stay on your own path you’re on the right path my path find your own path
right path my path find your own path
right path my path find your own path you must find your own path
you must find your own path
you must find your own path hello believe nation today we’re going
hello believe nation today we’re going
hello believe nation today we’re going to talk about how you can find your path
to talk about how you can find your path
to talk about how you can find your path and as always as people are talking if
and as always as people are talking if
and as always as people are talking if they take something that really
they take something that really
they take something that really resonates with you please leave it down
resonates with you please leave it down
resonates with you please leave it down the comments below and put posts around
the comments below and put posts around
the comments below and put posts around it so other people can be inspired as
it so other people can be inspired as
it so other people can be inspired as well enjoy I had a yoga teacher who said
well enjoy I had a yoga teacher who said
well enjoy I had a yoga teacher who said to me always stay on your own yoga mat
to me always stay on your own yoga mat
to me always stay on your own yoga mat because sometimes if you’re in headstand
because sometimes if you’re in headstand
because sometimes if you’re in headstand and you’re too busy looking at the
and you’re too busy looking at the
and you’re too busy looking at the person the other mat you could literally
person the other mat you could literally
person the other mat you could literally break your neck I feel like that’s a
break your neck I feel like that’s a
break your neck I feel like that’s a really good metaphor for life to stay on
really good metaphor for life to stay on
really good metaphor for life to stay on your own path do what’s right for you
your own path do what’s right for you
your own path do what’s right for you can’t compare your insides of somebody
can’t compare your insides of somebody
can’t compare your insides of somebody else’s outsides because you never know
else’s outsides because you never know
else’s outsides because you never know what’s going on for somebody else really
what’s going on for somebody else really
what’s going on for somebody else really every pursuit no matter how glamorous it
every pursuit no matter how glamorous it
every pursuit no matter how glamorous it may seem no matter how exciting you are
may seem no matter how exciting you are
may seem no matter how exciting you are it feels to you no matter how much you
it feels to you no matter how much you
it feels to you no matter how much you feel like you were born to do it comes
feel like you were born to do it comes
feel like you were born to do it comes with a sandwich and so the question is
with a sandwich and so the question is
with a sandwich and so the question is not what do I love the question is what
not what do I love the question is what
not what do I love the question is what do I love so much that I don’t mind
do I love so much that I don’t mind
do I love so much that I don’t mind eating the sandwich that comes along
eating the sandwich that comes along
eating the sandwich that comes along with that thing so for me in my life
with that thing so for me in my life
with that thing so for me in my life writing is the thing that I love and the
writing is the thing that I love and the
writing is the thing that I love and the sandwich was the 7 years that I was not
sandwich was the 7 years that I was not
sandwich was the 7 years that I was not getting published and that I was coming
getting published and that I was coming
getting published and that I was coming home from my job as a diner waitress as
home from my job as a diner waitress as
home from my job as a diner waitress as a bartender as an au pair as a via
a bartender as an au pair as a via
a bartender as an au pair as a via worked in flea market as a cook and I
worked in flea market as a cook and I
worked in flea market as a cook and I was coming home tired and smelling like
was coming home tired and smelling like
was coming home tired and smelling like other people’s french fries and sitting
other people’s french fries and sitting
other people’s french fries and sitting down and doing my real job which was to
down and doing my real job which was to
down and doing my real job which was to write and then to go to the mailbox the
write and then to go to the mailbox the
write and then to go to the mailbox the next day and get another rejection
next day and get another rejection
next day and get another rejection letter and then say do I still wanna do
letter and then say do I still wanna do
letter and then say do I still wanna do this because I know and I did still want
this because I know and I did still want
this because I know and I did still want to do it and now even as somebody who
to do it and now even as somebody who
to do it and now even as somebody who makes their living as a writer there’s
makes their living as a writer there’s
makes their living as a writer there’s no end to the sandwiches it’s like oh
no end to the sandwiches it’s like oh
no end to the sandwiches it’s like oh hello horrible review in prominent
hello horrible review in prominent
hello horrible review in prominent newspaper that’s your sandwich today was
newspaper that’s your sandwich today was
newspaper that’s your sandwich today was you still want to do this work yeah yeah
you still want to do this work yeah yeah
you still want to do this work yeah yeah I still do still worth it like Hello
I still do still worth it like Hello
I still do still worth it like Hello awful comment on social media from
awful comment on social media from
awful comment on social media from somebody who thinks you’re a pile of
somebody who thinks you’re a pile of
somebody who thinks you’re a pile of yeah you know I just have like chosen
yeah you know I just have like chosen
yeah you know I just have like chosen every possible way that they can just
