What Are You Worth?

Hey Tai here, You want to do big things? You've got to be worth a damn. I cannot tell you how many people have these big hopes, big dreams, big ambitions. They ain't worth a damn. I am sorry to break it to people. Look. People tell me, "Oh, Tai, I'm going to make a million dollars." I'm like, "No, you're not. No, you're not – you're not worth a damn. You could be worth a damn, but you ain't right now." And until you come to that realization, most of life is just empty hopes and dreams. And I know that goes against a lot of what people say about success, but trust me. I interact with, literally, millions of people a year that tell me they want to be successful, and sadly, and I take no joy – I take no comfort in saying this, but hey, sometimes you've got to speak the truth. Sometimes you've got to speak the truth, which is, Nah. You ain't got a chance. That's kind of like a basketball coach or a soccer coach, someone comes, tries out to be a pro athlete, and you're just like, "No. You didn't put in the time. You didn't put in the time. You ain't going to make the team. You could have made the team, but you were lazy." See, people forget this simple rule of a farmer: The world doesn't care about your need. The soil only responds to seed. That means something simple: You don't ever plant a seed of corn, you're not allowed to harvest a piece of corn. People want to eat, but they never planted. How stupid is that? They never planted, but they want. See, everybody wants, but not everybody gets. Everybody wants, but not everybody gets. And it's not just because of the system, even though the system is pretty messed up. It's not just because of, you know, Republicans or Democrats; It's not just because of the economy. It's because at the end of the day, some people just didn't do it. And they ain't worth a damn. And I'm just saying, this is tough love that somebody told me a long time ago, and it changed my life: Whatever you want, you've got to deserve it. That's it. People say, "Oh, well, Tai, here's an exception. Here's somebody who's not worth a damn, and they succeeded." No. They seemed to have succeeded. But remember, whatever success you see, it'll probably fade away. Because at the end of the day, the people who succeed and who last are actually good at what they do. They put in the time, they're conscientious, they figured it out, they practiced their skill until they were too good to ignore. And that's why you know their name. So, you know, a lot of people want to whine, and want to bitch, and want to tell me about their optimism. And that's okay. I'm an optimist, generally. But I'm also a realist. So, the day that you wake up to this fact, is the day you'll get your butt in high gear and start moving. Procrastination is the opposite of conscientiousness. It's the opposite of being worth a damn. People aren't worth a damn because they're just dreaming about being worth a damn, because their mama told them you can be whatever you want. Well, you can be whatever you want, but not without putting in the time to train, to be good at whatever you want. You want to be a millionaire, you've got to train like a millionaire. You know, you can't not know anything about finances. You can't do what the masses do. If the masses are broke, and you do what the masses do, then you deserve to be broke, too. Now, once again, it doesn't mean I don't have empathy. You know I have empathy. I'm doing pay-it-forwards; I'm giving away more money on social media, I think, than anybody in the world right now. Now, there's people giving away more charity, and Bill Gates, you know, I'm not trying to think that I'm something better than I am, but what I'm saying is, I do care, and that's why I'm writing this email. Because, at some point in your life, you'll look back and you'll go, "Man, the people who told me the truth, no matter how much it hurt, they're the ones who changed my life. Not the one who just gave me trite, cliché advice, like, "Oh, everything will work out..blah..blah" No, it won't. You could make it work out perfectly, but not if you ain't worth a damn. Signing off. Stay Strong, Tai [Manage Email Alerts]( | [Unsubscribe From All]( | [Unsubscribe From Tai's Emails Only]( You have received this email to {EMAIL} because you are a registered [Tailopez.com]( subscriber. 8581 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite #703 West Hollywood, CA USA Do you like this email ?