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10 plus years ago, I was not only being creative,

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but I was drinking as well. So I had alcohol

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in my life. So the thing is, is that that's one

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thing that I know about myself now that I'm able

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to live and operate in my creative and purpose

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driven mission, clear minded. Clear minded. Then

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I was still operating, but I was operating in

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a mindset that I could still create but without

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that substance I'm able to create on a whole

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nother level now. Let me just ask you about the

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emotional ones spiritual battles that you may

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be having with when you face people who say KKK

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is like that's something negative but you're

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turning it to a positive and unifying brand.

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What are you facing when that those kind of situations

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show up. The great thing about it is that I end

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up educating people about the KKK. So, in my

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Back to Schools, which is another leg of the

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Cool Color Kid brand, it's called 100 Pairs a

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Gig, where it's a community -based initiative

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where we empower students before they go back

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to school. I'll go a little bit more into that,

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but how I counteract the negativity when I'm

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faced with people downplaying the cool color

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kid is that then I hit them with education. There's

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a story everywhere in finding the cool in you

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and understanding the power that you have whenever

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you walk into a home. There's a story everywhere,

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not only in this brand, but in each person that

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wears the coat. Sometimes purpose shows up in

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the middle of the mess, when life feels heavy

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and the only way forward is to stand for something

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bigger than yourself. Randall Law knows that

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story well. His journey wasn't perfect, but it

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was powerful. From the struggle came color, from

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recovery came vision. What started as survival

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became a movement. The cool color kid generation

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using creativity, culture, and apparel to spark

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confidence, connection, and change. This is what

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happens when the resilience turns into purpose

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and one man's healing inspires a generation to

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see themselves differently and powerfully. From

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struggle to strength, the art of purpose with

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Randall Law. Hey there. Look, my hope is that

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to see you in the group. But for right now, let's

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get into it. Randall. Man. It's been a long time,

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man. It's been a long time. It's been a long

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time. We met what was like 2014 13. Yeah, yeah,

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bro. Yeah, I remember 28. Yeah, yeah, 28. Nah,

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you're right. You're right. You're right. Let's

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go Topanga Mall. Topanga Mall, yeah. It was early

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2000s, basically, right? Yeah, crazy early 2000s.

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And the wild thing is, I remember, Ben, The Cheesecake

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Factory, and you had a vision. You were talking

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about what you're doing today, way back then.

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And what was interesting about that for me now

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and to have you on the podcast is you went from

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thought to in in your mind to reality in the

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world and the question I have for you right now

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is what's what's something you know about yourself

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now that you wish you would understand ten years

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ago or would have understood ten years ago. Well,

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first and foremost, thank you for having me on

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the show. It's always good to connect with great

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individuals like yourself. West Coast to the

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East Coast, East Coast to the West. So it's always

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good to chop it back up. And the great thing

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about it is that you've always, even though we

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don't talk as often as we used to, we always

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feel like, I always feel like we... we never

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lost touch. So, that's the great thing about

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it after all these years but to answer your question,

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you said, what do I have now and what what I

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wish I had back then? Yeah, what's something

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you know about yourself now that you wish you

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would have understood about yourself 10 years

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ago? Okay, so one, ten, ten plus years ago, I

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was not only being creative, but I was drinking

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as well. So I had alcohol in my life. So the

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thing is, is that that's one thing that, that

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I know about myself now that I'm able to live

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and operate in my creative and purpose driven

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mission, clear minded, clear minded. Then I was,

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I was still operating, but I was operating in

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a mindset that I could still create, but without

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that substance, um, I'm able to create on a whole

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nother level now. Um, and which I did not, I

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thought I was tapping into it, but now I'm like,

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I'm in a, I'm in a nice spot, but I, I'm always,

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I'm, I'm still learning. I'm still learning.

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So that's one thing you talk about. I see, I

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didn't, I, people go through, you know, the stages

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in life, right. And that was a stage in your

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life. What was the transition from are you not

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drinking anymore and you're in a sober space

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and the creativity is just flowing? I'm in a

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sober space, sober minded space. The thing is,

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is that with it's been what two years of some

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change since I picked up a drink. And the thing

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was, is that I knew how to have a good time without

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a drink. I knew how to have even a better time

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with a drink. But I always, once I picked up

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the habit of drinking and, you know, dipping

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dabble with a little marijuana and things of

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that nature, it made me feel like I was more

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creative because I started thinking deeper. But

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as I go on this journey of still not drinking

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and things of that nature and living a sober

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lifestyle. Being sober allows me to be able to

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deal with those moments that I don't want to

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deal with, whether the business is not doing

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right or my personal life is not doing well.

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It's allowing me to sit in that space or that

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emotion without feeling I need to rely on something

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else to get me out of that mindset. that emotional

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space that we are all meant to feel when we are

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going through a happy moment, a sad moment. It's

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amazing. I just got my cousin had a wedding this

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past weekend. And it's amazing that we use alcohol

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for both things, whether we're celebrating or

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whether we're we're not as happy about either

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life or career or whatever, whatever you have

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it, you know what I mean? So the thing is that

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I can go through life without having to celebrate

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or lean on something to keep me, I guess, elevated

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in an emotional state, if that makes sense. Yeah,

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so you don't need the substance to elevate you

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or make you think or make you go deeper to in

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your creative space or you don't need that outside

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source. You have it from what I'm understanding

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and gatherings that you have it inside and you

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know how to tap into that. It's within and the

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thing is that then I always relied on either

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outside sources or Things of that nature to make

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me feel like I had it But the thing is is that

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we're all created with the ability. We just have

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to tap into it tapping into it and You have tapped

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into something that I've seen grow from just

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your mind to the word to reality. And that's

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your brand. Cool color generation. And I want

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to color kid, cool color kid, cool color kid

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generation. Sorry. I'm cool. I'm cool, man. And

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And we kind of talked about your past a little

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bit, but let's go a bit further. How did your

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past, your upbringing, or your environment influence

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the birth of cool color kid generation? So, okay,

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so when I was a kid, well, I still am a kid at

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heart. I was born deaf in my left ear. So nobody

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knows that I'm deaf in my left ear. I was born

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that way. And so back then, you know, I'm 41

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now, I may not look like it. Back then, in the

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80s, when you had a disability, you were basically

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placed in special education. So I always always

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had this one, this one teacher, her name was

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Lynn, Miss, Miss Bollinger, old white lady. And

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she used to always ask me, she would say, Why

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are you in here? You're so smart. So mind you,

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I'm looking around and I see these physically

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handicapped individuals. And mind you, you're

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six or seven and you're just like, she's telling

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me why are you in here? But then I'm looking

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around and I see everybody else and I'm questioning

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myself. Am I good enough? Am I able to do what

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everybody says? Because back then, I was very

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artistic with my imagination and painting and

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drawing and creating things. So with all that

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creativity, fast forward, and as I ventured out

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of special education and things of that nature,

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every opportunity, whether it was movie roles

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or going on Carnival Cruise or working on so

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far, it was Rihanna, I always questioned spaces

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and opportunities that I was in because I never

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felt as cool. Even though, you know, women called

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me cute when I was younger, but I never really

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felt it because I was just always that special

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ed kid. Mentally, I was in a mental prison with

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questioning who I was. And then plus my father

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not being there in and out of jail. you know,

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my mother experienced that him have an alcohol.

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He was an alcoholic and very abusive as well

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to my mother and to me. So it kind of didn't

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make me feel as cool. So stop me if I'm taking

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if I'm taking up too much air time. But um, go

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ahead. We got time. What led to this? Do you

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want me to go into the cool cut the birth of

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the cool color kid? It's However you want to

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share your story and what you think is relevant,

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go ahead and do it. Yeah. Got you. So from going

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through all of those experiences, like I said,

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being on soap operas, being on TV and film and

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jingle writing and things of that nature, even

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though those opportunities I walked in into those

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opportunities, I still second guessed every time

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I walked into those opportunities because of

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the mental prison that I was in, that I allowed

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myself to be in for many, many years based off

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of special education. So when I moved back home

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at the time, my biological father wasn't doing

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well, my stepfather, who I called my father,

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and my grandmother, which is 94 years old now,

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I'm the power attorney of her, wasn't doing too

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well. So I had to make that switch on whether

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I wanted to stay in Los Angeles or go back home

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and be with my family. Because one, I didn't

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know how long they had. So I took that move.

