Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald, interviewed Cicone Prince.
An international motivational speaker, award-winning author, and personal development strategist. The conversation explores Cicone’s journey from graphic designer to motivational leader, his TEDx experience, and his mission to help people discover their inner value and purpose.
🧑🏾💼 About Cicone Prince
- Founder of CiconePrince.com
- International motivational speaker and TEDx presenter
- Author of “Heal: Help Elevate and Learn – A Guide to Healing Your Inner Child”
- Host of a podcast focused on inner child healing and personal growth
- Former graphic designer turned personal development strategist
💡 Key Themes & Takeaways
📘 Personal Development & Inner Healing
- Cicone emphasizes the importance of healing inner child trauma to unlock personal growth.
- .css-j9qmi7{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:2.8rem;width:100%;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:start;justify-content:start;padding-left:5rem;}@media only screen and (max-width: 599px){.css-j9qmi7{padding-left:0;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;}}.css-j9qmi7 svg{fill:#27292D;}.css-j9qmi7 .eagfbvw0{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:#27292D;}Mark as PlayedTranscript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to the show. I am Rashaan McDonald, the host
of Money Making Conversations Masterclass, where we encourage people to
stop reading other people's success stories and start planning their own.
Listen up as I interview entrepreneurs from around the country,
talk to celebrities and ask them how they are running
their companies, and speak with dog profits who are making
(00:25):
a difference in their local communities. Now, sit back and
listen as we unlock the secrets to their success on
Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Hi Am Rashan McDonald hosts the
weekly Money Making Conversation Masterclass show. The interviews and information
that this show provides off for everyone. It's time to
(00:46):
stop reading other people's success stories and start living your
own now. If you want to be a guest on
my show, Money Making Conversation Masterclass, please visit our website,
Moneymakingconversations dot com and click the bill against button to
submit your information. If you're a small business owner, entrepreneur,
motivational speaker or influencer, I want you on my show
(01:08):
or nonprofit Now let's get this show started. My next
guest is a highly sought after international Motivational speaker award
winning author and personal development strategist. Who else people take
an objective look at themselves. That's very key. His company
is making motivation personal by introducing you to yourself. By
(01:30):
the way, he's trademarked that. Please welcome to the Money
Making Conversation master Class. Chaconi Prince, Hi Docta Coni.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I'm finding you what city you call it from? Brother,
Mobile Alabama. I'm a big deal in Mobile.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Well, guess what, I've been down there many times. You
tell jokes down there way back in the day at
the Puncherlin Comedy Club at Mobile, Alabama. That's when I
met the famous j Anthony Brown. Wat's out there now.
He was headlining the show down there and I was featuring,
and uh, it changed my life because it became a
friend of mine for the rest of my life. So
he died a Mobile. How's life down there in the
(02:06):
Deep South?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
My brother?
Speaker 1 (02:07):
For a motivational speaker. For a motivational speaker.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Well, doing good, doing good? You know, I always trying
to help move the culture forward.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Now, I really I brought you back on the show.
I've never done this and I and Ax speech TEDx opportunity.
A lot of people approached me about that not me
personally saying they've you had this opportunity, how does that
work and how do you get to be featured oh today?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Well, actually my coach, doctor Ruben Wes, he was the
one that recommended me for an opportunity to speak on
a TEDx event, But it was up to the university.
They had to be the ones that would actually approve
me being on there. But I'm telling you it was
a tremendous opportunity, you know, to just pour into those
(02:58):
people who were tuned in, those people who were listening,
those people who were watching, and really help them to
understand that they could refocus their life.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
You know. The number number one fear is known as
public speaking. I know that going out there trying to
make people laugh. It's hard enough because they're strangers. You know,
if they're having a bad day and they're going to
come to this club, hopefully get at liquer and they
understand what I'm trying to do and they get motivated
(03:29):
to lab and the enjoy what show I was doing
back in the day when I was doing stand up comedy.
As a motivational speaker, what is your job to cony?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
My job is just like my slogan says, we make
motivation personal by introducing you to yourself, and that's helping
the people to understand that they have a value that
the world needs because I believe a lot of people
really don't know who they are. They really haven't tapped
into what that value is. To see what value their
value brings obvious, to help them to discover, to unveil,
(04:03):
to unpack the gifts they have in them, and then
see why it's so needed.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Now explain it to me, because that I'm gonna tell
you them. That was well written and well presented, but
it still leads me on the edge of what are
you trying to get me to do?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Okay? Well, what I normally do is I have people
ask themselves questions because I tell people all.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
The time, help me out, Okay, we will help help
us out. He's trying to find himself, help me with
the with the process. What questions you need me to
ask myself?
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Okay, Well, I want to ask you this. What is
it that you do that that people are excited when
you show up, that they are just happy that you
are here to fulfill whatever role that is? What is it?
What is it that you do in that in your
life that actually blesses other people.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
When I bake. When you make people know I'm baking,
they get excited. Okay, all right, it's something that my
staff has told me to get back into. I'm not
shot a baking video in two years. I'm going to
start next month. And in fact, I had a business
meeting today and prior to the business meeting, the person
(05:16):
who set it up with me asked, would I bake
butter pecan cake for them? And I did, and they
came over at their staff to my office and they
were they were stoked. They couldn't believe I did it.
So that brings happiness to be people. I don't drink
or smoke, so that brings stress down for me when
I do it. But I also know that when I
(05:37):
do bake or cook, people get real excited and relaxed
around me.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well there's your motivation right there. You know, to be
able to leave the world in a better place, in
the better space by the gift that you've been given,
and that is to bake. But I think also too,
you have a gift of inspiration and encouragement because you
don't just keep it to yourself, but you other people
like myself to be on your platform to pour to
(06:03):
other people's lives. To me, that says something about your heart,
about your willingness to give and to share again to
make the world a better place.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
What's important that I do that you know this this
format is not something that people enable me. People contacted me.
