September 30, 2024 • 20 mins
Hola, hola! Thanks for tuning in to your weekly dose of Chiquis and Chill. Today, we're talking about being nice and kind – and why it shouldn't be mistaken for weakness. I also share some real-life examples to remind you that I go through some of same things you do.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hello, my beautiful listeners and my viewers. Welcome to Cheeky's
and Chill Happy Monday. I can't believe that it's the
end of September. I'm like, what the heck, there's only
three months left in twenty twenty four? WHOA has it
been a year? But AnyWho, today is going to be
a good episode because I'm going to talk to you
guys about something that happens to me quite often, something
(00:32):
that I deal with on a daily basis, and I'm
pretty sure you guys are going to understand what I'm
talking about. So let me take a deep breath, y'all.
I consider myself to be a pretty well now, I'm
that type of person, like cool, you know, chill chigis
and chill type of person. I'm happy I give people
(00:55):
the benefit of the doubt. I wear my emotions on
my sleeve and say that maybe in my past, when
I was younger, I was naive, I was gullible. A
lot of that has changed as I've matured, as life
has happened and I've learned the hard way. I've shared
a lot of that with you guys. One thing that
I've been encountering a lot lately, or maybe I've been
(01:16):
noticing a lot more because I'm not putting up with
BS because I've decided that I want for every relationship
in my life to be reciprocated. I always tell you
guys this.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I like to treat people the way I want to
be treated.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I don't ever ask for more than I deserve, for
more than I'm willing to give. And what I'm talking
about now is your kindness being taken for weakness. I
don't know if you guys can relate, but it's been
happening quite a bit and I've just had it. I'm like,
wait a second. Not that I want to change my essence,
(01:57):
because that's not what it's about. I want to continue
being myself and giving of myself to the people that
deserve it and also give me the best of themselves.
Now I'm calling people on their shit. A lot of
people don't like it. A lot of people want to say, oh,
you've changed, you're different, and they want to blame the fame,
and they want to say, oh, because you're doing this,
(02:18):
because you're doing that, because you have more, has nothing
to do with that. I've just gotten to a point
in my life where I am tired of feeling unappreciated
of if there's anything that bothers me.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Quite a bit.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's a pet peeve of mine. As you guys know,
I have a lot of pet peeves. But is that
a bad thing?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
But I do. I have a lot of pet peeves.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Anyways, Okay, what does that mean in English that you
want to play me for a fool? I cannot, just
because I am nice and because I'm forgiving, and because
I am out here just trying to do my best
in the world. I'm not saying I'm perfect. There's days
where I'm a cancer, you guys, I will snap. And
there are days that the moon is green and blue
(03:05):
and it's out of shape or it's full and I'm
in a bad mood. That's just I'm sorry. And I'll
even say it now a I'm not in a good mood.
I'm not feeling well. I'm very vocal about that now
as to before I was. I'd try to just you know, hey,
I'm just gonna suck it up. It's not happening. So anyways,
My point is, every time I talk about something on
the pod, you guys, it's always usually like a note
(03:26):
to myself especially when it's just you and I, the
mic and I and I'm talking to you guys directly.
It's because I'm experienced something or I just recently experienced something,
and I don't know if I want to get into detail,
just because I don't want to make the situation worse
and because the person's not here to defend themselves.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I just don't feel that that's fair.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
But I had a situation where someone and I can't
give too much detail because I don't I'm not trying
to make it about that, but it triggered this whole conversation.
So someone in my life that is a friend I
was doing certain things that I wasn't okay with that
(04:06):
was directly affecting me, and for a long time, I
stayed quiet about it and I didn't say anything because
I didn't want to ruffle any feathers. I am busy too,
and I was like, I don't even want to deal
with that right now. I'm just gonna let it go.
