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May 8, 2024 63 mins
Welcome back to another episode of Chronicles of a Virgo Podcast. This week we are joined by CEO and host of  @visitvegasplaces  Coyal Harrison III. As an entrepreneur, podcaster, husband, and father, Coyal embodies the tools of juggling multiple roles, each demanding attention and dedication.

Through his life experiences, he has come to embrace the wisdom of trusting the timing of his journey, recognizing that each step forward is guided by God.


In this episode, we discussed:

 - Coyal's motivation and mission behind building his brand "Visit Vegas Places"

 - Coyal speaks on overcoming a huge hardship with his family during covid and how he was able to pivot from the situation into something greater

 - The importance of prioritizing Mental health and self-care to prevent burnout and to maintain a balanced work-life balance.

 - Coyal speaks on developing his confidence in Las Vegas and how the city of Las Vegas and the business owners have embraced him

 - Coyal and I shed light on creating positive communities in podcasting and also collaborating over competition

Coyal created his podcast as a way to highlight business owners and entrepreneurs in Las Vegas. His main aim was to ask questions so that the audience would gain wisdom to apply it in their own business or hobbies. He has interviewed hundreds of movers, shakers, taste makers, creators, and business owners and has built one of the best resources online about Las Vegas.

Coyal's unwavering drive and ambition, even in the face of daunting odds, have propelled him towards success. His refusal to quit has not only brought him achievements but also ushered in an overflow of blessings in his life. Through resilience and perseverance, Coyal has forged a path that inspires others to pursue their dreams relentlessly.

This episode serves as a powerful testament to the transformative potential of applying grit, faith, and never giving up on one's journey. Through the lens of Coyal's experiences, it illustrates how perseverance and unwavering belief can lead to remarkable outcomes.


Ways to connect with Connect:

Website: https://www.visitvegasplaces.com/

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CoyalHarrisonIII


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(00:00):
This podcast is a production of UnfilteredStudios. If you would like to know
more about joining Unfiltered Studios, pleasevisit our website at unfpod dot com for
more information. Welcome to the Chroniclesof a Verbal Podcast, the podcast dedicated
to the transformative journey of healing,mental health and personal growth. I'm your

(00:21):
favorite favorite verbal host Shakita Johnson,and together we'll continue to turn our vulnerability
into strength. As a sexual assaultsurvivor and mental health advocate, I have
a learn to sort through the ashesof my trauma and turn my pain into
power. And this podcast is representationthat healing is possible. And each episode
we'll dive deep deep into conversations aboutovercoming challenges, find an inn strength,

(00:47):
and emerging from life trials like afeelings from the Ashes. We may even
have some friends drive by from timeto time. Get ready to be inspired
and empowered as we embark on arewarding journey of self discovery. So sit
back and relax and let's get intosome healing, right, y'all. Welcome
back to another episode of Chronicles ofa Verbal Podcast and as usual, I'm

(01:11):
your favorite favorite favorite verbal host ShaquitaJohnson and Today we have another lovely guest
joining us. This guy's I liketo call him the Keith Lee of podcasting,
like I have literally gave him thetitle of Keith Lee, and the
more that I see his interaction andengagement on social media, he continues to

(01:33):
be the Keith Lee of podcasting.But today, y'all, we are joined
by mister Visit Vegas Places himself.Mister Coyle, how are you doing today,
sir? I'm doing good taqita.Thank you for having me on to
your platform. And that's how honor, you know, be compared to Keith
Lee or called the Keith Lee ofpodcasting, because I shout south to keifh

(01:56):
Lee, he is doing a goodthing, which is God's work. So
that is an honor. Appreciate you, you know, giving me a shout
out like that. Yeah, ofcourse you will. You. Of course
you are you, you know,you and your own land and doing your
own go work. But you justremind me of him because you guys kind
of do the same thing, youknow, and it comes from a good
space. And we're gonna get intoall that today. So before we get

(02:20):
into our conversation, we have tostart off with our lovely mental health check.
If you are just joining me forthe first time our mental health check.
We rate our mental health on ascale of one of five, five,
being that you are feeling like yourmental health is in a good space
today. One band you're not inthe best space. There is some room
for porn, but you are managing. So, mister Coyle, what would

(02:40):
you rich your mental health today onthe scale of one to five. Oh,
but the Lord's will is a five? Definitely five. Okay, Okay,
we're fiving it out today and mine, I'm gonna say today, mine
is a five. I'm feeling mentally, I'm good. I'm just a little
tired, but end of the week, you know how that go. But
I'm glad that you are fiving itout today. And again the mental health

(03:05):
checks allow me to hold myself andyou accountable to check in with yourself,
make sure you are okay and ifyou are not fined where you may need
some real for improvement, ask forhelp, you know, or just you
know, try to really sit downand get regrounded and balance out whatever your
thoughts and you may be feeling inyour body. Okay. So, Sarah,

(03:27):
thank you so much for participating inour mental health check. All right,
So we're gonna get into some thingstoday as we always do, and
we're going to enjoy this conversation becauseCoyle is a podcaster, he is a
businessman, he's a father, he'sa husband. He wears a lot of
different hats, right, I knowCoil and the whole podcast and social media

(03:53):
content creation world. And I idolizethe work that he does on social media
as well as some other payers ofmind. We've had conversations and like,
hey, let's like Coyle be normal, he'd be talking about He puts out
a lot of good information. Sofor that, I want to give your
flowers and say I appreciate you andall the support that you do offer me

(04:14):
and everyone else in the social media, you know, whether it's doing your
TikTok shop, it's you know,doing the stuff with your podcast or just
putting out your daily you know,affirmations and positive messages. So thank you
for that. Thank you, thankyou for all acknowledging that. I appreciate
that. Yes, most definitely.So please tell everyone else listening who is

(04:35):
mister Coyle and what is this visitVegas places? Well, thank you first
of all, thank you, well, yes, well, my name is
Coyle Harrison. I am the hostand owner of Visit Vegas Places with Coil
Podcasts streaming on all podcast platforms.Well, the motto is real Vegas,
real topics, real business, realowners. So the story behind Visit Vegas

(04:59):
Places we started as Google Views.So we started just going to establishments,
my family and I eating at theselocal restaurants and just taking regular pictures of
the food and everything, not toomuch videos. I don't even think content.
This is like before the pandemic actuallyalso, so everything was cultures for

(05:20):
us going in. We would justtake pictures and I would actually posted to
Google Maps. Like even to thisday you can google map us. We
have like over thirty two million viewsbecause that was like our start. What
was Google Maps was the start anda lot of people don't know that.
But as we were going to theseestablishments with my family, the owners will
come up. It's funny because wewill go to establishments and then I remember,

(05:44):
you know, some of the waitresswill come out and then it would
wait. Then they'll all just likemake phone calls. The next thing you
know, the owner will show up. And this is after a while.
As I got like six to ninemonths in and then the locals everybody were
aware of what we were doing,so it will show up and then we'll
actually have good conversations. So itwas cool. So I got to actually
talk Like I'm sitting there with lotmajority of the owners talking with my family.

