Full Transcript for Homeless, Haunted, and Unstoppable: The Chernoney "Ed" Stephenson Story

00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.919 like to call it by that B word or bodyguard, 73 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.759 because it's more than being a bodyguard. You know, there 74 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.120 are a lot of skills to protecting people and to 75 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.919 really get out there and be able to get good clients. 76 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.520 It takes that skill set, and you know, it's more 77 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.000 than just Hey, I've taken one class. You know, I've 78 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.479 went to several different places, not just to become an 79 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:56.960 executive protection agent, but to be able to teach it 80 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.400 because it's always evolving, you know, the bad guys always 81 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.039 doing something different, so we have to be right there. 82 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:06.599 With them, right and so how long have you done that? 83 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:11.439 So I was honored this year by doctor holy Pheield 84 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:16.920 for ten years as an executive protection specialist and over 85 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:18.959 twenty years in security altogether. 86 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:23.199 So you originally took the course in Atlanta? Is that correct? 87 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:24.759 Yes, sir, yes, sir. 88 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:30.360 Okay, all right, And so any high level dignitarians that 89 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:31.879 you've protected out there. 90 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:36.439 That I guess on the state or federal level. My 91 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.000 highest position is I worked for the Department of State 92 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:43.000 at a flexi out in Charleston. I worked out there, 93 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.680 And being a protection agent doesn't always mean Hey, I'm 94 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:50.079 going to be with a particular client. Yet some of 95 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.519 my clients I've worked with love and hip hop, I've 96 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:57.120 worked with Lil Boosie, I've worked with New York author 97 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.800 Ken dy X. So it's a broad feel when you 98 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.800 say protection, and a lot of people think that every 99 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:07.600 time we're doing executive protection, we have on our suit 100 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:12.839 and ties, and it's not always that. Who's your colon 101 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:17.399 is Nikita Sherman. He teaches the Hill down in Orlando, Florida. 102 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.519 Excuse me, Tampa, he's down in the Tampa area. Actually 103 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.040 he initially started as one of my instructors. And actually 104 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:26.279 that's how me and you met, Wayne, You was actually 105 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:27.879 an instructor of mine. 106 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.600 Any hiccups along the way with that, anything that you 107 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.720 would change, has it always been greater? 108 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:38.000 I think any career, you know, no path that we 109 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.240 take will be perfect, you know, and everything is going 110 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:43.639 to have its ups and downs. I think my first 111 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:48.399 couple of years and executive protection, the overall I don't 112 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.879 want to say issue. It was finding the clients, finding 113 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.759 where I could showcase my skills, and I was really 114 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:00.120 really blessed that on my first year coming out well, 115 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:04.279 thanks to doctor Leonard Holyfield and more restorting, I was 116 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.279 able to land a contract with Tiger spont and we 117 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:11.519 worked on the Adapple pipeline here and going out there 118 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.680 was literally what opened up the door. The downside was 119 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.959 I decided to take some time off of contracting, and 120 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.040 what I learned is in contracting, one day off puts 121 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:26.759 one hundred people ahead of you. You have to stay 122 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.360 in and you have to stay in it if you're 123 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.959 going to be out there contracting. It is a constant 124 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:35.079 thing and it's a sacrifice with family. But that that 125 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:38.319 would probably be my hardest part of the career, just 126 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:39.800 making sure that I'm staying current. 127 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.759 Now, let's let's switch gears for a little bit. Just 128 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:50.120 missing the shift is about it could be a personal 129 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.639 mistake that you might have made, or you know, a 130 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:54.879 professional mistake that you might have made, and how you 131 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.199 overcame that. And certainly we've known each other a long time, 132 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.439 so you know why the show's all that. But on 133 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:05.720 the personal side, things haven't always been been good for you. 134 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.680 I'm just gonna be candid. Things haven't always been great. 135 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:13.519 And at one point you were actually homeless, is that right? Yeah? 136 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:18.120 Yeah, my mom's my mom's past, and I started making 137 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.079 poor choices, you know, poor choices, and I found myself that, 138 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:24.680 you know, for almost a year that I was homeless, 139 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.000 you know, and it's something that you think it'll never 140 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.839 happen to me, It'll never happen to me. I'm always there. 141 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.639 Yet I was lucky that I had a friend who 142

00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.439 had a little shack. It was just big enough for 143 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.720 an air mattress and a heater, and it kept me 144 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.759 out of the elements. Yet even when I was homeless, 145 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.480 I never stopped working. I never stopped praying. 146 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:47.680 You know. 147 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:50.680 I believe that no matter what we go through, there's 148 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.680 a message in it, and we have to we have 149 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:54.959 to not listen with our two physical ears. We have 150 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.360 to be able to listen with our spiritual ear and 151 00:07:57.399 --> 00:07:58.680 here hear what's happening. 152 00:07:58.720 --> 00:07:58.839 You know. 153 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:02.600 Way, brother, that was the hardest thing I ever been through, 154 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:03.439 ever been through. 