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And in that move, I dealt with a lot of depression

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because I was still, my mindset was still living

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in California. How am I going to be doing film

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and TV? And I'm here in Delaware. So with those

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opportunities, I dipped and dabbled back into

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alcohol. I was still being creative, was on the

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first Creed movie as I had a small role in the

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Creed movie, it got cut. But you can still see

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my big head in the ring with Michael Ejorian.

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You're going to see my head. You're going to

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see Michael, and then my head is like over a

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towel on him. So it's like this. I'll be like,

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hold on, there I go, there I go. You see the

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head, you see the head? So other than that, so

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while being here trying to figure out how to

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use my creativity, why I was here in Delaware,

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this idea that I had a long time ago. when I

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was working for the Los Angeles Film Festival,

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a group of us, and I was the youngest at the

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time working as a production assistant. And they

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were like, what would you name a band for Shock

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Valley? I said, cause I always had this idea.

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I said, I'll name one the KKK. And they was like,

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what? Mind you, these are older men, black, white,

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Spanish. And it was like, I was like the cool,

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cool color kid. And I was like, if you put a

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whole bunch of cultures together and if they're

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any good and they could potentially make history,

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And also that name would create shock value.

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So that'd be crazy dope and we can make history.

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So because I was the youngest at the time, they

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persuaded me to drop the idea. Fast forward,

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I would say 2018, 17, the idea came back to me

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when I was working on production in Pennsylvania,

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off Broadway show. And I was watching this gap

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commercial. and I saw these kids bouncing around

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you know the gap they have people from different

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cultures they have all these colors and I was

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like yo Who colorful kids I'll do a clothing

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brand called cool colorful kids So my homie,

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he's still my homie right now, but he was like,

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bro Ain't nobody buying no clothes that say KKK

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on them I was like, no, we will have to like

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this this created in a way to where it will inspire

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people to think outside the box, you know all

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the things that people say people shouldn't do

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or When parents always tell their kids their

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kids to think outside the box and when they do

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that, they try to pull their kids back So I dropped

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that idea. I was watching this documentary on

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Netflix called Sam Cooke and the KKK. And I was

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sitting in my living room at my mom's house at

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the time and the light bulb came on. And mind

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you, this soap opera had me crying and I was

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just like, I think this is it. Because mind you,

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I went to Philadelphia Art Institute, the New

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York Conservatives support. Conservatory of Performing

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Arts, Pierce College, all for art stuff. So I

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was always surrounded around people that were

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creative. So I was like, I don't know how I'm

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gonna start a clothing brand. I don't even know.

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So that was the birth of the Cool Color Kid.

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That was the first. Man. Well, first and foremost,

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that's a great story. All right. And the way

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that you were able to connect you know all these

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ideas and this passion that you have from the

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past and bring it now is really great because

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what you're doing with this apparel and this

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brand and the meaning behind it is pretty great

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from what I'm seeing. So let me just ask you

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about the emotional unspiritual battles that

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you may be having with when you face people who

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say KKK is like, that's something negative, but

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you're turning it to a positive and unifying

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brand. What are you facing when those kind of

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situations show up? The great thing about it

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is that I end up educating people about the KKK.

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So in my Back to Schools, which is another leg

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of the Cool Color Kid brand, it's called 100

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Pairs a Give, where it's a community -based initiative

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where we empower students before they go back

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to school. I'll go a little bit more into that.

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But how I counteract the negativity when I'm

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faced with people downplaying the Cool Color

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Kid is that then I hit them with education. I

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asked them, did you know the swastika is a symbol

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of peace? And then they'll be like, no, I didn't

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know. So then I educate them. I'll say, before

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the late 1930s, did you know that the swastikas

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was a symbol of peace? It was a symbol of peace

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throughout the world. So then I say, after the

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late 1930s, Adolf Hitler took that symbol and

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changed it to a symbol of hate. So then I'll

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say, if one man can take a symbol of peace and

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turn it to a symbol of hate, why can't I take

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a negative term? and change it to a positive

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term to empower all people to think outside of

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the box. And what follows up after that? What

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follows up with that is I didn't know that. So

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then they'll ask me more questions. And why am

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I doing it? And things of that nature. It's all

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to empower not only youth, but adults that say

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in the middle of it all, it's change. Sometimes

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we're always talking about how we can change

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this and change that. But when it seems too far

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left, we are led to believe by other people's

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opinion that we can't change it. And what's the

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biggest saying that they always say? They'll

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always say it can't be changed until it's actually

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done. So I believe with the persistence and the

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consistency that I've been able to continue to

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put forth before individuals with a great team

00:19:18.089 --> 00:19:21.710
of people, including my fiance and a great host

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of individuals that also believe in what I want

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to achieve when it comes to empowering people

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to not only think outside of the box, but find

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your inner creative energy to put your ideas

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and put them on display to the world and also

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find ways to take your your ideas, your creativity,

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and not just to save it for yourself, but find

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:49.180
ways to give it back to your community, find

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00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:54.579
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links are in the show notes. Now tap in and take

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your next step toward thriving. What gave you

00:21:23.349 --> 00:21:25.190
the courage to continue to push forward? Like

00:21:25.190 --> 00:21:27.430
if somebody did, I know you had the naysayers,

00:21:27.529 --> 00:21:29.069
like this wouldn't work, like your boy said.

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:32.440
people that I'm aware, you know, KKK, I'm gonna

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:35.619
close. What gave you the courage to push forward?

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What gives me the courage to continue to push

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forward is because of all the ideas that are

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:45.200
birthing by just saying yes and taking a step

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to cool color kid generation as far as the mascot,

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Cooley. That was all just an idea. And to be

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:58.940
able to see... this special way kid from the

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second smallest state in America to have an idea.

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And then we had these big brands being like,

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oh, so they wanna be a part of that too. So just

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by seeing different brands. want to be a part

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of this and they see the power of cool and what

00:22:22.309 --> 00:22:25.670
it's doing to not only the youth but also the

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parents. A lot of parents also say, is this brand

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for kids? And I always say, no, this brand is

00:22:31.329 --> 00:22:34.009
for adults as well. And they'll say, it's for

00:22:34.009 --> 00:22:36.410
kids. I say, no, I said, I kept kid because I'm

00:22:36.410 --> 00:22:38.950
speaking to the kid inside of you. Life can throw

00:22:38.950 --> 00:22:41.190
so much at us that we lose that kid inside of

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us. So I never want you to lose that cool colored

00:22:43.650 --> 00:22:47.109
kid inside of you. Yeah, you know, I see you.

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:50.940
everything all the things you put put up are

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posted on social media and the energy that you're

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bringing to your brand is unlike any other and

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it's like a true purpose driven mission that

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you have that and you're you're really transforming

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:13.799
a generation with with your thought now you have

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a you have a um a saying And where is that? I

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wrote it down here. Need to change? Need to change?

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No, it's something different. We must be visible?

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We must be visible? It's a responsibility to

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become great at whatever you do. What do you

00:23:34.529 --> 00:23:40.089
mean by that? A lot of individuals will look

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at this and say that It's just like with anybody

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when you look at Beyonce and all those individuals

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and you'll be like, oh, anybody can get up there

00:23:49.569 --> 00:23:52.529
and sing. Anybody can get up there and be a politician.

00:23:52.690 --> 00:23:56.589
Anybody can run a podcast, but it's a responsibility

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even when you don't feel like doing the podcast,

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even when you don't feel like creating the post,

00:24:02.089 --> 00:24:04.029
even when you don't feel like smiling because

00:24:04.029 --> 00:24:06.910
you're on your eighth event and you feel like

00:24:06.910 --> 00:24:09.730
you smiled yourself out of this, out of all these

00:24:09.730 --> 00:24:11.829
events and you don't really feel like talking

00:24:11.829 --> 00:24:14.920
to people. you it's a responsibility to show

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:18.779
up because if not many it's always one person

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:22.759
looking at you and saying wow all right cool

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:27.700
how can i continue to push forward it's a responsibility

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yeah yeah i see it i see that as we're representatives

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of what we're bringing to the world right and

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:41.190
even if we're not feeling like doing whatever

00:24:41.190 --> 00:24:43.930
it is that we're bringing to the world show up

00:24:43.930 --> 00:24:46.029
because it is a responsibility, especially when

00:24:46.029 --> 00:24:48.710
your when your mission is the kind of mission

00:24:48.710 --> 00:24:52.190
that you have, it is a responsibility. But we're

00:24:52.190 --> 00:24:54.490
but we're operating in spaces where we're visible.

00:24:55.329 --> 00:24:56.970
So the thing if you don't want to be visible,

00:24:57.190 --> 00:25:00.339
stay behind the scenes. and that's okay. When

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:03.799
you are visible and that's okay and I know individuals

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:07.000
that are behind the scenes people and yes they

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:09.619
still have responsibilities but they're not held

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:12.240
accountable when they're as visible as we are.

