April 27, 2025 • 20 mins
In this podcast episode, the speaker reflects on the wealth accumulated through life experiences, relationships, and personal growth rather than material possessions. As a 32-year-old immigrant who has lived in the U.S. for 21 years, the speaker shares insights on the impact of mindset on life perception. Highlighting the significance of valuing time, the speaker embraces the joy of parenthood and the importance of gratitude. Listeners are encouraged to assess their worldview and prioritize meaningful interactions, recognizing that the richness of life lies in the journey, not the destination.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Take a breath, let's dive in.
You know, when I evaluate mylife in its entirety over the
past 32 years and I look atwhere I am currently, I can
honestly say I don't needanything.
(00:29):
I want things.
I want more money, I want moreadventures, I want more of life
comforts, but I truly don't needanything.
When I looked at where Istarted, compared to where I am,
it feels like I'm thewealthiest person on earth.
(00:51):
I'm an immigrant and I've livedin the United States for 21
years and I've been a US citizenfor 14 years, 14 years of highs
and lows, 14 years of goodbyesand hellos.
My past keeps me grounded, youknow, in the present, while I'm
still focused on my future.
(01:12):
And due to all that I'veexperienced now, for example, I
wasn't, you know, always thesoft-spoken person that I am
today.
I was always braggadocious andI just always had this level of
confidence about me, and I stillhave it.
(01:32):
It's just more internalized now.
I remember my younger days, inwhich many people didn't have
electricity when I was growingup, or internet, or running
water.
And I look at my current lifeand I realize that the things
(01:59):
that I saw on TV, I'm livingthat reality.
You know, when I, you know yousaw the whole cars you push to
start, you know they werekeyless.
I have a car that pushed tostart and it's keyless.
I walk up to my car and my caropens up, you know, unlocks
itself.
You know I.
(02:20):
You know you see peoplegraduate and then they start
their career and all of thesethings, and I'm living that
reality and that is wild, thatis so wild.
You know, you see peoplefalling in love on TV and then
you fall in love.
And when you fall in love, it'sreal and it's not a dream.
(02:41):
And you pinch yourself thinkingthat you're going to wake up
and you don't because it's not adream.
And you pinch yourself thinkingthat you're going to wake up
and you don't because it's real.
That's something that you know.
Over the past 32 years, I feel,as I said before, that I feel
like I am extremely wealthybecause I have the things that
(03:04):
money can't buy.
I have two beautiful children,I have a beautiful wife, I have
amazing friends in my life thatare actually good people, and
I'm surrounded by justamazingness.
So I have to always, you know,take inventory or take stock of
(03:25):
my life to just appreciate allthe things that I have in its
entirety.
You know how many people get toexperience this life the way
that we do in this great countryor in a first world country,
country where so many thingsthat we take for granted and
privileges that we have.
(03:45):
People dream of those things.
It's a dream for them and maybethey'll never experience the
level of wealth and affluencethat we have.
Whether we deem, you know, thefact that we have a car as being
affluent or not, I mean, Ithink it is.
I think that we have toappreciate all the little things
and the big things that we havethat we forget.
(04:07):
We forget, we forget that thethings that we have are the
things that we wanted one dayand now that we have them, we
don't appreciate them because wehave them.
So we lose sight of the journey, we lose sight of how we came
to be and ultimately you knowwho we are gets lost in the
(04:27):
chaos of life or the journey oflife.
You know some people maybe theyhave the slow and steady
approach and some people havethe all gas and no brakes
approach.
I think that one of the thingsthat I am so truly blessed to be
able to even talk about is themind is such a powerful thing,
(04:52):
because, whatever you think forexample, if you think that
you're a loser, you're a loserand you become a loser.
If you think that you're awinner, then you will eventually
become a winner.
And if you tell yourself youcan do it, then you can do it.
(05:13):
And if you tell yourself thatyou can't, then you can't.
Think about how powerful thatis, that, how you can trick
yourself.
Your mind can create thingsthat aren't there.