155 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.680 Were there moments that you wanted to give up? 156 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.720 Hey? You know, and I'm gonna speak openly, I don't 157 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:19.519 think a lot of people realize and insecurity, in law enforcement, 158 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:24.199 in the military. You know, when we go through things 159 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.480 that work, do you want to give up or do 160 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.920 you feel like giving up? Yeah? We do, We do 161 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:32.120 a lot, you know, and it you know, the saddest 162 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:36.200 part is I don't want to say everybody has the ability, 163 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.759 but we carry a tool that gives us that ability, 164 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:43.240 you know, and you have to stay strong and say 165 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:47.080 you know what, nah nah. And there were many days 166 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.559 Wayne that I wanted to give up, many days, but 167 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:51.919 I'm thankful for prayer, very thankful for prayer. 168 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:58.279 Right. And so that was almost a year. And in 169 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:00.720 the beginning, there were times you were living out of 170 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:01.759 your car, is that right? 171 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.600 It was a little little uhau. 172 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:12.360 And so eventually, how did you, like, how did you 173 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.279 fight your way through that? I mean, there there may 174 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:18.039 be an individual who's listening to this show that you know, 175 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.960 they're they're they're ready to you know, just like we 176 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.480 were just talking about, ready to give up, or they're 177 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.039 going through, you know, something tough in their life. And 178 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.600 so how did how did you come out of it? Like? 179 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:31.399 How did you? 180 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:36.960 I would have to say, prayer, prayer, And even on 181 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:42.399 my darkest days, digging deep within myself, dig digging deep 182 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:46.480 in within myself, learning to trust that spiritual voice and 183 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:49.639 not that inner me voice. And I kept working. I 184 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:51.879 think one of the biggest things was I kept working. 185 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.799 You know, even though I didn't have, you know, a 186 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:58.080 traditional home, I had somewhere that I could go and 187 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:59.759 rest my head and then I would get up and 188 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.559 I w I would still go to work. And as 189 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:06.000 long as I kept working, things kept happening. You know. Actually, 190 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.200 it was at that time that I landed the contract 191 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.200 for the Department of State. So even though I was, 192 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:14.000 you know, I was going through something, you know, here 193 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.759 it was I had an opportunity, and landing that contract 194 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:20.440 was one of the things that really really motivated me 195 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.080 to just keep going forward because here it was, you know, 196 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.960 that was the first time I ever had clearance, and 197 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:29.639 having that it showed that, you know what, no matter 198 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:34.159 what people have said, no matter what obstacles came before me, 199 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.080 I crossed the line. I finished. You know. So if 200 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.440 anybody's out there, you know, the biggest thing is one 201 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:46.000 never stopped praying. Don't think that he's not listening, you know, 202 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.559 don't think that he's not listening, And just just keep pushing, 203 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:50.519 keep pushing. 204 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.159 And now coming out of that after you were in 205 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:03.000 landed in Kentucky. But that wasn't always smooth either, was it. 206 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.080 Well, it was you know, it's been you know, we've 207 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.960 had some ups and downs and it's been rough, you know. 208 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:14.879 Yet I believe in communication. You have to have to 209 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:17.240 be able to talk. You know, one thing about life, 210 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:20.679 nothing's going to be perfect. Nothing, Nothing's going to be perfect. 211 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:25.480 So I've been able to endure. I'm very blessed to 212 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:28.240 have the woman that I have in my life. She 213 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:30.519 keeps me motivated, she keeps pushing me. 214 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:37.399 Mhm. Sometimes different things

that you see. And so you were, 215 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:42.879 you were a witness to the horrible tragedy that occurred 216 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:48.559 in Louisville, Kentucky with the ups Aroliner, and so tell 217 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:50.240 us a little bit about that. I mean, I think 218 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:51.960 you were. You were actually right there. 219 00:11:53.000 --> 00:12:00.320 Yes, where where I work we share runways with you, Yes, 220 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:05.360 as well as Muhammad Ali Airport, and it you know, 221 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.720 as many days that I worked out there, I would 222 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:10.639 look out there and I'd be like, Hey, I'm in 223 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.240 the middle of Louisville. There's nothing that's going to happen 224 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.519 out here. And it changed my life. 225 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:16.879 You know. 226 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:19.559 We had just pretty much got to the end of 227 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:23.600 the day. It was downtime, and I heard the plane 228 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:27.080 kind of revving up, and then I heard a weird noise, 229 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.720 which later I found out that weird noise was when 230 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.360 the engine was coming off of the plane. And then 231 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:36.799 as I looked up, I could just see flames just 232 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:44.120 going across the back of the airport. As a first responder, 233 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:46.720 as a protector, the first thing I wanted to do 234 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:49.879 is help. Yet my first job at that time was 235 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:53.720 to hold the restricted area. That was my job, and 236 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:57.799 just report two hours of sitting out in jet fuel 237 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:02.960 in the air and paper and sparks flying on just 238 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.360 dropping out of the sky. It was it was like 239 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:10.960 living in your worst the worst thriller movie ever. You 240 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:15.679 could hear the explosions. It was a lot happening. And 241 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:17.919 the blessing, you know, and I don't want to say 242 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:22.120 it's a blessing, but fifteen minutes prior to that, the 243 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:25.600 wind changed, and that's why the plane went that way. 244 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.600 If if the wind would have never changed, it would 245 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.159 have pretty much came right up the runway in front 246 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.320 of me and into the hotel and the Interstate on 247 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.480 the north side of the airport. 