Dr. Jerry, you got the whole world waiting. Been
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as the site of Bad Bunny's record -breaking residency
here at the Coliseum known by locals as El Choli.
From July 11th all the way to September 20th,
he performed 31 sold -out shows drawing over
600 ,000 fans and generating hundreds of millions
of dollars in economic impact for the island.
So it's safe to say that this wasn't just entertainment,
this was sort of a cultural reset that reminded
the world just how powerful Puerto Rico's global
influence really is. On top of that, and I'm
sure you've heard this, he's slated to headline
the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in February.
So really proud of him, everyone on the island
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local hero here and our local artist activist.
This is definitely your moment and your influence
is making an impact globally. And tonight we're
creating a moment of our own because Here's what
I know for sure. Somebody listening to this show
tonight, whether they catch it live or catch
the replay on podcast, they're going to hear
something tonight that sparks something in them.
It's going to spark them towards a trajectory
that unlocks their best life this upcoming new
year. I really do believe that. I know that a
lot of what we talk about on this show is in
the realm of personal development, and a lot
of stuff that we're going to talk about is pulled
straight from my latest book, which is called
Unlocking Your Best Life, which is available
right now on Amazon, both in paperback and Kindle
format. And there's also a direct link to the
book on our show's web page at artistsfirst .com.
But let me give you a heads up about something,
because if you've been meaning to grab a copy
of this book, any of my books, now is the time,
because... We're in the process right now of
pulling all of my books from Amazon before the
end of the year. We're going to update them all,
repackage them, and move them over exclusively
to my own platform for direct -to -consumer access.
So, you know, I'm very grateful for, you know,
everything Amazon KDP has done in helping, you
know, us to share these messages with the world.
But everything has a season. Everything has a
season, and you've got to have the discernment
to know when it's time to pivot and elevate and
move on. So Amazon, I appreciate you and I wish
you all the best moving forward. All right, so
let's go ahead and get into this show. How do
you guys feel about 2025? Are you guys ready
for 2025 to sort of get the hell on or has it
been a pretty good year for you? I've heard a
mix from both people. For some this year has
been great. But others, it's been sort of challenging.
I know people who have experienced big losses
this year. I have some cousins who lost their
father last month, actually on my birthday, which
tragically is also my cousin's birthday. So my
heart really goes out to them all, especially
Adrian. I know what it feels like to lose a parent.
It's hard. There's no way around it. I can only
imagine how compounded the pain is. losing your
parent on your birthday. You know, so Adrian,
Angel, Adria, all of you guys are in my thoughts
and I'm sending you love, okay? Because I know
you're probably going through it right now. And
to that point, you know, if this has been a difficult
year for you, just know that eventually things
are gonna turn around. All storms in life eventually
pass. And you're not alone. 2025 has been like
a roller coaster for a lot of people. A lot of
us are carrying heavy burdens and core minute
by mistakes we've made in the past and missteps.
But tonight's episode, I don't want to focus
on that. I want to focus on what's going right,
what's possible in the future. So we're going
to focus on what comes next. We're going to be
talking strategy, mindset, and momentum. And
we're going to explore how to unlock your best
year yet in this upcoming year, 2026. Because
breakthroughs and success, they're not just gonna
happen by themselves. You have to plan for it.
And I'm gonna help you with that tonight. All
right, so like I was saying before, a lot of
the content in this show is geared towards self
-improvement and personal development and shifting
our mindset, right? And typically, around this
time of year, what I like to do is dedicate a
show specifically to discussing strategy and
practical steps. that you can take to sort of
get a head start on this new year and get your
head in the game so that when January 1st comes
around, you can hit the ground running. So we're
going to talk about how to set realistic goals,
attainable goals for this upcoming year. We're
going to talk about creating actionable steps
toward achieving those goals. And we're also
going to talk about, and this is the most critical
part, we're going to talk about developing a
mindset that will allow you to believe in achieve
your goals because the truth is you can have
a strategy all day long but if you don't believe
in yourself you don't believe in your own ability
to accomplish your goals then all you're doing
is just wishful wishful thinking right so whether
you're rebuilding from a really rough year or
you just refocusing your energy or you just really
really just ready to do the thing that you've
finally been putting off forever It doesn't matter.
I have practical tools and real talk that's going
to help you shift gears and get to that next
level. So grab something to take some notes with
and really pay attention because together we're
going to figure this thing out for 2026. I want
this to be your best year yet. All right? All
right. So some of you already know what you want
to accomplish next year. And if that's the case
for you, excellent. Because that means that you're
very clear about your goals. And you can go ahead
and start developing a strategy to get there.
