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I'm gonna call him good Friends. 19 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: You straight out of Fort Worth, Texas, most to the 20 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: Magnolia Network series Self Employed. The show is streaming on 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: the Magnolia App and Discovery plus entrepreneur Jonathan Morris travels 22 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: the country to share the inspirational stories and new challenges 23 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: of small business owners and their journeys to building their 24 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: dream jobs. The show features entrepreneurs from a variety of 25 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: backgrounds and in for work. He owns a barbershop in 26 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: the hotel. We're gonna talk about all that, of course, 27 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: the TV show Self Employed, but we're also gonna talk 28 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: about building his dreams. Please working the money making conversations 29 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: for the very first time, Jonathan Morris, how he's doing, Jonathan, 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: are you doing this morning? So? So you know got 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: fort Worth right there? Man, logo on your shirt on 32 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: my chest. Man, I want to wear for Worth on 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: my heart. Man. I love this. I love this city. 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: I love everything. I love most things about it. It's 35 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: a it's a it's a growing city. Like people don't 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: know what the the twelfth largest city in the nation 37 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: now quietly that I did not know. And if you 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: give me your perspective, like I'm from Houston, Texas. You 39 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: go up five north. You know we're fort Worth in Dallas. 40 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: You know, so Dallas is always the dominant market. You 41 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 1: have all it in fort Worth, Dallas and so now 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: he's telling me, Now Fort Worth is the twelfth largest city. 43 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: Now that's news to me. Everybody knows every everybody knows 44 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: our big brother, a big brother to the to the 45 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: east Dallas. Um for words, we're a little maybe a 46 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: little more understated a little bit, but we're doing I 47 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: think out. It's a lot, a lot of a lot 48 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: of good things happening in the city. Now, you know, 49 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: you're you're I brought you on the show to talk 50 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: about this new show on Magnolia Network called Self Employed. 51 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: Set us up a little bit about what exactly that 52 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: show is. Because of the fact that you are a 53 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: barbershop on I believe you've been you had that shop 54 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: about six years, correct years years, and so I'm fair 55 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: for me with that range because my brother, my younger brother, 56 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: he's in the DC area, he has four and so 57 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: so when the COVID hit, you know it really you know, 58 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: we was just talking about the opening because he couldn't 59 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: open because he was face to face a service oriented business, 60 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: and that you that was like five going into your 61 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: six year talk about how COVID impacted your business and 62 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: how did you recover from it? You know it, you 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: know in march of UM as the rest of the 64 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: world was experiencing. UM what this new uh, this new 65 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: hurdle that we were all facing together, UM was was 66 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: hitting us. The barbershop industry was one that was especially 67 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: hit our business. Like you said, we are literally face 68 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: to face UM and you know, inches away from folks face. 69 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: So when it comes to congregating, it was a no go. 70 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: So UM. You know, the toughest thing was sewn for 71 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: for for me as a business owner was the uncertainty 72 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: UM in dealing with it, not knowing you know, once 73 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: we closed, not knowing when we'd be able to open up. 74 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: And you know, as a as an employer, UM, and 75 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: having to go to my team, UM, of of of 76 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: a barber's and stylist who you know, this is their livelihood, 77 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: going to them and saying, hey, guys, not only UM, 78 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: do I not have a job for you in this moment, 79 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: I also don't know when UM, I'm going to But 80 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: if you hang on, you know, luckily for us, you know, 81 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: being a small team, you know, it's it's like a 82 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: it's like a little little family, you know, UM. And 83 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: we had to check in on each other and we 84 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: have to make sure we're doing okay. We went, we 85 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: went two months UM completely closed until opening back up 86 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,559 Speaker 1: in May. And when we opened back up, we opened 87 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: up with a lot of safeguards, right. We wanted to 88 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: UM make sure that as we were inviting people back 89 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: into the space UM, we were doing so as as 90 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: responsibly UM as possible to to create a safe environment 91 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: for our for our for our customers, but then also 92 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: our our our staff. And so the community responded really well. 93 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 1: A lot of them came back to us um UM 94 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: and you know, we we we've been able to bounce back, 95 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: but we're still you know, very much UM in this 96 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: tricky space. As as small businesses, particularly ones that are 97 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: dealing based to space with the public. Well, you know, 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: I'm talking to Jonathan Morris. He has a barbershop and 99 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: a hotel. We're gonna talk about that in a minute 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: in the fort Worth area fort Worth, Texas, as he 101 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: calls it. Uh. He's an entrepreneur and the host of 102 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: the new series on Magnolia app and Discovery Plus series 103 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: called Self Employed. Now, I bring up these different conversations 104 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: because everybody has a different role a different impact with COVID. 