THE FORMULA abridged edition

THE FORMULA 

... consists of THREE main principles that will guide you to realizing your PURPOSE

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Vision, Passion and Action. 

​Once you hone in on these in your life they will lead you to your purpose.

Oftentimes in life, people have the vision, but they lack the passion, so as things become difficult they jump to the next thing. 

Or, they have the vision and the passion, but they're afraid to take action because sometimes the idea of obtaining success is more debilitating than the actual pursuit of it!

We often all have a fear of failure, but more so, we have a fear of maintaining the success once we get there. 

 But, when you line them all up, and you have YOUR vision, plus YOUR passion, times YOUR action, and you're really living that, I believe it will lead you to YOUR purpose, and that's where we all want to end up.​​

A true vision  is something that you can't get out of your head. 

It's a thought, an idea, a concept that YOU constantly think about. 

That you go to sleep with and you wake up to.​

 If your vision is, I want to paint my car bright red on a Tuesday in a thunderstorm, or if your vision is, I want to be a director, a scientist, block chain creator, an editor, a writer, a ballerina, a tap dancer, entrepreneur etc.; if you visualize this​ non-stop then think about taking steps to pursue it. 

DR. MAYA ANGELOU

Corbin Hunter • Photo By Anthony Rose (C) 2019

I'm talking about that unrelenting desire to pursue what makes your heart smile. To have passion is to be passion. To understand it is to also know sacrifice yet not be dismayed. Passion can lead you to heartbreak that will have you feeling down but also be more fuel to push through and to find new way forward to achieve your goal.  

"The true meaning of passion is “to suffer.” ... It's one thing to suffer and be a victim; it's an entirely different thing to be willing to suffer for a cause and become a victor.”

- Kevin Hall (author)​​

Anonymous

F. Gary Gray & Corey Hawkins on set of STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Photo By Anthony Rose (C) 2015

​Action is the fuel to your destiny!

Without action there is no forward moment or true actualization of who you are supposed to become.

Understand that the sooner you apply some action to your passion the closer someone else connected to you gets to figuring out their purpose

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"The journey towards your purpose is less about you and more about the lives you inspire to pursue theirs along the way."

- A. Rose

DETMER TIMBERLAKE 

(told to me by CHALI2NA)

Tickwanya Jones • Photo by  TYREE VANCE (C) 2019

 ... Is life greatest question. Stay prayed up, have faith and believe in yourself through it all. Often times it will find you in ways that you never imagined. Always remember your journey and your purpose are rooted in something greater than you. There are people depending on your greatness to spark them to seek theirs as well.

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Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won’t exist because you’ll have already shut it out…You can hear other people’s wisdom, but you’ve got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.

 – Mae Jemison​​

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

 – Barack Obama

Take a moment to honestly assess and write down what truly fuels you. 

Your dreams, passions & desires! There is no right or wrong answer!

Answer these without allowing money, circumstance and anything else to be a factor.

What is your most prominent VISION?

What are you internally PASSIONate about?

What has been holding you back from taking ACTION pursuing it?​

CHAPTER 1

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ACCELERATION

My understanding of this is recognizing the concept of going fast, but also taking your foot off the gas, and slowing down a little bit. 

We're in a generation that really wants to get there, and bypass steps, and just get to know the ride.

If you get there and you're not prepared, then you're going to fail. 

So, acceleration is understanding when to push, and when to pull back. That's it.

ALWAYS REMEMBER

It's not a sprint, it's a marathon!

CHAPTER 1

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ACCOUNTABILITY

When you're on the journey of being the best you possible, you have to have accountability. Often times, we lack self-accountability, and that means we have to have a strong group of people around us that are going to hold us accountable for the things that we choose and say that we're going to do, and vice versa. 

So, always remember, surround yourself with some accountability partners that are actually going to tell you the truth in the moment, and pull you aside and let you know when you're doing great, or when you're messing up and you're not hitting your mark. Accountability.

​QUESTION

Who is the person in your crew that you can count on to tell you the truth when you're slacking?

CHAPTER 1

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ADAPT

The ability to adapt is key to your success in any environment you put yourself in. Often times, we're in places that we're not the most comfortable or we feel a little pressured. But the ability to pull yourself out of that, and think outside the box and adapt, allows you to move with the ebb and flow, see opportunities in ways to make yourself elevate in the best way possible. 

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."

                                           - BRUCE LEE

CHAPTER 2

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BELIEVE

When I'm talking about making it, believing in yourself is essential. 

Believing in yourself, the mission, your purpose, and just overall believing that good things are going to come to you. 

The adage is, "The energy you put out is what you get back." 

But you have to believe because there are going to be enough things along the way that are going to really trigger your self-doubt and want you to quit. YOU have to have this unbridled belief in where you're going. 

​QUESTION

Who is the person in your crew that you can count on to tell you the truth when you're slacking?

CHAPTER 3

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CHUTZPAH

You know that moment when you had to take that deep breath, close your eyes and have a talk with your own damn self!  Whether it was to boldly overcome an obstacle, dust off the nervousness before stepping into a room or come through in the clutch. The feeling you get immediately following that pause where you get up and keep pushing forward is a little Yiddish word called CHUTZPAH.

Following your dreams takes more mental strength that most understand. It's an every day battle at times of whether or not what you're doing makes sense. 

Keep putting one foot in front of the other and you'll be surprised how quick a long distance becomes a shorter one!

Know that I am proud of you and we are all in this path to elevation together!

"Just keep creating"

                                           - Robert Townsend