How To Overcome Your Past To Manifest Your Ideal Future

30:43So I can look at that little girl and I can ask her, little Gabby, what do you need right now? And right away, she'll speak back. She'll say, you know, at times she said things like, I need a mom or I need to rest or I need to play. I need to scream. I need, you know, they're just speaking for what they need, right? I need to speak up. I need to be heard. And so the little voice gets to speak up and say what they need. And once that response comes through internally, the fourth step is to check for C qualities of self. So you scan your inner system and you ask yourself, do I feel any connection?

31:31Yes, right now in this moment, I just did the check-in with little Gabby and I feel connected to her. Do I feel compassion? Holy, right now I feel so much compassion for her. Do I feel clarity? Yes. She just showed me. It's a little girl, right? She showed me exactly where she was. I feel clear what she needs. Do I feel calm? I feel calm, even more calm right now, just having done that check-in process out loud with you. Connected. Hell yes. Courageous. Much more courageous. Clarity, I think I said. Confidence. I got confidence. The one that you're remembering now. Confidence. Creativity. Yes.

32:05Check for Cs. even if you just have one C quality of self show up, you feel a little bit more calm, you feel a little bit more compassionate, you feel a little more connected. You've done the four steps. You've done the four steps even if you just get to check in, to choose to check in. Just even the decision to check in for two seconds is the check in process. Because if you're not starting step one, then you're just going to stay in fight or flight. Yeah. You know, control freak anxiety or whatever your manager is doing. Your manager won't have enough of a pause to pivot because the manager is, we can become blended with the managers, which means we believe that we are that, right?

32:44Those times in your life when you get so worked up, right? And you're so, that you're like, I am the only one that can do this. Or, you know, the only way to live life is to fight back and tell everybody else that they're wrong. That's the only way to live. And if anybody challenges that, like that's, they're gone. Right. So we're blended with these parts. So the only way to start this check-in process is to slightly unblend by choosing to check in. Interesting. Because otherwise you are those parts in that moment. Yeah. And there's going to be plenty of times when we're so blended that we can't do the check-in until two hours later, two days later.

33:21Until you can reflect. You just take a nap and sleep. You can check in hours later. You're out of the environment. Most of the time when people start this work, they're going to find themselves the next day being like, ooh, what happened there? And then just check in, right? But you should start with little, that's why I want to work with managers because this is about a process, right? So I'm making it a habit. Do it with the small moments, right? So like just this morning, you know, like yesterday, right? I arrived in LA. I was like kind of overwhelmed by the energy. I didn't love like the view out of my hotel room.

33:57This sounds like a luxury problem, but like the energy is really important for me. Yeah, if you're staring at a wall or something. I'm staring at like a Chase Bank. And I was just like, where, you know, and I was like in this, and then you're like, you know, I want to have a good vibe right now. And so I was seeing that controller come in and she wasn't too bad, but she did ask my assistant to call five other hotels and like, you know, very lovingly asked, you know. And at night, she's like, I don't want to ever come back to LA. Like, she's like, and so instead of like, actually I did fire off an email to my PR team.

34:27was like cancel the october trip and then i was like chill okay so i came back and i rewrote an email i was like don't cancel the october trip and then i checked in with her wow right before wow okay and so she wasn't like that's just like a day this is a day-to-day thing that normally we're just acting out in these ways and we don't actually you know maybe we come out of it because we just got some logic but we never tend to it and so i was like oh what do you need honey And so I just checked in with her and I heard her and she's like, I just want to feel like warm and safe. And I just want to feel like I've got a good energy around me.

35:03And what do I need right now? I need to find the right place to land when I get here. And I need to just sort of sort those things out. And I started to feel calmer as I checked for those seed qualities. And so this is where the manifesting comes in. Okay. So she calmed down last night. Okay. She slept great. That's good. She woke up. She's like, I'm going to see Louis today. She worked out. It was like 5 a.m. because I'm on East Coast. I was like, let's go work out. I was feeling great. I sat down. I had makeup done. I was like super chill. And I'm like, you know, I think my makeup artist, who met Christina, and I was like, you know, Christina, I'm like, I had this whole drama yesterday.

