#132 - Oluwapelumi Ashani - Building a Legacy While Raising a Child — The Real Grind

Oluwapelumi “Percy” Ashani is a driven entrepreneur, artist, and devoted young father who is building a multi-brand fitness and wellness empire rooted in innovation, creativity, and purpose. Whether launching business ventures or stepping in front of the camera, Percy brings unmatched passion and authenticity to everything he touches. With a background in acting and modeling and a deep commitment to personal growth and legacy, he uses his story to inspire others to dream boldly, act courageously, and lead lives that reflect their highest vision. His journey is one of resilience, clarity, and the unshakable belief that success is not just about making money — it’s about making impact.

Percy’s entrepreneurial journey began with a spark ignited by watching his father run his own business — a powerful example that taught him the value of ownership, freedom, and impact from a young age. As a father himself now, Percy balances ambition and responsibility with discipline, structure, and purpose. Even during his lowest moments, like facing financial strain while building his business, he leaned into faith, community, and small consistent wins to keep moving forward. His experience has taught him that building a multi-brand empire isn't just about ideas — it's about executing with clarity, making hard decisions, and staying ruthlessly focused on what truly matters.

Percy’s passion for acting and modeling started in childhood, with early roles in South Africa that planted the seed for a creative life. Years later, he followed that creative spark to Vancouver, immersing himself in opportunities to model and perform. What keeps him passionate is the depth and range both industries offer—acting challenges him to explore human experiences, while modeling lets him express emotion and identity without words. His entrepreneurial mindset gives him a unique edge in entertainment: he shows up as both talent and visionary, thinking beyond the audition to the bigger picture of brand, legacy, and storytelling. Memorable moments like sharing sets with icons like Idris Elba and Pedro Pascal, or appearing in The Last of Us, have not only validated his path but fueled his drive to keep growing creatively.

Oluwapelumi “Percy” Ashani is a living example of what it means to lead with passion, balance personal purpose with professional ambition, and use every platform—business or artistic—to tell a deeper story. His journey is still unfolding, but one thing is clear: he’s not just building brands or collecting credits—he’s building a legacy defined by courage, creativity, and the drive to uplift others along the way.

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Welcome to the Long Term Podcast.
Olowa, Pulomi, Ashanti, everyone.
Everybody, how are you? Yeah.
So what was the spark that firstdrew you to entrepreneurship and
how did your journey begin? I mean, that's a, that's a,
that's a great question. Entrepreneurship, man.

(00:22):
I, you know, I always from young, I always saw how my dad,
my dad was entrepreneur. I always saw, you know, how he
operated and, you know, plus I'dalways be in his office, spend
some time with him while he's making calls, you know, did the
way he is with all, all his other business owner friends.
So like it's, it kind of startedoff, started off like that.

(00:47):
Yeah. And it, it slowly transitioned
to me, you know, wanting to start my own business, you know,
and that's, that's how, that's how it continued.
Yeah. When you were observing your
dad, what did it for you? Was it just the passion that he
had behind his eyes? Was it take the people that he
impacted? What was that like?

(01:10):
Yeah, no, definitely the the passion he had in his eyes and
the people that he impacted too.But I tell you, man, I, you
know, especially when you, when you grow up from not having much
and then seeing your dad hustle and struggle to get you guys to
a point where you're comfortablein life, like growing up and

(01:34):
seeing that it was 100% of passion in his eyes, man.
He, he didn't take no for an answer, didn't take no for an
answer. And then of course, while he
continued to, to prevail, he helped people alongside him,
read the people next to him. He helped him up too.
So definitely started with my dad.
Yeah, it's amazing to witness your parents go through

(01:58):
tumultuous times, say, and yet they are still like unbreakable,
even though they go through kindof the financial trouble, they
go through just job loss. And you're when you're a kid,
you're just kind of you're just kind of looking up to your dad
for mom, right. But you don't realize it until

(02:21):
you're old and just you've, you start the real world that you
realize, wow, like my dad actually went through hell and
back just to put food on the table.
Because with my dad, man, he we're immigrants all the way
from the Philippines. And when he came here, we had a,

(02:43):
we had an all right life in the Philippines.
But like he thought that we weregoing to migrate one day.
So he might as well establish kind of that first generation
place for us so we won't have totry as hard for a better future,
right? And so he had, he when he came
here, he had like no money, likebarely.

(03:04):
And he had like a little bit of savings, but no connections.
Like winter time, you know, whenyou're all the way in the
Philippines, when it's like plus20 + 30 every day you come here
in the snow. And he was, he didn't have a
place to live in, live in for a little bit.
And then like, I hear all these stories from him and I'm like

(03:25):
just awestruck. Like, how did you go about this?
And here I am complaining about my life sometimes.
And I remember it. I remember what his life was
like. And I go, oh, maybe my life
ain't so bad, right? Maybe I can get through this
just even if he didn't teach me right, but by his actions, but
kind of the stories that were told by other people, That's how

(03:50):
you know, I get uplifted. It was that kind of What was
your dad's story like? Yeah, I know.
Absolute, absolute, absolutely, absolutely.
My so my, my dad actually got ina really bad accident, car
accident. The person next to him died.
Like it was that bad, right? They were inside a truck.

(04:12):
But there I think I believe 7 people in total perished.
Was this in Canada? No, this was in South Africa.
OK. Yeah, I know seven people perish
inside of that, inside of that bus.
And yeah, that that was a big point in my life where I saw,

(04:39):
you know, the steps of not really what life really is, but
things you need to do right to to keep moving on.
Because he was in the hospital for about a year.
They had to, you know, take different meat parts of his body
to attach the other meat parts of his body just so there's
enough, you know what I mean? It was, it was horrific, to say
the least, Evan. So fast forwarding after that

(05:03):
year, as soon as he he became better, that's as soon as he
first like that's he's just started his own business right
on there. He was selling Julie on the
street, right? He was selling Julie on the
street off Johannesburg. Brown Fountain to be exact.
That's the. Area And you You were born by
then. How old?
Were you at the time? I was, I was.

(05:24):
I was about 555666 yeah 6. And do you remember seeing him
at the hospital? I, I, I, I saw pictures.
I saw pictures. My, my, my, my mom never wanted
me to, to go to the hospital, right.
But yeah, as soon as he became better, he just went straight to

(05:47):
starting his own business. And he was selling jewelry on
the street. And I don't know if you know
anything about Africa, but Africa is busy.
It's a fast-paced, you know, economy.
And, you know, for, for someone as young as I am, I really
shouldn't be on the, on the, youknow, on the streets with my
dad, you know, seeing him sell jewelry.
But he just, he just always I, Ijust love to tag along.

