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Speaker 1: Where are your man? He's here, Rashan McDonald, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: One of my favorite actors. He served as an executive

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Speaker 1: His television credits include The Good Wife, Common Law, Almost Human,

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Speaker 1: good man. So what did I always like about? To Michael,

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Speaker 1: you keep a low key personality, but you can do

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Speaker 1: to Money Making Conversations. Tisha Holtman, Good morning, Good morning, TSA.

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Speaker 1: Go ye into all the world Wide Where? What does

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Speaker 1: So Going into All the world Wide Web was really

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Speaker 1: gonna have to change the way they seek to reach

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Speaker 1: them in today's digital marketplace. And so I wrote Goggie

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Speaker 1: for the kingdom. And so I also discussed principles that

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Speaker 1: to the work. Wow, so you I know you did

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Speaker 1: a big project with Bishop T. D. Jake's correct. Yes, yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: of times, touching hearts and wining souls for God. It's

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite books. I had him on the

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Speaker 1: It was a great book for sure. Let's talk about

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Speaker 1: Great brands are the answer to somebody's problem. And they're

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Speaker 1: Potter's house, but I've also had the opportunity to help

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Speaker 1: as well. And there are some commonalities that I see

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Speaker 1: that there is an untapped, missed opportunity that ministries have

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Speaker 1: want to be able to stand in that gap between

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Speaker 1: And I really know and believe that go into all

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Speaker 1: I do have LinkedIn, So for those are four accounts.

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Speaker 1: So we know that linked In is a more B

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Speaker 1: So we're trying to, you know, start restart that conversation.

855
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: You know, grooming yourself is very important. Um. You know,

856
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: I have two young tenor old twin boys that you know,

857
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: I'm teaching them how to become man and giving them

858
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: at grooming is a big part of that. So we're

859
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 1: just trying to, you know, restart the conversation that there

860
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: has had several years ago when our when our fathers

861
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 1: and our grandfathers used to teach our fathers how to

862
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:58,399
Speaker 1: you know, take care of themselves and I think that's

863
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 1: been lost of late. So we're trying to restart that conversation.

864
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,400
Speaker 1: When you say that, is that from the standpoint of

865
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Speaker 1: an athlete, because casual wear it took over you know

866
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:09,880
Speaker 1: where you know, wearing a suit and easter suit, all

867
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 1: that stuff kind of went out the window. Are you

868
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,800
Speaker 1: talking about trying to elerate that game? Well, you know

869
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Speaker 1: you're sawing come out there with a suit or just

870
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Speaker 1: like dad with a little three a little vast a

871
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: little tie. I think, I think that it's a while

872
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: and then I think the coast of course of my career,

873
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Speaker 1: I want to say, uh, you know, mid two thousands,

874
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Speaker 1: late two thousands b MBA and forced to you know,

875
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Speaker 1: a different type of dress code, you know, really bringing

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Speaker 1: you know, kind of throwing casual were out for the

877
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: most party and being more business attire. Um. And I

878
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: think once CBA started doing that, it kind of caught

879
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,839
Speaker 1: on in other extries and other professionals as well. UM.

880
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: So it's kind of a copycast situation from that standpoint.

881
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: But I'm both you know, off the court, I'm very

882
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: you know, sweat suits in shorts, um, but also like

883
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 1: to dressed up, you know when the occasion calls sport.

884
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: Well it's really cool because you know, I'm a big

885
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 1: fan of the NBA, and I see the it's a

886
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: big deal, not just to see the players in it,

887
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: just into the arena. You know, it's almost like a

888
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 1: fashion show. You know, they make a big deal like

889
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Speaker 1: the past, the shirt who right when when when lebro

890
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Speaker 1: we those that that short suit in right, it blew

891
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 1: it up. So so what what's your fashion? What's your

892
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: fashion moment? There? Sir? That well, what what's what? What's

893
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: your style? They're bad? What style that you bring to

894
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 1: the tape? Um? Like I said, I'm in between. I

895
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Speaker 1: like to be business comfortable, so to speak. You know,

896
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: I I do enjoy putting on suits from time to time,

897
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: but for the most part, I just you know, I

898
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Speaker 1: really like to be cleaned up and present myself. Well,

899
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,800
Speaker 1: I don't do it as much now that I'm retired,

900
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: because you know, I'm kind of my homebody now and

901
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 1: kids and I focus on this business. But when I

902
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: do get a chance to step out and you know,

903
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 1: throw a suit on, I definitely enjoy doing that. Now,

904
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:48,439
Speaker 1: this is interesting because you almost like a little black

905
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Speaker 1: shark tank because you got all these businesses, you know,

906
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 1: So how because what what? What? Because did you tell

907
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 1: me about your staff? Because I know you're not the

908
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: one man operation, So how is this all being managed

909
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:02,800
Speaker 1: by you and an overseeing by you? I actually have

910
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: a three person staff. Three other women besides myself kind

911
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: of helped me keep everything in order. And everything that

912
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 1: I either invested into or became an equity partner owner

913
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,839
Speaker 1: and or just stuffed it up. I'm into in general. Um,

914
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,879
Speaker 1: Like I said, the hume, Uh, men's groom in line.

915
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 1: Like I said, I take pride to my appearance. Um,

916
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Speaker 1: the active Dreamers betting where we can pretty much turn

917
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Speaker 1: any player into a into a comforter or a pillow. Um,

918
00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 1: and something that my kids lived, you know what I mean.