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I see what you're saying. I see what you're saying.

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So it since we're talking about kind of the depths

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:27.000
of the levels of who we are as people. Reclaiming

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the symbol like the swastika or the term like

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KKK. What does that mean to you at a soul level?

00:25:37.309 --> 00:25:40.690
At a soul level, what does it mean to me by changing

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it? Creating history. In some way, shape or form,

00:25:44.670 --> 00:25:47.349
there has been so many individuals that have

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reclaimed or reshaped the way we think, not only

00:25:50.750 --> 00:25:54.869
just in America, but around the world. And sometimes

00:25:54.869 --> 00:25:59.579
it takes individuals to just be brave to really

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step into that. And trust me, before I embarked

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:06.940
on this, trust me, I started thinking about all

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:09.559
the wrong scenarios that could happen by taking

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:12.660
this leap. into it, you know, like, oh, my gosh,

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:14.680
I got to do a trademark and then people get to

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:19.039
see my address. So come on my house or, you know,

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:25.099
the KKK not too far from here. Pull up. But the

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:28.859
thing is, is that we as individuals, when we

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:31.400
are faced with those thoughts and things of that

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:35.460
nature, I mean, you have to think Martin Luther

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:38.240
King, a lot of Mahatma Gandhi, all these individuals

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.750
probably like thought about the things that could

00:26:40.750 --> 00:26:45.410
go wrong. What the thing is, is that when we

00:26:45.410 --> 00:26:48.430
are given the, I guess, the switch or the light

00:26:48.430 --> 00:26:51.170
bulb to say, should I, and then we take that,

00:26:51.170 --> 00:26:55.230
take that step that I just lost train of thought.

00:26:55.349 --> 00:26:58.289
What was the question again? No. So yeah. At

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a, so I was hoping I was answering your question.

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Yeah. At a soul level. Yes. That's what, yeah.

00:27:02.869 --> 00:27:05.750
Go ahead. I'm sorry. No, if you, if you caught

00:27:05.750 --> 00:27:09.319
it, go ahead. You can finish. You remember? No.

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.779
So at a soul level, yeah. So what does it mean

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:14.019
for you to switch, you know, change the change

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:16.700
the term like KKK or there we go. There we go.

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:21.559
So yeah, that's that's that's that's my thought

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:26.920
on on the soul level is being able to just create

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:29.640
a generational ripple effect that can leave elastic

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:33.859
impact on culture. Do you see that happening

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:37.869
now the shift? in the mentality. Slowly, slowly,

00:27:38.349 --> 00:27:41.910
slowly, but surely. Slowly, but surely. Surely,

00:27:42.009 --> 00:27:46.410
but surely. Well, you're in your life is a story.

00:27:46.990 --> 00:27:50.529
You're a storyteller, right? Through, you know,

00:27:50.710 --> 00:27:54.349
acting and things like that. And do you see that

00:27:54.349 --> 00:27:58.430
your program or your apparel is like storytelling

00:27:58.430 --> 00:28:02.089
and your brand having the ability to change the

00:28:02.089 --> 00:28:07.359
perception of people? Yes, that's what I intend

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:10.319
to do with the commercials that are on my website.

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:13.640
I tend to not only inform individuals about the

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:18.660
brand, but really get them to ask themselves

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:24.460
a question in a sense of their creativity, their

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:27.400
ambitions, and things of that nature. Even with

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:31.440
Coolie, even with 100 Pair to Give, everything

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:34.299
is a story. You just have to find the story in

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:37.480
it. Not only is there a story about my life,

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:41.180
but there's a story in what America has done

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:45.079
to a certain group of individuals. There's a

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:52.660
story that happened in Germany that wiped out

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:57.359
an entire generation. There's a story in empowering

00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:00.480
individuals to change. There's a story in a person

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:06.319
that was a Nazi, and now he's a Christian. There's

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:10.119
a story everywhere in finding the cool in you

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:13.859
and understanding the power that you have whenever

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:17.299
you walk into a room. There's a story everywhere,

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.819
not only in this brand, but in each person that

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:25.210
wears the clothing. With the way that you use

00:29:25.210 --> 00:29:28.349
Cooley, do you think that's like walking the

00:29:28.349 --> 00:29:31.950
fine line between provoking thought and honoring

00:29:31.950 --> 00:29:36.130
the pain of the past? Well, when you have pain,

00:29:36.210 --> 00:29:40.029
you gotta bring joy too. You have to bring joy

00:29:40.029 --> 00:29:46.329
because when I first created the brand, my first

00:29:46.329 --> 00:29:49.549
thought was change the world. Change the world.

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:54.720
right? So with Cooley, he is the world. The thing

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:58.200
is, is that we're we are empowering the cooling

00:29:58.200 --> 00:30:00.700
you to look at your personal your right and your

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:03.980
left and realize that each and every one of us

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:09.740
are cool in our own way. And that whole idea

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:12.960
came back came to you, especially when you were

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:15.819
in special like your special cast classes and

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:19.000
things like that. No, no, no, that idea came,

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:23.460
this cool color kid came further than that. What

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:26.440
I mean by with being in special ed is that I

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:29.920
didn't feel cool at that time. But I didn't feel

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:32.779
cool. So the thing is, is that even with changing

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:35.680
your mindset with cool color kid, I had to change

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:39.380
my mindset while transitioning out of those classes

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.640
and things of that nature. So it's all about

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:45.400
finding the power in you to step from either

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:48.640
your past or your present into something that

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:52.220
can lead you towards your destination. I love

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:55.500
that. That's good. That's good. Now you're you

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:58.339
have the mascot and you're you're doing all this

00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:02.440
amazing stuff with with cool color kids generation.

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.980
Now we talked to a lot of entrepreneurs and things

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:09.200
like that give me one of your early failures

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.960
that taught you something crucial about building

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:14.380
a business you said I mean you You didn't know

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:17.680
anything about apparel at first, but you've you

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:21.019
figured it out, right? No, I'm still figuring

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:23.640
it out. Because one thing I'm learning. Yeah,

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.599
I'm still figuring it out. Because one thing

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:29.859
as I continue to be around a lot of other inspiring

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:33.900
entrepreneurs, someday hot dog and someday is

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:38.460
steak. I've never heard that before. Yo, someday

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:42.240
hot dog, someday steak, bro. Okay, I hear you.

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:47.839
What I'm learning is that it's a never ending

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:50.900
learning process because each and every day our

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:52.619
world is changing. Like, look at the tariffs.

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.500
Like, I didn't know anything about tariffs. Now

00:31:55.500 --> 00:32:00.839
I have to find time to understand tariffs. And

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:04.819
it's just never ending. But one of the biggest,

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:11.910
biggest mistakes that I made was being so gung

00:32:11.910 --> 00:32:17.089
-ho about my first logo. I'm sitting here telling

00:32:17.089 --> 00:32:20.109
people about change, but I didn't want to change

00:32:20.109 --> 00:32:26.650
this logo. And it took someone from my high school

00:32:26.650 --> 00:32:29.150
alumnus. We grew up together in the Boys and

00:32:29.150 --> 00:32:31.230
Girls Club, but he lives in Tampa Bay, Florida.

00:32:31.890 --> 00:32:34.349
And he was digging the concept, but he just told

00:32:34.349 --> 00:32:37.950
me flat out, he was like, bro, I don't know about

00:32:37.950 --> 00:32:43.740
that logo. Was it bad? See, I was so gung -ho

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:47.400
about it. It was three K's and a diamond. Okay.

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:50.200
Three K, it was like this three K's and a diamond.

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:53.559
He was like, bro, I don't know about it. I was

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:56.000
so gung -ho. I mean, nobody couldn't tell me

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:58.680
anything. I was just like, no, the logo stand.

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:05.420
It took me by commissioning this artist for an

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:09.640
idea that I wanted to put on a on a, um, a wall

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:13.619
on a, um, one of the buildings. And, um, this

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.880
dude, I thought he was trying to upsell me, man.

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:19.420
And, um, I thought he was trying to upsell me

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:21.279
because he added some extra stuff on it. I was

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.019
like, I didn't ask for that. I didn't ask for

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:27.680
that. So then he had chopped off these, the ends

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:29.500
of the K's and stuff like that. And he created

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:31.380
this logo. And I was like, bro, I didn't ask

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:34.119
for no logo. I just asked for you to draw this.

