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Boy, if 27 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: I was out there, I scored that touchdown. That's what 28 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: Sean mcdonn no skill for it, what a lot of 29 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: mouth for it. He's an author, speaker and now marriage 30 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: and family therapist intern. He's created a personal and social 31 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: development program called k I n G. That's King Program 32 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: for income and freshman males at Texas Southern University as 33 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: my city Third War Texas as we call it back 34 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: there in Houston. Please welcome to Money Making Conversation for 35 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: the very first time, Jay Barnett, Sean, thank you for 36 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: having me. How you doing that, j Man? I'm doing well. Man. 37 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: Blessed this morning. Man, bless well. You have to say. 38 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: I have to say blessed because I got you in 39 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: the air. This is a show that I start on 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: it almost a year and a half ago, and that 41 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: the rise of this show in the popular this show 42 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: has caught me off guard. And to have the quality 43 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: of guests like you on the show, let's me know 44 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm doing the right thing. And then in your life, 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: you know, being a professional football player and an educated 46 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: professional football player, do you do you carry the badge 47 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: of being a performed professional What do you carry that 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 1: badge in your life being a performed professional football player? Um? 49 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: It all depends on the setting. Um, it depends on 50 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: the group that I'm in. Um, you know, it's a 51 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: privious to be, you know, to have been part of 52 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: such a you know, an elite society and just having 53 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: to you know, have that experience. But I think more importantly, UM, 54 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: it's what I've learned to sort of hold the bags 55 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: that I wear now as the family therapist, as an author, 56 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: as a speaker, because I mean, as you know, football 57 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: is still a game. It's entertainment, you know. Yeah, I mean, 58 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: of course it's been a blessing to a lot of 59 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: guys life too, you know, the blessed their families in 60 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: the lot of thehoods. But for me, it's been about 61 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: you know, leaving something or creating something that could be um, 62 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: very beneficial to those either that are here or those 63 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: that are coming behind me. And so that that's sort 64 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: of the bad stop I've learned to embrace because you know, 65 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: you you see a lot of athletes, man, they hold 66 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: to what they used to do and who they used 67 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: to be. Nothing wrong with that, but that was just 68 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: a very small segment of my life. And the life 69 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: after that has been much more you know, uh grant 70 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: than that part. But I tell you it's it's special 71 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: though to say, you you you played in the National 72 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: Football League, because that's the number one sport in America, 73 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: and so that's a that that that's a probably a 74 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: great entry point to some opportunities for opens up doors 75 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: for you. And yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely, yeah, you know, 76 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: open up a lot of doors. And even though I 77 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: didn't you know, have a career that I wanted, um 78 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: and just happening an opportunity and then just being able 79 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: to you know, to to play a rain of ball 80 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: and just to you know, be you know, just just 81 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: to have an experience of a professional athlete was really 82 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: you know a great opportunity. And then you know, as 83 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: as America and the people where you know, we love athletes. 84 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: We love the champions spirit, we love the warrior mentality, 85 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: and so most definitely it opened up doors. Um. But 86 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: also you know, and open up those doors. The education 87 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: component has allowed me to stay in the boom that 88 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: the doors are open up to and to be able 89 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: to grab your attention to people. So being able to 90 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: have that balance and being able to be seen as 91 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: an athlete educator uh off of open leader. You know, 92 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: all of the intertwined together. You know, it's just really 93 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: a powerful combination. There's really interesting when I when I 94 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: talked to individuals who who have generated their early stages 95 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: of success, do the physicality because you know that's they 96 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: appeared when that cannot support you anymore? Did did you 97 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying? Because you can only play football 98 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: for so long, You can only run fast for so long, 99 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: get only dunkle ball for so long? You know, like 100 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: I've reading the Vince Carter, he wants to come back 101 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: one more year, and he's not the vinsanity when he 102 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: came out was dominating and and hitting three pointers from 103 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: half court? When when? When? When? When? When it was 104 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: time to end your your successful run as a physical athlete, 105 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: as a physical generating your income. What decisions did you 106 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: have to run through your mind and say, hey, it's 107 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: time to move on, it's time to disconnect. Well, for me, 108 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: it was kind of like the decision was um was 109 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: made for me because the opportunity wasn't there UM for me. 110 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: You know, the physical part of it that I was 111 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: in shape, sir um. You know I was talented and 112 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: OUs and actually but you know at the time, you know, 113 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: Green Bay wanted to go a different direction. Um, and 114 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: they was, and so UM. I think you at that point, 115 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: I had other opportunities to to to go work out 116 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: and the trial, and you know, UM, I remember having 117 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: a phone called my agents, you know, well like okay, 118 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: well you can go play Arena League. And then at 119 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: the time they had NFL Europe, so you know, UM, 120 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: then you don't went through that process, and then you 121 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: don't went through the process of going to the Canadian League. 