Latest / Inspirations for Your Life / Book Launch Episode | How Change Actually Happens in Life (S5) S16:E7
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- 0:24Well, hello there, guys.
- 0:26It is great to be with you on
- 0:28the Inspirations for Your Life show.
- 0:32Welcome, welcome, welcome, everyone.
- 0:35Thank you so much, so much for being
- 0:38here.
- 0:39Thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone.
- 0:41It is so great to have you here.
- 0:42Welcome to the Inspirations for Your Life show.
- 0:45Thank you so much for joining me.
- 0:47This is your very first time joining me.
- 0:49I want to say thank you.
- 0:50Of course, I want to say welcome.
- 0:52If you have been here many times before,
- 0:54whether it's once or a million times, I
- 0:56don't know why I lost track, I want
- 0:57to say thank you from the bottom of
- 0:58my heart.
- 0:59And, of course, I want to say welcome.
- 1:00If you don't know about me, feel free
- 1:02to check out BelieveMeAchieved.com.
- 1:04And that is after the show is over,
- 1:05because we've got a lot to talk about
- 1:07today, including my big reveal of my new
- 1:09book today.
- 1:10Yeah, I've been waiting for this for a
- 1:12long time.
- 1:13We'll be getting into more of that.
- 1:14That big question mark is going to be
- 1:15answered, well, before the 30 minutes are out.
- 1:19It's actually a 20-minute show.
- 1:20So we're not going to give a title
- 1:21in the first minute.
- 1:22So sorry about that, guys.
- 1:24Incidentally, if you guys are thirsty, if you're
- 1:26hungry, I don't want to be charged or
- 1:28anything like that.
- 1:28I'm going to go grab something now before
- 1:30we actually do the real kickoff of the
- 1:31show.
- 1:32I've got my RO water here with some
- 1:34delicious lemon.
- 1:35Ooh, really, really good.
- 1:37So great to have you again.
- 1:39Get that and come on back, because we
- 1:40are going to start the show.
- 1:42Again, this is Inspirations for Your Life, everyone.
- 1:45If you are new here, I want to
- 1:48thank you.
- 1:48And I want to let you know that
- 1:49this is the big reveal and the dedication.
- 1:52Yes, it is the big reveal.
- 1:54So good afternoon, everyone, good evening, or wherever
- 1:58you are from.
- 1:58Thank you so much for choosing to be
- 2:00with me here today.
- 2:01I know a lot of you are busy,
- 2:02and I appreciate that you're watching us live
- 2:04at the real dedication or you're taking time
- 2:07after in your busy schedule to watch the
- 2:09replay.
- 2:10This is not just another livestream, guys.
- 2:12This is a very personal moment in my
- 2:15life that I am so privileged and grateful
- 2:17to share with every one of my viewers
- 2:19and my supporters.
- 2:20Today is the day.
- 2:22Yes, today is actually the day.
- 2:24Today, I officially reveal my new book.
- 2:27Yes.
- 2:28I'm not telling you it yet.
- 2:30And more importantly today, I'm dedicated to two
- 2:34people who made everything possible.
- 2:37We'll be doing that later.
- 2:38Who is that?
- 2:38My parents.
- 2:39So why does this matter so much?
- 2:42There was a time in my life where
- 2:45I felt completely drained, not just tired, but
- 2:48mentally, emotionally, and directionally exhausted.
- 2:51I couldn't go on anymore.
- 2:52I think many of us have been there
- 2:54at some point in their life.
- 2:55And if you have not been there, you're
- 2:58lying.
- 2:59If you have been there, you probably think
- 3:01you're perfect.
- 3:02You're doing everything you think you're supposed to
- 3:05do, but then something just feels off.
- 3:08You get tired.
- 3:10You go through the emotions.
- 3:11Life just sort of passes you by.
- 3:13And what you think the answer is just
- 3:14to work harder, but all it does is
- 3:16slip through your fingers faster.
- 3:18The key, guys, is awareness.
- 3:20And that comes out in my book.
- 3:21See, that is what purely forced me to
- 3:24stop, go in, to reflect on this, to
- 3:27really look at where I was and where
- 3:30I wanted to go, not where somebody else
- 3:32wanted me to go.
- 3:33So, yes, the book.
