Big Sean
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The School of Greatness
Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
the hardest boundary I've had to set for myself is the boundary of, of not being overwhelmed, having to say like, yo, I can't do that. Or like, I'll take on as much as I can and then be like, I need, I like, hold up. I need to, I need time for this. Or if I get back from a trip, I know I'm supposed to do this or I have to get some rest, you know? Um,
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And I had to set a boundary because my son is two years, was, was one years old turning two at the time. And, and I had to take him trick or treating, man.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yeah, and that's an important lesson right there. It'll happen when it's supposed to happen.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
We get caught up in a lot of things not happening on our time. And I know a lot of people say God's time and Cairo versus Kronos, I believe. But it's like, I think that there are a lot of things that I want to accomplish in my life that I haven't gotten to yet, you know, that like... But it's not like nothing to be mad about or depressed about or thinking that my life has no value.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Even if I hadn't sold one record or anything, even if I was still just, I would still be doing music even if it was just one of my passions. you know what I mean just like how I watch anime I don't get paid to do that but I take real time and I be watching anime because it's a passion of mine you know so I don't think that you know when things don't happen on your time that it's necessarily like
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
the end of the world because it always happens at the time when you need it as opposed to when you want it and sometimes what we want and what we need isn't always at the same time sometimes it is and sometimes it's not and it's kind of hard to see you always see things in 2020 hindsight but you know it's hard as you're going through it and that is one of the biggest lessons I learned this year I'm still learning still applying along with setting boundaries along with
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
the balancing you know life and just like realizing that I am in control of how I feel you know for sure no matter what you're creating or what's happening you're in control of how you feel speaking of our guy Posner I'm sure he's going to get a few shout outs here
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It was probably like 11.
The School of Greatness
Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yeah, it was me, Mike Posner, Jay John, Say It Ain't Tone, Brandon. Earl Mack. Earl Mack, A-Dub. Key Wang. Key Wang, Pat Piff. And I'm sure, like, I'm probably, you know. It's kind of like naming every member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Absolutely.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yeah, I had to. It was a representation of a lot more than just like my first album. It was like my life up until that point. And yeah, I empowered a lot of my people around me, like, My friend Lawrence, who just directed his first movie, and he did a lot of my videos, you know, like I Don't F*** With Your Video and me and Janae's I Know in 2088 and all these great videos.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And he's also my son's godfather. He did a video from a song about my son as well. He's into movies now, or like Key Wayne, who was in the group, is like a... like an all-star mega producer, you know, produced for not just me, but Beyonce and Drake and Jasmine Sullivan, all these amazing artists. And then, yeah, so, you know, the list goes on. But it was, it meant a lot.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And, you know, Mike Posner being one of those guys, we used to make music in his basement with his parents, you know, there. And his dad ended up getting brain cancer.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
and died pretty like it was a very like quick thing um relatively and i remember when i had coachella and i brought him out at my coachella performance and we felt the energy of his dad i felt his the spirit of his dad because it was such a uh his dad has such a warm, welcoming spirit, almost like angelic already while he was alive. And just him and his mom, you know, his dad and his mom both.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
So it was really, it was a full circle moment to be on that stage together like that. And it was like one of the biggest shows of my career. Yeah, it was like a huge crowd. It was like me and Harry Styles had like this split Coachella literally evenly at that moment while we were performing. It was amazing. It was amazing.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yeah.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yes.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Well, you got to remember that, like I said earlier in this interview, everything is separate and you don't realize that. So you think that things come with other things. So you're thinking that because you have money or because, you know, you live in Beverly Hills and, you know, you've got all these things, that the happiness equates to that.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Now, I'm not saying I'm not about to be one of these people that has, you know, that has made money and be like, well, money doesn't buy you happiness. Money... Money is an amazing resource and it can make you happy temporarily. What I mean by that is it's a dopamine hit. So it's like, yeah, getting money is awesome and it can make you happy.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
But you realize that there's a lot of other things like that has to deal with, you know, to deal with. That's why you see, you know, you look at...
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
people who committed suicide who were on top of the world you know um from chester to you know people who od to you know it's like you can't be the you think you're like the lead singer of nirvana or something and then you commit suicide or you know lincoln park or all the anybody or let me just not even use them as an example i'm sure there are tons of people right
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
who are in that type of, have reached a wild level of success and choose to end their life, right? So you realize that those things are not the same thing. Now, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't, like, if you want money, you shouldn't go after getting money. I think that's important if that's, like, something that your heart desires.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I know I wanted to, and I probably didn't understand if somebody who has made millions of dollars, say, oh money isn't everything it's like well it is everything like it'll change my whole situation but my what what i realized in that situation for me personally is that that had nothing to do with how i felt and it's because one i was abusing i feel like i was abusing adderall at the time and
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Adderall, you know, they don't tell you that, but it's really synthetic heroin and all sorts of craziness. There's just a lot to that, a lot of layers to that, right? So I was taking that type of stuff. I was not taking care of myself physically. You know, I was super skinny at the time, too. I was, like, malnourished. I was high a lot, you know. I was drunk sometimes, a lot of times.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Not all the time, but like a very occasional drinker. Not just like I wasn't drinking every night, but like every time there was a function, you know, I would abuse it. Not abuse it, but I would indulge in it. Sure. So all of those things add up and they have a long term effect on your brain.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
They have a long-term effect on the dopamine your brain creates that leads to your creativity, leads to your happiness, leads to your living a, you know, your mind. My dad said on my album Dark Sky Paradise, your mind can be a trickster. And it'll make you really believe that you aren't meant to live. It'll make you really feel like you're not who you are. Really? You know what I mean? Sure.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And so at that point in my life, I was confused. I had my head down and was working, working, working so much that I had to be on Adderall, working so much that I had to go from one thing to the next thing to the next thing to the next thing without satisfying myself first by doing what makes me happy. I let go of all of my passions that I love. I let go of no free time.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It's like, this is the time to get money. You know, we come from a place like Ohio, right. Or Detroit or like, you know, the Midwest in general, where when you get an opportunity, it's like, you got to take advantage of it. You got to keep your foot on a neck. You got to like, keep your foot on the gas. Like you don't let up, like don't let the opportunity pass.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And you kind of take that idea and it's implanted in you. And it's one of those things that you just like move forward with. Right. And you take it with you and you're like, I got to do this. I got to do that. I got to do that. I got to do that. Or else I'm going to,