I'm talking about the powers that be iHeart. They gave
me the opportunity to be in this format. They didn't
have to offer this to me. They gave me an
opportunity to be in this position to present this. And
so my number one goal this show. Prior when it
(06:34):
started with Celebrity Driven, all I was doing was interview
a celebrity, Shakoni. And so once I realized that people
wanted to hear more from individuals like you, small business owners, entrepreneurs,
people that they can actually be understand their plan of activation.
That is what is That's the model that operate under
(06:54):
now on the Money Making Conversations masterclass. But as I
talk to you, you know, with the different way world now, Chickony,
you know a lot of stress and you know people
used to go to college. How they want to they
feel as they can gain financial success with certificates, and
when you first started to be a motivational change, it's
(07:16):
a motivational person or change. When you started, how does
it feel ten years later?
Speaker 2 (07:24):
It feels amazing because there's so much you learn about
yourself on the journey. I'm gonna say that again because
a lot of people want to quit and they want
to give up, but there's so much that you learn
about yourself on the journey. You learn whether or not
this is really for you. You learn whether or not it's
a caller or is it a passion. Because if you
(07:46):
don't have that, what happens is you will give up
and quit soon before you reach any measure of success.
I was sharing with a group of young men just
the other day about how in order to leave a legacy,
you have to be successful. But before you are successful,
to be consistent. Before you are consistent, you have to
be committed. So we have to learn how to be
(08:07):
committed to something that allows us to be consistent at it.
That consistency leads to success at it, and that success
leaves a legacy. Anybody think that's legendary. They started with
a commitment, That commitment caused them to be consistent, That
consistency gave them success, and that success made them a legend.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Now with your book, you know you want an International
Impact Book Award for your latest book, which we featured
on our show, Healed aht a l help elevate and
learn a guide to healing your inner child. And whenever
I say the word in the child, people give me
that little that little sideways look. Well, you talking about
inner child, and talk about that because this book really
(08:50):
did impact a lot of people who listen to my show,
and hopefully it still will do. That's why I wanted
to make sure I bring it up today because it's
a show that one international honor as a book. Excuse me, well, you.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Know one of the things one of the reasons I
started I actually wrote that book was because I spoke
at an event here Mobile. It's called a focused Women's Conference,
and I spoke about wearing the right mindset and doing
my presentation. At the end, I had all of the
ladies to first of all, secure their valuables, because I said,
everybody ain't safe, so make sure your person and your
(09:24):
phone are close to you. But then I had them
close their eyes and put the hand over their heart,
and I had them to speak to the little girl
with them now, and I told them to thank that
little girl for the strength that she had to go
through whatever they went through them for those women to
become the fact the women that they are today. But
(09:46):
then I also I also told them to tell that
to I let them know that that little girl was
proud of the women that they became. And after I
finished that presentation, I can't tell you how many women,
I mean to tin women came up to me after this.
Some of them were tears in their eyes, thanking me
for not only for what I shared earlier, but even
(10:07):
that exercise, because they had literally forgot about the fact
that there was a little girl in them that went
through I don't know what it was they faced, but
they knew, and the little child knew. And so that
was a catalyse for me writing this book because a
lot of us we are dealing with current day behavior
that was seated in our childhood. And if we don't
take the time to understand how our childhood is still
(10:31):
impacting us, if we haven't healed from that hurt, if
we haven't healed from those wounds, what happens is it
keeps showing up their patterns, and if we don't recognize
them as such, we would just say, well, that's just
where I am. And I tell people all the time
it's not what you do, but why you do it.
If you don't understand the why, you'll always keep repeating
(10:51):
the what. So that's why I wrote the book and
even turn the book into a podcast, because I wanted
to keep the conversation going. And my slother for my
podcast is we don't want to end the conversation. We
want to start the conversation around in the child wounds,
in a child trauma, but also in a child healing Cool.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
I'm talking to Tacony's print to ICONI friends, you just
reference his first ted X talk. His book is won
an International Impact Award. That book is called Heal h
e a l help elevate and learn the God to
healing your inner child. Now, with that being said, we
(11:28):
all need to be inspired. Because you asked me a question, Rashan,
when you walk here, what makes people happy? And I
told you why baking makes people happy. What inspiration drives
you to what you do?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Checone, The inspiration that drives me to what I do
is really seeing somebody see themselves in a different life,
helping somebody to understand their own value. Again, we don't
get the right answers because we're not asking the right questions.
And we'll ask questions of everybody else, but rarely do
(12:00):
ask questions of ourselves. So my goal, my goal is
to help people to ask the questions of themselves so
they can understand. That's why I say we make motivation
personal by introducing you to yourself, compan you to understand
your own value, what it is you have, what gifts, abilities,
talents you have, and those can't just be self serving.
(12:22):
Like doctor mos Monroe said, the fruit isn't for the tree,
and your gifts, your abilities, and your talents aren't just
for you. They are for those who you've been called
to serve.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Now you're not a minister, but you're a motivator. But
both ministers and motivators deal with the culture, deal with
the community, deal with people sitting in a chair or
pew looking for a methic, a motivation to change their
(12:55):
date or change their lives. When we talk about the
culture and young people, how do you expect what you
do to impact them so they can move our culture
today forward?
