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Hiring Indeed is 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: all you need. 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: All right. 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 3: This is something that is dope to see because before 19 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 3: the pandemic, I believe in twenty nineteen. 20 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: I believe, yeah, yep, I think of like the fall. 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: The fall of twenty nineteen, we were on a campaign 22 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 3: running across the country, going to different places networking event, 23 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: and we were doing free networking events and all of 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 3: the major markets just to kind of you know, check 25 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: the vibe, check the buzz, interact with people. And we 26 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: started in Brooklyn, then we went to Atlanta, we did Houston, Texas, 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 3: we did La and we went to Chicago. And we 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 3: went to Chicago. It was the momentum had already been building. 29 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: So we had like five hundred people in Chicago shout 30 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 3: out to the Bureau Bar and that was a super 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 3: dope event and we met a lot of good people. 32 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: They actually mobile home investors, virus. 33 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 4: Yep, yep. 34 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: And then but we also met Ian. So at the time, 35 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: how old were you at that time? 36 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 5: I was just turned fifteen, So I was a sophomore 37 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 5: high school. 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: Okay, so you eighteen. 39 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 5: L seventeen, just graduated high school. 40 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 6: So graduations, thank. 41 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 5: You, thank you. 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 3: So when we met him, you know, he was fifteen 43 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 3: years old and we met him with his parents and 44 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 3: he was telling us about he had a program to 45 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 3: teach kids stem and technology and he was actually doing 46 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 3: that and it accelerated during the pandemic when everybody was 47 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 3: at home and the kids was at home from school 48 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: and they had developed like a whole program curriculum, and 49 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: then we interviewed them again during the pandemic and that 50 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: was obviously in twenty twenty. So now fast forward two years, 51 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, and he just said, seventeen years old, 52 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: graduated high school, and it's about to take over the world. 53 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 3: So this is going to be a dope conversation. It's 54 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 3: a you know, tracking the journey of a young superstar. 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: So first and foremot thank you for joining us. 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 5: Appreciate it, brother, Thank you so much for having me. 57 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 5: It's crazy because the first time I met you guys, 58 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 5: I was a sophomore. I didn't really know anything about 59 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 5: what was going on. I didn't know what direction I 60 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: wanted to go into. And so now I blink two 61 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 5: years later, I'm an adult now, and so I'm just 62 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 5: glad to be here. I appreciate shout out Earn your leisure. 63 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 5: You guys have done so much for our community through 64 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 5: market Mondays, through the podcast, through everything else. You've taught 65 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 5: me a lot, right, and so I'm still continuing to learn, 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 5: and I just appreciate you guys for taking the time 67 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 5: to have me on today. 68 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, man, and our first conversation we had, you know, 69 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 6: we were early in the stages of doing our podcast. 70 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 6: I think we had maybe forty forty episodes at the time, 71 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 6: and you had told me the list of people you interviewed, 72 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 6: and I looked at you like wait what huh? Like 73 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 6: you said whose name? And we were just like, all right, 74 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 6: this guy's gonna be special. We may we need to 75 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 6: keep him around. And you know, everything you've done, we've 76 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 6: watched and we've supported and given guidance, and you know 77 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 6: we're going to continue to that. So congratulate to you, 78 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 6: and congratulation to your parents or who I know who 79 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 6: have guided you through this process. 80 00:03:58,680 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 4: So sleut to you, my man. 81 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: All right, So before we get this started, I gave 82 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 2: you the backstory. What's it golled again, Future twenty two? 83 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, before we get this started, I gave 84 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: you the backstory. But I just want to give you 85 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: some kudos because you're not only doing your thing in 86 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 3: the tech world with your website, but you also are 87 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 3: working with McDonald's with their Future twenty two programs. 88 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 4: He's one of the rare people that selected. 89 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's that's super super dope, and I'm sure 90 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 3: we'll talk about that during the conversation. But you know, 91 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 3: to work with a fortune five hundred company like McDonald's, 92 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 3: the golden arches is you know, it's an accomplishment within itself. 