Hustler’s Inspiration: Grind

Pain. Purpose. Resistance. Hard labor. Elbow Grease. All of these make up the several different layers of one simple 5-letter word: Grind.

Don’t just look at this pic. Think about it. Really think.

They say a hustler is on his grind when he is out there in the world, promoting, working, making deals, selling, etc. So many components make up the daily struggle, and the summary of all these parts is the makeup of grinding. When you grind, you refine what is already existing, you perfect what was previously flawed, and you go through great lengths to advertise the finished product. No matter what your hustle, you have to grind in order to make it truly successful.

Grinding is the necessary evil that we all hate. You work a job with a boss that doesn’t appreciate you? You work sales and deal with clients who are less than polite? You own your own business and work do get customers in your store? You blog online, commenting on other sites, holding contests and promotions, guest posting all over hoping to make enough money to put things on auto-pilot while vacationing in Maui? Welcome to the grind.

But grinding is more than the activity you go through on a daily basis. Notice the 2nd word in this post: Purpose. When you grind, you have your eye on the goal, you know the reason why you go through the things that you do. If you simply want to pay your bills or get through another day, you have a meaningless existence. You add nothing to society, and you simply live to help the efforts of others. One of the slogans of My New Hustle is to:

Be the man, stop working for him.

You have to take control of your destiny and say to the world that you want more for yourself, your family, your community, your nation. You are not going to sit idly by and waste opportunities to make a difference. You’re not going to accept the status quo, and you will have a life that is worth living, a life that can be remembered by more than just your immediate family. All of this forms the purpose of your grind.

I hate grinding. I hate getting up in the morning, facing the world, the weather, the rude people on the road. But I know why I do it, I know why my hustle exists. If I want to reach the pages of BusinessWeek as one of the top bloggers, then giving the best that I can give is what it takes to make it. This is my grind, and I know where I want it to lead me.

Do you know why you grind? Do you know where you want to go?

Hustler’s Inspiration: Staring Through Your Rearview

It’s gone. It’s not coming back. See you later alligator.

I’m talking about your past. Sometimes we let the decisions and tribulations of the past haunt our everyday living, making us believe that we can’t do something because of what we have experienced or gone through. The fear of a repeat occurrence thwarts any effort to overcome sincere challenges, and it’s that same fear that has killed many a thought, vision, or dream. Fear is present in many forms, some big and some small, but what all these forms have in common is the ability to make you second guess yourself and allow you to be slow to react to a situation, or act out what you really want to do or say.

Fear tells you to play it safe, be cool, and stick to what you know. However, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Hustler’s Inspiration: Live

Oftentimes, Da Hustler finds himself giving out helpful advice to others throughout the internet and in real life. So many people are down on themselves or their circumstances, and they don’t realize the power of their words. You can speak things into existence — whether good or bad — so you should choose your words carefully and be sure to claim your victory!

It’s this sentiment that gives birth to the Hustler’s Inspiration, a new series that will grace the pages of My New Hustle | Make Money Online every Monday. Each week, I will post words or phrases that you can think about to help you overcome obstacles, stay focused, and inspire the passion that lurks within you. It may be cliché, but if you believe it, you can achieve it, and there is much left to achieve out in this world, no matter what country you live in! Like I always say, Get Ya Hustle On.

This week’s word is: LIVE.

Hustlin’ is hard work, but realize that life is precious and short. No matter where you are or what you do, make sure that you take time for yourself and live today like there is no tomorrow (but please, don’t do anything illegal or immoral!). Trust in yourself and do not let anything hold you back.

You may feel like you don’t have money to do the things you want, but trust that your hustle will bring you all the resources that you need, then go hustle hard to achieve it.

You may still work for ‘the man,’ but sacrifice time for yourself instead of that job at least once a week. Companies want you to turn in the standard two-week notice if you plan to leave, but will inform you only hours before they plan on shutting down operations. Don’t regret taking a trip or spending time with a loved one because of your allegiance to the daily grind.

You may not feel like things are ‘perfect,’ but they will never be oftentimes. Stop putting off your dreams for that ‘perfect’ period in your life; you know, when you have enough money or you get so many things accomplished or you move to a certain area. Enjoy this period of your life, because it will never return. LIVE your life so you will have interesting stories to tell your grandchildren that don’t revolve around life at the office.

If you take the time to LIVE, you will rarely have any regrets when you look back on your life. If there is no tomorrow*, then you must live for today!

*Quote taken from Apollo Creed, Rocky III