And I know better than to let that happen. But
this person continued to do thing after thing after thing
because I wasn't speaking up because I was being nice
(04:29):
because I'm busy or whatever. You want to call it,
or I was playing dumb. I guess whatever. Even if
I'm playing dumb, you're not dumb. So don't try to
act as if what you're doing isn't right, because if
it were the other way around, you wouldn't be okay
with it, right. So I think that's what triggered this
whole conversation, and I said it in something that I wrote,
(04:52):
this person, don't take my kindness for weakness, you know,
just because I am choosing to be a good person
and choose sing maybe not to ruffle any feathers or
open up a can of worms, like, don't take advantage
of that. And that's why I was like, I'm going
to talk about this on the pod because I think
it happens, and.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I'm pretty sure I've.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Been guilty of it myself in my younger years. Because
now I'm really really intentional about not just you know,
preaching but or you know, talking about it, but walking
the talk, you know, like putting my words into action.
So I really really do my best to everything that
I talk to you guys about on this podcast to
really hold myself accountable and lead by example. So anyways,
(05:38):
I can't really think of a scenario. If something comes up,
I'll let you guys know something that maybe I took
someone's kindness for weakness. You know, Oh, I have a
perfect example. It just came up my mom, for instance.
My mom trusted me with her credit cards and with
her finances, and I made sure that all the bills
were paid okay, all the time the bills were taking
care of. Everything in the house was paid on time.
(05:58):
Everything was fine. But if I would go and you know,
shop for her because I was her personal shopper at
one point, i'd buy her clothes, I would buy myself
something as well, and I would just And I've told
you guys this before. You know, I'm not ashamed of it,
because I'm ashamed of my behavior. But I'm not ashamed
of what happened because it helped me learn how to
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value money and now I know what it is to
work for my own But that was me taking my
mom's kindness for weakness. She was trusting me with something
and instead of me going to the store and just
buying what she needed. There was no need in the
world for me to say, I'm gonna buy myself some
fifteen hundred dollars shoes.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
With my mom's card. Why would I do that? You
know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
And my mom would say, hey, like you know, and
she knew, but she would just I guess maybe didn't
want to ruffle any feathers or thought, you know what,
my daughter does a lot like whatever the case may be.
But then it got to the point where she couldn't anymore,
and it started this whole thing, and she asked me
to move out. And I couldn't even blame her because
I'm like, you're right, I shouldn't have taken advantage of
(07:05):
the situation. And from that and from many other things
in my life, I have learned that, you know, I
need to treat people the way I want to be treated,
going back to this whole don't take.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
People's kindness for weakness.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
And I and someone asked me this on Dear Cheeky's once,
like should I change, Like I'm tired of being the
good friend and you know, of giving and giving and
I'm not receiving. Then and I told that person, then
you need to find new friends. Don't change who you are,
just change the situation, change the scenario, change the scene,
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change the characters. You know, And I had to remind
myself of that. I'm like, wait, I need to speak up,
even if it is going to ruffle some feathers and
open up a can of worms. I need to be
true to myself. I need to speak up and stand
up for myself, because who is if I don't.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
There's no need.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
There's no reason why I have to be disrespectful or
belittle anyone or be mean. I can say the truth
and call it sugarcoating or whatever you want, because there's
people that are like, you know, I say the things
the way they are and I don't care who gets
like I don't believe in that. I believe in saying
the truth and saying it with respect. But I need
(08:27):
to stand up for myself and not change who I
am because I know that there are people in my
life that are going to appreciate and value who I am.
And not to say that this person is a bad person,
because I love this person and this person is still
in my life. But it was just a situation that
I was just letting go and letting go and letting go,
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and it was just causing me a lot of it
was starting to cause me resentment. And I'm not a
person that I don't like to hold that in my heart.
I've told you, guys this, It's just not how healthy.
Resentment causes so much bitterness, you know, and even disease eventually.
So I was like, something's happening, something's changing. I need
(09:11):
to speak about it. And I did, and I'm glad
I did. And I just want to remind you, guys.