93 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 3: And you know, you think of McDonald's, you think of 94 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: a household name when it comes to food. But to 95 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 3: see them in the tech world and to see them 96 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 3: embrace young entrepreneurs such as yourself, I think it's really dope. 97 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm sure we'll have that conversation, but just 98 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: wanted to congratulate you on that because I saw that, 99 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 3: and that's that's that's big dream Hustle Code. 100 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: That's your program. 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: We spoke about that during the pandemic and correct me 102 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 3: if I'm wrong, but that's the program that you started 103 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: to tease kids how to colde right. 104 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, So Dream Hustle Code. The whole focus in the 105 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 5: beginning was to inspire kids and show them the possibilities 106 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 5: in technology and show them that they don't just have 107 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 5: to become an athlete, an actor and entertainer or rapper 108 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 5: to be successful. But now we're most so focused on 109 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 5: training kids to pipeline them and the job opportunities in 110 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 5: the tech space. 111 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 3: So talk about that. What how is it currently? How's 112 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 3: it scale? Since the last time that we spoke to you. 113 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 3: And what is the curriculum that Dream Hustle Code encompasses 114 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 3: right now. 115 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 5: So when we first started, when we first talked, we 116 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 5: had just started our Computer science and Personal development after 117 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 5: school program. Now, the first class we ever had was 118 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 5: eleven kids, and it was because of the pandemic, but 119 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 5: it really gave us the opportunity to see if everything 120 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 5: that we had done previously in person would work in 121 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 5: a virtual space. So since then we've been continuing that 122 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 5: after school program. In the summer of twenty twenty, we 123 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 5: ended up hosting our summer program for free when partnership 124 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 5: with McDonald's to on board three hundred students into that program. 125 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 5: And so on top of that. One of the three 126 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 5: one of in our curriculum and everything that we do 127 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 5: is broken down in the three phases. The first one 128 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 5: is inspired, the second one is the basic training like 129 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 5: introductory training, and then the third one is a training 130 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 5: to pipeline into job opportunities. One of the key ways 131 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 5: that we use to inspire kids is through one of 132 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 5: our events called teen Tech Live. So teen Tech Live 133 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 5: think of it is a combination of Coachella cees, a 134 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 5: massive gaming tournament all in one. There's entrepreneurship, technology, motivational speakers, 135 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 5: gaming sports. And our first one we hosted it was 136 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 5: during Black History Month in twenty twenty one February. We 137 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 5: had over seven five hundred student participants with large corporations 138 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 5: and guest speakers such as two time Super Bowl champ 139 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 5: mister Ray Lewis Board. And then our second one we 140 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 5: did during Black or during Computer Science Education Week in 141 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,239 Speaker 5: December of twenty twenty one. We had over sixteen thousand, 142 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 5: five hundred students. We had Kyrie Irving come on board 143 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 5: and that was just an amazing experience because I got 144 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 5: to meet one of my idols. I grew up watching Kyrie. 145 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 5: Then we had Phase Clan, We have McDonald's come on 146 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 5: board as well, and other companies and some tech billionaires, 147 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 5: tech entrepreneurs come on board and share their experiences. And 148 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 5: so what we're working on right now is also a 149 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 5: multi million dollar project which will revolutionize the way technology 150 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 5: is being taught to kids, especially in my generation generation 151 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 5: Z to them popeline them into those corporations into the 152 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 5: tech space. So it's a lot going on right now. 153 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 5: We've been able to scale up drastically and now we're 154 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 5: looking to take it to the next step to impact 155 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 5: thousands and tens of thousands of kids' lives directly. 156 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 6: You know, one of your courterstones you talk about is 157 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 6: building wealth through technology, and so I'm wondering, at what 158 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 6: point in your life did you realize that was possible 159 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 6: and what has been the reception when you're teaching these students. 160 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 6: I mean, that's a lot of kids that you're talking 161 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 6: about teaching, So what's the reception that you get from 162 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 6: this this generation that you're teaching or is it a 163 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 6: mix of gen z gen y and I guess, well, 164 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 6: I don't even know what generation we are, but what 165 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 6: is it like when you when you teach to different populations? 