Full Transcript for The Black Perspective: November 02, 2025

put words, 34 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.599 you know, if I'm trying to figure out like certain things, 35 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.000 I would probably use it in that aspect. And I 36 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:57.000 probably would not use it to put it out because 37 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:58.760 you have to look at the fine lines of things. 38 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.519 If they do download and on there or whatever, that 39 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:05.719 particular platform would probably own your stuff. So on the 40 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:09.199 creative side, you know, sitting in sitting in the studio. 41 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.919 Big Shot outs my boy skills out there for playing skills. 42 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.039 He's out there in Miami here basically showed me these 43 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.280 particular It was like a couple of years ago. He 44 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:21.840 was really already on it. And you know, I learned 45 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:25.520 a lot. But answering your question, no, I would rather 46 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:29.400 work with a human, work with someone like somebody work 47 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:30.840 with me. Yeah you know what I mean? 48 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.840 Yeah, yeah, I love that. Before you take the stage, 49 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.560 what are your rituals? 50 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.039 Oh my goodness, here we go. 51 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:38.719 I want to know. 52 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:44.520 I so twelve twelve hours, twelve hours before before I'm 53 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:49.159 on the stage. No bananas, no dairy products, notnhing that 54 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:51.639 coats the throat. I don't drink a smoke or anything 55 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.120 like that because I baby my voice. So I want 56 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:58.759 everybody to hear the clear sound like actuality. I went 57 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.639 to the throat, I went to the voice doctor, and 58 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.479 I wanted to understand why my voice sounds the way. 59 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:09.520 And it's crazy because uh, when when when the thing 60 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.240 closes this, I think that's where the voice box closes. 61 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:16.840 There's like a still like a little space there, so 62 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.159 it has an airy feel. Son air comes in, so 63 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.199 you know what I mean. So me I mean, I'm 64 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.240 a bit of a nerd so so so it's just 65 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:28.919 like I got to kick a kick out of that. 66 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.919 So when I I guess it actually helps. When I 67 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.360 listen and look at certain comments and they say, oh, 68 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.439 he sounds nasally, I'm like, wow, well how about this 69 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.199 whisper through your nose? 70 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:41.719 Can you listen to your nose? 71 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:45.280 No one can whisper to their nose, so I can't. 72 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.280 So I mean, just because you can't understand say that, 73 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.000 but you know what I mean, it's impossible. It's God 74 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:57.479 gave me a very unique and untradition, untraditional voice, and 75 00:03:57.560 --> 00:03:59.000 you know what I mean, I give all praises to 76 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:00.879 God that I'm able to do it in a way 77 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.879 that you know helps and people, because you know that'sline 78 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.120 yeah and once what we want. You know, everybody has 79 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:09.840 these traditional way and my mom told me that too. 80 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.400 You know, I tried to understand. You know, when you 81 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.039 growing up in church and you hear all those different 82 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.360 amazing voice and it's strong and they can do we 83 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:21.879 all kinds of stuff. I don't have vibrado. I my voice, 84 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.360 my tone of my voice is different. And I used 85 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:29.279 to sit back and my mom used to be like, hey, 86 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:35.240 you know, you're gonna understand when you have something that 87 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.639 only God understands, he puts it in front of you. 88 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:41.199 You're gonna see the difference of doing something and then 89 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:46.399 being remembered forever. So legacy is everything. I'm glad that 90 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.800 we were my voice was used in the correct way. 91 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:55.040 That's wonderful. One celebrities that you hang out with, who 92 00:04:55.279 --> 00:05:01.000 is like, this is my bff. We just going to 93 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:02.920 dinner together, we play basketball together. 94 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:09.000 Oh my god. Okay, Well besides Mike, Mike from you know, 95 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.759 from one twelve, which is also the people. I just 96 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.399 just found out that through twenty three and meters that 97 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:17.600 he's actually my real blood cousin. 98 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.240 Oh really, yes, that's crazy. 99 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.720 That's crazy. So we're always together all the time anyway, 100 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:28.040 So now it makes sense of why. Yeah, but if 101 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.600 I'm not on that type of cheat code, I mean, 102 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:33.120 I have a lot of friends that are all in 103 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:37.360 the industry, and then the genders. It just all over 104 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.639 the place, Like I just call playing skills right, yeah, 105 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:43.160 everybody are Argentina, but they do stuff on the Latino world. 106 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.639 I was able to work with Pitt Bull and David

107 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:48.000 Ghatta and the UK I'm saying whatever, and then I 108 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.639 kick it with Blanco Brown. You know what I'm saying. 109 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:53.399 Everybody knows he sings country even though he's dead. From 110 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:57.040 Bankhead Courts. I just told my age they'll say bank 111 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.319 that course, and then you know, of course I got 112 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:04.600 the I mean, I hang with a lot of rappers. Well, 113 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:06.759 just a couple of days ago, I was kicking it 114 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.600 with Jada Kiss and uh Turk from Hot Boys. Yeah. Man, 115 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:15.160 it's so many people that you know, oh my god, 116 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:19.639 from Gorilla Zoe to uh, oh my God, Like I 117 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:21.759 see my mind when to start going foggy now, But 118 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:27.000 I have so many people what's up? J Money, good Lord? 119 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.560 And you know it's it's it's not like I have 120 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:32.639 a lot to do in a day, So it's not 121 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:34.959 like I just kick it in this out or whatever. Yeah, 122 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.720 but I work with so many people, you know what 123 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.319 I'm saying. So you can see me with jay Z, 124 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:43.160 you can see me with Rick Rosss, you can see 125 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:44.720 me with fifty Cent. You know what I'm saying. You 126 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.800 see it like like I've touched and work with so 127 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.439 many people, you know what I'm saying on all different genres, 128 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:55.120 and it's just amazing, Scott bless This is a blessing 129 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:55.800 for God. 130 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.920 So the Diddy verdict? What you what is your hope 131 00:06:58.920 --> 00:06:59.279 for Diddy? 132 00:06:59.360 --> 00:06:59.480 If you? 133 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.079 If you, I'm praying for him as a person, because 134 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:07.319 here's the thing, Diddy has nothing else to prove. This 135 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:10.480 man has done Everything's been around the world. He has 136 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:15.600 a legacy. Look at we're celebrating our thirty year anniversary musically. 137 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:19.800 Also we're bringing our sister Total with us. Love it, 138 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:22.120 you know, and we're giving it up like and we're 139 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.360 bringing our brother Case, who's also came out in ninety six. 140 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:29.519 And it's not just about us. We're giving flowers to 141 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:33.360 people that we actually have so much respect for. We 142 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:36.439 actually went and got Total and told Total, we'll pay 143 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:37.240 for you to be here. 144 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:38.199 Why did you do that? 145 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.399 Because you know, for us it's personal. When we said 146 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.800 it's a family, it's a real family. Like we were 147 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.439 talking with Kema and Keisha. Whether y'all saw them on 148 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.040 stage or not. You know what I'm saying. We see 149 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:55.439 in Case all the time. Anybody say everybody knows, well, 150 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:57.800 people don't really know Like me and Case, we're very cool, 151 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:59.879 you know what I'm saying. And matter of fact, we 152 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.040 in the studio. We got enough records right now, me 153 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.720 and Case could put out an EP right now. 154 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:08.319 That's crazy that see that stuff that people don't don't know. Yeah, 155 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.120 you know what I mean, exclusive. 156 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:15.560 Exactly exclusive. I know what Travis like, slim let it go. 157 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.839 But yes, it's just those things there, you know, where 158 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.720 the relationships that we have and what one twelve wanted 159 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.399 to do was, it's not about just us. It's about 160 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:30.959 people that we respect, who we felt like didn't get 161 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.600 the flowers today, were supposed to live. Nation gave us 162 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.039 the platform and here we go. 163 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:38.320 We're going with it. Which song is like picking a 164 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.639 favorite baby, But I gotta ask you which song is 165 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:45.639 your favorite song to perform? And then I'm gonna go next. 166 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:55.600 Let's see. Uh So, I know everybody's gonna say I 167 00:08:55.679 --> 00:09:00.200 think I'm gonna say yes, But but it is the 168 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:02.799 only reason why I say that is because I know 169 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.360 everybody just makes all this is like one of the 170 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:07.840 best love songs or whatever, but it's not really a 171 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.720 love song. This was an argument. It was an argument. 172 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.080 It was just like a come to Jesus moment, Like okay, 173 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.799 so we're like, if you listen to the worst girl, 174 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.360 If I told you I loved you, that doesn't mean it. 175 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.960 I don't care. If I tell you I need you, 176 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:25.519 don't you think that I'll never be there? Baby. I'm 177 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.320 so sick and tired of the way you turn my words. 178 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:29.960 Into deception our lives. 179 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:33.879 Don't don't misunderstand me. I'm just trying to speak my mind. 180