- 3:35And out of that experience that I've had
- 3:37in life over 14 years, something came to
- 3:40me at an epiphany moment that I never,
- 3:43ever expected in this book.
- 3:47You know, there was another book I was
- 3:49supposed to write before this, but for some
- 3:51reason, that book didn't come out.
- 3:53And this was the book I was meant
- 3:54to write.
- 3:55That book's still going to come out, but,
- 3:56you know, you have to let things flow.
- 3:58So not just words on paper or sounds
- 4:01on a track or words on a screen,
- 4:06but my personal journey.
- 4:08That's right.
- 4:08It's an autobiography.
- 4:10I took the pain to also make sure
- 4:12that this is not some flim flam book
- 4:15that you just click online and print.
- 4:17No, I actually went to the Library of
- 4:19Congress to have my book cataloged.
- 4:22A journey through burnout, awareness, boundaries, and rebuilding
- 4:27with true intention.
- 4:28How many people do you know in life
- 4:30actually do things for intention, for the reason
- 4:33that it matters?
- 4:34This is not about theory, guys.
- 4:36This is about my real life experiences, real
- 4:39lessons.
- 4:41And, you know, when we think about doing
- 4:43something, maybe you get up in the morning
- 4:45and you find yourself going through the day
- 4:47and then the day is over.
- 4:48You're like, what am I supposed to do?
- 4:50My day is over.
- 4:51And you just keep bleeding into the next,
- 4:52but you're not enjoying the moment.
- 4:55The moment you're just rushing to get food,
- 4:59rushing for lunch, rushing to finish this agreement,
- 5:01rushing to do your work, rushing to exercise.
- 5:04Do you rush every darn moment of your
- 5:06life?
- 5:07Because if you do, your life will be
- 5:09over and you'll be like, I didn't do
- 5:11that.
- 5:12If you choose to be aware of things,
- 5:14your life will slow down.
- 5:15Even if you're busier, it will slow down.
- 5:18Even when you eat, guys.
- 5:20So this is very important.
- 5:23And before, ladies and gentlemen, I choose to
- 5:25share the title with you, I want you
- 5:28to understand something.
- 5:28This book is for anyone who has ever
- 5:32felt stuck, felt overwhelmed, questioned their direction, or
- 5:37you need to deep down be aware of
- 5:39more.
- 5:41If that's you, this book is meant for
- 5:45you.
- 5:46I know you want to know what the
- 5:47title is.
- 5:48So today, it's coming, guys, it's coming.
- 5:52This book came after a lot of hours.
- 5:58And I got to tell you, the first
- 5:59time I got the book in my hand,
- 6:00I'm just going to tell you this.
- 6:03I almost had tears.
- 6:04And just being able to hold that book
- 6:06in my hand just a few days ago
- 6:08was an earth-turning moment.
- 6:10So it is my privilege, it is my
- 6:13honor, to officially reveal the title of my
- 6:16book.
- 6:17Ready for the title, guys?
- 6:19Are you ready?
- 6:20I'm going to share the title with you.
- 6:21You've been asking for it.
- 6:22You've been waiting for it.
- 6:23How many days?
- 6:24How many weeks?
- 6:25How many months?
- 6:25I know.
- 6:26Here comes the title.
- 6:27Are you guys ready?
- 6:30Drained to Driven.
- 6:34Yes.
- 6:36You now know it's live.
- 6:37And in just a few moments, it will
- 6:38be available on our Linktree, so it will
- 6:41be available.
- 6:42Drained to Driven is about transformation.
- 6:45It is about taking that moment where everything
- 6:48feels heavy and turning it into something powerful.
- 6:54So let's dig a little more into the
- 6:55title.
- 6:56Because being drained is not the end, guys.
- 6:59It is often the beginning.
- 7:02Something bad or hard or difficult or complicated
- 7:05has to happen before something good can happen.
- 7:08I've always said to you guys, success doesn't
- 7:10happen where it's easy.
- 7:12It never will.
- 7:13Success starts to happen where it gets difficult,
- 7:16where it gets complicated, where it gets uncomfortable.
- 7:18I didn't say painful.
- 7:19I said uncomfortable.
- 7:21The difference.