166 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 5: So I realized, I mean, the only one I knew 167 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 5: because I'm a numbers guy, right, So I like looking 168 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 5: at the numbers. And when I looked at what were 169 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 5: the top ten wealthiest people on the planet, I saw 170 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 5: that at least seven of them made their wealth through technology. 171 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 5: Also most of them had investments, but it was all 172 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 5: through technology for the most part. And so that's what 173 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 5: really allowed me and gave me the opportunity to have 174 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 5: a vision of Okay, technology is a pathway that I 175 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 5: can grow wealth. But you talked about how what was 176 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 5: some of the impact and how was it received. The 177 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 5: thing is, technology is self sometimes can't be born to 178 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 5: people that come from our community because the only thing 179 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 5: that we care about is sports, music and entertainment and 180 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 5: video games. That's like one of the key stone that 181 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 5: get kids on board. And so what we found is 182 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 5: that finding a way to combine their interest and culminate 183 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 5: or combining that with technology, that's what grabs their attention. Now, 184 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 5: I've had stories of kids who came into our program 185 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 5: where it just changed her life forever. Like, for example, 186 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 5: I had this student named Xavia. She came in to 187 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 5: our program in the beginning of the pandemic. I think 188 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 5: it was our third week, and so during that she 189 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 5: had a brere a bunch of kids that were already 190 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 5: further along than her in our program. But she came in, 191 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 5: was super excited, came in the chat, was talking, was 192 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 5: doing her work outside of class, and she was doing 193 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 5: so much work that she ended up surpassing the kids 194 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 5: that had started three weeks before her. Come to find out, 195 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 5: because of her excitement, she ended up inspiring her own 196 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 5: dad to switch careers. Learned computer science and then going 197 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 5: to the tech space, and then on top of that. 198 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 5: I was just talking to her yesterday. She's fifteen, turning sixteen. 199 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 5: She's now working on a self paced certification for coding 200 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 5: so that she can get an internship at MIKE herself 201 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 5: by the time she turned sixteen. I have other kids, 202 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 5: or I had other parents out there, not just Generation 203 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 5: ZEB or Millennials, but I had there was a family 204 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 5: friend or a friend of the family. He was heard 205 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 5: about the work I was doing, heard about all this 206 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: computer science work, and so he decided to take into 207 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 5: his own hands, him and his wife to learn computer science, 208 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 5: and now he's getting a job into the tech space himself. 209 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 5: So I've seen not only impact in kids my age, 210 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 5: younger than me, but also adults who didn't even go 211 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 5: through our program but heard about the work that we 212 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 5: were doing. So it just it is, honestly, it's an 213 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 5: honor to be able to touch people's lives and the 214 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 5: way that we do or the way that I do, 215 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 5: because it shows that the work that I'm doing is important. 216 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 2: What areas of tech, you say, tech? 217 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 3: What areas of tech do you think are most beneficial 218 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 3: for young people to learn or what areas of tech 219 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 3: are you is your program focusing on, because you know, 220 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 3: we talked about like cybersecurity is something that's very big 221 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,719 Speaker 3: different things, so what's your thoughts on that. 222 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 5: So in the beginning, we justocused on web development because 223 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 5: that's just the easiest learning how to build a website. 224 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,599 Speaker 5: But a couple week months ago, we actually had a 225 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 5: chance the cybersecurity director from the White House actually reached 226 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 5: out to us and asked to meet with us, and 227 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 5: so we had a chance to discuss with them at 228 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 5: a round table with some of the kids that were 229 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 5: part of our program and also some other administrators, talking 230 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 5: about the need for cybersecurity because they said that during 231 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 5: the pandemic there were about five hundred thousand jobs that 232 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 5: went unfilled in that space. And so that's another thing 233 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 5: that we're adding into our curriculum cybersecurity, because I mean, 234 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 5: there have been a lot of hacks recently that we've 235 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 5: seen in major corporations, and so that's a huge need 236 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 5: that needs to be filled. We've seen that countries like 237 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 5: China and Russia, they have their own people that are 238 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 5: hacking into our own systems, but we need to be 239 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 5: able to defend our own systems as well. And so 240 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 5: another thing that a lot of people and I love 241 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 5: talking about this is web three point zero blockchain that 242 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 5: to me is definitely the future. Now I'm not saying 243 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 5: that it'll take over everything within the next ten years, 244 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 5: but you definitely have to be abreast of what's happening 245 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 5: in the future, because if you don't prepare for the future, 246 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 5: you'll get left behind. 