1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,900 Tell me about your vision and this all. 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:04,740 My vision. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,880 Man, my vision is just, 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,540 that's a big thing. 5 00:00:12,540 --> 00:00:17,540 I want to, you know, live to inspire, live to serve. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,380 You know, I have a heart for people 7 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:26,000 and I want to not just make my dreams come true, 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,060 but make other people's dreams come true. 9 00:00:28,060 --> 00:00:29,960 Like with this show, we want to shine a light 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,640 on other dancers, on their struggles, 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,560 on what they had to overcome. 12 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,800 So, you know, when I was first starting out, 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,880 yeah, I wanted the fame and all that. 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,760 And it was pretty selfish, you know? 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,840 And I had to, man, I had to hit rock bottom 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,740 and I had to really discover who I truly was. 17 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:52,000 Like I had to discover God. 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,900 And, you know, in those moments, in those dark moments, 19 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:58,400 I really came to face-to-face with that ego, 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,000 that false, you know, identity. 21 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,720 And, you know, the reason why I wanted to shine 22 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,400 or I wanted their recognition was, 23 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:11,840 it was coming from a place of insecurity 24 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,140 or a place to say, yeah, I did this, 25 00:01:15,140 --> 00:01:18,160 like, you know, to put it in like whoever's face, 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:19,100 like my haters' faces. 27 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:22,120 But now I live for a greater purpose. 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,000 Now it's because like, this is my passion. 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,160 This is my, you know, this is my dream. 30 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,560 It's not just for someone's recognition 31 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,280 or their attention, you know? 32 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:37,280 So my vision is to basically inspire others, you know, 33 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,000 having people that don't come from like, you know, 34 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,960 really good upbringings, people that don't come from, 35 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:49,160 you know, come from bad circumstances 36 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,720 and showing them that your circumstances 37 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,160 don't hold you back. 38 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,880 You know, it's truly yourself, you know, in your mindset. 39 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,080 So that's why I wanted to show people. 40 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:05,080 And yeah, be a voice for those that don't have a voice. 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:06,200 You know? 42 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,020 Yeah. 43 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:08,200 And you know, when you were speaking 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,800 about how you were trained, 45 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,520 you were really trained just by your movement, right? 46 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,200 And the lifestyle that you came from and got through. 47 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,320 Whereas other people get it on the, 48 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,640 from the training on the front end, right? 49 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:24,800 That's a part of their structure in their home. 50 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,680 Hey, I'm gonna take you to dance class. 51 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:27,920 Hey, this is this time. 52 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:30,120 And there's that structure in their lives. 53 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,780 And so when you say you want to, 54 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:37,520 it went from a selfishness to a helping everyone 55 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,520 and then realizing that there are some people out there 56 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,360 that it is more of a selfish thing, 57 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,640 but yet you can be free in this 58 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,500 and you can experience the same thing I did. 59 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:52,840 So it's almost like them reversing what you've done 60 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,720 in your life and you get an opportunity 61 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,400 to show them by your experience. 62 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,760 I think that's amazing. 63 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:58,880 I love that. 64 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,720 Bless you. 65 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:01,560 I love that. 66 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,680 And so what about positive pathways? 67 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,500 This is a collaborative kind of business? 68 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:09,340 No, no. 69 00:03:09,340 --> 00:03:13,560 So this is something that is solely myself. 70 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,920 You know, it came to mind when I was starting my podcast 71 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:21,880 and it came as like, it was like a, 72 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,400 it came during my rebirth. 73 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,380 You know, I had almost died in a car accident, 74 00:03:28,380 --> 00:03:33,380 what, 2021 and you know, mid 2021, 2022, 75 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,160 beginning of 2022, 76 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,760 I went through a time of like silence and solitude, 77 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,680 I would call it and just, you know, 78 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,680 really seeking, you know, seeking what is next, you know, 79 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,000 what is my next? 80 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,960 And that's what came about positive pathways. 81 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,680 And that's the name of my podcast. 82 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,080 And also it doesn't just stop there. 83 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,720 It extends to, you know, extends to whatever, you know, 84 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,400 all the things that I'm doing within the fashion world, 85 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,840 within television, film, you know, 86 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,200 there, once I started discovering who I was, 87 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,800 like people would use to put labels on me, 88 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,880 oh, I'm known for dancing, so he's a dancer. 89 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,680 And I'm like, I have all these other gifts 90 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,880 and all these other desires and passions within me. 91 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,920 So no, I'm not just a dancer. 92 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:27,780 I'm not just going to stop there. 