- 7:22So the beginning of awareness, the beginning of
- 7:26change, the beginning of who you were meant
- 7:29to be, not someone else's, your own dream.
- 7:35But this moment, it's not just about the
- 7:38book.
- 7:39The book is just one thing.
- 7:41It's about two people who made this possible
- 7:45for me.
- 7:48There are two people in my life who
- 7:52have supported me through everything that I've done.
- 7:56Through the highs, through the challenges, through the
- 7:59moments where I didn't even know what direction
- 8:02I was even going.
- 8:04And today, I have the honor, the proud
- 8:07privilege, the pleasure of dedicating this book to
- 8:11them.
- 8:12So my mom is sitting on one side
- 8:14right here.
- 8:14You can see her.
- 8:15My dad is sitting on the other side
- 8:17right here just because of logistics.
- 8:18So I'm going to go ahead and hand
- 8:19him the book right now and put him
- 8:21on camera.
- 8:22My dad's John.
- 8:23And so he's going to go ahead and
- 8:25show the book to the camera, and he's
- 8:27going to unwrap the book for us right
- 8:30here live on camera.
- 8:32Go ahead and open the book, dad.
- 8:34This is the moment you guys have all
- 8:36been waiting for.
- 8:38And I invite my parents to join me
- 8:46in celebrating this by taking part of this.
- 8:51It's my privilege and pleasure to have the
- 8:53very first copy of Drain to Driven with
- 8:56you.
- 9:02And my dad's trying to get this book
- 9:04unwrapped here.
- 9:05And my mom is here.
- 9:05Because of logistics, couldn't get anyone to look
- 9:10here.
- 9:10Hey, thanks, guys.
- 9:11All right, so he's getting the paper off.
- 9:14So it's a hardcover book, guys.
- 9:18Here's the book.
- 9:19Here's the back.
- 9:20Here's the front.
- 9:21Drain to Driven.
- 9:23Okay?
- 9:23Here's my mom over here.
- 9:25Okay?
- 9:26And that is a formal thing that's usually
- 9:29done when you dedicate a book to something
- 9:33special.
- 9:34You write a dedication.
- 9:36When you get my book.
- 9:38Hey, guys.
- 9:38Hi, everyone.
- 9:40Dedication is on page three.
- 9:42And here's the official dedication.
- 9:44To my parents, there are no words in
- 9:47the English language to express my gratitude for
- 9:50your continued unwavering support, your steady love, and
- 9:53your quiet strength you've modeled my entire life
- 9:55after.
- 9:56I have to say something before I finish.
- 9:57My mom was like, I don't know if
- 9:59I'm going to like the dedication.
- 10:00And, you know, I was like, I gave
- 10:03her the manuscript, you know, almost the final
- 10:05manuscript to read.
- 10:06And she was like, I don't know if
- 10:07I'm going to like it.
- 10:08And I don't like the dedication.
- 10:12So you guys both taught me patience when
- 10:15I wanted speed.
- 10:16Resilience when I wanted relief.
- 10:19And I agree.
- 10:19I would just have with this book is
- 10:24here because of the foundation you built the
- 10:27lessons you taught and continue to, and the
- 10:29belief you help for me when I doubted
- 10:32myself.
- 10:33Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to dedicate this
- 10:36book to my parents brain to driven.
- 10:40Okay.
- 10:42Dad.
- 10:44Okay.
- 10:45Okay.
- 10:47So, I know it's a very interesting moment.
- 10:51And so the book is basically breaking down
- 10:54into.
- 10:55It's broken down to 14 chapters, three appendices,
- 10:58the appendices, one is John's daily blueprint for
- 11:01success.
- 11:02My breathing method, and my burnout protocol.
- 11:06And it will be available shortly online.
- 11:10More out.
- 11:11Beautiful, beautiful book it's hard to get catalog
- 11:14in the library of Congress as of early
- 11:16this morning.
- 11:17Watching this.
- 11:19So, um, let's talk a little more about
- 11:23the book first thing I want to say,
- 11:24there's people that couldn't make it today but
- 11:26they were invited.
- 11:27And I want to thank them.
- 11:30I really don't mention people in the book
- 11:31with parents and other people actually made this
- 11:36moment is a very very special.
- 11:39And for a lot of people.
