Let the negative comments of others, be the reason why you need to succeed for you have a point to prove.

See, I want to give to a society that gave me nothing. For if I gave nothing, I would be no better than those who choose to give nothing. For people are glad to hear that you have problems simply because they are glad you have them.

I do not want anyone to feel alone in this world. We must all take care of one another and give back.

If a wise man has told you something, it is no good for you to keep that wisdom to yourself. For he, who is wise, finds it more valuable to share the wisdom around in order to empower others. For he does not see the world as a competition but as a constant learning process in which we must tend to build on.

For the people before us, have shared their knowledge willingly, in order for society to evolve. The professors. The doctors. The businessmen.  The investors. The lawyers. The motivators. The teachers. For we cannot move forward without giving back to society, without putting forth knowledge learnt throughout our lives.

Sometimes, success doesn’t end with a trophy-laden cabinet. But one thing is for sure, success comes with wisdom and knowledge through experience and this knowledge is the key to future success for others.

Put it to good use. Use the money and fame to steer the misguided into the right direction. Teaching, however unrecognized power it may have in this world, has the power to turn the weak into strong, the unsuccessful into “overnight “ successes and the rags to riches.

“Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”
- Napoleon Hill

Knowledge is power, share these power with others. Do not let greed stop you, for if you are good at what you do, you will not fear others ability to do the same as you. For if you are the best, you will always have the power, but if you are creative you will always look for ways to capitalize on ideas others are yet to come to terms with. 

If they are part of your team, do not fear their potential. For they could help you create an empire stronger than the Romans. For if you have a team who constantly look to help to build further on the strong foundation in which you have provided and is built on love rather than negative energy. For as long as you work together in harmony.. No amount of harm could ever bring down the dynasty in which you are creating. For it is built not on jealousy or negative emotions but built on the strongest of emotions, of the strongest bonds, love. For these people, trophies do not matter. Happiness is the key to their success. If their family and friends are taken care of what more could they ask for? For he, who has happiness, has everything.

I do it, because I have to.

And there’s no award for that.

Trophies - Drake