35:43I'm like, all I really want is like high vibe energy, super connected. I want to find my hotel in LA. I have to be out here all the time. I want to just make it my home, like leave a toothbrush. Like I want that. And then like, I'm coming back in October and I really want to have like a retreat-y vibe for two days because I need to write when I'm here and it's a weekend when I'm here. I'm like, this is what I want. And I was like, it'll happen. Like the universe is going to deliver it. I call our mutual friend, Jeff Krasno. Cause I was like, Oh, he's got an amazing question. Cause I got the hit and I was like, you know what, just call Jeff, right?

36:12He's got the whole commune. It's like, it's a sanctuary. I was calling him about something totally different. I called Jeff and I'm like, hey, and then I was like, oh, you know what? As I'm talking to him, I'm like, because he told me about getting on the podcast. I was like, hey, what bro? I'm like, wait, when I come in LA, you're going to be doing a retreat in Topanga. And I was like, wait a second. I'm like, let me come for two days in Topanga. Like, is there a place for me to write? And can I like come do yoga with Skylar? And can I like you take your class and eat food with you guys? And he's like, of course you can.

36:42And I was like, and then I was like, wait a second. So I just found my two days, my little retreat to go right. Right. And then I look at my calendar. I'm like, wait a second. I have a podcast interview in Topanga on Friday. Some other guys showing up in Topanga. And then I'm on the phone with Jeff and he's like, you got to call Robin Burzin. She's in LA. Call Burzin right now. She's staying at the Soho house. I was like, wait a second. I'm a member at the Soho house. There's a Soho house here. Yeah. And all of a sudden I thought there was no hotel. So I'm like, hold on a second. So I call Robin and she's like, get in the hotel.

37:08I call the hotel. There'll be one room left. Get in the hotel. I was saving so much money going over to this other hotel that I want to be with, with one of my best friends tonight. I find my hotel that I want. I mean, it sounds like a stupid luxury thing, but look how fast the manifesting was. And then boom, I was in the flow. Here I am. And I've got this whole next trip in October, totally sorted with the trip to Topanga, the hotel that's going to make me feel safe, the community I want to be with, the creative space to do my writing. Now, did a controlling type A person make that happen? No.

37:44A creative, calm, connected, curious, right? Compassionate. We keep forgetting curiosity is self-energy. Curiosity. Compassionate. It was just like curious, right? Curiosity said, let me call Krasno and see if he can do a podcast. And let me ask you about Topanga, right? Hello? Sounds stupid, but that, but my makeup artist was like, That all just fell into place like a domino in 30 minutes. That feels really weird to me. I was like, this is how - That was this morning? That was right before I came up. Wow. And so that whole boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, working out the details, that's how life is meant to be.

38:19We're meant to be in the flow and the awe and the synchronicity of self. Yes. You talk about, in one of your books, becoming a super attractor. How can we become a super attractor by applying this method? Because it sounds like you applied the method and you wouldn't have been able to figure this out if you were in stress and control and manager freak out, control freak mode. You know, that little part of you is back in that, like it needs to be a perfect pigtails or whatever. So how can you attract abundantly without managing the parts of us that are wounded? So we wouldn't want to manage the parts of us.

38:57We'd want to bring self, we wouldn't let self help them, right? Just for language purposes. Um, so it's not managing them. Right, because managers are managing. You can't manage the managers. Yeah, you can't manage. That's correct. Managing the managers is like when the firefighters come in or, you know, that's right, that's managed. You're really getting it. It's so cool. People might have to listen to this episode twice or read the book, right? Read the book, right? It's all there. So there's no way that you can manifest effortlessly unless you have tended to these protector parts. Because you might have a lot of things that you can create in your life, but you're up or limiting yourself.