00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:37.879 I'm only saying what's in my heart. My heart CID 181 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:41.399 Cupid doesn't lie, but you won't know us. You give 182 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:45.720 it a try, true love. You don't know what you 183 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:51.039 don't know what true love? Give it and see how 184 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:55.679 you singing it ain't no doubt about it. No, come on, 185 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.600 I see in that part right there, I didn't write that. 186 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:00.679 That was that was out of my field. That was 187 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.919 just out of what I was feeling because that's what 188 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.440 I was going through. So it was just like, man, 189 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.840 how do you how do you tell it? Say something 190 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.200 through songs? 191 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:10.480 Yeah? 192 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:13.159 And I was just like, and if you anybody noticed, 193 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.559 I don't do what traditional artists do. They do all 194 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:20.559 that woo. No, I put real words. So why while 195 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:23.799 the while the hook is saying one thing, I'm saying another. 196 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:25.799 And lives and that's what you live for. 197 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.879 That's what I live for. As a crowd goes and 198 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.399 it louder than me, and so when I look at 199 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:34.799 them away, they go crazy. Man, let me tell you something. 200 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:35.960 Man, Okay, what's your favorite song? 201 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:37.279 Though? My favorite song to sing? 202 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.679 I try to get out of it. He tried it. 203 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.080 I did, I did? I did? You know what? I 204 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.519 think the favorite one is probably like only you why 205 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:50.720 because my mind is made different like than other. Probably 206 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.159 a lot when I sing things or whatever. I can 207 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.120 still remember when it was recorded, when we shot the 208 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:02.399 video down forty seconds and people were running down the street, 209 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:04.919 and you know what I'm saying, it was it was 210 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:08.759 such amazing feel Biggie. You know what I'm saying. Biggie 211 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:10.759 just got out of jail. He just came out and 212 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:12.960 just for something small and he just came out. He 213 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.440 came out there. You notice he didn't have but a 214 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.799 blue polo shirt. Man our boys, Junior ma you know 215 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:19.960 what I'm saying, Junior Manfield. Let's seeze was out there. 216 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.519 It was like they were dressed in regular clothes and 217 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.399 we were like, and you know, we made vancing popular 218 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:28.600 by just going to a motorcycle joint right up the street. 219 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.639 Got four jackets, put them on over T shirts and 220 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:33.519 there we go. You know what I'm saying. So I 221 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:36.440 can still remember the smell of the burnt pretzels in 222 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:39.120 New York. I can remember the popcorn. I can remember 223 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:42.080 the sounds that the yellow the yellow cabs when they 224 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.399 were still blowing the horns. You know what I'm saying. 225 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:48.120 All of that, the hip hop beats, that's what drives me, 226 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.200 you know what I'm saying. So that's what I see. 227 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.840 So when I see, that's what I feel. So that's 228 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:54.720 why when y'all see me sometimes I'm not looking in 229 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.320 the crowd. That's where my mind and my heart really is. 230 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:00.600 Every time, that's wonderful. 231 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.600 Tell me what's next for you after the Room one 232 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:05.799 twelve concert or tour wraps up. 233 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:09.559 Okay, So even while this is going on, I have 234 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:13.440 a new single that I have called Somebody to Love. Right, 235 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:18.039 amazing record, big shout out to Dirt Dirt Payt. You know, 236 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:20.440 he did the song before we get started with Tank, 237 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.120 so he already had a number one joint, you know 238 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.360 what I'm saying. So I got this record up tempo. 239 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.559 It's a feel good record, and my boy Murphy Lee 240 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:32.159 jumped on the record, and I just had it serviced. 241 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:37.960 I think today, I think today, thank you so much, 242 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:42.360 so much. And I'm doing that at the same time 243 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:47.240 as I'm doing this tour. I got community situations going 244 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:52.679 on right now. My cousin Sheriff Reginald Skeandret, he's the 245 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:55.960 first African American sheriff down here in Henry County. We 246 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.639 do a lot of stuff along with my bro Shaq, 247 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:01.080 and we do a lot of stuff down there. You know. 248 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.320 Oh my god, A big shout out to Greg Street. 249 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:06.679 He's always down there. We just had like a motorcycle 250 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.120 a joint. They're just doing so much in the community, 251 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:16.159 basically letting the community see that law enforcement is the 252 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.759 an everyday person that you know

what I'm saying, just 253 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:21.759 like us, and it's just really just hey, we gotta 254 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:24.759 have law and order. You gotta have. But they're normal people, 255 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:27.440 you know what I'm saying. They understand. My cousin understands, 256 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:31.320 and my family is riddled for law enforcement, you know 257 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.240 what I'm saying, And I understand. I see what's going 258 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.399 on in the world. It's crazy out here, you know 259 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.000 what I'm saying. But you need some people who's not 260 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:42.320 gonna sit out from the sidelines and just complain. Sometimes 261 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:45.240 you got to get uncomfortable and jumping stuff that's not 262 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:49.919 as let's say popular as what goes on in the 263 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.639 industry and all this stuff. You know, I'm a real cat, 264 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:54.679 so you know what I mean. So you want to 265 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.360 have people inside that you can hold responsible. You can 266 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:00.200 speak to them and talk to them. They're not to 267 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.440 hide through. Is all this their little stuff that they 268 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.320 feel like they're higher than anybody else. No, you want 269 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.320 people who actually care about the community. So that's what 270 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.759 I'm a part of. Anybody know, like Henry count you 271 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:14.039 can write down there you say slim, They're gonna say 272 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.240 what's up? They know, hey, yeah, we see them all 273 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.440 the time. You know what I'm saying. So that's what 274 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:22.240 I got going on. And after that we have I 275 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.840 have some several movie offers. People want to know about biopics, situations, 276 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:29.799 about the whole name of one twelve. I own all 277 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:32.840 the trademarks and the rights. I wanted to be told, right, 278 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.480 it's probably through my eyes. That's a whole other situation. 279 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:39.600 There's so many things. 280 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:42.120 Like you've been in businessman within the business man, Yes, 281 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.600 well you can I can see. 282 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:47.200 And that's the part where you know, I just want 283 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:51.519 everything when all said and done, forget all the smoke 284 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.919 in the mirrors and all this stuff and rubber because 285 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:57.159 a lot of people talk and don't know there are 286 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.799 things that you know, you have a person that really 287 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:03.919 cares about our brand, our history, what we've done for 288 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:09.720 this just industry in general, absolutely, and our testimony regardless 289 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:12.120 of whatever naysayers or what people say they you can 290 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:16.919 and can't do. We are living and breathing testimony that 291 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:19.159 yes you can. And we just have our. 292 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:22.320 Story, that's all and thirty years later, ready to celebrate 293 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.480 it with everybody. 294 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:28.039 With everybody. I can't wait. Please everybody. I'm telling you, 295 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.360 this is not the difference between us and a lot 296 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.000 of other stuff that's going on, and you have the 297 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:36.159 other concerts that's going on or whatever. This is a 298 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.200 one time situation, thirty year situation. You only get one time. 299 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.759 The way we're doing this is totally different from just 300 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.080 sitting there and just having a band in the background 301 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:48.000 and something like that. No, no, no, We're going to 302 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.600 make you feel it from the first person that walks in, 303 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.279 which is case. Think about those sublu think about his 304 00:15:56.360 --> 00:16:00.759 catalog total think about their situation, and we're going to 305 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.120 present it in One twelfth in a wild situation and 306 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:09.120 probably the most artistic and very Martin feel you've probably 307 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:11.279 never seen with the group before. 308 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:13.240 Is there a dress code? Because you know, Chris Brown, 309 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:16.240 one of the jerseys, Monica and Brandy want you to 310 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.799 wear suits. What does one twelve want us to wear? 311 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.120 That's what I'm so okay, So this is what I 312 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:25.399 would say. Think about the nineties, right all right? So 313 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:28.639 with us, we're not one of those groups that's gonna 314 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:31.159 sit there and we don't have just a bunch of 315 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:33.879 uptempos or just a bunch of ballots where you're gonna 316 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:37.440 be like, Okay, yeah, No, it's gonna feel like in 317 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.440 a wild adventure. So that being said, come prepared the party. 318 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.639 Come prepared. But everybody know we're an urban upscale So 319 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.240 you got to be fly. You're talking to mister so 320 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:51.240 Fly himself, so you know what I'm saying. So hey man, 321 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:55.279 I'm telling you right now, be fly because in this

