Most entrepreneurs quit right before success starts to show.
In this episode, Markee Carter breaks down what it really means to build during the quiet season when the support is low, the engagement is silent, and the results haven’t caught up to the work yet.
This episode dives into business discipline, consistency, patience, and the mindset required to keep pushing when nobody seems to be watching. Through real stories from building We Legit from the ground up, Markee shares how silence can become the training ground for long-term success.
If you’re an entrepreneur, creator, or anyone building a vision in silence, this conversation will help you stay focused, trust the process, and keep moving forward without needing outside validation.
Topics covered:
• entrepreneur mindset
• business discipline
• consistency and patience
• building in silence
• long-term brand growth
• success habits
Success doesn’t start when people notice.
It starts the moment you decide not to quit.
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Yo-yo yo, welcome to the We Legit 1/6 Story and Hustle
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podcast where culture, discipline and entrepreneurship
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collide. This isn't just talk.
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This is structure. This is ownership, this is
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execution. If you are building something
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bigger than yourself, then you're in the right place.
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Now let's build. Today's episode, we're going to
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get into building when nobody is supporting you.
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And as I say, per usual, this is this is the part nobody posts,
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nobody celebrates, but it's where everything is built.
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This is something I went through building really legit from the
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ground up. Now let me break this down on
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what it feels like. First segment we're going to get
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into posting and nobody engaging.
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May 2003 is when I took social media serious.
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No longer just in the background, hopping on there
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here and there and seeing what other people got going on.
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This is when I made a decision on this is something I want to
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do. So I didn't know what I was
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doing from a can of paint. I got my first design which is
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the Ram logo and I put it on a shirt.
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I had to practice and learn how to press T-shirts at first
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before I did anything else. I got my own design made.
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Then I paid the company to make it for me, which is super color
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and then the transfers. Then I followed the direction on
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the information they gave me. Then I wanted to start peeling
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it. I'm putting on shirts.
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I was like OK, I liked how this look.
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So then I put it together. Didn't know anything about
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TikTok. I was still stuck on Facebook
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and Instagram. So starting out I just posted me
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wearing the design saying coming soon or this is going on and
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blah blah building momentum. And now I think about it and
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nothing, I post no engagement, anything like that.
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I don't know if I was doing it right.
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I don't even know if I was doing it wrong.
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I didn't know nothing. I didn't get any feedback.
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So it's like I don't know if anybody's taking me serious and
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what it is that I'm trying to do or I'm trying to represent.
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So it was like, am I doing this correctly?
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No feedback or anything. So it's like it's kind of hard
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to be doing something. We're not getting feedback.
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So it's like, OK, well, maybe it's doing something because a
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couple people that don't know me looking at it.
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So when the strangers look at your content, it kind of build a
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boost. Like, OK, maybe these people I
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know ain't feeling it, but these people over here is, you know,
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digging it. So let me keep going as I kept
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going. I'll say about a month or two,
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Ian, nothing. But when I talk to people, they
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go, hey, man, you know, I like what you're doing.
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OK, Didn't know you was going to pay attention.
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So that right there kind of like it will humble you to be like,
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well, are these people taking me serious or they're waiting to
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see if I'm going to keep this going or not.
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So per usual, I learned how to accept criticism without being
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criticized. I learned how to navigate
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silent. I guess you call it.
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I won't want to call it hate, but in an astrospect of what I'm
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Speaking of, you can look at it like a silent hate or people
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just looking to see how it's going to turn out.
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Because when you're starting something, nobody really don't
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believe in you. They're going to listen, but
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they're going to think that you're just talking out of here.
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You know what? So As for me, I take criticism
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all day, every day, whether it's good, bad or whatever the case
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may be. Because my auntie had always
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told me when people talk about you, they're jealous of.
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So that stuck with me at a young age all the way up to now.
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So as a posting and nobody engaging kept going.
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I just kept going and going because people are liking it and
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I wasn't getting that. That's satisfaction, gratitude,
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like these people really feeling it.
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Then I say three months in, I gained a customer somebody went
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to school with and he was like, you know, I want to purchase
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some of your stuff. I was like, oh wow, trip me out.
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I have stuff made ready, sent it to him.
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We exchanged the pricing on everything.
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This is my first customer, so I was learning how to navigate all
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this. I gave him a deal.
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He got everything in timely fashion.