Your mind can lie to you andyet, even though we know all
these things to be true, wenever just slow down and just
say you know what?
Let me just take a step backand let me change the framework
(05:37):
of how I approach the world andhow I interact with other people
and how I view myself.
Because if you think the worldis against you, then you're
going to do things to make theworld be against you.
If you think the world is withyou, then hey, you're going to
do things that are going to lineup with that and your worldview
is going to align with that aswell.
(05:57):
So, 32 years, man, this is mysecond birthday doing a podcast,
to say the least.
To sum it all up.
I think blessed is the bestword to perfectly define my
(06:17):
experience in life right now.
Now you know I was thinkingabout.
You know just how you know withsome people.
You know I've told them that,hey, the phone works both ways
when they ask, hey, you haven'tcalled me in a while, and just
to say that, hey, the phoneworks both ways, something I
never would have said before.
(06:38):
So there's this certain levelof boldness that comes with age.
I think Not that I wasn't boldin other areas, but I'm finding
that there's a lot more areas inwhich I didn't vocalize things,
that I'm vocalizing things nowand you know just being able to
say to an individual hey, thephone works both ways.
(06:59):
Yes, if we're going to have arelationship, whether it's a
friendship or dating or whatnot,the phone works both ways.
It can't just be you constantlygiving and making time for
other people.
If they're not making time foryou, then maybe you should use
your time on other things.
And when I said that to my youknow, one of my friends recently
(07:23):
that, hey, the phone works bothways, I was happy that I said
that, because sometimes peopleneed a reminder that just
because you take the initiativeto do something.
It does not mean that theyshould not also take the
initiative.
You know, because in anyrelationship, you know you don't
(07:45):
want to be stagnant, you wantthere to be growth, and growth
is painful, and sometimes, youknow you have to have painful
conversations with the peoplethat you love and care about.
And saying hey, the phone worksboth ways means that you should
make time and also check in onme the same way I'm checking on
you.
It goes both ways.
So the difficult conversationsare becoming easier with time,
(08:10):
and that's something that I'mfinding joy with, because before
I think I was a little rougharound the edges when I would
have certain conversations withpeople.
I was always the hammer and Iwas never the scalpel, and now
I'm more surgical with myconversation.
You know, for example, recentlyI realized I was about to get
(08:31):
into an argument with someoneand I simply said to them I said
you know it's going to be mybirthday in a few days.
I don't have the energy toargue with you because it's
going to be my birthday in a fewdays.
And I said that and I just leftthings as they were and I just
walked away and I carried onwith my day, because not every
battle is, you know, not everybattle should be fought.
(08:55):
You know, some things aren'tgoing to actually lead you
anywhere other than to a placeof unhappiness.
Not everyone is going to see orvalue your opinions or care
about the things that you haveto say, or care about your
emotions or whatever sacrificesthat you make.
So in moments such as those,why even bother engaging into a
(09:23):
pointless argument that's notgoing to lead you anywhere?
Move on and focus your energyon the things that are going to
move you forward, because somethings are going to drag you
down and suck you dry of yourenergy.
So I think 32 has been quiterewarding so far.
Has been quite rewarding so farbecause I find myself
(09:51):
introspecting a lot now and alsoslowing down and evaluating
more about the type of person Iam and my impact on the world
around me.
For example, I was looking atmy daughter the other day and my
son and I just looked at themjust playing and I thought to
myself man, these two humanbeings are incredible and the
fact that I get to see them justbe kids in their element and I
(10:14):
get to watch them grow and bepart of their growth, that in
itself is a blessing and a gift,to just know that my kids are
just so amazing.
You know, the other day I toldmy daughter I was like, oh my
gosh, like my ankle's killing me, it hurts.
And then my son overheard theconversation I was having with
(10:38):
my daughter.
He goes to the refrigerator, hegets an ice pack, he brings it
to me.
He said, dad, I hope you feelbetter.
He gets an ice pack, he bringsit to me.
He said, dad, I hope you feelbetter.
And then the other day mydaughter asked me if I was happy
and I said a little bit.