But there are a lot of people out there who don't
have that in mind yet. So let's say you don't
have a specific goal in mind yet. Maybe you feel
like, why do I even need to set goals? Maybe
you feel like it's not necessary. Because there
are a lot of people who are right now, they're
just in survival mode. And they may not be thinking
about lofty goals and things that they want to
accomplish next year. They're just trying to
get by on a day -to -day basis. And I certainly
understand that. But what I would say to you,
if you're someone that's in that situation, I
believe it's all the more critical for you to
set a goal for yourself. And really calling it
a goal is not even the best terminology to use.
because at its root, a goal is only, a goal is
just a desire or a vision. You desire or have
a vision to have, be, or do something that you
currently don't have. So we can just rephrase
the word altogether and stop using goal and replace
it with desire or vision, because really terminology
matters. So I'm gonna try to go to the rest of
this broadcast and not use the word goal. What's
your vision for 2026? What do you desire to have
or to achieve? And it's okay if you don't really
know the answer to that right now. It's better
to take some time to really think and reflect
on what you want before you start putting a lot
of energy into something that, you know, at the
end of the day, it doesn't fulfill you. It's
not gonna... you know, bring you any real sustainable
joy or is misaligned with your purpose and your
identity. You know, I've done that so many times.
Years and years ago, around this time of year,
my ex and I, we used to get out a sheet of notebook
paper and we would write down all of this stuff,
you know, things we desired to accomplish and
achieve within the next year. And, you know,
we'd be like, you know, by this time next year,
we're going to have this or we're going to do
that. And we would just fill up an entire sheet
of paper, just kind of writing out things that
we wanted to accomplish and then we share them
with each other and share what we wrote. And
in retrospect, a lot of that stuff was very ambitious
and lofty. I think one year, one of the desires
I wrote down was to retire at age 50 and move
to Puerto Rico, which I actually did accomplish
at age 46. So it's amazing the power of words
and how writing out your desires can manifest
them into your life later, years later. But yeah,
some of the things we wrote down were desires
that we had as a couple, and then others were
individual desires. But either way it went, writing
down those goals made it real for us, and it
made it attainable. We were always very pragmatic.
We knew we probably wouldn't achieve everything
on the list, but we knew and we believed that
we'd accomplish at least two or three, maybe
on a good year, even four. And, you know, it
will always be exciting to take out the old list
a year later and then highlight or check off
all the ones we accomplished. And then sometimes
we laugh about how much we veered off track.
But the point I wanted to reinforce here is that
The importance of having a vision in the first
place is really significant and also writing
it down. You've got to write it down. Because
when you have a vision, that vision is going
to give you a direction. It's going to give you
a road map. So you're not going to go into this
new year just wandering aimlessly, letting life
happen. You know, you set your sights on a clear
destination that you can focus on. And in turn,
what that's going to do is going to determine
your actions is going to determine your habits
and your behavior so when distractions start
to come along to tempt you and they will come
distractions will come it might be in a form
of well -meaning friends you know they may be
saying something like hey man you know there's
a party tonight let's go here hey let's go out
for drinks my tree let's do this let's do that
when you start minding your business minding
your own business and focusing on yourself and
starting to manifest the life that you desire,
people are going to just naturally gravitate
to you. You're going to notice all types of people
coming out to Woodward, old friends, old flames.
Everybody's going to be coming at you left and
right because everybody's going to want a piece
of you and to be around you because there's something
attractive and there's something alluring about
someone who's driven and focused. So you will
be distracted. I always tell people, if you're
lonely, just pursue something. I don't care if
it's a degree, a business, if you want to lose
weight, if you're trying to get back fit, if
you're writing a book. Once you start focusing
on something important and meaningful to you,
people are just going to be attracted to you
and to that energy. And they're going to bother
the shit out of you. a promise. And if you're
lonely and hungry, all you have to do is just
announce to your friends and to your social circle
that you're going on a diet, or that you're fasting,
or that you're going to start some type of new
health regimen. You're going to get all types
of offers to go to breakfast, go to lunch, go
to dinner. People are going to invite you over
to their house to eat. People are going to offer
to cook for you. They're going to bring you food.
Just all types of shit. It never fails. But the
point I'm trying to make is that focus invites
distraction. So you have to be very mentally
prepared to resist temptation in all its various
forms because it's definitely going to come.
Okay? All right. I want to share a couple of
passages from the Bible with you that reinforce
the importance of having a vision. and writing
things down. So if you're not a Bible person,
just bear with me, but the first one is from
the book of Habakkuk in chapter 2, and a lot
of you are going to know the scripture. It says,
Write down the vision and inscribe it clearly
on tablets, so that the one reading aloud from
it may do so easily. For the vision is yet for
its appointed time, and it is rushing towards
its end. and it will not lie even if it should
delay keep an expectation of it that's have a
cook chapter two verses two and three it's really
a divine instruction on how to bring a god -given
vision to life and some people may be asking
how do you know how do you know if your vision
is god -given is your vision to kill somebody
or to harm somebody or to manipulate someone
or get over on them No. Okay, then it's from
God. If your vision involves you becoming a better
person, leveling up in life, having more money,
having more abundance, helping your family, helping
other people, that's how you know it's a God
-given vision. So it's very easy to discern.
If you want to mess people up, then that's not
from God. That's coming from someplace else,
okay? But from this one scripture that I just
read, there are four... powerful actions that
are essential to manifesting your purpose and
your desires. And the first one is write down
the vision. That will sit at the very beginning
of the verse. Because God could have just told
Habakkuk what the vision was and just left it
at that. But He clearly said to write it down.
