1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by Marketing and 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: advice on many occasions. In incase you didn't notice, I'm 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: not broke. You know, he'll be interview with celebrity CEOs, 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. It's what he likes to do, 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: it's what he likes to ship. Now it's time to 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: hear from my man Rashan McDonald money Making Conversations. Here 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: we come, absolutely my man Rushan McDonald Money Main Conversations. Wow. 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: You know when I do this show, it really makes 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: me feel good because I'm actually delivering the information to 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: people that I feel they need to hear. Not only 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: are only a daily basis, but at least be a 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: part of the d n A if you want to 15 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: get into learning that about how to be successful, how 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: to the highs and lows of being successful? Um from 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: just not just from an entrepreneur standpoint, just from a 18 00:00:55,720 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: life standpoint. Because these stories that we talked about, we 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: go to my days in college. I would tell people 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: the things I learned in college, those early years, and 21 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: and what I'm doing dealing with now is what I 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: what I learned when I was in college. I'm just 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: I'm just living my dream that uh was was taught 24 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: to me in such an early early life and when 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: somehow along the way with most people is that when 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: you when you're traveling through life, you get off that 27 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: path because so many other things that are getting their way, 28 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: could be a relationship, could be kids, could be a 29 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: job transferred, moving out of state. If this wasn't your 30 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: original dream, get back to the original dream, get back 31 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: the dream that you care we're use in college, that 32 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: you wanted to be great, that you wanted to be special, 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: that you wanted to be unique, because it is still there. 34 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: Do not let age stop you from being successful. You 35 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: can be successful. Fifty you can be successful, sixty you 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: can be successful. You could be successful until you die. 37 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: You can make an impact on life. And so many 38 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: people put limitations, especially on age in the era that 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: we live in now. Age is not a restriction. It 40 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: is not a limitation. It is not it doesn't it's 41 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: just stop you at all my next days. She's one 42 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: of my favorite people in the world of sports personalities. Say, 43 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm would say that, Sam, I'm saying. Have y'all ever 44 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: heard me say that? Okay? I think so. She in 45 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: her seventh season as an analyst, host and reporter for ESPN. 46 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: She juggles ESPN College game day duties, sideline reporting though 47 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: college game days, and nights where I host an NBA countdown. 48 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Please welcome to money making conversations. But girl, Maria Taylor, 49 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: thanks so much for having me on. So it's good 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: to be talking to you again. Well, you know, it's 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: it's You're always amazing that you know, it's the beauty 52 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: of less that we talked you was you was there, 53 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: was the doing the finally was doing the championship period 54 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: for the women's Uh. I remember talking to you and 55 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: I was literally in a tunnel. I'm been at a 56 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: men's basketball get maybe then I think I was in Brooklyn, Yes, 57 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: and I literally was talking to you, and it's like 58 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: coach k Is going by, that goes Roy Williams, and 59 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: I'm like hiding behind where the characters get dressed or 60 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: all the mascots get dressed. That's right, but you're not you. 61 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: You may hide, but people know who you are nowadays. 62 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: Is let's let's talk about that. You know you you 63 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: you went to University of Georgia. You as an athlete, Um, 64 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: you volleyball player, basketball player? Correct and uh so so 65 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: much as she was all SEC volleyball player, uh with 66 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: three times she was all SEC remember things, my girl 67 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: here and so so I mean that you you, So 68 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: that's that's a drive. I think the reason I bring 69 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: it up that that that as an athlete, that that 70 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: means that you have to push yourself and you have 71 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: to be challenged and you had to especially you. You 72 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: were performing at a high level to be at all 73 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: SEC uh volleyball candidate. So how does that play that 74 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: that that that that athletics side you play into your 75 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: in this competitive world of being a sports personality. Because 76 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: really the world sports has exploded and there is a 77 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: path out there and it keeps growing every day and 78 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: you are right in the middle of it. Yeah. It's funny. 79 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: When I was in school, Um, I told my professors, Hey, 80 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: I want to work in sports broadcast and they're like, great, 81 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: you'll never make any money and you'll never get a job. 82 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: It's like doesn't exist. And now the University of Georgia 83 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: has a sports journalism certificate program. It will probably become 84 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: a degree, and it's just changed so much. But for me, 85 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 1: that's how I learned to compete was on a court, 86 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: like you're always competing against yourself, Like it wasn't even 87 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: always about the person that you're going up against. It's like, 88 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: how can I get better every single day? And I've 89 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: really been a perfectionist, but I think that evolved definitely 90 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: on the court because I always wanted to put my 91 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: best performance forward. You know, you've got your team relying 92 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 1: on you, um, you want to do well for your family. 93 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: But ultimately, for me, I wouldn't be able to sleep 94 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: at night if I felt like I didn't play my best, 95 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,679 Speaker 1: or I would want to go back to the court 96 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: in practice again, or I wanted to talk to my 97 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,679 Speaker 1: coach and figure out, Okay, how do we fix whatever 98 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: I think is wrong with my volleyball sling or my 99 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: shot if I was playing basketball. So that's something that 100 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: kind of drove me in and I don't I think 101 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: it's kind of imparted that in my personality now, where 102 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: I'm never satisfied with my last performance or I'm always 103 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: picking a part of the things I'd be wrong to 104 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: the point where my mom is like, you don't even 105 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: watch yourself like she She's like, you can be mad 106 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: for twenty four hours, but that's it, Like you're moving on. 107 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: You didn't like whatever you said. And she's like, and 108 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: by the way, I didn't notice. No one notices ever. 109 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: There you go. I love your mom really because I 110 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: have a daughter and I had to tell her that, 111 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: you know, And because she was competitive, she was a 112 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: she's a tennis prodigy, and then she blew out a 113 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: knee and now she's doing well in college and I'm 114 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: happy for her. And it's when you let let me, 115 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: let me point out some things about her recently, when 116 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,559 Speaker 1: I said her, I mean Maria Taylor. Seventeen, Taylor became 117 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: the first black female to co host College Game Day 118 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: built by the Home Depot, which is huge by the way. 119 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: Taylor was also dubbed as a sideline reporter for ABC 120 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: Saturday Night Football and patrol the sidelines for the College 121 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: Football Playoff and National Championship Game Mirror. Taylor's named host 122 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: of NBA Countdown ESPN and ABC's long standing NBA pregame 123 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: show October of this year. She also have a significant 124 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,679 Speaker 1: role host in NBA playoff editions of NBA countdown across 125 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: ESPN networks. We're gonna, We're gonna. I want to get 126 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: that out because she is uniquely I know, I when 127 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: I when I look at Maria, I'm for some reason, 128 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: people always I just gather information. My staff always going 129 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: why you just you just gather information, just stays in 130 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: your head. I just started watching her when she used 131 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: to do late night packed ten games, so if you 132 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: weren't up, you didn't see her. And I just always 133 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: just a little just like I would say the words 134 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: of the skinny young of the young lady won't the screen, 135 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: but she was just stood out. She just so gifted. 136 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: And I went and I remember told that girl right there, 137 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: it's going to be a star. She's going said, I 138 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: just know she's going to be a star. But you 139 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: have you have you have an ability be real that 140 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: that a lot of people can say that that people 141 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: out there that look good at people like they're tall, 142 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: they are people out there played the sport. But you're 143 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: naturally gifted and translating the story on the spot, whether 144 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: it's at the NBA Draft when you when you I've 145 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: watched you interview those players who were drafted in the 146 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: first round. How you pull their stories from each one? 147 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: It was, it was just amazing. Tell us about that. 148 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: Can you explain that gift? Though you? Can you talk 149 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: about that talent? Did you naturally have? It's so interesting 150 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: because I mean I hear that, but I don't know 151 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: that I recognize it or see it. Like to me, 152 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: it is in a lot of ways second nature. It's 153 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: like it's just wanting it. There's a curiosity there. I 154 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: think I remember UM hearing people talked about and Robin 155 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: Roberts says it all the time. It's like, if you're 156 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: a naturally curious person, then you're going to constantly be 157 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 1: asking people about their selves, wanting to know more, wanting 158 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: to know why. And I think that's how I've always been. 159 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: Your Winning Age Leadership Academy is a nonprofit organization that 160 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: you have developed to help student athletes with programs event 161 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: through a winning age uh thought process. Talk to us 162 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: about that, Yeah, Winning Age Leadership Academy and we developed 163 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: it UM in fifteen was our first year having a 164 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: full CoA. But I know you're not doing it boy yourself. 165 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: Will you say we who is who are we saying? We? Uh? 166 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: Myself and Crane Millions. She's a co founder. We've both 167 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: worked at ESPN at the time, so she was working 168 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: at ESPN events and I was working with SEC Network 169 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: in Charlotte and we just kind of kept looking around 170 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: the room. But we were like, we are the only 171 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: minorities and we don't want people of color women. How 172 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: do we get more of minorities into the door working 173 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: in sports? And so we started this academy where we 174 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: helped women and ethnic minorities and basically it's a mentoring 175 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: program where we're not only partnering you with the mentor, 176 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: but we have retreats, like with the last two years, 177 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: we've had them in Miami and Atlanta where student athletes 178 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: can come because they don't have much time to go 179 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: do internships and stuff like that, so we have a 180 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: four day experience for them mentor they're there. We took 181 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: them to Turner, we took them to the Braves, we 182 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: took them to Jackson Spalding. When we were in Miami, 183 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: we had Donna Shalela, the former Miami president who's probably 184 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: going to be bringing Secretary of State again or something. 185 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: You know, they're they're interacting with people that they wouldn't 186 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: normally find themselves around, and we're teaching them how to 187 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: be comfortable in that space and network and ultimately Karine 188 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: and I have all of the opportunities that we we 189 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: talk to people, We know what the opportunities are. We 190 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: know when there's a job available at Michigan State or 191 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: over here in the NFL, and we also know the 192 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: young minorities and women that want those jobs. So we're 193 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: just trying to build the bridge. So we're working with 194 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: kids constantly on helping to job for job placement, internships, 195 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: and just talking them through once you're there, getting retained, 196 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: you know, dealing with being the only one in the room, 197 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: some of the things and the hurdles that they're going 198 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: to have to cross once they get into the sports inship. 199 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: How does one how big is that the class size 200 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: when you do it, I mean I mean students and 201 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: how do they find out about it? When we do 202 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: the retreats, we have sixteen and we have specifically done 203 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: student athletes because it's the summer and um we also 204 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: did a sum in l A and that was the 205 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: same thing. We had sixteen. But we also work with 206 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: kids just as they kind of reach out so if 207 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: we talked to a kid, we feel strongly about their 208 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: potential or they've shown us you know, okay, this kid 209 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: is really striving for success, they seem really determined, then 210 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: will help those kids too. So overall, we've probably influenced 211 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty students across the country and UM 212 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: with our actual retreats and all of our programming, we've 213 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: probably have fifty students come through and spend extended periods 214 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: of time with us. And there's the four days. M hmm. 215 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: That's awesome. So now how can I can I have 216 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: promote that for you? Can I have putting out those 217 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: social media? So when is the next when the next 218 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: one coming up? When is the next one coming up? 219 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: The next routeet we'll have We usually do it the 220 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: week after the NBA Draft. That's the week of June twenty. 221 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: We will start sending out basically like emails or you'll 222 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: see on my social media I'll be promoting it that 223 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: we're going to start taking applications. So January February is 224 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: when we start doing that. But you can log on 225 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: to the Winning Edge Leadership dot org and that's a 226 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: great way to follow us. About The about is coming. 