93 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:31,040 And I feel like that's also why I also want to show people 94 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,440 that there is no limits. 95 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,280 There's only the limits that you put on yourself. 96 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:39,640 So, you know, that media, this media company, 97 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,640 Positive Pathways is basically finding that pathway 98 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,560 for yourself, you know, regardless of what's happening 99 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,320 around you, regardless of the negative circumstances, 100 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,320 or even the negative people that, you know, 101 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,160 you're in connection with, you could find 102 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,000 that positive pathway for yourself. 103 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,640 I love that. 104 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,480 I love it. 105 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,040 And you know, I'm going to share something. 106 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,480 I'm sure they're going to chop this off, 107 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,240 but I want to share it with you 108 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,320 because we have a connection. 109 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,600 I got into a really bad car accident in 2021 myself. 110 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,440 Changed my entire, I have goosebumps, Kareem, 111 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,480 changed my entire life. 112 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,240 And it was with my two younger girls. 113 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,720 From that day forward, Kareem, my life was, 114 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,000 I mean, I'm telling you, you talk about trying 115 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,480 to find God, say, hey, you know, I knew him, 116 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,520 but oh, I know him, know him after that. 117 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,800 And I'm like, okay, if you saved me now, 118 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,920 I know that you were realer than the realest ever. 119 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,720 And if I have no one here on the face of this earth, 120 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,080 I know who protected me. 121 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,440 So I tell you, when you said that, I was like, 122 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,440 oh my goodness, you know, and I haven't been the same since. 123 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,720 Yeah, yeah, I agree. 124 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,840 And I wasn't a bad person then, 125 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,200 but oh, you can't tell me nothing now 126 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,080 because just because I know who saved me, 127 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,080 oh, everything else is a positive pathway 128 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,720 because what we turned, what was negative for us, Kareem, 129 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,000 oh, and they cannot tell us that we are not a child of God 130 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,440 nor will we not make it, get through it and see through it. 131 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,160 We have been through something so, so, so challenging 132 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,920 and difficult that if we can come in 2024 right now 133 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,440 and come together and say that we got this, 134 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:41,960 Kareem, we got this, no matter what we got this, 135 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:46,000 you got this and continue to do exactly what you're doing 136 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,080 because he didn't save us to not do something with us. 137 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,840 He said he'll never leave us nor forsake us. 138 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:55,200 And so because of that moment that he said 139 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,960 you still have work to do, that's exactly why 140 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,360 we are where we are. 141 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,920 So I commend you, I share that same moment with you 142 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,480 and I'm excited for what you do from this point on. 143 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:10,800 And I never knew that we would make- 144 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:11,640 Big waters. 145 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,160 I never knew we would make this connection 146 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,440 or how that would be, but one thing you said 147 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,480 about your dance is that they put a label on you 148 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,400 and that's interesting enough 149 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,120 that when the world puts a label on you, 150 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,960 you now have to redefine yourself like, okay, I did that, 151 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,640 but I do so much more. 152 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,000 So I love that you decided to go in 153 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,200 and put positive pathways in that 154 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,680 and be able to share this story and other stories 155 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,440 and to help people get to where you are right now. 156 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,600 How often do you do your podcast? 157 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,600 So I haven't done my podcast since April. 158 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,280 Yeah, I've been busy with other projects, 159 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,160 busy with modeling, busy with acting. 160 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,440 So that kind of like, you know, switched my focus. 161 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,240 I wanna get back to it, I wanna get back to the show 162 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:14,240 and getting those stories out there, you know, 163 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,120 and also getting my testimony out there 164 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,480 because that's what I was doing with the first episodes. 165 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,080 I was basically talking about my testimony 166 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,840 and how I was able to, like you said, redefine myself, 167 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,280 but also evolve and grow and, you know, 168 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,800 really just rewrite my story with God. 169 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,320 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 170 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,080 Yeah, and then I had, you know, 171 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,680 I had an author on there, I had a doctor, 172 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:42,960 you know, I just wanna get different people's stories 173 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,960 that have made it through the fire, 174 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,680 people that are ahead of me, you know what I mean? 175 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:51,000 And I feel like it's a learning experience as well too, 176 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,920 you know, so yes. 177 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,360 And it's interesting because when I came to be 178 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,880 where I'm at right now, which is a co-host of a podcast, 179 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,000 I'm a real estate agent, full-time real estate agent first, 180 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,840 and then I went to this networking event 181 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,120 because I believe that people are amazing. 