And why did He say that? He said that because
writing down the vision makes it real. Because
thinking about it, you're taking vision. You're
taking an abstract idea and you're putting it
on paper in tangible form. So it's no longer
just a thought at that point. It's sort of like
a contract. You're committed to it, you know?
So don't just think about your goals for this
next year. Make sure you write them down, whether
it's in a journal, on a planner, on your wall.
Just do whatever you can to make it visible.
The next thing the scripture says, it says, inscribe
it clearly. or make it plain, right? Your vision,
your dream, could be written in a way that a
stranger could read it, right? And that stranger
can take that plan that you have written out
and know exactly what it is you're aiming for.
It should be very clear, because clarity is going
to help you to stay focused and avoid all types
of distractions and detours. If your vision is
cloudy, then your path is going to be cloudy.
You're going to stumble here and there. So you
want your steps to be certain, okay? The next
thing, number three from that scripture, he said
read aloud from it so that the one reading aloud
from it may do so easily. That means your vision
isn't just for you. It's meant to be spoken and
declared and proclaimed. You see, when you speak
your vision out loud, you're engaging your faith
and your whether you realize it or not, you're
reprogramming your subconscious mind and you're
aligning your language, what you speak, with
your purpose and what you want to happen. So
read your vision out loud every morning. Say
it like it's already happening and speak it into
existence. I know you've heard this type of stuff
before. You know, some of this stuff has been
passed on as new modern wisdom. This stuff is
old from the Bible. This is biblical knowledge.
So get your Bible out. The last thing it mentioned
in that scripture, it says, keep an expectation
even if it delays. That's called a faith walk.
Most people, they abandon their dreams and their
visions because they're not seeing anything.
They get tired of waiting. But delay doesn't
mean denial. Every vision, like it said in that
scripture, has an appointed time. Your only job
is to keep believing and keep preparing and staying
in alignment with your purpose. seems like nothing
is is is happening always kill people who are
looking for work there's so many stories out
there people they're going on interview after
interview applying for job at the job and i hear
you know and always kill people try to keep them
courage keep knocking your job is to not and
keep knocking god is going to open the door that's
meant for you to walk through so i know it gets
frustrating and scary when it's gone months and
even you know crossing a year with with with
no kids But just keep knocking in faith. The
right door is going to open. That's for a job.
That's for a man, a girl, opportunity, whatever
it is you're looking for or expecting. Just keep
knocking and expect that the right door is going
to open. And thank God in advance for opening
the right door for you. And thank God also for
the nose. Thank God for the nose. The last thing
you want is to walk through a job or into a relationship
or something that's not meant for you. And you
end up going through hell. You don't want to
go through that. So just keep walking in faith
and know that God is going to open the right
door for you All right. There was a couple of
other scriptures I don't want to go too heavy
on the scripture because I know a lot of people
are just like people just not feeling God right
now in the scriptures This is really crazy and
I've never run into so many black atheists in
my life like You used to have to go far and wide
to find a black atheist now. They're all over
the place I was listening to a podcast the other
day with Miss Pat on there. A lot of you know
Miss Pat. I actually like Miss Pat. She don't
believe in God. She's kind of atheist -ish. And
I was like, oh, wow. You know, so it is really
kind of jarring. I told you about one of my good
friends, Craig. He's an atheist. You know, so
that took a minute to get used to. So it's just
crazy. But if you can, keep your faith. God in
the forefront of your mind. He still exists.
He sees everything that's going on. All this
stuff that's in the Bible about all this crazy
stuff that's going to happen and all of that.
Just stay close to Him. Stay faithful. Don't
allow your faith to be deterred. Don't fall for
all these new beliefs and all this. Don't fall
for all this crap. And I'm veering way off course
here, but I just felt like I needed to say that.
Don't fall for this newfangled knowledge that
you see on the Internet. The Bible is still the
Bible, the Word of God is still the Word of God,
God is real. Okay? That's just me. You know,
I have seen and experienced God in my own life.
You just can't tell me He's real. You can't tell
me the Word of God is not real. I've never gone
wrong from adhering to the Word of God and following
it. Whenever I veered from it, that's when I
fucked up. So... Enough of that. Enough of that.
We're going to go back to the subject at hand
here. But really, when you get your vision, you
need to make sure that you protect your vision.
Some of you are dealing with some things that
are a lot deeper than not believing in your vision.
You have people who are questioning and sowing
doubt. into you in terms of what you can accomplish
and what you can accomplish. You know, that's
why I have learned over the years that when you
have an idea or something that you want to accomplish,
keep it to yourself because not everybody is
going to be happy for you. You have to be very
mindful who you share things with. It's not for
everybody to know. If God puts a dream in your
heart, that's for you. Nurture it. Water it with
faith. And just keep pressing toward that goal.
I know you can get excited because you want to
launch your business, or you're going back to
school, or you're finally starting that podcast,
and you got a plan to lose weight, or get back
fit, or write your book, whatever it is. So naturally,
you're going to want to tell somebody. But like
I said, not everybody is going to be happy for
you. Some people are going to smile on your face.