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.579
Like I had sketched it up, but I needed an artist

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:42.180
to refine it. So then, I kept looking at it.

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.640
I was like, man, I don't want this logo. But

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:48.160
I showed my lady and she was like, that's it.

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:52.299
And then other people was like, that's it, bro.

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:56.299
That's it. And after a while, it grew on me and

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:58.880
my boy sat me down and he told me the reason

00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:01.950
why. those three K's and a diamond won't work

00:34:01.950 --> 00:34:04.410
because he was like, bro, you're trying to change

00:34:04.410 --> 00:34:06.609
something. But the thing is, in a lot of eyes,

00:34:06.609 --> 00:34:09.730
that's not changing it. It's actually staring

00:34:09.730 --> 00:34:13.230
right in people's faces. But also on top of that,

00:34:13.489 --> 00:34:16.570
you don't want to make this brand about the case.

00:34:17.909 --> 00:34:21.590
Because if anything, you're trying, you're making

00:34:21.590 --> 00:34:24.110
effort to change it. But the thing is, is that

00:34:24.110 --> 00:34:26.929
you want to let individuals know that it's not

00:34:26.929 --> 00:34:30.130
about the case. and nobody owns the letter K's

00:34:30.130 --> 00:34:32.650
unless you start putting things behind it, that's

00:34:32.650 --> 00:34:35.389
when you can own that letter K. But nobody owns

00:34:35.389 --> 00:34:38.690
the letter K's. And I was like, you're right,

00:34:38.869 --> 00:34:42.670
bro. So that was the final moment that sometimes

00:34:42.670 --> 00:34:46.769
the ideas that you have be open to suggestions.

00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:51.230
And then also, sometimes when you do have that

00:34:51.230 --> 00:34:53.639
suggestion in front of you, Just set it down

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:55.960
and keep taking a look at it. And it may be the

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.519
perfect fit for you to move forward. Because

00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:00.139
I guarantee you, if I still would have had those

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:03.519
three K's, bro, I'd still be like, I'm on my

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:09.719
fifth year with no sales. Yeah. With being open

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:15.019
for suggestions. Say again. I said, just be open

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:18.579
for suggestions. Be open for suggestions. Yeah.

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:22.289
Well, yeah, as an entrepreneur, sometimes we

00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:27.210
get so married to our ideas. And we think that

00:35:27.210 --> 00:35:31.710
that's what's going to make things work the way

00:35:31.710 --> 00:35:33.929
that we think it's going to work in our minds.

00:35:34.730 --> 00:35:38.869
Right. Right. Right. But be open for suggestions.

00:35:38.889 --> 00:35:41.230
And as a creative entrepreneur, how do you balance

00:35:41.230 --> 00:35:44.409
your artistic vision with, you know, financial

00:35:44.409 --> 00:35:51.409
sustainability? Like Taylor again? So as a creative

00:35:51.409 --> 00:35:55.730
entrepreneur, how do you balance artistic vision

00:35:55.730 --> 00:36:02.690
with financial sustainability? Oh, man. I spearhead

00:36:02.690 --> 00:36:05.969
majority of all my creative endeavors because

00:36:05.969 --> 00:36:09.730
I know how to edit, produce, jingle, write, voiceover

00:36:09.730 --> 00:36:17.170
work, draw, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop. A lot of

00:36:17.170 --> 00:36:21.039
it. Balancing, I'm not quite sure if I understand

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:24.159
that question. I'm trying to, are you saying

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:28.559
how do I balance the artistic vision with the

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:32.639
financial? With your financial stability. So,

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:36.360
you know, as a creative entrepreneur, we tend

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:41.179
to spend so much time on the artistic stuff and

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:44.239
spend more money on the artistic stuff that we

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:47.519
don't financially, we don't do, we don't deal

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:50.019
with the financial stability well. So there's

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:53.960
a fine line with understanding your creativity

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:59.039
with your financial understanding as well. Yeah,

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:02.960
I deal with that. I'm still learning how to balance

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:06.960
it. We're in a great spot because when I first

00:37:07.150 --> 00:37:09.750
When I first opened the business, everything

00:37:09.750 --> 00:37:12.789
was just thrown into all the ideas that I had

00:37:12.789 --> 00:37:16.030
to make people want to be a part of this journey.

00:37:16.570 --> 00:37:20.349
But when I first started the brand, I took a

00:37:20.349 --> 00:37:23.750
entrepreneur class on how to write a business

00:37:23.750 --> 00:37:28.869
proposal because at first, I was always just

00:37:28.869 --> 00:37:32.909
seeing people of color being real. They have

00:37:32.909 --> 00:37:35.269
ideas and they just throw them out to the world.

00:37:35.389 --> 00:37:39.710
not without getting trademarks, not giving ourselves

00:37:39.710 --> 00:37:45.869
proper education on business plans, banking setups,

00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:51.250
just different things to prepare them if they

00:37:51.250 --> 00:37:55.670
talk to a business partner, if they want investors

00:37:55.670 --> 00:37:57.909
and things of that nature. So before I even started

00:37:57.909 --> 00:38:02.030
the brand, I took an entrepreneurial class that

00:38:02.030 --> 00:38:05.510
helped set up meetings with meetings and things

00:38:05.510 --> 00:38:08.150
of that nature. My first year still understanding

00:38:08.150 --> 00:38:12.090
the creativity with the financials was very hard

00:38:12.090 --> 00:38:14.630
for me because I was spending a lot of money

00:38:14.630 --> 00:38:21.210
making it look good until my second year. The

00:38:21.210 --> 00:38:23.309
program I was a part of, which is called launcher

00:38:23.309 --> 00:38:27.710
here in Delaware, they do a reassessment and

00:38:27.710 --> 00:38:30.280
they They stay with you along this journey of

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:32.559
being an entrepreneur. If you need help with

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:36.619
finances, if you need to learn how to get grants

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:39.159
and also how to write proposals and things of

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:43.219
that nature, they really set me up for success

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:46.559
when I constantly do my check ins with them on

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:49.539
what I need help with. So you reached out for

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:57.340
your support. I still reach out to business mentors

00:38:57.340 --> 00:39:01.719
when I feel like either, say for instance, for

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:06.440
my partnerships and things of that nature. I've

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.360
reached out to other individuals that already

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:11.960
had partnerships with them to better understand

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:16.159
because, mind you, I never was in a partnership

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:19.940
with a conglomerate company. So I wanted to be

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:23.019
prepared before I walked in a room and understand

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:28.659
how I need to set up my numbers in order for

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:32.239
us to come to an equilibrium, a solid agreement.

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:35.519
And then that comes with finding the right lawyers.

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:39.400
Just surrounding yourself with great individuals

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.800
that not only want to see you grow up and make

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:44.800
sure you get the necessary tools and education

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:48.679
that you have to move forward. Yeah. Well, I

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:51.039
see I was going to there's two questions in there.

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:54.679
I was going to ask you about one is I see you

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:57.559
really connecting with and partnering partnering

00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:01.840
with individuals in your city or your state and

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:04.719
around. How do you choose which ones you're going

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:08.059
to partner with? That's a great question because

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:13.000
that's a great question because whenever I bet

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:17.829
wherever I bet or they bet me, I make sure We

00:40:17.829 --> 00:40:20.610
have to have the same alignment and one that's

00:40:20.610 --> 00:40:23.090
empowerment, one that's seeing the empowerment

00:40:23.090 --> 00:40:26.230
of youth, one that's building up the community

00:40:26.230 --> 00:40:32.550
as a whole, and one shining light on this piece

00:40:32.550 --> 00:40:36.949
of change, change within ourselves, change within

00:40:36.949 --> 00:40:39.949
our community. So those are some key things that

00:40:39.949 --> 00:40:43.230
I look for, not just names of brands, because

00:40:43.230 --> 00:40:46.460
there's been a few brands where we just don't

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:49.960
align. Yeah, it would look crazy dope if we was

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:53.679
partnered, but we just don't align. And one thing

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:57.619
is I don't want to get in bed with something

00:40:57.619 --> 00:41:03.699
that I'm really not prepared to deal with, if

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:07.380
that makes any sense. Yeah, if you have the same

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:11.639
alignment from vision to vision or purpose to

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:14.659
purpose or mission to mission, it wouldn't work.

