I love to listen. And I love listening to people talk.
But in my world, no one can Internet me-me me, social media positive quote me, “God” me, “spirituality me or convince me in any way that they are who they say they are from behind those things.
In my world of loving to listen to people talk, my thing is-if you ever want to learn something about a person’s true person, there are 2 sure-fire ways to do it (outside of what and who they say they are):
- Put some money in their hands-it brings out their true nature and every adjective, noun or verb about them-there is in them.
If you ever want to see a person’s true nature-put some money in their hands, wind ‘em up and watch ‘em go. No ones their real, true, full self unless the have options, access and a way to afford [options or access]. That’s when who they really and truly are comes out. Access begets excess (if it’s in or of you-in any way, shape, fashion or form). Who you are, and what you’re about gets magnified or brought out at that point. - Listen to people’s conversation-especially when they are talking about anything and anybody other than themselves (up to and including things/other situations. I’m listening for a sound mind and balanced, rather than personal, point of view, large in part)
Listening to people talk about other people will tell you a lot about them. When listening to other people talk about other people (if you’re people-savvy) you can discern gossip from good judgment and objectivity from personal bias (and know that what you’re listening to is objectively rational or subjectively emotional).
…because it’s never what/how people tell you they are: You’re always better off judging a person’s character (and how they’ll even deal with you) by considering
- how they move
- how they decide
- how they conclude
In those things, you can easily determine if “God,” “positivity” or spirituality and balance had anything to do with whatever or whomever it is they talk about.
Principled people tend to stick to the facts (pro or con/for or against you). Love you or hate you, how they conclude is never really about “you” (over the facts from whence they arrive at a conclusion. That’s paramount).
So that’s that on that.
That’s my spiel on how I listen to people talk “people.” When talking about a particular thing or person, I’m more apt to trust what they say when I discover they are principled in that regard-first.
At any rate.
Jay Z former friend and Roc[a-fella] business partner Damon Dash had been the subject of ongoing Internet memes and under the microscope of scrutiny since the day he did a radio interview (atop OSF’s big screen) that, to some-was enlightening, others: entertaining, the rest: a joke or offensive, or unrealisitic (depending on who you ask).
Lengthy, and although cringe-worthy at times, it’s worth the time to listen to as, [you’ll see that] the forward, businessman is pretty much hell-bent on success being measured to the extent that you have cut out the middle man and took the matter of the business by which you are paid for—into your own hands to own it. That’s a summary in the nutshell about what he feels about the hustle and was success really is and asserts that that’s how he chooses to rear his children.
In his interview, he also refers to people (men especially) being “Chatty Patty’s”-something he doesn’t have much respect for. His definition of a Chatty Patty was basically a gossipy person or male who gossips about other men or Chatty Patty’s really being fruitless conversation that teeters gossiping.
In considering Jay Z’s recent business woes + his former friend and business partner’s [Damon]’s rumored bad blood [between them], I’ve been curious to hear what Damon had to say, whether or not his weigh-in was going to be objective or personal (especially considering what type of man he said he was in that notorious interview above).
Obviously with Jay Z giving a concert the other night where he and Dash’s former business partners and friends were invited to a kind of Roc reunion of sorts (and considering the bad blood between Jay Z and Damon-who a: is not a rapper so therefore, was not present during the live, on stage hug fest) inquiring minds (like me) were wondering what if anything, he was going to have to say about Jay Z’s current woes and the freestyle rap he sputum he emitted at corporate giants like Apple, You Tube and Spotify.
The longtime (seemingly) well-respected business and rap mogul has come under fire and is pretty much Enemy Number One since launching his own music streaming company Tidal.
This fall (or kick) from the good grace of giants like such has landed Jay Z in a boat that Dash can pretty much identify with and according to him, falls in line with what he has been saying all along. Ownership. And as per what you are about to hear (in his response to Jay Z’s rap and current woes), whether this cry out of Jay Z’s is a marketing angle, or the result of feeling the sting of being the enemy while trying to run a company, according to Dash-the bottom line is the bigger picture: He owns it-so come what may as, these perils come with the territory.
That’s pretty much the summary of his take on Jay Z’s freestyle cry out and woes at this current moment in time:
So where I say in the beginning, I listen carefully to how people talk about people—especially if I know/feel the have an axe to grind, or something against the person they are talking about.
If I can ascertain that they are talking to me with rationale rather than their personal emotions about the subject/person, I’m all ears and they can get my time (and respect). I never come back for seconds from or listen to a person judge or talk about another person from their own personal feelings over handing me rationale, facts and objectivity. (That’s my version of a “Chatty Patty”).
Damon Dash handled himself well-in that regard.
As Jay Z himself (in considering the high pedestal he was on for such a long time) probably never thought aim would ever be taken at his throne such that even Dash (from experience) can identify with (and speak objectively about).
Tap in and listen:
Jay Z and Damon at a party in August 2013:
