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Speaker 1: One up, Bread Milague Buns. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to Malik's Bookshelf,
Speaker 1: bringing a world together with books, culture and community. Hi,
Speaker 1: my name is Malik, your host of Malik's Bookshelf. Well, hey,
Speaker 1: I'm getting back to Malik. I'm getting back to myself.
Speaker 1: I'm getting back each and every day because I've been
Speaker 1: going through a storm, but I'm coming back and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna come back even stronger. This is the seventy sixth episode,
Speaker 1: and I'm excited to bring to you some community events
Speaker 1: that's taking place July twenty fifth, Rock the Lot in
Speaker 1: August fifth Back to School Festival at Krinshaw High So
Speaker 1: I go into details on this episode, so stay tuned
Speaker 1: for that. I'm also doing a book review by the
Speaker 1: great TD Jakes, the prolific TD Jakes, the stadium filler
Speaker 1: tdj ain't but a handful of people can sell out stadiums,
Speaker 1: and TD James is one of them. I mean, if
Speaker 1: you're not an entertainer, meaning you're not singing a song,
Speaker 1: playing a ball. You know, if you're not doing something sporting,
Speaker 1: playing entertainment. TD jas is not an entertainer. TD Jakes
Speaker 1: is a man filled with the Word of God. You
Speaker 1: can't fill out stadiums like that unless you just we're preaching,
Speaker 1: unless you are anointed with the word of God. Because hey,
Speaker 1: I only see sports and entertainment out fifty sixty seventy
Speaker 1: eighty thousand people in the stand. This is a preacher
Speaker 1: speaking the word of God. So I got to give
Speaker 1: him his respect, his flowers because this brother has been
Speaker 1: doing this for decades, given instructions and information and guidance
Speaker 1: and offering the word of God. Now I don't agree
Speaker 1: with everything that come out of tdj mouth, but hey,
Speaker 1: you don't have to agree with everything to identify with
Speaker 1: someone this anointed that's got good information, that has important
Speaker 1: information that can help you make a difference in a
Speaker 1: change on in your life. But to utilizer may to
Speaker 1: help other people and serving other people. So I got
Speaker 1: to give him his flowers because this brother is anointed.
Speaker 1: And let me say that this new book is called
Speaker 1: Disruptive Thinking. So I'm doing a book review and I'm
Speaker 1: highlighting that book because there's a lot of trauma, a
Speaker 1: lot of disrupted thinking the community, and we got to
Speaker 1: change the way we think in order to elevate our life.
Speaker 1: So that book is a good starter for a present
Speaker 1: who looking to change. So that's gonna be my book
Speaker 1: review on this episode. And I'm also gonna be talking
Speaker 1: about some inspiration something that I just thought of that
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, small steps, big games, you know.
Speaker 1: So I'm thinking about like little things that you can
Speaker 1: do to just make a huge impact in your life.
Speaker 1: So small bites is what it's called. So you got
Speaker 1: to stay tuned for that. So this is episode seventy six,
Speaker 1: can you believe it? Seventy six? And last week I
Speaker 1: did my seventy fifth and that was a special one
Speaker 1: because it was on my mother, who I loved dearly.
Speaker 1: So I featured my thoughts about this tremendous experience that
Speaker 1: I've been going through since her passing. I also featured
Speaker 1: the words of reflection at the funeral that me, my brother,
Speaker 1: and my sister said at the funeral. The celebration of
Speaker 1: life services is what we hosted, and so I featured
Speaker 1: those comments of reflection on the last episode, the seventy
Speaker 1: fifth episode. So that was a real special and then
Speaker 1: tim out at seventy fifth, that's I thought was like,
Speaker 1: not coincidental, but a milestone because you know, twenty five,
Speaker 1: the fiftieth, the seventy fifth is huge, and last week
Speaker 1: was my seventy fifth and someone that is so dear
Speaker 1: and special and loving I was able to feature on that.
Speaker 1: I didn't you know, it wasn't planned out, but you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes God in the timing is all in line, because
Speaker 1: there ain't no coincidence. So for that to end up
Speaker 1: the seventy fifth, my reflection, my comments and my experience
Speaker 1: going through this process of learning about this celebration of
Speaker 1: life and my mom and our legacy and all the
Speaker 1: different people stepped up and helped out. But moving on,
Speaker 1: because you can go back and listen there if you
Speaker 1: want to. But this is episode seventy six, so I
Speaker 1: hope you enjoy it. Thank you. What's happening in the community, Well,
Speaker 1: let me tell you what's happening in the community, because
Speaker 1: July twenty fifth, twenty twenty three, Rock the Block will
Speaker 1: be taking place in Los Angeles on fifty fourth Street
Speaker 1: between fourth and seventh Avenue. This is a community event.
Speaker 1: We're gonna Rock the Block Hey, we bringing out the
Speaker 1: book mobile. Oh, that's right. They contracted us to bring
Speaker 1: out the bookmobile. So it's gonna be a huge children's pavilion.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be singing and conversation, and of course there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of things for adults, community activities.
