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THE TIMING ADVANTAGE The Right Move at the Wrong Time Can Still Cost You. · The Black Sheep Leadership Podcast

0:28
SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Black Sheep Leadership Podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm Athena Renee, and this is where the underdogs, misfits, and black sheeps come to turn their pain into power so that they can build a life by design and leaving legacy behind.
0:40
SPEAKER_00: If this is your first time tapping in, welcome home, fam.
0:42
SPEAKER_00: Pull up a chair.
0:43
SPEAKER_00: I'm so glad you're here.
0:44
SPEAKER_00: And if you're back again, welcome back.
0:46
SPEAKER_00: Listen, Black Sheep, it's so good to see you again.
0:48
SPEAKER_00: Thank you for continuing to trust me with your time.
0:51
SPEAKER_00: I don't take that lightly.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, let's do this quick vibe check.
0:54
SPEAKER_00: Because if you're easily offended, sensitive, entitled, waiting on somebody to come save you, or you're allergic to accountability, get your ass up out of here.
1:01
SPEAKER_00: This ain't your safe space, so go ahead and tap out now.
1:04
SPEAKER_00: But if you're ready to think bigger, move smarter, and you refuse to live beneath your potential, stay locked in, my friend.
1:11
SPEAKER_00: Because by the end of this episode, you're walking away with something that you can execute immediately.
1:16
SPEAKER_00: Now let's get to work.
1:18
SPEAKER_00: The last briefing we talked about, the three masks that everybody wears.
1:21
SPEAKER_00: We learned that different behavior doesn't automatically mean that they're fake, right?
1:26
SPEAKER_00: But people adjust to the environments they're in, and everybody has motives, and access itself can sometimes serve a purpose.
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SPEAKER_00: But once you listen, observed, and analyzed the information, eventually another question appears.
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SPEAKER_00: When do I make my move?
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SPEAKER_00: And that's where today's brief today's briefing begins.
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SPEAKER_00: Now listen, I just want to remind you, okay, in case this is your first time here, season two is operating through our OAE framework.
1:54
SPEAKER_00: Observe, analyze, and execute.
1:56
SPEAKER_00: All right, because we're updating our framework, Black Sheet Family, so we can continue to make our next move, our best move.
2:02
SPEAKER_00: Now, today's briefing sits right on the bridge between analyze and execute.
2:06
SPEAKER_00: Because you can analyze the situation perfectly and choose the correct move.
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SPEAKER_00: You got it all together.
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SPEAKER_00: But you can still screw things up if your timing is wrong.
2:18
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever sent a text and immediately wish you snatched that thing back out of cyberspace?
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SPEAKER_00: Same words, same feelings, same issue, but maybe it was the wrong time.
2:30
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever told somebody about an idea too early and watched outside opinions contaminate something that wasn't developed enough to withstand them?
2:38
SPEAKER_00: Woo yeah, I felt that plenty of times.
2:40
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever waited too long to make a decision?
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SPEAKER_00: Right?
2:44
SPEAKER_00: Because you know if you study long, you study wrong.
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SPEAKER_00: And then you watch the opportunity disappear.
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SPEAKER_00: Or you want somebody do the thing that you said you know it was you first, right?
2:54
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever had right conversations with somebody who was too angry to hear it?
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SPEAKER_00: You know you were selling them right, but they was too angry to hear what you were saying.
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SPEAKER_00: Like, see, sometimes the problem isn't the move, it's the timing.
3:08
SPEAKER_00: It's the timing, and that's why today's episode is called the timing advantage.
3:14
SPEAKER_00: The right move at the wrong time can still cost you.
3:18
SPEAKER_00: Let's unpack it, fam.
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SPEAKER_00: Because if you understand these principles, you'll stop asking only what is my next move, and then you'll start asking when what is the right time to make this move?
3:32
SPEAKER_00: When does the move give me the strongest position in my life?
3:36
SPEAKER_00: Because it's all about ascension, right?
3:38
SPEAKER_00: And what we're doing, growth.
3:39
SPEAKER_00: We came here to grow.
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SPEAKER_00: So even though you're making a move, you want to think about that timing.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay?
3:47
SPEAKER_00: Listen, family, I really want you to focus on this because we're living in a world where people want to see overnight results.
3:54
SPEAKER_00: People have been wanting to see overright overnight results.
3:56
SPEAKER_00: Get quick, get rich, quick schemes have always been a thing, right?
4:01
SPEAKER_00: It's always been a thing out here.
4:03
SPEAKER_00: But we all know that greatness takes time.
4:06
SPEAKER_00: This is why wine that has been aged, anything that has been aged, a lot of times it becomes worth more.
4:12
SPEAKER_00: And I even know that we're living in a time now where people just praise youth.
4:15
SPEAKER_00: Youth, youth, youth, youth, youth.
4:17
SPEAKER_00: And don't get me wrong, youth is so fun and invigorating and it brings new ideas and everything.
