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Who Told You You Couldn’t?
I didn’t get free ‘til I stopped asking permissionMamma Keys/
David Watts & Mamma Keys
May 24, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
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From Mama Keys ChairStop Asking for PermissionNow let me talk to you plain, sugar. For too long, we’ve been walking around like we owe the world an apology just for being bold, brilliant, and a little bit too much. We shrink our dreams to fit in boardrooms that weren’t built for us. We hush our gifts because somebody once told us we were too loud, too old, too big, too dark, too broke, or just too late. But let me ask you this… who told you you couldn’t? Was it that teacher who laughed at your big idea? That ex who couldn’t see your light because they were busy dimming it? That inner voice — passed down from tired women and broken men — whispering “you’re not enough”? They lied. And you’ve lived under that lie long enough. I didn’t start thriving ‘til I stopped waiting for a green light from people who weren’t even going where I was headed. Your permission slip has already been signed — by God, by destiny, by every ancestor who prayed over your name. |  |
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Mama’s Challenge
What’s one lie you’ve outgrown? Write it down. Then write the truth that’s replacing it.
Here’s mine: Lie: "You missed your moment." Truth: My moment is made from every step I didn’t give up.
Now you try.
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Your Homework:
Soul Homework:
Write a letter to yourself 10 years ago. Tell yourself the truth that you now know. Speak life into that younger you.
Say this out loud every morning this week:
“I am not waiting for permission. I am walking in purpose.”
Charlie Hustle Tip of the Week:
Rent Out Yo’ Stuff!” “You sitting on money and don’t even know it.”
Got a power drill? A ring light? A folding table? A camera? A tent? A PA system? That ain't just clutter — that's a rental business.
Here’s the hustle:
Make a list of things you own that people borrow anyway.
Post 'em for rent on local Facebook groups, OfferUp, Nextdoor, or even Fat Llama.
Create a simple system: pick-up time, deposit, return date — boom.
Now each time someone rents out your stuff ad a $5 or $10 insurance fee in there, like from places like: https://insuremyequipment.com/ and if they break your stuff…or like my EX friend mike..don’t return it, no sweat. file a claim and buy a new one…oh. and don’t let them rent again from you.
You could be making $50–$150/week easy just by renting out what you already got.
💡 Bonus Play: Bundle items together (like party sets: tent + table + cooler) and upsell delivery for a fee.
“Don’t go broke trying to buy more, get rich renting out what’s already yours.” — Charlie Hustle
Work should fit into your life, not the other way around.
Closing Words from Mama:
Don’t let somebody’s insecurity become your inheritance. You’ve got brilliance in your bones, baby. Now go be a walking contradiction to every lie they ever told about people like you.
With love and a full glass of sweet tea, – Mama Keys
“Do not ask for permission, to live your dreams, no one else ever asked you for permission to live theirs” - Mama Keys
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