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By Anthony Douglas Gere
Now also in my personal life, I all of a sudden had a hard time entertaining women,
which is why I stayed single for so long. You see I was sleeping in my car,
working many other small jobs that I needed to work to gather information on the
things I needed to build my company, and had no where to take them, not to
mention give them enough time to make them feel wanted. Even when I would
meet a woman and tell her what I was trying to do, she would look at me like I had
shit on my face and tell me to call them when I had things more together because
I must be crazy or took too much or not enough medication for the day. It was
demoralizing because I start thinking I might have read too much into the movie,
and that maybe I was going a bit too far on many occasions. But I knew this wasn’
t a gamble, but once again, if you couldn’t see what I was seeing and I completely
understand how back then you could not, you wouldn’t understand where I was
going or trying to get to. That is also where my squad or crew came into play.
Why I don’t use the word friends lightly, and how engulfed I am with the people I
know I can trust, because they believed in me at times I didn’t believe in what I
was doing. My friends now that I take care of and will continue to do as long as I
am able, supported me unconditionally and was there for me in ways I could
never repay to them or even describe to you. They brought me food when I was
hungry, put gas in my car, provided me with words of encouragement and kept
me from the atmospheres that could possibly derail me from my soon to be
purpose in business. So now I am working, working not only hard on my ideas,
but efficiently because I started to form a team that was proficient in things I had
no idea about. We would sit and talk, converse and bounce these crazy ass ideas
off of each other, and put into play the things we knew we could connect to make
what we was doing, ever so powerful and needed. We simply start controlling the
things we were creating, and even though we all were still broke, we had
something much more valuable than money, we had and had learn the ability to
make it for others. So we kept investing in each other. Transferring funds,
supporting strategies, innovating ideas and more off of each other and kept
pulling each other up once one of us climbed up another stair on the ladder to
success. But here is the deal, we did this quietly, like the people the entertainers
needed to invest their hard earned money did. We weren’t gambling on anything,
nor did we take risk. We would go into deals as a third party and only make a
profit if the people or companies we worked with, did. You can basically say that
we were working off of commission, but what took the cake was that we took the
gamble part of it, out of it. The companies we dealt with became partners with us
and we didn’t do business with anyone unless we had the solution or way to make
a profit before we did it. You see what became very apparent to me in the
process of processing all of this is this, there is a need that is not discussed by
many when starting and operating a business. You see the title or label of being a
“Consultant” is a very vague and broad title. It can mean any and everything to
many people, but what it means to me is fix-it-person that is un-bias on anything
but business. You see if you know it or not, when things go astray or problem
needs to be fixed outside of the company or fabric on how the company is built,
the company needs an avenue to travel down. Many see Tiger Woods, Oprah
Winfrey or LeBron James as very successful people at the top of the financial
food chain and my goodness they are in some respects, very much so. But what
gets lost is that even though they are getting these mega million dollar
endorsement deals and treated as rare jewels presented to us by the media,
someone is cutting them a check, and that’s who I need to work for, the one
cutting the check, not the ones necessarily getting them. That’s where the movie
Wall Street came in, and me finding my niche in that market. Instead of dealing
with many companies that may need what we have to offer, I felt that me and my
team would better serve our clients by concentrating on them for the long term,
not the quick fix on low ticket items. That’s also when and where the marketing
ploy came in for me, not worrying about how much money I made for myself or
team, but how much we made for those employing our services. If we took care
of them, form a relationship with them and more, they will make sure me and my
team are well taken care of and allowed to roam within the world to create more
for me and my team with people we would not normally have a chance to meet.
By Anthony Douglas Gere
Now also in my personal life, I all of a sudden had a hard time entertaining women,
which is why I stayed single for so long. You see I was sleeping in my car,
working many other small jobs that I needed to work to gather information on the
things I needed to build my company, and had no where to take them, not to
mention give them enough time to make them feel wanted. Even when I would
meet a woman and tell her what I was trying to do, she would look at me like I had
shit on my face and tell me to call them when I had things more together because
I must be crazy or took too much or not enough medication for the day. It was
demoralizing because I start thinking I might have read too much into the movie,
and that maybe I was going a bit too far on many occasions. But I knew this wasn’
t a gamble, but once again, if you couldn’t see what I was seeing and I completely
understand how back then you could not, you wouldn’t understand where I was
going or trying to get to. That is also where my squad or crew came into play.