And I don't want to make this longer than it
needs to be, but I just want to remind you, guys,
that don't let life, don't let certain people change who
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you truly are at your core, the person that you
want to be, because you feel that down because you
feel like, you know, the nice guy finishes last, the
nice woman finishes last. Especially as women, we feel like
we need to show up in a world that is
the man's world. It's really a woman's world, but but
(09:54):
we feel like we need to put up this like front,
like there's nothing wrong with being a wrong, vulnerable woman,
being true to yourself if that's what you are, and
you're just a tough bitch, and do you as long
as you're being true to yourself, your authentic self. But
the point is, and this is a note to myself
as well, don't change the way you do certain things
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or the way you move in life because of other
people's actions and because they didn't value or appreciate what
you were doing in their life. Continue to be that person.
I promise you it will pay off. It will pay off,
It you will get You will reap what you sew eventually,
maybe not right now, maybe not with that person or
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the next person, but eventually you will reap what you sow,
for good or for bad. So this is why I
always say, guys, the best way to live is living
with good intentions, walking with your head held high, treating
people nicely, doesn't matter who they are, what they do,
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what they have, or what they don't have. Treat people
like human beings. And you're going to bump into people
that are mean, that are disrespectful, but it's all in
how you react to it. And we can't let people
push us around, even if we are nice. We have
to stand up for ourselves and we have to speak
our truth and stand for what we believe in. And
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as basically what this episode is all about. And now
that we're on this subject, someone asked me once, how
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are you happy with the rate the speed that things
are going and have gone in your career, and it's
all because you know, I.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Think that I'm pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
I don't like to speak about myself. It's it's very
weird for me.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
But I can tell you, guys, I highly doubt that
there's anyone that I've encountered in this business or outside
of this business that can say that I was mean
to them, that I was you to them, that I
believe to them. I highly doubt that there's one person.
I'd be very surprised, actually, and if someone did, i'd apologize,
(12:30):
but I highly doubt it. And anyways, and they were
asking because there are certain artists that feel that they
need to have this persona of I'm a badass, don't
look at me when I walk in the room, don't
talk to me. I didn't think that that really existed.
(12:50):
I heard these crazy ass stories of people wanting certain
things in their green rooms, and you know, only this
type of whatever. You know, I heard something about some
red Eminem's once all this stuff is. It's real, guys,
it does exist. I was even surprised. I'm not necessarily
like that. I think sometimes I'm a little too cool.
(13:11):
My manager things that I'm a little like too lenient.
I guess that I don't ask for more. I'm just
I don't ask for a lot, guys to be happy,
you know. And maybe I said maybe when they asked
me this question, maybe I would have been more successful
(13:35):
a lot quicker or selling out stadiums. Now, I don't know.
I am very happy with how things are going in
my career and how they've gone little by little, step
by step. I prefer it that way. But then I
think of people like Carol g for instance, that is
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a mega superstar, and she is such a nice person
that I see her and I'm like, this is why
she's doing so well because she's a good person at heart.
She has great parents, a great family. She treats everyone
very nicely, very respectful. Every time I've seen her like
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she is the sweetest And I get so happy to
see her selling out stadiums. And you may think, oh,
it happened quick for her. She's been doing it. She's
been in this game, guys for more than ten years.
I've heard stories of her in Miami going to bars
and wouldn't even sell it out, but.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
She was tenacious.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
She is now, like, look at her where she is
and I'm so happy and it makes me inspires me
to continue being who I am, even if there are
people that I'm going to cross paths with that are
going to take my kindness for weakness. I don't want
to change who I am, and not because I want
to say sell out a stadium, but because that's who
I really am. And I see Carol in the times
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she's not faking it. That is really who she is.