Speaker 2 (13:13):
How I expect what I do to help them move
our culture forward is for them to understand their value,
Understand what it is they have, who they are, what
they've been given, How they can help encourage, motivate, bless
the things that they have in them that they don't
(13:35):
seize value if they don't understand that they are gifts
to be given to the world. If I can help
them to understand that, identify what that is to be it,
don't let anything or anybody stand in that way. That's
why I say, and again as you go up into
my statement, we make motivation personal by introducing you to yourself.
(13:56):
If you ever get it in your heart that I
have something to give the world, I have a gift,
an ability, and a talent. I have done my job.
I can just step by the way and just let
you go because I know you're going to be going
after that thing what you've been called and given to do,
because you know you've been giving it. Yes, there's gonna
be challenge, it's gonna be out of school, it's gonna
be hard times. But when you know that you have
(14:17):
something valuable, you won't keep it to yourself.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Please don't go anywhere. We'll be right back with more
Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Welcome back to the Money Making
Conversations Masterclass hosted by Rashaan McDonald.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
He's so interesting, Like, you know, people always call me
and they always ask me what am I doing? And
I need to tell them that ain't while you should
be calling me because I'm not into doing that play
by play on my day, you know, you know, because
I know sometimes I can't tell you what I do. Jacony,
You know, now would that be said a motivational speaker?
(14:59):
What the as a motivational speaker do daily? And how
does he go? If everybody's on an eight to five job,
what are you doing eight to five as a motivational speaker?
Speaker 2 (15:11):
To Coney, I'm looking for greater opportunities two to literally
attact motivate people. What motivates mean, it's motivating people. That's
what keeps out.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Sound That sounds simple though, that sounds like a nice
catch phrase because you know, I you know, Money Making
Conversation master Class. I always tell people I'm just a storyteller.
You're the subject matter expert. Okay, and walking on that
stage like you talked about the speech you gave and
women came up to you, you know, with tears in
(15:46):
their eyes. You know that were you Was that your
goal to get that type of emotion from that, or
you were surprised by the reaction that they gave you
to something that you just said that you believed in.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I was a little surprised by the reaction, but I
wasn't surprised by the content. And what I mean by
that is I knew that I was going to pour
into them because it first hit me, okay, and I
knew that if I delivered it right, it was going
to hit them. I was surprised at how freely they
came up and they expressed the impact. Now some of
(16:23):
them left, some of them they saying anything, but there
was something. They were like, I can't walk out of
this room until I go up there and tell him
just how just how much this meant to me. And
I know of the ones that came up there there
were more that didn't, but I know it also hit them.
And even if no one ever came up, I knew
I had delivered what was given to me. I was
(16:43):
just a messenger, but I knew that that message hit home.
And I'm and I'm continuing to do that because I
never know who's next? I never know who needs to
hear what I have to say.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
No, just go back in easty about our relationship. CHACONI
wasn't all was going to be a motivational speaker. He
was in the graphic design. If I was correct, correct
through the animation, So you was eight to five guy
forty all We got, you know, going in there working
the job, and then this is what I'm supposed to do.
Please tell everybody about people tell you what you're supposed
(17:19):
to do, to what you're supposed to do, or or
they a framework that saying this is your life. When
did you decide to break that model and say I'm
not happy? Then you had to educate the people around
you to let them know this is who I wanted
to be.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Well, you know my book Are You Climbing the Wrong Mountain?
About Finding your True purpose? That was the turning point,
you know, that was the catalyst I was actually doing
through the animation. And I remember I had one and
a speech competition at the Power. They were in Commas.
Doctor George Frasier. I was out of a quitch pig
(17:59):
business and when my presentation one that particular event, I
had an epiphany and that epiphany was that my words
could be used for more than selling a product or service.
I could sell people on themselves. That's when I realized
that I was only wrong mountain. So for those people
that are struggling to identify what the right mountain is,
(18:23):
I will go back to what I asked, like mister
McDonald earlier, what is it that you do with the
least amount of effort but has the greatest impact For me?
That's talking, that's sharing, that's encouraging, that's communicating, that's helping
people to see themselves in the red of life. So
that's what it is for me.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Now, that book gave me my favorite and I used
that a lot about that. Make sure you standing on
the right mountain. Everybody want to climb to the mountaintop,
make sure you climb to the right top of the
right mountain. That's for you. Now, that's one of the
I don't know if you trade about that that that's
that's a great phrase for me. I use it a
lot and just translating clear understanding that make sure the
(19:07):
effort you're putting into something is the effort that's going
to make you happy. I think that's what you're talking
about correct.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
That's it, That's exactly. It makes sure that what it
is you've been called and given to do, there's a
sense of purpose and fulfilling it, because if it's not,
it's just another job. But if you know for a
fact that you've been gifted in this area, if you
would do it without a paycheck, if you would do
it and not even look at your watch. In fact,
(19:33):
when it's over, you kind of upset, You kind of
mail and then start thinking, Okay, what can I do
this again? Well, that's the way I am with motivational speaking.
When I have opportunities again to poorner people, that's what
I look forward to it. And even after I get
off this podcast, I look for another opportunity to actually
help somebody get you a better place, in better space
in life.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
You know, it's really happy to hear that. You know,
inspiration is key. I know that it was two teachers
who is the reason I'm talking to you today as
a Georgia and Nelson that was my math teacher, and
Linda Traylor that was my biology teacher. Those two people
poured it to me. They poured into a kid who
(20:16):
didn't want to work, They didn't want to wanted to
take the easy way out of life. I whatever could
get me through that door quick. I wanted to go
through that door, and they went, and they was right
there blocking it every time. And it's kind of crazy that,
you know, my degree I got out of college eventually
became math, and I didn't want to do math. But
(20:36):
seven years later I became a math a per person
degree in math. And so it's about inspiration. People we
meet along the way that sometimes we don't know are
they inspiring two to who we are today? Who was
your inspiration? CHACONI.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
I had a professor in college whose name was Michael Rodriguez.