- 11:42And I think, you know, when you can
- 11:45think about the fact that it has so
- 11:50much power that, you know, you just you
- 11:54just wouldn't realize, like, what's actually happened.
- 11:58And there is a certain part in the
- 11:59book and of course you'll notice more I'm
- 12:01trying to find it.
- 12:03Yeah, I believe it's a digital ones I
- 12:05have a digital.
- 12:06But you guys know I do a lot
- 12:08of stuff on air with you, I think
- 12:09this is probably the emotional emotional and I
- 12:12have things before.
- 12:14Let me put up in my notes, have
- 12:17it right here.
- 12:17So again, is all page 14.
- 12:21We remember the book a few times, guys,
- 12:24and then there was another version of the
- 12:25submitted so age 14.
- 12:29And what happens.
- 12:31My parents, longtime family friends and also my,
- 12:35Mr and Mrs. Robert actually they were invited
- 12:37today but I think they might have had
- 12:38some challenges but I appreciate them for dropping
- 12:42everything to assist.
- 12:44Mr. I know we are drove.
- 12:48My father invited me with my dad.
- 12:51Or he often fly into the airport to
- 12:54the resort of the mountains so they could
- 12:56get me home safely.
- 12:57Thank you so much guys really appreciate that.
- 13:00Friendship is a word that's often thrown around
- 13:04today.
- 13:05And many don't understand it correctly friend is
- 13:10someone who's there for you without judge.
- 13:13And the thing, and the good times as
- 13:15well as the challenging one, knowing that support
- 13:18is on the way.
- 13:19brought a sense of relief.
- 13:22All that.
- 13:23Thank you.
- 13:23Thank you so much.
- 13:24So, I'm getting back more to the book.
- 13:30The dedication is important because I couldn't have
- 13:34done the book without them.
- 13:35This book is dedicated to them as I
- 13:37mentioned, for everything they've done.
- 13:40And you're welcome.
- 13:41And, and it was back something that I
- 13:44built JC Academy on which incidentally actually launched
- 13:47today.
- 13:48An hour ago.
- 13:50I didn't want to launch it until we
- 13:53had.
- 13:53And that's where you can find more resources
- 13:55about, you know, this free content stuff.
- 13:59Thanks so much for that really appreciate for
- 14:02the lesson, it taught me and so much
- 14:04and it doesn't end there continues you know
- 14:06life is a journey.
- 14:08It doesn't end when you reach your destination
- 14:12people think when you reach your destination that
- 14:16you know you're successful and that's okay, but
- 14:19it's important to know that it's about your
- 14:24journey about your belief.
- 14:26No.
- 14:27A wise thing was.
- 14:29Yes.
- 14:31Or if you believe you can, you're right.
- 14:33You're also right so believe is also something
- 14:36is the reason but a big warm welcome
- 14:41and thanking to Mr and Mrs Robert I
- 14:44know only for doing what they did also
- 14:46spending time with me at my home really
- 14:48do appreciate them sorry that they thank you
- 14:51for the love thank you for the support
- 14:53guys.
- 14:53And now, um, there's another special moment.
- 14:58I would like to share, it can be
- 15:00any.
- 15:01I never do this I've been on the
- 15:02air for years and look guys, almost four
- 15:04months, I've never done anything emotional me it's
- 15:06always, it's always this I talk about other
- 15:09people things that happen.
- 15:10I've never shared anything emotional.
- 15:12I think, other than maybe passing away, talking
- 15:16about my grandparents like that but I've really
- 15:17never shared anything this emotional about life right
- 15:21now.
- 15:22So, um, if you'd like.
- 15:24I would be honored to make your first.
- 15:30My first actually signature, a signed copy on
- 15:34your book.
- 15:35I'm going to go ahead ladies and gentlemen,
- 15:37and find the book.
- 15:38So, um, what I do is I generally
- 15:41open the front cover like this.
- 15:43And I write right up here this what
- 15:45I'm doing differently because my parents to my
- 15:49parents for all you do.
- 16:00And I thank you, as there are no
- 16:11words to express my gratitude.
- 16:20And then what I saw in everybody's book.
- 16:23This is like a special part.
- 16:26Stay driven.
- 16:30So if you come and see me live
- 16:31you'll see a driven john see Morley signature.
- 16:39Right underneath water.