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
fall off and and go back to be irrelevant or something or yeah whatever we're just go back to living with you know it's like you create these stories like i'm gonna go back to living where i grew up at right like for me i grew up in i grew up in the hood and like i remember when i was analyzed it i'm gonna go back to the point where i analyzed like yeah what if everything didn't work out and i moved back to the hood
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I was happy there, too. Like, I'll figure it out still. Like, you know what I mean? So I'm not scared of that. Like, you can't let anything... You can't live a fear-based life for sure, you know? So point being is that, you know, when I... When I realized that all of those things weren't separate, I knew I had to make a change and I just quit doing everything. You know, I quit.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I like canceled everything I had to do, canceled everything that I had coming up. And I was like, I got to figure out why I feel like this.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
interesting and it took a long time and somehow the universe was blessing me still like i never like was really low on money or low like the universe was providing its means for me to figure it out and that's how i knew it was in alignment with what i needed to do wow you know it's hard to say no to money sometimes and big opportunities though right it is got this artist or this person or this tv show that wants to do something with you and you say
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It is a lot of power. And yeah, because you're not coming from a place of scarcity. You know, your your character, your person comes first. You got to know the order of operations. You know what I'm saying? And you're at the top of that. So, yeah, it's great. You know, there are times where my team looked at me like, yo, you passed up on this amount of money.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
because you were, I was like, yeah, I was exhausted and I was this and I had to be here for my son and I had to do that and more will come. I believe in that. I really truly do. And it does. Yes. So you have to have that faith in yourself. You have to have that invisible bridge below you and know that you're going to walk across it and get to the other side.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
You're not going to fall flat on your face.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yes, I really feel like that. I talk about that on a song I have called Break the Cycle with Charlie Wilson, produced by my boy Leon Thomas. And I say, like, one of the cycles I broke in my family is the illusion of scarcity. Because it really is an illusion. And you could be like, no one can, you know, I didn't have any type of advantage coming into the world, you know, necessarily.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Like, I didn't have, like, any padding financially. I didn't have anything. Like I did have a grandma who worked real hard, who was a female black captain in World War II. And then she was a, One of the first female cops in Detroit and then a teacher and a counselor was a historical woman. And she did all these amazing things.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And she worked her ass off to give us a great, you know, the best life that she could provide her and my granddad. But we still financially had a lot of troubles, you know, so I think it was something that. A lot of us get taught early, like, oh, money's hard to come by. That's the concept that's not really true. Even the concept of, man, playing video games is a waste of your time.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It's more than playing video games right now. Making millions right now. Bank. Yeah, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars. It's like that really, in hindsight, teaches you that just do what you love. There's a there's a audience pool and a necessity for anything, especially if your heart is attached to it. So my thing is, I had to over time just make an agreement with God that.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
i'll never have to worry about that that meaning like like i'll always get provided was what I need. As long as I'm operating from my heart and am of service, then I always have all that I need, period.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Man, I have to give it up to Deepak Chopra because The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
That actually was the first book that broke down money as an energy. And when I first, when I read it, I was like, what? Man. He was just saying just like anything like you can attract it is magnetic. So you could really be a magnet for whatever it is your afterlife. And that includes money isn't off the table.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And, you know, so one of the things that I had to adopt is that there's enough money for everyone to go around. You don't have to look at it as like you're in a desert and there's like a glass of water and you have to, you know, it's not like that. money is getting printed every single day.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Like, when I first read that book, I was 17, I believe. So that's when I was like, okay, I tried to like, obviously, I didn't have a dollar to my name. So I mean, besides the $20 I would get for allowance every week for doing chores and stuff, but like,
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I had to learn the concept from experience.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
at first it was like, hold on to your money, hold on to it, right? It's like, that's like the thing. You can get your money, hold on to it. And it's like, I remember when I got my first advance check for $15,000 and I took my girlfriend to get ice cream and it went down to $14,970. And I was like, ooh, it's going away. Yeah, it's like you felt it.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And like that, the reason that it felt like that is because that's not in alignment with how it should be. You know, I really feel like that. Like,
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
it feels good when you can like provide and like you know because you you are you are you're like a vessel man and it's like whatever you choose to activate and by the way my life now doesn't go exactly how I always wanted to go I don't like there are times where like things happen and I'll be like why did this is not how I wanted this to go this is not how I wanted it to happen but
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And you just got to move on, man, and just go to the next thing. But my point is, is when I started when I started to implement that, was around the time, like I said, around 19 when I got my first advance check. And then, like, every time that I was like, oh, wait, it's getting low, there's always an opportunity for something else to figure your way.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And that's when you do right by yourself and when you do right by, you know, everyone around you and when you are empowering people and when you're trying to, like, just be who you are meant to be, the best you. It's like things, I promise you, is going to happen for you.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Lately, I need to, I've told myself, like, I need to be a little more grateful for the money that does come in. I've kind of have gotten like, oh, okay, cool. Used to, oh, okay, this. Oh, we got that check. Okay, cool. Oh, that came in, that deposit hit. And I don't, I told myself, like, by the way, I do affirmations every day, so it's like I'm grateful is one of them.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I'm thankful for my life and every aspect of it. But I do want to just put – I do want God to know because – I always like to think that God gives us everything we need, right? And a lot of times what we want as well, especially when it aligns with what we need. And one of the things that I want is money, right?
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
And then when it comes in, I shouldn't just pretend like it's supposed to be like that. I should really acknowledge it and be grateful for it more. So I've actually and that kind of comes with just having a busy schedule. I'm still a new dad in a sense. I'm still, you know, a lot. I have a lot of hats as a person and you kind of like lose the importance of a lot of things.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
So I've been I've been meaning to like really moment by moment be grateful. You know what I mean?
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It does.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Oh, I'm going to use that. Where do you want to go? It flows. Everything. Man, that gave me goosebumps, man. Because everything has...
