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Tired of the Regular Smegular? Here's the Cure: How to Identify Your Purpose, and Unlock 3 Benefits that are priceless! · The Black Sheep Leadership Podcast

• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: The black sheep.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: The black sheep.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, what's going on, everybody?
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: I want to welcome you all to the Black Sheep Leadership Podcast.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Athena Renee.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: This is where the underdogs, the misfits, and the black sheeps come to turn pressure into power and build a life that they love.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: If this is your first time tapping in, welcome.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: If you're back again, you already know what time it is.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: But let's do a quick vibe check.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Because if you're easily offended, sensitive, entitled, waiting for somebody to come save you, or allergic to accountability, this is not your safe space.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: Go ahead and tap out now.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: But if you're ready to think different, move different, and level up from any seat, stay locked in because by the end of this episode, you're walking away with something you can execute immediately.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: Let's get to work.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: Today we're going to be talking about how to identify your purpose and the three benefits that come along with it.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: Most people think they're lost.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: But the truth is, you're not lost, you're unaligned.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: Because when you're in alignment with your purpose, that's a different level of clarity.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a different level of focus and movement.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: So let's talk about what exactly is purpose.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: Because if this is not your first time here for any of the content that I put out, you will know that my main message is to walk in your divine purpose.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Purpose, purpose, purpose.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: I've been talking about it for over a decade before people even started to get into it.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: So let's talk about what purpose is.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: Purpose is the reason for your season, it's the reason that you are here, it's the reason that you were born, it's a divine assignment tied to your life.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, now destiny.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we use destiny in the same format as purpose, but destiny is the journey that it takes you on, right?
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: Your destiny is tied to the word destination, right?
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: So your the destination is the journey you go on while pursuing your life purpose.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_00: Purpose is what you build, destiny is where it leads.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so let's just take a look at that, let's unpack it really quickly, okay?
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: Because let's say, for instance, if you were working at a job that you don't like, right?
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_00: And you know you deserve more, guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: When you have already activated your life purpose and you have uh intentionally said, I'm going to pursue my life purpose in something with a higher calling for the positivity and forward movement of humanity, you start to look at things that you don't like in a different light.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: So, for an example, a position like myself, when I was really in the operation side of supply chain, I was working for a particular company and I could not stand it.
• 4:06
  SPEAKER_00: But guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: It taught me, it taught me how to work with management that have bad attitudes and rude and challenging to work with.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because on your purpose, you're gonna have all different types of obstacles, and the destiny, the destination, whether it be all the jobs that you had, all of those things, even your past, those were all training pieces.
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_00: You understand what I'm saying?
• 4:37
  SPEAKER_00: So when you tap into your purpose, you have a divine intelligence that really gives you the correct perspective on everything you're doing.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_00: Because if you're not, if you're just building some regular career and you just walking blindly in life, and you go to these companies and you start encountering all of this weird activity and people just acting crazy, you're gonna take it personal.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of times you're gonna be super frustrated because you might say the job market is A, B, and C.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: I can't change jobs.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna have all of these different things that's gonna line up against you that's really gonna make you more frustrated.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_00: But when you lined up with your purpose, listen, all you know for a fact that everything that you've went through and will encounter will work out for your advantage.
• 5:27
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, see, a lot of people they want the outcome without committing to the assignment.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: See, a lot of people, this is why I get so aggravated when I hear about people number one, competing and comparing, but number two, when you hear a lot of things about how people have gotten taken out or deleted because of jealousy.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, it's an eye-opener to let you know that jealous jealous and envy is a very dangerous characteristic and trait to have.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_00: Because envy and jealousy, a lot of times, don't get me wrong, guys, when they get to a certain level of jealousy and envy, they can't they can't hide it.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_00: It starts to leak out of the pores and every and everything they do, every interaction that y'all have, you can feel it, right?
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: But the scariest part about it is you can have people in your circle that's still hiding it.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: They're still hiding it, and these are the most some of the most dangerous people that you can have around you because you think they for you and they're completely against you.
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, and here's the thing, guys.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, even though you're on a purpose um driven journey, you're living a purpose-led lifestyle, that doesn't mean you don't have, you shouldn't have common sense and you shouldn't keep your head on a swivel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, because we can look around, we can check our history books, people that were on purpose-driven missions, good, bad, and the ugly, you're gonna have people that want to do stuff to you to stop it, to stop it, okay, and we've seen how that have ended for a lot of world changers, okay.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_00: Now, I'm not telling you that to say to scare you away, right?
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not telling you that to do that.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just letting you know, guys, even if you're not doing something for humanity and you say, Well, I don't know about all this purpose stuff, even if you say I just want to move out the projects, I want to move out of a ghetto, I want to move out the trailer park and just get me a two-bedroom house.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what, guys?
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: The road to going up is still harder.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: Leveling up will always cause, will always require more effort.
• 8:11
  SPEAKER_00: That's why a lot of people settle in life, but I know it's not you because you wouldn't be here today.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_00: So, here's some clues to your purpose.
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_00: Your purpose is not random, it leaves clues.
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_00: Tony Robbins, I love Tony Robbins, right?
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_00: He does not accept any excuses.
• 8:26
  SPEAKER_00: If you've ever watched any of his uh um seminars and things like that, one thing about Tony Robbins I observed about him was he does not accept any excuses.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_00: Like he'll ask a question, and a person will say, I don't know.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: He said, Well, what if you did know?
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_00: Right?
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_00: He's not letting you get away with you know why?
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_00: Because he knows that we have in divine intelligence.
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, number two, a lot of us know the things that we should be doing, we just don't do them.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we don't know how to execute them, sometimes we get caught up in this perfection thing, right?
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_00: But at the end of the day, most of the time, guys, we already know the things that we need to be doing.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: But I brought up Tony Robbins because he always says that success leads clues, and he is absolutely right.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: Anything that you see that someone else has, you got you can study them and you will see the success leads clues.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_00: Now, true indeed, everybody has their own journey.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_00: You cannot um you cannot mimic somebody else's life play by play because we're all unique, even identical twins have their own fingerprint, so that's already confirming that no matter what you do, you're gonna have your own process, right?
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_00: However, these clues will still give you shortcuts and allow you to bypass some of the pitfalls that you would have fallen in had you not been aware.
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so sometimes, like I said, success leads clues and your purpose do too.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes, and really a lot of times, it shows up in pain, it shows up through the things you went through, the things you had to figure out on your own, the things you had to survive, and other times it shows up in your gifts.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_00: Everybody has gifts and talents.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_00: That's why I'm so excited to talk to the black sheep and people that actually want to level up their life because we all have gifts and talents.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_00: You know what the difference between you and someone like a um uh uh Tiger Woods or uh Kobe Bryant or or um um LeBron James, right?
• 10:51
  SPEAKER_00: Any of these folks, it don't have to just be sports people.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_00: I was thinking about Nick Saban because I'm really about to start researching him.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_00: I really like his uh output when he put the information out there.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: I believe he is one of those coaches, a number one coach, uh, I believe for Alabama.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_00: It may have not been Alabama, but I know if you bring up Nick Saban's name, everybody knows him in the sports industry.
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and one of my things is I always have studied high performing people, but the shift for me was I started researching the coaches.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_00: Research the coach of the high-performing people because they're gonna tell you the mentality that it takes, and they're gonna give you the raw feedback of the people and their psychology of who they were coaching.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_00: However, Nick Sapin talks a lot about being accountable for the gifts that you have, mastering what you have.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, see what I want you to understand as a black sheep, you don't have to have a lot of things, you can do one thing, and it could feed you, your family, and generations to come.
