Marcus Massey shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Good morning Marcus, it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What is a normal day like for you right now?
Waking and up and getting straight to it, I do whatever unfinished work I have to do from previous days and plan out other things have to do with other projects, follow up with clients and respond to emails. Now around miday I take a break and get some personal things done for myself like going to the gym, hanging out with friends, or just relaxing. Toward the end of the day I like to just relax in my room and edit with some music on before I go to bed to repeat it all over again the next day!
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I own My business specializes in sports media including photography and videography and graphic design. My work has been recognized a lot within the short time I’ve been doing media (10 months) I have videos with tens of thousands of views with some having over a hundred thousand. Within the past 3 months my social media has garnered over 1 million views across all my videos which I am very proud of. My work has also been shown in big publishers such as ball is life , Dave Campbells Texas football, and Texas football life.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who taught you the most about work?
I’ve learned a lot about just working hard and determination and perseverance but I don’t think there’s just one person that has taught me the strong and whole meaning of what “work” means, I would say if I had to pick it would be the world, the world has taught me the most about the true meaning of work. There’s billions of people living on this earth and there’s also billions of versions of what people call work ethic, there’s people that think work is given and not earned, but there’s people that know work is produced by hours and hours of focus and determination. I’ve studied and watched people that are successful all around the world and watched how they move and how they hold them self day to day, I’m going to replicate their success and turn my hard work in my own success.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
When I was surrounded by the wrong people, I didn’t even realize how heavy it was until I started letting them go. Back then, I thought success meant having a big circle, always being included, always having somewhere to go on a Friday night. I chased that version of “success,” even though it meant laughing at things that didn’t feel right, staying quiet when I wanted to speak, and ignoring the voice in my head that kept saying this isn’t you.
When I finally cut them out, it hurt more than I expected. It felt like ripping away a part of myself. I questioned if I made the right choice.
But in their absence , I learned things success never could’ve taught me. I learned how to enjoy my own company. I learned that peace feels better than constant chaos. I learned that not everyone deserves a seat at my table, no matter how long they’ve been there. And most of all, I learned that cutting people off isn’t about being cold — it’s about valuing myself enough to walk away from what drains me.
Success gave me a crowd. Suffering gave me myself.
Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. Is the public version of you the real you?
I try to be a very straightforward type of person, so I would say who I am is the same to everyone that meets me, only difference is the people I call close friends see me for who I really am forsure.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. Have you ever gotten what you wanted, and found it did not satisfy you?
I feel like this question relates to most of my goals when I do something that I’m really determined to and I spent multiple hours to achieve it and I end up doing it it’s not that I’m not satisfied. It’s just I would always like to take whatever goal I accomplish or whatever success I have to the next level and do it 10 times better than the way I did it before.
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