(06:10):
You know, they're taking pictures andeverything, reviewing their foods. But
hearing these stories, I was thinking, like, dude, this is great.
This is before I was even creatingcontent with the footage and everything.
And remember keep in mind, I'mjust getting pictures. So I'm like,
I'm hearing these stories, these localstories, and they're going through these struggles
and they're putting their sweat and heartand not only that the family, you

(06:32):
know, the family all has ahand in in this small business, and
they're telling them a story of theirtrials and tribulations. And I'm the only
one hearing it. You know,I go home and post pictures of their
establishments. That said, So I'mlike, there's got to be a way
that I can share, you know, this backbone of it, to give
a full a full story circle.Not only just post pictures of you.

(06:54):
He might have nice dishes here,you know, provide this kind of service
to you, but let's listen tohis background, his story of why he
does what he does, or thestruggles and the hustles that he had to
get to to get to where he'sat, and you know, or how
many times he's done what he's doingbefore is actually you know, he's seen

(07:14):
daylight from it. So I'm like, you know, I gotta be able
to share this story also, sothat there came the podcast, came up
with the podcast. It's funny.I was telling somebody this story the other
day on March, which is nextmonth. March will mark my third year
as being a business, third yearas a business. In March, I
started and then my first episode didn'tdrop to August. So from March and

(07:42):
August, I actually doubted myself andwas scared to do what I'm doing right
now. Hmm. That's crazy becauseI know you and I see what you're
doing. So it's funny that youmentioned that, the fact that we see
what people put out their content,their podcast and all this stuff, but
we don't always know what was thestarting ground, like what was the mindset

(08:07):
that the person had, what wasthe motivation behind it? And you built
your brand off of getting to knowthese business owners bringing them on your platform.
Hey, I want to know aboutyour business, but I want to
hear from start to like where you'reat now. So I think that's really
that's really you know, sincere ofyou, because sometimes people don't care about
what it took. They just wantthe item that you're producing. I don't

(08:31):
care about that. Let me justget this and that's it. So it's
kind of like you dealt with thatthough, being insecure and stuff like that.
So what pushed you to go aheadand publish that first episode. Well,
keep in mind, it wasn't allGravey. I was laid off because
I started just righting again the pandemic. So I was laid off. I

(08:56):
was six months being laid off,waiting for it unappointment check, actually on
the verge of getting evicted, whichat the end I did get evicted,
but during the time I was,you know, didn't know what was going
to happen. So I have toI got my unemployment and this is all
in March, and I'm thinking,like, dude, should I what should

(09:16):
I do? And I actually gotlike my LLC, I got everything,
like I really had to put faithin it. So while looking for another
job and everything. So I foundanother job while starting this podcast, you
know, working full time nine tofive, and also, you know,
luckily I was working at home,which was you know, a help.
So because I know how it is, it's kind of hard when you work

(09:39):
out there and the field you gotto come home and didn't still work on
yourself. It's not that easy.I understand that everybody's going through it,
and it's nothing to be a shameabout either. So my job like basically
funded my business. You know,I bootstrapped it, of course, so
I had to work to be ableto start this from the ground. But
what maybe through that first episode isI was in the kitchen and my wife

(10:00):
would be looking at me like,dude, you already got everything together,
right, She's like, what areyou waiting on? Like like you know,
I just didn't know. And thenalso something that's real touchy to me
is being an African American, Ididn't know how the world would take me
representing Vegas business owners and being ablack man. So I didn't know how

(10:24):
that would take Also, so onething I give a props to the city
of Las Vegas is how much theyembraced you know, diversity and also allowed
me to do that because when westarted with just Google Maps, we were
like the only ones going in casinoswhen a pandemic was going. Nobody was
up there. My son I washelping me do content, and the casinos

(10:45):
was actually let me do that whenthey didn't have to let me do that,
So that got me really started.I mean, you can probably go
way back and see I did oldfootage of old casinos. You know,
I'll try to go to every casinoto make sure I could represent them.
And that was just me practicing onhow to create content. Do you know
the leaders right now? Yeah,thank you so much for sharing your story.

(11:07):
But again, it's always something deeper, deeper that's rooted in the success
of a person's brand or even theirevolution of a person, right because like
no one would ever known that youwent through that based upon like of course,
just looking at social media, youknow, and the fact that you
focused your brand in your podcast andstuff around other people and uplifting them and

(11:33):
their businesses. You don't make itabout yourself, but you said something that
my brain juice is not. Iwant to ask you about it. You
said you were always so grateful thatyou know Vegas embraced you as a black
man. Did you ever feel likeanywhere in your journey like you struggle with
trying to determine if you only wantedto cater to like the African American community,

(11:54):
or if you wanted to be diverselike I always wanted to be because
I was raised like that. Myparents raised me like that. So now
and I have parents, you knowthat has been you know, my dad's
you know it's coming from Arkansas tola back in the fifties, been through
the wats riots, magnificent gardens,my mom and my aunties. You know

(12:15):
they marched with Martin Luther King andwith the jail over this. So when
you get to that, my communitydefinitely is at hand. My door is
open to my community, first office, my culture, my people. But
at the same time is to representour culture, to let us know that
we can also be universal. Sonot only am I here to teach people

(12:35):
about Las Vegas, not only arewe here in Las Vegas, but it's
just a melting pot. So inorder for that to be you know,
seen or even aware out there hasto be a platform for people to visualize
how to see that. So Ireally feel that I'm that platform to be
able to do that. Yeah,it's not going to be easy. Granted,
Yeah, there's an audience I thinkit's like, oh yeah, you
should be doing that or your talentwith this with your people, and you

(12:56):
should do that. But I'm keepingmind on so Man didn't make this form.
God make this, So God appointedme to be diverse with it.
I love that. I love that, And I know we talked about that
whole that before, like letting Goddirect your path because sometimes you know,
we fall off track. You know, we may get accustomed with like all

(13:18):
the different trends, trends and thingson social media, but like with you,
like you always stay grounded in Godand your faith and you're not ashamed
to talk about it in the public. Oh I appreciate that, Yeah,
because some people, you know,I mean I do understand, like everyone's
not open with talking about their spiritualityand religion and things. But like everything

(13:39):
you you post quite a lot aboutit, and you acknowledge just God is
the reason why all this is unfoldingfor you, and I feel like people
like that that's why I continue tounfold and people continue to elevate onto higher
levels. You know, right,You're right, So it keeps you motivated

(14:01):
to do this because I've been podcasting, as you know, for two years,
and throughout my two year journey,like I don't want to say I
have lost motivation, but sometimes youknow, you just fall, you teeter
tatter, you know, you seethings one way, things are going good,
they fall off track. And thenI always say my downfall with this
whole journey is my personal life.I've gone through a lot of things these

