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I'm also broadcasting on 35 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: my Money Making Conversations Facebook page. You can go online 36 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: right now and leave comments that I will respond to 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: during and after the show. Phone hotline number is for zero, four, two, three, 38 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: one eleven nighty Each Money Making Conversations radio talk shows 39 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: about entrepreneurship. I provide the consumer and business owner access 40 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: to celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and industry decision makers. They in 41 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: turn deliver information by career planning, motivation, financial literacy, and 42 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: how they lead a balanced life. Appeared on the show today, 43 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: It's a very special show. Is my Man Charlemagne the God. 44 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: Co hosts are the very Popular The Breakfast Club and 45 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: author of the New York Times bestseller Black Privilege, Melissa Practice, 46 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: CMO of the Atlanta Hawks, Reginald Ware, CEO of Black 47 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: Doctor dot Org. Derek Anderson, who was an NBA Champion, 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: author and founder of Stamina Academy, and Sean Robinson, President 49 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: and founder of Sean Foundation for Girls. If you guys ready, 50 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: I'm ready. Let's get this show roller. My next guest 51 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: is a proud member of Omega Sci Fi Fraternity and 52 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: Corporated and the CEO of Black Doctor dot Org. Your 53 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Daily Medicine for Life. Please welcome to Money Making Conversations. 54 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 1: Reggie Ware, Hey, John, how you doing? Buddy's pretty good? 55 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: My friend? What's city your We'll city Chicago? Now that's right, 56 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: I'm sus I'm walking around. You know, it's been five 57 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: years in Chicago doing the Steve Harvard Talk Show. Um, 58 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: right now. Yesterday I was walking around in short pants 59 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: and flip flops in Atlanta, Georgia. What were you walking 60 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: around in Chicago in Reggie, Well, I had a light jacket, 61 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: you know. So it's the weather has been good this year. 62 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: It's been For example, it's gonna be fifty three to day, 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: So that's you know, that's like anywhere that's a warm 64 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: My friend, if feverywhere that I guess the groundhog didnity 65 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: and shadow. I guess. Man. Well, I'm happy to have 66 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: you on the show because this is a project that 67 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: I've been well aware of. You introduced this idea to 68 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: me when we was at the cr Double A Tournament 69 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: many years ago, and you see its growth and to 70 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: see that you steadfastly held onto your dream is amazing. 71 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: Black doctors tell me about it. Well, we're a healthy 72 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: lifestyle website and our mission is to UH to get 73 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: every Black family healthy. And what we our strategy is 74 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: to leverage culture, content and technology to help improve people's lives. 75 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: And so every day we're creating content that we feel, uh, 76 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: and the numbers are proven. That's resonating with our people 77 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: and it's motivating them to make the changes that they need. 78 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: So it's a it's a labor of love, you know. 79 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: That's what really has captured my our thought process. The 80 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: views that you get when you post videos on your website, 81 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: it's pretty phenomenal. Man. I'm just gonna let you know, 82 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: very prey thank you. You know. Um. You know, our 83 00:04:55,839 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: our audience really loves and welcomes up healthy lifestyle all information, 84 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: and so they're really passionate about sharing our information. So 85 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: our reaches only because people get our information said wow, 86 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: this is great, let me share it with everybody I know. 87 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: And so we've been able to enjoy the success basically 88 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: on the shoulders of our audience that understand that everybody 89 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: needs to be getting this information. So it's interesting thing 90 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: about why I have you on the show. When you 91 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: when you hear the word black doctor dot org, you know, 92 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: you you immediately think this is a website about medical 93 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: information only, you know, but when you go to the website, now, 94 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: please you gotta go to the website black doctor dot 95 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: org or r G is filled with entertainment information informative content, 96 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: tax information, recipes, beauty tips, relationship advice. Now is that 97 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: a message because that you did you really trying to 98 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: get out there, or or when people just hear black doctor, 99 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: you just want to keep it simple black doctor dot org. 100 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: Well okay, so um, alright, so the name it represents, Okay, 101 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: when you're talking about health the Black people, you know, 102 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: we're very distrusting of the healthcare and right, and I 103 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: believe every population group is it's just maybe multiplied by 104 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: twenty times when you're talking to um African Americans, and 105 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: so we wanted to create a name that our audience 106 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: would say, wow, this is something I can trust. And 107 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: so in the Black community are too much trusted icons 108 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: or the black creature and the black doctor. So it's 109 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: an iconic name that our audiences man, health information that 110 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: I can trust, phenomenal and even the dot org versus 111 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: dot com. I mean, we own black doctor dot com too, 112 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: but when you punch that in, it points us, it 113 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: drives you to black doctor dot org. And so trust 114 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: is a big piece of what we do. And now, 115 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: health the way we look at health is health is 116 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: more than the absence of disease, Right, health is feeling 117 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: good about yourself, being happy, being whole, and so a 118 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: lot of things impact your health, your relationships, the diet, exercise, uh, 119 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: you know this, traveling stress, being stress free. So we 120 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: try to take a uh we try to take a 121 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: sort of a broad approach to everything that's going to 122 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: impact your life in a positive way, because at the 123 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: end of the day, all of these things are factors 124 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: in terms of whether or not you're gonna be able 125 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: to be healthy and live a life you want to 126 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: live and so forth. How do you raise your parents, 127 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: relationships with your significant other, meeting people when you're look 128 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: in the mirror, do you like who you see? All 129 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: of that, We cover it all and and you cover 130 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: it very well because, like I said, you think because 131 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: you know, I was texting back and forth on Sunday 132 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: and so that's usually my my my research day when 133 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: I because I want everything to be fresh, and I'm 134 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: just stuck on your website Black doctor dot org just 135 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: read just be entertained, and I found that. That's why 136 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: I wanted to bring that out to the top of 137 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: our interview, is to talk about how it's how diverse 138 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: information that I wouldn't expect to go to but you're 139 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: absolutely right. Stress. So get this tax information off your back. 140 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: You haven't taxes. You what you can create stress, we 141 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: can turn and affect your health. That's what you can 142 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: get over there. Here's the recipes to eat right eat 143 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: And so I just really found that phenomenal and I 144 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: felt that that I definitely want to be, uh, you know, 145 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: a brand participant when when where I can assist you 146 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: and uh, just expanding information, just expanding knowledge and awareness 147 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: of what you're doing that black doctor dot org. Believe me, 148 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm a fan and I'm with your friend. Yeah, And 149 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: I appreciate you. I appreciate all the work that you're 150 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: doing because I mean you're helping you're helping people. On 151 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: the entrepreneurial part, which is as a population group, the 152 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: only way we're ever gonna thrive is if we develop 153 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: more entrepreneurs. Because entrepreneurs drives wealth. It also allows people 154 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: to get more jobs because a lot of times and 155 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: people go to go to these uh go to white companies, 156 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: they may not get the job. And it may not 157 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: be racist. It maybe people just like to hire who 158 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: they know, who they're comfortable with. Right, And if we 159 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: get more entrepreneurs that look like us, then we're gonna 160 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: hire more people we'll give it would be more opportunities 161 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: for people. So I really, I'm really impressed and thrilled 162 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: with what you're doing, and we want to work with 163 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: you moving forward as much as we can. Well, okay, 164 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: let's let's just get a little history on you. You You know, 165 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: here's a guy. Okay, Well, what was your major in college? 166 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: And are you doing what you thought you would do 167 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: when you went to college? Okay, I was the marketing 168 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: major in college. I am marketing and I'm with to 169 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: school on a football scholarship, and uh but I was 170 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: one of the few people that said, let me actually 171 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: get my degree while I'm here, and uh so, um, 172 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: after school, I went to work for an ad agency. 173 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: So in my mind I was thinking that, uh, my 174 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: core skill set was in marketing, marketing, sales, and so forth, 175 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: and I wanted to be involved in media, and I 176 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: was thinking it was more from the advertising side, passing 177 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: copy copyright. We're you're writing the copy that pure and 178 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: adds and so forth. But once I got out of 179 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: school and start working for an ad agency, I saw that. Uh. 180 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: I think I saw that the true leverage and even 181 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: my true passion was the media side of it, where 182 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,479 Speaker 1: we're publishing the content and then letting the people advertise 183 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: on the content around the content that I'm publishing. And 184 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: so my um so, my first the business that most 185 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: people know me by it when I started the Heart 186 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: and Soul magazine out of Los Angeles, which was in 187 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: the early nineties and uh as as you may may 188 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: not know, that was the nation's first health magazine for 189 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: black women, which we eventually uh was eventually sold to 190 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: a BT right right, Yeah, Now, with that, so you 191 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: always had that I got to use this word visionary approach, 192 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 1: you know, because you were doing things with hard and soul. 193 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,239 Speaker 1: Now you came up with black doctors got on. Okay, 194 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: it's just still an idea, and you have more naysayers 195 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: or saying that's crazy or I don't think that's gonna work, 196 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: because most people do, they leverage negativity before they try 197 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: to support you. And you have to be your own 198 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: personal cheerleader. How does that work? You know you bring 199 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: a but great, that's that's really a very insightful and 200 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: and and powerful point. You're right. When I was starting out, 201 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: whenever I would create a business, it wasn't until I 202 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: was maybe nine when I would tell a person what 203 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: I'm trying to do and they wouldn't tell me immediately 204 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: that's not gonna work, that's never gonna work. And it 205 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: was so bad people telling me what I couldn't do 206 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: that I used to that was my sort of my 207 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: uh that was sort of my trigger to know that 208 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: it was a good idea. If everybody said it wasn't 209 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: gonna work, to go and let me know that it 210 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: was gonna work. And it was. It was a big adjustment. 211 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: Once I started telling people what I wanted to do 212 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: and they said, oh, yeah, that's that's that's a good idea, 213 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: that's gonna work. I had to step back and say, 214 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: wait a minute, what's wrong here? You know? But uh, 215 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: but you're right. A lot of times people aren't going 216 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: to be able to share your vision and they will 217 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: probably probably give you negative feedback. But if the vision 218 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: is strong enough on the inside, right he after you 219 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: just you know, let that bounce off of you, like 220 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: like border on the duck's back and keep it moving. 221 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: When went to the CEO doctor dot Org Reggie Ware, 222 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: my fraternity brother Omega's five, We'll be back with more 223 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: information because he has more to tell us about an 224 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: amazing website that you should be on. We'll be right 225 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: back with more from John McDonald and Money Making Conversations. 226 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: Don't touch that. Let me tell you about the host 227 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: of Money Making Conversations, Rashaan McDonald. 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So many people have really been trying to 252 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: get me to do a gospel record for so many years. 253 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: Or I've been promising God that I would, I would 254 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: shout him out to do something. You know, and that 255 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: goes my baby. Come on, man, put a little Jesus 256 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: sing the song. Come on brother, miss Patty little ball, 257 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: and you know what, I'm gonna be doing concerts and 258 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: little clubs. Thank you, Thank you for you so that 259 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: I can tut you when I'm staying with my hands. 260 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: Thank you. See I told you be there every Monday, 261 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: ten amter noon. B is a love of nating. Money 262 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: making conversations. Hi, this is ru Sean McDonald um interviewing 263 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: a proud member or make a side file or money 264 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: making conversations. Uh, he's the CEO of black Doctor dot org, 265 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: which i'd like to say that your daily medicine for life. 266 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: Please welcome back to the show, Reggie Ware. How are 267 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: you doing, Reggie? Yeah, very good, very good. You know 268 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: because because when people ask me why are you doing 269 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: this show? You know, because you get the names there 270 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: who's gonna listen to the show or that that doesn't 271 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: resonate with everybody. I tell everybody, everybody, even people who 272 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: are imployed entrepreneurs, their brands, especially today's society with social media. 273 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: If you're on social media, you are a brand. You 274 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: know Collie Jenner when when she disrupted snapchacks stock when 275 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: she just made a state negative statement about snapchats new 276 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: algorithm and this app, the stock dropped. So that that's 277 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: where brands are now. And so when I look at 278 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: you in this new era, because because you started your 279 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: website prior to the evolution explosion of social media, how 280 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: has that been an advantage for you now? Well, the 281 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: one thing I like about the Internet is that you know, 282 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: most industries. If you try to start a car company 283 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: or newspaper or something like that, your competitors they have 284 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: hundreds of years that he had start before you started. 285 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: But digital, because it's only it's only a few years old, 286 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: everybody is starting at the same time. We're coming out 287 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: the gate at the same time. So it allows us 288 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: to be able to compete with anyone, no matter how 289 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: big they are. And so for us, what really helped 290 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: us is that social media and and more specifically Facebook, 291 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: because it allows us to be able to reach the 292 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: entire nation in the world and right and in the world. Right, 293 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: you're you're right because one of our top ten markets 294 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: is London, Londoning. Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right. And 295 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: I know because because you know, I just say these 296 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: things that you know, because I don't want you to 297 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: understand the impact of your website, you know, because I 298 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: went on It's been at least couple of hours on 299 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: your side yesterday yesterday afternoon, and I went and so 300 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: this is really cool because all this information and you 301 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: don't want those jaded guys you know that been there, 302 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: done that, And so when I see this, like I 303 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: can't just say that, then you turn around us, and 304 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: you're right. When our type top site is London, that's 305 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: worldwide because the faith it means that your engagement is 306 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: like international, and that means that that when you look 307 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: at the things, when you see a word like and 308 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people trying to say black doctor dot org, 309 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: it's still provides information for everybody. If you go if 310 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: you're not African American, or you're not a person of color, 311 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: you can go on that side and you can still 312 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: find information that will make your life better. I don't 313 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: know the recipes. I think any body can eat those 314 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: recipes that you put on their money. You know, the relationships, 315 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: all of it's not it's all about information that's generic. 316 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: When I said generic is not a negative way, but 317 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: it's universal, I should say, and that's what I like 318 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: about it. So so when you look at what you're doing, now, 319 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: how do you define success? How do you define the sex? 320 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: For Red l Well, success for me is how many 321 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: people's lives can I impact. I mean, I want my 322 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: legacy to be that I've helped other people improve their lives. 323 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: And so success happens too fold. One is when I 324 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: can serve others in a positive way, and then The 325 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: other piece of it, which is just as important and 326 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: maybe more important if you ask my wife, is can 327 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: I provide for my family by making an honest living? 328 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: And so, you know, so a person that could be 329 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: a school teacher, but yeah, he's coming home every day 330 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: to his family and he's given them his own person 331 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: to me is extremely successful. And so for me, being 332 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: able to provide and being able to help is how 333 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: I define success. And that's that's be for anybody, really, 334 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: you know that that's That's just what I'm saying, is 335 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: that I just want to consulate everybody know that, you know, 336 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: the success you have as an entrepreneur can be applied 337 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: the same philosophies, you know, because you know, my dad 338 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: was a drug driver. All he wanted to do is 339 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: go to work, come home, make sure we have food 340 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: on the table, and make sure his kids had a 341 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: better life than he lived. And that's all you said 342 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: in that the life of philosophy are still expousing on 343 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: is not unique. It's really universal. And I really like 344 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: the fact that you said, look all you people out there, 345 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: it's a it's a level planing field now. And social 346 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: media because it just came on board, you know, it's 347 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: not like something you know, Ford started in the early 348 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: and the eighteen you know, the eighteen team something like that, 349 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: so they had a jump. If you're trying to get 350 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: in the car business, you know, right now it's up 351 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: to you to creat your engagement. It's in it's up 352 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: to you to validate what you're trying to say to 353 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: people on the on the daily basis. With that being said, 354 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: what do you think resonates the most? Will you post 355 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: to your fan base? Well, it's a it's a variety. 356 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: It's a wide variety of things. It could be our 357 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: our relationship does stuff, our relationship does goes well, Uh, 358 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: fitness does well. Uh. Diabetes is a big topic on 359 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: our our side, as well as hard health and you know, 360 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: so it's it varies. It really depends on what's happening, Um, 361 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: what what's happening? Just what's current in everybody's life. For example, Uh, 362 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: if a person, um, if a person, if a celebrity 363 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: analysis that, for example, they're suffering from depression, Well, at 364 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: that point, I can talk about depression for the next 365 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: week on our website and people are gonna be reading 366 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: more about it because it's not it's a current event. 367 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: And so what we try to do because health is 368 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: not something that's super sexy, and so you have to 369 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: sort of tying in. You have to sort of marry 370 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: it with the current event where people's antennas have been 371 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: raised and they're ready to receive that information. And then 372 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: it's about being timely, in effective, and relevant as you 373 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: disseminate that information. Because our thing is we want to 374 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: get in front of you, we want to engage you. 375 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: But when you walk away from reading that article, watching 376 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: that video, we want you to say, man, I'm glad 377 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: I did that because now I feel that I'm better off. 378 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: And that's really that's part of our secrets auce, because 379 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: it's it's it's a couple of statements I want to 380 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: pull from your website and I want to say to 381 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: the to the public and to the listeners. Black doctor 382 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: dot Org is dedicated to empowering your readers to take 383 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: control of their health and live healthier, happier lives. That's 384 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: all you've been saying the entire Yeah, you know, happiness, happiness, 385 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: and when you think about body, mind and spirit, you 386 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: know the spirit part is happiness. You know people, you know, 387 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: how do we help people be happy? How do we 388 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:54,719 Speaker 1: help people to understand that successes journey and not a destination. 389 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: And you have to enjoy all the things along the 390 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: way that's helping to create the helping YouTube and to 391 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: who you're ultimately going to be. And and truth be told, 392 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: you're constantly involving as long as you're alive and breathe, 393 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: and you're gonna be involving to evolving just to be 394 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: happy and whole and complete and so forth. And so 395 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: you know, we take uh, you know, we we take 396 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: it seriously, and we brainstorm every week and our editorial meetings, 397 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,959 Speaker 1: you know, what's going on now, what what do our 398 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: audiants need to hear? What do they need to know 399 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 1: or understand this week? And then we continue to put 400 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: something together that we think is going to be engaged, informative, 401 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: and and successful in helping people solve the problems that 402 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: they may have done that particular week. And here's another 403 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: great statement I took for your website. Black doctor dot 404 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,959 Speaker 1: org provides essential, but difficult to find health resources for 405 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: you and your family, including free referrals to the top 406 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: black positions and health articles that focused on both culturally 407 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: accurate content and general health topics that was most important 408 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: to me because let me just say this about what 409 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: you're doing over there. See, you know, I have a 410 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: dog there. And sometimes the media will will present opportunities 411 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: that are so negative that you feel there's no hope 412 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: or can you do that? Well, you go to black 413 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: doctor Org and you can see how it being its successful, 414 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: how large is successful we are in the medical arena. 415 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: And I think that's important that that when I when 416 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: I when I got to that point of your website, man, 417 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: I was I was a little bit in awe, Reggie, 418 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: And you should be proud man of what you're doing, man, 419 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: And you should not understate that you are affecting him 420 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: lives positively by showing that you can do this too, 421 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: you know. So, So the way we look at it 422 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: is there's never really been a gay plan for a 423 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: black man or a black woman to live a long, 424 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: happy and healthy life. Basically, we've always had to mirror 425 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: what the white population does and and as a result, 426 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: that hadn't worked. So therefore we're living sicker and we're 427 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: dying younger. The life expectancy of a black man is 428 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: born around nineteen sixty is sixty years old. That's a 429 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: life expectancy of sixty and so we're saying, we'll wait 430 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,199 Speaker 1: a minute, why does that exist and how do we 431 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: change it? Well, one of the ways we have to 432 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 1: change it is by following the game plan for oustine 433 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: culturally relevant, culturally accurate, and that's what we try to do, 434 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: and that's what we provide on black doctor dot org. 435 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: For example, colon cancer, colon cancer, prospect cancer two cancers 436 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: that are curable, is detected in time. Stream media states 437 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: that at age fifty you should be screened for prosct cancer. 438 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: They can catch it in time and it will be 439 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: a non issue. But with black men, we have to 440 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: be screened. Black women for colon cancer, we have to 441 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: be screened earlier in a lot of cases. So the 442 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: starting point is age forty. So we're reading no matter 443 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: if we're reading journal market media like a web m deal, 444 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: what have you. No matter how passionate we are about 445 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: following that advice is to your own roadmap to our success. 446 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: So where can we go to get the culturally accurate 447 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: information that we need to live as long, healthy, happy life. 448 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: And it's black doctor dot org. So we by so 449 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: I can go on and on, man, but you know what, 450 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to say that. When I first started 451 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: thirteen years ago, the life expectancy gap between blacks and 452 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: whites for six years, we were living on average six 453 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: years less than our white our white friends. Well now 454 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: the American Cancer Society announced last year that that gap 455 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: is closed to four years. So we're making progress, and 456 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not taking credit for that, but I 457 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: do believe we're part of that success equation. And so 458 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: we're continuing to try to impact people's lives in a 459 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: positive way, one by one, one family by one family, 460 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: and getting people to talk to the people they love. 461 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: Because if we can't get people talking about it, we're 462 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: not going to be successful. But what we try to 463 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: do is get people talking to each other. You know, 464 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: get your exercise today. What are you eating? There's too 465 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: much song in that pro food. Let's try to do that. 466 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: On the phone with my man CEO Black Doctor dot 467 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: Org as host some money making Conversations, Rashan McDonald is 468 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: uniquely positioned to provide a step by step, easy to 469 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: understand blueprint that drives listeners to realize their dreams and aspirations. 470 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: Until you do the business plan, or incorporate, or actually 471 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: create that product or start selling products. The universe doesn't 472 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: have to deal with. Money Making Conversations is an innovative 473 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: platform that delivers financial literacy to help everyone with their 474 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: brand success. Good to have a money making conversation with 475 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: somebody that make money. Let me tell you about the 476 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: host of money Making Conversations, Rashaan McDonald. He's a social 477 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: media influencer. Of his seven hundred thousand plus social media 478 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: followers are female. He's a two time Emmy Award winner, 479 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: three time n double a CP Image Award winner, sitcom writer, 480 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: stand up comic, former IBM executive, and has a degree 481 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: in mathematics. More importantly, Rashan McDonald will use his business 482 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: and celebrity relationships to empower small businesses with information to succeed. 483 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: HI this Rashan donald was money Making Conversation and she's 484 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: live in studio. I love it when I get a 485 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: live in studio guests for two breaks. My next guest 486 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: is the executive vice president and Chief Marketing Officer of 487 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Hawks basketball. Her career has taken her from 488 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: the ball girl the CMO. Yes, sir, please working the 489 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: money making Conversation. Melissa Proctor, Thank you, thank you, thank 490 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: you very much, and I'm so honored to be here 491 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: with you today. Thank you, thank you. You look fantastic 492 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: on a rainy day in Atlanta, and you came in 493 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: looking at as they say, fantafuls. Let's talk about the 494 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks. Okay, because you just CMO. Please tell everybody 495 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: what exactly is the responsibilities of a CMO. Well, you know, 496 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: CMO duties and responsibilities very dependent on your organization, and 497 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: so with the Atlanta Hawks, mean a lot of it 498 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: is obviously marketing and advertising and the things that you 499 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: see out there to get you excited to want to 500 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: come to the game's motion. But in addition to that, 501 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: there's so much that happens behind the scenes, So everything 502 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: from what we do on game days to the execution, 503 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: the cheerleaders and mascots, all of the production and the 504 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: people that absolutely huge team with people behind that are 505 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 1: involved in that on a daily basis. You know, I 506 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: didn't think there was absolutely not um In addition to 507 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: the retail, so I store all the amazing hawkscal that 508 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: you see people wearing around the city. That as well 509 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: our social media, all of our amazing brand voice that 510 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: we have on Twitter, on LinkedIn, especially we're doing a 511 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: lot of cool things on social so that team as well, 512 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: I mean all of the videos that you see that 513 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: come out around the Hawks, and so there's there's a 514 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: big team of people down because a lot because I 515 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: didn't think you get I thought it was gonna be 516 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: to like a little bit of a couple of sentences, 517 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: and now you went from the social media to T 518 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 1: shirt sales to actual cheerleaders. So so just just tell 519 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: me a day in the life one day, like the 520 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: Monday you on the radio show with me when you 521 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: leave here, why does this? Well? When I get when 522 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: I get to the office, we have a number of 523 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: meetings and a lot of it is just approval. So 524 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: right now one of our big priorities as an organization 525 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 1: is really the Serena transformation and what we're doing with 526 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: So we have some some meetings coming up of how 527 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 1: we're gonna cover the market and let everybody know all 528 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: the amazing things that are coming to Philips Serena Um 529 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: at probably around October, so October of this fall, the 530 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: entire building will be redone and completely renovated. Now some 531 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: changes have happened already. Car Yes, okay, because because I 532 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 1: was kind of confused, going like I was just there, 533 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: you know, I went there for the new Jersey New 534 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: Jersey of Brooklyn nets a basketball game, and I was 535 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 1: in this week, you know, with free food and everything. 