every possible way that they can just
every possible way that they can just cannot get it out of their system fast
cannot get it out of their system fast
cannot get it out of their system fast enough much disregard they have for your
enough much disregard they have for your
enough much disregard they have for your entire life yes still want to do this
entire life yes still want to do this
entire life yes still want to do this thing yeah I still want to do it you
thing yeah I still want to do it you
thing yeah I still want to do it you know so that’s the question because it’s
know so that’s the question because it’s
know so that’s the question because it’s the first time you encounter the
the first time you encounter the
the first time you encounter the sandwich you’re like well this this
sandwich you’re like well this this
sandwich you’re like well this this isn’t worth it then that’s not the thing
isn’t worth it then that’s not the thing
isn’t worth it then that’s not the thing you’re supposed to be doing yes and
you’re supposed to be doing yes and
you’re supposed to be doing yes and there are plenty of things in life that
there are plenty of things in life that
there are plenty of things in life that that I have run into a sandwich and I’ve
that I have run into a sandwich and I’ve
that I have run into a sandwich and I’ve been like so not worth it so not worth
been like so not worth it so not worth
been like so not worth it so not worth it like this is now I don’t want to do
it like this is now I don’t want to do
it like this is now I don’t want to do this like whatever the bed alleged
this like whatever the bed alleged
this like whatever the bed alleged benefits of this thing might be no downs
benefits of this thing might be no downs
benefits of this thing might be no downs with no cycle no you know like I know
with no cycle no you know like I know
with no cycle no you know like I know it’s probably really good for me but I
it’s probably really good for me but I
it’s probably really good for me but I feel like throwing up right now make you
feel like throwing up right now make you
feel like throwing up right now make you hard about you’ll not be seeing me here
hard about you’ll not be seeing me here
hard about you’ll not be seeing me here again you know like I’m and I love my
again you know like I’m and I love my
again you know like I’m and I love my sister’s at soul cycle I just don’t like
sister’s at soul cycle I just don’t like
sister’s at soul cycle I just don’t like feeling like I’m to throw up when I
feeling like I’m to throw up when I
feeling like I’m to throw up when I exercise so it’s not for me you know and
exercise so it’s not for me you know and
exercise so it’s not for me you know and and so that’s the question so if you go
and so that’s the question so if you go
and so that’s the question so if you go into this thing thinking if I follow my
into this thing thinking if I follow my
into this thing thinking if I follow my bliss and I live my dream and I stand in
bliss and I live my dream and I stand in
bliss and I live my dream and I stand in my truth and everything will be great it
my truth and everything will be great it
my truth and everything will be great it doesn’t mean everything will be great
doesn’t mean everything will be great
doesn’t mean everything will be great it just means at the end of the day when
it just means at the end of the day when
it just means at the end of the day when you check in with yourself and you go in
you check in with yourself and you go in
you check in with yourself and you go in the end on the balance is this still
the end on the balance is this still
the end on the balance is this still better than not doing it and the answer
better than not doing it and the answer
better than not doing it and the answer is still yeah this thing’s still better
is still yeah this thing’s still better
is still yeah this thing’s still better than not doing it and you’re on the
than not doing it and you’re on the
than not doing it and you’re on the right path my whole family is funny I
right path my whole family is funny I
right path my whole family is funny I have a really funny funny
have a really funny funny
have a really funny funny samih like weird the whole family can
samih like weird the whole family can
samih like weird the whole family can tell jokes and there’s a dozens and all
tell jokes and there’s a dozens and all
tell jokes and there’s a dozens and all that so we’re always really funny around
that so we’re always really funny around
that so we’re always really funny around the house when I realized what I want to
the house when I realized what I want to
the house when I realized what I want to be a comedian with Richard Pryor who was
be a comedian with Richard Pryor who was
be a comedian with Richard Pryor who was like oh that’s that’s what I wanted
1976 I think it was a album he put out
1976 I think it was a album he put out called that niggas crazy and I remember
called that niggas crazy and I remember
called that niggas crazy and I remember just sitting and listening to it over
just sitting and listening to it over
just sitting and listening to it over and over and over and over and over and
and over and over and over and over and
and over and over and over and over and over and that was kind of where it
over and that was kind of where it
over and that was kind of where it started that’s where I realized when I
started that’s where I realized when I
started that’s where I realized when I was what I want to do my first gig out
was what I want to do my first gig out
was what I want to do my first gig out of college was on Wall Street on the New
of college was on Wall Street on the New
of college was on Wall Street on the New York Stock Exchange and this is pre
York Stock Exchange and this is pre
York Stock Exchange and this is pre everything this is like just at a
everything this is like just at a
everything this is like just at a college twenty-one years old and I knew
college twenty-one years old and I knew
