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every day I wake up I'm one day closer

to death so what you going to do with

biged one of the biggest blessings is

going through a time where you are

feeling at your lowest or depressed or

whatever the feeling is because that is

just confirmation that you're not in

alignment and that you're meant for

something different something greater

what's the difference between attracting

the number one Health and Wellness

podcast J shett J shett the one the only

J please welcome my dear friend someone

that I believe is so inspiring deeply

insightful philosophical a guide a

teacher a leader Big Sean man brother

thank you for having me you know first

of all I just got to say Jay though I'm

so proud of you man even even since our

first interview like of course you did

you sparked the idea of me writing a

book but not I'm not making it about me

bro you've interviewed the president man

you've enter like the you have gone to

the moon and back there was a part of

the book where I said like the mental

health space and you know like that that

space is dominated by a certain crowd

bro you are dominating this space and I

just got to say it's it's deeper than

that it's wellness it's all of it and I

just got to say I'm super proud of you

man like very very proud proud of you I

know like where you come from I know

your journey I know how you grew up you

know I know the household you came from

and I just got to say man I'm very proud

of you and I see I see like so much for

you and you're still so young and you

still so have so much to offer so thank

you so much man oh man the feeling

feeling is mutual and honestly it was

people like yourself who came on the

show so early and trusted the space open

up and made it a safe space for so many

that followed you as well and so I have

to give you a lot of credit back because

you came on the show when it was so much

smaller we were starting out but it was

people like yourself who who trusted me

trusted the space and I'm so proud of

you for putting this book together

because you know you've manifested

manifested

success and when I spend time with you

today and I see you with Jana and I see

you talking about Noah I also feel

you've manifested happiness mhm

and I think those two things are very

different and so I wanted to ask you

what's been different about manifesting

success career profession and then

manifesting happiness one of the things

about success is you have to Define what

your idea of success is you know I don't

think if like say somebody had a billion

dollars I wouldn't say that he's more

successful than me I would just say he

has more money than me and I think

that's the power of separation

uh we tie so many things into definition

right success to

me is a feeling of it's an emotion it's

something that when your purpose is

activated and you are impacting people

and any way shape or form there's so

many ways to impact people right now

there are byproducts of success like

money can be a byproduct of success you

know when you do something and it you

create a supply and demand you get paid

for it but I think because you make

money that you're successful you know

what I'm saying and I don't think you

know there's a lot of things that you

could tie to that just like I don't

think just because if your life isn't

going the way you are that doesn't mean

that you let that make you unhappy those

are two separate things it's really the

power of Separation so for me success is

a feeling and it's when my purpose is

activated so I remember I did an

interview and they asked you know

successful talking about success and I

said well I'm not the most successful

person in the world and I was like well

maybe I am actually because I love so

many aspects of my life and I'm living

in the life that I've always dreamed of

you know uh times 10 I I only wanted to

have a song on the radio and like a

platinum song and bro I've sold 185

million records or something crazy I've

like taken care of my mom my dad a lot

of people and live 10 lifetimes already

so everything has just been sprinkles on

top so to me

success is really activating your

purpose and happiness is something that

you can choose instantly your happiness

is something that you could choose

instantly and it's something that I

learned the hard way because when I have

fallen into like a dark time you know we

all go through these ups and downs when

I've been down bad and like the

depression comes in anxiety comes in the

self-sabotage comes in and you can hold

on to these things and they will they

they will stick with you your whole life

you have to decide to let them go and I

and that's one of the things I talk

about in the book A lot of people don't

may not know how to do that and there

are a lot of ways but one of the first

ways is to choose how you feel you're in

control of that and it's easier said

than done because when things aren't

going your way you're pissed off at

everybody you're like blaming everything

well first of all you have to quit

blaming everything else and realize that

you're a magnet you're mag magnetizing

your whole world to you you know so if

that's the case obviously you switch it

to an emotion that resonates with you

more of how at least how you desire to

feel right and you can choose that and

I'm telling you your whole experience

will change so happiness is something

you can choose immediately yeah one

thing that stood out to me listening to

you was the power of Separation I've

never heard it like that before yeah and

I really like that term because we have

to learn to separate society's views and

our views we have to learn to separate

as you said our definition of success

and other people's definition of success

and separate what you control and what

you can't control and how so how do we

develop the power of Separation what

what does it take to cultivate that

within ourselves to have that ability

because I feel most of us don't practice

the power of Separation it's being it's

just the recognition to me one of the

biggest blessings

in your life is Growing Pains one of the

biggest blessings is going through a

time where you are feeling at your

lowest or depressed or whatever the

feeling is because that is just

confirmation that you're not in

alignment and that you're meant for

something different or you're meant for

something more something greater you

know if you were satisfied with where

you're at then that's just is what it is

and you know you probably wouldn't even

be depressed but because you are because

you feel a certain way or like you're

not all the way there that is just

confirmation that you are truly truly

meant for more or something different so

to me I think that when you

recognize uh okay you know once you

start recognizing things of that nature

you could say okay what's the first step

of getting out of this and so that's

part of the book I say you know

accepting where you are that doesn't

mean you have to like you have to like

stay there that just means accepting the

bless lessons and all the things that

come along with where you are to open up

space for more and you're letting go of

all the baggage that is is holding and

weighing you down I used to be like that

I used to be like when things don't go

my way I'm terrible oh this doesn't

happen the way I wanted it to or the way

I saw it you know my whole mood is shot

right and I'm not not to say that things

don't affect me when they don't go my

way but I have the armor on now I know

how to deal with it I know how to get

over it and get back to it m that's how

a lot of my heroes deal with things too

you know when you think of like Denzel

Washington like say he has a new movie

out say the movie does amazing and it's

incredible and he wins a Oscar say the

movie comes out and it bombs or doesn't

do as well he he's not going to give up

and quit it's not going to ruin his life

he's going to move on to the next thing

and SE and and use that to the power of

Separation I mean you know that's a real

thing yeah I you reminded me of I love

Denzel too so I know you you reminded me

of I can't speak for Denzel that's just

like an example yeah yeah yeah of what

you're perceiving yeah I remember my

football coach growing up gave me this

piece of advice and it's stayed with me

ever since then he would say to us if

you lose cry for a night yeah and he

goes if you win celebrate for a night

but then get back to training that's

right so if you lose cry for a night but

then get back to training and if you win

celebrate for a night and get back to

training it was always

getting back to training the next day he

was like you can't just sit there and

cry for a week or cry for a month and

you can't in the same way celebrate for

a month you can't just live off your

past success right get back to training

and I love that mindset someone was

asking me Kobe mindset almost right yeah

yeah go on you know I know you got a

chance to talk to Kobe before and um

I've actually got a chance to talk to

him as well and you know he's he's

incredible and his mindset was something

something that I admired so much and I I

got a chance to talk to him literally

few months before he passed and he was

just telling me about how he meditates

and what it does for him right and I

just resonated with that so much it's

really it's really cool because we all

are reflections of each other not just

me and you or whoever it's like everyone

that's in your vicinity in your

environment is a reflection of a you or

a part of you even if you like them or

don't like them you know and it's

something to recognize that we are all

interconnected after you go down to the

layers of it right you get past the

singularity of like career the uh you

know family house this and that we're

all you go really deep inside and we're

all very similar we're all the same we

we we have the same system of order of

operations you know and it's really a

true Testament of we all are everything

physical is made of that same I don't

know what you want to call it Prana or

love energy

and as I've gotten older in my life I

see the similarities I have friends that

are in their 60s 7s you know I have

friends that are all Races and things

and I see myself in all of them and I

think that's something to recognize um

in such a world of Separation I know

that kind of is like a far reach from

talking about the interaction with Kobe

but it's just it's just crazy how in

everyone that I've been meeting lately

and even just from growing up that I've

seen it's like a mirror almost in a lot

of ways every day I wake up I'm one day

closer to death so what you going to do

with the time you got left I always say

that's a business you'll never be

successful at is the business of trying

to please everyone and then when you do

please everyone it's like are you

pleasing yourself I can't control what

people think of me their perceptions of

me and when I try and control that it

takes me off of my path that I'm on of

where I need to go talking about Co

I think what resonated with me most

about him is that he was at peace in

retirement and athletes who are retired

don't always find peace because

naturally it was so important to be on

the field right right and so no judgment

towards anyone but it's so hard to not

be on the court anymore and not miss it

and want to be there and he had found a

new purpose and that's the most

interesting thing is that you don't get

to Peace by pursuing it and you don't

get to Peace by trying to pursue more

prizes and more wins yeah you get to

Peace by finding your purpose and that's

what he did and so I want to talk about

in your book because you really give

people these five practices yeah and I

want to give people a game plan a road

map today in our interview so that when

they read the book yeah they can kind of

connect the dots between things you've

said today and I want everyone to go out

and grab a copy of the book because I

really feel it simplified

I feel like so much of this space is

like mystical complex like and and it

can take a long time but what you've

done is you've really demystified and go

higher your book the pathway to get

there yeah and and I love that you start

accept because I think even though it's

a hard step it's such an important step

this idea that your journey only begins

when you accept that where you are is

your starting point that your experience

have made you exactly who you're meant

to be with the skills the talents the

gifts so if someone's sitting and

listening and going Sean that's so hard

for me to accept that I am where I need

to be because my life's just been full

of you know the worst horrible difficult

things how do I accept and start from

there what would you say to them I would

say that I I understand some people's

lives are not ideal I'm someone

who has seen that experienced that can

relate to that first firsthand and what

I can say is that when you accept it

that doesn't mean that you are giving

up those are two different things

accepting it just means okay I'm ready

to go somewhere else and I'm thankful

for all the the all that this has taught

me all that this has brought me I accept

where I'm at but I know I'm made for

something else I know I'm made to go to

go higher right but no but really I'm

made to to be somewhere else in the

world some you know and I think that

until you accept that you can't move

forward because you're just in the

middle of it and I think when you accept

something that's how you get ahead of it

yeah yeah I I agree I feel like it's the

resistance to acceptance that blocks us

exactly it's like when we're fighting