I see it in her eyes. I know it, I
feel it, and it just you can't fake that, you
know what I mean, Like, you just can't. And I
love that, and that inspires me to say, I'm going
to continue even if I keep getting screwed over by
people and it takes me a little longer, I know
(15:24):
that I'm going to get to where I'm meant to
get to. I don't have to be a person that
treats people a certain way because it makes me look better,
or treat people as less then because it makes me
look better and feel better. Like I just it's just
not in me. It's not who I am, and I'm
not even if I continue to get disappointed by many people.
(15:46):
And because someone told me the other day that I
was too nice because there was this person and again
I can't say names because I just can't. But there
was this person that has been very mean to me,
a complete asshole, okay, has done a lot of things
(16:09):
to hurt me, not only me, but people that I love.
And we were in a certain setting and I was
making myself a coffee and he was gonna make himself
a coffee, but I was in the way, so I
took it upon myself. After I made my coffee, I
began to brew his coffee. I felt it in my heart.
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It was just who I even though this person.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Has hurt my heart very much.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
I proceeded to brew his coffee and I was about
to you know, I just left it there and I
was gonna let him know, hey, the coffee's brewing.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Anyways. He didn't drink it.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
He completely just rejected, and I was like, okay, fine,
I still was who I am. And not because I
need anything from that person, not because I owe this
person anything, not to look good with this person. I
just I felt it in my heart. And this other
person that I was talking to and I told them
the story, They're like, you're just too nice, Like why
would you do that this person has been why not
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if I want to do it and menassin it comes
out of my heart. I'm not gonna stop that person
and their actions and what they've done stop me from
being who I am. I'm gonna continue to do what
feels good in my heart. Even if that person doesn't
appreciate it, that's their problem. I'm still gonna be me
no matter what, no matter who, I'm still gonna be
me because I owe a higher power a lot more.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
And until I get tired.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Maybe maybe, guys, maybe maybe one day I'll wake up
and I'll say fuck this and fuck the world, and
I'm gonna be a bitch. I don't know, And if
that happens, I'll let you, guys know, I'd be like,
you know what, I'm tired of being nice. I'm just
gonna be a bitch everywhere I go. Maybe, and I'll
be straight up about it, you know, I'll I don't
know if that's gonna happen. I can't say ever. I
don't see it happening. But if it happens, and I
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just want to be a a diva one day that
only wants water that comes from the highest mountain in
the world. I don't know. I'll let you guys know,
but for now, I'm going to be me, and I
like being me. And I suggest that you guys, are you.
(18:19):
If you want to be mean and that's who you are,
then do that, I guess, but that's kind of sad.
I mean, it's better and it takes a lot less
energy to just smile and be a nice person even
if the person that you're opening the door for doesn't
say thank you, because you even if it's a stranger.
This happened to me a lot, guys. I open up
(18:39):
a door and I let people go and they won't
even say thank you, And I'm.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Just like, whoa, what the hell? What's up their ass?
You know? But I'm like, okay, well whatever, I'm like, oh,
you're welcome. I'm still going to be me.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
So anyways, I just really felt that I needed to
share this with you guys, something that's been in my heart,
situations that I still deal with, Guys. Does it matter
what I'm doing, who I am. I still deal with
things the way you guys do. And if I can
share my experiences and with you guys, I'm always going
to do it. So I hope that this episode has
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helped you and helps you and reminds you that there
is nothing wrong with being a nice, kind person, even
if others don't appreciate it anyhow. I hope that you
guys enjoyed this episode and that you have learned a
thing or two, and hopefully I'm able to remind you
always that you can be both kind and strong. There's
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a beautiful thing in that. And please, please don't let
anyone change your essence.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Please.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
If you change your essence, it's because it's your choice,
not because of anyone else. Okay, so got in the world.
Be nice, be kind, be strong, be brave, be all
the bees in the world. I love you guys so much.
Thank you for watching and listening to this podcast that
I enjoy very much. Thank you guys for being here.