248 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.440 Right, so it could have been a whole lot worse 249 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:42.559 would have been. 250 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:47.480 Yeah, I mean, you know, even after being relieved that night, 251 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:50.440 you know, I was still in disbelief. 252 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:50.720 You know. 253 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:54.360 I even asked somebody, I said, are the pilots okay? 254 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:58.799 You know, and that that showed how disconnected at that 255 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.759 time meant Lee I was from that event. 256 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:07.919 M h m hm. How how did you feel not 257 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:14.799 being able to help? How did that make you feel? Uh? 258 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:22.480 I felt I felt useless. Yeah, I I you know, 259 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:25.639 and I remember when you first trained me, and you know, 260 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:27.679 you showed me that video. Hey, here's one of your 261 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:29.440 teammates down in the middle of the road. What are 262 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:31.720 you going to do? And I raised my hand, I said, 263 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.559 I'm going in there for my brother. You said, good answer, 264 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.440 and you showed the next slide and it was two 265 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:41.360 people down. I felt at that point, even if I 266 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:45.320 knew that I was going to still be in danger 267 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.279 from the explosion. As a first responder, that's what you 268 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:52.159 that's what that's what we do. That's what that's what 269 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:55.480 we do. And not being able to do that in 270 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:58.559 any form of fashion, whether it was directing traffic or 271 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.519 I don't know. I just I could do anything. Yet 272 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.200 my coworkers told me, they said, hey, man, you did 273 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.080 a great job. You communicated, you was one of the 274 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:09.919 first people to communicate, You held the line, you did 275 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:15.200 everything we needed you to do. Yet inside I felt 276 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:19.679 like I just I just could have done more right. 277 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:23.519 And so that's that's kind of kind of taking a 278 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:26.320 little bit of a toll on it. 279 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.720 It has. It's taken a big toll on me when 280 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.360 it first happened. Every day I was watching the news 281 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:38.279 and every analysis of it, and you know, watching the 282 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:42.879 death toll go up, and it got to the point where, 283 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:45.879 you know, in the morning's going to work, I was 284 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:50.480 having bad anxiety attacks. I'm very thankful for, you know, 285 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.679 my family. I'm very thankful for my king, my base family. No, 286 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.120 because they have been there for me. You know. They 287 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:59.799 let me know, like, hey, even though it didn't happen 288

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:02.960 on this base, you know, it happened close enough that 289 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.039 it affected not just you, Stevenson, but many people. But 290 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:08.960 we want to let you know we are there for you. 291 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.240 You know. So I have to take my hat off 292 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.440 to Cane Airbase in Louisville. Man, those are the one 293 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.080 twenty third, one third great group of men and women 294 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:22.000 out there, right, So. 295 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:25.240 I think the death toll now is up about up 296 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:27.440 to fourteen or looking at it a little bit. They 297 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:31.440 said that it struck the ups building and the awful 298 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:35.279 tragedy to the families and everybody that was effective. Of 299 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:38.799 our hearts go out to them. But certainly the show 300 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:44.360 is about helping individuals, and so you know, we learned 301 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.919 from everything that happens to us in life, right, and 302 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.399 so there might be somebody that's out there listening to 303 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.279 the show that you know, feels that same way that 304 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:57.399 you did about maybe something personal or maybe something in business, 305 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.720 to where it's just like, you know, I'm just I'm 306 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.519 just useless at my job. You know, I'm being told 307 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:06.960 I'm useless at home. What advice would you give them? 308 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.240 You're certainly seem to be on the road to recovery. 309 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:15.440 And I say recovery because and as a firefighter paramedic 310 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.960 myself in the past, I certainly can understand exactly what 311 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.640 you're talking about. I mean, there were times that we 312 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:26.359 wanted to do more and we couldn't, and you know it, 313 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.400 it sits with you for weeks, you know, you think 314 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:30.640 about it over and over. What could I have done differently? 315 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.960 What could I have done differently? And so from about 316 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.240 a week and a half ago to today, Yeah, I 317 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.200 mean you look like you're improving and doing better and 318 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:45.240 so you know, certainly you mentioned having those people behind you, 319 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:50.480 and so, yeah, what advice would you give to somebody 320 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.400 that might be you know, might be a CEO of 321 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.519 a company. They may be going through some difficult times 322 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:58.519 and they may just be sitting there and saying, Hey, 323 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:01.640 I I should have never done this in the first place. 324 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:05.200 I'm worth us, I'm useless at this. Everything I touched 325 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:10.680 doesn't work. How could we relate that to the business world? 326 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:15.240 I would most definitely say, you know, in the business world, 327 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:18.079 you know, it's like the market added this up to 328 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:22.039 has its downs, you know, it has new innovations that 329 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.039 take away old things, and sometimes the old things we 330 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:29.480 just add new technology, you know, and they become useful again. 