39:33You're going to hit ceilings, glass ceilings. Mm. You won't be able to break through certain levels. Yeah. Because your sheer will can get you some of the way there and, you know, whatever. And you may have a little bit of moments where that creative flow comes in, but then you just sort of block it again or, you know, but to live in the flow. Effortless. To say it and it will be. This morning, I would like a retreat center and a home base in LA. and 30 seconds later, clarity and curiosity, call Jeff, get curious, because manifesting isn't about just sitting around, nothing happens. You're doing.

40:06But to be a super attractor and to be a co-creator, you have to dwell in the energy of creativity. You have to be calm. You have to be faithful, right? You have to be connected. You have to be courageous to take the action with that flow energy. You have to be curious about what's possible. You have to be creative, absolutely creative, creative, creative, creative. You cannot be judging yourself. You have to be compassionate toward every part of who you are. And so we are all super attractors. We all have self in us. We all have the ability to live with ease no matter what our circumstances might be.

40:47But there are absolutely some of us who have far more privilege than others. Let's be real about that, right? Like for those of us that are in Western cultures, those of us who can watch this podcast right now, we have privilege. And those of us who have that privilege, it is our responsibility to do the self-help work, to clean up our side of the street, to get more flow in our life. Because in that flow, we can serve more people. Yes, that's true.

41:12Do people need to think about motivation in order to overcome themselves and their problems and their challenges, or do they need to think about being more disciplined to overcome the weight of the world they're feeling? Yeah, I say both ends, but to your point on the discipline, you need to be more disciplined about your minds. Mm. What do people need to be thinking about with their minds? So here's the deal. You're already in pain. Get a reward for it. It's just like, look, do me a favor. Everything you say, you're right. But why go through life with whatever people did to you when you were younger or a young adult?

41:48And then you have to live with it for the next 40, 50 years. Why would you why would you sit here and all the stuff that you said was absolutely right? My daddy wasn't there. My mama did this. This person did to me. Why would you let them destroy your life? Let's go. Why would they why would you let them own you? Why would you allow that thing they did to hurt you now define the rest of your life? It's like, no, I was in pain. It's real, but get a reward for it. So for me, walking into, first of all, driving here in a car service, getting to LA, walking in this beautiful facility, seeing the other businesses that are here, I'm like, E, I'm proud of you, bro.

42:26You made it, E. You could have stopped at the homeless board and nobody would have tripped. Your daddy wasn't there. Your mom was 17 when she got pregnant. All the negative that happened to you, Eric, we understand. Bob understand. Let me tell you, one of the things that just blew my mind the other day. So, you know, we were fortunate to own a home in California on the Hill, right? So we got this property. We got the basketball court with the logo, all the companies that whatever. And I go outside yesterday and I see my wife and my son playing basketball. And I'm thinking to myself, in California, on the hill, looking at all these beautiful properties.

43:05My wife and my son are outside hooping. Dream life. My wife was like, I want to work out. My son was like, I didn't even know. She was like, I'm going to play basketball. I'm like, I can't do it right now. And I'm listening to a voice. He came home, heard the basketball, went out with his mom. I'm like, yo, my son, 29 years old, is spending time with his mom as an adult male. He could be anywhere doing anything. he's with his mom, her firstborn. They got this bond that I don't have. And they're out here hoping. And as I look at the property, I'm like, yo, what if the 16-year-old Eric Thomas would have stayed the 16-year-old Eric Thomas?

43:44So I'm saying for those who are listening, get a reward for it and then do me a favor. Don't just think about you. Like, do you know that my son, in his mind, this is where you, like, this is where you start. Like, he got the side of the pool to work on. He's starting somewhere I never started. The cars, the Rolls Royce, the Escalade. Like, he's starting somewhere I didn't start. Why? Because I didn't stop where I started. I didn't stop. I was like, okay, this is where we started, but this is not about to be my end. And so his beginnings looked dope. My man went to Michigan State and was a general manager for Enzo.

