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Visit audible dot com, slash I 27 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: heart or text I Heeart to five hundred five hundred 28 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,279 Speaker 1: Hi this for Sean McDonald And you're listening to money 29 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: making Conversations. The great thing about money making conversation. I 30 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: have a lot of foam interviews and today I have 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: a live inch studio. She's in studio right now. Every 32 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: I'm seriousing about our relationship. Every week I post a 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: banner about who the talent that is appearing on money 34 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: Making Conversations. My Next Gifts wrote this about me in 35 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: the comets section on one of those posts on my 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: LinkedIn account. She said, you're worthy to be uplifted. The 37 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: work that you're that you're doing is amazing. Your words 38 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: of encouragement kept me on my journey. I have an 39 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: investor for the Feeling Friends app Wake Forest Medicine Work 40 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: Forest Medicine as my research partner to have creating an 41 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: educational kit that gives educators the tools to teach socially 42 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: emotional learning to preschool. Your encouragement and uplift kept me 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: going years ago when I was ready to give up. Yes, indeed, 44 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: Jesus Studio right now. Yeah, I was working the money 45 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: making conversation Karen for thrall. Yea, thank you, thank you, 46 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: thank you. Those words mean the world to me, and 47 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: I mean the world to me because I've been on 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: this journey a long time. I've been on the journey 49 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: very long time. And I was laying in my bed 50 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: one day and the Holy Spears said, um, contact Steve 51 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Harvey's business management. I said, okay, and I did, and 52 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,119 Speaker 1: I contacted you, and you were on your journey, start 53 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: your new journey of the time. And I started google. 54 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: You know how we google, folks, And I started googling you, 55 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: and I ran into a video that says, you gotta 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: push your brand. You gotta push your brand, man, And 57 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: those words right there got me out of bed and 58 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: started me pushing the feeling friends brain end once again, 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: because you get tired when you get so many rejections 60 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: and people saying no, when you just keep going. And 61 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: that night I was tired. But that night I looked 62 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: at that video and you said, you gotta push your brand. 63 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: You gotta push your brand. Man, I got up and 64 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: started pushing my brand. And years later, right now, I 65 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: got an investor. We're doing the things that I'm supposed 66 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: to be doing on my assignment. And this is awesome 67 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: to really meet you at this time. So you know, 68 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 1: I'm excited, So we're gonna have a good time. Good 69 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: let's talk about our relationship. I started because you started 70 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: with me when I was doing money making conversation on 71 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: my Facebook page, correct, And it was something I was 72 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: doing once and we just start and I was just 73 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: like I would answer. It was funny because you know 74 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: on my Facebook page it was like she respond I 75 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: respond back, so like they knew it was me communicating 76 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: because they asked a question. I respond back to their questions. 77 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: And so this is more what we're doing today. It's 78 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: a more advanced version of what I was doing back 79 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: on my Facebook page because now I can talk and 80 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: interact and and also I feel I'm providing a bigger service. 81 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: So tell every about exactly what what you do and 82 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: what is your company all about? Your brand? My brand? 83 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: My brand is the Feeling Friends, and the Feeling Friends 84 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: is a set of characters twelve characters at this time, 85 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: that gives children the vocabulary to talk about their feelings. 86 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,119 Speaker 1: Social emotion learning is really huge now, very very huge. 87 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: I started this journey twenty four years ago when social 88 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: emotional learning no one knew anything about. And in this 89 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: journey it felt like to me a job journey where 90 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: you're stripped of everything, but you stay on the journey. 91 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: But my daughter told me it was more of a 92 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: Noah journey because I was building an arc that and 93 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: when no abuilders aren't no one even knew of Rain, 94 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: I was building this arc and that people eventually won't 95 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: come on board. And right now, I built this arc 96 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: with these characters, and yes, people did call me crazy 97 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: because I gave up everything to continue to build this art. 98 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: So the Feeling Friends are these wonderful characters that give 99 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: children the vocabulary to talk about their feelings. When my 100 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: daughter was um six years diagnosed with depression, and there 101 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: were no six years six years old out there were 102 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: no tools on the market to help her in. The 103 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: psychologist said, you gotta get her talk about her feelings, 104 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: and so I went out there to try to buy 105 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: something that was nothing there. And so what I realized 106 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: I had taught her all the words that a preschooler 107 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: should know in a kindergarten should know, but there were 108 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: no feelings words on there. So I knew she liked music. 