WEBVTT - 2020 GOALS are lost. Why it doesn't matter... 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.880 You know, Amber and I have had a had a 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:09.680 crazy year, you know, and through grief and loss and 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:14.440 and rebuilding, we've learned a lot. And part of that 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:20.360 is that, you know, a crazy economic crisis doesn't compare 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.520 to losing a loved one, and so it's really not 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:27.160 that big a deal to me. It's a big deal 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:30.160 in terms of we're gonna have to drastically change our lifestyle. 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:51.360 But that's just that's that's it. It's lifestyle. It's not life. Hey, guys, 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:55.320 what's up. It's Granger Smith. Welcome to the Granger Smith Podcast, 0:00:55.840 --> 0:01:01.560 Episode twenty four. What a time to be alive? Man, 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.800 Can you imagine? Just think about how much has changed 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:09.600 since the last time I actually sat down and recorded 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.640 a podcast, which was one week ago, And imagine how 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.600 much has changed since the time before that two weeks ago. 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:21.040 We are living in history, y'all. We are living in 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:27.880 unprecedented times. I'm a history buff. I love history. I 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:32.440 don't necessarily love living in something like this, but it 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:38.800 does definitely puts perspective on so many of the past 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:43.600 events we've read about, like the World Wars or the 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:48.200 Great Depression, and we are not at the level of 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:53.280 any of those right now, but the way things are progressing, 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:57.160 you just never know. Thank you guys for listening, thanks 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.400 for joining, thanks for watching on YouTube. I'm going to 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.160 use this podcast. We put these out every Monday morning, 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:08.520 and I'm going to use these to answer questions that 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.920 you guys are asking. I'm fielding those questions from social 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:19.120 media hashtag Grangersmith podcast. I'm also fielding them from questions 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:23.280 in the YouTube comments. And I'm going to use these 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.239 also to just kind of tell you guys how we're 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.919 doing here in the Smith family and how we're handling 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:35.880 this craziness and kind of get the pulse on what 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.240 you guys are doing it. And this will be, you know, 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:42.399 as we're all drawing more and more to our homes, 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.120 this will be my way to really communicate with you guys. 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:54.080 Let me dive into some of these questions here. I 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:58.639 wanted to I wanted to talk about this and this 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:03.360 is a this is a podcast episode. I did several 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:08.720 several episodes ago about hackers. A lot of these hackers 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:17.040 are from Lagos, Nigeria, and there has never been a 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:22.000 time more important than now to be very aware on 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.640 social media of who you're talking to and who you're 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:30.160 getting messages from. It could be celebrities that are reaching 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.880 out to you, are friending you, and they are not 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.560 the actual person you think they are. Now. The reason 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:39.960 I say it's so important now is because there's going 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:44.680 to be a lot of these celebrity impersonators that are 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:49.040 coming in and asking for money for some kind of 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.560 charity because of the world is in a crazy place, 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.240 and so you're going to be getting all kinds of 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:59.480 messages like this. The most important thing is look for 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.920 that blue chain. So if Tim mcgrawl, you know, friends, 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.200 you make sure you look at it and see if 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.200 it's got the blue check on top of that, I 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.040 promise you timocral is not going to friend you, and 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.800 timcral is definitely not going to send you a personal message. 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:15.400 I'm not going to send you a personal message either, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:20.360 So just throwing that out there, I'm probably not going 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.719 to friend random people right now, and I'm probably not 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:26.560 gonna send random messages that say things like things are 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.560 tough right now? Can you donate some money on an 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:35.000 iTunes gift card? Keep that in mind so and so 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:39.080 so so important, and tell your friends that the celebrities 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.560 are not messaging. If they if it doesn't have a 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.920 blue check, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not that person 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.479 if they haven't gotten verified yet, but it is. That 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.080 is the first line of defense to see who you're 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:56.359 talking to. Probably the most, the most important or not important. