…Why am I working here? It ain’t working here
It ain’t worth it here, never gonna persevere…
Cam’Ron ♦ I Hate My Job
Takeaway 148: Clearly you need to consider strategic alternatives.
….Blinded by smog, getting caught up in the hype
Your single got burned but you never took flight
Five years later we forgot your name
Goodbye, God bless, but we glad you came…..
Rapper Big Pooh ♦ Radio
Takeaway 153: Avoid the flash-in-the-pan product. Are you building a franchise, enterprise, or brand? Anything else is not worth the investment and we do not expect you to be a contender in the future battle for profits.
…..Blood of a drug lord, brain of a baller
Hand of a hustler, I’m all about a dollar
Everybody’s a customer, nobody’s a friend
Somebody got to do it, anybody can win……
G-Unit f/ Young Buck ♦ Piano Man
Takeaway 119: Mercenary to some, dogmatically entrepreneurial to others, no judgments here. We salute the egalitarian nature of this philosophy, because “anybody” can achieve. The winner, however, is the one with discipline at the margins and singular focus.
***Hambre is hungry
Pobo’s a dummy
No me veo llegar means nobody saw me coming
Tomorrow’s mañana
Weaponz en arma***
T-Weaponz ♦ Mira Mira
Takeaway 91: Get wise to the demographic trends and make sure your people have the flexibility to communicate in all forums necessary. Don’t miss the obvious trends for future, prepare your self. ¿Entiendes, Mendez?
*** Never been the type to jump on trends
I just jump on jets
And you can jump on next
Now when I zoom I assume you can handle it Fumes from the boom take us all the way to Los Angeles ***
Danny! ♦ Jet Set
Takeaway 120: Don’t chase the latest pop fad, but you must operate at velocity. Those chasing the fad will eventually be left in the dust (taste your fumes). Your disciplined analysis will take you further, but you must perform that analysis at a rapid pace.
Turn around, put your hands on the sink and don’t blink/ If you feel the urge to hesitate, rethink/ It’s clear to me that you lack discipline/ I said to keep it brief, you weren’t listening?
Mr. Lif ♦ Long Distance
Takeaway 146: Do you have the self discipline to follow your gut – unconscious memory? Think about it….but not too much. There, BPM saved you from reading Blink.
***You dribbling around just being a ball hog
I got my kicks out my locker
If I ain’t got the shot then I dish to my partner***
Cool Kids ♦ One, Two
Takeaway 116: BPM salutes 2.0-collaboration and wikinomics. Crowdsourcing and teamwork add tremendous value. It’s a team sport. Make your mates look good. That’s how you look good. Vidal Sasson’s classic tag line (you don’t look good, I don’t look good). Get an assist today, and make that triple-double stick.
***I’m never hamster using I’m crossfader cruising
Slip mats and hard liquors be the tools that I’m using
DJ, gather around, check out the way it gets done
I don’t need no headphones, they get in my way son
So watch me get busy like a telephone line
Ey yo, it’s DJ Double K I said I’m going for mine***
People Under the Stairs ♦ The Double K Show
Takeaway 127: There is a point in your career when it just feels right or wrong. You don’t need the formal tools of the trade (headphones), but your first instinct/”blink” is intuitively right. You can sense it, and then you back it up later with the research, data, case-study etc. Are you there yet? Then go for yours.