44:19He traveled the world. He's got a Final Four ring and an Elite Eight ring. He's got the jack. He sat under Coach Enzo. Hall of Fame coach for four years. Coach OG. He sat under these guys. Like his boys, some of his boys went to the league. There's some of them still in the league. Like he got that because I didn't go. I quit because my mom, my dad did. So I quit. I give up. This is the worst thing ever happened. I was like, you get a reward for it. And so to see my son, I'm coming to a concert tonight with my daughter. Listen to me like I didn't give up. And so I'm saying to everybody, we all go through pain.

44:53Some of us go through pain and it becomes our tombstone. Some of us go through pain and it's a scar. And we live a life of reward. So I'm just going to say, again, 2025, do me a favor. Check you. So you're in the ballot box and you're looking at all these options, doctor, lawyer, teacher, whatever you see, president, mayor, governor. Do me a favor. Before you check off any of that S &P 500, real estate, before you check any of that, check you. Yeah. Before you check anything, check you and go look yourself in the mirror and go, yo, I'm my lottery ticket. I'm my ticket out of the neighborhood or, you know, I'm the broken curse.

45:34Like whatever you want to call yourself. But the day I stopped saying my mom, my dad, this person, the police, the count, the day I stopped doing that, the day I said you. Do you think anyone can have a beautiful, amazing life if they live in a blaming mindset? No, no. You know why? Because what I didn't realize as a young adult is that when you say it to somebody else, whether you mean to do it or not, you give them the keys to your life. You give them power over you. They got your whole life in their hand because you said it. You said it. They didn't do this. And because they didn't, they got the keys.

46:09Now, I'll be honest, the reason why we don't want to take the keys because we got to drive. We got to drive. And I told you today, I was like, I got too much to do. I normally drive. I'm like, I got too much to do. And it felt good to be in the car driven. It felt good. Yeah. Like, I'm going on the phone, talking to my wife. We having worship, doing our thing, making a couple business calls. Like, I don't have the responsibility of the traffic. Paying attention. I got bad attention. He moved over and got, I was like, why is he stopping in the middle of, in the car? But it was a truck. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

46:40So he had to move over. I didn't know what was going on because it was the first time in my life that I wasn't really, like, responsible because I normally drive. And that's why people don't want to drive in their lives. They don't want to be responsible. It's so much easier to say, my life is messed up because you did this and you did that. Once you take the keys now, you got to go anything. But I'm gonna tell you this, this is why I like it. While it's more responsibility, it's more freedom. Ooh. It's more independence, it's more control. Opportunities. It's more opportunities. They're limited.

47:10But the limitless when you take the keys. And so I took the keys in my life and said, my thanks dad thanks for not being there for me you gave me a dog you gave me a passion you gave me a resilience you taught me how to make it when the very thing that's supposed to be there for you isn't there for you and i tell people what i want some kid asked me the other day he's like man wouldn't you say your son is lucky because you're in his life and his mom is in his life i said yes and no i said yes he's blessed to have his mom and dad but he ain't got that dog he doesn't have the hunger. He ain't got no.

47:45Oh man. My son is a great kid. But he doesn't have the drive. He ain't got the same drive I got. And that drive came without some stuff that I like. That stuff came from lack. And so I say to anybody, you got it. You got to understand it could go either way. But when you take the you take the it's like I walk into a school and I ask how many of y 'all 50 kids. How many of you kids here? A thousand kids. How many of your dads won in your life was not living in the house? 90 % raised in the house. and guess what i automatically can relate to him i that that's it that's the genesee qua that my daddy wasn't there that's the it factor if my father had been there i might not be able to go in here and relate or my videos that go viral people are like okay maybe if i just had eric voice or if i just scream and i just look passionate yeah yeah bro that's not what that's not what it is it's when i speak you hear it because i've been through what you've been through.

