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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We got a question for American mamas, your mama's. Have
you ever met a stranger and felt an instant connection
to them?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, let's ask American mama's.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Mama, mama, she said, joining us now our American mamas,
Terry Edville and Kimberly Burlason.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
So this is kind of it's not like love at
first sight, but maybe it's a friendship at first sight.
You ever ever had that situation.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Like a kindred spirit connection, I guess is Okay.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
I feel like I've met people where I feel an
instant connection to them. But I also know that people
say that when you feel an instant connection with somebody,
it's because of the way they listen to you. If
somebody acts fully interested in what you're saying, fully invested
in what you're saying, you feel a connection. Because one
(00:54):
thing about Bill Clinton I've heard one of the positives
is that he's always been the very best at making
people feel seen and heard because he locks in when
he's talking to you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, maybe basically the best retail politician of our life.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Absolutely, and that was his actual gift. But I also
noticed that the people I tend to like are the
people that seem interested in me and what's going on
in my life, and then in turn I like to
give it back. But I instantly like them. And it
seems like the people that are more focused on themselves
and talking about themselves, I don't feel that way.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, yeah, okay, No. Interesting.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
We had a celebration of life for a friend as
a He's a Streetport legend, Dennis Beckman. And what was
so interesting. You know, he and his sister dad, they
own in Tanna Garden down in Streeport, and we all
gathered and she asked some of us to say a
few words. It was so fascinating because everybody had the
(01:52):
same thought of one. The first guy that got up
there said, you know, Dennis was that person. It didn't
matter what else was going on in the It didn't
matter who else was in the room. If you were
talking to him, you were all that mattered in that moment.
He was listening. So when you said that, I thought that.
So we all noticed that about Dennis as he listened
(02:13):
no matter what. And I heard the same thing about
Bill Clinton. And it makes you strive to do that.
Oh yeah, you know, like even if you have a
little touch of that ADHD or whatever, if you have
that mindset of I want this person to feel important
while I'm speaking to them.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
It goes back to that Maya Angelou quote.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
People may not remember what you said, people may not
remember what you did, but they'll always remember how you
made him feel.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And Dad would always.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
Say, let people leave your presence feeling better about themselves.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Right, So that is I think that's probably why people
did have such a connection to Dad, you know.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
And I think that's why he was so successful with
his magazine, and he was able to get multi millionaires
to tell them their blueprint of their success. He was
so genuinely interested, but they were willing to tell him
anything in everything. But I was also thinking about one
thing you just said. I was with Steele yesterday, Terry's son,
and he's interviewing right now to go to all to
find his residency where he wants to go, and he
(03:13):
is just being absolutely people want him that he is
being so recruited, and he said one of the doctors
yesterday asked him, you know, what is a quote that
you take with you in life, and he said that
Lane Burrow's his coach in baseball at Louis Annetech, said
when you walk into a room. Are you walking in
(03:33):
as a light? Are you walking and taking the light
from others? Are you a life vampire or are you
a life giver? Yeah, and he said, and I always
think about that when I walk into a room. I
want to be a life giver. And I feel like
if you just walk into a room thinking that you're
there already.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Very interesting. So there are individual people then that you
can think of if this is somebody had an instant
connection with.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Right, I'm trying to think if I had I have
that a lot.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I mean, if you in my family, I had tons
of friends, and I mean sometimes that can hurt you.
If you're if you're open to everybody and you feel
like you have a connection with everybody, well you're bound
to get hurt just because of the numbers game, you know,
Like kim Kimily would say that to me sometimes when
I said, I don't know why you know, She's like, well,
because you're you open yourself up to everybody. And I
(04:27):
just I've always felt a connection with uh, everybody. I mean,
there's really not a lot of people I don't.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
So if you're in I'm opposite of Terry. So Terry
loves everybody. Terry will have friends and every that's my
new best friend. Yeah, and then she'll introduce me.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
And I'm like it seems like a perfectly normal yeah,
and I'm like, I don't see the problem.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
No, that's not your best friend. That's not and it's
just like me, I'm like yeah, no, no, no no, And
she's like, why do you do that? And I'm like,
I'm telling you, And every time I'm right ninety nine percent,
I am right on the money with that particular thing.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
So let me let me just throw out a possibility
idea here. You, Kimberly, are better at recognizing other people
who are that light giver in a room, and Terry,
you are more focused on being the light giver in
the room when you and so, because you're so interested
in being the person people are interested in, you don't
(05:23):
necessarily always have that that discernment about what the other
people are actually like.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Deeptails, Yeah, I trust everybody until you know she trusts everybody,
but missing it hurts me because I feel like she's
also easily hurt by these people.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
And it's like, there's that big sister. I want to
protect her. It's like, no, you don't want to be
friends with that vampire.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And I have a little bit more of an ego
than Terry does, so I'm just like, they don't hurt
me because I'm like, well, they don't like me, that's them.
