the wrong friends will ruin your life

you know man like I've had moments in my life where I would hang around certain people they just weren't doing the things that I was doing and I thought it was okay to do that I thought it was okay because it's like I can separate that you know I don't need to always be around people that's doing what I'm doing cuz I'm different I'm unique and you know the things that I'm doing I understand why people don't want to do it I understand why people don't want to work out on a consistent basis it's hard

it's difficult I understand why people don't want to be consistent in their daily life with whatever they're doing in their daily efforts I understand why people don't want to chase their goals and dreams they're young you know they want to have fun they they want to get lit and I started to recognize that no no no no no if I want to make sure that I'm going all in on my goals I got to go all in and Allin also means the company that you keep because if I show you five wealthy people and you're

that sixth person I believe that you'll be wealthy as well it might take a year or two it might take three or four it might take five or six but those habits will rub off on you in a positive way and it'll make your life better right and if I show you five bad terrible people right and I I hang you around those people and and everything's subjective but bad in the sense of they're not attached to the goals that you want they're not really meeting your standard they're not consistent they're not on their goals

they're not on their dreams they're not Purpose Driven right doesn't mean that they're bad people but it just means they're bad for you right and so if I put you around those people those groups of people and you become the sixth person I know that your life is going to go downhill now you might be very great at compartmentalization which I think that we all are you know I think that people if they really want to separate something and they can separate something but the problem is when it bleeds over right it gets harder to

separate especially over time because you think that's the norm but I'm trying to tell you brother that's not the norm the norm is hey if I'm locked in I need to be around people that's also locked in so I don't ever get distracted right so nobody's ever you know tempting me to get off my grind you see what I'm saying and so we have to lock in fully we have to believe in what we're doing and we have to surround oursel around people who are doing things that are similar I think a lot of times

in society we only want to surround ourselves around people who are just available to us right because we're bored and I get it we get bored life gets boring but remember what we spoke about yesterday right the boring things is what adds up and that video was called why we don't need motivation right why we need to get rid of motivation um and so that that that's facts just because we're bored doesn't mean that we have to invite people that are not going to add value into our life we have to treat our life better

than that we have to understand that we are responsible for our life we're responsible who we hang around and who you hang around can influence your life it can ruin your life or it could it could make it better it could help you elevate you see if you're around people that are also on their grind guess what you're going to more likely be on your grind each and every day you're not Superman you're not perfect you're going to slip up when they're your friend and they want you to hang out you're going to give in

even if you say that you're not well that's not really friend-like is it but when you're giving in to somebody who's also on their purpose and they're saying hey let's go out and let's actually talk about business when you give into that that's actually aligned with your mission it's not a waste of time that's productive time I'm not saying having a good time is a waste of time I'm just saying when you have a good time when do you have a good time see people want to have a good time every single day but not

every single day is supposed to be a good time some days need to be reserved for work most days need to be reserved for grinding towards your goals and dreams and you have to know when you earn the party you have to know when you earn going out you have to know when you earn that drink especially when you're in your building years these are the years that are going to make the next 10 20 and 30 years of your life significantly better where you're having a lot more fun and I get it you know

you also need to live in the moment you also need to appreciate life right now because you might not be here tomorrow but you also have to set yourself up for the future and you also want to make sure that you're leaving a legacy there's a lot of things that we have to make sure of there's a lot of different perspectives but one thing I'll tell you brother is that most likely hopefully God willing you will be here the next 10 20 30 years how do you want your life to look like those next 10

20 30 years and if you want your life to look good then you have to put the work in today you have to sacrifice and you have to do things that you don't want to do and maybe being around a group of friends who don't think like you who don't operate like you who aren't even similar to you who are on a different Spectrum when it comes to what they want to take control of or what they want to perceive as important they might need to go they might need to go there's no space for

that because when you're on the grind when you're pushing forward let me tell you something right now let me tell you something right now brother we don't have time for distractions only action we don't have time for saying that oh I'm going to give up only perseverance we don't have time for any of that we have to keep pushing forward we have to keep pushing the margins we have to keep going after our goals and dreams and the truth is brother most people don't want to do that because it's a hard thing to do it's