(06:10):
I don't know what it was. So yeah, I got to see a lot of
life stuff at a young age. But even then, that didn't stop
anything from my dad to hustle and hustle and hustle and
hustle. And then eventually he got us to
the Canada, you know, and he just kept on hustling to the
point where I had good education, you know, I had a

(06:31):
good job, you know, all all those good things.
So I I I give it to my dad for sure.
What year? What year did you guys migrate?
We came to Canada 201002010. Same as me, pretty much.
I was the year before 2009. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
it's, yeah, it's so long ago. Hey, it's just do you still stay

(06:53):
connected to the the roots? Absolutely, Absolutely.
I, you know, those are my people.
Those are my people no matter what.
Yeah, you know, I, I stay connected for sure.
For sure. Yeah, I used to talk to them
here and there. Yeah, You can't forget about the
roots ever. Yeah.
Ever. Yeah.

(07:13):
So your dad was selling jewelry.Jewelry.
Yes. And bracelets.
Bracelets. OK.
Necklaces. OK.
And he did that like from. He did it, he did it.
He did it for a few years. Oh wow, and this is what got you
guys to Canada. Part of it he got into a
university program as well. Oh wow, so he worked as well.

(07:36):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He got into a university
program. It was really his university
degree to help him. Like nowadays a lot of people
might not wanna hear this, you know, just 'cause there's so
many ways to not have to have a degree, right?
But I'll be the one to tell you that degree is what really
helped him because after he landed a job in New Zealand, and

(07:59):
then he also landed a job in Canada.
So we had two options and after some some thinking, we decided
to to rest in, in Canada, Wow, you know, and reside here.
Yeah. Yeah, it's the the point system.
Hey, it was, it's tougher now actually.
Hey, so you really need to have like a good, good background and

(08:19):
a lot of education 'cause I knoweducation goes a long way in
English proficiency and know within Canada there's like a big
point system with like language,job, even age.
Like the younger you are the better.
They're looking for like 18 to 35 people who are able bodied
who can work. So I know you're a father now.

(08:44):
Hey, so yes, devoted as a fatherand business owner, how do you
balance ambition with responsibility in your daily
life? What was the lowest point in
your life recently and how did you overcome while still
building your business? That's a great question.

(09:05):
Let me just move this a little bit.
Sure. So could you repeat that one
more time for me please? As a father and business owner,
how do you balance ambition withresponsibility in your daily
life? And what was the lowest point in
your life recently and how did you overcome it while still
building your business? Right, So, you know, there was a

(09:28):
coach that mentored me out in Vancouver and he told me this
one thing that stuck with me forever.
He said, no matter how busy you are, always make time for your
kids no matter what, you know, And that stuck to me because
originally before I did, you know, start my own business and

(09:51):
fully go into into it. I was originally in sales.
And I don't know if you know about sales, but sales it's a
lot of phone calls, a lot of a lot of work, you know, So it
was, it was a point where I feltlike work was like the most
important thing. Like I need to pay rent, I need

(10:11):
to pay the car notes, I need to,you know, buy new Pampers, like
I need to just work. And sales was paying me well.
Like, don't get me wrong, it waspaying me very well, but
eventually I realized, you know,that's not, that's not how you,
that's not how life works. You know, there's, there's
people out here that are even way more busy than me, but they
still make time to be with theirkids.

(10:33):
So once I was able to quickly graph that, 'cause, you know, I
was what, 1918 going fresh to 19when I had my first boy.
So the way I balance it is I just look at it, you know, I, I,
I set a time, a time limit, OK, I'm going to do work for two or
three hours very hard. Go go hard on it, right?

(10:55):
Like completely drill it. And then from then on spend the
remainder of my son or block outthis period to spend with my
son. No phone calls, no texting, just
all about him, right? And it's, it's been, it's been
great. It's been great.
And, you know, the lowest point in my life, lowest point in my

(11:19):
life, man, I've had a lot of, a lot of low points, you know,
and, and, and I don't really, I don't really like to think about
it just because once you start thinking about it, you start
thinking about the things you want, you know what I mean?
But lowest point in my life was definitely, you know, it was the

(11:40):
lowest point, but it was also the highest point in my life, if
that makes sense. But but it was when I moved to
Vancouver, when I moved to Vancouver, that was, that was a
great time because once again, you know, I saw a lot, you know,
I, I experienced a lot, but justbeing away, you know, living in
a different city apart from my son and my family, you know,

(12:06):
and, and, and, and, and the ladythat I'm with that, that was,
that was pretty difficult for me, right.
And I don't know if you know about flights and the cost, but
it can cost 200 bucks for a flight.
Sometimes it can cost 1200 bucks, you know what I mean?
So it was a lot of going back and forth.
And yeah, I know it was just, itwas, it was, it was really hard

(12:28):
for me. You know, I was, you know, took
a big step to be my own man. Yeah, You know, And then, of
course, dealing with everything,you know, with the separation,
you know, of my kids mom, that was pretty tough too, just
because I had to deal with it. Have to fly back, have to go
back to Vancouver. Do do you know, I have a

(12:50):
modelling gig or an acting gig or, you know, or, or photo shoot
for the brand. You know, it was, it was just a
lot of back and forth. And I thank God that, you know,
during all those times, I still had strong company around me,
whether it was virtual or in person.
That helped me a lot. But one thing I, I would

(13:11):
recommend folks out there that are watching this is try as long
as you can and stick with your folks.
You know, just because you're 20years old doesn't mean you have
to go out and start your own life.
You know, if they're still here to accept you, stick with them.
And you know, and, and same thing goes for if you have a

(13:31):
child. If you have a child, no matter
what the situation is with the partner, always make sure that
that you're, you're dead in yourpresent.
You know your present because that's what helps mold the
child. You know, he needs his mom or he
needs his dad, you know what I mean?
So that, that, that, like I said, it was the lowest point in

(13:53):
my life, you know, in that regard, in that aspect, but it
was also, I would say one of thebest time because I learned so
much, even just having that alone time.
You know, I, I learned so much, whether I was, you know, doing
therapy, whether I was just sitting and looking outside in
the view and just thinking aboutlife and my past mistakes.

(14:14):
And, you know, once again, I don't try to dwell on those kind
of stuff, but it really helped really, you know, really picture
and fixate what I need to do moving forward.
It adds up, man. Hey, because when you had your
first born, you were 1819. Oh yeah, I was 18, just going
19. Oh man, at that age I was AI was

(14:36):
a complete degenerate man. All my friends are in high
school, right, But definitely probably woke you up.
Hey, to like, hey, I'm not it's not about me anymore.
You know, there's somebody relying on me and that's often
what I hear about newly formed parents as they, they get a
child, right? And they look at the child and

(14:59):
it's unconditional love. And no matter what, no matter
how you feel, no matter what theday tells you, no matter what
happens, you have to be there orthe child, right?
How did it feel like when you first laid your eyes on your

(15:21):
first born? Man, I cried.
Yeah, The first time I saw him come to life.
I, I, I, I cried. Man, It was, it was a, it was an
exponential feeling. You know, it was like, this is
really my offspring. Like this is this is mini me.
Yeah, I've often heard that you don't become mature up until you

(15:45):
have a kid of your own, right. And I, I mean, it makes sense
from a lot of people I've talkedto who have become parents,
right? Because it's when you slack on
life, like when all you do is just, OK, maybe you got a sales
job you don't show up to for work, you get fired.
So be it, right? Maybe I'll just have noodles.
Maybe I just, you know, I'll just move back in with the

(16:07):
parents, right? But when there's a kid you're
thinking about, oh, kids going to start needing more diapers,
food on the table, right? Kindergarten, soon, elementary.
There's a myriad of things that is required to raise a new life
and I I'd say it's for people. It can be freedom, right 'cause

(16:32):
you start devoting so much time to another human being.
Whereas before that it may be all just very selfish reasons
for why you do the things that you do, right?
Maybe you go into acting, you get into, get into a job that
you really like and it's becausethat's what you like to do.

