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Chapter 1: What inspired Jeremy Anderson to become a motivational speaker?
Sie haben mich getroffen und mich in diese dumme Assemblage gebracht. Aber ich bin so froh, dass ich es gemacht habe. Wegen deiner Botschaft. Ich will leben. Ich will leben. Und, Bruder, sie rennt aus der Klasse.
Du weißt, mein Herz war einfach zerbrochen, Bruder. Viele Leute sagen, dass es keine hohe Macht gibt. Das war eine Intervention von Gott. Absolut, Bruder.
Ciao, French, what up?
What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode. I am your host, Sean French. Today I have with me an amazing dude, an amazing entrepreneur, the creator of Next Level Speakers. He founded the thing. He's a seven-figure speaker. He's been in the trenches. He's been through the depths of darkness and he has risen up and he's now impacting many people.
He's also an author, an amazing husband and a philanthropist. I have my boy, Jeremy Anderson, with me. What's up, dawg?
Sean, what's up, family? How you feeling, man?
Man, it's just good to see you, man.
Just good to see you.
This ain't a bad Friday. I get to hang out with one of my brothers and have a great conversation and just talk, man.
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Chapter 2: How did Jeremy overcome his darkest moments?
Right, right. And a lot of people struggle with that, Sean. Most people overcome something and it's like, okay, I'm not in that season no more. I don't want to tell nobody. And I'm like, no, tell the world. Shout from the mountaintops. Let them know what you went through. Vielen Dank.
Und ich sage den Leuten immer, Sean, und du weißt das ganz gut, Bro, es ist einfach so, dass alles, was du durchgehst, tatsächlich für dein Gut funktioniert. Es stärkt dich tatsächlich. Und so, auch wenn ich durchging, Bro, ich kam einfach aus einem der... Es ist verrückt, hier, wo du dich emotional und mentale ein Jahr ago fühlst.
Bro, ich kam einfach aus einem der schwersten und schwierigsten Saisonen, eines der komplexesten Saisonen meines Lebens. Und wenn ich auf der Bühne stehe und spreche und ich schwebe und meine Körpertemperatur ist wie... Going up and I've got all this passion and people think I'm this motivational knob.
I'm just persuaded by the pain, like the challenges, the heartbreak, like the struggles, like all of that stuff makes us and informs us. And if I could just tell your audience anything, the most brilliant thing I ever did, Sean, is I didn't quit. The most brilliant thing I ever did, bro, is I didn't give up. And I know it's the same with you. Go for it.
But that's the thing, man. It bothers me so much when someone's like, man, I tried that. It didn't work. How long did you try it for? How long did you try it for? Come on. You're going to tell me you tried something for a year and it didn't work? That's not your checkpoint. This show was nothing for three and a half years. Come on. Nothing. Now we're top eight trending on Spotify? Crazy.
It's because all of a sudden, people say, where did that come from? That was overnight. No, it wasn't overnight. You're just now seeing it. But I was sitting there doing the work and I started it in my car, then I went to my den. And it was painful every time because I knew it wasn't it. I was like, this isn't the final landing spot.
I don't have this, I don't have that, I don't have everything that I need in order to make this thing really great. But what I did have ist meine Präsenz nicht zu stoppen. Und ich habe immer gesagt, und Shoutout zu meiner wunderschönen Frau. Sie sagt, du hast alles, was du brauchst. Einen Tag wird jemand es sehen. Und ich bin so, das ist nicht so, wie es in diesem Geschäft funktioniert.
Und Baby, du hast recht. Ich bin sorry. You know, it's like, you just keep going, because those moments of pain and heartache, and even though it hurts so much, there was times, man, I'm sure you can relate to this, Jeremy, you know, bro, like, you wake up in the morning, you put your feet on the ground, you're grateful that God woke you up, but you're also like, damn, this hurts. I can't today.
I can't. Literally, and I tell myself that to this day sometimes. There's days where I wake up like, I can't do this. Today I woke up and I'm like, there's no shot I can get a good lift in. So you know what I did? I went and got a good lift in. Because I take whatever pain I'm going in and I stare it in the face and I lean right into that crap.
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Chapter 3: What pivotal moment changed Jeremy's life?
So next level living, next level student curriculum, next level Speakers Academy, like all things next level. So I shake the addiction. I shake the drug and alcohol. Bro, I was smoking two, three blunts a day, a pack of Newport today in the fifth of Henny, bro. Like I'm awake up to the power. You know what I'm saying? Like Don Julio Patron, like I was just and I set myself free.
Bro, do you know, out of 15 and a half years, I haven't taken out one drop of liquor? I haven't taken out one puff? And for anybody that enjoys it, like, cool. But for me, I was addicted to it. So I realized, I'm not disciplined enough to have a cocktail or two.
Because the next thing I know, I'm trying to buy the bar and I'm getting wasted and my boys are carrying me out or I'm lashing out or getting a DUI or something. And so I realized, like, I gotta cut all of this out. People say, Jeremy, how did you go without a Nicorette patch or AA meetings? I took it one day at a time. I was determined every day, Sean, I want to win Friday.
