1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: Welcome to money making Conversations. 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: It's to show that she is the secrets of success 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: experience firsthand by marketing and Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: will know he's giving me advice on many occasions. And 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 2: in case you didn't notice, I'm not broke, you know 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: Decision make because it's what he likes to do. It's 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: what he likes to share. 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: Now it's time to hear from my man, Rashan McDonald 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: money making conversations. 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: There we come. I'm not saying I'm a travel expert, 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: but I have been on at least eighty cruises in 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: my lifetime. I made all in the Caribbean and the 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: Mexican Rear Era. I've been to Alaska. They experience with 15 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: my family. I've done it as a performer because I 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: should be a stand up comedian. And I go out 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: there and get paid the cruise for free. And I 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: bring my buddies out there and they were cruised for 19 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: free because they just stayed in my room. All they'll 20 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: do is pay for the airline ticket and we had 21 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: a great time. Seven day cruises Well, my guests founded 22 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: Magical Vacation Planner in two thousand and six and it 23 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: has been successful non stop. There Jamie U. Banks and 24 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: a husband, Jju Banks, a former professional basketball player. Today, 25 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: MVP is a powerhouse company that provides, through their independent contractors, 26 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: one of the best vacation planning services in the industry 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: and authorized Disney Vacation planner. MVP operates through three branches, 28 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: MVP Parks, MVP Cruising and MVP Getaways. Magical Vacation Planners 29 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: thrives to provide an exclusive and magical, stress free vacation 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: planning service and no additional spense. That's what right there 31 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: is really important. They're gonna give your first class, no 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: extra for first class. Actually gonna give you platinum and diamond, 33 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: no extra for platinum and diamond services they out there. 34 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: MVP aspires to become a household name in the world 35 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: of travel through perseverance, innovation and integrity to continue to 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: impact lives for years to come. Magical Vacation Planners currently 37 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: develop an HBCU program. Please work with the Money Making 38 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: Conversation Master Class. I'm gonna call my friends Jamie and 39 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: jj E Banks, how you doing? 40 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: Team? 41 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: Oh? Pretty good. 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 5: Thank you, hey, thank you for having us. 43 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: You know, it's really great because, first of all, I 44 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: I just came from I did one of those Viking 45 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: type cruises over in years. I was in a buda 46 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: past and went up the river and I ended up 47 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: in Munich, and I was relaxed the entire time. You know, 48 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: technology allows you to reach people, but it's still I 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: was relaxed. Talk about the significance you know, just in 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: my community, my community, when my community, I'm talking about 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: African American community. You know, we tend to we tend 52 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: to live a life of stress. What does a vacation 53 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: do for an individual when they take a vacation, whether 54 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: it's one day or two days, or a week or 55 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: a month, talk about the vacation experience, JJ. 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 4: Well, for for for me, the vacation experience really just 57 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 4: it takes you to a whole different place. It takes 58 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 4: it eliminates that stress, It eliminates the hassle. You can 59 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 4: just get away. You know, you and I have talked 60 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 4: many times before, and we talked about how it really 61 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: it's it's cultural right, you know, where you're able to 62 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 4: travel and experience how other people live and see things 63 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 4: that that's not your norm, so it's just a great 64 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 4: thing to do. It really changed your whole world. I 65 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 4: think travel changes lives completely. You view and you see 66 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 4: things totally different when you're able to get out and 67 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 4: travel outside of what you know. 68 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: Well, you know, Jamie, the travel industry was shut down 69 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: by COVID. Now the bricking records traveling today? What do 70 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: you think? Okay, let's talk about why is there such 71 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: a big comeback? 72 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 4: Now? 73 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: When I travel, I still wear a mask when I 74 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: get on the plane. I still wear masks when I 75 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: get on the plane, and I'm very comfortable. You know, 76 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm very comfortable because you know, air circlar on the 77 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: plane anyways. So now I really have an excuse to 78 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: put it on because I always I don't care how 79 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: much I've travel because I'm like a diamond on Delta 80 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: and all these different airlines and all these because I 81 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: traveled so much via the airway. Air How why is 82 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: travel so on fire right now? Jamie? 