919
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:33,280
Speaker 1: And I tell me again like you said, any player

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Speaker 1: you know I got, I gotta have a shack shack

921
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Speaker 1: uh shack blank in any any current separate deals, separate

922
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Speaker 1: deals with retired players, and some of those guys are

923
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 1: harder to get than others. But any current player, by

924
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 1: the something were turning into a bet set or pillow

925
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 1: and now something my kids really enjoyed. Um. Partnering up

926
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Speaker 1: with very tall productions. You know, TV is something I've

927
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 1: always liked to into a separate interest in and kind

928
00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: of more behind the scenes. Um, so that's something I

929
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Speaker 1: enjoy do. And then liquid Ology Vibe Health Bar. We

930
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Speaker 1: have three breaking mortar stores up northern Sacramento and it's

931
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Speaker 1: it's kind of our version of a juice bar Starbuck.

932
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Speaker 1: So we kind of faith the new millennials are more

933
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Speaker 1: Houston coffee and it's really a big health kick. But

934
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Speaker 1: we do all fresh fresh juices, um, you know, wrap salads, um,

935
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Speaker 1: the Ahi bowls, all that kind of healthy U things.

936
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Speaker 1: So we kind of look at it as kind of

937
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Speaker 1: a Starbuck situations. You come and bring your laptop thing out,

938
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Speaker 1: your friends, you know, eat some healthy food and get

939
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Speaker 1: some stuff done. UM. I'm also UM an activist on

940
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Speaker 1: cannabis um storm believer in cannabis and and and the

941
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Speaker 1: powers of the plant, what it can do to help

942
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Speaker 1: not only adults, you know, but children from a TVD standpoint,

943
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Speaker 1: a way, you know, by any way to cure these

944
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Speaker 1: illnesses that we're pumping people full of opioids about. So

945
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Speaker 1: everything I said, everything I have my hand and I'm

946
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Speaker 1: very passionate about on a day to day uh continue.

947
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,719
Speaker 1: So it's not it's not really worked. It's something I

948
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Speaker 1: enjoy to do, but it does take time to you know,

949
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: manifest these things make them possible. Think about you, because

950
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: I think it's time. You know, you've been a teammate

951
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: all your life, okay, and it's time to not It's

952
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:09,360
Speaker 1: time to be you. It's time to be Matt. What

953
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:11,880
Speaker 1: Matt wants to do. Because I'm telling you right now,

954
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: you can carry any show you want because you have

955
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 1: the ability to talk, you have the ability from it

956
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Speaker 1: and seeing that, and I really think it's important. You

957
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 1: already got the sports that you're doing Fox and ESPN,

958
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:25,600
Speaker 1: you're doing local to national feeds and all that stuff.

959
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: You got that. But I think it's time for the

960
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: world to hear you, just like you're being hurt on

961
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:33,560
Speaker 1: my show, the different layers and maturity, Uh, that you

962
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Speaker 1: are intense. Like you said, you you didn't run from

963
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Speaker 1: the fact that there's a difficult life for your boys.

964
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Speaker 1: You said, I think that's gonna be fine. Have to

965
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Speaker 1: be able to deal with that. For me to be

966
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Speaker 1: able to deal with the nuances of God and my

967
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,840
Speaker 1: boys through life. You're not running from that, And I

968
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 1: think and I feel that that's really important. You know.

969
00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:51,919
Speaker 1: I know you've never met me, but I'm just letting

970
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: you know that. Uh when when you didn't like and

971
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,279
Speaker 1: I've had some people on here talk about business, I

972
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,880
Speaker 1: can tell immediately they just got their name on it, okay,

973
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: And uh, and you really are actively involved in that.

974
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,439
Speaker 1: And so so with all that being said, uh, stay

975
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,800
Speaker 1: in touch with me, man, because I want to be

976
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:10,400
Speaker 1: able to if you can use the word mentor, I

977
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,200
Speaker 1: have no problem that I don't need your money, Okay,

978
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you. I just want you to make

979
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 1: the right decision at this point, at thirty nine, you

980
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Speaker 1: at that right age where where you have a twenty

981
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982
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 1: for the next twenty years and no difference. I told

983
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,759
Speaker 1: Nick Cannon in the same conversation, look at yourself, look

984
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 1: at the mirror, and say, hey, man, I'm a bet

985
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Speaker 1: on me. I'm a bet on me. It's time for

986
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 1: you bet on me. I've warned. I played fourteen years

987
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 1: with teammates, I won the championship with teammates. I played

988
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:41,239
Speaker 1: college ball with teammates high school. You know this guy

989
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 1: told me the bet on me. Let me just hear

990
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Speaker 1: what he had to and you need to you you

991
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Speaker 1: can't talk about all this stuff, man U rooming line, floerboat, Bluetique,

992
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993
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994
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Speaker 1: You pay for that the healthcare, food or pick up

995
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 1: and delivery and was based on your mom passing. Come

996
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:10,840
Speaker 1: on now, give me Matt your special dude here. You

997
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Speaker 1: appreciate that very much, Thank you, so so so. Tell

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Speaker 1: you you can't. You can't right now? Um my Instagram

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Speaker 1: Twitter handle is Matt Underscore Barnes two. I appreciate you

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Speaker 1: Still I was still post your my Instagram account to Twitter.

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