Rico Sharp argues that lotteries are designed to keep people poor while enriching the elite. He says the real path to winning is investing in yourself through education, skills, and entrepreneurship, not gambling. Sharp urges listeners to adopt a winner mindset and take concrete action.
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You see this? Read it. Not a winner. This system is not designed to make you rich. It's designed for you to make it rich and to make them the executives who, when you play lottery, Powerball, whatever it is, you are putting money in their pocket. They have condos on the beaches. They have houses in several states. They fly around on private jets. They have $400 or $500 dinners. They got millions of dollars in their bank account. Their suits cost $500, $600. You're riding around on a city bus. Your car breaks down every week. You're living on the couch with momma them. You're going through struggles. You got financial hardship. You're living in the projects. You're on welfare. You're living off of government subsidy. And I understand all of that. I understand that. And I'm not trying to bash you or knock you down. But what I am saying to you is that it's time for you to take your money and put it in you. Right? You want a system that's going to give you a guaranteed result return or guaranteed results? Put it into you. Put your money into you, right? Buy books and read and learn how to build your mind and educate yourself. Further your education, right? Enhance your thinking ability, enhance your, your educational perspective, and put your money into you. This system is not going to make you rich. I know that people play it because You know, they want to get to a place where their financial struggles and financial hardships are over, but it's not going to happen that way. It's not designed to happen that way. You have 9.99999% of the chance that you are going to lose. You are not going to win the lottery. You're not going to win the Powerball and get rich that way. But you can get rich, you can have success, and you can have financial prosperity, but you have to do it by putting your money into you. Put your time, your money, and your resources into you. They want you to think that you are not a winner and that you can't win without them. What if every time you came home from work, there's a sign on your front door that says you're not a winner? What if when you get up in the morning and go to work, there's a sign on your door— I mean, on the door of your office that says you're not a winner, or on your desk that says you're not a winner? What if when you ran into the bathroom, there's a notice on your mirror that says you're not a winner? What if when you went to Walmart, there's a notice on the door that says you're not a winner, or notice hanging off on the shelf that says you're not a winner? What if when you went to McDonald's, there's a notice on the drive-through window that says you're not a winner? What if everywhere you go, all you see are signs and messages that says you're not a winner? That's what is designed to happen to make you think that you can't win in life. So you have to try your luck to try to win that way. But see, that's a lie. The devil is a liar. That perspective, that mentality, it is a liar. You're not a loser. You are a winner, but you have to believe in you. You have to take your money and put it in you. You have to put your time in you, your talent in you, your gifts in you. In fact, there are some of you You're making other people rich on your job. You have the skills, the gifts, the talent, the creativity, and the ingenuity to create wealth yourself, but instead you're doing it for someone else, and they're on vacation while you're working on their job making them rich, financing their vacation. All I'm saying is that you have what it takes to have financial prosperity. You have what it takes to have financial success. Stop believing in this system. Don't put your faith, your hope, your trust, and confidence in this system. It's not going to work that way. You know what you need to do to this? You need to take it, tear it up, and say, "I'm done with that. I'm putting my money in me. I'm investing into a new system. That system is called the system of myself, the system of my own dreams, my own vision, my own ambition. I'm investing my money into my talent, into my skill, into my gifts, into my creativity, and I'm going to launch out, and I'm going to start my own business, or I'm going to go back to school, or I'm going to just keep feeding my mind. I'm going to buy the proper materials. I'm going to get my hands on the proper content, and I'm going to make sure that I'm." born into me so that I can have the success I want to have. You can do it because you were born to win. You're not born to lose. You're not born to beg. You're not born to wait for a handout. You're not born for sympathy. You're not born to wait until your ship sails in. You're not born to wait for opportunity to knock on your door. You're not born to wait for somebody to come and discover you. You have what it takes. It's in you. Greatness is in you. Success is in you. Ingenuity is in you. Prosperity is in you. You have everything that you need. All right. All you gotta do is believe in yourself and tell yourself, no matter what the world say, no matter what the lottery system say, no matter what my haters say, I am a winner! I'm a winner, I'm a winner, I'm a winner. Tell yourself that on this Friday day. I am a winner. And get started on winning in life because you can't lose with the stuff you use when you use what's in you. Put your time, Put your money, put it in you because you're guaranteed success when you invest into you. I'm Rico Sharp. This is Rico Sharp Motivations. You are a winner.
