After all the love you lot showed me about the up coming interview, I caught myself laughing and saying things like:
“Mad, isn’t it… a ‘famous’ guy even noticed me.”
And then I stopped and thought…
Why do we talk about ourselves like that?
Why do we act surprised when someone gives us time, respect, or opportunity?
Like we’re somehow not meant to have it.
Growing up, I heard things like:
• “Just get a trade, that’s what people like us do.”
• “We don’t go to university.”
• “We’re workers. That’s our lane.”
• “Money is for other people.”
• “There’s haves and have-nots… we’re the have-nots.”
Along with plenty of other “well-meaning” messages.
No one meant harm. It wasn’t malicious. It was survival thinking.
But the message underneath it all was simple:
“You’re not worthy.”
Not worthy of big rooms.
Not worthy of big dreams.
Not worthy of being taken seriously.
And that stuff gets passed down quietly.
This isn’t about chasing riches or power.
It’s about unlearning the invisible limits we were given.
And choosing consciously to stop passing them on.
If you’ve ever felt “less than” without knowing why…
It probably didn’t start with you.
🖤