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
a life to it even like making music it's like i i sometimes like when i'm on a beat i ask myself like okay what does this song want to be where does you know what does it want to go what do you want me to say on it and sometimes i'll get it then and that that should go for everything and i i do have a very like diverse portfolio when it comes to like finances and stuff like i do have like stuff in the stock market stuff in crypto real estate
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
um i invested in businesses that worked and didn't work you know i made money off some um what's the best investment you've ever made in your life best investment i've ever made in my life currently probably the return was probably bitcoin i ain't gonna lie i also invested in uber which has kind of been a long play i kind of got in a little bit late with uber but
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I think one day it's gonna pay off, but really the whole point of my portfolio is to pass on to my kid, or I only have one now, or my kids, you know?
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probably spending all my money on studio sessions growing up. That was probably the best investment yet. Cause it was, it trained me to like be in a studio, be on a mic to write music, you know, and I've written music for like, not just myself, but I've also written some stuff for other people. Like I've written stuff for Janae.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
I've written stuff for, I got to write with Anderson Pack and Bruno Mars and like some other people, obviously for Ye as well. Like, I've gotten a chance to like be a writer in that sense, not just for myself and not like I'm not saying I wrote like people's albums.
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I'm talking about just slightly contribute as a writer, investing in that just early on, you know, being 11 years old, 12 years old in the studio.
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Time is the most valuable currency that you can spend and you can't get back, you know? That's the biggest investment is to put time into something, you know?
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
That is, you know, what you put time into is worth more than anything because it can bring you, you know, all of these things can be a byproduct of it, like money or happiness or, you know, impacting someone's life, which is the main goal is to really impact someone else, you know, to be of service. And you let the laws of the universe apply to you, you know, and it comes back to you.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
in a way you may not expect. But I think that when we realize how interconnected we all are, when we realize how you take away the singularity of a job, the singularity of a house you live in, the singularity, and then you go within and you realize that not only are we all
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
operating on the same system we all are very much so alike and everything that's alive everything that's flowing in nature every animal everything it's like we all come from this certain energy that we all are empowered from and we all are made from it's like the some people call it prana some people call it love some people call it whatever it is you want to call it
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we all when you boil it down through all the layers we all are interconnected and you see it you see it as examples like for instance when we're in traffic and everyone's moving at the same pace and like stops at the same time and this and you see it's like you see us
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even during the pandemic everyone shut down it's like you see how we all operate when it's when when you take away all the layers we all have to operate on the same wavelength and um it goes deeper than that but you know invest invest in time to me is something that we all have right now um some people have more time than others yeah and that that is probably the greatest investment
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I think I labeled it as everything, but I didn't have everything. It wasn't like Thanos with the rings on.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
1,000%, yeah.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
how that was. My frequency, I was happy at the time. I was definitely happy, but I don't know. It's like, like I said, it's not the same as like a high off of life feeling. You know, it's not the same. It's like synthetic versus the real thing. You know what I mean?
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Wow.
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It's kind of embarrassing, I'm not gonna lie.
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And some people may think that sounds cliche or corny or whatever.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Well, let me tell you something. So I stopped drinking for like years and stuff. And like, so when I'm at an event and I see everyone drunk around me, it's so funny to see people high and drunk and you're like straight sober. Yeah. And the frequency, obviously, yes, obviously it's tremendously different, but
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It just also is like you don't need to be having it's like the frequency matches the environment, too. So it's like you may not have to be like at a high frequency when you're in the middle of a club and you just want to get drunk. And, you know, it's I do think that like the long term effects of like, you know, I've had friends that was alcoholics. I've seen it ruin people's lives.
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I've seen it like ruin life. I've seen people not be able to, you know, it affects a lot of things. It doesn't just affect your body physically. Alcohol affects your brain for like weeks after, months after, years after. And same with like, especially these pills and things like that.
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I think it affects your soul, too. So, yeah, I do think that 100 percent. I do think that the frequency is not the same as when you're like, for instance, sober and you're high experience and high of life, which I've experienced. And that's can't beat that. You know why you can't beat it? Because you are the drug. It's not like you're taking something to feel the effects of it.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It's like you are the source of it. So it's like you are creating the high. Yes. You know, and like you're in alignment with what is going on in the world. So it's like you can't beat that. Let's go. You can't even buy that. You know what I'm saying? You can't buy that. You can't buy that.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Yeah. And, you know, when you say like you have to tap into it, I think people get a sense like it's a lot of work or it's like very hard. And I'm not saying it is or it isn't. It can be more work for you. Everyone is different. Everyone's on their own path. But it doesn't take much.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It really just takes being real with yourself and finding out what works for you to be able to tap into the life that you deserve, that you can experience and really enjoy. But it starts with an N. That's the point.
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No, not at all.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Not at all.
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
Well, I'm still making money, so that's another thing. Like, those have nothing to do with each other. You know what I'm saying? There are people who are on all those type of things that are way richer than me, but that don't mean they're more successful than me. People tie all these things together. They be like, oh, because you got... $150 million, do you think you're more successful than me?
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Big Sean Reveals The Manifestation Secrets That Made Him A MAGNET For Abundance
It's like that has nothing to do with it. That's just a concept that we tie to that. That just means you have more money than me. That's all that means is that you have more money. That don't mean that you get to me holding my baby. Me going trick-or-treating with my son, that's success. That's successful. That didn't cost me hardly anything.
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What's up, bro?
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So it's like you what is people tying everything together and you're going to be a victim of these conditional things like thinking that money is success. Now, success brings does bring money. Success also brings a lot of other things. Success can can bring. But it's not that. And that's what I mean by like separating it all. You know what I mean? So I don't I didn't I didn't tie like.
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Couple Midwest kids.
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You know, I used to. I used to be like, oh, this is the reason why I'm successful is because I'm taking this Adderall. You know, yeah. And then that's when I realized I had a problem when I would go to the studio and I couldn't do the studio without taking it. So that's when I had to check myself and be like, no, you know, like that. This don't this isn't right. Like this is I'm here for.
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Yes. I talk about that in the book as well. I made agreements with God about one of the agreements I made is that like we talked about financial. I don't want this to be like a big financial episode, but one of the agreements I made is that, yeah, I always – When my son was born, I made an agreement to be the best dad I could be.
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Well, trust me, bro. Go blue, okay?