536 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,479 Speaker 1: You know, I was looking good girl, But nobody's twitting 537 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: meat and so so, and I just you know, first 538 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: of all, the know it was let's talk about the renovations. 539 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: They are there now and what's going to comment the future. 540 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the changes now. So last summer we 541 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: closed for the entire summer. We did a lot of 542 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: behind the scenes work and even now if you come 543 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: into the building, there's some banners up where some of 544 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: the sweets are still being renovated. But currently we have 545 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: our Courtside Club, which it's been an amazing new innovation 546 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: for the buildings. So a lot of the court side 547 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: seat holders now have an amazing new club where they 548 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: can go during the game day. We have a court 549 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: that's literally on the floor, so behind the backboard you'll 550 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: see that's the logo, right, that's you see the Hawks 551 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: logo on the floor, and so now people can actually 552 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: stand out there and watch the game. And a lot 553 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: of that has happened on football, but it's never really 554 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: happened in basketball. So here in Atlanta with the Hawks, 555 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: we're really trying to be innovative and be different as 556 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: we turn. Because y'all logo allows to create that that 557 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: that kind of like that bar design because I've seen 558 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: it that went that's pretty slick because it's right behind 559 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: the basket. And so there are a number of people 560 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: who are now taking that opportunity and want to be 561 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: down court side. It's very exclusives. You can only get 562 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: down there if you have those courtside seats. However, it's 563 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: one of the first things that you can go in 564 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: at the top. Well, there may be some opportunities if 565 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: you're in a suite you know, like you are, you 566 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: know you'll have those opportunities. You have just look down 567 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: in there and then feel the log But next season 568 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: we'll have a lot of different things for people who 569 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: are even up at the top. So a lot of 570 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: about about stay right here, right here, I want to 571 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: go to the next sea. I got two breaks with 572 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: you stuff because you know, you know you this is 573 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: what you do for a living. And sometimes when you 574 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: tell your story, you tell us so fast you think 575 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,959 Speaker 1: people here, but they don't because you just you know, 576 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: your your your machine. You know, you constantly want to 577 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: sell your brand at the highest level and you're excited 578 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: about Okay, let's talk about some of that. I saw 579 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: golf over there. I saw talk about barbershop. Okay, killing 580 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: Mike swack shop. So let's talk about that. Now. I 581 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: saw killing Mike bobbershop. I went okay, and I'm ball ahead. 582 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: So you I ruled out. Oh no, they got stuff 583 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: for you. Let's talk about those changes that really caught 584 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: me off guard. So all of those that we're talking 585 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: about that everybody that we're talking about the Philips Arena 586 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Light of Hawks play as 587 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: well as all concerts come through there. Broke Steve Harvey 588 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: there several times and we sold a lot of several shows. 589 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,959 Speaker 1: I'm more bragg about it at the Philips Arena. And 590 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: now you guys have renovated it and we're talking about 591 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: the change is currently and we have saw him in 592 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: the future. Yes, so we are transforming this into an 593 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: all new building under the same roof, and so it's 594 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: gonna be phenomenal. So a lot of the changes that 595 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: you're talking about are ones that are gonna come next season. 596 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: But you know, one of the signature items that we're 597 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: bringing in kind of three big things, one's top golf. 598 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: So many people are familiar with tops just as an experience, 599 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: and so we're literally gonna bring top golf into the building. 600 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: We're creating these top golf swing suites where you and 601 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: a group of guests and all the folks here on 602 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: your team can go and enjoy a basketball game and 603 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: play golf in the swing suite at the same time. 604 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: Here here's here's the players a bight getting mad at you, 605 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: just like the Land of Facton players mad because there's 606 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: nobody in the stands sometimes, you know, because they've got 607 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: all this activity going your head shave, you know, swing 608 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: the golf. You're at the little bar down there behind 609 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: if where are the people in the stands? So how 610 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: do you balance that? Well, you know, we really think 611 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: that by creating exciting basketball on the court, period, people 612 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: are gonna come out and watch that. But everyone comes 613 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 1: to a game and has different experiences. So even if 614 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: you come to the game out, it's it's a social 615 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: activity there. And we really target the next generation at Lantin, 616 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,719 Speaker 1: so we know it's about the bars and hanging out 617 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: with friends and being able to connect with people. So 618 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: even the idea of the swag shop. You know, we're 619 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 1: at a barbershop, that's where you know, people go to 620 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: interact and talk trash and all of that. But we 621 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: will literally have four barber's chairs there where you can 622 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: get your haircut while watching the game at the same time. Now, 623 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: now here's the fun part about this conversation is that 624 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: because it has changed, you're telling me Rashan, Look, we 625 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: have to entertain on the court and off the court. 626 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: And what do you think Creates has created that shift? 627 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: First about WiFi, Remember they wanted to make sure you 628 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: have WiFi so you can watch the game on your 629 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: cell phone. Now, as like physical activity, that can keep 630 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: you not only your interest going, Okay, let's go to 631 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: the game. You go, well, oh, you know we're gonna 632 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: go hang out to kill a mics his swag barbershop, 633 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,959 Speaker 1: or we go let's go swing some some golf balls 634 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: and the Hawks game. That's really a phenomenal well, I 635 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: mean I think for us, you know that coupled with 636 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: amazing food. We have chef Joe Schaeffer, who was formerly 637 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: at Baccanalia who's now our executive chef. She said that 638 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: name real quick, like say, I'm a professional eater. Okay, 639 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: we're talking about in Las Vegas. Now, that is the 640 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: best buffet in Las Vegas. Now, if if they got 641 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: they got crawdads on that buffet in Las Vegas. So 642 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: I know he knows what he's talking about. So so 643 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: did you throw that name out like I wasn't gonna 644 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: catch you. You You know a lot of people don't catch that. 645 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: But you're looking at the foodie. I can tell, Okay, 646 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: and when and if I'm just gonna verify this with 647 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: this dude, if he's the man from there, you need 648 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: to start eating at the Hawks games well there as 649 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: well as the other restaurant Baccanalia here in Atlanta. But 650 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: he is bringing a whole new direction of the food 651 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: and beverage to the arena. And so I really believe 652 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 1: that through all of our guests. I mean, I mean, 653 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: you know, now, especially with millennials and we call them 654 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: next generation Atlanta's, there's so many things that occupy your time. 655 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,959 Speaker 1: Attention spans are so much shorter than they used to be, 656 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: so for you to get up off your couch and 657 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: to get out of your behind your iPad to come 658 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker 1: to a game. We're all about the power of live entertainment. 659 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: And you mentioned selling out Philip Srina all the big 660 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 1: shows and absolutely I took my daughter there to see 661 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,359 Speaker 1: a concert and it was just phenomenal. And yeah, I 662 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: want to talk about a little bit about Tender Night. Yes, now, 663 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 1: tender everybody know about the social the social or app 664 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: dating apps with friends, connect with friends. It has brought 665 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: a tremendous amount of positive publicity and made your basketball 666 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,399 Speaker 1: game even more social. That one couple has recently gonna 667 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: get married at the game because they married a lot 668 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: of Hawks Tender Night. So three years ago we did 669 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,360 Speaker 1: that first Tender Night. That is brilliant. It was a 670 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: combination of folks you know in our our CEO. You know, 671 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: Steve Coonan is incredibly creative, funny him, he's funny, and 672 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: so you know, the idea was, how about we take 673 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,239 Speaker 1: something that we know our audience is doing in the 674 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: digital space and bring it into the physical space. So 675 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,880 Speaker 1: if we were going to allow people to connect online, 676 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: they can just come to our building. We'll give them 677 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: an opportunity to connect physic leave with each other. And 678 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 1: so that was the first Tender Night, and we had 679 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: a love lounge and people can come up and meet 680 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: each other on the lounge and and so a lot 681 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: of people connected. Two of my employees who participated regularly 682 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: in your Tender Night, they so I knew about it 683 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: before I went to the game, and they thought it 684 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: was fun, they thought it was innovative. They felt no pressure, 685 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,280 Speaker 1: you know, so it was just like some another cool option, 686 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: and they were they were ticket holders. And even if 687 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 1: you didn't know it was Tender Night, you can still 688 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: come out and still be a part of it, which 689 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: was really exciting for fans who are just coming and learning. 690 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: And so literally after the first one, uh, we said, hey, 691 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: you know, if anyone, Steve said, if anyone meets and 692 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: ends up getting married, we'll take on you. We'll have 693 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:48,799 Speaker 1: your wedding here at Philip Philip Serena. They've been said 694 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: yet this weekend, this week this weekend, did you explain 695 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,320 Speaker 1: this scenario how they gonna get married, you know, the 696 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,720 Speaker 1: halftime before the game, not during the game. They're literally 697 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 1: having their wedding in Philip Serena. So there's not another 698 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 1: event happening during the games, happening on the court and 699 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,839 Speaker 1: their receptions in our new court side clubs. It doesn't 700 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: feel like a throwaway, not at all. This is this 701 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: isn't a special experience for them, and we wanted to 702 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: make sure that we can kind of be there. With 703 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: your social media. You're gonna be good or you're gonna 704 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,280 Speaker 1: be shooting video. I know you CMO, I know that 705 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,239 Speaker 1: there is a game plan here when you know they're 706 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: really excited about it or partnering with Tender and with 707 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: the not and so you know, David's Bridle supplied the 708 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,239 Speaker 1: dresses for the bride and all of the bridal party, 709 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: so it should be a really great event and we're 710 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: very happy for them. I'm happy to I saw a 711 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: cute couple in that way. I wanted to bring it 712 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,759 Speaker 1: up because I thought that was very innovativele and like 713 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: I said, and when it was when it launched, you know, 714 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,840 Speaker 1: it got a lot of the cool national buds that 715 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,239 Speaker 1: you guys thought of that. So when you when I 716 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: look at what you guys doing, if you've not been 717 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: to a Land of Hawks game, I'm telling you go. 718 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 1: And it's not about the record, it's about the experience. 719 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 1: When I say that, what you guys do with the 720 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: with the with with the kiss cam, with the with 721 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 1: the cheerleaders, with the mascot is almost global trottersh you 722 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, because y'allre so creating an experience 723 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: even you know, now Hot Sauce is kind of one 724 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: of the new things that we're doing. Is a part 725 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 1: of our game, and he's taking people on and it's 726 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,840 Speaker 1: really exciting and we thank you know, for people of 727 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,799 Speaker 1: all ages coming down to a Hawks game and really 728 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,319 Speaker 1: experiencing what we have this season. But next season knowing 729 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna take it to a whole different level with 730 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,839 Speaker 1: the transformation that the next break. Run out of time 731 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,720 Speaker 1: on this break. But I want to keep this focusing 732 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 1: because you you got information, because I really want to 733 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: talk more about that experience, especially from the social because 734 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 1: I've been to like about five I live in Atlanta, 735 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,440 Speaker 1: I've been about five games, and I like that recently 736 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: went to a game this this this year, and the 737 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,879 Speaker 1: experience has always been fun. And I like the way 738 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: you're able to do social media, have people take pictures 739 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: and then so you keep them connected even if they're 740 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: not at the game. That is so sharp and so 741 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,080 Speaker 1: so that's what your team does yes, I mean on 742 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,440 Speaker 1: a regular basis coming up with new ideas and new 743 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: ways that we can kind of entertain our audiences. For example, 744 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,720 Speaker 1: you know, coming out at the beginning of the season, 745 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 1: really looking at how we even tell people what the 746 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: schedule is and doing a schedule release with emojis right right, 747 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: you're on. And so we're constantly trying to find new 748 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 1: ways that we can innovate, and we look at you know, 749 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: when people say, you know, who is your competition, which 750 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 1: is a really great question because they assume it's you know, 751 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,960 Speaker 1: whether the Falcons are the raves, And for us, our 752 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,959 Speaker 1: competition is your couch. It's the movies. So we're gonna 753 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,960 Speaker 1: be back with more the CMO nor At Dole CMO 754 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: of a Latin Hawks. She's fantastic. We'll be right back 755 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: with more from MARSA McDonald and Money Making Conversations don't 756 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:53,839 Speaker 1: touch that down. 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Rashaun is 766 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 1: looking for great bakers for his baker spotlight. He wants 767 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,280 Speaker 1: to brag on his fans for their incredible baking skills 768 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: on his social media and website. That can be your mom, friend, 769 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,320 Speaker 1: co worker, a relative. Spread the word today. Visit Rashan 770 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,959 Speaker 1: McDonald dot com. Hi, this is Rushan McDonald, the host 771 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,000 Speaker 1: of Money Making Conversation. You say to yourself, who calls 772 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,920 Speaker 1: Rushan shell Rickie smiling, You got to get out of 773 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: your own city and leave in order to group. Because 774 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: a fish don't get bigger as long as it's inside 775 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 1: that just get bigger when you put it in. A poet, 776 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,440 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, please blocking the phone. The one and 777 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:58,839 Speaker 1: only Charlie Wilson. People have really been trying to get 778 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 1: me to do a gospel record so many years, and 779 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,239 Speaker 1: I have been promising God that I would I would 780 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 1: shout him out to do something, but you know, go 781 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 1: to my baby. Come on man, but a little Jesus 782 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: in the song come on miss Patty little Bell, and 783 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: you know what I'm gonna be doing concerts and little clubs. 