Samir Gardner argues that celebrities and influencers are only famous because we pay attention to them. He says society has programmed us to idolize public figures, but anyone can build the same success by recognizing their own power in the market instead of worshiping curated Instagram personas.
What's good, y'all? It's your boy Samir Gardner. Hope y'all doing good. So, bro, I just want to tell y'all, bro, stop looking up to people like they're gods, bro. That's why I want to tell y'all, you know, we see people, celebrities, influencers, YouTubers, people on IG and everything, we see them as like people who are superior, people who are of importance, people who are like, they're special, like they have superpowers. But bro, to be honest, bro, there's no more, no more like you, bro. There are no more like you. And it's so hard because we've got programmed so bad, bro. We've got programmed to think— I mean, it's not like we got programmed like people said, oh yo, this person is important, this person is not, and everything, bro. It's like we put so much emphasis on these people. We put so much emphasis inside. Like, bro, people will be You'd be like, oh, these athletes get paid so much. Why do they get paid so much and I don't even get paid any money and I barely get paid anything? Bro, first of all, these people worked hard. They did the opposite of what everyone told them to do. Second, you are one of the reasons why these people are rich. The market is going to be richer because of you, because you put so much importance on top of this. You watch your favorite athlete, and it's nothing bad, bro. I love sports too. But you put too much time and, you know, just too much time into watching your favorite athlete playing. And what does it cause? More people watch sports equals more money in the sports industry. Well, it's easy like this. And, you know, because of How, you know, people, everyone watch TV and they see someone who's different than everyone and they think, oh, this, this, this is an artist, he's special and everything. But you can be like him too. You can do the same thing. I'm not saying be like him, but bro, you can do the same thing as he did. But you, you guys have limiting beliefs, we say, because we think only some people can do it and some other people we can't. What you, you gotta understand is, well, these people are nothing, bro. Stop looking up to them like they have the perfect life. These people are the same thing as you. They're the same. There's just some humans. And it's so sad, like, people be posting what they want to be and not who they are, you know. People be on IG and everything. That's why y'all gotta sometimes, like, bro, I feel like I'm not— I'm off IG, bro. And the only reason why I go on IG is for knowledge. And I mean, I stopped going on IG for like one month. I mean, I'm on like a one-month no social media because what you gotta understand, bro, people on social media can say anything, they can be anything, they can do anything they can do. I mean, it's free. You want to look like you're rich and you're not rich, you can. Some people will like— some people will make so much money and feel like, like for example, someone will buy a BMW when and you will take picture with it and everything. But you don't see all the paycheck you gotta pay after this. You don't see all of this. You just see what they wanna be. You don't see who they are. And that creates like a false reality. And that's why it's so fucked up because if you didn't have social media, your life will be better. It will have no difference. It would just be better because you wouldn't be comparing. Except if you use it as your tool for business, Knowledge or anything, but that's the problem, bro. That's a problem. We've been programmed to think like, oh, this, uh, athlete or this, uh, actress is— oh my God, bro, it's so important. Oh, he's walking in this room where I'm at. Oh my God, look at— look at him, bro. Nah, bro, this— they're humans. Yeah, yeah, they did something great. I'm not, I'm not bashing them. I'm not saying they're, they're nothing, bro. I'm saying you're looking up to them like you, like they are gods basically. Why? Because you think they can do something and you think you cannot do something. Well, just take inspiration from these people. Don't— that's the problem. Most of the people watch Netflix all day, and when they see their favorite actor, they'll be like, oh my God, is it God? Like, bro, you got to really like go down to earth. And it's hard because like we, we've got— I'll say again, we've got program, bro. We've got— and I'm saying, I'm not saying go blame all the people around you. No, don't, don't do this. It's not their fault. It's not their fault. They got programmed because it's generations from generations from generations. But you gotta, you gotta brainwash yourself, bro. And these— anyone, bro, anyone is not It's a fake— it's just fake, bro. It's fake. It's a fake reality to think that someone is so important, someone is so like— bro, no, no. Like, no one is— stop putting so much emphasis on other people, bro. And it's not— it's not even about like focus on yourself or anything. It's just like, bro, these people are just— why are you worshiping them? They don't care about you. They don't— do they do anything for you? No. They're just making the money like you can too. They're just doing it what they like. They're just doing what they gotta do, and you can too. These people are just doing what they gotta do. If they gotta show and, you know, if they gotta be on TV and do this and that and talk about all the inspirational they are, hey bro, just Bro, they're just humans too. Like, we gotta— and it's so hard for me to just look at, like, let's say, let's say LeBron walks in, in my house right now. I know I cannot have a reaction like, like he is some, someone normal. And that's a problem from the society. We got programmed so much that it's just like how we act. But bro, these people are nothing special. You are like, bro, you— oh, it's so hard. Like, bro, it's so hard to get people to deprogram their mind. And you know, don't blame anyone, bro. Don't blame anyone for your programming. You are— you should be grateful that you are mindful that you got programmed, okay? You got to be mindful that you got programmed. That's it. That's all I want to say, okay? So if y'all want one-on-one consultations right now, I'm doing free one-on-one, uh, you know, I'm just doing free. Just hit the link in the description. So that's it for the video.
