Don’t ever say you can’t learn anything from a fool or prisoner. The Black Guerilla Family was started in 1966 by Mr. George Jackson to protect black prisoners. While some prisoners have committed heinous crimes of an unspeakable nature, you can learn serious business tips from them.
Mr. Jackson first created a logo and a symbol of his team and organization. He created a clear mission statement: “eradicate racism, struggle to maintain dignity in prison, and overthrow the United States government”. Yes, the last part is crazy and delusional but do not miss the business value in what he did.
He organized his mission and then began to organize his team and mobilize his forces. He wrote down his clear mission statement so that it would be easier to share amongst his team and recruits. He was passionate even at a time of great pressure, anger, frustration, mental jail, and physical lock down. He was desperate and depressed. Through his desperation, he fought through it to organize himself and have a clear direction and clear strategy. Even in prison he wrote a business plan, worked the plan, tweaked the plan, and recruited a loyal following without any money at all.
The Black Guerilla Family is one of the strongest prison gangs in America. If you are in prison and you are an African American male, you would want to be a part of the team or suffer the consequences. This is the same in this economy and recession. You must do one of two things: either develop a strong team witih a clear mission statement and recruit loyal members, or become a part of a strong team with a clear mission statement and strong members.
Your gang will help you navigate through turbulent waters and tumultuous times. It will help you through difficulty and pain when you don’t know where to turn. This is what the BGF stands and stood for. You cannot sit on an island not knowing what to do. Just as in prison, you will get shanked, killed, and will not last long at all without being on a strong team and being an asset to that team. Disclaimer: I am not advocating that you jump into a prison gang and start gangbanging. I speak to prisoners to help reform them and teach that they must do similar to what they did inside the prison walls but legitimately.
Find a strong team member or mentor just like a gang leader. The gang leader should have a mission and a plan to mobilize and get moving. Listen and learn and grow but most importantly, do not be isolated and not speaking to your La Familia. Just as a true gang does, they listen to the persons problems. You always have a trusted soldier on your team and true successful gangs are extremely loyal. They do not flip and turn on their gang. If they do, a death oath is imminent. Business is not that serious but find a mentor and find a new team to learn and grow from. This is paramount to your success and your personal success.