They used to call him rob Zilla because he would
literally take up the GPA. He taught us like we
were already engineers. I was going to get my Bachel's
green in the lect trying to engineer. He taught us
like we were already engineers. And I realized that I
(21:17):
had to be a better critical thinker to get through
his class. One thing I tell people all the time.
College taught me how to teach myself. He taught me
the importance of being able to actually work through a process.
And so he was the inspiration because he challenged me
to a point to where it's like, I know I'm
better than this, I know I can do more. And
(21:37):
had it not been for his sternness, his toughness, I
probably don't be where I am today because, like you
and like most people, everybody looked for the easy way out.
But that doesn't lead to success. In fact, at leads
to ruin.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Well there, if you could find the easy way out,
go forward. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna stop anybody
who find the easy route, Okay, but these two ladies
saw something in me that they went look, and I
believe I've had an impact on this world. I believe
I've had an impact on this society, society so because
(22:16):
they made that effort to turn me in the direction
of who I am or who I've become today and
I always feel I'm evolving every day at shakone. But
I talk to people like you, is that you give
me more information, you give me more advice. And I
always tell people when I wake up in the morning,
I literally wake up dumb. That's the that's the word
I can usually dumb, and that that allows me to
(22:38):
take information in and disseminate it accordingly. Because you know,
I wake up. You know, I stretched, I watched the news,
I read the newspapers, so I'm constantly taking in information
for that day. So I'm not so I'm actually whatever
I knew the day before, it's going to be, it's
being added to it the first hour and a half
(22:59):
of my And so you as an inspirational leader, you
as a motivational speaker. That's why I bring up the
fact that you guys are not that you're not that
far from being a minister. And I'm not calling you
a minister, but you are a motivator. And you walk
in front of a room full of strangers, this is
the key. As a stand up former, stand up coming,
(23:20):
my job was to make them lack Literally, what is
your job? Were you walking from a room full of people,
even though you know you've been booked to speak, What
is the task? And it's not to make people cry,
but what is the task at hand? As a speaker
that you've done so well and made you an international
present to Conye's prince.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
To call them to action and the action really fits
what it is they've been called to do, To call
them to get out of their own way, to stop
doubting themselves, to stop devaluing themselves, but for them to
really understand that they have something to offer. If I
(24:03):
can do that, if I can help people to somebody
want to say it. A good speaker will have you
leaving talking about them, But a great speaker will have
you leaving. Well, We'll have you leaving talking about yourself.
And that's my job to be a great speaker. I
don't want people to just talk about how well and
eloquent I was. I want them to leave out of
(24:26):
the room talking about, Man, I can do this, I
can take this, I can go after this, I can
achieve this. That's my job to motivate them again my
catchphrase making motivation personal by introducing you to yourself. If
I can do that again, I can just grab me
some popcorn and sit back and watch the flowers because
I know you fin to tear it up. So that's
what that's what that's what I want to do. I
(24:49):
want to set you a fire so you can go
and you can shine. Don't just talk about me on
the stage. And when I say and I want no,
no no. If I don't inspire you, what am I
here for? What am I hip? I mean, I can't inspire,
but if I don't motivate you, motivation comes from the inside. Inspiration.
I can be inspired by Rashaun McDonald. You inspire me,
(25:11):
but motivation comes from the inside. That's why I say
we make it personal. You have to have your own
level of personal motivator. You have to see your own
value because it's in that scene and understanding and recognizing
that that's why you take action.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
So what's your biggest goal moving forward? You've done the
Ted Talk Okay, you got an international bestseller. Okay, you
know you're a regular on my show. I think that's
a blessing in our relationship. So what's your what's your
what's the big goal for the future.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Well, I'm actually gonna go back to Kenya in July.
So I'm excited about that ken you ask me. Yeah,
I went back in twenty twenty three and I'm going
back getting this year. I'm so grateful for that opportunity
as well. But my my goal is to is to
get on a get on a national stage on a
regular basis. And what I mean by that is have
(26:01):
my own I mean I have my own podcasts because
I do myself. But I really want to get to
a place to where I've become a household name in
the area of personal development, the US of development. And
I say fact mental health because my latest book it
really deals with a certain aspect And I mean, I'm
just on the outskirts of the mental health a reader,
(26:24):
but I think it's one of the easiest one of
because it's like an introduction. You know, I'm not a
professional psychologist, psychiatist, you know, I don't have any of
those training, but I had enough experience to write the book,
which is one of the reasons why on my podcast,
I have therapists, I have coaches, I have psychologists and
psychiatrists come on there and actually talk about how inner
(26:45):
child warns the inner child trauma still affect people. So
I just want to again just get a wider dissemination
of my content so that I can motivate other people
to take action and have a better place, better space
and life tool.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
He's CHACONI prens. How can we get in touch with you,
my friend?
Speaker 2 (27:05):
You can go to seconiprince dot com that c I
S O n E p r I n ce dot
com And I tell people the easiest way to remember
my name, it's write it on the check.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
That's when I say about Rosard. Okay, you with Rush,
you go with Rush Dog. You gotta write Richard if
you want to get it right with me.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
I appreciate it's coming on Money Making Conversations master Classes,
my brother. So when you get back from Kenya, you
know you gotta come back on the show because I
know you're gonna be talking to some people over there
and I want to know how they reacted to you.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Okay, yes, sir, yes, sir, definitely, Thank you again.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
I appreciate you again. Thank you for coming on Money
Making Conversations Master Class. Taconi Prince his book Healed aht
a l Help Elevate and learn a guy and learn
a God to Healing your Inner Child, and his other
book about making Sure you standing on the right You're
standing on the right mounth as a must read too.
