WEBVTT - Ep. 165 — The Power in P---- People Off 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:21.320 Oh weird back, we're black, we're brown ambition. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:23.040 I decided to start something new. 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.880 This is Tiffany, I'm here for it. It's Mandy. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:28.760 Yeah, but you know, you know my memory and Mandy. 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:30.680 That's like, I'm never gonna remember that song again. People 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:32.040 are like, oh, I like that. I'm like, girl, it's 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:33.120 gone already, It's gone. 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:35.880 You know. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.440 A minute ago you said you liked my top my song. 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:45.000 I think like it keeps you fresh, keeps his toes. 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.040 I feel like I have remember Dory from Home Finding Nemo. 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:49.920 Yeah, oh that's a good analogy. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:54.560 Yeah, that is that I am I am doing. I'm like, 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:58.840 wait what, oh hey, turning around, Oh hey, how is 0:00:58.880 --> 0:00:59.400 your weekend? 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.400 We was good. Weekend was good. We had you know, 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.040 we had a little run in with a with a 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.560 really mean German shepherd and now my poor dog is traumatized. 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:11.160 So we're working through it. She is. It's so sad. 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.360 What can you know, they're just like humans a little 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.160 bit dogs, you know. She had this German shepherd came 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.360 at us when we're on our walk. We walked past 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.160 this house all the time, but this was the first time, 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:23.000 this idiot homeowner had the the fence open and this 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:25.800 massive dog came barreling out and it was too late. 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.280 I couldn't do anything. She went right for Molly, and 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.600 Molly seemed fine for the first couple of days. And 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:34.720 then ever since you know, last I don't know, Monday 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.280 or something, the poor girl has not wanted to leave 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.880 our front yard and she just shakes and she quivers, 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.800 and we've just had to I've been working with her, 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.360 slowly but surely to like come over this fear of 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.120 and I've been we've been watching a lot of like 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.480 don't laugh at me, a lot of rerun like old 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:55.639 episodes of the Dog whisper Fuck was so useful. Also, 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.000 if you have a dog, I just found the episodes. 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:02.320 We've been like binge watching a Dog's Whisperer, like two 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.880 thousand and four episodes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, good stuff. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:06.960 But the dog didn't bite her, did he? 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.040 No, it didn't. I mean she the owner ran out 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.360 and called her off quickly, and I was really I mean, 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.000 I was more afraid for Molly. I just got the 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.120 hell out of there. I wasn't really thinking, oh, I 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.720 need to like get a report you know, talk to 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.240 this person. I just want to get my dog out 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.240 of there as fast as I could. But I was, 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.800 you know, looking back. He didn't even apologize. He just 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.040 called the dog off and they, you know, they went away, 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.800 which is honestly what I wanted them to do, which 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.640 was like get away. But I don't know, I've been 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.000 thinking about what to do. She didn't bite Molly. She 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.560 didn't bite me, but she would have if he hadn't 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.440 called her off because she was starting to go for 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.640 Mollie's like her neck leg. 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:44.120 Oh my gosh. 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.200 Yeah, So, my poor puppy. She's been through a lot, 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.720 but she's she's good. We've been using a I was 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.280 gonna do my brown boost for all, go ahead and 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.480 say it now though. I've been using this app called Wag. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.000 W a g if you guys have a dog and 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:58.720 you're wondering or you don't have a dog, like I 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.440 didn't have a dog, and you're wondering, how can I 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.000 possibly you know, have a dog when I work all 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:04.880 day long and you know, how can I afford a 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.440 dog walker or whatnot? We decided to start using this 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.840 app called Wag, which is basically like dog walking Uber. 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.200 So you create a schedule. You know, do you want 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:15.840 to be do you want to walk tomorrow? Do you 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.040 want to walk every Monday through Friday, you know, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:20.440 And then what time do you want it? And then 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.640 Wag has this like concierge service where they go and 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.840 find a vetted, interviewed, you know, dog walker in your 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:31.480 area to take your schedule and awesome. Yeah, I was 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.120 a little nervous because it's not like Uber, because it's 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:35.920 a little bit like Uber. I mean, you are trusting 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:37.960 a stranger with your life in a car, but to 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.000 have someone you know come into your house and then 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.800 trust them with your dog. I definitely checked into how 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.240 they vet their dog walkers and most of the all 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.440 the dog walkers have actual experience either dog walking or 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.800 as an animal shelter volunteer or something like that. Okay, 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.680 and I believe WAG will give you And this is 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.360 not this is not a promotion, like I don't make 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.600 any money off this. I'm just saying WAG will give 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:01.440 you like a wag wock box where you can lead 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.320 the key to your house. But we have like an 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:07.720 electronic door code thingy where we created a special code 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:11.240 for dog walkers, So okay, when he arrives, we know 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.040 that he's arrived because he's used a special code and 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.200 that's how he gets in. And but it's been really good. 