Auch wenn man vielleicht mit Hip-Hop nicht so viel anfangen kann, ist das Buch trotzdem absolut lesenswert, da man auch mal eine andere Sichtweise auf die Dinge bekommt. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age 12 during the 1980s crack epidemic. And I really just think this idea of competition we’ve created in our culture of trying to see who has it worse is really gross. Dass man seinen Mitarbeitern so stark vertrauen muss, dass sie auf Geschäftsreisen keine Straftaten begehen oder sich untereinander verprügeln, ist sicherlich eher ein marginales Problem für die Mehrheit der Investmentbänker. Insgesamt waren seine prägendsten Erlebnisse definitiv der Tod seiner Mutter, das Verhältnis zu seinem ersten Sohn und die Tatsache, dass er bereits neunmal angeschossen wurde, was er bestimmt mindestens 10-mal im Verlauf des Buches erwähnt.

Folglich sind die Erfahrungen, die Jackson weitergibt, natürlich zwangsläufig geprägt durch seine eigene Erfolgsgeschichte und müssen, da er ja schließlich den Anspruch hat nicht nur Rappern aus Queens zu helfen, zwangsläufig sehr allgemein sein. He’s one of the founding fathers of modern-day hip hop and continues to push the envelope as a creator. taught me so much in this book and to think I named my son Marquise after his son and they both just alike. It's sad how other people treated him when he became successful, people acting entitled and seeing him for just money instead of a relationship.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The exceptional businessman serves as CEO of G-Unit Records, which he founded in 2003 and has since signed a host of multi-platinum artists. The partnership, touted as among the most significant deals to date for an Executive Producer in premium television will focus on expansion of the POWER universe, recently announced power spin-off Power Book II: Ghost, new scripted, non-scripted, feature and gaming/interactive development via Lionsgate. explains different lessons he’s learned throughout the years and how he learned them, then gives his advice on how to learn from his mistakes.

He's giving a lot of life advice - hustle, be fearless, know your true friends, portraying yourself as you don't really want it or need it demeanor actually works with life work romance, learn from your losses, don't be entitled, and read a lot! I would rarely be interested in a celebrity’s self help genre type book, but we’re talking about 50 here. Where The 50th Law tells readers "fear nothing and you shall succeed," Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter builds on this message, combining it with Jackson's street smarts and hard-learned corporate savvy to help readers successfully achieve their own comeback-and to learn to flow with the changes that disrupt their own lives. Especially his own son who he wanted to hep and work with but was too lazy and entitled to do anything. He also portrays the drinking, smoking, party lifestyle, but then says that he only pretends to drink and smoke, but in reality he's at the gym each morning and focusing on business.Jackson has leveraged his star power to cross over with unparalleled success as an entrepreneur, actor and producer. From Get Rich or Die Tryin' being one of the fastest selling albums in history to creating one of the most influential deals in hip-hop with the sale of Vitaminwater, Jackson continues to break records. He has pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), the Iraq War film Home of the Brave (2006), and Righteous Kill (2008).