Speaker 1: 0:02

yo, it's AWL, artist, and you're back with respecting perspectives, a podcast where we talk about worlds of things and universes of things, and big things, small things, things that you only think, things that other people think, things that you, you all, think about. You know, man, y'all are here. Thank you for joining me. Seriously, this means a lot to me. I've been working hard to, you know, get all this together and, man, just watching the footage from the first one and just thinking about how we can use new ways to inspire people, you know new ways to try and reach you, new ways to try and maybe break through, you know, to help you in a way that you didn't even know that you needed it. You know, sometimes the best help can come from. You know directions that we don't expect it to come from. You know, man gosh, we are going to go over so many different things and I want to try and make as many points as possible, kind of like hip hop. You know, that's why I think I loved rap music for so long, because it helps me put a lot of messages in a short period of time, and I'm really going to try and go through as many topics and subjects that I think are worthy of talking about. You know, everything that I say on this podcast is, or are, messages to myself, and you know what. That's what my music is, if I haven't told you already.

Speaker 1: 2:15

I'm a singer-songwriter from Baltimore, maryland, and I've been writing music for about 20 years now and I'm finally starting to's. You know, sonic's wheels are spinning, yeah, it's, it's working out, but music is what kept me grounded the whole gosh darn time. So I want to thank music for allowing me to be able to do this and that's some, that's some deepness right off the jump. So, yeah, you know what? Let's get into it. Let's get into something I've really been thinking about where my inspiration comes from and how to interpret it. You know, and not just like, take it as something that like the world's trying to give me, that like I don't even need to share with anybody. You know, like it's just something personal, but like that's where the line gets blurred between like an artist and like the person. You know, like they kind of have like this trifecta of presence. So how do you differentiate between those? You know when do I wake up? And, just you know, think about my, my, my, my day, without you know, using music to guide me. Gosh, it's so hard I can't think of a time or place that that has uh occurred, but it's, it's, it's, it's a thing and I'm I'm super grateful for it and uh, gosh, it's. It's about where your inspiration comes from and being able to get it from the smallest things. I think that's when you can differentiate from a beginning songwriter.

Speaker 1: 4:28

I guess you could say to someone who is a little bit more experienced and the topic can be something so vague and, at the same time, very niche, and still be able to there's worlds of things that you don't even know about, that I don't even know about, and it kind of piggybacks to the name of the podcast. Each world is a different perspective. I guess you could say I remember one time I just really wanted to create something and I just didn't want it to be like the normal way that I did it, and so I just walked outside, I picked up a blade of grass and I made a song and it was. It was a challenge. You know I had to really like, put my mind to it and be able to describe it.

Speaker 1: 5:35

You know beauty can come from so many different things, like lights, colors, shapes, textures. You know, when you touch something and you're like, yeah, so it's pretty wild, it makes you appreciative. It actually always reminded me of one of my favorite movies, honey I Shrunk the Kids, remember. Of one of my favorite movies, honey I Shrunk the Kids, remember that's like the first version of like Ant-Man type, you know scenario. But for me and I remember we went to Disney and they had the whole thing and I'll never forget that that was crazy, but it really it puts you down there. You know what I mean. It makes you appreciate the things that you can't even see. You know the quantum gosh, there's millions of things just living around me. Isn't that wild? You know it's, it's crazy.

Speaker 1: 6:43

So I'm I'm super appreciative of my ability to be able to do that. And it doesn't happen all the time, even a lot. But I think it was like my goal, I had the intention and that's what it really came down to. You know, in my head I told myself that that's what was going to happen. So I made it happen. Gosh, that's cool to think about, you know, yeah, and it really makes me realize that you can get energy from the most unexpected things. You know, like, think about the stars that are like so far away from you, but just because you can see them, you know, like, think about the stars that are like so far away from you, but just because you can see them, you know you can appreciate them, you know you can really like you can see them, but like, just think if you couldn't even see the stars. You know, gosh, it makes you think.

Speaker 1: 7:41

Light. I'm reading this book about light and how important it is for our bodies and revitalization. I mean, think about the sun. That is the main thing that produces energy for everything we know. That's pretty, pretty cool, isn't it? And it makes you think of, you know, the small things. And then it makes you think of, like, the big, the fact that the universe is like expanding at the speed of light right now. Right now that motherfucker is flying man.

Speaker 1: 8:24

It makes me think about just trying to keep an open mind. Don't put yourself in a box and don't let anybody else put you in any type of box, because it's going to distract you from your original mission. I feel like sometimes I really limit myself. At times I'll tell myself I can't do something or I shouldn't do this, and then I kind of made it up in my mind. So I've been really trying to think about the direction that I'm going in, you know, and how to get there. So important, man, I hope you can take a bit of inspiration from this.

Speaker 1: 9:29

Yo, take a breath with me for a second. Man, sometimes I forget to breathe, you know, I got to bring it back, I got to be present for a second. Oh, I'm like a present, you know. I mean just sitting there ready to ready to be unwrapped like man. Yo, breathing is wild, you know.

Speaker 1: 9:59

Think about the animals that live the longest. They have really, um, low heart rates and their breathing is really long. You know, like a whale or like a turtle, you know things like that. And then you have like a rabbit or like a cheetah, you know things that are like, always on the move, you know, and, uh, wow, it really makes you think about, you know, the oxygen that's in the air that you don't even think about. You know, man, being present, gosh, I I find myself, you know, dwindling off into wonderland sometimes, and then I have to, like, bring your ass back real quick, you know, gosh, and to be able to have the mindfulness you know to man, to be disciplined enough, gosh, I had to think about that.

Speaker 1: 11:01

You know being disciplined enough to, you know tell yourself that you need to take a break, gosh, that can be a challenge sometimes, you know, Gosh, because there's so many distractions around us. You know we are having a hard time. You know keeping our, you know, focus and I say that like for me, but like I know for a fact that's like a collective thing um, and it happens. You know you have to. You have to take that time to even be in that moment. You have to think about it ahead of time. It's pretty wild. And back to the main point, with distractions Got me, man, it happens a lot, but I think I'm getting better. I think I'm getting better. You know, it makes me gosh. It really makes me think about meditation and being able to meditate and not fall asleep.

Speaker 1: 12:30

I remember that was a challenge. At first. I'm like, okay, is that what we're supposed to do in here? But then I, you know, I really started to put some things together and me and my dad used to cut the lawn for a Buddhist temple and they gave us free membership to it and that was kind of cool. I haven't been back in a while, but I really would like to go back there for sure. Yeah, we need to take a note of that man. It makes me not get caught in the past. You know the old things that I'm so used to, the things that I am so inclined to go immediately to, and I love nostalgia, like I love things that I remember from when I was a kid. You know, gosh, you know I I love, uh, theo Vaughn's podcast and uh, you know, hopefully one day maybe we'll be able to have one here, and that's a.

Speaker 1: 13:43

That's on the uh, that's on the whiteboard in there. It's named at the top. So I think it would be cool to Gosh, I think it would be so cool to have someone like that on Wow. You know, I'm going to have guests with me every now and then. Then I'd like for y'all to maybe suggest some, and it would be pretty cool to be able to hear different, different points of views on a whole bunch of different things. And I'll. I'll leave you with this.

Speaker 1: 14:23

I learned a word while I was kind of doing the research for this episode of the podcast, and it was impermanence. Impermanence and it means only being somewhere for a certain amount of time, like the understanding that you don't live forever and that you have to take advantage of every opportunity that you can. Man, we're going through a bunch of different topics right now, a bunch of different things that I've been thinking about and that I think deserve a little bit of talking, a little bit of conversation. And we were talking about the present. A minute ago, any crazy two, you could talk about the present. You know, man, present, past and future. Gosh Time, what a powerful thing, you know, and the way that it moves so cool, isn't it. And we were talking about Opportunities and taking advantage of them when you come across them.

