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I have an entrepreneurial spirit. I'm self-motivated, a hard worker & an eternal optimist. I know that hella work is required to build any worthwhile dream. I don't mind putting in late nights & early mornings before glimpsing a reward. A hustler at heart, I'm gonna do what it takes to get the job done. If you resonate with these words (or any others I've sent), you're the same as me: Team Grind.

And likely at some point (if you're the same as me), your work ethic was taken advantage of because you thought everyone was like you. It's taken me years to learn (& I'm still learning) that some folks (us) believe in hard work & delayed gratification, while others (them) believe in minimum effort & immediate rewards. Like a counterfeit Gucci, it's hard at first to see the difference between the two-  real & fake, us & them. Confused, innocent folks might have chosen them over us, since their slapdash produce was immediately available, & our consistent quality takes awhile. 

Yet, the defining factor in the battle of quantity vs. quality- which cannot be hidden & will always be revealed- is how well things hold up over time. This is true for business as well as relationships. Over the next 30 days, folks who judged our path as too difficult are now realizing their detours were shortcuts to dead ends. If they actually want to get somewhere, they'll have to circle back to the beginning. Nor can they follow our footsteps any further, since we've earned the right to be still.

(Wander.)