Speaker 1: So you gotta come on out Rocked Up Block on
Speaker 1: fifty fourth Street between fourth and seventh Avenue. It's really
Speaker 1: no address because it's a street festival, so I'm telling
Speaker 1: you how to get there. This is what's going down
Speaker 1: July twenty fifth, and it starts around eleven o'clock. Yes,
Speaker 1: it starts around it's like eleven to five on July
Speaker 1: twenty fifth, So you gotta go on our community. It's
Speaker 1: summer time, that's right. So hey, this is a time
Speaker 1: where we what be outside. We bond, we fellowship, we part,
Speaker 1: we discuss and talk and elevate. It's the community and
Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. Rocked Up Block, that's right
Speaker 1: coming up this Saturday, July twenty fourth. And then guess
Speaker 1: what we got the Back to School Festival taking place
Speaker 1: August fifth, twenty twenty three. That's right, August fifth, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three at Princeyall High School. We take it over
Speaker 1: Crenshall High School. It's bigger than us as a nonprofit
Speaker 1: organization that's doing tremendous amount of good in the hood.
Speaker 1: And guess what. This is their fourth annual back to
Speaker 1: School event which is gonna take place on the football
Speaker 1: field at Crenshall High School this August fifth. Give it
Speaker 1: out five thousand backpacks for our youth in the community.
Speaker 1: That's right. You gotta run it. Do you got a register?
Speaker 1: But let me tell you this. Malague Books is hosting
Speaker 1: the book fair at the back to school and we'll
Speaker 1: give it out two thousand bunks. That's right, two thousand books.
Speaker 1: It's going down at the Back to School Festival at
Speaker 1: Krinshaw High School. Five thousand back free backpacks. Two thousand
Speaker 1: books are giving out at this event. Looks this is
Speaker 1: a health pavilion, this is a children's zone, a teacher zone.
Speaker 1: We have community politicians. It is going down. This is
Speaker 1: gonna be used. I'm talking about thousands and thousands. Last year,
Speaker 1: I bear witness there was at least five to six
Speaker 1: thousand people that came out because every community activist, politician
Speaker 1: this in that community. Resources that are gonna be provided
Speaker 1: a sports and road body bion. You gonna have to
Speaker 1: come on out August fifth, that's right, at eleven to six.
Speaker 1: We got a concert going down. All of that is
Speaker 1: taking place. But I'm excited because I got the host.
Speaker 1: I'm hosting the book festival at the Back to School Festival,
Speaker 1: I'm hosting the book The book mobil is going to
Speaker 1: be brought out. That's right. And we let me tell
Speaker 1: you what we got lined up. We got nine authors
Speaker 1: lined up, but we're giving out the books free to
Speaker 1: the community. That's right. We're giving two thousand books. And
Speaker 1: the authors they are signing books. That's right, speaking about
Speaker 1: their books. But they also these books are free. So
Speaker 1: we got a lot of good in the hood taking place.
Speaker 1: I don't need to go down the line of the
Speaker 1: nine artists because it's a surprise. You got to come
Speaker 1: on out, get your free book, get an author sign
Speaker 1: and your Well, that's the kind of event this is
Speaker 1: gonna be. We got about fifty schools is gonna be
Speaker 1: out here teaching you, giving you information about what's taking
Speaker 1: place in a lot of these schools in Los Angeles
Speaker 1: that offer a lot of resources for the community. You
Speaker 1: gotta take advantage because when people say the community it is,
Speaker 1: it's underserved. It is. But guess what, there's still a
Speaker 1: lot of resources that you might not be aware that
Speaker 1: can assist you as you try to navigate success in
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles community. So come on out to Krinshaw
Speaker 1: High School August fifth for the Bactor School Festival featuring
Speaker 1: five thousand backpacks. They'll be given out to the community
Speaker 1: free and two thousand bucks given out to the community freight.
Speaker 1: So come on out and party with us, laugh with us,
Speaker 1: talk with us, discuss with us, dance with us. All right,
Speaker 1: see you August fifth at Krisshaw High.
Speaker 3: School for the fourth annual Back to School Festival presented
Speaker 3: by It's Bigger than Us and the Book Festival hosted
Speaker 3: by My League Bucks.
Speaker 1: How do you deal with an overwhelming schedule and many
Speaker 1: demands that make you overwhelmed, Well, let me give you
Speaker 1: some advice. One bite at a time, meaning work on
Speaker 1: your task, one task at a time. That's how you
Speaker 1: would do it. If you had to eat an elephant,
Speaker 1: which is huge, you would eat it one bite at
Speaker 1: a time. See, don't look at the whole project, look
Speaker 1: at it at each stage, each step, each objective, first,
Speaker 1: then eventually, over time, the task or the completion will
Speaker 1: take place. But it's just one step at a time,
Speaker 1: one bite at a time, one moment at a time.