college twenty-one years old and I knew one of my drive I wanted to be really
one of my drive I wanted to be really
one of my drive I wanted to be really successful but not just because I get
successful but not just because I get
successful but not just because I get shoes I knew I wanted to make money
shoes I knew I wanted to make money
shoes I knew I wanted to make money because I wanted to make a difference I
because I wanted to make a difference I
because I wanted to make a difference I wanted to be able to take care of my
wanted to be able to take care of my
wanted to be able to take care of my family I wanted to be able to contribute
family I wanted to be able to contribute
family I wanted to be able to contribute to causes that I believe in and so I
to causes that I believe in and so I
to causes that I believe in and so I knew in order to do that in my own mind
knew in order to do that in my own mind
knew in order to do that in my own mind I was like well I want to make a lot of
I was like well I want to make a lot of
I was like well I want to make a lot of money and you make this stuff happen but
money and you make this stuff happen but
money and you make this stuff happen but when I was on Wall Street even though so
when I was on Wall Street even though so
when I was on Wall Street even though so many people that I worked with multi
many people that I worked with multi
many people that I worked with multi multimillionaires I mean the money was
multimillionaires I mean the money was
multimillionaires I mean the money was ridiculous while they were financially
ridiculous while they were financially
ridiculous while they were financially rich they were spiritually bankrupt and
rich they were spiritually bankrupt and
rich they were spiritually bankrupt and I felt like there was a part of me that
I felt like there was a part of me that
I felt like there was a part of me that was dying inside and I said this is not
was dying inside and I said this is not
was dying inside and I said this is not my path I don’t know what my path is but
my path I don’t know what my path is but
my path I don’t know what my path is but I need to leave this because I feel sick
I need to leave this because I feel sick
I need to leave this because I feel sick and so I think many people feel like
and so I think many people feel like
and so I think many people feel like that you can find yourself and job and
that you can find yourself and job and
that you can find yourself and job and job and job and you want to do a really
job and job and you want to do a really
job and job and you want to do a really you want to do great work in the world
you want to do great work in the world
you want to do great work in the world you’re giving it your best
you’re giving it your best
you’re giving it your best some little voice inside and saying this
some little voice inside and saying this
some little voice inside and saying this isn’t me this isn’t me and I kept having
isn’t me this isn’t me and I kept having
isn’t me this isn’t me and I kept having that voice until finally I left the
that voice until finally I left the
that voice until finally I left the corporate world and started my own
corporate world and started my own
corporate world and started my own business I think it’s important for
business I think it’s important for
business I think it’s important for people to understand that any time you
people to understand that any time you
people to understand that any time you step out of what’s normal and society
step out of what’s normal and society
step out of what’s normal and society you’re going to have criticism so many
you’re going to have criticism so many
you’re going to have criticism so many people follow the traditional plan with
people follow the traditional plan with
people follow the traditional plan with no thought whatsoever as to what they
no thought whatsoever as to what they
no thought whatsoever as to what they really want to do in life you know they
really want to do in life you know they
really want to do in life you know they go to school they go to high school they
go to school they go to high school they
go to school they go to high school they go to college they can’t agreed to get
go to college they can’t agreed to get
go to college they can’t agreed to get married they have kids then they
married they have kids then they
married they have kids then they wake up with 40 years old wondering what
wake up with 40 years old wondering what
wake up with 40 years old wondering what just happened and where did my life go
just happened and where did my life go
just happened and where did my life go and when I think about those things I
and when I think about those things I
and when I think about those things I think about how much criticism we got
think about how much criticism we got
think about how much criticism we got when we started our first company we’re
when we started our first company we’re
when we started our first company we’re only 19 years old to do all the things
only 19 years old to do all the things
only 19 years old to do all the things that you’re supposed to do in society
that you’re supposed to do in society
that you’re supposed to do in society you know all the people that used to
you know all the people that used to
you know all the people that used to tell us you guys waste your time you
tell us you guys waste your time you
tell us you guys waste your time you need to get a degree you need to get a
need to get a degree you need to get a
need to get a degree you need to get a real job you need to quit you know waste
real job you need to quit you know waste
real job you need to quit you know waste your time with this hobby and those are
your time with this hobby and those are
your time with this hobby and those are the same people now that you know
the same people now that you know
the same people now that you know they’re telling on top of a job we did
they’re telling on top of a job we did
they’re telling on top of a job we did and how proud we are and I think about
