March 27, 2025 • 34 mins
A heartwarming mother-son conversation unfolds as Kelli and Mac reconnect after spring break to share life's triumphs, lessons, and occasional mishaps. Mac's academic transformation takes center stage as he reveals how he turned a struggling D grade into an impressive A-minus by completing missing assignments – a testament to perseverance and responsibility that any parent would celebrate.
The episode transitions into an exciting announcement about Mac's future educational path. He'll soon begin STEP classes at the technical college, exploring trades like masonry, electrical work, welding, and plumbing – practical experiences designed to help him discover his passion before committing to a career direction. This hands-on approach exemplifies how modern education can better prepare students for real-world success.
Kelli shares essential life lessons every son should hear, creating a powerful framework for developing strong character and navigating life's challenges. From the importance of honesty and taking responsibility to treating others with respect and managing emotions, these timeless principles serve as guideposts for becoming a man of integrity. Her wisdom covers practical advice on friendship, risk-taking, money management, and maintaining health – delivered with the authentic care that only a mom can provide.
In a candid moment of vulnerability, Kelli recounts her recent chicken-hatching experiment that yielded just one survivor from thirty eggs. She describes the unexpected emotional toll and her decision to pivot rather than continue struggling – a refreshing reminder that sometimes the wisest path forward means acknowledging when to change direction.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey guys, welcome back to Honor of Best Behavior.
You're here with Mac and Kelly.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Hey, how are you doing?
Good, you've been clearing yourthroat a lot.
I think it's a lot to do withthe weather, because I feel like
when I go outside and inside,my nose is all plugged up.
I feel like I have also had alot of that where I can't get my
throat clear.
Spring, you know allergies,things are thawing out, things
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are coming to life, blooming,budding and releasing all the
things that are, I guess, sothat's getting cold again for
some reason.
Yeah, I know, in Minnesota youcan never be surprised by the
weather.
We were supposed to have a snowstorm today, ended up being
just a windy day.
You mean last night?
No, it was supposed to startthis morning at 8.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Oh, is that actually?
Yeah, oh, oh, oh.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Oh, oh, oh, all right , all right.
So what's new?
What do you got going on?
Do you want to talk about wherewe ended last time, when we
talked about you were gettingready to take finals for the end
of the second trimester?
Yeah, so did you get yourgrades to where they needed to
be, or are you grounded for thetrimester?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I'm grounded.
I'm kidding Heck.
No, I'm locked in.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
So how did that Tell me?
Tell us how that worked out,cause you were at like a D,
weren't you?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Yeah, that shit went to A minus.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, you, you, you worked.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
It was at like a 96, bro, that was a 98, I meant a
Whoa A 60, it was a 68.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
A 68.
What Percent?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
That's like a D, yeah , and then you got it up to a 96
, yeah, something like thatthat's crazy to me like
somewhere on there.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
No, it was a 91 how can you go from a d to an a
minus in like 12 hours?
Bro, I'm just that good I'm nota bro, I'm a mom I have four
missing assignments oh, you hadmissing assignments.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yes, but when I turned them in and this guy did
not grade them.
So I sent him a because Iturned them in and, like I think
I turned them in on Friday,sent him an email and I don't
even think he, I think he wenthome like as soon as we went
home too.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
So I don't think he even graded them.
So it makes your grade lookworse because it just isn't
graded.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
So he says if you email me and stuff, he'll update
stuff and I'll go look at ithow was your?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
you got your grades up.
You weren't grounded, youpulled it off.
How was your spring break?
It was very relaxing did you doanything?
Any highlights?
Best day, best moment what doyou got I?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
don't know, I'm not your bro, I'm your mom.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I know, but like, did you do anything Any?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
highlights Best day, best moment.
What do you got?
I don't know, I'm not your bro,I'm your mom, I know.
But like what do you want me tocall you?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
then, mom Bro, that's so lame.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
You just said bro, I know, but it's so lame though.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
All right, fine, you can call me bro.
I guess what do I get to callyou?
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Butt licker.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
That's not cool, though.
Okay, all right, I'm not a buttlicker.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
What is cool, mac?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah, that's cool.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
What do your friends call you?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Some call me that and some call me McCoy.
Oh, okay, Do you want me tocall you McCoy?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I don't really care what you call me.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Just don't call you late for dinner.
Loves, you are my loves.
I do like that.
All right loves.
So tell me about your new allright.
So if spring break wasuneventful, is what you say?
Nothing?
Just relaxing I didn't do mucheither, but it was relaxing.
Karma is my boyfriend.
How's that?
Karma, bro, because you justsmashed your head for calling me
.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Oh my god that, oh.
This highlighted the day okayoh my god.
So me and logan a fourth hourtogether.
It's like chemistry Okay,chemistry B.
You guys would have chemistrytogether.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
We always had.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
We had science last year together, bro.
We always did science classtogether and oh my God.
So we had a lab today and wewere going there and you had to
put on goggles so you don't getlike chemicals in your eyes.
And he was like there, there'slike this like thing to um to
like get the uh, like, like youknow, you wash your hands.
(04:10):
You gotta like dry your handsoff or something paper towel,
yeah, like I don't what is itcalled.
Like you know, when you go in aschool bathroom and you like,
it's a paper towel dispenser.
Yeah, that yeah that, and itwas like right above the like.
The goggles are in a bin on thefloor by it and he's like don't
bonk your head, it won't hurt,but it's going to be loud.
And as soon as he says that,it's going to be like and me and
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Logan were the only ones thatlaughed, it was just silent and
we laughed.
It was so funny.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Who bonked their head , some random person, it was
just so funny, bro.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I you guys couldn't get it under control.
It was funny as hell.
You had to be there.
We both looked at each otherand laughed.
It was so funny I can't even.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It was just so funny I'm glad that you had a
highlight of the day, becauseusually when I'm like tell me
something that happened,something funny, you're like
that was fucking hilarious.
All right, so let's talk aboutyour new classes.
So you have first hour, youhave painting.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Have you ever took painting before?
I feel like you've had drawingbut not painting.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
I don't think I have.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
So what do you do?
You know what you're going tobe painting.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Nope, not yet, Not yet okay.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Then you have US history.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
How's that going?
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Good right now.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Okay, anyone you know in that class Not really Anyone
you know in that class Notreally.
Anyone you know in painting.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Nope.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Okay, then you have geometry, which is math, right?
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Anything to say about that class.
I don't know.
It's easy right now, so this iswhere I get confused.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It says you have geometry and then it says you
have geometry college.
It's an elective grade for theclass, so you get college credit
.
No, it's just an elective grade.
Hmm I know, I know it's weirdto explain.
I know I'm like I don't evenknow what that means.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Okay, and then you have chemistry with Logan.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
And then you have keyboarding.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Anyone in your keyboarding class?
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Nope.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Is it all chicks in there?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
No, it's not Pretty easy, though, so far.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
This try what's your favorite class so far?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Frickin' chemistry with Logan.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Okay, just because Logan's in there, or third hour.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, literally, just because Logan's in there.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Or math or science are your favorite.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Not painting or keyboarding.