I'm not worried about Saturday. I'm going to let Sunday worry about itself. Thursday is done. I'm determined to win on Friday. I went from one level to the next level, bro. Long story short, man, I got a good job. Began to travel and speak here and there, going to schools and churches and had a great career.
And me and my wife bought a house and I'm giving 20 percent and 30 percent to my local church and charities. Because I just I wanted to start giving the little bit that I had. Right. Because I was just so grateful to have this new life and eventually quit my job. Because I met a little girl, pretty red hair and freckles, seventh grade, that told me she was going to commit suicide, bro.
But because of my story, she wants to live. Showing a little seventh grader in Alabama changed my life. I went to the school to speak and motivate. And everybody's pumped up and excited. I high five all the kids. And the principal brings this girl to me. She's like, this young lady wants to speak to you. And she's in tears saying, thank you, thank you, thank you. You saved my life.
I'm thinking like, my story wasn't that good. She said, Mr. Jeremy, I plan to commit suicide today. I slipped out the back door of the school. They caught me. Es hat mich zu dieser dummen Assemblage gebracht, aber ich bin so froh, dass ich es gemacht habe. Wegen deiner Botschaft, ich will leben, ich will leben. Und Bro, sie rennt aus der Klasse.
Du weißt, mein Herz war einfach zerbrochen, Bro. Du, ich bin unschuldig darüber, Bro. Und es ist so lustig, nicht lustig, komisch, aber es ist verrückt für mich, weil viele Leute sagen, dass es keine hohe Macht gibt. Das war eine Intervention von Gott. Absolut, Bro.
Absolut, Bro. I went home, told my wife, and I was like, babe, I need to quit my job and go full time. I'm not just motivating people. I think I actually just saved this little girl's life. And, Bro, my wife's so gangster, she quit her job, too. She was like, you still got ADHD. You be all over the place. So I'm going to quit my job and we're going to build it together. Are you sure about that?
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Chapter 4: How does Jeremy define success and purpose?
Talk to me, brother. So, don't be physically strong and mentally weak. That to me resonates, right? Because, you know, we can be physically strong and we can look a certain way. But if our mind is mush and we don't push ourselves and if we give in to too many victimhood, too much victimhood mentality, somebody else's fault or whatever, like the...
Dein Mindset ist das einzige, was du eigentlich kontrollieren kannst. Und für diejenigen von euch, die gerade hören und sagen, nein, weil ich meinen Job verloren habe, ich kann meinen Mindset nicht kontrollieren, mein Leben ist schrecklich. Na, was, wenn du deinen Job verloren hast, weil Gott dir zeigen will, dass es etwas anderes für dich gibt? Ich gebe jemandem einen sehr einfachen Beispiel.
Okay. You're on the interstate and you have somewhere to be. And all of a sudden there's an accident in front of you. Or you're late. Maybe, here's a better one. Because this happens. You know this. You live with a woman. You live with kids. They'll make you late for stuff, man. Hmm. Hmm. Facts. Facts. And I think a lot of people...
You know, don't realize like everything is going. There are certain things we can control, but certain things we can't control. And it's like, okay, you're rushing here, but that could have been you on the side of the road. Like that could have been you having that crazy accident. So like be grateful.
And so for me, even when bad things happen, when the door closes, I'm like, that just wasn't my opportunity. When a deal doesn't come through or they didn't sign the contract, they want another speaker. Well, obviously that's not what I'm supposed to have or whatever. You know what I'm saying? So if the plane was late, okay, well, obviously I'm not supposed to be in the air at that time.
So I don't need to get caught up on that. I'm at peace with it. And I'm chasing, one thing I was talking about, our mutual friend E.T., Dr. Eric Thomas, E.T., the hip-hop preacher. E.T. was just like, Jeremy, don't chase peace. Chase perfect peace.
So I'm in a place like, I'm going to tell every man, every woman that's on, that's listening to the show, that's watching the show right now, like, I'm chasing peace now. I've had so much trauma. I've had so much turmoil. I'm chasing peace now. Though I'm super passionate and loud and energetic, but ultimately, bro, I want peace. And so I'm trying to find a way now.
Even when bad things happen, I'm at peace. Even when a door closes. I'm at peace. It's not working out how I want. I'm at peace.
It's just the thing, man. Before we hopped on the call, I got word that I didn't get a certain gig that I thought I was going to get. And I looked at it. Ich habe gesagt, ich wette. Gut. Lass sie jemand anderes für das wählen. Das ist in Ordnung. Es war nicht der Raum, in dem ich geblieben sein sollte. Es ist okay. Ich werde nicht lügen. Initiale Knallschmerzen-Reaktion. Low-Level-Sean-Kickson.
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Chapter 5: What lessons did Jeremy learn from his struggles?
