🔥 If you fake your life to attract it, you’ll have to fake your life to keep it. 🐬 In the CYC the goal is to be done chasing validation and to be ready to build a life that claps back with purpose, not applause. ✨ Most people don’t want a better life, they want a better-looking illusion. ✨ They’ll sacrifice peace for aesthetics. ✨ Sell their soul for surface-level status. ✨ And forget who they are just to fit into places that don’t even feed them. 💰 If you’re chasing money without identity, the money will only make you more lost with nicer clothes. 💋 If you’re chasing beauty without self-worth, your looks will attract people who love the mirror, not the mirror-holder. 💭 If you’re chasing clout, you’ll confuse validation with vision… and end up with likes but no legacy. 🧱You don’t need more filters. You need more foundation. ✨ The rawest version of you will outlive every trend. ✨ Your glow hits different when it’s powered by purpose. ✨ Your value multiplies when you stop outsourcing your worth. CYC KIDS ZOOM MONDAY 6PM EST CYC CHOOSEDAY ZOOM TUESDAY 10AM EST What is your favorite trait about yourself? COMMENT BELOW ⬇️ 🔥 Authenticity is the new algorithm 🫡🐬 Hakeem

💥 “This Challenge is too strict… too militant… too much discipline.” - victimhood & addicts 🐬 The truth is, we’ve already been strict. We’ve already been disciplined. We’ve already been militant.. just in the wrong direction. Think about it: 🍬 Strict with sugar : sweetness in the morning, desserts at night. 🍺 Disciplined with liquor : weekend drinks never skipped. 🌿 Loyal to weed : premeal & bedtime ritual, like it’s scripture. 📱 Militant with screens : scroll after scroll, like it’s a second job. 🚬 Nicotine on cue : stress hits, and so does the lighter or vape. ☕ Caffeine clockwork : not a day missed sometimes twice. ⚠️ The problem isn’t that we can’t commit, it’s that we’ve been committed to our cravings. 🧠 Science proves it: sugar, nicotine, alcohol, and screens activate dopamine pathways the same way hard drugs do. That means we’ve already been living with militant discipline but toward habits that drain our energy, gut health, and focus. 🔥 The Choose Yourself Challenge (Sept 15th) isn’t strict. It’s a reset. It’s proof that the same loyalty we’ve been giving to our vices can be flipped into discipline for our purpose. And let’s be real …addiction loves to dress itself in logic: 🚬 “Nicotine helps me focus.” ☕ “Coffee helps me digest.” 🌿 “Weed helps me sleep.” 🍯 “Honey is natural, so it’s good for me.” Sounds reasonable… but the science doesn’t lie: 🚬 Nicotine spikes cortisol and damages blood vessels. ☕ Excess coffee wrecks our sleep cycles and depletes magnesium. 🌿 Weed blocks REM sleep — the deepest restoration our brain needs. 🍯 Honey spikes blood sugar almost instantly, just like table sugar. We don’t deny these things do something.. we deny that they’re necessary for peace, purpose, or performance. Out bodies, our minds, and our spirits are designed to function better without them. 🐬 Starting Sept 15th: 30 days. No vices! The real question isn’t “Can we commit?” The question is: “What are we already committed to and is it building us or breaking us?”

🐬In this community, results come to the resourceful. The more you use the tools, the faster you grow. The difference between stuck and unstoppable isn’t talent... it’s how well you apply what’s already in your hands. Below are five essential documents to jumpstart your self choice journey: 1️⃣ The Foundation Document – Breaks down the Five Pillars and walks you step-by-step to build your own full and mini foundation. 2️⃣ Story | Gift | Passion | Purpose | Innercise – Learn how to extract meaning from your story and develop your purpose from within. 3️⃣ CYC Branch Leader Onboarding – Everything you need to start leading your own branch. 4️⃣ CYC Branch Leader Essentials – Systems, mindset, and structure to grow your branch with impact. 5️⃣ GRROW Formula - a reflection guide for our accountability partner check ins. 📚Book: Choose Yourself to be Chosen by Hakeem Bourne Mcfarlane 🎙 Podcast: Choose Your SOUL show Hosted by Hakeem and Co host (Alysia) 🧢 Merch : Choose Yourself Shop 💡 Save this post. Use these tools. Build your foundation. Lead with purpose. See You EVERY SINGLE Tuesday Chooseday at 10AM EST 🫡🐬 Hakeem