Nope, no gym class.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
I guess it is what it is.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Oh, I know what I wanted to talk about.
That I didn't tell you ahead oftime.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
What.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
So I'm really excited because next year I talked to
your counselor at school and wegot you set up for step classes.
So that means you'll go to thetech college and you'll do
classes that are pertaining totrades.
So you can kind of dabble yourhands in a bunch of things that
they offer at the tech, whichincludes masonry, cabinetry,
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electrical work, plumbing, Idon't remember what else, but
anyway like a handful of thewelding.
I don't remember what else, butanyway like a handful of the
welding, so things like that.
So you can kind of try and seeif you're interested in any of
those career paths, or maybesomething that you thought you
wanted to do, like you reallythought you wanted to do
electrician or plumber and thenyou don't like it at all.
Then you know it and thenyou're not wasting your time.
(07:19):
So that's exciting.
Yeah, anything else to talkabout regarding those topics?
Regarding a topic, bro,regarding school or classes or
your future.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
No, not really no okay, all right.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
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We've talked about Magic Mindon the podcast many times and I
just want to tell you that whywe love Magic Mind so much is.
In my lifetime I have tried somany different products to
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stimulate my mind or give mesome health benefits or make me
think more clear, and I havewasted so much money with no
results.
But now that I have found MagicMind, it really enhances not
only my mental performance, butI can say that you also have had
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improved mental performance atschool.
I mean, you went from having aD minus, d plus to an A minus in
12 hours.
And let me tell you, I keepMagic Mind in my desk at work
because sometimes I'm really badat taking any medications in
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the morning.
So I bring my magic mind towork and I can tell like when I
need it.
Like, oh, something's not right, like, oh, I need to take my
magic mind.
So once I take my mentalperformance shot, I like today,
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Today I was like, oh, I reallyneed my magic mind and I wasn't
(09:05):
and I don't.
You know, whatever this,whatever this might maybe it is
some placebo, but I trulybelieve in this product and I
wasn't even done drinking it andI already felt like more
enhanced and I just really, youknow, I used to say like it
wasn't the best tasting, but Idon't know if it has an acquired
taste where I actually enjoythe flavor of it now.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
I just get used to it .
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I also think tell me what you think about this.
I feel like since, like a whileago, we did Magic Mind and then
recently we started doing itagain, and I feel like they
changed.
The color looks different to me.
It looks a little more brighterand I feel like the flavor
isn't as grassy as I used tothink it was.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yeah, it's not.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Yeah.
So I love that.
It's not hard to drink and Ikeep it in my desk.
And when people are having likea day where they're like, oh, I
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I have some in my desk, youshould check it out.
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I love that when I read theingredient list, like I know
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So, anyway, do you want to do?
(10:30):
You have anything to say aboutMagic Mind?
Do you have a story of how ithelped you?
Speaker 1 (10:37):
um, yeah, like it wakes you up, like you said when
you're like feeling like yougotta doze off it does all that,
yeah.
And like for like tests like Ifeel like I'm locked in on those
tests, just helps so we'regonna put this in the show notes
for you.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
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Okay, you're quiet, you wantanything?
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else, yeah, okay, all right, soI know it's been a minute, uh,
since we recorded, so we want totalk.
I wanted to tell you a storyabout valentine's day that I was
really proud of, mac, for McCoyloves.
That was really surprised,really proud of my loves for.
So on Valentine's Day I camehome from work it was a Friday
and I had told loves that Iwanted to have Chinese takeout
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and whatever, whatever.
So I get home and I'm like, hey, loves, here's your, here's
your valentine's day present.
And you're like, oh, thanks,mom, I love all this stuff.
And then I said where's mypresent?
And then what?
I don't know you didn't have apresent for me yeah, I know so
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then what happened?
You already know what happenedtell the know what happened,
tell the listeners what happened.
I was just kidding.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
So I said I'm going to bring you, I'm going to help
you, you're going to bring me towhat is it called?
Speaker 2 (14:29):
I said you're going to drive and you're going to
bring.
We're going to go to TJ Maxx.
Yeah, I am going to wait in thecar.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Here's my card.
Oh yeah, and you had to go pickout stuff and I said you can
spend either a minimum of $20 upto $50, and you need to come
out with some Valentine's Daypresents for your mom.
Yep, I'm getting stuffy, so doyou remember what you got me?
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Actually.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
You were in there for a long time.
I was bro.
No, it was good.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
I honestly don't remember, I know I got a bowl
for your chicken.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Yeah, so Ari came with and you got her a little
ergonomic lifted up bowl so shedidn't have to bend her neck so
much.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
And it's like a purplish pink color.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Yeah, so that was cute.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
What else did I get?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
you Caramels.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Ghirardelli caramels.
Those are the best.
And then, what else did I get?
You got me a bunny coffee cup,oh yeah, and a huge candle oh
yeah, I see it's right.
Lavender sea salt yeah, and itsmells so good.
It was only a good smelling oneso the reason that I did that is
not that I was upset that youdidn't get me anything for
valentine's day, but more thefact that I want you to.
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As young man, I want you tolearn how to be a grown man and
what to do for your significantother on Valentine's Day, and to
never forget that, whetheranyone says it's important or
not important, it is alwaysimportant to be thoughtful, and
no one's ever going to be mad atyou for being a good, kind
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person.
So I just want to instill thesevalues into you, and now I'm
going to go into some lifelessons that every son should be
taught.
So here is me teaching you 30,not 30, but a handful of life
lessons, okay, so number one andthis is hard for me too.
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I think this is hard for a lotof people because at a very
young age, our brain has uslying.
So always be honest, even whenit's hard, and I've talked to
you about this so many times IfI ask you a question and I can
see you're struggling to answerit, I'll say do you need a
minute to get your wordstogether?
Do you want to go to your roomand figure out how you want to
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answer it, because I feel likesometimes we get put on the spot
and then it's almost expectedto have a fast answer and so
sometimes we just need I thinkit's okay to say I need some
time to get my thoughts andwords together.
So honesty is the best policy.
If you're honest, you havenothing to hide or lie about and
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nothing to try to remember.
So, anyway, be honest, mccoy.
Yes, always take responsibilityfor your actions, and this kind
of goes hand in hand with lying.
So one of the best bosses thatI ever had she always would tell
me like if you fucked up, ownit, Because people are going to
have so much more respect foryou if you just say that was me,
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or I didn't mean to do that,but that was me, you know,
whatever.
So it's a lot easier thantrying to deny it or lie or
blame it on somebody else.
Just own it when you did itwrong and always remember.
This is what I try to remember,especially from a work
standpoint.
I don't do anything wrong onpurpose.
I try to make decisions that Ithink are right and smart and
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ethical, and if it's not, thenyou don't do it, and so that way
if you do get quote unquote introuble for something, you can
be honest and say that youdidn't know and you learn from
that and you grow and you moveforward.