yeah when we're fighting we're going in

the opposite direction it's like it's

telling you it's going in this direction

and you're trying to force it to go in

the other Direction and that's what's

causing tension and accepting it means

like you said not that you're giving up

and you're like all right well I'll just

do what you want it's going no this is

how it's flowing now what am I going to

do there's always a like thread of where

you are to where you desire to be at no

matter in what situation there's never

not a way or else you wouldn't feel it

or else you wouldn't be have a desire

for it but it wouldn't even be in your

Consciousness you know what I mean like

I don't have a desire to go go to Saturn

because I'm that's just not in my thing

right but I have a desire to the things

that I've had a desire to I always knew

that there was a way so always know that

no matter what opportunity you're in

Against The Impossible

odds or against odds you know whatever

it is you always have your way to get to

where you are there's always a thread

leading you and there are maybe multiple

threads so never be down and out and

think that it's impossible it's really

not I mean mission impossible is is a

movie that where he defines impossible

missions you know but my point is is

like there is nothing that's impossible

for you it's all meant for you yeah and

it's it's up to you you know one of my

favorite quotes is every day I wake up

I'm one day closer to death so what you

going to do with the time you got left

it's like understand that this is our

time right now the moment is now these

moments we only have the moment so a lot

of us live in the future and a lot of us

live in the past and that's something

that we have to get out of the habit of

and I think when you accept where you

are you're kind of letting go of that

and making an action plan to putting

your attention on your intention and you

of course you have an idea of where you

would like to be but God doesn't always

give us what we want God gives us what

we need and sometimes those are the same

thing and sometimes they're not yeah and

uh it it all works out you know yeah for

sure what what's the uh you know when

you're manifesting as we're talking

about this like finding your path what's

the difference between attracting energy

and chasing energy oh

boy attracting energy and chasing energy

well like I

said when you're chasing something

you're already implementing the energy

of it running away from you you know

what I mean and not to say you can't get

it but it's a lot of effort to chase

something it's like even police on a

highspeed chase it's like they might

have to crash into other cars and

they're chasing you and when you attract

something it's uh you are using the

powers that have been granted to you

from God Universe whatever you call it

or believe in of it magnetizing to you

and you have that power it's been the

power that's been you know we use it on

a level on small levels every day even

if you just set an INT hey I'm today I

need to take a shower that's literally

you set a goal you did it it's done you

can do that on a scale of anything that

that happens and some things may take a

lot more time than others you know we

all we have these ideas and expectations

we set for ourselves but that's on us

you know that's our ego sometimes that's

our our you know wants and desires and

our mind sometimes getting the best of

us and I think that things do take time

but there is always a way and you know

it's you can never count yourself out M

what's been the most difficult thing

you've ever had to accept the most

difficult thing that I've ever had to

accept is that I the things that I can't

control I used to let the things that I

can't control control me give me an

example like how someone perceives your

art as an artist like Erica abadu says

we're emotional about our [ __ ] you know

I think she said something like that

yeah that never changes is but you can't

control how someone perceives you you

know all you can do is put first of all

to make something to write something to

have an idea and it actualize it is like

that is really the win for real I'm not

just saying that like that is like come

on you know what I mean you literally

manifested something how people consume

it if you impact anyone you that's

literally a a bonus to it you know

that's why we do it but that's

that's you're literally changing the

world so that one one thing I've had to

accept is like yeah how

people like I can't control what people

think of me their perceptions of me and

when I try and control that it takes me

off of my path that I'm on of where I

need to go yeah you know so that's

that's that's that is something hard and

you have to separate like that said that

power of separation of um doing what you

love to do and not tying it into how

people perceive it those are two

separate things which is so hard it is

it's so hard isn't it and I loved what

you said that when you get fixated on

what other people think of you you're

just getting distracted from your path

cuz now you're placing energy on and

then you might even shift what you're

doing to try and appease them and then

they still won't like it and that's the

craziest part right you do what you want

and they don't like it and then you do

what they want and they don't like it

and then you don't know who you are

anymore and no one likes it and you

don't like it either and you end up not

liking yourself trying to get everyone

else to like you and that's where you

don't want to be at and that's where you

don't want to be at and then you're kind

of like back to a square one pos you

know position of like okay having to

reestablish yourself and you know you

got to be right with yourself first so

you you you nailed it right on the head

man it's like you know you can't you

can't really do live your life for other

people I always say that's a business

you'll never be successful at is the

business of trying to please everyone

and then when you do please everyone

it's like are you pleasing yourself it's

a hard it's a hard lesson as well for people

people

because we all naturally want to make

the people around us happy and and our

childhood has so much to do with that

you know we were speaking a bit earlier

and I was talking about how like I was

The Peacemaker in my family I was the

mediator I was the person young as a

10-year-old wow and so I was always

trying to

keep the peace and listen to people and

understand them and understand what was

going on and so I always had to read in

between the lines and I always had to

have a great sense of when something was

going to kick off and how did and I

wasn't trying to make peace in the sense

of like everyone's just got to get along

I was always trying to get to the root

of it and go what healing is needed here

and I don't know I just always did that

and you know what's you know what's

special about that man is that um I

think that we choose our parents before

you know I think as Spirits we choose

our parents it's just what I believe

right it's just a concept that I

believe and some people be like well

that's I was in a family where it wasn't

easy this I would have never chosen that

but you don't understand that you

know to be one of the billion of sperm

that make it into the egg and Comal like

you really fought to be in this world

right and I truly believe that God

doesn't give you what you want God gives

you what you need

first and foremost and you don't know

how the development there are some

people who need a nurturing family

that's perfect right and then there are

some people who actually learn maybe

even more and become more of a a a

positive force for the World to Change

It by learning of what not to do from

their parents directly all the time or

not all the time but like in certain

situations you know so I just think that

you know you being the mediator you you

were you were on a course you were

learning at such a young age of things

to apply or what not to apply to your

marriage and the fact that you were that

CU we talked about it off camera the

fact that you were a mediator the fact

that you were that for your family at

such a young age it's just incredible

because look at the path that it's LED

you to man you're impacting everybody

man you're impacting like the world you

know and me and families and you're

really changing it with like the the

person you are and the heart that you

have have you know so wow I'm just I

just got to pay my respect to you no

you're too kind man I I got lucky I met

good men I feel like important people

and we've talked about in previous

interviews when you've come on about

your mother's role in your life oh yeah

and and how pivotal she was and for me

my monk teachers you met r at Swami when

when he came to came over a couple of

years backing and you met him and

meeting him was so pivotal to my whole spiritual

spiritual

journey look at this man come on yeah

that's R's genius she's she's she's

super smart when it comes to figuring

out how to help people but I was going

to ask you I mean talking about kids

picking their parents Noah picked you

yeah he did talk talk to us about how

fatherhood has transformed your views on

the learning experience of what you've

learned from fatherhood that you

couldn't have learned from anything else

well when you have a kid and you see

them and they look like you and they

look like their mom you see that they

smile like you or smile like her have

you know you see all these things and

you realize okay and then they kind of

look like my brother and they kind of

look like her Granddad and her you know

all these different family members right

and you're like this is really crazy and

he'll do something that like reminiscent

of what you used to do right so then I

realized that okay the DNA is like a

computer it's information that gets

passed on on and on and on right so

you're really the culmination of a whole

lineage right and in you so one of the

things that I learned from him

cuz there are times in my life where I'm

like man I wish I could talk to my

grandma you know my grandma was a female

black Captain in World War II man she

was crazy she was incredible and like my

granddad they met in World War II right

or like I wish I could like I be like

man I wish I could like speak to them or

like get advice from them now you know I

only known them as a little kid and then

I realized that the information is

already in me all I have to do is just

go deeper within and really connect with

that and that's something that I learned

from my son being born somehow that

clicked is like he is the culmination of

our lineage all the DNA from my side

from his mom's side and so on and so

forth and he's he got he's got something

special going on so that's one thing I

learned and another thing I learned is

to go back to the simplistic beauties of

life when we're on walks out in nature

he's so fascinated with like the flowers

and the birds and like just like oh the

this or that or bug be you know he's

like and it just it giv me a whole new

excitement for that yeah and I really

appreciate him for teaching me I feel

like he's teaching me as much as we

teach him I feel like he's teaching all

of us a lot as well and he's also

teaching all of us that like hey we can

be happy right now he's he's like even

if he's like distraught or something

he'll go do something and be happy right

there and he chooses it and I love that

man I'm so glad to ask you asked you

that question because I knew you'd have

such a deep answer for it like your

answer the first part of it the idea

that your child has all of that within

like you were just saying you wish you

could talk to your grandparents yeah

which I wish I could interview your

grandparents I mean that sounds like a

phenomenal yeah thank you journey and

story to hear about it and I want to

know how much more you know about what

they did or how much you don't but I

love the idea that we actually have it

encapsulated within us like it's coded

in us it is and even if we're unaware of

it and I was talking to a researcher the

other day I was doing some research for

my next book and she was talking to me

we were finding this research that was

talking about how when kids are told

their ancestral stories MH they have a

much deeper sense of belonging yeah and

so the reason why so many of us feel so

lost today is we've never been told deep

stories about where our parents come

from where our grandparents come from

what they went through not in a way to

make us feel like a victim or feel at a

disadvantage but to hear a story from

the perspective of this is your heritage

and then you feel like you belong to

something so much more bigger and Beyond

you whereas most of us are just like oh

yeah I'm from West Hollywood or whatever

right it's like it's such a like you

know it's like a it's like a temporary

residence it is but like when you know

you belong to something Eternal like I

was talking to the researcher I was

saying that in my life

the things that have helped me the most

when I'm going through a tough time a

difficult time a a real low is

recognizing that I'm part of a 5,000

year old tradition so when I'm repeating

the Gita which is a 5,000 year old

scripture which is the text I learned as

a monk when I realize I'm connected to that

that

lineage I feel Unstoppable yeah because

I'm like that survived for 5,000 years

I'm going to be all right like I'm going

to be okay right where is when you just

think like oh man I've you know I've

just been on the planet for like 30

years and I'm trying to figure it out it

it can feel quite uncomfortable fact and