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.920 The most common question I should say that I got 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.279 on all these was are you going to do a 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:05.960 live stream concert of some sort? And I have been 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.599 getting that question, and of course it crossed my mind 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:14.240 starting day one, and I've noticed that social media, how 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.080 it's just everyone's kind of going live, live, live, live, live, live, 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:22.120 and it seems to be a little boring for me 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.960 and or a little boring for you to watch me 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:31.640 doing that. And I'm not sure how that works yet. 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:36.920 It's definitely not a viable source of income for a 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:44.719 musician because of the massive amount of income we're all 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.240 going to be losing. There's no way a live stream 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:53.840 concert could even start to make up for what we're doing. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.919 So I'm kind of putting more of my eggs in 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:01.800 the basket of keeping you guys as close to me 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.719 as you can as fans, so that when things do 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.960 re energize, we could have a closer relationship than we 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:15.640 do before I guess. I guess that's my best way 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.800 to answer. I probably will go live. I'll probably play 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.920 you guys some songs, but it's not a number one 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:26.839 priority for me right now. Here's another question. What's going 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:31.239 to happen with the shows that are canceled? Refund question 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.960 mark or reschedule question mark? Well, they're all going to 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:40.680 be rescheduled when I don't know. I know some of 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:44.320 the shows that I that we've canceled already have been rescheduled, 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.840 and sometimes that's in May or June, sometimes of July. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:52.200 I've seen a few come in in August. So everything, yes, 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:56.080 will be rescheduled, But a question of when who knows? 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.159 You know, we we can't even say June right now. 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.800 And by the way, I'm involved in any of those decisions, 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.200 that's not me at all. That is people that are 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:09.520 more high up in the booking than I am. Refunds, Yeah, 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:13.320 you certainly could be able to get a refund, but 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:16.640 this will be done through through the local venues that 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.320 put on the concert. So they're the ones that control tickets. 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.240 They're the ones that take all the money from tickets. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:26.520 Bands get paid when we show up and play, and 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.840 so all the money. None of that has ever gone 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.200 to me. The money if you ever buy a ticket, 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.240 that's going to the venue itself, so you'll have to 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:38.680 handle refunds through them. Actually has nothing to do with 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:44.720 me or the bands. Let's move on here. Stage gear. 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.720 Somebody said, stage gear, what's the most important piece of 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:52.240 your of all your stage gear, and they said, besides microphone, 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.320 And the answer is crew. The crew is that the people. 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.000 They're the most important part of the crew. I mean 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.680 their most important part of the stage gear, because we 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:06.000 could have them the worst gear you've ever seen in 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.160 your life, but a really good crew could make it 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.480 sound pretty good or make it work at least same 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.960 with a bad guitar. A really good guitar player could 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:18.320 make a bad guitar sound good. So the people are 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:22.440 the most important thing, and the people is they're they're 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.480 also the most valuable things are the most they were 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.440 the most expensive thing. So through through all of this 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:33.400 we've had to take out a massive line of credit loan. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:40.160 I could only go maybe two months max without getting 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.680 into debt having to pay everybody because everybody's on salary. 