Okay, so when you do something,just take responsibility for it
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.
Work hard beats challenge, I'msorry.
Hard work beats talent whentalent is lazy.
So you know, mackie, you and Iwe always want things to come
natural to us.
We don't like to take the timeto learn how to do something, we
just want to be a natural at it.
But honestly, if you are onceagain, if you work hard and you
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have good work ethic, you'realways going to come ahead.
Because the people who it comesnaturally to them, they usually
don't have to work as hardbecause they get lazy, because
it's natural.
But then they slack and don'tput in the work.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
All right.
Number four respect everyone,regardless of status.
So don't ever think you'rebetter than people, don't think
you're above them.
Just, once again, be kind andtry not to judge people and try
not to make assumptions and giveeveryone a benefit of the doubt
.
Now, that can be hard, whenit's hard to respect people who
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have poor work ethic or peoplewho make poor life choices, but
you have to just try to eitherrespect it or just stay in your
lane and mind your own business.
Okay, okay, control youremotions.
Don't let them control you.
So that's another thing where.
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Try to think more logically andtry to take emotions out of
thought process, and that can bevery difficult, but in the long
run, it is going to help you somuch and this is what we always
say.
People are usually, if they'retrying to push you or poke at
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you, it's because they want areaction out of you Like bullies
, for example If people arepicking on you.
They want that reaction, theywant to make you mad, and if you
can not give that to them,they're probably not going to
pick on you anymore.
So if you can keep youremotions in check, you're going
to get ahead.
It's okay to say no.
Saying no is a strength, not aweakness.
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Do you have any questions aboutthat one?
If you don't want to dosomething, say no Peer pressure.
You don't want to try acigarette don't try it.
You don't want to try alcoholdon't try it.
You don't want to smoke weeddon't do it.
Keep your word.
It defines your character.
If you promise somebody you'regoing to do something or be
somewhere, you need to abide bythat.
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You can't, you need to bedependable.
Does this make sense to you?
Okay, so if you say oh hey, sam, I'm gonna meet you at the park
at 6 o'clock and then you justdon't show up.
That's not okay.
Or, if you make a promise, youneed to keep your promise.
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Failure is just a lesson, it'snot the end.
We all need to fail to grow andwe all need to have bad days to
really appreciate good days.
That's true, I guess.
Okay, okay, choose friends wholift you up.
So make sure that you choose tobe friends with people who
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think that you're great and tellyou you're great and and and
don't bring you down.
It's one thing if you guys arejoking around, whatever, but you
don't want to be with toxicpeople.
You want to be with people whomake you feel good.
Like me, I make you feel goodabout yourself because I think
that you're the best thing ever.
Okay, stand up for yourselfwith confidence.
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Believe in yourself.
Don't let people push youaround.
Just be confident and nipthings right in the butt.
Don't allow anything less thanwhat you deserve.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Know your worth.
That's a good way to put it.
Listen more than you speak.
This is something I really needto work on, because I'm always
piping up.
But people who can keep theirmouth shut and only answer
questions that are asked of themor spoke when spoken to you,
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just come off as much moreintelligent than trying to know
everything or have an answer foreverything.
Just, people will respect youmore if you just I always say
don't ask, don't tell.
So if something doesn't involveyou and I'm really bad at this
don't pipe up, just stay in yourlane, mind your own business
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unless you're asked.
I feel like you're good at that.
What?
Staying in your lane andminding your own business?
Yeah, apologize when you'rewrong.
Apology goes such a long way Ifyou made someone feel a way
that you didn't mean to makethem feel, if you said something
that was hurtful.
Sometimes I say something andit comes out in the wrong way or
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the wrong tone and I'll try tosay like oh, that came out
really bitchy and I didn't meanfor that to happen.
I'm sorry.
And people have really receivedthat well, because I've had a
problem with tone a lot in mylife and if I catch it right
away people are like okay, allright, you're not a bitch, you
just caught yourself and youapologized, and people respect
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that.
Never stop learning and growing.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Just joking.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Never stop learning and growing.
You never know it all.
There's always more to learn.
Things are always changing, sojust remember you don't always
know everything.
Money is important, butintegrity is priceless.
So don't ever lose yourintegrity.
Okay, but yes, we need to makemoney.
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We need to be able to supportourselves, support our families
and get our basic needs, butdon't ever lose integrity over
it.
Treat women with respect andkindness always.
Okay, do you have any questions?
Speaker 1 (24:13):
about that.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I feel like you're good about that.
Be humble, but don't let peoplewalk over you.
We're going to go through thisa little bit quick because I
don't want to, and you ask ifyou have a question.
Okay, okay, your time isvaluable.
Spend it wisely.
Don't be afraid to take risks.
Health is wealth.
Take care of yourself.
(24:35):
Speak up for what's right, evenif you stand alone, and I've
taught you this from a veryyoung age like guilty by
association.
So if a bunch of people arepicking on somebody like it is
your responsibility to say knockit off, leave her alone, leave
him alone, mind your ownbusiness.
Whatever I always say, youbetter stick up for people if
(24:56):
they're being treated in a waythat's not right.
Keep your circle small butstrong.
You don't need a lot of friends, you just need a handful of
really good ones.
Learn how to manage money early.
I think about this all the timewhen I was younger.
(25:16):
If I saved more money orstarted investing my money, I
could have bought real estateand flipped houses and rented
places out or bought.
Like you know, I really wishlike I could afford to buy like
a condo in Florida and rent itout like Airbnb style.
If you do that when you'reyoung and save up that money and
(25:38):
put that money towardsinvestments and equity and
things that can have moneyreturn.
That's super smart.
When I was young, the theeconomy was good.
It's really bad right now, buthouse houses were super cheap
and affordable.
I could have bought in threehouses for the price I paid for
this house yeah so anyway,something to think about.
(26:03):
You know, just try to really.
Your money just goes a lotfarther when you're young than
when you're older, if that makesany sense.
Never let fear stop you fromtrying, like this podcast.
I was terrified to do a podcastforever and finally I had the
support of why were you scared?
(26:24):
Because I just didn't know whatto do, how to do it.
I didn't know about thesoftware, I didn't know about
the equipment, I just knew Iwanted to do it.
But I didn't know anythingabout it and I really let that
block me for such a long timeuntil I had some more supportive
people in my life telling melike you can do that, why
wouldn't you do that?
Just watch some YouTube video,try this, try that, look at this
(26:47):
.
Let's go look, look equipment.
You know, see what's out there.
And now like it's super easy,it's not hard at all.
But I didn't think thatinitially and I let fear really
slow me down yeah, just like the500 thou song that me and rose
made.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Let's hear it.
Oh no, it's like a no, don'tworry about it okay, don't bring
it up.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
It's me and rose's special song okay, are you gonna
sing it to me after I couldn'teven sing it?
Okay, will rose sing it up.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
It's me and Rose's special song.
Okay, are you going to sing?
Speaker 2 (27:13):
it to me after I couldn't even sing it.