Why I don’t use the word friends lightly, and how engulfed I am with the people I
know I can trust, because they believed in me at times I didn’t believe in what I
was doing. My friends now that I take care of and will continue to do as long as I
am able, supported me unconditionally and was there for me in ways I could
never repay to them or even describe to you. They brought me food when I was
hungry, put gas in my car, provided me with words of encouragement and kept
me from the atmospheres that could possibly derail me from my soon to be
purpose in business. So now I am working, working not only hard on my ideas,
but efficiently because I started to form a team that was proficient in things I had
no idea about. We would sit and talk, converse and bounce these crazy ass ideas
off of each other, and put into play the things we knew we could connect to make
what we was doing, ever so powerful and needed. We simply start controlling the
things we were creating, and even though we all were still broke, we had
something much more valuable than money, we had and had learn the ability to
make it for others. So we kept investing in each other. Transferring funds,
supporting strategies, innovating ideas and more off of each other and kept
pulling each other up once one of us climbed up another stair on the ladder to
success. But here is the deal, we did this quietly, like the people the entertainers
needed to invest their hard earned money did. We weren’t gambling on anything,
nor did we take risk. We would go into deals as a third party and only make a
profit if the people or companies we worked with, did. You can basically say that
we were working off of commission, but what took the cake was that we took the
gamble part of it, out of it. The companies we dealt with became partners with us
and we didn’t do business with anyone unless we had the solution or way to make
a profit before we did it. You see what became very apparent to me in the
process of processing all of this is this, there is a need that is not discussed by
many when starting and operating a business. You see the title or label of being a
“Consultant” is a very vague and broad title. It can mean any and everything to
many people, but what it means to me is fix-it-person that is un-bias on anything
but business. You see if you know it or not, when things go astray or problem
needs to be fixed outside of the company or fabric on how the company is built,
the company needs an avenue to travel down. Many see Tiger Woods, Oprah
Winfrey or LeBron James as very successful people at the top of the financial
food chain and my goodness they are in some respects, very much so. But what
gets lost is that even though they are getting these mega million dollar
endorsement deals and treated as rare jewels presented to us by the media,
someone is cutting them a check, and that’s who I need to work for, the one
cutting the check, not the ones necessarily getting them. That’s where the movie
Wall Street came in, and me finding my niche in that market. Instead of dealing
with many companies that may need what we have to offer, I felt that me and my
team would better serve our clients by concentrating on them for the long term,
not the quick fix on low ticket items. That’s also when and where the marketing
ploy came in for me, not worrying about how much money I made for myself or
team, but how much we made for those employing our services. If we took care
of them, form a relationship with them and more, they will make sure me and my
team are well taken care of and allowed to roam within the world to create more
for me and my team with people we would not normally have a chance to meet.
Good-Bye, Jus In Case
By Anthony Douglas Gere
As I sit down and write this theory to you today, I am listening to a music CD a new
soon-to-be friend of mine made. His name is DJ Boo, well that’s not his birth
name, but those of us that know him, call him that. I won’t put him on ‘front street’
or ‘full blast’ right now in saying his name, but I will acknowledge him right now
and his talents by telling you for the sake of this theory, his name is DJ Boo. Boo is
your typical OG in the essence on what a real OG is, should not be and want to
become if you wish to label him and his path that way. He is this unpolished street
smooth cool guy that has been around Tha Block a few times on Tha Unda, done
some things most would not try or do, and survived and thrived in others ways in
its aftermath visually un-marked or scarred. He may or may not be rightfully
labeled as an overall good guy by the masses, but for the sake on what he
represents to a select few, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt when
interacting with him. He is a cool guy, someone I think you could really trust if he
trust you, and would deeply provide a pure rock of stability for those that are more
than likely, able to call and know him as a friend. He is someone I hope to join in
my inner circle one day from a distance, but only after time has allowed us to find
out who each other really is, through things we can not control. But I am up
writing my weekly letter to those I hold close to my heart, and if they know it or
not, DJ Boo is providing me with a platform to reach out and touch them. These
people I am writing or communicating to in either person, email, phone call or
whatever, are males and females, as also men and women, if you get my drift.
These people play a very important and significant role in my life, and I need for
them to know at least weekly, I am doing okay and pretty much on pace to get
where I want and need to be. I feel it is my duty as a man, to let them know in one
way, shape or form at least weekly, that I appreciate the things they may have
done to help me get where I was. I thank them and let them know where I am now
when I reach out, and that my journey is one step closer to where I am trying to
get. I tell them that I am on or off pace and the next big moment, is one moment
closer than the last one when we spoke about and I need something from them.