But again, he's my man. This has been another edition
(28:04):
of Money Making Conversation Masterclass hosted by me Rushaun McDonald.
Thank you to our guests on the show today and
thank you our listening to the audience now if you
want to listen to any episode, I want to be
a guest on the show. Visit Moneymakingconversations dot com. Our
social media handle is money Making Conversation. Join us next
week and remember to always leave with your gifts. Keep winning.
Welcome to the show. I am Rashaan McDonald, the host
of Money Making Conversations Masterclass, where we encourage people to
stop reading other people's success stories and start planning their own.
Listen up as I interview entrepreneurs from around the country,
talk to celebrities and ask them how they are running
their companies, and speak with dog profits who are making
(00:25):
a difference in their local communities. Now, sit back and
listen as we unlock the secrets to their success on
Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Hi Am Rashan McDonald hosts the
weekly Money Making Conversation Masterclass show. The interviews and information
that this show provides off for everyone. It's time to
(00:46):
stop reading other people's success stories and start living your
own now. If you want to be a guest on
my show, Money Making Conversation Masterclass, please visit our website,
Moneymakingconversations dot com and click the bill against button to
submit your information. If you're a small business owner, entrepreneur,
motivational speaker or influencer, I want you on my show
(01:08):
or nonprofit Now let's get this show started. My next
guest is a highly sought after international Motivational speaker award
winning author and personal development strategist. Who else people take
an objective look at themselves. That's very key. His company
is making motivation personal by introducing you to yourself. By
(01:30):
the way, he's trademarked that. Please welcome to the Money
Making Conversation master Class. Chaconi Prince, Hi Docta Coni.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I'm finding you what city you call it from? Brother,
Mobile Alabama. I'm a big deal in Mobile.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Well, guess what, I've been down there many times. You
tell jokes down there way back in the day at
the Puncherlin Comedy Club at Mobile, Alabama. That's when I
met the famous j Anthony Brown. Wat's out there now.
He was headlining the show down there and I was featuring,
and uh, it changed my life because it became a
friend of mine for the rest of my life. So
he died a Mobile. How's life down there in the
(02:06):
Deep South?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
My brother?
Speaker 1 (02:07):
For a motivational speaker. For a motivational speaker.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Well, doing good, doing good? You know, I always trying
to help move the culture forward.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Now, I really I brought you back on the show.
I've never done this and I and Ax speech TEDx opportunity.
A lot of people approached me about that not me
personally saying they've you had this opportunity, how does that
work and how do you get to be featured oh today?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Well, actually my coach, doctor Ruben Wes, he was the
one that recommended me for an opportunity to speak on
a TEDx event, But it was up to the university.
They had to be the ones that would actually approve
me being on there. But I'm telling you it was
a tremendous opportunity, you know, to just pour into those
(02:58):
people who were tuned in, those people who were listening,
those people who were watching, and really help them to
understand that they could refocus their life.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
You know. The number number one fear is known as
public speaking. I know that going out there trying to
make people laugh. It's hard enough because they're strangers. You know,
if they're having a bad day and they're going to
come to this club, hopefully get at liquer and they
understand what I'm trying to do and they get motivated
(03:29):
to lab and the enjoy what show I was doing
back in the day when I was doing stand up comedy.
As a motivational speaker, what is your job to cony?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
My job is just like my slogan says, we make
motivation personal by introducing you to yourself, and that's helping
the people to understand that they have a value that
the world needs because I believe a lot of people
really don't know who they are. They really haven't tapped
into what that value is. To see what value their
value brings obvious, to help them to discover, to unveil,
(04:03):
to unpack the gifts they have in them, and then
see why it's so needed.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Now explain it to me, because that I'm gonna tell
you them. That was well written and well presented, but
it still leads me on the edge of what are
you trying to get me to do?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Okay? Well, what I normally do is I have people
ask themselves questions because I tell people all.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
The time, help me out, Okay, we will help help
us out. He's trying to find himself, help me with
the with the process. What questions you need me to
ask myself?
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Okay, Well, I want to ask you this. What is
it that you do that that people are excited when
you show up, that they are just happy that you
are here to fulfill whatever role that is? What is it?
What is it that you do in that in your
life that actually blesses other people.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
When I bake. When you make people know I'm baking,
they get excited. Okay, all right, it's something that my
staff has told me to get back into. I'm not
shot a baking video in two years. I'm going to
start next month. And in fact, I had a business
meeting today and prior to the business meeting, the person
(05:16):
who set it up with me asked, would I bake
butter pecan cake for them? And I did, and they
came over at their staff to my office and they
were they were stoked. They couldn't believe I did it.
So that brings happiness to be people. I don't drink
or smoke, so that brings stress down for me when
I do it. But I also know that when I
(05:37):
do bake or cook, people get real excited and relaxed
around me.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well there's your motivation right there. You know, to be
able to leave the world in a better place, in
the better space by the gift that you've been given,
and that is to bake. But I think also too,
you have a gift of inspiration and encouragement because you
don't just keep it to yourself, but you other people
like myself to be on your platform to pour to
(06:03):
other people's lives. To me, that says something about your heart,
about your willingness to give and to share again to
make the world a better place.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
What's important that I do that you know this this
format is not something that people enable me. People contacted me.
I'm talking about the powers that be iHeart. They gave
me the opportunity to be in this format. They didn't
have to offer this to me. They gave me an
opportunity to be in this position to present this. And
so my number one goal this show. Prior when it
(06:34):
started with Celebrity Driven, all I was doing was interview
a celebrity, Shakoni. And so once I realized that people
wanted to hear more from individuals like you, small business owners, entrepreneurs,
people that they can actually be understand their plan of activation.
