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Speaker 1: Decision that's going to be best for you and not

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Speaker 2: And that's when all bets are off.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversation Master Class. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Lushan McDonald. Our theme is there's no perfect time to

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Speaker 1: start following your dreams. I recognize that we all have

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Speaker 1: different definitions of success. For you and maybe decide to

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Speaker 1: your JA it's time to stop reading other people's success

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Speaker 1: stories to start living your own. Keep wedding, Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversation master Class. The reality is

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Speaker 1: this is a live show, which means that sometimes I

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Speaker 1: might make a mistake and it cannot get corrected. But

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Speaker 2: When you listen to Money Making Conversations master Class. The

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Speaker 2: interviews and the information that this show provides are for everyone,

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Speaker 2: and I always tell people it's time to start reading

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Speaker 2: other people's success story. I say that a lot because

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Speaker 2: we always want to be something that we are not.

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Speaker 2: You know, I knew long time ago I couldn't sing,

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Speaker 2: even though I wanted to play basketball. I knew I

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Speaker 2: couldn't dunk. So I had to figure out my goals.

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Speaker 2: So my goal wasn't tied to athleticism, and my goals

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Speaker 2: wasn't tied to music. I had figured out my strength.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of people running around here trying to

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Speaker 2: be what they cannot be. Means you're reading other people's

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Speaker 2: success stories. Start planning a success story that you can

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Speaker 2: win with. That's why I always they keep winning. I

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Speaker 2: say keep winning because I'm trying to encourage you to

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Speaker 2: not settle because people have told you this is what

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Speaker 2: you're supposed to be doing. Keep winning means keep looking forward,

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Speaker 2: keep moving forward. I have a catchphrase, standing ahead of

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Speaker 2: the ignorance. That means that there are people out there

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Speaker 2: who are trying to stop you from being who you

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Speaker 2: in the area that makes you comfortable comfortable to them.

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Speaker 2: Let's get this show started. My guess is a game changer.

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Speaker 2: He's founding, the CEO of the National Center of Urban

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Speaker 2: Solutions and created the African American Male Wellderness Walk Run Initiative.

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Speaker 2: He's on the show to talk with that his career,

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Speaker 2: things he's overcame, and things that most people say. Hey,

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Speaker 2: I'm tired life is not giving me an even deal.

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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna sit back and cry, not this guy.

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Speaker 2: Please welco with the Money Making Conversation Masterclass. The incredible

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Speaker 2: John Gregory. How you doing John?

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Speaker 3: Hey, I'm doing great.

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Speaker 2: John. We came together. You know, we were both black men,

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Speaker 2: and we've also been frustrated by health awareness of our community.

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Speaker 2: Tell us how that impacted you.

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Speaker 3: Well, let me say, first of all, I am grateful

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Speaker 3: that you're having this conversation with me. I was ever

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Speaker 3: soonem pressed with your energy and your synergy, and too,

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Speaker 3: I wake up every morning and look in the mirror

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Speaker 3: and say I'm a winner. I lived by that model.

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Speaker 3: About twenty years ago, I was going to work for

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Speaker 3: this program and I was trying to figure out why

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Speaker 3: And I did a project and I required that the brothers.

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Speaker 3: They have high reproos, they have high blood pressure, they

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Speaker 2: But you know when you when you when you're starting

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Speaker 3: I knew that and I'm about of solutions. And so

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Speaker 3: black boys, and the they've been a report without came

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Speaker 3: up until MCCUs is coming, the albums was coming. I

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Speaker 3: Right, This is in Columbus, Ohio. And they're the ones

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Speaker 3: Called the news media precent. Hey, if we were on

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Speaker 2: Now the thing about it, now, this is the event

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Speaker 2: that's open to all genders with ladies. You want to walk,

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Speaker 2: when we fill in honorary that ain't for me. Let

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Speaker 2: excuse me, in Houston, Texas, five thousand men were screen

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Speaker 3: Listen to me, it's eighty screen had high blood pressure

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Speaker 3: That's in every walk we have across the country. Twenty

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Speaker 2: And then you also scream men for prostate cancer.