182 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,840 I love people and I, because much like yourself, 183 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,720 your name is unique as well as mine, 184 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,160 I'm like, I have to get out there and, you know, 185 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,640 show my face and just talk to people, 186 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:26,640 sort of marry social media with who I am in the world, right? 187 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,240 Which means that you see me on social media, 188 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,320 I'm that same person as I am in real life. 189 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,960 With that being said, out of nowhere, 190 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,120 someone asked me to be a co-host and it's Jackson, 191 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:38,960 and I was like, what? 192 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,960 So I say that, I say all of that to say is that yes, 193 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,960 you haven't done one since April, get back to it. 194 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:54,000 There is so many people that need to hear this story 195 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,280 and to share this story because you would have never known 196 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,640 that I was in the same year around, you know, 197 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,040 going through the same thing. 198 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,720 And it's interesting because I too wanna share that story. 199 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,360 So when you get back to it, let me know 200 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:07,520 so I can come on there. 201 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,960 Yeah, I just talked to you, no worries. 202 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,520 No worries. 203 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,160 Oh, thanks, what's up old man, what happened? 204 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,080 Yeah, it's okay, I went ahead and I paused it 205 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,160 that way there wouldn't be this break in complete silence. 206 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,920 But yeah, I want you to get started 207 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,640 because there's so many people that need to hear this story 208 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,800 and what a great name that is to actually, 209 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,880 and just a random statement, Kareem, 210 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,480 when you put it on the next time, 211 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,480 you put rhythm, addict TV and positive pathways 212 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,240 because that's exactly how it just went, right? 213 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,720 Because you did something and made it even more. 214 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,320 I'm so excited for you. 215 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,360 So where are you from? 216 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,480 Where are you at? 217 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,880 Yes, so I'm originally from Fall River, Massachusetts. 218 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,160 It's a little town in Massachusetts. 219 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,920 And then I moved to New York City at the age of 18. 220 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,040 I made a name for myself there. 221 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:14,440 And then God had me move back to Massachusetts. 222 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,200 Rhode Island is where he kind of like, 223 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,520 I wanna say catapult me, but expanded my brand. 224 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,360 So in Rhode Island is where I was living. 225 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:32,040 And I'm in Massachusetts currently moving to Texas 226 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,440 on next year, so. 227 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,760 What, where are you going? 228 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,640 I'm going to Katie. 229 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,200 Okay, so we're not too far. 230 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,720 I'm in San Antonio, Texas. 231 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,280 That's about two and a half, three hours away. 232 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:46,240 Okay. 233 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,040 Yes, yes, so why Texas? 234 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,240 I'm telling, just the signs, 235 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:53,600 the signs I've been getting, 236 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,720 God told me to move to Texas. 237 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,160 I don't know why either. 238 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,560 My plan was, Cali, 239 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,480 and I was looking at places in Atlanta. 240 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,400 So it was between those two. 241 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,840 And then I just heard Texas 242 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,880 and I got confirmation after confirmation. 243 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,200 And from what I hear, 244 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,240 a lot of actors actually are moving to Texas. 245 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:23,200 And I had a couple of interviews with like some agencies, 246 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,200 talent agencies out there, so, yeah, so. 247 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,880 You know, I'm gonna sort of blow your mind. 248 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,960 I'm not from San Antonio, Texas. 249 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,360 I'm originally from Denver, Colorado. 250 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:35,480 Oh, wow. 251 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,400 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 252 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,800 I've been here for a very long time, 253 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,200 but this will never be home. 254 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,480 Colorado is home. 255 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,840 I just, I reside here because God sent me here. 256 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,840 And I'll never forget that in, I think it's 2004. 257 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:54,160 I said, God, if you give me a career, I'll go, right? 258 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:55,760 You give me a career, I'll go. 259 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,840 And then in 2002, I was working for this gentleman. 260 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,040 The business stopped. 261 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,040 I was an organ tissue and eye coordinator. 262 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,880 And so they were based out of California. 263 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,200 They closed it down. 264 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,560 And then the director said, when I make it big, 265 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:10,760 I'll find you. 266 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,760 Kareem, in 2006, because of my 2004 statement, 267 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,480 that God, if you just give me a career, I'll go. 268 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,160 2006, he contacted me. 269 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,960 We actually seen him in Colorado. 