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.480 I mean I met him in person the first time 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.000 he walked her, and then he's he's ended up being 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.560 super nice and he's walking her every day. And the 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.480 funny thing is like, yeah, when you're when your wag 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.880 walk stop starts, you get like Apple alerts. And so 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.080 the first day it was like, Molly pooped. Want to 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.839 see where Molly Molly pede? Open up the wag gap 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:42.080 to see and you can like cute. Yeah, so it's 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:43.640 great and then I and then I feel I don't 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:45.279 feel so bad leaving her at home because I know 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.440 she's going to get like a thirty minute walk in 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:48.920 the middle of the day and we don't have to 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.239 rush home, you know, worried about her having an accident. 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:53.800 So that's what that's what that's what dogs do. I 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.080 forgot that, Like, that's what's so hard sometimes about having 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.040 a dog is that you can't lead them home for 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.000 too long because they we are going to have accident. 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.640 Oh yeah, for sure, we had. We only had one accident, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.559 so far. It's because we were just gone too long. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:08.480 And oh I didn't mention the price. So the price 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.080 of walking Molly in my neighborhood was seventeen dollars per walk. 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.320 Okay, that's pretty good. 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.160 Not terrible, especially when you you know, consider how much 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.320 they're getting vetted and that. It just gives me peace 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.760 of mind. So I'm on a happy camper. Hey, wag, 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:23.760 you want to sponsor the show? 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:28.400 Hey, you might hear a little bit of noise in 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.560 the background. I mean, I'm in your old stopping ground, 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:31.400 Jersey City. 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.160 What's you even in my old city? 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.680 Well, so for those of you who followed me as 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.080 a bunchanista, you know, like my and I know Mandy, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.799 E've been like seeing all my ads, but my online school, 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.200 the Liberature Academy. Actually, today is the day if you're 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.680 listening live or listening like you know when we discoes live. 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.560 The first time that the Academy is opening back up 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:54.960 for registration. We've been closed for a couple of weeks 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.839 because I just wanted to make it better, you know, 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:02.400 like I I've been trying to struggle with you know, 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.800 what do people really need? You know, when it comes 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.839 to their personal finances, and I realized that everybody wants 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.720 financial freedom. So I really worked really hard with some 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:13.440 experts to create something called this financial Freedom Plan, and 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.560 it took a lot of time and a lot of 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:17.360 effort and a lot of money. So as a result, 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:22.200 the Academy, I have to increase the price time, I know. 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.120 But here's the thing, I actually don't feel bad about it, 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:29.000 because one, I am giving people one last chance to 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.839 lock in at its current rate, which is nine thousand, 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:33.680 nine nine tens a month, so like ten bucks a month, 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.719 which honestly it's nothing, and all my business colleagues and 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.359 my business coach and everyone's like, you're crazy, but it 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.320 was almost mostly be for six months. Three months later, 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:43.960 three years later, we're still at like ten bucks a month, 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:45.800 and so really the Academy's going to go to twenty 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.719 nine to ninety nine a month. But I also know 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.120 that some people can't afford that, so I said to 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.120 my team, We're going to do one last kind of 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:58.560 like registration push and the way what I've always hated, like, 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.560 you know, because you heard Netflix is growing up in price. 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.000 Right, oh they are? Again. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.400 I always feel like this that like if I am 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.920 a loyal customer. Why do new people get better prices 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.000 than me? I mean, I know why, but I just 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:12.520 feel like that's not fair. So we want to do 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:16.960 the opposite. So if you are a current Academy member, 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.440 you will always pay nine thousand, nine nine tenents a month. 