Speaker 1: 16:00

It makes me think about how I, in my mind, I really have to kind of embrace what's going on. You know, you have to analyze and assess, like what's going on here and then like what's going on out there, you know, and how can you kind of tread through the world in a way that feels meaningful to both yourself and the world as a whole? You know, yeah, about, you know, being one of the littlest cogs in a huge machine. Man, it's wild. And I think about overcoming fear of failure. Fear of failure Like you don't do it because you already, in your head, have said that you fail said that you fail, and that is not the best or most productive way of, you know, analyzing things and thinking about them. It makes me think about.

Speaker 1: 17:17

I want to write a book called the Foot of the Bed Theory. And I used to wake up and the first thing I did was I rolled out of bed, kind of like you know no purpose to it. You know that saying, right, you look like you just rolled out of bed, they say that for a reason. And it got me thinking about that first action that I take in the day is the most important. So what I did was I put two things next to my bed so that I couldn't roll, like some bookcases or something and I think that's what they were, bookcases and uh, you know, I had put put you know lyrics on them and things like that. It was basically a table, just so I couldn't just roll out. And I started waking up and the first thing that I would do was, you know, I would kind of hoist myself up and kind of push. You know, let me show you real quick. You know, you got to kind of push yourself. You got to kind of push yourself and that first action, that first push is an opportunity for you to tell yourself that you are going to take action with the day rather than just rolling into it. Seize the day. I know it sounds kind of cliche, but man, carpe disum. Seizing the day, man, man, think about that.

Speaker 1: 19:25

I'm remembered of a time that I took an opportunity and it really did change the trajectory of my career, and that was buying a VIP ticket to Mac Miller's concert in Baltimore at Soundstage and writing a song to him and kind of going off the cuff for some of it too. And I remember that night vividly, just like it was yesterday, and I knew that. I knew what was going to happen after that and once I, you know, sang him the song, I was able to develop a connection with him and then open up for him when he came back. Man, I'm so grateful that I took advantage of that opportunity Because it inspired me to just reach my idols. And you should. I mean, we have these computers in our hands where you can literally contact anyone. If you really want to, you'll do it, you'll find a way, you'll do it, you'll find a way.

Speaker 1: 21:03

I'll mention someone else, a good friend of mine and another hip-hop artist, Caskey, from down in Orlando, Florida. Actually, there's going to be a summit coming up in, let's see, june 22nd and 23rd, or June 15th and 16th One of those weekends and it is a bunch of artists from all over the world in one place, you know, learning how to get their name where they want it. So it's pretty cool. Caskey and Anonymass are putting that on, so I'm excited for that. That's a. That's in a month. Caskey and Anonymass are putting that on, so I'm excited for that. That's uh, that's in a month, month and a half.

Speaker 1: 21:44

Um, and back to to opportunities and and and making sure you realize when, when you have them too, you know, sometimes you don't even notice an opportunity you're gonna flies, flies past you. You know, like what was that man? The point, though, I wanted to make with that was reach out to your idols, you know. Find a way to reach them somehow, because I'm telling you, once you do, it'll make you feel like more is possible. That'll like open up the the gate for just understanding that that person.

Speaker 1: 22:28

You know a Mac and a Caskey, You know they. They put the work in to get where they're at. You know, you see these overnight success and I guess they're at. You know, you see these overnight success and I guess they're also taking advantage of an opportunity. But maybe the opportunity, you know, it's like risk versus reward. Oh man, think about that. Risk versus reward. I think that is like the life scale. That's what that is right there. You know, I think I've been taking more risks recently, but risks that I know are going to mean a lot to me in the end. You know, at least I can say that I did. I tried, man, taking advantage of an opportunity when you can. Uh-huh, all right, here we go.

