Black folks are kind of a monolith. I say that with love and full awareness of how differently we move within our own circles. But when the wave comes, most of us ride it together — without a board meeting, without a formal vote. It’s just in us.
These current times are a precursor to harder ones. And I’m watching something happen in real time. People are putting their heads down. Peers. Strangers on the internet. Regular people who decided this is not the moment to be distracted. They’re learning new things. Starting new hustles. Building.
Not everyone. But enough to notice.
Here’s why. Black folks know that when the world crashes, ours crashes harder. We’ve seen it. We’ve lived it. So we plan ahead — not because someone told us to, but because we know the game. And right now, a lot of us have decided it’s time to use that knowledge to our advantage. To rebuild into something faster, stronger, more intelligent.
So I want to ask you directly: what are you doing to innovate your life right now? How is it going to change your day-to-day six months from now?
If you haven’t started yet — what do you want to change?
We all want more money. That part is easy to say. The harder question is: what is your superpower? I believe everyone has one. The thing you do better than most people you know. The skill, the insight, the way of moving through the world that is uniquely yours.
How does that superpower put you in position to help your family? Your community? That’s what moves the needle. Figuring out what you do exceptionally well and then finding a way to monetize it. It might not happen overnight. It might be hard. But starting gets you closer to the finish every single time.
Talk to your people. The positive-leaning ones. Push them to look honestly at themselves and their abilities. And ask them to do the same for you — tell me what you think my superpower is. Sometimes the people closest to us see our gifts more clearly than we do. That outside perspective can unlock something you’ve been sitting on for years without realizing it. Collaborate. We have to work together to make it work.
Start in your own backyard.