247 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, you talked about your partnerships and corporations. 248 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 6: I know you're part of the McDonald's Future twenty two 249 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 6: So tell me how did that come about. 250 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 4: What's experience has been like for you. 251 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 5: So I've had a relationship with McDonald's. As I mentioned earlier, 252 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 5: they partnered with us during the summer of twenty twenty 253 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 5: to onboard kids into our program for free. And honestly, 254 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 5: it's an honor because like as kids, we dream about 255 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 5: the fame and the spotlight and working with stars and 256 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 5: working with these big companies like McDonald's. But to actually 257 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 5: sit here and say I got a commercial within with 258 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 5: them and I'm working on the game Chainer's Future twenty 259 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 5: two campaign, I mean, that's really just it's shocking to me, 260 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 5: and it's kind of like an out of body experience, Like, man, 261 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 5: I'm only seventeen years old, I'm really doing this with McDonald's. 262 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 5: But at the same time, it's really just a stepping 263 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 5: stone that tells me the work that I'm doing is important, 264 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 5: but now it's take time to take it to the 265 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 5: next level to impact more. So it's an honor. I'm 266 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 5: glad I'm a part of it, and I want to 267 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 5: thank McDonald's for just putting me on and giving me 268 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 5: the opportunity to share my story. 269 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 3: So what's next for you? Like, are you going to 270 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 3: go to college or are you just gonna focus on 271 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 3: your company? 272 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 6: What's It's funny that this episode is brought to you 273 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 6: by P and C Bank. 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I'm 327 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 5: taking a HBCU Systems for Success tour where I'm going 328 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 5: to be going to four to seven different HBCUs and 329 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 5: sharing with students some of the strategies that were for me. 330 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 5: Because the crazy thing about this, when I was doing research, 331 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 5: they say that after freshman year, a large percentage of 332 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 5: black students drop out of college, and it's even higher 333 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 5: at HBCUs. Part of that is many of those kids 334 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 5: are first generation college students, just like my dad was 335 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 5: when he went to FAM. You, but they don't necessarily 336 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 5: have the strategies to deal with all the stress not 337 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 5: only that comes with college, but the stress that's at 338 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 5: home and outside of school, and so going on that 339 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 5: HBCU to with as far is important. That's what we're 340 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 5: working on, and on that multimillion dollar project. Again, we're 341 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 5: working on board tens of thousands of kids into our program, 342 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 5: train them not only with computer science, but also personal 343 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 5: development and financial literacy, because once you make money, you 344 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 5: have to know how to make sure that it lasts 345 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 5: long and know how to invest it and to save 346 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 5: it wisely. And so those are the big things that 347 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 5: we got that I have going on for the next year. 348 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 5: But that whole college thing, I'm not going to put 349 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 5: my ideas out there. I think that, you know, go 350 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 5: to college if it's for you. If you have something else, 351 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 5: pursue that dream and idea. But that's what I have 352 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 5: going on for myself. 353 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 4: You know. 354 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 6: You know, being in the space, you know, one of 355 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 6: the things that comes with it is that you have 356 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 6: the ability to impact lives. So you kind of talked 357 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 6: about how earn your leision has you know, played in 358 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 6: some of the decisions that you're going to make about college. 