so I love what you're saying that

actually inside your son Noah there is

the coding yeah of his grandparents all

of us it's like time traveling people

always trying and figure out how to

preserve themselves you know this the

expression oh I'm living through my kids

or I'm living you that's real I I

realize how much power these simple

Expressions have tell me more I like

this communication can save a nation or

like you know but like yeah I really

feel like we always try and think like

oh there's not enough time there's not

enough time there's a real real real

truth to I'm living through my kids or

whoever or whoever you choose to I don't

even think it has to be your kids I

think that your blood your lineage it's

like you really are you really do time

travel you know a thousand years from

now there may be some uh descendants

that look like us you know or like

slight you know you'll be like oh you

you know I look like my dad's dad you do

yeah yeah I've never met him you know he

unfortunately passed you know when I was

super little and I never even met him

but he's a part of me too and I think

that's also why it's important to work

on yourself and to heal certain

traumatic experiences because with all

this information we pass on you also

pass on the the good and the bad you

know what I mean so you know you you

heal things healthwise and you heal

things traumatic wise you know or trauma

wise and you know it's really important

to work on yourself physically mentally

emotionally and spiritually because you

pass on all of that as well just because

you understand something doesn't mean

you have to accept it and that's

something that I had to learn the hard

way when you feel like you're all over

the place and things aren't happening

sometimes you just need a little bit of

structure strategy to jump start it and

build a foundation to build on you do

have to set your boundaries and respect

who you are because you will lose a

sense of yourself by trying to take care

of everyone else you will lose a sense

of yourself if you don't set these

boundaries that's what's so interesting

right like within you you have the

coding of the greatness yeah and the

Heritage and you have the coding of the

unhealed generational trauma that keeps

being passed down what was what was

something you had to look at in your

background and past generationally

traumatically that wasn't healed that

you were like I'm not going to pass this

to Noah like this has to stop this time

W so many things so many like uh worry

one thing I used to worry so much create

all of these scenarios in my head and I

think that's like a double-edged sword

you know when you have an

imagination and you're creative you

create right so you can create good you

can create bad but they're they one of

the experience that life has taught me

is to never worry no matter what you're

going to be fine you know I think one of

my biggest fears used to be like what if

I lose everything right what if I have

to go back to you know growing up in

Detroit in the hood blah blah blah and I

and then it's just like well I was I

could I was happy there too like I

shouldn't be scared to lose any of this

stuff because this stuff is conditional

and it's like I'm going to be good

wherever I'm at at I remember when I

talked to sad Guru I was like where's

your favorite place in the world he's

like wherever I'm at and I was like damn

you know so it kind of goes back to that

that like that's one of the things I

don't want to pass on to him it's like

you never have to worry you know you

know you could you could be fueled you

could let something inspire you to be

greater you could let something light a

fire under you but like don't ever worry

because you have what it takes to to get

to wherever you got to get to you know

yeah yeah how how how do you kind of

imprint that in a young child like how

how do you you do you imprint that in a

young child by building up his

confidence and that's one of the things

I love about my boy it's like he's so

confident he's like you know I never am

like that's something that I want to

keep feeding him um even on a song I

wrote about him on my album I said I see

my inner child in him is still the

remnance will he lose it to the world is

it imminent or is it something that me

and his mom have instilled in him and

the confidence you lose you could build

again oh it's like so good yeah and like

I just want to water that I think that

when I was a kid my my mom and my dad

came up in like a civil rights moment in

the country like my mom had to drink

from like a different water fountain you

know my f my family has been through a

lot um my mom's great aunt who was like

a old

woman my mom would go visit her in North

Carolina was born a slave so that just

goes to show you how close that that

lineage is too right it's like it kind

of feels like it's so far away but it's

not she was a old woman and my mom was a

baby but my mom is alive now so the

connection of that is like few and far

between my point being is that um my mom

and my dad did the best that they could

but they came from a era where they had

to really

be don't be too loud be controlled don't

do what get out of line like you know my

mom would be like when you get pulled

over like make sure your hat is off and

like you they see your face and you be

respectful and and I think there was a

lot to that but it was it was coming

from a little bit of of a fear-based place

place

sometimes and that's something that I've

recognized and that's something that my

mom has helped me recognize too through

all of the knowledge she's giv me and my

dad but like one of the things I want to

pass on to him is that like be confident

in who you are because you have what it

take he you get to already tell he has a

great heart he has a great spirit he

loves making trying to make people laugh

you know not even at 2 years old he was

like before like one-year-old like

telling you know trying to like make you

smile and it's just like just want to

keep watering that confidence in him you

know yeah yeah and and that confidence

kind of talks nicely to the second

practice in your book you talk about

strategizing yeah strategizing and I

love that you went there because I think

a lot of people see spirituality and strategy

strategy

as oppos opposites or they separate them

right and I know we've always vibed on

the fact that to me they go hand in hand

absolutely because strategy is just

intentionality in action right like

that's that's what it is strategy is INT

intentionality in action I love that

right yeah it's like you have intention

and then you get activated around an

intention and that's how you strategize

but I think often people think strategy

has to be conniving or like some sort of

manipulation but but that's What You

Mean So when you say we need to get

strategic how do we build the skill of

becoming strategic and what is it mean

well I think you recognize like you said

is just um strategy to me is the key

to getting is it's one of the keys to

move from where you are to where you uh

have to be because you identify where

you desire to be because you identify so

much and you get to you get to research

you get to

plot and plan nothing you know

nothing that is really amazing in life

is uh doesn't come without a plan you

know what I mean uh there are a lot of

spontaneous things and I do believe in

the energy of spontaneity and like but

uh strategizing to me is so important

and there's so many ways to do it you

know you could like study someone from

afar that's kind of one of the beauties

of the internet is like you can kind of

study and know someone you really

respect or you may have someone in your

family or you may have someone in your

neighborhood or you may have someone but

even say it's someone from across the

world that you really respect you can

study a lot of their um what they have

put out in the world and sometimes

that's all you need there have been

times where when you get to know someone

fully you might get let down a little

bit it's like cuz you have all these

expectations and you meet them and it's

like wait what you know but I think

there comes again the power of

Separation like you got to separate that

and you know so I know I'm talking a lot

but I yeah I do think that like

strategizing uh is a real key to uh

happiness you know and Strate it doesn't

have to be like a deep thing

strategizing could just be as simple as

writing your intentions down

strategizing your day how are you going

to approach this I always like before I

get into a studio session or anything I

always like meditate and I write down

what I would like to experience in the

session you know what am I what would I

like to get done how would that feel and

I kind of lock on to that feeling before

I go and do do what I got to do yeah I'm

glad that you pointed out that

strategizing is starts with

studying because then it becomes you

study something and then you apply it

and that's what strategy is you study it

first and then you apply it and and I

was thinking about it as you were saying

like strategizing your day I was

thinking about if you think about New

York it's a grid system that's a

strategy that's a strategy it's a

strategy like that's what it is if you

look at if you travel to Europe you'll

see there was a strategy in how towns

were built where like the church would

be in the middle of the town there' be a

river flowing through the middle there'd

be a bridge over the river there was a

strategy in how it was built in order to

create an experience of the city and I

feel you know that's what it is it's

thinking about your life and thinking

what are the pillars and PRI priorities

in my life yeah like like what are the

things that are like almost like

building a city exactly right it goes

okay well a city needs a fire station

cuz sometimes there's going to be a fire

right it needs a school because I need

to learn it needs a hospital because

sometimes you're going to get ill like

what does a city need and you got to

look at your life in the same way and go

what does my life need and sometimes

that's exactly what your life needs a

structure yes you know when you feel

like you're all over the place and

things aren't happening sometimes you

just need a little bit of structure and

strategy to jump start it and build a

foundation to build on you know so

that's a Perfect Analogy yeah what was

the best strategy you ever built to

achieve something in your life what

example would you give from your own

Journey when were you most strategic

effectively there have been times where

I was very strategic and times where I

wasn't and um one of the times in my

life where strategy really helped out

was just like I would say securing my

first record deal I always knew I would

get a record deal I would talk about it

frequently with my friends in eighth

grade I would talk about when I hey when

I sell out the this the this when I was

when I sell out the uh Palace Auburn

Hill all these things that I did ended

up doing later I just knew it was going

to happen I just didn't know how and you

we all know that like you can make plans

and God laughs at it but I really feel

like when your heart's in the right

place and you have the intentions and

you put a little bit of strategy to it

okay like one of the things that I

always wanted to do was like okay how

can I get on the radio you know how can

I be how can I how can I be on the radio

then I you know did some homework and my

friend oh there's a radio show where you

can battle rap and end up rapping on the

radio you know and people okay that's a

way to get on the radio so how do I get

down there okay oh so I need a ride down

there I would like plan out every aspect

I need to make sure I have a ride to get

to the radio station to be able to

battle rap okay I need to PL I need to

write a rap for the when I get on the

radio so I have something to rap over

you know and so it's like you strategize

every aspect of it and it can be fun

Strat it doesn't have to feel like

homework it don't got to feel like

school work none of us want to do more

work in fact when you strategize you

probably are eliminating a lot of work a

lot more work don't get fooled thinking

that like you're getting ahead by not

doing the work I'm telling you when you

strategize and plan things out you're

eliminating hours of work so that is the

reason you know a lot of us may not have

time to read this book you think like I

don't have time to read a book I'm

telling you like reading a book not just

my book but a book that impacts you

saves time it doesn't take time oh I I'm

I'm so glad you said that because yeah

that's all it does all it does when

you're learning all it does it save time

it stops you from making mistakes it

helps you avoid the ones that someone

else made before you you probably make

some new mistakes for

sure but but you'll avoid so many and I

loved what you said the way you broke it

down like ultimately strategizing is

building steps to that goal and you're

trying to break it down to the step that

I can do today and now that is small and

easy all the way up and I love the way

you worked backwards where it's like all

right I want to be on the radio yeah all

right let me break that down wait a

minute that means I need to go this that

means need to do this that means first I

need to do this okay that means right

now I just need to do this and I think

sometimes we live on level 21 of where

we want to go but then we haven't got

the elevator down to level zero to go up

right like we're just our mind is in

level 21 and we get mad that we're not

on level 21 and I I'm a victim of that