83 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 5: Well, I think there was a lot of pinned up demand, 84 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 5: and what we saw was, you know, we really didn't 85 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 5: get to travel for a year two years, you know, 86 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 5: so people like they we said at home and we 87 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 5: just dreamed about where we wanted to go. It's like 88 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 5: you really couldn't go to Europe easily on the cruise 89 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,559 Speaker 5: lane was shut down for almost two years, and once 90 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 5: that reopened, there was a lot of restrictions even once 91 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 5: it did open up, but we were like, just tell 92 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 5: us what we need to do. We're you know, we're 93 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 5: we're here, We're gonna We're going to get through this. 94 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 5: And we're just now even on cruising, we are just 95 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 5: now past that phase of all the restrictions and all 96 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 5: the things that came along with with that COVID the 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 5: pandem where where the industry was shut down. I mean, 98 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 5: that's unheard of for the cruise line to be shut 99 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 5: down for so long. And those companies they held strong 100 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 5: and they held in there and they you know, they 101 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 5: lobbied to to be able to open back up and 102 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 5: do it safely. You know, I think that there's there's, 103 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 5: like like you said before, we work in Parks, Cruising 104 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 5: and Getaways, and it's really it's really interesting to see 105 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 5: how Parks was the first one to come back because 106 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 5: you know, it was easy. You know, it's open air. 107 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 5: The restrictions weren't as you know, as long as you 108 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 5: were okay wearing a mask, you know, you could come 109 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 5: to the parks at Disney and at Universal here in Florida. 110 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 4: Uh. 111 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 5: You know, then then Europe and the Caribbean. Caribbean really 112 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 5: never shut down, but there was a lot of there 113 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 5: was a lot of uh steps that you had to take. 114 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 5: And JJ and I like when these places opened up 115 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 5: or we were able to travel there with some of 116 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 5: our agents. I mean we were there, we were doing 117 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 5: the test. 118 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 6: I know that. 119 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 5: I think it was Antarctica when the cruising open and 120 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 5: we went to Antarctic. I think we had to take 121 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 5: like like seven tests or something it was. But we 122 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 5: were like, you know what, just tell us what we 123 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 5: want to do. And so JJ and I we we 124 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 5: were you know, we wanted to be the first ones 125 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 5: to go out there and say it's it's okay, like 126 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 5: it's there is a little bit of you know, of 127 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 5: the unknown that's there. But I think that people then 128 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 5: started seeing other people travel and seeing that it's okay, 129 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 5: and so then they're like, okay, well, you know, now 130 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 5: I want to travel. And so this year seems to 131 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 5: be the year that a lot of people are traveling overseas. 132 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 5: JJ and I we took We took our niece and 133 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 5: two nephews to Europe last summer, and like JJ said, 134 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: like it just opened it up. But traveling, you know, 135 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 5: kind of at the during a pandemic was something. But 136 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 5: to expose them, you know, ages eleven, thirteen, and fifteen 137 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 5: to Europe when they've never traveled outside of the United 138 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 5: States was just such a gift. But I think that 139 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 5: the pandemic just sitting back and not doing anything and 140 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 5: seeing things. You know, we were watching a lot of videos. 141 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 5: It's you just depend up. Demand was there and people 142 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 5: just wanted to They want to go. So this year 143 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 5: travel is back. It is in full swing. 144 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: Now we're talking to the owners of Magical Vacation Planners 145 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: and the dream that started in two thousand and six. 146 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: Now my intro I talked about you being a professional 147 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: basketball player. Now that mean athleticism. Athleticism has nothing to 148 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: do with travel other than the fact that I'm you 149 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: traveling in Europe and being an MVP in all these 150 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: different countries because you're a hoop man. The reason I 151 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: say it was a hoop man because he scored one 152 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: hundred and one points in a game. Now you got 153 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: to be in shape just to shoot the ball one 154 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: hundred and one times to get that amount of point. 155 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: And I say, I shot it one hundred one time, 156 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: but yeah, shoot enough free throws, three pointers, two points, 157 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: driving to the lane, pulling up a jump shot. Now, 158 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: what were you doing when he was on all these 159 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: points all these years, Jamie? 160 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 7: I tell you, I'm a blindside. 161 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you weren't doing nothing, but I'm sure 162 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: you weren't throwing up jump shots and slam dunking and 163 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: blocking shots. What were you doing? The CULTI faith the 164 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: bus direction. 