and how proud we are and I think about
and how proud we are and I think about that a lot and I think people don’t
that a lot and I think people don’t
that a lot and I think people don’t realize that same criticism that they
realize that same criticism that they
realize that same criticism that they get for doing anything outside of what’s
get for doing anything outside of what’s
get for doing anything outside of what’s considered normal
considered normal
considered normal that goes for anybody that tries
that goes for anybody that tries
that goes for anybody that tries anything outside of what’s normal and I
anything outside of what’s normal and I
anything outside of what’s normal and I think people need to realize that people
think people need to realize that people
think people need to realize that people are going to talk they’re going to
are going to talk they’re going to
are going to talk they’re going to criticize but what’s more important
criticize but what’s more important
criticize but what’s more important what’s more important is that you do
what’s more important is that you do
what’s more important is that you do what it is you think you need to do
what it is you think you need to do
what it is you think you need to do instead of changing your path for
instead of changing your path for
instead of changing your path for everybody else was happiness because the
everybody else was happiness because the
everybody else was happiness because the reality is the people who judge you
reality is the people who judge you
reality is the people who judge you aren’t doing anything different are the
aren’t doing anything different are the
aren’t doing anything different are the same people who can’t do it themselves
same people who can’t do it themselves
same people who can’t do it themselves and I feel like so many people get so
and I feel like so many people get so
and I feel like so many people get so wrapped up into what other people think
wrapped up into what other people think
wrapped up into what other people think that they ruin their entire lives living
that they ruin their entire lives living
that they ruin their entire lives living a life that they don’t even want live
everybody’s got to find their own path
everybody’s got to find their own path and you have to realize it when you get
and you have to realize it when you get
and you have to realize it when you get on that path you’re stopped you’re going
on that path you’re stopped you’re going
on that path you’re stopped you’re going to make mistakes you’re gonna have that
to make mistakes you’re gonna have that
to make mistakes you’re gonna have that like really bad but as long as you’re
like really bad but as long as you’re
like really bad but as long as you’re willing to learn and you’re willing to
willing to learn and you’re willing to
willing to learn and you’re willing to take those as lessons about and you’re
take those as lessons about and you’re
take those as lessons about and you’re smart enough to not make the same
smart enough to not make the same
smart enough to not make the same mistakes over and over and over again
mistakes over and over and over again
mistakes over and over and over again there’s really nothing that you can’t do
there’s really nothing that you can’t do
there’s really nothing that you can’t do a little more about me once you write
a little more about me once you write
a little more about me once you write something and rap instead of spitting on
something and rap instead of spitting on
something and rap instead of spitting on everybody and I wrote it and everybody
everybody and I wrote it and everybody
everybody and I wrote it and everybody liked it and I started doing it more and
liked it and I started doing it more and
liked it and I started doing it more and then I finally won a contest first thing
then I finally won a contest first thing
then I finally won a contest first thing I’ve ever won of my life the thing I
I’ve ever won of my life the thing I
I’ve ever won of my life the thing I once fell on my graduation day so I
once fell on my graduation day so I
once fell on my graduation day so I chose to open up for EPMD and climbing
chose to open up for EPMD and climbing
chose to open up for EPMD and climbing all those people at Kemper Arena in
all those people at Kemper Arena in
all those people at Kemper Arena in Kansas City Missouri rather than walk
Kansas City Missouri rather than walk
Kansas City Missouri rather than walk across the stage right up the street
across the stage right up the street
across the stage right up the street while all my partners were graduating
while all my partners were graduating
while all my partners were graduating and that’s when I knew what I was gonna
and that’s when I knew what I was gonna
and that’s when I knew what I was gonna do for the rest of my life you know your
do for the rest of my life you know your
do for the rest of my life you know your graduation day you get your diploma and
graduation day you get your diploma and
graduation day you get your diploma and you choose something else and then you
you choose something else and then you
you choose something else and then you end up doing what you do which you
end up doing what you do which you
end up doing what you do which you planned on doing and you’re young and
planned on doing and you’re young and
planned on doing and you’re young and it’s not written in blood that you’re
it’s not written in blood that you’re
it’s not written in blood that you’re going to make it and you you move from
going to make it and you you move from
going to make it and you you move from house to house because you run away from
house to house because you run away from
house to house because you run away from home at 17 you move from place to place
home at 17 you move from place to place
home at 17 you move from place to place with family members and friends and
with family members and friends and
with family members and friends and everything trying to do music and then