(14:24):
last couple of years, and tryingto stay afloat gets hard. I'll take
a break in a heartbeat. Solike what keeps you motivated? And just
always like pushing cause you really bedoing your thing. Like to be honest
with you, it's like this isanother topic. It really not everybody's comfortable
to talk about, but like weonly have so much here on this earth,

(14:45):
so much time here on this earth. So you know, I have
a family, So what keeps memotivated is them, Like what if something
was happening to day? I liveeach day and I do each day like
if I was thinking like if thatwas the last day, Like if this
was it, did I accomplish everygoal or every set out everything that I
could? You know, to setmy family up for something greater than what

(15:07):
I'm doing right now, because Ido believe where I'm going with this,
but also I believe there's something evengreater when I'm not here that's left for
my kids that I build for themto keep going. So I always think
about that, think about I wouldn'twant them to be able to boost if
they was to boost out their ownbusiness, it wouldn't affect them in a
way to where to have to decideon should I get this equipment or pay

(15:28):
this light bill. I don't wantthem to go do that so, you
know, or should I want themto decide on even education to where if
I want to learn something, Ican be able to go to school and
afford it, you know, justbecause I want to learn that. So
that keeps me motivated my kids,my family. Yeah, I definitely understand

(15:50):
that. And you know, unfortunately, some people when they're starting endeavors like
this is how I think of it. A lot of times, when you
start endeavors, whether it's part nojust you know, venturing out on a
new business. God gave that visionto you, and everyone around you may
not see things how you see it, and for a lot of people me

(16:11):
at a certain point in my journeybecause other people didn't see things that how
like God and plann is it inme? I'm like, well, maybe
it's not meant for me to do, you know. And it took a
lot of prayer and a lot offaith to be like no, like he
gave this to you because some peopledon't have the family support or just support

(16:32):
in general, and you gain itthroughout like social media and just venturing out
in the world, you know,right, because you got to understand too,
if you've got a relationship with God, a lot of times when he's
building something in you and maturing you. When you have it, it's something
to be developed, but it doesn'thappen overnight. But also you got to
keep in mind you don't do it, you know, like with the crowd

(16:53):
all the time. So sometimes wethinking that, oh, I'll be coming
lonely, but when you're alone andyou're not always lonely, he just needs
you to be in that kind ofposition so he won't have any distractions.
So a lot of times, likeyou say that that our shape are even
like determine some of the decisions wemake by those who are close to us.

(17:14):
Whether they're friends, whether they're family, coworkers, you know, boyfriend,
girlfriend. Sometimes he wants to takeus away from that to work on
what we need to work on,not saying that's going forever, but it
might be who knows, But heneeds to turn us into something else,
and for that to happen, heneeds us away from the distraction because we
don't know what's distracting us at thatmoment, because we're still blind a little,

(17:37):
we're still weak, we still havescale over our eyes. So until
we get away from that, butnot only get away, but accept the
fact that I need to get awayfrom it and be able to, you
know, embrace what I'm going through, then you you always have that as
a challenge. I like the factthat you said embrace what you're going through,
right, because we can be goingthrough the most what seems like horrific

(18:00):
circumstances and that's nothing that you wantto embrace. You only want to embrace,
like the joyful and happy times andtrying to embrace those chaotic times,
especially the ones where you don't knowwhy it's happening, you don't know what's
meant to happen. I always say, you don't know what's on the other
side of the tunnel. It's like, why am I supposed to embrace this?

(18:25):
It's like I wake up every dayand I'm going through Hella Howard Are
and I supposed to sit here andbe grateful for this circumstance. What people
don't realize in some cases is you'resupposed to be grateful for where you're at
in your journey, because that's what'sgoing to help you, help get you
further. It may sound crazy,you know, Embrace where you're at,
Embrace what you have. You're you'retalking to a man who's trying to tell

(18:48):
his wife to embrace the fact I'mstarting the podcast or we're about to get
a victed. Are you crazy?So I can't imagine. I can't imagine.
But but something had to like no, like she of course, like
she knows you, she married you, right, so something had to have
She had to believe in it.Yeah, yeah, she saw the vision

(19:12):
took you know a while, likewe got twenty years together. So like
she saw the vision, she sawthe beginning of the building of it,
you know, because like I alwayswas with it, like hey, look
I got this idea. She getstied buy she already know, like IM
coming like he got an idea,so like or I already started the idea,
like when I'm usually when I comeat you with an idea, it's

(19:32):
not to get your reference because I'vealready started nine times out teen you.
When I tell y'all got an idea, I already got it in work.
I'm just telling you, you know, But you might take it as like
I'm asking your opinion, but Ialready started it, whether you give me
an opinion or not. So sospeaking of ideas, because I feel like
you have to really get your creativejuices going when you're doing like social media,

(19:56):
when you are collaborating with people justjust building. Where do you draw
your inspiration and how do you stayconsistent with it? Because you are very
consistent. Yeah, So the inspirationcomes from like like I'm a born like
this like art. To me,I'm gonna be honest with you, Like

(20:18):
when I create a video, it'slike an art like how a painter gets
on the canvas. So like,I think that's why I can do so
many other things. And I haveto do other things because I used to
do videos and put together music videos. So like like I do all our
family stuff, like no matter whatit is, like I like to capture
and tell a story to things.So that's that's that's exactly why I always

(20:42):
got to stay busy and I alwaysgot to keep doing things. I can't
like sit still, I really can't. So I get inspired by, you
know, just staying motivated. Ofcourse, when you're inspired and you motivated,
you do it out of love.Then the money already comes. So
then you see money different ways thatGod shows you to keep you doing to
what you love. If you're gratefulfor it, you know and understand what

(21:06):
you're getting. So but the consistencyof it, definitely, the consistency of
it didn't happen overnight either. That'sfrom a content calendar and just sticking to
you know, the calendar and goingthrough it. So I had to build
out a content calendar and really stickto it, like even as I'm talking
and you're like, yeah, you'reconsistent, Like I even have to fight

(21:26):
myself through procrastination a lot of mornings, you know, a lot of days,
like like I was just talking tosomebody on this morning, telling them
like I got like two or threeweeks of content, Like I'm behind on
right yeah, not even that.There's like there's probably deals and opportunities that
I don't know that I can makemoney of that I don't even know because

(21:48):
I haven't created content for it.That's how behind I am when it comes
to certain things, because because it'snot about the money to me, it's
not about you know, doing that. It's about doing what I love.
So if I'm gonna do what Ilove, then I don't want to be
on no timeline, you know,because if I was about the money,
then I have to be tied byeverybody all this. I want to do
it out of the love. Sothere's no timeline. I need to do