165 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 5: This was not the direction that I thought this was 166 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 5: done because because I missed the first like seventy six points, 167 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 5: because I was in the stand talking to one of 168 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 5: the other basketball players not paying attention. 169 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: You know how much talking you gotta be doing this 170 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: stance to miss seventy six out of one hundred and 171 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: one points, Okay, you you. 172 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 7: Know I shame on you. 173 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: Shame on you. And then here's the part about it. 174 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: Somebody had to tell her he was at seventy six. Oh, 175 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: she's missed the whole one on one. 176 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 5: Hey, I was worried about what we were doing after 177 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 5: the game. Who were gonna hang out with I love it, 178 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 5: I love it. I was not paying attention. 179 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 4: I can't say she's my biggest pan because you know, 180 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 4: what she was really focusing on is all she cares 181 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 4: about was the last two minutes right right right right 182 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 4: of the game, if we were gonna win, or if 183 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 4: we're gonna lose, because we never went out to eat, 184 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: if our team lost, because I never wanted the fans 185 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 4: to ever question what was the reason we lost? 186 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 5: They would say, why did you lose? I'm like, nobody 187 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 5: goes out of. 188 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: Well, you know, I'm gonna tell you something. I'm telling 189 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: you some j She says something really key to the 190 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: She said she was planning. So I'm gonna say that 191 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 1: that was right. That was like the start of them 192 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: because the name of the company is Magical Vacation Planner, 193 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: so she's always been planning along the way. 194 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 4: So absolutely so. 195 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: So in two thousand and six, how did you guys, 196 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,599 Speaker 1: because a lot of people want to get into the 197 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: travel business, a lot of people have travel agencies, want 198 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: to expand how did you guys build this brand, Magical 199 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: Vacation Planner. 200 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: Well, one of the reasons, you know, when we were 201 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 4: away planned over in Europe, and it was mostly in 202 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 4: Europe when she developed this, you know idea. She went 203 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 4: to college and studied business marketing and travel and tourism. However, 204 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 4: when we were away, you know, she really didn't have 205 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 4: very much to do. She was a domestic goddess. I'm 206 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 4: telling it. She took her of our home and she 207 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 4: did and she did that very well. But you know, 208 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 4: when I was going to practice, or when I was 209 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 4: going to plan a game, or if I was on 210 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 4: you know, a television show or whatever it was, you know, 211 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 4: I had so much engagement with other people. You know, 212 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 4: I interacted with other people while she was at home 213 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 4: with our daughter, you know, not being able to speak 214 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 4: the language, you know, you know, wherever we were at, 215 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 4: and we were in Italy at the time, she couldn't 216 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 4: speak the language, so she didn't get out very much. 217 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 4: So you know, what she really looked forward to was 218 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 4: the times, you know, either after the game when we 219 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 4: did win and we went to go out with other Americans, 220 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 4: you know, to a restaurant, or she you know, looked 221 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 4: and dreamed about Disney, you know, and taking vacations. You know, 222 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 4: whether what we're gonna do at Christmas time, what we're 223 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 4: gonna do at springtime, you know, and when the season 224 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 4: was over, she thought about all of these things. I 225 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 4: didn't never know. I never knew that, you know, she 226 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 4: had such a passion. And when we twenty years after 227 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 4: our marriage, when we moved to Florida, you know, I'm 228 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 4: up sitting up in the attic, you know, going through 229 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 4: every box, page by page. I never threw anything away 230 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 4: unless I read it right. And I find this report 231 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 4: that she had done back in college about becoming, you know, 232 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 4: a travel advisor or sales person with the Walt Disney Company. 233 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 4: This is something that she wrote way back in nineteen 234 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 4: ninety one. And I find this twenty years in to 235 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 4: our marriage. Wow, you know, and right down in our 236 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 4: office today it is plastered on one of our biggest 237 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 4: walls in our office. So I think that was kind 238 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 4: of wouldn't you say? That was kind of the start 239 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 4: to Yeah, it. 240 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 5: Was just kind of destiny, almost like a full circle moment. 