122 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: I think for me man, emotionally, I was just tired 123 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: because at that point, you know, you're trying to figure 124 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: out because you keep chasing it, youream, um and and 125 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: at some point, I think the majority of the athletes, 126 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: whether they had the career or not or then let's 127 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: say they got that. They played a few years and 128 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: something happened, they got hurt and they got out and 129 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: it was trying to get back in. You know. Eventually 130 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: the dream feels like a nightmare, you know what I mean. So, uh, 131 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: you have to have as they say that, come to 132 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: Jesus conversation talking make a decision man, like you know, 133 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: but at the time, I was like five years old. 134 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: So it's like, dude, I want to I mean, you know, 135 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: you've got there as a football man. You're you're old, 136 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying that like twenty seven, twenty 137 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: years old. So and as you um, you know alluded 138 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: to you your your your body has an expiration date 139 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: on it. So you're the only jump, run and do 140 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: all those different things for so long and and eventually 141 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: you have to make a decision, um to move on. 142 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: And that's really hard for a lot of men. Um. 143 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: And you see guys hold on as long as they 144 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: can because, to be honest with Sean, many of us, man, 145 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: you know, um, you know, many of us, we we 146 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: didn't prepare for that. After you know what I mean, 147 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: we got we got there, and it's just like, oh, snow, 148 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: this is not gonna be for long because as men, 149 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: we put our eggs all at one basket. I never 150 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: forget having this conversation with this guy and playing for 151 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: the Browns, and at the time, we're we're working on 152 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: creating this coalition, on this program for athletes who are 153 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: either to the three years remove or guys that are 154 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: just coming into the league to sort of help them 155 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: get their mind right. And he was a white guy. 156 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: He said the difference between white players and black players. 157 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: He said, when I came into the league, I came 158 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: into the league as a businessman who was playing football. 159 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: And he said, the majority of the black players come 160 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: into the league. That's football players trying to do business. 161 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: And so that disparity man just opened up my pause 162 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: and I'm just like, man, that's so real. And for 163 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: them it's really a job, you know what I mean. 164 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: It's like they show up, you know, it's it's it's 165 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: not at all or nothing. For them, there's a life 166 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: after and for many to ask for the American players, 167 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: it's like either this happened or you know, it's back 168 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: to you know, square one and um. And I think 169 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: when you look at players like Vince Carter, who's been 170 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: blessed to happen to mendous career. I mean, you know, 171 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: he's gonna always remember that vinfanity and then you know 172 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: those uh iconic dogs and dunks and all those things. 173 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: And I think at this point, Vince probably like most 174 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: of us as men, UM, you enjoy the camaraderie, You 175 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: enjoyed the brothers, you enjoy the locker run, whether you're 176 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: in the army man or whether you're in the fraternity. 177 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: I think it's just something that we have come to 178 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: embraces men because for us it's it's not really of 179 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: course at this point, you know, we know it's not 180 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: about a championship because you know, Vince is not trying 181 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: to link up with you know, the Wars anything. He 182 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: just wants to play. And I think that's probably has 183 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: helped them mentally. UM. But many men UM, their decision 184 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: is going to be determined by either their preparation for 185 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: the actors or it's going to be determined determined by 186 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: them not preparing for the apps. And I think that's 187 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: I think that's what's happening with him. I don't think 188 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: he's he's decided an exit plan. You know, I know 189 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: that you know he's you know he built this amazing 190 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: foundation for his his brother. Uh and because he understood 191 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: his his path for his brother, but he hadn't figured 192 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: out for himself. And so when I brought in brought 193 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 1: you on the show, one of the keys for when 194 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,319 Speaker 1: I was like, see people see athletes with a defined purpose. 195 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: And you hear that, and people in commentators, even in sports, 196 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: I don't care if it's baseball, football, or basketball, they 197 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: always articulate a white athlete and a black athlete different. 