Eric Thomas

So now I'm comparing my life to a person who is not even trying to accomplish what I'm trying to accomplish. That's dangerous.

Yeah, I'm glad you said that. Okay, so I got you. So that's the outside, inside. So that's the, you had everything against you. No, the greatest problem was I was against me. Oh.

Yeah, I'm glad you said that. Okay, so I got you. So that's the outside, inside. So that's the, you had everything against you. No, the greatest problem was I was against me. Oh.

They have the potential only to hold you down because you're allowing them to hold you down. And you're seeing that they're holding down. Let me tell you the one thing I wish I can go back. All my mentors, everybody, everybody told me and they were right. Look, I'm not saying that they were wrong. You need to get a degree. You need to make some money. You need to do whatever.

They have the potential only to hold you down because you're allowing them to hold you down. And you're seeing that they're holding down. Let me tell you the one thing I wish I can go back. All my mentors, everybody, everybody told me and they were right. Look, I'm not saying that they were wrong. You need to get a degree. You need to make some money. You need to do whatever.

But what they taught me was that my greatest assets were real estate. My greatest asset was a degree or a career. Nobody ever told me I was my greatest asset. Yeah. I'm my greatest asset. It doesn't matter. Look, people act as if if you grow up in a house where your parents are rich, you're automatically... Bro, we can look at people who grew up in wealth. And are messed up.

But what they taught me was that my greatest assets were real estate. My greatest asset was a degree or a career. Nobody ever told me I was my greatest asset. Yeah. I'm my greatest asset. It doesn't matter. Look, people act as if if you grow up in a house where your parents are rich, you're automatically... Bro, we can look at people who grew up in wealth. And are messed up.

They own drugs, too. They make bad decisions, too. Unfortunately, they take their lives as well. They check out... Bro, it does not... So people think... a money environment or you have both your parents in it and you get, so you think your story is, it doesn't matter where you come from. If you don't activate you, the environment doesn't matter anyway. Great environment, bad environment.

They own drugs, too. They make bad decisions, too. Unfortunately, they take their lives as well. They check out... Bro, it does not... So people think... a money environment or you have both your parents in it and you get, so you think your story is, it doesn't matter where you come from. If you don't activate you, the environment doesn't matter anyway. Great environment, bad environment.

If you're not activated, if you, I sit here sometimes and I could whip myself. My grandma used to whip, I could whip myself. And why do I say that? Well, I'm sitting in the school of greatness. Like, no, we were together 10 years ago. I'm still standing. I'm mad at me because, like you said, I got a PhD at 44. I could have got one when I was 34. I just didn't.

If you're not activated, if you, I sit here sometimes and I could whip myself. My grandma used to whip, I could whip myself. And why do I say that? Well, I'm sitting in the school of greatness. Like, no, we were together 10 years ago. I'm still standing. I'm mad at me because, like you said, I got a PhD at 44. I could have got one when I was 34. I just didn't.

I thought, you know, and when I go into the schools, I tell all the... Everybody leave. Principals, counselors, everybody leave. Listen to me, kids. This is 2024. Y'all got the internet. Y'all on TikTok. Y'all blew TikTok up. And I knew it because adults are on LinkedIn and Instagram. Instagram, yeah. LinkedIn made no money. TikTok, billionaire. Instagram, why?

I thought, you know, and when I go into the schools, I tell all the... Everybody leave. Principals, counselors, everybody leave. Listen to me, kids. This is 2024. Y'all got the internet. Y'all on TikTok. Y'all blew TikTok up. And I knew it because adults are on LinkedIn and Instagram. Instagram, yeah. LinkedIn made no money. TikTok, billionaire. Instagram, why?

Because these young people are there. I said, when you show up to anything, it blows up. Here's my problem. You're in the school and you're failing. Why? Because you're waiting for the teacher to teach you. The teacher didn't teach you TikTok. The teacher didn't teach you how to play YouTube or Call of Duty. They didn't teach you how to do that. You did it on your own. Why?

Because these young people are there. I said, when you show up to anything, it blows up. Here's my problem. You're in the school and you're failing. Why? Because you're waiting for the teacher to teach you. The teacher didn't teach you TikTok. The teacher didn't teach you how to play YouTube or Call of Duty. They didn't teach you how to do that. You did it on your own. Why?

Because you wanted to do it. And anything you activate, anything you do for you, it's going to blow out. But you're waiting for some teacher to teach you. When you can pick up a book, you can go online and learn on your own. So in this environment, you are absolutely... You're not reaching your fullest potential because you're sitting back, oh, it's the teacher's job.

Because you wanted to do it. And anything you activate, anything you do for you, it's going to blow out. But you're waiting for some teacher to teach you. When you can pick up a book, you can go online and learn on your own. So in this environment, you are absolutely... You're not reaching your fullest potential because you're sitting back, oh, it's the teacher's job.

It's the counselor's job to tell me when I'm supposed to graduate and what classes I'm supposed to take. And then what degree to get and then what job to get and put me in the right job. But she's not calling duty. There's no school counselor. There's no teacher. There's no principal. And you're on there with people from all over the world. And y'all playing and communicating, competing.

It's the counselor's job to tell me when I'm supposed to graduate and what classes I'm supposed to take. And then what degree to get and then what job to get and put me in the right job. But she's not calling duty. There's no school counselor. There's no teacher. There's no principal. And you're on there with people from all over the world. And y'all playing and communicating, competing.

And listen to me. These kids are so dope and they don't realize how dope they are. They did something with video games that we never did. They turned it into a career. I hate to date myself, but joysticks. But when it was joysticks, you couldn't make millions doing it. Now, because of these kids and they're taking this thing and giving it a life that it never had before.