359 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 6: I wonder what it feels like from your end, knowing 360 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 6: that you are now impacting lives and you know the 361 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 6: future aspirations, you know, So tell me what that's felt 362 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 6: like for you. 363 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 4: Being at seventeen years old, I. 364 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 5: Feel like there's always been a part of me because 365 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 5: when I was like two years old, my dad told 366 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 5: me this. I was helping my sister raise money to 367 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 5: build water wells in Africa. So we were standing outside 368 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 5: in the summer, He's selling brownies. When I was four 369 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 5: years old, I would take toys that I got for 370 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 5: Christmas and for my birthday that I didn't use and 371 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 5: give it to kids at the nearest hospital near me 372 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 5: I think it was Saint Jue's Hospital in Chicago. And so, like, 373 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 5: helping others has always been a part of my life. 374 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: I'm a selfless person. I'm not selfish. I love giving 375 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 5: what I have, and so like giving back to my community. 376 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 5: I think it's important. Look, I got big ideas, right, 377 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 5: I'm like Dame Dash I have big ideas that I'm 378 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 5: trying to bring to impact the community. And so I 379 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 5: know for a fact that you have through partnerships, through collaborations, 380 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 5: and through some of the mentals I have, I will 381 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 5: be able to take that to the next level because 382 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 5: at the end of the day, it's not about me. 383 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 5: I interviewed mss Oprah Winfrey one time. She said that 384 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 5: your life is just a piece of the puzzle of 385 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 5: the greater universe. So every single decision that you make 386 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 5: could potentially touch thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, 387 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 5: or even millions. So when she said that, that stuck 388 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 5: with me even to this day. And so knowing that 389 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 5: every single decision I'm making this moment could touch somebody 390 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 5: that I'll never meet. That's powerful to me, and so 391 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 5: I keep that at the back burner and keep that 392 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 5: in the back of my mind and every decision I'm making. 393 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 5: So that's why I move with the sense of purpose 394 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 5: of focus on helping others. 395 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 3: So let's talk about like the business formation, like how 396 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 3: is it starting your business? How much help did you 397 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 3: get and where are. 398 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 2: You at now? 399 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 3: As far as like the employees, what's your day to 400 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 3: day like business. Do you have like a CFO that 401 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 3: you talk to or what's your official try. 402 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 5: To get a CEO, CEO and co founder? 403 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 2: So what's what's the business structure that you have in 404 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 2: place right now? 405 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 5: So in the beginning, it's funny because we had a 406 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 5: three man team. It's me, my mom, and my father, 407 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 5: my dad. And so what we've been able to do 408 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 5: is we've been able to actually take some of the 409 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 5: students that have gone through our program and employ them 410 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 5: to some of the mentors that we have. And so 411 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 5: one of the things, like it's challenging as a starter 412 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 5: because not having necessarily the resources or the funding. It's 413 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 5: always tough. I mean, obviously you need money to grow 414 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 5: a business, but from day to day. We're always working 415 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 5: on different projects. For this summer, we have different one 416 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 5: weekend person programs that we're working on and travel to 417 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 5: different states to teach our programs. This fall or no, 418 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 5: this winner, we're working on Team tech Live three point 419 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,719 Speaker 5: zero to onboard fifty thousand kids virtually for that program. 420 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 5: Also the personal brand like my personal brand and Dream 421 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 5: Hustle Code and so having a team around me with 422 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 5: my parents and also some of the team members that 423 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 5: have gone through our program at Dream Hustle Code that 424 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 5: we employed. That's really it. But it's a small team. 425 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 5: It's not as big as you would think. We have 426 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 5: like five to seven members on board. But in terms 427 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 5: of everything that we do, I'm responsible for everything marketing, 428 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 5: building the program, making sure that I teach the students 429 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 5: as well, and everything else. That's a part of what 430 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 5: my job requirement is that Dream with Hustle Code. 431 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. 432 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 6: So one of the pieces that you have added to it, 433 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 6: and I don't know if you had this last time, 434 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 6: was a Dream Hustle colde book. What inspired that and 435 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 6: how did people how were they receiving it thus far? 436 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: So okay, this project started in twenty seven, twenty sixteen, 437 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 5: and the idea for that came when we were doing 438 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 5: in person program. See one of the things that we 439 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 5: noticed was that whenever a kid came across a challenge, 440 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 5: or they came across a problem that just looked too 441 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 5: hard and difficult, they wanted to give up and quick. 