and I think that you know I've I've gone

through experience I'm not a victim I

have done that before I've experienced

that so I know how frustrating it could

be but don't let it stress you unless

you let it unless it's you stress

there's distress and then there's you

stress and that you stress can motivate

you it really can it could light a fire

under you go through it distress can

kind of weigh you down so you have the

power to take any aspect even depression

and let it either weigh you down or let

it fuel you you know what I mean so yeah

I think that I know it's a lot of people

frustrated I get frustrated still I'm

nowhere near perfect I'm not talking to

you as an expert in any way shape or

form I'm literally talking to you as a

reflection of you and someone who has

gone through these

experiences and have just like and given

the game that I've learned you know and

straight black and white and examples of

how I've done it you know so yeah for

sure you've gave us an idea of when you

were strategic what was about what was

the time when you were chaotic right so

there are times where yeah I've let

things go

um I didn't strategize like there's

always things you haven't thought about

that you got to come back to later like

when I had a fell out with some family

members like even my mom our

relationship got tainted for a long time

and it was like I was not calling her I

was not checking in I wasn't doing

anything that a son and now having a son

I really feel the the the depth of that

you know what I'm saying and I didn't I

could have strategized that better you

know I mean I could have strategized a

lot of things better and you always have

2020 in hindsight totally totally

totally no and and I agree it's it's

just good to know because yeah it's the

same for me and I love how you said that

strategy is also sometimes with people

you know like we we say the wrong thing

at the wrong time or you say the right

thing but at the wrong time or you say

the right thing but in the wrong way or

you say the right thing but in the wrong

place or you say the right thing and you

know to the wrong person right it's like

it has to be strategic it does because

otherwise it's not digested we just

think as long as I'm saying the right

thing MH everything will be okay yeah

but if you say the right thing in the

wrong place to the wrong person at the

wrong time in the wrong way with the

wrong word the wrong language it doesn't

matter how true the thing you said was

right and that's what strategy is is

going wait how do I make sure this lands

wow like what what do it what is

required for this to actually have an

impact on someone and serve them and

help them yeah and that's what we're

here to do is to serve really in every

aspect this always comes down to being

of service you know and anything we put

out there in any interview and any book

and any song is really of service to

whatever the moment uh it relates to you

know what I mean so yeah yeah and that

yeah you're right saying the right thing

to the wrong and the thing is you're

kind of the only one who can dictate you

know right and wrong is so opinionated

depending on who you talk to for sure

you know um there are a lot of people

who think

that you know any anything that we could

think is wrong somebody could argue how

it's right you know even down to black

and white somebody can argue that this

text that says the exact same thing

means this thing and or this means that

thing you know so I think it's important

to come from a place of understanding M

and this leads to something else I want

to talk about because because just

because you understand something doesn't

mean you have to accept it o just

because you understand it and that's

something that I had to learn the hard

way I thought that I was being this

spiritual guy by if I get into a

disagreement with someone understanding

where they come from and then ultimately

turns to me not respecting myself

because I'll understand where they're

coming from and be like okay like I get

it but the fact that I still get it it

doesn't mean that I can't express myself

and I'm not valid yes so I want to make

sure that everyone knows that because I

think that that was something that I

learned is to set boundaries and that's

like that big b word that's like the

biggest b word there is is boundaries

that I've learned this year and like

that has really really really changed a

lot of Dynamics with people and changed

uh a lot of uh it's really created a lot

of happiness in my life why did

boundaries become so prominent in the

last years you said I think I was trying

to be a hero in every situation I was in

I'm an empathetic person so I love

to I I really can feel when people are

going through something even when the

world is going through something it's

like I kind of really have to like

really protect myself energetically

because I take on a lot of people's

problems you know what I'm saying I

can't help it and it's not a good I

don't look at it as a bad thing I just

look at it as how I am you know um do I

wish sometimes that I could just cut

things off yeah but it had taught me

that I can I just have to set boundaries

on what I can and can't accept and this

year yeah there are a lot of things that

I was tired of feeling uncomfortable in

certain situations I was tired of

letting people walk all over me and just

because I understood or I get it I'm not

respecting myself and I didn't realize

that I wasn't respecting myself in that

you know there are times where yeah I

need to I can't go to to this thing I

can't do this or you know what I can't

go here I can't go to Dubai and do this

show because I have to be here for my

son I got to take my son

trick-or-treating you know I had to set

some of those

boundaries that may have cost me one

thing but I gained another and one of

the most important things I gained uh

back from setting boundaries is the

trust in myself you know the confidence

that I feel like I have been building up

so for so long yeah and I think think

we're scared of setting boundaries

because we are scared of what we lose

when we do I know and it could be fomo

it could be you know the fear of

becoming irrelevant the fear of becoming

insignificant the fear fear of losing a

person the fear of losing a

person but I I learned that too I

remember a time in my life where I had

so much compassion fatigue where I just

felt like I was there for everyone else

but I had

no and when I say in I don't mean

financially I mean there was no energy

income coming in and you were just a

piece of you you were just a part of you

at that point exactly and you're just

and it's what you just said you're

trying to be a superhero and you're

trying to be the guy not in an egotistic

way you actually just care about people

for real but I realized very very

quickly at that time that unless I was

full rested complete you know I wasn't

actually able to help anyone I was just

giving people

my leftovers and not the best of myself

and how enjoy it then you got to enjoy

your life too totally totally and and I

just found that what what really helped

me was remembering that I didn't have

enough to give anyone else if I wasn't

in a good place myself period and that

did a mean I wanted to get to a good

place just for myself the reason I

wanted to get to a good place is so I

could give more good to others and

therefore there had to be a structure

there had to be an order of all right

well I need to take care of myself I

need to be full I need to be ready and

then I can extend myself but if I keep

extending myself to everyone else

chances are I get bitter at them I'll

get mad at myself and then I won't have

anything to give yeah that's right right

yeah and it just it's it's an

interesting one boundaries because I feel

feel

like I think we also think we set

boundaries for other people but we do it

for ourselves we do it for ourselves

people always be like oh this person

keeps breaking my boundaries and I'm

like well no you keep breaking your

boundaries exactly right no yeah it's

you know it's

like the boundaries forgiveness they're

not just they're for you you know

forgiveness is for you as well and

boundaries are for you as well yeah it's

been tough I think that I grew up

letting people walk all over me I think

I grew up by letting people take

advantage of me straight up you know

just to be real um and I saw that in my

parents especially my dad he let he

would let people take advantage of him

he was a very nice guy and there's

nothing like I said right or wrong it's

an opinion you know it's just a

perspective so it's I'm not criticizing

him or saying he was wrong in any way

it's just the kind spirited hearted

person he is but along with that you do

have to set your boundaries and respect

who you are because you will lose a

sense of yourself by trying to take care

of everyone else you will lose Lo a

sense of yourself if you don't set these

boundaries you will lose a sense of

yourself if you don't take the time out

to keep connecting with yourself even if

it's something you love I lost like the

passion of like watching anime I

remember I was working so hard it's like

I hadn't sat and watched anime I love

watching anime I love Dragon Ball Z I

love like my hero Academia and Demon

Slayer and even galliens and all these

things and that's just one thing that I

love right so it's like I have to take

time out to do that because is really

important to me yeah so I know all of us

have demands some of us have family some

of us work two jobs three jobs some of

us and you say it's impossible but I'm

telling you if you make that time you

will create more time to be the better

version of yourself in any of those

situations I promise you yeah yeah yeah

absolutely the other thing that really

helped me as a boundary and this doesn't

apply if something's life threaten or

urgent MH but sometimes someone would

call me up and be like oh I had a fight

with my wife I had a fight with my

husband M and my natural inclination was

to like fix it so like yeah let's jump

on the phone I'm going to help you

through it right now because that's how

you were as a 10-year-old because that's

how I was as a 10-year-old yeah and so

on and so forth yeah go ahead though and

then I realized that actually my new

response started to be yeah let's talk

in 3

days and the reason was a because maybe

I had stuff on and I couldn't run to it

like I said it doesn't apply to life

threatening if someone calls me and goes

I go to the hospital obviously I'm going

to be there but if someone's saying hey

this happened that happened I realized I

may not be in a position to quit

everything in my life to go and be on

this call and those three days that

person actually had to do some

processing for themselves and when I was

just jumping on the phone with them

trying to save and solve their problem I

was actually just enabling them to not

have to process it M themselves so most

people in 3 days would say to me they

text me and go Jay actually I think I

figured it out exactly and I'd be like

great I'd love to hear it let's jump on

a call and now they talk to me be like

look I thought about it you know they

said this I said that but I've you know

and it's it just showed me that so much

of the time we think we're saving people

we're actually just enabling them and

every time we think we're going to solve

their problem we're actually just

creating more issues for them because

every needs to learn to process mentally

and emotionally themselves wow and so

sometimes like jumping in to help

someone you actually end up hurting them

wow because yeah cuz they need to do it

themselves and so sometimes I just set

that boundary with myself it wasn't like

I don't want to be there for my friend

or a family member I just realized being

there for them meant not being there

right now MH and they didn't know that

but then when I saw them benefit from it

I realized that actually space sometimes

gave them what they needed more than my

words could yeah because it goes back to

like we were talking about a lot of the

answers are in you you know a lot of the

the things you're looking for the

resolutions they are in you and

sometimes it may take a little while to

rise to the surface and sometimes

they'll figure out but one of the worst

things you could do is impact somebody

in the moment of them being emotional or

in the moment of rage or in the you know

influencing them it could it could you

could really ruin something thing you

know because you're feeding off of their

emotions it's like yeah yeah I should

just leave yeah you should just leave

like oh instead of just being like hey

take some time to you know talk through

it you know it's really that's a that's

a real important great lesson man yeah

it's it's helped me a lot that's a great

way of of um of exercising boundaries

yeah exactly exactly what what other

daily habits you talk about journaling

and meditation in the book and I want to

talk about both of them because I think

they talked about a lot today but I want

to hear about your deep specific habits

and how it's become such a ritual for

you so let's start with journaling like

obviously you're a writer all right

anyway doesn't make it easier I would

say yeah I was going to say like what's

different about writing music writing

the book versus journaling like oh

completely different so music I don't

even like I kind of just like when I get

in the studio I kind of just let it flow

through me and I learned that from like

Kanye and Jay-Z and common um now there

are a lot of people who do write on pads

like Eminem you know who was amazing to

