Hustlers Ambition

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I shared a deep quote on my Facebook wall yesterday. The quote read like this;

"If hustling works for you, don't discourage those studying. If studying works for you, don't discourage those people hustling.
Learning from the street is smart. Learning from books is equally smart.
The goal here is to succeed!!!!

This is one of my most favourite quotes in the world. And here is why it is. This thing called life that we are all living is a journey, and not a destination.
Hence, each one of us will have a different way or route to make it in life, way different from another person.

I love the American hip hop (rap) music genre. I grew up on it and loved listening to tapes from Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Nas,  Naughty By Nature, Master P, Outkast, Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, Mobb Deep and many more other MCs in the early 90s when I was about 9 or 10 years old. One of my favourite hip hop documentaries is called "The Defiant Ones" featuring all the big wigs of rap music telling their story from when hip hop started for them and where they are now, having all turned out to be Millionaires now in their own right.
Dr. Dre (Andre Young) remembers his early days djeing in a night club in Compton, LA and his mother telling him, Dre, you better go to school, get a degree or get the hell out of my house. He did the latter because he was burnt on becoming a DJ so much he took every risk to make djeing work for him. Today, his prized possession "Beats by Dre" brought him into partnership with executives of Apple (mostly havard graduates with suma cum laude ) and today he is a billionaire. Same with Jay-Z takes over Def Jam music transforms it entirely into a billion dollar company.
Let me give you other list ofsuccessful career pathways of other people too. Think of Bill Gates, quitting Harvard of all schools to start Microsoft. (Trillion dollar company today if you ask me), Jack Ma with Alibaba, Jeff Bezos with Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg with Facebook. Football, think of Lionel Messi and his earnings, Michael Jordan, Eddie Murphy with Comedy, Steve Harvey, Oprah Winfrey with talk shows,  Will Smith and Denzel Washington with Acting,  Michael Jordan with Basketball, Celine Dion (Music), JK Rowling (Writing, Harry Potter series) George RR. Martin (Writing, A song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones), Michael Jackson (Music) Tyler Perry (Playwright, Actor).

All these people had different pathways to a successful life and living their dreams. They now have brilliant academic minds working for them.
Imagine for a second if any of these people had been told by their professors they wouldn't succed at what they are doing. What will they be thinking now when they see them?? (And vice versa)

Please please stop looking down on people because you perceive their daily hustle or profession to be a below standard pursuit.

You might just be shocked!!!.
Even if you sell charcoal or bamboo, sell it with pride, build a solid customer service culture and have an attitude of integrity and excellence at all times.
Remember again, your plan must be to succeed in whatever you are doing.

I am a teacher and a writer,  (books and academics)  I'm making a headway with my passion after long years of painful struggles and mental and emotional torture (mockery and ridicule). My goal is to become a billionaire in 20 years from this passion of mine.

What's your passion and your hustling ambition??

*Kwame Sarpong*
*Freelance Writer*
*VPE Kumasi* *Toastmasters Club*