241 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 5: And so when you retired, I like, I tried to 242 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 5: get a job and and everybody's like, oh, We've got 243 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 5: a really big gap. So it just looked like I'd 244 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 5: been staying at home not doing anything. I did finally 245 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 5: land a job at a bank, and and I said, 246 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 5: whenever I got there, I was like, well, can I 247 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 5: you know, will I be considered for promotions again? I 248 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 5: don't want to stay here forever. I've got to you know, 249 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 5: I've got a degree, I've got a lot of experience 250 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 5: and you know, in meeting people, traveling the world. And 251 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 5: I was bypassed by three three promotions and on the 252 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 5: last one I finally said, they didn't even post the 253 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 5: last one. And I finally said, am I doing something wrong? 254 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 5: You know, because like you know, that's our first thing, 255 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 5: is like what am I doing wrong that I'm not 256 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 5: being picked? Like did I upset somebody? Did I? 257 00:12:59,480 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 4: You know? 258 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 5: We second guess ourselves. And the president was really nice. 259 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 5: He's like, oh, no, everybody loves you, like they love 260 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 5: coming in, They love you know, they actually everybody wants 261 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 5: to go to your counter because they enjoy talking to you. 262 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 5: And I said, why I've been passed up for so 263 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 5: many positions and this last time I didn't even know about. 264 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 5: And he said, well, this person had a family. I said, 265 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 5: I have a family. He said, yeah, but you have 266 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 5: JJ And I said, so basically, I'm going to not 267 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 5: move anywhere because I have a successful husband. And he's 268 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 5: like no, and I was like no, I mean I 269 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 5: hear you loud and clear. And so I went home 270 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 5: and I asked JJ. I said, you know, like I'm 271 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 5: I'm really frustrated, and I'm not really a quitter, like 272 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 5: I don't I don't like to quit, right, but this 273 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 5: was it was a dead end job. Like if that 274 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 5: would be the true definition of a dead end, you know. 275 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: That's I always talk about people afraid of change, and 276 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: that's a moment that you took it upon yourself, discussed 277 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: it's going to discuss with JJ and say, hey, this 278 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: is not going to work for me, and both of 279 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: you guys agreed. Change is necessary. And I think that 280 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: so many people are sitting their jobs right now, frustrated, upset, raid. 281 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: What's the next step When I come back, We're going 282 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: to discuss more because because I always tell people what 283 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: you do between the ages of eighteen and twenty two 284 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: is what if you realize what you're doing right then 285 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: is what you should be making money with when you're forty, 286 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: fifty and sixty. And that's what you're doing now of 287 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: something you were when you was in college. You know, 288 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: put aside that was a dream. That's when you was 289 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: a dreamer. That's when you advocated for your own personal beliefs. 290 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: You put it aside and realize and fortunately, you know, 291 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: JJ found it and guess what, we're living the life 292 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: of the Magical Vacation Planner. We'll be right back with 293 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: more Money Making Conversation Masteric class. Their dreamers. Everybody there 294 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: dreamers and they're following their dreams. We're gonna talk about 295 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: the HBCU program that that isn't being inspired by JJ 296 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: and a lot of things. These dreams can be yours too, 297 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: and I enjoy the opportunity of presenting to everybody who 298 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: listens to Money Making Conversation master Class. 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How can one get in touch with you 345 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: and Jamie regards to information about vacation getaways based on 346 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: parks and cruising and cruising. 347 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 4: Well er, You can go to Magical Vacation Planner dot com. 348 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 4: That's our website. However, our product is delivered and distributed 349 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 4: through our travel advisors. 350 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 6: So one of the. 351 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 4: Things here at our company what we do is we 352 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 4: help people grow buss and we make sure that they 353 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 4: understand and they learn how to grow a business. And 354 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 4: we would like our leads and everything to go to 355 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 4: our advisors. So if you go to our website and 356 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 4: look up Magical Vacation plan dot com and you send 357 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 4: the lead in, we will then send that lead to 358 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 4: one of our advisors and they'll reach out to you 359 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 4: UH and be able to accommodate you that way. 360 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: So you're saying that you not only are vacation planners 361 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: will get away parks and cruises, but you also train. 362 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: Is That's what I'm hearing. You train individuals for this 363 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: type of business. 364 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 4: That is That's exactly right. So you know, one of 365 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 4: the things that we take on here what we do 366 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 4: is and I'm going to touch on this for Sean 367 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 4: just a little bit. When I left basketball and I 368 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 4: went into the and I got into the corporate world. 