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:17.780
Yeah, and some people think oh because they have

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:19.780
the brand and they have the name recognition

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:22.019
why don't why would you want to partner with

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:26.400
them and it's like No, we slow and steady wins

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:28.659
the race This is not about how fast we can get

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:30.579
to the finish line because they are bigger brand

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:33.800
than I am the thing is is that I have to see

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:38.340
where I want to go with my brand and and Where

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:41.420
where that where that finish line looks like

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:45.019
but also Just because they're more established

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:48.320
doesn't mean that that's a great fit. That's

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:52.260
true. That is very true. And it's up to you being

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:57.480
the CEO, the entrepreneur, creative, the person

00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:00.860
that knows the brand to know when the person

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:03.280
that the partnership that you're looking for

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:06.559
is in alignment or not. So that's good to be

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:11.150
able to see that. And in that brand, you're talking

00:42:11.150 --> 00:42:14.409
about empowering a generation, right? Through

00:42:14.409 --> 00:42:19.750
their change. What does that look like in your

00:42:19.750 --> 00:42:24.789
day to day work? Empowering change. So my day

00:42:24.789 --> 00:42:28.110
to day, yo, you know, I wear a lot of hats, right?

00:42:28.530 --> 00:42:31.030
I'm not talking about physical hats. I wear a

00:42:31.030 --> 00:42:39.000
lot of hats. Well, both probably. My day to days

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:46.059
are very different, but very enlightening because

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:49.739
not only am I the chair of the student visionaries

00:42:49.739 --> 00:42:53.980
of the year with the nationwide nonprofit Leukemia

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:58.019
and Lymphoma Society, but I also sit on a few

00:42:58.019 --> 00:43:02.920
committees. I no longer sit on a board. But it

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:05.579
varies because I have a five -year -old and I

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:07.860
also have an 18 -year -old and I have a fiance.

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:12.219
So my day -to -day operations vary based off

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:15.219
of what needs to go out, what do I have time

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:19.280
for, what do I need to make space for right then

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:23.739
and there. So it's kind of hard to really tell

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:25.820
you what the day -to -day looks like, but I know

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:28.880
that... I try not to start my day with business.

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:32.539
I try to start my day with either prayer, sitting

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:36.320
and having time to myself before I actually really

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:40.519
start my day because usually when I start, I

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:43.139
stay in a tunnel. I stay in a tunnel and I stay

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:47.000
focused and that may be with emails, making sure

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:50.860
certain sales, projections that we've created

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:55.179
for the month, email marketing, commercial, social

00:43:55.179 --> 00:44:02.289
media, with Cooley, making sure his schedule

00:44:02.289 --> 00:44:06.010
is aligned with mine because majority of the

00:44:06.010 --> 00:44:10.670
events that he goes to, I'm right there, I'm

00:44:10.670 --> 00:44:13.989
his buddy. So basically there's some things in

00:44:13.989 --> 00:44:18.050
our future that we will be creating where we

00:44:18.050 --> 00:44:22.329
will be showing how close of buddies we are in

00:44:22.329 --> 00:44:26.750
the entertainment space. It varies with so much.

00:44:26.909 --> 00:44:29.289
Where are we going to have the 100 -Pair -to

00:44:29.289 --> 00:44:33.289
-Give event? Making sure I'm staying in great

00:44:33.289 --> 00:44:35.130
communication with my stakeholders and things

00:44:35.130 --> 00:44:38.690
of that nature. So scheduling is the biggest

00:44:38.690 --> 00:44:43.530
thing with family, business, Cooley, community

00:44:43.530 --> 00:44:48.210
-based events, traveling experiences with other

00:44:48.210 --> 00:44:53.719
companies. It varies. I don't think I have a

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:56.719
a strict day to day, but definitely when I wake

00:44:56.719 --> 00:45:00.239
up in the morning is definitely I try not to

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:03.480
think about business first. Yeah, I agree with

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:06.000
you. I think the first the first thing that I

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:10.760
do is, you know first it's always graded even

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:12.980
though if I don't feel like waking up at 520,

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:15.539
which is between 5 and 420. I wake up every morning

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:20.940
and that's because just my days just yeah, it's

00:45:20.889 --> 00:45:22.909
They go long and still don't feel like it's enough,

00:45:22.909 --> 00:45:28.110
right? Right. But the best thing I do for myself

00:45:28.110 --> 00:45:31.869
is just wake up with gratitude. Get take the

00:45:31.869 --> 00:45:38.070
dog out. We do a mile. And just just work on

00:45:38.070 --> 00:45:43.030
the self the inside. Right. And, you know, meditate

00:45:43.030 --> 00:45:46.210
and all that good stuff and then get into the

00:45:46.210 --> 00:45:51.289
day. So I think that's what helps me. It helps

00:45:51.289 --> 00:45:54.849
me. It helps me a lot because sometimes when

00:45:54.849 --> 00:45:57.210
I wake up in the morning and I go straight to

00:45:57.210 --> 00:45:59.190
business, oh, I forgot to send out that email.

00:45:59.289 --> 00:46:02.869
Oh my gosh, I got to do this. Yep. Sometimes

00:46:02.869 --> 00:46:05.550
it creates chaos not only within, but it creates

00:46:05.550 --> 00:46:08.610
chaos within my household sometimes. Yeah. And

00:46:08.610 --> 00:46:10.650
there's no room for that. And you were talking

00:46:10.650 --> 00:46:14.710
about your journey, man. I was looking at some

00:46:14.710 --> 00:46:17.880
of the things that I didn't know about you. uh,

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:21.159
Barack Obama's 2008 presidential complaint, uh,

00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:27.960
campaign, uh, drug free world .org and, uh, you're

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:33.199
in multiple good magazine campaign. Um, yeah,

00:46:33.280 --> 00:46:36.420
the 2025 excellence in public service award,

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:41.119
2024 mill summit impact award and others, you

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:46.530
know, 40 under 40. Um, man. you've accomplished

00:46:46.530 --> 00:46:50.949
a good number of things, even before you said

00:46:50.949 --> 00:46:55.230
you're 40, you're 41 now, before you turned 40.

00:46:55.929 --> 00:47:00.349
How does that feel? Actually, to be honest with

00:47:00.349 --> 00:47:04.030
you, I never really celebrate when those things

00:47:04.030 --> 00:47:08.530
happen. And I was talking to my, because the

00:47:08.530 --> 00:47:12.800
thing is, is that awards don't excite me. Awards

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:15.519
don't necessarily excite me. It's great. You

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:18.280
know what? Let me stop because some people will

00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:21.539
probably take this wrong. It's always great to

00:47:21.539 --> 00:47:23.860
be acknowledged for those things, but they really

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:28.400
don't. Those things don't. Like. Oh my gosh,

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:32.739
I got that award. It's just they just don't and

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:35.239
my lady said I need to learn how to stop and

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:37.840
like smell the roses sometimes because soon as

00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:41.340
I get that award. I'm back to work. You know,

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:48.099
so one, actually a business, the CEO from another

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:50.619
company, he said, hey, you should sign up to

00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:52.980
win this award. And then I was like, hold on,

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:54.579
what do you mean sign up to win an award? You

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:56.960
gotta like, he was like, yeah, you have to put

00:47:56.960 --> 00:48:00.480
in to win this award. And I was like, that sounds

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:04.079
so kind of weird to sign yourself up to win an

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:07.219
award. And I was like, so for the past seven

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:10.369
months, I've been sitting on this like, who signs

00:48:10.369 --> 00:48:16.230
their self up to win an award? I was like, okay,

00:48:16.230 --> 00:48:19.250
thank you. But yeah, they don't, they really,

00:48:19.369 --> 00:48:22.489
I really don't like stop and smell the roses

00:48:22.489 --> 00:48:24.969
when that stuff happens. I just, when I'm actually

00:48:24.969 --> 00:48:27.250
like in the moment with everybody being there

00:48:27.250 --> 00:48:30.050
and stuff like that, I'm very grateful for it,

00:48:30.150 --> 00:48:32.829
but I really, they really don't, they don't do

00:48:32.829 --> 00:48:40.170
anything for me. when I look back, you know,

00:48:40.429 --> 00:48:44.829
from, I don't know, middle school on to even

00:48:44.829 --> 00:48:47.909
university and beyond, like when I would get

00:48:47.909 --> 00:48:51.750
awards for running track, like, I mean, just

00:48:51.750 --> 00:48:55.090
bags of awards, right? Like it would, I was like

00:48:55.090 --> 00:49:00.690
that. It didn't do anything for me. It was like,

00:49:00.789 --> 00:49:03.190
okay, this is cool. You know, got these medals,

00:49:03.349 --> 00:49:06.030
got these ribbons, got these trophies, you know,

00:49:06.030 --> 00:49:12.320
all this stuff, right? And it was the joy for

00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:17.460
me was just winning the race, right? And then

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:19.380
if you get a war for it, okay, that's cool. All

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:22.960
right, next. And then you just, I'm back to training,

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:26.300
doing things like that. So what I think is a

00:49:26.300 --> 00:49:31.619
good shift though, is that you acknowledge that

00:49:31.619 --> 00:49:36.199
you're being acknowledged. And then take a moment.

