Meet Naiguiiyi “Stone” Goode | a guy from Music and Friends Atl

We had the good fortune of connecting with Naiguiiyi “Stone” Goode and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Naiguiiyi “Stone”, what habits do you feel play an important role in your life?
“Succeed” like past tense? Ruminating about my mortality, life’s value, existence and experiences, and a long laundry list of sleep paralysis thoughts. Ruminating is a habit of mine that comes with highs and lows, and was probably manifested through trauma (lol…kinda). My thoughts on my existence inspire me to keep moving because one day I won’t be able to. There’s a sad countdown timer hanging on a wall in the back of my mind. I pull motivation from the timer, and motivation is the fuel for action, and action creates the movement. People-pleasing is another habit that I believe has been useful in my entrepreneurial growth. My willingness to be inconvenienced in order to make someone else happy has made fulfilling obligations, clear communication, and customer service second nature skills for me. I don’t wake up at 5 am. I exercise when I feel like it. I don’t meditate. I don’t have a book of gratitude. I’m too overwhelmed with thinking and pleasing to be consistent with those habits. I respect them though. I respect anyone doing anything because “doing” is very difficult. My habits are customized for me. I can’t suggest them to others. All I’ve been able to do was direct them toward a target where they have become beneficial for me and others. Thank you so much for this.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Work…bleh (jk. I teach biology…gen z is very cool) What I’ve learned in my career and through my entrepreneurial pursuits is that no one is inherently good at anything. You’re good at what you practice. You’re good at what you try to be good at. There are natural abilities that we all possess, but depending on only nature without nurture won’t maximize one’s potential. So that has always left me with a decision and holding a mirror in my hand. I have to look at myself and decide who will I be and what am I willing to give up to be that.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
This is a very exciting thing to do. fun stuff… Mondays @ 97 Estoria for outdoor comedy Sundays @ Best End Brewery for Music and Friends Fridays @ Smith’s Olde Bar to see the live band Edgewood Heavy Saturdays @ Johnnie McCraken’s food… Homegrown breakfast Folk Art for breakfast Midway for drinks and snacks Corner Tavern for drinks and snacks coffee shops… Javalords Hodge Podge Joe’s

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I’d love to give a shout out to Johnny Normal for working so closely with us and seeing the vision, Best End Brewery for having great communication and an amazing venue, Bunny Scamz for the therapy, GP for the plug and the love, M&FATL directors, Soul Ova Gold for sending the drip, EquitDistro.com because we got big tings coming, Nappy Roots and the Atlantucky brewery, Red Hare in Marietta, Dan Staub from Atlanna Tonight, Punk Flea Market, CAITY IS THE GOAT and the best human to know…okay I’ll stop. I’m very thankful for the people I know.

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Image Credits
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