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Better Go For Broke
Dymond Phillips • Feb 25, 2019
I have had a very eye opening weekend. As you know, I am a person who writes down all of my goals, wants and needs. Remember how I said last week writing them down is not enough? It's truly not. You have to be willing to push it to the limit in order to get the things you want. This goes for wants in a relationship, business, careers, school, work, whatever it is, you have to be willing to give it your all. My pastor preached about going for broke a couple months ago. The sermon was so life changing that I had to go back through my notes Saturday. This weekend I went through a situation that pushed me to go even harder. It showed me that, I have to put my all into my business so that my business can give me the results I want. I can't keep working for other peoples dreams i.e my job, more than my own. Rather than complain, I decided that it's time to better my life.
The only way I can have a better life is by going for broke. Typically when people say, "Go for broke," they mean investing all of their money but that's not what I mean. Going for broke will require you risking it all to make your visions a reality. This is not only related to entrepreneurs. Whatever it is in life, you must be willing to go for broke. For me, I'm going for broke with school in order to graduate in May, with Dymond's Diary to grow my brand where I want it to be and with becoming the best version of myself. Here's the catch, nothing in life will get better if we do nothing. In order to have something, you have to do something. If the dream doesn't scare you a little, you're not dreaming big enough. Many people have a dream that they never follow because it's too risky. If you're following your heart, the reward is always better than the risk. Sometimes you have a slim chance or a small possibility but if you never push for it you will never know. I don't know about you, but I can't afford to play it safe when it comes to my dreams any longer.
For those of you who are religious, 2 Kings 7:3-6 reads,
"3 Now there were four men who were lepersat the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die? 4 If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die." 5 So they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians. But when they came to the edge of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no one there. 6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
In the text these four men got to a place where they refused to die without going out with a fight. Faith is verb, you need to apply action. God never called us to just sit and wait. God has given us everything that we need. We have to get up, operate on faith and believe that God will make a way. There are promises with your name on it but you have to go get them. Sitting around talking about it, will never get you anything. Sometimes we stay where we are and wish for God to show up and do the hard work. Some stuff God isn't going to show up in, until you've shown him that you've invested in it. Stop asking God to change something, if you're not willing to change first. Another part of this that I don't want you to miss is that all the brothers had were each other. They were isolated and all had the disease. The only way they were going to make it to the gates were TOGETHER. In order to have a better life you have to surround yourself with people who understand, not just where you are, but where you want to go! It's a MUST that they want to see you be better. Your association determines your elevation. I'm at the point where I only want to be around people who are chasing their visions and who are obsessed with their dreams. Your friends are a direct reflection of you. We are too old to be hanging around people just because we've been friends for years. Are you making me better? If the answer is no, you have to go! If that means you have to go out and find a whole new circle, make it happen. You need friends in life, but they have to be the right ones.
Huge thank you to my models in my women empowerment shoot: Margi @clickonme and Ruqayyah @Ruqayyah_mikayla. And to my amazing photographer Megan Monique @Themeganmonique
In order to go for broke in life you must do these three things. First before anything you have to take action. You can hope all day but until you actually make the change everything will be the same. First you must protest passivity. A passive mindset won't get you to where you want to go, you must be active and assertive. Second, you must perceive the possibility. Everything has a con and rewards have many risks. You have to ask yourself if you're willing to take the risk and if the risk is worth it. The third thing is you must proceed with a plan. Research and come up with a legit plan with clear and direct goals. For example, "I want to make money," is not a plan. The reason why it's not a clear plan is because it doesn't include: how much money, how will you make the money, when is the dead line, who has made money doing what you want to do, how have they done it, and other necessities. The plan will take preparation and deep thought. I wouldn't look to social media to develop the plan, because you want to be authentic in whatever it is YOU want. Also, make sure your friends are holding you accountable. It's very easy to fall off track, but having a good circle of friends will keep you focused on the goal. I don't know about you, but I'm done not giving my all. I'm ready to be better and I'M GOING FOR BROKE!