And then she walks me over tothe rowing machine to go and row
, because rowing makes me happy.
(10:58):
The fact that I am impactingthese two little people's lives
and my wife is doing a great jobwith them as well, and I think
that I'm doing a great job andjust to be able to see that and
experience it, that's somethingthat money can't buy.
(11:19):
I'm so fortunate to get toexperience the lives that I have
.
And most there's most peoplethat you know say that they want
to have, you know, a wife, andthey want to have kids or
whatever the case is.
Even when they get those things.
(11:39):
They don't get to experiencethe level of joy that I'm having
and the fun that I'm having.
You know, right now, and youknow I've been having fun since
they were born, but it's just souplifting that when I see them
it's like I don't have anyproblems in the world.
You know, it's like themigraine that I had it
disappeared.
You know, and I wonder if youknow, other people feel the same
(12:02):
thing that I do and I don'twant to do anything to ever
disrupt this.
So I'm as happy as can be, andhappiness is temporary, so I
could say that I just feelfulfilled.
I think that's a better way ofsaying it.
I am fulfilled.
It's good, as I said earlier, totake stock of who you are,
(12:22):
where you're at, what yourmental state of being is and how
to proceed forward.
You know, something that peopleshould focus on is value value
of time and value of self.
You can put a price on yourtime, but you can't put a price
on yourself.
You know, because your life,your life, has so much value
(12:45):
that you can't actually quantifyit with a dollar.
You know a dollar sign, butyour time you can definitely
quantify, you know its worth,and that's something that I've
been utilizing when makingdecisions as to what I'm going
(13:17):
to be using my time for.
Who am I going to spend timewith?
Because that's important.
Who am I using my time for?
Who am I going?
Value of time and value of selfis important for growth Because
(13:38):
, say that you were going toinvest into the stock market,
I'm sure you would have acertain dollar amount that you'd
want to invest and I'm surethere's a certain dollar amount
that you would want you know asfar as returns are concerned.
So your time works the same way.
If you don't know your personalvalue or the value of your time
(14:02):
, then how can you use your timein a way in which you can
extract value from the thingsthat you're spending your time
on, things that you're investingin?
You know the things.
So if, in other words, if youdon't know your worth and if you
don't know your value, then thereturns that you're going to
(14:23):
get are always going to berandom and disappointing.
But if you do know your valueand you do know your worth and
the worth of your time, you canspend it in a way that will have
meaningful.
You know results because you'rebeing intentional.
Intentional is key.
So quality of time with friendsis intentional.
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So you get an intentionalreturn.
The you know if you wereinvesting and you, you know, had
intentional investments, thatyou took the time to vet the you
know stock, the stock, thatparticular stock you look at,
you know pretty good trends andyou're confident about what
(15:10):
you're doing, then that'sintentional.
You know you had purpose, youinvested time to see if
something was worth your timeand your resources to invest in
it.
And people are the same way.
Not everyone is worth your timeand your resources and you have
to be able to have what's theword.
Am I looking for Discernment inthat arena to say that this
(15:35):
person, they're here to suck medry.
This person, they're here touplift me.
This person, they're here as apillar?
Everyone has a different purposein your life and you want
people that are around you toadd value to you as a person and
to your life and your time.
(15:56):
Or, if they can't do that, thenthey need to respect your time,
because a person that doesn'trespect your time doesn't
respect you, and a person thatyou know wastes your time, which
is your most valuable resource,is not a person that you need
to be around.
And so, in this new journey ofmine, I'm being even more
(16:18):
intentional with my time,because I don't know how long I
have on this earth, I don't knowhow long I have with my family
and my friends I don't.
So I'm not going to let thingsand people that don't matter
take away from the things thatdo, whether it's my career.
If things aren't going the waythey should be going, then it's
(16:41):
time to shake things up and dosomething.
You know new, um, when it comesto the fact that if, if I find
that certain individuals arebeing overly complex, I
immediately stay away from them,because I there's a certain
level of deception to people whotry to be intentionally complex
(17:04):
.