Speaker 1: 23:40

Yo, I want to get into something that I'm excited to present here. So I'd like to introduce the Respecting Perspectives Hotline. We need that sound effect, play that sound effect, all right, okay. So what I want you all to do is you're going to use this in many ways. We're going to use this in many ways. We're going to use this in many ways, and I'm going to have you call in and ask questions. You know, just kind of, maybe get deep with me a little bit. Tell me about something you're going through, maybe an achievement that you just got. I want this to be like, uh, just like shout out central too you know what I mean Like up your homie or something Like hit me, I'll be like yo, we got a show tonight. Blah, blah, blah. You know what I mean. Be out there, that's what I'm talking about. Oh, okay, you ready, you got your pens and your pencils and we are in 1970 still, yes, yes, we are Okay. 1870, still yes, yes, we are Okay.

Speaker 1: 24:45

It's 443, and we'll put it down here. We'll figure out a cool way to do that. Okay, 443-292-2677. There we go. Okay, one more time, even though it's there. 292-2677. That's got a twang to it, don't it? 443-292-2677.

Speaker 1: 25:08

On the hotline, we're going to have all kinds of people. I'm excited for that. I'm excited. I need to find out if you can text it. I think you can text it too. We'll figure that out, we'll figure that out. We'll figure that out, and if not, we'll figure out a way to do that, because that's pretty cool too. Just want you to be able to do it. You know what I mean.

Speaker 1: 25:28

Yeah, yeah, this is going to help us stay connected with everybody and a way for you to be a part of things a little more, a little extra. You know what I mean. A little extra credit. You know what I mean. A little credit extra and you can give me suggestions on people who are going to come and sit and we're going to talk with. We'll talk with them, you know, we'll go back and forth, okay, and gosh, yeah, maybe even when you call, we'll play it like we'll play it, you know, while we're up here. Yeah, that way maybe you can shout out a business or something. You know. I mean, get your name out there, get your name out there. That's gonna be a way for me and everyone I know and all the homies, to get your name out. Okay, because I'm pushing it.

Speaker 1: 26:23

All right, reel it in, reel it in, reel it in. Yes, let me just take this in, let me just take this in, let me just take this in. That's the hook right there. That's the hook we were talking about earlier. You know conversations, just hooks. You know they just pop in your head and you're like what do we do? What do we do? What do I do with this hook? Oh, nice, all right, let's. You know what I mean. Let's, let's go to the side for a sec. Okay, let's, you know what I mean. Let's go to the side for a sec. Okay, let's park it for a second.

Speaker 1: 27:04

All right, okay, because we're going to talk a little bit about building confidence, oh, just like saying that. You know you got to say the word confidence with confidence. I think that's what it felt like, at least. Seriously, though, you know you have to find ways to be confident in yourself, be confident in the people around you, be confident in the process. You be confident in the process, man. Sometimes you have to sit and you have to practice self-compassion. You know, really like understanding yourself and what you think your role is. You know who cares what they want you to do. It's about what you want you to do.

Speaker 1: 28:11

You know, man, you got to really learn how to love yourself. I know it sounds cheesy. Listen, bring the cheese plate out real quick, let them eat that, and then we can learn to love yourself, and then we can learn to love yourself. I mean, as I wrote music, I started to realize, man, I was thinking of my music as cheesy, and it really wasn't, though it was just about a different topic, that I really wasn't too versed, just about a different topic, that I really wasn't two verse team, and that was loves. So you know, it sounded a certain way in the beginning. Now, man, I lead with that you know. That's that, like it's taught me gosh taught me so much. Like it's taught me, gosh taught me so much about myself. My writing has, and man couldn't be more grateful for that. You know.

Speaker 1: 29:18

It makes me think about how, in order to build confidence, you have to identify some of your talents, some of your let's see here some of the pros that you've put in the practice. Sometimes you have to try things just to realize that that's not what you want. Not what you want, you know, but you got to always be. You know you have to be open to taking suggestions from other people. And you know, not everybody, everybody's not right and everybody's not wrong. You know, it's like we're all kind of guessing out here. At the same rate, you know, but I think you have to in order to achieve success, you have to visualize it first.