227 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: What is the future of Maria Taylor. I wish you're 228 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: gonna be busy, young lady running for governor or something, 229 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 1: were you gonna get a vote. Very college coach in 230 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: the SEC, I can tell you that for Joe, they're 231 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: gonna vote for you, and they're gonna push push you 232 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: over the top. You know, I wouldn't push politics from 233 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: being a part of Europe. I feel that that you, 234 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: you know, you are a game change in Maria from 235 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: a standpoint a. You understand who you are, you understand 236 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: the role that you have to play. You give back 237 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: and and and then that's that's really important. And when 238 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: you talk about trying to be successful and trying to 239 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: understand that I am a minority, not only minority from 240 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: a person of a color, but gender as well. But 241 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: you don't let that stop you. Why Because I know 242 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: that there's some kid out there watching me that needs 243 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: to see it that if I get stopped, then that's 244 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: gonna make them believe that they can't make it. So 245 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: if every time every Saturday, a kid can turn on 246 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: their TV, a young woman or a young man and say, 247 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: you know what Maria's out there doing, and she looks 248 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: comfortable and um, people are enjoying being around her, then 249 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: I can do whatever is in front of me tomorrow. 250 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: Like that's really my hope that there's a kid somewhere 251 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: that turns on the TV. It sparked the dream or 252 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: something in them and makes them believe that really they 253 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: can't be slowed down by anything but themselves. Okay, Well, 254 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: when you do the retrieve, you do another one in Atlanta. 255 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: Last time you came by my house, my wife wasn't there, 256 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: and I will you can. You can put me down 257 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: as a dessert stop. Okay, a dessert stop, okay, because 258 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: because you came by, you know, you can sit it 259 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: back and you can fish. You know, it could be 260 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. They can sit and relax and 261 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: I got a tennis corter back there, all kind of 262 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: like our opening meal. Absolutely, absolutely absolutely, I'll just let 263 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: you know, put Rashawn down because I believe in you. 264 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: I will support you. Your values are outstanding and and 265 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: keep winning because you are winning, Maria Taylor. And I 266 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: don't say that to everybody either, Okay, Okay, if you stroll, 267 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: we talked to it, okay, but it seriously put me 268 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: down for that opening dinner, Okay, Okay, thank you so much. 269 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: You scored some screaming holiday deals last year, but that 270 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: was a lot of expensive stuff sitting there on your 271 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: porch this year, keep a sharp eye and Blink before 272 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 1: you buy before you are then anything else ordered to 273 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: Blink x T two security camera to have keep it 274 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: eye on your holiday deliveries wherever you are. 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She's also recognized playwright and CEO of the 295 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: Inner Fitness Project, and she on she has on the 296 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: show that they discussed her new book, Uh, The Little 297 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: Book of Big Lives, a Journey Enter, Enter Inner Fitness. 298 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: Please welcome back to the show, Tina liftod Tina, it 299 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: was when I was reading the book, it was kind 300 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: of like I came across like you talked about the twenties, thirties, 301 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: and forties. The twenties you were assessed with figuring life out, 302 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: and the thirties was a time of wakening to the 303 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: puzzles of life. And the forties had a dream that 304 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: opened the door to a new way of seeing yourself. 305 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: That these are my take on these So if I 306 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: would like to take a moment to go back, because 307 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: we we we hit so many areas of how I 308 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: try to communicate to people who listen to this show. 309 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: I always tell people, it's not your current resume that 310 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: you should be concerned about. It should be what you 311 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: accomplish in your twenties, your thirties, and your forties because 312 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: by mastering that, accepting the VA I use, that are 313 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: the traits that come out of that, that is what 314 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: you're going to be making money on in your authorities 315 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: and fifties and sixties. That's gonna take you to I 316 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: don't even call it. I don't use the word retirement. 317 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: It will keep you through life. I think retirement as 318 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: a as a stop signed for to say you're supposed 319 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: to stop, and in life, you're not supposed to stop. 320 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: You're supposed to keep gaining energy. So when you talk 321 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: about the twenties, thursies, and forties, let's break that down 322 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: a little bit. To my listeners, well, great, and and 323 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: I love that you were talking about, you know, career 324 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: building and UM and and longevity UM. One of the 325 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: things that people don't realize is that when it comes 326 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: to living a full and balanced life, we're talking we're 327 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: talking success and happiness, right, but those are two separate 328 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: skill sets. The skill set for six sas and career 329 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: is a different skill set from happiness. People think that 330 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: if they get the career and they make the money, 331 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: that they are going to be happy. Happiness, however, is 332 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: actually a byproduct of us feeling aligned with ourselves, feeling 333 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: that we are good enough, that we um have purpose, 334 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: that we are UM on point, you know, that we 335 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: that we literally just have a sense of our um 336 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 1: being worthy as we are. If we don't have that, 337 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: then all the money in the world still has you 338 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: feeling like there's something missing. Correct. You know, you can 339 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: you can have the mate, you can have the kids, 340 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: you can have the money, but if you don't have yourself, 341 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: you will wake up feeling like something is missing, and 342 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: so um you know. The twenties for me, Thank goodness, 343 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: the twenties for me were full of a curiosity like, 344 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't know how to I didn't know 345 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: how to make my career. So that was truly frustrating. 346 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: But I was also fortunate enough to have a circle 347 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: of friends and UH to have a place of worship 348 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: that was teaching me the importance of me connecting with me, 349 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: you know, and me connect connecting with me. Over over time, 350 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 1: I came to distill that into one being able to 351 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: UM acknowledge the things that have taken place, you know 352 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: truly well. First you have to become aware that there's 353 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: an inner you and that you have to take care 354 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: of that person in addition to whatever your external aims are. 355 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: And once you are aware that there's an inner you, 356 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: now you have to acknowledge who you are and what 357 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: you do. You know when you say, when you can 358 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: say uh, from your awareness, uh, I do this, or ah, 359 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: this happened to me and this is how it made 360 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: me feel, and these are the conclusions I drew based 361 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: upon what happened to me. When we can be honest 362 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: about that, then those those past experiences aren't held inside 363 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: of us in what I call an emotional loop. When 364 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: we don't acknowledge what happened to us and how it 365 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: made us feel, there is a