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He took a picture of it and I, I still have that photo to this
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day. Matter of fact, I might post at
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the end of this episode. Then from there, the friends
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slash family not supporting. Now the friends and family, I'm
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not really too much big on or tripping on because you know, I
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always look at life as people going to support who they can't
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connect with. Lot of people don't really know
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me like that. They know me, but a lot of
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people don't really know me like that.
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They just know of me. So for me to just pop up out of
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nowhere, they go, Oh yeah, I know this person I know or went
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to school with them or work with them or some along the lines.
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So it'd be like what he got going on.
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So the more I post, the more I sing like, huh, OK, people are
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looking, but they're not saying that they just looking.
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So I don't know if they're hating, I don't know if they're
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proud. I I don't know what this is, You
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know, I'm just doing what I'm doing because this is something
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I said in my mind. 2019 I put this format together.
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I didn't put everything together until 2021, but I wasn't
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prepared to actually start putting it all the way out
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there. 2023 So just it always start with an idea.
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Previous episode motivation is going to get you to start, but
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the discipline is going to keep you going.
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And discipline wise, I had to learn a set schedule and put all
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this in formation because I didn't know what I was doing
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Last I had told someone on a live a TikTok of mine they was
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asking me questions. They go how I was like yo, I had
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no education on how to market. But you know none of that came
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to mind. I just did all this randomly and
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it just stuck in work. So for some really like it.
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Some ask questions a lot watch still don't say nothing, but you
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know they they watch and you know it's I'm I'm cool with
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that. So I can't really complain or
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take it for what it is because it's like, this is what I asked
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for and this is what I doing dealing with, not dealing with.
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But it's just like this is what I'm comfortable with.
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So it's like, OK, I see what's going on or not in that
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navigate. And another thing, when you're
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in the beginning stages, I'll say zero to six months, people
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watching silently. I had to learn that a lot of
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people is not going to be supportive right away because
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companies come and go, so they want to know if there's going to
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be something long lasting before they invest into what it is that
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you're representing. So it's like you have to earn
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people's trust to know that you're doing something the right
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way incorrectly and they are feeling it.
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It took me, I say, a year and a half to figure this out because
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I didn't really know how many people were actually just
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watching because I actually looked at my analytics.
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I wasn't really paying attention to my analytics.
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So it's like it's something that you got to pay attention to and
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look at and by huh, what is this person doing and how can I get
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on this level? So there's a lot of trial and
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error. But as time goes on by me
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staying disciplined, things got better in the long run.
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And also besides people watching silently, you really Bill, it
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really builds feeling like you're wasting time because say,
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for instance, when I started out, I'm posting all this
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contact on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, you know
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what I'm saying? I'm wearing it outside just for
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people to see it and look at it. And they just look like, huh,
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Nothing like, oh, hey, where you get that from?
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Because I started in Dallas, so I didn't really get any type of
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engagement right away. I got a lot of views TikTok
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wise, but Instagram, Facebook, it was slow because they just
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didn't know who I was and I just popped up out of nowhere.
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So in the beginning I did feel like I was like, there's no time
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being wasted. And then months was coming by
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and I was kind of like building a momentum social media wise.
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And then I was seeing like, huh, OK, I'm really liking this Pi
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know I can push this the way I want to.
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But when I started always wanted, I like working.
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So I don't mind having a job while building this because I
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look at it as it's a double income.
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So I'm supplement, I'm supplementizing my income for
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greater satisfaction in the long run.
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So when you're getting to a job or starting something from the
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ground up, you're always going to sacrifice certain things to
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get where you need to go. And all it is, is if you got to
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have a trusting instinct in yourself that it's going to
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work. It can go all the way good, it
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can go all the way bad. But just remember, you start
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questioning yourself like, am I doing this for nothing?
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You see other people getting support and you're wondering
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what's missing now. Have you ever felt like that?
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Me, yes, in the beginning because I'm looking at like
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Dang, all these other platforms are doing this and that and I'm
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like Dang, I was like, am I doing something wrong or you
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know, I know a lot of people, you know, say I know they don't
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know what I got going on. I know that this is just like
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out the blue with it, but you know, it's like, hey, are they
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seeing what I'm doing? But as time went on, I've seen
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that they was paying attention. They're just making sure that I
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was being for real on what it is that I was doing.
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So even though that they wasn't supporting and they were
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supporting in the beginning, they just didn't know how to
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engage in the beginning because it's something new and fresh off
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the press. So I can't get mad and I can't
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get upset. I just look at it at all.
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This is part of process. And then another thing.
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You ever post something you believe in and it just sat
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there? Me, yes, I have.
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I put so much work and a lot of this content and stuff like
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that, but at first it doesn't do anything.