(16:53):
But now there's a little bit of a narrative switch where, OK, I
show up because I've got somebody relying on me, right?
The moment I slack off too much and somebody else suffers,
right? And there's just that sense of
responsibility, right? Which I'm not a father yet, but

(17:16):
one day I, I want to be man. Do you have any any advice for
the people that you know want tobe parents or what to prepare
for and? Yeah, I know ABS, absolutely,
absolutely. My number one advice would
simply be just spend as much time as you can with your kids,

(17:43):
you know, because you won't get that back.
Once they grow up, they grow up,you know, they might be 6 months
in the back of an eye, they can become 18 years old.
You know, I would, I would say spend time, but also, and this
is from the bottom of my heart, I would also say don't have,

(18:07):
don't have. I don't want to say don't have
kids if you're not ready becausesometimes that's what you need
to become ready to go through with life, if that makes sense.
Yeah, there's never going to be a perfect time, right?
But I would say really take timeand, and, and, and discuss it
with your partner. Discuss if you're both on the

(18:27):
same page, if you're both on thesame level of understanding, if
you both have an idea of where you want to go, you know, with
life and, and just honestly follow the Bible, you know, like
before you have a cake, get married first, travel a little
bit, have a little, a little bitof fun, you know, and then, and
then have the kid, right. Because once again, like I said,

(18:50):
once you do going back, you haveto spend as much time as you
can, you know, and, and, and from the beginning, I told you
that I had a coach that told me this exact same thing.
This guy's worth over $100 million, right?
His his business brings in around 9 figures a year based on
in Toronto, but he was in Vancouver at the time being.

(19:12):
He said, no matter what, no matter how far I go, my kids, my
number one priority. If he has a baseball game, I'm
canceling a meeting just to go to that game.
If it's at the same time, if it falls on the same time period,
I'm going to his game. And I was like, wow, you know,
for him to say such a thing and still be that successful in
life, there's a lot, you know, after, after, after, after God

(19:36):
definitely have your kids and, and and your spouse as second.
They need to be second, you know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, dude. That's, I've heard 90% of being
a parent is just showing up, right?
And you don't necessarily need to be constant constantly

(19:58):
teaching them lessons or just constantly just showing them how
to go about in life if you're present.
And they know that no matter what they do, they, they feel
that love, then that's enough. And that's ultimately some of
the most successful people in mylife.

(20:18):
It's this isn't kind of the, theonly way, but it's definitely
harder when you don't have nurturing parents, right?
But for people that have had unconditional love, who felt it,
it's life is definitely much easier.
Like I had, I had a mom who believed in me before I believed
in myself, you know, told me stuff about, you know, if they

(20:42):
hurt you, you have the right to stand up and you have to be
compassionate. But at the same time, you have
boundaries, right? Shit like that where it's like,
oh, OK, you got to put God firstand you have to keep going no
matter what because life's goingto come at you like you won't
expect it. And what are you going to cower
or are you? You're going to step forward and

(21:06):
be a man and be a person that helps others.
Absolutely. What's the biggest lesson you've
learned from building a multi brand empire from the ground up?
Great question bro. Biggest biggest lesson I've
learned is speed. Speed is important, you know,

(21:27):
and, and I don't, I don't mean like messy speed, I mean like
intention, speed and intention. And, and why I say that is
because when it comes, when it comes to business, it's once
again business. You got to treat it like your
baby, you know, but with business you got to, you got to

(21:49):
nurture it and and, and, and, and, and, and move with speed.
And the reason I said that is because you mentioned multi.
So with the multi or multi, you have different things within the
business that has to do its own marketing.
You know, every, everything. So with what I mean in the
fitness niche, every single thing that goes around each

(22:10):
other, it all helps each other. It's like an ecosystem, right?
But what I would say is you haveto move with speed.
You have to move with speed. If you, if you feel like I don't
have access to enough capital todo this, do that.
You have to move your speed. Just keep, keep trying to find
means to get investors or to getcrowdfunding.
However, however you want to do it right, or if you feel like,

(22:31):
you know what, I'm not ready to take this big jump, take that
big jump. You have to, you have to move
your speed because you know, notonly is God plugging those ideas
in your mind, he isn't plugging in your mind for any reason.
He's letting you know, listen, take that jump, but also you
have to do this fast. You have to do intentionally.
You know, you, you when, when, when, when, when you have a
business or you're building a business from the ground up,

(22:51):
trying to be a master if everything will ultimately,
ultimately make you a master of nothing, you know, So part of
moving with speed means whateveryou're doing, put most of your
focus in while you know it's going to move the, the needle,
you know, So while you feel likeyou're not that good at or you
feel like it's taking time, outsource it.
And that's another way to move for speed.
You know what I'm saying? Like you right now, if I wanted

(23:13):
to do something like content to add into the into into the
brand, and I wanted to do it regularly.
You're someone who is very good with camera.
I'm not good with camera. So what I take time and learn
how to work a camera or what I just outsource that to you and
get the job done quicker and themoney rolling faster, right?
So that's what that's the biggest thing I've learned is,

(23:34):
is intention and what you want to do with your life, meaning
with business and speed, speed, speed, speed.
You have to be aggressive, you know, you have to really be be
firm with it. Speed.
Absolutely. Because there's, there's so many
ideas out there, right? And so many people, we all want
to do everything and anything all at the same time, But

(23:57):
there's only a limited amount ofresources in a day.
Like you can only have so much time and energy to allocate to
whether it be the camera, whether it be your communication
skills, whether it be you want to get better at reading.
But the there's this quote of decide in the future what you're

(24:18):
going to suck at, right? Because you're not, you can't be
good at everything, right? Like, there's just you're not
going to be the best swimmer andthe best batter.
You know, you're not going to bethe best athlete and the best
accountant. You have to sacrifice certain
things. And it's just I like your idea
about speed, where, yeah, you choose what you want and get

(24:41):
after it, right. And if you want to build a
marketing business, you don't find the right people to work
with. You find the right books, find
the right podcasts, see the first steps, right, 'cause if
you, oh, if you want to do marketing or, and then you want
to run a marathon and you want to quit smoking, right?
And you want to be closer to your family.