That is what is That's the model that operate under
(06:54):
now on the Money Making Conversations masterclass. But as I
talk to you, you know, with the different way world now, Chickony,
you know a lot of stress and you know people
used to go to college. How they want to they
feel as they can gain financial success with certificates, and
when you first started to be a motivational change, it's
(07:16):
a motivational person or change. When you started, how does
it feel ten years later?
Speaker 2 (07:24):
It feels amazing because there's so much you learn about
yourself on the journey. I'm gonna say that again because
a lot of people want to quit and they want
to give up, but there's so much that you learn
about yourself on the journey. You learn whether or not
this is really for you. You learn whether or not it's
a caller or is it a passion. Because if you
(07:46):
don't have that, what happens is you will give up
and quit soon before you reach any measure of success.
I was sharing with a group of young men just
the other day about how in order to leave a legacy,
you have to be successful. But before you are successful,
to be consistent. Before you are consistent, you have to
be committed. So we have to learn how to be
(08:07):
committed to something that allows us to be consistent at it.
That consistency leads to success at it, and that success
leaves a legacy. Anybody think that's legendary. They started with
a commitment, That commitment caused them to be consistent, That
consistency gave them success, and that success made them a legend.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Now with your book, you know you want an International
Impact Book Award for your latest book, which we featured
on our show, Healed aht a l help elevate and
learn a guide to healing your inner child. And whenever
I say the word in the child, people give me
that little that little sideways look. Well, you talking about
inner child, and talk about that because this book really
(08:50):
did impact a lot of people who listen to my show,
and hopefully it still will do. That's why I wanted
to make sure I bring it up today because it's
a show that one international honor as a book. Excuse me, well, you.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Know one of the things one of the reasons I
started I actually wrote that book was because I spoke
at an event here Mobile. It's called a focused Women's Conference,
and I spoke about wearing the right mindset and doing
my presentation. At the end, I had all of the
ladies to first of all, secure their valuables, because I said,
everybody ain't safe, so make sure your person and your
(09:24):
phone are close to you. But then I had them
close their eyes and put the hand over their heart,
and I had them to speak to the little girl
with them now, and I told them to thank that
little girl for the strength that she had to go
through whatever they went through them for those women to
become the fact the women that they are today. But
(09:46):
then I also I also told them to tell that
to I let them know that that little girl was
proud of the women that they became. And after I
finished that presentation, I can't tell you how many women,
I mean to tin women came up to me after this.
Some of them were tears in their eyes, thanking me
for not only for what I shared earlier, but even
(10:07):
that exercise, because they had literally forgot about the fact
that there was a little girl in them that went
through I don't know what it was they faced, but
they knew, and the little child knew. And so that
was a catalyse for me writing this book because a
lot of us we are dealing with current day behavior
that was seated in our childhood. And if we don't
take the time to understand how our childhood is still
(10:31):
impacting us, if we haven't healed from that hurt, if
we haven't healed from those wounds, what happens is it
keeps showing up their patterns, and if we don't recognize
them as such, we would just say, well, that's just
where I am. And I tell people all the time
it's not what you do, but why you do it.
If you don't understand the why, you'll always keep repeating
(10:51):
the what. So that's why I wrote the book and
even turn the book into a podcast, because I wanted
to keep the conversation going. And my slother for my
podcast is we don't want to end the conversation. We
want to start the conversation around in the child wounds,
in a child trauma, but also in a child healing Cool.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
I'm talking to Tacony's print to ICONI friends, you just
reference his first ted X talk. His book is won
an International Impact Award. That book is called Heal h
e a l help elevate and learn the God to
healing your inner child. Now, with that being said, we
(11:28):
all need to be inspired. Because you asked me a question, Rashan,
when you walk here, what makes people happy? And I
told you why baking makes people happy. What inspiration drives
you to what you do?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Checone, The inspiration that drives me to what I do
is really seeing somebody see themselves in a different life,
helping somebody to understand their own value. Again, we don't
get the right answers because we're not asking the right questions.
And we'll ask questions of everybody else, but rarely do
(12:00):
ask questions of ourselves. So my goal, my goal is
to help people to ask the questions of themselves so
they can understand. That's why I say we make motivation
personal by introducing you to yourself, compan you to understand
your own value, what it is you have, what gifts, abilities,
talents you have, and those can't just be self serving.
(12:22):
Like doctor mos Monroe said, the fruit isn't for the tree,
and your gifts, your abilities, and your talents aren't just
for you. They are for those who you've been called
to serve.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Now you're not a minister, but you're a motivator. But
both ministers and motivators deal with the culture, deal with
the community, deal with people sitting in a chair or
pew looking for a methic, a motivation to change their
(12:55):
date or change their lives. When we talk about the
culture and young people, how do you expect what you
do to impact them so they can move our culture
today forward?
Speaker 2 (13:13):
How I expect what I do to help them move
our culture forward is for them to understand their value,
Understand what it is they have, who they are, what
they've been given, How they can help encourage, motivate, bless
the things that they have in them that they don't
(13:35):
seize value if they don't understand that they are gifts
to be given to the world. If I can help
them to understand that, identify what that is to be it,
don't let anything or anybody stand in that way. That's
why I say, and again as you go up into
my statement, we make motivation personal by introducing you to yourself.
(13:56):
If you ever get it in your heart that I
have something to give the world, I have a gift,
an ability, and a talent. I have done my job.