Okay, will Rose sing it to me?
Speaker 1 (27:16):
It's like new generational.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
New generation.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Yeah, generational song.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
New generational song yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
There's a lot of beating in a little bit of words
.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Yeah, basically.
Yeah, okay, you sing.
No, I can't.
I'll throw down the beat andyou sing.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
Rose made the beat, bro You're funny.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
No, okay, manners will take you farther than money
.
I tell you all the time to behumble and kind and use your
manners ever since you werelittle, and I think that you're
really good at that.
Be the kind of man people cantrust.
Being a trustworthy person is areally great quality.
Mccoy Trust is everything.
Confidence comes frompreparation, so being prepared
(28:04):
is going to make you moreconfident than winging it.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Help others when you can.
Don't waste time impressing thewrong people.
Stay true to yourself no matterwhat, and real strength is in
kindness, not in power.
You follow these life lessons,mccoy, and you will be a very
happy man.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Happy man.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
I could die a happy man.
Oh yes, I could.
I Happy man.
I could die a happy man oh yes,I could.
I could die, I could die.
I could die a happy man.
All right, I'm going to giveyou guys a quick update on my
chickens.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Chickens.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
So I thought it would be really easy to hatch my own
eggs and incubate my chickeneggs.
So I bought some hatching eggs,which means eggs that are
fertilized, ready to be sat on,put them in an incubator.
And let me tell you I incubated.
What's 18 plus 12?
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Like 30?
Speaker 2 (29:03):
30.
30 eggs.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Yes, 30.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
I hatched one chick.
I had a lot of unfertilizedeggs and then I also because I
had to dissect them to see whatwas going on in this last batch
that I hatched one chick.
Her name is Hope, because Ihope she's a girl and I hope she
survives, because she hatchedearly and she was doing this
(29:26):
thing where she couldn't standup on her feet all the time and
she kept flopping on her back.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
That was because she wanted you to take her out.
That's why she she would onlydo it when I saw her too well
anyway.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
So then I was googling why that would happen
and it said it could have beendue to improper incubation and
that she had that could havecaused like a neurological
problem.
So then I'm like, oh okay,great, now I birthed this
chicken that has all theseproblems.
Well, she's doing fine now, butanyway.
So I hope she survives and Ihope she's a girl.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
So anyway, I hatched one chick out of 30.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
And then I had a lot of eggs A lot of eggs.
So I YouTubed like how todissect eggs because, like what
if there's a baby in there?
And I discovered that I had alot of eggs that were never even
fertilized.
I discovered that I had someeggs that definitely started
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like started growing life butstopped like very early.
And then I did have two deadfull chickens and that was
really sad baby chicks that whenI opened the egg they were
fully developed in there butthey didn't survive.
And and I did some research onthat, like sometimes it just
happens.
They said sometimes it can bethat there's a little air pocket
in the egg when they're readyto hatch and if they're not in
(30:42):
the right position and theydon't hit the air pocket, they
can drown and all the other likeI don't know if it's amniotic
fluid, but whatever fluid is inthe egg for chickens, um, anyway
.
So it was sad.
I feel like when that happenedto me, like I almost feel this
is gonna sound really likeprobably silly, but this is how
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I felt.
I really felt like I had likesome postpartum depression, like
I had this baby chick that wasall by herself and she was
chirping like she neededsomething that I could not
fulfill, and then I also feltthis loss, like I had tried to
give life to all these chicksand two of them like died.
(31:23):
Like, is that my fault?
Did I end their life before iteven started?
Like I just felt all theseterrible emotions, life before
it even started, like I justfelt all these terrible emotions
.
So, anyway, I think that I amcompletely done trying to
incubate eggs and I am going tosell all my incubators and yeah,
and I'm going to be done withthat.
So it's way easier to just gobuy chicks that are healthy and
already sexed as female thantrying to do it myself.
(31:45):
I had just seen on the internetlike people my rest of your
eggs done.
Yeah, like I dissected them allyesterday.
And I like shut down all theincubators.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
So yeah, so I think I'm just going to sell that
stuff on Marketplace.
This weekend.
I just saw so many people likeposting like oh, how easy it was
, and so I don't know what I didwrong.
I tried to do all the rightthings but in the end I'm just
not a good scientist.
I'm not either.
So that's my chicken update.
(32:17):
And so, anyway, hope, I did buyher another chick at the I know
Gramsci and Garden Place.
They were willing to sell meone chick when they heard my sob
story about my failedincubation process, and now
Hope's been doing better withher new friend, sky, which I
named them after.
I read a really great book byColleen Hoover called Hopeless,
(32:39):
and anyway, if you read the book, you'll understand that the
names in the book are Hope andSky.
So I just thought that thatwent really good together and
that's about all I have.
So if you have awould-you-rather, I have a funny
joke and we can.
I'm starving.
I'm going to try to findsomething to eat after this and
I have some podcast work to doas well.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
Do you?
Speaker 2 (33:00):
have a, would you rather?
Would, you, rather You're notprepared.
I just told you you're going tohave more confidence if you're
prepared.
Dude, I am prepared.
It was just one of the lifelessons I was trying to teach
you, and also on Valentine's Dayyou did take me to the Chinese
takeout.
Okay, yes, I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
All right.
Would you rather have to alwayssay everything that pops into
your head?
Speaker 2 (33:23):
No, one would want that.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Or never be able to say the way you feel.
So express the way you feel.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Hmm, that's kind of to say the way you feel.
So express the way you feel.
That's kind of a tough one,that one is tough.
I feel like I'd rather not beable to express my feelings than
if I said every single thingthat popped into my head.
No one would ever want to spendany amount of time with me.
Where are you at with that one?
Yeah, same thing Same Is thatsame reason.
Do you have a lot of badthoughts?
(33:50):
Probably thing same is that samereason do you have a lot of bad
thoughts?
Probably, and I mean everyonehas intrusive thoughts.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
But can you imagine if people said they're not like
really horrible thoughts, butlike, not like some of the
thoughts that everything thatpops into your head is what you
said yeah, I know noteverything's mean, but it's not
like the nicest all right, Ihave a funny joke.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
I don't know if you're going to get this, but
those of you listening, if youdo get this joke, I think it's
super funny.
All right, ready.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Why are prostitutes so loud in bed?
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Why.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
A lot of hormones.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Because it's a whore.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Because a prostitute is a whore.
Hormones.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Yeah, hormones in your body.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
Hormones.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Aw yeah, I got it, mom, you're funny.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
Thank you for surviving another episode of On
Our Best Behavior.
We'll see you guys soon okay.
Maybe, maybe, babes, babes,babes, bye-ho.
Hey guys, welcome back to Honor of Best Behavior.
You're here with Mac and Kelly.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Hey, how are you doing?
Good, you've been clearing yourthroat a lot.
I think it's a lot to do withthe weather, because I feel like
when I go outside and inside,my nose is all plugged up.
I feel like I have also had alot of that where I can't get my
throat clear.