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_00: You don't believe me?
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_00: Look at Amazon.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_00: Amazon started off with one product books.
• 12:12
  SPEAKER_00: That was it, books.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: They mastered the crap out of books, and now they sell everything, right?
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about Red Bull.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_00: Red Bull has one product till this day, that signature product.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: Now they started to experiment with different flavors, but they had that one product for the longest, nothing else.
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  SPEAKER_00: The next one up, five-hour energy shot, five-hour energy shot, one product.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: But guess what, guys?
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_00: All three of those companies I just named billion dollar companies.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_00: One thing they tap into one thing, and like I said, guys, everybody on the planet has gifts and talents.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: It's up to you to identify them and to sharpen those skills and think about how you can apply them.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, what comes natural to you?
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_00: What do people come to you for?
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_00: What do you do without thinking?
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_00: It's something that you were born with, and that's what I love about working with people that want to level up.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: It allows me to help them to discover that, guys.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_00: And there's no better feeling than seeing someone operate in what they're natural at doing.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_00: Some people just natural at basketball, some people just naturally at talking to people, some people are natural at making folks laugh, right?
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_00: During challenging times, that's just what they're good at.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_00: No matter this, is why I tell people don't waste your life competing and comparing.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_00: Most people that's really doing something they love to do, a lot of times they they have tapped into something that they are natural at doing, or let's go back to the flip side of it that pain side, something that they had to level up and make it through their own self.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_00: So, for me, for an example, guess what, guys?
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: My pain was the black sheep.
• 14:00
  SPEAKER_00: You don't ever have support, nobody is like everybody count you out, and if you don't count yourself in, you definitely won't have a vote.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_00: But guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: God put the natural talent into me, it was a part of my pain, but it was also one of my natural things to be to be able to encourage myself and find other people that have leveled up before me and to and to siphon their energy, siphon their knowledge, right?
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't mean siphon their energy on some evil, uh malicious way, I simply mean by reading the facts of the accounts of what they have done and get juiced up off of that to know that I can do it too, to know that I can continue to move forward.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so again, I want you to understand clues to your purpose, your pain sometimes shows you what to heal, right?
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: So, like I said, guys, as a black sheep, I want to heal other black sheep so know even if you don't have support, you can still do it.
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_00: You can still do it, you can start it, and guess what?
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_00: Just because you start alone don't mean you're gonna finish along.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_00: Then your gifts, your gifts show you how to serve, okay.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_00: So, another one of my gifts is guys, I know how to communicate with all types of people.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, it doesn't matter what level you're on, and I'm not even trying to be highly intellectual when I'm talking to CEOs of companies or when I'm talking to people that are entrepreneurs that's making crazy money, right?
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_00: They have a completely different um audience group that they have other than me.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_00: But when I come in the room, I know how to communicate on any level to get you juiced up to say, you know what, let me do this.
• 15:52
  SPEAKER_00: Now is your turn to think about those things because you must understand that purpose requires action.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_00: Here's what most people get wrong they wait until they're sure.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I think it's this, but I don't know.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_00: They wait until they get validated.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to me very clearly.
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_00: You all have already been validated, you don't need any exterior validation.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_00: I hear it so much and I cringe when I hear about it.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_00: Now, don't get me wrong, some of us we are all in different um parts of our journey, right?
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes when we're younger, we might want the validation of parents and friends and co-workers and all of those different things, but do not allow validation to become a main focal point to know that you're doing the right thing.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_00: Because let me tell you something about being a black sheep, you could be the bomb.com in which you are, and guess what?
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_00: Because people around you have way more support than you, they will never validate you.
• 16:57
  SPEAKER_00: You know why?
• 16:57
  SPEAKER_00: Because they're pissed off that you're showing them up, even though you're not trying to, you're just living your life, but they see you, they will never give you that validation.
• 17:07
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're chasing after it, you'll be thinking you're not doing nothing.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_00: The whole thing is, guys, you're doing something and a bag of chips, they just not going to give you the validation.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_00: And what you need to realize is you were validated from the day you were born.
• 17:21
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so like I said, guys, some people they wait until everything makes sense.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_00: I call it analysis paralysis.
• 17:30
  SPEAKER_00: You ever meet these people that everything gotta be perfect, it gotta be perfect timing.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_00: I gotta have a perfect job, my kids gotta be at this stage.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_00: Everything has to be perfect.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, you perfect the time and the opportunities that you have, and you continue to get better.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_00: This is why I talk about in my book, The 33 Degrees to Misfit Mastery.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_00: Learning is a lifestyle.
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_00: Uh learning is a lifelong journey.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, what does that mean?
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: That means anything that I start to do that's of value to me, I'm committed to continue to get better every single day.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_00: If it's necessary, I will get one percent better every single day.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, that's what that means.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_00: But you get people they want to wait for everything to be perfect.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_00: You need listen, purpose requires movement.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_00: You build something before people believe in it.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_00: This is another reason why, number one, guys, you are the seed.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: I you hear me use this analogy a lot because you are the seed, you are the soar as well.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_00: So plant your seeds, don't worry about who don't believe in it.
• 18:44
  SPEAKER_00: You are the only one that needs to believe in it.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: You are the only one, you are the only one that requires the belief.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_00: You create it before it's recognized, move before it's validated.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_00: See, guys, a lot of times if you identify with being a black sheep, and a being a black sheep is not something that you signed up for, it was something that was assigned to you, and it's really a hit and an indicator that you are meant to do something really large on a huge scale, whether it's just for your family, your family bloodline, or your city, state, and or the world on a global level, right?
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_00: Because you cannot make huge changes in life being like everybody else.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna I'm gonna do an episode about the Paratio or excuse me, the Pareto principle, the 80-20 principle, because I want you guys to understand as a black sheep, we've always stuck out, we've never fit in with the masses, and I want to show you how the 20% runs everything, not just the world, even in business.
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_00: Did you know that majority?
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_00: I'm talking about 95% of the businesses that we know today, online and offline, 20% of their customer base supports 80% of the business.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, and so we're gonna do an episode in there because you must understand, even though you don't fit in, you will create a standout, and the standouts are the ones that make things happen in the world.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so you don't need to be validated because purpose is a seed, and seeds don't start as a cloud, they start small.
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_00: See, the next time you get an apple or orange, look at that apple seed, it is so miraculous, guy.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, man, it's so it's just miraculous, it's really mind-blowing.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: You know why?
• 20:45
  SPEAKER_00: Because one seed, you look at that little bitty apple seed, that could be a whole orchard one day.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_00: That's all it takes.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_00: One seed will create the tree.
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_00: The tree creates massive apples.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_00: Now they can take all of those apples and continue to create trees, but it started from one seed.
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_00: That is what's so powerful about the analogy of the seed.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_00: What I need you to understand is if you don't plant it though, you will never see it grow.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_00: This is why I really want you guys to get started.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_00: And here's the cool thing about when you make the decision to be intentional about living a purpose-filled life, even if you say, you know what, I'm gonna start with this, and as you get to doing it, because sometimes you can start doing something, you're like, Oh, this isn't me, it doesn't align with your energy or anything like that, and it could be something that you're good at, right?
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_00: But here's the cool thing about purpose even when you're doing the thing that you don't want to do, or you're doing something that you change your mind about, because you were intentional and you sent that message out to the universe to God in the beginning, the thing that you're supposed to be doing, it will Be in line, you will continue to move in that direction, even if it's leaving the thing behind that you started.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: That's nothing but a pivot, it's nothing but a pivot or a shift.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: But the fact that you planted the seed of intention and say, you know what, I'm living in purpose now.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_00: I'm moving on purpose things.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_00: I only want to be around people that's around me for that.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what, guys?