109 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: I knew she liked dance. I knew she liked songs. 110 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: So I created these characters that gave her a way 111 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: of talking to me about her feelings, like a lot 112 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: of Love, the lover u Billy, the Billy bully Goat, Patty, 113 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: the happy hippo, Wesley the lonely well Slumpy, the sad Elephant. 114 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: So when she would come to me and she says, 115 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm feeling like Wesley, I knew she was lonely, and 116 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: so it gave her the vocabulary. So it's almost like 117 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: the first time I went to France, I couldn't speak 118 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: the language is very difficult. So I gave my daughter 119 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: the language to speak to me, to tell me about 120 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: her feelings. Let's let's talk about this. Six years old. 121 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: Six years old and your daughters diagnosed depression. Yes, okay, 122 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: because that feels like an adult. Yes, the world, And 123 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: so I want to want to stow people down because 124 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: we tend to categorize different layers. You know, people only 125 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: a certain type. People commit suicide on a certain type, 126 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: people do drugs on certain people have an anxiety attack. 127 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: It's six years old, six years old the day with 128 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: social media being what it is, information being processed so 129 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: quickly by young people, that's even a bigger, bigger leap 130 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: for young people to start emotionally starting to deal with 131 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: all these issues. It is, it is, And if you 132 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: don't have the right tools to deal with those issues, Um, 133 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: we were very fortunate. Her godmother, Kathy Jane phil y'all, 134 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: was a school psychologist, and we saw it the first year. 135 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: We really did see it the first year. My daughter 136 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: didn't smile her entire first year. Well, you're in denial. Um, 137 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: I just didn't want to deal with it, you know, 138 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: you hope something else is gonna come along, And UM, 139 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: I have to really look back at me. I was 140 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: depressed when I was pregnant. So when they say things, 141 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: you sing songs to your children and you know, because 142 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: what is going to happen, is gonna happen. That's the truth. 143 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: I believe that. So I believe that the depression started 144 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: with me and I transferred it to my daughter. But 145 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: at six, Kathy Jane said we've got to do something, 146 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: that we've got to do something now. But as I said, 147 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: there were no tools to help her and going when 148 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: she went to psych psychilogrists, psychologists, and the breakthrough was 149 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: the Feeling Friends because she says now, the Feeling Friends 150 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: were the light to her emotional darkness. Because how did 151 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: you introduce your product to to to to parents, or 152 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,239 Speaker 1: to school systems, to daycare and senters? How many bows 153 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: that introduction? Mate? We just can Before we just have 154 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,239 Speaker 1: the animals, the big stuffed animals, and children love those. 155 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: But now we're gonna have this wonderful kit and then 156 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: this kid will have the teachers God. And we wrote 157 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: the teacher's God. I ask my educational pre k guru, Michelle, 158 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: let's write this Feeling Friends for dummies, because we wanted 159 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: to make it so that parents could get the same. 160 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: By someone like me who had a child that was 161 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: suffering from an anxiety depression, or just want to teach 162 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: her children about feelings, it wouldn't be so engrossed in 163 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: educational stuff that they will be able to do it too. 164 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: So we have this teacher's God, and we have these puppets, 165 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: and we have the coolest music that you've ever heard 166 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: in your entire life. It is just so, and the 167 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: music reinforces the characters and so the characters we have posters. 168 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: Is everything in there to give a teacher or a 169 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: parent what they need to start the discussions about let's talk. 170 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: Let's back up a little bit. Well, do you know 171 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: when you made a statement that people thought you were crazy? 