(Original Article by Juboy – Yard Talk Edition, 2025)
1. Mi Haffi Ask Yuh Dis
Tell mi sumn: yuh ever feel like no matter how yuh hustle, di money always run faster dan yuh? Like yuh a chase it down di road an it always a slip roun di corner?
Jim Rohn – one big philosopher man – always seh: “Don’t chase money. Attract it by becoming an attractive person.”
So hear wah: instead a run dung money like yuh a sprinter inna Boys Champs, mi ago show yuh 6 ting fi fix up yuh mindset, habit, an lifestyle, so dat money haffi come knock pon yuh door.
2. Why We Always Broke
Inna Jamaica, we grow wid dis mindset seh yuh haffi “look a wuk” fi survival. Nothing wrong wid wuk, but di trap is dis:
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Yuh trade 40+ hours fi likkle paycheck.
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Every cent done pon bill, fare, food.
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Yuh cyaan build nutten beyond survival.
An di truth – if yuh only chase dollar fi dollar, yuh ago tired, vex, an bruk.
3. Wah Nah Work
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Myth 1: Work two an three job ago automatically rich yuh. (Nah – it just burn yuh out).
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Myth 2: Rich people bad or thief. (Most a dem just master discipline).
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Myth 3: Yuh haffi born uptown fi get opportunity. (Nah – mindset create door weh never deh).
4. 6 Ting Fi Start Do Now
1. Build Yuhself Before Yuh Build Bankbook
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Read book, learn skill, fix yuh mindset.
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People pay value, not sweat.
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Example: barber weh study customer service make more money dan barber weh just trim fast.
2. Discipline Pon Yuh Daily Routine
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Wake early, set plan, stick to it.
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If yuh waste whole day pon vibes an scroll, nuh expect wealth fi come.
3. Learn Fi Serve People
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Money follow value. If yuh can solve problem – cook good food, fix car, design website – people run come wid dem wallet.
4. Network Like Yardman at Rumbar
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Link wid positive people weh build yuh up.
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Yuh circle determine if yuh move forward or stuck pon corner.
5. Multiply Income Streams
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Side hustle, online biz, likkle farming, digital product – nuh depend pon one pay slip.
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Even likkle goat or chicken project can turn asset.
6. Live Below Yuh Means
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Nuh buy flashy ting just fi show off.
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Remember: “Liability sweet today, but asset feed yuh tomorrow.”
5. Jim Rohn Yard Translation
Rohn seh: “Success is something you attract by the person you become.”
Translate fi yardman ears:
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Nuh try fi beg, borrow, or chase handout.
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Work pon yuhself so strong dat opportunity cyaan pass yuh.
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When yuh attractive wid value, discipline, respect – people an money WANT fi link yuh.
6. Real Yard Example
Mi fren Kerry start wid one likkle hair-braiding hustle pon verandah. She neva rich, but she discipline – always clean space, treat customer good, learn new style pon YouTube.
Now? She own one salon, teach class online, an people book her months ahead.
Before: one plait fi $2,000.
After: salon money + class fee + product sales.
She stop chase client – now client chase HER.
7. Mistakes Fi Avoid
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Don’t follow hype investment weh yuh cyaan explain.
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Don’t waste pon liability fi look rich.
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Don’t keep fren weh drain yuh pocket.
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Don’t wait till “perfect time” – start wid wah yuh have.
8. Alternatives & FAQ
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“Mi nuh have big education, dis nuh work fi mi?” → Wrong. Is discipline, not degree, bring money.
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“Mi too old fi start?” → Never too late fi plant mango tree.
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“Mi broke – how mi start?” → Start wid free tings: read, network, offer service.
9. 3 Step Kickstart
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Write dung yuh top 3 skill or interest.
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Find one way fi turn each into service.
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Cut one waste expense dis week an put dat money toward growth.
10. Word From Juboy
Mi tell yuh plain: stop chase money like yuh a mad ant. Focus pon becoming valuable, disciplined, an humble. When yuh fix up yuhself, opportunity cyaan bypass yuh.
Money a like breeze – it always a blow. But only di kite weh strong an string up good can catch it.
11. Yard Style
Mi waan know: which one a di 6 ting yuh ago start this week? Drop it inna comment. Share wid yuh fren dem weh always seh “mi cyaan manage money.”
Follow Juboy – mi always deh yah wid di real yard reasoning pon money, mindset, an success.
Memba dis proverb: “If yuh nuh build yuh own dream, somebody ago hire yuh fi build fi dem.”
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