Simplicity is key.
Everything that is simple andis easily understood, it creates
an environment that flows.
Anything that's overly complex,it stops that flow, it stops
the good energy from flowing.
And so, both in my career andmy personal life, you know,
whenever certain people aretrying to be overly complex, I
(17:27):
just step aside, I let them dothem and I stay in my own lane
and I thrive in the person thatI am and the things that I do.
I just think that it is whereI'm at in life that there's just
certain things that I justdon't have the energy to deal
with, you know, and certaintypes of people I don't want to
be around and I don't care forwhat they say, and I'm okay with
(17:52):
us just tolerating each other'sexistence.
I'm okay with that now, whereasbefore it's like I would try to
, you know, be friends withcertain people and try to work
past our differences.
And the truth is you don't haveto work out your difference
with every human being.
You're not going to get alongwith every human being.
Certain people you havephilosophical differences with
(18:15):
and you can't remedy that.
So the best course of action isjust to tolerate each other's
existence.
It's not meant for you to bebest friends.
Action is just to tolerate eachother's existence.
It's not meant, you know, foryou to be best friends, but just
to let that person exist intheir space and you exist in
yours.
It's like why, why try to?
You know, change someone orhave you know meaning, you know
(18:38):
arguments that take you nowhereand just runs you rugged.
That's kind of pointless.
You don't need that.
I definitely don't need that.
So you know, I'm intentionalwith the battles that I fight.
I'm intentional with how I spendmy time, I think that's 32.
That's the word for age 32,intentional word for age 32,
(19:03):
intentional.
And I think the fact that I'mable to be so intentional with
everything is allowing me tore-energize my spirit and I
think the version of me that isbeing developed right now and
the version that's growingcurrently, I think it's a good
kind of scary.
So, with the time that you have, find your passion, find the
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things that matter to you mostand be intentional with your
time.
Be intentional with the personthat you want to be.
Be intentional with the personyou choose to be with the
friends that you want to be.
Be intentional with the personyou choose to be with the
friends that you choose to havethe investments that you make,
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slow down, look before you leap,you know, and be intentional
with all that you do.
You know my word is intentional.
I don't know what your word is,but find that word and live
that word and you know, soonerrather than later, you will see
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that the more intentional youare with the decisions that you
make, the better the results arefor those choices.
So, once again, I just want tosay thank you for tuning in and
(20:41):
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Take a breath, let's dive in.
You know, when I evaluate mylife in its entirety over the
past 32 years and I look atwhere I am currently, I can
honestly say I don't needanything.
(00:29):
I want things.
I want more money, I want moreadventures, I want more of life
comforts, but I truly don't needanything.
When I looked at where Istarted, compared to where I am,
it feels like I'm thewealthiest person on earth.
(00:51):
I'm an immigrant and I've livedin the United States for 21
years and I've been a US citizenfor 14 years, 14 years of highs
and lows, 14 years of goodbyesand hellos.
My past keeps me grounded, youknow, in the present, while I'm
still focused on my future.
(01:12):
And due to all that I'veexperienced now, for example, I
wasn't, you know, always thesoft-spoken person that I am
today.
I was always braggadocious andI just always had this level of
confidence about me, and I stillhave it.
(01:32):
It's just more internalized now.
I remember my younger days, inwhich many people didn't have
electricity when I was growingup, or internet, or running
water.
And I look at my current lifeand I realize that the things
(01:59):
that I saw on TV, I'm livingthat reality.
You know, when I, you know yousaw the whole cars you push to
start, you know they werekeyless.
I have a car that pushed tostart and it's keyless.
I walk up to my car and my caropens up, you know, unlocks
itself.
You know I.
(02:20):
You know you see peoplegraduate and then they start
their career and all of thesethings, and I'm living that
reality and that is wild, thatis so wild.
You know, you see peoplefalling in love on TV and then
you fall in love.
And when you fall in love, it'sreal and it's not a dream.
(02:41):
And you pinch yourself thinkingthat you're going to wake up
and you don't because it's not adream.
