13) Who is Lying to You?

Who's not telling you the truth? 

I lied to myself. I donated a gym to a local boys and girls club. I’m super proud I was in a position to do this sort of thing. On the other hand, one thing I’m not proud of is that I didn’t donate my one hour of time that’s required per month. I’m a busy cat, but I ain’t that busy. I might have donated an entire facility, but I think it’s important for me to be in the mix too.

There was one spot this month that was available. There are amazing trainers there that are donating time, but one spot. I tried to lie to myself. "G, you’re too busy." All the trainers are emailing, "Hey, we need somebody to take this spot up." I’m thinking to myself, "Hey man, you’re too busy." So, I said, "Hey, you punk-ass bitch, sign up for the spot."

And here's kind of my point: on the way there, as I'm talking on my IG about "I'm signed up for the spot. I'm excited about it. I'm about to go. It has my last name attached to it, and my wife and I are very involved.” And then local news guy, Cameron Fontana, sees it and he hits me up the next day.

I want to explain how and why I didn’t listen to myself, how I fought through the comfort, and finally, show you what it can yield you over time. My brain is lying to me, "Yo, you're busy. You're too busy for this."

I do it. I kill it. He sees it. He hits me up. "Hey, I want to shed some light on this. We have seven, two-minute live spots tomorrow. Let’s cover the Boys and Girls Club. Let’s go to Old School Gym. We’re going to roll with you all morning."

We talked to the Boys and Girls Club. I holler at him like, "Yo, can you get some kids there in the morning? They’re going to shine some light on what you guys are doing.” Amazing staff. All of these people work incredibly hard, and now they’re going to get a little shine. All because I didn’t listen to my comfortable self telling me to stay in the comfortable bullshit. I didn't listen, I did what I knew I should be doing. You see what I’m saying?

Well, do you know who's lying to you, motherfucker? You're lying to yourself.

If you’re actually the one lying to yourself, you are the one holding you back. It’s no one else's fault. I need y’all to check yourself today for sure and know that you're doing this all through your life, all over the fucking place. And if you could just do it a little less, it's going to work out in your favor. There's a set of rules out here that the world works by, and when you follow them, shit happens. When you don't follow them, it doesn't. Be more conscious of this stuff.