u work ur ass off, & life gives u lessons, in the form of L’s.
for the past few months, i hustled all the knowledge and effort i chose to transmit into my project, Aquaperla, a validated aerogel filter for heavy metal ion purification for developing countries.
i thought the plan would look like this:
jan - feb 2023: get grant, secure uni lab space, and git going
instead, it looked like this:
…there are like seven more of these from other funds/grant programs, and like five other attempts from emergent ventures lol
…even after all the feedback i got from water startups like isla urbana, folia materials, eco-worth tech, etc.
what hurt more was when i asked for feedback from grant programs, no response.
(the feedback specifically was these three questions (biz model), and three only:
the game is on hard mode… i’ll take it.
listen, my brothas.
i understand why they reject.
i am a young dude who came from true poverty, living on $9-14 USD/day in some random village in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
i did some cool shit here & there, but for someone, who started his aerogel concept at 16, and now two years later, is taking his shot at the world,
the younger the are, the more u need respect from others to do this shit.
respect is always earned, i got that.
one way to gain respect is hustle.
hustle <> respect got no age, physicality, social network barriers.
…and imma have to do it the hard way.
the next steps (bullets)
work at a fast-food store for storing up funds
hustlin’ & building content creation on e-com store (link)
reach out to 100 universities for lab space request
work on the biz model on Aquaperla by findin’ network
all i need to do is:
commit to max. 3 things for the next two months (job, e-com, Aquaperla)
emulate and integrate the behaviors of success to get me where i want.
doing the habits/behaviors that lead to success will give me success, now it’s a waiting game.
for some people, who read this, u might think:
“fuck. he hit rock bottom. that gotta hurt. nobody believe in this mf”
bro, i gotta swallow my pride.
i cannot sleep some nights, 'cause i don’t have the money. it’s eating me alive.
but this tells me that i must grow, man up 1000x, to git it. the easy way is out.
if u sad, anxious, or shit, it’s cause u hate where u are, so do something beneficial to git outta da slump ur ass is in rn.
i’m in a mix of a learning + earning season.
i’m earning so i can continue learning on becoming the GOAT of aerogels.
it will take longer than i want. ik, g’s.
i’m doing shit i don’t wanna rly do, but it’ll allow me to fund the thing i actually wanna fuckn do in the years where the beast inside me could murder this fuckn wrld. i want the world. i want the freedom.
but must eat shit first.
pay off the hustle & ignorance debt ASAP. (impulse control & speed.)
…but when i pull this off, my last name will be remembered by the ones i’ve impacted, people will know of my family, their story will be emulated by the ones who come from my place, and my village will saint me.
who wants that shit?
duh. you. ‘cause u want to at least be acknowledged of your human existence.
so do activities that will make you worth be remembered, not think of the goal, dumbass.
wisdom, or advice, i guess.
the activities that lead to success are more important than the success itself.
never ask a happy man for wisdom when u ambitious. he satisfied. u no. go talk to a broken man, someone who feels like it could crumble in one day, but performs like a monster.
pain is ignorance leaving ur shit of a body.
the inverse of fear is faith.
easy to be stoic when u got entertainment, try when gunshots are a block down from ur house. try with the fuckn chaos of ur mind, u’ve never felt it before.
duty > honor/privilege
"having confidence" is an excuse for not doing enough shit. (Inverse of confidence is authority/certainty)
self-awareness ≠ change
do not think of goals by time, think of goals as milestones.
respect ≠ luv
u admire what u lack.
youtube video update 👇🏽
how u can help me…
got some contacts from universities who can get me lab space? (i’ll hustle the money in that city by working)
know some people/conferences in aerogels and/or water tech? may i ask for their contacts & warm-intro? (in a learning season rn) - in Mexico preferably
a mentor in e-com/copywriting for my biz
some fun stuff.
personal rant.
look man. (and gal)
ik the wrld is not against me.
i’m just not putting it in the right things.
but sometimes, u just gotta shoot and aim.
u’ll probably be fuckn miles off target.
congrats, u just started.
now iterate, and aim better.
maybe applying to work for panda express, doing e-com, & iterate Aquaperla is not the right move.
but just shoot the mfn bullet.
life is gunna tell u wtf was right & wrong.
how?
if it hurts, u’re doing the right thing.
good decisions feel like wings, not stone… when the waters calm down.
the world is meant for the ones who have impulse control… but the advancement of civilization is on the shoulders of the ones who want the wrld to surrender to their vision.
for now, imma channel my inner genghis khan & walk the long-ass walk.
but as history says,
if u do it, ur story, ur last name, ur legacy becomes immortalized for the time your witnesses and their witnesses remain alive on this planet.
bonus points if they document it for eons to come, u’ll live longer lol
see you in two months. 👋🏽