48:40And so you recognize that voice. You recognize the pain. You recognize the struggle. But you recognize I overcame it. And that's why you're like, I want to rock with this dude. Because this one ain't, some kind of way, Eric ain't the one that's making us feel like, oh, it's okay that you went through this. And it's okay that this, and it's okay if you don't want to grow. And it's okay if you don't want, no. What you hear from me is a coach that's saying, Jordan, you got six rings in you, but you got to stop playing this way and you got to start playing this way. Kobe, you got great, but you got to do it this way.

49:13Serena, you got Venus, you got Daniel. Richard Williams is the same. He's not out there just. He's teaching, training, but he's also correcting. And so for me, they hear my voice. I'm not letting you get away with murder because greatness is in you. The greatness is in you. And now it's time to go to school. It's time to go to work and bring that greatness out of you. So just anybody, anybody could be successful. But as long as you're playing the blame game, you have you have given permission, the license, registration, the keys. You give it all over to somebody else. And the day you take it is the day that you can start deciding which direction you want to go.

49:53Wow. So it sounds like step one. Take the keys back to your life. Take the keys back. What would steps two and three be for setting people up for their ultimate life? What would that beginning process, is it get clear on a goal? Is it start with motivation, start with discipline, like change your habits? What would the next couple steps be to set up the mindset for success? I would say step two, and I don't know why they don't teach this in school. Like, be your first best friend, you know? Like, get to know you. We're so busy wanting to be in a community that we don't realize we are a community.

50:32Right. And look, I'm not trying to be deep. You know, people, you know, you believe this, you don't believe in this. But what I was taught, you know, in school, especially Catholic school, it seemed like. Adam was by himself first. It doesn't seem like it was like somebody else, like Adam was first and then whatever happened after that. So the first man was by himself. And I think that's important for those of us who study that. Why? Because all of us think we have to have somebody to be somebody. And this guy started on it. He started his journey on his own before he connected with somebody. Whatever.

51:08He knew his purpose. You know, he he walked in his confidence. He walked in. And a lot of us are going. I hear people all the time. Well, I'm not doing good. Like, why not? I don't have nobody. I'm not in a relationship. I'm saying you're telling me. No, listen to me very closely. Do you think for one minute that getting in a relationship with somebody? It can't be the key because so many people have gotten in relationships and got out of it. So that can't be the key. Now, two healthy people, not perfect, but two healthy people coming together. Oh, no, that's different. It's expansive. But guess what has to happen?

51:38You've got to be healthy with you. You can be healthy with you. You can be with this. So we even messing each other up when we have two dysfunctional people trying to connect with each other because we think two functional people going to come together and make each other. It's not going to work. So I just think the first step after the first step is you got to figure out who you are and love you and feel good about you and show up in the ring. You and not care what nobody think about you. And that's why this relationship has worked so well for me over the years, because when we're together, it's never been a thing of E, why you do that?

52:10Why you do that? Or E, why you do that? It's always been like E, you have a unique set of skills that make you great. You have a unique set. And so we've always focused on what's our unique skills and what do you know that I don't know and how can you help me get there? And so a lot of these young kids are joining things they shouldn't join and being with people because they think their happiness is going to come from being with somebody else. And I just think if you be, if the Eagles aren't trying to, they just are, they're not trying, Lions aren't, what do you think about me? What do you think about my roar?

52:44You think I'm too loud when I roar? That's not my concern. And so I think step two, figure out who you are, love you. And step three, figure out your North Star. And wake up every single day going after your North Star. Because when you have a North Star, you know, and the people that you love and you spend time with have a North Star, have a purpose. And that purpose might be we both have people whose purposes are help us with our purpose. Yes. They don't necessarily have a individual person. Like they felt like they were called to help us to serve our mission. That's it. So we need a North Star so they can know what they don't start.