172 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: I talk walking abround with the little dolls, and people 173 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: talk about I thought I was crazy when I left 174 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: IBM to tell jokes. Okay, you're gonna tell jokes, huh? 175 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: And I couldn't tell him. I couldn't tell him where 176 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: I was gonna tell jokes, like how technical and how 177 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: I was gonna make money. I just knew this is 178 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: what I wanted to do. So here you are, because 179 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 1: that's that's a small it's it's your core group believing you. 180 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: They love you. They really don't understand that, understand they 181 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: don't understand this. And I want people to hear how 182 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: were you able to go past that ago? You know, 183 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: because really it's on you, it is, and sometimes even 184 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: on you, there's doubt. Because they were doubt on me. 185 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: Even though I left IBM, even though I knew this 186 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: is what I wanted to do, that was still ten 187 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: percent of me going, I hope this is the right decision. 188 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: How did you get past that? From your standpoint? My standpoint, 189 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: I got past it because, um all the stories. I 190 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: was sitting down one night and I said, Lord, if 191 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: you want me to do this, and I need to 192 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: write some stories. And I started nine o'clock that night, 193 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: and at nine o'clock the next morning I had written 194 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: ten children's stories, and so I knew that could not 195 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: be me, and they were great. I sent him to 196 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: my door to read. At the age she said, Mom, 197 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: who wrote these? I said I did, And she said 198 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: when did you write him? I said last night? She 199 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: said no, when did you write him? I said, oh, 200 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: last night. And she couldn't believe it. She said, these 201 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: are really, really great stories with children. I knew I 202 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: was on a god assignment at that point, and so 203 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: I could not give up on a god assignment. I 204 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: just could not. I could not. So no, matter how 205 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: bad it God, I just could not give him because 206 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: I knew I was in my purpose. I knew I 207 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: saw the way children reacted to me. If you got 208 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: me with a group of children, I'm like the Mary 209 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: Poppins of children. Children just loved me. Yeah, I was 210 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: some feeling of friends, I got some deal. But children 211 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: apps reutely adore me. It's like a magical spirit. And 212 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: I think it's and came into my booth. You know, 213 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna using fire you and that's a beautiful came 214 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: in with your two stuff animals here. And so with 215 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,599 Speaker 1: that being said, you're winning. You're winning, and then you 216 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: gotta keep winning. So the thing that always when I 217 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: when I started my making conversation, that's why I read 218 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: that quote, because those quotes keep me going, because it's 219 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: just a vision, it's just a dream. It's just what 220 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: I'm doing affecting change, you know what I'm saying. And 221 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: and so when I had to say that, because it did. 222 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: When I read it, I couldn't believe it because the 223 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: fact that I'm not in it for for self gratification. 224 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: I'm in it because of the fact that God has 225 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: given me a unique life, a unique talent to be 226 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: able to communicate. And I've chosen this path to communicate 227 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: and it's for free, and uh, you know, and when 228 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: people listen to me, I just try to be consistent 229 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: with them. That's my whole thing is that I want 230 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: people to understand that Roshan McDonald's not going to change now. 231 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: And you can, you can try to you can try 232 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: to do it a little bit different from me, but 233 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna let you come back over to me because 234 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: you gotta get up out of bed. You gotta you 235 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: can't be married to that bed. And you gotta realized 236 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: there are twenty four hours in that day. You have 237 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: to learn the ulize every hour to your path to success. 238 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: That's why you said you wrote those wrote those three 239 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: stories overnight. See it wasn't about sleeping. You wasn't trapped 240 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: into your vision and you developed it and that was 241 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: the first step of you moving forward in your life. 242 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: It was it was and made me go because I 243 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: was spending up money. I used up all my um 244 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: my divorce money, my retirement. I was spending money doing 245 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: this because God said, Karen, um I said, don't you 246 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: think I need to go back to work? Because I 247 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: was laid off. I'm just gonna go at the work 248 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: and said, no, I need you to create because when 249 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: this hits, you're not gonna have time to create. And 250 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: that's the reason I have fifty two stories already done 251 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: and I'm still creating in my head, but mine that 252 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: stop caring. Let's market things, Let's get is out there. 