- 16:44Okay, so that was my very first copy
- 16:47sign.
- 16:48Maybe someday you'll actually come and I'll be
- 16:51your copy.
- 16:52So, um, another momentous moment.
- 16:57The thing about this is, it can be
- 17:01challenging right you know when you start something,
- 17:03I know the first time I started my
- 17:04book didn't go anywhere.
- 17:06You know the key is not anything.
- 17:11You know, the world is not always easy.
- 17:14Right, if there's a bumpy road.
- 17:17Um, if it was bumpy.
- 17:21The going.
- 17:23Me john well if you got a bumpy
- 17:24road, what do you do I still remember
- 17:26to this day going to Italy with my
- 17:28mom's parents.
- 17:32And we were in this by it car.
- 17:35It was a red beat.
- 17:37I remember us being on this they're whining
- 17:39right bumpy, and the road was.
- 17:43And he had a phrase, it's like, you
- 17:46know, stop a little bit.
- 17:47If you didn't want us to talk a
- 17:48little bit.
- 17:51This is Bobby, don't worry it'll go away
- 17:53and he was right.
- 17:55Is that moment, but the whole thing about
- 17:59the road.
- 18:01Folks.
- 18:03So, your challenges are going to be in
- 18:05the past, if you say focus on the
- 18:08future, because you see what what our energy
- 18:12on that's our thoughts will be focused on.
- 18:14If you focus on good things more good
- 18:16things in your life, you can focus on
- 18:18more things you're grateful for more things your
- 18:19life will show up you can be grateful
- 18:20for.
- 18:21If you focus on things you hate, they're
- 18:23challenging things that pain you things that hurt
- 18:25you.
- 18:25There's a pain of your father.
- 18:29More.
- 18:30I know, I'm living truth.
- 18:32I broke my 10th day, I'm not going
- 18:34to go through a whole recap.
- 18:35Definitely not going to do that you need
- 18:36to get my book but what I want
- 18:39to ask and I'm going to start with
- 18:41my dad, because this is an interview.
- 18:43I'm going to ask him a question I'm
- 18:44going to say dad, what does all this
- 18:47mean to you.
- 18:51Very, very impressed.
- 18:55And now my mom.
- 18:58Her name is Elisa.
- 18:59What does this mean to you.
- 19:00What does this mean to you mom.
- 19:03You're right, it's like you said previously no
- 19:06words to truly feel how your dad and
- 19:08I really feel.
- 19:09You've always been wonderful, wonderful.
- 19:11Thank you.
- 19:12And another important question that I'm going to
- 19:15ask you and again I told him that
- 19:16all be easy question is what kind of
- 19:18questions I said there will be right or
- 19:19wrong answers guys.
- 19:21Did you ever imagine, or fathom in the
- 19:25back of your mind that I would do
- 19:27something crazy like this and write a book
- 19:29you probably.
- 19:31Did you ever.
- 19:35Yes or no.
- 19:39And mom I'm gonna ask you the same
- 19:40question he has a heads up because she
- 19:42gets to hear the questions and she actually
- 19:43gets to think a minute right.
- 19:46Well, you are very determined person.
- 19:50Sobers it has to come out of you.
- 19:52I, I'm not surprised that you did this.
- 19:55I'm very, very proud that you did this.
- 19:58So, um, some very interesting questions.
- 20:02I have one more question.
- 20:05Ask my dad first, I'm gonna spend a
- 20:07moment different questions.
- 20:08I'm going to ask you, you need to
- 20:13meet skier which I was for many, many
- 20:14years, and breaking my.
- 20:17What went through your head.
- 20:20The moment you heard that I broke a
- 20:25bone in my body.
- 20:26I was in the hospital wasn't the first
- 20:28time I broke my bones guys I broke
- 20:30them I was younger, breaking your leg, and
- 20:33no one being around.
- 20:35Okay, if I'll be medical New York.
- 20:37Not fun.
- 20:41My first impression when I knew he was
- 20:43going to ski I didn't like it.
- 20:45And he wanted to try it, and he
- 20:47did.
- 20:48Unfortunately, I have a negative body again.