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.840 And if you sign up now for this last kind 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:27.000 of like this is our last registration where it's going 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:28.480 to be nine thousand, nine nine tens a month, you 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.240 will always be that, even after it goes to twenty 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.160 nine ninety nine a month, even after re upgrade to 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.560 the Academy two point zero with the Financial Freedom Plan, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.120 even ten years from now at the Academy's one hundred 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:39.880 bucks a month. Let's just say so, it's kind of 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:41.360 my way to say, if you invest in yourself, I 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.080 really feel like you should be rewarded for that, And 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.120 if you're loyal, I feel like you should be rewarded 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.680 for that. So I'm super excited we're taking like a 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:49.400 limited number of students. I always try to keep the 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:53.480 Academy fairly small because we have about maybe like seventeen 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:57.080 thousand students, but there are seven hundred thousand dream Catchers, 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:01.200 so we typically keep registration pretty small. Because I really 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.600 like that people get individualized attention because you've got a 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:07.560 ton of experts and instructors, about fifty of them, and 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.320 I want people to be able to ask the questions 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:12.440 to get them answered. So if you're interested and you're listening, 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:16.520 you can go to join LRA dot com joined with 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.520 the L and R than a dot com from Literature 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.840 Academy and locking your rate at nine thousand nine anetents 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:24.520 a month because when the price goes up, I don't 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:26.600 want to hear no complaints. I feel like I did 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:28.960 all that I could to get everybody in at a 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:30.000 super discounted rate. 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:31.920 I think that's more than fair. 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:33.200 Yeah, I think so. 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:35.760 I got a statement from a credit card company that 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.480 was like, oh, we're increasing your rate because you've been 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.800 a customer for twenty not twenty years. Okay, you've been 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.160 a customer since two thousand and seven and everyone has 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.560 a higher rate than you, so we're gonna watch that up. 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:49.240 And I was like, what, Honestly, I don't think that's right. Honestly, 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:51.600 I really, I mean I get it, because I get it. 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.200 As a company, you have to make money, you have 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.439 to pay staff, you have to so and inflation dictates 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.880 that you have to charge more, but I feel like 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:00.960 there has to be a better So I'm really trying 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:04.120 out a different business model, which is one we're rored 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.880 people who invest in themselves early or war people who 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.680 take advantage of like, you know, good deals, and then 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.680 not to say we're punishing new students who sign up later, 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.720 who like don't catch the deal. But you know, it's like, okay, 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:19.720 you know, you had plenty of time to lock this in, 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:23.200 so anytime after that, So the we're gonna only have 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.000 registration open just for a few days and then we 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.200 won't open it back up again until like April or May, 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:30.079 and by then it'll be the upgrade two point zero 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.559 Academy and it'll be the new price of twenty nine 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.080 ninety nine a month. But I don't feel like that's 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.120 a punishment because honestly, even that slow in comparison to 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.319 what we're what you're getting at the Liberature Academy, it's 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.560 like a I don't feel like the Academy is right now. 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:46.800 It's like a library of really dope classes and courses, 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:49.959 and then when we upgrade to the two point zero, 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:52.880 it's like the library. On top of that, it's also 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.360 like this GPS system that we've created that walks you 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.560 step by step, hand holding you to financial freedom. Like 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.920 you know, a financial freedom means time with the kids, 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.360 it means not working past forty five, if it means 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.480 having three hundred thousand dollars stave, whatever that looks like 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.360 for you. We want to create like a personalized plan 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.240 and help you automate it and help you like achieve 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.280 it because I always feel like what I'm working on 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.600 for myself, I want for other people around me. So 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:20.640 we're excited about this new shift. I don't know, like honestly, 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:22.599 like it's a really exciting time because it's like, I 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.480 don't know that there are other online platforms that are 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.480 dedicated to your members. The where we are when we 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.840 go above and beyond, Like I'm in Jersey City because 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.719 I actually flew out half my team to help make 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.360 sure that tomorrow when we reopen the doors, that there 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.800 are no issues. I have my tech support here, I've 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.000 got my marketing person here, I've got everyone's here, like 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.040 customer supporters here. Everyone's here to make sure that when 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:46.800 the door's open, well not tomorrow, Like those of you 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:50.199 guys are listening, it's today, but that there's no issue 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.199 when you go to join lry to sign up. Yeah, 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.320 so hopefully I'll see you inside of your academy. I 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.400 know most of you are many of you are are 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.000 members already, but it's just like it's exciting to me 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.120 you guys in person and hear all the amazing stories 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:02.960 of transformation. 