Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. – Thomas Merton

We’re standing at the bottom of the steps, watching our friends peak in at the top of the stairs, shrug their shoulders and waltz right of the venue.

The venue? Cotton Club.

The event? Energy… which lacked tons of energy to say the least.

It was my second after an amazing first event, expectations high and tons of people on the bandwagon saying they’re coming to support us. But from the looks of it, it would only be our closest friends and family this time around.

Despite all the hype and excitement this second event ended up being a bust, but it taught me something very valuable from early.

HUMILITY!

Not to say that I was a gloating ass or anything, but having a flop event reminded me very quickly to always remain humble no matter what.

It’s one of my favorite values from promoting events and no matter how big the promoter or marketing company we’ve all had to eat some sour humble pie.

It’s one of the reasons why I always laugh when other beat their chest and claim to be the biggest and baddest in the world. Because the day will come, whether it be weather, whether it be just lack of promotion or lack of support from the target audience… the day will come when they too will have to eat some humble pie.

The great thing about remaining humble, is that even when you mess up, the world will give you multiple chances to make things better.

Stay humble!

- TRENDS

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A person starts dying when they stop dreaming. – Brian Williams

You’d never see me without my Adidas back in the day. ( Only 8 years ago!)

From head to toe I use to rock My Adidas and you couldn’t tell me nothing.

But to me it meant more than shoes and clothes. Adidas was how I lived my life, Adidas for me was an acronym that stood for:

All Day I Dream About Success ( ADIDAS )

At some point though, I took off my Adidas and with each piece of the item i took off, a little piece of my dreams died.

As crazy as it sounds, I stopped dreaming about my successes to become more responsible, to be more adult, you know… to be more realistic.

It’s funny how unreal your life gets when you choose to be real. Real problems, real concerns, real limitations, and real emergencies take up our real days.

And any chance someone catches you dreaming just a little bit, you’re told “Grow Up, Get Real!”

No matter how real life gets, it doesn’t seem to get a whole lot better. So why not make the best of it and chase your dreams while you’re living life?

This year I may not be literally all dressed up in Adidas garb, but mentally I’m tricked out in A.D.I.D.A.S.

But there’ll be one change. This time A.D.I.D.A.S. means

“All Day I Dream Deliver A Success”

- TRENDS

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