They'll tell you they're proud of you. They'll
say all the right things. And a lot of them may
even mean it. But more often than not a lot of
those same folks are secretly hoping that you
fail They're watching your glow up and they're
sort of envious or They're kind of in the back
of her mind wondering who does she think she
is? You know even if it's not malicious their
doubts can still do damage because thoughts are
things and When you give people access to your
vision too soon you Risk letting their energy
pollute what you're trying to build You know
people say little slick stuff like ain't no way
she gonna lose all that way She's been big to
her whole life, or I don't know how you think
he can start a business. He barely graduated
high school You know stuff like that You know
protect your vision There's a reason the scripture
says in Luke 2 somewhere Luke chapter 2 or 3
That Mary the mother of Jesus. She says she treasured
these things in her hearts You see some revelations
are meant to be held close and not broadcast
to the world, you know, so Keep your goals to
yourself Write them write everything down speak
over believe it Don't go posting everything before
it's even had a chance to take root. Okay Your
vision is sacred. So treat it like it is I'm
also going to say this. I'm not going to harp
on this too long. Some of you are dealing with
something like hater energy in your own home.
So let's just call that a thing and let's be
real about that. Some of you guys have spouses
and partners and long -term companions who make
these little digs to try to tear you down or
dissuade you or sow seeds of doubt about your
vision, about your dream because They may be
uncomfortable with your growth Or they don't
want you to grow too much or be more successful
than they are. They don't want to be outshined
Or they feel threatened by your ambition all
types of stuff, you know, or it could be simply
that they are insecure about their own Faith
level of faith in their during the what they
want to pursue and they're projecting their own
insecurities on the you they have to watch stuff
like that the enemy may be right there in your
own home maybe sleeping with the enemy i've been
there too and i've been the enemy you sleeping
with sometimes so i'm not trying to make it seem
like i haven't been the asshole a lot of time
they will talk about that a little later but
yeah uh... you have to watch things like that
especially during the early stages of change
your life and transform your life. Okay, remember
the early stages are when everything is very
vulnerable. So you don't want the wrong voices
in your ear. All right. All right, let's move
on. I'm going to share a little story that kind
of illustrates what we've been talking about.
Around this time last year, God placed something
on my spirit and actually it wasn't kind of It
wasn't an idea. It was more like an instruction.
He kept nudging me to create a YouTube channel
that focused strictly on Bible -based content.
At first, I just kind of ignored it, and I brushed
it off, because I was busy. This was before I
retired. I had a lot going on, and I just didn't
want to. I mean, I'm very well -versed on the
Bible, but I don't consider myself a Bible teacher,
and so I just kind of brushed it off. posting
things on YouTube was a little different for
me. I had been more so a consumer of YouTube
than a creator. So posting, you know, and teaching
Bible scriptures and things like that, that was
just a little different for me. It felt different,
but it also felt like it was a calling. It just
would not leave me alone. But like I said, it
wouldn't let up. So eventually I was like, okay,
all right, Jehovah, I'm going to post my first
video. And I did, I put it out there, and it
was very humbling. I think it got 17 views, maybe
30, a couple of likes here or there. And I kept
posting every day, I stayed with it. These were
just short, one -minute devotionals, just me
and my Bible and the Word of God, whatever word
He placed on my heart that day. And even when
the views were low, and even when I kind of battled
that inner saboteur telling me that, ain't nobody
listening to this. This ain't going nowhere.
I just kept going. And when you're chasing a
dream or a goal or a vision, consistency is very
important. You have to be consistent. Because
you're not going to see the harvest right away.
So you have to just water it with faith. But
anyway, I kept pressing on with the videos. And
they got better and better. And they started
to gain traction. And now we're at a year later.
That channel now has over 400 videos almost 500
actually one of them has already gone viral I
have almost 2 ,000 subscribers and I receive
messages every single day I'm not exaggerating
I receive messages every single day from people
all around the world who tell me that You know
my content has helped them in some type of way
to grow spiritually or draw closer to God You
know and those messages mean a whole lot to me
So imagine if I had given up at like 17 views
or 30 views, you know. There's so many people
that have been inspired by that content wouldn't
have got the breakthrough that they needed or
got a word from the Lord that day or whatever,
however it manifested in their life. The word
is going to hit you at the time when it's supposed
to hit you. So something to note about this particular
YouTube channel. I didn't really blast this to
a lot of people when I first did it. I didn't
announce it to family, friends, and things like
that. I just, I didn't ask for a bunch of shares
and applauses. All I did, I told two people.
I told a friend and I also told my brother -in
-law. There's two people who I know would support
me and speak life into the vision that I was
trying to work towards. And that was it. I quietly
built that channel in the background and and
that's the same way that you should treat your
vision whatever your vision is be sure you protect
it and guard it don't over share with a lot of
people who aren't equipped to believe in it because
like i said in those very early stages what you're
going to need most is support and not skepticism
so if you want to check it out The channel is
called Reality or Truth. You can just put in
hashtag reality or truth on YouTube and it'll
pull up all the content. And if you make it there,
be sure to subscribe. Subscribe and hit the notification
bell. Don't just be a voyeur. Go ahead and subscribe.
