(001)▪︎[ Successful … 2025 ]

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

[ There Have Been Alot Of People Who Were Regular People That Became Successful ]

[ Bill Gates & Paul Allen Come To Mind ]

[ They Became Successful By Simply Collaborating On An Idea & Went For It & Created Microsoft ]

[ Phil Knight Became Successful When He Was A College Student Running Track For The University of Oregon ]

[ A College Kid That Had A Dream & Combined His Ideas With His UofO Track Coach & Created Nike ]

[ Mark Cuban Was A College Student Who Combined Ideas With His Friends To Become Successful

[ Damon John Came Up With The Idea For FUBU & Became Successful Building A Clothing Empire ]

[ My Powerlifting Coach Terry L. Was A Very Successful Coach. Our Team Started Out As A Core Team Of About (8) Of Us Lifters. The Team Grew To Over (15). We Then Had Maybe Over (9) Of Us Become World Champions & World Record Holders In Our Federation ]

[ The Lifter’s That Reached That Pinnacle Were Successful ]

[ Becoming Successful Can Take Alot Of Time, Hard Work, Sacrifices & Oftentimes Money ]

[ Very Few People Are Overnight Success’s ]

[ Everyone Has Something In Them That They Might Be Good @ ]

[ Take The Idea, Dream, Work Hard & Try, Fail, Try, Fail & Keep Trying Until You Feel Like You Are Succeeding ]

[ Everywhere You Look There Are Successful People In All Different Fields ]

[ Making Money Is Not The Only Guage Of What Makes Someone Successful ]

[ Having An Idea & Working Towards It Until You Are A Success To Yourself, Makes Someone Successful ]

[ Some People Are Never Happy With What They Do Or Have Done ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(446)▪︎[ Just Show Them … 5•27•2021 ]

[ Sometimes It Is So Hard To Feel Capable, When Others
     Keep Saying That You Are Not ]
[ In The Bigger Picture ]
[ That Makes You Feel That You Are Seen As Just A Dot ]

[ Non-Existent ]
[ Insufficient ]

[ Does Not Measure Up ]
[ Doesn’t Make The Cut ]

[ You Have Heard Them All ]
[ Because You Try & Fall ]

[ But, You Get Back-Up Everytime ]
[ You Show That You Are Pretty Good @ Saving Dimes ]

[ How Do You Ever Know That You Have Finally Become
     Successful ]
[ When Others Sound & Are, So Hurtful ]

[ Sometimes The Words ]
[ Said To You, Are The Worst You Have Ever Heard ]

[ ( YOU ARE WORTHLESS ) ]
[ ( YOU’ll NEVER MAKE IT, YOU SHOULD JUST GIVE UP, NO
     TALENT ) ]
[ ( YOU ARE TOO SHORT, YOU’re USELESS ) ]

[ You Have Heard Those Comments Over & Over Again
     Multiplied By Four ]
[ Each & Everytime It Rocks You ]
[ To Your Core ]
[ What Are The Words Meant For? ]

[ If Not To Cut You In Half? ]
[ Something To Give Them & Their Friends A Laugh ]

[ Nothing Shuts Up Critics Faster Than Being Successful ]
[ But, Not Becoming Boastful ]

[ Becoming Successful Through Alot Of Hard Work ]
[ Let Them Be Who They Are … A Bunch Of Jerks ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hou mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
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[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]