(22:11):
what I do, and all ofit is just brings it back forward to
promote my beautiful city of Las Vegas, who supports small business owners like no
other. You know, I livedin other states and I never seen a
state in the city like the cityof Las Vegas who support small business owners
and entrepreneurs like they do. Sotwo things. So one, I would

(22:33):
definitely say that you have been themotivation behind me finally investing in a good
planner and like really filling it out, like I broke me a plan I
told you months ago because I textyou like, hey, where are you
begetting your planners from? Like gotmy planners, I got my notebooks.
So I definitely have been consistently goingin and doing what I need to do,

(22:55):
and I've been sticking to it andlike I put, I got like
a little schedule and when I dosting, So yes, thank you you
have motivated me to do that.And I you know, I do understand
how you fall behind because life belife and things come up sometimes. But
one thing I like about you islike you don't like it's not for the
money. The money is like theextra piece what I'm pulling out. This

(23:18):
is my passion. I enjoyed itto do it, so like that's all
that matters. And something that yousay is like Vegas really supports and pushes
small businesses. Vegas is so busy, Like you know, I was,
I was there last year. It'sjust always something that everything. I've been
twice and I feel like I havenot seen anything. I've seen stuff,
but not when I listen to yourshow and I see the different things you

(23:41):
post, I'm like, where wasall this when I was there? Like,
but your channel is like your channelcan be like a rod map to
like out out like your whole entiretrip, because you you really connect with
a lot of people. Right,that's my goal too. My goal is
for my actual goal is what Ivision is. When you look at the

(24:04):
channel visit Vegas Places, you lookat the channel, you don't think about
Coil. I'm just the mouthpiece.I'm the bridge. When you go to
visit Vegas Places channel or the podcastor the website, I want you to
think of business owners and what youneed to do when you travel. So
yes, you can actually go tomy page and knock out everything, but

(24:26):
not only that, you can feelconnected to them. That's why I go
in depth and do what I do. So when you go to a place,
you have to think you know theowner because I've already had the session
with you. I did the content, so now you have a full understanding
and expectation of what you're about toget into exactly exactly, and looking at

(24:47):
your page, you connect with alot of owners and things like that.
It would one could only assume thatevery time you reach out to a person
you get a million yeses because youconnect with so many people. So every
time you reach out to someone tolike come on your show or just review
their business. Do you always geta yes or have you gotten some nose

(25:07):
in the past two Yeah, I'vegot a lot of nose. Yeah,
Like I've interviewed a total Like again, the total is I think what one
one hundred and seventeen interviews. Ihad one hundred and seventeen business owners I
interviewed. I can say I hadabout my three years in, I had

(25:30):
about like fifteen to twenty no's Ican say in that range going they're going
like that even tell me like it'sbeen people that have been like, yeah,
you know what, you're not agood fit, like literally like made
me feel like trash or something likeyou're never in my heart. But then
at the end of the day,they're not in business right now, so

(25:52):
they don't have nothing up, youknow anything. So at the same time,
you don't know what people are goingthrough and I'm not in a position
to be knowing that details of theirbusiness, so they don't know how to
just let me know or let medown lightly. But certain people know how
to say certain things. Certain peopledon't know how to say certain things.
So yeah, don't let them knowget to you. Because there's been a
lot of times. Also, outof that one seventeen, there has been

(26:15):
at least ten that did say nobut came back, and they're part of
that one seventeen. So so okay, so you just said you just had
a whole word so got some knowsbecause we I mean, I think I
speak for most podcasters. We've allprobably gotten unknow or a few right,

(26:37):
and for some of us it's like, well damn, why not be you
know, and that could be theend of someone's whole brand, their motivation,
everything. But then on the flipside, you're saying they came back,
they seen something in me. Latermaybe it was just bad timing.
The business wasn't doing good, theywasn't in a good space, but decad
because you kept going, right,because it's not on you to determine to

(26:59):
decide for an investigate why they saidno. You're gonna waste your time,
Like okay, now I got Igotta open the case of why they said
no? Why become an Internet FBIagent, like let me think, how
what's going on? But I amblessed though right now though to like be
booked, I don't like really haveto reach out, like cause I go

(27:22):
what I found The effective is Istarted to go to my urban Chamber of
Commerce and my Chamber of Commerce networkingmixers. So with the Chamber of Commerce,
both the regular Chamber of Commerce andthe Urban Chamber of Commress, it
gives me an opportunity to know athand which businesses really need help and that
are officially actually businesses. So youdo your research? Yes, do you

(27:48):
ever? And I know you like, I know your show is like focused
around Vegas and your passion and yourlove is and your heart is in Vegas.
Did you ever see yourself like potentiallylike maybe going like to other places?
Yeah. Actually, when there's asegment I do, which is Vegas
Ventures Off and what Vegas Ventures Off. I've been to nine different countries,
interview business owners in nine different countries, and I think we covered thirteen thirteen

(28:14):
states, So we covered thirteen stateshere in the US and nine different countries.
And that's what Vegas Ventures are.Man. So, like, if
I had you on the show,where you where you at again? Where
you located right now? I'm inBaltimore. So I'm gonna have you on
the show, and You're going tobe part of Vegas Ventures Off. I'm
gonna be venturing off to Baltimore.And that's how that's how I do it.

(28:36):
Okay, that's how I can beuniversal, you know what I mean.
I got to be creative, soI I got I can do that.
You said, like, I seehow you work, like you bring
up one thing you are at Zbut your I did, so I see
that you turn everything into an opportunity. Correct, correct, And I think
that's that's important because, like yousaid, unfortunately, like we never know

(28:59):
when it's going to be y'all lastday, so we want to make sure
that we fully invest in each day, each opportunity, and unfortunately some people
don't. You know, we'll getthere. But for the most part,
you're really walking your path and you'redestined that God has set for you,
and that's good. And you're helpingpeople, right, that's the main thing.

(29:21):
My main thing. My thing isI have a little saying though,
and it's a prayer too. Ialways ask God, I said, I
always pray, Lord, may myblessings be a blessings to others who need
a blessing. That's all I needto do, you know, So all
I need to do is my longas my blessings can be a blessing to
other people who need it, andI'm good. I'm always I'm always be

(29:45):
in business long as there's people whoneed blessings, and I keep receiving blessings,
I'm always in business. I likethat. I like that, And
yeah, you will always be blessed. And again, I know I said
this earlier, but and we talkedabout this before. You it's your brand,
You're the face and voice of it, but it's not about you.