442 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 5: And so I've been learning personal development since i was 443 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 5: four years old. Like yesterday or yeah, yesterday, I had 444 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 5: the chance to interview or to be on a podcast 445 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 5: with doctor Eric Thomas, my favorite motivational speaker, and so 446 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 5: I've been listening to motivational speak speakers motivational videos since 447 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 5: I was four. And so we came up with the idea, 448 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 5: what if I interviewed different highly successful people, took the 449 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 5: lessons that they learned from their stories, and then write 450 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 5: it in the book through the voice of a kid. 451 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 5: So in the beginning, we came up with a list 452 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 5: of three hundred highly successful individuals. We just put everybody down. Billionaires, millionaires, 453 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 5: famous people, businessmen and women, entrepreneurs, you name it. And 454 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 5: so to this day, I've interviewed fifty plus a highly 455 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 5: successful people, from Miss Oprah Winfrey to missus Steve Harvey 456 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 5: to even the founder of BT mister Bob Johnson, a 457 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 5: real estate mogul, mister r Donna Hue Peebles, and a 458 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 5: bunch of other amazing individuals that have allowed me to 459 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 5: interview them and take their lessons. But from those experiences, 460 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 5: I mean, it's still a journey that I'm working on now. 461 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 5: There's still other interviews I'm working on from mister Magic Johnson, 462 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 5: so mister Robert F. Smith and others. But that book, 463 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 5: I mean, it all stemmed from really just again, it 464 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 5: comes back with trying to help others with the mindset 465 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 5: development because as you know this, if you don't believe 466 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 5: that you can do something, it's never going to happen. 467 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 5: So it started with just trying to reshape the mindset 468 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,439 Speaker 5: from kids in my generation and to believing that technology 469 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 5: is for them and to believing in themselves as well. 470 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 2: So after somebody is finished with your how long is 471 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 2: your program? 472 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 5: So we have actually different programs. So we have our 473 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 5: after school program which runs from the fall all the 474 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 5: way to the spring. That we have our summer program 475 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 5: which is six to eight weeks. That is all virtually 476 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 5: now we do. Because of the pandemic, I mean, we're 477 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 5: now opening it up and we're now going back in person, 478 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 5: but we actually have one week intensive programs of eight 479 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 5: hours a day, and so that operates in one week 480 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 5: programs in different cities. So we got one in Florida 481 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 5: coming up, we might have one in Chicago this summer, 482 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 5: and then the final program that we're working on is 483 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 5: a one to two year program that will take kids 484 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 5: literally from the beginning to educating with them with all 485 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 5: the skill sets needed to be popelined in the cybersecurity 486 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 5: jobs or jobs generally and just the tech space. So 487 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 5: it's not just one program, it's like four different programs 488 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 5: individually depending on how old you are in and how 489 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 5: deep you actually want to go. 490 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: So what would you say in an ideal world after 491 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 3: somebody is finished with your program, what kind of skills 492 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 3: will they have or what what will they be able 493 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: to do? 494 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 5: So, going through our six to eight week virtual program, 495 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 5: they will be able to build their own websites and 496 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 5: web development, and they will also be able to have 497 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 5: an introductory into creating their own video games because a 498 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 5: lot of kids they like video games. I love Minecraft Fortnite, 499 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 5: I love two K myself, I handle anybody on the 500 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 5: sticks if you want to play men get to but 501 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 5: you know, having those introductories into building a website as 502 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 5: well as video games and so far a two year program, 503 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 5: that program is based off of connecting with those companies 504 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 5: who need that employment, right who need that employment in cybersecurity. 505 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 5: They'll be able to be workforced ready when they come 506 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 5: out of that two year program to come into a job. 507 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 5: Because again, not every kid is not going to college. 