(25:04):
You can't do everything. So there's a limited time and
space and there are no solutionsto only trade-offs, right,
'cause you can get really good at one thing, but then you're
not spending as much time with the other thing.
And how do you know which area to improve that?
Because there's, I know you're doing acting modeling and you're

(25:28):
also building a business, right?As well as of course, you're
spending time with your kid as well.
Absolutely, absolutely. So yeah, it actually, it
actually goes spending time withmy kid running a business and
then modeling and acting. And it's really more leaning
towards just the business, the modeling, the acting is.
I used to do modeling shoots here and there, acting here and

(25:50):
there, but not really, I'm really more focused into the
business. You know, the, the, the acting
was just something that I felt like I had to try just because,
you know, like we discussed whenI was in South Africa, I was
also acting, I don't even know if I told you this, but I was, I
was acting in a show called called Jacob's Cross.
So although, and I was young, soI didn't really have like AI

(26:13):
didn't really have a role to, tolike speak.
They just kind of captured me ata few flakes here and there and
then that was that, right? But when I moved to Canada, it
was just always something that was the back of my mind.
Like I remember like because I was really into sports at one
point too. So I'd be playing sports, but
I'll always be telling my mom, like mom, I feel like I'm going
to be a professional actor girl.I want to go to acting school.

(26:37):
I want to go to acting school. I want to go to acting school.
I want to be an actor. I know I can be the next, this
down, the third, you know what Imean?
And then when I went to Vancouver and I experienced it,
I was like, yeah, I know this issomething that I love.
But it's, I feel like just the way I'm ordained and the way
life has been, it's it's steeredme towards the business path a

(26:58):
lot more, you know, because evenbefore I moved to Vancouver and
I was in sales, I still had my business on the side, you know,
which was a marketing agency like I helped other business
owners, right? So business was just always
something that I loved, but I just felt like, you know what,
let me tap into what I used to do when I was younger, thinking
that that's still something thatis my path.

(27:20):
I couldn't say the same thing now.
So 100%, you know, my son and, and business, those are really,
those are really the, the thingsthat I'm, that I'm doing for.
And then to, to know what I needto improve on is really just I,
I always like to say that I wantto know everything.

(27:41):
So when I do outsource it or I do delegate tasks to other
people, I know what I like that they're doing right?
So I, I always try to improve onevery, every aspect of the
board. Like as as much as you know, I
say outsourcing it as quick as possible is good.
I still try and find some time rather it's late in the evening
to learn more about meta ads. So learn more about PPC, Google

(28:03):
Ad Player, learn more about how you know influences, create the
UGC content, or learn more aboutthings like that.
Like I still try to improve on all aspects even though I know
I'm not going to be the one that's really on that portion of
things, right? If that makes sense.
Yeah, No, it's great to have like a general idea when it
comes to kind of the topics thatyou're involved in.

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Because let's say you're runninga, A, you're CEO of a fitness
community brand, right? You still need to know what's
kind of comfortable with the clothing, having it worn it
yourself, and you still need to know the demographic when it

(28:46):
comes to tennis or swimming, maybe you need to involve
yourself a little bit, but you don't need to spend so much time
in there. You just need to allocate a
little bit of time to get a general idea so you know what's
good and what's bad versus like not exploring it at all.
And so you're dumbfounded when it doesn't work out or it you
have no idea what you're readingexactly.

(29:08):
You know, like I know this with like certain activities that I
read about night when, when it comes to like, let's say chess,
like I, I'm pretty bad at chess.I've kind of played it here and
there, but I know the certain moves and I know like the ELO
system. So I know what's good and what's

(29:28):
bad. But if you've, if you have no
experience with chess what whatsoever and you have a buddy
that's telling you about the chess moves and like the horse
and the knight and the king, you'd have no idea, right?
But it's good to kind of know what you're getting AT and with,
you know, running a multi brand,what's your what's your company

(29:49):
called? So it's called, it's called
lifestyle clothing, lifestyle lifestyle, lifestyle clothing,
lifestyle active wear. Yeah, trademark this lifestyle.
It's a it's a premium fitness clothing brand for male and
female. OK.
And yeah, yeah, we, you know, Speaking of fabric and and
having a touch, we, we pride ourselves on having some of the

(30:11):
best fabric in in in the space, right?
We very a lot of breathable room, right.
It has great functionality. It's it's really it's really
great. It's really great.
And our advice once again, the viewers, they do end up checking
out this amazing podcast to takesome time and check out check
out our our store. Yeah.

(30:32):
Lifestyle, lifestyle. Do you have a website?
Yes, we do. Yes we do.
Yes we do. We're actually opening up a
store too in the city. I can't, I, I, you know, I can't
really go too far into it, but you know, we're going to have
both an online presence and A and A and A and a physical
presence very, very soon here. Nope.

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And I'll promote the shit out ofyou.
I'll come, I'll come, I'll come to the debut too.
Thanks, buddy. Yeah.
That's dope man, I'm I'm prayingfor your success.
Thank you Likewise. In what ways do you think your
entrepreneurial mindset gives you a unique edge in the
entertainment world and vice versa?
You know what? That's a great question.
Because one thing about acting is you, you learn, you learn

(31:18):
people pretty quickly. That's one gift that you learn
about, about, about acting. You, you learn how to read the
room a lot faster, right? So what gives me a competitive
edge, I would say is when it comes to, to, to business, for
example, once again, like I've already seen how my dad operated
and he's pretty aggressive with the way he is with business.

(31:40):
So I've seen, I've seen that part of it, right.
But then I've also seen, you know, business owners that are
quite gentle, you know, so I've been able to kind of grab it all
and fixate it and make it my ownpersonality when it comes to
business, right? So what I mean by that is going
back to acting, everybody's acting essentially.

(32:01):
That's what it is. Every day you wake up, people
are outside, people at the mall,people are shopping or whatever
it is, right? Everybody's acting.
You meet someone for the first time, they're acting.
I guarantee you 99% of the time that's not how they are.
When you know, they're at home and they take off their socks
and they're finally comfortable.Everybody's acting.

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And that's one of the biggest lessons I got from being in
Vancouver is everybody's just acting.
So, you know, it's really how who can act the best, you know
what I'm saying? When it comes to when it comes
to business, who can act the best?
Even when you look at it like other stuff, like like like
musicians, for example, right, or, or artists, for example, a
lot of the times what they're saying isn't really what is it?

(32:43):
What it is, is they're just goodactors.
And then sometimes you get some actors that are better than some
other actors. So they have that competitive
edge. So I, I feel like just the fact
that, you know, I've taken acting classes, I know how to,
you know, mirror people's behavior and I know how to, you
know, like a lot of stuff in the, in, in the acting world,
there's a term that we like to call it.

