Can’t Knock Your Hustle
For the next six months, I challenge you to write every single day
Two songs I remember very well during my first and last years in medical school.
In my first year, it was ambition.
More often hungry than full, these lines often rang in my ears whenever I walked back to my room after studying. Wale would rap:
“Took my heart away from money, I ain’t interested in fame,
And I pray that never change
Ambition is priceless, that’s something that’s in your veins
And I put that on my name”
At the time, I had a lot going on wildly unrelated to medicine.
I write this first part to emphasize the power of music because it helped me wade through my final year.
If you have read my previous posts, you will notice I have a song at the end, tied to the article. I cannot separate my love for music from my insights, which I pen down. In this case, I can’t separate music from the words I type.
Secondly, I write this second part with particular emphasis on my final year in medical school.
Revenge of the Dreamers
There was a time I would listen to this song every other time. This was when I was in my final year in medical school.
It is a song by Cozz featuring J. Cole. The title is captured, though slightly modified, in the title of this post.
And I am a sucker for a good story.
For this reason, I am a fan of Dreamville Records. Its artists tell stories. Deep, unfettered stories matched with lyrical genius. But importantly, they are dreamers.
They dared to Dream.
J. Cole, a co-founder of Dreamville Records, has several of his songs where he repeats the phrase — a dollar and a dream. He started by selling mix tapes for a dollar. And he continued doing it because he had a dream.
And one of the dreamers is Cozz — He raps:
“You can’t knock the hustle cause it’s way too strong.”
What is the point of all of this?
I want you to take up a challenge. I have already started doing it, but I want to see who will hop onto this train.
The Challenge:
A post every day.
Simple?
Well… not quite.
Unfortunately, it is the simple things that are hardest.
Literally and figuratively.
Literally and Figuratively — Simple is Hard
- The hardest material I know is made of carbon, purified and compressed. It is only made of a single element, not mixed.
A simple structure is not complicated.
A simple process — heated — not convoluted. - The hardest problem in physics is finding a point — a point is so small but very elusive. Because it is small, it demands an explanation by quantum mechanics. But as soon as we get to know one element, the other becomes elusive. For a single, simple measurement, another has to be sacrificed.
- Another simple albeit difficult task to do is when you see this:
Warning: DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON
You just have to press it. Why else was the button created?? For us not to press??
So, an article a day?
That’s the simple but difficult challenge
I have always loved the idea shared by Garret Hardin and repeated by Charlie Munger:
“Take a simple idea, and take it seriously”
I don’t know about you, but I have to do it. I have an insatiable engine running on enthusiasm and passion. No fiscal budget is needed here.
So far, I have loved the writing process. I don’t intend to stop.
You too can take up this challenge, because in truth, once you enjoy the process, they (whomever they are) shouldn’t be able to knock your hustle.
Are you willing to take up that challenge?
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