Lessons With A King

We are always being watched. That's a given. Rather than try to find ways to combat it, live your life as if you are always on camera. In essence, live a life that you wouldn't care about having the spotlight on. #LessonsWithAKing

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If you have someone on your team with the capacity and capability to be on other teams, encourage them to. There's no need to hold someone down by saying they can only work with your team. Nope, let them fly because when you encourage them to, they only get to learn skills to get better which they can turnaround and bring back to your team. This situation is pretty much a win-win. #LessonsWithAKing

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When you are given the opportunity to do something, do it as well as you can but I would advise that you go even a step further and do just a little bit more. When you do that you blow their mind and you will end up being the first person that comes to mind when they need something done. It might start with a small opportunity but when you deliver amazing extras, well, don't be shocked if you get even greater opportunities. #LessonsWithAKing

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We set ourselves up to fail sometimes when all we do is try to keep up with the Joneses. We don't know what is going on in their home yet we want to make sure we have the same care or same, whatever it might be. We try to live a life that is beyond our means. What we need to do is aim up and compare down. Aim up for awesome goals that will make us grow and compare down when you want to. I am to run a studio. I compare myself to someone that is using the bus while I drive. Focus on your growth and forget the rest. #LessonsWithAKing

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We are always being sold to and marketers understand psychology which they use against us. They know just how to entice us to buy things we don't need. Hey, buy this because if you don't, this special deal will be gone. We buy it for the "deal" but if we think it through, we'll realise we didn't need it in the first place. What we should do is take our time to think things through before we buy them. In fact, it's better if we only buy what we need and ignore those "deals". #LessonsWithAKing

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It might seem like a good idea to have a life where everything goes just the way you want, all the time, always. But do you really want that? A life where you can't learn, where you can't grow? I think a better approach is to accept life, in all its forms whether it's sunshine or rain. Whatever comes you should face it with a smile knowing that you are being given an opportunity to grow and to learn important lessons. #LessonsWithAKing

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It's ok to celebrate your win. Remember you've put in an amazing amount of effort to get to where you are. I'm pretty sure if people had an idea of the amount of work you put in to get that win, it would discourage them to even try. However, you put in the effort and you've gotten that win, so celebrate it. Now there might be some reason why you can't celebrate on time well, you should go ahead and celebrate when you can no matter how late. #LessonsWithAKing

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If you want it, you must be willing to work for it. It just won't fall into your lap, nope. If it does, it isn't as impactful anyway, so why would you want that? It is important that you do the work because if you wish for something and sit on your behind, nothing will happen. To bring your dreams to reality, you have to be willing to work. #LessonsWithAKing

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I can't draw or paint for shit. I try but meh. I find it funny when people that can draw go ... "oh, drawing is so easy, you just have to practice". Maybe. But I have practised and my stick man looks a mess! That said, I do believe we are all artists in our own right. There are things we love and we love making that could be seen as artistic. It could be cooking, singing, writing, learning; that thing we can do that brings smiles not just to us but to everyone else that sees it is our art. We should make it and make lots of it. #LessonsWithAKing

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When you are given the opportunity to, make sure you go big. By going big, what I mean is this: go just a bit extra than expected. Opportunities are not #LessonsWithAKing

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