Could you name anything specific that held you back?
That held me back?
Yeah.
A lot of things held me back.
Self-esteem, a lot of people focus.
And now they have this new term.
It's called imposter syndrome.
So but basically, if you've been there and done that,
you should not have imposter syndrome
because you're basically referring someone
to what you have done and how you came out on the other side.
So in the beginning, I was like, well, I
don't think anybody will really listen.
And then I started sharing my story more and more.
And people were like, yo, D, you need to write a book, man.
Coach me.
Train me.
And I had one young lady, when I was
doing the nonprofit charity, she was not understanding it.
And it got to be throughout the whole day.
And I said, well, I've been working with you.
And how can I help you?
And she was like, I got ADHD.
And I'm like, OK, you didn't tell me that.
So it's not written on your forehead.
So I don't really know that.
And I felt bad.
But the next day, I came because my wife, we both,
I have a touch of that.
And my wife has that also.
So the way we work that is that, once again, I'm
a solution-oriented person.
So I helped her to come up with a system.
And the next day, transformed.
She was a brand new person.
And she was making sales.
She was killing it.
She was like, thank you so much.
And then a few other people wanted to work with me.
And then there was a list of people that wanted to work
with me and everything.
But like I said, it's not about me.
It's about helping the next person.
Absolutely.
Yeah, yeah.
Absolutely.
And that statement or that label of imposter syndrome
is really, really big now.
Because now, again, as we mentioned before,
social media is a whole different challenge.
Fall of wax.
Yeah, to overcome.
So if you wouldn't mind just elaborating,
for those that are watching, if this
will be a part of the clip, what is imposter syndrome?
Imposter syndrome is thinking that what you're presenting
to someone is kind of fake.
You're making up stuff.
You're not really who you say you are.
And a lot of people suffer from that because
of a lack of self-confidence.
So being that also, I'm a retired police
officer from New York.
In the beginning, I was an introvert.
The police department brought out the extrovert in me.
And my wife, she still bugs out because sometimes she's like,
no, no, no, no, you were never an introvert.
I said, yeah, I couldn't eat two people in silent prayer.
But when you find that confidence
and you find your why, the how runs all over on top of it.