(30:06):
And I want to talk a littlebit about collaboration versus competition, because of
course in the podcasting and social mediain general, it's a lot of competitiveness,
and I do understand it, right, I do. But do you
think it's more beneficial for people tojust have a more collaborative mindset and really

(30:30):
work to help each other opposed tolike looking at everybody as your opponent,
even though we're all in the samelittle rum. Yeah, so that's a
real good question too. So it'spodcasting is no difference from like the music
industry or the movie industry. Soimagine if the movie industry didn't want to
deal with each other, there wouldn'tbe no good movies with a lot of

(30:52):
good actors in it. So we'repodcasting, you have to be able to
collaborate. It's only right too.And also collaboration helps us to expand the
audience to spread the word of podcastingbecause at the end of the day,
we're one union of podcasting. Justlike when the musicians get together and when
they all go to the MTV Awardsor whatever, the Grammys, they're all

(31:15):
thegether as musicians. Even though theymight be country singers, rappers, or
be singers, they're all there asartists. So when we're we're podcasting,
we're all coming as one as podcasters. And I think, well, there's
like our group. Our group doesthat, the Good Pods Group, podcast
movement, they do a good job. The riverside has groups that do a

(31:37):
good job. But we also havea collaborative mind state because at the end
of the day, my niche mightbe different than yours, but the basics
of the podcast and the back endis all the same, you know what
I mean, So no matter what, we go through the same thing,
even though our talks are different,we actually go through the same thing,

(32:00):
like we're hearing. Like that makesso much sense because like I have listened
to like your show and you know, I've listened to your Soul episodes and
I'm like, well, damn,I didn't know like this about him,
or I heard you on other people'sshows, and I'm like, okay.
But it also shows like how wecan just always judge people based upon what

(32:20):
we see and not really give peoplea chance to really get to know them,
you know. And unfortunately, likeI hate to really feel like I
hate to feel like I'm in acompetitive environment, even though I've played sports.
I played basketball uptil college, Likethat's the only place you can catch
me actually competing, and I'm probablygoing to be your worst friend, you

(32:43):
know. But in this industry,it is so it can be so toxic
and tiring. Yeah you're right,you're right, but that's where you got
to stay really like really focused.And then not where it goes back to
we were talking earlier, when hesecludes you and you're not you're not alone,
you're not lonely, you're just alone. When you're alone, it's not
lonely. He's working on you.So of course this is competition because there's

(33:07):
competition and everything. So I knowthere's competition, there's people that's competing probably
against me that I don't have.But I don't have a clue of because
I don't have that competitive like spirit. My competition comes in different forms,
you get what I mean, Likelike while they competing on me, probably
on follows, I'm competing on himand something like how do you do those

(33:29):
transitions? I'm like different? Thatmakes sense though, Like you you're trying
to get ahead, and so it'slike you got to have a compete.
Your competitive have to be different,like you know you you're competing on certain
things, and I'm competing on likedamn how many books he reads a day?

(33:51):
Like how can know? Like damn? So so the world is competitive,
that's the must. But what doyou feel in your competition with what's
supporting? I like that, andI mean sometimes I be in my own
little I literally be in my ownlittle world. You know what I'm saying,
Like I do what I do andI support I try to support as

(34:12):
many people as I can, youknow what I'm saying Because I love community.
I believe in the empower the empowermentof community helping each other, just
support one another. And you neverknow when just a random message or like
reaching out to somebody's going to likereally help them. And you know,
people have reached out to me duringmy worst moments and I'm like, oh

(34:34):
my god, I really needed that, you know what I'm saying, or
just being an heir or beacon ofsupport when someone don't know how to do
a new new platform, because youknow, we got all these little updates
and stuff on social media, sosometimes it get difficult, you know,
right. But I definitely loved justthe whole aspect of collaborating and going into

(34:57):
other people's worlds, going into otherpeople's lives, just getting people, like
I like to say, getting peoplebusiness, y'all. I'll let y'all in
my business. Y'all can getting y'allbusiness a little bit right, right,
right? So it's definitely something.And like within this whole environment of just
podcasting, building a brand and everything, I always talk about mental health.

(35:17):
I always talk about like keeping yourwellness and stuff together because it's so easy
to get burnt out. And Iknow, like you've posted messages on social
media and things that we talked aboutburnout, like how are you able to
keep your work life balanced and likedo the social media and everything that you
be doing because you be yeah,yeah, it is hard now this is

(35:43):
something too. I would just talkingabout the other day for being burnout.
It's from you saying that, like, like, like I journal a lot,
like every morning I journal, butlike I really got to stick myself
to like a timer, like likebut I found that that it works,
Like all right, So what wenaturally don't know? Usually people who are
on podcasters are do the social mediaa lot. Like we would sit there

(36:07):
at our office, will work checkemails while we're scrolling through social media.
Scrolling through social media, taking careof regular life things, trying to like
do other things. Getting a notificationhere and there and then getting caught in
the background is getting up getting somethingelse. So so by the time you

(36:29):
finished scrolling, you forgot what youwere scrolling for. Like there's been literally
times that I'll be like, youknow what, Like I'm creating content right
on the screen, and I'm like, damn, what's the handle of this
person that I'm creating content for,like the business owner? So I literally
had to go to Instagram to findout the handle? Right, So I'll
go to Instagram and end up scrollingfor ten Men's got to check myself,

(36:50):
like, dude, what did Icome here for? It? I know
the same thing happens to me,I'll be doing to be doing one.
So what I found out was theeffect of it's like three hour blocks.
So I do the three three three, So say, for instance, on
my day, I make sure andmake sure. Now I'm gonna tell you
when you do the three hour blocks. So say, for instance, I'm

(37:12):
gonna do a three hour block,so I'm gonna do one of this like
social media three hour block. Sothat means one and a half hours I'm
gonna spend on Instagram, another halfan hours i'm gonna spend on Twitter.
So it allows me to really liketune in to just that. Now,
when I consistently do that, Iwon't feel like I'm missing out because I
know that it has its own significanttime, you know what I mean.
So it's not as time because Iknow that I'm going to be dedicated to

(37:36):
when it is his time, andI won't feel some type of way in
between functions, you know, andall that. So not only do I
set those three hour blocks, butI work in twenty five increments, twenty
five minute increments, so twenty fiveminutes, quick, little break, five
minutes back to it. Usually sometimesit's forty five minute informants, then take
a break and then back to it. But I have it written down that

(37:57):
I go by the country calendar.But each day, you got to stick
to your script and you got toreally like discipline yourself through your time actions.
You know, you got to reallymanage your time wisely. Not only
that, when you start managing yourtime wisely, it'll it'll let you know
where your priority should be and whereyou should spend more time at because a
lot of people think that we're reallydoing things, but we're not, Like

(38:20):
we'll we'll spend a lot of timeLike yeah, I just created a video.
Man, it took about an hour, but you took four hours just
to think about it, you knowwhat I mean? Forget so so people
don't really be thinking about that.And then also too, what I thought
too is I like capture the momentat every moment, so like say,
for instance, a certain times andlike I like I always I don't know

(38:42):
if this is healthy or not,but like safer safer, like I try
to like multitask, so like likethere's this book I'm reading, like it
helps you know, with social mediaand also running business. So like say,
for instance, there's a time whenI go pick up my son,
but I'm waiting in the car forlike fifteen minutes, so I'm thinking,
like I was thinking, like,how can I squeeze in twenty five to