Spring, you know allergies,things are thawing out, things
(00:30):
are coming to life, blooming,budding and releasing all the
things that are, I guess, sothat's getting cold again for
some reason.
Yeah, I know, in Minnesota youcan never be surprised by the
weather.
We were supposed to have a snowstorm today, ended up being
just a windy day.
You mean last night?
No, it was supposed to startthis morning at 8.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Oh, is that actually?
Yeah, oh, oh, oh.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Oh, oh, oh, all right , all right.
So what's new?
What do you got going on?
Do you want to talk about wherewe ended last time, when we
talked about you were gettingready to take finals for the end
of the second trimester?
Yeah, so did you get yourgrades to where they needed to
be, or are you grounded for thetrimester?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I'm grounded.
I'm kidding Heck.
No, I'm locked in.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
So how did that Tell me?
Tell us how that worked out,cause you were at like a D,
weren't you?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Yeah, that shit went to A minus.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, you, you, you worked.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
It was at like a 96, bro, that was a 98, I meant a
Whoa A 60, it was a 68.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
A 68.
What Percent?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
That's like a D, yeah , and then you got it up to a 96
, yeah, something like thatthat's crazy to me like
somewhere on there.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
No, it was a 91 how can you go from a d to an a
minus in like 12 hours?
Bro, I'm just that good I'm nota bro, I'm a mom I have four
missing assignments oh, you hadmissing assignments.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yes, but when I turned them in and this guy did
not grade them.
So I sent him a because Iturned them in and, like I think
I turned them in on Friday,sent him an email and I don't
even think he, I think he wenthome like as soon as we went
home too.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
So I don't think he even graded them.
So it makes your grade lookworse because it just isn't
graded.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
So he says if you email me and stuff, he'll update
stuff and I'll go look at ithow was your?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
you got your grades up.
You weren't grounded, youpulled it off.
How was your spring break?
It was very relaxing did you doanything?
Any highlights?
Best day, best moment what doyou got I?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
don't know, I'm not your bro, I'm your mom.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I know, but like, did you do anything Any?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
highlights Best day, best moment.
What do you got?
I don't know, I'm not your bro,I'm your mom, I know.
But like what do you want me tocall you?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
then, mom Bro, that's so lame.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
You just said bro, I know, but it's so lame though.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
All right, fine, you can call me bro.
I guess what do I get to callyou?
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Butt licker.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
That's not cool, though.
Okay, all right, I'm not a buttlicker.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
What is cool, mac?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah, that's cool.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
What do your friends call you?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Some call me that and some call me McCoy.
Oh, okay, Do you want me tocall you McCoy?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I don't really care what you call me.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Just don't call you late for dinner.
Loves, you are my loves.
I do like that.
All right loves.
So tell me about your new allright.
So if spring break wasuneventful, is what you say?
Nothing?
Just relaxing I didn't do mucheither, but it was relaxing.
Karma is my boyfriend.
How's that?
Karma, bro, because you justsmashed your head for calling me
.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Oh my god that, oh.
This highlighted the day okayoh my god.
So me and logan a fourth hourtogether.
It's like chemistry Okay,chemistry B.
You guys would have chemistrytogether.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
We always had.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
We had science last year together, bro.
We always did science classtogether and oh my God.
So we had a lab today and wewere going there and you had to
put on goggles so you don't getlike chemicals in your eyes.
And he was like there, there'slike this like thing to um to
like get the uh, like, like youknow, you wash your hands.
(04:10):
You gotta like dry your handsoff or something paper towel,
yeah, like I don't what is itcalled.
Like you know, when you go in aschool bathroom and you like,
it's a paper towel dispenser.
Yeah, that yeah that, and itwas like right above the like.
The goggles are in a bin on thefloor by it and he's like don't
bonk your head, it won't hurt,but it's going to be loud.
And as soon as he says that,it's going to be like and me and
(04:31):
Logan were the only ones thatlaughed, it was just silent and
we laughed.
It was so funny.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Who bonked their head , some random person, it was
just so funny, bro.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I you guys couldn't get it under control.
It was funny as hell.
You had to be there.
We both looked at each otherand laughed.
It was so funny I can't even.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It was just so funny I'm glad that you had a
highlight of the day, becauseusually when I'm like tell me
something that happened,something funny, you're like
that was fucking hilarious.
All right, so let's talk aboutyour new classes.
So you have first hour, youhave painting.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Have you ever took painting before?
I feel like you've had drawingbut not painting.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
I don't think I have.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
So what do you do?
You know what you're going tobe painting.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Nope, not yet, Not yet okay.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Then you have US history.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
How's that going?
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Good right now.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Okay, anyone you know in that class Not really Anyone
you know in that class Notreally.
Anyone you know in painting.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Nope.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Okay, then you have geometry, which is math, right?
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Anything to say about that class.
I don't know.
It's easy right now, so this iswhere I get confused.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It says you have geometry and then it says you
have geometry college.
It's an elective grade for theclass, so you get college credit
.
No, it's just an elective grade.
Hmm I know, I know it's weirdto explain.
I know I'm like I don't evenknow what that means.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Okay, and then you have chemistry with Logan.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
And then you have keyboarding.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Anyone in your keyboarding class?
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Nope.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Is it all chicks in there?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
No, it's not Pretty easy, though, so far.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
This try what's your favorite class so far?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Frickin' chemistry with Logan.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Okay, just because Logan's in there, or third hour.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, literally, just because Logan's in there.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Or math or science are your favorite.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Not painting or keyboarding.
Nope, no gym class.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
I guess it is what it is.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Oh, I know what I wanted to talk about.
That I didn't tell you ahead oftime.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
What.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
So I'm really excited because next year I talked to
your counselor at school and wegot you set up for step classes.
So that means you'll go to thetech college and you'll do
classes that are pertaining totrades.
So you can kind of dabble yourhands in a bunch of things that
they offer at the tech, whichincludes masonry, cabinetry,
(06:57):
electrical work, plumbing, Idon't remember what else, but
anyway like a handful of thewelding.
I don't remember what else, butanyway like a handful of the
welding, so things like that.
So you can kind of try and seeif you're interested in any of
those career paths, or maybesomething that you thought you
wanted to do, like you reallythought you wanted to do
electrician or plumber and thenyou don't like it at all.
Then you know it and thenyou're not wasting your time.
(07:19):
So that's exciting.
Yeah, anything else to talkabout regarding those topics?
Regarding a topic, bro,regarding school or classes or
your future.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
No, not really no okay, all right.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
So what I want to talk about next is Magic Mind.
Next is Magic Mind Now.
We've talked about Magic Mindon the podcast many times and I
just want to tell you that whywe love Magic Mind so much is.
In my lifetime I have tried somany different products to
(08:00):
stimulate my mind or give mesome health benefits or make me
think more clear, and I havewasted so much money with no
results.
But now that I have found MagicMind, it really enhances not
only my mental performance, butI can say that you also have had
(08:24):
improved mental performance atschool.