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Let's kiro mucho and I will catch you on the
next episode of You Already Know It.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
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Hello, my beautiful listeners and my viewers. Welcome to Cheeky's
and Chill Happy Monday. I can't believe that it's the
end of September. I'm like, what the heck, there's only
three months left in twenty twenty four? WHOA has it
been a year? But AnyWho, today is going to be
a good episode because I'm going to talk to you
guys about something that happens to me quite often, something
(00:32):
that I deal with on a daily basis, and I'm
pretty sure you guys are going to understand what I'm
talking about. So let me take a deep breath, y'all.
I consider myself to be a pretty well now, I'm
that type of person, like cool, you know, chill chigis
and chill type of person. I'm happy I give people
(00:55):
the benefit of the doubt. I wear my emotions on
my sleeve and say that maybe in my past, when
I was younger, I was naive, I was gullible. A
lot of that has changed as I've matured, as life
has happened and I've learned the hard way. I've shared
a lot of that with you guys. One thing that
I've been encountering a lot lately, or maybe I've been
(01:16):
noticing a lot more because I'm not putting up with
BS because I've decided that I want for every relationship
in my life to be reciprocated. I always tell you
guys this.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I like to treat people the way I want to
be treated.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I don't ever ask for more than I deserve, for
more than I'm willing to give. And what I'm talking
about now is your kindness being taken for weakness. I
don't know if you guys can relate, but it's been
happening quite a bit and I've just had it. I'm like,
wait a second. Not that I want to change my essence,
(01:57):
because that's not what it's about. I want to continue
being myself and giving of myself to the people that
deserve it and also give me the best of themselves.
Now I'm calling people on their shit. A lot of
people don't like it. A lot of people want to say, oh,
you've changed, you're different, and they want to blame the fame,
and they want to say, oh, because you're doing this,
(02:18):
because you're doing that, because you have more, has nothing
to do with that. I've just gotten to a point
in my life where I am tired of feeling unappreciated
of if there's anything that bothers me.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Quite a bit.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's a pet peeve of mine. As you guys know,
I have a lot of pet peeves. But is that
a bad thing?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
But I do. I have a lot of pet peeves.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Anyways, Okay, what does that mean in English that you
want to play me for a fool? I cannot, just
because I am nice and because I'm forgiving, and because
I am out here just trying to do my best
in the world. I'm not saying I'm perfect. There's days
where I'm a cancer, you guys, I will snap. And
there are days that the moon is green and blue
(03:05):
and it's out of shape or it's full and I'm
in a bad mood. That's just I'm sorry. And I'll
even say it now a I'm not in a good mood.
I'm not feeling well. I'm very vocal about that now
as to before I was. I'd try to just you know, hey,
I'm just gonna suck it up. It's not happening. So anyways,
My point is, every time I talk about something on
the pod, you guys, it's always usually like a note
(03:26):
to myself especially when it's just you and I, the
mic and I and I'm talking to you guys directly.
It's because I'm experienced something or I just recently experienced something,
and I don't know if I want to get into detail,
just because I don't want to make the situation worse
and because the person's not here to defend themselves.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I just don't feel that that's fair.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
But I had a situation where someone and I can't
give too much detail because I don't I'm not trying
to make it about that, but it triggered this whole conversation.
So someone in my life that is a friend I
was doing certain things that I wasn't okay with that
(04:06):
was directly affecting me, and for a long time, I
stayed quiet about it and I didn't say anything because
I didn't want to ruffle any feathers. I am busy too,
and I was like, I don't even want to deal
with that right now. I'm just gonna let it go.
