Teddy Riley: Men getting married makes them unfocused in their careers

[African Peasant]

That's because marriage was forced as normal for so long that in most societies everyone got married, even gays and lesbians. That stat is irrelevant.

It's relevant since Riley said marriage is an obstacle to success.

Most powerful men today are married.

If what Riley is saying was true the vast majority of powerful men and successful men should be single.

 

[Cat piss martini]

#playingnofavorites

 

[Reece]

It's relevant since Riley said marriage is an obstacle to success.

Most powerful men today are married.

If what Riley is saying was true the vast majority of powerful men and successful men should be single.

There's truth there considering the lionshare of those men became uber successful, then got married.

Or greatly sacrificed their personal time with wives/family while they built their wealth which pisses off a lot of women, and is a recipe for divorce anyway.

Alot of them end up remarrying later on after their lives have slowed down.

 

[African Peasant]

There's truth there considering the lionshare of those men became uber successful, then got married.

Or greatly sacrificed their personal time with wives/family while they built their wealth which pisses off a lot of women, and is a recipe for divorce anyway.

Alot of them end up remarrying later on after their lives have slowed down.

You've to prove the bolded. Most of the super successful men, in my knowledge, were married when they reached the top. You don't reach the top at 25.

Success always comes with sacrifice, married or not. That's a non-issue. You have to sacrifice a lot of things. Everything is a recipe for divorce with women nowadays.

 

[Reece]

You've to prove the bolded. Most of the super successful men, in my knowledge, were married when they reached the top. You don't reach the top at 25.

Success always comes with sacrifice, married or not. That's a non-issue. You have to sacrifice a lot of things. Everything is a recipe for divorce with women nowadays.

Buffett. Divorced. Didn’t pay attention to his wife.

Gates. Married later.

Jobs. Married later.

Musk. Divorced multiple times.

Branson. Married later.

Marc Cuban. Married later.

Robert Smith. Married later.

Byron Allen. Married later.

Jay-Z. Married later.

Russell Simmons. Married later.

Diddy. Never married.

Tyler Perry. Lol. Never mind.

It’s not always true. You got dudes who were involved in deep serious relationships since their early 20s but there’s a trend of these types either delaying marriage or if married having serious strains in the marriage due to them working to reach their goals.

 

[African Peasant]

Buffett. Divorced. Didn’t pay attention to his wife.

Gates. Married later.

Jobs. Married later.

Musk. Divorced multiple times.

Branson. Married later.

Marc Cuban. Married later.

Robert Smith. Married later.

Byron Allen. Married later.

Jay-Z. Married later.

Russell Simmons. Married later.

Diddy. Never married.

Tyler Perry. Lol. Never mind.

It’s not always true. You got dudes who were involved in deep serious relationships since their early 20s but there’s a trend of these types either delaying marriage or if married having serious strains in the marriage due to them working to reach their goals.

Obama, Trump, Xi Jingpin, and Putin all rose and came to power married. And only Putin got divorced later.

We can take the most powerful men from any era and any place in human history, the majority of them were married.

Single powerful men always been and still are an exception. You can't take an exception and turn it into a rule. What Riley is saying is being contradicted by facts. It's not true.

 

[BrehWyatt]

You'd think this would be untrue, because marriage basically means that you have someone else counting on you to get the bag and do well. Greater purpose. So you can't be on the bullshyt. You might not be focused on the MEANS of getting that bag ... but whatever career you embark on ... you'd think marriage/fatherhood, etc., would ensure you don't half-ass it.

 

[New Username]

Average album.

 

[Black Sinatra]

Depends on the man.

 

[New Username]

He's somewhat right

A man infatuated with his wife or girl in general will lose focus versus a man whose only focus is work or himself

 

[Raw Lyrics]

24:50

And 29:30


Teddy is officially apart of #GMB

Just because he chose the wrong woman doesn't mean he has to project his views on all of us.

I don't need a woman to complete me, only to supplement. With that being said, my wife holds me down and vice versa.

Maybe he can't focus on his career.

 

[Wild self]

eh I'm sure he's talking only about show business.

majority of cats with real wealth are married. they build families and empires and pass down that wealth. Black folks really need to stop kicking this anti-family ignorance

Blame the people that want to be like Puffy: never been married, just want a lot of hoes and flashy stuff till they 55 years old. Committment outside of money/career ain't in their paradigm

 

[Eddy Gordo]

Obama, Trump, Xi Jingpin, and Putin all rose and came to power married. And only Putin got divorced later.

We can take the most powerful men from any era and any place in human history, the majority of them were married.

Single powerful men always been and still are an exception. You can't take an exception and turn it into a rule. What Riley is saying is being contradicted by facts. It's not true.

You do realize all those men with the exception of Obama have been divorced. And Obama has a political marriage. That shyt was a calculated move for BW votes.

And yes the majority of men in the past were married because being a bachelor was frowned upon. Back in the 50s they wouldn't promote some men at work unless they were married. The marriage rate was also over 80 percent. Now it's not even 30. Marriage is a dying institution.

Before I die multiple men will reach the top of their fields without being married. And no one will give a shyt. Because nowadays folks know being concerned if your doctor, technician, or accountant being married won't make them better at thier job.

 

[xCivicx]

Thts cuz back in tha day matrimony was meant for amassing power. This prince married that princess, and so on and so forth. Thts not true in most cases today.

And females couldn't really initiate divorces for no reason back then either

It's a completely different ball game now

 

[Wild self]

It gon make them grind more. Nobody grinds harder than a man with a family depending on him.
When that mortgage is due or that daycare bill is coming, nikka gon find that money.
What it will do is make him more cautious and take less risks in his career. He can't take that big promotion cause it's cross the country and he doesn't want to uproot the family. shyt like that.
Now if you're talking celebrities, he might have a point indirectly.
I've read many times over the years how getting married causes a male celeb to lose his sex appeal with women. No homo.

Basically, be rich before getting married.