Tom 🪖

I sit in VCs with Cupseyy Dior and Cap a lot while going about my day. Those guys know there are plenty of days where I'm out delivering Uber Eats just to stay humble and remind myself where I came from. I'll literally be making deliveries, checking charts on my phone and aping into plays I believe are undervalued and deserve to go higher. Today, a bunch of the other guys in my GC found out I still deliver Uber Eats and genuinely couldn't believe it lmao. The funny thing is, some of the most interesting people I've met and connections I've made have come from doing Uber. I've met people with millions who treat a janitor with the same respect they'd give a CEO, and I've met people who made their first $100k and suddenly think the world owes them something. That difference in character tells you everything. I literally met the fund manager for Royal Bank of Canada through Uber. We got talking, built a genuine connection, and the dude ended up buying the same Porsche I drove him in HAHAHA. We're still friends and chat from time to time. You genuinely never know who you're going to meet or what opportunities a simple conversation can lead to. That's something I've learned to appreciate so much. But here's something I've always believed: Never let the money you make convince you that you're above the work that made you who you are. I don't drive uber because I have to. I do it because I never want to become the kind of person who forgets what an honest day's work feels like. There's something incredibly grounding about doing ordinary things, meeting people from completely different walks of life and realizing that everyone has their own story, struggles and ambitions. Money should give you freedom, not a superiority complex. No matter how successful I become, I never want to lose the ability to connect with people or forget the value of a dollar. There's absolutely no shame in hard work. The real shame is believing you've become too important to do it.