everything trying to do music and then
everything trying to do music and then you end up doing it then you end up on
you end up doing it then you end up on
you end up doing it then you end up on the Forbes list and working with all the
the Forbes list and working with all the
the Forbes list and working with all the people that inspired you like Ice Cube
people that inspired you like Ice Cube
people that inspired you like Ice Cube and the doors and Roger Troutman and you
and the doors and Roger Troutman and you
and the doors and Roger Troutman and you know it’s wonderful you know and so that
know it’s wonderful you know and so that
know it’s wonderful you know and so that was the most monumental to me while
was the most monumental to me while
was the most monumental to me while traditional paths may seem harder to
traditional paths may seem harder to
traditional paths may seem harder to find that also means that you may lune
find that also means that you may lune
find that also means that you may lune learn sooner than most generations the
learn sooner than most generations the
learn sooner than most generations the hard lesson that you must always make
hard lesson that you must always make
hard lesson that you must always make the path to yourself there is no secret
the path to yourself there is no secret
the path to yourself there is no secret society out there that will tap you on
society out there that will tap you on
society out there that will tap you on the shoulder one night and show you the
the shoulder one night and show you the
the shoulder one night and show you the way because the true secret is your life
way because the true secret is your life
way because the true secret is your life will not be defined by the society that
will not be defined by the society that
will not be defined by the society that we have left you to paraphrase Robert
we have left you to paraphrase Robert
we have left you to paraphrase Robert bolt society has no more idea of
bolt society has no more idea of
bolt society has no more idea of you are than you do because ultimately
you are than you do because ultimately
you are than you do because ultimately it has only your brains to think with
it has only your brains to think with
it has only your brains to think with every generation must define itself and
every generation must define itself and
every generation must define itself and so make the world that suits itself so
so make the world that suits itself so
so make the world that suits itself so if you must find your own path and we
if you must find your own path and we
if you must find your own path and we have left you no easy path then decide
have left you no easy path then decide
have left you no easy path then decide now to choose the hard path that leads
now to choose the hard path that leads
now to choose the hard path that leads to the life and the world that you want
to the life and the world that you want
to the life and the world that you want and I know about your school on another
and I know about your school on another
and I know about your school on another lady that I would like you to tell us
lady that I would like you to tell us
lady that I would like you to tell us about who inspired you and encourage you
about who inspired you and encourage you
about who inspired you and encourage you to do your music can you tell us a bit
to do your music can you tell us a bit
to do your music can you tell us a bit behind well as Lena McGlynn like my
behind well as Lena McGlynn like my
behind well as Lena McGlynn like my second mother and I she’s a pastor and
second mother and I she’s a pastor and
second mother and I she’s a pastor and everything my teeth my music teacher in
everything my teeth my music teacher in
everything my teeth my music teacher in high school in high school my freshman
high school in high school my freshman
high school in high school my freshman year I was a star Don King with
year I was a star Don King with
year I was a star Don King with basketball team’s name with my high
basketball team’s name with my high
basketball team’s name with my high school and but I happened to have a
school and but I happened to have a
school and but I happened to have a music class at that point in time I
music class at that point in time I
music class at that point in time I wasn’t and I think I was about 16 17 I
wasn’t and I think I was about 16 17 I
wasn’t and I think I was about 16 17 I was not I was not interested in music I
was not I was not interested in music I
was not I was not interested in music I was really trying to be the next Michael
was really trying to be the next Michael
was really trying to be the next Michael Jordan of course and she told me that I
Jordan of course and she told me that I
Jordan of course and she told me that I was saying you know I would be the next
was saying you know I would be the next
was saying you know I would be the next 50 wonder or superstar Michael Jackson
50 wonder or superstar Michael Jackson
50 wonder or superstar Michael Jackson or something like that not and I laughed
or something like that not and I laughed
or something like that not and I laughed at her like she was crazy you know I was
at her like she was crazy you know I was
at her like she was crazy you know I was I couldn’t see it and everything I am
I couldn’t see it and everything I am
I couldn’t see it and everything I am today she could see it my mother could
today she could see it my mother could
today she could see it my mother could see it and she would tell me that I was
see it and she would tell me that I was
see it and she would tell me that I was going to be where I’m at today and even
going to be where I’m at today and even
going to be where I’m at today and even farther so and it just had just happened
farther so and it just had just happened
farther so and it just had just happened I put me in a talent show and I did the
I put me in a talent show and I did the
I put me in a talent show and I did the talent show and the girls were screaming
talent show and the girls were screaming
