THE HOOD SCHOLAR

Take a deep look at the above pictures. The exterior of a $21 million dollar penthouse looks appealing, but the bum in the church has no chance - in his current state - of obtaining it. Relying on something outside of you, to help you, won't work or do anything. Now, I know that may seem harsh, but so is life. Take a look deeper look at what it takes to be wealthy; or rather, what it takes for one - a person, a people, a country - to rise from poverty.

To achieve monetary strength (get money), you must do something of 'worth' for someone else to pay you. Right? Bill Gates and Mircosoft, John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Co., are prime examples of humans doing something of worth of benefit to society. Their companies allowed every human being to progress; which in turn, allowed their pockets to be filled with filthy lucre. John D. Rockefeller especially understood this idea of being valuable.

How much are you currently worth? What can you do for society? Or the corporation? Or the organization? How much are they willing to pay? If you work for $10 an hour, understand that you have set your price for the services you can provide. This j.o.b. (just.over.broke) mindset keeps 95% of the world's money in the hands of 5%. ; but it can be broken. The idea of most people is that education - the act of obtaining a knowledge-less piece of paper - will allow you to make money. The higher the degree, the more money you make. This is flawed as what you learn in school is what is important. The amount of knowledge you gain and apply, not what you demonstrate to others through frivolous speech, is important.

How do you get to the, "Yo, I'm signing the contract for a $21 million penthouse" level? You develop yourself. You study those who were able to attribute certain characteristics to their time period, to achieve, to transcend the expectation of a person of their time. As John D. Rockefeller came from nothing, then ended up a billionaire, so can you. You must become an exponentially multiplied version of who you are today. Look at your thoughts, in depth, and expand the actions (the result of your thought). For instance, homelessness may concerns you passionately; so you give the homeless spare change. This does nothing, in the long term however. What would the exponentially multiplied version of you do about homelessness do? Decipher the ingredients of homelessness and work against them; and create programs to combat the lack of education, shelter, and worthiness within these individuals.

To create wealth, one must be worthy. To be worthy, one must contribute to society with their actions. To create unprecedented wealth, one must contribute to society's development; and leave one's fingerprint on the blueprint of society. One's actions must have an effect on thousands, millions, or billions, of people. As Standard Oil did; as Microsoft did; as Ford did. Look at how the oil industry is run today. It is not much different from Standard Oil's original blueprint. Oil companies made billions of dollars yearly, because people can not function with out it.

This is what you must look to do in order to create value in self.

1)Study those that did it.
2)Remodel one's self in that image.
3)Figure out emerging industries.
4)Work to capture the complete force of the growth of that industry.
5)Holla Black.

If you don't believe what I am saying. Kick rocks and be broke. Uno.