4:23
SPEAKER_00: But it is in your time that you actually have experience to think about things, is when you become most valuable.
4:30
SPEAKER_00: Now, don't get me wrong.
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SPEAKER_00: I know there are some geniuses out here, right?
4:34
SPEAKER_00: And they change the game.
4:35
SPEAKER_00: There's kids out here that's 16 years old that retired their parents.
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SPEAKER_00: But I want you to understand timing in one thing does not necessarily mean timing in others.
4:44
SPEAKER_00: Okay, so we're all here to continue growing.
4:47
SPEAKER_00: But I just want to drive this home because family, when you look around you in this world where things are moving so fast, it is crazy.
4:54
SPEAKER_00: It's sometimes like it could become almost surreal to deal with how technology changes so fast, jobs are reinventing themselves, it the job market is changing, skill set needs are changing, all these things are changing, and it's like, oh my gosh.
5:10
SPEAKER_00: And then sometimes you can end up on either one or the other side of the line where one, you force change to change you, or two, you're like, I need to get in front of the change, right?
5:21
SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna just sit back and let things change and me not be a part of change.
5:26
SPEAKER_00: Now, if you on this podcast, obviously I already know what side of that line you're on.
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SPEAKER_00: But I want you to understand, family, because things we already know times is changing fast and everything, but we can only live our day one at a time.
5:36
SPEAKER_00: However, I don't want us to get into a holding pattern where we're studying forever, we're allowing perfection to become procrastination, or we're allowing, oh, I don't have all the pieces.
5:48
SPEAKER_00: Listen, family, a lot of times you won't have all the pieces, but you have to be willing to take one step at a time and know that obviously the clock is always ticking, but you have your perfect timing when you need to do things, and this is why this episode number one has been created to help you with that, to help me with it as well, because that's the most priceless asset that you have, because you can never get time back, you can get money back, you can get money back.
6:14
SPEAKER_00: I can talk your head off about how many people have lost it so many times I can tell you about my life, but timing family, we don't get it back.
6:21
SPEAKER_00: And with that being said, we have to make sure we use it and make moves so wisely, okay?
6:27
SPEAKER_00: So please focus in on this episode.
6:30
SPEAKER_00: Now, principle number one every good move doesn't need to happen right now.
6:36
SPEAKER_00: Black sheep, I'm just gonna keep it all the way raw with y'all because I have been a do-it first and think about it later, person in my life.
6:43
SPEAKER_00: And the reason why, family, that's just my nature.
6:45
SPEAKER_00: I'm about action because I know change cannot come with action, it cannot come without action.
6:49
SPEAKER_00: You gotta be able to move and do something.
6:51
SPEAKER_00: You can't just sit there, right?
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SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna go do it.
6:53
SPEAKER_00: But guess what, black sheep?
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SPEAKER_00: My urgency, I know for a fact it can make you stupid.
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SPEAKER_00: Not because you're stupid intellectually, because sometimes emotion creates pressure, and you feel like you gotta go, hey, let me go ahead and do this, right?
7:06
SPEAKER_00: The job went left.
7:07
SPEAKER_00: Oh, let me go ahead and make this move real quick.
7:09
SPEAKER_00: And I understand that everybody has uh different lifestyles and different places where they are, right?
7:14
SPEAKER_00: I truly believe that we have an internal compass that really will give you the discernment and the um intuition, is what I'm looking for.
7:24
SPEAKER_00: It will give you the intuition when it's time to shift, but you gotta just start to listen to your body and your energy field.
7:32
SPEAKER_00: This is why you really have to start focusing on you, okay?
7:34
SPEAKER_00: But listen to me, y'all.
7:35
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you will make a move so quick, boom, now you look back and now you got more information.
7:40
SPEAKER_00: Now you out here looking stupid, right?
7:43
SPEAKER_00: It's just like um another example.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, like we talked about earlier.
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SPEAKER_00: You send this text message and you letting them have it, right?
7:51
SPEAKER_00: Boom, you send it, and next thing you know, they come back with, oh, I was at the dentist, I couldn't respond.
8:00
SPEAKER_00: Right?
8:01
SPEAKER_00: I got a I got a uh root canal and I had that gas, right?
8:05
SPEAKER_00: Now you didn't send this out of order ass text message, and you know you can't take it back.
8:10
SPEAKER_00: Some here's another one.
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SPEAKER_00: Somebody can disrespect you, whether it's in a meeting or in-person, personal type of relationship, whatever, and you feel like you need to respond right now.
8:22
SPEAKER_00: You get an idea.
8:24
SPEAKER_00: Here's another, you get an idea and you want to announce it right now.
8:28
SPEAKER_00: Somebody offers you an opportunity, and because you're afraid it'll disappear, you'll feel pressure to answer right now.
8:34
SPEAKER_00: But one of the greatest advantages that you can develop is the ability to separate the difference in I need to make a move from I need to make this move immediately.
8:45
SPEAKER_00: Okay?
8:46
SPEAKER_00: Being able to separate, I need to make a move, and I need to make a move right now.