784 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you so that I can touch you 785 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,520 Speaker 1: when I'm sitting with my hand. Thank you. See I 786 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,439 Speaker 1: told you be there every Monday, ten am the noon. 787 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: Be is a love of nating money making conversations. I 788 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,160 Speaker 1: just Reashan McDonald and money making conversations. I'm interviewing the 789 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,120 Speaker 1: executive vice president and CMO of the allot of Hawks. 790 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: At the very start of my my interview, I said 791 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: from ball Girl the CMO, and I don't want to 792 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,839 Speaker 1: gloss over there like everybody can do that. Explain your 793 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:50,000 Speaker 1: journey and take your time, because my show is about inspiration, motivation, 794 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,560 Speaker 1: overcoming the odds. Whether you're an employee, are an entrepreneur, 795 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 1: you need to understand that your story of success and 796 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,640 Speaker 1: your journey, and you always know that every time you 797 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:04,080 Speaker 1: get up is still a journey every day. That's a 798 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,720 Speaker 1: long way ago, a long time ago, say ball Girl, 799 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,879 Speaker 1: talk to us, come on that. Sure, you know when 800 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,720 Speaker 1: I grew up in Miami, Florida. Worn to raise in Miami, 801 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,400 Speaker 1: and my mother was from Belize, my father was from Jamaica. 802 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: My wife is from Belize. No way. Absolutely were really 803 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: buddies now really, but she's in Houston right now, so 804 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: she's gonna love this. So you know, growing up, you know, 805 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: I spent either summers and Belize or in Jamaica or Miami. 806 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,400 Speaker 1: And remember being in high school and I was always 807 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 1: an artist. I would draw in payne and I was 808 00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: the art girl. And in high school I decided, you know, 809 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,719 Speaker 1: I really wanted to get a job. And I said, 810 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: you know, mom, I want to get a job. She 811 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 1: was like, absolutely not. Then she said, you know what, 812 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:40,799 Speaker 1: you can get a job if you decide you're gonna 813 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,239 Speaker 1: get a job and whatever you want to be for 814 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,640 Speaker 1: the rest of your life. And at the time, I 815 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 1: loved art, but I also had a cousin that loved 816 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 1: watching Miami Heat basketball. My parents weren't in the basketball 817 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: and I said, you know, I really I really liked 818 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,920 Speaker 1: this basketball thing. So I said, mom, I want to 819 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,160 Speaker 1: be the first female coach in the NBA. I've never 820 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,400 Speaker 1: played basketball in my life. I don't know how that 821 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,640 Speaker 1: was gonna work. And so my mom said, oh, here's 822 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 1: the current coach operator, right, yeah, Eric Spolscha. So corty 823 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: story about that. So she said, okay, Melissa, if that's 824 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: what you want to do, go go work for the NBA, 825 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 1: Go work for the Heat. I said, alright, mom. So 826 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: I started writing letters, wrote, let us decorated, put my 827 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,360 Speaker 1: artwork all on the envelopes. I would call Yellow Pages, 828 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,360 Speaker 1: making phone calls before email and all of that. And 829 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: so I was fifteen fifteen, and I kept calling and 830 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:31,480 Speaker 1: one day the community service, the community relations person answered 831 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,200 Speaker 1: the city, I'm sorry, I have no jobs for you. 832 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,480 Speaker 1: Try the equipment manager. So I started calling the equipment manager, 833 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,600 Speaker 1: write and let us to him. And then one day 834 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,920 Speaker 1: he called me back, actually, and he said, if you 835 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,719 Speaker 1: call me one more time, I'm not gonna hire you. 836 00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:45,400 Speaker 1: And I said okay, So I stopped, and then I 837 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,239 Speaker 1: kept on calling. I let time calling, and one day 838 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:49,640 Speaker 1: he said, you know, kids, you got a lot of 839 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: hard I don't have any jobs for girls. All I 840 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: have her ball boys. But you know, coming for a game, 841 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,160 Speaker 1: coming for with a preseason game against the Orlando Magic. 842 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,840 Speaker 1: Never forget it was the Miami Arena. No didn't stop, 843 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,759 Speaker 1: you know, did not stop me did not stop. Perseverance 844 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,040 Speaker 1: was key, and so I went in. Had never been 845 00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: to a game before, never set foot in the arena before, 846 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,160 Speaker 1: didn't know anybody, had never been any not even a 847 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,520 Speaker 1: live basketball sporting event. I had no idea what I 848 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: was doing. They told me to rebound, I'm balls hitting 849 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,640 Speaker 1: me in the hand. I had no clue. And so, 850 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: you know, that game, it showed me how to mop, 851 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,640 Speaker 1: and so I mopped the sweat up around free throws. 852 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,719 Speaker 1: And at the end of that night, he said, you know, kid, 853 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,480 Speaker 1: you got a lot of heart. And I said, well, 854 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,880 Speaker 1: thank you. He's like, well, come back a smile now, 855 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,239 Speaker 1: it's just amazing. He's like, you know, come back again 856 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,120 Speaker 1: for the next game. And it was a volunteer job 857 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,279 Speaker 1: and it didn't pay. He said, you gotta keep up 858 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: your grades. You be here at four o'clock every game 859 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 1: day and stay till about midnight. When we finished cleaning 860 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,400 Speaker 1: the locker room, hanging uniforms, folding towels. He said, it's grungework. 861 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: You try to discourage me. Oh, you know, you're not 862 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 1: gonna like it. And I was there every game. I 863 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,480 Speaker 1: kept coming back and make it twin hours of the 864 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 1: tip kept coming back every game, and one of the 865 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,520 Speaker 1: owners sons was a ball boy as well, and his 866 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,920 Speaker 1: sister would be on the sidelines because she couldn't do anything, 867 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,279 Speaker 1: so she started seeing me. He became the first ball 868 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 1: girls for the so you got got her didn't even 869 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 1: know just being there, just being there, and so it 870 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,280 Speaker 1: was a really great experience for me, and I learned 871 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,640 Speaker 1: so much. And I would, you know, stand Van Gundi, 872 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,480 Speaker 1: who's now the head coach for the Pistons, was an 873 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,520 Speaker 1: assistant under pat Riley, and so I would help him 874 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,279 Speaker 1: run drills with players, and you know, players would teach 875 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:27,880 Speaker 1: me how to rebound and how to shoot, and so 876 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,279 Speaker 1: I really started learning the fundamentals of the game. I 877 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,279 Speaker 1: knew I was gonna be a coach, and so I 878 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,560 Speaker 1: ended up. You know, I had my artwork and I 879 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:37,000 Speaker 1: would still do gallery exhibitions. Some players would buy my 880 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 1: art because they loved it so much. And it was 881 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: just a really great experience for me. And ultimately I 882 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,880 Speaker 1: decided to go to Wake Force for undergrad and the 883 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:46,319 Speaker 1: team said, you know, we don't want to see you 884 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:47,960 Speaker 1: go when anything, you need to get to college. We're 885 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,920 Speaker 1: here to help and support you. It really became like family. 886 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,160 Speaker 1: And Eric Spoelstra, who is now the head coach, was 887 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,640 Speaker 1: the tape guy when I was a ball girl. So 888 00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,120 Speaker 1: it's really crazy how the world works. And so I 889 00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,840 Speaker 1: went to wake Force and every summer I would come 890 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:01,800 Speaker 1: back can volunteer and help out with the draft with 891 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,880 Speaker 1: free agency, putting together scouting reports, you name it. And 892 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,440 Speaker 1: then ultimately senior year of college, I said, all right, 893 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go work for the NBA. This was my dream. 894 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,160 Speaker 1: Maybe not be a coach, I'm gonna go work for 895 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: the NBA. So I applied for a management training program, 896 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,839 Speaker 1: had pat Riley and Alonzo Moarning right me letters the recommendation. 897 00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,960 Speaker 1: I knew I was. I was in there, and then 898 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,800 Speaker 1: they turned me down and said I was too creative, 899 00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,240 Speaker 1: too creative. They were a business and I was too creative. 900 00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,280 Speaker 1: And so at the time I ended up also applying 901 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,960 Speaker 1: for an internship at Turner Broadcasting right here in Atlanta. 902 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,520 Speaker 1: That's how I ended up in Atlantic did they did, 903 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:36,640 Speaker 1: and I ended up getting picked up by TNT Marketing. 904 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,360 Speaker 1: It was an internship program where thousands of people applied. 905 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,120 Speaker 1: They only pick six interns, and you don't know where 906 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:44,040 Speaker 1: you were working, so TNT Marketing picked me up and 907 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:45,879 Speaker 1: that was my first marketing job when I first moved 908 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,239 Speaker 1: to a land in two thousand two, and I made 909 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:51,239 Speaker 1: no money. As it turned money making conversations, I wasn't 910 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,359 Speaker 1: making it, and so ultimately I said, let me call 911 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,040 Speaker 1: my whole boss from the Heat. Maybe he knows someone 912 00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:58,319 Speaker 1: at the Hawks, and he did, and they put me 913 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,279 Speaker 1: on and I became a ballgirl at first and with 914 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,800 Speaker 1: the Hawks as well. No, no, this they paid. It 915 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,960 Speaker 1: was part time with the Hawks. Things changed a bit 916 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,520 Speaker 1: since then, but I came in and I was a 917 00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:10,640 Speaker 1: ballgirl for the Hawks and an intern at Turner and 918 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,280 Speaker 1: that was here. The All Star Game was in Atlanta, 919 00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:13,920 Speaker 1: so I got to work on the court for the 920 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,360 Speaker 1: All Star Game, and I believe, you know, the traffic 921 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,280 Speaker 1: jam I was working, so I didn't need to experience 922 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,680 Speaker 1: any of it, but I believe nothing was a coincidence, 923 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,600 Speaker 1: and that was my entire experience. And that was the 924 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,680 Speaker 1: first year I lived in Atlanta working for the Hawks. 925 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,600 Speaker 1: As of all girl was a returner for about ten years. 926 00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,560 Speaker 1: I left four year, went to graduate school in London 927 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,040 Speaker 1: and focused on brand development and then ultimately came back 928 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,240 Speaker 1: to Atlanta. Had a number of different jobs at Turner 929 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,240 Speaker 1: and then most recently I was part of a digital 930 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,600 Speaker 1: health and wellness startup called up Wave. Turner had invested 931 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,200 Speaker 1: a lot of money into it. You know, I was 932 00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,640 Speaker 1: really thinking about the future and you know, health and 933 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,080 Speaker 1: content and how you can bring those things together. And 934 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,400 Speaker 1: then you know, the old CEO of Turner Field Can 935 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,680 Speaker 1: left and the new CEO, John Martin, came in and 936 00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:54,640 Speaker 1: at the time, you know, it's a difference in strategy 937 00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,000 Speaker 1: for the business. And so that was the last business 938 00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,000 Speaker 1: they started in the first business they cut, and they're 939 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,600 Speaker 1: about thirty five of us that got laid off. At 940 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:03,720 Speaker 1: the time, I was about eight months pregnant with my daughter, 941 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 1: and I didn't know what I was gonna do, but no, 942 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,520 Speaker 1: I had to focus on having my baby girl, and 943 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,000 Speaker 1: so I did. Then about two months later, I went 944 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,680 Speaker 1: to an event at Philip serena draft party and ran 945 00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:15,920 Speaker 1: into Steve Coonan and he said, hey, you know, um, 946 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,200 Speaker 1: it's great to see you, congratulations on your daughter. I 947 00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,120 Speaker 1: need help building this brand spreading for the Hawks, and 948 00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:22,960 Speaker 1: started introducing me to people. They're like, oh, we can't 949 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,040 Speaker 1: wait for you to start. That's Steve. That's Steve that's 950 00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:29,319 Speaker 1: how it worked that I should hire you. I went, 951 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:33,040 Speaker 1: I didn't ask for a job, and so I started 952 00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:35,560 Speaker 1: consulting and going and helping and having a couple of meetings, 953 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:37,160 Speaker 1: and then you know, lo and behold. A couple of 954 00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,319 Speaker 1: months later, I started out the Hawks as the VP 955 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,960 Speaker 1: of brand Strategy and they very quickly got promoted now 956 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,120 Speaker 1: to CMO and and the crazy part, thank you so much, 957 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,600 Speaker 1: And I said, nothing is a coincidence. When Steve left Turner, 958 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,960 Speaker 1: you know, he couldn't necessarily take any talent from the company. 959 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,280 Speaker 1: So if I hadn't gotten laid off, I probably wouldn't 960 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,600 Speaker 1: even been able to be where I am today. And 961 00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,560 Speaker 1: so you know, I was really thankful just through building 962 00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:03,479 Speaker 1: great relationships and you know, lead being persistent. Two things 963 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,440 Speaker 1: come out of your interview. Two things about relationships come 964 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:09,320 Speaker 1: out of this, and also the fact that money wasn't 965 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,840 Speaker 1: the end all and your decision making, because a lot 966 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,480 Speaker 1: of people allow money to stop them because they don't 967 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,880 Speaker 1: see a bigger opportunity. And the bigger opportunity was getting 968 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:21,080 Speaker 1: in the door. And that's a that's an amazing thing 969 00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,800 Speaker 1: that I hear in your story, and it's consistently consistently 970 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,880 Speaker 1: spoken out, and it's consistently spoken with a lot of 971 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: energy and high expectations. Well, you know, for me, I 972 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:32,600 Speaker 1: always want to do great work because to me, that's 973 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,040 Speaker 1: the ultimate plan. I remember asking Steve. He said, you know, 974 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:37,520 Speaker 1: you know, you know the reason why your CMO And 975 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:38,960 Speaker 1: I was like no. He's like, cause you didn't want 976 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,600 Speaker 1: to be And I said, that's interesting. He was like, 977 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:43,920 Speaker 1: you know, some people are driven by the title, only 978 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,320 Speaker 1: even about the work, just the title and the money. 979 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,319 Speaker 1: I think they want to bring somebody in here. I 980 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:51,399 Speaker 1: don't know anything about this miss product. I don't even 981 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,719 Speaker 1: know what's happening here, but somebody's coming here with a 982 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,399 Speaker 1: big box. They're going to hand it to here. If 983 00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,480 Speaker 1: you on Facebook, you can see the big box. If 984 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,520 Speaker 1: you're not on Facebook, let me describe with this big 985 00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:12,600 Speaker 1: box man, Happy birthday for me. All the time, I'm thinking, 986 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,680 Speaker 1: this is a honor for you in one handed me. Boy, 987 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: that's your mix. This is beautiful. It's a money making 988 00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:25,600 Speaker 1: conversation hosted by Rashaan McDonald's cake Happy. This is the 989 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:30,720 Speaker 1: girl Leave me. I was mad at if I said, dude, 990 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:34,960 Speaker 1: I cannot go there. Let's have information about what they 991 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,359 Speaker 1: aren't her about We're gonna work it out. We're gonna 992 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:40,040 Speaker 1: work it out. And then when she comes in the 993 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,479 Speaker 1: hallway and go, okay, she in a hallway, I need 994 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,439 Speaker 1: for her to come in here. So let me just say, 995 00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:47,960 Speaker 1: you know, this is Melanie white Man. You know a slice? 