All of your life somebody has told you that you can be whatever you want to be or you can do whatever you put your mind to… Yeah that’s bullshit. I don’t mean to tap dance on your dreams, but that’s just the way it is. Since I’m a glass is half empty type of guy, here are a few unfortunate truths...
You’ll probably only ever be a baby momma.
Women out number men 4 to 1 off top; that means if you step foot in any maternity ward in any hospital on planet earth there will be more girls than boys. Once you toss in dudes in jail, dead dudes, dudes you just wouldn’t give the time of day, dudes that wouldn’t give you the time of day, and gay dudes you and the other chicks like you are 20 to 1 on a nigga. That pretty much means a single somewhat desirable dude will have way more options than you and 19 of you chicks will be baby mommas or lonely cat ladies. But, shout out to Fantasia she wrote a song for ya’ll isn’t that enough?
You’re average.
Average: typical, lacking any extraordinary, untypical, or exceptional characteristic - in other words… you. I know your parents told you that you were special and that you could be the president of the United States or an astronaut or an artist or a scientist; yeah that’s bullshit. I’m not going to say your parents were lying; I'm just going to go with “strongly misleading”. For every head of state, CEO, Grammy winner, Oscar winner or fuck it district manager of Footlocker there are 1000 custodians, burger flippers, bank tellers, cable guys and customer service reps. If you’re reading this you’re probably already the best that you can be. You won’t have books or movies telling your triumphant rise from mediocrity to assistant manager of Costco, sorry.
You’ll never ever EVER be rich.
You won’t hit the lotto. You won’t invent the next big thing. You won’t inherit millions from a long lost relative. Now that we got the foolishness out of the way, let’s touch on the reasons you won’t get rich that are well within your grasp. If you start a business chances are it will fail, and it’s a 50% chance that will happen in the first year. If you invest your money in a successful stock portfolio, you will make a profit but not enough to buy a yacht and retire in the south of France. Don’t quit your day job.
Even if you believe it, you probably still can’t achieve it.
Jean DeGrate has spoken
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WOW! This is pretty depressing. It really makes you think. And I was planning on winning the lottery too. Guess I should flush that dream and the one where I own a successful business down the drain too. Thanks Jean :-)
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