8:52
SPEAKER_00: Those are not the same thing, family.
8:54
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you already know what you're going to do, right?
8:56
SPEAKER_00: You know, you're just waiting for the right conditions.
8:59
SPEAKER_00: That's not weakness, that is strategy.
9:02
SPEAKER_00: That is strategy, family.
9:04
SPEAKER_00: Think about cooking.
9:05
SPEAKER_00: You can have the right ingredients, the right recipe, the right temperature, and still ruin the food.
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SPEAKER_00: Why?
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SPEAKER_00: Because you took it out too early or you left it in too long.
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SPEAKER_00: Timing matters, fam.
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SPEAKER_00: You don't look inside an oven after five minutes and say, Well, all the ingredients are there.
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SPEAKER_00: Why isn't this cake done?
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SPEAKER_00: Right?
9:19
SPEAKER_00: Because preparation and completion aren't the same thing.
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SPEAKER_00: Some things require time to develop.
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SPEAKER_00: And black sheep, we do this with our lives constantly.
9:29
SPEAKER_00: We possibly may plant something Monday, dig it up on Wednesday, and start complaining because there aren't any roots.
9:34
SPEAKER_00: You start the big business six months ago.
9:36
SPEAKER_00: You started the podcast, you went back to school, you started applying, you changed habits.
9:40
SPEAKER_00: Speaking of habits, did you know it takes 21 days to even change a habit to really instill it?
9:45
SPEAKER_00: And quite frankly, family, you need to be doing it for at least two months.
9:50
SPEAKER_00: But 21 days is the start of habits, but two months is when it's really is really instilled in.
9:55
SPEAKER_00: Okay?
9:56
SPEAKER_00: You establish a boundary, and now you're asking, why isn't everything different yet?
10:00
SPEAKER_00: Family, maybe nothing is wrong.
10:01
SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's still cooking.
10:03
SPEAKER_00: You gotta let her cook.
10:05
SPEAKER_00: Let it cook, fam.
10:06
SPEAKER_00: Let it cook.
10:08
SPEAKER_00: Before we move on to principle number two, because this is a very important episode, fam.
10:13
SPEAKER_00: I want you to think about the seasons and the weather.
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SPEAKER_00: We got winter, spring, summer, and fall.
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SPEAKER_00: And they all have their timing.
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SPEAKER_00: They all have their own timing.
10:27
SPEAKER_00: Right?
10:27
SPEAKER_00: You don't see snow in the summer.
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SPEAKER_00: Even if you say, well, it's snowing on the North Pole in the summertime.
10:32
SPEAKER_00: But guess what?
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SPEAKER_00: That's that particular climate.
10:36
SPEAKER_00: That's that particular climate.
10:38
SPEAKER_00: Even in the North Pole, in these different areas, everything has a season.
10:42
SPEAKER_00: Um, one of the wisest, or well, the wisest men and the most richest men, wealthiest men that ever lived, that's been noted throughout history is King Solomon.
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SPEAKER_00: And he even said there's a time for everything.
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SPEAKER_00: A time to laugh, a time to cry, a time to save, a time to spend.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay?
11:00
SPEAKER_00: Because timing is everything, family.
11:02
SPEAKER_00: All right.
11:02
SPEAKER_00: So, and I'm saying that to you because number one, a lot of times we get to that point of desperation where we gotta see some change, right?
11:09
SPEAKER_00: And I completely understand and I get it because sometimes as an entrepreneur, you're walking on that edge all the time, you're walking on that double-edged sword all the time.
11:18
SPEAKER_00: But you start to realize number one, family, good things will always take time.
11:22
SPEAKER_00: And after you plant something, you have to be willing to sit back and say, you know what, let me give this thing an opportunity to get rooted.
11:35
SPEAKER_00: Just like you, family, you are not the same person that you used to be, right?
11:41
SPEAKER_00: And it took time, and I know it when we get to a point of desperation or frustration as well, we want to kick up the urgency.
11:48
SPEAKER_00: When I tell you, I promise you times 10 to the power of 10.
11:51
SPEAKER_00: I know what it feels like.
11:53
SPEAKER_00: But guess what?
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SPEAKER_00: A lot of times when it's not coming through, it's something that you need to be taught.
11:59
SPEAKER_00: It is something that is still being prepared.
12:03
SPEAKER_00: But just know, family, when you plant your seeds, just keep doing the right thing.
12:07
SPEAKER_00: Don't look back, don't look back.
12:09
SPEAKER_00: It may take some time, and everybody's timing is the same.
12:12
SPEAKER_00: Okay, just like I got a revelation about one of my largest milestones.
12:18
SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna, this is really private, right here, family.
12:20
SPEAKER_00: One of my success milestones was to be able to purchase my grandmother a home.
12:27
SPEAKER_00: I really wanted to be.
12:28
SPEAKER_00: That was my whole moniker, that was my whole reason, besides, you know, wanting to help people and feed children and all these different things.
12:36
SPEAKER_00: That was like my success milestone, right?
