WEBVTT - Day in the Life of Amara La Negra 0:00:02.480 --> 0:00:05.840 Welcome, guys, Welcome, welcome once again, and to girl Amada 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.559 Lanegra and you're listening to exactly a Mada A production 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:12.039 of iHeart. Thank you so much for tuning in and 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:14.920 obviously don't forget to give us those five. 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:16.120 Stars that you always do. 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:19.680 With that being said, by the way, I'm a little 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:23.200 bit sick, so my voice is a little deep, so 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:26.000 today things will be slightly different. I wanted to just 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.319 basically take you, guys in a day in the life 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:32.839 of me. I'm because I feel that a social medium 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:38.239 and just people's imagination overall, I think that people assume 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:42.920 or think that artists or influencers life is I don't know, 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.599 like a magical fantasy life where you just wake up 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.919 and you know, you have this big buffet in your 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.760 house and you wake up in a silk robe and 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.920 you drive your Frari and and it's like, that's not 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.880 really realistic, that's not necessarily the truth for all of us, 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.840 for some of us, whatever. So I just wanted to 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:05.520 be open and just basically take you through a day 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:07.520 of minds, especially now that things have changed for me 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:08.080 as a mom. 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:10.759 Things are way different now. 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.160 I think one of the reasons why I'm still sick 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.360 is because I haven't had time to rest. 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.479 My girls take so much time. 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:19.640 I love them so much, but they take so much 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.520 of my time that finding that balance really is a challenge. 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:28.160 And to make this conversation even more interesting, I want 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:31.880 to invite my producers, my friends, my buddies, my partners, 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:39.120 slight co hosts on this show, Arlene and my boy Alex. 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.119 What's good y'all? How are you guys doing today? 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.680 I'm ready to hear all about your life, Amada, because 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:46.720 we can hardly keep track. 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:47.760 My friend is true. 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:52.160 Yeah, so many people, so many people have always written 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.760 so many things to you on your social media pages, 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:56.400 and I think it's good to kind of just like 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.040 inform them exactly what you said. The glitz and the 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:02.120 glamour doesn't come with a little bit of dirt underneath your. 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:05.520 Fingernails, exactly exactly, and I think that is important also 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.520 to just I hope that today's podcast can be motivational 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:10.720 to some of the people are listening. But I just 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:12.560 want to keep it honest, and I think that that's 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.040 the reason why this is exactly a matter where I 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.519 am real, honest, authentic, transparent, and I'm. 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:19.800 Just going to tell you what it is. You know, 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:20.960 I do a little bit of everything. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.560 You got to especially these days as an artist, as 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.840 an entertainer, or whatever the case may be. You got 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.360 to be able to do more than one thing. You 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.440 can't just be the Gamma rapper. I'm a singer. No, 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.239 you got to be able to do everything. And here 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:35.240 we sing, we dance, we wrap, we host, We are authors, designers, 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.160 you know, all types of entrepreneurs. 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.480 You know it's a little tough, but you got to 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:41.240 do it these days. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.799 Now you have two beautiful trimming and that must obviously 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:48.960 take a ginormous scentage of your day time and effort, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:53.079 for sure. So can you run for the audience a 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.400 little bit of how your day starts? Like, are you 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.000 the type of person that wakes up early? Do you 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.320 like to work out? What is it that goes on? 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:01.720 I mean, the kids keep you up on i AMA right, Like, 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:03.920 enlighten us a little bit here for those who are 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.440 listening in that are trying to really push themselves and 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:07.560 need a little motivation. 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:08.720 For all the. 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.600 Moms out there, you're doing a great fucking job. Okay, 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.480 if nobody's told you, you're doing an amazing job. You're great, 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:19.040 and you are a super You're super woman. Honestly, I 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.200 am learning to be that woman now and it is 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.440 definitely a challenge. I'm making it happen regardless. My girls 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.919 don't sleep all through the night yet. I can't wait 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:32.160 till that day comes. But baby steps and in my mind, 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.120 I wish that I could work out. I work out 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:37.760 in my mind laying down in bed. I promise myself 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.240 that I would figure out a way to make time 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:42.280 to work out every day. 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:46.240 It's very difficult. Better at get get it. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.440 Get it, like, if you really want to accomplish something, 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.360 you'll figure out a way to make it happen. So 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.960 I am going to, you know, try to put in 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.400 those thirty minutes forty minutes at least an hour a 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.400 day for myself. How I don't know, but I'm gonna 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.320 make it work. I wake up in the morning, one 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:04.840 is sleeping, one is up. Sometimes both of them are sleeping, 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:09.000 changing diapers, you know, preparing formula, preparing milk, giving it 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.160 to them, Getting on my phone. First thing on yeah 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:12.920 I do in the morning is get on my Instagram, 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:14.320 you know, check out a little achievement. 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.520 What's happening, Who said, what da da da da. And 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:19.800 here's one rule that I do for myself. This has 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:20.920 helped me my whole life. 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:23.240 I stopped doing it for a while because life can 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.000 sometimes get you, you know, out of track. But I 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.120 always figure out a way how to do three things 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:30.320 productive for my career. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.039 I should do it for my health and from whatever. 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.440 I always look for three things, whether it is to 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.640 send a DM to someone important, a producer or writer, 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:42.640 an opportunity, seek for an audition, seek for three things anything, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:44.560 it doesn't matter what it is, even if it's to 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.160 organize my schedule, write a song, listen to music, be 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.600 productive three things daily that will add some type of 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.200 value to my career. I always feel that it's important 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.599 to move forward. Do something that's going to help you 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.359 move forward. If you sit back down at the end 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.280 of the day and realize that today was productive, but 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:02.880 I really didn't do anything that's gonna help me for 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.040 the next day, it's gonna help me get better, there's 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.240 gonna help me make some type of money, then you 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:09.280 just wasted a day. 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:11.880 So I always do that. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.240 And whether it is that I am, you know, preparing 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.520 for my podcast or getting ready to do the reality show, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.400 or do a music video or go. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:20.360 To the studio or whatever. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:22.719 I'm always doing something in that lane. And then on 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.320 top of that, I also daily handle my real estate, 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.880 whether it is preparing the next Airbnb, whether it is 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.440 something is broken, something needs to be fixed. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.200 Paying, you know, payroll, all those things. 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.200 You know, when you have several properties, you consistently have 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.920 to be you know, upgrading and fixing things. 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.720 So that's another thing. It's it's a lot of the way. 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.440 I'm indeed, I don't have yosa and aanam you know 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.919 when we're here, But I'm saying my life itself, I 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.920 don't have like a nine to five. You wake up 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.280 every day, you have a that. I don't have a schedule. 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:59.960 My life rotates and changes daily. My girls have somewhat 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.600 made me feel as if you have to create some 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:07.600 type of stability for them. So therefore, for them, you know, 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:09.880 I make sure that they have some type of stability. 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:11.640 But me, I'm just all over the place. 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.560 Well, that's funny that you say that because you don't 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.960 have a nine to five, you're you're making a living 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.279 for yourself. And as someone who has done that before 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:23.719 and continues to do it in some type of form 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:27.159 and way outside of what I'm doing here. It's hard. 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.000 It's hard because you got to make time for everything. 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:29.320 Am I right? 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:29.640 Early? 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:30.360 Yeah? 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.400 And I was going to say that as somebody who 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:37.159 wants to have kids one day, that scares the shit 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:37.599 out of me. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:38.520 I'm out of ass. 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.760 That scares the shit out of me because I'm already 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.200 super busy with my career and with work. I can't 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:49.599 even imagine what it would be like to juggle a child. 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.120 I say it, I'm working, I work from home, and 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.880 so I've got you know, I'm recording a podcast with 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.440 a mad Laa and then Akiva, I have to be like, 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.680 can we pa please, so that I can like what 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.600 what kind of advice I don't even know I'm and 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:06.960 any kind of advice? 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:10.000 Would you take? My case? Not one, but two. 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.400 It's like for someone who was raised by themselves with 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.200 no siblings, not around any cousins or any kids like that. 