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But having that, I feel like it's a competitive edge just
because I, I'm quick with knowing what I need to do, how
to say this, how I, you know, dothis the way like people pay
attention to little details, those little details to take you
far. And then same thing with
modelling. If you want to put modelling
into the business world, you know, dressing up professionally
or dressing up in a, in a, in a way where you look presentable,

(33:27):
where, you know, with modelling,it's always first impression.
You put that into business, it'salways first impression.
So I look at that too, you know,when I was in modelling, you
know, the way people used to dress up or, you know, the kind
of office that I, I would put on.
Like I, I, I, I used that in a real life sense to meaning that

(33:48):
with business, I dress up professionally to look good,
right? So I same thing with, with
modeling and business. I put that together for sure.
Yeah, for sure. What you said about, oh,
everybody's acting and yeah, you're right in a way where when
you talk to your mom, you're a certain role, right?
When you talk to your kids, whenyou talk to your teacher who you

(34:12):
respect or who you don't, right.There's like all these little
iterations to that. Oh, do I have, do I have more
respect for that person the day before?
How am I feeling today? OK, Did this comment work, this
joke he finds funny? OK, we can act on this.
And there's all these different things that we don't even put
into conscious awareness of likethe commonalities, the

(34:34):
differences, and oh, that topic,they didn't really resonate with
it. So I'm not going to drop that
topic. But learning this with acting
too, is I've never really had any acting experience, but I've,
I'm obsessed with some certain actors and how they go about it
and how they learn their techniques.
And there's certain actors that go and really embody the

(34:56):
experience of the role that they've, that they've acquired,
Which I think Heath Ledger did it with the, the Joker, with
the, The Dark Knight. And he, he really immersed
himself with kind of being the Joker and it really affected his
mental health. But, and there's this quote of
like, be careful who you pretendto be, you know, because like,

(35:19):
you can pretend to be a very confident person and over time
you fake it until you make it, you will become confident,
right? And of course you have to back
it up with evidence because I have met people who are very
confident but they don't have anything to back it up.
You know, there's a little, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. It's all for show, right?

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It's all an act. But if you back it up with the
results and you're actually caring, compassionate, you
uplift people, then yes, you're going to get a lot of respect
because you're a great, great person.
And it's just, yeah. And that's why I say there's
there's, there's bad actors and there's good actors.
The good actors are the ones to back it up as well.

(36:01):
Absolutely, yeah. Yeah, the bad actors, you could
kind of just sense it. Hey, like, you know, oh, this
guy's full of shit. Like they'll say one thing, but
it doesn't really add up. Like they'll, they're just
saying that because they want tograb your attention or they want
to be good with you, right? And it's all just, it's, I don't

(36:25):
know the way I see. I, I feel it as it's just, it's
so it's, you know, authentic. It's, it's fake, right?
It's not, it's out of insecurity.
Exactly when when people do do that.
Exactly. And you know, it's, it's funny
too, because it's like the olderwe get, the more we actually
realize this kind of stuff. When we're younger, we don't

(36:47):
really, we don't really realize this, you know?
Yeah, now I've kind, I'm kind ofskeptical, especially when that
person has another wild story and then they see, I'm OK with
if it's like they're just lying to get a reaction out of me and
like, OK, whatever, as long as they're a good person.
But when it's a a story that's made-up to make themselves look

(37:11):
better and put other people down, then when I'm like, OK, I
don't want this person around me.
But certainly I I still have some friends that just make shit
up. I don't like buddy, you don't
have to make it up. And I don't like I don't want to
confront them. Right.
And depends how close we are. Yeah, right.
But it it does happen. I mean, are they really your
buddies if you don't confront them?
Yeah, that's true. Depends how close you are and

(37:33):
depends how far it is. Like if it's like some check
that she talked to or he talked to and you know, OK, maybe they
can. I've never seen her.
If it's something that actually means something to the
friendship, then yeah, of course.
Right away, you know it. Really depends on how what works
and what doesn't. Yeah.
And a lot of it's feeling, right.
A lot of it's just OK is this the right time?

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Maybe this person's going through a tough time.
Maybe they just want a little bit of validation.
Right, right, right. What has been one of the most
your most memorable transformative experiences on
set or in front of the camera? Oh bro, what's his?
I'm trying to remember what's his name Is it?

(38:19):
Is it Castillo? The the He's from Chile.
He acted in The Last of Us, the main, the main main guy.
Pedro, Pedro. Pascal.
What's his last name? Pascal.
I said Castillo. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Casio, Watch. No, yeah, no.

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I met him. I met him.
I met him. I met him.
I met him on set because I was Iwas in an episode of The Last of
Us. That was that was really cool,
cool, cool moment. And he was humble as well.
Were you a zombie or were? You.
No, I was one of the soldiers. Actually, I was one of the
soldiers. Yeah, I was one of the soldiers.
Man, I got you. Bro, I got you.
But I know I, I, I met him and Ishook his hand and obviously me

(39:04):
being me, I quickly asked him, you know, what's 1 advice you'd
give someone who's wanted to be an upcoming actor?
And his answer was just don't give up, you know, just don't
give up, you know? So that was a really cool, cool
moment. You know, I also saw Amber

(39:26):
Heard. Oh, yeah, yeah.
I also saw her as well. I didn't get the chance to speak
to her, but I saw her. Did you ask her about Johnny
Depp? You know what I you know you
know what it is you you can tellcertain situations really have
effect on people. You know what I mean?
They because when I saw I. Was just kidding.

(39:49):
No, but I. Didn't I didn't, I didn't.
I didn't get the chance to to ask her that question,
unfortunately. Maybe next time I see her, I'll
ask her what? Why did you why did you do that
to my boy Johnny? Yeah dude, they had an entire
Netflix special on it, bro. And I I need to watch.
Yeah, you know, 100%. But yeah, that was that was,
that was, that was, that was a big deal.

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But our all time favorite was when I met Idris Alba.
I was that was that I was fucking insane, bro.
It was, it was, it was and, and and he was with his wife too.
I think her name is Sabrina somesomething, I don't know where,
but he was, he was with his wifetoo.
And, and and same thing with him.
I didn't really get the chance to speak to him just because,
you know, there were other people around and they were

(40:31):
looking at some, some sort of stuff.
But I saw him, he saw me. I think he saw me.
I know. And, and that was that was
another pretty cool experience. Yeah, you know, I was just on
TikTok and I watched. I don't know, I went on that,
you know, do you remember the Give Me My Money trend?
Yeah, there's one with my money.Yeah, there's that trend with

(40:54):
Idris Alba did it with his and he was the victim.
So yeah, Give me. My money, yeah.
Yeah, that was that was really funny.
No, it was insane, man. And and you know what?
I won't even just say it's meaning big, big name
celebrities. I feel like another thing was
just getting to experience the experience.
Yeah, you know what I'm saying? And what I mean by that is

(41:15):
getting to experience what it feels like to even be on set
because the last time remind you, like the last time I was
ever on set was when I was young, when I was in South
Africa, right. So getting to experience that at
like an older age, being in yourearly 20s was pretty cool.
You know, you meet, you meet some of the coolest people ever
in, in, in the entertainment industry, like the modeling,
acting, music, music, all that, like that's what you call

(41:37):
entertainment industry. And then like you the kind of
like you meet some people that like, like, like, I don't want
to say regular people will not be like, but that's the truth,
you know, because they're out there being in that
entertainment world. You have to be out there
purposefully, right, Especially if you want to climb to the top
of the top. So just meeting, meeting people

(41:57):
that was on set like myself, that was, that was a huge moment
in my life, 'cause I, I, I got to really experience some really
cool characters. Yeah.
So what does it mean to you to merge business strategy with
creative vision when building a brand?
So I'll, I'll put this back intoperspective once again when it