It don't cost nothing. And that way you'll get
all of my notifications when I post something
new, you know? And I just wanted to share that
really quick. And then not to brag, I wanted
to... just to let you know what's possible when
you stay obedient, stay consistent, and just
move in silence and let the fruits speak for
itself. All right? So... Where am I going next?
I want to say this, too, and I know I'm going
all over the place, but I'm just... There are
a lot of things I want to get out to you today,
but I also want to say this. I know some people
listening right now... might be struggling to
see their vision for 2026. I've had that feeling
where you feel stuck and where you feel aimless.
I've definitely been there. And if you're in
that position, this is what I want you to do.
You don't know what you want to do next year.
You don't even know where to start. Just think
about the areas of your life that hurt. Where
does your life hurt? holding you back. Is it
your health? Is it your weight? Is it just your
environment? Maybe it's your marriage or your
relationship, your job or lack of a job, your
finances. It could be all types of stuff. Where
is your life hurting? It might be your attitude,
you know. Just pick one thing that you want to
improve. One thing that you don't like about
yourself and that's your life. in your circumstances.
Just take one thing and then make a commitment
to improve in that one area and make that your
vision. Because every major transformation is
going to start with the decision to stop tolerating
what's not serving you. All right? And once you
conquer that one area, just move on to the next
thing and then the next and the next. And before
you know it, you will have completely transformed
your life and none of this stuff is going to
happen overnight it's going to take time progress
takes time you know just start small first and
eventually you'll start to see some gains in
your life and things will start to turn around
so i'm not asking you to change everything i
just ask you to start somewhere because that's
how you're going to build momentum and that's
how you're going to unlock your best year yet
and uh I'll use myself as an example. The person
I am today that you hear on the radio is completely
different than who I was just seven or eight
years ago. Back then, outwardly, yeah, I had
a good job, I had a good career, expensive cars,
nice house and all of that. Everything looked
good professionally, but in my private life,
things were a lot different. I was a bit of a
narcissist. You know, I hate to admit that but
I was looking back. I was a narcissist. I was
a terrible boyfriend a big cheater I could be
very mean -spirited at times and vengeful If
I felt I was wronged or if I didn't get my way
I could be very controlling and manipulative
and this argument if I was just a very toxic
person behind the scenes I Don't know if you
guys have been watching Tyler Perry's new series
on Netflix is called Beauty and Black. There's
a character on that show named Mallory Billery.
Mallory Billery. Her first name is Mallory, and
she's married into this wealthy family, one of
the wealthy families in Atlanta. They run this
enterprise called Beauty and Black. She's the,
I would say the de facto spokesperson for the
company. And she has a public persona that's
being this, you know, poised, lovely, philanthropic
pillar of the community. And she's beloved by
the public, right? But what you learn as you
watch the series is that behind the scenes, she
is, like, really a monster. I mean, I want to
call her another way. I'm not going to say it.
But she's like you wouldn't believe. And really,
the entire family is really awful, but Mallory
is especially nasty and just really a piece of
work completely opposite of her public persona.
And I know that's a bit of an exaggerated example,
but it's pretty much kind of how it was with
me. I had a public persona that I presented at
work and with my colleagues, but then there was
this other side of me that I hid from a lot of
people. I think at my height of my toxicity and
narcissistic behavior, probably was around 2018,
2019. I remember my behavior during that time.
It was really just really bad. And I'm kind of
ashamed at how I acted back then. I had become
very haughty and high -minded, just very entitled.
You know, just not a nice person. But life has
a real funny way of humbling you when you get
too out of control, when you get too much. And
when God wants your attention, He definitely
knows how to get it. I remember in three years,
this was in 2019, three years, just three years,
I lost everything that defined me. I lost my
relationship for 13 years. And along with that,
I lost my best friend and my two dogs I loved.
I lost my livelihood. I lost my beautiful condo
I had in Puerto Rico. I had to give that up.
Later on, I lost my aunt. And now even a month
later after I lost my aunt, I lost my mom to
COVID. So you want to talk about rock bottom.
Life literally brought me to my knees. And it
was rough. It was real rough. I won't lie to
you. But it was from that place that I was able
to start rebuilding. Of course, not overnight.
This took years. This took some time. This is
when I really started to rediscover who I was,
who I really was. You know, I got therapy. Confronted
all of that unhealed trauma that had been driving
so many of my toxic behaviors You know the arrogance
and the need to control everything and all the
emotional manipulation and defensiveness And
for the first time I really stopped running from
myself And it was really hard putting in that
work putting in the work and doing the work on
yourself. It's really difficult That's why a
lot of people just avoid it, but I stayed committed
to doing the work, and I stayed committed to
improving myself. And before I knew it, I was
starting to improve things. Because I looked
back and noticed that everything that I had built,
the success I built in this life that I thought
I had, all that stuff was built on sand. It all
looked good, but it just wasn't stable. So eventually,
it was all going to fall apart anyway. But now
I can say today with full confidence that I have
a solid foundation. I'm not the same broken,
unhealed version of myself that I used to be.