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:19.640 And my mom, because it was just a two of us, 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.239 she made me have to mature faster than I probably 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.600 should have. You know, I was working and thinking of 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.960 responsibilities and things like that, and like my mind was 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.160 always go oriented and work oriented, and I have to 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.520 soup it out of me and become better. It's older, 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:39.160 like all those type of things. Having kids now, it's 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.280 definitely a challenge. I love to be challenged because it 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.200 brings out the best of me. It changes my character 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.520 into the best version of me. You know, I realize 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.000 how strong I am, how capable I am, how amazing 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:55.080 I am that I am able to administrate handle all 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:56.880 these things and do it by myself. 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.520 Is it tiring? Yes? Does it warm me out? Yes? 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.920 Do I not have the energy all the time? Yes? 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.160 Do I still want to be young and feel free 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.120 and go out and do go to brunches and have 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.880 mimosas and go to the club and do all these things? 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:09.920 Yes? Can I do it? 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:10.200 No? 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.440 Does your life changes once you have kids, Yes, that's 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.040 part of life. Our parents had to do it too, 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.200 you know, that's. 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:19.000 Just the way of life. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.560 But I feel like it's a sacrifice that I'm doing now. Eventually, 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.200 once they get a little bit older. In my mind, 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.360 as soon as you're like at least ten years old, 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.000 y'all's getting a job. I don't care period. Y'all's going 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.640 to get a vending machine. I'm going to help you 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.400 get a vending machine, and you can make even if 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.280 it's three hundred dollars to hundred dollars, you're making some 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.160 type of income for yourself. I want to teach you 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.679 how to create, you know, money on your own so 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:41.840 that you could be independent. 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:44.400 I don't know if you. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.280 Want to do whatever it is, I'm going to put 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:49.040 your ass to work, because one I think is important. 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.640 It's important for them, it's important for me, and eventually 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.400 they'll be able to help out. Right now they're little, 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.439 YEAHO sacrificio. But I think that these days it's important 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:07.079 to have your family no matter what. For those that 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.559 want to have children, amen. For those that don't want 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.320 to have children because of the responsibility, I would suggest 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.160 for you to, you know, reconsider it and think a 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.000 little bit deeper because you're thinking like that now because 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.000 you're young, full of life, and there's so much that 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:20.640 you want to do now. But with time, you'll get older, 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:24.240 you'll get tired, you'll slower, you know, you'll you'll slow down, and. 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:26.320 Eventually it's such a great feeling to know. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:29.760 That these little people that you raised, these little people 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:31.439 that you created, they're going to have your back. 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:32.960 They're going to be right there with you. There'll be 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:33.880 your support system. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.680 They're gonna, you know, wash you and clean your ass 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:38.800 when you can't do it yourself. 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:40.760 So it's a sacrifice. 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.120 But even the relationship that I have with my mom, 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:44.560 those who know me know that my mom is my 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.600 best friend. Were together all the time. She's the light 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.680 of my eyes, and I am there for her. You know, 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.439 she doesn't have to work, she doesn't have to do anything. 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.120 I'm right here for you because I know all the 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.640 sacrifices that she did for me, so she knows she 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.640 can count on me. But it was sucked to get 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:00.800 to your elderly years and know that you by yourself, 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.360 because yeah, you may have your nephews, but your nephews 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.400 have their mother. You know, they have their father. They 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.320 will be their priority. You're you know, whenever they can 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.920 make some time for you, they do that. But it's 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.440 just amazing to know the love that your children have 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:18.839 for you. That it is that memo Pito. It's a 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.520 beautiful feeling. And I'm saying this with having you know, 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:23.920 like three hours of sleep. 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.000 That's that's that's the incredible part right where you have 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:31.800 to put in the time. I know, for instance, like 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:35.040 people that are about to have kids, that don't have 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.160 a traditional ninety five, that are trying to work. So 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.640 that's some great advice to anyone who's listening. Right now, 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.000 Let's roll it back a little bit here. You talked 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.520 a little bit about your ventures in real estate and 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.000 everything that's happening outside of the country, right because that's 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.880 where you are holding your your real estate ventures. How 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:56.520 how is that? How is that dynamic? Living here, having 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.800 to travel back and forth? How do you handle? Are 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:02.520 you staying there long term? Do you come back? How 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.000 hard has it been for you to open up this 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:06.120 airbnb business? 