I can just step by the way and just let
you go because I know you're going to be going
after that thing what you've been called and given to do,
because you know you've been giving it. Yes, there's gonna
be challenge, it's gonna be out of school, it's gonna
be hard times. But when you know that you have
(14:17):
something valuable, you won't keep it to yourself.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Please don't go anywhere. We'll be right back with more
Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Welcome back to the Money Making
Conversations Masterclass hosted by Rashaan McDonald.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
He's so interesting, Like, you know, people always call me
and they always ask me what am I doing? And
I need to tell them that ain't while you should
be calling me because I'm not into doing that play
by play on my day, you know, you know, because
I know sometimes I can't tell you what I do. Jacony,
You know, now would that be said a motivational speaker?
(14:59):
What the as a motivational speaker do daily? And how
does he go? If everybody's on an eight to five job,
what are you doing eight to five as a motivational speaker?
Speaker 2 (15:11):
To Coney, I'm looking for greater opportunities two to literally
attact motivate people. What motivates mean, it's motivating people. That's
what keeps out.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Sound That sounds simple though, that sounds like a nice
catch phrase because you know, I you know, Money Making
Conversation master Class. I always tell people I'm just a storyteller.
You're the subject matter expert. Okay, and walking on that
stage like you talked about the speech you gave and
women came up to you, you know, with tears in
(15:46):
their eyes. You know that were you Was that your
goal to get that type of emotion from that, or
you were surprised by the reaction that they gave you
to something that you just said that you believed in.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I was a little surprised by the reaction, but I
wasn't surprised by the content. And what I mean by
that is I knew that I was going to pour
into them because it first hit me, okay, and I
knew that if I delivered it right, it was going
to hit them. I was surprised at how freely they
came up and they expressed the impact. Now some of
(16:23):
them left, some of them they saying anything, but there
was something. They were like, I can't walk out of
this room until I go up there and tell him
just how just how much this meant to me. And
I know of the ones that came up there there
were more that didn't, but I know it also hit them.
And even if no one ever came up, I knew
I had delivered what was given to me. I was
(16:43):
just a messenger, but I knew that that message hit home.
And I'm and I'm continuing to do that because I
never know who's next? I never know who needs to
hear what I have to say.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
No, just go back in easty about our relationship. CHACONI
wasn't all was going to be a motivational speaker. He
was in the graphic design. If I was correct, correct
through the animation, So you was eight to five guy
forty all We got, you know, going in there working
the job, and then this is what I'm supposed to do.
Please tell everybody about people tell you what you're supposed
(17:19):
to do, to what you're supposed to do, or or
they a framework that saying this is your life. When
did you decide to break that model and say I'm
not happy? Then you had to educate the people around
you to let them know this is who I wanted
to be.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Well, you know my book Are You Climbing the Wrong Mountain?
About Finding your True purpose? That was the turning point,
you know, that was the catalyst I was actually doing
through the animation. And I remember I had one and
a speech competition at the Power. They were in Commas.
Doctor George Frasier. I was out of a quitch pig
(17:59):
business and when my presentation one that particular event, I
had an epiphany and that epiphany was that my words
could be used for more than selling a product or service.
I could sell people on themselves. That's when I realized
that I was only wrong mountain. So for those people
that are struggling to identify what the right mountain is,
(18:23):
I will go back to what I asked, like mister
McDonald earlier, what is it that you do with the
least amount of effort but has the greatest impact For me?
That's talking, that's sharing, that's encouraging, that's communicating, that's helping
people to see themselves in the red of life. So
that's what it is for me.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Now, that book gave me my favorite and I used
that a lot about that. Make sure you standing on
the right mountain. Everybody want to climb to the mountaintop,
make sure you climb to the right top of the
right mountain. That's for you. Now, that's one of the
I don't know if you trade about that that that's
that's a great phrase for me. I use it a
lot and just translating clear understanding that make sure the
(19:07):
effort you're putting into something is the effort that's going
to make you happy. I think that's what you're talking
about correct.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
That's it, That's exactly. It makes sure that what it
is you've been called and given to do, there's a
sense of purpose and fulfilling it, because if it's not,
it's just another job. But if you know for a
fact that you've been gifted in this area, if you
would do it without a paycheck, if you would do
it and not even look at your watch. In fact,
(19:33):
when it's over, you kind of upset, You kind of
mail and then start thinking, Okay, what can I do
this again? Well, that's the way I am with motivational speaking.
When I have opportunities again to poorner people, that's what
I look forward to it. And even after I get
off this podcast, I look for another opportunity to actually
help somebody get you a better place, in better space
in life.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
You know, it's really happy to hear that. You know,
inspiration is key. I know that it was two teachers
who is the reason I'm talking to you today as
a Georgia and Nelson that was my math teacher, and
Linda Traylor that was my biology teacher. Those two people
poured it to me. They poured into a kid who
(20:16):
didn't want to work, They didn't want to wanted to
take the easy way out of life. I whatever could
get me through that door quick. I wanted to go
through that door, and they went, and they was right
there blocking it every time. And it's kind of crazy that,
you know, my degree I got out of college eventually
became math, and I didn't want to do math. But
(20:36):
seven years later I became a math a per person
degree in math. And so it's about inspiration. People we
meet along the way that sometimes we don't know are
they inspiring two to who we are today? Who was
your inspiration? CHACONI.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
I had a professor in college whose name was Michael Rodriguez.
They used to call him rob Zilla because he would
literally take up the GPA. He taught us like we
were already engineers. I was going to get my Bachel's
green in the lect trying to engineer. He taught us
like we were already engineers. And I realized that I
(21:17):
had to be a better critical thinker to get through
his class. One thing I tell people all the time.
College taught me how to teach myself. He taught me
the importance of being able to actually work through a process.