996 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,120 Speaker 1: What does it again? A little slice? I have a 997 00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,640 Speaker 1: little slice of happiness, and come on over here now 998 00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:57,040 Speaker 1: because y'all Mike and can't nobody here, Okay, So to 999 00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,719 Speaker 1: explain everybody what type of cake you got from me 1000 00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:03,120 Speaker 1: to it? It's my logo money Making Conversations hosted by 1001 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:07,400 Speaker 1: Rashad McDonald. So, my name is Melanie Wideman. I'm the 1002 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:12,080 Speaker 1: owner of a Little Slice of Heaven Bakery. And Adele 1003 00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:15,840 Speaker 1: wanted something special to surprise you with for your birthday, 1004 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:20,880 Speaker 1: so he contacted me. Well, I I think I appreciate it. 1005 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,840 Speaker 1: I really do appreciate you doing this for me. And uh, 1006 00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:26,320 Speaker 1: I'm stunned because you know, I'm one of these guys 1007 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:29,120 Speaker 1: just ride right through the birthday. I just ride right through. 1008 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:32,520 Speaker 1: And I've learned to appreciate it of laden so and 1009 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,120 Speaker 1: people have made me appreciate and this is I will 1010 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:38,160 Speaker 1: tell you, this is the coolest thing for me, make 1011 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:42,520 Speaker 1: me feel like a celebrity. We got to get out 1012 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,000 Speaker 1: of here. Listen, you gotta come back. Okay, we gotta 1013 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,240 Speaker 1: talk about the second half of Tweeny when this Marina 1014 00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:54,080 Speaker 1: opens up in the fall, Steve Hi, and I'm gonna 1015 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:55,880 Speaker 1: drop our game and say hi to let me know 1016 00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,319 Speaker 1: you're always provided. Okay, thank you very much. More money 1017 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:04,160 Speaker 1: Making Conversation. We'll be right back with more from Rishan 1018 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:11,600 Speaker 1: McDonald and Money Making Conversations. Don't touch that down. Welcome 1019 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,759 Speaker 1: to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she has 1020 00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,760 Speaker 1: the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and Brandon 1021 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,760 Speaker 1: expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me advice 1022 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,319 Speaker 1: to many occasions. In the case you didn't notice, I'm 1023 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:26,320 Speaker 1: not broke. You know he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs 1024 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,879 Speaker 1: and industry decision makers. It's what he likes to do, 1025 00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,400 Speaker 1: it's what he likes to share. Now it's time to 1026 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:35,440 Speaker 1: hear from my man, Rashan McDonald. Money Making Conversation. She's here. 1027 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,520 Speaker 1: We go, Hi, just with Sean McDonald. You're listening to 1028 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:42,360 Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations and I'm broadcasting live from Atlanta, Georgia 1029 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:44,439 Speaker 1: every Monday. I do this. You can hear me live 1030 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:47,759 Speaker 1: on Busy Level ninety a m from our ten am 1031 00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,640 Speaker 1: to noon Eastern Standard Time and our Heart Radio podcast. 1032 00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,480 Speaker 1: I'm also broadcasting on my Money Making Conversations Facebook page. 1033 00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,360 Speaker 1: You can go online right now and leave comments that 1034 00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,960 Speaker 1: I will respond to and after the show. Uh A 1035 00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,400 Speaker 1: hotline number is four zero four if you want to 1036 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,120 Speaker 1: call it right now, poor zero four to three one 1037 00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:10,040 Speaker 1: eleven ninety. That's four zero four to three one eleven ninety. 1038 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:14,000 Speaker 1: Each Money Making Conversation radio talk shows about entrepreneurship, I 1039 00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:19,759 Speaker 1: provide the consumer and business owner asset access to celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs, 1040 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,440 Speaker 1: and industry decision makers. They in turn deliver information about 1041 00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:27,319 Speaker 1: career planning, motivation, financial literacy, and how they lead a 1042 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,760 Speaker 1: balanced life, which is really key. Because I made that mistake. 1043 00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:34,200 Speaker 1: I didn't know how to be successful and take a vacation. 1044 00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:36,040 Speaker 1: I didn't know how to be successful and spend time 1045 00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:37,839 Speaker 1: with my family. I don't know how to be successful 1046 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,280 Speaker 1: and just spend time with myself and be happy about 1047 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,400 Speaker 1: my success. I was constantly challenged by the whole idea 1048 00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,719 Speaker 1: that if I stopped what I was doing, that would 1049 00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:48,480 Speaker 1: be a complete failure. So that whole balance is really 1050 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:52,200 Speaker 1: key when I interviewed these successful people who will tell 1051 00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:55,439 Speaker 1: you they're working constantly, that their story is not one 1052 00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,840 Speaker 1: this overnight. It's not like they wanted a lot of 1053 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,520 Speaker 1: to get the achieved the success that they've achieved. It's 1054 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,400 Speaker 1: really an amazing thing. On my show today, as you 1055 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:06,839 Speaker 1: just heard, was Melissa Proctor, the CMO from Ball Girl, 1056 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,080 Speaker 1: the CMO original ware of the CEO or Black Doctor 1057 00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:13,920 Speaker 1: dot Org is on the show. And again these all 1058 00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:16,400 Speaker 1: these interviews that I do with these people are about 1059 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:20,960 Speaker 1: their success, about how they achieved you know, moments in 1060 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:22,799 Speaker 1: their life that way they didn't think they would achieve it. 1061 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,920 Speaker 1: My next guest is an inn ci, a champion in Kentucky, 1062 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:29,920 Speaker 1: NBA champion when he played for the Miami Heat. Success 1063 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:33,160 Speaker 1: tends to be a part of his DNA. He's the 1064 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:37,080 Speaker 1: CEO and president of the Stamina Foundation. Please work on 1065 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:42,160 Speaker 1: the money making conversations, Derek Anderson, How are you doing? 1066 00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,800 Speaker 1: How you doing? Derek? Derek? Right now? Where are you located? 1067 00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:50,160 Speaker 1: That y right now? Oh man? I tell you. Being 1068 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:53,879 Speaker 1: a farmer, stand up comic, I just drive through their 1069 00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:57,680 Speaker 1: telling jokes and those those those fences really are white, 1070 00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:02,200 Speaker 1: you know, literally, But we'll go on. It looks seemed 1071 00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,840 Speaker 1: like for miles man. So it's so it's a beautiful, 1072 00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:08,480 Speaker 1: beautiful place to be. And uh now right now, isn't 1073 00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:10,440 Speaker 1: this some kinde of a lot of flood issues in 1074 00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:13,480 Speaker 1: that area of the country. Yeah, it was a little flooding, 1075 00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,160 Speaker 1: some restaurants and whatnot. No, not too many houses. A 1076 00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:19,560 Speaker 1: lot of people moved out of those areas, the older, old, 1077 00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:23,160 Speaker 1: different neighborhoods. But yeah, most people are safe. No tragedy. 1078 00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:25,120 Speaker 1: And how are you doing? How how are you and 1079 00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:27,959 Speaker 1: how are you and your family doing? We are great. 1080 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,920 Speaker 1: I got my three month old signed with me and 1081 00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:35,399 Speaker 1: we are uh headed to the gym. So so that's 1082 00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,719 Speaker 1: really that's really working a out too early, man, we're 1083 00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,640 Speaker 1: talking about the stamming the foundation. Man, You really building 1084 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:42,520 Speaker 1: this stammon a little bit too early in the game. 1085 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:45,359 Speaker 1: So let's talk about your life man. You know you 1086 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:51,200 Speaker 1: know that you know, eleven years old, Uh, you experienced 1087 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,320 Speaker 1: things that a normal eleven year old wouldn't experience. I 1088 00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,680 Speaker 1: say normal eleven years old. I think I was running 1089 00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:58,279 Speaker 1: around my friends, my dad was thanking me, and my 1090 00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:00,440 Speaker 1: mom was telling me what I couldn't do? Well, what 1091 00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:04,960 Speaker 1: were you experiencing that? Eleven years old survival mode? Every 1092 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:06,839 Speaker 1: day I woke up was how can I get a meal? 1093 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:11,160 Speaker 1: How can I survive? How can I stay warm? All 1094 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,080 Speaker 1: those things? When I'm gonna come home and see my 1095 00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:15,200 Speaker 1: parents had left. My daddy left for a few years 1096 00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:17,879 Speaker 1: before um, but then my mother just got came home 1097 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:19,799 Speaker 1: and my mother left and leave a note. She just left, 1098 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:21,960 Speaker 1: took everything. My brother ran away from home a few 1099 00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,960 Speaker 1: weeks before. So I was basically just a left child. 1100 00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:27,480 Speaker 1: And I wasn't a bad kid, which is amazing, as 1101 00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:32,080 Speaker 1: I uh as I've heard and she told me. As 1102 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,120 Speaker 1: I got older and I connected with my mother, she 1103 00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:35,600 Speaker 1: told me I was a great kid. She was a 1104 00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:38,600 Speaker 1: bad person. And I think those situations when you're eleven, 1105 00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,360 Speaker 1: you just you just get lost. And everything that I 1106 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:42,920 Speaker 1: did was I worked a win Dixie did, worked to 1107 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,320 Speaker 1: get my first three dollars, and instead of getting the 1108 00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,560 Speaker 1: two piece of mill at KFC, I went to win Dickson, 1109 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:50,239 Speaker 1: got a lower bred and bologne. I was in survival 1110 00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:51,799 Speaker 1: mode at that age, and you didn't need a degree 1111 00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:53,799 Speaker 1: to do that. You don't need it now. To be 1112 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:56,280 Speaker 1: in survival mode. But you have to self educate yourself. 1113 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:59,200 Speaker 1: And I did that. Uh worked at a candy store, 1114 00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:02,319 Speaker 1: took candy this, you know how the prices of ten 1115 00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:07,879 Speaker 1: dollars boots mins twin doubling up when you're when yeah, 1116 00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:10,160 Speaker 1: most people did. When you're in survival mode or you're 1117 00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:12,719 Speaker 1: you're in the mode that you want to win even 1118 00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:14,680 Speaker 1: if you have everything, you still want to win at 1119 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:17,200 Speaker 1: your own, your own pace, in your own way. You'll 1120 00:56:17,239 --> 00:56:19,080 Speaker 1: do things like that. You'll do the extra things that 1121 00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:21,400 Speaker 1: other people wouldn't. And that's what that's what I was 1122 00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:22,879 Speaker 1: doing to day, to be levin all the way until 1123 00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:26,239 Speaker 1: the seventeen So when you you know, when you look 1124 00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:28,960 Speaker 1: at that, you know, um do you do? You do 1125 00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,160 Speaker 1: you feel you miss some of your childhood or you 1126 00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:32,799 Speaker 1: feel like, hey man, that's part of your life. I 1127 00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:34,799 Speaker 1: dealt with it, and it's made me who I am, 1128 00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:38,640 Speaker 1: the man the man I am today. Well, I don't 1129 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:40,120 Speaker 1: look at any of those things as far as I 1130 00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:42,160 Speaker 1: missed any thing, because I always said I'd rather miss 1131 00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:45,200 Speaker 1: out than mess up, And a lot of people failed 1132 00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:46,719 Speaker 1: to realize. A lot of people just say I want 1133 00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,200 Speaker 1: to do everything while I can and for me, it 1134 00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:50,759 Speaker 1: was like a lot of people didn't get to go 1135 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:52,799 Speaker 1: do the things that I did, and I can't look 1136 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:54,200 Speaker 1: at them and be like, I know they wish they 1137 00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:56,560 Speaker 1: were me. I would tell them, just be who you are. 1138 00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,360 Speaker 1: I'm not Michael Jordan, I'm not the billionaire, I'm not 1139 00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,360 Speaker 1: the greatest bad football player. But I was somebody that 1140 00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,520 Speaker 1: was happy with who I was. I think that's what 1141 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:05,880 Speaker 1: I always try to stay focused. I started complaining about 1142 00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:08,800 Speaker 1: I missed my childhood, a lot of my other thoughts 1143 00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,360 Speaker 1: will become negative like that, and I'll start making excuses 1144 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,600 Speaker 1: about certain things that had happened to me because as 1145 00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,560 Speaker 1: a kid, I had fun, you know, I mean, granted 1146 00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,560 Speaker 1: I didn't get to do what I did. I played basketball. 1147 00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:21,600 Speaker 1: I had a son in fourteen, a single dad in fifteen. 1148 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,160 Speaker 1: Even though that was stressful, I look back at it. Man, 1149 00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:26,160 Speaker 1: my son just got our face time talking about let's 1150 00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,479 Speaker 1: go to the movies today. You know, he's thirty years old, 1151 00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,720 Speaker 1: unfore score. So it's like I've I've had a trying 1152 00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:33,760 Speaker 1: time in life, but I've I've enjoyed the times that 1153 00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,320 Speaker 1: I could make the most out of. So never complain 1154 00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:41,400 Speaker 1: about me being missing something Okay, cool, So now you 1155 00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:43,560 Speaker 1: have a child, Now, how many children do you have? 1156 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:49,960 Speaker 1: How boys? All boys? With that being said, how how 1157 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,400 Speaker 1: are you gonna how yaw? Do you look at them now? 1158 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,880 Speaker 1: Because you know my life. I have one daughter and 1159 00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:57,040 Speaker 1: my whole gold in life that's given a better life 1160 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:02,840 Speaker 1: than they had previously. Mm hmm. Is making sure they're 1161 00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:05,840 Speaker 1: better they're good people. It's like, I know certain people 1162 00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:07,520 Speaker 1: think that, you know, they want to have a better life, 1163 00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,080 Speaker 1: but a lot of kids get spoiled and don't not 1164 00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:12,800 Speaker 1: understand the real things of life. Like some people are like, 1165 00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:14,400 Speaker 1: well I'm used to this. I'm not used to that, 1166 00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:16,160 Speaker 1: but I still don't matter if you have a dime 1167 00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:17,800 Speaker 1: or if you have a million dollars. You gotta treat 1168 00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:20,400 Speaker 1: people with kindness. You've got you have to be respectful. 1169 00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,400 Speaker 1: All my boys are always yes, sir, yes, ma'am. Open 1170 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:30,280 Speaker 1: doors of people. Ten years old? Do that? Yes, sir? No, sir, yes, 1171 00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,160 Speaker 1: sir no, sir. My eight and ten year old open 1172 00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:35,280 Speaker 1: the doors or their mother for people. And it doesn't. 1173 00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,360 Speaker 1: You don't have to be a rocket scientist of that. 1174 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,520 Speaker 1: You just got to treat teach them the same manners 1175 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:42,640 Speaker 1: that they treat everyone. Else, no matter how much you have. 1176 00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:46,080 Speaker 1: So I have a thirty year old or twenty four, 1177 00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:50,120 Speaker 1: ten eight and I got a three months old. Oh boys. 1178 00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:55,520 Speaker 1: Now with that being said, how you start this organization 1179 00:58:55,640 --> 00:59:01,240 Speaker 1: called the Stammina Foundation? Why why do you do that? 1180 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:03,200 Speaker 1: Because of what happened, Because of what happened to me. 1181 00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,320 Speaker 1: And also I believe that the people that came before me, 1182 00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:10,000 Speaker 1: from the Harriat Tubmans to the further Douglas who self 1183 00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:11,880 Speaker 1: educated themselves and learn how to do it, to my 1184 00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:16,520 Speaker 1: hometown hero uh Muhammad Alis. Everything that they've done, everything 1185 00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:19,840 Speaker 1: that they did was about other people. That's how they 1186 00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:23,080 Speaker 1: became successful. It wasn't about them. They were doing things 1187 00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:25,440 Speaker 1: to help to use their platform to help other people. 1188 00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:27,800 Speaker 1: And that's what my job is. I can't look at 1189 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,920 Speaker 1: my history and say, oh, that's what they did. No, 1190 00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,000 Speaker 1: that's what you're supposed to do. And I don't mean 1191 00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:35,840 Speaker 1: financially standpoint, I mean the self education. Everything that people think, 1192 00:59:35,960 --> 00:59:38,920 Speaker 1: oh just because you this is that you should give back. Man, 1193 00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,720 Speaker 1: You're supposed to give yourself. That is what your life is. 1194 00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:43,960 Speaker 1: Take care of your family, love your family, to love 1195 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:46,480 Speaker 1: your community. That is who we are. People failed to 1196 00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:49,440 Speaker 1: realize that because no one's teaching that anymore. School systems aren't. 1197 00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:54,160 Speaker 1: So my foundation is teaching kids common courtesy, self education 1198 00:59:54,280 --> 00:59:57,439 Speaker 1: and learning how to progress and think for yourself. These kids, 1199 00:59:57,440 --> 00:59:59,360 Speaker 1: now you get them on the phone, they'll know everything 1200 00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:02,840 Speaker 1: you tell to go find a fill out a job application. 