And I know better than to let that happen. But
this person continued to do thing after thing after thing
because I wasn't speaking up because I was being nice
(04:29):
because I'm busy or whatever. You want to call it,
or I was playing dumb. I guess whatever. Even if
I'm playing dumb, you're not dumb. So don't try to
act as if what you're doing isn't right, because if
it were the other way around, you wouldn't be okay
with it, right. So I think that's what triggered this
whole conversation, and I said it in something that I wrote,
(04:52):
this person, don't take my kindness for weakness, you know,
just because I am choosing to be a good person
and choose sing maybe not to ruffle any feathers or
open up a can of worms, like, don't take advantage
of that. And that's why I was like, I'm going
to talk about this on the pod because I think
it happens, and.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I'm pretty sure I've.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Been guilty of it myself in my younger years. Because
now I'm really really intentional about not just you know,
preaching but or you know, talking about it, but walking
the talk, you know, like putting my words into action.
So I really really do my best to everything that
I talk to you guys about on this podcast to
really hold myself accountable and lead by example. So anyways,
(05:38):
I can't really think of a scenario. If something comes up,
I'll let you guys know something that maybe I took
someone's kindness for weakness. You know, Oh, I have a
perfect example. It just came up my mom, for instance.
My mom trusted me with her credit cards and with
her finances, and I made sure that all the bills
were paid okay, all the time the bills were taking
care of. Everything in the house was paid on time.
(05:58):
Everything was fine. But if I would go and you know,
shop for her because I was her personal shopper at
one point, i'd buy her clothes, I would buy myself
something as well, and I would just And I've told
you guys this before. You know, I'm not ashamed of it,
because I'm ashamed of my behavior. But I'm not ashamed
of what happened because it helped me learn how to
(06:21):
value money and now I know what it is to
work for my own But that was me taking my
mom's kindness for weakness. She was trusting me with something
and instead of me going to the store and just
buying what she needed. There was no need in the
world for me to say, I'm gonna buy myself some
fifteen hundred dollars shoes.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
With my mom's card. Why would I do that? You
know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
And my mom would say, hey, like you know, and
she knew, but she would just I guess maybe didn't
want to ruffle any feathers or thought, you know what,
my daughter does a lot like whatever the case may be.
But then it got to the point where she couldn't anymore,
and it started this whole thing, and she asked me
to move out. And I couldn't even blame her because
I'm like, you're right, I shouldn't have taken advantage of
(07:05):
the situation. And from that and from many other things
in my life, I have learned that, you know, I
need to treat people the way I want to be treated,
going back to this whole don't take.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
People's kindness for weakness.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
And I and someone asked me this on Dear Cheeky's once,
like should I change, Like I'm tired of being the
good friend and you know, of giving and giving and
I'm not receiving. Then and I told that person, then
you need to find new friends. Don't change who you are,
just change the situation, change the scenario, change the scene,
(07:49):
change the characters. You know, And I had to remind
myself of that. I'm like, wait, I need to speak up,
even if it is going to ruffle some feathers and
open up a can of worms. I need to be
true to myself. I need to speak up and stand
up for myself, because who is if I don't.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
There's no need.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
There's no reason why I have to be disrespectful or
belittle anyone or be mean. I can say the truth
and call it sugarcoating or whatever you want, because there's
people that are like, you know, I say the things
the way they are and I don't care who gets
like I don't believe in that. I believe in saying
the truth and saying it with respect. But I need
(08:27):
to stand up for myself and not change who I
am because I know that there are people in my
life that are going to appreciate and value who I am.
And not to say that this person is a bad person,
because I love this person and this person is still
in my life. But it was just a situation that
I was just letting go and letting go and letting go,
(08:48):
and it was just causing me a lot of it
was starting to cause me resentment. And I'm not a
person that I don't like to hold that in my heart.
I've told you, guys this, It's just not how healthy.
Resentment causes so much bitterness, you know, and even disease eventually.
So I was like, something's happening, something's changing. I need
(09:11):
to speak about it. And I did, and I'm glad
I did. And I just want to remind you, guys.
