Solomon Bartholomew

30/08/2025

Have you ever experienced a bad boss?

“We’re not just a company, we’re a family.” 😂🤦‍♂️
But somehow, the only thing this “family” shares is unpaid salaries and emotional damage.

They’ll pitch you the dream: “We’re building something big! The next Apple, the next Tesla!”Meanwhile, the only thing growing is the founder’s lifestyle and maybe the office bean bag collection.

Let’s be honest, some CEOs act like seed funding was their personal reward for “having the idea.” The team? Oh, just the unpaid interns of destiny.

You’re working 14-hour days, missing sleep, missing lunch, and missing your own dreams, all while the founder is shopping new apartments and vacationing

Simon Sinek told a story of a CEO whose company was about to crash. Instead of pulling a disappearing act, he told his staff the truth: “We’re in trouble, but I don’t want to lay anyone off.” So he asked everyone to take a few unpaid leave days to help spread the burden. The response? People volunteered *more days than required, because they believed in him.

Moral of the story? People don’t quit bad jobs. They quit shady leadership.

So if you’re a founder:
✨Pay your people.
✨Be transparent.
✨Stop buying sneakers with seed money.

And if you’re a creative:
Ask yourself, are you in a partnership, or just working for exposure and pizza?

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25/08/2025

Your Journey Is Your journey!

Do not let another man’s reality define your path.
Let it remind you what is possible, but not dictate your pace or purpose.

It’s perfectly okay to be inspired by someone else’s journey. To admire their growth, learn from their mistakes, and gain perspective from their wins. But let’s be clear:

Never measure your self-worth based on another person’s reality.

As much as their story might motivate you, their path was shaped by experiences, exposure, education, and an environment completely different from yours.

There is no fair ground for comparison.

You are not a lesser version of someone else’s success.
You are a complete expression of your own becoming.

Define yourself by your journey, the obstacles you have overcome, the wisdom you have gained, the pain you have healed from, and the courage it took to keep going.

Let another man’s reality never define your path.
Let it remind you what’s possible, but not dictate your pace or purpose.

You are becoming.

11/08/2025

17/07/2025

Time!
You don’t know how much of it you have left; make the most of it