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Another agreement was that when I'm pursuing my passion or my purpose or having my heart in the right place, that I'll never have to worry. I always have the means needed, no matter what. That's an agreement I made. I never have to worry about
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about money or whatever it is you know that has to do deal with that and there are some other ones that are like kind of a little more personal sure yeah no worries but i mean those are very personal too especially my son is as personal as it gets but yeah what was this moment like or moments like where you said god i'm gonna make an agreement with you and did you hear anything in return
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I feel like God talks to you in a lot of ways. It's not always where you hear it in that sense. Sometimes you feel it. And feeling it is like hearing it, you know? Like goosebumps, when you get goosebumps. Whatever it is, or something happens in synchronicity with that. There was one time in my life where I heard the voice of God, though. One time. And it wasn't when I was meditating.
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It wasn't when I was like... You know, I've done, like, intense meditations, like, on top of mountains and, you know. Or, like, it wasn't when I was, like, peaceful on a walk. It was when I was, like, it was between, it was, like, late at night or early in the morning, rather. And I heard, it's really so personal. I don't even know if I want to share it all the way.
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I know. You know, I have had one of my best shows of my life was at Ohio State. Let's go. It was. It was. Even though I am... Die Hard, Go Blue. I did perform at Ohio State and it was turnt.
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I definitely heard the voice of God. And it said something that resonated. It was a voice I'd never heard before that sounded so familiar. And... It's giving me goosebumps, man. It was, like, very real, and I knew exactly what it was. It wasn't like... Like, I wasn't dreaming. I was very conscious, and I heard it twice. And I got a message, and then I was like, what? And then I got it again.
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And it was very loving, but it was very...
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heavy and it was very like present it was very clear wow i know was it giving you wisdom or guidance or just kind of like an affirmation from for you to to remember something about yourself or yeah it was like definitely um it was like just part it just was personal that related to me you know and it's something that i'll always remember and always apply and is that when you said i'm gonna make an agreement with you
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No, that was another time. So, no, when I set an agreement, you know, God is something you feel more so than something that is like you see. Even though this is all a testament to God, me, us being able to talk, communicate.
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You know, you realize that because, yeah, like we get so desensitized. So we're used to life. Until we aren't here no more. You know, you got to remember. So one of the things having a kid taught me is like. The sperm and the egg, you're you're fighting impossible odds. It's like the odds are like a million times crazier than winning the mega millions that are billions.
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You know, it's like crazy astronomical odds that you beat to get here, that you fight through, that you get to. And then you're the one that makes it into this into this egg. Right. The one out of all these. hundreds of billions of other options. So you got to realize that on a level, we probably, we fought to be here.
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you this is something this is a privilege to be here for real not just saying that trying to sound like positive it's really a privilege to be in this it's like for real and you have to understand that you know we uh we we circum ourselves and get used to this life but it's miraculous every day you see it's like We see the sun give life to all of these things.
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Well, it was spiritual, I guess, in that sense. But it was just turnt up. It was like wild, like chaotic. Chaotic. They know how to really party.
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We see how everything works in such a system that if one thing was off, if the sun was a little bit closer, if the moon was a little bit closer, we wouldn't be able to survive. If the temperature was a little different, if, you know, Earth could survive, but we couldn't survive. So you got to understand that we're here for a reason. If you're on Earth, you're here for a reason.
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It ain't doesn't mean you're meant to be the president of the United States or whatever, because we think, oh, that's a reason worth living. No, your reason could be to impact somebody. Your reason to be could be to enjoy the beauty of life. That's a reason. And that's fine. You know what I'm saying?
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So I know we got a little bit off topic, but, you know, I think one of the things that people should keep in perspective of like, yo. We're here and we're in it right now. We're lit right now. We're in it. Right, for sure.
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They do.
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Well, I really appreciate you bringing that up because you reminded me. It's like I love getting reinforcement.
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It is. I was meant to hear that, you know, today because it's like, yeah, I got to remember that. that what I was told that day, you know?
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Some stuff is personal and it's like, you know, you got to like hold on to some stuff, share some stuff.
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What I'm doing, not be quiet, not try to be too cool, you know, share, share what I have to offer and be, and be of service and, you know, have fun.
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Also, you know, that's, those are the things that I got from what I heard. That's cool. Yeah.
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This is years ago. No, this was like a year ago, probably. Yeah. As of recent.
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After my son was born. Yeah. After he was born. which that's a real miracle right there no wow having a kid or like by the way it's very very um it's a lot more than you could do you have kids or not not yet but we're oh yeah okay hopefully starting it's a lot more than you could imagine um my hats go off especially to moms and mothers um what's the best thing about being a dad for yourself
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Yeah, I know. But, man, I'm happy to be here, man. I've seen a lot of great people. and congratulations on, I know it's been like 13 years you guys have been doing this.
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I love being a dad. I'm not just a father. I'm a dad, too. So I'd be like baths, diapers, this, that, spending time playing. Like I don't play about like when it comes to that with my son because, you know, one of the coolest things like having my dad around is I could talk to him in a different manner now. I kind of understand him differently.
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And there are times where I have other things to do, and I'll put things off that are important sometimes for my son, you know? And I remember I said, man, it's crazy. He's one year old. He's not even going to remember this. And my dad was like, yeah, his DNA is going to remember it, though. That hit me like a lightning bolt. You know what I'm saying?
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It was like, yeah, he might not have a memory of it, but his DNA is so knowledgeable that he'll remember it. And your guys' bond is going to... Your bond is going to...
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outlive his memory you know what i'm saying like for as long as he remember he's gonna have a bond with his days it's not like you meet somebody and go on a date and it's like oh you're you're great like let's be friends or you know whatever it's like no he's gonna that's that is like you're setting up the building blocks and that's when i was like this is always productive always productive
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Oh, what'd he say?
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Oh, man, his heart. You know, I talked about it. He has such a giving heart. Such a... He's a... He has a pure, like, soul to me. And he was just a caring... He was caring, and, like, one of the things I vividly remember growing up was, like, our rise to school. I like how real he kept it with me. I like, like, just how, like...
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Like, that's how I learned about, like, the birds and the bees with my dad. Like, I just appreciated him, like, really just keeping it real with me. And also, like, you know, we would do, like, a word of the day sometimes on the way to school, you know. So he was a special guy. And I feel like he, like, approached everything with love, you know. And I appreciated that.