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_00: Things will start to line up with you and be for you, and before you know it, you'll be working in your purpose.
• 22:32
  SPEAKER_00: That's what's so powerful about it.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_00: So let's talk about the three benefits of walking in purpose.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_00: I've already kind of told you a few, but we're gonna unpack all of them now.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_00: When you move in purpose, you unlock access to things most people will never experience.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, we're gonna talk about the profit.
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're gonna talk about profiting because when you are connected to something bigger than yourself, there is no profit margin.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, this is what I love about purpose.
• 23:03
  SPEAKER_00: See, a lot of people they just pick out a career.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I just want to build me a career.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_00: Well, let's say, for instance, if you said I want to build a career for um a warehouse manager, okay.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_00: Now, depending on where you're at, that warehouse manager position might cap out at$90,000, depending on where you are.
• 23:29
  SPEAKER_00: Now, to some,$90,000 is not bad.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_00: That's pretty good, right?
• 23:34
  SPEAKER_00: But what if you took all the classes and skills and learned how to implement new warehouse software?
• 23:42
  SPEAKER_00: You know how to slot the materials, you draw the forklift, you train the people.
• 23:47
  SPEAKER_00: You've done all of these different things.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_00: After you look back, you're like, wait a minute, 90,000?
• 23:53
  SPEAKER_00: That's how high I can go?
• 23:55
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, that is because you are in a career-based life, you're building a career, and there's nothing wrong with that.
• 24:03
  SPEAKER_00: All I'm telling you is there is a cap when you're building a career.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_00: You can continue to change careers because you want that ceiling to move up higher, right?
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_00: There's nothing wrong with that.
• 24:14
  SPEAKER_00: That's being strategic, that's being intelligent.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_00: But what I'm telling you is when you hop into the realm of your life purpose, there is no cap, there is no window.
• 24:26
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, the universe does not limit purpose-driven work because when you're helping people, you're solving problems, and problems create opportunities.
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_00: There is no ceiling on purpose.
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_00: You might start with one seed, thinking it's just one tree, but that seed can turn into an orchard, and that's unlimited potential.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_00: This is what's so powerful about when you haven't to purpose.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: This is why I just laugh, guys.
• 24:53
  SPEAKER_00: I sit back, I be running to people that I used to go to school with or used to know or thought was cool and all those different things.
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_00: And you know, they be ready to show you everything they got and competing, comparing, and all of that.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_00: But you know what I realize?
• 25:07
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people they're like they used to say they're living like the Joneses, and they've accumulated all this stuff, and now they scrambling to pay for it.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_00: They can't even enjoy life.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_00: That was another thing, family.
• 25:18
  SPEAKER_00: I wanted to, I love I love money, right?
• 25:22
  SPEAKER_00: I love God more, right?
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_00: But even in the Bible, it says money answereth all things.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: What is that saying?
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: You need a boatload of it.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_00: Don't ever let nobody tell you you don't need some more money or you don't need money.
• 25:33
  SPEAKER_00: It's a good feeling when you have all the cash you need to take care of business and move on.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_00: It's a wonderful feeling, okay.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_00: Only broke people and broke mentality people say, Oh, money, you don't need money and everything, but they the ones that don't have it.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_00: Case close.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_00: You want to help people by giving them water, you need some money.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_00: You want to help people in a third world country that needs clean drinking water, you need some money.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, this is the right podcast for you.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_00: You want to dream big, dream big.
• 26:04
  SPEAKER_00: Just make sure you're around people that can support those dreams.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_00: Because, like I said, guys, I know so many people they live in like the Joneses, they want to compete and compare, want to show you all this stuff they got, and they can't even sit at home in peace.
• 26:16
  SPEAKER_00: They gotta run all on, they gotta be outside running around, they can't even enjoy what they have because they're not living in purpose, and they out here being like the Joneses, and they just built some career.
• 26:30
  SPEAKER_00: And here's the thing there's nothing wrong with building a career.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_00: I talk a lot about it.
• 26:34
  SPEAKER_00: I love one thing about me, um, you know, during COVID-19 is when my business took off and finally reached six figures.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people started to do entrepreneurship, and a lot of people don't realize as an entrepreneur, they're gonna be years, days, months, weeks where you don't get paid and you work a lot of hours.
• 26:53
  SPEAKER_00: I was in business for over a decade and did not get to six figures until 2019, early 2020.
• 27:02
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, I started my business in 2010 and decided I would never look back andor give up.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_00: But however, me continue to move on and get skills and get different jobs.
• 27:13
  SPEAKER_00: There's nothing wrong with that.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_00: Because if you cannot work for someone else, you definitely can't work for yourself because you got to be way over dedicated.
• 27:22
  SPEAKER_00: But here's the other thing it helps you, it gives you on-job training, but it also can bring you into networking and contacts with people that you never would have got.
• 27:37
  SPEAKER_00: So while you're working your job, don't ever feel like you're doing subpart anything.
• 27:41
  SPEAKER_00: I don't care if you're the manager of the bathrooms, do it excellent, do it well, show up clean and crispy and clean the bathroom very crispy.
• 27:51
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, do everything you're doing, present it like you're working for the most high God.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're not a believer, you can say the universe or whatever.
• 27:59
  SPEAKER_00: But whoever you believe in, I believe in God, do it like you're working for God.
• 28:03
  SPEAKER_00: What that means, you're gonna do it on fleet, you're gonna do it in excellence, and you're gonna do it in a high manner of being grateful about it.
• 28:10
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 28:11
  SPEAKER_00: Because it's gonna open up more doors.
• 28:14
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, guys, I met so many millionaires, I met people that will buy a 10,000 square feet home in cash and go flip it or go just rent it out and decorate and everything.
• 28:27
  SPEAKER_00: It shifts my whole paradigm, okay, just by being humble working for these different folks.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, number two, the second benefit, y'all.
• 28:37
  SPEAKER_00: This is one of my favorite ones because, as a black sheep, you need it protection.
• 28:43
  SPEAKER_00: Purpose protects you, it protects your time, your energy, and your environment.
• 28:49
  SPEAKER_00: Because when you're focused, you stop entertaining.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_00: When you're focused on your purpose, it protects you from hanging with the wrong people, going in the wrong places, and tapping into the wrong opportunities.
• 29:04
  SPEAKER_00: See, when you're just trying to get some more money and just out here, I'm I just need a new job, I'm I'm just building a new career so I can pay for the stuff I got.
• 29:13
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what, guys?
• 29:14
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have that protection to say to you, and this is an internal thing, it's called discernment.
• 29:21
  SPEAKER_00: It you don't have that, and you don't have that that says, This is not good, this is not a good opportunity for you.
• 29:28
  SPEAKER_00: Because you're only thinking on the light, you're only thinking in the perspective of I need to get some more money.
• 29:34
  SPEAKER_00: But when you're thinking in the the light in the realm of purpose, it's more to it than money.
• 29:41
  SPEAKER_00: It's about helping people, it's about moving humanity forward, it's about completing your divine assignment.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_00: And when you on that kind of path, when you're on that level of living, listen, y'all.
• 29:56
  SPEAKER_00: People, places, and things, if it ain't a line, you're gonna feel that thing instantly.
• 30:01
  SPEAKER_00: Even when you try to force it, even if you say, Okay, let me just turn down a little bit.
