Replied same day and quit my job - time flies
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Just start - you need momentum. It’s not about perfection early on, it’s the sheer volume, and intensity of commitment.
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Design portfolios matter - make sure you’re ready when the window is there - I had 5 .coms ready to go
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Nike x A-COLD-WALL* Zoom +5 - Redox
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Take your time - in this age, it is better to land with precision and intensity, than scatter resources on low reverberations easily forgotten.
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Read, build, rebuild. Do not under estimate your impact. No need to keep your thinking, voice, or ideas small.
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Build what you want to see.
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Sharpen your pursuits - remove distractions.
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I poured my 20s into building two companies. Life changing. Would gladly repeat. Surreal at times. Anyway, much more to build. Temporary thought ..
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Develop your interior sense of self. Learn, question, oppose, critique. Each chapter of life should broaden your world, not restrain it.
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Black business grants - foundation@a-cold-wall.com
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Focus on creation
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Solitude brings clarity.
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ACW* turns 5 today.
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Move knowing you can shape the future
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Start young - use your youth - move quick, work hard - find ways around the old-world barriers
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Discipline delivers freedom.
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We spoke just yesterday …. He’s supposed to be in Miami
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Lean into difficulty.
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There is never enough time. Do not be deceived into believing so.
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There comes a point when thoughts, must become actions.
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My most successful work comes from feeling, not thinking.
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HUBLOT x Samuel Ross Tourbillon - 1st Edition
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$30,000 in grants for black artists, industrial designers & architects. Portfolio application: foundation@a-cold-wall.com
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Much to build, to develop.
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Plan, build, review, refine.
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It is too easy to buy things - you must build things. You must build upon ideas first.
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Time passes quickly - I believe in 10 year resets. We get roughly 8-10 chapters. Use them well. Time passes quickly.
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Avoid becoming rigid/closed. We do not need monoliths and totems, we need bridges/pathways.
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Make sure you live
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Creation is the priority.
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You must pursue difficulty - lethargy leads to an early demise.
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No risk - no story - roll the dice
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100% Focus. No noise.
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Better to fail 100 times and than to sit idle - failure will build you up.
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BRITTLE - AW22
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Huge reset across the creative arts/fashion. The time for newness is now. Incredible.
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You need movement. Stillness is sedation. There’s already enough distractions.
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Beyond Liberating to build a 7 figure company.. sell it. Then build another 7 figure company under principles of scarcity, and true luxury - Life is a blessing.
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Work fortifies the mind - avoid idleness.
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Seek meaning first.
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Ideas are best when elastic. Not too rigid, though intentional.
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I can’t sit here and sell you dreams - what i can do is tell you, that what you want will cause pain, stress, uncertainty, lack of stability and extreme isolation.
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There is no greater joy than building out a world and vision.
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There are no breaks within a life’s work. You are committed, or, you are not.
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When the pressure is applied - do not crumble, find your feet, rebuild yourself and push back, adapt - your existence, voice and endeavours are important.
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New ideas - new concepts.
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Shot by Bafic, styled by Leah 🌍🏛
A-COLD-WALL* x CONVERSE COLLECTION🖤
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There has to be passion - and it has to be pure
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Every decision you make, will either dissolve or fortify your journey.
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The TN leather will age , unveiling a second colour underneath.
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See what happens when you bet on yourself
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HUBLOT_SRA 2.0 by Samuel Ross. Engineered by HUBLOT. Designed by SR_A. Captured by GABRIEL MOSES.
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Harmonise your confidence & vulnerability. You must deeply believe in your format of creativity. You must also make space for interpretation.
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Prototype your ideas - or see them fade away - time waits for none - there’s little time for subjective change - it is the objective that determines our future
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Remove all stereotypes - there is no box - you are who you wish to become
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Remove the small ideas. Plan to add to humanity.
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NYT limited edition cover.
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