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:46.120 So took out a massive loan. And that's how the 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.400 guys are going to stay getting paid. So for those 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:51.560 of you concerned about that, thank you very much. I 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:53.520 know there are some questions on how could we support 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.520 your band and crew. They're going to be supported through 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.840 a loan, and then over the next several years, all 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.800 you know, my concerts will be as much as I 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:07.240 can paying back that loan. So thank you for the 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:11.000 the concern. But the reality is things are just gonna 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:14.280 be a lot different from from here on out. When 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.000 it comes to the live show, there's a lot of 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:20.240 the the cool video wall and lights and things like 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.600 that that we had semi truck, you know, all the 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:27.000 neat toys, They're all gonna be gone. And I think 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.600 you guys could could be okay with that. We're just 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.520 gonna come in bare bones and we're gonna play some 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.440 concerts and it's gonna be all about the music and 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:37.360 all about the fans. And I don't think you guys 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.160 are gonna have a problem with it. I'm certainly not. 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.520 I'm not gonna I'm not gonna miss all that all 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.280 that cool jazz. We're gonna be We're gonna be just fine. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.360 We're gonna be paying back this loan, and uh, In 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.320 the meantime, we've got a lot of band and crew 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:54.880 that's gonna be able to live live their normal life 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.800 and support their family through a very normal time, have 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:04.400 normal time. Next question, what can what can we do 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:09.839 to stay engaged as fans? And that kind of goes 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.720 back to the question on how how can you support us? Well, hey, guys, 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.400 it's amazing that y'all even think about these kind of questions. 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:24.840 But but the fact is, you guys have supported us 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.520 for so long through going to concerts and doing what 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:32.480 you could do as fans that it's okay, We're going 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.360 to be okay. You don't have to think financially how 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.240 to take care of us. That's more of my job 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:40.480 to think financially, how can I take care of y'all, 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:46.080 or at least how can I provide you with valuable 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:50.680 information on how to how to stay calm, how to relax, 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:55.000 how to how to get rid of some of the 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.120 stress that you might be carrying. And you know, Amber 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.640 and I have had a had a crazy year, you know, 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:10.880 and through grief and loss and and rebuilding, we've learned 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:14.000 a lot. And part of that is that, you know, 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.880 a crazy economic crisis doesn't compare to losing a loved one, 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.480 and so it's really not that big a deal to me. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.160 It's a big deal in terms of we're gonna have 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.439 to drastically change our lifestyle. But that's just that's that's it. 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:35.679 It's lifestyle. It's not life. So hey, if I quite honestly, 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.960 if I get this virus and I die, that's the quicker. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:40.520 I'm gonna get to heaven and see my see my 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:44.040 little boy, see my dad. Don't take that the wrong way, 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.960 you know, don't don't take that as there's no will 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:51.200 to live. But my soul is prepared. I'm not worried. 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.440 What can what can you guys do to stay engage 0:11:55.440 --> 0:12:00.000 as fans? We did drop our uh this that's why 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:02.560 the Dirt Road single, we dropped it to sixty nine cents, 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.640 So we're trying to do that. You could you can 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:09.400 get a hold of me on cameo dot com and 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.160 cameo dot com is is going to allow me to 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.800 give you personal shout outs. That's kind of one of 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.400 my only forms of income right now is to be 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.360 able to give you guys personal shout outs and say 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:25.120 hey via video and then other than that that the 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:29.560 most important thing is watch these videos, share these videos, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.560 comment on these videos. Like these videos, whether it's the 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:39.320 Smiths or my Granger personal page or these podcasts. Amber 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:41.760 has a show coming out on YouTube called A Rise 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.920 with Amber that the first one comes out just came 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.320 out yesterday for you watching this and so yeah, just 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:52.360 be engaged in those and that is That's enough, y'all. 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:56.000 That's enough to to feel the love and to feel supported, 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:03.200 spread the spread the message. Sorry, if you hear background noises, 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.439 that's the kids run around like crazy out of school. 