CHAMPIONSHIP SWAGGER

Now, we're cooking wit grease, dangit! My last blog brought some emotions out in folks...brought some real feelings out. That's what i'm talkin bout!! Let's get it! Hell, i even got a call from Momz. MOMZ! Now that really let me know that i zeroed in on some real feelings. I feel like when Jay-Z's mom called him and told him that Super Ugly was not appropriate..that it was not right for him to say the things about Nas that he did. And with class, he admitted that when his moms said that..he backed off the beef. So, with that said...Momz...i hear you. I'll back off. I know i can be an explosion waiting to happen sometimes, but hey...that's what you get with me. a perfect imbalance!

Anyway, today's topic is Champioship Swagger. I had such an "inconsistent *** day" yesterday and it really got to me. Sometimes my load can feel like too much to carry and one thing can cause things to topple over. Mostly because i'm so tempermental and i have a hard time isolating incidents sometimes. I'll let one thing run over into something else...and before i know it, i've snowballed into a phucked up day. this was the case yesterday.
But today...I woke up with a totally different attitude. I got my Championship Swagger back. I was talking to my barber (what up Ram) today about some real stuff (we get on some deep isht sometimes) and i kinda had a personal epiphany. Not that this hadn't been tried and true...but as it pertains to me...it finally made sense. As I was going through my pledge process, one of my prophytes said to me, "its easier to become a bruh, than it is to be a bruh". i recall thinking, "shyyyyt...once i become a bruh, aint nobody puttin they hands on me...can't be harder." but in the years that i've been active, i've learned that he was pin point accurate. to become a bruh meant to prove worthy of membership. a pre-determined process that has a start date and an end date. regardless of how long, it will come to an end. one can mentally prepare to fight that battle. but once i became a bruh...there is NO END. that means maintaining the discipline, the focus and living by my cardinal principles each and every day of my life. That requires a life long commitment...unlike a pre-determined process with an ending. Then, i put that theory to the test in other areas of life, sports and business. and that's when i got the epiphany for "Championship Swagger".

As with pledging...i am finding that it was much, much easier to build Supreme Clientele and create a standard of excellence that people can identify with, than it is to maintain the vision of Supreme Clientele and a standard of excellence that people have come to expect. Let me say it again...easy to build, hard to maintain. Once i build Supreme Clientele, i was like, "hell yeah...i'm a Champion". i felt like i'd accomplished something that many people aspire to do but have not or simply cannot. I felt like Ali when he won the title..."i'm young, i'm pretty and i don't have a mark on my face..i MUST be the Greatest". I felt like i had this champion thing down to a science real quick...and seemingly effortlessly. But then, the reality of being a champion set it...NOW, i'm the hunted. I'm in the spotlight. My moves are critiqued. My haters come in droves and the consequence of my actions carry more weight than ever before. My ability to make good business decisions directly affect 13 people's ability to provide for their families. That's real talk. On top of that....people's expectations of me get higher with the passing of each day because i set the bar so high from the get green. A common mistake made by me is a blunder of tremendous proportions...simply because i'm the champion...self proclaimed, locally accepted and internationally known! So, now i'm seeing that from a championship standpoint..it was much easier to become the champ...as Ali proved when he KO'd Liston, than it is to REMAIN the champion...as he later learned through trials with the GUB'ment, Frazier, Holmes and Spinks. When you are trying to become the champion, you got everybody backing you...wanting to see something new..wanting to be apart of your journey. but when you are the champion, the same people who were backing you, are now on our damn back and waiting to see you fail. either to make themselves look better or just to prove that you aren't as special as you thought you were. There's more to being a champion than carrying the belt. you have to defend your title from up and coming cats....you gotta present yourself in a manner that represents a champion, because all that you say and do make headlines. that is why one must posess a CHAMPIONSHIP SWAGGER! its not something that you can get in the gym by working out. its ont something that you can learn by reading a book, nor is it something that someone can teach you. its something that comes from within that says, "not me..not to day...not any day". its a constant desire to be the best...not just better than your competition...but better than you were yesterday. See..champions fight themselves before they fight anyone else. I spar with myself because my shadow is the greatest competition out there. If I can become a greater version of self every day...defeating my shadow...then when i get into the ring with someone else...i've already won. The championship swagger exudes the confidence that others don't understand...and an arrogance that others find attractive. Not, i'm better than you..but "i'm better than I was yesterday...and i was a champion yesterday". The Championship Swagger forces you into the gym early and keeps you there late....it brings forth new ideas when others are content with following your last move. The championship swagger allows you to stick your lip out for a second and moan about what the world is doing to you, then it says, "run faster, punch harder, jump higher". Its a dogmatic approach to life where nothing is impossible even on a bad day. That's the championship swagger! Knowing that its harder to remain the champ than it was to become the champ.

Any lucky person can find themselves in the winners circle from time to time. But not just anyone can remain there. it takes discipline. hard work. dedication and a desire greater than your competition. there are no days off. there are no rainy days and there aren't any sick days. champions are not made in the ring...they are created in the gym!

I am a champion and I have the Championship Swagger!
Come get it!


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Peace,

-Ramont.