talent show and the girls were screaming and everything and I was like man I I
and everything and I was like man I I
and everything and I was like man I I don’t get this kind of love on the court
don’t get this kind of love on the court
don’t get this kind of love on the court you know and of course I’m going to
you know and of course I’m going to
you know and of course I’m going to choose that over basketball and I did
choose that over basketball and I did
choose that over basketball and I did and I’ve been doing it ever since
and I’ve been doing it ever since
and I’ve been doing it ever since so what would you would you say that was
so what would you would you say that was
so what would you would you say that was your big break or third stage a little
your big break or third stage a little
your big break or third stage a little further down the line that was
further down the line that was
further down the line that was significant breakthrough music I would
significant breakthrough music I would
significant breakthrough music I would say my big break is that point in time I
say my big break is that point in time I
say my big break is that point in time I learned that Stevie Wonder uh riff I was
learned that Stevie Wonder uh riff I was
learned that Stevie Wonder uh riff I was one of the steps because I felt like man
one of the steps because I felt like man
one of the steps because I felt like man if I learned that I could learn anything
if I learned that I could learn anything
if I learned that I could learn anything I was going pretty fast but as far as
I was going pretty fast but as far as
I was going pretty fast but as far as crowd wise and what nailed it I would
crowd wise and what nailed it I would
crowd wise and what nailed it I would say my first talent show
say my first talent show
say my first talent show pretty much what bit me in a way like
pretty much what bit me in a way like
pretty much what bit me in a way like Peter Parker got bit by the spider and
Peter Parker got bit by the spider and
Peter Parker got bit by the spider and became spider-man you know that was that
became spider-man you know that was that
became spider-man you know that was that was the bike for me you know when we
was the bike for me you know when we
was the bike for me you know when we were women and everybody was showing me
were women and everybody was showing me
were women and everybody was showing me so much love at the talent show and I
so much love at the talent show and I
so much love at the talent show and I want and I was like wow it was
want and I was like wow it was
want and I was like wow it was overwhelming when did you know that you
overwhelming when did you know that you
overwhelming when did you know that you wanted to be a comedian Rick we really
wanted to be a comedian Rick we really
wanted to be a comedian Rick we really got her a little older when I was young
got her a little older when I was young
got her a little older when I was young that was in high school and I knew I
that was in high school and I knew I
that was in high school and I knew I wasn’t going to college because I barely
wasn’t going to college because I barely
wasn’t going to college because I barely got out of high school that’s that
got out of high school that’s that
got out of high school that’s that better find something right quick
better find something right quick
better find something right quick laughter what am I good at you know how
laughter what am I good at you know how
laughter what am I good at you know how I was making people laugh and I was like
I was making people laugh and I was like
I was making people laugh and I was like wow y’all laughing it’s like it’s funny
wow y’all laughing it’s like it’s funny
wow y’all laughing it’s like it’s funny you remind me Eddie Murphy so I said let
you remind me Eddie Murphy so I said let
you remind me Eddie Murphy so I said let me try this out and a host my talent
me try this out and a host my talent
me try this out and a host my talent show in high school and I got my first
show in high school and I got my first
show in high school and I got my first laughs and I got an epiphany and I was
laughs and I got an epiphany and I was
laughs and I got an epiphany and I was like I’m gonna do this no cuz it’s fun
like I’m gonna do this no cuz it’s fun
like I’m gonna do this no cuz it’s fun and I’m already you know so that’s what
and I’m already you know so that’s what
and I’m already you know so that’s what I found out I hosted my first talent
I found out I hosted my first talent
I found out I hosted my first talent show hosted of talent show in high
show hosted of talent show in high
show hosted of talent show in high school and I said that’s what I want to
school and I said that’s what I want to
school and I said that’s what I want to do the alarm clock would go off very
do the alarm clock would go off very
do the alarm clock would go off very early every single morning I’d wake up I
early every single morning I’d wake up I
early every single morning I’d wake up I checked my phone immediately for any
checked my phone immediately for any
checked my phone immediately for any emails that had come in and then it’d be
emails that had come in and then it’d be
emails that had come in and then it’d be the hour shave dress in my full suit and
the hour shave dress in my full suit and
the hour shave dress in my full suit and jump in a car and that car to me
jump in a car and that car to me
jump in a car and that car to me represented my first kind of drudgery
represented my first kind of drudgery
represented my first kind of drudgery task for the day it made me feel trapped
task for the day it made me feel trapped
task for the day it made me feel trapped because I’d done all the right things I
because I’d done all the right things I
because I’d done all the right things I had gone to college I had been an
had gone to college I had been an
had gone to college I had been an officer in the army 14 years I’ve gone
officer in the army 14 years I’ve gone
