Patience

Patience, Patience, Patience.....

When you consistently put in work at the gym, work, or your craft or anything you automatically want to see results; you want to see something coming out of all this effort being put in. But, things take time. Why? I DONT KNOW! I'm in the same game as you. We're playing this game of life and trying to understand the rules. Somebody clearly forgot to give us a manual or rule book when we came out the womb.

I thought it was my time to shine and things aren't going as planned. But, that's life. I'm not gonna hold my head and pout. (I did for 2 minutes to keep it real) I have to continue to put in work and wait for my time. I believe and have faith that everything is going to come together when the time is right. I just have to stay ready and keep getting better until then. 

For the brand the February inspirational story is coming out this weekend! It's a real good one. So stay tuned for that one. And it's SUPERBOWL WEEKEND!! So you know I'm yelling GO PATS all week until Sunday. 

Keep it real everybody! 

"Waiting on my moment"-DJ Drama

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-Jimmy V aka MR.BYOD

Life is good...

Wassup BYODFAM! Had a pretty exciting weekend. Filmed the February Inspirational Story of the month and was able to do some networking. The inspirational story is very inspiring! You guys are gonna really feel it. Make sure you look for it soon! On top of that my Patriots got that W so you know I'm ampd as shit! WE GOING TO THE SHIP WHAT! WE GOING TO THE SHIP WHAT!!!

Another bonus is the security company I work for has a contract with the stadium hosting the Super Bowl. So ya boy is going to the Super Bowl!! I NEVER thought I would be going to a Super Bowl because the tickets are always crazy expensive. I ain't got money like that.....yet. But, I'm hella excited especially since my own team will be in it. 

Life is good. I'm very blessed. The simple things keep a smile on my face: opportunity to have a job, a roof over my head, and food on the table. As we honored Martin Luther King Jr. holiday yesterday i'm often thinking to myself how he was such a fascinating leader. His courage truly inspires me to dig down within myself to find out what I truly stand for and represent....

Beyourowndad is growing slowly but surely. The fact that I can call something mine is REAL. I can say "chill homie that's me. Built that from ground up" lol

I'm out though thanks for checking this weeks post out. By the way my new show is Empire! That show is tough is anyone else watching it?

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."-Martin Luther King Jr.

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-Jimmy V aka MR.BYOD

Unnoticed Work

You ever feel like your work is going unnoticed? It's a horrible feeling....feeling under appreciated. What I'm talking about is like doing your homework and the teacher doesn't even check it. That ever happen to you in class....but we have to keep in mind homework is intended to truly benefit ourselves in the end.

I recently began attending hosting class again. We had a break for the month of December. I took this as time to put in work and stand out from the rest. Because those that work in the dark will shine in the light. Our instructor told the class back in October to begin to read out loud. It will help on pronouncing and transitions. I began that same night he told us. I need to put in work!

Fast forward to January. Class is back in session and it's my time to shine. I'm in class and the instructor calls on me to read off the teleprompt. I do my thing. He responds by saying "okay you need to start to read out loud." My thoughts are  "what did you just say!...Na my minds playing tricks on me. Did he just say start!" But, that was the harsh reality. I could of forced it and said a long speech on how I've been reading out loud for the past 3 months but my actions didn't show that. My performance isn't what is expected. 

So was my work a waste of time? I mean I tried and failed...right? No it wasn't because I now read more confident than I was 3 months ago. I now can pronounce words better. I understand commas are truly for a breathe in a sense lol. The homework I was given is helping me. Even though the instructor hasn't seen my homework I know I am benefiting off of it.

What I want to say is continue to grind and put in work. It may not seam that you are getting miles ahead of where you want to be but you are hundreds of feet from where you were before. Before you know it all the feet of work will equal out to a mile. 5280 feet in a mile if you didn't get that lol. I got ya back...stay cool

Btw first webisode for 2015 is up check it out below:

"But yet I put in work like a deposit on my bank account"-J.Cole

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-Jimmy V aka MR.BYOD

The snowboard effect!

2015! New Year new me right?.......Na same me better focus! I find it funny how people think going from Dec 31st to Jan 1st is like a transformation. Like you wake up a new person....Na it don't work like that Homie. Your the same person! Only thing that changed is the date. But, I do enjoy hearing "New Years resolutions" because goals are being thought of and that's the first step. I just get upset when the "resolutions" are dropped by February and I can't help but think why? Guess only the people that talk about it but won't be about it can only answer that question. What needs to happen is an increase of focus! As in don't give up until you do what you said you will do.

I started this year off on a good note. I didn't ever see myself snowboarding in my lifetime. But, on the first I was able to do something I thought I couldn't. And that is the theme im sticking with all year. Doing things I thought I never could. Snowboarding is wild! I mean I fell down so much I thought to crawl down the hill lol But when you latch your feet onto that snowboard you make an agreement with yourself: you agree to snowboard down this hill until it's safe to unlatch your feet. And that's like making the decision in life to become whatever you want and not stopping until you become it.

Ya boy did learn something. No matter how many times I fell I had to get up. I didn't have a choice how else was I supposed to make it down lol. I paused after a fall and said to myself "what if I keep this attitude with whatever I do"? Get up! Jimmy Get Up! Cuz I know I'm gonna struggle and I'm gonna be let down but I need to Get up and keep trying. If I keep getting up I'll out number the times I fall. And that's just facts of life! I'm sticking with it from this point on. I decided to call it the snowboard effect. Copyright is in affect lol

As far as the brand BYOD the January inspirational story of the month is up. Rest in Peace Stuart Scott. Not only a great sports anchor but an amazing individual and father. It was only right to make him the Inspirational story of the month. Watch his story below: 

I'm continuing my tv hosting classes this month so I can go further on my path to be a TV personality. Wish me luck. And thank you for reading this weeks post. Stay cool....

"Get up I get(down), Get up I get(down), Get up I get(down), Get up I get(down), Get up I get(down), Get up I get(down"

-Kanye West

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-Jimmy V aka MR.BYOD