situation, 322 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:59.080 once those doors closed and you hear and those lights come, 323 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:02.519 it's gonna go. Here we go, and we're gonna make 324 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.759 y'all feel exactly where you were, who you were with, 325 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:08.119 what you were doing, or what you were supposed to 326 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:11.759 be doing at the time over there in the nineties. 327 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:15.079 We're bringing the whole nineties nostalgia. It's not about one artist. 328 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.319 It's not one artist and the rest of them. Oh no, 329 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:21.240 this is the whole experience, y'all. I can't wait to 330 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:21.759 see y'all. 331 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.279 Slim, thank you so much for joining the Black Information Network. 332 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:28.519 We appreciate you continued success and we cannot wait. Congratulations 333 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:30.079 on thirty years in the business. 334 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.240 Thank you so much. 335 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:33.880 To God, you to Glory, Thank you, Slim and Misty. 336 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:37.359 The Room one twelve tour kicks off Wednesday, November twelfth 337 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:40.839 in Stamford, Connecticut. It will wrap up in Atlanta in February. 338 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.559 You can find more information about the Room one twelve 339 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.680 Live Nation tour with Total and Case on their website 340 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.960 one twelve forever dot com. As we head toward the 341 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:51.960 end of the year, many of us are taking a 342 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.160 hard look at our finances, asking whether they're really where 343 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:58.160 we hope they'd be. Author and financial coach Michael Wynn 344 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.119 believes the answer often comes down to our daily habits, 345 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.279 not just our paychecks. The Black Information that Works. Ester 346 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:07.799 Dillard spoke with when about how faith, structure and consistency 347 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:10.279 can turn financial setbacks into success. 348 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.920 We have to be in an error where we understand 349 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:18.200 they're going to be up and down situations. 350 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.160 They're going to be struggled. 351 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:22.400 We have to be able to put money aside in 352 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:27.279 order to meet our responsibilities joying an up and down period. 353 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.680 In this edition of The Color Between the Lines, I'm 354 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:33.480 speaking with author and financial coach Michael Wynn, whose book 355 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.720 Habits Don't Lie explores how small, consistent actions can lead 356 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:40.960 to major breakthroughs. Michael opens up about his own journey 357 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.720 overcoming depression, financial setbacks, and self sabotage, and how building 358 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:49.680 good habits helped him reclaim his life and purpose. You know, 359 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:52.240 given the fact that a lot of people are struggling, 360 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.519 they're struggling financially, everybody's I mean, the prices are crazy. 361 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.839 You've seen the eggs in the grocery store. A lot 362 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.079 of folks are trying to figure out how do I 363 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:08.319 do this? And you say you've had you know, you've 364 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.240 gone through your tough times as well. What would be 365 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.279 some of the things that you would advise people in 366 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:18.359 these times? To try and get their handle around just 367 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:21.880 the financial day to day, not talking about saving, but 368 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.119 just about the day to day. 369 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:27.200 Yeah, day to day. I will start off with focus 370 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:30.319 on understanding. Yeah, I want to get them the ground zero. 371 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:34.519 Understanding is important. The financial liasery side of running because 372 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:39.519 we inherited most of in our black communities inherited it 373 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:44.359 not so good somewhat some would say poor financial strategies. 374 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:47.640 So the main thing is to understand what I start off. 375 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:50.839 In my book Habits Don't Lie talk about no money. 376 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:54.119 I intentionally wrote k n ow so people can think 377 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:57.440 of no money in Oh, but it's no money and 378 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:01.319 that's been off. The Habit of Fact talks about valuing 379 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:05.640 good habits for financial stability. Before financial freedom comes, people 380 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:07.200 need to learn how to pay their bills. 381 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.880 So with that in mind, I use that to get 382 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:17.039 into focus on understanding because we have to be in an. 383 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:18.119 Error where we understand they're going to be up and 384 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.599 down situations, They're gonna be struggles. We have to be 385 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:25.400 able to put money aside in order to meet our 386 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.640 responsibilities during the up and down period, you know in times. 387 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.119 So when people are struggling like that, they have to 388 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:38.319 resort to really having that hard to heart conversation because 389 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:40.960 things are drastically changing and it's not the end of 390 00:20:41.000

--> 00:20:43.200 the world, but we have to make an adjustment. So 391 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:47.400 I've always talked some of my clients into understanding what 392 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:50.160 is their responsibilities as far as trying to make it 393 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.720 through the week. 394 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:54.400 You know, real, what are the things that you've got 395 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:56.559 to have, What are the things that you want? What 396 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:58.559 are the things that you're going to you're. 397 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:02.240 Gonna put aside because of the certain situations. 398 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.720 That's how I get them into. 399 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.440 All right. 400 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:11.440 Your book emphasizes the importance of habits and overcoming obstacles. 401 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.039 Can you share a personal experience where a specific habit 402 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.680 helped you turn I guess a major setback into success. 403 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:20.920 Yes. 404 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:25.480 The key to what I started speaking about it it 405 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:28.839 was an awakening that I had a situation where I 406 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:33.119 deal with bipolar depression disorder, and I went through a 407 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:38.160 whole series of trying to to stay in a professional 408 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:41.359 job and a professional career at the same time masking 409 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.559 my situation because there was a stigma and I took 410 00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:48.680 it for that and being in a financial industry, I 411 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:52.039 had my challenges with keeping the job straight. So that 412 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:58.519 particular situation mounted into me accepting my diagnosis, and when 413 00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:01.480 I went to my therapy is my doctor and my therapist, 414 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:04.920 she recommended habits because she felt I had a habit 415 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:09.240 formation based on my career path of being a financial 416 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:12.160 expert a license builder. So try as she asked me 417 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:15.359 a focus on that, and when I came up with 418 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.000 my what I call a habit matrix or my structure, 419 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:21.440 I looked at that as the screenboard. 420 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.680 And then it goes into a lot of. 421 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:29.440 Situations where I used my habits to help me overcome 422 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:35.039 this obstacle because I was dealing with bipolar, depression, bankruptcy. 423 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:36.799 All of these are part of my conditions. 424 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:42.799 So the key BacT was I had a list of 425 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:46.000 habits that I kind of sketched out as I was 426 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:49.519 going through my whole process understanding or

taking her advice 427 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:53.720 on finding people and finding scholars that can get me focused. 428 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:57.160 And when I formed those habits, the biggest thing that 429 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:59.880 I had was to put it to test. Part of 430 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:03.400 one of my habits was to was to affirmations, buying 431 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:10.400 a place a personal place to a positive area nothing negative, 432 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:14.160 and to meditate and pray as I visualized on faith. 433 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.039 That was the habit. 434 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:19.359 That condition was to the three things, was to the 435 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:22.480 affirmations that I needed to see myself in a different light. 436 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:25.640 I had to go through those affirmations. Then the next 437 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.599 step was to understand that you had to have your 438 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:33.440 private area where it's nothing but positivity. You're reading, you're meditating, 439 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:37.319 your praying. And then the last thing part of that 440 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:44.039 visualizing faith came with challenging your negative thoughts and situations, 441 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:47.480 which I go into a lot about that because I overcame. 442 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:52.480 That particular breakthrough was built around me really. 443 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:56.480 Finding what negative what negative thoughts were, you know, So 444 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.359 that's how I really came out of it, just trying 445 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:03.039 to try to focus. So my step back was really 446 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:09.079 hard situation because I had a family and they saw 447 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.759 me in a different light than I saw myself. 448 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:13.000 I was screamed and yell for little simple things. 449 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:15.440 And my two sons have called me to hawk, you know, 450 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.200 the green monster that is crazy man. 451 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.680 And I'm going about my ways because I. 452 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:25.000 Feel obligated to raise a family in a situation that 453 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:27.599 would get me to the next level. And so I'm 454 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:31.319 not paying attention to anybody until I have my incidents. 455 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.079 I pass out. 456 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:34.839 I go through all these different things, so I had 457 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.880 to find my way back, and finding my way back 458 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.559 was to identify those. 459 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:43.519 Habits that helped me best. And within ten years I 460 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.599 was off of medication. I was on some hard. 461 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:49.759 Medication, and you know, it came in concert with working 462 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:53.839 a job, dealing

with the politics of the job, and 463 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:58.039 trying to find a way to support my theory of 464 00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:00.839 getting off of this medication and feeling good about myself. 465 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:04.599 So everything was pulling against me, you know, during the time, 466 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:08.319 So I made it shifting jobs because I was trying 467 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:13.519 to hold on to what I had being selected. 468 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:17.119 In a key position. I was ordered in charge of 469 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.720 the first casino built in. 470 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.039 Detroit, so I'm trying to hold on to that at 471 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:23.640 the same time maskingness disorder. 472 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:29.119 And it's an interesting story about how it came. 473 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:33.640 Apart, and then I had to rebound from all of 474 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:37.960 that and believe that that within those ten years I 475 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.480 found my way through all of that. 476 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:43.599 I know that your story is so unique and so 477 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:46.759 interesting in terms of being able to bounce back and 478 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:49.680 change things, but it didn't happen overnight. What kind of 479 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.240 habits do you think that other black folks who are 480 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.680 you know, facing systemic and personal financial challenges. 481 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:58.279 What mindsets or habits do you. 482 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:02.400 Suggest that they take on to help, you know, break 483 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.960 cycles of financial struggle. 484 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:09.480 Financial struggles, I've always say first in any of the obstacles, 485 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:15.279 visualized faith first and target your self success. When I 486 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:20.039 talk about financial struggles, I put them in a position 487 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:24.119 where they have to understand what is it that they need. 488 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:26.160 They need they need to they need to go through 489 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:30.640 this process of thinking that I need to live every day, 490 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.400 I need to support my family, and I would like 491 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.920 to leave generational wealth. 492 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.160 In addition to some people want. 493 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:39.400 To have a business, so they have to get over 494 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:42.920 the obstacles of running a business and and uh. 495 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:47.680 You know, they face with fear, they face with being perfection. 496 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:51.200 These perfectionist people and trying to connect, trying to do 497 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:54.319 so much at the same time get people in the 498 00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:56.440 situation of stress. 499 00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.880 And I always say stress leads. 500 00:26:57.640 --> 00:27:02.799 To the rest experiencing, which to me, I find it 501 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:07.160 a good conversation to lay that out is that this. 502 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:10.160 Is your your roadmap, your roadmap to success. 503 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:12.759 You have to understand the faith that come with the 504 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:15.200 work that you have to put behind understanding. 505 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:18.319 Michael Wynn drops a lot more gems in his full 506 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:20.799 interview and you can find it on the Color between 507 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:23.839 the Lines and YouTube channel, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get 508 00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:26.880 your podcasts. You can also check out Coach Win's coaching 509 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:31.960 services and his book at Coachwin. That's w N dot com. 510 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.960 I'm Esther Dillard. 511 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:37.400 Thanks Esther and Michael. Next, Morgan caught up with Councilman 512 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:40.359 will Jouanda of Montgomery County, Maryland during the fifty eighth 513 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:43.920 Congressional Black Caucustanuel Legislative Conference, and he spoke with her 514 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:46.640 about the theme Made for This Moment and the importance 515 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.599 of economic growth in the black community. 516 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:53.319 All right right here with Montgomery County council Member Willando. 517 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:57.799 He's also running for Montgomery County Executive. Yes, we're here at. 518 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:01.400 The annual CDC Annual is Native Conferences. Why did you 519 00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:03.240 find it important to be here today? 520 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:08.720 Well, this is really the coming together of This is 521 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:12.000 really the coming together of some of the smartest, the 522 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:16.279 most intelligent, diverse Black minds in the country at a 523 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:19.839 time where this conference is aptly named Made for this moment, 524 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:22.480 where the democracy is under attack. We have a fascist 525 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:24.759 in the White House, we have people being swiped up 526 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:28.559 from our streets by mass men. Unemployment is rising, So 527 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.880 for the black community, we've got to come together. If 528 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:34.000 we don't support each other with good ideas supporting our businesses, 529 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.799 we're going to be in real trouble. So I'm here 530 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:39.599 as a local elected leader to make sure that we 531 00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:42.839 are doing what we need to do, to trade the ideas, 532 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:45.680 to support each other, to strategize, get too support, and 533 00:28:45.720 -->

