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Many people think just because you’ve made, it they’ve made it. But that’s simply not true. Often times successful people go back to the communities they left and are faced with people who claim they aren’t keeping it real or they’ve changed. The reality is, successful people have changed.

They made the change to create better opportunities for themselves. Listen to the audio player to hear “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” go into an in depth conversation about how “keeping it real” can go terribly wrong when one feels obligated to the people in their old communities.

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How Keeping It Real Can Go Terribly Wrong [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]  was originally published on rickeysmileymorningshow.com