105 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: Like I would tell you something Johnathan, I didn't know 106 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: what to do, you know, and so when you were 107 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: servicing customers that closed, it had to be a little fearful, 108 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: but you had to move past the fear to run 109 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: your business. Are to operate your business carefully and uh safely. Yeah, 110 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: And I think that for us that was that was 111 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: rooted in how we communicated it our with our clients 112 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: and even how we communicated with our staff. Um that 113 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: you know, we were luckily to be be open again. 114 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: We're luckily, we're we're we're lucky to be able to 115 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: provide a service to our community. But at the same time, 116 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: we understand that people are apprehensive, um, and we you know, 117 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways want to hold their hands 118 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: through that and communicate with them that, you know, we 119 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: want to create an essay environment as we possibly could 120 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: given the circumstances of a global pante There was no 121 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: there was no there was no book written on how 122 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: to how to go about it, right. That's the same 123 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: part because like I said, I didn't know how to 124 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: open the door. I didn't know the podcast, I didn't 125 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: know how to say a load of people in public. 126 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: It was just really really a life of isolation and 127 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: then you're a people of person. I can tell your personality. 128 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: You're such you're so engaging, which is probably one of 129 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: the reasons you're the host of the new series. How 130 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: did they come about the whole self employed? Give everybody assists? 131 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: So I gave a you know, my cliff note of 132 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: what self employed is, what tell us what it is? 133 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: And how you became the host? Yeah? Sure, so you 134 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: know rus I, I I never set out to host 135 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: the television show. One day back in twenty nineteen, I 136 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: gotta I got a phone call from a good friend 137 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: of mine who owns a video production company here in 138 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: Fort Worth, UM, and he said, Hey, I've been meeting 139 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: with the Magnolia people and we kind of pitched them 140 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: on an idea of a TV show. Um. They like 141 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: what you're doing with your barbershop and Fort Worth UM 142 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: and we, uh, we started that discussion of what what 143 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: what this TV show could be, what it could look like. 144 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: And of course, you know, I told him, I say, listen, 145 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm not an actor. I'm just an entrepreneur um and 146 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,239 Speaker 1: and I love engaging with other entrepreneurs and learning about 147 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: their stories. And I find myself to be particularly inspired 148 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: by other entrepreneurs and people who are following their dreams, writing, writing, 149 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: writing there writing their own story. As you said, Um, 150 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: and you know, uh, we crafted this show where I 151 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: go around the country and I meet with people across 152 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: different backgrounds, who who who landed into entrepreneurship and becoming 153 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: self employed from all all walks of life, who are 154 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: running you know, all different sized businesses, right. Um, So 155 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: we traveled around the country and we sat down learn 156 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: their stories. You know, your personality really helps the series. Okay, 157 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: you know you're meeting different people, but you engage in 158 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: you you you you have a welcoming personality and Junathan 159 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: and I think that really helps the series. Well you know, 160 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: you know, rich like, I'm just curious, you know, and 161 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: when I'm sitting down and talking with these these entrepreneurs, 162 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: you know, in a lot of ways, I can empathize 163 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: with a lot of the things they've been going through. Um. 164 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: And so you know, so long as they allowed me 165 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: to just be myself, uh and ask the questions that 166 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: I would want to ask, you know, ask folks even 167 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: if the cameras weren't even rolling. You know, I think 168 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: that that's what it's made the show fun. And you 169 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: know people UM have been really inspired by it, and 170 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: I hope that more people see the people that we're 171 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: featuring on the show and you know, they take the 172 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: lead to their own dreams and UM, even if even 173 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: if they're not entrepreneurs. 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What has changed about 217 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: this new found fame and it's gonna grow because the 218 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: Morn Show gets popular, the more people download the show 219 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: and watch the show. How has that allowed you to 220 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: like work on your brain or grow your brain outside 221 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 1: of the television show, you know, as a as a 222 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: small business owner, you know, you know, I'm I've been 223 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: over the last three years in the middle of you know, 224 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: working on this show. I've been working on my new business, 225 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: which is this small this twenty one room hotel and 226 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: Fort Worth And so you know, the more the more 227 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 1: platform or opportunities that I have to to tell people 228 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: about um to talk about entrepreneurship, I hope that it 229 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: helps to feed you know, uh, my little baby, my 230 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: my my new business. As we're you know, venturing into 231 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: this this this this new you know for me untraveled 232 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: territory and so um, the more people that that that 233 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: we can reach and we can speak to and um 234 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: share share this idea of of what uh you know 235 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: and in this in this, in in this regard what 236 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: a hotel can be in Fort Worth, Texas. UM to 237 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: that hotel because you know, you have a locally owned 238 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: boutique hotel and bar in for words and cultural district. 