508 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 5: I'm taking a gap year. Not every kid sees college 509 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 5: is of value or seese college is an opportunity for them, 510 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 5: but they still want to go get a well paying job. 511 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 5: And so that's what I want. A two year program 512 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 5: or program and project that I'm working on will give 513 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 5: them into that opportunity to be able to be placed 514 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 5: into the workforce. 515 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, I want to go back for two seconds, because 516 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 6: now I think about it, Yeah, you did have a 517 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 6: partnership with McDonald's early then you had the commercial for 518 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 6: the Future twenty two program, and so I wonder, is 519 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 6: there a long term relationship here with McDonald's where they're 520 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 6: aligned with your mission for the future, And if so, 521 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 6: how do we learn more about Future twenty two Because 522 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 6: I'm sure that somebody out there right now is like, hey, 523 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 6: I want to be part. 524 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 5: Of this absolutely. So McDonald's they're definitely in live. They're 525 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 5: like family over here. I've been working with them for 526 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 5: the last two years. So we always want to build 527 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 5: those long term relationships, and so McDonald's is one of 528 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 5: our own long term relationships. And so for those of 529 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 5: you who are interested in Future twenty two. For more 530 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 5: information on McDonald's Future twenty two, you can follow We 531 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 5: are Golden on Instagram as well as check out the 532 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 5: remaining Future twenty two specialists are on the Reason on 533 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 5: McDonald's YouTube channel as well well. 534 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 3: I appreciate it, brother. Before we leave, what would be 535 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 3: your words of encouragement to young people? A lot of people, 536 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 3: you know, might not be able to figure it out. 537 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 3: We headed towards economic you know, uncertainty. A lot of 538 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 3: people are unemployed, Like you said, they might not be 539 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 3: in school and a lot of times that leads to crime, 540 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 3: that leads to you know, making bad decisions. So you, 541 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 3: as a young man that's on the right path, what's 542 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 3: your message to the youth? 543 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 5: Let me say this you all you guys always say 544 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 5: this every week, but I am not a financial advisor. 545 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 5: Make sure that you do your own research. Okay, but 546 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 5: I will say this, make sure that you get your 547 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 5: mindset right, because if your mind isn't right, then it 548 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 5: doesn't matter how skill, how many skills you have, it 549 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,679 Speaker 5: doesn't matter how many opportunities you have, you won't be 550 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 5: able to succeed. So during these times of uncertainty, obviously 551 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 5: watch earn your leisure, learn how to invest, learn how 552 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 5: to save your money. But find a skill set, whether 553 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 5: it's computer science, whether it's building something, whatever it is, 554 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 5: find your own skill set or even marketing on social media. 555 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,719 Speaker 5: Find the skill set you're really good at it, and 556 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 5: then find a way to bring value to those around you. 557 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 5: And so also try and keep a positive mindset because 558 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 5: again we are going through tough times right now around 559 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 5: the world, around the country. Stick take time to spend 560 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 5: time with your loved ones because you never know when 561 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 5: they'll be gone. But again, find a way to create 562 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 5: a skill set and bring value to others. Invest your money, 563 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 5: watch earn your leisure, make sure you do your own 564 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 5: research on the financial advice has given to you. Of course, 565 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 5: but yeah, I will say that, and keep your head 566 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 5: up because look, if you keep going even in the 567 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 5: midst of adversity, if you keep going on the end. 568 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 5: At the end of the tunnel, you will see some 569 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 5: success that you're looking for. You will look for the 570 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 5: light and you will see the light that you were 571 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 5: looking for in the beginning. So just keep on going, 572 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 5: keep your head up, and just know you can always 573 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 5: reach out to me on Instagram, on YouTube, discord wherever 574 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 5: if you need help as well, and shout out to 575 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 5: the earn your leisure folks, shout out to McDonald's. It's 576 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 5: always a pleasure being here. I appreciate you guys for 577 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 5: having me on board. 578 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 4: Special young man love his love man, appreciate you. 579 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 2: Thank you. 580 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 5: Love is love. 581 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 7: Hi. I'm Sherry Harris, owner of Life Source Water. 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