Takeaway #204 regulation or competition: inspired by Capone + Noyd

And the city is riding, cops knocking

The streets is watching, without shades

I don’t stop, I just keep clocking

Haters played on my bad judgment

Like dude’s numbers (you want it?)

Then floss for a few summers

Capone & Noyd Options

Takeaway #204:  Regulators may wait on the sidelines, but the true regulation is the near perfect information of the Wall Street capital markets. Traders clock moolah and peddlers of bad information get taxed by the street justice of the market.  Ain’t competition amazing?  Or wait, is that just sometimes?

Takeaway #203: Greatness is weightless …

You’re a working bee on the smallest tree –

Thinking a working-class hero is something to be

See those destined for greatness, have no patience.

We rise to the top like we were weightless….

The Tongue f/ Spit Syndicate Good Looking

Takeaway #203:  Passivity is your enemy today. Get your cream on and rise to the top of your game…

The other takeaway of note is that you cannot be great when you are held down with baggage.  If it is not where you are from – it is where you are at, you must remember that you cannot be held down by your history or station.  You will be great because you travel without that baggage.  Your greatness depends on being weightless.

Takeaway #88 don’t regret sweat via Pegz

 …No, law degree, no brokering knowledge

To rise to the top and own a McDonald’s

Pegz f/ Reagan I Don’t Need Your Judgments

Takeaway 88: The extra degree may be an excuse for your path to success.  Executive MBA, grad degree, whatever…it’s not holding you back.  You are. Old fashion hustle, staying later than the other guys and gals is worth a great deal.

No regret in sweat.

Takeaway #201 doing it – as inspired by Talib Kweli

Get it now, get it fast, get it right

Get it big, get it live, get it done, get it tight

I’m speaking to execs in the seat behind the desk

To your spirit nothing weaker than the flesh

Talib KweliListen!!!

Takeaway #201 Today’s inspiration is Speed, Accuracy, Boldness and Conciseness.  The only things preventing your message containing the above right now are your own mental and physical self imposed limitations.  Do it.

Takeaway 202 with the sweat inside your hand

Opportunity is blind I don’t wonder if he’s coming

So look mum, no hands –

I made something out of nothing

Bliss N Eso This Is For You

 

Nothing but sweat in side my hands

Rakim  Paid in Full

Takeaway #202:  Are you waiting for just that one break to unleash your secret plan?  You will be waiting forever. Make it with nothing but sweat in your hands or lint in your pocket.  Today you need to do it with what you got.  Don’t wait.

Need Inspiration: Meet Kelvin – the Future

Takeaway #87 leverage inspired by Rainman

To get credit, get debt – tell me who’s the Mack –

when you’re pimped by a system that’s high on crack

Rainman  f/ Raman, Robby Balboa, Samsonite Make It

Takeaway 87:  Is this an echo of subprime debacle in recent times or just a reality of leverage?  You want to have leverage, you have to pick up debt and build off that ability to repay.  It’s the proverbial absurdity: to make money,  you have to leverage what you have for something you don’t on occasion.  Just make sure you keep perspective on who has the leverage: bank, bond insurer, rating agency…you?  The “Trumpism” is as follows:   When you owe the bank a million it’s your problem.  When you owe the bank a billion it’s the bank’s problem.

Takeaway #199 lunch eating competiton via Too $hort

You out of business, but no need to hang up the sign

We about to open up shop we got thangs to grind

So partner-dude don’t come back through

‘Cause everything we see you with, we going to want that too..

Too $hort f/ C-Bo We Want It

Takeaway #199:  If you are acquiring or besting the competition, be sure to take substantially all assets.  Taste their last crumb from dinner, before they eat your lunch tomorrow.  No need to have the competition leave forwarding addresses for your customers, a nice covenant not to compete will leave the new customers to you.