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My People

If you are my people, I got you.
I don’t just cheer for my friends. I advocate for them.
If I’m in a room where opportunity is hanging in the air, I make sure my people’s names are spoken.
Not whispered. Not hinted at. Spoken.
Because that’s what real friends do.
They don’t keep success on a me only plan, they spread it around.

Friendship is advocacy.

We’ve all seen the surface level cheerleaders.
The ones who clap when you announce something on social media but stay silent when your name could actually carry weight in a meeting.
That’s not loyalty, that’s convenience.

Real friends are different.
They put your name in conversations you weren’t invited to.
They recommend you for opportunities you don’t even know exist.
They drop your portfolio, your skills, your brilliance into the laps of decision makers because they believe in you that much.
It’s not about credit. It’s about conviction.
If I get through a door, my first thought is, Who else needs to be in here with me?

And this isn’t just about friendship
It’s a leadership philosophy.

The best leaders operate the same way.
They make sure their team’s names travel.
They don’t hoard credit.
They don’t steal the spotlight.
They don’t quietly accept applause for work someone else did.

Great leaders are constantly saying That was (team member’s) idea, not mine.
They point out the person who put in the grind behind the scenes.
They open meetings with Before we start, I want to highlight what (team member) pulled off this week.

That’s how you build trust.
That’s how you build loyalty.
That’s how you build a culture people don’t want to quit.

Now ask yourself,
Whether in friendship or at work
Do you talk about your people when they are not in the room?
Do you use your influence to create more room at the table, or do you keep the chair pulled tight?
Do you multiply opportunity or do you hoard it?

Because the real measure of success isn’t just what you achieve
It’s how many people got lifted because of you.

If you are my people, I got you. Period.
If I’m in the room, your name is too.
Because the kind of wins worth having
Are the kind we win together.

  ღ Chi


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