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:15.440 As you know. Here's an interesting question, has nothing to 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.160 do with anything we've talked about. How do you know 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.360 when it's the right time to say I love you? 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:28.480 And I think that that question stood out to me 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.360 because when we're in a world like this right now, 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.960 when we're in this this craziness, don't you think that 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.079 now is the time if you feel like you need 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.160 to ask that question, or if you feel strongly enough 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:44.120 about someone, don't you think that now is the time 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:49.480 to tell them how you feel? Because haven't we learned 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:54.920 enough in this last amount of time, this craziness that 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.120 tomorrow is not guaranteed. We have no idea what tomorrow 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.200 is going to bring and what do you have to lose? 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:02.920 If you feel that way about someone, what do you 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:08.520 have to lose? Tell them today? Tell them now. Here's 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:13.640 another one stood out to me. Another question says, what's 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.200 wrong with you concerning this dangerous virus? Why are you 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:22.760 so selfish? I wrote that down because that's first of all, 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.080 I'd like to note that came from Country Blue sixty 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.320 three on Instagram. So my question to you is, what 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:33.840 are you talking about? What's some more information on behind 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.000 this question? What's wrong with you concerning this dangerous virus? 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:43.520 Why are you so selfish? I'm assuming you're talking about 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.480 either Amber and I talking on the Smiths or me 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.440 when I made a video called What's going On on YouTube? 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:55.040 I'm assuming you're talking about that. And what I'm trying 0:14:55.080 --> 0:15:01.360 to do with this is not diminish the severity of 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:06.200 our current situation. It's it's an attempt to try to 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:14.280 spread a message of hope and resilience and faith and 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.800 try to quell some anxiety and try to get people 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.800 to stop posting rumors on social media that in turn 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:27.320 starts scaring everybody and making people impulse by the grocery stores, 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.560 and that has nothing to do with being prepared, being ready, 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:40.280 being being being prepared for the worst and and hopefully 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:44.960 being wrong. If you if, if, if, all this doesn't happen. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:53.680 But but don't don't misunderstand my wanting to spread a 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:57.400 message of hope and faith and trust. Don't don't misunderstand 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:02.760 that is a be and so fish and be discounting 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:08.200 a dangerous situation. So please don't don't get those lines crossed. 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.840 I'm not a scientist, I'm not a doctor. I'm not 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:16.200 a politician. So as a musician, I feel like part 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:20.840 of my duty is to spread calm and to to 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:24.080 kind of help people through a very anxious time, because 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:29.680 anxiety is deadly in itself. We know this for a fact. 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:35.520 Another question I see all the time is regrets. Do 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.040 you have any regrets? I see that all the time, 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.240 And honestly, the answer is no, I don't have any regrets. 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.080 And that's that's kind of a learned a learned thing 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:52.120 for me. I like to look at any mistake it's 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:56.400 ultimately a lesson. So instead of looking back and saying 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.280 here's my regrets, I look back and say, here were 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:04.880 the stumbling blocks, here were obstacles and I learned from them, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:09.080 and I'm grateful in those situations. You don't have to 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.280 be grateful for every situation, but you can be grateful 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:16.440 in every situation. And one of the ways you could 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:20.919 be grateful in a situation is realizing that in some 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:25.640 way you are better for an obstacle, or for a setback, 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:31.000 or from a mistake because you learned something from that 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.159 that made you a little bit better in this world. 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.040 You learned something that you could share with someone else. 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.520 You learn something that helps you better protect you or 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:43.679 your family, or your finances, or whatever that might be. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:49.520 So I don't have any regrets, only lessons, and that 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:53.600 is a glass half full versus glass half empty mentality. 