Speaker 1: 30:22

That has to be your. You know your long-term or even short-term point. You know, when you're going in the car and you pull out your Garmin, you pull out your GPS. That's what we do, and you have to put in that second point. You have to know where you want to go. At least you ain't made it there yet, but you're getting that roadmap, and that's what you have to do. You have to think about you roadmap and you have to. That's what you have to do. You have to think about you know, you have to visualize it. Sometimes you have to draw it out. That's what I have to do with music. I, I'm, I'm really just like visualize once I put that pen to paper. Man, that's a visualization.

Speaker 1: 31:05

Oh, makes me think about when I'm not writing music and when I'm just writing a poem or something, or just words on a page, and that can help get something out. Some of the smallest things. I'm not the best drawer. I'd like to practice that a little more, but I got homies who are who do that. You know, and it makes me think about you, you, you, you really have to learn to be able to express yourself.

Speaker 1: 31:43

To be able to express yourself, you know, to get your thoughts out there and for them to be not taken, as you know, out of context or in a different way than you intended. Man, think about like we're in 2024. You know, like being able to express yourself, actually, right now, like expression, is like a thing, like it's, it's huge. You know, like you really can like express the things you like things you don't like, you know. It doesn't mean that, like other people have to agree with you, you know, or disagree with you, like, even just like being able to like, say it or, like you know, get that out is, yeah, that's powerful.

Speaker 1: 32:28

So I'm glad that I can do that kind of piggyback off that confidence is like a strong house, you know, you got to build it, oh and, and you have to build your body, you have to build your mind, you have to build your spirit, you got to build your emotions, you got to build yourself a thick skin. And I remember when I was a salesman door door to door one of those jobs right out of college and man, I heard like 500 no's in one day and I was like searching, chasing for that one, you know, but I realized I just wasn't passionate about it. You know, yeah, and you know I didn't have my heart in it and I had to figure that out. Like a few jobs I'm like why isn't this work? So, uh, luckily I figured out that I wanted to, you know, write music and be a musician and turn that into. You know, the thing that I stand behind? Woo, that's heat right there Dropping gems on them.

Speaker 1: 34:02

So we're talking about health. That's what we're talking about. All right, I'm not going to the secret's out, all right, people are talking about health. You know, you got to be healthy these days, you got to take care of yourself. You know, maybe you can have that like that, like half a Twinkie after like 12. But like only on like a Thursday. You know what I mean. Okay. I mean Okay. I mean Jenny can have that. You know what I mean. That that half, that half Reesey cup, if she wants it. You know I can't. Who am I to say, you know, between her and talking about mental health? Ooh, you know what's going on inside here.

Speaker 1: 34:50

You know we're talking about physical health, your body. You know the cells. Think about it. There's like a whole universe like living in you and on you. You are like a bunch of small things that are just made to put together the right way. Man, we were talking about that before a little bit ago.

Speaker 1: 35:19

Man, talking about emotional health. You know where's your heart at. Is it in, is it in it? You know what's it? If it's in it, what's it in it for? You know who's it in it for? Man, your heart can be a funny thing, can't it gosh like you're like feeling like your head's one way, like heads over here which are like hearts over here, and then they switch spots sometimes.

Speaker 1: 35:48

That's, that's good song, songwriting material for sure. Take a note of that. Uh, let's see here back to gosh your health, spiritual. You know. I mean I try and pray every now and then. You know, I guess, like I pray when I'm like asking for something I don't know, I just I don't think I do it at the right times. You know, I think it's really important, something I need to work on, I think. Just talking to the sky, you know, know, having some words with the clouds, you know, man, being healthy is hard these days, ain't it like you go into a mean your reese's has like 500 different things, like no, like reese's has its own aisle. Now you walk into like the grocery store and there's like a reese's aisle like with a cardboard cutout. Oh, I'm telling you, I saw it the other day. Seriously, yeah, man, but I'm trying to stay out of there, that aisle for sure, or, let me, you know, I'll walk through it every now and then, you know, don't get me wrong, but yeah, I was, you know, like I, I'll, I'll keep it.