369 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 4: One of the first things jobs that I took I 370 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 4: was a corporate trainer developed training for a major contract company. UH. 371 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 4: And when Magical Ducation Planner decided to grow, we knew 372 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 4: that training education would be a major piece to this. 373 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 4: So UH, Jamie had already put the platform together where 374 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 4: she wanted to grow and bring some of her started 375 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 4: with some of her friends along the way, but we 376 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 4: knew that we need to get them up to speed, 377 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 4: educate and train them. So we developed a very strong, 378 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 4: comprehensive educational program where we bring people in and we 379 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 4: teach them how to grow business now. 380 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: And what that being said because I talked that in 381 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: the intro about HBCUs, that's level of diversity because you know, 382 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 1: in the industry of people of color is not a 383 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: dominant look. And you know, I knew people who try 384 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: to get into business talk about that that that wall 385 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: and the wall of opportunity that you're breaking down. 386 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, so when I got into this side of the industry, 387 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 4: you know, I'm going to say that you don't know 388 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 4: what you don't know. You really don't know. Uh, you know, 389 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 4: the opportunities that can come out of a business like this, 390 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 4: you know, you owning your own business, the the feeling 391 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 4: and the the the pride that you gain from owning 392 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 4: something and something becomes yours. When I was attended a 393 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 4: lot of on the you know, the meetings that I 394 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 4: was going to, I didn't see a lot of people 395 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 4: that looked like me. So it wasn't a lot of diversity, uh, 396 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 4: in the industry and still not a lot of diversity 397 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 4: in the industry, so it's very underrepresented. Uh So one 398 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 4: of the things that I'm looking to do is to 399 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 4: educate you know, uh, students that inspire to you know, 400 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 4: grow a business to uh someone to inspire them to 401 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 4: who if they want to travel the world and they 402 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 4: want to learn and own a business. You know, that's 403 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 4: one of the things that I'm you know, Magical Vacation 404 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 4: Planner is inspired to do. 405 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: Right now, now you know, the whole dream, the whole 406 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: aspirational thoughts came out of of Jamie's head. Jamie, I'm 407 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 1: gonna ask you a question, what makes a good MVP agent? 408 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 5: Well, that is a broad question because I think one 409 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 5: of the things that I have to say is that 410 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 5: we have we have people from all walks of life, 411 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 5: right and I think this is going to surprise you. 412 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 5: We have we have nurses, we have teachers, we have pharmacists, 413 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 5: we have doctors, we have lawyers, we have stay at 414 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 5: home moms. 415 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: We have a lot of So you're telling me that Rashwan, 416 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: just just forget about this. Do people people are lawyers, nurses, doctors, 417 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: people who are this is not a stay at home mom. 418 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 1: There are people out there who have full time job, 419 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: professional jobs who are m VP agents. So there are 420 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: people who are listening to this show should like tick 421 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: the blinders off their their their heads and go, look, 422 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: there's an opportunity to make additional money travel the world. 423 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: That's what you're offering in this particular interview to people 424 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: who are listening. 425 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 4: Correct and Rashan you taking eighty cruises, you need to 426 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 4: come on board. That's right. 427 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: Hey, I'll tell you some brother, Well, you know, you know, 428 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: just get sidetracked at the buffets, man, the buffets. I 429 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: am a king of the buffets. 430 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 8: Man. 431 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: I my family go in those little those little day 432 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: crew though they they walks around the island. Just put 433 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: me in front of the buffet. I'm good all day, brother, 434 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: I'm good all day. 435 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 5: I love it. Yeah, I think that the first few 436 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 5: times that this happened, we had a nurse that she 437 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 5: had gone to Indiana University for four years and when 438 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 5: she said she was quitting nursing because she found more 439 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 5: joy and she had she at the time she had 440 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 5: two kids, and she said, this is not stressful. She 441 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,959 Speaker 5: loved it. She loved helping other people plan their vacations 442 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 5: and it allowed her to stay at home with her kids. 443 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 5: And I knew her mom and dad, and I was 444 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 5: terrified of what they would think. And even to this 445 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 5: day when I see her mom and dad, you know, 446 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 5: I laugh and she's do you still feel terrible about that, 447 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 5: don't you? And she said, I actually both of her 448 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 5: daughters work for us, And she said, I just want 449 