270 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,040 He was living in Texas. 271 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,920 He made it big, sent for me two weeks later. 272 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,600 Two weeks later, I went back home. 273 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,240 Two weeks later, I came back here 274 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,360 and I haven't left for 18 years. 275 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:35,520 Wow. 276 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,120 So if you don't have a sign now, 277 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,360 I tell you when he said, when God says move, 278 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,400 you move just like that. 279 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,520 Delayed obedience is no different from disobedience. 280 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:51,040 So I love the fact that you're being obedient 281 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,960 about what he's telling you to do. 282 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,400 I don't know. 283 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,280 They don't want it to happen. 284 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,960 But I tell you, I'm only, and this is, 285 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,080 like I said, when I spoke with you first, 286 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,360 this is just definitely organic. 287 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,480 This is me to know the person behind that. 288 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,240 Because like you said, people do put labels on you. 289 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,760 And we tend to believe that it's our paths that we create, 290 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,040 but it's not us, right? 291 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,320 If we have a higher power, then we follow that. 292 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,800 And as I was mentioning, when God said move, 293 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,400 it took me about two weeks and I've been here for 18 years, 294 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,840 Kareem. 295 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,440 And it's crazy because I don't know why. 296 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,880 I thought it was a transitional city, but it's not. 297 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,880 I've ended up with two degrees, a marriage, two extra kids. 298 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,800 Like my life flourished when I chose to follow 299 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,200 what was truly God's design, right? 300 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,440 And I'd been trying my hardest to get out of here, Kareem. 301 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,080 I don't know why, just to think, you know, hey, 302 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,440 there's something more, but obviously it's not 303 00:14:58,440 --> 00:14:59,680 where I'm supposed to be. 304 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,320 So I look forward to your transition to Texas. 305 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,080 I look forward to your story because I tell you, 306 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,720 I can see so many things happening. 307 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,720 As I mentioned, I've often told people 308 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,520 that delayed obedience is no different from disobedience. 309 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:16,480 Yes, yes. 310 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,880 And so now that you will be obedient in what you hear 311 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,840 and what you know, you know, and everything is rough, right? 312 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,240 You always have these ups and downs. 313 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,600 So I can tell you that when you choose to do it, 314 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,600 it's gonna be exceptional, exceptional. 315 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,600 So when you get to Texas, what's the vision for there? 316 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:47,360 Okay, so yeah, the vision, you know, hopefully God willing, 317 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,720 I'll be signed to a few agencies. 318 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,560 I'm already signed to a couple of agencies over here. 319 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,000 So yeah, that's the goal to be signed 320 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,880 to a few agencies over there. 321 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:03,880 Also the Lord is moving me into areas of financing, 322 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,840 day trading. 323 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,640 So I'm connected with someone that's, you know, 324 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,440 that resides in Texas and he does day trading. 325 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,040 So God's gonna be moving me. 326 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,400 And he's solely transitioning me into that field 327 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:24,400 to be a kingdom financier for the kingdom. 328 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:30,680 So I've always had, you know, just like spoken over me 329 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,480 about entrepreneurship that I was meant to be 330 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,080 the first entrepreneur of my family. 331 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,480 And God literally took me out of my job, 332 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:46,080 which was called Step in Stone, Step in Stone Inc. 333 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,720 Yes. 334 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,600 Step in Stone Inc and I was there for three years 335 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,280 and I, man, I learned so much. 336 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,560 I just became, you know, I learned about leadership. 337 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,120 I learned about, you know, just communication. 338 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:03,120 And I've learned about also being humble and humility 339 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,920 because before that job, I was not, I was not humble. 340 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,680 So, you know, being there taught me a lot. 341 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,240 It was like a preparation for where I am, 342 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,080 where God is taking me now and where I'm at now. 343 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,400 And I'll never forget this pastor came in 344 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,280 and he was just volunteering at the place I was working at. 345 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,880 And he says, yeah, I don't see you here much longer. 346 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,120 This is just to stop on the train track. 347 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:32,360 And yeah, God's called you to be entrepreneur. 348 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,640 And he wasn't the first one that has said that. 349 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,720 So, you know, entrepreneurship is a scary thing 350 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,200 because you're, you know, 351 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,480 you don't know when your next paycheck is coming 352 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,600 or, you know, or who your next client is going to be. 353 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,960 Or so it's just been a true act of, you know, 354 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,720 just faith, you know, trust. 