• 30:05
  SPEAKER_00: I ain't gonna say nothing.
• 30:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna sit in the back row.
• 30:08
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what?
• 30:09
  SPEAKER_00: Your energy, your energy, your light gonna be so bright, they're gonna pick you out anyway, they're gonna point you out anyway.
• 30:17
  SPEAKER_00: Even if it's not the people from the top, it might be their groonies, it might be the people that's their groupies that might treat you some type of way.
• 30:25
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_00: Because you're not in line and you're not in the area that you should be in.
• 30:31
  SPEAKER_00: Because when you're walking in purpose, it protects you.
• 30:34
  SPEAKER_00: Your discernment sharpest.
• 30:35
  SPEAKER_00: You start feeling things before they even happen, you start saying things before they unfold.
• 30:41
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, when I had a client, this client, they were eight figures.
• 30:46
  SPEAKER_00: They had uh, as their client, as their customers, they had one of the top three RB singers.
• 30:52
  SPEAKER_00: This person actually did a Super Bowl, so you know this is a big time person, right?
• 30:58
  SPEAKER_00: And it was just a lot of different things that I was observing about this particular client of mine, and I'm like, oh, it was just starting to, it was a heavy feeling on me.
• 31:09
  SPEAKER_00: Like, this is about we're about to end this contract.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_00: And the thing about it is, even though I tell you guys, I'll talk a lot about money, and I'm I'm very comfortable talking about it.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_00: I love to see people doing well.
• 31:22
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna be that person that's gonna tell you, listen, if you want to get you a Rolls Royce, get it.
• 31:27
  SPEAKER_00: If you want a Bentley truck, get it.
• 31:29
  SPEAKER_00: If you want a Silverado, get it.
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_00: If you want an old school 69 Ampala, get it.
• 31:34
  SPEAKER_00: You know why?
• 31:35
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, you can't take it with you.
• 31:37
  SPEAKER_00: So go ahead and enjoy these things.
• 31:40
  SPEAKER_00: However, you cannot, there is no price tag on my self-respect.
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_00: I refuse to be in rooms where I'm not respected and where people think that I can be purchased.
• 31:54
  SPEAKER_00: Because listen, guys, when people know you can be bought, it's game over, you'll never be free.
• 32:00
  SPEAKER_00: They're gonna try you and play with you on many different levels because they know if the price is right, you're gonna make it tight.
• 32:08
  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna do whatever that needs to be done, right?
• 32:11
  SPEAKER_00: And so, like I was telling you guys with this particular client I had, I felt that I said, This thing about to fold.
• 32:17
  SPEAKER_00: I said, This is about to be it because I just observed multiple things, and like I said, I like being in the I like being around people that got their stuff together and everything, but it was just multiple things that just kept coming my way.
• 32:29
  SPEAKER_00: It was crazy, it was heavy on me.
• 32:32
  SPEAKER_00: And the day that we ended our contract together, I already knew it.
• 32:35
  SPEAKER_00: But let me tell you how God worked.
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_00: God had been telling me and warning me the whole like seven days.
• 32:42
  SPEAKER_00: He had been telling me, and I'm like, man, God, I didn't want to, I wasn't ready, but I was feeling it, right?
• 32:48
  SPEAKER_00: When you when you finally get to a certain level, you don't want to shift, you don't want to pivot, right?
• 32:54
  SPEAKER_00: But I felt it, it was so heavy on me.
• 32:57
  SPEAKER_00: But God is so graceful and mercy, y'all, that when that contract ended, something else was lined up right there, right there to catch me.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, what you must understand is the the the divine does not finance fake alignment, the divine will not finance fake bullshit and tomfoolery, is what I like to say.
• 33:19
  SPEAKER_00: Not every partnership is meant for you, not every opportunity is yours, and purpose helps you see that early.
• 33:27
  SPEAKER_00: Now, here's the thing, guys.
• 33:29
  SPEAKER_00: You know, when you first get into this purpose-filled lifestyle or purpose-led lifestyle, even if you've been in it for years, you might still miss a few things.
• 33:40
  SPEAKER_00: You're not gonna be perfect at everything, you must be willing to miss it to make it, miss it to hit it.
• 33:47
  SPEAKER_00: What do I mean?
• 33:48
  SPEAKER_00: Don't stand still or don't beat yourself up because you missed something.
• 33:52
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that's the human experience.
• 33:54
  SPEAKER_00: Here's another thing that's how you know you're worthy of the crown.
• 33:57
  SPEAKER_00: If you're willing to make a mistake and miss something and get up and keep going, only you are worthy of the crown.
• 34:04
  SPEAKER_00: Here's something else I want to drop on you, and I'm not gonna go deep into it, but remember, guys, anytime you meet somebody and they have not been tested, tested with what?
• 34:16
  SPEAKER_00: Test it with pain, going to the bottom and leveling up again, they are not worthy of the crown because when shit hits the fan and when things go left and right, you don't know how they will respond and react.
• 34:33
  SPEAKER_00: I talk about it a lot, specifically with black sheep.
• 34:36
  SPEAKER_00: You know why, guys?
• 34:36
  SPEAKER_00: Because black sheep, we came out of pain.
• 34:39
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of us we started with the bull crack when we were growing up, so we know how to navigate when people don't deal with us, we know how to navigate when even though we did the best we could do and we know we were doing our thing, people still fire us or let us go.
• 34:52
  SPEAKER_00: We know how to navigate it.
• 34:54
  SPEAKER_00: But if you're dealing with somebody that's always been favored by humans and oh, they always been babied up and always had all the support, listen, you don't know how they will react, they will sabotage you because they have not been tested.
• 35:10
  SPEAKER_00: So, as a black sheep, I want you, I don't want you to waste your time and I want you to observe those type of people because also when they see how the black sheep navigate trouble, some people get jealous.
• 35:21
  SPEAKER_00: Guys, you gotta understand your strength itself.
• 35:24
  SPEAKER_00: You could be staying in Extended State Hotel, your strength itself is enough to piss people off.
• 35:29
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, before I moved, so um, just to give you a little piece of my story, I had met this Jewish guy and he had a whole bunch of houses, and he told me he moved here with nothing, and he rented a room and saved up money and started buying rehab properties.
• 35:46
  SPEAKER_00: So I said, Okay, I met some Africans that did the same thing, not necessarily with real estate, but building what they wanted to build.
• 35:54
  SPEAKER_00: So I said, Okay, well, let me do that, let me try it out, right?
• 35:58
  SPEAKER_00: Success leaves clues.
• 36:00
  SPEAKER_00: That was a great thing to do.
• 36:02
  SPEAKER_00: But let me tell you what I encountered.
• 36:04
  SPEAKER_00: I encountered people that made renting rooms a lifestyle, and when they seen that I was focused on my stuff, even though I was renting a room, and listen, y'all, I was making bu money and I rent the shittiest room ever.
• 36:18
  SPEAKER_00: And I ran into people that was pissed at me because I was happy in a shitty room.
• 36:23
  SPEAKER_00: They did all kind of stuff to sabotage me.
• 36:26
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so I want you guys to understand that there's people out here, they're simply pissed off because you keep pushing.
• 36:32
  SPEAKER_00: You gotta be on the lookout for those people because, as a black sheep, folks want us to be weak, and when they find out that this ain't that, they really be 38 hot, and some people will go to the point where they'll try to delete you just because of your your strong your power.
• 36:47
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so like I said, guys, remember hey, you gotta discern those partnerships that ain't meant, them opportunities, them jobs, hanging out with certain people.
