Hate makes you great:

Hate makes you great.

Watching the first ep of the Kanye documentary on Netflix right now and one of the rappers he was talking to said this line - ‘When he (Kanye) becomes great, people get hate. But that’s what makes them so great, the hate makes you great.’

You need criticism.

You need people to not believe in your dreams.

All that should do is strengthen your belief.

If you’re working on something that seems crazy to everyone around you, you might be on the right path.

But you need to channel the hate. You need to channel the criticism in healthy ways.

It should push you to work.

Commit to your craft.

Keep working on it.

Keep getting better.

People want hand-outs and the easy way out but that’s not how you achieve consistent success. 

Nothing in life is given, everything is earned.

Go bust your ass and show everyone who didn’t believe in you.

Go tell everyone by showing them.

But that doesn’t mean you won’t get rejected along the way.

Rejection is part of the process.

The more rejection, the more resolve you should have to keep fighting.

Keep believing in your dreams no matter how many people tell you otherwise.

Regardless of what you think of Kanye today, that guy was a dreamer.

He’s a visionary.

Watching this documentary and his rise from where he came to where he is now is spectacular.

This guy told everyone he was going to be a billionaire and has done it with Yeezy brand.

This guy busted his ass for years when all he was doing was making beats.

No one believed he could be a rapper.

The haters would argue Kanye got lucky or talk about how many other rappers didn’t make it.

But Kanye was built different. 

He had the vision, drive and work ethic to get there. He also had multiple talents with producing, writing and rapping that made him so unique from everyone else.

Be unique. Combine talents across multiple domains.

You don’t have to fit in the box that everyone wants you to fit.

Your identity doesn’t have to be one thing.

You can be as many things as you like, but you have to prove it.

Talk is cheap, actions are not.

So the next time someone hates on you, listen to them, thank them and keep working.

The more hatred and rejection, the more you should keep pushing.

That doesn’t mean it won’t take years to get there, but if you keep working at your craft, taking chances and getting better, you’ll be the last one laughing.