1201 01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:08,720 Speaker 1: I'll ask you a hundred questions, why, how much skin 1202 01:00:09,080 --> 01:00:15,680 Speaker 1: how much? Friend? They want to read you know, you 1203 01:00:15,720 --> 01:00:17,000 Speaker 1: know you have a great life, but I want to 1204 01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:18,600 Speaker 1: I want to keep you for another break if you 1205 01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:20,520 Speaker 1: have time, because I really want to go in detail, 1206 01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:23,040 Speaker 1: because you know, you just can't drop our information that 1207 01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:26,080 Speaker 1: eleven years old, I was by myself surviving. Then you 1208 01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:29,040 Speaker 1: go to college and you become a n c A 1209 01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:32,360 Speaker 1: basketball champion in Kentucky. Then you go into the program 1210 01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:34,720 Speaker 1: with the skinny legs. I know, I knew you skinned 1211 01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:39,520 Speaker 1: skinny legs. Man Damn brought me. He said, hey, man, 1212 01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:43,320 Speaker 1: look at the let's get Derek answers skinny legs. I 1213 01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:46,840 Speaker 1: want to skin the legs, skinny legs on this show, man. 1214 01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:50,240 Speaker 1: And then you go to Miami year world champion. That 1215 01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:52,680 Speaker 1: is a blessing. Man. That meant your life had purpose 1216 01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:54,920 Speaker 1: even way back then. And I want to talk about 1217 01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:57,640 Speaker 1: that because a lot of people when they see, you know, adversity, 1218 01:00:57,920 --> 01:00:59,960 Speaker 1: they give up. And I want to I really want 1219 01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:02,000 Speaker 1: a little bit deeper about that. Will in form with 1220 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,280 Speaker 1: my man Derrick Anderson. As I said earlier, he's a 1221 01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:06,800 Speaker 1: champion in life, not just on the core. Back with 1222 01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:11,320 Speaker 1: more money Making Conversation. 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You 1243 01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:19,000 Speaker 1: say to yourself, who calls Rushan shell Rickie smiling, You 1244 01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:21,919 Speaker 1: got to get out of your own city and leave 1245 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,600 Speaker 1: in order to group a fish. Don't get bigger as 1246 01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:27,400 Speaker 1: long as it's inside of that dish boat. Just get 1247 01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:30,000 Speaker 1: bigger when you put it in a poet, Ladies and gentlemen, 1248 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:33,680 Speaker 1: please bucking the phone. The one and only Charlie Wilson. 1249 01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:35,920 Speaker 1: So many people have really been trying to get me 1250 01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:37,880 Speaker 1: to do a gospel record for so many years, and 1251 01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:40,640 Speaker 1: I've been promising God that I would, I would shout 1252 01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:46,560 Speaker 1: him out to do something, you know, and my baby, 1253 01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,800 Speaker 1: come on, man, put a little Jesus in him song. 1254 01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:51,800 Speaker 1: Come on, brother, miss Patty little ball, And you know 1255 01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:55,160 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna be doing concerts and little clubs. Thank you, 1256 01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:58,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for you so that I can touch you 1257 01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:00,560 Speaker 1: when I'm singing with my hand. Thank you. See I 1258 01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:03,479 Speaker 1: told you be there every Monday, ten am the noon. 1259 01:03:03,640 --> 01:03:08,920 Speaker 1: B is a love of nating, money making conversations. My 1260 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:11,120 Speaker 1: next guest on he's on the phone still is uh 1261 01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:14,520 Speaker 1: n C a champion of Kentucky, which I remember watching 1262 01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:17,880 Speaker 1: him play NBA Champion in Miami Heat. When I remember, 1263 01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:21,000 Speaker 1: I know I'll watched him play. But more importantly, he's 1264 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:23,400 Speaker 1: a he's a father, he's a person who gives back. 1265 01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:26,040 Speaker 1: He's a champion in life and I really appreciate that 1266 01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:28,880 Speaker 1: respected about him. He's in uh Louisville, Kentucky right now. 1267 01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:32,080 Speaker 1: He's the CEO and president of the Stamina Foundation. Please 1268 01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:36,680 Speaker 1: welcome back to the show. Derrick Anderson. Hey there, gonna 1269 01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:38,120 Speaker 1: just tell you about this show man. This show is 1270 01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:43,919 Speaker 1: about about I come from the inner city, and uh 1271 01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:46,280 Speaker 1: there's no such thing as a silver spoon when you 1272 01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:49,320 Speaker 1: come from the inner city. But some stories are darker 1273 01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,840 Speaker 1: than other stories. I can say my story is really 1274 01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:54,960 Speaker 1: dark as your story. But I knew, I knew difficult times. 1275 01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:57,960 Speaker 1: I knew that people told me I wasn't qualified to 1276 01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,280 Speaker 1: be successful. You know that I didn't have the background, 1277 01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:04,800 Speaker 1: all the intellect. My teachers kept telling me I was special, 1278 01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:08,120 Speaker 1: but society told me I was a person you should 1279 01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:11,680 Speaker 1: be weary of. But everybody that I met, that met 1280 01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:15,120 Speaker 1: me told me I was special and told me that 1281 01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:17,880 Speaker 1: that life was gonna deal me a bigger hand if 1282 01:04:17,880 --> 01:04:20,600 Speaker 1: I took advantage of it. I get that same feeling 1283 01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:23,400 Speaker 1: with you, even though your life I didn't give you 1284 01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:27,600 Speaker 1: the hand that you felt everybody should experience. It wasn't 1285 01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,600 Speaker 1: that positive, but everybody who met you had to feel 1286 01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:35,640 Speaker 1: you with special. Yeah. I've heard that my entire life. 1287 01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:38,400 Speaker 1: And the reason I was special is because I did 1288 01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,920 Speaker 1: things the right way and most people weren't used to 1289 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:44,760 Speaker 1: seeing that. Being respectful, you know, being being polite sir, 1290 01:04:44,920 --> 01:04:46,640 Speaker 1: you know, keeping a smile on my face when I 1291 01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:48,640 Speaker 1: didn't know, I didn't really feel like it. And the 1292 01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:50,800 Speaker 1: reason I did that, I recognized. You know, when people 1293 01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:52,959 Speaker 1: see that you got your head up, they don't mind 1294 01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:55,200 Speaker 1: helping you because you got an attitude in your head down. 1295 01:04:55,240 --> 01:04:57,600 Speaker 1: Don't nobody want to help you. That's a normal feeling, 1296 01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:01,280 Speaker 1: and for me, it was all I cared about was 1297 01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:03,520 Speaker 1: making me the next day, but enjoying the day I live. 1298 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:05,800 Speaker 1: You know, all I could do is control that day. 1299 01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:07,240 Speaker 1: But if I got to see the next day, I 1300 01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:09,280 Speaker 1: knew I was how I was happy because I got 1301 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:12,440 Speaker 1: another chance to do something different. That's how I lived today. 1302 01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:14,680 Speaker 1: Like every day you're thinking about, man, what can I 1303 01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:18,200 Speaker 1: do to have fun today? I'm not thinking about nobody's negativity. 1304 01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:20,280 Speaker 1: It isn't that. If I can do and having fun, 1305 01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,520 Speaker 1: it's maybe just being effecting somebody's life, then somebody else smiles. 1306 01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:26,240 Speaker 1: You can remember. You might not remember everybody who gave 1307 01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,479 Speaker 1: you some money, but I guarantee you remember every single 1308 01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:31,520 Speaker 1: time you gave somebody something because you you remember, like 1309 01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:33,480 Speaker 1: you know what I made that person smile, or I 1310 01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:36,360 Speaker 1: remember looking out for that person. That's gratitude. That's how 1311 01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:38,080 Speaker 1: you feel. That's how life supposed to be. You know, 1312 01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:40,880 Speaker 1: we needed, we need that. You know. Interesting about this 1313 01:05:40,920 --> 01:05:45,160 Speaker 1: show is that I've discovered how much I've given the 1314 01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:48,040 Speaker 1: people and didn't know, you know, and you know, I 1315 01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:50,400 Speaker 1: just you know people Right in the middle interview Roshan, 1316 01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:54,040 Speaker 1: I want to thank you because you said something and 1317 01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:57,000 Speaker 1: it's not all about physically giving something to somebody. It's 1318 01:05:57,040 --> 01:06:00,120 Speaker 1: just showing a positive attitude, tell them that they can in, 1319 01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,040 Speaker 1: telling them not to give up, and explaining to them 1320 01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:04,920 Speaker 1: why they should not give up. And I want to 1321 01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:07,080 Speaker 1: because I want to talk about the Stamina Foundation, which 1322 01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:10,080 Speaker 1: partners with company that helps young people get a college 1323 01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:15,080 Speaker 1: scholarship from doing acts of kindness in the community. That's powerful, friend, 1324 01:06:15,080 --> 01:06:17,520 Speaker 1: because you're talking about young people and shaping their lives 1325 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,960 Speaker 1: to think a certain way for the future. M HM. 1326 01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,520 Speaker 1: Tell us about Well, what I do is when the 1327 01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:26,560 Speaker 1: kid comes in and they want to come to my program, 1328 01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:28,280 Speaker 1: you have to do an act of kindness. And they 1329 01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,280 Speaker 1: could be opening up a door, it could be helping 1330 01:06:30,320 --> 01:06:33,400 Speaker 1: your parents clean their room. It could be anything. It 1331 01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:36,680 Speaker 1: could be this going next door and sweeping, grab break 1332 01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:39,840 Speaker 1: and leave. Anything you get to come to my program. 1333 01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:42,560 Speaker 1: I get you free. You have food daily three times 1334 01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:45,760 Speaker 1: a day. You get free shirts, you get trips to 1335 01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:49,000 Speaker 1: take places. There's no fee involved. But every day you 1336 01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:51,280 Speaker 1: have to do something nice. So one person, we got 1337 01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:53,920 Speaker 1: people cooking, we got i mean learn how to people. 1338 01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:57,760 Speaker 1: We have people serving each other, Like if they got drinks, 1339 01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:00,560 Speaker 1: there's one person has to get drinks and saying here 1340 01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:02,960 Speaker 1: you go sir, and it's the same age. People imagine 1341 01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,240 Speaker 1: a fourteen year old kids saying to another kids and 1342 01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:08,040 Speaker 1: here you go, sir, saying Mr Mr Brown and they're 1343 01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:11,120 Speaker 1: fourteen years old? How you doing? Mr? Brown? Like that's cool? 1344 01:07:11,160 --> 01:07:13,800 Speaker 1: Like that all that old hip stuff like what there? Uh, 1345 01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:19,640 Speaker 1: you can't get a job saying what up keeping? But 1346 01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,439 Speaker 1: we don't. But our parents are so engulfed and being 1347 01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:25,760 Speaker 1: sold so called like hip and everything, they failed to 1348 01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:28,040 Speaker 1: realize their kids are following that. They don't know how 1349 01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:31,520 Speaker 1: to separate reality sometimes. So for us is we have 1350 01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:33,720 Speaker 1: to give them that platform. And what me is you 1351 01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:35,840 Speaker 1: make them earn it. And it's all about acts of kindness. 1352 01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,320 Speaker 1: You go out and do an active condness. And what 1353 01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:39,680 Speaker 1: that does is so when you're in the schools the program, 1354 01:07:39,720 --> 01:07:42,200 Speaker 1: you do acts of conness daily. So we'll give you. 1355 01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:45,240 Speaker 1: We have fake money with the stamina like one five, 1356 01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:47,240 Speaker 1: So if someone sees you do something nice, we might 1357 01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:49,200 Speaker 1: give you one dollar, we might give you five and 1358 01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:51,200 Speaker 1: by the end of the week we get that money 1359 01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:53,040 Speaker 1: and that that's the money you earn, and we'll give 1360 01:07:53,080 --> 01:07:55,440 Speaker 1: it to you and cash in a bank account for 1361 01:07:55,480 --> 01:07:57,520 Speaker 1: the bank and you'll get to use some of the 1362 01:07:57,600 --> 01:07:59,800 Speaker 1: half of it at the end of the uh, end 1363 01:07:59,800 --> 01:08:02,480 Speaker 1: of the months, and in the other half you you 1364 01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:05,080 Speaker 1: keep saved up. Teach them how to how to do 1365 01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:09,400 Speaker 1: real things with dere Come on, skinny legs, Come on, 1366 01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:11,560 Speaker 1: you come up with this idea? Man? Come on now, 1367 01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:17,240 Speaker 1: rim well, what what happened? But BA hit you on 1368 01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:20,479 Speaker 1: the head. This is too good man, this is now 1369 01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:23,320 Speaker 1: this cost survival? What happened? When I was eleven? I 1370 01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:25,599 Speaker 1: wanted to go to KFC and get that three dollar meter. 1371 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:28,280 Speaker 1: But I spent the dollar. I spent the dollar fifty 1372 01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:31,000 Speaker 1: on bolognean bread, and I had changed left over. I 1373 01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:34,000 Speaker 1: was eleven. Ain't nobody teach me about no education or 1374 01:08:34,040 --> 01:08:37,360 Speaker 1: financial literacy. Once you learn how to do things through 1375 01:08:37,439 --> 01:08:39,360 Speaker 1: life trials and stuff you've got, you gotta get better. 1376 01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:41,479 Speaker 1: A lot of people will still do the same thing 1377 01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:43,639 Speaker 1: over and over and expect a different results. You can't. 1378 01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:45,559 Speaker 1: So for me, it was how can I get these 1379 01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:47,880 Speaker 1: kids actually earn something? And how can I get them 1380 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,120 Speaker 1: to change your thought? Because if you don't change their character, 1381 01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,280 Speaker 1: you can't change the community. I don't care how much 1382 01:08:52,280 --> 01:08:54,280 Speaker 1: money you throw down that you can put a million 1383 01:08:54,280 --> 01:08:56,360 Speaker 1: dollars in any black community, any community in the world, 1384 01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:58,760 Speaker 1: not just black. But you're not gonna change them. You 1385 01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:00,600 Speaker 1: don't change the character. You're not gonna change that. Con 1386 01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:02,719 Speaker 1: So for me was how can I get their character 1387 01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:05,040 Speaker 1: and their thought process to change. You know, money is 1388 01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,400 Speaker 1: a route, is a way, a good fix. It's a 1389 01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:10,320 Speaker 1: good good brainwashing too, because the brainwashed all of us 1390 01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:12,679 Speaker 1: and think, hey, buy cards and jewelry before you buy 1391 01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:14,840 Speaker 1: your own, your own house, you know, stuff like that 1392 01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:16,400 Speaker 1: that we didn't. We had to learn on our own. 1393 01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:19,000 Speaker 1: And now that we have the opportunities, we gotta get 1394 01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:21,760 Speaker 1: these kids the thought process. Now they come, they come, 1395 01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:24,479 Speaker 1: say their money. They do it during the week after 1396 01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:26,479 Speaker 1: that you do, and every day now the kids are 1397 01:09:26,479 --> 01:09:29,880 Speaker 1: doing it and it becomes normal to them, you know 1398 01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:31,160 Speaker 1: what I mean, Like if they open the door up 1399 01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:32,640 Speaker 1: every single day with me when they go out of 1400 01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:34,800 Speaker 1: the neighborhood, they'll do it because they're used to doing 1401 01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,800 Speaker 1: it all day. Yes, yes, they don't even recognize the 1402 01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:44,160 Speaker 1: doing like it's normal to them now. Yeah. I from 1403 01:09:44,200 --> 01:09:46,680 Speaker 1: your website to say, youth today are greatly influenced by 1404 01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:49,720 Speaker 1: their peers and social media. With our proper guidance a 1405 01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:53,160 Speaker 1: positive infrastructure, they tend to go down a bad road, 1406 01:09:53,439 --> 01:09:58,200 Speaker 1: which results are negative long term life consequences. Stamina, which 1407 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:01,200 Speaker 1: is your organization, will teach youth to identify and pursue 1408 01:10:01,240 --> 01:10:04,040 Speaker 1: their passions and to focus on being great instead of 1409 01:10:04,080 --> 01:10:09,000 Speaker 1: trying to fit in. Wow. Yeah, thinking how many kids 1410 01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:10,920 Speaker 1: who get who get upset and they run to a 1411 01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:14,000 Speaker 1: bottle or running smoking, as opposed to running to someone 1412 01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:17,280 Speaker 1: who can help them, not being afraid to talk to 1413 01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:19,439 Speaker 1: that person, not being afraid to feel like, you know 1414 01:10:19,479 --> 01:10:21,880 Speaker 1: what this person. Because one kid said, well, how can 1415 01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:23,479 Speaker 1: you know what I've been through? And you were in 1416 01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:25,160 Speaker 1: the suit? I said, what's the suit got to do 1417 01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:27,479 Speaker 1: with the person? I said you were in? You were 1418 01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:29,679 Speaker 1: in that you were in like not clean? Close? Should 1419 01:10:29,680 --> 01:10:32,760 Speaker 1: I judge you based upon that? Kids are kids got 1420 01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:36,120 Speaker 1: an excuse in their pocket for everything, and I tried 1421 01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:38,720 Speaker 1: to eliminate every excuse they had. Because the kid right now, 1422 01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:40,360 Speaker 1: I could be looking at saying your shirt is blue, 1423 01:10:40,479 --> 01:10:42,880 Speaker 1: he say, no, that's sky blue. Now that's royal blue. 1424 01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,559 Speaker 1: Just so you can complain that he's right or wrong. 1425 01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:47,720 Speaker 1: He wants that. He wants to make an excuse, and 1426 01:10:47,760 --> 01:10:50,599 Speaker 1: we have to alleviate that. No more excuses. All about 1427 01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:52,680 Speaker 1: results and the more we give them the change of 1428 01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,000 Speaker 1: the character, the better they'll start thinking a bit different 1429 01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:57,599 Speaker 1: and for themselves. We can't think for these kids all 1430 01:10:57,600 --> 01:10:58,960 Speaker 1: the time, so we gotta learn how to at least 1431 01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:01,120 Speaker 1: give them something to think about before they do something. 1432 01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:03,040 Speaker 1: Let me let me ask you this. Does the media 1433 01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:06,080 Speaker 1: know because you're getting enough media attention for this there? 1434 01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:11,840 Speaker 1: Because man, no, no, we're gonna stop that. We're sawing that, 1435 01:11:12,120 --> 01:11:14,439 Speaker 1: you know. Come on, I'm the crazy man of media 1436 01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:17,280 Speaker 1: marketing and Brandon, that's what I do now. Because I 1437 01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:20,840 Speaker 1: got some relationships in Louisville, Kentucky with our Heart Radio. 1438 01:11:21,560 --> 01:11:24,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna we're gonna talk off the air, and I, 1439 01:11:24,640 --> 01:11:27,240 Speaker 1: like I said, I've scholed your website. I'm gonna let 1440 01:11:27,280 --> 01:11:29,280 Speaker 1: you know if you ever do a camp, you can 1441 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:31,640 Speaker 1: contact me. You ain't gotta pay no money, you know, 1442 01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:34,200 Speaker 1: just tell me the date to Richard. Can you come speak? 