officer in the army 14 years I’ve gone to corporate finance I’d worked with
to corporate finance I’d worked with
to corporate finance I’d worked with John Hancock I done commercial real
John Hancock I done commercial real
John Hancock I done commercial real estate I had done all the right things
estate I had done all the right things
estate I had done all the right things and now here I was stuck on this hamster
and now here I was stuck on this hamster
and now here I was stuck on this hamster wheel going nowhere inspiring nobody
wheel going nowhere inspiring nobody
wheel going nowhere inspiring nobody especially not myself and just feeling
especially not myself and just feeling
especially not myself and just feeling like I was trapped in
like I was trapped in
like I was trapped in world that I had created and it was a
world that I had created and it was a
world that I had created and it was a stinking pit in my stomach and I just
stinking pit in my stomach and I just
stinking pit in my stomach and I just was wondering why why have I not fowl am
was wondering why why have I not fowl am
was wondering why why have I not fowl am looking for when I’ve done everything
looking for when I’ve done everything
looking for when I’ve done everything that I was told I was supposed to do
that I was told I was supposed to do
that I was told I was supposed to do Here I am years later on this team
Here I am years later on this team
Here I am years later on this team hamster wheels and I like I even further
hamster wheels and I like I even further
hamster wheels and I like I even further behind where I thought I was five years
behind where I thought I was five years
behind where I thought I was five years ago and the stinky mundane feeling would
ago and the stinky mundane feeling would
ago and the stinky mundane feeling would just not go away it was ever-present
just not go away it was ever-present
just not go away it was ever-present with me and I just wanted freedom and I
with me and I just wanted freedom and I
with me and I just wanted freedom and I just wanted freedom I just wanted to do
just wanted freedom I just wanted to do
just wanted freedom I just wanted to do work that I was inspired by and I just
work that I was inspired by and I just
work that I was inspired by and I just wanted to import and inspired other
wanted to import and inspired other
wanted to import and inspired other [Music]
[Music]
[Music] you
so there I was stuck in traffic again
so there I was stuck in traffic again but at least I had my podcast or so I
but at least I had my podcast or so I
but at least I had my podcast or so I thought
thought
thought then before I knew it who my last
then before I knew it who my last
then before I knew it who my last podcast had ended and I scroll through
podcast had ended and I scroll through
podcast had ended and I scroll through my ipod and there was nothing left and I
my ipod and there was nothing left and I
my ipod and there was nothing left and I thought to myself man I just did here
thought to myself man I just did here
thought to myself man I just did here another 45 minutes in traffic with
another 45 minutes in traffic with
another 45 minutes in traffic with nothing but the radio I was devastated
nothing but the radio I was devastated
nothing but the radio I was devastated but at that moment at that devastation
but at that moment at that devastation
but at that moment at that devastation moment that is truly when my aha moment
moment that is truly when my aha moment
moment that is truly when my aha moment happened that’s not a light bulb went
happened that’s not a light bulb went
happened that’s not a light bulb went off a headlight there’s not a
off a headlight there’s not a
off a headlight there’s not a seven-day-a-week
seven-day-a-week
seven-day-a-week podcast there should be a podcast that
podcast there should be a podcast that
podcast there should be a podcast that comes out every single day of the week
comes out every single day of the week
comes out every single day of the week that interviews inspiring a successful
that interviews inspiring a successful
that interviews inspiring a successful entrepreneur and that’s when I have my
entrepreneur and that’s when I have my
entrepreneur and that’s when I have my light bulb well rested there should be
light bulb well rested there should be
light bulb well rested there should be someone that creates it why not me
someone that creates it why not me
someone that creates it why not me I know all these great entrepreneurs who
I know all these great entrepreneurs who
I know all these great entrepreneurs who are hosts of their own shows I could be
are hosts of their own shows I could be
are hosts of their own shows I could be just like them I can do that so I had
just like them I can do that so I had
just like them I can do that so I had all of these thoughts swirling in my
all of these thoughts swirling in my
all of these thoughts swirling in my head am I going to fail am I going to
head am I going to fail am I going to
head am I going to fail am I going to look like a fool front of my friends and
look like a fool front of my friends and
look like a fool front of my friends and family up to this point and only see me
family up to this point and only see me
family up to this point and only see me as a success and these were real fear I
as a success and these were real fear I
as a success and these were real fear I used to wake up sweating in the middle
used to wake up sweating in the middle
used to wake up sweating in the middle of the night saying what am i doing this
of the night saying what am i doing this
of the night saying what am i doing this is insane and the only way that I was
is insane and the only way that I was
is insane and the only way that I was here to go back to sleep would by
here to go back to sleep would by
here to go back to sleep would by convincing myself that when I woke up in
convincing myself that when I woke up in
convincing myself that when I woke up in the morning I was going to give it all
