Your Role does Not Define Your Identity - 2025

Journal Entry:

One of the most important concepts that I have learned in my life is the concept of Identity and Role Separation.

This concept simply states that who you are as a person is not defined by the success or failure you have in any certain role.

We all fill multiple roles in our lives, some of the roles I have are:

Father
Salesperson
Golfer
Dish washer
Cook
Uber Driver
Singer
Blogger

All these roles are things that I do on a fairly regular basis, but they are not who Justin is.

My success is not tied to the role but instead it is tied to my identity as a person.

Your success is not tied to the roles you play either.

Understanding this concept is easy, but implementing it is very difficult.

The mindset you have will dictate your ability to implement this concept.

I want to encourage you to own this concept and separate your success or failure in any of the roles you fill from who you are as an individual.

I can fail as a father, salesperson, singer, or any other role but it will never define me as an individual.

This concept is why I do everything I do.

I can fail over and over again, but it will never make me a failure.

I am successful because I decide what success looks like and own the success of being on the journey of life.

I hope that you can learn to look at yourself through the eyes of success regardless of the performance in any specific role in your life.

If you have any questions on Identity Role theory, please reach out!

Justin

PS - I have a weekly update that I will include on my dreams below, this is something I have been doing personally for more than 2 years now, and it is my guiding light for how I make decisions and decide what I want to be doing and chasing.

If you ever want to became part of what I am creating, you can sign up at www.justindcstephens.com for the Employee Empowerment Initiative.

I believe we exist in 2 worlds, the real world and the virtual world. It is my goal to monetize both of these worlds and share the results of my work with the people who are helping me be successful. This blog is how I monetize the virtual world, and I monetize in the real world by driving Uber and working at Secure Pacific doing sales.

This is my personal scoreboard where I track my personal finances.

This is the scoreboard of the blog I run and the results I get from driving Uber.

The product of our blog is ready to go and here for all of the people who want to be a part of what it is that I am building.

This is the retirement plan that I have designed for everyone who is a part of what I am doing. It is purely optional to benefit from the time I invest in the world, and the longer someone invests in the program, the more ownership of the blog the earn. It is all based on the number of years they are a client of what I am doing.

In life things happen that I believe we should celebrate together, and when these things happen in your life as a subscriber you have an option to purchase more ownership of the blog at a discounted price. This is how I think we can take better care of each other over the long run.

The class A shares of the blog are what controls the asset. I am the chairman of the board and currently have 3 board teams that I rely on. My parents, a good friend of mine, and the CEO of the company I work for. The other 5 board seats are currently open, as I figure out how to actually sell this concept.

The Class B ownership is only earned through being a subscriber of the blog and part of what we are doing here. Only individual people are able to hold the Class B shares and they earn these shares over time as a subscriber. The Class C shares are what we want to take public on the stock market to create constant liquidity for our subscribers. Anyone can purchase or own the Class C shares.

This is the results based on the bank account today. The entire purpose of this blog is to create liquidity for our subscribers. The company is designed to use the cash for operating expenses, investing in ownership of other businesses, and purchasing the shares back from the shareholders as they need cash. We currently don't have a lot of liquidity, but we do have some, so if you are a shareholder and would like to sell some shares, reach out to me to discuss the process!

Right now, we have 69 dollars in the bank, which means we can repurchase 69 class C shares at a rate of $1 per share. Personally, I have funds to purchase much more than that, and I am offering to purchase shares at a rate of $1.50. If I purchase the shares the stay in circulation and I can use them in the future, if the company purchases the shares it reduces the outstanding shares.

The Class B shares can only be earned through being a subscriber, and you can only sell them back to the blog. You get to determine how long you sell them back for to create monthly cashflow for yourself which will allow the company to focus on using most of the cash to sustain itself over time. The longer you owner finance them back to the blog, the more total revenue you receive but it is divide among the total number of months, so the payment each month will get smaller and smaller.

I am currently the only active subscriber of the system, but as it grows and people understand it more, we will be celebrating new subscribers and their support of the blog and what we are doing to take care of each other in a better way.

Some companies sponsor my dreams through direct financial investment, or through employment. I want to thank Secure Pacific for empowering my to build my blog on the side while being an employee and helping build their business. It truly is a team effort.

This is a new idea that still has a lot to be worked out and understood. It is risky and could ultimately fail. With that said, I want to invite you to be a part of the change we are working to make by becoming a subscriber to the blog. You can sign up at any time, and cancel at any time, online at justindcstephens.com

Justin Stephens

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