- 20:54So what I want to share with you
- 20:55guys is the scheme and negative impact wasn't
- 20:58for anything I've done or anything I've thought
- 21:00I've had some great instructors at, at Hunter
- 21:03Mountain, but I want to attribute this and
- 21:05tell you why this happened because I'm an
- 21:07experienced here for many years.
- 21:09And so the reason I share this with
- 21:11you is because bad conditions now in resort
- 21:15was actually, which is a nice thought of
- 21:17the owners to their grandkids, but they didn't
- 21:19really think about money, knowing about resort ski
- 21:21nothing was decided to open on a very
- 21:27bad weather saying you shouldn't open.
- 21:30I started on a small slope which is
- 21:32always the green, and I went to the
- 21:33blue went down the hill and I locked
- 21:35my left leg at the two turns.
- 21:39Here's the most remarkable thing.
- 21:42I didn't have any pain.
- 21:44I'd want pain, I was gonna share one
- 21:46line in the book and that was the
- 21:47people in the hospital I was on drugs.
- 21:50My mind power block that out.
- 21:53All right, so I'm going to ask you
- 21:56a question, Mom, you know, obviously you know
- 21:57nobody wants their son or daughter to get
- 22:00injured.
- 22:00But when you knew that I injured my
- 22:03leg, and you know that you could not
- 22:06get there.
- 22:08What was your What was going through me.
- 22:15When I see the first point you can
- 22:17get back as quickly as contact that.
- 22:22So they basically the day roughly the time
- 22:25they broke it.
- 22:27I called them that night.
- 22:28And they were pretty much there the next
- 22:32day they couldn't was late they couldn't do
- 22:33anything then it's basically I came back.
- 22:35I was in the hospital, I stayed at
- 22:37the resort was overnight so I think they
- 22:39came with the next day or the following
- 22:41day.
- 22:41And we had a week like, you know,
- 22:44my car, Hunter Mountain.
- 22:48So again, I'm very remarkable thing and so
- 22:53there's a lot of people out there, I
- 22:55know on LinkedIn or social media, and they
- 22:57kind of use a title.
- 22:59But it's one thing to use a title
- 23:01of the novel to have lived the title.
- 23:05Also reads much appreciate that I'm not taking
- 23:10off three years.
- 23:11Thanks, I appreciate that.
- 23:12By the way, for me as you're wondering
- 23:14who I'm talking to that are watching us
- 23:15on cable or TV or radio.
- 23:18I have another feed on the side here
- 23:19from TT, and they're asking questions some people
- 23:22are asking legitimate things so if you are
- 23:23saying things that I know and other people
- 23:24are just trying to push their way through,
- 23:26which would basically be that they are not
- 23:29being intentional, or that guys are not being
- 23:32intentional, they're trying to put themselves first.
- 23:35And I put down today and say, today's
- 23:38my day.
- 23:38I usually never take my day, today's my
- 23:40day and my parents day.
- 23:42This is a year ago.
- 23:43Just to be honest, I never really did
- 23:45that and that was something else I learned
- 23:46is that need to be intentional like not
- 23:48rude.
- 23:49You know, not derogatory but intentional.
- 23:52This is my moment.
- 23:53So really appreciate that this has been amazing
- 23:57amazing show this is definitely different than the
- 23:59typical experience of your life.
- 24:00And so, to everyone watching.
- 24:02We're listening, or chatting or whatever you're doing
- 24:06this moment is personal for me.
- 24:08But ladies, gentlemen, the message is all of
- 24:11you.
- 24:12All of you.
- 24:14I wrote this book.
- 24:16All of you, not to my hat and
- 24:19say I'm a good right.
- 24:20Not to have people get me simply that's
- 24:24not what I'm looking for.
- 24:25I'm looking for you guys to read my
- 24:28book, whatever format you want, and to seriously
- 24:32become aware of things in your life.
- 24:34After every chapter, something I did very uniquely.
- 24:38And I also want to give a thanks
- 24:41out to James Pouza who's actually one of
- 24:44our graphic designers at Orbital Media who also
- 24:47helped make this book possible.
- 24:49Without James we wouldn't be able to get
- 24:50all the nice graphics in the book.
- 24:53We kept it simple but, you know, they
- 24:55mean something.
- 24:56So for example, on our, on our first
- 25:00chapter we have a turning point and you'll
- 25:02see there's an arrow on the train but
- 25:03we just kept it very simple.