253 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: Let's make some money on these. And so I have 254 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: the most wonderful investors. And it's just when you're in 255 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: that when you're in that role and you're in your vision, 256 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: you don't sleep, You really don't sleep, because it's always 257 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: what do I need to do to make this happen? 258 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: And things just happen. Now, let's talk when we talk 259 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: about more detail about the investments, because that was because 260 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: you sent me a LinkedIn message about the limit of 261 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 1: amount of African American women get into these conversations about 262 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: being able to get capital investors in their vision and 263 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: into their dreams. So right now, where is the state 264 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: of your your company? Right now? Right now, we're in 265 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: production for our first kids. We're in a a production for 266 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: our first kids, um and those will be delivered in 267 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: the end of August, and we'll be able to go 268 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: out and sell those I'm gonna become a door to 269 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: door salesman with a little Internet and I'm gonna sell 270 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: those kids. So we can just grow the company, grow 271 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: the revenue, so we can then go out and get 272 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: the app, make the app that we want to go. 273 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: So we want the teachers to do it in school 274 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: and want the parents to have an educational app at home. 275 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: We'll have the music and all that kind of stuff, 276 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: the all up, so we have to make children that 277 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 1: are emotionally stronger. Now, with that being said, Okay, we 278 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: did it. Does it type of does it? You know? 279 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: Mary kay? Does it? So your model is not a 280 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: bad model, not at all. No, you're not you know, 281 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: you know, you're not back there and it's done on 282 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: the regular basis. And so with that being said, that's 283 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: a pathway that you want to win with by controlling 284 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: your model. And also you're still at the forefront of 285 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: learning about how to sell your mark correct correct, and 286 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: and that it's interested you say that because I have 287 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: retired educators who I'm just asking, you know, do you 288 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: need something to do part time? And they said, well, yeah, 289 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: so if what about going out and becoming um feeling 290 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: friends distributors and they're they're saying, let's talk about it here, 291 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: let's talk about it because they know the product, they 292 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: understand the product, they believe in the product. So it 293 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: is an m WE model. It is the type of yeah, 294 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: we're there, Okay, we're not talking to people on the 295 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: then hyping and the great. We'll be right back with 296 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: more UH feeling friends, feeling friends and learning. But the 297 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: main thing here is that I want to thank you 298 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: for coming in studio, and we'll be back with more 299 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: to find out about the investment, part branding, part money, 300 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: main conversations. I'm back on the air. Feeling friends. She 301 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: got her a little animals out here. This is let's 302 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: explain to me exactly if you're if you're on a 303 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: UH Facebook page, you can see these lovely animals. Social 304 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: emotional learning, What exactly is that it's social emotional because 305 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: I've never heard that. Okay, is that is that the phrase? 306 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: You corn? Social emotional learning? What they're finding. Daniel Goldman 307 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: back in the nineties found that social emotional learning it's 308 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: how being able to identify, express, and manage my feelings. 309 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: And you've been able to identify, express, and manage your feelings, 310 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: me seeing how you feel, being able to identify how 311 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: you feeling, you being able to identify har Field so 312 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: we can live in the world. So we can live 313 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: in this world together. I'm just gonna talk to you. Everybody, 314 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: What can we do give? We just trapped the microphone 315 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: on our nose. Was trapping on our nose. We keep 316 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: it in front of the alls now, so explain to everybody, 317 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: because you're gonna like faded the way. Okay. Social emotion 318 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: learning is about how I feel able to identify, express, 319 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: and manage my feelings, and you being able to identify, express, 320 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: and manage your feelings. Because we live in this world together, 321 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: I should be with social warning. I should be able 322 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: to see how you feel and react to how you feel, 323 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: and you should be able to see how I feel 324 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: and be able to work to how I feel. We 325 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: should be kind, caring. It's those things that we were 326 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: taught at a verb very young age, be nice, all 327 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, But we left off that feeling 328 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: part and being able to identify how we feel. Because 329 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: you know as well as I know. All