331 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.279 For me, it was something old that my mother had 332 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:36.880 given me and I was a connection with God. I 333 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:41.119 started to pray more. I started listening to gospel music 334 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.519 more than I have ever in my life, and that 335 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:47.519 started to allow me to heal. It started it allowed 336 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:50.440 me to start listening. I was able to cut out 337 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:54.079 those other voices that said I couldn't, that I wouldn't, 338 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:58.480 you know, and it allowed me to hear you can 339 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.839 because I created you that you can. And if you're 340 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:04.039 never tested, you know. The biggest thing that I asked 341 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:06.720 myself is why did I see this? And I know 342 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:09.039 there are other people that saw it, but why did 343 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:12.000 I see it? And then I started looking up the numbers. 344 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.920 You know, it's eight hundred and fifty seven million, so 345 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.640 many hundreds of thousands of chances of seeing a plane crash. 346 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:22.160 You have a better chance of hitting the lottery than 347 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.839 seeing a plane crash. And I told myself, I said, 348 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.799 maybe God is preparing me for something. Maybe he's maybe 349 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:32.839 he allowed me to see this to prepare me for something. 350 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:35.599 So I would say to anybody, whether it's your personal 351 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:39.720 life or it's your business life, you know, life is 352 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:42.559 going to have its ups and downs. Life is full 353 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:45.240 of seasons, and sometimes we have these harsh winners in 354 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:49.279 our life, all right, But if we surround ourselves with 355 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:52.759 the right people and the right words, we will see 356 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:55.359 that Sometimes it's the small things that we needed to change. 357 00:19:55.400 -->

00:19:58.759 And it was some things that this event, I don't 358 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:00.640 want to say it forced me to check, but it 359 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.880 allowed me to recognize some things. And one of those 360 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:08.720 things is you know of But I had a session. 361 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.559 I had to have a session, and having that session 362 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:15.519 it allowed me to see that there were some other 363 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:19.000 things that I needed to work on, and working on 364 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:21.880 those things continually have made me better. And I was 365 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:25.119 a person waying that I didn't believe that talking to 366 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:29.680 somebody could help. And it was amazing that within asking 367 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:34.240 me three questions, three key questions, it was you know, 368 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:36.640 I was able to see that. So once again, I'm 369 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:38.920 thankful for the word, you know. And I would tell 370 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:42.160 anybody you know, no matter what you believe in, all right, 371 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:45.319 you have to believe in it. You have to stay 372 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:48.000 true to that word. And I think a lot of people, 373 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:51.480 you know, even for me, and I can I'll speak 374 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.720 for me. At some point I wasn't staying true to 375 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:57.960 the word. And I'm learning. I'm learning. I'm learning every 376 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:59.039 day every day. 377 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:07.440 And okay, and Hi, I agree with you one hundred percent, 378 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:10.920 But what about what about those individuals that might be listening, 379 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.680 that might might not be religious, what would you say 380 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:17.799 to them? I mean, I'm certainly not trying to turn 381 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:22.160 the show into a religious show, because you know, we 382 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:25.559 could talk about that for hours. But if I'm if 383 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:29.799 I'm a CEO, that's or or even a personal or whatever. 384 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.759 And I'm just like, okay, yeah, but I prayed and 385 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:38.039 and I've done all that, and God's just not interested 386 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:41.400 in me. And I don't even believe he's real. And 387 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.839 I mean, what, what would you what advice would you 388 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.319 give them? 389 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.480 Well, I would tell them they know if they believed 390 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.079 in that business enough to believe that it is real, 391 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:55.960 when they look in the mirror, they know that they're real. 392 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:01.279 So once again, at least believe in yourself, believe in 393 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:04.640 that idea that you thought of that at one point 394 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:07.920 was making you tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions 395 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.119 of dollars. Then you had something happen in your life, 396 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:14.400 maybe your wife left you, maybe you wind up being homeless. 397 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:17.279 All right, no matter what happened, I knew one thing 398 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:20.640 I could always teach, all right, And I never gave 399 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:22.599 up on teaching, And that's one of the things that 400 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:25.559 helped me, all right. I never gave up on teaching, 401 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:28.319 and I never gave up on myself. So even when 402 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:30.240 I said, you know, you have to believe in something, 403 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.599 or people be like, well, what do you call quote 404 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.279 unquote god? Some people call them god, some people people say, well, 405 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.079 it ain't about what you call them? Do you call them? 406 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.079 All? 407 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.000 Right? So sometimes look for that greatness in yourself. That 408 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:47.720 greatness is in you now. And that's what I would 409 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:51.079 tell anybody from a business perspective. It's not about a 410 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:54.000 mystery man, because we can always look into that mirror 411 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:57.799 and see the man the woman within ourselves. Whatever you 412 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:01.720 however you look look at that, tell yourself you know what, Yeah, 413 00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:03.680 I had a bad Yeah I didn't I didn't make 414 