00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:40.440
and then get back to it. And the lady told you,

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:42.940
you know, gave you some good instruction. Yeah,

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:45.199
she was just like, just take it in, like learn

00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:48.659
to just like, take it in and then you know, get

00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:50.139
back to work. But yeah, that's one thing I'm

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:54.300
working on is this not only just doing the work,

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:56.639
but like really sit back and say, yo, you've

00:49:56.639 --> 00:49:59.920
really, you're doing something here. But I like

00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:03.280
to say, God has given me the ability to do something

00:50:03.280 --> 00:50:10.920
here. You know, you were, we talked, you have

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:13.659
a community give back, you talked about it earlier,

00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:18.480
the 100 pairs to give initiative. Why is that

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:21.739
so integral and central to your business model?

00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:26.659
So me, I'm from Southbridge, Wilmington, Delaware,

00:50:26.659 --> 00:50:30.199
and that is a projects in Wilmington, Delaware,

00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:34.000
that's basically considered the mud. When I came

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:36.519
back and when I created these pair of sneakers,

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:41.519
I was in my old neighborhood and they knocked

00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:44.079
down all of our projects. I mean, the swimming

00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:46.599
area, all that. And I was looking around and

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:49.980
I was seeing all these kids. And I was just like,

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:52.340
there's nothing like when I was growing up, it

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:54.280
didn't matter how poor we was, we had each other

00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:56.139
like, because we was playing out in the streets.

00:50:56.519 --> 00:50:58.639
It didn't matter which was playing basketball

00:50:58.639 --> 00:51:01.420
in the milk cartons, you know, stuff like that.

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:03.619
And I was just looking around, I was like, these

00:51:03.619 --> 00:51:08.079
kids, they're not inspired by anything. So with

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:12.280
that, I said, how can I inspire kids to take

00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:15.980
their creativity and give it back? So I came

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:19.780
up with 100 pairs to give, where each and every

00:51:19.780 --> 00:51:23.659
year we give away 100 pair of my brand sneakers

00:51:23.659 --> 00:51:27.320
to kids going back to school. And I've been able

00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:29.579
to, each and every year, double it up. So the

00:51:29.579 --> 00:51:32.400
first year we gave 100 pair. The second year

00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:34.639
we still gave 100 pair, but we wanted to give

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:37.480
100 pair of something else. So I partnered with

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:42.559
Nerdic Cares. to give away 100 refurbished laptops

00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:45.860
in our second year. The third year, which was

00:51:45.860 --> 00:51:50.199
last year, we outdid ourselves because in order

00:51:50.199 --> 00:51:53.119
to empower kids to think outside of the box and

00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:56.360
then also dream big, I wanna show kids what dream

00:51:56.360 --> 00:52:00.320
big looks like. So we did 300 last year. So not

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:03.340
only did we do 100 pair of sneakers, we did the

00:52:03.340 --> 00:52:07.679
100 laptops again. I pitched that idea to Whistler's

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:11.300
Bank to give away 100 savings accounts that had

00:52:11.300 --> 00:52:15.300
$50 to empower financial literacy. We also partnered

00:52:15.300 --> 00:52:17.480
with Nemours Children's Health to give away 100

00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:20.260
duffel bags with a whole bunch of back -to -school

00:52:20.260 --> 00:52:23.960
essentials and things of that nature. Not only

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:27.300
are we giving essential things back to kids going

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:29.920
back to school, but we are empowered to get back

00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:33.199
to their community. Because one thing in my community

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:35.099
growing up, we had this thing called Storm and

00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:37.300
Norman Classics. It was a basketball summer league

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:39.960
that every kid couldn't wait to get their hands

00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:43.659
on. And I wanted to create a feeling like that

00:52:43.659 --> 00:52:49.409
for kids to, they can't wait to... 100 pairs

00:52:49.409 --> 00:52:51.949
to give to come back around. That feeling of

00:52:51.949 --> 00:52:55.050
inspiration and that spark of wanting to go back

00:52:55.050 --> 00:52:57.489
to school, making it fun to go back to school

00:52:57.489 --> 00:53:00.110
and learn and pick up some valuable tools to

00:53:00.110 --> 00:53:03.010
take with them on their journey was really key

00:53:03.010 --> 00:53:06.789
for me in showing a different form of empowerment

00:53:06.789 --> 00:53:10.719
besides just sports. I wanted to because we all

00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:12.460
know we got a lot of kids that love sneakers

00:53:12.460 --> 00:53:15.519
these days, and not a lot of people get back

00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:18.239
sneakers to go back to school and other essentials.

00:53:18.539 --> 00:53:22.380
So I always want to have an idea of doing something

00:53:22.380 --> 00:53:24.539
a little different outside of the box than any

00:53:24.539 --> 00:53:28.739
other particular back to school giveaway. Man,

00:53:28.940 --> 00:53:34.139
I thought I saw that that you were that you had

00:53:34.139 --> 00:53:37.780
encouraged your bank to give bank accounts. with

00:53:37.780 --> 00:53:41.260
$50 in the savings account away. I thought that

00:53:41.260 --> 00:53:44.579
was one of the most powerful things that I've

00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:48.019
seen in a long time. And how did that come about?

00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:52.260
And what was the was the initial response? Yeah,

00:53:52.280 --> 00:53:54.719
let's do this. Or how was that whole? Tell me,

00:53:54.860 --> 00:53:59.719
give me that story, bro. You know, with the confidence

00:53:59.719 --> 00:54:02.820
of getting through all the nose with cool color

00:54:02.820 --> 00:54:05.769
kid generation. and my back to schools of writing

00:54:05.769 --> 00:54:08.710
proposals and sponsorship decks and stuff like

00:54:08.710 --> 00:54:11.090
that, and getting people, a lot of people to

00:54:11.090 --> 00:54:14.030
say no, I would say after that second back to

00:54:14.030 --> 00:54:16.789
school, and you're actually getting all these

00:54:16.789 --> 00:54:19.349
big sponsors and stuff like that, you kind of

00:54:19.349 --> 00:54:25.769
build up this, this, this, this mindset of confidence

00:54:25.769 --> 00:54:28.869
that I can speak to anybody. Yeah, you know what

00:54:28.869 --> 00:54:30.750
I mean? You kind of build up this confidence

00:54:30.750 --> 00:54:34.300
that I can speak to anybody. Not saying you just

00:54:34.300 --> 00:54:35.960
build up that confidence. It's just like going

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:38.780
after cast of directors. After you get that big,

00:54:38.780 --> 00:54:41.380
big cast of director, I can speak to any cast

00:54:41.380 --> 00:54:45.739
of director. So I had this idea and I was like,

00:54:45.739 --> 00:54:49.699
what could I do different? So I ended up hitting

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:53.920
up the head that oversees that department and

00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:56.519
I asked for a meeting and she made some time

00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:58.119
for me and I pitched to her. She was like, yo,

00:54:58.159 --> 00:55:00.079
we've never done like nothing like this before

00:55:00.079 --> 00:55:02.869
ever. Right. We've been around. She was like,

00:55:03.050 --> 00:55:04.869
we've never done anything like this. But here's

00:55:04.869 --> 00:55:08.250
the caveat. Kids just didn't get $50 in their

00:55:08.250 --> 00:55:12.349
savings accounts. We also created classes for

00:55:12.349 --> 00:55:14.869
them to take one class a month for 45 minutes

00:55:14.869 --> 00:55:18.070
to show them how to grow that $50. And then over

00:55:18.070 --> 00:55:20.369
the course of those three months, they had to

00:55:20.369 --> 00:55:23.150
put $50 of their own money in it to unlock the

00:55:23.150 --> 00:55:25.630
$50 that we already gave them. And their parents

00:55:25.630 --> 00:55:31.349
had no access to their accounts. That gives them

00:55:31.349 --> 00:55:33.550
more responsibility, understanding of the dollar

00:55:33.550 --> 00:55:38.309
and the whole banking situation. Yep. Yep. Wow.

00:55:39.130 --> 00:55:43.130
Wow. That's pretty unique, man. I like that.

