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Are You A Leader Or A Follower?
The follower waits for opportunities to be used because they are not mindful of how precious their energy is.
Believe it or not, it was rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent who inspired me to be a leader and never follow the crowd that is so blind-sighted by belonging to their detriment. A few years ago the crate challenge had everyone on social media attempting to walk up a stack of plastic crates like a damn staircase and busting their asses in the process. 50 was flabbergasted that people were literally injuring themselves and posting their challenge fails online for the sake of receiving a participation trophy from complete strangers.
“Holdup…y’all aren’t getting paid to do this?!” he stated with a stunned expression on his face. I fell out laughing, because I had the same sentiments. After that clip I considered the rapper to be my toxic zodiac twin, as we are both Cancers and we question everything.
Now I am not here to proclaim that people cannot do things for the fun of it. I am not saying that you shouldn’t do any of these challenges either. However, I want to understand the intentions behind it, because your reasons behind your actions tell a story about you and what you’re really about.
So when you come across a leader who is requesting you to propel them towards greatness for free, ask yourself the…