Speaker 1: 37:20

I work in my truck, so you know my, my side I mean. Well, actually my real thing is hvac and I clean, clean and maintain heaters and air conditioners. I don't talk about it that much, but that's the bread and butter and that's what gets the bills paid. You know, I get to walk into an old lady's house and be able to fix her heat or air conditioner and be like Superman up in that man Staying healthy heat or air conditioner, and be like superman up in that broo boom man, staying healthy.

Speaker 1: 37:56

You gotta, you gotta have a tight sleep schedule. You know, I mean some of y'all got your, you know your apple watch and it's like, hey, you gotta sleep. You know, I mean you're like, oh, I'm gonna sleep. You know, I mean they say you should have eight hours, right, I mean, I don't know who that is, it's somewhere. But yeah, I think, personally, like six, I'll go with six Honestly, Because like you sleep too long though you know what I mean. You're like you're groggy. You're like you're groggy Talking about rolling out the bed. You know, to talk about your physical and your emotional and your mental health has to do with a lot with, like, the stresses in the world and being able to manage them in the right way.

Speaker 1: 39:02

Another segment we'll talk about time management and the best ways to try and do it, things that I've done that maybe have helped. Thinking about it makes you. It really makes you Think about like that 7-Eleven, or like that giant you know, whatever, or actually I don't know if I can say their names or what, but whatever, we'll figure that one out. But forget those places you want to find like those, those natural things, those natural highs, those natural painkillers. That's where it's at. Like, earlier, taking a breath, just got me one Bang. Thank you, bam. Now you're taking them, you know, oh, and it's about like mood enhancers. But there's so many things out there. You know what I mean that like you know, like John's got that, joe's got this, chris got that, we got that bum, and you're like you know, you don't even know that you know, so you got to be careful. I mean, I grew up in Baltimore, so there it's got its fair share of non-natural painkillers.

Speaker 1: 40:17

All right, let's just get right to. You know, but you got to find the ways that you know you get it from from the earth. You know, man, man, like some yoga, do a little yoga shoot, 10-15 minutes in the morning, yo, that'll change your life. Get that yoga life in you. You know what I mean. Yep, join the yoga club, or something better. One class, you'll walk past the Zumba. You'll be like, oh shoot, I'm booking that next week. Zumba, zumba.

Speaker 1: 41:01

You know, and it has a lot to do with that regiment, you know, and staying consistent, like having an actual schedule, is really, really important. Now, like even if you're, you know it doesn't need to be exact either, like like the reminders on your phone or like your calendar on your phone. Make a check lesson, just start knocking things off. You know, I'll tell you, though there's one thing every day on the checklist, and that's making money. All right, all right, back to topic. Back to topic here Discipline, man, discipline.

Speaker 1: 41:48

Let me think about being disciplined, you know. Think about like the best, like canine friend, like they, they get, they get, they have the most, you know, the most obedience, the most discipline. I remember I used to work downtown at the stadium and they would hide something in that stadium and they would let a german shepherd, you know, through the front gate and it would find whatever the thing was that was hiding in a whole stadium. Just think about like that, being able to like, I mean, and like, think of all the things that are like in the air, like, especially like at a stadium too. You know, man, that was wild to see that I was like yo, I need to step my game up, you know.

Speaker 1: 42:47

It makes you, it makes you understand that you have to have regular, or not quarterly, but a certain amount of time. You want to assess yourself. You want to take a visual assessment, like you got to assess yourself. You really do have to like. Sometimes, you do have to like look in the mirror and be like okay, you know what are some things that we need to work on, not really like with like mostly like your physical look, but like more like you know the actions that you're going to take, you know, in the coming future. So, assessing yourself, you know, and don't be too hard on yourself either. I know it's easy to do that Maybe small increments, small goals in order to reach larger ones. And I think one of the most important things is learning when to say no and like understand, like when your body has reached, like a certain point, or like knowing, I guess, when to like maybe ask for help. You know, I think sometimes we all have a hard time of knowing when you know to tell someone that, like you're at your lowest. You know the concept of it is, uh, I guess it's a part of you know, it's a part of life. You know, man, so many things that are worth diving into.