00:55:43.550 --> 00:55:45.449
And I mean, you come up with a whole bunch of

00:55:45.449 --> 00:55:48.469
uniqueness, you know, with just from the idea

00:55:48.469 --> 00:55:52.670
itself. Who comes up with your designs, the colors,

00:55:52.769 --> 00:55:54.789
the patterns, all that? Is that you or is it

00:55:54.789 --> 00:55:57.369
you have someone else? All me. All me. All you.

00:55:58.489 --> 00:56:03.889
All me. Oh, wow, man. But I'm praying one day

00:56:03.889 --> 00:56:08.309
to get a department, different departments that

00:56:08.309 --> 00:56:11.829
cater to different cultures. So we get really

00:56:11.829 --> 00:56:14.650
catered to different cultures because a lot of

00:56:14.650 --> 00:56:16.250
different cultures be like, yo, that'd be dope

00:56:16.250 --> 00:56:19.329
in my country color, man. So it's like one day

00:56:19.329 --> 00:56:21.409
I dream to have different departments that will.

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:25.360
not only cater to the unity of the world, but

00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:28.739
also cater to different cultures to what they

00:56:28.739 --> 00:56:32.019
like to wear and to be able to put some cool

00:56:32.019 --> 00:56:37.219
in their culture. Yeah. What role does culture,

00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:41.219
heritage and identity play in the visual side

00:56:41.219 --> 00:56:46.820
of your brand? That is an amazing question. That's

00:56:46.820 --> 00:56:48.880
a great question. I've never been asked that.

00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:51.920
Basically, what I hear from what you're saying

00:56:51.920 --> 00:56:59.139
is how does identity play well with the brand?

00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:04.900
How does culture shape the brand as a whole?

00:57:05.579 --> 00:57:08.980
How does your culture, your heritage of the identity

00:57:08.980 --> 00:57:12.940
of your brand, how does that play just how it

00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:18.039
shows in the visual side of the brand? You know,

00:57:18.059 --> 00:57:23.960
I'm very conscious on how it plays on the visual

00:57:23.960 --> 00:57:31.199
side. Sometimes we do miss the mark in some of

00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:37.280
our marketing, which I identify sometimes after

00:57:37.280 --> 00:57:42.559
it. But that's just a learning process because

00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:46.340
this brand is always going to continue to evolve.

00:57:47.289 --> 00:57:49.929
I'm not quite sure. I may even have to change

00:57:49.929 --> 00:57:54.289
the name of Cool Color Kid just slightly to keep

00:57:54.289 --> 00:57:58.869
everything consistent. But it's a vital, it plays

00:57:58.869 --> 00:58:03.269
a vital role in how this brand could evolve and

00:58:03.269 --> 00:58:06.070
something I believe that by the time it gets

00:58:06.070 --> 00:58:09.469
to the place where God wants it to be at, I would

00:58:09.469 --> 00:58:12.929
just be like, yo, I did not see this coming.

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:17.039
But culture is like one of the biggest, I'm hoping

00:58:17.039 --> 00:58:18.559
I'm answering your question because I'm trying

00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:21.320
to like, think about it as well. Because that

00:58:21.320 --> 00:58:25.000
is a great question. Yeah. And it may be something

00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:27.920
that you may need to sit with and figure out,

00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:29.860
you know, as you're because it sounds like there's

00:58:29.860 --> 00:58:32.019
some evolution that needs to take place, you

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:36.639
know? Oh, yeah, absolutely. And so, you know,

00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:40.969
maybe that question will, you know, impart some

00:58:40.969 --> 00:58:43.929
idea for whatever absolutely whatever you transform

00:58:43.929 --> 00:58:48.769
into. So, I mean, you I'm sure you've learned

00:58:48.769 --> 00:58:52.289
about yourself. What is it that you've learned

00:58:52.289 --> 00:58:56.190
about yourself as a leader since you launched

00:58:56.190 --> 00:59:00.449
this movement? I know some of you talked about

00:59:00.449 --> 00:59:03.489
especially you can talk to anybody now. What's

00:59:03.489 --> 00:59:06.269
that? What's that? I said, especially now that

00:59:06.269 --> 00:59:08.150
you said you can talk to anybody. What else have

00:59:08.150 --> 00:59:12.150
you learn um after you after launching this this

00:59:12.150 --> 00:59:17.710
this movement. It's continue uh um it's so cool

00:59:17.710 --> 00:59:20.489
to be different uh when you walk into the room

00:59:20.489 --> 00:59:23.690
um it's so good to it's so cool to add a little

00:59:23.690 --> 00:59:26.349
color that they say that uh we don't normally

00:59:26.349 --> 00:59:28.369
see been in that color but hey it's still it

00:59:28.369 --> 00:59:33.969
look good on you. Um it's so cool to um show

00:59:33.969 --> 00:59:37.809
kids something different. It's so cool to enlighten

00:59:37.809 --> 00:59:42.449
an adult that thought otherwise because sometimes

00:59:42.449 --> 00:59:45.210
we live in a generation where even adults, these

00:59:45.210 --> 00:59:48.110
adults don't even read or they tend to not dive

00:59:48.110 --> 00:59:54.670
deeper when it says learn more about us. So it's

00:59:54.670 --> 00:59:58.670
also given me grace to be patient with the timing

00:59:58.670 --> 01:00:06.369
of things, learning new workflows. learning to

01:00:06.369 --> 01:00:08.869
be patient with other people's processes, because

01:00:08.869 --> 01:00:11.949
sometimes the speed I work on, not everybody

01:00:11.949 --> 01:00:14.429
else works on the same speed, so I have to learn

01:00:14.429 --> 01:00:17.670
to be patient that people are not on my same

01:00:17.670 --> 01:00:21.969
speed. Yeah. Those are good lessons to learn.

01:00:24.050 --> 01:00:26.789
A couple more questions here for you, Ran. How

01:00:26.789 --> 01:00:33.050
do you define success today versus when you first

01:00:33.050 --> 01:00:36.489
started? or has it changed? Oh my gosh. Wow.

01:00:39.550 --> 01:00:42.550
I used to I used to battle with this thing called

01:00:42.550 --> 01:00:47.769
success. I used to I used to battle with the

01:00:47.769 --> 01:00:51.030
the idea of what it actually looks like because

01:00:51.030 --> 01:00:53.829
I've never seen it grown up. Of course, you see

01:00:53.829 --> 01:00:57.530
it on TV with other people but there's no one.

01:00:58.269 --> 01:01:00.349
There's probably a few but they're in different

01:01:00.349 --> 01:01:06.349
spaces than I am. that have had success, but

01:01:06.349 --> 01:01:11.130
I'm still learning to understand that thing called

01:01:11.130 --> 01:01:15.809
success. It's just, I think that also ties in

01:01:15.809 --> 01:01:18.650
with winning awards. It's like a lot of people

01:01:18.650 --> 01:01:24.110
will tie your success to awards. And I'm just

01:01:24.110 --> 01:01:27.829
like, but anybody can make an award and just

01:01:27.829 --> 01:01:31.940
say. hey, here you go. So I'm still, I'm still,

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:34.320
you know, you know what I mean? Anybody can say,

01:01:34.340 --> 01:01:37.719
hey, here you go. You got the, you got the, you're

01:01:37.719 --> 01:01:42.880
around the way cat award. And then like, bro,

01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:47.199
you got a lot of awards around your block. Oh

01:01:47.199 --> 01:01:50.320
bro, like you doing it. You know, so everybody

01:01:50.320 --> 01:01:53.380
has their definition of success, but it has changed

01:01:53.380 --> 01:01:57.960
and it continues to change. with my fiance being

01:01:57.960 --> 01:02:01.019
in my life, she's also constantly reminded me

01:02:01.019 --> 01:02:05.440
that there's always different forms and ways

01:02:05.440 --> 01:02:09.860
to look at success. So before her, my idea of

01:02:09.860 --> 01:02:15.639
success was money, material things, but with

01:02:15.639 --> 01:02:19.639
her and learning through reading and continue

01:02:19.639 --> 01:02:24.179
to learn to empower myself, that those aren't

01:02:24.179 --> 01:02:31.900
necessarily, That's not definite eventually definition

01:02:31.900 --> 01:02:35.559
of what success is family. You're live you're

01:02:35.559 --> 01:02:39.059
inspiring individuals You're learning you're

01:02:39.059 --> 01:02:42.800
growing. So it's still it's still taking shape

01:02:42.800 --> 01:02:48.340
I can't give you a The question the answer you're

01:02:48.340 --> 01:02:50.980
looking for but uh, yeah, it's it's still I'm

01:02:50.980 --> 01:02:53.739
still learning learning what I'm looking for

01:02:53.739 --> 01:02:57.079
the answer I'm looking for what what it what

01:02:57.079 --> 01:03:02.280
it is to you and for you and success means different

01:03:02.280 --> 01:03:06.219
things for different people. I think while even

01:03:06.219 --> 01:03:10.619
after myself like for success for me was, you

01:03:10.619 --> 01:03:13.800
know, having that big house and that fancy car

01:03:13.800 --> 01:03:20.780
and all that kind of the outside service material

01:03:20.780 --> 01:03:24.760
kind of Oh, you know, this is what success looks

01:03:24.760 --> 01:03:27.780
like, because that person has this number. That's

01:03:27.780 --> 01:03:30.500
not what it is for me anymore. It's a fulfillment

01:03:30.500 --> 01:03:36.619
that that I look for. It's the service that I

01:03:36.619 --> 01:03:40.360
give. And the byproducts of that may be, you

01:03:40.360 --> 01:03:42.179
know, the car, the house and all that kind of

01:03:42.179 --> 01:03:46.360
good stuff. But the success is the fulfillment

01:03:46.360 --> 01:03:51.159
of actually living my purpose in the world. And

01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:53.869
so again, but it changed, you know what I mean?