(39:06):
thirty minutes? So reading, youknow, So then I have to really
balance, like what am I doingin my days? And then I was
thinking, like what am I doing. I'm sitting in the car waiting for
my son. I'm like, reallynothing, I'm scrolling, you know,
so why would I scroll? Letme compare scrolling over putting the book in
the car instead of in my office. Has put it in the car.
So now when I'm waiting for Cody, then not ten minutes adds up each

(39:29):
days and I could be to runthrough the book while I'm seeing you're trying
to decide time in the office.So you got I was I was gonna
say, please don't tell me youread and driving. No, no,
no no, But that's a goodidea. I like, how you think
that's a good idea, Like youliterally take use of all of your time.
But because you know, I gottagot interject. Hopefully you are still

(39:52):
finding the point to just be withyourself, you know, besides the morning
journaling and stuff, time to justbe away from social media a little bit
and disconnect from your phone and justreally be with yourself, you know,
so you can clear your mind outa little bit, you know. So
hopefully you have that balance too whereyou're able to try to like navigate some

(40:14):
time for yourself. I'm working onit, like I really am. I'm
working on it. My wife doesa good job at making sure, like
you know that we've got to havea you know, a date night,
make sure we have time. Andthen you know, the kids making sure
like my daughter with volleyball, youknow, and the boys and all that,
so yeah, making sure. Butthen also myself, like you said,

(40:35):
yeah, yeah, yeah, likemyself. So yeah, I'm working
on getting to myself, you knowwhat I mean, Like you know that
I think about it. There ismore things I can do, but like
I just got to take action atit, But there is more things I
need to relax and really like justlet go of it and just really relax
and let go and stuff let go. Yeah, Like I had to check
myself a couple of times too.You know, I think I gotten a

(40:58):
lot better, Like I have mydesignated not necessarily designated social media times,
but like I do have my designatedposting times and different things like that with
social media. I'm on social mediaprobably every day, but not as much
as you would think, you know, just because I don't want to get
too consumed in it, you know. But I do respond to like comments

(41:19):
and messages and things like that.Outside of like that, I just try
to really be focused within myself becauseif I'm not together, then I'm not
going to be a good presence online, you know what I'm saying. And
when I first started a podcasting,that is literally everything I focused on,
Like I didn't want to focus onnothing else, like all my extracurricular activities

(41:39):
without the door because I was sofixated on posting episodes and titles and everything.
And I was like, wait asecond, Like my therapist was like,
wait a minute, you have to, like you can't record every day.
I'm like, I got to.But then I ended up going back
to work in the inside the officein August. And once that happen,

(42:00):
right, total different change. Iwas like, oh no, I'm not
going to be able to like doas much as I was because I'm not
here most of the time. Wheni'm home. You know, when I
was working from home, I coulddo I come maneuver. Wasn't the best
all the time, but I could. And now that I'm away from home
most of the day five days aweek, I think I have a strict

(42:22):
like I have a strict routine.Hey, that's that's why I like what
I found helpful to sometimes like likeif anyone's listening, and if you if
you watch me, like, don'tlet me influence you to like go over
time and all that, because likeit looks like that, but I don't.
Like I utilize tools like scheduling toolstoo that the outs provides or take

(42:45):
advantage of scheduling tools. But notonly that. What I could tell you
the trick is to be honest withyou. And I'm still really trying to
like really learn and really like disciplineitself and do it more. It's certain
things that I post on certain days, I'll do it the day before,
so I when I do it theday before, it makes it different.
It's a different energy when I post, so like I can line up my

(43:07):
whole day for tomorrow, which I'mdoing right now for today, So like
when I when I come at it, it's a different set of eyes,
and it's different for me trying tohurry up and create and rush, like
I got to hear it up whatthe day is at this curtain time because
I know that feeling. And thenby the time you post, you done
forgot a hashtag like you captioned it, and then how you're supposed to do

(43:29):
it, you know. Yeah,yeah, I definitely tag a person you
was supposed to tag. Oh god, yeah, I definitely schedule and draft
a lot. Like so those toolsare so beneficial. Like when I first
started every like all of this stuff, one of my friends, she's an
entrepreneur, and she was like,let me introduce you to Canva and like

(43:50):
all these different things. I'm like, who you know? So she like
really walked me through navigating like socialmedia and like Canva, and now I'm
to the point like I know howto do it myself, although like things
change, like there's so many differentupdates and things all the time. But
luckily you can just go on likeYouTube University or TikTok University nowadays and like

(44:10):
find out or just get help froman acquaintance, which definitely is beneficial as
well. So yeah, scheduling thingshelps drafting things, you know, because
it takes away from you if youlike say to yourself like, oh,
I want to make sure I postat this time. Well something comes up,
it's already drafted and scheduled, andit'll still go out even if you

(44:31):
do get pulled away, you know, right, So it helps. And
plus, like you said, youdo a lot because you got your podcast,
you go live on TikTok, andyou have another podcast coming out,
so tell us about that. Let'sbreak it down. So let's break it
down. Let's break it down.I see that Arizona next Tuesday. There's

(44:55):
a podcast and two podcasts shows.While are you talk? Of course,
we're kicking it with your girls.They're out of Detroit. Shout out to
Nicky and Angel and Angel shout outto Nicky and Joy and of course me.
So what we do is we talkabout current events, social media and
sports, and we rotate those topicsand then not only do we talk about

(45:16):
those topics, we break it downand give our spin on it and have
the discussion. So yeah, that'slet's break it down. Yes, so
I'm definitely gonna look out for that. Make sure you send me the links
and stuff. So I can everythingtogether. Oh, we'll gonna be on
video video. Are y'all still gonnabe doing the Lives? Or are you

(45:37):
just gonna live? Yeah, we'regonna figure that out. But we transition
over that because now it's videos andnow you can see us, so we
have a video. Yeah, allright, So by the time this come
out, we'll have all links andstuff together. Because I can't wait for
that because I used to try tocatch you all lives when I could watch
the replays because time difference, youknow, like the Lives, you think

(46:00):
we should keep going live like that? I mean, they were dope.
However, whatever works best for you, you know what I'm saying, Like
whatever is best for you, becauseI know all, like all of you
guys were in different time zones aswell, three hours apart, like PM
here and this black there, andI'm like, the son is still up
out of here exactly right after exactly. So no, but you know,

(46:31):
like now you can, like there'sso much with like social media and technology
because now you know, streaming yardhas it where you can stream you on
YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, Soy'all got some options, you know,
either way. The most magnitude aboutlet's break you down. And the connection

(46:52):
I have with the girls is allwe've never met personally, So keep in
mind we never met personally, soI do encourage that there it goes to
collaboration. So when you was askingme earlier about the mindset of being competitive
or in collaboration, thanks to Godthat we were all three on the mind
state of collaboration. Of course Ireached out two of them. We came

(47:15):
together. We had Zoom meetings,you know, Google meetings. That was
our meetings and we started from that. But we never met personally in real
life. So that's the beautiful thingabout it, is like I'm already visioning
content at here for the day weactually meet. You get what I mean,
Like like we didn't already build allthis and we never met yet.
I know that's the I feel likethat's the that is the that's a bonus.