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:08.079 my numbers. You know what, even though I've been divorced, 415 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.799 even though I've had to start all over, still got this. 416 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.759 I can still do this. 417 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:21.079 And so what advice would you give to and those 418 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:26.119 that are listening that that you know, sometimes experience far 419 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:30.920 out weighs a wall full of degrees. So you know 420 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:33.359 what advice would you give those to? Somebody who their 421 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:39.039 voices in their head are louder? Right, hmmm, Not only 422 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:41.039 the voices in their head, but I would say the 423 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:44.799 voices that you know, the voices from individuals that might 424 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:48.599 have you know you mentioned divorced, maybe an ex wife. 425 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.079 You know that that buzz is in that ear, and 426 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.519 you know, and then you've got other people in your 427 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:57.720 ear because you know, certainly, when divorce happens

or breakup 428 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.880 happens or anything like that, you know, there's a line 429 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:05.400 drawn to where sides are. You know, sides are drawn, right, 430 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:08.200 you know, And sometimes you look at that and you're like, Okay, 431 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:10.839 well I did nothing to that person, so I don't 432 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:14.640 even understand there. But you know, yeah, I mean, what 433 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:17.359 what because I know sometimes from talking to you in 434 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:20.039 the past that you know, those those voices were there, 435 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:23.559 and and sometimes you know, because even when you called me, 436 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:26.680 there were times that I even felt bad because I 437 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:29.920 couldn't help you, like I wanted to write and and 438 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:33.559 I know some of your other friends were the same way, right, 439 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:38.880 And so how did you overcome all of those obstacles together? 440 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.880 I know I've thrown a lot at you, so you can, 441 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:43.960 you know, but certainly right, I mean, you know, you've 442 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.400 got an ex wife and this here, and you've got 443 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:50.640 you know, friends that are that you thought you could 444 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:54.839 count on, and they're for you know, some friends that 445 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:56.640 you think you can count on but all of a 446 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:01.119 sudden they don't return that call. Right, you know, what 447 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:03.720 would you say? I mean, I mean there's certainly individuals 448 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:06.279 that have that, and so that weighs heavy on them. 449 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:09.400 And I know that you've experienced that, and so yeah, 450 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:11.279 how did you overcome that? As well? 451 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:15.319 I would say with the voices. And this may sound funny, 452 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.440 I just gave them something to sing. So instead of 453 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:21.720 them all just saying different things, Hey, let me put 454 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.519 you out all on the same sheet of music, right, 455 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:28.440 and instead of it sounding like voices, it just became 456 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:31.160 this most beautiful chorus or choir. 457 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.559 You know. 458 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:33.920 All I had to do was make sure that I 459 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:36.880 told it what I wanted it to sing. You know, 460 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:40.599 we have to become the directors of our lives, and 461 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:44.240 sometimes it's really hard, man, when we're going through it. 462 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.880 It's really hard to find those things deep down inside, 463 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:51.519 to quiet those voices. So I gave them some music 464 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:55.599 to sing. Do they try to sing off key? At times? 465 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.920 They do? 466 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:59.839 They do? They do, they try to sing off key. 467 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:02.799 But it's like exercising. We have to keep we have 468 00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:05.200 to keep repeating it, you know, as as trainers as 469 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:08.240 you know a CMT, you know, we keep our skills 470 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:11.720 up because we keep training repetition, repetition. So it's not 471 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:14.799 just showing that, you know, getting those voices to sing 472 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:17.960 that sheet of music one time. It's always telling them 473 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:20.359 the sing this song, sing this song, and hey were 474 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.960 tired of singing that song, Well, let me get you 475 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:25.359 another song to sing. And it's always something positive, it's 476 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:27.400 always something motivational. 477 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.119 You know. 478 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:31.799 The word enemy and I got this from Deepak Chopra 479 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:35.519 Man a great author of deep Ok Chopra. The word 480 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:37.920 enemy if you if you listen to it, it sounds 481 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:43.240 like inner me. And sometimes that's our biggest enemy is ourselves. 482 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:46.720 We can always tell ourselves anything we want up here. 483 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:49.559 The biggest fight is saying, you know what, that's not you, 484 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:53.079 that's not you. Ed you know you're grater in that. Yeah, 485 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:56.119 you fell down. You had something hard, but trust and belief, 486 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.119 trust the process. You fell down because now you know 487 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:01.799 what it is to appreciate shakes, certain things. You know. 488 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:04.200 Now you learn that next time when you hear that 489 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:06.200 voice that says take a right turn, you take that 490 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.200 right turn. So that's how I've been able, and that's 491 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.839 what I would tell anybody. You know, give those voices 492 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.599 something to do. Let them sing something. 493 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:20.680 I'm not sure how to follow up that one. That 494 00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:26.240 is great advice. And so now you you you know 495 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:32.960 you're married. You're about to teach a course in Kentucky. 496 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.519 Is that right? 497 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:36.160 Yes, sir, we're getting ready. I don't want to say 498 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:39.119 to do something really big and great here in Kentucky. 499 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:43.519 Through my

