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Speaker 1: My first guest is now available on the show, and

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Speaker 1: let's rote and again my guests on the show today.

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Speaker 1: Co stars in the popular The Blackhampton series on BT.

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Speaker 1: His book navigates through life's ups and downs, and he

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Speaker 1: shares and insightful reflections and titled keep Peddling Things I

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Speaker 1: Learned on my bike. Please welcome to Money Making Conversation

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Speaker 1: master Class. Karan, Joseph Riley. How you doing, Koran?

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Speaker 2: Thanks of love, Sean. How you doing, James?

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Speaker 1: Well? You know I I first of all thank you

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Speaker 1: for coming on Money Making Conversation master Class. You know,

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Speaker 1: this is a young brother that I'd like to believe

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Speaker 1: I mentor. You know, he calls me for advice and

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Speaker 1: older gentleman, because that's what mentorship. What role does mestership

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Speaker 1: mentorship plan in your life? Because I know I'm not

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Speaker 2: I'll be honest with Shot. I haven't had a lot

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Speaker 2: of mentors in the entertainment world, as much as I

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Speaker 2: would have to say was great timing forward. He looked

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Speaker 2: lot of great jews. I think mentorship is necessary, man,

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Speaker 2: I think it's part of the journey. I think if

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Speaker 2: your responsibility to mentor somebody and pay it back for it.

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Speaker 2: That's what this book is. It's a mentorship to the

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Speaker 2: young black girl or the young black boy who didn't

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Speaker 2: I mean, I stand on so many shoulders, Rashaan, that

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Speaker 2: I can't take credit for any of this stuff.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 2: I'm literally I'm literally living out the dreams of myself.

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Speaker 2: But I'm also living out on the field that people

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Speaker 1: Great' that's detailed, and so I want to introduce you

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Speaker 1: the things I learned on my bike, which I loved

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Speaker 2: Well born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Wanted to be

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Speaker 1: Excuse me there, short change yourself. Professional football.

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Speaker 1: and that's why I brought up those perseverance, resilience, and

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Speaker 2: So that says I should have been a first round

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Speaker 2: and I have talked about this, I believe it was

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Speaker 2: because of my sickle sale status as having to trade

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Speaker 1: Wow, you know, I love the fact that you know

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Speaker 1: you're honest about the whole journey. But as an athlete,

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Speaker 1: How did you know it was turned time to change

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Speaker 2: I just made an executive decision at the age of seventeen.

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Speaker 2: which is my original plan was to be an actor.

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Speaker 1: His book Keep Peddling is more than a self help book,

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Speaker 2: It would take a little while, but I could tell them,

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Speaker 2: and I say, look, man, I have a set of

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Speaker 2: will protect you when the human side, if you tries

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Speaker 2: walking in God's power, because God's power is within me,

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Speaker 2: and God's power tells me that I am I am

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Speaker 2: of all creation. So therefore whatever I see Raseean, I

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Speaker 2: can make it happen. But without that set of rules

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Speaker 2: in this this manifesto that I call keep heeling the

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Speaker 2: things I learned on my bike I would not be

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Speaker 1: Okay. We talked about your past athletic life, we talked

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Speaker 1: about you being an actor. We're also discussing on the

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Speaker 1: as we close out the show your production company, talk

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Speaker 1: about that. Seconds now, he's trying to change lives from

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Speaker 1: a creative standpoint, talk about that as we close out

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, I created a production company Dedicated Prophecy with

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Speaker 2: we were sitting around and we said, man, the world is

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Speaker 2: to make a move. We formed a company. We did

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Speaker 2: four productions in that time, real quick fast in her

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Speaker 2: nothing more fulfilling than being able to a produce my

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Speaker 2: own work show what I can do as an actor

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Speaker 2: on my own, in my own terms and control my

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Speaker 2: own narratives. But the biggest gift I find would produce

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Speaker 2: in doing that is being able to give another actor

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Speaker 2: that's right behind me or another another opportunity for them

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Speaker 2: to shine, for them to have freedom, for them to

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Speaker 2: do their thing, and then for one day along their journey,

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Speaker 2: they might look up twenty thirty years from now. I'm

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Speaker 2: the man. Karan gave me an opportunity, but nobody else

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Speaker 2: gave me an opportunity. Or he gave me an opportunity

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Speaker 2: when I needed an opportunity because I was doulling myself.

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Speaker 2: And I believe that's my ministry, that's my purpose, is

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Speaker 2: to spread spread the positive energy and show my people

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Speaker 2: the way through collective building and resources.

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Speaker 1: Love it, love it. We're speaking to Karan. His book.

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Speaker 1: He encouraged the importance of perseverance, resilience and determination. Tell

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Speaker 1: us again how we can buy that book.

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Speaker 2: Kuran www dot Koran Josephreilly dot com. That's my website.

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Speaker 2: You can go on. It's about three clicks and you'll

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Speaker 2: have the book. And also I will autograph that book,

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Speaker 2: sign it, send you a positive noe to affirmation and

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Speaker 2: you will have a piece of my energy forever and ever.

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Speaker 2: And also if you just don't feel like going through

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Speaker 2: the website, you can go through Amazon or any other

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Speaker 2: place that books are sold.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Karen for taking the time to tell your story. Man.

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Speaker 1: It's very motivating and I appreciate any time I talk

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Speaker 1: to you because you do inspire me. Man, You do

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Speaker 1: make me think about other ways that I can look

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Speaker 1: at how I get up in the morning, in value

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Speaker 1: my hours in the day. Because I know you out

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Speaker 1: there peddling.

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Speaker 2: Brother, I am man, I am brother. I thank you

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Speaker 2: for your mentorship, and I thank you for your friendship,

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Speaker 2: and I thank you for your brotherhood. You just keep

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Speaker 2: peddling because because we got a lot of a lot

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Speaker 2: of wins to make together.

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Speaker 1: Brother, I know that's right. You stay strong. That's Karan

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Speaker 1: Joseph Riley his book. Keep peddling. You know things I

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Speaker 1: learned on my bike. We righte back with more money

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Speaker 1: Making Conversation Masterclass. Don't go nowhere. We got more guests

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Speaker 1: coming Lisa Hankins. This has been another edition of Money

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Speaker 1: Making Conversation Masterclass posted by me Rashn McDonald. Thank you

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Speaker 1: to our guests on the show today and thank you.

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Speaker 1: I'll listen to audience now. If you want to listen

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Speaker 1: to any episode I want to be a guest on

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