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.520 And originally, because I was having a lot of somewhat 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.200 free time, I moved to the Dominican Republic for a 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.679 few months and that allowed me to get to know 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:18.200 the market, get to do a couple of mistakes, you know, 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.600 because you will make mistakes, you will lose money, you 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:23.240 will somewhat get robbed. 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.800 We all go through it. And you have to have 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:26.520 big guts. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.840 You have to have big balls to get into the 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:33.400 real estate, you know, industry without necessarily knowing of it. 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.520 You know, you have to take a gamble. You have 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.240 to be a risk taker. That's just what it is. 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:39.680 This is like playing the lottery, except that now I'm 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:44.040 betting in you know, cement, and I'm betting in real estate. 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:46.960 I'm betting in houses and land and property. That's just 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.320 basically what it is. Sometimes you're gonna win real big, 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:52.040 sometimes you're gonna lose a little bit. But those those 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.200 moments that you lose become lessons and you learn from it. 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.800 So it took me some time to be out there 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:01.079 to learn the system to now understand that it's a 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:01.800 great business. 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:03.160 If tomorrow I were. 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.199 To lose everything, I know that I have equity and 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.320 all these other different properties that I can sell it, 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:10.199 flip it, and I will have some type of money somewhere, 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:12.440 you know, instead of just having the money in the 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:16.959 bank or investing it in. Business is good, But some 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:20.480 businesses could do great today and go to hell tomorrow, but. 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.480 Properties always go up. 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.480 So I am happy with the investments that I've done because, 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.160 like I've always said before, if you've heard my podcast before, 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.800 I'm a big believer in generation of wealth. I know 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.840 that I am the only, you know, breadwinner. I am 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.240 the only provider for my mother and my children. And 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:40.080 if God were, you know, forbid something would have happen 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.600 to me tomorrow. I know that I've somewhat, you know, 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.560 given them something, they have something to work with, unlike 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:51.720 myself coming from an immigrant mother, agra but without having 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.080 that much you know, education and knowledge on things. She 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:59.240 didn't you know, really prepare me for tomorrow. She didn't 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.840 really have anything, says giving me knowledge and you know, 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:05.800 preparing me as a person, but financially now, so I 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:07.120 just want to be able to do that for them. 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:10.439 And and the Dominican Republic just gave me different flexibilities 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.280 that I don't have in the States. You still get 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.040 your money and dollars, you know, you pay property taxes 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.320 once when you buy the property, then you don't pay 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:19.480 any more property taxes. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.200 The property belongs to you. 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.440 And there's just so many great benefits that I was say, like, 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:24.960 you know what, I'm just going to do it in 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:25.480 my country. 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:27.200 It makes sense for me. 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:29.760 I can airbnb it, I have a company that handles it, 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.200 and I'm just here, you know, and while I'm here, 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:33.440 I'll work on other things. 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.319 How do you decide, like what you probably get a 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.760 lot of business opportunities come your way. How do you 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.920 how are you deciding what you want? To go into 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.240 and what you you maybe want to wait, wait on 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.160 or you don't want to know. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.480 I do my best to do everything at least when 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.120 it comes to work for myself. Right, there's a movie, 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.880 there's a scene, there's this, there's a whatever, there's a radio, 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.880 there's a show, there's a book. I say yes to everything. Bombo, 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.560 let's do it because I'm naturally a risk taker. You 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.079 never know where your luck is. You send me and 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:08.480 my make your luck is on the bottom of your feet. 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.760 If you don't move, you will never know where your success, 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.400 where your opportunities are at. Sometimes we can become complacent. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.800 So to me is like when an opportunity comes to me, 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.040 I know that God has sent that my way. Why 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.680 didn't he send it to somebody else? He send it 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.560 to me? So okay, cool, let's try it. What's the 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:26.040 worst that can happen? If it doesn't work? 