Kevin Samuels Discussion Thread

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

This is honestly what it is. The most important aspect is the stability. You have commitments so you're not as likely to run off on the company at the slightest opportunity.

When you got a wife, 2 kids and a mortgage, you're more likely to stick around.

It’s crazy because they won’t care about all of that when they want to get rid of you

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

This is all white man shyt. Most black men ain't getting invited to all that. Besides, I rather me and the wife start our own business.



Them are the same dudes that get cheated on or complain about paying thousands in child support What purpose is there to get married this day and age with divorce rates so high? I'd get some young side pieces and bring them through

The funny thing about this is, these same men will get married multiple times.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Those people when they come here 1. they bring their own culture 2. most come with advanced degrees so of course their children will also be successful.

They have huge advantages over native born black folks in those regards. That's why it's not fair to compare black folks to elite groups of non-black POC's.

Yup. Like my company only brings the top of the top from our overseas office to work here. Every foreigner that I’ve met that migrated here was very educated.

 

[ChatGPT-5]

In corporate yes.

Being single and an executive doesn’t look good.

A lot of those ppl do cheat tho. fukking their executive assistant, receptionist, women from other companies / business conferences.

Then get divorced and half their shyt took. Now their account looks real mid level and a desk full of responsibility both with the split kids and the company clowning, your peers feeling sorry for you.

 

[Ahadi]

Thought about this some more, for those that are single and live normal social lives, run businesses with employees, or are in corporate with a bunch of people reporting to them:

1) Do you always let randoms lay up in your house/condo or go out of town to avoid it?
If they come to your house, do you sweep your residence beforehand for documents and business/money stuff?

2) Are you comfortable taking business calls in front of women with no contractual obligation to protect your confidentiality or interests?

3) For the over-30 brehs - Do you avoid restaurants and places where people you work with or do business with go to, including eateries, shops, movie theatres etc. because you don't want them to see you with different broads and talk about your ho ass?

4) Can people like Future with paternity suits be relied on to keep their business and money details on the low while going in and out of court?

Exactly.

You can have your own business and that’s fine. But I don’t think a lot of ppl follow these guidelines and move correctly.

 

[Swirv]

He’s right now the question is once you are married is your wife adding value or is she subtracting?

Real talk

 

[hjnm]

A lot of getting top level positions is fraternizing outside the job, so going to dinner and your kids hanging out and all that. Now if you aren't married and/or don't have kids, your colleagues' wives will be suspicious of you and think you're "bad news" and all that.

 

[Ahadi]

This is all white man shyt. Most black men ain't getting invited to all that.

That ain’t “white man shyt”.

That’s low level thinking.

Even with black corporate men it’s the same.

 

[Ahadi]

A lot of getting top level positions is fraternizing outside the job, so going to dinner and your kids hanging out and all that. Now if you aren't married and/or don't have kids, your colleagues' wives will be suspicious of you and think you're "bad news" and all that.

Right.

Be a single CEO and somehow photos leak of you with an IG model. Now you’re on MSNBC or “Squawk on the street” and your stock price lowers and your investors are getting ready to let you go. Now you’re live on TV coppin pleas and “stepping down”

 

[mamba]

A lot of getting top level positions is fraternizing outside the job, so going to dinner and your kids hanging out and all that. Now if you aren't married and/or don't have kids, your colleagues' wives will be suspicious of you and think you're "bad news" and all that.

Quite frankly, a lot of Black men don’t get opportunities because we don’t shoot the breeze after worth with colleagues.

Too many of us have a “put my head down at work and go home” approach. Which is good if you just want to stack money and work on a side biz.

But, consistently grabbing beers after work with colleagues will allow you to gain access to information about office politics, openings, etc. You’ll also gain the trust of key people.

People tend to look out for people they can trust.

$5 Crown and down is cool from time to time with the brehs. But, if you want to move up, you have to learn how to connect with non-Blacks after work.

Overall though, no man is making it to the top positions in corporate America as a bachelor. Too much risk for shareholders.

 

[ignorethis]

Thank god my income isn’t limited by somebody else’s perception of me.

 

[The_Truth]

I'm all for Black people being independent and owning businesses but if you ever think you'll never have a "boss" you don't know much about how business works.

And as Black people we only make up 13% of a white supremacist country, you'll have to sell to "dem folks" if you want to make real money. There was an article about how Black business owners had to hire white people to front their business in order to gain more customers.

When building your business means hiding that it's black-owned

Erasing Black Businesses: How Denying Who You Are Hurts the Black Economy

And then when you cross shea butter twitter your own people will try to put you out of business just like they tried with Shea Moisture a couple of years ago:


Ultimately, the customer is your boss and they can cancel your ass in a heartbeat.

THIS. It gets on my nerves when people say "start you own business so you don't have a boss." Who do you you think is paying you? Money doesn't fall out of the sky just because you become an entrepreneur.

 

[Ahadi]

Then get divorced and half their shyt took. Now their account looks real mid level and a desk full of responsibility both with the split kids and the company clowning, your peers feeling sorry for you.

Tons of ppl have failed marriages in corporate. shyt ain’t sweet lol. If anything, they look out for you more.

 

[acri1]

It really depends on where you work and what your goals are

I'm single and do okay in IT, but then again I'm not that interested in management. Where I'm at the IT manager barely makes more than me and has to deal with all types of BS I don't have to worry about.


I'm not GMB though, really, I just haven't met the right one.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

His wife was key to his initial success - she did a lot of early development and heavy-lifting. There is a good chance that if she hadn't done all of that - that he would not have been able to get Amazon off the ground while it was hemorrhaging millions.

Yeah Bezos wife was shooting with him in the gym. He is not a good example for GMB. shyt he’s not a good example for anything. He is an outlier.