me and a lot of people I know but how I

do it personally is I just kind of like

feel through it and let it stream to me

and I like go on a mic and like not

necessarily freestyle it but yeah just

piece it together you got to come for a

session one day but then when it comes

to journaling that's my time I put like

my sword you know your pen is like your

sword to paper and you are setting

you're strategizing and you're setting

your intentions of you know things you

may would like to experience but I also

like to do like gratitude for some

reason gratitude just seems to

magnetize more of the

things um that I'm thankful for in my

life um I've seen it work in a lot of

ways and that's my belief you know so

the things that you are grateful for you

have to let the world know that you're

grateful for it because how else is it

going to know to give it back to you you

know or to bring it to you or to the

people around you and um it also is a

great way for me to you know and I I

practice I am it's so much power so I am

grateful I am this I am happy I am

confident I

am happy that I get to sit down and talk

to my friend Jay today you know I'm I'm

happy I get to to whatever the case is

right so that's what I do and then at

the end of it of the the Journal of the

when I do the Gratitude stuff and there

are times where I write how I feel not

as much I also speak out loud by myself

you know there are a lot of processes I

do but when I do that journal I sign it

at the at the bottom of it like a

contract and I like I sometimes I put it

is done or I put like so be it because

it's a declaration when when I do that

and I sign it because it's that

important to me I have to sign my

contracts I have to sign things that

will be upheld as an important thing and

that's how the level of importance even

more that I hold that to so I sign it

every time that is so good man I've

never heard that before I'm going to

start doing that it's powerful yeah I've

never signed it that's dope it's

powerful and Jay does everything I write

down come to fruition no sometimes it

does a lot of them do and then I realize

that I'm also on God's time so the

things that I've always wanted the

things that I've desired it may not just

be the right moment in my journey for

that but that's the beauty of it man I'm

like I'm still here I'm still able I'm

still inspired I'm

still passionate you know beautiful yeah

yeah so that's how I that's how I do my

journaling I also have like a there's a

book I have of like poetry too that I

like write poems and stuff I've only I

only write a few a year honestly but

like I'll like fully write and draw

around the poem and like it's really

like a beautiful art it's just some

something I do for fun I I haven't

actually I've only rid one this year and

last year I wrote a few so maybe I maybe

inspired me to write one today but

that's kind of all it is but I don't

spend too much time on it takes me about

5 to 12 minutes that's great Max and

then I meditate after that cuz it kind

of like it's kind of like a good

transition to like the energy is set for

me to like to meditate cuz when I

meditate I feel like I'm attracting

these things more and giving myself the

best shot of being the most

productive the most um impactful that I

can be you know so that's that's kind of

the first thing I do when I wake up if I

can being a dad though there are times

where I get I get woken up and I have to

go immediately

you know and I so I come back to it

later on it's not preferred that way but

it's a good tradeoff yeah yeah what does

your meditation look like I love because

I've learned so much just in our you

Journal I've never heard so be it it is

done or or the signature at the end I'm

going to start practicing those three I

like those a lot yeah because it's that

important that that is beautiful man

like I get that like what you just said

about we sign contracts sign checks like

there's very few things we still sign

exactly right and they're suppos very important things yeah they're important

important things yeah they're important documents and that is an important

documents and that is an important document to I love that and so what

document to I love that and so what about your meditation what does your

about your meditation what does your practice look like for medit it depends

practice look like for medit it depends I love doing guided meditation sometimes

I love doing guided meditation sometimes um I love

um I love doing I kind of have my own process

doing I kind of have my own process where I like inv visualize the light of

where I like inv visualize the light of creation like the the light of the sun

creation like the the light of the sun and it like really filling my whole body

and it like really filling my whole body up and

up and literally everything that doesn't align

literally everything that doesn't align with that and anything that isn't that

with that and anything that isn't that light and bright you know what I'm

light and bright you know what I'm saying immediately leaves my body and

saying immediately leaves my body and goes back into the Earth and like so you

goes back into the Earth and like so you know there are times where I if I'm not

know there are times where I if I'm not in nature I imagine myself in nature and

in nature I imagine myself in nature and like things going back into the Earth

like things going back into the Earth and I like surround

and I like surround myself you know from my I forgot the

myself you know from my I forgot the word the esoteric body I think it's like

word the esoteric body I think it's like one inch off you then your emotional

one inch off you then your emotional body then your mental body and like I

body then your mental body and like I just do the same thing like it's like a

just do the same thing like it's like a shower of like it's like hopping in the

shower of like it's like hopping in the shower after you work out like but of

shower after you work out like but of light and whatever it is I kind of like

light and whatever it is I kind of like cater to how I'm feeling so from there

cater to how I'm feeling so from there I'll like if I have like something wrong

I'll like if I have like something wrong with my stomach I like for some reason I

with my stomach I like for some reason I associate green with healing energy

associate green with healing energy right and this comes from years of like

right and this comes from years of like practice or I associate royal blue with

practice or I associate royal blue with power you know the power of the Universe

power you know the power of the Universe I associate like uh red with the love of

I associate like uh red with the love of the universe the love and support of the

the universe the love and support of the universe and like I represent like the

universe and like I represent like the Violet flame of St Germaine like to

Violet flame of St Germaine like to cleanse things that are holding me back

cleanse things that are holding me back wow right so I do I have like quite a

wow right so I do I have like quite a process and I break it down in the book

process and I break it down in the book and afterwards I feel just it really

and afterwards I feel just it really makes a big

makes a big difference and you know I read this book

difference and you know I read this book the hidden messages in water I believe

the hidden messages in water I believe it's called and it talked about you know

it's called and it talked about you know there's like itty bitty microscopic

there's like itty bitty microscopic crystals in water and they one of the

crystals in water and they one of the part of the book they experiment of like

part of the book they experiment of like how positively when you speak to water

how positively when you speak to water like hey you're amazing I love you keep

like hey you're amazing I love you keep going like you're beautiful and then

going like you're beautiful and then they had another uh water glass or

they had another uh water glass or container of water where they said like

container of water where they said like you suck it's never the you know real

you suck it's never the you know real negative and you look at the crystals

negative and you look at the crystals and one is like a beautiful snowflake

and one is like a beautiful snowflake looking Crystal and then the other one

looking Crystal and then the other one is

is like distorted and all

like distorted and all damaged and we are 70 80% water so the

damaged and we are 70 80% water so the these things when you write these

these things when you write these affirmations down or when you say them

affirmations down or when you say them out loud or when you Journal these

out loud or when you Journal these things have a real effect on you

things have a real effect on you tremendously like scientifically it's

tremendously like scientifically it's not even like a woo woo type of thing

not even like a woo woo type of thing it's not even like it's not even Up For

it's not even like it's not even Up For Debate you know what I'm saying it's

Debate you know what I'm saying it's literally scientific for the people who

literally scientific for the people who are more you know need the proof as

are more you know need the proof as opposed to you know more analytical than

opposed to you know more analytical than like opinion based so I just want to

like opinion based so I just want to stress the importance of it it really is

stress the importance of it it really is and by the way the most the most

and by the way the most the most honorable people that I've met and like

honorable people that I've met and like what I consider to be successful and I

what I consider to be successful and I don't mean richest I just mean

don't mean richest I just mean successful in like the impact what

successful in like the impact what they're doing how they are yeah they

they're doing how they are yeah they meditate they all you know from my

meditate they all you know from my favorite rappers down to my favorite

favorite rappers down to my favorite down to you you know down to anyone who

down to you you know down to anyone who I just really admire yeah and and and

I just really admire yeah and and and and and you can meditate in your own

and and you can meditate in your own ways they're like I know like Jana does

ways they're like I know like Jana does different meditations you know through

different meditations you know through sound healing or mirror meditations I

sound healing or mirror meditations I know people who do shower meditations

know people who do shower meditations walking there's no wrong way to meditate

walking there's no wrong way to meditate either that's another misconception

either that's another misconception there's no wrong way to do it the fact

there's no wrong way to do it the fact that you take the intention out or if

that you take the intention out or if you focus on your breathing the fact

you focus on your breathing the fact that you take the the time out to be

that you take the the time out to be that conscious of yourself over time you

that conscious of yourself over time you will get more and more into it it's like

will get more and more into it it's like anything you do and it you will see the

anything you do and it you will see the effects of it yeah what was uh what have

effects of it yeah what was uh what have you ever meditated with another rapper

you ever meditated with another rapper that was interesting or anything like

that was interesting or anything like that like meditated anyone that had an

that like meditated anyone that had an interesting practice that I wouldn't

interesting practice that I wouldn't know about does Eminem meditate

know about does Eminem meditate that's you know what I have never

that's you know what I have never meditated with Eminem but he is a very

meditated with Eminem but he is a very Eminem is a very

Eminem is a very like amazing person so I wouldn't be

like amazing person so I wouldn't be surprised I Know Jay-Z does wow I

surprised I Know Jay-Z does wow I haven't meditated with him but I know he

haven't meditated with him but I know he does yeah and you know there are all

does yeah and you know there are all different ways and forms of course you

different ways and forms of course you know sometimes just sitting and

know sometimes just sitting and visualizing and like seeing these things

visualizing and like seeing these things is a form of meditation could be your

is a form of meditation could be your way so you have to find out these ways

way so you have to find out these ways that work for you just like therapy it's

that work for you just like therapy it's like I can't I can tell you how therapy

like I can't I can tell you how therapy work for me but you may go to a

work for me but you may go to a therapist that isn't right for you and

therapist that isn't right for you and be like Oh therapy is whack but that's

be like Oh therapy is whack but that's not that's just you know my specific

not that's just you know my specific situation a lot of times therapy for me

situation a lot of times therapy for me has pushed me to the edge of realization

has pushed me to the edge of realization and has been the extra push that I

and has been the extra push that I needed to sometimes I already knew the

needed to sometimes I already knew the answer but sometimes I needed to talk it

answer but sometimes I needed to talk it through and sometimes I needed to really

through and sometimes I needed to really exercise and sometimes I did learn

exercise and sometimes I did learn something new that awakened the truth in

something new that awakened the truth in me um through therapy and having someone