part of us sitting 366 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: inside begging for that acknowledgement. When you say that this 367 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: is speaking it, speaking it or tell the sharing experience 368 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: with someone writing it in your journal is a great 369 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: starting point. You know, being able to have just another 370 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: person here you. We all want to be heard, we 371 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: all want to be seen and and in order to 372 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: have that happen, you have to develop community or relationships 373 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: where that can take place. But the most important thing 374 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: is you have to see yourself. You have to acknowledge 375 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: to yourself that you have these feelings and that this 376 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: is where you are. And that's where I love the book. 377 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: When I say the book, I'm talking about the Little 378 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: Book of Big Lies, a journey into into fitness because 379 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: I have those stories, I have those moments in my 380 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: life that I reveal some of them to you. Really, 381 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: if they if they're still with me, that means they 382 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: had an impact on If I can vividly see that 383 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: young man patting me that on the corner Russell and 384 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: Bain Street, that's where I was at the walk past, 385 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: and suddenly just stopped showing up. Lord No, I prayed enough. 386 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: I don't know where he went, but Lord he stopped, 387 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: and that that my life was able to go on. 388 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: And so and even even from the standpoint I can 389 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: remember in the elementary s group with my a good 390 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: friend of mine died. You know how that emotional play 391 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: this role. And you know he had uh he was 392 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: blowing up a balloon and he inhaled it and then 393 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: and that affected me how my daughter I would never 394 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,479 Speaker 1: allow hard to have balloons, No balloons in here you know, 395 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: have to be blown up already, but she's not blowing 396 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: off anything. So those little things that you're talking about, 397 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 1: that journey as you go up, as you evolved, those 398 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: moments really do play itself out again and again, and 399 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: you have to acknowledge it and admit that this had 400 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: a negative or positive effect, because a lot of time 401 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: there is positive. But you you have to acknowledge it 402 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: either way. Absolutely, you have to do. You have to. 403 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: You have to acknowledge it because once you acknowledge it, 404 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:19,239 Speaker 1: then you can actually begin to observe yourself almost like 405 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: you're watching a movie. You know, I call it sitting 406 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: in your observer's chair, where you sit and you watch 407 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: your life like you're watching a movie, and that objectivity 408 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: allows you to see things that you're subconscious hasn't yet 409 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: um brought to the surface. It was something Before we 410 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: wrap up the interview, I wanted to make sure we 411 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: talked about this, and you made a statement in your book. 412 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: We are preconditioned to think something is always wrong. Absolutely, 413 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: that's the surviving, that's the survive itself. But you know, 414 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: we we somebody calls you in the morning, what's wrong, 415 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: What's that's right? That's right, that's right, and just imagine 416 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: that that we laugh about it right here, But that's 417 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: happening all the time. You get called into your boss's 418 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: office and the immediate thing is, you know, what's wrong? 419 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: What did I do wrong? And the what did I 420 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: do wrong? Is? We need to begin to rewire um 421 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: our immediate uh position with ourselves. You know, we need 422 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: to realize that we are we are I'd love to 423 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: say true up, you know, realize that we are innately creative, resilient, 424 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: empowered to choose how we think in a moment and 425 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: were whole, so to think of ourselves as worthy first 426 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: and then be free enough to uh make decisions about 427 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: what needs to change in our lives. It was so interesting, 428 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: and you know, we talked about the House of Mirrors. Yes, 429 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: a relatable found the looking at the two D movie 430 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: and seeing the three D image in the background, which 431 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: is the Santa Monica Pere. But the lite also stood out. 432 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: A question stood out to me that I wanted to 433 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: make sure I got answer to the joke. What is 434 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: real confidence? A real confidence is the ability to be 435 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: with yourself no matter what the challenges are. A lot 436 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,959 Speaker 1: of people can't be with the uncomfortable parts of themselves. 437 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: But the moment that we learned to truly accept ourselves, 438 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: then the opinions, the judgment and the um you know, 439 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 1: the the u being being looked at by others will 440 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: not impact us in a negative way because we know 441 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: who we are. You know, I I feel you are 442 00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: a soul mate. I would just let you know that 443 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 1: we because of the fact that you do a lot 444 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: of things. One of the things I really loved about 445 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: when reading your book you you have a downloadable free 446 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: tool call a s A l Ascending Scale to an 447 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: Awesome Life. You go to Tina the Foot dot com 448 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 1: and download a free tool a s A l Ascending 449 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: Scale to an Awesome Life. Please tell everybody what that is, 450 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: because I want to put that in my newsletter. Yeah. Well, 451 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: you know, one of the most important things we can 452 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: do is to begin to understand the power of the 453 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: thriving self. And what the thriving self gives us is 454 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: a sense of possibility. And we need to build the 455 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 1: muscle of being able to no matter what our situation is, 456 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: to get to a legitimate and resonating sense of possibility. 457 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: If you have a sense of possibility, you can move 458 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: through anything, and it's really important for people to know that. 459 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: One of the biggest lines in this book is that 460 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: who you are as you are is all that you are. 461 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 1: That is not it. You are so much more, But 462 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: you can't access all that you are if you are running. 463 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: You can't access all that you are if you don't 464 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: accept that there is more in you and then invest 465 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: time in order to you know, in order to express it. 466 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: The first time I interviewed you, I thought you are amazing, 467 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: and to have you in my studio as a guess 468 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: you're equally amazing. I want to promote your brand. I 469 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: want to continue to be a fan of what you do. 470 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: Know that money making conversations, whatever you need to promote 471 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 1: always you know there is a home for you here fantastic. 472 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: I thank you so much for some I appreciate you. 473 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: Thank you. This is money making conversations, and again, keep 474 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: listening to the show. It's about bringing information that you 475 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: can use and learn the secrets to success. 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I will know he's giving me advice 502 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: to many occasions. In incasion didn't notice, I'm not broke. 