53:22So that would be my third one. It's like you've got to figure out what makes you happy. And again, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with first time I did a behind the scenes coming in here just because I was like to my Patreon community. Like, yo, y 'all need to understand where I am and what's going on. But I don't if you follow me on Instagram or or TikTok, wherever I'm on, you don't see behind the scenes. I think that's a phenomenal tool to show other people what. But my wife is private. So so for us, that does not work. She does not want to be seen in the line. She doesn't want to be in Dubai and stop and go.

54:00Let's take a let's document what she doesn't like that. So for some people it works, but I don't have to do that to still find a space. Right. There's some people, you know, they do tours. Right. I don't do tours. That's not my thing. I used to do them. I don't do them now. There's some people that write books. Some people don't write books like it doesn't matter. But what matters is you have to find a thing that wakes you up at three o 'clock or six o 'clock or ten o 'clock. Like you got to find a thing that brings the life out of you, the joy out of you, the happiness out of you. And you can't do that following somebody else's norm style.

54:33So my last one would be, figure out what you was put on this earth to do. And I mean, every single chance you have to do it. Do it. And when you're not doing it, enjoy your life. My son was like, I'm tired. I say, you tired? You burnt out for what? Look at your mom and dad. You work for the family. What are you doing? Well, I've been up the last six days working 10, 12 hours. I said, for what? What would you be doing that for? Like, why wouldn't you take advantage of the you said, what should I be doing? I said, you should figure out what it is you do. He's a designer. Right. You should be designing clothes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, whenever five, six hours a day.

55:12And then Saturday, Sunday or Friday, Saturday, because of your family, you should get a trip somewhere and go spend it with a friend. You should go see. You should go to Italy. You should go to Rome. son. You should go to South Africa, son. You should go to the Gold Coast in Australia, son. What are you doing? You should work. But a part of work also is, where is your play? You should play. We worked hard so you could be back. So don't be like us. We grew up in a working class home. We grew up in Detroit. We grew up blue collar. You're not blue collar. So go enjoy your life. Be balanced. So I'm not just saying find your North Star in terms of what you've been called to do for others, but there should be a healthy amount of time that you spend enjoying your life, you know, and enjoying the little time that you have here.

56:02We both know we won't be doing this podcast a hundred years from now. We don't know how much longer we have, but I won't be 154 sitting down talking to you. So however much time I have left, I need to work hard and I need to enjoy that time. Absolutely. Those are beautiful, man. I've heard you talk about It's a concept I want to share in a second. But I feel like there's a group of people we've been talking to, you've been talking to, that are the people that maybe don't have the opportunities they want. They don't have the life they want. They feel like people are holding them down. That's one group.

56:37Then there's another group of people, which I feel like is a majority of people that have a good life. It's okay. It's good. But they're not living a great life for themselves. Maybe they got a good job and they're pretty healthy. kind of decent relationships, but something, there's like something missing. I think if you can, if that resonates with anyone listening or watching, comment below or leave a like if you feel like, yeah, my life is good, but I feel like something's off. You have this great concept called creating a mental rock bottom to push yourself towards your goals. Can you share more about kind of some practical steps of creating your own mental rock bottom so that you can go to the next level in your life?

57:19Okay, I want to use the term that you used, and you said create. And I just think so many of us have stepped into careers, that group. We have worshiped careers more than we worship create. So the first thing I would say to that group is, what would life look like if you did it on your terms? Because right now, you're really not doing it on your terms. What you've done is say, yo, if I want to survive, if I want to strive, this is what I have to do. And you have allowed people to tell you, OK, you need to be an engineer and you need to move in. So you've done a phenomenal job in being obedient.

57:56You've done a phenomenal job in complying. Yes. Like you've done a phenomenal job. You follow the rules. Yes. Congratulations. You know what I'm saying? Like you didn't rob a bank. You know what I'm saying? Like you haven't done anything illegal. You did exactly what a good child should do. And I have a daughter that I have to get on her sometimes because she's that child that's like, yo, dad, what do you guys want me to do? And I said, do me a favor. Don't always be obedient. Like, you need to sit down and ask yourself if you weren't thinking about the family's name, if Eric Thomas, ET the Hip Hop Preacher, was not your father, what would you be doing?