right, nobody 330 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: to let us told us we could express how we feel. 331 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: You better sit out and be quiet, and that's the 332 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: way it was. But now they're finding that social emotional 333 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: learning is and that's called EQ emotional intelligence. It is 334 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: just as important as i Q, because if you do 335 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: not know how to express how you feel and to 336 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: manage your feelings, it's very difficult to learn well for 337 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: very difficulks associates of the life, everyday life being polite, yes, 338 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: and things like that. Because of the fact that that's 339 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: why we're just talking about with with with social media, 340 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: with with your whole life tied to your phone, that uh, 341 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: that you can really just stay in your room and 342 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: be captivated by what's in your hands and not be 343 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: able to communicate and not be able to community. And 344 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: we still have to communicate. We were just in Starbucks downstairs, 345 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: and so my partners were there and they were having 346 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: difficult to communicating to the star warts barista what they 347 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: wanted and they were getting frustrated. Behind account, I'm watching 348 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: all this, they were getting frustrated, and um my folks 349 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: were getting frustrated. But they knew to manage their emotions 350 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: and they just stepped up and manage there, so not 351 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: to straight. So no one just had a fit and 352 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: Starbucks got no problems. They don't need going out with 353 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: the feeling The Starbucks should have called the feeling friends 354 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: and all that mess was going on, we could come 355 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: in and take some lessons from the feeling friends, my 356 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: feeling friends. Love is joyful, Love is peaceful, Love is 357 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: love makes you laugh. Love makes me laugh and love 358 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: makes me smile. Love makes me sing and dance for 359 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 1: a while. Love brings me peace down in my soul. 360 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: True love really makes me whole. This is a lot 361 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: of love, and she's the foundation of feeling friends. We 362 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: teach that love is the most important feeling. Now, if 363 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: folks in their jobs realized that love was the most 364 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: important feelings and could make their way back to love, 365 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: we wouldn't have all these problems that we have today. 366 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a big musical fan. Yeah, I felt 367 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: I was watching the Oklahoma work Listen. I'm serious of 368 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: love makes smith, Love makes me happy. You know I've 369 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: got noway are your Broadway connections. We got the feeling 370 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: riche See how as you drop a spoonful of sugar 371 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,479 Speaker 1: helps the medicine go down. Yeah, we can do it. 372 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: I can do that. Children, That's that's so natural. That's 373 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: very see I'm I'm a child of the sixties, and 374 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: so musicals like that, Robert Preston and all those guys Ilama, 375 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: you know, I grew up with that. So so with 376 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: that being said, how does okay, you say you put 377 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: together these kids? Tell us what exactly is contained in 378 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: that kid? Okay, it's it's the most magical kid. Once again, 379 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: it is the teacher's god, because teachers have to know 380 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: how to use it. Is these twelve puppets like this, 381 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: this is a lot of love. And this is Billy 382 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 1: the bullygoat right, really yellow young, he's a bully. But 383 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: in the story, Bully Billy comes to redemption because he 384 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: realizes that a lot of love is around, and she 385 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: takes him around. She's she's not gonna change, and so 386 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: Billy a lot of takes Billy around the island and 387 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: all the feeling friends tell Billy Bully how they feel 388 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: when he bullies them, and Billy comes to redemption. He says, 389 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: I can't do this anymore. Life was that easy. I 390 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: can't do that anymore. But for us, no child wants 391 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: to be bully. Bully. No child And so we were 392 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: very early age. Yes, the whole principle of being a bully. 393 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: You're trying to wash it away, wash it away, correct, 394 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: and so with that, and we are washing away because 395 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: nobody wants to be billy bully. We have a character 396 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: I don't have her today, but she is Winnifred the 397 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: worthy wall was renting for no walls. Isn't that beautiful? 