• 36:57
  SPEAKER_00: I'm telling you now, you and most of the time, your instincts, your first thought about it is the correct one.
• 37:04
  SPEAKER_00: And if you don't know too much about discernment, check out that episode about discernment so you can learn more and how to develop yours.
• 37:12
  SPEAKER_00: But walking in your divine purpose and being intentional about it, you will automatically start to notice certain things, and then you can work on it from there.
• 37:22
  SPEAKER_00: Here is the most valuable, priceless benefit of walking into purpose.
• 37:28
  SPEAKER_00: Number three, you ready?
• 37:29
  SPEAKER_00: Because it's definitely not last, not least.
• 37:31
  SPEAKER_00: You ready?
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_00: Number three, peace.
• 37:34
  SPEAKER_00: Ooh, listen, y'all.
• 37:37
  SPEAKER_00: I love my peace.
• 37:38
  SPEAKER_00: Lord have mercy.
• 37:39
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, so my small group of friends, you know, I love to grill out.
• 37:45
  SPEAKER_00: Like I'm a grilling chill lady, okay?
• 37:46
  SPEAKER_00: Y'all know I'm from the Midwest, small city outside of Chicago, and one thing that we do, we're gonna fire that grill up.
• 37:53
  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna barbecue, okay.
• 37:55
  SPEAKER_00: And the joke about me, the running joke is they say, you know what, Tina, she's cool as hell when she comes.
• 38:02
  SPEAKER_00: We have a good time and laugh, but she's not gonna stay long.
• 38:06
  SPEAKER_00: She's not gonna stay long.
• 38:07
  SPEAKER_00: So listen, guys, when I go to different events, like personal stuff, not necessarily a seminar or anything like that.
• 38:13
  SPEAKER_00: Personal events when I go sometimes, the running joke is as soon as I get there, I'm all happy and everything, chilling out.
• 38:20
  SPEAKER_00: The running joke is now what time you going home?
• 38:23
  SPEAKER_00: What time you leaving today?
• 38:25
  SPEAKER_00: Like, and guess what, guys?
• 38:26
  SPEAKER_00: It's all fun and it's all fun.
• 38:28
  SPEAKER_00: They're not being um, they're not being connoissing, but they know me.
• 38:33
  SPEAKER_00: They just don't know why I leave early.
• 38:35
  SPEAKER_00: I had to explain it to one of my friends, though, because when I sense weird energy, number one, I'm getting the hell on, I'm going home.
• 38:44
  SPEAKER_00: That's number one, weird energy.
• 38:46
  SPEAKER_00: Number two, sometimes you want to go before trouble even start.
• 38:53
  SPEAKER_00: So, what do I mean by that?
• 38:54
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, I told you I love a grill and chill.
• 38:57
  SPEAKER_00: I'm really like, like, so I'm one of the I'm a type of person that loves black tie events.
• 39:03
  SPEAKER_00: I love fancy schmancy.
• 39:04
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna lie to you guys.
• 39:06
  SPEAKER_00: I love it.
• 39:07
  SPEAKER_00: But because I came up from the bottom of the basement, I promise you, I can appreciate the backyard barbecue feel.
• 39:14
  SPEAKER_00: I can appreciate the the wedding in the backyard, I can appreciate the rummage sale, I can appreciate, hey, let's do cleans, let's do clean, um, excuse me, let's do spring cleaning in the garage and just have wine and little Caesar's pizza.
• 39:30
  SPEAKER_00: I can appreciate those moments because they are special.
• 39:33
  SPEAKER_00: But guess what, guys?
• 39:35
  SPEAKER_00: It could start off with a party of five.
• 39:37
  SPEAKER_00: When the party of ten pull up, or they say they on their way, I know that that's an increasing chance of some bad energy that's gonna show up.
• 39:48
  SPEAKER_00: I already know it.
• 39:49
  SPEAKER_00: So, guess what, guys?
• 39:50
  SPEAKER_00: When I know when I see an influx of people showing up, a lot of times at personal events specifically, guess what?
• 39:59
  SPEAKER_00: I will be vacating the premises in within 30 minutes.
• 40:03
  SPEAKER_00: I try not to make it too noticeable, but trust and believe me, when I start seeing that influx of people going on, and I kind of roam around the room a little bit.
• 40:13
  SPEAKER_00: If anything is off, in a minute, I'm about to ask you for my to-go bag and my plate so I can go ahead and slide.
• 40:19
  SPEAKER_00: This is how I am.
• 40:20
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 40:21
  SPEAKER_00: Because my peace.
• 40:22
  SPEAKER_00: See, as a black sheep, guys, you gotta understand it's not on you, it's in you, and some people will not like you for whatever reason.
• 40:30
  SPEAKER_00: It don't even matter why, most of the time, it's not legit.
• 40:34
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of black sheep, we get enemies because we decide to really pour into ourselves.
• 40:40
  SPEAKER_00: See, black sheep, sometimes we spoil people too much because we make them think that you know we spoil them, we give them so many different things, and we want them to feel good about themselves, and you know, black sheep, we see more potential in uh people than we see it in ourselves, right?
• 40:58
  SPEAKER_00: It's common, we do it all the time, and then when we get to that place where we like, wait a minute, I keep pointing to these jokers, they ain't even doing nothing.
• 41:09
  SPEAKER_00: Then you might check it out and say, you know what?
• 41:12
  SPEAKER_00: I've been pointing to these people for a long time, and they never did nothing for me, and it ain't even about it being tit for tat, but any relationship you in you're in is give and take.
• 41:23
  SPEAKER_00: Let's just be clear.
• 41:24
  SPEAKER_00: I made another episode called The Benefit of the Doubt Is Played Out.
• 41:28
  SPEAKER_00: Black sheep, we always overgiving, overdoing this and that, and the third, and you can literally observe people accepting less from other folks, and you come in and try to be the buffer because you see their value, you're gonna be the per first person that they cross out, you're gonna be the first person that they um don't even want to hang out with no more or stab in the back.
• 41:50
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so this is why I'm telling you guys your peace is priceless.
• 41:57
  SPEAKER_00: As a black sheep, you got to know that in the year of 2026, to here on out and beyond, your peace is priceless.
• 42:04
  SPEAKER_00: Don't be around folks just because you're lonely and you know they don't like you.
• 42:08
  SPEAKER_00: Don't be around people you might like somebody and then their company you don't care for, and they feel your energy, even if you even if you don't even know them just yet, you might just say, Oh, something ain't right, or you may not say nothing, you might just sit in the back, like how I do, guys.
• 42:24
  SPEAKER_00: I literally sit in the back in a corner somewhere and just chill, right?
• 42:27
  SPEAKER_00: And watch everything going on.
• 42:29
  SPEAKER_00: I don't say anything, but guess what, guys?
• 42:32
  SPEAKER_00: Dark energy sees you, it don't matter.
• 42:36
  SPEAKER_00: This is why you might as well fill your seat and come outside because it does not matter what's going on.
• 42:43
  SPEAKER_00: I know people that leave the city, and I get it, guys, from outside of Chicago.
• 42:46
  SPEAKER_00: If you've ever been in certain areas where it's a lot of gang violence and just a lot of low vibration bull crap going on, you might feel like, man, I just want to move way out to Alabama somewhere, right?
• 42:55
  SPEAKER_00: But guess what, guys?
• 42:56
  SPEAKER_00: You can turn on the news anywhere and see trouble going on.