58:34What would you be doing if you didn't have to worry about honoring the dynasty? And you do a phenomenal job of honor this dynasty. I'm not saying anything. Went to school, handled your business. You've never been in trouble before. We've never had to spend money doing anything. You've been a phenomenal child. But what would you do if you live life on your terms and you were able to go where you even want to do it? And so that's the first thing I would ask them to do. I want you to think about your life instead of the life. Because that's what you've been thinking about, the life. Now, think about your life.

59:02And I want you to start putting it everywhere. Now, the next thing I want you to do is I want you to know that if you have the ability, like I'll never forget, CJ was like, okay, you know what you're missing? That the big boy, all the big boy speakers, you know what you're missing? I was like, no. He was like, the New York Times bestseller. Now, I'm not telling you you got to do it, but I'm saying that's what's missing. That's what's missing. You got it. So he was like, first of all, do you want it? Do you want it? Don't do it because I'm saying you need it. But do you want it? And he could elevate you, but do you want it?

59:36I was like, yeah, I want it. The next question, because what does it take to do it? And then am I willing to do what it takes to get it? Yeah, that's because it's a lot. It's a lot. But here's the thing. I believe if you think about it, it is only because somewhere inside of you, you have what it takes. Now, capacity is there. Willingness is something totally different. Yes, that's different. But I want every human to know you wouldn't be watching the school. you wouldn't be watching or listening to the school of greatness if you didn't believe you were great. I'm just, I'm just, I'm for real.

1:00:11You, you wouldn't be spending time with this man on the regular basis. I'm telling you, I wouldn't be going to Columbus. I drove to Columbus. Bruh, it's not a, trust me when I tell you, it's not a, you don't get off the freeway. It's not 65 and you get up. Why did I go? Because this man is great and greats want to hang with greats. I need y 'all to understand. Look, y 'all may not know. Listen to me. I've got Nomad suitcases that I still carry this day because he gave them to me. Like, I didn't buy a new one. I've carried the exact same ones that he gave me. And my son bought a set because I had a set.

1:00:49Because it reminds me of him when I travel. It's like greatness. So you wouldn't be watching. You wouldn't be locked in. Something in your spirit has you tuned into this bed because you know you're great. Now you got to say to yourself, am I willing to cooperate with the greatness that's in me? And then once you do and you start consistently operating in that, you're going to feel good about it. Here's what you have to do. You have to understand. Andre DeShields, I think, said the top of one mountain is the bottom of the next. Wow. So you get to the top of the mountain, but you understand the GED was just one.

1:01:27The foreign degree was just one. The master just, after the PhD was the New York Times, after that, it's the assessments, it's the training, it's the coaching. I'm in masterminds. I get coached, right? And so it's this idea of yesterday's greatness can't be enough because I'm alive today. So if I'm alive today, it must be some more greatness in me. And it's my job, like the toothpaste, it's my job not to just lose, I don't know about you, but I would just use a little bit of it and get another one. I'm squeezing. I got money. I'm squeezing that toothpaste. Why? Because I'm trying to get everything out the tube before I go to another one.

1:02:06And with my life, before I get out of here, which is why I could murder myself, that I didn't realize at 12 that I was great. And that's why I said you got to check in 2025, you 2025, right? Because I didn't know I was great. And once I checked it and realized how great I was, I was like, bro, we're going to keep doing this until the day we die. And so I would just say to you, you're watching, you're in this space, you're reading his books, you're going to his conferences because you know it's in you and it's time to stop being lazy. And it's time to activate it. I love that, man. I hope you enjoyed today's episode and it inspired you on your journey towards greatness.

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1:03:27And now it's time to go out there and do something great.