503 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: You know, he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry 504 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: decision makers. It's what he likes to do, it's what 505 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: he likes to share. Now it's time to hear from 506 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: my man, Rashan McDonald money making conversations. Here we go, absolutely, 507 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald the host. I'm straight out of Texas by 508 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: way of Louisiana. My parents from Louisiana, So Freeport, Louisiana. 509 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: So I got all that Cajun in me, got all 510 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: that Southern ball in me. Love great food. Um, I 511 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: managed to get educated along the way. You got a 512 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: degree of mathematics work for IBM. That I left IBM 513 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: to tell jokes as the stand up comedian because I 514 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,719 Speaker 1: thought I'd be the next Richard Pryor with the New 515 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: York Then for me, they had already had Richard Pryor. 516 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: In fact, they already had the Murphy. So you need 517 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: to find out who you want to be because we 518 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: already got that long lockdown. So with the l A, 519 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: I realized that I couldn't act you know along the way. 520 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: You know, people in this business will let you know 521 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: where you really stand. Okay, So I started thinking about 522 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: that math degree whatever with the l A. But again 523 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: I survived all that with the Houston became a star comedian, 524 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: became a writer and sitcoms, and from parenthood to sister 525 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: sister to Jamie Fox to UH. The Parkers managed Steve 526 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: Harvey's career for sixty years and then UM developed a 527 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: lot of great marketing opportunities and relationships over the years. 528 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: And now one of my top clients is ESPN stephen A. 529 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: Smith and we're winning. But that's what money making conversation 530 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: is about. I I supply you about who I am, 531 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: so you know that I have a knowledge about entrepreneurship 532 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: and entertainment. I provide the consumer and business on the 533 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: access to celebrities. Have an amazing celebrity on the phone 534 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: right now for my interview today, CEO s entrepreneurs and 535 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: industry decision makers. My guests who come on the show 536 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: deliver information about what they're doing and about how they 537 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: are evolves into their career, planning and motivation and financial literature, 538 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: and now how they leave they balanced life. That's what 539 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: this shows about. That's why money Making Conversations have been 540 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: successful over the years, and it keeps evolving. I keep 541 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: involving because I keep learning things about myself through the 542 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: information that I get from the various guests that come 543 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: on this show. My next guest is an amazing individual. 544 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: She's a Grammy nominator recording artists who not only scaled 545 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: the R and B and pop charts with six top 546 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: twenty Billboard Magazine R and B singles and an impressive 547 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: thirteen number one hits on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play Chart, 548 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: but it's also carved out her place within the world 549 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: Broadway tell of Broadway television, film, and fashion. Broadway shows 550 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: like Bodyguard, the musical, Steve Coodon's Broadway musical Jekyline Hide, 551 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: and I saw her in her Broadway debate, a debut 552 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: uh in the lead role of Elton John and Tim 553 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: Rice's Broadway musical Aida. She's on the show the Day 554 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 1: to talk about other television projects that she's involved with. 555 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: Concerts she's given in community events and formal observations of 556 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: World AIDS today, World Age Day which is December one, 557 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: and many of the four three countries around the world 558 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: that they serve. Please welcome to Money Making Conversation for 559 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: the very first time, and I'm happy to have it 560 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: on the show. Miss Deborah Cox. Hey, hello, after that, 561 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,959 Speaker 1: I was I needed some applause. Deborah. You know, you know, 562 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: it's just a lot going on with your life, your career, 563 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: and you look fantastic, by the way, Thank you so much, 564 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: Thanks so much. You've got all that information. That's a 565 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: lot of information. Well, you know, first of all, you know, uh, 566 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, off air, I will telling you that one 567 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: of the first time we met when I was when 568 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: I was one of the producer's own sister sister and 569 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: I was one of the early early years. You was 570 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: very successful singer, and you were at that turn you 571 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: was making that turn to consider acting as a as 572 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: a as Was it a love for acting or you 573 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: just felt like that was a craft you wanted to 574 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: build on when you was auditioned for sitcoms like Sister Sister, 575 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: Well it was it was during my early years. I 576 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: learned very very early on that you have to try 577 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: and crack at everything, and so acting was something that 578 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: was always in my blood. I had done musicals before, 579 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: but when I went to l A, you know, doing 580 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: studio sessions and working on the album wasn't enough I 581 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: wanted to do. I wanted to do more. And so 582 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: that was um, you know, I had had an agent 583 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: that would just send me on all these different auditions, 584 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, for different types of roles. Well, the thing 585 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: that all came across to me in the in the 586 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: audition was that you was just a natural um you 587 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: know or not. Uh, the moment wasn't too big for you. 588 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: Because the reason I say that because you know, a 589 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: lot of actors, a lot of singers came through common 590 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: came through a lot of individuals who and I see 591 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: that what they're doing now, and I see what you're 592 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: doing now, and then to see the early stages of 593 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: learning or try to get a sense of who you are, 594 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: what you say, what you do, because you come in there, 595 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: I guess, uh, in some ways, because of the fact 596 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: that you are a successful singer versus a person who 597 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: may be an unknown actress, it almost is almost a 598 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: disadvantage sometimes to you are are maybe uh, the fact 599 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 1: that you know you're coming in and you're making a transition, 600 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: and you're not giving credit for the gifts that you 601 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:45,239 Speaker 1: have as an actor. I think, well, I think a 602 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: lot of the times, the right project has to find you. 603 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: In order for you to find you, you have to 604 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: continue to go out and be fearless and put yourself 605 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: in front of people that are going to see that gift. 606 00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: You know, I did my first independent um. I did 607 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: a film with Lawrence tap you know, a movie called 608 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: Love Come Down in two thousand, which was I think 609 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: probably um again. It was something that that came to 610 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 1: me and I think really suited who I was, right, right, right, 611 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: That's that's what I'm saying. You know, when you come 612 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: in for these auditions for these sitcoms or these dramas, 613 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,879 Speaker 1: you know, you're trying to be something that sometimes we've 614 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: already you know, you're you're you know you're you are 615 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: still are a very popular singer. Okay, let's go and 616 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 1: get that straight. So when you at the time you 617 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: even more prominent, you singer walking and even go okay 618 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: this Jebrea Cox Okay, wow, okay, and so you can 619 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: you so you you're you're somewhat um um and all 620 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: of the fact that you're in a room and you're 621 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: trying to audition for a funny role. You know what 622 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: I'm saying, You're trying to be a friend of a 623 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: family member or a friend of the twins at the time, 624 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: because that's what Sister Sister was about. And so so 625 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: it means that you but like you said, when you 626 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: have the role you had with Lawrence Tay, they brought 627 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: that to you. So they had a sense of this 628 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 1: is who I want to play this role. This is 629 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: the person he is, the value already to the natural 630 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: skills I want to look, I want the tone, I 631 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: want all those things that are those values. And so 632 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: so then that carries you over into Broadway, which is 633 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:25,959 Speaker 1: even more wow. You know. Yea happen big, big, big 634 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: shoes to fail when it comes to, you know, taking 635 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: on a role that's already been established. Um. But you 636 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: know again, I think it's it's really about how fearless 637 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: can you be? You know, and in shedding the persona 638 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: that people see and that people have gotten used to 639 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: and stepping into something completely different. I had gotten to 640 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,919 Speaker 1: the point where I was very bored with a lot 641 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: of the things that were happening, and Broadway seemed to 642 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 1: have a lot more compelling storylines and more compelling, um, 643 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: you know, just a way of telling the story. I 644 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 1: was able to sing and act and dance and live 645 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,919 Speaker 1: and be live and live as well. And I think 646 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: that that's what I took away when I was watching you, 647 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: was like, you're in your moment, you know, because you 648 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: know it's a you know, there's a former stand up comic, 649 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 1: I know, going in front of a live audience. You know, 650 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: you it's there's a high level of you know, you 651 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,319 Speaker 1: can't plan it. There's a lot of you can't nothing. Yeah, yeah, 652 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 1: you're like it's like you're walking that type what's happen? Right, 653 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,399 Speaker 1: and and and every audience and every show people right 654 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 1: might laugh at something that that the previous audience didn't 655 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: find the humor or, and then they might they might cry, 656 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: or they might get your standard ovation, or they might applaud. 657 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: It's something to react to it, and that's that that 658 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,240 Speaker 1: that's that's what you got out of the whole live world, 659 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: that whole Broadway world. Correct. Oh yeah, yeah. There was 660 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:59,439 Speaker 1: no no chance to retake anything. We do anything when 661 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 1: you're live. As soon as you know that downbeat happens. 662 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: You're pretty much often running and you gotta you know, 663 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: know all your lines, know your marks, you know, and 664 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: and be in it and and be able to deliver 665 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: in front of the audience that's paid, you know, over 666 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 1: a hundred dollars for a sei. You've got to make 667 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,520 Speaker 1: sure that you deliver. You know. That's awesome. Now you 668 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: have a you have a movie project coming up on 669 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: BT and called Influence. It starts one of my good 670 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: Anthony Hamilton's and Kim tell us a little bit about that. Uh, 671 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: and I know we're gonna we're gonna talk about the 672 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 1: Age Healthcare Foundation and all that, but I want to 673 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,479 Speaker 1: just talk about your brain is amazing and the fact 674 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: that I got you on my show. I al would 675 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 1: like to talk about the evolution of that journey. When 676 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,239 Speaker 1: you're talking about people with careers, Your careers are amazingly 677 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: long and it's not going anywhere. So let's talk about 678 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 1: the upcoming movie on b T. Well, this movie is 679 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: called Influence, and it's about a family of lawyers who 680 00:37:55,120 --> 00:38:00,440 Speaker 1: take on this case of superstar celebrity who's accused of murder. 681 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:05,840 Speaker 1: And I play Savannah, who's accused of murdering her husband. 682 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: Um and so different. So yeah, it's really a suspense, 683 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: a thriller. And that was the reason why I signed 684 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: on to do it was because I had never done 685 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: anything like that before. I always loved that feels like 686 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,800 Speaker 1: that if there sultry and there too, you know, you're you, 687 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: you look good. Yeah. Yeah. I think that this role 688 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 1: will will will explore a very different side of me, 689 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: a side that I've never had to even exploit doing music. 690 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,920 Speaker 1: You know a lot of the times, you know, women 691 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: have to you know, be sort of you know, scantily clad, 692 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:46,279 Speaker 1: and I've I've always been able to you know, be 693 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: measured by the by the weight of of my talent, 694 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:56,879 Speaker 1: right and my voice. Yeah, so um yeah, I really 695 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,239 Speaker 1: pride myself in that because I think the standard are 696 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,719 Speaker 1: you know, the standards have been lowered, you know, over 697 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,280 Speaker 1: the years. Um And when you think about these triple 698 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: threats like the Gyan Carrols, the Dorothy Dandrids, Lena Horn, 699 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,799 Speaker 1: all these great incredible class women, you know, they never 700 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: had to do that. They had all they needed was there, 701 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,759 Speaker 1: you know, their talent, you know. So um so back 702 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,799 Speaker 1: to influence, it's it's it's something that I've never done before, 703 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,240 Speaker 1: and it was really um fun to explore a different 704 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,359 Speaker 1: side uh of acting, which is really dramatic and doing 705 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: a lot of suspense and thriller type stuff. Well, I 706 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,320 Speaker 1: like the word thriller tied to your name. You know, 707 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: that suspense, that drama because you know the reason I 708 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: say that because you know, you have the different shows 709 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,120 Speaker 1: and they're like you know, like their dramas and that's 710 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 1: the their sitcoms and things like that, and they tend 711 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,320 Speaker 1: to be over the top and so so here and 712 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: you and this this role, these roles, and I have 713 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: to say they're usually white actors, and actors usually get 714 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: these type of roles. In those particular roles where they 715 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: allowed the character to play out. We played the sinister 716 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 1: role that you know, look the evil but good looking uh, 717 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,920 Speaker 1: the pause and ivy type characters. That had to be 718 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,600 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. That really when they when the 719 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,719 Speaker 1: when the opportunity that came to you, you had to 720 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,320 Speaker 1: jump forward right Oh yeah, oh yeah, I mean it 721 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: was they had um, they had really um you know, 722 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 1: they were really trying someone to do it. And I 723 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,840 Speaker 1: read the script and I and I thought it was 724 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: just something very different, you know, I had just finished 725 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:35,439 Speaker 1: coming off of the Bodyguard musical and I had spent 726 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 1: eighteen months doing that show across the country, which was great, 727 