What does it look like? Because if you don’t know what it look like don’t expect me… People call me all the time ET I know what you been through bruh, I know you feeling me bruh. I know you from the D like I’m from the D. You dropped out like I dropped out – I know you feeling me E. E I need $5000 to get this thing off the – I said what? You need how much? Who gave me five grand when I was at Michigan State doing my program, I didn’t get a, I didn’t have no budget. But I didn’t need a budget, I HAD A DREAM! I didn’t need no help, the president never came and said to me ET we gon help your program for this institution to blow up. The president never came and I never quit. I never gave up, why? Cuz it wasn’t her dream in the first place to take care of a group of kids from the D. It was MY DREAM. It was MY GOAL. I don’t expect you to believe in my dream like I believe in my dream. And the problem with some of yall is you want someone else to support your dream. It’s yours! I don’t owe you a dime. It’s your dream, if you want it to happen get your butt up and make it happen. If you want it to happen, rise and grind. If you want it to happen, you gon have to do what I do and that’s get up at 3 o’clock in the morning. If you want it to happen that means you gon have to get home at 2:15 and get your butt up at 5 so you can get to Detroit by 6. That mean you gon have to speak to the chief and act like you got all the energy in the world. Why? Cuz it’s my time, this my moment. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow… Ain’t no such thing as tomorrow, we only got today!.

A few months ago, I had a conversation with a close friend of mine about my decision to forgo grad school (or put it on hold) to pursue my passion for photography. Having spent over $6000 on some new gear, I was eager to take my work to the next level. Although I was confident in my decision, I was still searching for reassurance from my friends and family. That is until one of my friends took the wind out of my sails. All I heard was doubt and most surprisingly a lack of interest in my chosen path.  In was in that moment that I realized that not everyone will be as excited about your dreams as you are. Friends and family may genuinely have your best interests at heart but it’s up to you to believe in, support and most importantly defend your dream. Seeking validation about your dream is a sure way to set yourself up for disappointment. After all, it’s your dream and yours alone.

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Will Smith: I have this discussion with friends of mine all the time. Umm, the only thing that I can see, you can never really look at yourself, the only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill right. I will run…

Tavis Smiley: You will not be outworked

Will Smith: I will not be outworked period you know. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together right, there’s two things: You’re getting off first, or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple. Right? So let’s go back to the question about whether people block me out. There’s gonna be two options, I’m gonna get back in or I’m gonna be dead right. It’s like, you’re not going to outwork me. It’s a very, it’s such a simple basic concept. The guy who is willing to hustle the most is going to be the guy that just gets that loose ball. It’s uh, he got the… oh okay he got two. Ooo God, he grabbed that one, that was gonna be out of bounds but he saved it back in. And it’s like the commodity that I see the majority of people who aren’t getting the places they want or aren’t achieving the things that they want in this business it’s strictly based on hustle. It’s strictly based on being out-worked; it’s strictly based on missing crucial opportunities. I say all the time if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready.

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