Entrepreneurs and Dream chasers feel the need that they must always be busy or productive to a degree when sometimes, many times, it's best to slow down and focus on the small things. That's what really will get you to the top.

Freshman year at Western Illinois University there were only 2 Black boys on my floor; myself, and Hamm Bishop. This episode of Aspire Higher Hamm tells us how his drive is bigger than making a lot of money, it's about making others that look like him make a lot of money also.

You can find his business info here:

www.Sgsincorporated.com

Business IG: @SolidGroundSolutionsInc

Personal IG: @PoloHamm

Visions and ideas that remain on your mind for years are not random thoughts they are there for a reason. They are waiting for you to put them into action and execute so all of the events in your life, good and bad, can make sense.

She didn't choose medicine, medicine chose her.

Dr. Allen has overcome nearly every single hurdle thrown at her to achieve her goals of becoming a doctor, but her trajectory doesn't end there. She wants more; more Black doctors, nurses, and administrators. Not only that, but she wants to lead by example, where it all started...

Doesn't matter how hard you work. If it is not meant for you to walk through certain doors then they will not open. Your faith will forge the keys for the doors you are destined to enter throughout your journey to success.

Ron Lofton made a lot of money in Corporate America and a vast majority of that money didn't go into his pockets. He wanted ownership, but he also wanted to serve. Those desires thrust him into the world of entrepreneurship and he eventually owned numerous McDonald's franchises on the West Side of Chicago where he became a leader in his community and within the McDonald's organization. Not bad for a man whose life began on a humble Mississippi farm.

Your goals may seem unbelievable to many. Don't take it personal that's just how they have been conditioned to think. Which makes it even more important that you must succeed. So they can become believers.

You ever have a bad day. Like a TERRIBLE ass day where you just wanted to say fuck it all? That was me yesterday. It was a very VERY bad day.

Then I realized something...my success was still unbothered.

The internet gives alluring images of entrepreneurship and success. The internet doesn't tell the full truth however. There is a lot of unattractiveness that comes before and during success.

Fires grow and spread rapidly. Just like idea and goals. They are easy to spark, but sometimes they die down. Why is that? And how can we keep fires, literally and metaphorically, hot and make them grow so they can shine so bright? I answer these questions and more in this week's episode.