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,120 Speaker 1: was exhilarating, and there was a lot of a lot 728 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,399 Speaker 1: of great music in the show, you know, Whitney Houston's music, 729 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: I mean, which is really a big task. So it 730 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: was nice to kind of just settle back and sink 731 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 1: into something very very different from that. What I tried 732 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 1: to do with Myney making conversations and career relationship to 733 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 1: let people know that I have a lot of media 734 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 1: contacts in my and then I developed this show so 735 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 1: people can use it as an extension to be of 736 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 1: the market that their their products, their talents and when 737 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: your talent is most multidimensional, and so December five is 738 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,600 Speaker 1: an event that you're doing for free that's gonna help 739 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: out people within our community when it comes down. I 740 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: want to promote the influence the movie on BT with 741 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,440 Speaker 1: my man Anthony Hamilton's the new single that you have 742 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 1: called easy Way in the video when it comes out 743 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,719 Speaker 1: in as well as the album your seventh album A 744 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: seventh is a very lucky numb so I wish you 745 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,959 Speaker 1: loved and uh so that the money making conversation. Rashan 746 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: McDonald's a fan, longtime fan. I'm just so happy I 747 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,320 Speaker 1: finally got to talk to you and let you know 748 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 1: that you have a relationship out here that's willing to 749 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,800 Speaker 1: promote and extend your brand. Okay, I appreciate it. 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Visit blink protect dot Com Slash Sale, 773 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,239 Speaker 1: blink protect dot Com slash Sale, blink Protect dot Com 774 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 1: slash Sale. Hi, this is Sean McDonald. You're listening to 775 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:08,759 Speaker 1: money making covers j Okay enjoying my life. I can 776 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,000 Speaker 1: play with I can talk to different people that I've 777 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,640 Speaker 1: known for a long time. I can talk to people 778 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,960 Speaker 1: like I just met and um, I never met. I 779 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,840 Speaker 1: never had a relationship with it. Because the growth of 780 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,120 Speaker 1: this show has allowed people to come onto my show 781 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,680 Speaker 1: understanding that I'm not over here trying to and I 782 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: see a hype or not trying to dig up dirty stories. 783 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to trying to create any mad like 784 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,439 Speaker 1: situations so I can grow my social media. This show 785 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,600 Speaker 1: is about being an entrepreneur by being in an entertainment business, 786 00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: by sharing your stories as an entrepreneur. Because social media 787 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:45,280 Speaker 1: today has turned everybody who has a social media account 788 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:48,799 Speaker 1: into entrepreneurs. They have to understand their brand and their 789 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,279 Speaker 1: brand growth. Uh. The next two people I have on 790 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,600 Speaker 1: my phone on the phone, they're on the phone together 791 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:57,399 Speaker 1: because I've known them for a long time. I found 792 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,879 Speaker 1: out one person with being in of you. I said, 793 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,920 Speaker 1: I got to have other girl on the phone because 794 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,640 Speaker 1: they both are very special and they definitely wanted to 795 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,960 Speaker 1: speak to him simultaneously. My next guest is a producer, actor, 796 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,120 Speaker 1: and director. She has been honored with three a CP 797 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,440 Speaker 1: Image Awards for work on The Steve Harvey Show. Not 798 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,839 Speaker 1: only has she starred in several independent features, but she's 799 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,360 Speaker 1: also produced over sixteen projects under her independent production company, 800 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:26,840 Speaker 1: Nina Holiday Entertainment, with her producing partner cast Seekers Beatles. 801 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,200 Speaker 1: Please welcome to money making conversation, both of them, Terry 802 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:38,000 Speaker 1: Jay Vonn and cast Seekers Beatles. But you know we're great. 803 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,239 Speaker 1: First of all, thank you because of the fact that 804 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,440 Speaker 1: you know, in this business you have to have I 805 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 1: would tell people multiple levels of income options, you know, 806 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 1: whatever you want to say it because there's no guarantee 807 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,719 Speaker 1: that the path that you're it could be cut off 808 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,000 Speaker 1: due to age, to be cut off through the fact 809 00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,239 Speaker 1: that they you can get taie cast and be cut 810 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,799 Speaker 1: off through the fact that people would say, hey, we're 811 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,960 Speaker 1: going in a different direction. So what do you do 812 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 1: when somebody says that, Well, you you you study your craft, 813 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,279 Speaker 1: you understand your craft, and also you surround yourself with 814 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 1: individuals who have like minded of mentality about what you're 815 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,680 Speaker 1: trying to do with your life. And that's what you 816 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:21,680 Speaker 1: guys to have done, right Cash in Tear J definitely, UM. 817 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:24,920 Speaker 1: You know, you know me for a very long time 818 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:28,120 Speaker 1: when I was you know, I got my big break 819 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,120 Speaker 1: on the Steve Harvey Show. And I say big break 820 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,800 Speaker 1: because I had been studying and auditioning for a while 821 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,440 Speaker 1: before I ever landed that role. But that is definitely 822 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:43,279 Speaker 1: the role that UM catapulted and made people know who 823 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:47,919 Speaker 1: I was. UM. So, you know, just spending all those 824 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:53,560 Speaker 1: years being an actress, you know, showing up, auditioning and basically, 825 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,120 Speaker 1: you know, you do your side of the job, which 826 00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,480 Speaker 1: is to do the work, to study the craft, to 827 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,359 Speaker 1: know with the character and all that, but you are 828 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,920 Speaker 1: not in control if somebody hired you or hot and 829 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,200 Speaker 1: you know that's cool. When I was in my twenties 830 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:13,759 Speaker 1: and early thirties. But at some point I felt and 831 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:17,080 Speaker 1: I knew that I could not leave my employment in 832 00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,960 Speaker 1: the hands of other people. Um. And you know this, 833 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,000 Speaker 1: this is very subjective. So you know, I've always been 834 00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,279 Speaker 1: business minded, and you know, when we were on the 835 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,800 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey Show, John, I would always like hang around, 836 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,759 Speaker 1: ask questions. I talked to you guys about money a 837 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:37,680 Speaker 1: lot about investing. UM. I was always trying to well, 838 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,560 Speaker 1: can I write a script? Can I do this? So 839 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,759 Speaker 1: I was always trying to take control in some kind 840 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:49,440 Speaker 1: of way. And thank god I met my soulmate in business, um, 841 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:56,719 Speaker 1: miss prolific writer. Prolific writer. Yes, yes, And I gotta 842 00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,320 Speaker 1: just drug her into this side of the business because 843 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:03,640 Speaker 1: you know, cast it off as a novelist novel but 844 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,719 Speaker 1: they were so fantastic. I was like, oh, these be 845 00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:11,359 Speaker 1: turned into the TV shows like okay. And we kind 846 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,120 Speaker 1: of been together ever since, just trying to carve out 847 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,920 Speaker 1: our own niche make our own way. And we've been, 848 00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,839 Speaker 1: you know, rocking and rolling together for over fourteen years now, 849 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: from something like that like fourteen thing, it's been about fourteen. Yeah, 850 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,160 Speaker 1: you really had one kid, We really had one kid 851 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,480 Speaker 1: between us, and now now we have five. Yeah, now 852 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:35,759 Speaker 1: we have five, and now we have four husbands between us. 853 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:40,719 Speaker 1: Start off with and then you know I'm sick. Now, 854 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,160 Speaker 1: Ay told you I'm sick. You gotta be laughing over here. 855 00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:52,160 Speaker 1: You gotta stop stop stop stop, Okay, okay, let me, 856 00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:55,319 Speaker 1: you need to shut up. Ferry, Jake, now, Cash, I'll 857 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:58,920 Speaker 1: be quiet. Let's talk about you know, you know, it's 858 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,520 Speaker 1: always I would tell you those she says, there's always 859 00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,000 Speaker 1: that unknown person that's out there just grinding. You did 860 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:08,239 Speaker 1: so many Hoodie awards with me, you know, and and 861 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:12,439 Speaker 1: from reduction standpoint, and you was always he was always there, 862 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:16,719 Speaker 1: you know, it was it was always cool whenever from 863 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,600 Speaker 1: a person to under standpoint, talk about your your your 864 00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:22,120 Speaker 1: your your your ability to your talents as a writer. 