1443 01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:37,240 Speaker 1: Can you come show these kids? Can you? Can you? 1444 01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:40,120 Speaker 1: I bring some desserts one of my world famous deserts 1445 01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:42,800 Speaker 1: to the kids. What I'm saying down there, Flyop put 1446 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:44,840 Speaker 1: them on the plane with me in first class. Dude, 1447 01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,479 Speaker 1: bring me some bakeder now the putting some bread pudding, 1448 01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:50,240 Speaker 1: to Beach Gobblers all the way to Lloydville for the 1449 01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:54,280 Speaker 1: kids to let them know being a baker's cool. So 1450 01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:56,640 Speaker 1: I'm saying, you know, man, you cannot come on my 1451 01:11:56,760 --> 01:11:59,519 Speaker 1: show and tell me people don't know about this. We're 1452 01:11:59,560 --> 01:12:02,400 Speaker 1: gonna dream to the world, man, because you're just taking 1453 01:12:02,439 --> 01:12:05,720 Speaker 1: something very simple and change people's lives. I know there's 1454 01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:09,040 Speaker 1: an issue with cops out there and our black youth 1455 01:12:09,120 --> 01:12:12,240 Speaker 1: and the adult you being conflicted, but I'm tasting man, 1456 01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:17,120 Speaker 1: Cops stop me. I'm a pretty pretty polite dude. Whatever 1457 01:12:17,160 --> 01:12:20,840 Speaker 1: you want to do, you when we get out you okay, whatever, dude. So, 1458 01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:24,760 Speaker 1: because there are rules when somebody has a superior role 1459 01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:27,120 Speaker 1: in my life, I got out here too, and a 1460 01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:30,600 Speaker 1: gun has a role in my life. I have a 1461 01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:32,920 Speaker 1: I have a program that we do. It's called Program You. 1462 01:12:33,160 --> 01:12:35,559 Speaker 1: So we put those kids in that position. So right now, 1463 01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:38,120 Speaker 1: we act those things out and it's like an acting class. 1464 01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:40,680 Speaker 1: So we'll have one kid be the officer and two 1465 01:12:40,760 --> 01:12:42,439 Speaker 1: kids of fighting. I said, you're a cop, what would 1466 01:12:42,439 --> 01:12:44,080 Speaker 1: you do? He said, well, I gotta break it up. 1467 01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:45,559 Speaker 1: I said, if you're a company, pull a gun, what 1468 01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:47,240 Speaker 1: do you do? I pull a gun? I said, but 1469 01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:48,960 Speaker 1: you yet and still you get mad with someone else 1470 01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:51,800 Speaker 1: does that. I said, so we teach them that we can't. 1471 01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:53,920 Speaker 1: We we have the teaching them how to act. I'm 1472 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:56,599 Speaker 1: a friend, brother. We're gonna talk more with Derrick Anderson. 1473 01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:59,400 Speaker 1: I'll get them back on the show. We'll be right 1474 01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:03,320 Speaker 1: back from Masha McDonald and money Making Conversations don't. As 1475 01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:06,920 Speaker 1: Host of Money Making Conversations, Rashan McDonald is uniquely positioned 1476 01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:10,120 Speaker 1: to provide a step by step, easy to understand blueprint 1477 01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:13,719 Speaker 1: that drives listeners to realize their dreams and aspirations. Until 1478 01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:17,400 Speaker 1: you do the business plan or incorporate or actually create 1479 01:13:17,479 --> 01:13:20,800 Speaker 1: that product or start selling products, the universe doesn't have 1480 01:13:20,840 --> 01:13:23,919 Speaker 1: to deal with. Money Making Conversations is an innovative platform 1481 01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:27,639 Speaker 1: that delivers financial literacy to help everyone with their brand success. 1482 01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:30,200 Speaker 1: You're good to have a money making conversation with somebody 1483 01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:33,559 Speaker 1: that make money. Let me tell you about the Host 1484 01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:38,559 Speaker 1: of Money Making Conversations, Rashan McDonald. He's a social media influencer. 1485 01:13:38,760 --> 01:13:42,240 Speaker 1: Of his seven hundred thousand plus social media followers are female. 1486 01:13:42,360 --> 01:13:44,880 Speaker 1: He's a two time Emmy Award winner, three time n 1487 01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:48,679 Speaker 1: double A CP Image Award winner, sitcom writer, stand up comic, 1488 01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:53,080 Speaker 1: former IBM executive, and has a degree in mathematics. More importantly, 1489 01:13:53,240 --> 01:13:56,559 Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald will use his business and celebrity relationships to 1490 01:13:56,600 --> 01:14:00,679 Speaker 1: empower small businesses with information to succeed. Hi, Ra Sean 1491 01:14:00,760 --> 01:14:05,439 Speaker 1: McDonald's here money making conversation. That's what you're listening to. 1492 01:14:06,920 --> 01:14:09,280 Speaker 1: My next guest. She's on the phone. I wanted for 1493 01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:13,479 Speaker 1: two breaks. She's an old friend. When you see people 1494 01:14:13,479 --> 01:14:16,160 Speaker 1: in business, then you go wow. But the amazing thing, 1495 01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:20,519 Speaker 1: she's still fantastic, she's still beautiful. She's still a person 1496 01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:24,160 Speaker 1: who's changing lives. She's an Emmy Award winning television journalist. 1497 01:14:24,240 --> 01:14:27,519 Speaker 1: She is an author, a producer, speaker, actress, philanthropist, and 1498 01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:30,760 Speaker 1: the president and founder of the Sean Foundation for Girls, 1499 01:14:30,840 --> 01:14:33,360 Speaker 1: which is dedicated to the empowerment of girls and young 1500 01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:36,840 Speaker 1: women around the world. Please welcome to Money Making Conversations. 1501 01:14:36,840 --> 01:14:42,479 Speaker 1: Sean Robinson, Uh, did you call me old? I'm old. 1502 01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:49,880 Speaker 1: I'm almost back. We're way back now when I can say, 1503 01:14:51,439 --> 01:14:53,200 Speaker 1: my wife gonna kill me. She's gonna kill me because 1504 01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:54,760 Speaker 1: I say it old. But but I was just gonna 1505 01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:58,719 Speaker 1: let you know that I say we're way back friends, 1506 01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:01,559 Speaker 1: way back friend, and you know and just seeing what 1507 01:15:01,640 --> 01:15:04,639 Speaker 1: you're doing today. I'm gonna jump right into a couple 1508 01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:07,320 Speaker 1: of things that really, um, you know, because I see 1509 01:15:07,439 --> 01:15:09,680 Speaker 1: you post a lot on LinkedIn a lot about a 1510 01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:13,519 Speaker 1: lot of your causes and and this sex trafficking right, 1511 01:15:13,880 --> 01:15:17,000 Speaker 1: you know, And because I have a daughter and in 1512 01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:20,440 Speaker 1: Texas is one of the hot beds for sex trafficking, 1513 01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:23,439 Speaker 1: and so she goes to school in college down there, 1514 01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:27,519 Speaker 1: and and UM, I was just fearful. You know, I'm 1515 01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:30,639 Speaker 1: gonna as a parent, I was, I am still fearful, 1516 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:33,360 Speaker 1: because you just never know when you wake up, you know, 1517 01:15:33,439 --> 01:15:35,960 Speaker 1: you you send your child off to college, you hope 1518 01:15:35,960 --> 01:15:38,200 Speaker 1: all of the right decisions are made around them, by 1519 01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:40,320 Speaker 1: them and by the people around them. But that'sn't that 1520 01:15:40,439 --> 01:15:43,479 Speaker 1: isn't always the case. What got you involved in this 1521 01:15:43,720 --> 01:15:47,599 Speaker 1: and I feel this important campaign to stop or halt 1522 01:15:48,160 --> 01:15:51,600 Speaker 1: or slow down sex trafficking. Well, thank you first of 1523 01:15:51,640 --> 01:15:54,880 Speaker 1: all for having me on. As you said, you and 1524 01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:57,080 Speaker 1: I go way back, and I've always admired you and 1525 01:15:57,240 --> 01:16:01,400 Speaker 1: your dedication to getting back and educating people about making 1526 01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:04,799 Speaker 1: their lives better. Uh. And so it's a real pleasure 1527 01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:10,160 Speaker 1: to be on your show, and I really appreciate you. Um, 1528 01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:13,439 Speaker 1: uh my foundation launched. I spent, as you know, sixteen 1529 01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:17,280 Speaker 1: years as a host of Access Hollyfood and after I 1530 01:16:18,439 --> 01:16:22,040 Speaker 1: after I left UM to do other projects to find 1531 01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:25,120 Speaker 1: my real passion, I launched my foundation, the Shawn Foundation 1532 01:16:25,160 --> 01:16:29,360 Speaker 1: for Girls, and we are a grant making foundation that 1533 01:16:29,439 --> 01:16:33,280 Speaker 1: supports small, grassroots nonprofits that are doing work in five 1534 01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:36,160 Speaker 1: key areas of girls issues. And those five key areas 1535 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,479 Speaker 1: are represented by the acronym of my name, S H 1536 01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:41,639 Speaker 1: A U N SO A. S is for stem science, technology, engineering, 1537 01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:44,840 Speaker 1: A math, it just for health, A as arts, you 1538 01:16:45,040 --> 01:16:47,639 Speaker 1: as unity meaning bridge and girls here with girls across 1539 01:16:47,680 --> 01:16:50,240 Speaker 1: the world. And END is for neighborhoods, health and girls 1540 01:16:50,240 --> 01:16:52,280 Speaker 1: and young women in underserved neighborhoods. So if there is 1541 01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:55,200 Speaker 1: a nonprofit that is doing work in one of these 1542 01:16:55,240 --> 01:16:58,679 Speaker 1: five key areas UM, we would possibly be a resource 1543 01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:00,880 Speaker 1: for them. So a couple of years ago, about a 1544 01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:02,960 Speaker 1: year and a half ago, Ford Motor Company came to 1545 01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:07,760 Speaker 1: me and we talked about partnering on some initiatives and 1546 01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:11,920 Speaker 1: we did our first human trafficking event in Detroit, my hometown. 1547 01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:15,160 Speaker 1: And the reason that we did that is because a 1548 01:17:15,240 --> 01:17:18,440 Speaker 1: Ford Motor Company had their mission one of their initiatives 1549 01:17:18,439 --> 01:17:23,840 Speaker 1: with safety, and we wanted to educate UH the country 1550 01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:27,480 Speaker 1: about what is going on when it comes to women's 1551 01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:32,000 Speaker 1: safety and human trafficking is probably one of the top 1552 01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:34,840 Speaker 1: issues in our country when it faces when it comes 1553 01:17:34,880 --> 01:17:38,519 Speaker 1: to young girls and women. UM. And this is something 1554 01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:41,800 Speaker 1: rashan that is happening not overseas, not only overseas, because 1555 01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:44,519 Speaker 1: when people think about human trafficking and the sex trafficking 1556 01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:48,160 Speaker 1: of girls and young women, they think about something happening overseas, 1557 01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:50,480 Speaker 1: but this is actually happening right in our own backyards 1558 01:17:50,479 --> 01:17:53,840 Speaker 1: and every single city in America that there's not a 1559 01:17:53,960 --> 01:17:58,640 Speaker 1: city in America that has been untouched by sex trafficking, 1560 01:17:59,240 --> 01:18:03,880 Speaker 1: and we wanted to educate not only girls but parents 1561 01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:07,160 Speaker 1: about what are the dangers. UM. The fact of the 1562 01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:10,280 Speaker 1: matter is that drug traffickers are getting out of the 1563 01:18:10,360 --> 01:18:14,439 Speaker 1: drug business UH and getting into the sex trafficking by 1564 01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:19,280 Speaker 1: because because you can use drugs one time, you can 1565 01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:22,960 Speaker 1: sell drugs one time, you can sell a girl over 1566 01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:27,439 Speaker 1: and over and over again. And there are cases where 1567 01:18:27,479 --> 01:18:32,479 Speaker 1: these sex traffickers are making UM like over thirty dollars 1568 01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:36,280 Speaker 1: a week by having what they call a stable of girls. 1569 01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:39,840 Speaker 1: But not only that, it's it's not only the traffickers, 1570 01:18:39,880 --> 01:18:45,839 Speaker 1: but other girls luring girls into the sex trafficking business. 1571 01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:47,680 Speaker 1: And that's not going to say that because that was 1572 01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:49,439 Speaker 1: my fear of my daughter. You know, you go to 1573 01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:52,360 Speaker 1: school and you know some people are lottle. You come 1574 01:18:52,360 --> 01:18:55,920 Speaker 1: over here, we have this little church meeting and to 1575 01:18:56,040 --> 01:18:59,919 Speaker 1: my understanding, Sean, it's not something that happens overnight. It's 1576 01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:03,439 Speaker 1: like a it's like a they create a relationship with you. Correct, 1577 01:19:03,720 --> 01:19:08,200 Speaker 1: it's a grooming process. Thinks about um, the fact that 1578 01:19:08,760 --> 01:19:11,960 Speaker 1: you know a lot of times, uh, these girls are 1579 01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:14,560 Speaker 1: not coming from broken homes, because that's a that's a 1580 01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:17,440 Speaker 1: that's a myth that all of these girls are runaways 1581 01:19:17,439 --> 01:19:20,599 Speaker 1: where they're broken homes. We just the sex trafficking event 1582 01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:24,240 Speaker 1: that we just did um on the campus of Spellman College. 1583 01:19:24,280 --> 01:19:28,040 Speaker 1: This one young lady, her mother went to Yale, her 1584 01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:34,400 Speaker 1: sister went to Harvard, Okay, and she just felt neglected 1585 01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:38,519 Speaker 1: at home. She had, you know, the low self esteem. 1586 01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:41,320 Speaker 1: And then someone was able to kind of a woman 1587 01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:43,720 Speaker 1: was able to groom her. Hey, you know, uh, this 1588 01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:45,760 Speaker 1: is a way you know, you can you can make 1589 01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:49,200 Speaker 1: some extra money. And at first these men were paying 1590 01:19:49,200 --> 01:19:51,200 Speaker 1: her a lot of attention, telling her she was beautiful 1591 01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:54,560 Speaker 1: all that, and then she gets lured into this industry. 1592 01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:57,599 Speaker 1: And then we had a young woman who on the panel, 1593 01:19:57,640 --> 01:20:01,559 Speaker 1: who was part of a who Who's was a stripper 1594 01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:04,679 Speaker 1: at a popular strip club in Atlanta, and she talked 1595 01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:07,240 Speaker 1: about like making like a thousand dollars a night, and 1596 01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:11,360 Speaker 1: then things turned where she was asked to do other things, 1597 01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,439 Speaker 1: you know, you know, forgot about the lap dance. They 1598 01:20:14,439 --> 01:20:17,120 Speaker 1: didn't want that, they wanted more. And so there are 1599 01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:20,760 Speaker 1: a lot of different spaces of sex trafficking. Um. And 1600 01:20:21,680 --> 01:20:25,960 Speaker 1: you know when you see these when you see advertisements 1601 01:20:25,960 --> 01:20:29,760 Speaker 1: like in the back of on on certain classified websites 1602 01:20:29,840 --> 01:20:34,040 Speaker 1: classified ass and they're saying things like, oh, you know, 1603 01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:36,760 Speaker 1: have fun for a night, or we want somebody young 1604 01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:39,639 Speaker 1: or an escort, or if they don't say we want 1605 01:20:39,640 --> 01:20:44,120 Speaker 1: to traffick you, they they use other language to bring 1606 01:20:44,160 --> 01:20:47,519 Speaker 1: you in. And it also has to do rashan for 1607 01:20:48,120 --> 01:20:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, we talked to girls in college and um, 1608 01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:56,200 Speaker 1: who doesn't need a little few extra dollars, you know, 1609 01:20:57,000 --> 01:21:00,960 Speaker 1: And and that's the way these traffickers are coming onto 1610 01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:06,479 Speaker 1: college campuses, they're coming onto middle school campuses. These girls 1611 01:21:06,479 --> 01:21:10,320 Speaker 1: talked about being approached in the mall, in the restaurant, everywhere. 1612 01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:12,760 Speaker 1: But something that you have to watch out for. Well, 1613 01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:14,280 Speaker 1: you know the thing I try to do with my 1614 01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:16,599 Speaker 1: daughter and my wife as well. You know, we talked 1615 01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:19,080 Speaker 1: to our daughter calls or so, you know, I make 1616 01:21:19,080 --> 01:21:21,320 Speaker 1: sure she could she has a clear understand she can 1617 01:21:21,360 --> 01:21:25,280 Speaker 1: call me any time, anytime she's uncomfortable, any time that 1618 01:21:25,520 --> 01:21:28,920 Speaker 1: something bothers her or situation, and that call has not 1619 01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,080 Speaker 1: come to me, but she calls me about any little thing, 1620 01:21:31,080 --> 01:21:34,200 Speaker 1: and I make sure that I'm not one of these 1621 01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:36,600 Speaker 1: dads and go, I don't have time for that. You know. 1622 01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:38,679 Speaker 1: If I'm in a meeting, her phone that phone range, 1623 01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:41,320 Speaker 1: I tell everybody to me, look, we gotta stop right now. 1624 01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:44,080 Speaker 1: My daughter is calling me. And I think that's really 1625 01:21:44,600 --> 01:21:47,080 Speaker 1: is one of the issues too, is that you know, 1626 01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:49,560 Speaker 1: and the parents and I see it why it's this 1627 01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:53,960 Speaker 1: on money making conversation, because it's about parenting, it's about family, 1628 01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:55,640 Speaker 1: and all these things are part of the things that 1629 01:21:55,680 --> 01:21:58,320 Speaker 1: because I'm writing this book, call stop making these mistakes. 1630 01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:00,920 Speaker 1: And one of the things is not having time for 1631 01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:04,519 Speaker 1: your family, not being a good parent, not understand the 1632 01:22:04,640 --> 01:22:08,320 Speaker 1: value of communication. These mistakes. We have to stop making 1633 01:22:08,680 --> 01:22:12,240 Speaker 1: Otherwise the same situation's gonna keep popping up. Even though 1634 01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:14,280 Speaker 1: I feel I have a great relationship with my daughter, 1635 01:22:14,800 --> 01:22:16,519 Speaker 1: she talked, We talked last night. She went to a 1636 01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:20,320 Speaker 1: black panther and we talked about it. Did she laughed? 1637 01:22:20,320 --> 01:22:23,040 Speaker 1: We laughing a baby. I love you, love you. But 1638 01:22:23,160 --> 01:22:26,240 Speaker 1: still I worry because I know there are vultures out there, 1639 01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:29,320 Speaker 1: There are groomers out there to take an intelligent, naive 1640 01:22:29,439 --> 01:22:33,599 Speaker 1: young lady like her, because start out going you know, uh, 1641 01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:37,000 Speaker 1: here's the free snacks over here, or go let's all 1642 01:22:37,080 --> 01:22:39,559 Speaker 1: meet over here for this church meeting. Because some people 1643 01:22:39,560 --> 01:22:41,880 Speaker 1: have approached like that, and I go, don't go over there, 1644 01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:45,519 Speaker 1: don't go over there. And so so just that back 1645 01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:47,400 Speaker 1: of what you're saying is that my daughter is from 1646 01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:51,040 Speaker 1: a good location in life. But still I have to 1647 01:22:51,080 --> 01:22:55,920 Speaker 1: be worried because these guys are ladies, are professionals, no 1648 01:22:56,080 --> 01:22:59,400 Speaker 1: question about it. And if you don't have a couple 1649 01:22:59,479 --> 01:23:02,679 Speaker 1: hours or a few hours to sit down and talk 1650 01:23:02,760 --> 01:23:06,519 Speaker 1: to your daughter, you know who does. The trafficker will 1651 01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:10,439 Speaker 1: sit down and sit there and listen for hours and 1652 01:23:10,600 --> 01:23:13,679 Speaker 1: makes them believe that they've got a friend, that they've 1653 01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:16,600 Speaker 1: got somebody they can confide in. I mean that that 1654 01:23:16,800 --> 01:23:20,439 Speaker 1: these people are pros at doing this. And when you 1655 01:23:20,479 --> 01:23:23,800 Speaker 1: talk about money and you know, is this a money 1656 01:23:23,880 --> 01:23:30,160 Speaker 1: making conversation? Traffickers are making tens of thousands of dollars 1657 01:23:30,479 --> 01:23:34,080 Speaker 1: off of our girls and make a tender and that 1658 01:23:34,200 --> 01:23:37,080 Speaker 1: is you know, So when a girl is lured into 1659 01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:41,960 Speaker 1: this world, what she's not doing is educating herself. She's 1660 01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:45,759 Speaker 1: not going to college, she's not um, you know, making 1661 01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:50,200 Speaker 1: a future, creating a future for herself. She's becoming dependent 1662 01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:56,840 Speaker 1: on the system. This is a financial issue that affects everybody, 1663 01:23:56,880 --> 01:23:58,720 Speaker 1: all of us in the city, and and and and 1664 01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:03,679 Speaker 1: anybody that we are about. So this is um when 1665 01:24:03,680 --> 01:24:08,320 Speaker 1: we talk about how this ravages our communities something. Because 1666 01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:12,120 Speaker 1: here's the thing. A lot of parents will say, oh, 1667 01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:17,280 Speaker 1: I know all of my daughter's friends. Well, you know 1668 01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:22,160 Speaker 1: all of your daughters friends friends. Yes, do you know 1669 01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:28,040 Speaker 1: all of your daughters friends friends, relatives? Do you know 1670 01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:31,160 Speaker 1: what every any party that they're going to do? You 1671 01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:33,760 Speaker 1: know everybody who's going to be at the party and 1672 01:24:34,200 --> 01:24:37,200 Speaker 1: or in the guests of everyone who's going to come. No, 1673 01:24:37,400 --> 01:24:40,880 Speaker 1: it's impossible for a parent to know that. It's absolutely impossible. 