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.439 You can call it what you want. You can call 0:17:56.480 --> 0:18:01.439 it regrets. I'm gonna call it lessons. Another question I 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.000 get all the time is what does ye ye mean? 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:06.359 And I've made a lot of YouTube videos about what 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.840 does ye mean? I've talked about it many times on 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.600 the podcast, and I don't mind going down that road again. 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:17.080 But quite simply, we have defined it as living life 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:21.040 to the fullest, living your best life. Ye yee is 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:25.000 synonymous with live it and when we made ye yee. 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.440 My brothers and I when we created that with Earl 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:31.800 Dipples Junior through YouTube and fans kind of started latching 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:35.080 onto it. We trademarked it, and we quickly needed to 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:39.160 make it mean something, and to us, that's what it meant. 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.439 It's an old Texas cattle call. You know, people used 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:46.159 to call their cows in ye. But we had to 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.119 kind of hone in and say, you know what, this 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:53.560 represents a lifestyle. This represents a feeling and a mentality, 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.240 a state of mind, and that state of mind needs 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.320 to be live life to the fullest. That's ye yee. 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:09.159 Next question, what are your goals for twenty twenty? I 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.399 would like to I like that question because I like 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:16.320 to talk about goals, and this is the perfect example 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:18.760 of what I'm about to say. Twenty twenty. What are 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:20.360 your goals for twenty twenty? I think we could all 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.240 agree that if we did have any kind of goals 0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:27.200 for twenty twenty, there are most of them. As far 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:31.320 as business is concerned, are shot right. It's changed, It's 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.000 completely different. And so what I like to say about 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:39.119 that is instead of setting goals, I like to set intentions. 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.680 And what I mean is you could set. You could 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:47.159 set an intention to do your best to be the 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:50.560 best version of yourself, to give your best effort, to 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.879 do everything you can in your life to line up 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:56.639 the dominoes correctly so that you have the best chance 0:19:56.960 --> 0:20:01.240 that being the best version of yourself, being the best 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:05.240 version of your career self, or family self, for godly self, 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:09.040 for whatever that might be. You set an intention instead 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.920 of a goal, because if you set a goal, either 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:15.960 two scenarios could happen. One, you don't come anywhere close 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:20.119 to that goal that you created out of nowhere. The 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:25.879 goal that you created came from a perception of what 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:29.439 you think the future might look like. The reality is 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:31.439 we never know what the future is going to look like. 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:34.720 It's only ever a guess, that's all it is. So 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.080 if you set a goal, you could fall way below 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:42.640 that goal, and then what you're a failure. No matter 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:44.719 how you look at it your mind, you are a 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:49.520 failure if you didn't reach that number goal. Another scenario 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:53.119 is you shoot way past the goal. You go way 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.280 past it, and you realize the goal wasn't set high enough, 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.080 the bar wasn't high enough. So then you try to 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:00.119 recreate a new bar and you try to put it 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:03.239 out there even farther and that stuff as well. And 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:06.040 once again, goals are just to guess. That's all you 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:09.159 can do is guess that we're going to be doing 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:11.920 this or I want this to happen by this date. 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:16.920 You're completely guessing, and you don't know that life and 0:21:18.280 --> 0:21:21.639 everything that happens around it is set on a different 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:24.520 path than you might think it is. And this whole 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:28.480 virus right now is a perfect example of how if 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:30.920 we set intentions to be our best version of ourselves, 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:34.200 then no matter what happens upon us during that time, 0:21:35.480 --> 0:21:37.320 we're going to power through it as the best versions 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:41.040 of ourselfs and we're still completing that mission instead of 0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:45.880 that numeric goal. If that makes sense, And I'm glad 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:49.640 you asked that question. Another question I get a lot 