Thanks again, I really appreciate all the support!

Great piece! We need haters out here. If we didd nt have haters obstacles would just be boring… life would just be boring.

Truly insipiring for you to share this with us. If it weren’t for that moment you experienced when you where 8 years old, I wonder what direction you would have taken in life. I wish you the very best, Moe.

Roberto Santos

Very heart felt bruh. When you are doubted and counted out…that’s the moments in life where you are tested. I, like you share similar past experiences. I love haters with a passion. It’s like an adrenaline rush. Whether accomplishing goals in athletics or in my current business profession/endeavors, I determine my fate. Man will lead you down the wrong path every time and try to instill fear to deter your mission. To that, I say fuck ‘em and keep it moving. I breathe hope into to the hopeless and inspire the un-inspired. That’s called social tithing or zakat (offering). No amount of money can beat a positive role model/mentor. Keep doing what you’re doing. the world is to vast to limit one’s dreams. Dream on!!!

Those closest to you will be the most negative.

I would have to write a book if I tried to detail all of the negativity that I’ve experienced from family and friends/former friends.

I remember attending a workshop by another entrepreneur early in my career. He was giving tips on how to be successful and he basically said don’t share what you are doing with some of the people closest to you. He said that the added negativity will drain you emotionally and hinder your success.

He said share with those who are supportive and give limited info to those who are not.

(I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up to. I was pre-med in college, did a medical school internship and everything.)

I love learning where people have been and what motivates them, but more importantly, I LOVE people who take control of their own destiny.

Don’t remember how I came across you on the web, my I immediately wanted to connect with you. (I have no interest in the music business, but as I’ve followed you online, I’ve learned that we do have similar interests. ex. Technology)

What made me want to follow you was the name of your blog Making the Mogul. No I want to be or I’d like to be some day ….. I will be a Mogul.

As a girl from the projects in Harlem, I’ve been many places and done many things that people would have never thought I would, could or should be doing. Like Obama as president, many could never have imagined a person like me based on their stereotypes of people like me.

My life has taken many turns, some good, some not so good, but through it all I have continued to excel in everything that I do.

I attribute my success partially to having a positive attitude and not letting what others say deter me. I listen to others, but ultimately do what’s in my heart.

Even in business, I project this attitude. The name of my company is Exceed Communications because we go above and beyond in everything that we do. (http://exceedcommunications.com/).

Finally, I won’t get into why I didn’t become a doctor, but one day I saw a guy who was kind of a mentor in high school and early college. I was almost embarrassed to tell him that I didn’t become a doctor after all that I had invested in medicine, he told me you were never supposed to be a doctor.

He said that as we get older and learn about life and develop interests, you’ll only be successful at what is truly in your heart. No one else can decide that for you, you have to decide for yourself. Even through the challenges, if it’s in your heart, ultimately you will achieve your desires.

Marcus Troy

Very powerful Moe.

J.

And (giving him the benefit of the doubt) I’m sure your principal *thought* he was giving you good advice… and in long run, it was, because you didn’t follow it in the direction he intended, you used it as fuel to make you stronger (I don’t know if that made sense, lol)

Your 8th grade principal shouldn’t even be in academia, he should be a school crossing guard or cafeteria food server. Obviously his goal wasn’t to inspire kids, but to crush their dreams even before they started on their life journey. His malice attitude can’t stop folks like yourself.

Ironically many people that go on to do great things in their lives, often have that underlining drive in the back of their mind that refuses to let them give up, despite all odds. And all kids experience some form of depression as a youth, often due to the lack of encouragement from the adults around them.

I’m certain this story will help and inspire many. And many will see various aspects of your story in their child-hood. Kudos to you for writing it Brotha.

Cheavor,