Posted by JuJuan Buford @JSBUFORD
I'm not an oracle. And I'm acutely aware that I don't have all the answers. However, after decades of starts and stops and peaks and valleys, I've learned some things.
One of the most valuable lessons.
You can choose whether to go through things. Or grow through them.
2000: I didn't know what was going on. I felt very stressed and alienated. I just knew one thing...continue making dials and keep setting appointments. I was in straight-up survival mode, but I took solace in something an older real estate investor who was easily 50 years my senior shared with me. Keep working and helping people. The universe will conspire in your favor. I don't know if I believed him, but I trusted his belief in me.
2008: I watched almost a decade of blood sweat, and tears disappear on paper. My personal life was in shambles, and I was dealing with a most heinous opponent and personal affronts to me were incessant. I searched for a change in environment and leadership. Began pivoting into segments, industries, and markets that were in alignment with my passion and interests. I learned that you never truly know it all.
Entrepreneurs don't know it all, we simply tend to see things first. I stopped being afraid of experimentation and began failing super fast.
2019: I watched others run for the hills or become enamored with the idea of the month phenomena. I simply doubled down and business was very productive. I was experiencing some huge personal life earthquakes, but I never felt like I wasn't standing on solid ground. I trusted the process and allowed things to flow like water, and additional verticals sprouted. I spent an inordinate amount of time studying leadership and became at peace with who and what I was and am. My mind was blown away by emerging technologies, and my appetite for constant learning ignited even more.
2023: It doesn't matter where you go, there you are. My leadership skills are finding expression and my previous reluctance is melting away. I'm working on business endeavors increasingly rather than in them 24/7. I've lost my appetite for things, and I've become laser-focused on accumulating assets. I don't mind natural peanut butter and real fruit spreads. When you begin to solve bigger problems, you learn there is a class of people who don't taste the dirt in good or bad economies.
I'm attacking self-inflicted injuries with malicious fervor while repairing myself with care. I'm enjoying more purposeful, edifying relationships. Still, very urgent in activity, but letting things flow. I'm tracking my progress on a year to year basis, as opposed to week to week or month to month. It's like playing chess and being able to anticipate 3-6 moves ahead, rather than being imprisoned in 1-2 move decisions.
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