And you pinch yourself thinkingthat you're going to wake up
and you don't because it's real.
That's something that you know.
Over the past 32 years, I feel,as I said before, that I feel
like I am extremely wealthybecause I have the things that
(03:04):
money can't buy.
I have two beautiful children,I have a beautiful wife, I have
amazing friends in my life thatare actually good people, and
I'm surrounded by justamazingness.
So I have to always, you know,take inventory or take stock of
(03:25):
my life to just appreciate allthe things that I have in its
entirety.
You know how many people get toexperience this life the way
that we do in this great countryor in a first world country,
country where so many thingsthat we take for granted and
privileges that we have.
(03:45):
People dream of those things.
It's a dream for them and maybethey'll never experience the
level of wealth and affluencethat we have.
Whether we deem, you know, thefact that we have a car as being
affluent or not, I mean, Ithink it is.
I think that we have toappreciate all the little things
and the big things that we havethat we forget.
(04:07):
We forget, we forget that thethings that we have are the
things that we wanted one dayand now that we have them, we
don't appreciate them because wehave them.
So we lose sight of the journey, we lose sight of how we came
to be and ultimately you knowwho we are gets lost in the
(04:27):
chaos of life or the journey oflife.
You know some people maybe theyhave the slow and steady
approach and some people havethe all gas and no brakes
approach.
I think that one of the thingsthat I am so truly blessed to be
able to even talk about is themind is such a powerful thing,
(04:52):
because, whatever you think forexample, if you think that
you're a loser, you're a loserand you become a loser.
If you think that you're awinner, then you will eventually
become a winner.
And if you tell yourself youcan do it, then you can do it.
(05:13):
And if you tell yourself thatyou can't, then you can't.
Think about how powerful thatis, that, how you can trick
yourself.
Your mind can create thingsthat aren't there.
Your mind can lie to you andyet, even though we know all
these things to be true, wenever just slow down and just
say you know what?
Let me just take a step backand let me change the framework
(05:37):
of how I approach the world andhow I interact with other people
and how I view myself.
Because if you think the worldis against you, then you're
going to do things to make theworld be against you.
If you think the world is withyou, then hey, you're going to
do things that are going to lineup with that and your worldview
is going to align with that aswell.
(05:57):
So, 32 years, man, this is mysecond birthday doing a podcast,
to say the least.
To sum it all up.
I think blessed is the bestword to perfectly define my
(06:17):
experience in life right now.
Now you know I was thinkingabout.
You know just how you know withsome people.
You know I've told them that,hey, the phone works both ways
when they ask, hey, you haven'tcalled me in a while, and just
to say that, hey, the phoneworks both ways, something I
never would have said before.
(06:38):
So there's this certain levelof boldness that comes with age.
I think Not that I wasn't boldin other areas, but I'm finding
that there's a lot more areas inwhich I didn't vocalize things,
that I'm vocalizing things nowand you know just being able to
say to an individual hey, thephone works both ways.
(06:59):
Yes, if we're going to have arelationship, whether it's a
friendship or dating or whatnot,the phone works both ways.
It can't just be you constantlygiving and making time for
other people.
If they're not making time foryou, then maybe you should use
your time on other things.
And when I said that to my youknow, one of my friends recently
(07:23):
that, hey, the phone works bothways, I was happy that I said
that, because sometimes peopleneed a reminder that just
because you take the initiativeto do something.
It does not mean that theyshould not also take the
initiative.
You know, because in anyrelationship, you know you don't
(07:45):
want to be stagnant, you wantthere to be growth, and growth
is painful, and sometimes, youknow you have to have painful
conversations with the peoplethat you love and care about.
And saying hey, the phone worksboth ways means that you should
make time and also check in onme the same way I'm checking on
you.
It goes both ways.
So the difficult conversationsare becoming easier with time,
(08:10):
and that's something that I'mfinding joy with, because before
I think I was a little rougharound the edges when I would
have certain conversations withpeople.
I was always the hammer and Iwas never the scalpel, and now
I'm more surgical with myconversation.
