

“THIS PAST, THE NEGRO’S PAST, OF ROPE, FIRE, TORTURE…DEATH AND HUMILIATION; FEAR BY DAY AND NIGHT, FEAR AS DEEP AS THE MARROW OF THE BONE…THIS PAST, THIS ENDLESS STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE AND CONFIRM A HUMAN IDENTITY…YET CONTAINS, FOR ALL ITS HORROR, SOMETHING VERY BEAUTIFUL…. PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SUFFER CAN NEVER GROW UP, CAN NEVER DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE…. —James Baldwin”
― The 50th Law
― The 50th Law

“As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else's.”
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

“Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good.
That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.”
― The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness
That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.”
― The 50th Law: Overcoming Adversity Through Fearlessness

“Now is the time to stop drifting and wake up—to assess yourself, the people around you, and the direction in which you are headed in as cold and brutal a light as possible. Without fear.”
― The 50th Law
― The 50th Law

“work is better than vacation—and it is important to have a purpose to wake up each day.”
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
― The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
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