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Are you building a fortress or a paper house?

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Are you building a fortress or a paper house?   https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fragile-paper-house-and-the-permanent-fortress--71471041 We’ve been taught to chase the bag at the expense of the brotherhood. We’ve been told that being "self-made" is the ultimate goal. But what happens when the market crashes and the bank accounts freeze? Who stands by you when the lights go out? Today, we’re exploring the "Ancestral Algorithm" that suggests your bank balance isn't your greatest asset—your people are. We’re talking about the tension between financial survival and tribal harmony. Is your peace dependent on your paycheck, or your people? Call to Inaction: “The bird that flies alone is the first to meet the hawk.” Today, stop trying to solve every problem by yourself. Stop the "hustle" for just one hour and reach out to a brother or sister just to check in—no business, no favors, just connection. What "Lone Wolf" habit can you drop today to m...

Facing my ignorance

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First off I must apologize to those Black men who have received a felony in life. I know that I did not help you commit the crime that you are now serving time for in and out of prison, but I must take my responsibility for my view of your Journey. For a long time I have blamed you exclusively for your actions, but do to some new information that I have received, I have to apologize. I like may people in America has sat by silently while you have been shuffled into a 2nd and 3rd class citizenship. Here is where my ignorance forced on me by fear comes in. I have been suckered into the belief that you alone are responsible for your station in life. After listening to the “New Jim Crow”, I can see the traps that were laid for you and that I have overlooked not because I couldn't see it, but because it was convient to look the other way. Although I have been active in my community locally and nationally I have never sounded the alarm that you were under attack. I have n...