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But I did learn as time went on that when I post, things
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gradually, gradually come along. So it's one of the things to
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where it's like, OK, it's a starting point, so just give it
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a minute and it's going to push. And as time went on, I learned
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and it pushed and it pushed. But before I get into the next
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segment, I want y'all to see this wee legit snapback hat
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silver black grid, pretty much like the writer style edition.
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This right here is a sweatshirt Indian say wee legit clothing on
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it. And then this is one of my
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opinions that are called baby with one of my designs at Long
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Beach finest WL represent the wee legit and the 562 area code.
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If you know what that is, you know, now let's get into the
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next segment. Another key point is people
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depending on validation. Now I had always said when
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people make a change in our life, they look for validation.
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They want to be seen, they want to be talked about, they want to
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be in a limelight. Not so much drama wise, but
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everybody wants to be appreciated and want to be
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looked at in a roundabout way. Nothing wrong with that, but you
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got to have your own self motivation when things not going
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right. Because if you're going on
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validation and say you just have one bad day, I don't want to do
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this no more. You can't have that type of
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attitude. Imagine you build a company up,
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you've got a storefront, you got a business, so you just had one
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bad day where employees is like, yeah, you know how it is when
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you go to work and you just had them days was like, yeah, I
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don't feel like interacting. I don't feel like doing nothing
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you need. Yeah, I just today's just not
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feeling it. Some people would take that and
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be like, you know what, I I can't do this job just for one
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bad day. Imagine you having a company,
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you come in like that and you got your employees, they feeling
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cool, Gucci and all kind of stuff.
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You come in and talk like, you know what, I don't want to do
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this no more because I'm not feeling it.
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Your employees going to be like what I'm going to do, I got
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rent, bills, kids to take care of all kind of things, whatever
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the situation may be. So psychologically you have to
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put together others before yourself because remember you
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building this brand right here. That's what I'm building.
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So say if I had employees, I got to make sure that they straight
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because they helping me build this investment that I'm putting
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into. And there's no telling how far
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this is going to go. But just to have that mindset to
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be like, OK, I may be having a bad day, but they might they
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might be having fun. So let me talk to my crew.
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Like on the episodes of Black Ink Crew, when Caesar noticed
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things going wrong with the crew, he took him on a trip and
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got to stress out the way they got him out the city, all kind
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of things. No stuff like that.
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So you necessarily don't have to do that with your employees, but
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you got to find a way to bring build up them around.
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Don't have to be your own business wise, it should be
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regular job wise. You know, 'cause you know, a lot
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of people don't mind going to work.
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A lot of people don't mind sacrificing certain things to
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keep stability going. But what kills people is when
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you're being targeted, harassed on a job and all kind of stuff
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that will burn a person out. And I'll make a person feel
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like, you know what? These people don't appreciate
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me. This is what I do.
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I come in every day, I do all this stuff.
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I do what I was told, and they still on me.
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You know what I'm saying? So it's like you have a model
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employee, they don't mind doing the work.
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But then you have certain employees that do everything
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under the sun, get away with murder, still have a job barely
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there. Another thing, social media
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creates false expectations. Now for me, I just post to stay.
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Not so much stay relevant, but I'm pushing a brand, I'm pushing
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a podcast, and I'm pushing myself as an individual.
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So me, I'm just posting because this is what I do.
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And it became fun. I just love doing it.
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Like that song I say back there, the humble and hustle all day
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every day and this marathon always going to continue.
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And then another thing that I had seen recently, as of this
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year, I don't know how other people look at me on that other
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screen. So somebody looking at my
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content, I don't know their views of what it is that I'm
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doing now. It's all about marketing,
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editing, and I do all this, I record this, I produce this, I
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edit this so and I promote it. Now for others to look at me,
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they might look at it like, Dang, dude doing good, he made
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it and all kind of stuff. But man, that's a lot of hard
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work. That's not as easy as it looks.
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You have to come up with topics, you gotta come up with designs,
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you gotta come up with niche, how to market this, all kind of
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stuff. Sometimes you get burnt out real
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easy. So it's like, is this worth
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doing of the work that you got to put in or I just suck it up
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and work for somebody else and they can do all that.
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So me, I have a strong background entrepreneurship
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family wise stating for my great grandfather that's one of the
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first black business owners of Nashville.
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And then as generations went down, they necessarily didn't
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own a business, but the entrepreneurship mindset is in
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everybody in the family DNA written.