198 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,359 Speaker 1: They'll say things like intelligence, they'll say with black athlete, athletics, athleticism, 199 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: you know. And then and so it's not as bad 200 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: as it used to be because you know, at certain 201 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: times in football, you know, a center had to be white, 202 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: a middle linebacker had to be wide, a quarterback had 203 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: to be white because they felt they felt those were 204 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: their positions of intelligence on the football field. And we 205 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: don't see that play out as much nowadays because that 206 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: it's about money, is about putting the best product quote 207 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: quote on the field. But it did translates into the 208 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: into the all into the administering to the corporate structure 209 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: where you don'na have general managers, you don't have presidents 210 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: and things like that. So that's what he was just 211 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: saying about the business. Until they started looking at athletes 212 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: in general as potential intellectuals or intellectual equals and not 213 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: just at their speed or how many reps they can 214 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: do a two, then we are always failed. And that's 215 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: why I admire you are able to make that separation 216 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: because the fact that is that we all have to 217 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: make a decision, whether it's a job, whether it's a relationship, 218 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: we all have to wake up one day with a 219 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: plan of exit. And you create an exit plan, and 220 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: you built a foundation that's been very, very successful and 221 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: more than that, impacting our next generation. And that's what 222 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't do because they only impact. 223 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 1: But I would tell people athletes are working wealthy once 224 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: they stopped playing the wealth leads. And if you don't 225 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: understand that, then guess what you're called up and suddenly 226 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: into bankruptcy. You called up to being a failure. And 227 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 1: so in our next break, I really want to get 228 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 1: into the book that that I read this weekend. Um 229 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: and uh, hello, King, Claim Your Throne by J. Barnett, 230 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I like I love him because 231 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: you know he's been residing in Houston, and I think Houston, 232 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: Texas is the greatest city in America. We're gonna know 233 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: he's eating in some of my popular places, but we're 234 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: gonna talk about this book because he's turning around one 235 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: of my favorite schools, Texas Southern University and Third WARLD Texas. 236 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: Be back more with Ja Pointett. Hi. Just for Sean 237 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: McDonald you're listening to money making conversation on the phone. 238 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: Is UH my guest. He's a former professional football player 239 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: turned Arthur speaker and now marriage and family therapists. He 240 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: was residing in Houston, Texas. Now he's in Dallas, and 241 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about that move. But more importantly, I 242 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: brought him on the show to talk about when UH 243 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: get everybody a sense that there has to be a 244 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: decision made at so many different levels in your life 245 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: when you have to plan the next step. One of 246 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 1: the things that always people always say that I am 247 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: very good at reinventing myself because I understand there is 248 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: a limit to that success path. I always realized that 249 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: you know, if you if you're gonna live the life 250 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 1: you're gonna live. I know I'm not gonna live as 251 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: old as the people in the Bible. But I plan 252 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: on living a long time. Okay if you don't, and 253 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: I'm not. My goal is not to retire at sixty five. 254 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: So that means that my path for success, my dreams 255 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: are going to be extended beyond sixty five. And so 256 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: when I talked to Jay Barnette, he let me realize 257 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: that the principle that he applied as an athlete can 258 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: be applied to everyday people, whether you're in business, whether 259 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: you're male or female. In this situation is male. Hello, Keen, 260 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: Claim your Throne by Jay Barnett. Jay, why did you 261 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: write this book? Um? What? I wrote that book because 262 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: I had so many challenges as a as a teenager, 263 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: um and and struggles after my parents divorced, and I 264 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: just you know, it's just very difficult for me to have, 265 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: um any direction, because I don't really have a sense 266 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: of identity. And so I wrote this book for young 267 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: men to develop and to discover and a sense about 268 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: benny book by providing them this blueprint that I created 269 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: and this blueprint that I had to follow. And so 270 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: by doing that, I've shared some of my stories, some 271 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: of my life triumps of pitfalls, some of my darkenest 272 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: moments and one of these young men to understand who 273 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: they are. I believe that a name, uh sort of predetermined, 274 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: you know, the expectation of what a thing or what 275 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: an individual is to become and so and that's why 276 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: the title is Hello King. And I wanted to address 277 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: them as I see them, but also wanted them to 278 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: see themselves as a king as well. Cool. Now the 279 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: King Program for income and freshman males males at Texas 280 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: Southern University, which is in Houston, Texas, right down the 281 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: street from my alma mata University Houston. Tell me about 282 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: that King program. And you you identified that each letter 283 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: in the word king means something K I N G. Yes, sir, 284 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: the King Program. Ah, the acronyms knowledge is necessary