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I know.
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That's success, right? That was success for him. Yeah, not the B he had in his account.
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It is. And you know, life is short, man.
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And to that, to that point, I do feel like we get, I believe this, you know, you can argue with me all day. I do feel like we get to, we choose our parents coming into this world. So what that means is some people might be like, Oh, I hate my mom. Like I did not choose her for my mom. Right. Or like, I hate my dad. Right.
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But my thing is, is like, it goes back to the concept, but God don't give you what you want. God gives you what you need. Like say, if we're here to progress our souls, if we're here to, to learn, you know, we don't know what it's like to learn on a soul level. That's something that the experiences can only teach you. And the person you're,
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you're sculpted to be, that comes from experiences, right? So sometimes people learn from having great parents or whatever, or great role models in their life to be like them. And some people even learn better from not what to be.
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And some people realize later on the lessons that they're taught from dealing with things that they did not want to go through, you know, because it may switch a whole something around or it may inspire something or.
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we never know what we never know really we can make these assumptions and plans and god gonna laugh at us because it's like it's never it's never as linear as we think it is all the time you know yeah uh on page 93 of your book you say make three agree make three agreements with the universe write them down and sign your name underneath with the words so be it yeah
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Well, I just chose the number three because that's a good number to me. Like you could do 10 if you want or you could do one if you want. Or, you know, I just chose like three just to get your mind going. But I signed it at the bottom because to me it's like a contract. You know, it's like that's how I sign my business deals. I sign it at the bottom.
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I put the so be it there because that's like a declaration. That's like you like. That's like you activating it to me, you know? It's like you sign it and then you hit it with a so be it, like, or it is done, you know? To me, it's like, I don't want people to think that's like witchy or anything like that. It's not to me. To me, it's more like, it's more so like business.
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That's how businessmen be operating. They signing that signature right there. They are. You know, so.
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Yeah, and that's how serious you're taking it. You're taking it serious enough to write it down, sign your name, letting them know who it's from, and solidifying it. So that's how I look at it.
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I don't know about the greatest one ever, but it was a good one. It was a good one, yeah.
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Has there ever been a time? You had low self-worth. That I had low self-worth. Yeah. Yeah, of course. I'm human, man. Like, I think we all go through those times where we kind of, like, doubt ourselves, question ourselves. Like, yeah, like, especially when you're after something or when you know you can do better. Which is a lot of us. We know we feel like we can do better.
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We feel like we're made for more. We get that confused. Well, well, maybe we don't know that, but we get confused of like feeling bad and wondering why you feel bad. It's like if you realize that like you're an antenna and like you're like a like it's like tuning a radio station. If it's off, you're going to you're not going to get the message. So like.
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Those times are meant for you to just like fine tune yourself and get on the right frequency so you can really get to where you need to be. Right. The ego part that you were talking about, your ego is bigger than your self-worth. To me, a lot of people say you need to kill your ego, blah, blah, blah. Right. To me, I feel like your ego is a part of you. You can't really kill a part of you.
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You got to work with your ego and you got to understand.
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be like ego yourself is all of these different things you know you're like a mental person spiritual emotional physical then there's like the ego that's a part of it right and then there's like your heart that's a part of it your gut all these things I feel like are like the makings of like it's like a team of you that lives in this one being your soul right I feel like you can't just let your ego be in the driver's seat all the time
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There are times where it needs to be in the driver's seat where it's like, oh, the cameras are on you. What you going to do? That's times where it's like ego, like we about to, you know, but, you know, but to me, as far as that goes, those are just the learning experiences that only life would teach you, man. You know, like you go through those moments and they make you who you are.
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It's like you wouldn't be who you are if you didn't have that time where you slept on your sister's couch in Columbus. That's true, man. You know what I mean? And the willingness to want to do better, that's like, it's different if you were satisfied with that. If you were like, this is it. This is good. This is what life is. But you weren't. And I think that's something to really embrace is that
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willingness to want to do better and i know it hurts to people out there i know it hurts it could be you would want to take your life over it you know um you could want to like just give up and be a terrible person to people but i'm telling you man that's like it's just all part of it and nothing lasts forever even if things do last a long time nothing lasts forever so that's true
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embrace it let that be your fuel let it be your fire you know i can't give you the directions on how to be successful i can only show you what has worked for me in some situations or you know you can only tell us what has worked for you in some situations and you apply it to yourself but you do i can 100 know that you got what it takes i'm gonna look at every camera you got what it takes you got what it takes you got what it says i promise you
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There have been times where I've attempted to manifest things and it didn't happen. And there are times where it did happen. And then there are times where it happens at a time where I didn't expect it to happen. And then there are times where it's like, oh, I put that... You know, I let that go and it ended up coming to fruition. So everything is different.
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But for me, what works is like just having clarity on it and being realistic with myself or embracing the unrealistic.
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It's unrealistic, right.
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Well, that's just because you may not be there yet. Yeah, exactly. You know, we kind of sometimes, that's kind of like where anxiety and depression comes from is that we try and like put ourselves forward in our story. And then by the time you get there, you'd be like, oh, this is it. Like, it's like, it's natural, right? So it's like.
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And sometimes that anxiety and all of that, like looking forward to something, it can hold you back from just naturally being like, look, it's going to happen when it happens. I'm going to be ready. And. you know, everyone's situation is different. So that means it could be like, say you fail the bar exam five times.
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Like, it's like, you're going to, you're not going to go your whole life failing the bar exam. You're going to eventually get it because your preparation is going to meet the opportunity. As long as you are being aware, as long as you are being like, okay, this, that's probably where I messed up at. Let me really do my, you know, the time you put in is never wasted. Yeah. I feel what I'm saying.
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So, Um, yeah.
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That's one of the ones by Esther and Jerry Hicks. The Teachers of Abraham. Shout out Esther and Jerry Hicks and Deepak and Paulo Coelho. Yeah, they're all great.
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Ask and it is given taught me to, I guess it taught me to manifest things by putting yourself on the frequency of whatever it is you're desiring. You know, I don't remember what book. Taught me the I try not to say want so much when it relates to the things that I really want in life, because I don't like acknowledging the lack of so much.
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Happens to so many artists like this.