239 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: And you know, it's a lot of things I've done 240 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: in my life. I thought about doing a restaurant. I've 241 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: thought about you know, I've thought, of course, I was 242 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: a performing comedian, acting just a modeling, I managed talent. 243 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: But a hotel that I only stay in hotels. The 244 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: fact that you made the delete to want to be 245 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: an owner of a hotel and it's a boutique hotel 246 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: with a bar. Talk about that. Yeah, So you know, 247 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 1: the idea of a hotel for me came from, you know, traveling, 248 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: and when I travel, I like to connect with the city. 249 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: I like to connect with where I am. I want 250 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: to be um in in a in a place that 251 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: gives me a true sense of a place. Right um, 252 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: and as I looked around Fort Worth, the city that 253 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: I love, the city that my father, my grandfather, my grandmother, 254 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: my mom's called home for a very long time. In 255 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: this place where I, you know, ventured into entrepreneurship. I 256 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 1: look around and I don't see that place. I did 257 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: not see that place. Uh. And I said, you know, 258 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: I want to create this space that authentically UH says 259 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: something about this this this this little big town. UM. 260 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: And doesn't you know in a way that I would. 261 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: Obviously I've stayed in a lot of hotels, but I 262 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: never never owned one. And so UM, you know, I 263 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: ran into I was I was out. I ran into 264 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: a good friend of mine. And this is back in 265 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: summer teen, just three years ago, and you know, we 266 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: were just catching up on our businesses and what's going on. 267 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: And I said, Alan, I said, I really want to 268 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: do a hotel. And so we started that conversation. UM. 269 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: And now Alan is my business partner in this project, 270 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: and we you know, we had to we had to 271 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: final location, we had to fund the funding, we had 272 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: to uh, you know, really put together what this, what 273 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: this could be. So over the last three years, that's 274 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: what we've been doing. Hotels. Trice UM is a twenty 275 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: one room hotel with a lobby bar that sits in 276 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: the Cultural district right across the street from the new 277 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: uh fourteen thousands see Dick the Arena, which is bringing, 278 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: you know, droves of people into the city, and so 279 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: we just want to be at a spare space we 280 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: can serve people who are coming to the city as 281 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: well as being honestly a cultural hub for for locals 282 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: as well. Okay, so you're you're you're so twenty one rooms, Okay, 283 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: So it's just there's a different atmosphere. So how our 284 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: big are the rooms? The room spaces? You're like, Sweets, 285 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: you have like all of the same size room. They're 286 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: double beds of kings. What are they? Sure? So we 287 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: have five different size rooms at the hotel. We have 288 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: one Sweets, we have one one the Presidential if you 289 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: if you will, doesn't have a living space and things 290 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: that we're around like five square feet on that and 291 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: then we have smaller Sweets all the way down to 292 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: like two hundred square feet. Um. So different price ranges, 293 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: different views of the city, but really comfortable spaces. We 294 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: wanted to create something that was not necessarily high luxury, 295 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: but was you know, had a utilitarian but a cool, comfortable, 296 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: welcoming feel um to attract traveler. The traveler that we 297 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: felt like was coming to Fort Worth wasn't able to 298 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: find the independent boutique hotel knibo Field. Well, you know 299 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: the interesting thing I'm talking to Jonathan Morris. He's the 300 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: host of self Employed on the Magnolia app. That's what 301 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: you can find and also on Discover, the Plus streaming network. Uh. 302 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: The reason I was just talking about this entrepreneurship because 303 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: you know, if you're gonna host the show called self Employed, 304 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: you should know something. Okay, he knows the and one 305 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: thing he does know is the people business. You know, 306 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: he's in the he's a barbershop owner, hotel owner. If 307 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: those are two business you better know some people and 308 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: be and also be service oriented. Now when when he 309 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: when he talks about a hotel drives, it reminds me 310 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: of a New York hotel. And so because if you 311 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: if you go to New York City, it wasn't the 312 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: size that he said freaked me out. He said five 313 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: hundred square feet. The two hundred square feet Okay, cool, 314 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: I've been in the two hundred square feet. You open 315 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: that door, that's the bed. I guess what that that 316 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: you you're the TV right there, a little bit TV 317 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: right there. Bathroom right there. You know you're in that bed, 318 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: not that you're in there two d scrabfoot room not 319 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: to entertain, but to go to sleep. That's why I 320 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: read your after long night. You put you your hang 321 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: upboard everything and the thing about those whom they are. 322 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna used the word cute from a standpoint 323 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: of everything's right there? Am I telling us the true? Jonathan? 