the morning I was going to give it all
the morning I was going to give it all up and go crawling back to my job
up and go crawling back to my job
up and go crawling back to my job but luckily for me I would wake up in
but luckily for me I would wake up in
but luckily for me I would wake up in the morning someone be shining and I
the morning someone be shining and I
the morning someone be shining and I think you know what I’m going to give it
think you know what I’m going to give it
think you know what I’m going to give it one more day one more day I’m going to
one more day one more day I’m going to
one more day one more day I’m going to sit down I’m going to learn what it
sit down I’m going to learn what it
sit down I’m going to learn what it takes to upload a media file I’m going
takes to upload a media file I’m going
takes to upload a media file I’m going to learn how to create great audio on
to learn how to create great audio on
to learn how to create great audio on the world it takes to be an interviewer
the world it takes to be an interviewer
the world it takes to be an interviewer a host of a show in every single day I
a host of a show in every single day I
a host of a show in every single day I would get shot down I would struggle I
would get shot down I would struggle I
would get shot down I would struggle I would come up against another wall that
would come up against another wall that
would come up against another wall that would knock me down but I kept getting
would knock me down but I kept getting
would knock me down but I kept getting up I kept taking one step forward for
up I kept taking one step forward for
up I kept taking one step forward for every half step taking back and slowly
every half step taking back and slowly
every half step taking back and slowly but surely I saw myself turning into a
but surely I saw myself turning into a
but surely I saw myself turning into a podcaster ready for my very own eye and
podcaster ready for my very own eye and
podcaster ready for my very own eye and it was a slow process that did come and
it was a slow process that did come and
it was a slow process that did come and I was able to continue to move forward
I was able to continue to move forward
I was able to continue to move forward until the watch entrenar sire on
until the watch entrenar sire on
until the watch entrenar sire on September 22nd because at that point
September 22nd because at that point
September 22nd because at that point there was no turning back
Fire Nation look what we created look at
Fire Nation look what we created look at the inspiration we spread throughout
the inspiration we spread throughout
the inspiration we spread throughout this world if
this world if
this world if yeah seven days a week interviewing the
yeah seven days a week interviewing the
yeah seven days a week interviewing the most inspiring a successful autumn
most inspiring a successful autumn
most inspiring a successful autumn viewers in the world Jeff Gould and Guy
viewers in the world Jeff Gould and Guy
viewers in the world Jeff Gould and Guy Kawasaki embarrassed Gary Vaynerchuk we
Kawasaki embarrassed Gary Vaynerchuk we
Kawasaki embarrassed Gary Vaynerchuk we are listened to in over 145 countries
are listened to in over 145 countries
are listened to in over 145 countries millions and millions of unique
millions and millions of unique
millions and millions of unique downloads fire nations look at what we
downloads fire nations look at what we
downloads fire nations look at what we created look at what we’ve done and
created look at what we’ve done and
created look at what we’ve done and we’ve just started thank you guys so
we’ve just started thank you guys so
we’ve just started thank you guys so much for watching I love to know what
much for watching I love to know what
much for watching I love to know what did you think what Clips has the biggest
did you think what Clips has the biggest
did you think what Clips has the biggest impact on you that you’re going to
impact on you that you’re going to
impact on you that you’re going to immediately apply to your life or your
immediately apply to your life or your
immediately apply to your life or your business also curious about how you
business also curious about how you
business also curious about how you found your path or any struggles that
found your path or any struggles that
found your path or any struggles that you are finding along the journey of
you are finding along the journey of
you are finding along the journey of finding your path
finding your path
finding your path leave it in the comments below and I’m
leave it in the comments below and I’m
leave it in the comments below and I’m super curious to figure out what you
super curious to figure out what you
super curious to figure out what you guys have on your mind finally I want to
guys have on your mind finally I want to
guys have on your mind finally I want to give a quick shout out to Kaylee and
give a quick shout out to Kaylee and
give a quick shout out to Kaylee and Bradley thank you so much for picking up
Bradley thank you so much for picking up
Bradley thank you so much for picking up a copy of my book your one word and for
a copy of my book your one word and for
a copy of my book your one word and for taking that awesome picture with your
taking that awesome picture with your
taking that awesome picture with your belief tattoo I love it thank you so
belief tattoo I love it thank you so
belief tattoo I love it thank you so much for sharing that as well
much for sharing that as well
much for sharing that as well so thank you guys again for watching I
so thank you guys again for watching I
so thank you guys again for watching I believe in you I hope you continue to
believe in you I hope you continue to
believe in you I hope you continue to believe in yourself and whatever your
believe in yourself and whatever your
believe in yourself and whatever your one word is much love I’ll see you soon
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