I like to ask car America was a question got
to our website. Americaground reader dot com says, mama is
a click on the Ask the Mamas. But Terry Netivie,
Kimberly Brother listen.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Thank you so much, Thank you
We got a question for American mamas, your mama's. Have
you ever met a stranger and felt an instant connection
to them?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, let's ask American mama's.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Mama, mama, she said, joining us now our American mamas,
Terry Edville and Kimberly Burlason.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
So this is kind of it's not like love at
first sight, but maybe it's a friendship at first sight.
You ever ever had that situation.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Like a kindred spirit connection, I guess is Okay.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
I feel like I've met people where I feel an
instant connection to them. But I also know that people
say that when you feel an instant connection with somebody,
it's because of the way they listen to you. If
somebody acts fully interested in what you're saying, fully invested
in what you're saying, you feel a connection. Because one
(00:54):
thing about Bill Clinton I've heard one of the positives
is that he's always been the very best at making
people feel seen and heard because he locks in when
he's talking to you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, maybe basically the best retail politician of our life.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Absolutely, and that was his actual gift. But I also
noticed that the people I tend to like are the
people that seem interested in me and what's going on
in my life, and then in turn I like to
give it back. But I instantly like them. And it
seems like the people that are more focused on themselves
and talking about themselves, I don't feel that way.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, yeah, okay, No. Interesting.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
We had a celebration of life for a friend as
a He's a Streetport legend, Dennis Beckman. And what was
so interesting. You know, he and his sister dad, they
own in Tanna Garden down in Streeport, and we all
gathered and she asked some of us to say a
few words. It was so fascinating because everybody had the
(01:52):
same thought of one. The first guy that got up
there said, you know, Dennis was that person. It didn't
matter what else was going on in the It didn't
matter who else was in the room. If you were
talking to him, you were all that mattered in that moment.
He was listening. So when you said that, I thought that.
So we all noticed that about Dennis as he listened
(02:13):
no matter what. And I heard the same thing about
Bill Clinton. And it makes you strive to do that.
Oh yeah, you know, like even if you have a
little touch of that ADHD or whatever, if you have
that mindset of I want this person to feel important
while I'm speaking to them.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
It goes back to that Maya Angelou quote.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
People may not remember what you said, people may not
remember what you did, but they'll always remember how you
made him feel.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And Dad would always.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
Say, let people leave your presence feeling better about themselves.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Right, So that is I think that's probably why people
did have such a connection to Dad, you know.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
And I think that's why he was so successful with
his magazine, and he was able to get multi millionaires
to tell them their blueprint of their success. He was
so genuinely interested, but they were willing to tell him
anything in everything. But I was also thinking about one
thing you just said. I was with Steele yesterday, Terry's son,
and he's interviewing right now to go to all to
find his residency where he wants to go, and he
(03:13):
is just being absolutely people want him that he is
being so recruited, and he said one of the doctors
yesterday asked him, you know, what is a quote that
you take with you in life, and he said that
Lane Burrow's his coach in baseball at Louis Annetech, said
when you walk into a room. Are you walking in
(03:33):
as a light? Are you walking and taking the light
from others? Are you a life vampire or are you
a life giver? Yeah, and he said, and I always
think about that when I walk into a room. I
want to be a life giver. And I feel like
if you just walk into a room thinking that you're
there already.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Very interesting. So there are individual people then that you
can think of if this is somebody had an instant
connection with.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Right, I'm trying to think if I had I have
that a lot.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I mean, if you in my family, I had tons
of friends, and I mean sometimes that can hurt you.
If you're if you're open to everybody and you feel
like you have a connection with everybody, well you're bound
to get hurt just because of the numbers game, you know,
Like kim Kimily would say that to me sometimes when
I said, I don't know why you know, She's like, well,
because you're you open yourself up to everybody. And I
(04:27):
just I've always felt a connection with uh, everybody. I mean,
there's really not a lot of people I don't.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
So if you're in I'm opposite of Terry. So Terry
loves everybody. Terry will have friends and every that's my
new best friend. Yeah, and then she'll introduce me.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
And I'm like it seems like a perfectly normal yeah,
and I'm like, I don't see the problem.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
No, that's not your best friend. That's not and it's
just like me, I'm like yeah, no, no, no no, And
she's like, why do you do that? And I'm like,
I'm telling you, And every time I'm right ninety nine percent,
I am right on the money with that particular thing.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
So let me let me just throw out a possibility
idea here. You, Kimberly, are better at recognizing other people
who are that light giver in a room, and Terry,
you are more focused on being the light giver in
the room when you and so, because you're so interested
in being the person people are interested in, you don't
(05:23):
necessarily always have that that discernment about what the other
people are actually like.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Deeptails, Yeah, I trust everybody until you know she trusts everybody,
but missing it hurts me because I feel like she's
also easily hurt by these people.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
And it's like, there's that big sister. I want to
protect her. It's like, no, you don't want to be
friends with that vampire.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And I have a little bit more of an ego
than Terry does, so I'm just like, they don't hurt
me because I'm like, well, they don't like me, that's them.
I like to ask car America was a question got
to our website. Americaground reader dot com says, mama is
a click on the Ask the Mamas. But Terry Netivie,
Kimberly Brother listen.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Thank you so much, Thank you
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