Posted by JuJuan Buford @JSBUFORD
People have told me what I couldn't do all my life.
I was told I wasn't a good student, and I shouldn't aspire to be more than average. I attended U of M, spoke at one of the largest university graduation ceremonies in the United States, and as a student-activist changed the narrative of the campus forever.
I was told to be happy at a good paying bank job, pay my dues, and one day I'd be manager. Today, I train managers. And work with dynamic entrepreneurs and scaling corporations.
I was told to stay in my place, and those who were closest to me attempted to humiliate and sabotage my efforts. I learned that all my skinfolk, aint my kinfolk. And it's not lonely at the top, you just have to make new friends with those who dare to climb.
My journey has been littered with mistakes and stumbles. I didn't grow up in the right zip code. I learned and I'm still learning how to think abundantly. While financially literate, I had to cultivate financial independence habits. There's a difference.
But the further out I've continued to swim, the less chatter and debris I've encountered. The being is in the doing. Keep going. Keep growing. Keep swimming my friends.