00:28:47.680 to have some joy because you can't keep fighting if 534 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.359 you don't have to it. 535 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:51.400 You spoke about coming together, what does that truly look 536 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.160 like to be. 537 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.799 On one of four. 538 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:56.319 Yeah, it doesn't mean you agree on every issue. It 539 00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:59.680 means that you are agreed on the direction of forward 540 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:03.640 movement and solidarity amongst your people, Like we all agree 541 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.720 we want to build black well, we want to increase 542 00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:09.319 black home ownership. We want to make sure that we 543 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:12.519 are giving people jobs in healthcare and quality education. And 544 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.319 the great thing about America is that when Black Americans 545 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:17.799 are doing well, the country is doing well. So we're 546 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:22.119 really kind of a test for how well America is 547 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:25.039 streeting her residents. And so that's why this is such 548 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.079 an important thing. And it doesn't mean you agree on everything, 549 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.880 but it's that you agree on the broad strategies and 550 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:31.279 that you commit to working together having the dialogue to 551 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:33.000 move forward on. 552 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.839 A local level. 553 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.799 We are running for executive I am so being that we. 554 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.240 Are at a legislative conference. 555 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:41.680 What are some of the legislative items on your agenda. 556 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:46.400 It's about economic development, tax breaks and support for small businesses. 557 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:51.200 It's about making housing more affordable, making sure rent stabilization 558 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:54.400 is in our communities, in building black home ownership. You know, 559 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:57.880 sixty percent of my black residents are renters. Need we 560 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.880 need to change that trend. That's the biggest way to 561 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.880 develop wealth. It's about making sure that our education system 562 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.440 and every neighborhood has a high quality teacher, a great principle, 563 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:10.720 and a safe neighborhood to go to school in. And 564 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:13.279 I think those basics are what people are concerned about. 565 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:15.319 Those are the top three issues. Obviously, we want a 566 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.599 community where our seniors can age in place that are 567 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:21.240 safe for your pedestrian, safeway and like ways and all 568 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.680 those things. But I think the core issues of education, jobs, 569 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:27.400 and housing are what my residents are asking about. And 570 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.440 it's really a lot of about what's being talked about 571 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.599 at this conference as well. 572 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.759 What is your message to your residence. 573 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:36.119 Those are Montgomery County and those across the state of Marylands. 574 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.480 It's that we're going to get through this. 575 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:39.599 We've been through this before. We are literally made for 576 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.160 this moment. 577 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.240 You know. 578 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:45.599 Administration's pass Our ancestors have been through actually much worse. 579 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:49.359 We just have to come together, stay determined, make sure 580 00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:51.680 we're taking time for our mental health, our well being, 581 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:55.839 our physical health, and then working together. See what the 582 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:58.480 effort is easier when we work together. Can't don't be 583 00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:00.799 a siloed, don't be an island onto your So this 584 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.599 is why this community, this conference is important. I'm here 585 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.559 to help you. We're here to help each other, and 586 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:07.720 we will get through this and we'll build a stronger 587 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:10.440 America than even the one that's being destroyed by net 588 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.799 right now by Donald Trumps. 589 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.720 Cathton, thank you, thanks Morgan, and will stay tuned for 590 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:19.200 more interviews from the fifty eighth Congressional Black Caucus. Doug 591 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:22.119 Davis returns with Your Black Business and speaks with a 592 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:25.720 Nigerian woman who has been empowering women across Africa with 593 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:30.160 solar empowered businesses that bring clean energy and economic opportunity 594 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.960 to communities. 595 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:34.480 Doug Hey Thanks Mike, and welcome to your Black Business. Recently, 596 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:37.279 leaders from around the world marked twenty years of the 597 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.200 Clinton Global Initiative, focusing on the theme What's next around 598 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.400 climate equity and innovation. Today we're joined by Oslimbo Sojourn, 599 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:49.119 CEO of Solar Sister, who's work in Nigeria, Kenya and 600 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:54.319 Tanzania empowers women entrepreneurs to build solar businesses, showing that 601 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:58.400 clean energy and gender equity can be real, scalable solutions. 602 00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:01.400 Welcome to the

Black Information Network and your Black Business. 603 00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:04.680 So let's start. What sparked the idea for Solar Sister. 604 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:07.799 I mean, was there kind of like a moment, a 605 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:11.200 story or somewhat of a need that you couldn't ignore 606 00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:13.759 that made you say, hey, I've got to do something 607 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.599 and I've got to build this. 608 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:18.920 Yeah, thank you dog. So you know, I remember really clearly. 609 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:22.039 I think I was about eight years old. I grew 610 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.880 up again a little bit of a background. I grew 611 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:27.319 up in Lagos, Nigeria, to a single mom who was 612 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:30.880 kind of juggling four of us and you know, having 613 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.319 to work. 614 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.319 She was a professional. 615 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:35.559 But again we were facing something called energy poverty, which 616 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.519 is a lack of access to modern energy services, and 617 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:42.440 as such, we had to you know, light the house, 618 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:44.599 group the foods with what we could make do of. 619 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:47.799 And in that scenario, it was her trying to make 620 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:50.960 a meal for the family using firewood, and I remember 621 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:54.240 very vividly in that kitchen it was, you know, completely 622 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:56.359 engulfed in smoke, and I was looking at my mom, 623 00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:59.079 this is a professional woman who you know, my idol, 624 00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:02.480 looking up to her. She was struggling. Our eyes were 625 00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:07.319 all red, and I was just like, why, why, why 626 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:11.559 is this challenge of having a lack of energy just 627 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:15.480 solely on the woman? And I think that was the 628 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:19.039 birth of what can women actually do to change the 629 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:23.759 situation of Solar Sister, And really Solar Sister is really 630 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:29.359 recognizing that energy poverty disproportionately affects women, but not just 631 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.640 leaving it such that we are the victims of it, 632 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:36.359 but actually having women being the solution providers, being the 633 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:39.839 ones at the forefront, first of all using these technologies 634 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:42.839 and then sharing with their families and telling them and 635 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.920 their neighbors that, look, you could also change how you're 636 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:49.359 currently doing things to a safer, cleaner way of cooking 637 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.680 and of lighting your home so that was the bedth 638 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:55.799 of Solar Sister, which is now this movement of women 639 00:33:55.960 --> 00:34:00.440 entrepreneurs based in their different underserved communities where even though 640 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:03.960 there's no access to the energy and to the electric grid, 641 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:08.480 they're still able to cook with Queen Energy solutions without 642 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:11.679 having to leave with all that indoor air pollution. 643 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:15.679 I mean that is such a testament to our purpose 644 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:18.639 on this earth and how we as humans need to 645 00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:23.639 tap into the powers that we have. It's obvious that 646 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:26.880 that situation that happened to you early in life is 647 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:31.159 fueling and breathing life into thousands of women in need. 648 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:34.519 And it's because you recognize that in your spirit and 649 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:37.920 you move forward. It's just a testament. Now you had 650 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.519 the vision. Now let's talk business. How did you get 651 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:44.000 it off the ground? Where did you get your first 652 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:46.480 round of funding from? What did those early. 653 00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.960 Days look like? 654 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:50.920 So early days, again, as with any startup, it is 655 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.480 you know, looking inwards, looking at your first kind of 656 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.119 network of when I say family and friends and starting 657 00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.719 an organization from scratch. 658 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.920 I mean it's really tough, you know. 659 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:04.599 I look back at my team, So that's justter Nigeria 660 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:09.840 actually started in twenty thirteen and I still see the 661 00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.679 core team. 662 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:13.639 So it was me and admin and finance. 663 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:18.960 We're still here. Like everyone has put in like hours 664 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:24.159 on end, sweat, blood, not literally, but like put in 665 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:27.519 everything to get it off the ground. And we started with, 666 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:31.480 you know, just building that first sisterhood group. So how 667 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:35.920 we operate is that we recruit women individually as entrepreneurs, 668 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:40.159 going to communities that are underserved, kind of talk to 669 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:43.360 them about the opportunity. When we started in twenty thirteen 670 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:47.079 in Nigeria, many of these opportunities, many of these communities 671 00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:50.039 had never had a touch or feel with any solar 672 00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:54.000 solution or any you know, it was totally new, totally 673 00:35:54.039

