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RELATIONSHIP BAGGAGE CLAIMS
The people you meet are often a reflection of the perspective you bring. 👣 🌾 A traveler approached an old farmer and asked: 🧍♂️ “What are the people like in the next town?” 👨🌾 The farmer replied, “What were the people like in the town you just left?” 😒 “They were selfish, dishonest, and unfriendly.” The farmer simply answered, “You’ll find the people here much the same.” Later that day, another traveler stopped and asked the very same question. 👨🌾 Again the farmer
Yusef Marshall
Jul 271 min read


🪞 THE COST OF CARING 🪞
One of the hardest realities to accept is that sometimes you can pour into people, pray for people, support people, sacrifice for people, and still find yourself rejected, forgotten, misunderstood, or shut out of the very lives you invested in. That hurts. 💔 It challenges your identity. 💔 It tempts you toward bitterness. 💔 It makes you question whether your investment mattered at all. But here’s what I’m learning: Your value is not determined by who chooses to stay connect
Yusef Marshall
Jun 12 min read


Draft Day Lessons: How to Maintain Your Identity in a Culture of Bias
This is the season where the world watches the NFL Draft, waiting to see who gets picked, where they land, and who deems them "worthy." It’s a massive stage of projection, bias, and desperate attempts to fit into pre-existing organizational structures. 🏈 But for high achievers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community builders, the draft never actually ends. Every day, you are being "drafted"—not by a team, but by the expectations of your environment. You’re navigating
Yusef Marshall
Apr 232 min read


What Are You Building? – A Call to Purpose from Mista Yu
🧱 Every Day, You’re Building Something What’s up, everybody? Happy Friday — another week in the books! Here’s a question I want you to sit with for a moment: What are you building? You might be thinking, “I’m not a builder — I don’t even own a hammer. ” But the truth is, you are building something — every single day of your life. Through your actions, your choices, your words, your relationships, and your habits, you’re creating the blueprint for your legacy . Whether you’r
Yusef Marshall
Feb 124 min read


What Are You Building? – A Call to Purpose from Mista Yu
🧱 Every Day, You’re Building Something What’s up, everybody? Happy Friday — another week in the books! Here’s a question I want you to sit with for a moment: What are you building? You might be thinking, “I’m not a builder — I don’t even own a hammer. ” But the truth is, you are building something — every single day of your life. Through your actions, your choices, your words, your relationships, and your habits, you’re creating the blueprint for your legacy . Whether you’r
Yusef Marshall
Oct 17, 20254 min read
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