355 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,440 So I'm like, I know that this is the path 356 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,120 that has been called for. 357 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,360 This is the path, this is what I've been called to. 358 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,080 This is the path that I've been called to. 359 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,880 So yeah, I'm just- 360 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:05,720 I love that. 361 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:12,520 Well, I must ask, and it's going to be a very crazy question. 362 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:13,720 Are you scared? 363 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,520 I'm not scared, no. 364 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:16,360 Nice. 365 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,160 That's how you know it's all God, it's all good. 366 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,000 I love it. 367 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:23,840 So, Kareem, you- 368 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,520 I'm excited, I'm ready. 369 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,680 Yes, you should be, that's what's up. 370 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:29,760 And you know, what's interesting, 371 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,560 as I go into real estate and everything else, 372 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,880 God called me to be a motivational speaker. 373 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,520 I just don't know how to get there, you know? 374 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,760 And I think that that's the- 375 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,720 and I keep hearing it and hearing it and hearing it. 376 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,040 And I even hear it in you. 377 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,080 And I wonder, is that like, okay, what's going on? 378 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,160 You know, God gives you signs everywhere. 379 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:52,160 So you, Kareem, are a podcaster, you are a model, 380 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:57,400 you are a dancer, you are a producer, 381 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,840 you are all of these things. 382 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,720 And of course, someone like myself and the audience 383 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,640 would say that you are successful. 384 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,120 What is success to you? 385 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,960 Wow, that's a really great question. 386 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:25,320 Success to me, it's not the accolades, 387 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,640 it's not the money, it's not the recognition. 388 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,800 It's truly doing what you love. 389 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:41,800 It's truly, success would be truly living out your purpose, 390 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,320 truly doing what you was created to do 391 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,840 and not allowing society to limit you, 392 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,840 not allowing society to dictate to you what success is. 393 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,200 Because some people are like, oh, just, 394 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,920 you don't have this car or you don't have this house, 395 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,320 you're not successful. 396 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:07,040 No, because I remember it said in the Bible, Joseph, 397 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,480 and I relate to Joseph so much in so many ways. 398 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:16,880 I was, I had family that were, try to put me down 399 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,160 and try to make me feel a way about myself. 400 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,880 And I found comfort in Joseph's story 401 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,160 where I was like sort of in that dark place, in that pit. 402 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,480 And it said that even when he was in prison, 403 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,760 he was a success because God was with him. 404 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:38,240 So even without any of the things that come with success 405 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,820 or come with being a successful individual, 406 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,160 you're not supposed to find your identity in that. 407 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,960 You're not supposed to find even value in those things, 408 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,360 but it's truly when you're walking with God 409 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,800 that is when you're successful. 410 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,800 So I feel like I was a success even at my lowest point 411 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,680 because God was with me. 412 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,720 So, hallelujah. 413 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:06,560 So. 414 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,000 I'm not trying to have church, but amen. 415 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,080 I love it, I love it. 416 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,040 That's what success is to me. 417 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,520 Success is literally walking with God, 418 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:24,320 living out your purpose and truly operating. 419 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,400 Yes, operating in your gifts, 420 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,920 operating in your talents 421 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,240 and not allowing them to be buried. 422 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,160 Because at a point in my life, I did bury my talents 423 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:37,960 because I was comparing and contracting myself with others, 424 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,920 looking at others, looking at what others are doing 425 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,560 instead of looking at God and literally being focused 426 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,080 on what he has put in front of me. 427 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:47,920 You feel me? 428 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:52,680 So, I lost sight of that and I buried my talent. 429 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,400 I buried my gifts. 430 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:59,400 And for a long time, I was just, man, I was struggling. 431 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,520 It's like I had all these things locked up within me, 432 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,120 but I wasn't operating in them. 433 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:08,080 So I'm finally at a place where there's no competition. 434 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,160 I'm in my own lane and yeah. 435 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,520 Thank you for being here today. 436 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,040 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 437 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,680 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 438 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,960 as these episodes continue to move forward. 439 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,680 This is gonna get more and more fun. 440 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,480 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 441 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,520 We'll invite people to participate in the show 442 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,880 and thank you for giving us your time and attention. 443 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,600 Have an excellent time building out your vision 444 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:53,600 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.