12:39
SPEAKER_00: And then my business did not even reach six figures until COVID-19, number one, and number two, she had passed away a couple months later.
12:47
SPEAKER_00: And it wasn't from COVID, but she passed away a few months later.
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SPEAKER_00: Um and I struggled with it for a while.
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SPEAKER_00: But the divine revelation I got was my wealth, if I would have shared it with my grandmother the way I know I would have, it would have not destroyed her, but she wouldn't have been able to enjoy it for herself because she chose to be surrounded and keep people that used her, and so she wouldn't even be enjoying it, they would have been enjoying it, family.
13:17
SPEAKER_00: So now I have peace to understand why, even though I was pleading and begging and praying for it to happen, it didn't happen, right?
13:26
SPEAKER_00: And when I finally received the revelation, guys, because sometimes it we might be ready, sometimes we're not truly ready, but we might be ready, but the situation is not ready, other things in the background may not be ready.
13:38
SPEAKER_00: Why, family?
13:39
SPEAKER_00: Because we are doing these things for the long haul, especially if you resonate with being a millennial that's in their mid to late 30s, a Gen X or a boomer, right?
13:50
SPEAKER_00: Or if you resonate with being 35 to 65, if you're listening to happen to be listening to this podcast, right?
13:57
SPEAKER_00: If you especially if you're between 35 and 55, but even 65 family, because we're living longer.
14:03
SPEAKER_00: And we need to understand that some certain components in our life, it's because things in the background we're not ready.
14:10
SPEAKER_00: All right.
14:11
SPEAKER_00: Let's go to principle number two.
14:16
SPEAKER_00: Before I go to that, just let it cook, fam.
14:19
SPEAKER_00: I just want to go back to that.
14:20
SPEAKER_00: Let it cook.
14:22
SPEAKER_00: I just let it cook.
14:23
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you got to turn down the heat.
14:26
SPEAKER_00: Let it cook, family.
14:28
SPEAKER_00: Let it cook.
14:28
SPEAKER_00: Okay?
14:29
SPEAKER_00: Now, principle number two, don't announce everything in the C stage.
14:32
SPEAKER_00: Woo, we listen, family.
14:33
SPEAKER_00: You already know we're moving in silence, right?
14:35
SPEAKER_00: This is especially important for black sheep.
14:38
SPEAKER_00: Stop announcing everything the moment God puts it in your head.
14:41
SPEAKER_00: Oh my lord.
14:43
SPEAKER_00: Every idea doesn't need an audience, every plan doesn't need a committee.
14:46
SPEAKER_00: Is your idea is not the committee decision to make?
14:49
SPEAKER_00: Every opportunity doesn't need a Facebook announcement.
14:52
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you need to let something develop in private.
14:56
SPEAKER_00: Think about a pregnancy.
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SPEAKER_00: There's a season many people choose to wait before announcing it as widely.
15:00
SPEAKER_00: Something can be real, valuable, and growing while still being vulnerable.
15:04
SPEAKER_00: Your ideas can be the same way.
15:06
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
15:07
SPEAKER_00: Get excited.
15:08
SPEAKER_00: You tell you get excited, right?
15:10
SPEAKER_00: You tell 12 people.
15:11
SPEAKER_00: Now 12 people have 12 opinions.
15:13
SPEAKER_00: One says the market is oversaturated.
15:15
SPEAKER_00: Another one says everybody doing that.
15:16
SPEAKER_00: Another one says, How you gonna do that?
15:18
SPEAKER_00: How you gonna afford that?
15:19
SPEAKER_00: Another one laugh and say, Yeah, right, you out of your lead.
15:21
SPEAKER_00: Then somebody else says, You know what?
15:23
SPEAKER_00: Give it a shot.
15:24
SPEAKER_00: And now something that was clear in your mind is fighting for survival against everybody else's fear.
15:30
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes your problem wasn't the idea, it was that you exposed it too early.
15:36
SPEAKER_00: Man, family, this one is so powerful.
15:39
SPEAKER_00: This one is so powerful, and just like the analogy, family, how think about a pregnancy.
15:44
SPEAKER_00: People don't say nothing, nothing, because they understand when something is in seed form.
15:50
SPEAKER_00: And I'm gonna tell you something, black sheep family.
15:52
SPEAKER_00: The rule that we stand by, we're moving in silence, but you know another one is, family?
15:56
SPEAKER_00: Tell none until it's done.
15:59
SPEAKER_00: Tell none until it's done.
16:02
SPEAKER_00: Okay, family?
16:03
SPEAKER_00: Why we're talking about it right now.
16:06
SPEAKER_00: You don't need 12 different opinions about your vision.
16:11
SPEAKER_00: But here's the thing, family: a wise person does seek counsel.
16:14
SPEAKER_00: But if it's something that you are thinking about, give your time, give yourself time and room to breathe on it and think about it.
16:21
SPEAKER_00: You're the genius that thought of it.
16:23
SPEAKER_00: You think about it first before you share it, right?