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So even though they may work for somebody else, but they know how
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to invest in themselves and keep structure and discipline going,
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which is installing all of us. It's just take the right person
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in conversation to get it out of them.
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Then we're going to get into people want results too fast.
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I think due to social media and the Internet, a lot of people
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want instant gratification. When you chasing instant
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gratification is not going to last long, It's going to last a
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hot second. Everything is not a viral
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moment. I already know that I'll never
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really look for viral moments. I always look for a long
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lasting. So business wise, when I work
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with customers, I treat them as like we are family.
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And as per user, my brand ambassador saves it all the
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time. Seems like, you know, welcome to
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the Wheeler J family. When I go live on Tik Toks,
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you're very welcoming, understanding, communicate with
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the people and all kind of stuff.
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So that's how I built this out the 80s, man.
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And I'm built different. So that's my philosophy and
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that's what I push. And when people meet me, they be
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like, OK, he's actually who he say he is.
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So I don't like faking the phone because I know how that feel.
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Be betrayed by people and people going to be people so you can't
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nag and get mad because how this person is.
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That's just the way life is, you know?
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And then per usual, most people quit because they can't do it.
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Said earlier when you are the boss, and I said this last
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season, when you're the boss, a lot of people depend on you.
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When you talk to entrepreneurs or people that be doing a long
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time, they always say, man, I got to keep this going because I
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got this lifestyle to maintain. I got people working for me.
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It's a lot of people that depend on me and then it kind of
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coexist with being a parent. You got kids that depend on you,
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so you got to find ways and figure out ways to figure out
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how to make this program work. It's all about a program and
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discipline, program and discipline.
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Remember that. Then they quit because nobody's
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watching. They think nobody's watching is
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the key, but people are watching.
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They just not saying nothing. They want to see how serious
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you're going to take this and then.
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When you get success, then they'll reappear and come
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around. Hey man, how you do this, how
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you do that? I'm getting that this year.
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I give the information, but I'm kind of like eerie because I
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don't know if this is a legit thing or this like what this
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person trying to figure out what I got going on.
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Paranoid by nature. It is what it is.
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Also, we live in a time where people think if you don't go
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viral, it's not working. Me, prime example of that, I
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don't go viral. I don't think I ever went viral.
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Like I said, I don't know how it looked to someone seeing me on a
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screen versus me putting out the content.
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So I don't know how it looks. I'm just putting out content.
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Me, I know it's working, but I can do better or I can keep it
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sane. It is depending on how others
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are looking at it. I know my audience, so I'm not
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too much worried on that note. But it's coming along little by
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little and my whole thing is longevity and I'm not chasing
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instant gratification. I've been around since 2021.
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I've been selling May of 2023. This year marks three years that
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I've been selling and I believe five years, five years in
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business as in August of this year.
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Then we're going to get into silence equals training grounds.
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Now, this quiet phase, that's where you sharpen everything.
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You know why? Because there's no pressure,
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there's no spotlight. That's just work.
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Now. I am appreciative of the
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silence. I'm appreciative of all these
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things that's coming around, coming about.
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I mean, because, you know, I have a lot of spotlight in a
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sense, and some aspects of how people look at me.
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And I work better when I'm to myself.
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After I had a long day of hanging out and chilling and I
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be pulling stuff together and I put it out, a lot of people like
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it. And I can't complain because you
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know it is what it is and it's just working.
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So the whole thing is if you stay consistent with no
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validation, you don't need anybody when it finally works.
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I finally getting that point right now because I didn't come
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into this looking for instant gratification.
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As I said you per usual I had an idea didn't get promoted.
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I say this I think I say this about every episode so they get
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promoted going better bitter had an idea Nipsey passed he started
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shirts. That's how I got in the business
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world. So I started it out this, I
00:23:30
figured a couple people knew me was going to wear it gave me
00:23:33
something to do. Didn't think of any of all this
00:23:36
that's coming about. So this is a good thing to think
00:23:42
about. Like you can have an idea of the
00:23:45
ice cream flavor, a recipe that's been passed on
00:23:49
generations. It's plenty of food spots, but
00:23:53
your recipe is going get the people's attention, the slogan,
00:23:58
the name of the company and how you want to present it.
00:24:01
So you have to think, you got to not provide, but you got to
00:24:10
represent yourself in a fashion to where the world and people
00:24:14
can connect to. Now in all my years on this
00:24:18
earth, I would have never thought that I'll be looked at
00:24:22
overseas. I would never thought about
00:24:26
people just want to help me build this brand up and and come
00:24:31
along with me on this journey. None of this stuff came to mind
00:24:34
and it would never come to mind when you're building something.