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:05.480 Thank listen, I still pay for the subway even though 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.440 they never they always increase their rates and never improve service. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:13.040 So these are improving something. Did you see this story 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:17.560 though about like Becky from Full House and the City 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.000 Huffman from Desperate Housewives, like they were arrested. I didn't 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.200 realize they were arrested, arrested today and charged with paying 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.000 hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to cheat their 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:31.120 daughters into college. This is crazy. Let me read the 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.000 story from USA today. So they report that they were 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.880 charged along with nearly fifty other people in the scheme 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.400 which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and insiders. At 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.560 College Testing Centrist, we need to have Lynette Califoni Cox 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.680 on the phone for this because first of all, she 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:48.679 has made a career right of talking about how she 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.760 gets her kids. So many scholarships and doing it the 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:56.000 right way anyway. So fifty parents scheming college coaches and 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.920 insiders at college testing centers to help get their children 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.040 into some of the most elites schools in the country. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:02.920 That is insane. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:08.480 I mean, I I just want to be like, isn't 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:09.559 that serious? 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:11.960 I guess so. I mean they were they were like 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.120 paying people to take SAT tests for them. They were 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.800 paying people to like put on their applications that they 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.360 were like recruited for athletics. They would get treated differently 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.200 through the application process apparently. 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:32.360 So I just feel like, I don't know, like it 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.720 just does seem because what are you really teaching your kid? Like, hey, 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:37.959 you know, if you don't have the grades, if you 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.160 don't have the aptitude, how are you going to survive 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:41.600 at Princeton anyway? You know what I mean? 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.719 No, that's true, That's very true, because you're I mean, 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.160 I'd be curious to see this all happened, like I 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.760 think it's. The report says in twenty sixteen, some of 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.800 these parents, including full House Becky was full House Becky, 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:59.640 Come on, Becky, I know anyway, they say that they 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.920 this all happened to like twenty sixteen, So I wonder, like, 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:03.600 are the kids in the schools now do they get 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:04.679 taken out? 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.880 I know, and all just stuff, But what are you 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.320 really teaching your child? That's why you know they grew 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.520 up to be like the current president of the United States, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:12.280 I guess. 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.000 But this all goes back to, like I mean, not 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.760 just all goes back, but so many parents today are 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.880 just the amount of money pouring into children for like 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.600 education and especially I mean this isn't necessarily about college, 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.440 but like even at the primary school high school level, 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.760 like in studies like New York, where parents are shelling 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:31.920 out tens of thousands of dollars a year just for 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.280 like public school or private school, but like an education 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.760 where you know, it's just very competitive and there's like 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.679 there's this desperation to get the best for your kid. 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:43.760 And I can almost see how parents just take it 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:44.520 like way too far. 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:50.160 Yeah, I mean, it just they just do. Because here's 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.000 the thing. I mean, they've shown over and over and 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:57.520 over again that you know, success really comes from like, 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.840 you know, integrity. I'm a I guess it depends what 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.200 you define success as you know, that like true success, 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:08.319 like you know, like feeling like ownership and pride and 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.160 you know, what you've accomplished doesn't come from cheating your 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:12.880 way to the top. Because here's the thing, you know, 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:14.160 I know a ton of people who have all this 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.400 accomplishments and all this money and all this this, but 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.320 they're not particularly happy. And I guess it's like, is 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.680 that really success? I don't know. It just seems like 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:23.720 all too much. And I'm not gonna lie though. I 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.800 went to Westfield High School, WI to predominantly not brown 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.520 ambition school, We'll just say that. And I remember Lisa, 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.600 my baby sister, was telling me that they were talking 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.000 about privilege in school. I forget what class it was. 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.040 And he said, stand up if you've never had your 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.360 parent call and get a grade change for you, And 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.040 Lisa stood up, like okay, all of us, and she 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.080 was the only one, the only one. And he said, Lisa, 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.120 please thank your parents for me. Every single student I 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:55.680 didn't even know that existed, and parents called in, you know, 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:58.000 called the principal, called super calls. It's gonna my child 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.440 is not getting this great da da da da da. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.880 Like that just seems that was mind bodeling to me, 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:05.760 that like, and it just set the tone for like, oh, so, 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.040 y'all in here just getting these inflated fake grades while 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:09.840 I'm over here busting out behind But then you want 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.120 to tell me I need to be in the slow 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:15.200 class or whatever. You know. Yeah, it's just honestly, it's 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.000 an egregious use of privilege. 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.000 Well I wonder, I just wonder what happens to the kids, 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:21.720 and like, how if they knew what was going on? 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.080 If I mean, how furious would you be if you 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.080 found out your parents does something like that for you 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.320 and then jeopardize your reputation. I mean, that's that's just sad. 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:33.800 So yeah, that is your That is your flash headline 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:35.720 update of the evening. What else has been happening in 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:36.360 the world? 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:40.880 There was I can't even it was a story, but 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.720 I'm it's like about a basketball player and it's like 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.000 how fans have been like so racially charged toward them, 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:49.520 and how I think one of the I forget the name, 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.120 I was like, I just had it in front of me, 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.400 but he I guess he fought back and they're trying 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.000 to like attack him. They're like, yeah, but what about 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.600 the fans that you know? This one fan and his 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.520 wife told him get on your knees like you used 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.440 to or something like your people used to it something 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.920 like that that I just I know. And so he 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.200 was like, I guess this particular basketball player. Of course 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:10.840 I can't remember his name. I can't find him. I think, 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:16.440 is it darn it, yeah, I can't find I just 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.760 think that, like, yeah, I just think that, like, I 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.360 don't know that when people are What I just learned 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.400 is that when people on the spot like the spotlight 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:28.160 could just be so cruel. People think they can say 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.760 whatever they want to you, and God forbid you say 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.119 or do anything back. Then all of a sudden, you're unprofessional. 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.360 I wonder when did that become the rule that the 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.480 public at large is allowed to be abusive, but a 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:43.040 company or an individual on the spot like cannot retaliate 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:46.040 or say anything back. I think that that's just unfair. 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:49.120 That's why, honestly, my block game is strong. If you 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.360 say something even a little bit sideways to me, because 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.120 you know, I'm not in this screenshot culture. I'm not 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.400 gonna clap back to you can screenshot and be like 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.920 look what Tiffany said, you know, so instead I'm like, well, 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:01.760 you block from everything, I will block you from the 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.160 email list, I will block you from the Facebook group, 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.040 I will block you from everything. You won't get any 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:09.720 more resources from me. Mama not talking to me crazy 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.720 and then hit me later like I'm sooe sorry. You 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:14.960 know sometimes I've gotten that people talk crazy and then 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:16.840 they say they're so sorry. I'm like, yes, you are sorry. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.720 Black So you can't contact me this way either. People have, 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.520 but E actually started new emails or new Facebook pages 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:25.080 or new Instagrams to tell me please let me back 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:29.000 in now, because now you're you're showing me displays of 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:30.359 crazy on top of meanness? 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.840 Did I mention? Did I mention way back when when 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.480 I had a candidate apply for a writing job and 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.040 then didn't get the job, and then just la ambassadors 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:42.119 on Greenhouse or not Greenhouse glassdoor dot com and like 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:45.760 wrote this really very specific review of the interviewing process. 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.040 Very negative review is so much so specific that you 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:50.119 can easily like I could easily tell who it was, 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:53.840 you know, even though it was anonymous. And then recently 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.680 she applied for another job here it's like the audacity. Yes, 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:00.600 when I saw her resume come through, I'm like, where 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:01.960 what what? 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.760 Oh? So I know that the player's name, it's Russell Westbrook. 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.440 Sorry you Tah from the Utah Jazz. Okay, but yeah, 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.120 but yeah, it's just but can you imagine, But it's 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:15.240 it seems to me that it's people like that that 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.439 you know, It's like you pay money to come to 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.360 the game, you apply for a job here, you say 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:24.359 all this crazy stuff, and now you're back. What it's 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:27.280 to me, maybe it's just a level of like mental 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.600 instability or something like that. But like I said, I 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:33.360 honestly can say that I do not engage. Every once 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:35.000 in a while, I'll be a little bit petty and 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:36.879