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 5: you to know all I want for all we want 450 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 5: for our daughters is that they are doing something that 451 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 5: they love and they love doing this and both of 452 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 5: them had college degrees, and you know, it's just it's 453 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,199 Speaker 5: eye opening to me. And especially the pandemic gave a 454 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 5: lot of people thought of what they want to do. 455 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 5: You know, they want to be a job that they 456 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 5: don't like. Do they want to make a difference? Do 457 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 5: they want to do something that they love? And we 458 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 5: saw a jump in people saying, you know, hey, I 459 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 5: don't I don't want to have my nine to five. 460 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 5: I want to do this all the time. I want 461 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 5: to focus on this. I love this community, I love 462 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 5: being a part of this. And you know, and they've 463 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 5: made a career out of it. We have police officers, 464 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 5: we have I mean, you name it, and we probably 465 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 5: have it. 466 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I have. We have people that are doing this 467 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 4: part time. We have people that's doing this full time. 468 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 4: We have people that's doing this just this supplement income. 469 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 4: We have people that's doing this to pay off student loans. 470 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 4: We have students that have you know, part time school, 471 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 4: part time travel advisors. So you know, it doesn't matter 472 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 4: how much time you have, you know, because we have 473 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 4: people that are all at different stages. We have people 474 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 4: that's been here one or two years. The ones that 475 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 4: is Jamie's referring to have been here thirteen or fourteen years, 476 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 4: and they've made a living and a career out of this. 477 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell y'all some I'm mad at myself. I 478 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: should have asked this question, like if the fresher will 479 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: be my first question? Because now, JJ, you got me mad, 480 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: got me thinking because I have been on Ady cruz 481 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 1: is Man and the fact that I can make money 482 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: and travel too and eat. 483 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 9: Yeah, that's like that's a magical vacation plan for me. 484 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 4: Okay, absolutely, And you're helping you know, family, friends, you know, 485 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 4: even strangers create memories for their own family. It's when 486 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 4: you get such a pleasure out of doing this, you 487 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 4: know you're doing something good. You're helping somebody. You're eliminating 488 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 4: the stress and the anxiety you know of planning and 489 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 4: booking a vacation, right. 490 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 6: You know. 491 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 4: So some people save up, you know, their whole life 492 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 4: to take a vacation and they wanted to go perfect, right, 493 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 4: you know. And you're the first point of contact to 494 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 4: be able to do that, you know, for a family. 495 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: That's awesome. I want to tell you you guys are 496 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: fantastic when I interview you, the energy, the information. As 497 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: we close, JJ, how do we get in touch with 498 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: you guys through your services? 499 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 4: I don't let Jamie take that one because he's really 500 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 4: good at that. 501 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, since he said earlier, you can find us 502 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 5: at www. Magical Vacation Planner dot com. But you can 503 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:56,959 Speaker 5: also find us on all the social media channels Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, 504 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:02,719 Speaker 5: TikTok threads, now we are. We're on all channels. And 505 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 5: if you just search Magical Vacation Planner and then you 506 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 5: put by, I guarantee you'll find an agent that would 507 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 5: love to help you with their vacation. 508 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: Well that was fantastic, And next time JJ, I will 509 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: be asking Jamie how to get in touch with you 510 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: because she is fantastic. Thank you for coming on the show. 511 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: And again you guys keep changing lives and keep and 512 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: we want to hear more about that HBCU program because 513 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: the opportunity to bring that to young minds and let 514 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 1: them start a business in college and when they graduate 515 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: and get them options or they graduate their degree and 516 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: have another another I always say a medium income, multiple 517 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: forms of income. I always talk about that on my show. 518 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: Thank you and we'll talk soon. Okay, be the special 519 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: because y'all are MVP. 520 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 5: Thank you so much. 521 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: And you listen to another episode of Money Making Conversation 522 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: Master collect. I want to take my think, my production team, 523 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: want to thank the listeners, want to thank everybody who 524 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: supports to show on a weekly basis. And this knowledge 525 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: is knowledge share for free. We talked soon. This is 526 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: Rushan McDonald. 527 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 8: Let me tell you about the host of Money Making Conversations, 528 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 8: Rushan McDonald. 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