00:24:37
It for me, it just happened and I'm finally embracing it because
00:24:43
I necessarily didn't ask for all this.
00:24:47
It just happened. So I just learned how to go with
00:24:51
the punches. If you could say that's the true
00:24:54
Aries in me just doing stuff without a plan and it worked.
00:24:58
I can't complain and I can't complain, you know, and then you
00:25:03
know, you got to talk about early days.
00:25:09
We legit, the early days someone was in the picture give me
00:25:13
ideas, but I wasn't really seeing that person's point of
00:25:19
view. Then I didn't like that person's
00:25:24
structure on how they wanted to run it.
00:25:27
So I kinda took back over what it is that I wanted to build and
00:25:35
you know, nobody was there. I had a cousin I spoke to about
00:25:39
how I was going to do this. They gave me good advice and
00:25:43
feedback and was digging what it was I was doing, you know, And
00:25:49
then as per usual, you know, when you're starting out, a lot
00:25:53
of people expect something for free.
00:25:55
You know, they don't want to support you.
00:25:57
So what I did was in the beginning when somebody
00:26:00
purchased something, I sent a bunch of free stuff, but they
00:26:04
had to purchase from me first before they can get that type of
00:26:06
access. So a lot of people didn't even
00:26:09
know what I was doing. But my thing was now I think
00:26:12
about it, it was all about branding.
00:26:16
That's all I was thinking about was branding.
00:26:19
So then those is my early days of, you know, posting with no
00:26:24
response. Had to get used to people just
00:26:27
like not liking it, sharing it or anything like that.
00:26:31
So I won't say trial and error. It's just a lot of things that
00:26:35
you got to put into perspective because you know, they always
00:26:39
say when you're making a change in life or you're starting
00:26:43
something from the ground up, you're really going to see who
00:26:46
your true friends are and who's really there for you and
00:26:49
supporting. But don't too much dwell on that
00:26:54
because as time goes on, they're going to show their face and
00:26:57
true colors. You just got to embrace it when
00:26:59
it all comes to play. And you know, also I had
00:27:04
designs, designing, building, working alone.
00:27:09
I'll just, I've done on my own lately.
00:27:12
I have one person that's very consistent on, you know, give me
00:27:19
advice and things of that nature.
00:27:22
Matter of fact, the hell set up of this with the lights and
00:27:25
everything. It's pretty much her idea.
00:27:28
And if it works, I'll listen because as you're telling me,
00:27:33
I'm processing in my head on how I can market this.
00:27:37
So it's always good to take advice, but you don't have to
00:27:41
take everybody's advice. You can take their advice, but
00:27:44
you got to put in your own way because you know how you want
00:27:47
your brand to be looked at and move and be represented to the
00:27:52
world. And you no doubts.
00:27:54
You know, I had doubts when nobody was looking at my stuff.
00:27:58
So I was like, Dang, early in episode, I was like, am I doing
00:28:02
this right or am I doing this correctly?
00:28:04
I just you know, not grasping how all this is coming about.
00:28:07
So you know, it really give yourself doubt in the beginning,
00:28:12
but you got to be strong minded. Not just building a company or
00:28:16
brand, but you got to be strong minded and everything because
00:28:19
look at it this way, whatever you don't do in life, whether
00:28:25
you working, being a parent, anything, it doesn't matter what
00:28:29
it is, people always going to test you.
00:28:32
Why, I do not know, but just look at it as you're going to be
00:28:36
constantly get tested and everything that you do.
00:28:39
So if you're going to have doubts on want to branch off and
00:28:42
do something you want to do that doubts always going to be there.
00:28:46
People always going to have something to say always.
00:28:49
So that's one thing you just got to prepare for and just
00:28:54
remember, I remember posting we legit and it was quiet.
00:29:01
Imagine if I just stop right then and there, I wouldn't be on
00:29:05
this microphone on the screen of y'all listen to me and looking
00:29:08
at y'all looking at me. So I always remember that and
00:29:12
remember no comments, no orders, just me believing in it.
00:29:18
That's how I've got this far. So I didn't trip off, no
00:29:23
comments. I didn't trip off no orders.
00:29:25
In the beginning I did, but I didn't.
00:29:27
But I knew that I had to build this up because people wear all
00:29:34
kinds of stuff. As a dude that I know from no
00:29:37
one but junior high, I was like, hey man, that's what I got.
00:29:40
He's all OK. It is what it is.