I mean, you went from having aD minus, d plus to an A minus in
12 hours.
And let me tell you, I keepMagic Mind in my desk at work
because sometimes I'm really badat taking any medications in
(08:44):
the morning.
So I bring my magic mind towork and I can tell like when I
need it.
Like, oh, something's not right, like, oh, I need to take my
magic mind.
So once I take my mentalperformance shot, I like today,
for example.
Today I was like, oh, I reallyneed my magic mind and I wasn't
(09:05):
and I don't.
You know, whatever this,whatever this might maybe it is
some placebo, but I trulybelieve in this product and I
wasn't even done drinking it andI already felt like more
enhanced and I just really, youknow, I used to say like it
wasn't the best tasting, but Idon't know if it has an acquired
taste where I actually enjoythe flavor of it now.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
I just get used to it .
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I also think tell me what you think about this.
I feel like since, like a whileago, we did Magic Mind and then
recently we started doing itagain, and I feel like they
changed.
The color looks different to me.
It looks a little more brighterand I feel like the flavor
isn't as grassy as I used tothink it was.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yeah, it's not.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Yeah.
So I love that.
It's not hard to drink and Ikeep it in my desk.
And when people are having likea day where they're like, oh, I
can't wake up or I'm reallystruggling, I'm like, hey, have
you tried Magic Mind?
I have some in my desk, youshould check it out.
And every time people are like,oh my gosh, that stuff really
works.
(10:06):
So I love that it is.
I love the ingredients thatthey use.
I believe in the ingredientsthat they use and the quality of
ingredients that they use andthe benefits of all the
ingredients on there.
I love that when I read theingredient list, like I know
what everything is.
It's not filled with a bunch ofjunk.
So, anyway, do you want to do?
(10:30):
You have anything to say aboutMagic Mind?
Do you have a story of how ithelped you?
Speaker 1 (10:37):
um, yeah, like it wakes you up, like you said when
you're like feeling like yougotta doze off it does all that,
yeah.
And like for like tests like Ifeel like I'm locked in on those
tests, just helps so we'regonna put this in the show notes
for you.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
But we are offering you a special, special discount
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Now let me tell you I just gotdone telling you how Mackie and
I have stopped taking MagicMindbecause, guess what?
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So now with our subscription,we never run out.
(11:18):
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It just gets delivered right tothe door.
Yesterday or the day beforethat it came and you're like mom
, guess what?
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And I was like, oh, perfect,because now we're not going to
run out.
If, for some reason, lifehappens and you need to cancel,
it's super easy.
They don't question you, youjust hit cancel and you're done.
(11:40):
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If, for some reason, you thinkit doesn't work which I'm
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So anyway, you get 15 bottle.
There's a 15 bottle case and a30 bottle case and it is
(12:02):
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I don't use magic mind on theweekends because I like to kind
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So I kind of feel like takingmy time moving slow, I want to
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So I kind of like having thatdowntime.
(12:23):
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(13:09):
So it just kind of depends onwhat box you check when you go
on the Magic Mind website.
But, like I said, we'll linkthat in the show notes for you.
And if you haven't got on boardwith it yet, mac and I are here
to promise you you won't regretit and, um, you'll stop wasting
your money on anything else.
Okay, you're quiet, you wantanything?
(13:30):
else, yeah, okay, all right, soI know it's been a minute, uh,
since we recorded, so we want totalk.
I wanted to tell you a storyabout valentine's day that I was
really proud of, mac, for McCoyloves.
That was really surprised,really proud of my loves for.
So on Valentine's Day I camehome from work it was a Friday
and I had told loves that Iwanted to have Chinese takeout
(13:54):
and whatever, whatever.
So I get home and I'm like, hey, loves, here's your, here's
your valentine's day present.
And you're like, oh, thanks,mom, I love all this stuff.
And then I said where's mypresent?
And then what?
I don't know you didn't have apresent for me yeah, I know so
(14:14):
then what happened?
You already know what happenedtell the know what happened,
tell the listeners what happened.
I was just kidding.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
So I said I'm going to bring you, I'm going to help
you, you're going to bring me towhat is it called?
Speaker 2 (14:29):
I said you're going to drive and you're going to
bring.
We're going to go to TJ Maxx.
Yeah, I am going to wait in thecar.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Here's my card.
Oh yeah, and you had to go pickout stuff and I said you can
spend either a minimum of $20 upto $50, and you need to come
out with some Valentine's Daypresents for your mom.
Yep, I'm getting stuffy, so doyou remember what you got me?
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Actually.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
You were in there for a long time.
I was bro.
No, it was good.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
I honestly don't remember, I know I got a bowl
for your chicken.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Yeah, so Ari came with and you got her a little
ergonomic lifted up bowl so shedidn't have to bend her neck so
much.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
And it's like a purplish pink color.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Yeah, so that was cute.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
What else did I get?
Speaker 1 (15:14):
you Caramels.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Ghirardelli caramels.
Those are the best.
And then, what else did I get?
You got me a bunny coffee cup,oh yeah, and a huge candle oh
yeah, I see it's right.
Lavender sea salt yeah, and itsmells so good.
It was only a good smelling oneso the reason that I did that is
not that I was upset that youdidn't get me anything for
valentine's day, but more thefact that I want you to.
(15:38):
As young man, I want you tolearn how to be a grown man and
what to do for your significantother on Valentine's Day, and to
never forget that, whetheranyone says it's important or
not important, it is alwaysimportant to be thoughtful, and
no one's ever going to be mad atyou for being a good, kind
(16:01):
person.
So I just want to instill thesevalues into you, and now I'm
going to go into some lifelessons that every son should be
taught.
So here is me teaching you 30,not 30, but a handful of life
lessons, okay, so number one andthis is hard for me too.
(16:22):
I think this is hard for a lotof people because at a very
young age, our brain has uslying.
So always be honest, even whenit's hard, and I've talked to
you about this so many times IfI ask you a question and I can
see you're struggling to answerit, I'll say do you need a
minute to get your wordstogether?
Do you want to go to your roomand figure out how you want to
(16:46):
answer it, because I feel likesometimes we get put on the spot
and then it's almost expectedto have a fast answer and so
sometimes we just need I thinkit's okay to say I need some
time to get my thoughts andwords together.
So honesty is the best policy.
If you're honest, you havenothing to hide or lie about and
(17:10):
nothing to try to remember.
So, anyway, be honest, mccoy.
Yes, always take responsibilityfor your actions, and this kind
of goes hand in hand with lying.
So one of the best bosses thatI ever had she always would tell
me like if you fucked up, ownit, Because people are going to
have so much more respect foryou if you just say that was me,
(17:31):
or I didn't mean to do that,but that was me, you know,
whatever.
So it's a lot easier thantrying to deny it or lie or
blame it on somebody else.
Just own it when you did itwrong and always remember.
This is what I try to remember,especially from a work
standpoint.
I don't do anything wrong onpurpose.