And I don't want to make this longer than it
needs to be, but I just want to remind you, guys,
that don't let life, don't let certain people change who
(09:31):
you truly are at your core, the person that you
want to be, because you feel that down because you
feel like, you know, the nice guy finishes last, the
nice woman finishes last. Especially as women, we feel like
we need to show up in a world that is
the man's world. It's really a woman's world, but but
(09:54):
we feel like we need to put up this like front,
like there's nothing wrong with being a wrong, vulnerable woman,
being true to yourself if that's what you are, and
you're just a tough bitch, and do you as long
as you're being true to yourself, your authentic self. But
the point is, and this is a note to myself
as well, don't change the way you do certain things
(10:22):
or the way you move in life because of other
people's actions and because they didn't value or appreciate what
you were doing in their life. Continue to be that person.
I promise you it will pay off. It will pay off,
It you will get You will reap what you sew eventually,
maybe not right now, maybe not with that person or
(10:43):
the next person, but eventually you will reap what you sow,
for good or for bad. So this is why I
always say, guys, the best way to live is living
with good intentions, walking with your head held high, treating
people nicely, doesn't matter who they are, what they do,
(11:06):
what they have, or what they don't have. Treat people
like human beings. And you're going to bump into people
that are mean, that are disrespectful, but it's all in
how you react to it. And we can't let people
push us around, even if we are nice. We have
to stand up for ourselves and we have to speak
our truth and stand for what we believe in. And
(11:29):
as basically what this episode is all about. And now
that we're on this subject, someone asked me once, how
(11:50):
are you happy with the rate the speed that things
are going and have gone in your career, and it's
all because you know, I.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Think that I'm pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
I don't like to speak about myself. It's it's very
weird for me.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
But I can tell you, guys, I highly doubt that
there's anyone that I've encountered in this business or outside
of this business that can say that I was mean
to them, that I was you to them, that I
believe to them. I highly doubt that there's one person.
I'd be very surprised, actually, and if someone did, i'd apologize,
(12:30):
but I highly doubt it. And anyways, and they were
asking because there are certain artists that feel that they
need to have this persona of I'm a badass, don't
look at me when I walk in the room, don't
talk to me. I didn't think that that really existed.
(12:50):
I heard these crazy ass stories of people wanting certain
things in their green rooms, and you know, only this
type of whatever. You know, I heard something about some
red Eminem's once all this stuff is. It's real, guys,
it does exist. I was even surprised. I'm not necessarily
like that. I think sometimes I'm a little too cool.
(13:11):
My manager things that I'm a little like too lenient.
I guess that I don't ask for more. I'm just
I don't ask for a lot, guys to be happy,
you know. And maybe I said maybe when they asked
me this question, maybe I would have been more successful
(13:35):
a lot quicker or selling out stadiums. Now, I don't know.
I am very happy with how things are going in
my career and how they've gone little by little, step
by step. I prefer it that way. But then I
think of people like Carol g for instance, that is
(13:55):
a mega superstar, and she is such a nice person
that I see her and I'm like, this is why
she's doing so well because she's a good person at heart.
She has great parents, a great family. She treats everyone
very nicely, very respectful. Every time I've seen her like
(14:17):
she is the sweetest And I get so happy to
see her selling out stadiums. And you may think, oh,
it happened quick for her. She's been doing it. She's
been in this game, guys for more than ten years.
I've heard stories of her in Miami going to bars
and wouldn't even sell it out, but.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
She was tenacious.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
She is now, like, look at her where she is
and I'm so happy and it makes me inspires me
to continue being who I am, even if there are
people that I'm going to cross paths with that are
going to take my kindness for weakness. I don't want
to change who I am, and not because I want
to say sell out a stadium, but because that's who
I really am. And I see Carol in the times
(15:04):
she's not faking it. That is really who she is.
I see it in her eyes. I know it, I
feel it, and it just you can't fake that, you
know what I mean, Like, you just can't. And I
love that, and that inspires me to say, I'm going
to continue even if I keep getting screwed over by
people and it takes me a little longer, I know
(15:24):
that I'm going to get to where I'm meant to
get to. I don't have to be a person that
treats people a certain way because it makes me look better,
or treat people as less then because it makes me
look better and feel better. Like I just it's just
not in me. It's not who I am, and I'm
not even if I continue to get disappointed by many people.