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:54.159 is do you have any devotionals. I'm a Christian, so 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:57.560 Christian devotionals are a big deal. I like to start 0:21:57.600 --> 0:21:59.520 my day with it. It's actually the first thing I 0:21:59.600 --> 0:22:03.640 like to do in the morning, especially staying away from 0:22:03.920 --> 0:22:08.240 social media or emails or anything business related. I really 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:09.959 can throw you in a funk if you see a 0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:14.119 text or an email, or a social media post or 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:19.080 a news headline that really sets the tone of your day, 0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:20.919 and it could be in a negative way. It's a 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.560 good chance, especially these days, that it could set your 0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:26.639 day off in a negative way. So I like to 0:22:26.680 --> 0:22:30.720 start my day with a devotional I have several that 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:34.159 I like to read. My two number one go tos is. 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.080 One of them is called Jesus Calling, and I like 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:39.960 to always start the day with Jesus Calling. It's very 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:42.600 simple read. It's always about you know that much, you 0:22:42.640 --> 0:22:49.000 know hands length of text, and it's always seems to 0:22:49.040 --> 0:22:51.720 be very relevant to what I'm going through. So it 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:55.480 gives a little little verse, it gives a little description, 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:59.199 and then it kind of wraps it up and you 0:22:59.240 --> 0:23:01.840 always fill a little bit like it was speaking to 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:05.119 you for a reason. And they're such a cool feeling. 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:07.679 And I've gone through this book through several years, but 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.639 it has a day by day. So when I'm recording 0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:13.800 this podcast right now, it's March twenty first, So this 0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:18.280 morning I read March twenty first. The second one is 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:22.080 called Hearing His Voice, and this is a one. This 0:23:22.160 --> 0:23:24.720 is one that I was recommended by a good friend, 0:23:24.760 --> 0:23:27.040 and so this is also my second year on this one. 0:23:27.080 --> 0:23:31.160 It's a little deeper, a little you have to think 0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:33.840 a little bit more on hearing his voice, But it's 0:23:33.880 --> 0:23:37.560 about the whole devotional. All three hundred and sixty five 0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:42.080 days is about hearing what God is trying to tell you, 0:23:42.440 --> 0:23:45.720 having the ears to hear it, having the heart that's 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:50.719 open to take in that information, with the understanding that 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:54.040 God is God speaks to us when we're ready to listen, 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:58.720 and if we're ready and we're prepared to listen, then 0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:01.000 that's when we could hear him the best. And so 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:03.199 it's kind of training your mind and your ears to 0:24:03.320 --> 0:24:05.679 silence a little bit all the earthly thoughts that you 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:09.359 have and listen to what He's trying to tell you, 0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:12.520 which could come through other people, which is interesting. So 0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.000 some he could work through. He could do anything, but 0:24:16.080 --> 0:24:19.000 he could work through another person that then in turn 0:24:19.080 --> 0:24:21.480 comes and speaks to you, and you have to be 0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:24.480 in tune that this could be something you need to 0:24:24.480 --> 0:24:26.919 be hearing right now. So it's a great way to 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:32.800 start my day. And that's another great question. What else 0:24:32.880 --> 0:24:40.480 we have? You know? Another very common question during this 0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:43.760 time is how do you deal with stress and fear? 0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:53.040 And correct me if I'm wrong? But I think this 0:24:53.080 --> 0:24:56.160 is a really important subject right now. And this kind 0:24:56.160 --> 0:24:59.320 of goes back to the girl that said, what did 0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:02.359 she say? What's wrong with you? Why are you so selfish? 0:25:02.960 --> 0:25:04.440 I think that kind of goes back to that question, 0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:07.360 because because I'm going to focus a lot on these 0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:10.960 podcasts and on my own YouTube and on my Instagram 0:25:11.040 --> 0:25:12.919 post and stuff like that, I'm going to focus a 0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:17.800 lot on trying to quell fear and trying to diminish stress, 0:25:18.400 --> 0:25:23.080 trying to diminish anxiety, trying to put some calm back 0:25:23.119 --> 0:25:27.000 into anyone that wants to listen. And by doing that, 0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:30.520 by me saying it, it also helps me and it 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:34.480 reminds me of the core fundamental facts of meaning and 0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:39.440 purpose in God and faith. And how many times you 0:25:39.520 --> 0:25:43.439 guys that know the Word, that know the Bible, know 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:48.359 how many times did Jesus speak about don't be anxious, 0:25:48.840 --> 0:25:53.440 don't stress, give everything to him. He mentions it all 0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:56.160 the time, almost as much as he mentions love each other, 0:25:56.800 --> 0:26:00.199 you know. And so it's so important to realize that 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:02.760 we're not in control and that's okay. We don't have 0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:06.080 to be all the time, and that fear, in its essence, 0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:13.080 fear is an anxiety about the unknown, and so it's 0:26:13.119 --> 0:26:15.919 a natural form if you don't know what's going on, 0:26:16.880 --> 0:26:20.080