I try to make decisions that Ithink are right and smart and
(17:55):
ethical, and if it's not, thenyou don't do it, and so that way
if you do get quote unquote introuble for something, you can
be honest and say that youdidn't know and you learn from
that and you grow and you moveforward.
Okay, so when you do something,just take responsibility for it
(18:15):
.
Work hard beats challenge, I'msorry.
Hard work beats talent whentalent is lazy.
So you know, mackie, you and Iwe always want things to come
natural to us.
We don't like to take the timeto learn how to do something, we
just want to be a natural at it.
But honestly, if you are onceagain, if you work hard and you
(18:38):
have good work ethic, you'realways going to come ahead.
Because the people who it comesnaturally to them, they usually
don't have to work as hardbecause they get lazy, because
it's natural.
But then they slack and don'tput in the work.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
All right.
Number four respect everyone,regardless of status.
So don't ever think you'rebetter than people, don't think
you're above them.
Just, once again, be kind andtry not to judge people and try
not to make assumptions and giveeveryone a benefit of the doubt
.
Now, that can be hard, whenit's hard to respect people who
(19:22):
have poor work ethic or peoplewho make poor life choices, but
you have to just try to eitherrespect it or just stay in your
lane and mind your own business.
Okay, okay, control youremotions.
Don't let them control you.
So that's another thing where.
(19:42):
Try to think more logically andtry to take emotions out of
thought process, and that can bevery difficult, but in the long
run, it is going to help you somuch and this is what we always
say.
People are usually, if they'retrying to push you or poke at
(20:03):
you, it's because they want areaction out of you Like bullies
, for example If people arepicking on you.
They want that reaction, theywant to make you mad, and if you
can not give that to them,they're probably not going to
pick on you anymore.
So if you can keep youremotions in check, you're going
to get ahead.
It's okay to say no.
Saying no is a strength, not aweakness.
(20:25):
Do you have any questions aboutthat one?
If you don't want to dosomething, say no Peer pressure.
You don't want to try acigarette don't try it.
You don't want to try alcoholdon't try it.
You don't want to smoke weeddon't do it.
Keep your word.
It defines your character.
If you promise somebody you'regoing to do something or be
somewhere, you need to abide bythat.
(20:46):
You can't, you need to bedependable.
Does this make sense to you?
Okay, so if you say oh hey, sam, I'm gonna meet you at the park
at 6 o'clock and then you justdon't show up.
That's not okay.
Or, if you make a promise, youneed to keep your promise.
(21:08):
Failure is just a lesson, it'snot the end.
We all need to fail to grow andwe all need to have bad days to
really appreciate good days.
That's true, I guess.
Okay, okay, choose friends wholift you up.
So make sure that you choose tobe friends with people who
(21:30):
think that you're great and tellyou you're great and and and
don't bring you down.
It's one thing if you guys arejoking around, whatever, but you
don't want to be with toxicpeople.
You want to be with people whomake you feel good.
Like me, I make you feel goodabout yourself because I think
that you're the best thing ever.
Okay, stand up for yourselfwith confidence.
(21:50):
Believe in yourself.
Don't let people push youaround.
Just be confident and nipthings right in the butt.
Don't allow anything less thanwhat you deserve.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Know your worth.
That's a good way to put it.
Listen more than you speak.
This is something I really needto work on, because I'm always
piping up.
But people who can keep theirmouth shut and only answer
questions that are asked of themor spoke when spoken to you,
(22:25):
just come off as much moreintelligent than trying to know
everything or have an answer foreverything.
Just, people will respect youmore if you just I always say
don't ask, don't tell.
So if something doesn't involveyou and I'm really bad at this
don't pipe up, just stay in yourlane, mind your own business
(22:47):
unless you're asked.
I feel like you're good at that.
What?
Staying in your lane andminding your own business?
Yeah, apologize when you'rewrong.
Apology goes such a long way Ifyou made someone feel a way
that you didn't mean to makethem feel, if you said something
that was hurtful.
Sometimes I say something andit comes out in the wrong way or
(23:09):
the wrong tone and I'll try tosay like oh, that came out
really bitchy and I didn't meanfor that to happen.
I'm sorry.
And people have really receivedthat well, because I've had a
problem with tone a lot in mylife and if I catch it right
away people are like okay, allright, you're not a bitch, you
just caught yourself and youapologized, and people respect
(23:31):
that.
Never stop learning and growing.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Just joking.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Never stop learning and growing.
You never know it all.
There's always more to learn.
Things are always changing, sojust remember you don't always
know everything.
Money is important, butintegrity is priceless.
So don't ever lose yourintegrity.
Okay, but yes, we need to makemoney.
(23:57):
We need to be able to supportourselves, support our families
and get our basic needs, butdon't ever lose integrity over
it.
Treat women with respect andkindness always.
Okay, do you have any questions?
Speaker 1 (24:13):
about that.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I feel like you're good about that.
Be humble, but don't let peoplewalk over you.
We're going to go through thisa little bit quick because I
don't want to, and you ask ifyou have a question.
Okay, okay, your time isvaluable.
Spend it wisely.
Don't be afraid to take risks.
Health is wealth.
Take care of yourself.
(24:35):
Speak up for what's right, evenif you stand alone, and I've
taught you this from a veryyoung age like guilty by
association.
So if a bunch of people arepicking on somebody like it is
your responsibility to say knockit off, leave her alone, leave
him alone, mind your ownbusiness.
Whatever I always say, youbetter stick up for people if
(24:56):
they're being treated in a waythat's not right.
Keep your circle small butstrong.
You don't need a lot of friends, you just need a handful of
really good ones.
Learn how to manage money early.
I think about this all the timewhen I was younger.
(25:16):
If I saved more money orstarted investing my money, I
could have bought real estateand flipped houses and rented
places out or bought.
Like you know, I really wishlike I could afford to buy like
a condo in Florida and rent itout like Airbnb style.
If you do that when you'reyoung and save up that money and
(25:38):
put that money towardsinvestments and equity and
things that can have moneyreturn.
That's super smart.
When I was young, the theeconomy was good.
It's really bad right now, buthouse houses were super cheap
and affordable.
I could have bought in threehouses for the price I paid for
this house yeah so anyway,something to think about.
(26:03):
You know, just try to really.
Your money just goes a lotfarther when you're young than
when you're older, if that makesany sense.
Never let fear stop you fromtrying, like this podcast.
I was terrified to do a podcastforever and finally I had the
support of why were you scared?
(26:24):
Because I just didn't know whatto do, how to do it.
I didn't know about thesoftware, I didn't know about
the equipment, I just knew Iwanted to do it.
But I didn't know anythingabout it and I really let that
block me for such a long timeuntil I had some more supportive
people in my life telling melike you can do that, why
wouldn't you do that?
Just watch some YouTube video,try this, try that, look at this
(26:47):
.
Let's go look, look equipment.
You know, see what's out there.
And now like it's super easy,it's not hard at all.
But I didn't think thatinitially and I let fear really
slow me down yeah, just like the500 thou song that me and rose
made.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Let's hear it.