324 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: You know I like to use the word concise. Okay, practical, 325 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: right right right right? Because you want to do you 326 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 1: want to create a space that you know you have 327 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: everything you need is affordable. Um And ultimately what we 328 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: want to do is we want to get people out 329 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: into our city. We want to get people absolutely absolutely 330 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: city to discover what FOS offer. Because that's why I 331 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: wanted to stop people, because people here at number two 332 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: hundred crap fee. That's well, look, I'm just tell you something, 333 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: Sean McDonald and stayed in many two hundred scrapfoot. When 334 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: you go in there, that's why I'm just preparing everybody. 335 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: When you go in there, when you open the door, 336 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: you will see the bed, you will see, you will 337 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: see the TV, you will see the restroom door. But 338 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: it's all good. Like you said, it's convenient. It's like 339 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: staying in a cruise ship if you've been the cruise ship, 340 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: but it's bigger and it's nice. Either we're out the 341 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: way without the way that you can work out and 342 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: you go about your business. But the beauty of that, 343 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: the establishing that, is that this personality is in the 344 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: cultural district of Fort Worth, which means it's tied to personality. 345 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: And so if you go to places that in New York, 346 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: you go to Chicago, you go to go to San 347 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: Francisco especially, you know, and you find those type of 348 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: hotels when you walk down the streets. I can, I can. 349 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: I can clearly see a hotel properties like that in 350 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: New York because I lived there so many years and 351 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: it was always fun. What has been the most dynamic 352 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: and most interesting part of developing that type of hotel 353 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: property in the Fort Worth area down, you know, for Shan, 354 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: for me Um, it's been how much of the local 355 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: community we've been able to embark in the design development 356 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: of the space. UM When in the hotel, every room 357 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: that you walk into your going to see art from 358 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 1: local artists um and if I'm being even more even 359 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: if a more transparent, there are people that I call 360 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: friends who are UM influencing the city through their talent, 361 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: through their creativity, whether it be the photography on the 362 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: walls or sculpture that we have, the tours that we have, 363 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: um our paintings, or even down to the bed frame 364 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 1: and the desk, or local carpenters, people that you might 365 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: mess around and see at the lobby bar downstairs rum 366 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: after you check in. You know, it is very much 367 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: um for worth through and through and it was just 368 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: a way for us to express who we are um 369 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: as a city and and and and as uh as 370 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: as the people that they live here. Absolutely, the beauty 371 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: of being an entrepreneur, which is self employed, is about 372 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: you know, we all have these American dreams, but we 373 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: also go out there. Does your show because I've seen 374 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: a couple of episodes, but I haven't seen entire series. 375 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: Is it a is it a show that you learn 376 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: from or do you show you see missteps and people 377 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: overcoming missteps? Talk about the series that the granular nature 378 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: of the series because you I'm I'm an entrepreneur so 379 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: I know I've made mistakes, it will make future mistakes, 380 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 1: because it's a lot of things you do on gut, 381 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: you do on instinct, you do on you hear the 382 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: word faith. A lot of people go out there on 383 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: faith saying they don't want to work a normal job 384 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: every and more. If I'm gonna putting in eighty hours 385 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: and put it right now, put eighty hours into my 386 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: dream and you get that a lot out there on 387 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: your show Self Employed, talk about how you manage expectations, 388 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: but also to show the upside of the show and 389 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: not making it a show where you show the dark 390 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: side of it. You know, I think that if there's 391 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: one thing that I learned and I hope people take 392 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: away from watching the show, is that every single one 393 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 1: of these entrepreneurs that were following as hi everyone, I'll 394 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: Rooker here as a guy with his own catchphrase. I 395 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: appreciate that Smokey's only said only you can pretty wildfires, 396 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: But I'm filling in because there's a lot more to report, 397 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: like when they're parched or windy conditions out there. You 398 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: gotta be extra careful with things like burning yard wags. 399 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: After all, wildfires can start anywhere, even in your neck 400 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: of the woods. Go to Smokey Bear dot com to 401 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: learn more about wildfire prevention brought to you by the U. S. 402 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: Forest Service, your state Forrester, and the ad Council. And 403 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: we're live here outside the Perez family home, just waiting 404 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: for the And there they go, almost on time. This morning. 