I can have healthy relationships now. I can have
genuine healthy friendships. And I can lead from
a place of peace and not pride and haughtiness
like I was before. I'm sharing this with you
because I don't want you to build your vision
and your dream on sand like I did. You already
know the areas in your life that need attention.
You know where your character flaws are. You
know where your health issues are that you've
been running from. You know what the emotional
wounds and all the toxic patterns that keep resurfacing.
You know all of that stuff by now. So handle
that. Fix it. Yes, it's going to be hard. Yes,
you're going to cry and have this. But get yourself
in therapy. Start praying. Start journaling.
Whatever it takes to get you in the right head
space so that you can pursue the life that you
really deserve to have and to pursue your vision
fully without being tethered by all this crap
and all these vices and bad habits that you have
or used to have. Because all it's going to do
is just Even if you do attain the stuff that
you want, all that's going to happen is that
you're going to get dragged back down, you're
going to be right back at square one, and you're
going to have to rebuild on a foundation that
can hold and support everything. Don't do what
I did. So again, before you start chasing the
vision, make sure that you're building on a solid
foundation. Avoid negativity at all costs. You
know, speaking of negativity, I want to say this,
and I think we're going to go ahead and skip
the break because I want to get as much in as
possible. And thank you for hanging in there
with me. If you're working towards something
meaningful. You got to stop all this doom scrolling.
I used to do it, too. Watching the news, I say
this all the time, watching news programs. All
they're meant to do is to program you, to fear,
to have anxiety, to doubt, to cause panic. The
news shapes how you see your life and the world
around you. And the news has a way of keeping
you in a constant state of chaos and danger,
confusion. What's going to happen now? Scarcity.
It keeps you on a scarcity mindset. Oh, they
say no jobs out there. They say the economy.
They said we're in a recession. The stock market
is going to go down. Inflation is getting worse.
All this stuff. And I know some of you may say,
but Dr. Andre, that's reality. You know, that's
what's really going on in the world. Didn't we,
you know, stay informed and know what's happening?
Yeah, sure. Be informed. But ask yourself at
what cost? to your peace and to your mental clarity.
Do you want to be informed? Do you really need
a news anchor to tell you about how high groceries
are and how high gas is right now and that rent
prices are doubling and going up and layoffs
are happening every other day and the government
is a mess right now? You don't need a news reporter
to tell you that. We live it. We see it. I'm
not telling you to be oblivious and put your
hand in the I'm just telling you that if you're
someone that's looking to actively upgrade your
life and to level up and just live a better quality
life, you've got to weed out all this chronic
negativity and start feeding your mind with good
stuff. Stuff that builds faith and focus and
momentum, not fear and doubt and anxiety and
all this stuff that the news try to get you to
feel. And I know the news, watching the news
is addictive. You know, my ex and I, we used
to watch CNN 24 -7. This was back when Barack
Obama was running for president. We watched it
24 -7. And at one point, it just started to make
you sick. It's like, we've got to stop watching
this shit. It's like a drama that never ends.
So I'm gonna propose a seven -day detox to you.
You don't have to do it, but if you... I want
you to try it. I want you to consider trying
it. For seven days, I want you to not ingest
any news, no news on TV, radio, on these apps
that give you these push alerts. Turn that off.
Silence all your apps and replace the news. Say
you watch the news for 30 minutes a day. Replace
that with 30 minutes of walking or meditating
or listening to an audiobook. or some type of
motivational message, something like that. Do
it for seven days and then tell me how you feel
at the end of the seven days and what changed.
Seriously, I want to hear from you. My email
is live with Dr .AndreJerry at gmail .com. If
your focus sharpens after that seven days, if
your hope rises, if you just feel lighter, then
definitely keep going because that's how you
build a mindset that's going to unlock your best
year yet. All right. I think I am going to pause
right here and take just a quick, maybe one,
two -minute break. And when we come back, I'm
going to walk you through just a few practical
real -world steps that you can start using today
to draw your vision closer and to begin manifesting
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Welcome to another broadcast of Spiritual Concerns,
the Deborah Ruffini Show on Artists First Radio
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examined and discussed. Enjoy the show. Hey everybody,
welcome back to live with dr. Andre Jerry. Thanks
so much for sticking with me through the break
I know I've been running my mouth, but I think
I've been saying some pretty good stuff But hey
if you're just tuning in tonight's episode is
all about unlocking your best year yet in 2026
so Before the break we talked about the importance
of writing down your vision Protecting your peace
and building on a solid foundation now. Let's
quickly get into the how Let's talk about the
daily habits and the mindset shift that's gonna
help you attract what you've been praying for
and trying to manifest. All right? And some of
this stuff, if you follow my show, this is gonna
be sort of a recap, but it bears repeating because
this is really important stuff that's gonna accelerate
the process of getting what you want, okay? Vision
boards. Like I said, by now you should have...