research, nobody's really teaching executive protection, and the 500 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:47.039 days of security of what used to be are changing. 501 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:51.960 From my perspective, unarmed security is just in the the 502 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:58.480 current state of our union. It's it's it's not helping undertrained. 503 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:01.200 You know, we could. I could show you a million 504 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:04.039 YouTube videos of guys and you can tell that they 505 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:08.240 have and had good training. What executive protection is good for. 506 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.880 It shows you how to be there and operate and 507 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:16.279 provide a service of help. For the most part, that's 508 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:18.119 what I'm doing. If you need me to drive your car, 509 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.319 if you were my client, I'm going to drive your car. 510 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:22.359 If you need me to wash your car, I'm gonna 511 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:24.960 do it. If you need me to drop your kids off. Yet, 512 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.440 if things get bad, I have the skills and the 513 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:31.839 ability to take care of the situation. You can take 514 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:34.640 those skill sets. And as you see, you can put 515 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:36.519 me with love and hip hop, you can put me 516 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:39.519 at King, you can put me with the Department of State, 517 00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:43.319 and that skill it's still the same skill. It's still 518 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:46.599 the same skills. So I thought, you know, one of 519 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.720 the you know, you know, and I have to open 520 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:53.680 this door because you ask now. So I always thought 521 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:56.559 about the wonderful the people who've taught me to be 522 00:28:56.680 --> 00:29:03.279 this agent, to be this protector. And Nikita, my business partner, 523 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:06.920 and doctor Holy Phil. Actually, Nikita called me one day 524 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:09.000 and I was at work and he said, hey, I 525 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:11.359 got somebody on the phone. I said who, and he 526 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.359 clicks over and he says, hey, Ed, and it's doctor 527 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.880 Holy Phil. The three of us haven't been on the 528 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:18.599 phone together since twenty nineteen. 529 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.880 I was about to say it's been a while. 530 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:25.359 A wow, and instantly within the conversation and I'm gonna 531 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:27.160 try to make this as short as possible. The first 532 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:29.680 thing I started thinking was, when the three of us 533 00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:32.839 were together and we were teaching, we could put together 534 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:38.759 some amazing programs. Thirty forty students in a class going 535 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:42.799 back out taking this skill set around the world to 536 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:46.680 be good providers of protection. So halfway through the conversation, 537 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:49.559 I said, Hey, guys, wouldn't it be awesome if the 538 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:54.359 three of us put something together here in Kentucky next year. Yeah, 539 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.880 I kind of set it up. Yeah, I kind of 540 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.240 baged unless they baited everybody into it and the room 541 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:05.799 got quiet and everybody happily agreed. So the last week 542 00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:09.599 of March twenty twenty six, as being March twenty third 543 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.559 through the twenty eighth, we are going to have a 544 00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:19.640 five day executive Protection Specialist program textbook versus real world. 545 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:23.400 That's what the event is called. Fifteen hundred dollars. You'll 546 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:28.160 walk away with five certifications, everything from firearms, executive protection, 547 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:34.240 basic life savings, and close quart of combat, which to 548 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:39.039 me are the pillars of what we do. You know, 549 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:42.160 it's one thing to be able to do things with 550 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:45.039 your hands to hurt people, but it's a beautiful thing 551 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.759 to be able to do things with your hands and 552 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:49.200 help people. So I believe that if you're going to 553 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:52.400 be a protector, whether it's basic security or executive protection, 554 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:55.839 you should have basic life saving skills. I think it's mandatory. 555 00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:00.480 I would agree know that. 556 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:04.920 So the most beautiful thing would be if I could 557 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:08.319 get the guy and taught me. T. Triple C. 558 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:13.400 I knew where you were going at I know, I know, 559 00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.920 I know. 560 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:18.160 Hang, look you can always wish and and the wonderful 561 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:20.359 thing that the funding is starting to come in, So 562 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.319 who knows, I may be able to get you here. 563 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:27.200 But I just believe when you know, you are a 564 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:31.359 great instructor. So one thing, man, you know, I know 565 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:33.799 my brother has been through some things and I don't 566 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:38.039 know if anybody's been giving you your flowers. Man, you're great. 567 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:41.160 You're great. You know. From the day, first day that 568 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:43.759 I met you. You know, I was so taken over 569 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:47.039

by T. Triple C. Man, like I think that's how 570 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.920 we should always train. You know, basic life saving is good, 571 00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:52.880 but knowing how to save lives and the heat of 572 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:57.680 the battle is miraculous. And you, your program, man, your 573 00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:02.000 program kept us thinking, kept son. I told so, you know, 574 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:06.119 and as a brother when I was in my stonm 575 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:08.400 you were there for me, even when you were in 576 00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:11.039 one of the worst storms of your life, you know, 577 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:14.480 losing your dad and brother. I want to say thank you, Mike. 578 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.640 I got to give you your flowers, you know, so 579 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:20.000 that the world can see. I don't think as as men. 580 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:22.519 We give each other our flowers so the world can see. 581 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.079 You know, it's like I don't want no flowers. I'm 582 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:27.079 a man, I don't need no flowers. So he's your 583 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.599 flowers brother, Thank you very much. 584 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:36.039 You're trying to sound like Dacks now, huh man. But 585 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:39.400 you know, and with that too, I mean there's there's 586 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:43.559 certainly a lot in what you know Ed is saying. 