Success Happens When You Move with the Flow, Not Against It

DeVon Franklin is an award-winning Film & TV producer, best-selling author, in-demand preacher and spiritual success coach.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You just touched on how you organize your priorities and
you've often balanced multiple roles producer, author, pre sure actor.
What's your mental framework for what you say yes to
and when.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
You know, a lot of it has to do with
just like okay, well, what's what am I what's the opportunity?
What's my you know, how do I first of all
feel about it? And and then you know, does it
align with my schedule? You know, what what is it
going to? You know, what is the opportunity as it
relates to you know, my business or you know, so

(00:34):
it just really depends. I mean a lot of it
is on a case by case basis, but most of
it's a feeling. It's like okay, well, yeah, I feel
like that's a good thing to do. I'm going to
do that, you know, or like nah, nah, I'm not
feeling that. You know, if I'm not feeling something, then
I'm definitely not gonna do it. It really just comes
down to that, like just really feeling it and then
assessing if I have the bandwidth to do it.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, speaking of that, like when you're you know, I
being a man of faith. Also, it's like when you're
ready to make a move and you feel everything's ready
to rock, or at least internally you're ready to go,
and but for whatever reason, maybe the time you may
not be right. Maybe it's a feeling, maybe is the
external things are not aligned. How have you determined whether

(01:18):
to push to make the things line up, or you know,
have some patience and let things, you know, exercise themselves.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
You know, like I think, you know, anytime I'm find
myself pushing, I try to catch myself because then I'm like, hmm,
if I'm trying to push this, maybe I'm trying to
exert too much energy and maybe there's not a flow
or an alignment to what I'm trying to do. And so,

(01:51):
you know, most of the things that have happened for
me have been a flow. Like it's always it's happening. Now.
I still have to spend the energy to manage it
and do it well. But in the things that have
been the most successful in my life, there isn't necessarily
me pushing to make it happen. It's almost like the flow,
the current is flowing and I just have to you know,

(02:13):
jump in the jump in the flow, jumping the current,
you know, to let it take me where I'm supposed
to be. But if I ever find myself pushing, then
I say maybe I'm doing this in my strength and
I need to step back and say, Okay, God, like,
where are you and all this and how do you
want me to move