16:26
SPEAKER_00: I truly believe all great ideas comes from the creator.
16:30
SPEAKER_00: All good ideas, whether they come through or not, I'm talking about as far as to fruition, all positive, great ideas that could help humanity.
16:38
SPEAKER_00: I truly believe that they are a gift from the creator.
16:42
SPEAKER_00: And if he decided to drop it in your mind, in your brain, that's telling you that you can are that's already confirmation you can do it.
16:49
SPEAKER_00: So you don't need to run out and get a whole committee about it.
16:52
SPEAKER_00: Now, after you've thought about it, then but that might be a 30-day time period.
16:58
SPEAKER_00: It just depends.
16:59
SPEAKER_00: But here's the other caveat to that.
17:01
SPEAKER_00: Now, if you are part of a think tank or if you're a part of a community where y'all always tossing big ideas around, nobody is here, no the ideas are so big and so vast of that you don't even care about competing, comparing because you know that information is everywhere and execution is rare, right?
17:16
SPEAKER_00: But you know these people, they're solid and they get excited.
17:20
SPEAKER_00: They get excited about all growth ideas and good ideas anyway.
17:23
SPEAKER_00: Whether you they hear about it again after you discuss it, in that case, listen, still give it the seed and the idea time to breathe before you go telling the think tank, right?
17:33
SPEAKER_00: Give yourself time to think about it because you can say, eh, not right now, I'll discuss it later.
17:37
SPEAKER_00: You might write it down, right?
17:38
SPEAKER_00: Give yourself time to become master of the idea first.
17:41
SPEAKER_00: And I don't mean a poll plan, I'm just talking about to at least ponder on it, right?
17:45
SPEAKER_00: And do your due diligence.
17:46
SPEAKER_00: What I want you to understand is that your silence and you pulling back before you share your idea even with the think tank, silence can be a part of the strategy.
17:57
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
17:58
SPEAKER_00: See, when you're always announcing your next move, you give away information before there's an advantage to even give it away.
18:05
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the strategy needs to be to build it quietly, study quietly, stay quietly, apply it, negotiate quietly, right, feel quietly.
18:14
SPEAKER_00: Then you let the results make the noise.
18:17
SPEAKER_00: You let the results introduce them to the new you or whatever it is that you're doing.
18:21
SPEAKER_00: And that's not being secretive, just the second experience, even though we're talking about it.
18:26
SPEAKER_00: It's understanding that premature exposure can't create unnecessary interference.
18:31
SPEAKER_00: So when something's in a premature phase, you don't need all the unnecessary interference, right?
18:36
SPEAKER_00: Because there will be a time to announce it.
18:39
SPEAKER_00: There'll be a time to market it, celebrate it, there'll be a time for all those things.
18:42
SPEAKER_00: But Black Seed family, speed stage and harvest stage requires different behavior.
18:47
SPEAKER_00: The wisest and richest man on earth was King Solomon.
18:51
SPEAKER_00: If you're a believer, but widely known as that, he said that I believe it was in the book of Ephesians, there's a time for everything.
18:58
SPEAKER_00: Timing is very important.
18:59
SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about principle number three, family.
19:02
SPEAKER_00: Now, waiting can be a strategy.
19:04
SPEAKER_00: We just talked about it, right?
19:05
SPEAKER_00: But it can also be a fear.
19:08
SPEAKER_00: Okay?
19:09
SPEAKER_00: So before somebody takes this episode and use it as promotion to procrastinate for another five years, waiting on a perfect politician, we need to talk, okay?
19:18
SPEAKER_00: Because some of y'all, you're not waiting right now.
19:20
SPEAKER_00: You're really you're really fearful, you're really scared.
19:24
SPEAKER_00: Okay?
19:25
SPEAKER_00: And there's a difference.
19:27
SPEAKER_00: See strategic patients says, I'm not moving yet, because I'm waiting for a specific reason or specific condition, right?
19:36
SPEAKER_00: And then you're gonna be making your move.
19:39
SPEAKER_00: And even then, you need to really look at that and understand the underlying motive of why you're saying that, because that could even be fear-based.
19:47
SPEAKER_00: Because family, what I want you to know is when you go into a new season, so let me just tell you this really quickly.
19:54
SPEAKER_00: Um, so every day I do a Bible study, I do a daily Bible study, it's just practical things on how to live my life, and then you know I'm really heavily into the stoicism.
20:02
SPEAKER_00: Well, anyways, the biblical lesson that I received, and no more than two days ago, which is really um just astounding to me, and it's crazy because we're all it's like it's a new season coming in, not just the weather, because we are going into the fall, but just it you can just feel it, it's like a synergy of it's time to shift into a new season of life.
20:22
SPEAKER_00: Um, and this is the part in the Bible, if you're a believer, but if not, just roll with me with this, because even on a logical standpoint, you can get something out of this.
20:31
SPEAKER_00: So Moses had led them through all these different things, but it was his time had come to an end.