1674 01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:42,880 Speaker 1: So what what what got you, you know, because I 1675 01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:44,640 Speaker 1: remember I ran it to you like a couple of 1676 01:24:44,720 --> 01:24:47,519 Speaker 1: years ago at the London Hotel in New York. He said, 1677 01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:50,200 Speaker 1: we got this great program at the start, and I 1678 01:24:50,240 --> 01:24:53,000 Speaker 1: wanted and we kind of like drifted apart, and now 1679 01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:54,920 Speaker 1: we're back together on his radio show. Because you know, 1680 01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:57,439 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of anything you get involved. What 1681 01:24:57,640 --> 01:25:01,240 Speaker 1: really did anything personally have be alife? To the point 1682 01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:03,400 Speaker 1: in the direction of this, because next week we want 1683 01:25:03,400 --> 01:25:06,040 Speaker 1: to talk about your foundation. What really got you roll 1684 01:25:06,120 --> 01:25:09,559 Speaker 1: in or what upsets you about this situation? Well, I 1685 01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:12,200 Speaker 1: was um about a year and a half ago, you know, 1686 01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:15,240 Speaker 1: go to church here in Los Angeles at faithal Central 1687 01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:18,960 Speaker 1: Bible Church and oh yeah, and my the first lady 1688 01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:21,759 Speaker 1: of our church, uh first lady took out to Homer. 1689 01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:24,679 Speaker 1: She was doing a human trafficking event at the church 1690 01:25:24,960 --> 01:25:27,200 Speaker 1: and she asked me to host it. And at that 1691 01:25:27,280 --> 01:25:29,479 Speaker 1: time I was like, you know, that's not really my space, 1692 01:25:29,640 --> 01:25:31,800 Speaker 1: Like I'm not really even involved and that's something that 1693 01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:34,680 Speaker 1: happens overseas. And then but you know, when the first 1694 01:25:34,760 --> 01:25:38,679 Speaker 1: lady of your church asked you to do something, right, 1695 01:25:38,680 --> 01:25:42,400 Speaker 1: and so I hosted it and I was shocked at 1696 01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:46,479 Speaker 1: the information I learned, just absolutely shocked, and I said, 1697 01:25:46,520 --> 01:25:48,840 Speaker 1: this is something I've got to do something about this. 1698 01:25:49,479 --> 01:25:54,080 Speaker 1: And UM, I I appreciate you talking about, um why 1699 01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:57,599 Speaker 1: I got involved and why I created the foundation because 1700 01:25:58,120 --> 01:26:00,599 Speaker 1: a lot of people asked me that and they know 1701 01:26:01,040 --> 01:26:03,759 Speaker 1: they've known for years. And just like you, I'm an author. 1702 01:26:04,439 --> 01:26:07,919 Speaker 1: I wrote a book in two thousand nine, although exactly 1703 01:26:07,960 --> 01:26:11,240 Speaker 1: as I am, about girls and self esteem, teen girls 1704 01:26:11,240 --> 01:26:13,880 Speaker 1: and self esteem and what issues are related to teen 1705 01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:17,519 Speaker 1: girls and I can help them with. And so after 1706 01:26:17,560 --> 01:26:20,960 Speaker 1: I found out, after I did that a human trafficking 1707 01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,880 Speaker 1: event at my church, I said, this is something that 1708 01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:28,280 Speaker 1: I can help change. And so through my foundation and 1709 01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:31,200 Speaker 1: through a grant several grants by the Ford Motor Company 1710 01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:33,160 Speaker 1: to the Ford Fund, I was able to put on 1711 01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:37,760 Speaker 1: these human trafficking events and help educate girls around the world. Well, 1712 01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:41,800 Speaker 1: my friend, you you you see, I'm I'm zeroly on 1713 01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:44,040 Speaker 1: what you're doing. And when we come back on our 1714 01:26:44,040 --> 01:26:46,959 Speaker 1: next break, we're really gonna break down the Shawn Foundation. 1715 01:26:47,080 --> 01:26:49,880 Speaker 1: I love the fact that it spells out her name 1716 01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:52,719 Speaker 1: s h a U N and talk about to stem 1717 01:26:52,760 --> 01:26:55,720 Speaker 1: the health, the arts, to unity, and the neighborhoods. 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Rickie smiling you got to get out of 1737 01:28:02,280 --> 01:28:05,080 Speaker 1: your own city and leave in the order to group 1738 01:28:05,080 --> 01:28:07,920 Speaker 1: because of this don't get bigger as long as inside 1739 01:28:07,920 --> 01:28:10,720 Speaker 1: of that bis boat. This get bigger when you put 1740 01:28:10,720 --> 01:28:13,280 Speaker 1: it in a punt. Ladies and gentlemen, please bucking the phone. 1741 01:28:13,400 --> 01:28:17,200 Speaker 1: The one and only Charlie Wilson. So many people have 1742 01:28:17,240 --> 01:28:19,000 Speaker 1: really been trying to give me to do a gospel 1743 01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:21,240 Speaker 1: record for so many years. And I've been promising God 1744 01:28:21,240 --> 01:28:23,960 Speaker 1: that I would, I would shout him out to do something, 1745 01:28:25,720 --> 01:28:29,960 Speaker 1: you know, and my baby, come on, man, put a 1746 01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:32,880 Speaker 1: little Jesus in your song. 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Hi, this was Sean McDonald. 1753 01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm on the phone with the Emmy winning television journalists, author, producer, speaker, actress, 1754 01:28:56,280 --> 01:29:00,000 Speaker 1: philanthropists and the president and founder of the Sean Foundation 1755 01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,200 Speaker 1: and for Girls, which is dedicated to the empowerment of 1756 01:29:02,240 --> 01:29:06,680 Speaker 1: girls and young women around the world. Her name Sean Robinson. 1757 01:29:08,400 --> 01:29:10,760 Speaker 1: I've gotten pretty good at this now, you know. Let 1758 01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:15,240 Speaker 1: im know I've seen on TV so swoo, you know, 1759 01:29:14,920 --> 01:29:17,600 Speaker 1: you know, so you know what you do is like 1760 01:29:17,640 --> 01:29:19,960 Speaker 1: go to YouTube. I kind of watch my diction a 1761 01:29:19,960 --> 01:29:22,200 Speaker 1: little bit, you know, because six months ago I was 1762 01:29:22,600 --> 01:29:24,720 Speaker 1: I just saw this good and I still got some 1763 01:29:24,760 --> 01:29:26,040 Speaker 1: work to do. I would just let you know, I 1764 01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:28,760 Speaker 1: think I's work to do. But let's talk about you. 1765 01:29:28,920 --> 01:29:32,479 Speaker 1: You gave out the each one of these symbol of 1766 01:29:32,520 --> 01:29:37,720 Speaker 1: your first name, STEM, Health, Art, Unity and neighborhoods. Let's 1767 01:29:37,720 --> 01:29:39,840 Speaker 1: talk about the STEM. Why. Why is that important for 1768 01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:43,040 Speaker 1: young ladies? You know, because we're in the hashtag me 1769 01:29:43,120 --> 01:29:47,000 Speaker 1: too when the time's up, you know, so so really, 1770 01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:51,120 Speaker 1: you know really, when you know, we almost had the 1771 01:29:51,160 --> 01:29:53,720 Speaker 1: first female president of this country. So it was like 1772 01:29:53,880 --> 01:29:56,479 Speaker 1: it was like a wave that's happening now. Even in 1773 01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,920 Speaker 1: the UH, the gun violence situation in Florida, Young lady, 1774 01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,559 Speaker 1: these young girls are like very vocal, very vocal about 1775 01:30:03,600 --> 01:30:07,439 Speaker 1: their thoughts and so so so that's why it's important 1776 01:30:07,479 --> 01:30:10,360 Speaker 1: that the STEM program. And I want to just swing 1777 01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:13,720 Speaker 1: back all the way back to UH the UH, the 1778 01:30:13,720 --> 01:30:18,160 Speaker 1: movie that about the female mathematicians and NASA that African 1779 01:30:18,200 --> 01:30:22,240 Speaker 1: Americans who were back there basically doing the STEM program, 1780 01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:25,200 Speaker 1: and it was they were compute, they were human computers. 1781 01:30:26,080 --> 01:30:28,559 Speaker 1: And you look at it. Now, that's what we were 1782 01:30:28,600 --> 01:30:31,519 Speaker 1: talking about. Now, even letting you know that you can't 1783 01:30:31,560 --> 01:30:33,680 Speaker 1: be a part of that club. So you're telling me 1784 01:30:33,720 --> 01:30:35,800 Speaker 1: it's feels steel feels like a club. Even though my 1785 01:30:35,840 --> 01:30:38,360 Speaker 1: degree is in mathematics. So I'm a standing what's going on? 1786 01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:44,200 Speaker 1: So the mathematics. My degrees in mathematics, so I am 1787 01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:49,200 Speaker 1: into the STEM program. Okay, I'm yeah, And I was horrible. 1788 01:30:49,240 --> 01:30:53,719 Speaker 1: I want to brag too much of physics. I would 1789 01:30:53,760 --> 01:30:57,360 Speaker 1: have been an engineer, but physics. Physics manned me up. 1790 01:30:59,560 --> 01:31:03,080 Speaker 1: Physics mand me up. Now, my daughter she's right now, 1791 01:31:03,120 --> 01:31:05,599 Speaker 1: she's major she's in the stand process because she's majoring 1792 01:31:05,640 --> 01:31:08,960 Speaker 1: in mechanical engineering. So I'm very happy. I gotta. I 1793 01:31:09,000 --> 01:31:12,200 Speaker 1: got a niece who's a mechanical engineers. So I'm a 1794 01:31:12,280 --> 01:31:14,640 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of what you're talking about. So 1795 01:31:14,720 --> 01:31:17,400 Speaker 1: let's educate people exactly. Because you get that word STEM, 1796 01:31:17,479 --> 01:31:19,400 Speaker 1: they gloss over it on the media because they think 1797 01:31:19,400 --> 01:31:21,920 Speaker 1: everybody knows what that means. Let's talk in detail what 1798 01:31:21,960 --> 01:31:24,760 Speaker 1: what that what that means to your program and why 1799 01:31:24,760 --> 01:31:31,840 Speaker 1: its so important. Okay, So STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, 1800 01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:35,240 Speaker 1: and Math, and there has been a push in recent 1801 01:31:35,320 --> 01:31:38,439 Speaker 1: years to get more girls involved in the STEM because 1802 01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:42,559 Speaker 1: most of our engineers are architects. That you know, it's 1803 01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:45,559 Speaker 1: a it's a male domin our scientists. It's a male 1804 01:31:45,760 --> 01:31:49,760 Speaker 1: dominated field. So one of the grants that my foundation 1805 01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:54,160 Speaker 1: gave was to an organization in Oakland called tech Bridge Girls, 1806 01:31:54,200 --> 01:31:59,960 Speaker 1: and they go into low income, underserved neighborhoods and teach 1807 01:32:00,120 --> 01:32:05,679 Speaker 1: girls about the STEM fields. So they build robots, they 1808 01:32:05,760 --> 01:32:10,200 Speaker 1: make bass disease, they fixed circuits. Uh, they learn what 1809 01:32:10,280 --> 01:32:13,839 Speaker 1: it's like to be a chemical engineer or structural structural 1810 01:32:13,880 --> 01:32:17,720 Speaker 1: engineer and architect. They learn all these different professions to 1811 01:32:17,760 --> 01:32:20,880 Speaker 1: get them interested in these fields and help increase the 1812 01:32:20,960 --> 01:32:25,040 Speaker 1: number of women and women of color in these fields. 1813 01:32:25,040 --> 01:32:28,120 Speaker 1: Because the one of the things that you will hear 1814 01:32:28,280 --> 01:32:31,479 Speaker 1: when you research this is that it's a it's a 1815 01:32:31,600 --> 01:32:35,320 Speaker 1: field where um many young women. Young women may start 1816 01:32:35,320 --> 01:32:38,040 Speaker 1: in but they didn't get discouraged because they don't have 1817 01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:45,040 Speaker 1: them the support that they be continue. You have to 1818 01:32:45,080 --> 01:32:48,200 Speaker 1: have mentors, you know how important it is. It was 1819 01:32:48,240 --> 01:32:51,840 Speaker 1: important for me to have mentors in my field who 1820 01:32:51,920 --> 01:32:55,320 Speaker 1: looked like me, black women who said this can be 1821 01:32:55,400 --> 01:33:00,240 Speaker 1: done out there, get proud, very proud graduate at a 1822 01:33:00,240 --> 01:33:03,120 Speaker 1: Spellman college. And in the STEM field, there aren't many 1823 01:33:03,200 --> 01:33:07,120 Speaker 1: of those those mentors. So a lot of these women 1824 01:33:07,360 --> 01:33:11,360 Speaker 1: are creating a path that did not exist before. So 1825 01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:13,360 Speaker 1: one of the things that we have trying to do 1826 01:33:13,800 --> 01:33:17,719 Speaker 1: is encourage more girls to get involved in these fields 1827 01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:19,560 Speaker 1: that are not only the field of the future, the 1828 01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:23,200 Speaker 1: field of now. Okay, when you even rashan, I mean, 1829 01:33:23,320 --> 01:33:25,560 Speaker 1: look at look at the apps on your phone, like 1830 01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:31,040 Speaker 1: it's you know, probably nine point of the apps on 1831 01:33:31,160 --> 01:33:34,680 Speaker 1: your phone were created by men. Okay, you know so 1832 01:33:34,960 --> 01:33:38,880 Speaker 1: and a lot of different factors go into that, but um, 1833 01:33:39,360 --> 01:33:43,120 Speaker 1: you know, technology, we need to get more girls involved 1834 01:33:43,160 --> 01:33:45,840 Speaker 1: in technology and know that they have the support they 1835 01:33:45,960 --> 01:33:50,040 Speaker 1: need to not only thrive, but have you know, wonderful careers. 1836 01:33:50,439 --> 01:33:52,439 Speaker 1: So that's one of the fields that we're trying to 1837 01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:55,360 Speaker 1: make an impact in. Now you move into, now to 1838 01:33:55,479 --> 01:34:00,000 Speaker 1: your health, Yeah, well, obviously, you know, health is important 1839 01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:02,479 Speaker 1: for all of us. And you know, when you talk 1840 01:34:02,520 --> 01:34:06,360 Speaker 1: about girls in color, girls of color in underserved neighborhoods, 1841 01:34:06,640 --> 01:34:10,920 Speaker 1: we're talking about trying to change lifestyle habits. Uh. There 1842 01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:15,320 Speaker 1: was an organization in Raleigh that we gave a grant 1843 01:34:15,360 --> 01:34:18,960 Speaker 1: to Healthy Girls Save the World, and one of the 1844 01:34:19,040 --> 01:34:21,599 Speaker 1: things they do is go into once again those low income, 1845 01:34:21,720 --> 01:34:26,040 Speaker 1: underserved neighborhoods and teach girls about healthy lifestyle habits, not 1846 01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:31,479 Speaker 1: only eating right and exercising, but setting boundaries in relationships, 1847 01:34:31,800 --> 01:34:35,080 Speaker 1: having a good attitude, making sure that you have the 1848 01:34:35,200 --> 01:34:39,160 Speaker 1: right friends around you, and not abusing your body, and 1849 01:34:39,320 --> 01:34:42,960 Speaker 1: knowing what things, um, you know make you healthy or 1850 01:34:43,080 --> 01:34:46,400 Speaker 1: make you unhealthy. So those are the kinds of initiatives 1851 01:34:46,720 --> 01:34:48,679 Speaker 1: that we, you know, we're trying to make an impact 1852 01:34:48,800 --> 01:34:51,200 Speaker 1: in Okay, we got down down. I will go to 1853 01:34:51,320 --> 01:34:53,599 Speaker 1: eight right art, well art. You know, I'm a girl 1854 01:34:53,640 --> 01:34:56,560 Speaker 1: from the art. You know, I majored in, um, you know, 1855 01:34:56,640 --> 01:34:59,439 Speaker 1: the performing arts in my high school. I was uh, 1856 01:34:59,560 --> 01:35:02,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'm in the arts curriculum. And you know, 1857 01:35:02,760 --> 01:35:07,120 Speaker 1: having girls thank you very much, and you know, having 1858 01:35:07,600 --> 01:35:12,760 Speaker 1: positive role models on television, seeing ourselves in positive roles, um, 1859 01:35:13,080 --> 01:35:16,760 Speaker 1: you know, in the media. Also, UM, I'm looking, um, 1860 01:35:17,080 --> 01:35:21,000 Speaker 1: I'm looking for different organizations that help girls in and 1861 01:35:21,320 --> 01:35:26,400 Speaker 1: dance in theater, UM, in the visual arts, UM in 1862 01:35:26,479 --> 01:35:30,760 Speaker 1: the creative arts UM. You know always too because you know, 1863 01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:34,120 Speaker 1: we know about those our programs that have been disbanded 1864 01:35:34,240 --> 01:35:39,400 Speaker 1: now in schools right we've heard about along with exercise exactly. 1865 01:35:39,800 --> 01:35:42,320 Speaker 1: We know that the budget cuts have been had the 1866 01:35:42,560 --> 01:35:45,759 Speaker 1: art curriculum. So we're trying to make sure the girls 1867 01:35:45,880 --> 01:35:50,360 Speaker 1: have those UM, those needed resources UM. In our unity 1868 01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:53,960 Speaker 1: UM division, we talk about girls here reaching out to 1869 01:35:54,040 --> 01:35:56,040 Speaker 1: their sisters across the world. We gave a grant to 1870 01:35:56,160 --> 01:35:59,639 Speaker 1: an organization called Girl Up, which has as these rocks 1871 01:35:59,720 --> 01:36:05,479 Speaker 1: are rules here in the States, the fly to places 1872 01:36:05,560 --> 01:36:10,679 Speaker 1: like Ethiopia, Malawi, Guatemala, helped advocate on behalf of girls 1873 01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:14,720 Speaker 1: in these countries, whether it's you know, against genital mutilation, 1874 01:36:15,040 --> 01:36:18,920 Speaker 1: child marriage, UM, lack of access to education or clean 1875 01:36:19,040 --> 01:36:22,320 Speaker 1: drinking water. And once again in our neighborhood's division, what 1876 01:36:22,439 --> 01:36:25,840 Speaker 1: are those issues impacting our neighborhoods around the country. And 1877 01:36:25,960 --> 01:36:28,320 Speaker 1: sex trafficking is one of those big ones, but they're 1878 01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:31,280 Speaker 1: big ones, but there are also others that we will 1879 01:36:31,479 --> 01:36:33,639 Speaker 1: you know, seek out. So our job is to seek 1880 01:36:33,680 --> 01:36:38,720 Speaker 1: out and find those nonprofits that are in UM that 1881 01:36:38,800 --> 01:36:41,559 Speaker 1: are doing great work, those small nonprofits. What I hope 1882 01:36:41,600 --> 01:36:44,400 Speaker 1: that the Shawn Foundation for Girls becomes it's like the 1883 01:36:45,040 --> 01:36:49,479 Speaker 1: villain Melinda Gates Foundation for the go to foundations for 1884 01:36:49,600 --> 01:36:52,960 Speaker 1: those small nonprofits that are helping girls of color in 1885 01:36:53,200 --> 01:36:55,360 Speaker 1: our in our community. Do you do you host a 1886 01:36:55,439 --> 01:36:58,680 Speaker 1: gala or anything in the fundraise of galaun Well, you 1887 01:36:58,760 --> 01:37:00,479 Speaker 1: know what, when I do, You're going to be the 1888 01:37:00,520 --> 01:37:02,800 Speaker 1: first person that I reach out to because I know 1889 01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:05,080 Speaker 1: your money is straight. Come on, thank you, thank you, 1890 01:37:05,320 --> 01:37:08,080 Speaker 1: thank you. It ain't been. It ain't been, it has 1891 01:37:08,120 --> 01:37:10,720 Speaker 1: not been. You know, already got you on the time 1892 01:37:10,800 --> 01:37:14,160 Speaker 1: of your time. I might will give the money because 1893 01:37:14,320 --> 01:37:17,360 Speaker 1: we've been having like smaller fundraisers. Yeah, we're working on 1894 01:37:17,479 --> 01:37:21,040 Speaker 1: that big gala, that big fundraiser to bring everybody together 1895 01:37:21,080 --> 01:37:23,000 Speaker 1: and yeah, but you will definitely, my man. You know, 1896 01:37:23,439 --> 01:37:24,880 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna make some phone calls for you 1897 01:37:26,280 --> 01:37:27,960 Speaker 1: because I know how you make money. Get the house, 1898 01:37:28,000 --> 01:37:32,000 Speaker 1: some familiar faces. Oh hes gonna be there, Oh she 1899 01:37:32,200 --> 01:37:35,639 Speaker 1: gonna be there. Oh my, this is a good call 1900 01:37:35,760 --> 01:37:38,240 Speaker 1: because I cannot, you know, because you know, we were 1901 01:37:38,280 --> 01:37:42,960 Speaker 1: from the pimps on the streets and glorified that is 1902 01:37:43,040 --> 01:37:46,400 Speaker 1: the street hustlers and cool dudes and all this stuff, 1903 01:37:46,760 --> 01:37:50,280 Speaker 1: and now just this whole sex trafficking is amped up 1904 01:37:50,320 --> 01:37:55,600 Speaker 1: to another level. They're imprisoning, imprisoning women and kids and 1905 01:37:55,760 --> 01:38:00,280 Speaker 1: teenagers for life, for life, and sometimes a lot of 1906 01:38:00,360 --> 01:38:04,120 Speaker 1: situation making them drug users because some of these kids 1907 01:38:04,200 --> 01:38:07,120 Speaker 1: can't get through the process unless they are for the 1908 01:38:07,240 --> 01:38:10,360 Speaker 1: wired and so so you're just drawing lives. They're just 1909 01:38:10,439 --> 01:38:12,640 Speaker 1: drawing lives out there, and you're trying to change a 1910 01:38:12,680 --> 01:38:15,519 Speaker 1: different difference, right, destroying lives. And here's the thing when 1911 01:38:15,520 --> 01:38:19,720 Speaker 1: people ask me, Rashan, why did you start a foundation? 1912 01:38:20,520 --> 01:38:24,240 Speaker 1: And I say, because it's what we all have to do. 1913 01:38:24,760 --> 01:38:26,680 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that everybody has to start a 1914 01:38:26,720 --> 01:38:29,400 Speaker 1: foundation or their own charity, but we all this is 1915 01:38:29,560 --> 01:38:32,720 Speaker 1: this takes a village. Um, it takes a village to 1916 01:38:32,840 --> 01:38:35,800 Speaker 1: help all those people, all the people who are in 1917 01:38:35,960 --> 01:38:39,960 Speaker 1: need in our communities. So everybody has the ability to 1918 01:38:40,160 --> 01:38:43,519 Speaker 1: do something like for example, I this this one brother 1919 01:38:43,600 --> 01:38:47,479 Speaker 1: said to me. Um, he said, well, you know, Sean, 1920 01:38:47,560 --> 01:38:50,360 Speaker 1: I really love what you're doing for girls in sex trafficking, 1921 01:38:50,400 --> 01:38:52,640 Speaker 1: but how come you're not talking about the boys in 1922 01:38:52,720 --> 01:38:56,639 Speaker 1: sex traffic sex trafficks? And I said, sir, does your 1923 01:38:56,760 --> 01:39:02,400 Speaker 1: foundation help boys trafficking? And He's like okay, So then 1924 01:39:02,880 --> 01:39:06,120 Speaker 1: that was what I was hoping was the moment where 1925 01:39:06,200 --> 01:39:09,200 Speaker 1: we stopped saying how come you not talking about this? 1926 01:39:09,920 --> 01:39:12,680 Speaker 1: And we take you know, we take the rain and 1927 01:39:12,760 --> 01:39:15,120 Speaker 1: start talking about it. So if there is an area 1928 01:39:15,280 --> 01:39:18,160 Speaker 1: where you feel that there needs to be, you know, 1929 01:39:18,280 --> 01:39:20,720 Speaker 1: some more attention, then that's that's the area that you 1930 01:39:20,800 --> 01:39:23,040 Speaker 1: need to tackle, you know, because we can't keep saying 1931 01:39:23,080 --> 01:39:25,720 Speaker 1: how come, how come everybody else ain't doing something? Yeah? 1932 01:39:26,160 --> 01:39:27,800 Speaker 1: How can we reach how can we reach you? Sean? 1933 01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:30,479 Speaker 1: The website? Social media? Give me up? Yeah, yeah, yeah, 1934 01:39:30,520 --> 01:39:33,960 Speaker 1: you know. My website is Sean Robinson Sean Robinson dot com, 1935 01:39:34,560 --> 01:39:39,160 Speaker 1: My Twitter is Sean Robinson dot com. Um, my Instagram 1936 01:39:39,360 --> 01:39:43,400 Speaker 1: is ms ms Sean Robinson and Facebook is Shaan Robinson. Yea, 1937 01:39:43,920 --> 01:39:48,200 Speaker 1: thank you Robins, Thank you my dear again. Put me 1938 01:39:48,280 --> 01:39:52,800 Speaker 1: on that list one of the first. And then summer 1939 01:39:52,800 --> 01:39:54,679 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring you back home because it really happens 1940 01:39:54,680 --> 01:39:57,040 Speaker 1: bad in the summer. Stay strong, girl, want to make 1941 01:39:57,040 --> 01:40:00,400 Speaker 1: a conversation, girl. Listening makes us smarter, more connect in people. 1942 01:40:00,560 --> 01:40:03,519 Speaker 1: It makes us better partners, parents, and leaders. And there's 1943 01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:06,439 Speaker 1: no better place to start listening than audible. Audible is 1944 01:40:06,479 --> 01:40:10,080 Speaker 1: where so many inspiring voices and compelling stories open listeners 1945 01:40:10,160 --> 01:40:12,960 Speaker 1: up to new experiences in ways of thinking. 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