--> 00:35:54.840 novel to them. 674 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.159 You know, they've been. 675 00:35:56.440 --> 00:36:00.559 Cooking in a certain way for centuries, passed down you know, 676 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:03.480 or lighting, you know, just like anything. You see some 677 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:06.239 communities that we visit when it's six pm, seven pm, 678 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:10.719 when the sun has set, I mean the whole village 679 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:14.800 is in darkness and nothing happens, no economic, no economic 680 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:18.920 activities are happening. Everyone is in darkness, right, And this 681 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:21.960 had a ripple effect, not just on the household, I 682 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:24.639 mean the education of the children were suffering because they 683 00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:27.800 have to kind of study using like either the naked 684 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:32.440 flame of a candle or just the carrising lantern which 685 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:35.320 is really smoky and you know it has admits so 686 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.800 much cabin and it's so uncomfortable if you have to 687 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.920 be very close to it, and that's what you have 688 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:43.119 to be in order to use it to read. So 689 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:48.000 just you know, letting them know that there is another way, 690 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.679 and it's not just of course for them to use 691 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:55.119 it first, but also to now start a business around this, right, 692 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.360 So it's not yes, you have now solved your problem, 693 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.880 but you can also be the solution point for others 694 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.599 in your community. You can also make this change in 695 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:06.199 your community. And that's how we started. 696 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.880 Gotcha? 697 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.320 Gotcha? 698 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.039 Did it take a massive investment for you to move 699 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:12.599 forward after you got started? You know with all of 700 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:15.320 the support from your team members, you know, and from 701 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.960 family and friends, How did it go to the level 702 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:19.119 of where you're at now? 703 00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.880 Absolutely so. 704 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:27.719 We Our very first investment came from a social from 705 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:31.760 a foundation was actually the Exon Mobile Foundation in Nigeria 706 00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:37.079 who had a mandate then for women's economic empowerment and 707 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:40.119 energy were the ones that gave the Nigerian Office its 708 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:44.119 first grant, which was I think valued at two hundred 709 00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:45.000 thousand dollars. 710 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.880 So that was the first kind of big So if 711 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.280 I did. 712 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:51.320 Just come in real quick, technically, that was a DEI 713 00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:55.119 initiative that you were part of. Correct, it was a 714 00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:58.840 you know, which is somewhat of a bad word in 715 00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:00.800 some circles here in the country, but. 716 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:05.440 I mean for us, it was just simply women's economic empowerment. 717 00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:08.679 It was more, you know, what can we do to 718 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:15.079 upolift women in these communities because of the disproportionate challenges 719 00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.639 that women bear. You know, a lot of the communities 720 00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:21.440 that we are very patriarchal, and so women are the 721 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:23.599 ones that bear a lot of the buddings when it 722 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:27.159 comes to kind of just household managing household activities. 723 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:31.159 And yeah, finally, you know, being that you know, CGI 724 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:34.800 is celebrating its twentieth anniversary, could you speak directly to 725 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.039 the global community. 726 00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:38.000 What is your call to action? 727 00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:40.719 What do you want the global community to do? 728 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.239 Support? 729 00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:45.679 And remember, after hearing this amazing conversation that we're having. 730 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:47.679 They see think global our cloak. 731 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:51.440 I'm saying, I strongly believe that African women will lead 732 00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:55.199 the charge of solving the energy challenge. 733 00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.599 I believe that we. 734 00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:02.360 Are firmly like we know with the as I say, 735 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:05.440 how the shoe feits. We know we feel the challenges. 736 00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:09.000 We've felt it for many years and we have you know, 737 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:11.920 the passion, the drive, the energy to make that change. 738 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:16.039 So I'm calling on investment in the African woman. If 739 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:19.519 you look at the global investment to women in energy, 740 00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:24.719 it's something like two percent. It's it's it's there is 741 00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:27.760 a lot that we can do in this community to 742 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:34.719 actually change put a dent in in in solving the 743 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.639 energy challenge. 744 00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:37.119 So that is my call. 745 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:40.039 And I know that there's a lot of politics now 746 00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:43.960 around terms, and you know, it's just comes down to 747 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:48.039 just basic humanity. Who is the best person to get 748 00:39:48.039 -->

00:39:51.559 this done? And in our scenario, it's the African woman. 749 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.119 Yeah. 750 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.960 Absolutely, And you know, like I didn't really ask, you know, 751 00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:56.480 what does it feel like. 752 00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:58.760 Being a part of this big anniversary. 753 00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:01.519 I mean, is it a milestone moment for you? What's 754 00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:04.639 changed since you first joined and what do you feel 755 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:07.039 still needs to change with the with the. 756 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:13.280 Initiative again, yes, you know, as the world continues to advance, 757 00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:18.679 you know, as technology continues to to take over. Again, 758 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:23.679 we are in the world where one half is running 759 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:28.079 and the other half is left behind. And our collective 760 00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:32.559 mission should be to leave no one behind, you know, 761 00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:36.400 to always always think about, you know, those who don't 762 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.119 have as you know, as much opportunity as others, because 763 00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:41.760 this world is for all of us. 764 00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:44.760 So how can we learn more about Solar Sister. 765 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:49.920 Absolutely so. Our website is Solar Sister dot or org 766 00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:53.239 and that has the link to all our socials. So 767 00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:56.239 please find us, please interact with us. We're very active 768 00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:59.119 on x as well, and so yes, we always want 769 00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.159 to continue to convert. 770 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:04.960 Ali Simbosa Journey, CEO of Solar Sister, who's work in Nigeria, 771 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.960 Kenya and Tanzania continues to empower women entrepreneurs to build 772 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:12.119 solar businesses. We appreciate you. This is Doug Davis. You're 773 00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:14.440 listening to your black business on the Black perspective. 774 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:18.800 Thanks Doug and Ala Simbo. Nicole Point Dujoor is an entrepreneur, author, 775 00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:22.239 community impact leader, and founder of the Master Connector Agency. 776 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:25.400 Nicole has been featured in several publications and spent more 777 00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:27.800 than twenty years on Wall Street. She has gained a 778 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:30.599 wealth of knowledge she wants to share to help African 779 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:34.920 Americans become entrepreneurs, homeowners and climb the corporate ladder. She 780 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:37.519 is holding an event called the Master Connector in Atlanta 781 00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:41.280 at Prime on Peachtree the Black Information Networks. Mister Jordan 782 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:43.800 sat down with Nicole to get all the details about 783 00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.159 the event. 784 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:47.599 Joining the Black Information Network. I have Nicole Point du Jour, 785 00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:51.159 CEO of the Master Connector Agency. So you have a 786 00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:55.760 huge event coming up at Prime on Peachtree. Tell me 787 00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.400 all about it. 788 00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:59.679 Yes, So November sixth, you want to be in this room. 789 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:02.320 God gave me the vision to create this from last year. 790 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:04.559 So this is my fourth event that I'm doing. But 791 00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:07.880 I wanted to bring together corporate executives, which is my background. 792 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.559 I've been on the Wall Street for twenty one years 793 00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:12.960 and I have a plethora of corporate executives in my 794 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.960 arsenal right like that are major corporations as well as 795 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:19.960 some successful entrepreneurs, industry leaders and influencers. So I created 796 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:22.480 this room so that the corporate executives can meet these 797 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:25.719 up and coming entrepreneurs and industry leaders, and the industry 798 00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:27.920 leaders can meet the corporate executives because they need each other. 799 00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:32.039 Corporate executives need industry leaders and entrepreneurs to help bring 800 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:33.760 them the business of choice right so they can be 801 00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:38.000 brand ambassadors for them. And entrepreneurs need corporate executives because 802 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:40.159 they are the ones that have the business funding, the branding, 803 00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:42.519 and the business documents. So I created a room called 804 00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:44.519 the Room where the Deals are done, so that it 805 00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:46.360 gives everybody a chance to meet the people, like the 806 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.559 Moves and shakers in Atlanta. 807 00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:50.199 Why did you create this, Like where did this idea 808 00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:50.800 come from? 809 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:53.320 Yeah, that's a great question to see. So I was 810 00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.920 on the Wall Street for twenty one years as a 811 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.519 vice president and most recently I was investment in banking 812 00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:59.639 and equity trading. In the last five years, I was 813 00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:02.239 head an Sponsorships. But what I realized was when I 814 00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:04.239 would go to my corporate events and my Wall Street events, 815 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:06.760 I wouldn't see our friends that were amazing entrepreneurs industry 816 00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:08.880 leaders in those rooms. And then when I would go 817 00:43:08.920 -->