(47:37):
And I always say, like memeeting and connecting people doing this is
bonus. And shout out to Nickyand Angel again because I have been on
their show a few times. They'vebeen on you knowles a Virgo like I
love them. They got podcasted forthe culture bringing podcasters, let podcasters together.

(47:58):
You know, and a lot ofpeople I know have collaborated outside of
the group, which was one ofthe purposes, you know, So building
these relationships and connections, I thinkit's definitely helpful, you know. But
it's all it's like, I don'tknow, it's like we're family, you
know, I don't know, youlike, we're like it's like we're a
group like us. You got ken, you know, you got you gotta

(48:22):
think about us, you know.Like it's just just like we're all that's
how can I say that, we'reall like an alumni and we're an alumni
for this like first wave you know, podcasting, So like with the class
of this you know podcast with theways that we all know, like we
it's just like we all once wehad that community, we all know who's

(48:45):
who, you get what I mean. And it's just because not only that
the podcaster for the culture, butI think you're even part of some of
the good pods groups that are withthat even that's more diverse, but we
it's like a community also with them. So that's where it goes. So
like then we're all podcasters at theend of the day, you know what
I mean. So so the communityI love. The community is full of

(49:09):
like winny people, wise, creativepeople, and I don't think there's any
room for competition in that. Let'sleave that to the other industries. I
don't think there should be any competitionbecause there's so much to talk about.
It is, there's so much totalk about in different forms of fashions and
so many views. And then anybodycan podcast the way you podcast. There's

(49:30):
no right way. There's no rightor wrong way to podcasts. Always say
this, there's no right way ofthe podcasts, but there is a right
and wrong way to monetize your podcastingmm and I think for a lot of
people that's the main goal is gettingthem coins. You know. I'm like
that this may sound so weird toyou and may not tell people that they

(49:52):
may be like what. The moneyis second nature to me, you know,
because I didn't get into it formoney, like I did not all
so the money that comes that can'tthat came and comes, it's just like
I'm grateful for it. It iswhat it is, the connections I built,
having a platform to give people avoice and continue to use my voice

(50:15):
for a greater cause and you know, a good purpose. That is what
the whole purpose is, you know. So again like the money it is,
I got a job too, youknow, so like it's second nature
to me because I feel like Ididn't start out seeking money, you know.
And I mean, and don't getme wrong, it's no offense to

(50:37):
anybody that that's what they want.Hey, it is, that's it is
what it is. But like yousaid, like when you love or you
truly love what you do, allof those other things they come second the
best, you know, it does. It's just a different vibe. Like
that's when I go and meet thesebusiness owners, they don't even know,
like what you were saying, theydon't know. Like before I go and

(50:58):
see you don't they only know whatthey see you on content or what I
put together. But when I gothere and I actually meet me and we
start talking, it's like a wholedifferent like damn, like I know,
like this is what I do.You know, Like they just don't know,
like you know, they just understand, like I understand. Now.
It's almost like you're almost crazy,like I am crazy for it ain't crazy,

(51:21):
You're just passionate. You just passionate. And again sometimes like that passion
comes off strong. But those theyget it, get it. Those that
don't it is what it is,you know, like I still do what
I do. Yeah, So whatis something that you can say to somebody
that's listening that is like on thiswhole journey of whether it's podcasting and building

(51:43):
a brand and they are just feelinglike they're stuck. What is something that
you can say to them that's goingto get them going? Now, if
you do feel like you're stuck,which is a good question, don't feel
like you're not worth it, oryou're not talented, or you're not cut
out for everybody get stuck. Iget stuck. The main thing is you
need to write down why do youthink you're stuck? And how do you

(52:06):
think you're stuck? You got towrite it down, seat the vision it
when you write it down, breakit down. Is there any ways that
you can start, you know,nicking that why you think that you're stuck?
And let's help this. Now?What really bothers us sometimes is,
like I say, we all getstuck. But makes us different from other
people who get out that stuckness isthey're aware and they write it down and

(52:28):
they know the root cause. Sothis is why I'm stuck, and I
need to work on this. Soa lot of people get mad because what
we're doing. So say, forinstance, what we're doing with podcasts and
write boom boom boom. But Dan, say, for instance, something messes
with your hours, or the lightbuild went up, or something happens,
or where you got to pay forthis. Now the car went out,
it's not a rent, so nowyou got to put in more hours and

(52:49):
take away from your podcast. Youmight have to suck that up for a
time being, because then that's whereyou're going to feel stuck at because now
you're going to try to duke itout and something's altered to what you discovered,
what you used to So it's okayto let it go to focus on
that, knowing you have this tocome back to. So there's a lot
of times I gotta let stuff go, like nah, I gotta let that
go because I gotta work on this, or even if it might be within

(53:12):
the family, like nah, Ican't do that. Let me work on
this, because then it's gonna affectthis here and I'm gonna feel stuck.
And then when I feel stuck,I'm blaming everybody else when it's not really
their fault, it's my fault.And it's all a mental thing because when
you write it down, nine timesout of ten, when you write it
down, you're gonna figure it's amental thing. And while I say write
it down because it's different from havingit in your head and getting it out

(53:34):
on paper so you can see it. You can see if it's really effective,
you can see sometimes how dickulous itis, you can see how smart
it is. You will never knowhow it looks like until you write it
down on paper. And people don'treally take that serious, but that really
helps, which is a form ofjournaling. But I'm not seeing durnal on
white paragraphs. I'm telling you tojust simply sit down and be like,

(53:57):
you know what, these are somethings that have bother me, that making
me feel like I'm stuck. Writeit down and then just work on one
out of time. That's it.You can work on one out of time
so you won't feel stuck. Becausethen when you actually that stuckness is just
a thought, that's it. It'snot your reality. It's really just a
thought. And then because you justyou still have the power, you have

(54:21):
the strength, you have the courage, you have the skills and the talent
to do everything you're doing. Thestuck part is just the mind state and
the devil trying to stop you fromaccomplishing what you're already doing. That's all
it is. It want to slowyou down. I like that. I
like that. It's definitely a mindsetthing. And I always like to say,

(54:43):
like the person that you see inthe mirror is the only person that
you're so called competing against. Youknow, That's why it's nothing for me
to take a break, y'all know, alb be back a couple of weeks
months because if I know I needit or something that's going on in my
life, I am not going tobe of good service to anyone else.
So let me get myself together,you know, regroup it, and I

