No Trucks? Fine. I’ll Build My Own Road.
Hey there…
I see that sign a lot… NO TRUCKS…
Sometimes it’s because the bridge can’t hold the weight… Sometimes it’s because the road is too narrow… Sometimes it’s because the neighborhood doesn’t want us there…
And here’s what I’ve learned after years of driving past those signs…
Not one of them has ever stopped me from reaching my destination…
They just made me take a different road to get there…
Here’s something most people don’t think about when they see a restriction sign…
Sometimes it’s there for your own good…
That bridge might actually collapse under the weight of my truck… The restriction I resented… Might have been the thing that kept me out of a creek somewhere…
So before you rage at every obstacle… Ask yourself… Is this a door closing?? Or is this something keeping me off a bridge that was never built to hold me??
Now let’s talk about the OTHER kind of NO TRUCKS sign… The one that exists because a wealthy neighborhood decided they didn’t want big commercial trucks driving through their pretty streets… Not because the roads won’t hold us… But because they just don’t want us there…
The people who put up those signs aren’t stopping you from reaching your destination… They’re just making you go around…
And going around costs you a couple of extra miles… Not your future…
Yes… There are people in this world who put up NO TRUCKS signs specifically to keep certain people out…
Based on where you came from… What you look like… Who your family is… What school you went to… What credentials you have or don’t have… What last name you carry…
You know what they always said?? Keep up with the Joneses… Like the Joneses had it all figured out…
I AM a Jones…
And I still get excluded from places…
So maybe it has absolutely nothing to do with you… And everything to do with them…
They can keep you off ONE road… They cannot keep you from your destination… Because there is always another way to get there… Always…
And if there is no other road… Build one…
AI is a road that didn’t exist for most people ten years ago… The resources… the research… the strategy… the tools… the access… That used to require money… Connections… Credentials… The right last name… The right school… The right zip code…
Are now available to anyone willing to learn how to use them…
They didn’t build that road for you… But it’s there… And you don’t need their permission to drive on it…
Stop asking permission to get where you’re going… Build your own road…
Because the sign says NO TRUCKS… It doesn’t say NO DESTINATION…
You’re still going to get there… Just not on their road…
And honestly?? Their road probably wasn’t built to hold everything you’re carrying anyway…
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