00:43:11.079 to their events, which were so fun and interesting, and 818 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:12.920 I wouldn't see my friends that were corporate vps in 819 00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:15.360 their rooms. So God gave me the vision last year 820 00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.800 to say, You're going to create a space where you're 821 00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:19.840 bringing together your network, which is consists of corporate executives, 822 00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:22.559 industry using entrepreneurs all in one room and call it 823 00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.920 the room where the deals are done, so that they 824 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:26.679 can share resources and help each other get ahead. We 825 00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:28.719 need each other and one and ever now. Missive it's 826 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:31.280 all about building community. It's all about building your network. 827 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:33.800 They always say that cliche, your network is your net worth, 828 00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:36.639 which is true because I can look at my phone 829 00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:40.639 and call anybody get to get deals done or just 830 00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:42.440 if I need something. Right, So you want to build 831 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:45.440 out that network that you can lean on, right, And 832 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:47.039 so that's what I create. So God gave me the 833 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:50.079 vision and I executed it. Last year. At each event, 834 00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:52.880 I interview a multimillionaire celebrity that has made it to 835 00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:54.800 give us their career trajectory of how they got from 836 00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:56.760 point A to point Z. The first one that I 837 00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:59.159 did on October last year, I interviewed Egypt Hiad and 838 00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:02.719 Mike Jackson. The second one, I interviewed Andy Smith Harris. 839 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:05.880 People know her from TV, but she's also a multi 840 00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:07.320 millionaire in her business. 841 00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:10.119 Yeah, and she's been a businesswoman for a long time. 842 00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:12.159 A long time, right. She has the Eel skincareline, and 843 00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:13.519 she told us how she grew up from six dollars 844 00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:15.039 and six million dollars at the last event that I 845 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:18.480 did with her. It's incredible. And in March I interviewed 846 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:20.440 doctor Eric Thomas. He's known as a hip hop preacher 847 00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:23.239 et the hip Hop Feacher. And so this one coming 848 00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:27.119 up on November six, I'm interviewing Angela Ye radio personality, 849 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:30.400 but she's also a mogul in real estate and business. Yeah. 850 00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:34.159 So yeah, So to someone who's coming to your event 851 00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:35.679 for the first time, first of all, thank you for 852 00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:38.360 not being a gatekeeper, because I think it's awesome for 853 00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:41.199 you to be a connector. I think sometimes that people 854 00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:44.039 may have these visions and they may want to explore 855 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:46.400 these rooms, but it may be intimidating or just not 856 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:49.320 know where to start, frankly, and so for you to 857 00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:52.199 create an opportunity for them to actually connect these dots. 858 00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:55.079 For someone coming to this event for the first time, 859 00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.320 and they may be a little intimidated by some of 860 00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:59.440 the people that they see, you know, in this room, 861 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:01.760 what would your advice be to them? 862 00:45:02.239 --> 00:45:04.000 Yeah, So I love that question because people ask me 863 00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:05.519 that all the time. They're like, Nicole, I don't think 864 00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:06.960 I belong in that room. I wasn't on a Wall 865 00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:08.400 Street or I wasn't this, or I'm not a most 866 00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.800 I don't know how to influence. I don't have multi 867 00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:12.880 millions of followers or multi million dollars. I tell everybody 868 00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:14.480 you belong in any room you go in. 869 00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:15.360 One. 870 00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:17.519 I tell everybody you belong in any room that you 871 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:20.000 go in. That's one. Two. I wrote a whole. I 872 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:22.159 wrote a book on the Master Connector of the Ultimate 873 00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:24.920 Guide to Building Impactful Relationships for life and Business Success. 874 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:26.840 But I tell you how to network in those rooms. 875 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:29.360 So one thing I tell people, if you're shy, leave 876 00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:31.960 with a compliment. People love a compliment. If you walk 877 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:33.719 up to somebody, you tell them, I love your hair, 878 00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:35.440 I love your shoes, I love your bag. Oh that's 879 00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:38.039 a great outfit, what colonnia. People love a compliment, and 880 00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.679 they'll say, oh my god, thank you and tell you 881 00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:41.119 either where they got it from, or you know, just 882 00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:43.320 say thank you. Then if that's where they're in, you 883 00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:45.920 can say, are you from around this area? It's another thing. 884 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:47.960 You just the icebreaker. They'll tell you where they're from. 885 00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:49.840 They can go into the go down that rabbit hole, 886 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:51.840 or you can say what industry are you in? Like 887 00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:52.960 what you know?

What field are you in? 888 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.079 Then? 889 00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:55.719 Now there are three icebreakers that people can use when 890 00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:57.599 you're in the room. One you belong there, and then 891 00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:59.440 two I just gave you three icebregers to use so 892 00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:03.159 that you can lead with conversation. And the number one 893 00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:05.519 goals to networking people ask me all the time how 894 00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.960 I built my network and how I know so many 895 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:10.239 people is lead with value. Lead with value. 896 00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:12.760 Everybody go into that a little bit. 897 00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:15.280 Sure. So most times when people meet people, and and 898 00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.880 I've been pivaighed to be around a lot of high 899 00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:19.599 profile people. When I'm with them, everybody runs up to 900 00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:21.400 them and says Angelae, for example, oh keep put me 901 00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:23.239 in your radio station. Oh can you give me this? 902 00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:25.840 When I'm a yandy? Oh can you can you? I'm 903 00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:27.760 not coming I want to be on TV right Like 904 00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:30.639 they always come at them with ask. If you come 905 00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:33.920 out with a value add you're you're gonna set yourself 906 00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:35.639 apart from the other ninety percent that are coming at 907 00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:37.519 them with ask. So I've been around Angela like when 908 00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.920 I even met both of them, I'm like, how can 909 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:40.719 I help you? What are you working on for twenty 910 00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:43.119 twenty five? What are your goals? Angela was like I 911 00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:45.119 want to do more corporate speaking gigs, right, or just 912 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.880 get more corporate alignments. So I was incorporate at the time, 913 00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:50.519 so I helped her get a corporate speaking gig. Same 914 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:53.239 thing for Yandy, she wanted more speaking opportunities and I 915 00:46:53.239 --> 00:46:55.920 got her some opportunities, right, So I led with value 916 00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:57.960 with them before I led with an ask. I've known 917 00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:59.880 Angela for decades, but like more recently, I've been asking 918 00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:02.559 how can I help you? Asking people like what are 919 00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:04.039 they working on for twenty twenty five? What are your 920 00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:06.199 goals for tweenty twenty six? What's your biggest what keeps 921 00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:06.800 you up at night? 922 00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:07.000 Right? 923 00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:08.719 Like, then you try to figure out how you can 924 00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:10.960 add the value to help them before you come with 925 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.400 your ask. 926 00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:14.480 And so for Nicole, I have joining me with the 927 00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:18.800 CEO of the Master Connector Agency. What do you get 928 00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.239 out of this? 929 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:23.920 So for me, I'm a servant leader. I love helping people. 930 00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:26.760 I love connecting people. I never even knew it was 931 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:29.480 a business, to be honest, because I was always connecting, 932 00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:31.159 Like people will call me for things and I would 933 00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:34.239 just connect the dots, connecting people. I've gotten people millions 934 00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:36.360 of dollars and never received the dome, and I just 935 00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:38.920 I did it because I enjoy doing I love helping 936 00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:42.000 people win. I have access. I don't gate keep right 937 00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:44.960 because I feel like me being a girl from the 938 00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:46.760 inter Cities of Jersey the first person or I feel 939 00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:48.800 me to go to college and end up on Wall 940 00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:51.440 Street where they as recruit from Ivy League schools. And 941 00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:53.960 I went to HBCU and back twenty years ago, I'm 942 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:56.519 dating myself. HBCUs wasn't as popular as it is today 943 00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:59.400 for me to get on, get in that, get that opportunity. 944 00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:01.440 Like I'm like, I tell my friends about this opportunity. 945 00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:02.719 I want them to be in these rooms. I want 946 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:05.079 them to have these exposure. So I've always been that 947 00:48:05.239 --> 00:48:07.719 servant leader in connecting the dots between the two spheres. 948 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:11.039 And so that's that's what I get out of it. 949 00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:13.960 I get joy out of helping people. And now I'm like, Okay, 950 00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:15.719 this is a whole business. And Angela's always been on 951 00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:17.039 me like when are you starting this business? When are 952 00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:19.519 you starting this business? And so that's that's where it 953 00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:20.079 came from. 954 00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:21.639 And now we have the business. 955 00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:23.519 And now we have the business. I just turned one 956 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:26.480 year old in October, so I was excited about that 957 00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:28.920 I've been in business for one year and then I've 958 00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:31.039 been full time in the business since July. 959 00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:36.679 Congratulations on that. So Thursday, November sixth at Prime on 960 00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:40.039 peace Tree. What can people expect at your event? Call? 961

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:42.599 Yeah, so one, it's going to be a room like 962 00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:44.199 no other. I was telling somebody the other day, like 963 00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:46.079 the value that I add is that you get access. 964 00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:48.360 A lot of times people go to these conferences and 965 00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:50.360 they have these big speakers, but you don't get access 966 00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:52.119 to them. They come on stage, they speak, and then 967 00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:54.679 their whisked way. You are in the room with the 968 00:48:54.760 --> 00:48:58.559 decision makers. So Truest is a big bank in the South. 969 00:48:58.760 --> 00:49:01.840 They're our corporate sponsor. So because they're the corporate sponsor, 970 00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:04.079 they're bringing in the corporate executive So you will be 971 00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:07.199 sitting next to corporate executives, decision makers, VP level and 972 00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:09.559 above at these organizations that can potentially help you in 973 00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:11.880 your business. The last event I did, I had Amazon 974 00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:14.440 and Puma sponsor. They whatt their corporate executives. So when 975 00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:16.760 you come to this room, one we play networking Bingo, 976 00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:18.599 which which I think is fun. So it forces you 977 00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:21.199 to network. So on the Bengo card. There's questions like 978 00:49:21.239 --> 00:49:24.440 who was in corporate and moves to entrepreneurship, who's from Atlanta, 979 00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:26.360 because that's always that thy people move here on it's 980 00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:28.599 hard find somebody from Atlanta right that actually grew up 981 00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:31.760 and was born raised here. But there's just different fun 982 00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:34.000 questions on the Bingo card that forces you to go 983 00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:36.760 around and talk to different people. And then you want 984 00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:38.360 a prize at the end. So whoever gets their Bingo. 985 00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:39.960 I think we take about three prize winners and they 986 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.800 win a prize. So that's what you start off with. 987 00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:43.119 So it's networking bingo. 988 00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:45.360 And it's a siccebreaker too, and it allows people to 989 00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:48.519 kind of come in get comfortable. I love this because 990 00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:50.440 it's not just you come and sit and listen you're 991 00:49:50.440 --> 00:49:55.159 a student. This is interactive. You're gonna actually engage. This 992 00:49:55.199 --> 00:49:57.519 is what I love it more. Okay, thank you, thank you. 993 00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:59.159 Yes. So we're going to kick it off with network 994 00:49:59.199 --> 00:50:02.719 and bingo. They'll be pas and then after that then 995 00:50:02.800 -->