me um through therapy and having someone that I could confide in that wasn't a

that I could confide in that wasn't a family member that wasn't a best friend

family member that wasn't a best friend that wasn't a that I wasn't in a

that wasn't a that I wasn't in a relationship with and was able to apply

relationship with and was able to apply it to all of those other relationships

it to all of those other relationships and in a very successful way yeah yeah

and in a very successful way yeah yeah for sure I mean in the book you talk

for sure I mean in the book you talk about how I think it was like in 2016

about how I think it was like in 2016 you said you nearly got addicted to

you said you nearly got addicted to adero when you were touring with Rihanna

adero when you were touring with Rihanna and I was thinking like how do you stop

and I was thinking like how do you stop yourself like in that moment like what

yourself like in that moment like what was the habit or the tool or the

was the habit or the tool or the practice was it therapy was it

practice was it therapy was it meditation what was it that helped you

meditation what was it that helped you recover from that man so first of all

recover from that man so first of all Aderall is like

Aderall is like synthetic you know I don't know they say

synthetic you know I don't know they say like heroin all these things right like

like heroin all these things right like just a lot to it and I'm really into

just a lot to it and I'm really into Eastern medicine personally you know I I

Eastern medicine personally you know I I used to have heart a real bad heart

used to have heart a real bad heart problem that I fixed through literally

problem that I fixed through literally taking magnesium and some other

taking magnesium and some other supplements that a doctor told me that I

supplements that a doctor told me that I had to get surgery for they told me they

had to get surgery for they told me they had to cut my heart open and put a

had to cut my heart open and put a pacemaker in it you know so when I

pacemaker in it you know so when I started taking Aderall is because I was

started taking Aderall is because I was putting myself on a clock that didn't

putting myself on a clock that didn't exist I was putting myself under

exist I was putting myself under pressure and I was living in a

pressure and I was living in a fear-based way and I started taking ad

fear-based way and I started taking ad ra because I wanted to accomplish more

ra because I wanted to accomplish more and it was very did it work it worked

and it was very did it work it worked worked but at the expense

worked but at the expense of so many things I honestly the expense

of so many things I honestly the expense of like my like affecting my soul and

of like my like affecting my soul and changing the person that I was and

changing the person that I was and depleting my body it shut it off it it

depleting my body it shut it off it it creates synthetic dopamine in your brain

creates synthetic dopamine in your brain so it creates all this dopamine but your

so it creates all this dopamine but your natural dopamine that is responsible for

natural dopamine that is responsible for your happiness for your inspiration your

your happiness for your inspiration your creativity who makes you who you are it

creativity who makes you who you are it shuts off it shuts it off and after a

shuts off it shuts it off and after a while you're kind of relying on this

while you're kind of relying on this synthetic dopamine only and I remember

synthetic dopamine only and I remember as time went on I would go in the studio

as time went on I would go in the studio and I feel like I couldn't do anything

and I feel like I couldn't do anything without it and that's when I knew I had

without it and that's when I knew I had a real problem with it so I went cold

a real problem with it so I went cold turkey and that is like that was

turkey and that is like that was probably the second bout of depression

probably the second bout of depression in my life that I went through that was

in my life that I went through that was like R that's when I was like wanting to

like R that's when I was like wanting to kill myself like I was just like my mind

kill myself like I was just like my mind was playing all these tricks on me right

was playing all these tricks on me right and it didn't matter that I had like I

and it didn't matter that I had like I would had a big ass house in Beverly

would had a big ass house in Beverly Hills it didn't matter that I had

Hills it didn't matter that I had millions of dollars in the account and

millions of dollars in the account and it didn't matter because as great as a

it didn't matter because as great as a lot of those things are they're still

lot of those things are they're still separate this I'm wearing a Lincoln Park

separate this I'm wearing a Lincoln Park CHS the you know Chester I I can't speak

CHS the you know Chester I I can't speak for him God Rest his soul but like who

for him God Rest his soul but like who would think that like oh that someone

would think that like oh that someone you know who's one of the biggest rock

you know who's one of the biggest rock stars in the world and the band uh

stars in the world and the band uh regardless of you know what they talked

regardless of you know what they talked about their music like would do that you

about their music like would do that you know or the you know uh Kirk Cain you

know or the you know uh Kirk Cain you know all these things right

know all these things right so it's because it's all separate you

so it's because it's all separate you know and I'm not saying that money can't

know and I'm not saying that money can't make you happy by the way I don't like

make you happy by the way I don't like when like people you know I don't like

when like people you know I don't like when rich people get on camera and be

when rich people get on camera and be like money isn't everything like it

like money isn't everything like it isn't everything but it's a lot it can

isn't everything but it's a lot it can change it's a it's a resource that is

change it's a it's a resource that is very needed in every in anything you

very needed in every in anything you need to do in this world I agree you

need to do in this world I agree you need it so it is important it's very

need it so it is important it's very important I'm not going to like sit in

important I'm not going to like sit in here and say it isn't but it was

here and say it isn't but it was separate from what I had to deal with at

separate from what I had to deal with at the time

the time so yeah it was um I went cold turkey and

so yeah it was um I went cold turkey and that's when I stopped everything I was

that's when I stopped everything I was doing and I called my mom who we weren't

doing and I called my mom who we weren't on great terms and she came out and was

on great terms and she came out and was in in my house with me and ENT my mom

in in my house with me and ENT my mom has always shout out my dad too my dad

has always shout out my dad too my dad is with me today too I love my dad and

is with me today too I love my dad and he's like man make sure you shout me out

he's like man make sure you shout me out too like yeah I'mma shout you out too

too like yeah I'mma shout you out too like my dad is great but my mom at that

like my dad is great but my mom at that point point in those certain points in

point point in those certain points in my life just a few key points she knew

my life just a few key points she knew what she had a solution to offer me

what she had a solution to offer me always and I really appreciate that it's

always and I really appreciate that it's something I hope to do for my kid and

something I hope to do for my kid and kids and she was like introduced me to

kids and she was like introduced me to you know she was who put me on

you know she was who put me on meditation she just would always

meditation she just would always introduce me to certain things try this

introduce me to certain things try this try this method and then I started

try this method and then I started realizing how connected physical mental

realizing how connected physical mental emotional spiritual are and I started

emotional spiritual are and I started working out I started prioritizing

working out I started prioritizing myself and started putting me first

myself and started putting me first started reconnecting with things I

started reconnecting with things I wanted to do started trying new things

wanted to do started trying new things jumping out of planes I was doing going

jumping out of planes I was doing going to the gun range just trying things out

to the gun range just trying things out that I was like hey that's interesting

that I was like hey that's interesting let me try it and it really helped me

let me try it and it really helped me reconnect with myself I started watching

reconnect with myself I started watching anime again and then you know I had to

anime again and then you know I had to take a break from the studio because I

take a break from the studio because I wasn't I couldn't think of anything and

wasn't I couldn't think of anything and then I finally got back in and was

then I finally got back in and was inspired again and life is the greatest

inspired again and life is the greatest inspiration but what I can say is to

inspiration but what I can say is to people who are addicted to Aderall and

people who are addicted to Aderall and like other drugs that

like other drugs that that synthetic high is is very temporary

that synthetic high is is very temporary and it's at an

and it's at an expense and it's different when people

expense and it's different when people who have ADHD who necessarily need it

who have ADHD who necessarily need it but there are even other ways to deal

but there are even other ways to deal with that and I guarantee you they will

with that and I guarantee you they will take less of your

take less of your body you know these things like when

body you know these things like when these prescriptions they mess up your

these prescriptions they mess up your kidneys your liver and as simple as that

kidneys your liver and as simple as that sounds these your liver your gut messing

sounds these your liver your gut messing up your gut these your gut is your

up your gut these your gut is your second brain it dictates so much more

second brain it dictates so much more than we've been L on to know I think

than we've been L on to know I think that's why Rody is so yeah you know into

that's why Rody is so yeah you know into the food because it's not just food it's

the food because it's not just food it's like it's it's it's so much more than

like it's it's it's so much more than that so I know I'm running on and on but

that so I know I'm running on and on but my point is is that it was very tough

my point is is that it was very tough but you can get through it and there on

but you can get through it and there on the other side of it you you you come

the other side of it you you you come out as like a true champion and you're

out as like a true champion and you're the source of it yeah and there's no

the source of it yeah and there's no better drug or high than being high off

better drug or high than being high off life there is no better thing because

life there is no better thing because you're the actual drug you're the actual

you're the actual drug you're the actual source of it it's not something you have

source of it it's not something you have to take to get to there it's like you

to take to get to there it's like you are it and there's you'll be you could

are it and there's you'll be you could sore you go go higher than ever yeah

sore you go go higher than ever yeah yeah go higher yeah yeah yeah for real

yeah go higher yeah yeah yeah for real how do you feel your grandmother would

how do you feel your grandmother would feel reading this these Pages my grandma

feel reading this these Pages my grandma was one of the first people to give me a