(15:46):
And because someone told me the other day that I
was too nice because there was this person and again
I can't say names because I just can't. But there
was this person that has been very mean to me,
a complete asshole, okay, has done a lot of things
(16:09):
to hurt me, not only me, but people that I love.
And we were in a certain setting and I was
making myself a coffee and he was gonna make himself
a coffee, but I was in the way, so I
took it upon myself. After I made my coffee, I
began to brew his coffee. I felt it in my heart.
(16:32):
It was just who I even though this person.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Has hurt my heart very much.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
I proceeded to brew his coffee and I was about
to you know, I just left it there and I
was gonna let him know, hey, the coffee's brewing.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Anyways. He didn't drink it.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
He completely just rejected, and I was like, okay, fine,
I still was who I am. And not because I
need anything from that person, not because I owe this
person anything, not to look good with this person. I
just I felt it in my heart. And this other
person that I was talking to and I told them
the story, They're like, you're just too nice, Like why
would you do that this person has been why not
(17:12):
if I want to do it and menassin it comes
out of my heart. I'm not gonna stop that person
and their actions and what they've done stop me from
being who I am. I'm gonna continue to do what
feels good in my heart. Even if that person doesn't
appreciate it, that's their problem. I'm still gonna be me
no matter what, no matter who, I'm still gonna be
me because I owe a higher power a lot more.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
And until I get tired.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Maybe maybe, guys, maybe maybe one day I'll wake up
and I'll say fuck this and fuck the world, and
I'm gonna be a bitch. I don't know, And if
that happens, I'll let you, guys know, I'd be like,
you know what, I'm tired of being nice. I'm just
gonna be a bitch everywhere I go. Maybe, and I'll
be straight up about it, you know, I'll I don't
know if that's gonna happen. I can't say ever. I
don't see it happening. But if it happens, and I
(17:58):
just want to be a a diva one day that
only wants water that comes from the highest mountain in
the world. I don't know. I'll let you guys know,
but for now, I'm going to be me, and I
like being me. And I suggest that you guys, are you.
(18:19):
If you want to be mean and that's who you are,
then do that, I guess, but that's kind of sad.
I mean, it's better and it takes a lot less
energy to just smile and be a nice person even
if the person that you're opening the door for doesn't
say thank you, because you even if it's a stranger.
This happened to me a lot, guys. I open up
(18:39):
a door and I let people go and they won't
even say thank you, And I'm.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Just like, whoa, what the hell? What's up their ass?
You know? But I'm like, okay, well whatever, I'm like, oh,
you're welcome. I'm still going to be me.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
So anyways, I just really felt that I needed to
share this with you guys, something that's been in my heart,
situations that I still deal with, Guys. Does it matter
what I'm doing, who I am. I still deal with
things the way you guys do. And if I can
share my experiences and with you guys, I'm always going
to do it. So I hope that this episode has
(19:12):
helped you and helps you and reminds you that there
is nothing wrong with being a nice, kind person, even
if others don't appreciate it anyhow. I hope that you
guys enjoyed this episode and that you have learned a
thing or two, and hopefully I'm able to remind you
always that you can be both kind and strong. There's
(19:37):
a beautiful thing in that. And please, please don't let
anyone change your essence.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Please.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
If you change your essence, it's because it's your choice,
not because of anyone else. Okay, so got in the world.
Be nice, be kind, be strong, be brave, be all
the bees in the world. I love you guys so much.
Thank you for watching and listening to this podcast that
I enjoy very much. Thank you guys for being here.
(20:06):
Let's kiro mucho and I will catch you on the
next episode of You Already Know It.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Cheekisn't Chill.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
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