But I find I can achieve peace when I'm living right. And that is very, very broad. So I'm going to break it down. It's called alignment. So when I think of Wenn ich zu den Gästen komme und Gott mich zu einem Mann vorstellen wird, dann werde ich sagen, wer ist das? Er sagt, das bist du, das ist die Vision, die ich dir geschaffen habe. Du erkennst ihn nicht? Das schmerzt mich.
Es schmerzt mich so schlimm, richtig? Also für mich, was ist das höhere Selbst? Was will ich aus diesem Leben? Was ist mein Zweck? Ich fühle, mein Zweck war das. Mein ganzes Leben, ich kann zu all walks of life sprechen. Es ist egal, ob du ein Bauernlehrer bist, ein Arzt, ein unabhängiger Mensch. Es ist egal. Ich konnte etwas Relatives finden, um eine Konversation mit jemandem zu haben.
Und als ich 42 wurde, habe ich das Mikrofon gefunden. Wow.
sloppy sloppy and look I was talking about my show was called the determined society right and we had great show analytics we were doing well all this kind of stuff but it's like here I am talking about determination and discipline and I'm showing it in one area of my life just one which is the show and I can look I can at that point can look at myself in the mirror that one day and I go
How dare you talk about this? How dare you talk about discipline? How dare you talk about determination? Because you can't even be disciplined on what you put in your mouth. Or if you're getting up and going to the gym. You know what I'm saying? So this is what's crazy.
The moment I started being aligned and making decisions that are in line with that individual that's going to become one of those top level hosts. Right. The chasing of the Joe Rogan, who I think is a goat. Right. Like chasing him, getting that same conversation of these bigger names. Like I had to be the best me. So I started chipping away at it. I started chipping away at it.
For me, that's what it is.
Das ist es. Weißt du, wenn ich über die bestimmte Gesellschaft denke, denke ich über eine bestimmte Mindset. Ich habe einmal von meinem Bruder Inky gehört, der sagt, ich will kein öffentlicher Erfolg sein, sondern ein privater Fehler. Komm schon, Mann. Also was ich immer mache, ist, dass ich einen tiefen Ausschuss in meinem Leben nehme. Ich habe also bemerkt, dass das verrückt klingen wird.
Du kennst es, aber dein Publikum wird denken, wow, als ich angefangen habe, auf meinen Charakter zu arbeiten, habe ich mein Geld verloren. Du weißt was ich meine? Wie ich angefangen habe, mich selbst intern zu beteiligen. Und so habe ich gemerkt, dass ich so viel Aufmerksamkeit gebe zu meinen Firmen und meinem Geschäft und meiner Stelle und meiner Brandung und meiner Gemeinschaft.
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Chapter 6: How can discipline be more important than motivation?
That's where y'all were? In Traverse, Michigan?
Yeah, that's where we linked up. Traverse, Michigan. Wow. At Glover U. He did a big keynote there for that real estate conference. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a beautiful city, bro. That's a beautiful town. Really? I haven't been. They call it the Bahamas of America. It's clear water. It's just strange. Sleeping Bear Dunes, Lake Michigan. When we get down here, go Google that. It's beautiful, bro.
It's beautiful. It's gorgeous. But no, man, I just want to thank you so much for coming on today and sharing your story and really connecting with the audience and really not just speaking, you know, zu ihnen, mit ihnen zu sprechen.
Ich fühle mich, als ob du den Publikum heute im Auge gesehen hättest und mit ihnen von Herz zu Herz gesprochen hättest und ihnen deine Geschichte erklärt hättest, was du durchgegangen hast und was du durchgekommen hast, um dort zu kommen. Und du hast es perfekt angefangen. Du sprichst darüber, dass jeder sieht, wie du lebst. Es ist wie, was tust du?
Es geht nicht darum, was ich tue, sondern darum, was ich durchgekommen habe, um hierher zu kommen. Und der Publikum war wie, Leute, ihr wisst ja, If you're going through something that hurts so bad right now, whether you're thinking about an attempt on your life or things like that, reach out to somebody, man. Reach out to somebody.
Hell, reach out to me, because the bottom line is, you're going through this, and if you get through that one moment, you're going to be stronger than you've ever imagined. And that's what it's going to take. It's what it's going to take for you to achieve your dreams, to become really strong and overcome things that
Du glaubst nicht, dass du das kannst, aber die Grundlage ist, dass Gott es dir nicht geben würde, wenn du es nicht hättest.
Kann ich etwas dazu sagen, Bruder? Ja, Mann, komm schon. Weißt du, was ich liebe, was du gesagt hast, ist, dass die Leute nicht verstehen, wie die Dinge, die sie durchgehen, wie es sie so stärker macht. Wir haben eine Gemeinschaft von Tausenden von Rednern, die durch Schmerzen und Tests und Trialen und Tribulationen durchgegangen sind. But they learn how to package it.
They're profiting from their pain. They figured it out. They cracked the code, you know? And so I often tell folks, Sean, it's like, okay, because there are some people that say, I want to be a motivational speaker, but I'm going through a really dark time right now. Well, that's because God don't want you out here camping and lying.
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