00:50:05.400 I will you'll hear from two of the sponsors, because 996 00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:08.480 to a sponsor's the event, another sponsor the local vendor sponsored. 997 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:11.760 And then I have a membership, so people are part 998 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:13.360 of my membership because they wanted more out of the 999 00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:14.719 these events. They're like, we want to hear more from you, 1000 00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:16.519 we want access to your network. So then you'll hear 1001 00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:18.960 from three people from my membership community to tell them 1002 00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:21.199 the value of being a part of the Master Country Agency. 1003 00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:23.760 And then I'll interview ANGELAEE, and so we will get 1004 00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:25.760 into how she started from point A all the way 1005 00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:27.880 to point Z, how she was in radio, she still 1006 00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:29.719 lives in radio, how she decided to buy a building 1007 00:50:29.719 --> 00:50:31.920 in Detroit, how she opened up a coffee shop. Right, 1008 00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:35.079 she has multiple strings of income which we all need nowadays. Right, 1009 00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:38.760 so yes, yes, given those those gems on how how 1010 00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:41.039 for us to get get ahead. And then after that, 1011 00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:43.199 if you have the VIP ticket, I tell everybody, get 1012 00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:47.039 the VP ticket, investing yourself, see yourself where you see 1013 00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:50.039 yourself with you know, to see closer to the closer 1014 00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:52.239 people that have the access for you. But if you 1015 00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:53.800 have a VIP ticket, you get a meet and greet 1016 00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:56.440 with ANGELAEE. Yeah after the event. 1017 00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:57.360 Nice. 1018 00:50:57.599 --> 00:51:00.239 Yes, and then there's a dinner so if yees, So 1019 00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:02.559 if you have the VIP ticket, we'll be supplying a 1020 00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:05.199 dinner for you and you go upstairs. So climber Peatriet 1021 00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:08.360 is downstairs. Everybody's going to be then after my interview Angelie, 1022 00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:10.840 you'll go upstairs and have dinner with her and whoever 1023 00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:12.960 else that has a VIP ticket. So it's like a 1024 00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:15.840 real intimate space. I love it because again, it gives 1025 00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:19.400 people access to people. So one girl, I was having 1026 00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:21.039 lunch with one of my girlfriends and she came up 1027 00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:22.760 to us. One of my girlfriends is a celebrity, and 1028 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:24.119 I thought she was talking to me because she goes, 1029 00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:25.679 I know you, and I think she's talking to those 1030 00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:27.400 leb because I'm like, she doesn't me. She's like, no, 1031 00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:28.639 I know you, and I said you know me? She 1032 00:51:28.679 --> 00:51:30.639 said yeah. She's like, I came to your event and 1033 00:51:30.679 --> 00:51:32.119 I said which one and she said I came to 1034 00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:33.599 the one with Egypt and I said oh okay, and 1035 00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:35.079 she said it changed my life. 1036 00:51:35.639 --> 00:51:37.039 Oh that's so wonderful. 1037 00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:39.239 She said your event changed my life. And I said, 1038 00:51:39.239 --> 00:51:40.960 well how because those are some powerful words, right, something 1039 00:51:41.039 --> 00:51:41.559 changing your life? 1040 00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:44.000 It is. Yes, that's a gift to you too, Like 1041 00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:46.480 what a huge compliment to say you change someone's life. 1042 00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:48.480 Because you could say you made my day, you made 1043 00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:50.440 me smile, But to change someone's life. 1044 00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:53.119 That's huge, right, And this was the first event that 1045 00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:54.480 I did, so I was like the fuel that I 1046 00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:56.760 needed to keep going. And she changed my life. I said, 1047 00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:59.119 how do I even change your life? She said, I'm 1048 00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:01.840 working on a two million dollar real estate project in Tennessee, 1049 00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:04.159 two million dollars they'll estate project in Tennessee. And I 1050 00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:07.159 met a gietary event that does government contracting, and through 1051 00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:09.119 that connection, it helped me get over the hump that 1052 00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:11.159 I was dealing with all these different contracts, because anybody 1053 00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:13.199 knows you do anything in the city need government contract 1054 00:52:13.239 --> 00:52:15.960 especial when you building big, big buildings or housing. And 1055 00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:18.599 he helped her with that process. And so she hadn't 1056 00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:20.400 come to my room, she would still be stuck in 1057 00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:22.039 the rut with trying to get through the two million 1058 00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:24.639 dollar projects she's working on. And then another young lady 1059 00:52:24.920 --> 00:52:27.880 flewing from Canada, right, So I was like, oh, you're 1060 00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:30.480 making my brand international, right, We got people Canada. 1061 00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:32.880 We will take that, we will take that, take that. 1062 00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:35.960 And so she came and she uh, she said hey, 1063 00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:37.400 and I knew who she was because when she got 1064 00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:39.880 the ticket it said Canada on the ticket, and so 1065 00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:41.599 she really wanted to meet

Andy, and she came to 1066 00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:45.039 the Yandy event. So I personally walked her over and said, Yandy, 1067 00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:47.480 this woman flew in from Canada to be at this 1068 00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:50.480 event to meet you. Yandy took extra time, poured into her. 1069 00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:52.639 Now she told me too, she said, she said, come 1070 00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:54.559 in to your event and changed my life. I met Yandy. 1071 00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:56.760 She told me to start my trucking business. I started 1072 00:52:56.760 --> 00:52:59.239 the trucking business. I moved to Atlanta. She moved to 1073 00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:01.159 Atlanta to start out your She just bought a warehouse 1074 00:53:01.159 --> 00:53:02.000 a couple of months ago. 1075 00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:05.320 So it's wonderful just you being a girls girl. I 1076 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:07.360 know I've hosted a party with Yandy, so I know 1077 00:53:07.440 --> 00:53:10.440 that she's a girl's girl. Yes, and very approachable, just 1078 00:53:10.679 --> 00:53:13.960 very down to earth and for you. So I know 1079 00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:16.079 that if you two were keeping company, I know what 1080 00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:17.760 kind of cloth your cup from? 1081 00:53:18.880 --> 00:53:21.639 Yeah? So I so. So she changed her life when 1082 00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:23.360 she checks on her like said, she's building this business. 1083 00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:25.800 She joined my membership. So and my membership. We pour 1084 00:53:25.840 --> 00:53:27.760 into people. We help you with your business. We bring 1085 00:53:27.800 --> 00:53:31.880 on experts every month to talk about networking, trademarking, marketing, 1086 00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:34.400 AI anything you need to be a business owner. We 1087 00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:36.320 pour into you with that because I'm running myself. I 1088 00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:38.559 was on Watch You for twenty one years and within 1089 00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:40.480 the last year we started running a business. So there's 1090 00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:43.679 so much I still learn in the entrepreneurship. 1091 00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:46.920 Space that's awesome, And who should come to this event 1092 00:53:46.920 --> 00:53:47.559 and Nicoll. 1093 00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:51.280 Anybody looking to grow their network. It's because it's the 1094 00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:54.400 corporate executives, it's the industry leaders, it's to influencers, it's 1095 00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:56.400 everybody that's looking for your tribe to help you get 1096 00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:58.000 to the next level. I feel like if you're stuck 1097 00:53:58.039 --> 00:53:59.480 and you have a business owner, you can't get to 1098 00:53:59.480 --> 00:54:02.440 that next level. You need community to sell your products, 1099 00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:05.280 to write, you need corporate sponsors. If you have an 1100 00:54:05.320 --> 00:54:07.599 event like like I do events to help us get 1101 00:54:07.639 --> 00:54:10.000 our event sponsored. I also teach how to get corporate sponsors. 1102 00:54:10.159 --> 00:54:11.920 I was headed sponsors for the last five years at 1103 00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:14.119 JP Morgan, so I know what it takes to get 1104 00:54:14.119 --> 00:54:16.000 a corpus sponsor, and then I was able to get 1105 00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:18.679 Amazon pull my intruest to sponsor my six month old 1106 00:54:18.719 --> 00:54:22.039 business right. And so if you look at a corporate sponsors, 1107 00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:24.920 if you're an entrepreneur, if you're a corporate executive that 1108 00:54:25.039 --> 00:54:26.880 wants to get your product in front of more people 1109 00:54:26.920 --> 00:54:28.840 because there will be influencers in the room as well. 1110 00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:31.559 I say it for the everyday person looking to grow 1111 00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:32.679 their network and the networth. 1112 00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:36.760 I love this. And if someone needs more information about 1113 00:54:36.800 --> 00:54:39.840 the event on Thursday, November sixth at Prime on P Street, 1114 00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:40.880 where can they get it? 1115 00:54:41.360 --> 00:54:44.719 Yeah, so you can go to my website www dot 1116 00:54:44.760 --> 00:54:48.559 the Maasterconnectoragency dot com. So again that's www dot the 1117 00:54:48.599 --> 00:54:51.000 maasterc Connector Agency dot com. You can follow me on 1118 00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:53.719 Instagram at the Master Connector. The link is in my bio. 1119 00:54:54.119 --> 00:54:56.840 I'll be posting about it multiple times. You'll see it 1120 00:54:56.840 --> 00:55:00.199 all over my Instagram page. And Angelie and I you're 1121 00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:02.440 live together talking about the event. I did her radio 1122 00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:04.920 station talking about the event. I've been on multiple syndications 1123 00:55:04.920 --> 00:55:07.320 talking about it. Thank you, Missy for allowing me time 1124 00:55:07.360 --> 00:55:10.000 to be on your the Black Information Network to talk 1125 00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:12.360 about it. But yes, you can follow me on Instagram 1126 00:55:12.360 --> 00:55:16.000 at the Master Underscore Connector. Or you can go to 1127 00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:19.000 my website www dot Themaster Connection Agency dot com. 1128 00:55:19.519 --> 00:55:22.760 And if someone can't make this event this week on Thursday, 1129 00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:25.159 what advice do you have for them if they still 1130 00:55:25.199 --> 00:55:26.880 want to make sure that they get all of this 1131 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:29.079 knowledge and they have access to you. 1132 00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:31.880 You can grab my book The Master connector The Ultimate 1133 00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:35.159 Guide to Building Impactful Connections for life and Business Success. 1134 00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:39.000 You can join my membership. So the