at least a rough idea of what your vision for
2026 looks like. Okay? So now, with a vision
board, you're gonna make it visible. There are
many ways to go about this. For me personally,
I prefer a physical vision board. You know, something
I can touch and feel and pin things on and, you
know, put little things around and little quotes
and things like that. That works for me. You
know, there's power in physically interacting
with your goal. I said I wasn't going to use
that word. There's power in physically interacting
with your vision. But for a lot of people, you
may prefer a digital vision board. I have a couple
of friends that use those. They basically take
the home screen of their laptop and they put
all the different things that they want to manifest
on their dashboard or desktop. So they see it
every day. Doesn't matter if you got a physical
one digital one. It could be on your phone It
just long as you have one and put it somewhere
where you can see it every single day That's
the important part because that visual reminder
is gonna keep your goals on top of mind and it's
gonna signal to your subconscious that This vision
is important. This vision matters. So think of
your vision board It's like a daily contract
with your future self and a a visual declaration
of what's already on its way to you. All right?
If you follow the show, you've heard me talk
about journals, okay? Get yourself a few journals.
It doesn't matter. Amazon, Walmart, Dollar Tree.
Don't overthink it. What's more important is
to have it. You don't have to worry about the
price tag. Just get you something to write in
and start journaling every night. It doesn't
have to be anything deep or poetic. Just... Write
about your day. Write about the things you observed,
what you learned, any interesting encounters
you had today, things that you're grateful for.
Just get in a habit of consistency, you know,
and writing every single night. And then before
you close that journal, write your top three
priorities for tomorrow that you want to do.
And make sure that they're related to your vision.
It could be things like walk 30 minutes. Write
three pages for my book I'm working on. Spend
one hour of intentional family time. Simple,
measurable stuff that's doable. All right? Let's
talk about bad habits. That's something we all
have in common. We all have bad habits. And like
I said, we've talked about this in previous episodes,
but the more bad habits you can break, the more
your life is going to improve. And here's the
key, and I've mentioned this, the best way to
break a habit is to replace it with another one.
And I'll go back to my own story that I shared
when I was talking about my pornography addiction.
Thanks Chris, thanks, I'm saying thanks to my
ex. I'm not gonna blame him, I have to take responsibility.
It was my addiction, you know, but... You know,
I just didn't stop. I replaced it with something
else, which was reading the Bible. Every time
I felt the urge to watch porn, I would grab my
Bible and just start reading. And I'll be real,
sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. You
know, it's not magic. You know, there's some
times I struggle, but what I would always say
is, like, I'll be damned if I go and jack to
porn before I spend some time with God. I mean,
I hate to be crass, but I mean, those are things
I had to tell myself, like, Andre, you're not
doing this. Pick up the Word of God, spend some
time with God, worship and praise. Then if you
still feel like watching porn after that, then
do it. But I'll be damned if you're going to
watch porn before you give glory to God. We're
not going to do that now. You know, so these
are the types of things you have to kind of go
through with yourself. And if you stay in the
Word, I'm not going to preach too much at you,
but if you stay at the Word and keep praying,
eventually those Desires that aren't good for
you. They'll fade away over time. They will You
know, so if you got something I don't care if
it's smoking it could be pornography Whatever
it is Don't try to focus on stopping that because
all you're doing is just meditating on what you
don't want to do So, you know thinking about
it more just replace it That way you're removing
the resistance and you're able to say, you know
what? I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna do this.
I'm gonna take a walk Or I'm going to meditate
for 10 minutes or something like that. Don't
try to go cold turkey. I've done that. It just
doesn't work. All right. Protect your mornings.
Now, this is one of the hardest disciplines.
I'm still working on this one. I'll give you
full disclosure. I'm still working on this one.
But you have to protect your mornings. For the
first 30 minutes after you wake up, don't touch
your phone. Don't check social media. Don't check
your text message. I'll check your email. Don't
even touch your phone That time belongs to you
to you and God or however you want to do it but
give yourself that time 30 minutes and If 30
minutes is too much the first five minutes and
then increase it to 10 and 15 and work your way
up to 30 But don't start grabbing your phone
as soon as you wake up I did that this morning
and every morning I do that. I regret it. It
is like this is not how I want to start my day.
I haven't even put my feet on the ground yet.
And got on my knees and praised Jehovah for another
day. Come on. So I'm going to have to come up
with something. I know a lot of us use our phones
as alarms and all that type of stuff. And you
know, you may have some extenuating circumstances
where you have to be on call or whatnot. But
as much as you can, try just to give your phone
a break first thing in the morning. You know,
because the first voice that you hear and that
first energy that you absorb into the morning,
that's what's going to set your day, you know?
I got kind of in a bad mood this morning because
the first thing I see is a text message. Somebody
asked me, had I done X, Y, and Z yet? I'm like,
you can leave me to hell alone. This is why I'm
going to stop checking my phone early in the
morning. I'm going to stop starting tomorrow.
So what I'm preaching to you is stuff that I'm
implementing myself. Some of this stuff I've
conquered. Some of this stuff I'm still working
on. So I'm going to be working on that one along
with you, okay? 30 minutes, no phone in the morning.
