Hunger for More Success
Back when I used to be a serial gambler, I remember how I would go online to place bets with the last cash I had in my account, even though I had no clue how I would survive or where the next money would come from. Because as much as I was addicted to gambling, I knew that every money used to gamble isn't yours until all the games come out in your favor. So the moment I play a game, I automatically assume that money is lost until I see it's not.
But somehow (I don't know how), when that game is played and lost, I always find myself having an option or two on how to get more money to buy food and survive. I say I don't know how, but the truth is that the thought of being hungry and going the whole day without food used to push me back then to go ask for money from people I earlier had no intention of asking money from for myself.
And sometimes, when I'm done asking all these people for money, I will find myself having a substantial amount of money, money that if I had it all along, I wouldn't have gone online to gamble in the first place because the amount I have now is the amount I tried to win online. I find myself doing some math and telling myself that if I hadn't gambled but had instead just gone ahead to ask these people for money, I would have all of it with me right now.
And although this might not be the best example, one thing it made me realize is that some people just might never make it in life or go higher than where they are because unless they lose all they have, they're comfortable with where they are, even if it's not the best place.
But the moment they find themselves in a position where they have nothing or have lost all of their money, like I would, then they begin to look for options, to hustle more, and then out of nowhere, they find themselves doing better because they put in the work and did things they normally wouldn't do if they weren't entirely broke.
This is why I feel like when we respect people who have nothing but are working hard to be something, we should also respect those who already have something but are still hustling like they have nothing, because it takes a bigger commitment to not just relax and enjoy yourself but to go out there every day and work like you have nothing.