(55:05):
come back and I'll be better.And it's like, I feel like sometimes
people they stop, they don't wantto take breaks or things because they feel
like they're going to miss out orthey feel like someone is going to get
a hit of them. And I'mlike, man, you're doing yourself a
disservice because you may be pushing yourselfto the limits and that's not even necessary,
you know. It's not like likeyou said, it's still it's going

(55:28):
to be there. Just write itdown, make a plan, and then
activate that plan. You know howeverthat that comes together or looks for you.
Just know that things are always goingto work out how it's supposed to.
And always don't be afraid to liketalk it out and ask for help
because a lot of times, evenme, I can get disturaed sometimes or
thinking that I'm stuck, and ittakes me to talk to somebody close,

(55:49):
for even my wife that I trustwith that information, not out of curiosity,
to someone I really trust genuinely,and they'll always wake me up like
dude, you tripping you already?Like Dan, I have to think like,
yeah, you're right, I amon tripping. So and that's why
I say, it's a really athought process, and I think down the
fact that we think that we getstuck. That is that's natural, that
is natural. But also don't keepin mind though, don't get stuck that

(56:14):
stuck feeling mixed with being uncomfortable,because you need to be uncomfortable. That
lets you know you're doing the rightthing. So a lot of people get
uncomfortable and they punk out and theycop out, and they think they come
up with the stuff. That's whereyou start playing a victim where you know
you're not a victim, Like,come on, now, you know you're
not a victim. You're lazy.Let's get out of this rut. So

(56:36):
let's keep in mind and be honestwith ourselves, is the first thing.
You gotta be honest with yourself.Yeah. I like that because I'm an
advocate for Sometimes it's depending on whatthe circumstances. It's okay to sit in
it for a little bit, butwithin sitting in it, you have to
figure out what's next because you gotto get up and keep going. And
I know that can sound so clicheto a lot of people, like oh

(56:59):
who everyone says going because you haveto, like you have to, you
know, you can't, like yousaid, staying at victim mindset, because
if you allow yourself to stay there, them thoughts are just going to get
overbearing and worse. Oh yeah,they get real worse, you know,
especially the ones that makes you thinkthat you're good, like oh yeah,
you did you know going to putYes, tomorrow you go super and tomorrow

(57:24):
you're gonna be choosed tomorrow. Yes, I love it. I love it,
and like you said, don't beafraid to ask for help, because
I think sometimes people you know theyare and stepping into that the unknown or
like that uncomfortable moment. What doyou if you don't do it? What

(57:45):
else are you going to do?Stay stagging where you are? Like,
no, go ahead and take thatleap of faith. You know it wouldn't
have been presented to you if itwasn't for you. That's why I said,
be honest with yourself, because youmight just be lazy. You might
just way like yourself, know thatyou're lazy person. We all can have
those. Oh yeah, hey,it takes one and no one believe me.

(58:07):
I go through my phases. Ido, and I'll find we deserve
some downtime. I like to lookat it as I had to do this
whole mental reshaping a couple of monthsago of pro What was it being pro
productive versus busy? Oh yeah,I like his podcast, the whole podcast.

(58:32):
There's a podcast called say that again, being productive productive versus being busy.
So his podcast is not busy productivebut not busy podcast. Its Wayne
WEATHERSBYOK him up here on good postsand that's all he does is like these

(58:53):
little nuggets and it's they're real impactful. And he talks about podcasts a lot.
Oh yeah, I have to checkthem out. But I didn't know
that because I had to distinguish thetwo and define what they mean for me,
because I realized a lot of whatwe think, Oh if I'm not
if I don't accomplish everything on mylist, then I wasn't doing anything.

(59:15):
But like, no, you arebeing productive. You've done some things like
give yourself the credit for what youhave done and what you did not complete
on that list, put it tothe side for the next day, you
know. And I think a lotof that is a lot of that is
really in trauma, you know.But needless to say, there's always a
better and more proactive way to lookat things to help benefit us where we

(59:38):
are. You know. Yeah,I like that. And they always say,
don't confuse movement with action. Yeah, you know, that's what we
go to all saying, like youjust spinning your wheels, So you don't
want to have your wheels spinning,you know, wheels going around and you
stand in one spot burning rubber.Yeah, just looking crazy. I get

(01:00:04):
it. But I enjoyed this conversationso much. Has been very insightful as
always. So before we get outof here, can you please tell everyone
where they can find social media podcasts, all those endeavors you have going on.
Definitely, thank you. Thank youfor bringing me here. Thank you
for what you're doing. Also,I remember you back in the days when

(01:00:28):
you have the old logo and listeningto you, I remember back in the
day. So you still doing it. I'm glad you're still here. But
I already knew when I heard youyou was always going to be here.
Thank you. Yeah, so yeah, but you guys can reach me.
Visit Vegas Places. You guys,check it out on all social media platforms.
You can look it up, VisitVegas Places. You can even google

(01:00:51):
us Visit Vegas Places. Go tothe website visit Vegasplaces dot com and you
can check out all the podcasts.And also I'm an affiliate links so you
can shop. I love the shop. You'll find that out by following me.
I'm always shot. If I'm notpodcasting, I'm shopping. I swear.
Yeah, that shop is a dictumtell me about it. But what

(01:01:15):
did I tell you? I said, don't post nothing else like I don't
favor so many things from your pagealone. I'm like, TikTok is going
to remove these things off my Igot so much stuff, like I ain't
even post it, like I'm lookingright now, like dude, I can't
wait to show me for this stuff, Like you have some good stuff on
your page though, Yeah, Iappreciate that. I appreciate that. But

(01:01:37):
yeah, but yeah, you guysfollow me, check me out. Also
check out the shop. So TikTokvisit veggas places. But check it out,
you guys, And I appreciate thelove. Yes, yeah, so
y'all go tap in with Coyle.All of his links will be listed below
in a description, so y'all cango check out his podcast. If you
are going to Vegas, you canuse his page as a roadmap, places

(01:02:00):
to go, eat, activities,literally every freaking thing and a lot of
his the people that you have onthey have websites so you can scope out
the scene even before you go.You can order things. Don't ask me
how I know, just know thatI know, yes, but please go
tap in with everything that he isdoing. Again, all of his links

(01:02:22):
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(01:02:44):
now y'all. Now, y'all knowwhy I call him Ni Keith LEEO podcasting
because he does it all. Butthank you so much for joining us and
you guys, yes, take careof yourselves and each other, y'all.
Piece, I thank you for listeningto an episode of Chronicles of a Virgo
podcast with me your favorite favorite verbalhost, Shikita Johnson. Your support means

(01:03:08):
the world to me as I wantto continue to see you all proser and
grow. Please join me back nextWednesday where we will continue to dive into
more can it and empower on conversationsthat we'll get you a step closer to
stepping into a new field. Individual. Remember you're not alone on your journey.
Please don't forget to subscribe to uson social media at Chronicles of a

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