You know, for example, recentlyI realized I was about to get
(08:31):
into an argument with someoneand I simply said to them I said
you know it's going to be mybirthday in a few days.
I don't have the energy toargue with you because it's
going to be my birthday in a fewdays.
And I said that and I just leftthings as they were and I just
walked away and I carried onwith my day, because not every
battle is, you know, not everybattle should be fought.
(08:55):
You know, some things aren'tgoing to actually lead you
anywhere other than to a placeof unhappiness.
Not everyone is going to see orvalue your opinions or care
about the things that you haveto say, or care about your
emotions or whatever sacrificesthat you make.
So in moments such as those,why even bother engaging into a
(09:23):
pointless argument that's notgoing to lead you anywhere?
Move on and focus your energyon the things that are going to
move you forward, because somethings are going to drag you
down and suck you dry of yourenergy.
So I think 32 has been quiterewarding so far.
Has been quite rewarding so farbecause I find myself
(09:51):
introspecting a lot now and alsoslowing down and evaluating
more about the type of person Iam and my impact on the world
around me.
For example, I was looking atmy daughter the other day and my
son and I just looked at themjust playing and I thought to
myself man, these two humanbeings are incredible and the
fact that I get to see them justbe kids in their element and I
(10:14):
get to watch them grow and bepart of their growth, that in
itself is a blessing and a gift,to just know that my kids are
just so amazing.
You know, the other day I toldmy daughter I was like, oh my
gosh, like my ankle's killing me, it hurts.
And then my son overheard theconversation I was having with
(10:38):
my daughter.
He goes to the refrigerator, hegets an ice pack, he brings it
to me.
He said, dad, I hope you feelbetter.
He gets an ice pack, he bringsit to me.
He said, dad, I hope you feelbetter.
And then the other day mydaughter asked me if I was happy
and I said a little bit.
And then she walks me over tothe rowing machine to go and row
, because rowing makes me happy.
(10:58):
The fact that I am impactingthese two little people's lives
and my wife is doing a great jobwith them as well, and I think
that I'm doing a great job andjust to be able to see that and
experience it, that's somethingthat money can't buy.
(11:19):
I'm so fortunate to get toexperience the lives that I have
.
And most there's most peoplethat you know say that they want
to have, you know, a wife, andthey want to have kids or
whatever the case is.
Even when they get those things.
(11:39):
They don't get to experiencethe level of joy that I'm having
and the fun that I'm having.
You know, right now, and youknow I've been having fun since
they were born, but it's just souplifting that when I see them
it's like I don't have anyproblems in the world.
You know, it's like themigraine that I had it
disappeared.
You know, and I wonder if youknow, other people feel the same
(12:02):
thing that I do and I don'twant to do anything to ever
disrupt this.
So I'm as happy as can be, andhappiness is temporary, so I
could say that I just feelfulfilled.
I think that's a better way ofsaying it.
I am fulfilled.
It's good, as I said earlier, totake stock of who you are,
(12:22):
where you're at, what yourmental state of being is and how
to proceed forward.
You know, something that peopleshould focus on is value value
of time and value of self.
You can put a price on yourtime, but you can't put a price
on yourself.
You know, because your life,your life, has so much value
(12:45):
that you can't actually quantifyit with a dollar.
You know a dollar sign, butyour time you can definitely
quantify, you know its worth,and that's something that I've
been utilizing when makingdecisions as to what I'm going
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to be using my time for.
Who am I going to spend timewith?
Because that's important.
Who am I using my time for?
Who am I going?
Value of time and value of selfis important for growth Because
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, say that you were going toinvest into the stock market,
I'm sure you would have acertain dollar amount that you'd
want to invest and I'm surethere's a certain dollar amount
that you would want you know asfar as returns are concerned.
So your time works the same way.
If you don't know your personalvalue or the value of your time
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, then how can you use your timein a way in which you can
extract value from the thingsthat you're spending your time
on, things that you're investingin?
You know the things.