And so he was the inspiration because he challenged me
to a point to where it's like, I know I'm
better than this, I know I can do more. And
(21:37):
had it not been for his sternness, his toughness, I
probably don't be where I am today because, like you
and like most people, everybody looked for the easy way out.
But that doesn't lead to success. In fact, at leads
to ruin.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Well there, if you could find the easy way out,
go forward. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna stop anybody
who find the easy route, Okay, but these two ladies
saw something in me that they went look, and I
believe I've had an impact on this world. I believe
I've had an impact on this society, society so because
(22:16):
they made that effort to turn me in the direction
of who I am or who I've become today and
I always feel I'm evolving every day at shakone. But
I talk to people like you, is that you give
me more information, you give me more advice. And I
always tell people when I wake up in the morning,
I literally wake up dumb. That's the that's the word
I can usually dumb, and that that allows me to
(22:38):
take information in and disseminate it accordingly. Because you know,
I wake up. You know, I stretched, I watched the news,
I read the newspapers, so I'm constantly taking in information
for that day. So I'm not so I'm actually whatever
I knew the day before, it's going to be, it's
being added to it the first hour and a half
(22:59):
of my And so you as an inspirational leader, you
as a motivational speaker. That's why I bring up the
fact that you guys are not that you're not that
far from being a minister. And I'm not calling you
a minister, but you are a motivator. And you walk
in front of a room full of strangers, this is
the key. As a stand up former, stand up coming,
(23:20):
my job was to make them lack Literally, what is
your job? Were you walking from a room full of people,
even though you know you've been booked to speak, What
is the task? And it's not to make people cry,
but what is the task at hand? As a speaker
that you've done so well and made you an international
present to Conye's prince.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
To call them to action and the action really fits
what it is they've been called to do, To call
them to get out of their own way, to stop
doubting themselves, to stop devaluing themselves, but for them to
really understand that they have something to offer. If I
(24:03):
can do that, if I can help people to somebody
want to say it. A good speaker will have you
leaving talking about them, But a great speaker will have
you leaving. Well, We'll have you leaving talking about yourself.
And that's my job to be a great speaker. I
don't want people to just talk about how well and
eloquent I was. I want them to leave out of
(24:26):
the room talking about, Man, I can do this, I
can take this, I can go after this, I can
achieve this. That's my job to motivate them again my
catchphrase making motivation personal by introducing you to yourself. If
I can do that again, I can just grab me
some popcorn and sit back and watch the flowers because
I know you fin to tear it up. So that's
what that's what that's what I want to do. I
(24:49):
want to set you a fire so you can go
and you can shine. Don't just talk about me on
the stage. And when I say and I want no,
no no. If I don't inspire you, what am I
here for? What am I hip? I mean, I can't inspire,
but if I don't motivate you, motivation comes from the inside. Inspiration.
I can be inspired by Rashaun McDonald. You inspire me,
(25:11):
but motivation comes from the inside. That's why I say
we make it personal. You have to have your own
level of personal motivator. You have to see your own
value because it's in that scene and understanding and recognizing
that that's why you take action.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
So what's your biggest goal moving forward? You've done the
Ted Talk Okay, you got an international bestseller. Okay, you
know you're a regular on my show. I think that's
a blessing in our relationship. So what's your what's your
what's the big goal for the future.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Well, I'm actually gonna go back to Kenya in July.
So I'm excited about that ken you ask me. Yeah,
I went back in twenty twenty three and I'm going
back getting this year. I'm so grateful for that opportunity
as well. But my my goal is to is to
get on a get on a national stage on a
regular basis. And what I mean by that is have
(26:01):
my own I mean I have my own podcasts because
I do myself. But I really want to get to
a place to where I've become a household name in
the area of personal development, the US of development. And
I say fact mental health because my latest book it
really deals with a certain aspect And I mean, I'm
just on the outskirts of the mental health a reader,
(26:24):
but I think it's one of the easiest one of
because it's like an introduction. You know, I'm not a
professional psychologist, psychiatist, you know, I don't have any of
those training, but I had enough experience to write the book,
which is one of the reasons why on my podcast,
I have therapists, I have coaches, I have psychologists and
psychiatrists come on there and actually talk about how inner
(26:45):
child warns the inner child trauma still affect people. So
I just want to again just get a wider dissemination
of my content so that I can motivate other people
to take action and have a better place, better space
and life tool.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
He's CHACONI prens. How can we get in touch with you,
my friend?
Speaker 2 (27:05):
You can go to seconiprince dot com that c I
S O n E p r I n ce dot
com And I tell people the easiest way to remember
my name, it's write it on the check.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
That's when I say about Rosard. Okay, you with Rush,
you go with Rush Dog. You gotta write Richard if
you want to get it right with me.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
I appreciate it's coming on Money Making Conversations master Classes,
my brother. So when you get back from Kenya, you
know you gotta come back on the show because I
know you're gonna be talking to some people over there
and I want to know how they reacted to you.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Okay, yes, sir, yes, sir, definitely, Thank you again.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
I appreciate you again. Thank you for coming on Money
Making Conversations Master Class. Taconi Prince his book Healed aht
a l Help Elevate and learn a guy and learn
a God to Healing your Inner Child, and his other
book about making Sure you standing on the right You're
standing on the right mounth as a must read too.
But again, he's my man. This has been another edition
(28:04):
of Money Making Conversation Masterclass hosted by me Rushaun McDonald.
Thank you to our guests on the show today and
thank you our listening to the audience now if you
want to listen to any episode, I want to be
a guest on the show. Visit Moneymakingconversations dot com. Our
social media handle is money Making Conversation. Join us next
week and remember to always leave with your gifts. Keep winning.
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Breakfast Club
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!