gain. 285 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: When the dean of Academic student academic Services, when they 286 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: reached out to me and it says, hey, say, we 287 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: have a large group of young black males who come 288 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: to test you every year, UM, and many of them 289 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: looking for God as many of them are first generational uh, 290 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: first generation uh college students, and so you know that. Uh. 291 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: They followed my work for a number of years and 292 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: they said, you know, can you create something, UM, to 293 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: sort of help develop them, you know, and prepare them 294 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: for college, because many of them don't understand what college. Uh. 295 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: You know, if you have to learn how to budget time, 296 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: you have to learn how to to study efficiently, uh, 297 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: build profitable you know, and and and relationships and so 298 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: with the program, it's a person to self development. We 299 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: start with uh, emotional healing. I think that's very important 300 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: with for young black males that is coming in because 301 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: I want them to have a sense of control within themselves. 302 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: We're going to professional development how to speak. We have 303 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: an academic component where we bring in tutors to work 304 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: with these guys. We take them on uh uh looked 305 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: a little tours around the city. We take them on, 306 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: you know, to expose them and in front of other 307 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: successful African American males. We bring in therapist and so 308 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: it's really an awesome program that we had a great 309 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: success last year and I'm happy to announce that we 310 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: will be back for the twenty nineteen school years. Well, 311 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: I would tell you this, sir, if you need Rashan 312 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: McDonald to help you when you bring it back, please 313 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: let my staff know and I put it on my 314 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: schedule because, like I said, I was born in Houston, 315 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: and I went to high school in Houston, graduate from 316 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: college in Houston. I still have our home in Houston. 317 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: So you don't have to fly me down, put me up, 318 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: and I'll be there for you. J Okay, Yes, all right, 319 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hold you to that, brother. You don't have 320 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: to worry about that, brother. There won't be a hard hold. 321 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: Now I want to I want to reach out to 322 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: a couple of things that stood out for me in 323 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: your book, Hello King, Claim Your Throne by Jay barnett Um. 324 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: It was under the chapter you have a Purpose. I 325 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: hear the word purpose used a lot in motivation. I 326 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: hear the purpose used a lot when people said to 327 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: claim your dream and follow your dream. And you had 328 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: this that stood out to me. Live your purpose. Purpose 329 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: the reason something was created. Purpose is the intention behind creation. King, 330 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: The power of God created you intentionally for a pacific reason. 331 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: What do you mean by that? So? What I mean 332 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: by that when you look at everything um that is 333 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: here on the earth, from a tree all the way 334 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: down to an inset, nothing God created I didn't have 335 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: a purpose or didn't serve a purpose. And so when 336 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: you look at everything that He created it was always 337 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: in the benefits of something else. When you look at 338 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: every scene, every seed as the potential of a forest. 339 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: And so when I think about the seed, the seed 340 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 1: has a purpose. When we look at the seed as 341 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 1: if you know, it's just a seed, but it's really 342 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: the purpose that it's served is to replenish the earth, 343 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: the trees, whether that trans translated to paper or to 344 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: buildings and all those things. And so what I wanted 345 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: to echo to those young men was that they were 346 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: born for a reason and to know that they have 347 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: a purpose, meaning that there is intent why they are here, 348 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: that they're not here just by happenstance. You know. I 349 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: just I don't believe God just places people here just 350 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: to be here, uh, And so I wanted to to 351 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: convey that to them and everything that He created has 352 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: a purpose as a reason that you know that there's intent, 353 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: you know, for you to be here, positive intent, And 354 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: that's the key, right, positive intent, because many times, I 355 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: mean when you look at uh, some of our young 356 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: men um that I've mentored uh and spoken with, a 357 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: lot of them don't know that they have a purpose, 358 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: meaning that they don't they don't they don't know that 359 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: they have a reason to live, so you know, they're 360 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: they're more attracted to whether it's a fast life or 361 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: whether it's you know, the street life, or whether it's 362 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: just basically you know, many of them have already admitted 363 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: suicide in their minds because they feel like, I have 364 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: nothing to live for. And so what I wanted to 365 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: do is to help these young men to understand that 366 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: I don't know what that is for you, um, you know, 367 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,479 Speaker 1: maybe that's you know, or whether it's been a becoming 368 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: a doctor or you know, an entertainer or whatever that is. 369 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: You know, I wanted them to know that, man, there's 370 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: a reason why you're in existence. Is it really powerful? 