• 43:00
  SPEAKER_00: It was unfortunate about the young girl, she was about 12 years old, her family left the city of Atlanta area and moved way out to someone called somewhere called Villa Rica, got off her bus, still being bullied, and fell, and the baby girl passed away.
• 43:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's such a sad uh incident that happened.
• 43:20
  SPEAKER_00: But what I'm telling you is people see your light, they see your light.
• 43:25
  SPEAKER_00: It don't matter where you go, these demons, these evil folks, because darkness recognizes it is in you, is not on you.
• 43:33
  SPEAKER_00: What am I saying?
• 43:34
  SPEAKER_00: Position yourself to make sure your peace is number one.
• 43:36
  SPEAKER_00: If it don't feel right, it don't look right, I don't care what it is.
• 43:40
  SPEAKER_00: Leave, get up out of there.
• 43:43
  SPEAKER_00: I also talk a lot about that lady that went on the trip to Mexico with people that she knew, and I just I don't know what it is that's in me with that one because she was all the way in Mexico with folks that didn't even like her, but it just kept on dunning on me that I know this lady saw something.
• 44:00
  SPEAKER_00: Type of size, but see, as a black sheep, we keep trying to give people the benefit of a doubt.
• 44:05
  SPEAKER_00: And she went down into Mexico with two ladies and a gay guy, and nobody had enough compassion to say, Y'all, wait a minute, don't do this.
• 44:12
  SPEAKER_00: Stop.
• 44:13
  SPEAKER_00: They they deleted the girl down there in Mexico.
• 44:16
  SPEAKER_00: And then when someone asked them about it, do you know what they said?
• 44:22
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, she used to talk too much.
• 44:24
  SPEAKER_00: She had a smart mouth.
• 44:26
  SPEAKER_00: See, darkness will find any reason to do evil.
• 44:31
  SPEAKER_00: This is why you gotta make sure you move smooth, move different, be around people that support you and like you for you, good, bad, and the ugly.
• 44:42
  SPEAKER_00: This is why I talk about on this podcast.
• 44:44
  SPEAKER_00: We're not hanging around with people that don't have no accountability.
• 44:46
  SPEAKER_00: Forget them people.
• 44:48
  SPEAKER_00: When you got people that don't have accountability, you know what they're telling you?
• 44:51
  SPEAKER_00: I did it, and I don't care how you feel.
• 44:54
  SPEAKER_00: I know it's wrong, but I did it, and that's what I did, and I do it again.
• 44:58
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not apologizing for it, I'm not saying nothing about it.
• 45:02
  SPEAKER_00: They're gonna just sit there and they conscious won't tear them up.
• 45:05
  SPEAKER_00: Of course, they're gonna get karma, but you ain't real, you're not a real friend if you can't be held accountable, you're not a boss, even if you're not my friend, you're not no boss, you're not no leader.
• 45:18
  SPEAKER_00: What am I being around you for?
• 45:19
  SPEAKER_00: I can't learn from you, right?
• 45:22
  SPEAKER_00: So, this is why I'm talking to you guys about making sure you position yourself around people that's right, because if it's wrong, I'm telling you, your peace will be up for sale, and it's not for sale.
• 45:35
  SPEAKER_00: See, the thing about it is in this world, one this is the one that people underestimate.
• 45:42
  SPEAKER_00: When you're talking in purpose, you gain peace.
• 45:44
  SPEAKER_00: Not because life is perfect, but because you're aligned.
• 45:49
  SPEAKER_00: See, the world is chaotic, y'all.
• 45:50
  SPEAKER_00: It's so much stuff going on, it's so much stuff going on.
• 45:57
  SPEAKER_00: Somebody uh I had seen some different articles about that Iranian thing going on, and I said, I had started to think I'm gonna keep it 100 with you guys.
• 46:07
  SPEAKER_00: I said, man, them folks over there always fighting.
• 46:10
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 46:11
  SPEAKER_00: What year of the Lord have the Middle East not had chaos going on?
• 46:16
  SPEAKER_00: I'll be honest with you, because a lot of people was talking about Trump and the US and all of that.
• 46:21
  SPEAKER_00: I said, no, let's take away the U.S.
• 46:24
  SPEAKER_00: and Trump.
• 46:24
  SPEAKER_00: What year of the Lord has there not been something going on in the Middle East?
• 46:31
  SPEAKER_00: And so what I I say all that to say number one, stop focusing on stuff you can't control.
• 46:39
  SPEAKER_00: Stop focusing on stuff that you can't control.
• 46:43
  SPEAKER_00: Number two, it was so many different things going on with these different influencers taking trips and coming up, fine, coming up dead, all kinds of stuff, guys.
• 46:52
  SPEAKER_00: Then you had the files, the elf stain, this, the guys.
• 46:55
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, you must understand it is some horrific things going on, but nothing is new.
• 47:04
  SPEAKER_00: Nothing is new, and don't think because oh well, this is supposed to be America, and we shouldn't be doing those type of things.
• 47:11
  SPEAKER_00: People are people, humans are humans, and here's another thing: America is the youngest place around.
• 47:22
  SPEAKER_00: Everything with the Eps thing, all of the stuff that's going on, it's been going on in other nations.
• 47:27
  SPEAKER_00: It's been going on.
• 47:29
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody cares until America comes through.
• 47:33
  SPEAKER_00: It's been going on.
• 47:34
  SPEAKER_00: So, what am I telling you?
• 47:36
  SPEAKER_00: Focus on the things that you can change.
• 47:38
  SPEAKER_00: If you see what's going on in Iran, if you see some of the crazy stuff that's going on with people in the world, if you see food prices going up, gas, this, all these different things.
• 47:50
  SPEAKER_00: Focus on your life and how you can mitigate that risk from entering your place of peace for your family and things and people and places that's important to you.
• 47:58
  SPEAKER_00: That's what you need to be working on.
• 48:01
  SPEAKER_00: My neighbor came by and was trying to feel my head up with all of this stuff about the girl, and she was like, Her birthday, y'all, birthday was the same.
• 48:08
  SPEAKER_00: Y'all, she literally tried to insert all types of fear and bullshit in my mind.
• 48:14
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I told her?
• 48:14
  SPEAKER_00: I said, Girl, I don't keep up with that because that's not gonna change my life situation.
• 48:19
  SPEAKER_00: And she gave me a look like, yeah, because you got to remind people you need to get focused on your business and stand on it and work on stuff you can change.
• 48:27
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not let me tell you something, guys.
• 48:29
  SPEAKER_00: I love sports, NFL, NBA, all types of sports.
• 48:33
  SPEAKER_00: Those people already made it.
• 48:34
  SPEAKER_00: They bought their mama's house, they mama's house, probably baby mama house.
• 48:38
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not there yet.
• 48:39
  SPEAKER_00: So why will I continue to watch and be fanatical about it?
• 48:45
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna do that.
• 48:46
  SPEAKER_00: Focus on the things that you can change, and then when you get to that level where you can go enjoy the view and get you a skybox and bring all the people that you love, then you can go ahead and get into it.
• 48:58
  SPEAKER_00: Because they wouldn't be on the high levels that they are if they didn't become focused and obsessed about what they were doing.
• 49:05
  SPEAKER_00: Success leaves clues.
• 49:08
  SPEAKER_00: So when I was talking about that piece, when you and your purpose, man, you be like a ninja, you like a ninja focused.
• 49:16
  SPEAKER_00: You like, man, I ain't stuck none of that stuff.
• 49:18
  SPEAKER_00: And some people might think it's cold-blooded, and oh, you're being unrealistic, and you don't have any feelings.