All right? The next thing, visualization. Now
this one is really important, but it can be tricky
for some people. Some people visualization is
hard. Some people it's easy. It just depends.
But it's one of the most powerful tools that
you can use to turn your vision into reality.
So all visualization is, is using your imagination.
We all did it as a child. I don't know if these
new children are doing it because they got phones
before they can even walk. So I don't know how
much of their imagination they're using. But
that's all visualization is. It's the practice
of seeing yourself already living the life that
you want to live. Years and years ago I used
to fantasize and daydream about meditating on
the beach, spending my time reading books on
the beach, writing books on the beach. Those
are all things that I do now, you know, but years
and years ago I used to just visualize it. It
was just a thought, you know. So just start spending
a few quiet minutes every day just looking at
your vision board. Use your vision board if it's
hard for you to get those images in your mind.
And a lot of times what I do is I sit in front
of my own vision board, and I look at the things
I have pinned on there. I have little mock checks
for a million dollars and, you know, pictures
of places where I want to travel and things like
that. And what I do is I just start meditating
on it and visualizing it. I start thanking God
as if it's already done. You know, I'll say stuff
like, thank you, Heavenly Father, for blessing
me to achieve every single thing on this vision
board. I always knew it would happen one day.
and your timing. Thank you for allowing me to
experience what this feels like. You know, I
just kind of get in the zone with it. But once
you get the hang of it, you'll start to see it
really helps draw your vision to you very fast.
So definitely try to put that into practice as
soon as you can. All right? This is the last
one I'm going to mention before we get off the
line today. Clap for others. That's one of the
most important lessons I've learned on this journey.
You're never going to experience the success
that you dream of until you learn how to clap
for other people. When you're grinding toward
your own vision, there are going to be times
and seasons where things are not going to be
happening, it's not going to look right, stuff
is not going to look favorable. You know, you're
going to be putting in the work, you're going
to be staying faithful. The fruits are not going
to be showing up yet. But in that same time,
you're going to see other people, maybe on TV,
maybe online, maybe right even in your friends
circle. They're going to be crushing it. They're
going to be in their winning season. They're
going to be doing the same things that you're
trying to do. And they're going to be getting
all this recognition and accolades and resources
and all the results that you've been praying
for. And if you're not careful, you can end up
being resentful toward them and being envious
but don't let that happen to you just let that
be confirmation that if they can do it they look
just like me they're from where I'm from if they
can do it I can do it you know that's proof that
you can also do this thing too so learn to clap
for others celebrate people genuinely like that
person's post Hit that subscribe button. It don't
know why people act like hitting subscribe cost
them something just hit the damn subscribe button
Leave a comment. I leave comments all the time
people don't even know I just say things like
I'm proud of you Congratulations, you know when
I see that they're proud about something someone
Posted that they finally hit a million subscribers.
I'm like awesome. That's gonna be me one day
Congratulations, very proud of you. It don't
cost anything You know so put good things like
that out there into the world. You know Celebrate
others because you know you're sowing seeds of
kindness Eventually that stuff is going to come
back to you You know and and and I know we're
running past time here But you know I get some
of the most uplifting messages from people. I
don't even know strangers just the other day
somebody commented on my YouTube page, and they
said something to the effect of Thank you for
being consistent. They use the word consistent.
Thank you for being consistent and posting these
devotionals every day. This channel has really
helped me and my family draw closer to God. And
messages like that mean a lot to me, because
it reminds me that purpose isn't all about, you
know, money and things like that. The money's
gonna come. You chase your passion and your purpose,
the money's gonna come. But... It's something
about realizing that you're having an impact
and that you're positively impacting other people's
lives. And like I said, just a kind word from
a stranger can give somebody the strength that
they need to keep going, to keep pressing forward.
So don't withhold anything good when it's in
your power to give it. That's in Proverbs somewhere.
Those compliments, those little words of encouragement,
those simple acts of kindness, all that could
literally save someone's life. because you never
know what other people are carrying. Never know.
So clap for others, celebrate for others, keep
sowing those good seeds because in due season,
that stuff is gonna come back to you and you're
gonna reap it. All right? Listen, guys, thank
you so much for tuning in to tonight's show.
I'm glad that you are listening in, whether it's
live or on the podcast. I truly hope I said something
tonight that sparked something in you and maybe
gave you a little extra clarity, some more encouragement.
or just reminded you that no matter where you
are in life, you can always rebuild and refocus
and realign with your vision. Remember, consistency
and faith, they both go hand in hand. So keep
showing up for yourself and keep doing the work.
One day, one choice, one prayer at a time, everything
you desire is always waiting for you. It's already
waiting on the other side. You just have to stay
disciplined and keep your belief going. Alright,
so be sure to join us for our next show We're
gonna welcome back to the show. Dr. Stephen bond
who's been on the show before he's gonna discuss
his latest projects and his latest book release
So that show is gonna air on Wednesday December
10th at 6 p .m Eastern exclusively on the artist
first radio network until then Keep dreaming
keep believing and keep unlocking your best life.
Good night everybody