These people to me, are battled tested at a time I was going into war with
whatever I may have been fighting, and gave me ammunition to hopefully, live to
fight another day. They seem to me, that they love me for me being me, and I can
pretty much expect nothing but their own honest opinion when they share with
me things they feel I need to know about. They do this for the same reasons in
many different ways, but in the end, it is all for the same purpose, to love and
support me. You see what I have figured out is this, we all are used and use
people and things for different reasons. The majority of time when we all do
something be it work, fun, play, talk, walk, have sex, form friend and relationships,
it is because we feel comfortable with whatever we are involved with and it is
helping us feel good about ourselves and what we are trying to do. Now this form
of a healthy manipulation is not to be mistaken as something negative, but
something that actually, allows us to interact and get along on whatever levels to
help something else do the same. But those I surround myself with, are from
different backgrounds, environments and have a vast array of specialties in their
character that can in turn, help me reach my goal in life, that much faster at a
pace they feel I should operate at from their contribution. These people are a
reflection or mirror image of me in a sense. They have seen me cry, seen me hurt,
act an asshole, injured and dam near dead to the world in and on many emotional
and physical levels. Some made me fight to gain my own scars and strength, and
others there to comfort me and baby my over-sensitive ass, whenever I may have
needed a hug or just that. But regardless on your take on them or me, I have
surrounded myself with people that in the end of whatever battle, their job is to
help me back up to help me, fight another battle to give them the same when they
may need it. One quality I think many if not all will agree with all of the time that
really know me, will say is," "in the forefront of ADGere’s natural character, he is
a warrior and someone you go into battle with. You do so because he is extremely
loyal, passionate and faithful to what he believes in, and will tell you the truth, if
you like it or not, based on his experience. He is strong willed and minded, but
humble enough to follow and not lead, if you know the way".
By Anthony Douglas Gere
As I sit down and write this theory to you today, I am listening to a music CD a new
soon-to-be friend of mine made. His name is DJ Boo, well that’s not his birth
name, but those of us that know him, call him that. I won’t put him on ‘front street’
or ‘full blast’ right now in saying his name, but I will acknowledge him right now
and his talents by telling you for the sake of this theory, his name is DJ Boo. Boo is
your typical OG in the essence on what a real OG is, should not be and want to
become if you wish to label him and his path that way. He is this unpolished street
smooth cool guy that has been around Tha Block a few times on Tha Unda, done
some things most would not try or do, and survived and thrived in others ways in
its aftermath visually un-marked or scarred. He may or may not be rightfully
labeled as an overall good guy by the masses, but for the sake on what he
represents to a select few, you have to give him the benefit of the doubt when
interacting with him. He is a cool guy, someone I think you could really trust if he
trust you, and would deeply provide a pure rock of stability for those that are more
than likely, able to call and know him as a friend. He is someone I hope to join in
my inner circle one day from a distance, but only after time has allowed us to find
out who each other really is, through things we can not control. But I am up
writing my weekly letter to those I hold close to my heart, and if they know it or
not, DJ Boo is providing me with a platform to reach out and touch them. These
people I am writing or communicating to in either person, email, phone call or
whatever, are males and females, as also men and women, if you get my drift.
These people play a very important and significant role in my life, and I need for
them to know at least weekly, I am doing okay and pretty much on pace to get
where I want and need to be. I feel it is my duty as a man, to let them know in one
way, shape or form at least weekly, that I appreciate the things they may have
done to help me get where I was. I thank them and let them know where I am now
when I reach out, and that my journey is one step closer to where I am trying to
get. I tell them that I am on or off pace and the next big moment, is one moment
closer than the last one when we spoke about and I need something from them.
These people to me, are battled tested at a time I was going into war with
whatever I may have been fighting, and gave me ammunition to hopefully, live to
fight another day. They seem to me, that they love me for me being me, and I can
pretty much expect nothing but their own honest opinion when they share with
me things they feel I need to know about. They do this for the same reasons in
many different ways, but in the end, it is all for the same purpose, to love and
support me. You see what I have figured out is this, we all are used and use
people and things for different reasons. The majority of time when we all do
something be it work, fun, play, talk, walk, have sex, form friend and relationships,
it is because we feel comfortable with whatever we are involved with and it is
helping us feel good about ourselves and what we are trying to do. Now this form
of a healthy manipulation is not to be mistaken as something negative, but
something that actually, allows us to interact and get along on whatever levels to
help something else do the same. But those I surround myself with, are from
different backgrounds, environments and have a vast array of specialties in their
character that can in turn, help me reach my goal in life, that much faster at a
pace they feel I should operate at from their contribution. These people are a
reflection or mirror image of me in a sense. They have seen me cry, seen me hurt,
act an asshole, injured and dam near dead to the world in and on many emotional
and physical levels. Some made me fight to gain my own scars and strength, and
others there to comfort me and baby my over-sensitive ass, whenever I may have
needed a hug or just that. But regardless on your take on them or me, I have
surrounded myself with people that in the end of whatever battle, their job is to
help me back up to help me, fight another battle to give them the same when they
may need it. One quality I think many if not all will agree with all of the time that
really know me, will say is," "in the forefront of ADGere’s natural character, he is
a warrior and someone you go into battle with. You do so because he is extremely
loyal, passionate and faithful to what he believes in, and will tell you the truth, if
you like it or not, based on his experience. He is strong willed and minded, but
humble enough to follow and not lead, if you know the way".
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