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Yeah. So I'll say I desire it. It's my desire. You know, I want it. It's like. I'll say I want sometimes like, oh, I want some pizza. I want that. Things that I know are obtainable. But for sometimes when it's really one of those main goals, I don't like to say I want to be. I like to say like, I can't wait until or like I desire my, you know, it's one of them. I desire that or I don't know why.
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That's just a personal thing.
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On how you speak the word. Yeah, it's the frequency for me. That's what it is.
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Like an example is like... I want that new Benz. And the example is like, man, it's going to feel good when I get that new Benz, man. Like, it's going to feel, it's like, it's going to be like, man, I can't wait to rock. Like, it's like, you know, I don't even want to use a can either. Like, I'm excited about the new Benz because it's mine.
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So that's what Asking It Is Given taught me by Mr. Jerry Hicks. It taught me to put yourself on a frequency and just see how life changes for you. You know, I can't guarantee everything you ever want will happen, but I can guarantee that life will change if you really practice putting yourself on that frequency and keeping yourself there as much as you can. Because it's hard.
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Right.
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It's a lot of work, man. And I don't do like life isn't meant to just be work every day. You know, these aren't it's not you're not like we're not in school all day long to like manifest our goals. It's like you have to find what works for you. Some people prefer therapy. Some people prefer yoga. Some people prefer meditation. Some people prefer yoga. writing things down.
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Some people prefer saying them out loud. Some people, it's like, you got to find what really works for you and like, see what, how it goes.
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I feel like you do always have to be proactive and you realize that, you know, I feel like you put your attention on your intention. You're proactive, meaning that you take action and, um, Then you also have to be able to let it go. Gosh, it's so hard for people. Holding on to something. Holding on to it. It's like you got to let it go and have that trust, you know?
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And you're in the middle of trust. You are in the middle of trust. So you have to trust yourself that that's whatever your process is, you know?
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Yeah.
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Heck yeah.
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I know. I know it can be hard. I don't want to agree with you because that's a concept that I don't want to like take on. I don't think that it's hard to trust.
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Yeah, it is. It is. Yeah, for sure. It is. And it has been hard for me a lot of times in my life.
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definitely being i've started rapping when i was 11 years old so i didn't get a record deal till i was 19 ish 20 19 or 20 so that's probably the longest one but when it comes to like numbers and sales and stuff those that's all beautiful you know what i'm saying but
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that is just like it's so momentary moment it's so moment it's just that is what it is so it's like you that's something you can't control meaning it's all the way yeah and you can put your energy on it you could put your intention and your attention and it may go the way you want it may do better it may do worse but That's something that's out of your control is how people consume your art.
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Well, you can't trust everything you see, but you can trust everything you feel. You feel me? So it's one of those things where I didn't know how it was going to happen. And I think that's one of the things we don't have to worry about all the time is the how. I think we get racked up on those details of like, how is it going to happen? How? But.
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The real win is that you got to make it. The real win is that you got to create it, and that's the win already.
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Yeah. So it's like all the other stuff is like sprinkles on top is awesome. It's great. Success can be like I feel like that can be a part of someone's success is like achieving the goals that they wanted to achieve on a project. And but like I said, when that doesn't happen, which that's happened to me, there have been times where I've sold.
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records on the album not sold as many as i would like to and so on and so forth and it's just you got to just go keep going and and have fun with it you know yeah yeah sometimes like sometimes you get to take things too serious and it's like you know you realize that you already won by getting it to do what you love to do 100 like i said if like
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You look at anyone else, like, you think Will Smith going to be down and out that his movie didn't do as well as he wanted? Then the next one does amazing, and then the next one doesn't, and then the next one does. Like, these people, it's like we get to, you know, or they get to be artists. Yeah. You know, like... Every Van Gogh wasn't the Van Gogh. You know what I mean?
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It's like every piece is like, that's one thing. And that's the beauty of it. That's really the beauty of it, man.
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Therapy was just a way of being able to communicate things. You know, therapy has a way of being able to communicate things that you wouldn't normally talk about, things that you wouldn't normally touch on with a friend or family member necessarily, or may not be as deep in that sense, you know? So to me, therapy was just a great way to unpack certain things.
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And, you know, communication, I've said this before, like communication is the bridge to salvation that God is holding our hand to walk across. And just like any bridge, you can't skip a step to get to the other side. So it's like, When you are in therapy, you is really uncovering so many amazing and hurtful and emotional things about yourself.
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But it really helps so many aspects of your life, man. It really can help you unpack things. It can help you. It can help you let go of things. It can help you forgive someone that you've been holding on to. And that stuff is like it takes a real estate in your mind.
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mind body and soul you know and it may could be holding you back from something really truthfully um there are a lot of things that i've had to clear in my life you know i feel like really yeah there are a lot of like mindsets a lot of concepts that i used to believe that i had to communicate and realize that that is not the truth and I learned from one of my mentors a while ago, Christy Sheldon.
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if you feel it if you trust it then you also have to let it let it out in the world and um know that it's gonna happen at the right time you just gotta prepare for it so that's kind of like was always my mentality and even like in my early music like i do make like a lot of fun music party music but i always have a sense of like my essence of my spirit in some of those songs too like
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I haven't talked to her in years, but one of the things she used to do is when you have a concept of something that you've been applying in your life, she would say, whatever, whatever, whatever it is, delete, destroy, uncreate, and transmute across all time, space, dimension, and realities. It is done. Wow. Done. It's over with. It's behind you now.
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And sometimes you have to say it, like, more than once. But, yeah, like, I definitely, there was so many. I don't even, I can't even remember because I'm over it.
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Yeah, I removed it. But there have been times where I've had to say that multiple times in my life. And I still do to this day as well. Like if there's something that is like striking me and like I have to delete, destroy, uncreate and transmute that across all time, space, dimension and realities.
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I deserve it. That's one of the things is, like, thinking you're not worthy, like you said. To create more abundance and to create more whatever it is you're after in life, I guess abundance is a good word to label whatever it is you're after, is to empower yourself and know you do deserve it, you know? And that's one of the things that, like, therapy, that's one of the things that,
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for me meditating or just like, or just reminding myself who I am, you know, I'm not better than anyone, but I deserve whatever it is I desire. That's just, that's a fact. That's really a fact. You know what I mean? So once you get rid of those concepts and of thinking you, you know, how can you being happy you don't have something when you don't think you deserve it?