not easy to do but that means that I can't be around you I can't be around you if you're not trying to elevate your life I can't be around you if you're not trying to reach your goals and dreams I can't be around you if you're not trying to motivate me but instead you're trying to demotivate me you see friends can either distract you or they can inspire you and motivate you I want friends that can inspire me and motivate me you see what I'm saying you see what I'm saying bro people that are doing

things similar to me so we can learn from each other and bounce off of each other right like that is what's important bounce ideas off of each other bounce ideas off of our off of our mind hey what are you thinking hey here's what I'm thinking okay here's how we can operate here's how here's what we can do like these things are important brother and over time they'll start to add up and you'll start to see oh I'm making positive changes in my life oh I'm using the advice that that a good brother gave to

me because he's also on his purpose so I can trust him but let me tell you something right now A friend is somebody that you can trust can you trust your friend with anything of yours for a day or two if they always party if they're always going out if they're not showing consistency can you trust them to show up for you can you trust them to show up for you let's say you have a dog a pet can you trust him to take care of that dog can you trust him to take care of

that pet right like that's all I'm saying bro like it it bleeds into other things whether you like it or not and you just got to make sure that the people that you are you know spending time with you got to make sure that the people that you do love and that you're you're around you got to make sure the brothers that you do have and even the the home girls and sisters that you have you have to make sure that they are adding value into your life now that doesn't mean that it's a transactional

relationship that's not good it's not like oh I Pat your back you mine but it's a subconscious thing where it's like he helped me out I know one day I'm going to help him out when I can as well when needs my help I'll be there for him and he doesn't have to say nothing cuz that's my brother that's my dog that's my homie that's you know what I'm saying like that's what real friendship is that's my friend so I'm going to be there for them but if they're just draining you if they're just taking

control of your life if they're draining your energy your spirits right if they're demotivating oh why you working out so much why you never take a break why you never this and that why you always grinding what are you working towards you think that's going to come true that's not really a friend bro that's a hater and you got to recognize the difference and it's a it's a it's a it's a fine line and y'all got these people crossing these lines and these boundaries that you need to set for yourself and you not saying nothing

so they going to keep talking that talk and they're going to think it's acceptable to talk down on you but you need to have people in your life that will pray for you if you believe right it's important to have people that will pray for you like my mom she she pray for me every night see what I'm saying I got a grandma she pray for me she pray for me you know my grandpa he he pray for me you know like I got fiance she she pray for me you know and and I'm praying

for everybody that's praying for me and those who may not be praying for me like praying is important you want you want people who you know friends that you have bro they're praying for you bro you know one of my one of my homies Jamar you know that's that's my brother we went to college together the same College together all that you know he prayed for me I pray for him that that's just what it is because we want to see each other succeed and grow and become better and greater so what I'm trying to

say brother is you want people around you that can pray for you that want to uplift you that want to see you do good when you become more successful they actually have a smile on their face they're telling you congratulations they're there with you every step of the way you understand what I'm saying bro like that's what's important but instead we want to be around people who aren't on their grind we want to be around people who aren't on their purpose we want to be around people who don't care if we live or die we

want to be around people who aren't praying for us we want to be around people who party 24/7 you know if you party 24/7 nothing gets done so I know it's a hard thing that I'm asking y'all to do I'm not saying that you need to get rid of all your friends I'm not saying that you can't have no friends I'm just saying brother i' rather walk the path alone as long as I'm walking in the right direction instead of getting tempted to walking in the wrong direction instead of having people around me that's walking

in the wrong direction because then why are you elevating and you're seeing people around you who are not elevating how does that make you feel how does that make you feel brother like you can inspire people to hopefully Elevate and change their life and go in the right direction but if you see that they're not doing that that can only disappoint you that can only harm you in your your journey I'm telling you bro i' I've seen it I see people that I'm like you know what I got to just I got to I got

to go because we're not on the same path and I don't want to you know discourage you and I don't want you to discourage me I don't want to discourage you from what you're doing because when you say let's party I'm like I'm at the gym I don't need you thinking that I'm better than you I'm just on a different path you see what I'm saying so at the end of the day everybody's on their own journey and you got to figure out who's on a similar journey to you people don't have to think like

