Self-Made Millionaire vs God-Made Billionaire
Episode description
It’s easy to be labeled “self-made” when you come from the gutter. People look at the results of decades of hard work and acknowledge you for “overcoming”. There are implications and assumptions that hard work is the reason for your success. People may even look up to you as a role model for beating the odds, inspired and hopeful that they can do the same.
This week, Dr. Venus explains why she is done being “self-made”. It can be exhausting and there are generations before her that also deserve to be honored so she could have her voice. As she creates her new tech startup to birth 100 Black Women Billionaires she realizes that it's all about being “God-made” and letting the process of going through the fire of pain turn into peace and profit.
Key Takeaways:
[5:10] When we hear the term “Self-Made” we often think that it means someone made it on their own with very little resources to help them. When you come from nothing and break through ceilings, it can feel like you are self-made.
[9:04] Even if you are Self-Made, you are most likely the product of a lot of people not giving up so you could be where you are today.
[9:04] The practice of being Self-Made can be exhausting! The benefit of getting back up time and time again after life knocks you down can give you character, but it also makes you wary of trusting other people to look out for you.
[12:51] It’s hard to trust other people with your dreams when they’ve let you down. Being self-made can give you pride, but it can also be a prison.
[14:28] As Dr. Venus works to birth 100 Black Women Billionaires, everything about this walk is God guided, and truly God-Made. While she can get to 10 million alone, you can’t get to 1 billion alone. It requires not only teams and other people but truly opening up to God’s process. If you are God-made, you are designed to change the world. Your whole life is set up to take you through the pain and loss that refine you, purify you, and turn you into the lightning rod for success.
[19:25] At least you can comfort yourself being self-made, when you are God-made you have to feel all of it.
[22:07] People who literally changed the course of human history came through the fire and they were refined by the pain.
[26:47] People like the idea of being a millionaire or billionaire, but it’s the walk and the commitment to your purpose and the pain that births it that really makes the outcome.
[31:33] If you feel as though life is always pulling something new, you aren’t alone. Dr. Venus is now not only grieving over her brother’s transition but recently just lost a dear cousin as well. She has had moments of being on the floor and feeling isolated but knows it’s all part of God’s walk.
Quotes:
- “I thank God for using me and choosing me. I may not agree with the methods, but I know they are effective.”
- “I am the product of a lot of people not giving up generationally so I could have a voice. That is not willpower. I have no willpower, what I do have is honor.”
- “I honor the people who gave me the right to have a voice.”
- “There is pain that turns into peace and profit.”
- “Self-made may be exhausting. God made hurts. You have to let yourself feel it.”
- “People who literally changed the course of human history came through the fire and they were refined by the pain.”
- “If you are God-made, you are designed to change the world.”
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