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Yeah, that's kind of what this whole book is like. Not the whole book, but that's kind of like what I try. First of all, I got to acknowledge that you're not alone. we've all have been there. We've all have been there where we, the world was against us. And one bad thing happens after another. And you're like, well, I guess I'm not meant to be doing this.
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Or I guess this is like, you know, where you, it's brought you to tears or brought you, you know, um, and the best part about those moments is it teaches you something new about yourself, but it also is, is temporary. And you can use that for fuel to your fire. And also, um, You have to make a switch in your mind. You have to realize what you're creating. Everything is a reflection of you.
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So what are you, you know, instead of blaming everyone else, how are you manifesting it? Yeah. Instead of pointing that finger, when you realize there's three fingers pointing back at you, you got to realize that, okay, I, let me, let me change. If I'm not happy with how things are going. Let me change.
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you know even songs like bounce back or even one of my first songs was i'm gonna make a million and one dollars and it was like still like manifestation but really like yeah it was like i was applying it to like my stuff you know but i also was just like having fun with it but i think that's important too to have fun with it um
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Let me, let me realize that I'm the source and let me change what I'm doing and see if that effect and see how that changes it. You know, you're not going to get, you're not going to get, uh, what you desire by like being like,
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up yeah or like being negative and angry at the world or all these things like i'm not saying you can't take that angry there's infinite possibilities you can't take that and let that fuel you but if it hasn't been working for you then yeah you got to change up you gotta change up your mentality because your mentality is everything it really is it's the beginning of everything faith and then the mentality you know
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Have you ever read that book, The Secrets of
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the hidden secrets of I've read it and I can't remember the name of it it's like talking about speaking to water positively and speaking to water differently and you know you look at the water down to the crystal levels cause they're like and you see that like it'll be like a beautiful snowflake when you're speaking to water positively and then it'll be like a like deformed looking crazy thing when you're like saying like you suck
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You don't deserve this, like this and that, as opposed to like you're worthy. I love you. It's, you know, instead of and you see the difference of how in water. Right. And you realize that we're like 70, 80 percent water and you realize how important it is to speak these things onto yourself and to say them out loud. It has an effect.
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Yeah, it is because that's your subconscious. And to me, your subconscious mind is like the secret to, that's like one of the secrets to manifesting is really, because your subconscious mind can't tell what is like real and what isn't. So meaning like, you might be like, oh, I don't know if this is going to work, but let me just do it. And then you'll be like, I am this, I am that, I am that.
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I was blessed to have like all of these guardian angels, like my mom and, you know, a lot of my friends and just like, I feel like, I feel like God and the universe and all of these things that you, if you believe in it, they talk through other people or through instances or a song you're hearing or, you know, I'm really, one of the first books that really taught me to pay attention to the omens was The Alchemist.
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So you feed it. You give it all of the nutrition so it could be the healthiest possible. You know what I'm saying?
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You know what? That's something I'm going to have to take with me and think about. That's a great question. I think that I kind of need to
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take time out a little more to uh live my life all the way what i mean by that is like go like whatever it is whatever i feel i feel like i have to really accept that i deserve that and that i have the means to do it and like you know i can't say like oh i should i'm held back by this or that so That's one thing. There are a few things on my list that I know that are kind of personal. Sure, sure.
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I appreciate you because that is something that I'm going to actually... I hope somebody wrote that down out there because...
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Yeah, I should have brought my journal to take notes, really. I love that you do that.
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Oh, that was a question in my book. It's your book. Yeah. Um, which by the way, the answer I gave is just that some of this stuff is personal. So I just don't want to say it on camera. It's not like I didn't have it. Like I know what the thing is. So what was the next one you said? What do I need to make peace with?
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I'll give an example of something that I need to make peace with. There is a friend at home that was one of my best friends growing up that hurt me in a sense of overstepping boundaries, trying to do business with him, trying to put him in things.
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You know, I don't want to get too many details because I don't like embarrassing people, but that's one of the things that I need to make peace with in a sense of knowing how to move forward with that, but also letting go of that, letting go of that hurt.
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Yeah, not letting me apply what our situation was to other situations, you know, of like maybe being a little bit having a reservation of doing certain business with people because of that situation. And that has nothing to do with that. You know, I have to practice that rule of separation that I've been talking about of like that has nothing to do with that.
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Well, one of the next three steps is, one, I have to take time out to actually address these things and respect that You know, a lot of times if we're not making money or doing things, we think that it doesn't deserve.
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Yeah, it doesn't think that it deserves that much time. So I have to realize that I need to take time. I need to take responsibility. I need to be confident in my decision. That's one of the things that I lacked my whole life was confidence in my decisions. I had confidence as a person, but being confident in my decision, that doesn't matter what the outcome is.
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And it's like, you got to pay attention to the signs and the omens. And when you are grateful for that, when you entertain it, when you get more energy to it, you act like a magnet. You know, you magnetize it to yourself. So it's like, That is, you know, just how I think. And I think that however we think is the truth. You know, there is no right or wrong way to do things.
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The confidence in the decision is already a win, you know, because that is the quality of man. And that is the quality that I want to pass on to my future generations. That's something I want to see in my son and his son and his daughter, my daughter, whoever, you know.
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Well, besides making, like, the best kid ever in the world, that's one thing I'm for sure proud of. Another thing is being able to... achieve something that a lot of people told me was impossible you know a lot of people and achieve it by not believing them that's one of the things I'm most proud of because it's so easy to believe what someone says but to bring it all the way back around
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You have to believe what you feel always and not always believe what you see, but always believe what you feel. And that is the one thing I'm proud of that I've been able to do. Yeah, when you do think, like, you get to collab with your favorite artists, people you consider the greatest artists,
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you know, from Ye to Jay to Eminem to Nas to Lil Wayne, you know, all of my favorites that are alive still and have, like, plaques with them with their names on it. Like, oh, you know, this me and Kanye song went seven times platinum. Oh, me and Jay, oh, me, Jay, and Kanye song went five times. Oh, your song went this or you did this or you, you know, going diamond and all these things. It's like,
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something I'm really grateful for and proud of, but the, I'm not as proud of that as just like believing and like, you know, believing in myself that I could do it means more than the actual thing.