371 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: I want to ask you a question in the title 372 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: Hello King, claim your throne, because I've I've seen throne 373 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: used in uh several of your books. What do you 374 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: mean when you say throne, claim your throne? What is 375 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: what is your What is your perception of a throne? 376 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: My perception of a throng is claim your position and 377 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: claim your position, and claim your position in this or 378 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: claim your position in your community, claim your position in 379 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: the job, place, in the school, where wherever you reside, 380 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: claim your position and your position is this is where 381 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: it is what you represent, you know, where where is 382 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: your state's planet. And wanted them to know that your 383 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: throne represents your territories, which is your mind, body, and spirit. 384 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: Claim your position in those three elements, because those three 385 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: elements determines how you're going to be remembered. It determines 386 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: your decision, It determines your behavior, It determines the generation 387 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: that's within you, either you know through your children, or 388 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: it determines the generation that you want to affect. So 389 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: if we can get these young men to claim their position, 390 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: like you hear often when there's discussions about black men 391 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: in the black community, people are often said, if black 392 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: men would just take their place, if they would just 393 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, you know what I mean, so it would 394 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: get fined their position. And so for me, it's just like, hey, 395 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: man claim your throne. Man, get a position wherever that 396 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: whatever that is for you, get a position. You know 397 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And that's what I met U in 398 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: Charm to get that out, Yeah, because I know that's 399 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: a defined different meaning for everyone, and it was very 400 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: important to tal your book, and I wanted people to 401 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: understand that, you know what that that that term means something. 402 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: That adjective, that description to means something. That's important to 403 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: understand that, especially when you use the word purpose in 404 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: your book. Now, now I know you're not in Houston anymore. 405 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: You move and moved to Dallas. Explain why you're in Dallas. Now, 406 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: know it's for a good thing. But I always let 407 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: everybody know that jay Bo Matt is always on the move, 408 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: is always doing something the innovative. Talk about the Dallas move. 409 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: So I've been in uh, I've been in grad school. 410 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: This is my third and final year. Thank god, congratulation, 411 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you so finishing up my internship as 412 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: a marriage and family therapist. And I've been in Houston. 413 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: I've been Houston ten years and then I was in Atlanta. 414 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: The one came back to Houston and I was speaking 415 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: of the event. And I've been in product six months 416 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: just looking for a practice to work at and got 417 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: an opportunity to come to Dallas and to work up 418 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: here at a private practice which is also black owned. 419 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 1: UM got an honor UM Ricky Footall and UM. And 420 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm just great for the opportunity. He and I the 421 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: only two black male therapists in the area out of Crystal, 422 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: Texas man, and it's it's been a blessing, um, just 423 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: the number of lives that you know, I've been able 424 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: to impact and to be able to help people navigate 425 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: through certain issues and certain difficulties, whether it's emotional or 426 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: mental um issues and all sort I mean all sorts 427 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: of other mental disorders. And so I'm here in Dallas 428 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: and we're looking to establish the Keen Program here as well. 429 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: But as always, Houston gave me my starts, so I 430 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: always did indebted to Houston. Man. I think we're actually 431 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: going back in a couple of weeks speaking at North 432 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: Forest High School. So anytime I'm in Houston, you know, 433 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: people know to reach out to me, and I don't 434 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: mind so made in my time and going out speaking 435 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: to the kids because uh, when I started not only 436 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: the Keen Program, but the Neat Project and writing books, 437 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: I mean, Houston embraced me as their own and and 438 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: I've just been very grateful to you know, the city 439 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: and just you know the people that have really just 440 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: um sort of surrounded herself around my mission. I'm Jason 441 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: j I want to thank you for coming on the show. 442 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: North Florid. See that's where I grew up in Farthrook 443 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: High School. Smiles's so that's where you're going to speak 444 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: so well, I just know he's connecting Texas Southern right 445 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: down the screw from my all, my male and University 446 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: of Houston. So I know our relationship is going to 447 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: continue in a big way. But go out and buy 448 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: this book called Hello, King, Claim your Throne. But the 449 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: very talented Ja Barnett, he's not letting the sport of 450 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: the sport of professional football define him, and he's letting 451 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: his life and the people who we can impact change 452 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: his life. Jay, come back on my show. Both Yes, 453 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: thank you, Sean. I appreciate the opportunity. King, alright man, 454 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: and you back to you, King. Listening makes us smarter, 455 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: more connected people. 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