20:36
SPEAKER_00: He was about to transition on, he had already told the people that Joshua was going to be their next leader, right?
20:41
SPEAKER_00: So he was already validated and certified and all of that.
20:43
SPEAKER_00: Well, long story short, all throughout his training prior to Moses making the announcement about Joshua and all these things, he had been talking to Joshua as well as God, and he was continuing to say, Have courage, don't fear, have courage.
20:57
SPEAKER_00: Don't fear, have courage.
20:58
SPEAKER_00: And you know what's crazy?
21:00
SPEAKER_00: One of the top words in the phrases in the Bible says, Don't fear.
21:04
SPEAKER_00: But the part I want to focus on today is have courage.
21:07
SPEAKER_00: Don't fear, have courage.
21:09
SPEAKER_00: What you must understand is, family, courage is knowing that I have a fear, but I'm gonna make a move anyway.
21:15
SPEAKER_00: Okay, I'm going to, I may have this fear.
21:18
SPEAKER_00: Why?
21:18
SPEAKER_00: Because fear is false evidence appearing real.
21:22
SPEAKER_00: But guess what?
21:23
SPEAKER_00: You're gonna move anyway, and that is what courage, and that's what you need when it's time to move in in certain situations, okay?
21:29
SPEAKER_00: But fear says I'm not moving because I can't guarantee what happens next.
21:33
SPEAKER_00: That's what fear tells you.
21:34
SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna do anything because I I can't guarantee what happens next.
21:37
SPEAKER_00: And that's different from saying, you know what, I am kind of scared, I am fearful, but god dogged it, I'm gonna do it anyway, right?
21:42
SPEAKER_00: So ask yourself, what exactly am I waiting for?
21:47
SPEAKER_00: If you can't answer that question, you might not have a timing strategy, you might have an avoidance strategy.
21:53
SPEAKER_00: If you're waiting for something, family, and I promise you, there's nothing wrong with that because I have been a go first and ask questions later because I saw people that.
22:00
SPEAKER_00: Wasted their whole life not doing anything, no action at all.
22:02
SPEAKER_00: They was all talking, no game.
22:04
SPEAKER_00: And so I came in, and it's just my nature as well.
22:07
SPEAKER_00: But I'm more so I'm a doer.
22:09
SPEAKER_00: Before you charge me with not doing nothing, I'm gonna do something, right?
22:13
SPEAKER_00: And obviously, throughout the time, I've noticed where or throughout my life journey, and when wisdom comes in, it's like, wait a minute now.
22:19
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes waiting is wisdom, but you have to be specific about your waiting.
22:23
SPEAKER_00: Don't just think there's gonna be some divine, you know, something out the sky, uh, a billboard that's gonna say, go now, right?
22:31
SPEAKER_00: Know the specifics while you're waiting so that you can connect that to your outcome.
22:34
SPEAKER_00: Okay, it's just like if you know, okay, I'm waiting for a specific time to make a move, whether that be well, with my child, because I love the school district they're in, when they graduate or their last year, I will start working on the next place and I'll move, right?
22:48
SPEAKER_00: That's a strategy.
22:49
SPEAKER_00: But if you say I just have no guarantees, I don't know what's going to happen.
22:52
SPEAKER_00: But my kid, they might need me, and all these things, that is the difference between fear and courage.
22:56
SPEAKER_00: But let's guess what?
22:57
SPEAKER_00: I'm about to give you several things that's gonna help you out with this because I know that it's a fine line, right?
23:03
SPEAKER_00: Especially as if you resonate with being a black sheep.
23:05
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we feel like we've made so many mistakes and we've helped so many people and wasted so much time.
23:09
SPEAKER_00: We really want to get it right, and sometimes we get into this perfection mode because I've absolutely been there, okay?
23:14
SPEAKER_00: But I'm gonna give you three action moves as I always do.
23:17
SPEAKER_00: But this one right here is really cool, and I want to challenge you to absolutely take advantage of it.
23:21
SPEAKER_00: This is called a traffic light test, all right?
23:23
SPEAKER_00: Y'all remember that game?
23:24
SPEAKER_00: Red light, green light, yellow light.
23:26
SPEAKER_00: I really love that game for some odd reason.
23:27
SPEAKER_00: Well, check this out in this particular tactic that we'll use to help you make decisions and avoid um procrastination.
23:33
SPEAKER_00: I want you to think about a traffic light, right?
23:36
SPEAKER_00: Is red, yellow, and green.
23:37
SPEAKER_00: And then think about the decisions that you have to make.
23:39
SPEAKER_00: Okay, some decisions group them as red, that means don't move on them.
23:43
SPEAKER_00: And the reason why you won't move on them is because you don't have enough information, you're too emotional right about it right now, the resources aren't there, and the risk is unnecessarily high.
23:52
SPEAKER_00: Wait, wait.
23:53
SPEAKER_00: See, that's intelligence behind your waiting, right?
23:55
SPEAKER_00: Now, some decisions are yellow.