587 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.720 I mean, certainly I appreciate it, all of what he's saying. 588 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:49.079 But you know there's two things that I caught in 589 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:54.880 that too that if you're listening, Yeah, it was twenty nineteen, 590 00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:02.920 so five four years for no five years yeah, yeah, 591 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:06.240 actually six years, six years years, so six years without 592 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:10.640 talking to somebody because of disagreements, and Ed and I 593 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:13.839 haven't really spoken in about a year and a half 594 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:17.279 to two years almost. I mean, besides, you know, little 595 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:19.960 likes and comments on Facebook. But you know, so if 596 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:22.160 you're listening to the program, I mean, that's one thing, 597 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:25.200 like you know At is saying. I mean, you know 598 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:28.440 that we all have people that are behind us that 599 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:30.240 we think we can count on, and then we have 600 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:33.119 people behind us that we really can count on. Right 601 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.359 And in the business world and in the personal world. 602 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.319 I mean that is so important, right, I mean, you know, 603 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:41.960 we all have those friends that we can call up 604 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:44.440 and hey, everything will be fine, Everything will be fine. 605 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:47.240 But then you got those true friends that you don't 606 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:49.319 have to speak to them for a year, but when 607 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:51.559 you do need them, there right there, and you know, 608 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:54.279 so yeah, I mean I appreciate that. And I believe 609 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:57.279 my calendar might be clear in March, so we'll talk 610 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:02.440 offline about that, because certainly it would be great to 611 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:06.119 be back with the group. But you know, if en up, 612 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:11.119 I ask every guest this, so you know, we're all 613 00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:17.280 blessed in life. And so how do you give back? Like, 614 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.639 how do you how do you give back? So you know, 615 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:24.239 it may be a charity, it may be you know, 616 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:28.000 something you do at church, it may be how do 617 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.880 you give back? 618 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:32.760 A few ways. One of the biggest ways I give 619 00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:36.559 back is where a lot of instructors won't teach a 620 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:40.760 class if there's a particular number. If somebody calls me 621 00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:43.079 and they need a class and they're like, hey, I've 622 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.760 called everybody else and they're saying it's three months out. 623 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:50.000 I'll teach one person. I'll teach one person, all right, 624 00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:52.280 I always tell that person, hey, if you come back, 625 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:54.320 I'll always give you a discount, and I honor that. 626 00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:58.199 Then I am a free giver. I'm a free giver 627 00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:01.840 that if I walk in the store and there's somebody 628 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:05.400 that looks like they're in need or just sometimes just 629 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.559 randomly just paying for somebody's stuff. 630 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:12.679 You know, it's so funny that you said that, because 631 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:19.119 I've watched that guy online that goes behind the elderly 632 00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:22.360 people and pay for their groceries and everything. You've seen that. 633 00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:25.880 And I was in the grocery store yesterday and I 634 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.519 thought that same thing that you just said. I said, man, 635 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:31.000 I should have went up and just happed it, right, 636 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:34.079 But he had already checked out, and he had already paid, 637 00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:36.039 and so I'm like, I gotta be a little bit 638 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.960 quicker on the draw. 639 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:40.360 And it's two sides of that, because you know, some 640 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:43.159 people may get offended

and be like, hey, I can 641 00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:45.599 take care of myself. I don't need that. But you 642 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:48.800 know that's one way, and then the other way is talking. 643 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:53.320 You know, COVID really hurt our country. It's one of 644 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.559 the things that hurt our country. It called us to 645 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:59.119 stop talking, let alone the distance and have space. But 646 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:03.440 we stopped talking each other. We you know, racism and 647 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:06.760 all these things that we had finally started just saying, hey, 648 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:10.559 we can, we can have a great All these crazy 649 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:14.079 things came back. So I always take time just to 650 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:17.079 talk to people, and I talk to people not as 651 00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:21.360 a black American, not as an African American, an American, 652 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.960 as an American. Because when I put on my uniform, 653 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:27.159 if someone was to come over here, they're not going 654 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.880 to run past me and say, oh, we're not going 655 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.199 to kill Heaven. He's a black American, you know. Because 656 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:34.760 I have an American flag on my uniform, They're going 657 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.800 to take me down, all right. Because I speak English, 658 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:40.280 they're going to take me down. So my way of 659 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.679 giving back is, you know, I don't want to say 660 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:46.199 doing with God or however you want to look at it, 661 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.920 doing what we're supposed to do as humans. Just give 662 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:54.039 love unconditionally nothing. I don't want nothing in return, just condition. 663 00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:56.480 You know, I'm a believer, So you don't have to 664 00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:59.000 not say God. You can you can say that I'm 665 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:02.199 just a you know, but I'm I was just asking 666 00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:05.039 that for those that may not, but well that I mean, 667 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:08.599 that's that's that's awesome. And so where can people you know, 668 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:11.039 if they're listening to the show and they're interested in 669 00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:14.079 that and or watching it on YouTube and they're interested 670 00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:16.960 in the course, where can they find information about it 671 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:25.280 at you can listening Kentucky and they want to because CCCCDW. 672 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:26.920 Is concealed gary deadly weapon. 673 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:30.400 Right, So if you're in Kentucky and you're listening to 674 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:33.480 the show and you want to carry your weapon concealed, 675 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:36.880 you