865 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,840 Speaker 1: Before I get back to me this funny, ladies, I 866 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,200 Speaker 1: am a natural storyteller. Well, I have to say, honestly, 867 00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:31,160 Speaker 1: watching you, um you have, You've been such an inspiration. 868 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,879 Speaker 1: I would tell Terry all the time when we would 869 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:35,640 Speaker 1: come back from the Neighborhood Awards. I'm like, man that 870 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,600 Speaker 1: Shawn like he just makes things happen. And I remember 871 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,439 Speaker 1: having a specific conversation with you because I'm an artist. 872 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm a storyteller to my heart. UM, and I have 873 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,920 Speaker 1: over the years and learned to become a businesswoman. Deal Saner, 874 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:50,320 Speaker 1: I need a date for meals on TV one on Sunday, 875 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:54,880 Speaker 1: December eight at seven pm Eastern, sixth Central, followed by 876 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:58,800 Speaker 1: an our car Encore presentation at nine pm at eighth Central. 877 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,960 Speaker 1: UH now eastern and eight Central. Um, Dear Santa, I 878 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:08,759 Speaker 1: need a date expound. So that is a project. I've 879 00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:12,080 Speaker 1: been really blessed because I have really great relationship in 880 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:15,800 Speaker 1: this business. Um, and not just you and Steve, I 881 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 1: have other great relations Reagan, Presure Reagan. This Parenthood World 882 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:27,120 Speaker 1: Films is actually the production company for that movie. And um, 883 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:32,560 Speaker 1: I I that is my I have four Christmas movies 884 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:38,120 Speaker 1: airing this Christmas. Cass has written three of them. She 885 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:45,279 Speaker 1: did not write this one, Dear Santa. Probably them. Oh yeah, 886 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:48,040 Speaker 1: you wrote two of them. Okay, yeah, she wrote two 887 00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:53,000 Speaker 1: of them. You have four movies. You have four Christmas 888 00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:56,960 Speaker 1: movies airing, but I don't have information on one of 889 00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:00,080 Speaker 1: them for this interview. So well I can fill you 890 00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:05,520 Speaker 1: in so and I'll do them in order of the 891 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:09,040 Speaker 1: sold immediate sold. You gonna be pat It's gonna be 892 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,840 Speaker 1: all Terry J all time, all the time, as it 893 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:17,880 Speaker 1: should be. So here we go. So on November on 894 00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:22,920 Speaker 1: the ET, Uh, I gotta get all these things together. Um, 895 00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:27,000 Speaker 1: Christmas Bells will air and that's the one I did 896 00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:31,160 Speaker 1: with John Amos and Jane Hubert, uh, Dominique Perry and 897 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:35,719 Speaker 1: Raven Goodwin. And that airs on the t November. On 898 00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:40,879 Speaker 1: November thirty, air Hip Hop Holiday, which is a Nina 899 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:46,680 Speaker 1: holiday production that Cass did right, and that is um 900 00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,560 Speaker 1: airing on BT at eight o'clock on November thirty, and 901 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:56,160 Speaker 1: that stars Windy Rachel Robinson, Toronto Jones, Andre Spliller. And 902 00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:04,000 Speaker 1: then on December seven airs Oh my god, okay, Christmas 903 00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:08,080 Speaker 1: bills hip Hop Holiday, um ca, what is it? Oh? 904 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,160 Speaker 1: Tw was the chaos before I was chaos before Christmas? 905 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you so busy you can't remember everything. I'm sorry, 906 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,479 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That's the chaos before Christmas Aaron 907 00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:23,400 Speaker 1: DC at eight o'clock. That was written by Cass Seaters Beatles. 908 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:27,800 Speaker 1: It was produced by Octet Productions, another independent production company 909 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,480 Speaker 1: based out of Washington, d C. But that's the one 910 00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:35,440 Speaker 1: that's starring Terry Sheppard, Uh, Cynthia McWilliams, a Seon Crockett 911 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,920 Speaker 1: and Victoria Ra's really funny. Um. So that airs on 912 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:46,440 Speaker 1: b et uh December seven at eight and then December 913 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:50,440 Speaker 1: eight at seven o'clock. As you were saying, sir, airs, 914 00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:55,239 Speaker 1: Dear Santa, I need a Date on TV one at 915 00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:58,160 Speaker 1: seven o'clock and then it re airs again at nine o'clock. 916 00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:03,600 Speaker 1: And that stars ray J, Reagan Gomez, and Marie Johnson, 917 00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:07,279 Speaker 1: who I loved and she was hollarious their mother and 918 00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,200 Speaker 1: it was I'm just so blessed. It's gonna be a 919 00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,400 Speaker 1: very terry Christmas. That's you know that they're just the 920 00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:17,000 Speaker 1: title alone. It sounds funny, Dear Santa, I need a 921 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:23,040 Speaker 1: date us. What their premise is? So Reagan Gomez and 922 00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:27,319 Speaker 1: ray J they play brother and sister and they're being 923 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:31,200 Speaker 1: pressured by their mother and their father and mother uh 924 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:34,960 Speaker 1: to have to get in a relationship. They want they 925 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,879 Speaker 1: want grandkids, and their kids are like forty years old. 926 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:42,160 Speaker 1: They are not dating anybody seriously. So the siblings make 927 00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,600 Speaker 1: a bet that they will be the ones to bring 928 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,640 Speaker 1: home of a date of they will find love by 929 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,399 Speaker 1: Christmas time and bring home a date. So we get 930 00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,759 Speaker 1: to watch them as they go through the journey of 931 00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:59,759 Speaker 1: dating all these people. Um, and just a climate of 932 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:03,200 Speaker 1: out dating goes now on the apps and stuff. And 933 00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:08,040 Speaker 1: it's some really funny performances in this movie. I don't 934 00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:10,279 Speaker 1: know if you guys are familiar with the Simone, but 935 00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,600 Speaker 1: she does a cameo in this movie and she killed it. 936 00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:17,960 Speaker 1: She is so funny. Um, so I'm really thank Oh 937 00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,600 Speaker 1: it's a hilarious movie. You guys are gonna love it. Well, 938 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:24,560 Speaker 1: first of all, love I got four sizzle clips, Sizzle 939 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,800 Speaker 1: real clips, the trailers. You gotta get to me, four banners, 940 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:30,719 Speaker 1: you gotta get to me. Um. This is what money 941 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,560 Speaker 1: making conversations about is by promoting a brand of people 942 00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:35,920 Speaker 1: I know and don't know. In this case, I know 943 00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:39,759 Speaker 1: both of YouTube YouTube both thoroughly longtime relationship. Just a 944 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:43,200 Speaker 1: little side note. My daughter, who you hear way back 945 00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:47,000 Speaker 1: in the day. She's she's a she's a junior in 946 00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:51,480 Speaker 1: college now national sciety student. Uh you know, she blew 947 00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:53,800 Speaker 1: out a knee playing tennis on the tennis circuit. But 948 00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:55,600 Speaker 1: she's I was just about to say, is she going 949 00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:58,960 Speaker 1: to the Olympics. No, she you know, she she uh 950 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,320 Speaker 1: walked away was a third major injury. 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