01:03:53.949 --> 01:03:58.150
And it's gonna, it's ever evolving. But it's

01:03:58.150 --> 01:04:04.030
not the material thing that makes me do and inspires

01:04:04.030 --> 01:04:09.250
me to do what I do. One last question for you.

01:04:10.650 --> 01:04:16.090
This as this last moment on the podcast, what's

01:04:16.090 --> 01:04:19.070
on your heart that you would love to share to

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somebody? that's listening or watching the podcast.

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I would say definitely take that step into what

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you want to do, even if you don't know how to

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do it. There are a lot of things that has evolved

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from Cool Color Kid that I didn't know how to

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do. I didn't know I was going to design a mascot

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and be in the mascot space now, learning from

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NBA teams, NFL teams, NHL teams, MLB teams. I

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didn't know it, but when it was given to me,

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I had to learn how to do it. I didn't know how

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to do back to schools. I knew I just wanted to

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inspire. I just did it. I didn't know how to

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do this little thing I do every Tuesday called

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Cool As You Are, going around asking people what

01:05:09.400 --> 01:05:12.699
makes you cool, these words surrounding cool,

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just do it. And don't overthink it because sometimes

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we'll tend to ask ourselves, how can I do it?

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But lo and behold, all you have is all you need.

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and right around you. This thing I always tell

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kids, you got this little thing called a cell

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phone. If they can make a movie on a cell phone,

01:05:34.469 --> 01:05:37.289
you can make a podcast, you can make a commercial,

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you can make a reel. You can find a way to get

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your word out. Look for the answers and then

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don't be afraid to just take a lot of risks because

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When I say I've taken a lot of risks and I'm

01:05:57.559 --> 01:05:59.800
still taking a lot of risk, I know it's easier

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said than done because I used to always be like,

01:06:01.599 --> 01:06:03.440
it's easy for you to say you're successful now.

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But the thing is, is that it's so true that now

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that I look back that I used to always like why

01:06:13.320 --> 01:06:16.219
they saying it because they are successful. But

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I'm also also that everybody's journey is different

01:06:19.460 --> 01:06:23.340
from yours. So do your best. Even if you are

01:06:23.340 --> 01:06:25.480
working hard or even if you stand up later than

01:06:25.480 --> 01:06:27.699
that person or even if you know more than that

01:06:27.699 --> 01:06:32.099
person Pull pull see how that person is doing

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it and then also on top of that Try not to compare

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how you're doing it because the thing is it if

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you're in it for longevity You got you got to

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keep continue There are some people here for

01:06:43.280 --> 01:06:45.519
a moment and there are some people here for longevity

01:06:45.519 --> 01:06:47.940
But the thing is is that you got to see where

01:06:47.940 --> 01:06:50.239
you want to be. Do you want this to stay around?

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for a lifetime to where your kids' kids could

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benefit from this? Or do you just want that 15

01:06:56.659 --> 01:07:00.380
minutes of fame, get that quick money? But also,

01:07:01.380 --> 01:07:04.440
make it not about the money. Make it about the

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impact because the bigger the impact, potentially

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the bigger the momentum and I'm assuming the

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money will come with that. Other than that, don't

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compare your journey because comparison is the

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killer of creativity. Man, you said it right

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there. Actually, I did a solo podcast on that,

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so I totally agree. And everything that you guys

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said, man, is really powerful and is in line

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with just continue to live your best life and

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just... just move forward with your ideas, your

01:07:42.500 --> 01:07:47.380
dreams, your passion, your purpose. And the thing

01:07:47.380 --> 01:07:49.920
that you said is, you know, don't compare yourself

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to anyone else. So that's powerful. How do how

01:07:53.860 --> 01:07:56.360
do people get your products, man? How do they

01:07:56.360 --> 01:08:00.900
get to your shoes and your hats and everything

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that's yourself? Yeah, oh that's going to evolve

01:08:03.880 --> 01:08:06.960
too. I can't wait for that to evolve. You can

01:08:06.960 --> 01:08:10.519
go on CoolGeneration .com. Cool with a K, Generation

01:08:10.519 --> 01:08:13.519
.com. Follow us on social media, Cool Color Kid.

01:08:13.820 --> 01:08:18.380
Generations IG is CoolKKidGen. 100 pairs of give

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is 100 pairs two, number two, G -I -V. Cool World

01:08:24.079 --> 01:08:28.869
Mascot is Cool World Mascot on Instagram. TikTok,

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and Facebook. And you can follow your boy, TheRandLaw,

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on social media, Facebook, and Instagram. Nice.

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Nice, sir. And everything that you said will

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have in the description so that people can just

01:08:42.729 --> 01:08:46.789
click on the link and get to where you are. Man,

01:08:46.970 --> 01:08:49.600
this is... Oh yeah, follow us on YouTube. Cool

01:08:49.600 --> 01:08:52.199
color kid generation. I gotta get that thing

01:08:52.199 --> 01:08:54.260
going too. I mean, I gotta stay consistent with

01:08:54.260 --> 01:08:57.380
that. But cool color kid generation on YouTube.

01:08:57.479 --> 01:09:00.359
We have so much content. It's crazy. Oh, YouTube

01:09:00.359 --> 01:09:02.260
as well. Okay, cool. So we'll make sure you have

01:09:02.260 --> 01:09:07.659
that in the description. But man, I tell you,

01:09:08.859 --> 01:09:14.380
it's just phenomenal over the years that you've

01:09:14.380 --> 01:09:17.300
done what you've done. um you created what you

01:09:17.300 --> 01:09:20.680
created and you evolved into the person that

01:09:20.680 --> 01:09:24.199
you are today through your grit through your

01:09:24.199 --> 01:09:27.520
vision through um just believing in yourself

01:09:27.520 --> 01:09:30.539
and what i would tell people that are watching

01:09:30.539 --> 01:09:34.159
or listening you know randall law is a testament

01:09:34.159 --> 01:09:37.880
to you can't become who you see yourself becoming

01:09:37.880 --> 01:09:42.329
you know um so ran Thank you so much for being

01:09:42.329 --> 01:09:46.489
on the podcast. And the question of the week

01:09:46.489 --> 01:09:50.149
is, based on what our conversation was, is if

01:09:50.149 --> 01:09:53.310
you could reclaim one word, one label or one

01:09:53.310 --> 01:09:57.010
symbol to turn into something empowering, what

01:09:57.010 --> 01:09:59.270
would it be and why? Let us know in the comments.

01:09:59.670 --> 01:10:02.050
We want to hear your voice. Rand, thank you,

01:10:02.069 --> 01:10:05.890
man, for being on the podcast. Appreciate you.

01:10:06.170 --> 01:10:08.750
Yeah, we in a building. Thank you, homie. I appreciate

01:10:08.750 --> 01:10:11.569
you. Continue to keep shining. Before you go,

01:10:11.569 --> 01:10:13.590
I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being

01:10:13.590 --> 01:10:16.149
a part of the Thrive Bull journey. Every time

01:10:16.149 --> 01:10:19.310
you show up here, you're choosing growth, clarity,

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and the deeper work of becoming who you're meant

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01:11:11.039 --> 01:11:13.640
Let's not just go through the motions. Let's

01:11:13.640 --> 01:11:16.880
really walk this path on purpose. I appreciate

01:11:16.880 --> 01:11:19.659
you. And like we always say, let's make thriving

01:11:19.659 --> 01:11:21.960
our new normal. And I'll talk to you soon.