00:29:44
So if it was for me believing in myself per user, I won't be on
00:29:49
your screen. You'll be listening to me or
00:29:52
watching me. But I kept going because I knew
00:29:56
it was worth building. So I knew it was worth it in the
00:30:00
end of the day because I didn't look at the I didn't do this for
00:30:04
no writing, just because something to do.
00:30:08
And it turned into bigger than what I thought.
00:30:11
So I always remember people don't confuse silence with
00:30:16
failure. Silence is the beginning stage.
00:30:20
Once you make it out that stage, you're going to be like, OK, I
00:30:25
got this now because sick of the first six months of starting
00:30:28
anything. You could call it a probationary
00:30:31
period. It's always the toughest on jobs
00:30:33
and building from the ground up. I always remember that and then
00:30:36
remember that consistency beats attention.
00:30:40
As long as you being consistent, the attention is going to come.
00:30:44
It's just going to come when it's time for you.
00:30:47
Don't worry about what other people got going on and all
00:30:50
these other brands and influencers or whatever the case
00:30:52
may be. Their process, my bad.
00:30:56
Their process is different from yours.
00:30:58
So never compare yourself to somebody else because
00:31:00
everybody's journey is different.
00:31:02
Also, everybody supports after it works.
00:31:07
Man, I could not even tell you some of the stuff I'll be seeing
00:31:11
and getting, but I, I'm not going to get into that.
00:31:17
I'm not just leave that where it is.
00:31:19
Then people know, but then also for me, I knew this starting out
00:31:24
that you don't need a crowd to build something real.
00:31:28
The people going to find you as long as you keep doing what
00:31:31
you're doing. So as long as you keep doing
00:31:34
what you're doing, things going to work out just fine.
00:31:38
You just got to keep that momentum going, keep yourself
00:31:42
motivated and stay disciplined. Now I'm in the phase right now
00:31:50
to where I'm staying consistent. Even when it's quiet, I still
00:31:55
keep going. I don't really check for
00:31:58
validation because now a lot of people are seeing what I got
00:32:02
going on and they ain't tuned. But they silent watchers, I
00:32:06
can't complain. They still looking at the
00:32:08
content. So it is what it is.
00:32:11
And as time goes on, don't keep doing the same old, same old.
00:32:15
Focus on improving your craft. Now the beginning.
00:32:19
My editing style sucks now. It got better now and out of
00:32:24
market. Now it's just second nature.
00:32:26
So never stop learning. Once you stop learning, it
00:32:32
becomes a standstill. So just remember, however you
00:32:37
are as a person is how your company's going to be presented.
00:32:40
So if you're a lousy, lazy, slatchy person, your company's
00:32:45
going to be a reflection of that.
00:32:47
Your relationship to who you choose as a partner is going to
00:32:49
be a reflection of that. So you got to make sure that you
00:32:52
choose everything wisely. Then another thing is document
00:32:57
your journey. I got a whole bunch of videos
00:33:00
and pictures I haven't even put out yet.
00:33:02
Then when I be on my phone sometimes and I'm actually
00:33:04
looking at it, I'll be tripping on like, Dang, I really came a
00:33:07
long way. Like with Snapchat, Facebook,
00:33:10
TikTok. Will they be bringing like on
00:33:12
this day or remember this and that?
00:33:14
It really I really be tripping because I was like, Dang, I came
00:33:18
a long way. I remember doing this and that
00:33:20
knowing the lab, I call this, you know, the lab and putting it
00:33:24
together. So it's just like, you know,
00:33:28
some one of them things that just really, really just came
00:33:33
about. So it's just like keep doing
00:33:40
what you're doing. It doesn't matter if you've got
00:33:42
one or two people watching because on $1 worth of
00:33:47
game interview, Larry June has said, and this is my motivation,
00:33:51
made me step it all the way up. He said he went to a show, two
00:33:56
people was in the crowd. He didn't want to be like, Nah,
00:33:59
I'm not going on. The man went on stage and said
00:34:02
he had to figure out how to keep these people interested on what
00:34:06
it is he was building. Look at Larry June right now.
00:34:10
So I'm about to get close to closing this out, but just
00:34:15
remember, building when nobody supports you, that's not a bad
00:34:19
thing. That's the foundation because it
00:34:24
finally clicks. You build something real.
00:34:29
And per usual, before I close all this out, you just gotta
00:34:35
remember that where's. So remember, inspiration means
00:34:50
nothing without action. Apply what you heard.
00:34:54
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