23:57
SPEAKER_00: That's telling you to prepare, gather information, ask questions, position yourself, save money, build the skill, finish the plan.
24:05
SPEAKER_00: You're not sitting still, you're getting ready, and then green.
24:08
SPEAKER_00: You already know that's go time.
24:10
SPEAKER_00: You're gathered, you've gathered enough information, you've prepared well, the opportunity is open, and now take off.
24:16
SPEAKER_00: The problem is some people treat every light like green because so they're impulsive, and other people treat every light like it's red, they're paralyzed.
24:23
SPEAKER_00: The timing advantage comes from knowing which light you're actually looking at.
24:28
SPEAKER_00: All right, and timing isn't only about opportunities, family, it's about conversations too.
24:33
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you absolutely need to address something, but maybe not while you're furious.
24:38
SPEAKER_00: Okay, see, we're talking about emotional timing advantage right now.
24:42
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you need to go ahead and and and get the record straight and let your thoughts be known and get some straightening, like the Migos would say, we need some straightening, right?
24:51
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you need that, right?
24:52
SPEAKER_00: But guess what?
24:53
SPEAKER_00: Don't do it while you're furious.
24:54
SPEAKER_00: Don't do it while you're mad.
24:55
SPEAKER_00: That's something my mama always said.
24:57
SPEAKER_00: I don't mind you being straightforward as smart, but don't do things and make decisions while you're mad, while your heart is pounding, your hands are shaking.
25:04
SPEAKER_00: You absolutely aggravate it, right?
25:06
SPEAKER_00: You already got the whole text message, it's written in all caps.
25:09
SPEAKER_00: Maybe give it a minute or so.
25:10
SPEAKER_00: Not because the issue doesn't matter, it's valid, but because it matters enough so that you can handle it properly, handle it correctly, and handle it like a boss.
25:20
SPEAKER_00: All right, there are conversations where the difference between resolution and destruction is 24 hours.
25:26
SPEAKER_00: That's just that wait period because you can say one thing at the wrong time and cause massive destruction, right?
25:33
SPEAKER_00: Same issue, different emotional estate.
25:35
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes it's 24 hours, it'll give you a completely different outcome.
25:38
SPEAKER_00: And sometimes, family, check this out the timing isn't about you, the other person may not be able to receive the message yet.
25:44
SPEAKER_00: That doesn't mean you will never say it, it means you choose the moment intentionally.
25:50
SPEAKER_00: And family, it's so weird that I'm talking about this right now because I've literally had to walk this walk right now, okay?
25:58
SPEAKER_00: But don't wait until that window closes, right?
26:00
SPEAKER_00: Now let's flip it because I know we're talking about waiting intentionally, right?
26:03
SPEAKER_00: But let's flip it because timing has another side.
26:06
SPEAKER_00: Some black sheep wait too long.
26:07
SPEAKER_00: You saw the opportunity, you kept researching, you kept thinking, asking everybody for advice, you kept waiting for another sign.
26:12
SPEAKER_00: If I see another sign, but guess what?
26:13
SPEAKER_00: The whole time while you're waiting, someone else moved.
26:16
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever experienced that before where you had an idea and you look up and somebody else have already started doing it?
26:21
SPEAKER_00: That's one of the worst feelings ever.
26:23
SPEAKER_00: Seriously, there are windows in life.
26:26
SPEAKER_00: Opportunities have seasons, relationships have moments, markets change, technology change, jobs change, people change, doors open and doors close.
26:32
SPEAKER_00: You can you cannot control every window, family.
26:34
SPEAKER_00: But when one opens and you've done your work, hey, go on through that door, go on through that window.
26:41
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes I want you to know this too.
26:42
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes you have to move before you feel completely ready.
26:44
SPEAKER_00: If you listen to any celebrity, and we're just talking about celebrities because they're just known, right?
26:50
SPEAKER_00: But if you you can apply this to anybody that have done something that you feel is impressive and inspiring, I can almost promise you every time they did not feel all the way ready because no one ever does.
27:02
SPEAKER_00: Because complete certainty, it usually arrives after the opportunity has passed, right?
27:07
SPEAKER_00: After the opportunity has passed, that's when complete certainty has come, and that can happen in two different stages.
27:12
SPEAKER_00: One, when you get through it and you kind of look back on it in retrospect and be like, Oh, I'm glad I started.
27:18
SPEAKER_00: You know what?
27:18
SPEAKER_00: Everything worked out as it as it should.
27:20
SPEAKER_00: You know, you don't have all of the certainty at that time prior to that, but now you can look back and say, Wow, I started anyway, but as I see, things happen the way they needed to happen, and it came together.
27:33
SPEAKER_00: And then the other moments when you have certainty, unfortunately, is when the opportunity has already passed.
27:37
SPEAKER_00: And you're like, I knew I could have done it, I knew I should have, but you didn't do it.
27:41
SPEAKER_00: This is why preparations matter so much.
27:43
SPEAKER_00: People often call something luck when they didn't see the preparation before the opportunity arrived.