Oh no, it's like a no, don'tworry about it okay, don't bring
it up.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
It's me and rose's special song okay, are you gonna
sing it to me after I couldn'teven sing it?
Okay, will rose sing it up.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
It's me and Rose's special song.
Okay, are you going to sing?
Speaker 2 (27:13):
it to me after I couldn't even sing it.
Okay, will Rose sing it to me?
Speaker 1 (27:16):
It's like new generational.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
New generation.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Yeah, generational song.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
New generational song yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
There's a lot of beating in a little bit of words
.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Yeah, basically.
Yeah, okay, you sing.
No, I can't.
I'll throw down the beat andyou sing.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
Rose made the beat, bro You're funny.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
No, okay, manners will take you farther than money
.
I tell you all the time to behumble and kind and use your
manners ever since you werelittle, and I think that you're
really good at that.
Be the kind of man people cantrust.
Being a trustworthy person is areally great quality.
Mccoy Trust is everything.
Confidence comes frompreparation, so being prepared
(28:04):
is going to make you moreconfident than winging it.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Help others when you can.
Don't waste time impressing thewrong people.
Stay true to yourself no matterwhat, and real strength is in
kindness, not in power.
You follow these life lessons,mccoy, and you will be a very
happy man.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Happy man.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
I could die a happy man.
Oh yes, I could.
I Happy man.
I could die a happy man oh yes,I could.
I could die, I could die.
I could die a happy man.
All right, I'm going to giveyou guys a quick update on my
chickens.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Chickens.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
So I thought it would be really easy to hatch my own
eggs and incubate my chickeneggs.
So I bought some hatching eggs,which means eggs that are
fertilized, ready to be sat on,put them in an incubator.
And let me tell you I incubated.
What's 18 plus 12?
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Like 30?
Speaker 2 (29:03):
30.
30 eggs.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Yes, 30.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
I hatched one chick.
I had a lot of unfertilizedeggs and then I also because I
had to dissect them to see whatwas going on in this last batch
that I hatched one chick.
Her name is Hope, because Ihope she's a girl and I hope she
survives, because she hatchedearly and she was doing this
(29:26):
thing where she couldn't standup on her feet all the time and
she kept flopping on her back.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
That was because she wanted you to take her out.
That's why she she would onlydo it when I saw her too well
anyway.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
So then I was googling why that would happen
and it said it could have beendue to improper incubation and
that she had that could havecaused like a neurological
problem.
So then I'm like, oh okay,great, now I birthed this
chicken that has all theseproblems.
Well, she's doing fine now, butanyway.
So I hope she survives and Ihope she's a girl.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
So anyway, I hatched one chick out of 30.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
And then I had a lot of eggs A lot of eggs.
So I YouTubed like how todissect eggs because, like what
if there's a baby in there?
And I discovered that I had alot of eggs that were never even
fertilized.
I discovered that I had someeggs that definitely started
(30:21):
like started growing life butstopped like very early.
And then I did have two deadfull chickens and that was
really sad baby chicks that whenI opened the egg they were
fully developed in there butthey didn't survive.
And and I did some research onthat, like sometimes it just
happens.
They said sometimes it can bethat there's a little air pocket
in the egg when they're readyto hatch and if they're not in
(30:42):
the right position and theydon't hit the air pocket, they
can drown and all the other likeI don't know if it's amniotic
fluid, but whatever fluid is inthe egg for chickens, um, anyway
.
So it was sad.
I feel like when that happenedto me, like I almost feel this
is gonna sound really likeprobably silly, but this is how
(31:02):
I felt.
I really felt like I had likesome postpartum depression, like
I had this baby chick that wasall by herself and she was
chirping like she neededsomething that I could not
fulfill, and then I also feltthis loss, like I had tried to
give life to all these chicksand two of them like died.
(31:23):
Like, is that my fault?
Did I end their life before iteven started?
Like I just felt all theseterrible emotions, life before
it even started, like I justfelt all these terrible emotions
.
So, anyway, I think that I amcompletely done trying to
incubate eggs and I am going tosell all my incubators and yeah,
and I'm going to be done withthat.
So it's way easier to just gobuy chicks that are healthy and
already sexed as female thantrying to do it myself.
(31:45):
I had just seen on the internetlike people my rest of your
eggs done.
Yeah, like I dissected them allyesterday.
And I like shut down all theincubators.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
So yeah, so I think I'm just going to sell that
stuff on Marketplace.
This weekend.
I just saw so many people likeposting like oh, how easy it was
, and so I don't know what I didwrong.
I tried to do all the rightthings but in the end I'm just
not a good scientist.
I'm not either.
So that's my chicken update.
(32:17):
And so, anyway, hope, I did buyher another chick at the I know
Gramsci and Garden Place.
They were willing to sell meone chick when they heard my sob
story about my failedincubation process, and now
Hope's been doing better withher new friend, sky, which I
named them after.
I read a really great book byColleen Hoover called Hopeless,
(32:39):
and anyway, if you read the book, you'll understand that the
names in the book are Hope andSky.
So I just thought that thatwent really good together and
that's about all I have.
So if you have awould-you-rather, I have a funny
joke and we can.
I'm starving.
I'm going to try to findsomething to eat after this and
I have some podcast work to doas well.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
Do you?
Speaker 2 (33:00):
have a, would you rather?
Would, you, rather You're notprepared.
I just told you you're going tohave more confidence if you're
prepared.
Dude, I am prepared.
It was just one of the lifelessons I was trying to teach
you, and also on Valentine's Dayyou did take me to the Chinese
takeout.
Okay, yes, I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
All right.
Would you rather have to alwayssay everything that pops into
your head?
Speaker 2 (33:23):
No, one would want that.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
Or never be able to say the way you feel.
So express the way you feel.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Hmm, that's kind of to say the way you feel.
So express the way you feel.
That's kind of a tough one,that one is tough.
I feel like I'd rather not beable to express my feelings than
if I said every single thingthat popped into my head.
No one would ever want to spendany amount of time with me.
Where are you at with that one?
Yeah, same thing Same Is thatsame reason.
Do you have a lot of badthoughts?
(33:50):
Probably thing same is that samereason do you have a lot of bad
thoughts?
Probably, and I mean everyonehas intrusive thoughts.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
But can you imagine if people said they're not like
really horrible thoughts, butlike, not like some of the
thoughts that everything thatpops into your head is what you
said yeah, I know noteverything's mean, but it's not
like the nicest all right, Ihave a funny joke.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
I don't know if you're going to get this, but
those of you listening, if youdo get this joke, I think it's
super funny.
All right, ready.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Why are prostitutes so loud in bed?
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Why.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
A lot of hormones.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Because it's a whore.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Because a prostitute is a whore.
Hormones.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Yeah, hormones in your body.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
Hormones.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Aw yeah, I got it, mom, you're funny.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
Thank you for surviving another episode of On
Our Best Behavior.
We'll see you guys soon okay.
Maybe, maybe, babes, babes,babes, bye-ho.
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