405 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: Mom is coming out the front door strong with a 406 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: double arm kid carry. Looks like Dad has the bags. 407 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: Daughter is bringing up the rear. Oh, but the diaper 408 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: bag wasn't closed. Diapers and toys are everywhere. Oh but 409 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: mom has just nailed the perfect car seat buckle for 410 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: the toddler. And now the eldest daughter, who looks to 411 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: be about nine or ten, has secured herself in the 412 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,360 Speaker 1: booster seat. Dad SIPs the bag closed and they're off. Ah, 413 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: but looks like Mom doesn't realize coffee cup is still 414 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: on the roof of the car and there it goes. Oh, 415 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: that's a shame that mug was a fan favorite. 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We've all felt 426 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: left out, and for some that feeling lasts more than 427 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: a moment. We can change that. Learn how it belonging 428 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: begins with us dot org. Brought to you by the 429 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: AD Council. Welcome Out in the Shoes. Had to base 430 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: some level of risks, some more than others. Right, but 431 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: if everyone to some degree is stepping out on faith. Um. 432 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: Every single one of these entrepreneurs has hit roadblocks, said obstacles, 433 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: has hit um uh parts of their their their journey there. 434 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: For a lot of people would be enough to say, 435 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: you know what, that's okay with me. I'll go ahead 436 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: to take the two and somebody else can uh can 437 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: worry about running this this show, right um. But they 438 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,959 Speaker 1: persevered through those things and the other thing that you know, 439 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: every one of these entrepreneurs that we've that we've that 440 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: we've um we featured they're all steal in the learning process. 441 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: Nobody has got all the answers. And I think that 442 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: that is a way that really humanizes UM the small 443 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: business or the or the or the entrepreneurial journey for people. 444 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: And I hope that people are able to see themselves 445 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: UM in people right. They're able to identifying that hey, 446 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: this is this is just a person just like me 447 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: UM who was able to uh step out there on 448 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: faith and and bring their dreams of life. Here's the 449 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: interesting to Jonathan, because I'm gonna read a quote from 450 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: an article that you had. You know, we're learned about 451 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: their stories about self imployed. We learned about their stories 452 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: and learn about where they have been where they are 453 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: right now, what the challenges are, and understanding how they've 454 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: had to adapt and pivot, which is important because we 455 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: all pivoted during the COVID around this. It's an opportunity 456 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: to shed light on what it looks like for someone 457 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: to take that idea and cultivate that idea into their 458 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: dream and their dream work life of being self imployed. 459 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: I always I want to say that quote first of 460 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: a pretty profound quote, and I'm glad I had an 461 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: opportunity to read it during our interview, is that I 462 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: look at myself and and and like you said, some 463 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: people are just w two people, which means they will 464 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: they will working for the our weak job. And I 465 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: know that the younger generation, millennial generation was really hidden 466 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: hit hard. Everybody's talking about they don't want to they 467 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 1: want to skip steps, you know, they don't want to 468 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: working for the our weak job. But because of technology, 469 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: have you seen an age difference out there when you've 470 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: done your show? Is it? Oh, it's just you've just 471 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: been just out there, and everybody wants to be successful 472 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: because I know as as entrepreneurs, the female industry, that 473 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: the women have really become a dominant force as entrepreneurs 474 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: and also lacks have stepped up their game as entrepreneurs. 475 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: Tell us what you're seeing out there while you're doing 476 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: this show. I know you're not the expert five years ago. 477 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: We can have this different conversation because you've have been 478 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: everywhere all of this kind of talk about what you're 479 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: seeing now. Well. Um, one of the things that I 480 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,479 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that we we we did before 481 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: we before we even started filming it, is I want 482 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 1: to show a diverse range of entrepreneurs. And so we 483 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: talked to you to some some younger folks UH that 484 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 1: are in the in the earlier stages of the entrepreneourney, 485 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 1: and we've talked to we talked to some folks that 486 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: are a little bit older and they've been doing it 487 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: for a while. UM. And again I just hope that 488 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: again people are able to see themselves and identify with that. 489 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: But I do think that UM, particularly UM