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Speaker 3: We screamed Project cancer, we screamed. I was just in

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Speaker 3: White men don't even die at HID anymore. Black men

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Speaker 2: And when you when you start talking about you know,

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Speaker 2: all cool. You know, it's not me. But the facts

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Speaker 2: seventy point eight years. And that's what this walk is

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Speaker 2: And that's what this is racist all about.

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Speaker 3: Correct, yes, sir. And actually it's depending on where you live.

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Speaker 3: So in Jackson, Mississippi, which is the sickest city of

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Speaker 2: And that's and that's so when you do an event

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Speaker 2: April twenty seven. Like you said, the race starts at

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Speaker 2: seven am. Are there any fees for runners to participate?

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Speaker 3: There is no one thing we do with this event,

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Speaker 3: and we thank companies like Johnson and Johnson and jen

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Speaker 3: it's a free event. Everything's pensive. Screenings are print free,

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Speaker 3: a libitar of liberty. I can even pronounce it screening

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Speaker 3: appro sate. All this is free. It's all free, and

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Speaker 3: it's free. Like you said, everybody's welcome to town. Blacks, whites.

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Speaker 3: Women always tell women if you're looking for a husband,

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Speaker 3: at least you know he's trying to be wealthy, ye

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Speaker 3: know healthy.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know the thing about it, you know, I

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Speaker 2: first of all applaud you. I applaud you because of

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Speaker 3: Well, eight years ago, I had been to New Orleans

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Speaker 2: So that's the National Center of Urban Solutions that you founded.

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Speaker 2: Now, with that being said, because we get hooked, one

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Speaker 2: But when you look at it, because your personality, you're

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Speaker 3: Should be coming to see you, uh, And we're very

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Speaker 3: grateful that you're there. I mean, you're going make a

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Speaker 3: people should come because it's an opportunity to email your

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Speaker 3: this is an opportunity for you to come and get up, free,

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Speaker 3: like with women, women you get checked too. We have

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Speaker 3: information and knowledge for the eggs, you can live a

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Speaker 2: You know, we probably get together, go to some of

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Speaker 2: We're talking up at Austin. Tell them to be there

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Speaker 2: April twenty seventh. Last year they had five thousand men

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Speaker 2: show up for this free walk. Now let's say free

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Speaker 2: walk for these free health screenings that are happening. I'm

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Speaker 2: just telling you it's something that It's not a gender issue,

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Speaker 2: educating ourselves, encouraging people who around us that we say

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Speaker 2: a point, we just tie. I don't want, I don't

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Speaker 2: I'm just tired of telling them to live the right life. Right.

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Speaker 2: He gonna eat what he's gonna eat. No, not if

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Speaker 2: you show him there's other people who care about it.

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Speaker 2: If you show up on April twenty seven at seven am,

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Speaker 2: actually before seven am, because the race starts at seven am,

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Speaker 2: you will find a lot of people. You'll find a

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Speaker 2: that on this day, we want you to live another day.

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Speaker 2: And I always tell you the difference that you can

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Speaker 2: make in somebody's life, in your life if you live

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Speaker 2: one more day, is a wonderful thing. John. I want

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Speaker 2: to thank you for calling Money Making Conversations master Class,

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Speaker 2: and I know we're gonna talk before April twenty seven,

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Speaker 2: but in the meantime, I appreciate you taking the time

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Speaker 2: to call Mishelle.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, and thank you for who you are and

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Speaker 3: the difference you're making in all people's lives.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate you, my friend, and you are as they say

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Speaker 2: the man, John greg I was wanted to call you

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Speaker 2: like me, You like chaff man. We're gonna you like

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Speaker 2: just chaff for me. You know you're bad. Shut your mouth.

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Speaker 2: Talk about John Gregory, well he can dig it. I

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