(42:20):
comes to building a brand and having a creative mindset, I
feel like that's how you differentiate yourself from the
rest. You know, if you look at big,
big top names like Bill Gates orDan Cote, all those people, they
thought outside the box, right? They had that creative mindset,
whether it's, you know, doing something extravagant for the

(42:42):
marketing or, you know, being creative enough to find other
people with a creative like mindmindset, like yourself to take
over a task, right. So I, I would say being creative
and, and, and, and merging that with, with for business is, is,
is, is is crucial. Actually critical, very

(43:03):
critical, very, very critical. I feel like those are the top
people that, you know, look at, look at, you know, my
competitors, Lululemon for example, right?
Yeah, I don't know if you know about how he got his name, but
he got his name because he felt like, you know, Japanese people
couldn't pronounce it properly. They can't pronounce else, you
know what I mean? So it's like as much as he got

(43:23):
cancelled for that and like deserved it or whatever, It's
like, you know, but look at where the brand is today.
It's a multi, multi building, you know what I mean?
So I what I'm trying to say is you have to be creative enough
to really have a business that lasts long for sure.
How long has your business been?It's up and running.
It's it's been about about a year, about a year now.

(43:46):
Yeah, we were, we were, I would say, I'll say seven months, but
it's been about a year all together with just like planning
and and and grafting and coming up with, with designs and, you
know, trial and errors. Now that I feel like we have a
proven, proven method. It's it's been about seven

(44:08):
months, Yeah. And if you could go back to the
first week, what would you tell yourself?
I'll tell myself, man, go to bed.
It's 2:00 AM. Yeah, it's 2:00 AM.
Go to bed. Bro, are you off?
What's going on? You know what I'm saying is your

(44:30):
stomach is rumbling, you know what I mean?
Go eat, go grab a snack and go to bed and get your 8 hours of
sleep and try again the next day.
You know, because in the beginning, man, the first week,
second week, I was up like up all night, up all night doing
designs our, you know, because I, I am the founder.
But I, I, I did do it alongside one of my, one of one of my very

(44:53):
close friends is Filipino actually as well.
His name is his name is Mark. Nope.
Yeah, shout out to Mark, man. I love that guy.
Great dude. He's actually in the Philippines
right now as we speak. But yeah, he, he and I would
stay up, stay up all night, man,and, and, and come up with
different designs, marketing strategies, you know, and of

(45:14):
course we had photo shoots as well.
So we had to like plan those as well, plan how much, how much
we're going to spend for like food, you know, like there was a
lot, there's a lot of things we had it, we had, we had to do.
But yeah, no, 100%. He and I, we, we both just, you
know, stayed up, stayed up all night trying to reach out to

(45:34):
venture capitalists, you know, and trying to reach out to, to,
to, to, to government for back loans like we did.
We, we were trying to do it all,man.
So we were up all night. But Eva can go back out to say,
you know what, it was a good thing you did that because it
brought you guys further. But at the same time, like, you
don't have to sacrifice your sleep as much as all these other

(45:55):
people might say, you know, if you want to, if you want to be
successful and have freedom, you'd like sleeping is, is, is,
is, is something that shouldn't even be a word in your
dictionary. But I, I would say that sleeping
is, is very critical, very, verycritical.
And, and once again, if you lookat other top, top entrepreneurs

(46:16):
or, or or inventors, they will let you know that they have at
least 6 to, to to 8 hours of sleep.
You know, like Mark Zuckerberg he 8 hours of sleep.
Jeff Bezos 8 hours of sleep. Yeah, Andrew Huberman said.
He's a neurologist, ophthalmologist at Stanford,
runs his own podcast too. He's like really big into the

(46:37):
self improvement space with science evidence.
And every time he talks about sleep, he says it's it's
foundational to physical and mental health, right?
So people who sacrifice it by working late hours or by staying
up cramming ultimately just shoot themselves in the foot in
the long run because it's what you need to propel your success

(47:03):
to be able to add more, you know, more input and thus more
output. So if you are getting
continuously 6 hours, then five,then seven, then it's just your
brains just all over the place. You're not as sharp, you're
dull. And it's like, what is it?
Like you, you're, you have the equivalent of like a 0.8 blood

(47:28):
alcohol level with like 6 hours of sleep after a week, something
like that, which is, you know, I've for the longest time, I
sacrifice sleep just so I could watch videos, right?
Just so I could stay up and do whatever.
And it's like then I just feel so, so dull the next day.
That's like then I just like nowI'm like this, it's not worth

(47:49):
it. It's really not worth it to be
able to sacrifice sleep just so I can get an hour end of that
show, right? Or an hour end of working even.
It's like no amount of like sleep is, no amount of work can
replace the sleep that you, yourbody needs.

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Yeah, yeah, absolutely that cold.
How do you ensure that your workstays authentic and purpose
driven while still being scalable?
How do I, how do I do that? The way I do that is by being
100% honest, not only with myself, but 100% honest with,

(48:31):
with, you know the consumers, right?
Because with me being honest about everything start to finish
brings that authentic, you know,aspect to it.
So the way I, the way I choose to be authentic is by being 100%
honest with business, no matter what, no matter it's, you know,
staff pay or, or, or, or, or, or, or whatever it may be, just

(48:56):
being 100% honest, 100% honest with the investors, 100% honest
with everybody, right. So that's, that's, that's how I
choose to do it. Because once someone sees that
you're honest, they want to scale with you, you know,
because once again, you need a team to scale.
You need a team. That's another thing I don't
know if I mentioned, but having a team is crucial.

(49:17):
It's, it goes, it goes back to saying being fast, right?
But having, having, having people around you that are that
are with you with the business, they're seeing you come up, you
know, building the business alongside, even if they're not
necessarily in the operation, but just being a support system,
just being honest with them fromthe start.

(49:39):
You know, about everything, being honest with, with, with,
with, with your other, with yourother Co members in the
business, being honest, being honest, being honest, telling
the truth. That's, that's, that's, that's
what's going to make you scalable.
And you know this, don't get me wrong, there's businesses out
here that have been pretty scalable by not being honest,
right? But when you're building an

(50:01):
empire, the when empire stays upis, is, is, is, is by being
honest, right? Eventually those, those, those
businesses or, or, or companies or corporations or holding
companies, whatever the case maybe, if all they do is, is not be
authentic and be honest about what they're doing, eventually
it's going to crumble. So number one thing for me

(50:24):
that's is continue to make my business scalable and it's
continuing to take me to different heights by God's grace
is by being honest. Yeah, a lie can travel halfway
around the world while the the truth is still tying its shoes,
right. A lie can get you.