Speaker 1: 44:35

And here we are for another segment. You know, and further ado, I'd like to introduce Mr Organization, ooh, mr Organized. You know anybody who's like super, super organized. You know what I mean. They got everything up to a T. You know, think about, like, what that takes and how much planning. And you know they're like you got an assistant and then the assistant's got the assistant. You know, but guess what, you don't have an assistant, so you're going to have to be your own assistant. Okay, you got to assist yourself sometimes. You know what I mean.

Speaker 1: 45:18

You know, wow, sometimes you got to get rid of the extra stuff. You know that's around you and in you. You know, sometimes you know clutter, there's stuff, and there's times when I'll like sit something down and I'll be like you get that later. You know Then, like I'll put something like right near, I'll be like you know later Then I'll put something right in there. I'll be like you know. Then there's like 10 things and you're like how the hell did I lose track of like 10? 10 glasses of water? How'd that even happen, you know? So I try and stay. You know, keep my area clean. You know, remember when you were a kid and you were in kindergarten they were like keep your area clean, andrew. Remember when you were a kid and you were in kindergarten they were like keep your area clean, andrew, just throwing stuff around. But now I know better. I think I guess I do At least a little bit.

Speaker 1: 46:28

Man, you have to get rid of the old stuff To make room for the new. You know that's just how it works. To the left, to the left, oh, and to the left you got to have that whiteboard. All right. To the left you got the daily, in the middle you got the weekly, and on the right there you got the monthly. You know, break it down. You know you got like the short term. And on the right there you got the monthly. You know, break it down. You know you got like the short term, like the midterm and then that long term. You know you got to use your I use reminders, like a mofo in my phone, okay, built right in Just reminding me that's my system, right there. That thing in my pocket Took a while to figure that out, though. You know I was playing on it first and I'm like you know what, let me start using this thing. I should be using this thing.

Speaker 1: 47:23

So back to setting reminders and routines. You know that every day, that every day grinds, you know, from one to the next, to the next. I mean, it's like when I'm making music, sometimes, like I'll make one song that, like man, that song will carry me through like seven songs, you know, you know, and I'll have like seven made and I'll be like damn. And then, like I'll go back and listen to that first one, though, and that I don't know, it drove me to, you know, to make all those others. Next thing, you know, you know you got the tape, you got the album man, and I'm excited to be dropping stuff all year, all year, with the flavor in your ear.

Speaker 1: 48:17

Oh, you know, I mean you got to get prioritized out here. Prioritization, say that, say that loud. Prioritization, say, say that, say it out loud. Prioritization, say it out loud. Say I must prioritize, prioritize yourself. You know you got to have like the high, just like the daily, weekly and monthly. You got to have the high, the mid and the low. You know, because you don't want to be out here, you know working on like low priority stuff, that is like getting in the way of the high priority, you know. So you have to, like that that's a challenge, figure out not just like wanting something but like how much do you want it? You know, like you know what will you either like put yourself through or put the people right through, or, you know, be able to, you know, express yourself in a way that you know you're getting your thought across and you're making a clear and concise point and you don't want the low end stuff messing with the high end stuff. Then you got the stuff in the middle. You know that kind of sits around.

Speaker 1: 49:43

Something that's huge too, is not just using like a to-do list but like a checklist. But like you got to stay on top of it. You know you can't just like, oh, just let me just add this to the list and not be, you got it. You got to go and check the list. You know a checklist. There's two parts to a checklist writing it down on the checklist and then stretching it off to a checklist. Writing it down on the checklist and then Stretching it off of the checklist. You know you got to go down the row. Okay, remember that Two things, oh man. And don't you know what? Let me, yo don't sweat the small stuff, really don't sweat the small stuff, the things that you kind of make a big deal of. It's hard not to.