you think they don't got to believe what you believe they don't have to have the same Politics as you they don't have to have the same religion as you you understand what I'm saying brother they don't got to have the same Fe Faith or or feeling as you you see what I'm saying on on certain topics they don't have to they don't have to do all that that's that's that's that's more like family type of stuff that that you and even family don't have to really do that right but you would more see that within

family but when it comes to friends people can have their beliefs people but what we need to have is respect what we need to have is hey we all on the mission we're grinding we're pushing forward in life hey hey we have good moral character like there's certain things that you can live for you can still look for that Faith or religion that same thing cuz that could connect you even even further right of course but at the same time brother it's like we're not asking for a whole lot we're asking for the bare minimum

and to me the bare minimum is at least you Purpose Driven right and then over time we we evolve on that we evolve on that we build on that we build on that we build on that we build on that we build and build and build but it starts with are you Purpose Driven are you a man on your purpose are you locked into the grind are you locked into your goals and dreams and a lot of people are not a lot of people are not and we want to have 10 15 20 25 30

friends and it's like what is that really going to do for you bro it's not really going to do anything for you you might need just one two or three and with one two or three you're very lucky you're very blessed to even have that you know just because you can make a friend just because you have the skills to make friends doesn't mean that you should be making a thousand friends to me it doesn't make sense and it's a lot to nurture and it's a lot to look after and you still got to look

after yourself right when you have friends don't you got to check up on that person don't you got to make sure that they doing good don't you got to make sure that that life is all right you see what I'm saying so at the end of the day bro I I need y'all to really really really really really really really really understand me man really really understand me you're going places bro listen to me bro you're going places I just want to make sure you got the right people around you because if the wrong people

are around you if people aren't praying for your success but they're praying for your downfall if the wrong people are around you and they don't want to see you grind they don't want to see you chase your dreams and goals if the wrong people are around you and they don't want you to be going to the gym they don't want you to be consistent they want you to party and do exactly what they're doing and if you're not doing what they're doing then you're not a good friend and they tell these lies to you like

you got to be identical to them you see what I'm saying if you start seeing things like this signs like this it could really really ruin your life and you need to get out now because you are in a cage you see what I'm saying they're suffocating you bro they're killing you bro they're killing your dreams they're killing your goals and you need to exit up out of there I'm bro I'm telling you bro if your friends are not on their purpose that is not okay it's not okay anymore it's 2024 the company that you

keep is is more important than ever before in human history we're in a different age right now we're in a different time where if we're not locked in if we not in the same tribe if we don't have an understanding of respect loved discipline consistency grinding being on being Purpose Driven looking out for each other like brothers nobody's above each other nobody's ego is taking over then we're going to we're going to enter some terrible terrible times this is the time where you need real genuine people around you this is the time where you need

people who are willing to help and you're willing to help as well this is the time where you need support support support support support it's 2024 it is almost 2025 we're almost there bro you cannot still be hanging around the same group of people doing the same things that are not elevated you deserve more you deserve better but you have to take that step and you got to let yourself know that and let the people around you know that you're on your grind and you just can't spend as much time with them and slowly slowly

slowly cut them off bro and if they ask why be honest about it and tell them why this is a part of life this is a part of growing this is a part of growth and I'm telling you if you do this man you're going to start seeing the changes that you want to see in your life so again I just want yall to hang around the right people with the right energy not the wrong people I want you to hang around the right people with with the right knowledge and wisdom to help you elevate

the willingness to succeed they don't have to know it all but they got to be willing to succeed and willing to help out willing to help you support you support you see what I'm saying support you bro just by saying hey bro keep going when's the last time your friend told you that man if your friend they tell you hey bro I know things are tough right now keep going in the last month or [Music] [Applause] two I think y'all get my point man enjoy your day I love y'all I'll see y'all in the next

video and even though we don't know each other I consider y'all my brothers because we on the same Journey we on the same path of self-improvement you see how that work so I want to see y'all win I want to support you and that's why I show up every day through these videos and I'll continue to do so peace