27:47
SPEAKER_00: See the job and opens and somebody already had a certification.
27:50
SPEAKER_00: I remember um I was listening online and the guy said, prepare before the opportunity.
27:55
SPEAKER_00: If you get the opportunity and you're not prepared, it's already too late.
27:58
SPEAKER_00: This is why Olympians family, Olympians, they will charge, excuse me, they will train and prepare 10 years, 10 years to go perform for 60 seconds, right?
28:08
SPEAKER_00: The property.
28:09
SPEAKER_00: So so here's the thing: when you've already prepared, the property becomes available, you can get the property.
28:15
SPEAKER_00: But what not if not, somebody already saved the money.
28:17
SPEAKER_00: The media opportunities appear, and somebody already has the content.
28:20
SPEAKER_00: This is why you build the content before it's time, family.
28:23
SPEAKER_00: Because when that opportunity comes, you got everything you need.
28:26
SPEAKER_00: What you need, a podcast, what you need, a book, what you need, a white paper, a report, a course.
28:30
SPEAKER_00: What you need?
28:31
SPEAKER_00: Somebody come up there and talk.
28:32
SPEAKER_00: That's even with speaking.
28:33
SPEAKER_00: A lot of people they already have their talk prepared.
28:36
SPEAKER_00: When the client calls and somebody already has built a portfolio, right?
28:40
SPEAKER_00: It's already ready.
28:41
SPEAKER_00: The opportunity didn't create the preparation, the preparation allowed them to capitalize on the opportunity.
28:46
SPEAKER_00: That's why I keep saying stay ready so you don't have to get ready.
28:49
SPEAKER_00: Because sometimes the timing advantage is simply being prepared when everybody else is scrambling and fumbling.
28:55
SPEAKER_00: So here's the intelligence.
28:57
SPEAKER_00: Some people need some moves need patience, some plans need privacy, some conversations need emotional distance.
29:02
SPEAKER_00: All right.
29:02
SPEAKER_00: At the other, at the same time, some opportunities require immediate action.
29:06
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the thing you're calling waiting for right now is really fear wearing a strategist uniform.
29:13
SPEAKER_00: Your job is to know the difference.
29:15
SPEAKER_00: So here's your next move.
29:17
SPEAKER_00: Move number one.
29:18
SPEAKER_00: All right, let me drop these three on you.
29:21
SPEAKER_00: Identify your light.
29:22
SPEAKER_00: Take one major decision you're currently facing and ask yourself: is this red, yellow, or green?
29:26
SPEAKER_00: Red, wait, yellow, prepare, and green is make your move.
29:29
SPEAKER_00: Stop treating every situation like it has the same light, though.
29:33
SPEAKER_00: All right.
29:33
SPEAKER_00: Move number two, protect one seed.
29:36
SPEAKER_00: Identify something you're building that doesn't need everybody's opinion yet.
29:39
SPEAKER_00: Stop over-explaining it.
29:40
SPEAKER_00: Don't give it room to develop.
29:42
SPEAKER_00: You can announce the harvest later.
29:44
SPEAKER_00: I always tell y'all, tell none till it's done.
29:47
SPEAKER_00: When you're gonna bless people, bless them when you're done with it.
29:50
SPEAKER_00: Bless them when the when the project has been completed and the harvest is in, then you bless them.
29:55
SPEAKER_00: Okay?
29:57
SPEAKER_00: So stop over-explaining it, give it room to develop.
30:00
SPEAKER_00: You can announce the harvest later.
30:01
SPEAKER_00: Move number three, put a deadline on waiting, family.
30:03
SPEAKER_00: If you're supposedly waiting for the right time, define what time, what define what you're waiting for.
30:07
SPEAKER_00: Is it a dollar amount, a certification, a date, specific information, a completed step?
30:11
SPEAKER_00: Give your waiting criteria because waiting without criteria is procrastination.
30:16
SPEAKER_00: See, the right move gives you process, excuse me.
30:19
SPEAKER_00: The right move gives you progress.
30:21
SPEAKER_00: The right move at the right time, it gives you leverage.
30:24
SPEAKER_00: And this is why reinvention isn't just about deciding that you want something different, it's about learning when to prepare, when to position, and when to move.
30:33
SPEAKER_00: Family, we got more resources coming to help black sheep intentionally design their next chapter.
30:37
SPEAKER_00: But for today, identify the light on those decisions that you need to make.
30:41
SPEAKER_00: Black sheep, don't move just because you're uncomfortable waiting, and don't wait just because you're afraid to move.
30:46
SPEAKER_00: Read the moment, then move when it's time.
30:49
SPEAKER_00: If today's lesson or episode was valuable to you, don't just hear it.
30:53
SPEAKER_00: I want you to run the play.
30:54
SPEAKER_00: Run it.
30:54
SPEAKER_00: Test it out.
30:55
SPEAKER_00: Master it because information is everywhere and the execution is rare.
30:59
SPEAKER_00: I'll see you on the next Intel briefing.