membership is you're 1135 00:55:39.039 --> 00:55:42.280 automatically going into a tribe, a tribe of corporate executives, 1136 00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:44.880 industry leaders, and entrepreneurs all in there together to help 1137 00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:47.239 our businesses grow. When somebody has an event, we all 1138 00:55:47.280 --> 00:55:50.000 show up. If somebody has a new product, we all 1139 00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:52.719 support and buy it. We share resources in there, and 1140 00:55:52.800 --> 00:55:56.039 the membership is on my website too. It's ninety nine 1141 00:55:56.079 --> 00:55:57.840 dollars a month, but when I tell you it's worth it. 1142 00:55:57.880 --> 00:56:00.519 I also do a dinner for them, all about brick 1143 00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:03.039 and bread to brick barriers, Meaning there's something about going 1144 00:56:03.039 --> 00:56:04.679 to dinner with somebody or a lunch with the boers 1145 00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:06.920 right that they let their hair down. You get to 1146 00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:08.719 learn a little bit more about them for a meal. 1147 00:56:08.840 --> 00:56:11.239 And so I treat my members to a meal one 1148 00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:13.400 time a year. We're actually doing a dinner on November fifth, 1149 00:56:13.440 --> 00:56:15.119 So the members that have been a part of my community, 1150 00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:17.119 I'm taking them to dinner at this private club in 1151 00:56:17.119 --> 00:56:20.679 Atlanta called The Retreat, which is a members only club yeah, 1152 00:56:20.920 --> 00:56:22.719 and so so you can find me on the website, 1153 00:56:22.760 --> 00:56:25.159 you can get my book, you can follow me on Instagram. 1154 00:56:25.239 --> 00:56:27.840 I post all things that I'm doing there at the 1155 00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:31.480 Master connect, the Master Underscore connector. But yeah, like I'm 1156 00:56:31.760 --> 00:56:33.400 like I said, I'm not a gate keeper. I share 1157 00:56:33.440 --> 00:56:35.079 all the information and knowledge. I've been doing it for 1158 00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:38.679 free for over twenty plus years, Misty, and it's like, Okay, 1159 00:56:38.760 --> 00:56:40.559 I have to put a price because this is my. 1160 00:56:40.599 --> 00:56:43.960 Police and it's invaluable. And the information you're giving, like 1161 00:56:44.000 --> 00:56:45.840 you know, you've had people tell you this has been 1162 00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:48.800 life changing for me. And I think it's wonderful that 1163 00:56:48.840 --> 00:56:51.599 you're sharing your network because people are gate keepers and 1164 00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:53.920 so to have this opportunity where they're not coming to 1165 00:56:54.199 --> 00:56:57.519 a stuffy room and sitting and watching people on a stage. 1166 00:56:57.639 --> 00:57:00.679 They're actually having a chance to rub shoulders with these people. 1167 00:57:00.679 --> 00:57:02.840 And so once I get you in the room, then 1168 00:57:02.880 --> 00:57:04.800 the work is on you. But you also have given 1169 00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:07.599 three tips on what to do in terms of mice breakers, 1170 00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:08.920 are what to do when you get in that room. 1171 00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:11.719 So this is really you've made it really easy and 1172 00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:14.400 accessible to really help people get to the next level, 1173 00:57:14.440 --> 00:57:17.440 and you've done this for free. I don't imagine the 1174 00:57:17.440 --> 00:57:19.679 information that you're going to get once people are actually 1175 00:57:19.719 --> 00:57:21.079 there at your event on Thursday. 1176 00:57:21.239 --> 00:57:22.920 Thank you. And I want to say Egypt was my 1177 00:57:22.920 --> 00:57:24.800 first guest that I interviewed. She loved it so much. 1178 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:26.440 She's like, I'm coming back to your next event and 1179 00:57:26.480 --> 00:57:28.840 I'm buying mind she's my friend. She's like, I'm buying 1180 00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:30.960 ten tickets because my real estate investors need to be 1181 00:57:31.039 --> 00:57:32.920 in that room. And she literally came back to the 1182 00:57:32.960 --> 00:57:34.559 next event and bought ten tickets so that she can 1183 00:57:34.599 --> 00:57:38.119 bring her team to get access to corporate executives, industrudios 1184 00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:39.840 and entrepreneurs because if you're selling houses in your real 1185 00:57:39.880 --> 00:57:42.320 estate business, those are your clients, right And so I 1186 00:57:42.400 --> 00:57:45.159 tell people investing yourself, Yes, the ticket is two hundred 1187 00:57:45.199 --> 00:57:47.719 dollars for general or two hundred for VIP, but it's 1188 00:57:47.840 --> 00:57:51.239 life changing getting access to people that are decision makers 1189 00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:53.159 that can help you grow your network and your networth. 1190 00:57:53.159 --> 00:57:55.079 I feel like it's priceless. Oh, I want to give 1191 00:57:55.079 --> 00:57:58.159 a discoud code. So because you're listening in and you 1192 00:57:58.159 --> 00:57:59.719 guys are taking your time to listen to Mecy and 1193 00:57:59.719 --> 00:58:02.440 I to I'm giving twenty percent off if you get 1194 00:58:02.480 --> 00:58:05.920 your ticket within the next twenty four hours. Use coal 1195 00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:09.440 Connect twenty to get twenty next twenty Okay, connect twenty, 1196 00:58:09.599 --> 00:58:11.519 you get twenty percent off your tickets. But I hope 1197 00:58:11.519 --> 00:58:13.159 to see you November six. I'm telling you it's a 1198 00:58:13.199 --> 00:58:16.960 life changing, impactful room. Chruice is bringing their corporate executives, 1199 00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:20.360 there's industry leaders. Angelaee's coming with her video executives right like. 1200 00:58:20.360 --> 00:58:21.920 It's an amazing room. 1201 00:58:22.159 --> 00:58:25.360 Nicole Point is your CEO of the Master Connector Agency. 1202 00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:27.880 Thank you so much for joining the Black Information Network 1203 00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:31.039 with this wealth of knowledge that feels like it's never ending. 1204 00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:33.679 So thank you for sharing what you've shared with us today. 1205 00:58:33.840 --> 00:58:36.280 Continue success to you and I know your event is 1206 00:58:36.280 --> 00:58:38.360 going to be amazing and we will talk to you 1207 00:58:38.400 --> 00:58:39.199 when you do it again. 1208 00:58:39.760 --> 00:58:42.159 Yes, thank you, Thank you so much for the opportunity 1209 00:58:42.159 --> 00:58:43.519 and hope to see you all November six. 1210 00:58:43.760 --> 00:58:48.119 Thank you, Misty and Nicole. iHeartRadio personality. Angela Yee will 1211 00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:50.719 be the guest speaker at the event on Thursday. If 1212 00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:54.079 you're interested in attending the Master Connector Agency event, you 1213 00:58:54.119 --> 00:58:57.639 can get more info at the Masteragency Connector dot com. 1214 00:58:57.840 --> 00:59:01.639 Black Information Network listeners can use code connect twenty for 1215 00:59:01.800 --> 00:59:04.920 twenty percent off your ticket, and that's our program for 1216 00:59:04.960 --> 00:59:07.360 this week. For more on these stories, listen to the 1217 00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:10.880 Black Information Network on the free iHeartRadio app or log 1218 00:59:10.960 --> 00:59:14.039 onto Vinnews dot com for all of the latest news 1219 00:59:14.079 --> 00:59:16.719 impacting the black community. We would love to hear from 1220 00:59:16.760 --> 00:59:19.280 you about the Black Perspective. Just log onto the Black 1221 00:59:19.320 --> 00:59:22.719 Information Network's Talkback Live feature on the iHeartRadio app to 1222 00:59:22.760 --> 00:59:25.159 share your feedback. Also, be sure to follow us on 1223 00:59:25.199 --> 00:59:28.039 social media at Black Information Network and on X and 1224 00:59:28.159 --> 00:59:30.920 Blue Sky at black Info Net, and make the Black 1225 00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:34.880 Information Network first on your car radio or iHeartRadio app preset. 1226 00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:37.400 I'm Mike Island. Have a great Sunday and start to 1227 00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:39.360 the month, and be sure to tune in next week 1228 00:59:39.400 --> 00:59:42.480 at this time for another edition of The Black Perspective 1229 00:59:42.840 --> 00:59:45.639 right here on the Black Information Network.