398 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: And um, Winnifred, isn't that beautiful? But her parents teacher, 399 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: that is the l o V that lives inside of her. 400 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: And Winifred was really burtht out of me when Whitney 401 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: Houston died and I heard um Kevin Costner say, Whitney 402 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: used to ask am I beautiful? And I smart? You 403 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 1: know those kind of things that she didn't even have 404 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: that self worthiness. So Winifred was worth out of then 405 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: she says, the l V that lives inside of me 406 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: makes me worthy. We have so many children and adults 407 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: not feeling their worth. And when you walk around feeling unworthy, 408 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: you do not become the person that you're destined to be. 409 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: And so once we build up your own worthiness and 410 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: your self esteem, you can go out there and do 411 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: what you need to do, become the person that you 412 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: need to be. And fulfill your real life's purpose. So 413 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,479 Speaker 1: how does one get in touch with you? They can 414 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: because you motivate me. And I'll just tell you something. 415 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: You got something, your magical, your personality is perfect for 416 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: the passion that you're trying to get to everybody. And 417 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: I love the fact that it's starting with the youth. 418 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:45,479 Speaker 1: I would say, uh, catch up early and hopefully they 419 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: get it right, you know, because what you get in 420 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: a child's brain at that early nurturing that can care 421 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 1: to a better human being when you become an adult. 422 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: So how do we get in touch with you? Well, 423 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: you can reach me caring at the Feeling Friends dot com. 424 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: I answer my emails and you just answer at two 425 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning, which because that's my email answering time. 426 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 1: Caring at the Feeling Friends dot com. We're redoing our website, 427 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: but you can go to the Feeling Friends dot com www. 428 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: The Feeling Friends dot com. You'll go to day and 429 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: they'll say, if you want to contact me, because we're 430 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: redoing it, you can contact me that way, or you 431 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: can just call me to four oh five oh, one 432 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: to six to oh. It's gonna go to voicemail, but 433 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: I'll get you, lady, real quick, tell everybody how he 434 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: was able to get an inventor product. Oh, it's about 435 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: the ecosystem in Weston Salem. You have to develop relationships 436 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 1: with people. Relationship. So I started off at the Small 437 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: Business Center and oncest in Salem, and then I UM 438 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: came in second place, and another UM project and wants 439 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 1: the same creative startups because we do this creative business. 440 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: And then I went out and I met this woman 441 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: named Karen barn from Venture Cafe, and I told Karen 442 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: what my needs were, and Karen introduced me to Steve Leinberger. 443 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: Winston starts with an ecosystem there and one of our 444 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: citizens wants to Salem down Flow bought off if sixteen 445 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: story building and he developed he gave to what thirty 446 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: four thousand square feet to entrepreneurs and so they started 447 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: program not gotten that program. And from there, Karen Barnes 448 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: also introduced me to my mentors and my investors. Your 449 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: relationship relationship building getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and 450 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: you build those relationships and build solid relationships. And my 451 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: three investors UM they have their own company once Logic, 452 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: and they saw and believed in what I was doing. 453 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: They saw him believed and it was hard to get 454 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: investors because as we were talking about, um, two of 455 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: one percent of African and marrying female ever get venture 456 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: capital and the average raises thirty six thousand dollars. And 457 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: they felt that was horrible, and so they said, we're 458 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: going to give you a chance. We believe in you, 459 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: and they are amazing men. You did you start singing 460 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: how I did? And I started crying to that. Let's 461 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 1: get it right. It's been a long journey. Singing got me. 462 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: I got ready to check live. You're changing lives. I 463 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: love about this project, and I know there's two things 464 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: about me. You know me. I need to stay in 465 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: touch with you when you when you go door to door. 466 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: Let's get those banners together. Let's get that branding together 467 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: so we can go out as a unit. Okay, it 468 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: that's important because people, because it's about relationships, and we've 469 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: had a relationship there. That's why I'm so exciting to 470 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: see somebody who who respected my vision when I was 471 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: just on my Facebook page and you carry this journey 472 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: to you're sitting in the studio with me now talking 473 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: about thank you for saying that I saved you because 474 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: I I just was, I'm just being rash and thank 475 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 1: you and I just wanted that you know, did you 476 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: keep winning and keep building and uh, we're gonna take 477 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: some pictures we want to coach you love the pictures 478 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 1: on social media. You stay about studio and tell your 479 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: investors they made the right move. 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