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Kanye, for sure. He was the one who let me be a fly on the wall in the studio.
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Yeah. Well, actually, there aren't a lot of people who would let a kid come up to them, rap for them. Eventually, you know, sign them, build a bond with them, give them opportunity. It's not a lot of people who would do that. And that's just been, he did. He did. Yeah, for sure. And yeah, that was, yeah, that's been awesome. Eminem too, really.
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There's no right or one of the biggest misconceptions. It's like, I don't know how to meditate. You know, it's like there really is no right or wrong way. It's really just about you believing in it.
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Yeah, crazy.
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Well, one of the things I've been talking about this whole interview, the separation of... I learned that just because you're the biggest rapper of all time in the world doesn't mean that, like, you're taking it easy. It's like his passion has nothing to do with his success, in a sense. It's a byproduct of his passion, but at the same time, like, he's in the studio every day. He's hungry.
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He's, like, trying to do his best, and he's, like, has sold a trillion records. And, you know, I said it in another interview, like, he cares about
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rapping like how goku care about fighting you know and i really learned that uh that that that passion is its own beast that has nothing to do with you know a lot of people be like oh you know it's just i guess he taught me to just really go with how you feel you know that's what he feel like doing yeah
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And he said... He said he has a real huge heart.
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I care about the product of what the book teaches you more than you getting it. You can get it and pass it on to somebody and pass it on to 10 different people. I really love the it's not about like the amount of the books, but man, I just really appreciate those kind words you said.
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It's, uh, sometimes it is, gets a little lonely walking the road I'm on, you know, uh, but I gotta just keep it real with myself. So, What I can say is that I'm very grateful. Of course, anything you hear from me, you can indulge in. Just be the best you, man. That's the way you do it. You go higher with whatever it is you got going on.
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One is, sounds very cliche, but you are the source of your happiness. Be happy. You don't have to chase it. It's already there. You just got to choose it. Another is to have fun. See yourself in everyone else. Because everything that comes into your existence is just a reflection of you. and vice versa. So see yourself in everyone because that will really create a lot for you, I promise.
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To me, it's the act of doing your best, right? So to me, the definition of greatness is like living at the highest frequency in every aspect, getting the most out of life, Whatever that means for you, you know, like getting the most out of it. That's greatness. Yeah. My man, big shot. Hey, appreciate you. It's been a true pleasure, man. Yeah. Powerful, man. Thank you.
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Yeah, I'll tell you what it is. It's two things. you got to realize that everything isn't together. So what I mean by that, everything isn't singular. So what I mean is that because things weren't working out for me, that doesn't have anything to do with my happiness. Because my dream was taking longer to happen, because things weren't going my way,
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at first i was letting it dictate my life i was letting it like tear me down and be depressed over it you know and be like and then you realize that yo hold up that's this is my choice to to to be happy and then i realized that okay If I choose that, I'm operating at a different level of just consciousness. So that's how I'm going to get this.
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I'm not going to attract nothing I want by being depressed or down because things aren't going my way. Bro, life moves on.
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It does. So it does affect me emotionally, but I don't let it overtake me. You know, like when Mike Posner was talking about he would see me and it was dark for me, that's because I would let something affect me and I would hold on to it and I would be blaming that for next week. I'm still blaming that. The week after, I'm still blaming it. Three months later, oh, it's because of that, you know.
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And... It's like I still go through all of these, you know, life can be like hurtful. It could be like getting punched in the face. You know what I'm saying? And but the thing is, I don't let it linger. I still might be hurt about something. I still may be disappointed. But it's like that's the point of it. It's like it teaches you something. You always learn something from these situations. And.
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you come out and realize that okay that was just a moment now i'm on to the next moment go ahead it's like when you look at the greatest people uh in a category all right so let's pick like denzel washington right uh so or will smith or whoever it's like Say they have an awesome movie and it does well. Say they have a bad movie and it flops. They're not going to be like, I quit. It's over for me.
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They're going to be like, all right, we're on to the next one. What's the next thing? And I think that we have to remember that life is just full of all these amazing moments. And when you look back on it, you'll see the beauty in everything. Yeah. You know? Absolutely.
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Can you manifest your dreams from a depressed state? It depends on if the depression fuels you or if it cripples you. Just like stress, there's eustress, which is a motivating stress, and then there's distress, which is the stress that makes everything harder. So I feel like you can use your... You can use any aspect of life as an opportunity to get to where you gotta go. You know what I mean?
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So I'm sure there has been times where depression has fueled someone. I'm sure there's been times where depression has led someone to the end of their life, you know, obviously, and like so on and so forth and everything in between. So I do think depression can't fuel you, fuel you. It just depends if you're aware that like, okay.
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My thing about when you're feeling bad or have anxiety or depression, to me, it's an awesome indicator that you're just not aligned with what you're supposed to be doing right now. So it could be an indication that, hey, I'm meant for something greater. I'm meant for something more. I'm meant for something better as opposed to like life sucks.
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You know what I mean?
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That B word.
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That B word.
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Yes. They make you feel like that. Really? Yeah. Yeah, you know, my dad who's in here, he's like a real nice guy.
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And he's a real nice guy, but he knows that he's let a lot of people walk all over him in a sense. Not in a bad way. That's just his kind, natural spirit. He has a kind heart. And I have a kind heart in a similar way. And one of the biggest lessons that I learned literally this year for me
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And I have a song on my last album called Boundaries was set in boundaries because it's uncomfortable sometimes to speak up and say what it is you need, you know, because it may go against your like. What you've been through already, it may go against like, oh, that's not necessarily right or wrong.
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And you realize that right or wrong is kind of more so opinionated in a lot of cases, especially when it comes to feelings. You know what I mean? So for me, setting boundaries has definitely created a lot of rifts between me and like especially people I grew up with.
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Yeah, because it's harder to live off setting boundaries when you've established a relationship already with someone. So it's like when you come and set boundaries, it's kind of like they looking at you different. It's like, yo, what's up with you?
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Yeah. And so, yeah, it has been quite a thing. But the people who are meant to be there respect you and understand you and know your heart. And they know that you're doing this out of necessity and that that's the way it has to be.