- 25:05But at the end of every chapter, and
- 25:08again we made it double spaced so you
- 25:10guys can read it so you don't have
- 25:11to worry about not being able to see
- 25:12it.
- 25:13You can still get a magnifying glass if
- 25:14you want.
- 25:15So then at the end of every chapter,
- 25:17for example, chapter one says pause and reflect.
- 25:20And I'll just read one of the questions
- 25:21because I'm not doing a book read that's
- 25:22what I do.
- 25:23What moment in your life forced you to
- 25:27slow down and what did it reveal?
- 25:28What I want to say to you before
- 25:30we wrap up because you know we're almost
- 25:31out of time, we never run out of
- 25:32time, right?
- 25:34This is the times when you might say.
- 25:37I will tell you that, um, you know,
- 25:40when you do something in life, and you
- 25:42keep doing it, and you teach yourself to
- 25:44do it.
- 25:45Oh, I gotta do it, I gotta do
- 25:46this, I gotta do this, I gotta do
- 25:47this, I gotta keep going, I can't stop.
- 25:50I'm gonna tell you something, you're gonna stop.
- 25:55You're gonna stop in a way that you
- 25:57may not like.
- 25:59It could be something medical, it could be
- 26:01an accident, it could be a relationship breakup,
- 26:03it could be whatever.
- 26:04But these things, it's a positive thing in
- 26:08our life.
- 26:09And I'm not going to share that whole
- 26:10meaning because that's what the book is about.
- 26:12I am very grateful for what the book
- 26:16did.
- 26:16The book was not only something that taught
- 26:19me something, how to write and be better
- 26:22at that, because I've been an author for
- 26:23a while, but not a book published author.
- 26:25I've done articles online for many, including BAG
- 26:28and so many other things.
- 26:29It taught me something I still learn every
- 26:33day I read the book, even more.
- 26:35Awareness.
- 26:35Something as simple as eating.
- 26:38A long time ago I would be, how
- 26:39fast can you eat?
- 26:40What's like, put the fork down between each
- 26:44bite.
- 26:45Put the spoon down between each bite.
- 26:48Where do we have to go?
- 26:50Nowhere.
- 26:51So, okay, somebody's saying, John, we don't have
- 26:53time for awareness.
- 26:54Well, you know what?
- 26:56Those are people I don't have time for
- 26:57in my life.
- 26:58And I've also learned that I need to
- 26:59be more intentional with not only the things
- 27:01I do, but the people that I allow
- 27:03in my life.
- 27:04That's personal and that's personal.
- 27:06It's not about respect, it's about much more
- 27:08than that.
- 27:09So we, what's that?
- 27:13Yes, I want to thank James Puzo for
- 27:15all the work.
- 27:16James also helped us do the cover, so
- 27:17a big kudos to James at Orbital Media
- 27:20Hub.
- 27:21So thank you so much, James, for that.
- 27:23Really, really do appreciate that very, very much.
- 27:25So if you're feeling drained, guys, right now,
- 27:29know this.
- 27:30You're not stuck.
- 27:31You're not alone.
- 27:32You are in a transition state.
- 27:35And yes, it's time to close out the
- 27:38show.
- 27:38And if you have the ability to grow,
- 27:42to rebuild, to become something greater than where
- 27:46you are right now, that's what Drained and
- 27:49Driven book is about.
- 27:51Thank you so much, mom and dad, for
- 27:53being here today.
- 27:54Thank you for sharing in this very special
- 27:56moment.
- 27:56And thank you all, my parents, to James,
- 28:00to everyone for being here, Mr. and Mrs.
- 28:01Agnoli, for being the foundation of everything I've
- 28:04been able to build.
- 28:05This is just the beginning, guys.
- 28:06Jason Academy is going to take this, as
- 28:08not everyone would say, well, more than a
- 28:11few notches.
- 28:12Take care, everyone.
- 28:13I'll see you soon.
- 28:14Check out BelieveMeATV.com, and let's make our
- 28:16lives even better.
- 28:17Let's stay Drained and Driven.
- 28:18I hope to see you.
- 29:01This is not your day.
- 29:02This is not your time to just stumble
- 29:04on my TikTok.
- 29:05I'm sorry.