Speaker 1: That's how you deal with an issue. This overwhelmed me
Speaker 1: because sometimes you look at the all the tasks all
Speaker 1: at once or the situation all at once, and they
Speaker 1: can bring anxiety and being overwhelmed. So these are the
Speaker 1: strategy and techniques I utilize in order to overcome a
Speaker 1: big goal or task just before me, you know, or
Speaker 1: you know, I just got to reduce it to one step,
Speaker 1: one byte at a time. So that's kind of what
Speaker 1: I was trying to look small steps, big games, That's
Speaker 1: what this is all about. I just was sitting here
Speaker 1: thinking about something a viable too that someone can implement
Speaker 1: in their life that causes anxiety because they're overwhelmed, or
Speaker 1: they look at a situation and they don't know where
Speaker 1: to begin, and oftentimes that cause procrastination because you're looking
Speaker 1: at the whole umbrella of things that you gotta do.
Speaker 1: So I was just sitting here saying what advice can
Speaker 1: I give my podcast, and it was came to me
Speaker 1: and said, one body at a time, that's that's what
Speaker 1: I do when I'm faced with a tremendous task that
Speaker 1: I need to meet or deadline, I just get started.
Speaker 1: Just get started, And if I meet the deadline, great,
Speaker 1: If I don't, I'm least closer than if I didn't start.
Speaker 1: So that's how you got to look at sometimes things
Speaker 1: in life, like things don't happen just overnight, but they
Speaker 1: are clumative over time. You know, it's old saying when
Speaker 1: I was growing up, called Rome wasn't built in a day?
Speaker 1: Well what does that mean? Meaning everything that was glorious
Speaker 1: about ancient Rome did not happen overnight. It happened over
Speaker 1: decades and centuries, so a long period of time. You know.
Speaker 1: It's just like a construction job, or you know, when
Speaker 1: they're building a building, they start with the foundation for no,
Speaker 1: actually they start with blueprints. Actually they start with thinking
Speaker 1: about it, drawing up blueprints. And then after things are
Speaker 1: approved through the city council or the government or whatever
Speaker 1: regulation they have to go through to get the plans approved,
Speaker 1: then they start organizing all the equipment, supplies, the labor,
Speaker 1: and all of these different things before they start on
Speaker 1: the project. And then they have to create a timeline,
Speaker 1: a calendar. So that's how you approach things. You got
Speaker 1: to just approach it in the logical mathematic. But you
Speaker 1: gotta start. That's the key. You gotta start. If you
Speaker 1: don't start, it won't nothing will never get finished. And
Speaker 1: that's what I found with a lot of people is
Speaker 1: that they never start. Now, a lot of people start
Speaker 1: and just don't finish. But at least you get credit
Speaker 1: for starting, but learn how to finish things. But I'll
Speaker 1: tell you that if you don't start, you won't finish nothing.
Speaker 1: So it's one bite, one step at a time. That
Speaker 1: is my motivation for this episode of Malik's Bookshelf, Bringing
Speaker 1: a World Together with Books, Culture and Community. My book
Speaker 1: review for this episode on the League's Bookshelf Bringing a
Speaker 1: World Together with Books, Culture and Community. It's the iconic
Speaker 1: TD Jakes who wrote the book, his new book, Disruptive Thinking. Now,
Speaker 1: let me tell you something about this book, because TD
Speaker 1: Jakes has sold out stadiums all over this nation. He
Speaker 1: is one of the most prolific ministers in the world.
Speaker 1: But he understands that a lot of lack of progress
Speaker 1: is because we got a disruptive thinking going on. So
Speaker 1: he wrote a book, a daring strategy to change how
Speaker 1: we live, lead, and love.
Speaker 2: So I'm excited to do a book review on his
Speaker 2: new book, Disruptive Thinking, because we need to think differently
Speaker 2: and find the courage to challenge the status quo with
Speaker 2: tools to create meaningful changes.
Speaker 1: Tdj's new book, Disruptive Thinking is for leaders, thinkers, doers,
Speaker 1: and creators. This book illuminates the path to encouraging and
Speaker 1: unleashing disruptive thinking and provides the wisdom and practical skills
Speaker 1: we need to evolve our most original and potential trans
Speaker 1: for me ideas from vision to reality. Through his insight
Speaker 1: into how our minds and emotions work, and through his
Speaker 1: experience as a pastor, entrepreneur, and creator, Bishop Tdjakes leads
Speaker 1: us into a new way of relating to and transforming
Speaker 1: the world around us for good. Disrupted Thinking will show
Speaker 1: you the mindset and the tools you need to create
Speaker 1: groundbreaking and meaningful change in your own life and in
Speaker 1: the world around you. Now, doesn't that sound like a
Speaker 1: good read?
Speaker 3: You got to pick up your copy at bookstores wherever
Speaker 3: books are found.
Speaker 1: You got to come to malik'sbook dot com and buy
Speaker 1: a copy. Let me tell you if you want to
Speaker 1: change your life. People like tdjs can help you do
Speaker 1: that and give you the tools to make a difference
Speaker 1: because it's not gonna be easy because we get stuck
Speaker 1: and create habits and these it happens sometimes are very
Speaker 1: destructive in our lives. So the notebook by DD Chase
Speaker 1: definitely pick it up. I hope you're enjoying my book review.
Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks for listening to Malik's bookshelf, where topics
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