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:26.280 Goen. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.320 But when it comes to business itself, it depends how 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.280 much the money. You know what type of money we're 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:35.000 talking about. It depends how prepared you are, and you 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:36.640 have to believe in it. You know, it has to 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.720 make sense to you. Some projects don't make sense to me. 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:41.720 Some other ones don't make sense to me, it makes 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.800 sense to somebody else, and then I see that somebody 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.200 else was able to become successful with that same idea. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.360 It just wasn't meant for me directly. So I'm pretty open. 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.280 I like to try different things because you just never know. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.680 At this moment, I'm not gonna lie. I am looking 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.440 to create another business as soon as I have an 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:03.600 opportunity something that instead of for example, which I'm happy 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:05.640 with my real estate, but my real estate is like 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:09.800 a long term once it pays off, when my girls 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:11.840 will be able to have that money, my grandchildren will 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:13.280 be able to have that money, or if they want 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.480 to sell it, they can flip it, get that money 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.960 and reinvest it in another property and get more equity 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:18.280 out of that. 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:19.840 There's so many things that you can do with that. 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.960 But I do want to have a business where I 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.840 have daily income, a business that's basically I want to 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.000 provide some type of customer service where I can create 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.680 some type of daily income. Because we all know the 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.840 entertainment industry is a gamble, is a roller coaster. Sometimes 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.680 you're hit you're the hot thing in the town, and 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:38.520 sometimes you're not. 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:41.200 And when you're not. The money goes down, the opportunities 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:42.520 go down. So then what do you do then? 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.080 I've seen so many artists and celebrities that have been 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.000 so wealthy, so rich, they've blown that money up, and 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.520 then you see them in the streets, you see them 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.800 working a regular job. You see that they don't have anything. 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.640 I don't want to be that person. I've learned from 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.400 those examples by watching. So I want to be able 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.600 to while i still have my moment and while I'm 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:04.040 still working, while I'm still young, create different sources of income, 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:07.080 create different businesses that if something were to happen, we 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:07.800 are still good. 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.120 You've given the audience a lot of knowledge, and you've 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.640 told a lot about you know, the behind the scenes 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.400 of what you're doing and how you're getting there, and 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.840 obviously what you're looking for in the future. But how 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:22.480 do you stay motivated and focused on these goals, especially 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:26.400 during times of like rejection or setbacks, like anytime, like 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.880 you are putting a lot of time into something and 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.600 it just falls flat. How do you deal with that? 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.160 Well, because I'm naturally ambitious, it's hard for me to 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:39.640 let go of things. And that's why I've always been 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.640 a fixer. I can fix it. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:43.840 I will work my way. I can fix this. 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.520 Like it becomes then like a personal challenge, you know, 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.640 like if somebody else could do a why can't I. 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:51.040 I can do this. I can fix it. 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:52.640 And I will go at it and go at it 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.320 and go at it and go so I annoy myself 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.960 and I get it done. And then it's just such 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.440 a self satisfaction to know, you know. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.160 I did it. I freaking knew it. 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.919 I didn't And I've had people be like, damn, I 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:06.199 really didn't think you were going to be able to 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.560 pull that off, and I'm like, you've seen, like I know. 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.560 So just having that personal challenge for yourself to know 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:16.879 that you can is important. Taking time to see where 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:20.160 you're at now, where you came from is important. 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:21.520 Looking back at. 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.639 Like five years ago, where were you, what were you doing? 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.960 You know, looking at how far you've come. That's important 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.880 to keep you motivated into You can't go back into 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.920 that space. You can't allow yourself because you've come so far. 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.040 You got to keep pushing and you don't know what 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.120 else is coming for your future. I never in my life, 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.440 when once I was sleeping in my car, I never 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:42.560 thought that I would be the owner of so many 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.160 you know properties I was. I didn't have word to sleep. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.040 Now I have too many places you know that I 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:48.400 can pay. 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.960