the demographics 490 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: that are underrepresented in the entrepreneurial space, UM can see themselves, 491 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: whether that be women, whether that be people of color, 492 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: UM being able to see themselves represented. I think it's 493 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: huge and I'm just I'm just glad we were able 494 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: to to do that. We talked all sorts of people, 495 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: allow all the ethnicities, UM parts of the country, and 496 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: and that that's me It was really important. But I 497 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: do think that you know, over these next few years, 498 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: and I think that the pandemic is one of the 499 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,479 Speaker 1: things that's going to be UH will have been a 500 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: catalyst for it is more and more people UM stepping 501 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: out and and and pursuing their dreams, taking those those 502 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,239 Speaker 1: those dreams from ideas to to reality. And that's through 503 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: technology technology has been a different game changer for so 504 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 1: many people to pursue their dreams. But also the reality 505 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: is that the pandemic has made everybody see that there 506 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: is a finite opportunity. There's a window. If you don't 507 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: take that window, if you're happen with the when are 508 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: you looking through? Then you can change it. And you 509 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: can change it by putting forth a plan, rules in 510 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: plays and winning with that. What is your bigger takeaway? 511 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: Because the beauty of me and I wanted to maintain 512 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: a friendship with you, Jonathan, and because of the fact 513 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: that you're so engaging and you you you you say 514 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: natural stories that a lot of people understand. Like he said, 515 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: well at eighteen, you know, I said I want to 516 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: I want to be in the hotel business, you know, 517 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: and tween I get the phone call, they say, hey man, 518 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: we got this idea we want to pitch. None of 519 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: this is like you know, he's one of these guys 520 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: who walks through. He sees an opportunity, he grabs it, 521 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: and he matures it. And that's what being an entrepreneur is. 522 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: And I want to let everybody know that's why he's 523 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 1: an excellent host, because he goes through life. But he's 524 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: a planner and he's not afraid of diet as they say, 525 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: multiple streams of income, or diversifying his portfolio because some 526 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: people say, I'm in the restaurant business, that's all I'm 527 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,679 Speaker 1: gonna do. Now you're in the barbershop business, you're in 528 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: the hotel business. Now you're on TV as a host. 529 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: What drives that level of conference is to diversify and 530 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: trust your talents. A couple of things. Number one one 531 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: thing I do a lot is it is just for me. 532 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,159 Speaker 1: I write down I did every day. Some of them 533 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: are good ones, some of them are bad ones. Some 534 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: of them will see a lot of day. Some of 535 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 1: them will be balled up and thrown in the trash, 536 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: right and and but and that's that's just that's just 537 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: kind of that's what I do. That's my my my 538 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: method that works. That that works for me. Writing down ideas, um, 539 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 1: writing down those dreams before they even become, you know, 540 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: a fleshed out plan. But also, Richard, I think you know, 541 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: understanding and recognizing what opportunity looks like. UM. I think 542 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: that a lot of times I hear of folks, you know, 543 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: when they think about opportunity. The only thing, the only 544 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: opportunity they look for is one that look like a 545 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: paycheck and connect connecting to it, right. And a lot 546 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: of times that that thing that opens up the next 547 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: door to the next door, to the to the picture 548 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: that that that money making conversation. Uh. Sometimes I don't 549 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: always got dollars attached to it. But I think that, 550 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: you know, building relationships even just like you just said, 551 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: you know that phone call that I got from a 552 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: friend about a TV show that he was gonna that 553 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,479 Speaker 1: was a relationship that we had fostered for years. UM. 554 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: Running to what is now my business partner, UM in 555 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: the hotel, in the hotel project that brings the completely 556 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: different skill set to the to the table than than 557 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: I do. That's a that was relationship building, um, over 558 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: years way before the thing that was the thing that 559 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: the thing that people see you know came you know, 560 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: came to fruition. And so you know, I'm a big 561 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:47,719 Speaker 1: believer in and fostering and leaning into relationships. UM. You know, 562 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: I am not an expert and just about anything, but UM, 563 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: I think that I have a hunger for knowledge and 564 00:29:54,560 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: as a natural curiosity. UM. In a lot of times 565 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: you know, for me, when I see that somebody else 566 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: has done something, I kind of think to myself, well 567 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: I could I could do that too. And so sometimes 568 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,239 Speaker 1: just it means finding the right people to connect with, 569 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: to to to to to put yourself in the right 570 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: position for the opportunity that leads to the opportunity that 571 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: leads to the opportunity. Well, I would tell you this, brother. 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