When the people you trusted betray you, something breaks inside. Especially when it's not one or two — but everyone. The guys you grew up with, sat around the block with, laughed and ran through the streets with… one day, they all started looking at you like a stranger.
I fought. Not to show off. But because at some point, you get tired of staying silent. They chose to be like everyone else — sitting around, filming stories, talking about those who are actually trying to do something. And I chose a different road.
At first, it was hard. You lay there staring at the ceiling at night, thinking: "Is this even worth it?" But every time, I remembered my grandmother. Remembered how she used to say:
"A real man isn't the one who has money, but the one who can go through everything and stay true to himself."
And so I kept moving. No friends. No support. I bought my first book about finance. Then one about business. Some would call it cliché. I didn't care. I soaked those words in like air. Because I started to understand one thing:
"While others sleep — you work."
I stopped hanging out in the streets. Stopped wasting time with people who didn't believe in themselves. Every morning — push-ups, pull-ups. Every evening — books and plans. No one saw it. No one praised it. And I didn't need them to.
And then he appeared — an old friend. Met him by chance. We sat, talked like those years never happened. And you know what hit the hardest? He went through his own storm too. And we realized — two real ones can do more than dozens of so-called "friends."
"We'll level up. We'll take this shit under control." — those words became ours.
That's how a new chapter in my life started.
The Higgiki brand wasn't just an idea anymore — it became my challenge to this world. While no one believes — I do. While no one sees — I see.
This is just the beginning.