Life Isn’t Fair—Play the Game to Win Anyway | 1PM: 102

[00:00:01] Hey, what's up, everyone? So something I really want to share with you is that life is not fair. Let me get right into it, all right? Because I was having a conversation with a friend, and she was explaining to me how men are able to do certain things and men get paid more and men, you know, are just able to curse, and men are able just to be themselves. And I have to be this, you know, pretty quiet person at the corner. And I said, no, you don't have to be that. Right? But you have to have. But you do have to understand the certain consequences, right? For example, in life, I can't just go around cursing people out, whoever I want out. I can't. Right? Because at the end of the day, there's consequences that come with that. [00:00:37] Now you have the ability to act and be however you want to be, but you also have to accept the consequences that come with it. Now, this is not about men or how women act, but this is about me just telling you that life isn't fair. And sometimes in life, you have to play the game to get to where you want to go, right? [00:00:54] The billionaire that has all this money and power is able to come on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, or whatever. For example, I'm gonna use GaryVee. Gary Vee can curse in his videos. And people might see it as very empowering. You might be a new creator, and you might not be able to curse in videos because you're gonna put people off, right? You haven't established a name for yourself. [00:01:17] For example, for myself, I try not to curse anymore. I used to curse a lot more when I came out the military, was a content creator, but now I just say, you know what? That's not my thing. Excuse me, but what I'm saying is that's not fair. But. So whatever life gives you, take that and use it to your advantage. Use your own strengths. Stop focusing on things that you can't do. Start focusing on what you can do. All right, for example, like I said, Gary Vee, Gary V. Is white. I'm black, right? There's very. There's a lot of civil rights issues that I can touch on, and I can talk about from the experience of being a black man that Gary Vee can't. [00:01:54] Right? Oh, also another thing. I used to be a writer for entrepreneur.com. [00:01:59] gary Vee. I don't believe he was a writer, entrepreneur, Forbes, anywhere. But I can talk about my experience of being a writer, right? I'm a high performance coach. I can talk about my experience of being a high performance coach. Right. Growing up, we have two different viewpoints as well. So use that to your advantage. Stop focusing on, oh, man, I'm a woman. I can't do this. Men can do that. Or I'm black, he's white. So what? Life is not fair. It's never going to be fair. However, that cookie cutter version that you have in your mind about how life should be. No, it's never going to be. Take life as it is and then make it work for you. All right, peace.