The only way to grow and become better is to accept that there are people who know more than you, and that you can learn from them. You gotta accept that there’s always gonna people smarter and better and greater than you. It’s just the facts. I believe in equality and all, but I don’t think all people are equal. You have to treat everyone with respect, and acknowledge that there are always gonna be people who are way more successful than you.

“Too soon we extinguish the flame of our hope."

What he was saying is you can have the good life now. Too soon we extinguish that flame. You know when you're a little kid, you have all the hope in the world. But life tears you down for the most part. It's done it for every single one of us through the various traumas that life throws at us, and it turns us into haters. We become jealous and envious towards the people who have achieved greatness.

That’s why I throw parties and have successful people over all the time. I’ve always wanted to learn from the greatest and read stories about the people before us, because you’ll never grow and become better by sheltering yourself and thinking you know more than everyone.

You can never learn by yourself.

I knew from a very young age that if I wanted to be successful and fulfilled, that I had to work to better the world, not just myself. If you want to be great, you have to surround yourself with people who are better than you.

Now, you gotta have self confidence too. If you humble yourself in front of successful people, but be confident when approaching them, they’re going to give you the respect you have earned.

You gotta have heroes, and you gotta keep looking up to people. Otherwise life’s just gonna drag you down.

You can learn something from everyone. You don’t have to like everyone, or agree with everything they say, but have some respect.

Like I here people trash talking Trump all the time, and I’m not saying you have to like the guy, but he’s achieved a lot of success in his life. Take a step back and look at what he’s done. There’s a lot of amazing lessons you can learn from him. 

There is always something that you don’t know that you can learn from other people, you just can’t close people off.

You can’t have any shame. I want you to be shameless.

Hold successful, great, and powerful people in high regard. You should never feel bad for looking up to people.

Go past me. Go further than me. Become shameless to the point that people around you may think you're a little weird.

Stay Strong,
Tai