Speaker 1: 50:50

But I find that when I can focus on the things that really are going to help me grow as a person, they're going to help me learn as a person, they're going to help me really just be the best version of myself that I can. And it takes, you know it takes work. It's not going to happen easy, it's not going to happen overnight, and anything that is worth it, you know, takes time. I appreciate y'all. Taking the time to be here with me makes me I think a lot about gratitude when I'm doing this podcast and the right way to show it. You know that's not just like a tell it thing, that's a show it thing.

Speaker 1: 52:03

Being grateful for the people around you, being grateful for your family, your friends, being grateful for the process, being grateful for the process. You know I'm grateful for the position that I've been able to put myself in to reach people, you know, with a little organization. So you know, now I know I can do it Back to that checklist. You know, now I know I can do it Back to that checklist. You know, man, and I'm super grateful for my old self and the mistakes that I made and that I had to make in order to learn the right way and to be able to be here and talk to you. I'm grateful for each and every position I can take sitting in this chair. I'm grateful for the fact that we can have different perspectives. We're not all just one line of thought, there's just thoughts bouncing around. I think it's important to show gratitude, not just talk about it. So thank you for joining me for the second installment of Respecting Perspectives podcast.

Speaker 1: 53:49

I'll catch y'all on the flip side. Hey, walt Artis, out baby boy Want that? Outro Picks plastic, shaking deep enacting dress dude. Oh, all right, I got a reading for y'all From Rick Rubin and his book the Creative Act A Way of being. Highly recommend Great expectations.

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When beginning a new project, we're often met with anxiety. It visits almost all of us, no matter how experienced, successful or well prepared we might be In facing the void. There is a tension of opposites. There is an excitement for the possibility something great may be realized and a dread it might not, and the result is out of our control. The weight of our expectations can grow heavy, as does the fear that we are not up to the task at hand. What if we can't pull it off this time? What helps to keep these worries at bay and move forward as a trust in the process, man, trust the process out here.

Speaker 1: 55:20

Okay, I'm gonna try and help you as much as I can out here. Alright, thanks for joining me, until next time. Whoop, whoop. Oh, chief ship, I want to do the laugh segment, so throw the bat. Beep, beep, beep. You got a call.

Speaker 1: 55:43

Oh, who's this?

Speaker 1: 55:45

Who's this?

Speaker 1: 55:47

Wait, who Wait?

Speaker 1: 55:51

Awol From 20 years ago.

Speaker 1: 55:53

Wait, wait, sool from 20 years ago. Wait, wait, so you're me. Isn't that like a time paradox or something like that? No, no, no, wait, wait, wait, no, no. You listen to me, alright? Yeah, listen, I'm just trying to give you advice, I'm just trying to guide you, man, you only got a certain amount of time, dude, you know you gotta hustle out there. Don't stop for nothing. No, dude, grind all day the music, keep it going. Keep writing all day, every day.

Speaker 1: 56:28

Whenever you can Write as much as you can, you should be writing right now. I know I know no, listen, listen, dude, listen, I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you. But guess what I could be proud? You know what I mean. Yeah, listen at first hand, right, man, you gotta listen, though you do have to listen, you know, I know, I know, I know you got got to learn. That's how you're going to learn. If you listen, you can't learn when you're talking, I mean, you can, but you're only teaching yourself. You know, got to learn from other people, other mistakes that are made around you. I'm just trying to get as much information in as possible. Really, oh damn, okay, that's too much information. Alright, listen Back to listen. After a few you'll see. Take care of yourself for sure. Yeah, brush your teeth two times a day. We still do that. Okay, you got it. Okay, listen, tell your mom and dad you love them. Alright, thank your friends. Give friends, give them a hug, you know, and write a song about it. All, right, hello.