My strategy was pretty straightforward: I’d always prefer to be friends with someone, but if they’re not interested, then I consider being enemies the next best option. Why? Because if you hate me, you’re more likely to talk about me.

Avoid the entitlement trap! - you’ll never find success until you take full responsibility for what happens in your life If you want to be a writer, you have to take notes on every author you read. If you want to be a chef, every time you eat a meal at a restaurant, you have to be thinking about how your competition works with flavors, texture, presentation, and ingredients. If you want to be an ad executive, you just can’t walk past a poster on the subway platform. You have to study every poster, supermarket sales display, and bus wrap that you see and make note of what’s catching your attention and what doesn’t hold your eye. The biggest strength and the reason everyone should read is that Fif takes anecdotes from his life in the hood, dealing, and getting shot and combines/compares them with his successes in music, television, and business. A truely unique perspective with the key take away being that success comes from within, not circumstance. This book is rich with examples in history, business, and his personal life and is (mostly) applied seamlessly to success. It makes the book extremely addicting. Feels Robert Greene-esk which he shouts out in the book.Say you, like most people, are afraid of public speaking, but your job frequently requires it. Maybe you find a workaround – such as having a coworker present in meetings –or simply avoid any voluntary public speaking. That statement doesn’t align with reality” talking about how people shouldn’t care about the stuff and appearance of others

So first ask yourself, What am I afraid of? Then ask whether the risks of confronting your fear are more important than the potential upside. Chances are, if you’re honest with yourself, you’ll find that the risks are worth it. Moving past fear Each chapter gives many examples so that the lesson behind the themes is easy to digest. In some cases, 50 even breaks down stories from other entrepreneurs including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Enzo Ferrari and Soichiro Honda.

Insgesamt waren seine prägendsten Erlebnisse definitiv der Tod seiner Mutter, das Verhältnis zu seinem ersten Sohn und die Tatsache, dass er bereits neunmal angeschossen wurde, was er bestimmt mindestens 10-mal im Verlauf des Buches erwähnt.

Everyone seems to love each other in the beginning. That handshake agreement you’re about to take feels firm right now. But when jealousy and envy creeps in, you’ll be surprised by the person’s true nature. Protect yourself and put it on paper. Insgesamt ein gutes Buch, welches ich auf jeden Fall empfehlen kann. Es ist ein sehr inspirierendes Buch einer polarisierenden Persönlichkeit, die im großen Ganzen aber doch deutlich ehrlicher und verletzlicher ist, als man erwarten könnte. Auch wenn man vielleicht mit Hip-Hop nicht so viel anfangen kann, ist das Buch trotzdem absolut lesenswert, da man auch mal eine andere Sichtweise auf die Dinge bekommt.At the end of the day, you can bet on a lot of games, ideas and even people. But the only sure thing you can always count on 100 percent of the time is ‘yourself.’ But if you really paid attention to 50’s music, there was always more there than just clubbing, beefing and hustling. 50 Cent dropped a lot of gems throughout the years for the people who were really paying attention. But for those that weren’t, they saw him as the super controversial celebrity that hated everyone. Don’t complain that it takes the fun out of eating in a restaurant or watching a mindless TV show at the end of a long day. If you’re truly passionate about your dream, you’ll want to analyze as many TV shows as possible, or visit as many cutting-edge restaurants as possible. When you’re hustling at your hardest, you’re going to observe and engage with anything that gives you even the slightest advantage. These days internships seem to get a bad rap. Many young people complain internship as exploitative. Some even want to make unpaid internships illegal. When you get to the top of the game when you have all the money and your perspective shifts and you start to look at what really matters... how you help people

If you choose to overcome it, you don’t have to do it alone. Speak to someone. Get advice or mentorship. If you’re afraid of a physical danger, maybe you need to hire protection. If your fear is speaking up in a meeting, you can benefit from simply talking about it to a trusted friend, colleague, or mentor.

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