So if, in other words, if youdon't know your worth and if you
don't know your value, then thereturns that you're going to
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get are always going to berandom and disappointing.
But if you do know your valueand you do know your worth and
the worth of your time, you canspend it in a way that will have
meaningful.
You know results because you'rebeing intentional.
Intentional is key.
So quality of time with friendsis intentional.
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So you get an intentionalreturn.
The you know if you wereinvesting and you, you know, had
intentional investments, thatyou took the time to vet the you
know stock, the stock, thatparticular stock you look at,
you know pretty good trends andyou're confident about what
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you're doing, then that'sintentional.
You know you had purpose, youinvested time to see if
something was worth your timeand your resources to invest in
it.
And people are the same way.
Not everyone is worth your timeand your resources and you have
to be able to have what's theword.
Am I looking for Discernment inthat arena to say that this
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person, they're here to suck medry.
This person, they're here touplift me.
This person, they're here as apillar?
Everyone has a different purposein your life and you want
people that are around you toadd value to you as a person and
to your life and your time.
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Or, if they can't do that, thenthey need to respect your time,
because a person that doesn'trespect your time doesn't
respect you, and a person thatyou know wastes your time, which
is your most valuable resource,is not a person that you need
to be around.
And so, in this new journey ofmine, I'm being even more
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intentional with my time,because I don't know how long I
have on this earth, I don't knowhow long I have with my family
and my friends I don't.
So I'm not going to let thingsand people that don't matter
take away from the things thatdo, whether it's my career.
If things aren't going the waythey should be going, then it's
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time to shake things up and dosomething.
You know new, um, when it comesto the fact that if, if I find
that certain individuals arebeing overly complex, I
immediately stay away from them,because I there's a certain
level of deception to people whotry to be intentionally complex
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.
Simplicity is key.
Everything that is simple andis easily understood, it creates
an environment that flows.
Anything that's overly complex,it stops that flow, it stops
the good energy from flowing.
And so, both in my career andmy personal life, you know,
whenever certain people aretrying to be overly complex, I
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just step aside, I let them dothem and I stay in my own lane
and I thrive in the person thatI am and the things that I do.
I just think that it is whereI'm at in life that there's just
certain things that I justdon't have the energy to deal
with, you know, and certaintypes of people I don't want to
be around and I don't care forwhat they say, and I'm okay with
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us just tolerating each other'sexistence.
I'm okay with that now, whereasbefore it's like I would try to
, you know, be friends withcertain people and try to work
past our differences.
And the truth is you don't haveto work out your difference
with every human being.
You're not going to get alongwith every human being.
Certain people you havephilosophical differences with
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and you can't remedy that.
So the best course of action isjust to tolerate each other's
existence.
It's not meant for you to bebest friends.
Action is just to tolerate eachother's existence.
It's not meant, you know, foryou to be best friends, but just
to let that person exist intheir space and you exist in
yours.
It's like why, why try to?
You know, change someone orhave you know meaning, you know
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arguments that take you nowhereand just runs you rugged.
That's kind of pointless.
You don't need that.
I definitely don't need that.
So you know, I'm intentionalwith the battles that I fight.
I'm intentional with how I spendmy time, I think that's 32.
That's the word for age 32,intentional word for age 32,
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intentional.
And I think the fact that I'mable to be so intentional with
everything is allowing me tore-energize my spirit and I
think the version of me that isbeing developed right now and
the version that's growingcurrently, I think it's a good
kind of scary.
So, with the time that you have, find your passion, find the
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things that matter to you mostand be intentional with your
time.
Be intentional with the personthat you want to be.
Be intentional with the personyou choose to be with the
friends that you want to be.
Be intentional with the personyou choose to be with the
friends that you choose to havethe investments that you make,
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slow down, look before you leap,you know, and be intentional
with all that you do.
You know my word is intentional.
I don't know what your word is,but find that word and live
that word and you know, soonerrather than later, you will see
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that the more intentional youare with the decisions that you
make, the better the results arefor those choices.
So, once again, I just want tosay thank you for tuning in and
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