was one of the first people to give me a book of um it was a book about U King

book of um it was a book about U King Solomon and that book changed the my

Solomon and that book changed the my life and it talks about the strategies

life and it talks about the strategies of King Solomon how he had his ran his

of King Solomon how he had his ran his business how he strategized how you know

business how he strategized how you know how King Solomon he

how King Solomon he didn't he wanted wisdom that's what he

didn't he wanted wisdom that's what he wanted and that's why he was granted

wanted and that's why he was granted everything else that's why he was the

everything else that's why he was the richest man who ever lived is because

richest man who ever lived is because that's not what he s was s he didn't he

that's not what he s was s he didn't he didn't seek the power he sought the

didn't seek the power he sought the wisdom to help people and God gave him

wisdom to help people and God gave him the resources by making him the richest

the resources by making him the richest man right so

man right so anyway you know so my grandma she was

anyway you know so my grandma she was like one of the first female black

like one of the first female black captains in World War II she was one of

captains in World War II she was one of the first like female police officers a

the first like female police officers a teacher a counselor she was incredible

teacher a counselor she was incredible right her and my granddad met in World

right her and my granddad met in World War II and she was the example of hard

War II and she was the example of hard work the example of nothing is something

work the example of nothing is something she lived on the street called Outer

she lived on the street called Outer Drive which was that's where Marvin Gay

Drive which was that's where Marvin Gay used to live when he lived in Detroit

used to live when he lived in Detroit it's like a real prestigious Street uh

it's like a real prestigious Street uh and I can imagine that that was like one

and I can imagine that that was like one of her proudest accomplishments so I

of her proudest accomplishments so I really got love for her I think she

really got love for her I think she would read this book and be proud you

would read this book and be proud you know I think so and I think that you

know I think so and I think that you know as a scholar she would probably be

know as a scholar she would probably be like correcting some of my grammar in

like correcting some of my grammar in the book and you know things of that but

the book and you know things of that but she would be very proud um she was very

she would be very proud um she was very strict in a lot of ways and she believed

strict in a lot of ways and she believed that education going to college was the

that education going to college was the way to a better life and I went a

way to a better life and I went a different way I didn't go to college I

different way I didn't go to college I was like went instead I went to the

was like went instead I went to the music and she know I had respect for her

music and she know I had respect for her cuz I always had good grades but even

cuz I always had good grades but even when I chose the exact opposite of what

when I chose the exact opposite of what she wanted me to do she supported me

she wanted me to do she supported me wholeheartedly and I spent all the bonds

wholeheartedly and I spent all the bonds she saved up all the money she saved up

she saved up all the money she saved up for college I spent it all on Studio

for college I spent it all on Studio sessions and I can't imagine how mad or

sessions and I can't imagine how mad or how pissed off that might have made her

how pissed off that might have made her but through it all she supported me and

but through it all she supported me and I just appreciate she just shows me how

I just appreciate she just shows me how much she valued family and I was able to

much she valued family and I was able to buy a house for her and my mom before

buy a house for her and my mom before they passed she actually saw the music

they passed she actually saw the music pay off and we used to watch all these

pay off and we used to watch all these westerns and Jeopardy and all these

westerns and Jeopardy and all these things and I remember she was watching

things and I remember she was watching Jeopardy and I was actually a question

Jeopardy and I was actually a question on Jeopardy and you know I talked to her

on Jeopardy and you know I talked to her on the phone and she was so I like wow

on the phone and she was so I like wow like you know and it used to it used to

like you know and it used to it used to tear me apart when things weren't

tear me apart when things weren't working out and I was spending her money

working out and I was spending her money on the studio sessions and we would have

on the studio sessions and we would have Sunday dinner every Sunday and I would

Sunday dinner every Sunday and I would have to go and sit there and she would

have to go and sit there and she would be like what's going on with the music

be like what's going on with the music you know you need to why don't you just

you know you need to why don't you just apply to community college like you

apply to community college like you could have been halfway with a degree by

could have been halfway with a degree by now it's been two years it's been you

now it's been two years it's been you know all this time and it broke my heart

know all this time and it broke my heart every Sunday and I did give up you know

every Sunday and I did give up you know at one point I did give up so at one

at one point I did give up so at one point I was over it I was over music it

point I was over it I was over music it wasn't going anywhere when was that that

wasn't going anywhere when was that that was after I met Kanye yeah so you w and

was after I met Kanye yeah so you w and then he didn't get in touch with you for

then he didn't get in touch with you for two years after yeah and it was like a

two years after yeah and it was like a blank you know and I turned down my

blank you know and I turned down my scholarships I had the

scholarships I had the college I graduated school with like a

college I graduated school with like a 3.7 GPA I was like you know I had like a

3.7 GPA I was like you know I had like a lot of academic scholarships all these

lot of academic scholarships all these things and I turned it down and then I I

things and I turned it down and then I I was it was non responsive but in

was it was non responsive but in hindsight I look back he was blowing up

hindsight I look back he was blowing up in his own right he was busy you know

in his own right he was busy you know it's not the same you you only see

it's not the same you you only see things from your perspective especially

things from your perspective especially when you're young younger and yeah I

when you're young younger and yeah I just was like I I felt like I tried and

just was like I I felt like I tried and gave it all I had and I gave up and my

gave it all I had and I gave up and my mom you know who is a teacher as well

mom you know who is a teacher as well she was the only one who was like yo

she was the only one who was like yo what are you doing man come on you know

what are you doing man come on you know you you know you're you're registering

you you know you're you're registering for come on you got it like just keep

for come on you got it like just keep going you got it this is this is this is

going you got it this is this is this is what you're meant to do this what you

what you're meant to do this what you believe in do it and literally months

believe in do it and literally months after that that's when things started

after that that's when things started picking up so it's like you can keep

picking up so it's like you can keep digging and digging and digging and

digging and digging and digging and before I struck the gold I gave up and

before I struck the gold I gave up and that's what I mean I had those Guardian

that's what I mean I had those Guardian Angels around me to keep it going one

Angels around me to keep it going one thing you spoke about that you know I'm

thing you spoke about that you know I'm really sorry you had to go through it

really sorry you had to go through it because I had so many friends who've

because I had so many friends who've actually gone through it recently which

actually gone through it recently which is why I'm asking but you suffered a

is why I'm asking but you suffered a miscarriage would you know like that

miscarriage would you know like that I've spoking to so many of my friends

I've spoking to so many of my friends who are trying to have kids right now

who are trying to have kids right now yeah it's super common super common but

yeah it's super common super common but it's like that doesn't make it any

it's like that doesn't make it any better right right no it doesn't like

better right right no it doesn't like yeah so many of my friends have had it

yeah so many of my friends have had it this year literally in the last 12

this year literally in the last 12 months like and and yeah and it's and

months like and and yeah and it's and it's hard because they're going through

it's hard because they're going through a loss their partner's going through the

a loss their partner's going through the grief but it's and and like you said

grief but it's and and like you said it's super common but that doesn't make

it's super common but that doesn't make it any easier or any better when it

it any easier or any better when it happens to you what was something that

happens to you what was something that really helped you through that

really helped you through that experience that you think could help

experience that you think could help others what what was it that helped both

others what what was it that helped both of you because it's a two-way thing it's

of you because it's a two-way thing it's not just about you a lot of our problems

not just about you a lot of our problems we're just processing ourselves well

we're just processing ourselves well every situation is different right so to

every situation is different right so to someone who is experiencing miscarriages

someone who is experiencing miscarriages and I can only speak from a man's

and I can only speak from a man's perspective I can't speak for a woman

perspective I can't speak for a woman who really their perspective is the

who really their perspective is the most traumatic but I can say that first

most traumatic but I can say that first of all you're worthy I don't want you to

of all you're worthy I don't want you to think you're not worthy I don't want you

think you're not worthy I don't want you I don't want people to think that

I don't want people to think that because they have a miscarriage that

because they have a miscarriage that they're inadequate or that they're

they're inadequate or that they're broken I think that this life is complex

broken I think that this life is complex and there are things we do and don't

and there are things we do and don't understand and I think there's Beauty in

understand and I think there's Beauty in everything that's meant for you

everything that's meant for you and instead of trying to control exactly

and instead of trying to control exactly how you want your life to be except that

how you want your life to be except that it's going to be the life that is meant

it's going to be the life that is meant for you and you may get blessed with a

for you and you may get blessed with a child later on you may get blessed with

child later on you may get blessed with a child that comes into your life a

a child that comes into your life a different way you may get blessed with

different way you may get blessed with you have to keep your sometimes we get

you have to keep your sometimes we get so set on a goal we don't keep the rest

so set on a goal we don't keep the rest of the of our of our doors open

of the of our of our doors open of how the universe could bless us in

of how the universe could bless us in that way to not only feel that void but

that way to not only feel that void but even make it even greater so I just want

even make it even greater so I just want to you know keep an open mind but you to

to you know keep an open mind but you to anyone who does experience such an

anyone who does experience such an insufferable loss like do you know go

insufferable loss like do you know go through it like Express Yourself deal

through it like Express Yourself deal with that grief but don't let it consume

with that grief but don't let it consume you yeah you know um sometimes you got

you yeah you know um sometimes you got to go through it just to get to it yeah

to go through it just to get to it yeah for sure no I appreciate that man I

for sure no I appreciate that man I think it's going to help a lot of them

think it's going to help a lot of them we got two last questions question for

we got two last questions question for you Sean before we WAP how do you

you Sean before we WAP how do you personally find the light in really dark

personally find the light in really dark times like when you feel distracted from

times like when you feel distracted from that spiritual light what do you do to

that spiritual light what do you do to reconnect well to find the light in

reconnect well to find the light in really dark

really dark times

times sometimes you have to realize that you

sometimes you have to realize that you are the light but sometimes you got to

are the light but sometimes you got to embrace the

embrace the darkness you ever noticed how when

darkness you ever noticed how when you're in the dark for a long time you

you're in the dark for a long time you start to see better and things actually

start to see better and things actually get lighter for sure

get lighter for sure I think

I think that it's a natural human instinct to

that it's a natural human instinct to like go into a so good a mode of like

like go into a so good a mode of like fear based and it's like I need the

fear based and it's like I need the light I need the light where's the light

light I need the light where's the light and instead of just accepting that you

and instead of just accepting that you are you are for certain you are you not

are you are for certain you are you not only are you the light that there are is

only are you the light that there are is a Darkness to you too that's beautiful

a Darkness to you too that's beautiful and that you have to accept all aspects

and that you have to accept all aspects of yourself

of yourself so you know once you do accept it I

so you know once you do accept it I think it easier to find the light or be

think it easier to find the light or be the light I think you know once you

the light I think you know once you really are comfortable in your

really are comfortable in your environment

environment you um will find and see the way to

you um will find and see the way to wherever it is you're trying to go

wherever it is you're trying to go absolutely great answer uh last question

absolutely great answer uh last question I want to ask you one of my favorite

I want to ask you one of my favorite things you ask people to do in the book

things you ask people to do in the book which I want everyone to do when they

which I want everyone to do when they get the book is list five Miracles yeah

get the book is list five Miracles yeah that they've experienced in their life I

that they've experienced in their life I love this idea idea cuz when I read this

love this idea idea cuz when I read this I was just like oh my gosh if you

I was just like oh my gosh if you actually stop to think about the

actually stop to think about the Miracles that have happened in your life

Miracles that have happened in your life and to really take them in and to really

and to really take them in and to really like embrace them and let them pervade

like embrace them and let them pervade your entire being MH you start believing

your entire being MH you start believing in more miracles you start living in the

in more miracles you start living in the miracle because often it's so easy to

miracle because often it's so easy to live in the negativity and to live in

live in the negativity and to live in the toxicity and to live in everything

the toxicity and to live in everything that's the opposite of a miracle what

that's the opposite of a miracle what what gave you this this idea where did

what gave you this this idea where did it come from and how do you live in the

it come from and how do you live in the miracle every day I mean well the idea

miracle every day I mean well the idea came from like when you highlight when

came from like when you highlight when you really recognize the Miracles

you really recognize the Miracles and you're kind of supercharging them

and you're kind of supercharging them and you're you'll see more miracles

and you're you'll see more miracles there are so many miracles every single

there are so many miracles every single day the fact that the sun is at the

day the fact that the sun is at the exact right

exact right place and the Moon is at the exact right

place and the Moon is at the exact right place and the oxygen is at the exact

place and the oxygen is at the exact right the thing the the the fact that we

right the thing the the the fact that we are orbiting is a miracle bro for real

are orbiting is a miracle bro for real if you think about it cuz one slight

if you think about it cuz one slight thing everything is gone you know what

thing everything is gone you know what I'm saying everything is gone as [ __ ]