• 49:24
  SPEAKER_00: No, I got plenty of feelings, I just can't afford to have my feelings scattered everywhere.
• 49:29
  SPEAKER_00: I have to put all my energy into what's in front of me and move accordingly.
• 49:34
  SPEAKER_00: That's what's going on, okay.
• 49:36
  SPEAKER_00: Purpose gives you peace even when life doesn't make sense because you know you're doing what you were called to do.
• 49:44
  SPEAKER_00: No matter what's going on in the world, y'all.
• 49:47
  SPEAKER_00: When you tap into your purpose, stay on that path, stay aligned.
• 49:52
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm telling you, doors will continue to open up.
• 49:55
  SPEAKER_00: The profits, there's no ceiling.
• 49:58
  SPEAKER_00: The peace that you get and the protection, you're gonna know I don't need to be dealing with that.
• 50:02
  SPEAKER_00: I don't need to go, I don't need to respond.
• 50:05
  SPEAKER_00: That's another thing.
• 50:06
  SPEAKER_00: You get protected from responding because sometimes as a as a black sheep, people don't we haven't had a lot of people take up for us, so we be ready to to pummel anything that comes and try to uh make us feel a certain type of way or any threats to anything, we be ready, right?
• 50:21
  SPEAKER_00: We head on.
• 50:23
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what?
• 50:23
  SPEAKER_00: When you walk in divine purpose, your purpose will tell you, man, fall back, don't even clap back, don't say nothing.
• 50:29
  SPEAKER_00: Let them have it.
• 50:30
  SPEAKER_00: Let the dirt bags think they won while you continue on your focus and your future because you don't need all these different little enemies for stupid stuff.
• 50:39
  SPEAKER_00: Let them think they won.
• 50:40
  SPEAKER_00: By the time you make it to where you're going, you're gonna be too big for them to come back and they're gonna know they messed up.
• 50:46
  SPEAKER_00: Like Jim Ron said, they messed up, they'll know then.
• 50:50
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so let's get into these three action steps that you can take right away.
• 50:56
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, build one system around your purpose.
• 50:58
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, stop overthinking it, pick one direction and build it daily.
• 51:02
  SPEAKER_00: I'm telling you guys, don't even overthink it.
• 51:05
  SPEAKER_00: Do jump right in.
• 51:06
  SPEAKER_00: You know why you can perfect it as time goes on.
• 51:09
  SPEAKER_00: Me trying to perfect everything because people laugh online, and you know, I had I had met someone, I was writing my books, guys.
• 51:17
  SPEAKER_00: I've run over 12 books now and still in the lab writing, and a young lady that I really respected.
• 51:22
  SPEAKER_00: I liked her a lot at one time, and um, I showed her a book and she cracked the joke talking about a misspelled word.
• 51:28
  SPEAKER_00: It was like a I don't think it was a final draft at that time, it was probably like a second draft, but she was still giggling about it.
• 51:35
  SPEAKER_00: You know what God did?
• 51:36
  SPEAKER_00: Let me tell you about purpose, high protection.
• 51:38
  SPEAKER_00: You know what God did?
• 51:40
  SPEAKER_00: So I I I always frequently visit Barnes and Nobles.
• 51:43
  SPEAKER_00: I love Barnes and Nobles, y'all.
• 51:44
  SPEAKER_00: Don't ever let them close.
• 51:45
  SPEAKER_00: Don't ever let Barnes and Nobles close.
• 51:47
  SPEAKER_00: Barnes and Nobles have free Wi-Fi and they have the Starbucks and all the type of books you want to look at, read, and study.
• 51:51
  SPEAKER_00: I love Barnes and Nobles.
• 51:53
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 51:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um but what God would do, let me show you what He did, how He'll protect you.
• 52:01
  SPEAKER_00: God, I went to a um Barnes and Nobles, and I'm just looking around, and I pulled out a book by a particular author that I like.
• 52:09
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna say the name, but they're well known.
• 52:12
  SPEAKER_00: This person was a this person is a New York Times bestseller.
• 52:17
  SPEAKER_00: I open up the page.
• 52:19
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what I found?
• 52:20
  SPEAKER_00: A misspelled word.
• 52:22
  SPEAKER_00: I'll never forget that.
• 52:24
  SPEAKER_00: And God spoke to my spirit then and said, now if they on the New York Times best spell best selling list and they got a misspelled word, what is that telling you?
• 52:35
  SPEAKER_00: You know what that says, guys?
• 52:36
  SPEAKER_00: It's not about being perfect, it's about the purpose, it's about your message, it's about your message.
• 52:44
  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna always get people to try to nitpick.
• 52:46
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, look what they're doing.
• 52:47
  SPEAKER_00: Look, look at their shoes, look at their hair, oh, that looks ghetto, oh, that looks cheap.
• 52:52
  SPEAKER_00: Guess what?
• 52:53
  SPEAKER_00: When the message is right and on point, the right people will come.
• 52:58
  SPEAKER_00: This is why, with even this podcast, let me just give you some inside information because I love you guys so much, and I want you to just do it like Nike says, Y'all, just do it, just start and get better over time, specifically with this podcast.
• 53:11
  SPEAKER_00: One thing I realized is because this is not my first podcast, what I started to tap into, guys, was it's all about consistency, and you have no matter what you're trying to do, regardless if it's a podcast, losing weight, no matter what it is, you need to decrease the obstacles in your way, decrease all the things that could make that could stop you from being consistent.
• 53:37
  SPEAKER_00: And do y'all know what stops podcasters from being consistent?
• 53:40
  SPEAKER_00: Trying to get the perfect episode, trying to go back and edit everything.
• 53:44
  SPEAKER_00: And don't get me wrong, guys, sometimes you might need to edit certain things, but in the beginning, let that thing roll and get your message out, get it out of you, and as time goes on, you can continue to perfect it as you go.
• 53:56
  SPEAKER_00: So, for me, for an example, guys, I'm sure you've heard if this is your second, third time here, and I appreciate you coming back.
• 54:02
  SPEAKER_00: You can say, Oh, they messed up there.
• 54:04
  SPEAKER_00: You can take all the notes you want or the messed up part.
• 54:07
  SPEAKER_00: I just want to make sure you get the message and I want to show God, listen, this is my seed, I'm putting it out there because all of these messages I'm putting out are timeless.
• 54:16
  SPEAKER_00: It's just like when a superstar becomes a superstar, they've been working for over a decade, and we got hip to one song, and then what happens after that?
• 54:24
  SPEAKER_00: They start finding all their songs in their category in their catalog and just start blowing them all up.
• 54:29
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 54:29
  SPEAKER_00: Because they started with that one seed and they kept going for consistency, and that's what you have to do.
• 54:35
  SPEAKER_00: This is why number two, move before you're validated.
• 54:38
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody is coming early.
• 54:40
  SPEAKER_00: Don't worry about the people that ain't showing up yet.
• 54:42
  SPEAKER_00: Don't worry about the listeners, the readers, the viewers, don't worry about the people showing up at the seminar.
• 54:47
  SPEAKER_00: I remember I had a seminar, three people showed up, and I delivered that message like it was 50,000 folks in there.
• 54:52
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, don't worry about all that.
• 54:55
  SPEAKER_00: Start anyway.
• 54:56
  SPEAKER_00: It sends us like a it says like a message to the universe that man, this person right here, they not playing, they're serious about it.
• 55:04
  SPEAKER_00: And as time goes on, I'm telling you, this is why when they talk about the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poor, you know why?