(50:46):
There's so many, so many great places.
That's good. Yeah.
Yeah. I've never heard that.
Yeah, yeah. But it's short term, right?
Ultimately, the people that you lied to will see through it.
When people think of lying, usually it's associated with
scams, right? Cheating, deception, And when

(51:07):
people find out the truth, they dissolves all that trust.
That trust builds decades to, you know, to establish and it
only takes just one little dynamite of a lie.
Boom, the whole building collapses.
But and I it's true for relationships, is true for our

(51:28):
own minds, it's true for business, for education.
And then it's when you lie to someone, eventually you OK, I
already lied before, might as well do it again and then again
and again. Ultimately, you know, the more
you do it, the chances of them finding out becomes more
pronounced. And so when people find out,

(51:51):
then eventually it spreads in the culture.
So what you have is that people just lie to each other normally,
right, 'cause if you got the CEOthat lies to the the person Next
up, it's like, OK, that's the norm.
I might as well lie about the numbers, about the balance
sheets, maybe trim off the top, right?
I'll just it's, yeah, it builds a culture of hostility and it's

(52:16):
it's no good. Now, how did you come about this
though? Did was that always the case
from what you've been taught, ordid you have to learn the hard
way? You know, I, I had to, I had to
learn the hard way. And it wasn't even necessarily
like a lesson that that I went through.

(52:38):
It was a lesson that I saw someone very close to me go
through, you know? Yeah, you just, you just got to
be honest, to be honest, you know, biz business is a very
crucial sport, you know, except this time your uniform is a suit
and tie for the most part. But it's, it's a sport on it's

(53:00):
own. And, and you can get injured,
you know, and in some cases it can be fatality.
So being honest, you know, especially when you, when you
get serious, you start having contractors, you start having
accountants, you start having lawyers involved, you start
having, you know, all these things, all this stuff going on

(53:21):
around you. Like you have to just be honest,
have to be honest. If you lie, you cheat, you
steal, even even if it's not a consequence that's physical.
It's like, man, your name, it goes a long way.
You know your name, it travels, it travels, it travels, it
travels, it travels. So being an honest business
businessman or business lady, it's it's very, very crucial.

(53:44):
Yeah, very crucial, I think. And I would, I would argue that
that's probably the most important thing before anything
else, just being honest in business.
Yeah, well, how you do anything is how you do everything, right.
And when you do this one thing, what's stopping you from, you
know, taking people for granted because, oh, you already lied.

(54:08):
So what's that? People just you're just going to
lie to people just cheat. And what's stopping you from
stealing when you're already doing that?
Eventually you build up this identity that you don't even
respect, right? And if you don't respect
yourself, why would you respect others?

(54:29):
Why would you respect the world when you don't even give it to
yourself? Because it's a man, it's so much
harder to prioritize the truth thing, 'cause it's
uncomfortable, right? A lot.
Like we would much rather kind of put on this filter and put on
this, this image, right? Of yeah, act of who we're not.

(54:51):
And yes, to an extent we do act in the way that, OK, I'm going
to be respectful. I'm going to choose certain
jokes. I'm going to choose a certain
outfit to this, but at the same time, you also need to
prioritize what makes you feel fulfilled.
Like who really are you when you're presenting to the people?
Like yes, you're acting, but is it rooted in kind of the the

(55:14):
true essence of yourself, right?And this goes with business.
Like are you going about the world and the people see you for
who you are and can they see past kind of that that image
that you put yourself up? Because I think vulnerability is
one thing that I love to preach and it's what makes me the

(55:37):
closest to my friends and family, right?
That because we're all acting everyday and the moment you put
down the barrier and people actually get to see kind of the
the ugly, you know where oh, you, you blow up at certain
things and you are insecure about this one thing on your
face or you're you have body dysmorphia or you think you're

(55:59):
stupid. It's like you don't publish
that, right. Like part of like PR and
business is that we all just want to be looking good, feeling
good. Yeah, the finished product.
But rarely do we, you know, tossout all the the grotesque things

(56:19):
that are a part of us, which is a part of every single human
being out there. I've never really met anyone who
have gotten really close to thatwas just perfect, you know,
within every single business or every single endeavor when it
comes to their achievements, it was just rooted and OK, wanting
to be accepted and wanting to feel fulfilled, wanting to be

(56:40):
happy, right? And we're all trying to get
there. And it's sometimes it's never
enough. You know, we all just keep
climbing. Sometimes we fall off.
But but going back to what you what you asked Pedro about how
did what does it take to become the best actor?

(57:01):
And he says just keep going. And I think that's it's so
cliche, right? Like.
Going don't give. Up but I think that's just what
it is no matter what are you going to do give up because like
the the thing that we all don't want to do is just to give up on
life, right? That's like the ultimate kind of
exit, which we we don't want in which we're all kind of thinking

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it. We all want to give up on the
business, on the, the fitness routine, but then what?
Then you're going to be on your deathbed.
Then you're going to be wondering why, what if could
have, should have, you know, absolutely.
What keeps you going? What keeps me going?

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I want a better life and I want everybody around me to have a
better life too. You know, I've, I've seen life,
I've seen life in the highest oflevels of success and I've seen
life at the lowest level, you know, of, of corruption.

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And I woke up one day and I chose that I wanna, I wanna live
a, a great life and I wanna, I wanna live a life to the highest
that I can, I can reach, you know, and to even add to your
question, you know, no matter, no matter what keeps me going at

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the end of the day, going to heaven is, is, is what I'm most
concerned about, you know, goingto see the Lord Jesus Christ is
what I'm, I'm, I'm most excited for.
But that won't change the fact that I'm, I'm gonna do what I
can on this earth to achieve as much as I possibly can.
So what keeps me going is the, the fire in my, in my, in my

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soul, you know, the, the, the, the drive, right?
But also the, the people around me, you know, like I said, I've
seen life and I want them to experience life and I want to
experience life too. And lifestyles gonna definitely,
definitely it's definitely gonnabe something that accounts to

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that. Yeah, yeah, dude I when you
think of the most successful person that you know they'll
also know a person that this most successful and it keeps
going up to the top, which eventually there's a Cliff top
right. And even then that person might
still find a person higher. But the inverse is true.

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The person that you know is worst off right now knows a
person that is doing the worst in the balloon doing the worst.
And I think when I've travelled to the Philippines and it's
third world country, right, it's, it's still, I still feel
really connected to my family and friends there.
But you get to see the level of poverty that you don't see in

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Edmonton, right? The just know the government's
not going to help you. There's people who have no
families, no limbs, just out there begging for money, blind,
deaf. And you wonder what got them
there 'cause they were just a baby at one point, right?
We all were, but. They're just their reality is

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different and I want to be able to help those people one day,
right And at the same time, I want to be thankful for the life
that I live and be able to give back because it's then I find
myself often complaining. Well, oh, like I want to be
more. I want to be more rich, be more
loved, more fame, be better looking, be more fit.

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But at the same time, I forget about how fortunate I am, you
know, that. Oh, I'm here like I got a
fulfilling life, lots of good friends, good opportunity, great
gym facility, 'cause then the end of the day, right, it just
becomes normalized, 'cause you just go, Oh yeah, I, I got a

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business or I got like, I got a podcast.
It's just, I just got a podcast.You just take it for granted.
Great. You don't think about, you know,
where you were a year ago. You don't have this or like the
things that people are going through 'cause we're also kind
of just focused on our own, right?
We forget that. Oh man, like, think about what

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it's like to be in a person living your hell, right?
And Sam Harris has this code of what you think the worst thing
can happen to you is not the worst thing that could happen to
you. It's, it's usually a flaw of
your imagination, right, 'cause the worst thing that can happen
to you is not something you can even imagine.