I'm saying everything is gone as [ __ ] fast so that's one thing but for me when

fast so that's one thing but for me when you list the Miracles that you

you list the Miracles that you experience personally that impact you

experience personally that impact you personally I feel like it breathes more

personally I feel like it breathes more so for

so for me man being on the pursuit of happiness

me man being on the pursuit of happiness and being able to actually

and being able to actually see my dreams come true to a level is a

see my dreams come true to a level is a miracle for me having this isn't an

miracle for me having this isn't an order by the way having a son is a you

order by the way having a son is a you know that's a Mira that's for real a

know that's a Mira that's for real a miracle because that's like creating

miracle because that's like creating something out of nothing being able to

something out of nothing being able to um man waking up is a miracle everyone

um man waking up is a miracle everyone don't get to wake up man

don't get to wake up man um being able to set goals and and

um being able to set goals and and pursue them you know not even

pursue them you know not even necessarily check them all off but

necessarily check them all off but pursue them being able to eat food and

pursue them being able to eat food and let it give me nutrition is a miracle

let it give me nutrition is a miracle bro yeah you know so I'm not trying to

bro yeah you know so I'm not trying to just sit up here and like be preaching

just sit up here and like be preaching positivity in that sense but there are

positivity in that sense but there are so many miracles that happen there I

so many miracles that happen there I remember one time I was down at the

remember one time I was down at the fireworks in Detroit and somebody was

fireworks in Detroit and somebody was firing a gun and I saw it and it looked

firing a gun and I saw it and it looked like I saw it and it went past me and it

like I saw it and it went past me and it was a miracle I didn't get hit by any

was a miracle I didn't get hit by any bullets it was a miracle that when I got

bullets it was a miracle that when I got into a car accident and total my car

into a car accident and total my car when I was 16 I was able to climb out of

when I was 16 I was able to climb out of the window I couldn't even open the

the window I couldn't even open the doors and nothing was wrong with me I

doors and nothing was wrong with me I had a little bruise on the side of my

had a little bruise on the side of my pinky that was it it look like somebody

pinky that was it it look like somebody died in there there are Miracles that

died in there there are Miracles that happen every day that you may not

happen every day that you may not consider Miracles that you have to

consider Miracles that you have to recognize and you don't even have to

recognize and you don't even have to question it that just shows you bro that

question it that just shows you bro that you're here we are in We Are in it I

you're here we are in We Are in it I love that man that was one of my

love that man that was one of my favorite activities and practices and I

favorite activities and practices and I hope everyone's been listening and

hope everyone's been listening and watching today if you do one thing it's

watching today if you do one thing it's du that yeah for real spend time just

du that yeah for real spend time just mapping out your five Miracles the book

mapping out your five Miracles the book is called go higher five practices for

is called go higher five practices for purpose and thank you for riding and

purpose and thank you for riding and thank you for riding the Ford it was

thank you for riding the Ford it was beautiful n just congrats to you man I'm

beautiful n just congrats to you man I'm really proud of you come on man I know I

really proud of you come on man I know I was just at your house like a few days

was just at your house like a few days ago three days ago four days ago we

ago three days ago four days ago we loved it eating some amazing food you

loved it eating some amazing food you really are an amazing person not just on

really are an amazing person not just on camera like some people you really are

camera like some people you really are amazing on and off camera man your heart

amazing on and off camera man your heart is Big it's very inspiring um we have

is Big it's very inspiring um we have these in our fridge you're the best you

these in our fridge you're the best you know I have all your books on my shelf

know I have all your books on my shelf I've read them and you know just thank

I've read them and you know just thank you man thank you for being an outlet

you man thank you for being an outlet thank you for being such

thank you for being such a connection especially between all

a connection especially between all these amazing people and being able to

these amazing people and being able to open up and be vulnerable what I can say

open up and be vulnerable what I can say is that to everyone watching you're a

is that to everyone watching you're a product of your environment and you are

product of your environment and you are the you are the chemist of your

the you are the chemist of your environment you have the power to change

environment you have the power to change it in any given time or

it in any given time or moment you know if you're unhappy with

moment you know if you're unhappy with where you are realize that you have the

where you are realize that you have the instant power to change it at all starts

instant power to change it at all starts with the mentality first and foremost

with the mentality first and foremost and that is like the key ingredient to

and that is like the key ingredient to making

making anything amazing you know so uh I hope

anything amazing you know so uh I hope you guys realize that we only have this

you guys realize that we only have this moment anything you've done in the past

moment anything you've done in the past you have to let go of anything in the

you have to let go of anything in the future can change you know that you have

future can change you know that you have an idea of how it should be and that uh

an idea of how it should be and that uh what else you know what are you going to

what else you know what are you going to do with the time you got

do with the time you got left it's up to you I love that man

left it's up to you I love that man thank you for writing this book yeah the

thank you for writing this book yeah the book is called go hire everyone go grab

book is called go hire everyone go grab your copy share it with your friends

your copy share it with your friends your family people in your life who are

your family people in your life who are looking for really insightful simple

looking for really insightful simple wisdom that can create shifts in your

wisdom that can create shifts in your life practical advice practical stories

life practical advice practical stories as well uh Sean I'm I'm really glad

as well uh Sean I'm I'm really glad you've done this with your platform

you've done this with your platform because I think

because I think that you know it's very rare these days

that you know it's very rare these days for people to

for people to see what masculinity means and I feel

see what masculinity means and I feel like with you the

like with you the strength and the vulnerability which in

strength and the vulnerability which in one sense are the one and the same but I

one sense are the one and the same but I also think they are different in that I

also think they are different in that I think there is a need to be strong set

think there is a need to be strong set boundaries B to stand up for yourself

boundaries B to stand up for yourself these are all strength as well and then

these are all strength as well and then at the same time the softness the

at the same time the softness the Courage The Bravery the vulnerability

Courage The Bravery the vulnerability that is too and so I love how you put

that is too and so I love how you put those both together it was an honor to

those both together it was an honor to write the forward for this book a real

write the forward for this book a real honor like for you to ask me to do that

honor like for you to ask me to do that was I was very touched you could have

was I was very touched you could have asked anyone and uh I I genuinely

asked anyone and uh I I genuinely genuinely hope that people are going to

genuinely hope that people are going to pick this book up and I I I think people

pick this book up and I I I think people are going to hand it to their friends

are going to hand it to their friends their family people in their life if you

their family people in their life if you want this year 2025 to be a great year

want this year 2025 to be a great year you got to go higher yeah that's right

you got to go higher yeah that's right and so I'm excited for you I'm excited

and so I'm excited for you I'm excited for this next chapter in your life thank

for this next chapter in your life thank you and I'm excited for how this book

you and I'm excited for how this book for many many years to come will have an

for many many years to come will have an impact on people not just now not just

impact on people not just now not just this year but for many years to come

this year but for many years to come people will look back and say I loved

people will look back and say I loved all the music he wrote but I also love

all the music he wrote but I also love that bookie WR thank you man that means

that bookie WR thank you man that means everything and um yeah thanks for that

everything and um yeah thanks for that allowing me to communicate always you

allowing me to communicate always you know communication I always say the

know communication I always say the communication is the bridge to Salvation

communication is the bridge to Salvation that God is holding our hand to walk

that God is holding our hand to walk across and just like any other Bridge

across and just like any other Bridge you can't skip a step to get to the

you can't skip a step to get to the other side so thanks for allowing me to

other side so thanks for allowing me to communicate and thank you for

communicate and thank you for communicating so well in your life it's

communicating so well in your life it's very inspiring and I yeah I'll see you

very inspiring and I yeah I'll see you soon man I'll come back over for dinner

soon man I'll come back over for dinner soon I can't wait I can't wait I

soon I can't wait I can't wait I appreciate it thank you that is part

appreciate it thank you that is part three that is part three over part four

three that is part three over part four coming soon yeah part four coming soon

coming soon yeah part four coming soon thank you I love it you're the best man

thank you I love it you're the best man thank you brother thanks for being such

thank you brother thanks for being such to dear friend if this is the year that

to dear friend if this is the year that you're trying to get creative you're

you're trying to get creative you're trying to build more I need you to

trying to build more I need you to listen to this episode with Rick Rubin

listen to this episode with Rick Rubin on how to break into your most creative

on how to break into your most creative self how to use unconventional methods

self how to use unconventional methods that lead to success and the secret to

that lead to success and the secret to genuinely loving what you do if you're

genuinely loving what you do if you're trying to find your passion and your

trying to find your passion and your lane Rick rubin's episod episode is the

lane Rick rubin's episod episode is the one for you just because I like it that

one for you just because I like it that doesn't give it any value like as an

doesn't give it any value like as an artist if you like it that's all of the

artist if you like it that's all of the value that's the success comes when you

value that's the success comes when you say I like this enough for other people

say I like this enough for other people to see it

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