• 55:11
  SPEAKER_00: Because poor mindset people is waiting for somebody to come save them, they're waiting for the perfect president, they're waiting for the perfect time.
• 55:20
  SPEAKER_00: The wealthy people that you see, even if they are trust fund babies, somebody in that bloodline said, you know what?
• 55:27
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna start with what I got.
• 55:28
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna start right now.
• 55:30
  SPEAKER_00: They're gonna laugh, they're gonna make fun.
• 55:32
  SPEAKER_00: I don't care.
• 55:33
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna start right now.
• 55:34
  SPEAKER_00: And here's one cool note I want to leave you with.
• 55:37
  SPEAKER_00: The KFC, the colonel, always talk about that guy.
• 55:40
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, y'all, he did not start Kentucky Fried Chicken until he was 65 years old.
• 55:46
  SPEAKER_00: He had already been dibbling and dabbling with it, but he was failing.
• 55:49
  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes when you fail, guys, you fall back a little bit because you got to recoup, right?
• 55:54
  SPEAKER_00: Especially in those days, we're not in the internet, we're not in the internet digital age where you can start something really quickly with a low overhead.
• 56:01
  SPEAKER_00: Back then, hell, even in 2000, you had to still put a lot out, right?
• 56:05
  SPEAKER_00: Like as far as your money and things like that.
• 56:09
  SPEAKER_00: So he fell back and all of these different things, but it was still in his mind.
• 56:12
  SPEAKER_00: Well, at the age of 65, he got a social security check and was pissed off about it and got going again.
• 56:17
  SPEAKER_00: And that was the year that thing popped off.
• 56:20
  SPEAKER_00: Now, the colonel has long gone passed away, right?
• 56:24
  SPEAKER_00: Long gone, I believe it was 1979, 1980 when he passed away.
• 56:27
  SPEAKER_00: They said he was hard and bricks, boy.
• 56:29
  SPEAKER_00: He was hard, he was tougher than nails, right?
• 56:31
  SPEAKER_00: I like people from back then that day.
• 56:33
  SPEAKER_00: They told you what they felt like about how it is, but they knew how to take pain and not crumble under pressure.
• 56:39
  SPEAKER_00: I love folks like that.
• 56:40
  SPEAKER_00: That's why a lot of the people that I discuss on this podcast, they will be from that particular time, right?
• 56:45
  SPEAKER_00: But I say all this to say that.
• 56:47
  SPEAKER_00: I say all that to say this.
• 56:49
  SPEAKER_00: KFC is still number one in the chicken round.
• 56:51
  SPEAKER_00: Popeyes might be on a boo-boo, but KFC is still number one in the world, and if they're not number one, I can put money on it, they're still in the top three, right?
• 57:00
  SPEAKER_00: And guess what?
• 57:01
  SPEAKER_00: KFC, I don't think he had any kids.
• 57:03
  SPEAKER_00: So, regardless if you have kids or not, walk in purpose is still gonna be a legacy for somebody else to continue to learn from it.
• 57:12
  SPEAKER_00: Some of y'all might say, Well, what kind of legacy is KFC?
• 57:14
  SPEAKER_00: His whole mindset was bringing a family back together for meals.
• 57:19
  SPEAKER_00: It was a time when people, everybody in the house had started working, but he wanted to give them that home cooked meal flavor, and that's what he offered.
• 57:27
  SPEAKER_00: That's how he came up with that idea.
• 57:29
  SPEAKER_00: The same thing for you.
• 57:32
  SPEAKER_00: Move before you're validated.
• 57:34
  SPEAKER_00: Number three, treat your purpose like it's already big because it is.
• 57:39
  SPEAKER_00: When I talk about that little seed, you need to see the harness in the seed, see the harvest in the seed.
• 57:45
  SPEAKER_00: Don't you all that little seed?
• 57:47
  SPEAKER_00: This is why when people be talking about that little business, oh, here go your little this.
• 57:50
  SPEAKER_00: I was just thinking about literally today.
• 57:52
  SPEAKER_00: How have you ever observed how people will borrow money from you?
• 57:55
  SPEAKER_00: And then when it's time for them to pay it back, oh, here go your little money, here go your little$20.
• 58:00
  SPEAKER_00: It wasn't little when they needed it, though.
• 58:02
  SPEAKER_00: I don't care if it was five dollars, it wasn't little when you needed it.
• 58:06
  SPEAKER_00: So don't all don't don't knock your own self out.
• 58:09
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, my little business, oh, this is my little career, this is my little house.
• 58:13
  SPEAKER_00: I don't care if it's a one-bedroom shack, this is my house.
• 58:18
  SPEAKER_00: This is my house, this is what I'm doing.
• 58:20
  SPEAKER_00: It's not little, it's your vision, it's a part of the process, okay.
• 58:25
  SPEAKER_00: And we all have to continue to make different corrections in our life as far as how we speak, but understand you speaking into your life that is helping your seed grow.
• 58:34
  SPEAKER_00: It starts with you.
• 58:35
  SPEAKER_00: You put your seed in the ground and you talking to your seed.
• 58:38
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sure you guys seen that water test where the man was talking about the molecules.
• 58:42
  SPEAKER_00: He had the water that he spoke beautifully to, he had the molecules of the water, he had the water in the cup that he spoke crazy to.
• 58:48
  SPEAKER_00: Y'all, the molecules in the water that he was speaking real reckless to, y'all, it was all sharp and raggedy edges.
• 58:55
  SPEAKER_00: The the mole, the water that froze, they froze them.
• 58:58
  SPEAKER_00: The water that he uh spoke beautifully to, y'all, it was like crystals, I mean, like an ice palace.
• 59:04
  SPEAKER_00: It was beautiful.
• 59:06
  SPEAKER_00: What am I saying?
• 59:07
  SPEAKER_00: The thing that you say matters most, and it starts with you.
• 59:11
  SPEAKER_00: People can say all kinds of stuff, but you ain't gotta receive it.
• 59:14
  SPEAKER_00: You ain't gotta receive it.
• 59:16
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I don't receive that and keep moving.
• 59:17
  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
• 59:18
  SPEAKER_00: They ain't gonna know how to respond.
• 59:20
  SPEAKER_00: You didn't even gotta say it to them.
• 59:21
  SPEAKER_00: You can just say hello.
• 59:22
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I don't receive that and keep rolling.
• 59:24
  SPEAKER_00: Treat your purpose like it's already big.
• 59:27
  SPEAKER_00: Stop playing small, move like it matters because it does.
• 59:32
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, guys, you don't need more time, you need to you don't need more information.
• 59:37
  SPEAKER_00: We're in an information age, you don't need more confirmation, you need alignment because once you align with your purpose, everything else does, it starts to fall in place.
• 59:49
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to me very carefully.
• 59:50
  SPEAKER_00: You're not here just to exist, you're here to execute an assignment.
• 59:55
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, now if you're ready to stop feeling stuck and you're actually ready to build something real, you can do one of two things.
• 1:00:03
  SPEAKER_00: One, I have my discover your purpose workbook.
• 1:00:07
  SPEAKER_00: You can get that absolutely no cost to you.
• 1:00:09
  SPEAKER_00: It's free 99.
• 1:00:10
  SPEAKER_00: And then we have the free masterclass, build a plan and not a wish list.
• 1:00:14
  SPEAKER_00: That is a great place to start because you must understand your story is your blueprint, and your blueprint is your next move.
• 1:00:26
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, remember information is everywhere, but execution is rare.
• 1:00:32
  SPEAKER_00: Take care.