(01:01:59):
You know what I mean? Yeah.
Which is like blow, blow blows my mind, 'cause like, I don't
know, there's just so many things that could go wrong.
But we all, we all kind of focuson that.
We zoom in on it and stretch it out in every which way and go,
oh, that's, that's how it went wrong.
But rarely do we look at the joys and go, Oh yeah, that's I,
I did right and then right. And then I did right on this

(01:02:22):
one. And then, 'cause we are, it's
just good reminder, I guess for for things which I don't know.
No, you got it. You got it absolutely right.
And and this is something that I'm so happy.
I, I, I took accountability for 'cause I always never used to

(01:02:44):
release, take time and stop on earth for a second and just be
thankful for where I am or the stuff I have.
I've, I always used to operate like I keep, like, I want so
much more in life, Like I, I want this, I want that, I want
this, I want that, I want so much more in life, you know,
and, and, and because I, I used to operate like that, a lot of
things ultimately didn't go my way because it was like, no, I

(01:03:06):
always felt like I wanted more. No, I always felt like I can do
better. No, I always felt like I can get
better. You know what I'm saying?
But once I realized, you know what, God put you in this
position for a reason. God introduce you to all these
things, all these people, relationships, whatever it is
for a reason. Don't take it for granted, just
like you said, but also be thankful.

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Be thankful because once you're thankful, the universe notices
that. And you know, the universe gives
and we'll definitely give you more.
But you have like, you have to, have to, have to, have to be
thankful 'cause you're right, man.
You know, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm Nigerian, right?
I'm Nigerian by blood. I went back to Nigeria a few

(01:03:48):
years ago and like kind of life I saw, you know, I'm thankful
everyday, you know, and, and, and, and, and that doesn't mean
to say that, that, that I shouldn't not wanna make sure
I'm nowhere close to that, right?
Like I'm still gonna do what I need to do to make sure that I'm
far away from that kind of stuff.

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But it also goes to show like, you know, the water might have
been cold in the shower today, but at least I, I have water to
shower with and I don't have to use a bucket.
And, you know, one of those those bowls, those those
Mandarin bowls, you, you know, once it's empty, you use it as
the scoop. I don't want that, Right.

(01:04:32):
Yeah, dude, it's attitude, bro. Giving thanks.
Yeah. Dude, it's, it's not so I call
it the the sober period after I just visited the Philippines.
Then I come back, 'cause after you, you, you drive to the mall
and you just see all these kids begging for money on the side,
like kids that are completely dirty.
They, it looks like they haven'thad a shower in two months.

(01:04:54):
Where are their parents and why are why do they have a rash on
there and they're probably be getting pimped out and you see
that day-to-day. And then when I come to Canada,
I'm just like I turn on the shower.
I see that I feel the hot water brushing my teeth and the
electricity filled house and I'mseeing my friends.

(01:05:15):
We go to the gym. It's like, wow, like this is
something I totally forgot is a privilege.
This is a blessing. You know that God put us on
this, this in, in Edmonton. It's so abundant in opportunity,
right? And what are some life tips you

(01:05:37):
would like to share with other young, legit business owners?
You know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna say this and, and I'm
also talking to to not only young business owners, but young
business owners that have, you know, kids, whether it's 12510,

(01:05:58):
however many, if you are a youngbusiness owner, male or female
and you have a child, you start as your motivation.
You start as your motivation, you start as your motivation.
Don't give up, you know, steerednear to God, keep close people.

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You don't even need to have likea lot of friends.
Like realistically, you you really need just two or three,
two or three that that give you validation, but not only give
you validation, let you know when you're wrong.
And lastly, don't listen to people's opinions.
Formulate your own opinion. It's OK to ask, but when you

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know when, when you're when you're starting off a business
and you're getting to a point where you're getting some sales,
you're making some revenue, you know, whether it's 6 figures or
seven figures, wherever you are,make sure that you come up with
your own conclusion and you comeup with your own ideas.
Don't go to everybody because everybody's gonna have their

(01:07:09):
own, right? It's OK to ask the closest
people to to you, but make sure that you're the one who decides
what you're gonna do for your business.
That's the, the tip in the, in the life listening and, and
advice I would also give and maybe I can even add on like,
you know, try as much as you canto reduce, you know, partying

(01:07:32):
and drugs, right? Because right.
It's, it's a whole different, it's a whole different thing.
Once a kids involved, you know, once the kids, once the kids
evolved, you know, and you know,with your spouse, just reduce
that, especially if you're serious and you're intentional
about building a business, You can still have fun, but

(01:07:53):
definitely reduce it when you'reyoung.
We, you know, 'cause we're young, we wanna still enjoy
that, you know, reduce, reduce that and, and watch how you've
been more focused into your business.
We eventually give you the lifestyle that you know and and
the thrill and the high that yougoing to a club wouldn't give
you. I'd rather, I'd rather go to to,

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to, to to Spain or Italy and enjoy myself there.
Then, you know, knowing that I worked hard for that than to
just say, Oh, I'm growing a business.
I'm a photographer, I'm a dis orI do nails or whatever, but I'm
going to go to the, to the, I'm going to go party every weekend.
That's not, that's not, it's notlong term.
We're building long term. We're building billion dollar

(01:08:36):
ideas, you know, $100 million annual ideas.
We're not building you, you know, $250,000 a year ideas.
That's probably what you'll get if you still somehow know how to
run a business while partying every weekend.
But it's not longevity. You want longevity.
That's you need to follow those steps.
We're keeping it long term. Everyday baby.

(01:08:57):
Everyday baby. Yeah, Well, yeah, man.
When are. So when's the exact date of the
opening of the So the? What was the?
Lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle you guys got?
It trademarked and everything. It's trademarked and then when's
the the debut so. The debut is is is to open in in

(01:09:22):
July. July.
OK. July.
Yeah, July. Keep me posted now.
Early, earlier side of July, Yeah, yeah.
And yeah, for the people that want to know and where to find
you and absolutely where can they?
You can find us on Tiktok, Instagram, You can find us on
YouTube. Lifestyle activewear, lifestyle

(01:09:44):
activewear. Yes, all one word.
Lifestyle activewear. LIFESTYLE lifestyle activewear,
ACTIVEWEAR, active wear. Yeah.
Sweet man, thank you so much forcoming on the Long Term podcast,
dude. Ivan, thank you for helping me,
man. I.
Appreciate it. This is awesome.

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Love. Love your energy, man.
The confidence. I could tell, you know, you're
you're a guy that's been througha lot and come out on top and
just still pursuing it, still young, you know, I can't can't
wait to see what the future has to offer for you.
Thank you. A lot of good things, dude.
Yeah, likewise. Yeah, really thankful.

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But as always, to everyone listening and watching, there is
a place for you in this chaotic world.
Never lose hope, strengthen yourfaith and keep it long term.
Long term, you're with Olwa Palumi Ashanti, everyone peace.
Peace, brother. Wow.