Checking In
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Now that I have completely went in a new direction with my chip chase I got cats from the past wondering what I am doing. When I first started the company I was young as probably most of you cats. Now I’m meeting people in their 40′s and 50′s who probably was old enough to be my parents and they were all shocked. Now when I first stepped in the door they didn’t really respect me and I was cool with that as I didn’t respect them. Most of the time I threatened to fvck up their whole business over 5 bucks so usually I got paid on time. So after some years they finally fell back. But, when I decided I think I found a better angle to the chips now they all are emailing me like what can this young cat be doing now that’s better than this hustle!
When I decided it’s time to move on I called up my clients and referred them to everyone I can vouch for in this game. Most of them I actually helped to start their business because they were people I could rely on at some of my vendors. When I say I helped them I mean at one time I probably hired them or floated them until they got their shit right. Now none of them thank me for it as they were all older than me and one lady in particular really couldn’t believe it. This lady was in Chicago and I flew up there quiet a bit on the North Side near O’hare. She didn’t know the first thing about starting a business and I sat down with her over a expensive lunch and pretty much showed her how I set up mine.
Fast forward to today and I get a email saying just checking in on what’s my next move. Now mind you I sent some of my clients to her because I know she can do the job. Me and her never really got along primarily because she didn’t like taking direction from me. Also, I pretty much schooled her in her early days of business as she was about to give me 50% of her business if I let her clients flow through my company. But, being that I don’t like no mess with my chips I just flew to Chicago and helped her set up her own shit.
Back to the story so today she emailed me saying I’m just checking in! Now part of me thinks she genuinely wants to know and the other part of me thinks this Devil wants to see if I have fallen. I have yet to respond to her email as I don’t like to respond to shit when I’m thinking. But, I’m leaning towards her checking in being under a devilish tendency. In all the years she has been in business we never talked once now it’s like what’s up? Maybe I’m overreacting but shit at least I’m reacting!
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Yea, I get those check ins also like..
“Do you still have that business” I’m like “Yup, I ain’t going nowhere” (cause I’m not)
or “How’s business going” If it’s a devil/hater I downplay and say ” it’s coming along”. If its someone with a genuine interest I keep it 110 and say “Fantastic”.
ha, or My new favorite response when they ask “what you been up to?” to which I respond “Building Pyramids!”
The answer is total silence from you. The fish that doesn’t bite the bait (email)doesn’t get caught, but the fish that bites and escapes after a titanic struggle will turn up in time to tell you what’s up.
That picture you have up is hilarious!
Smells like fish in the air… lol
Why should you check in like curfew? Or like you in a relationship? Folks out here love to hate folks moving up.
@Preme – I don’t get it as I wonder if she’s comparing herself to me. Like she somehow is better in business. Truthfully I don’t care at all but it’s still irritating.
Building Pyramids or Building Empires we’re building something!
@Tunji – I don’t think I will respond at all and let the email sit. The study of Haterism is a full time gig that I don’t want to undertake while on my road to building.
@Reader – I just saw the picture on Google and said good enough. It does make me feel like she’s checking in like my woman. But, there’s nothing there for years so why even check in when we both don’t care?
@AH – When you have low self esteem you compare your progress against someone else. When you are on your own mission you could care less and in fact you wish people well.
Questions asking about how I’m doing out of the blue come from a very hate filled place. In the end she’ll fade away into the background and I’ll keep building!
I think things aren’t going her way, and she wants to make sure you are beneath her in terms of success. I agree blow her off you have more important things to create!
Yeah I don’t usually respond to suspect emails for a couple of days until I think about the right response if any.
She is one of those people who hate to learn from someone they feel they should be ahead of. I’m not exactly the small timid man who just takes people shitting on them in stride. So I know myself and I usually get away before I go to jail for a battery.
Exactly If im really making moves I will be humble enough to check up on you to touch bases and exchange insight, but why should I contact you if I want to measure my progression to yourself. If I was really out here grinding I wouldn’t have that checking on you thing going on because im climbing right now.
It’s just a nice way to hate. Cats don’t care they just want to make sure they are doing better than you. Now when I was a teenager I understood it but you’ll find out the more you go in this game people try to pull some after school special shit on you.
In order to worry about someone else you have to be pretty close to them in the hustle. So she can’t be doing better if she’s wondering how I’m doing. I prefer to leave haters in the dark and keep doing my angle. We’ll run into each other again and she’ll see what I’m doing!
Yea man she prolly trying to count your dough, and hope she can steal game from you. People older than you have a slick way of getting advice and most times their hard headed ass fucks up from not listening,then will try and make it seem like their idea when they double back on your own idea lol.watch the next email be like so HOW DID you do better? Bout that leech podcast tho? Hahaha
Silence is GOLDEN, PLATINUM and DIAMOND BEZELLED in this game. So I maintain discipline and don’t say anything to anyone. People show their true colors especially when they see Green!
Old folks just know most young cats love to talk and see them as their elder. Once you stop thinking like a little kid about the chips you’ll stop looking for a mentor or some father figure in this game. It’s lack of discipline and immaturity that makes cats talk so damn much about their personal chip chase.