can call it. And so where can they find you? 676 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:39.840 You can go to our website wis dot com at 677 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:45.159 I am Nikita excuse me, I am Nikita Hill Training 678 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:47.960 dot com. You can reach me at three one zero 679 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:50.760 three six five four nine three six. That is my 680 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:54.800 direct number. You can also find us on the ABC 681 00:37:55.440 --> 00:38:00.320 website for Kentucky and it's under Morgan Security as well 682 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:04.599 as Tchernoni Stevenson. I think that's everything. That's what everything, 683 00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:08.239 and I do have a no that is shut down. 684 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:09.760 So that's all. That's all of them. That's all in 685 00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:12.360 the ways that you could contact me. I used to 686 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:15.559 do the Instagram stuff and I think I might start 687 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:18.559 going back, but those are the biggest ways that you 688 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:20.119 can find me and you can see what type of 689 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.000 training that we offer. 690 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:25.280 Yeah, and we'll we'll put those links up on the website. 691 00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:27.360 And yeah, we'll put all those links up on the 692 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:31.039 website as well as you know, some other information if 693 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.880 you're if you're interested, and. 694 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:34.880 So one more thing, one more thing. 695 00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:37.639 I was going to give you the last word, absolutely, 696 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.559 go ahead. 697 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.920 No past that. You always get the last word. I 698 00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:43.320 just wanted to say, Jess in case anyone's out there 699 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:46.840 and you need protection as well, because I've talked about 700 00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:48.320 a lot of things, but that's the only thing I 701 00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.840 didn't touch. 702 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.239 One go ahead. 703 00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.760 Some people think, because you know, they have so much money, 704 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:56.039 they don't need protection, or they don't have enough money 705 00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:00.480 and they can afford protection. Look, get protection if you 706 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:03.199 need protection. If you're hearing this and you're not sure, 707 00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:06.159 one of the things I do with security consulting as well, 708 00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:08.480 let me give you an assessment. If you don't like 709 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:10.840 the assessment, hey you don't have to take it, but 710 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:14.039 you may find that, hey, you know what, protection is 711 00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:17.840 not as expensive as I thought. So all waynes movie 712 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:20.480 star friends,

everybody out there. If you need me, I 713 00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.960 am dinner. 714 00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:29.639 Yeah, yeah, that is awesome. Yeah, certainly you're you're exactly right. 715 00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:32.639 I mean it's not you know, sometimes it's not just 716 00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:35.480 for the rich and famous that need it. You know, 717 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:41.400 we see that in the news every single day. And yeah, 718 00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:44.599 so and I'll give you the last words. You've spoke 719 00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:47.480 a lot, certainly, you know if you're listening to the show, 720 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:52.599 and you know, from being on top of the world 721 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:56.920 teaching executive protection of classes to thirty to forty people 722 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:03.440 and just rocking and rolling to uh to homeless to 723 00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.599 get in past I mean homeless for a year. That's 724 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:10.199 that's a long time. And you know, getting past that 725 00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:13.559 and and doing good and and now married in Kentucky 726 00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:17.719 and back you know, work in security. And so I'll 727 00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:20.559 give you the last word of advice on every you 728 00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:25.000 know what you would Yeah, I'll give you the last word. 729 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:28.239 I just want to thank you, know you and missing 730 00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:31.840 Shift for inviting me on to be able to share 731 00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:35.599 my experience. You know, I look at life like you know, 732 00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:38.960 the world is always spinning. So depending on where you're standing, 733 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.119 one day you're on the top, next day you're on 734 00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:44.960 the bottom. Just wait for your spind to come back around. 735 00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.960 You'll be right back there. 736 00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:48.719 Give your voices, don't forget to give your voices a 737 00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:53.320 sheet of music, give them something to sing, and and 738 00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:55.960 and looking to them even on your worst day, even 739 00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:58.400 when it's hard and the tears are coming down your 740 00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:02.599 face looking at the mirror, tell yourself how great you are, 741 00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.920 and you will get through this. 742 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:08.000 Wayne, my brother, I love and appreciation from you, man. 743 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:11.719 You know, you know, you know, one of the truest 744 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:16.320 men that I know. All right, Thank you, brother, Thank you. 745 00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:20.480 Yeah. And like I said, Ed, you've you've fought your way, 746 00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:23.039 you know, bought your way back. Some would stay down, 747 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:25.159 and so it's been great to have you on the show. 748 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:28.760 And we certainly appreciate it. And like I said, we'll 749 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.239 put all the links on the website, and we certainly 750 00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.480 appreciate you being on the show. 751 00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:40.400 Thank you, brother, I appreciate it. Thank you all right, And. 752 00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:42.760 Thank you so much again for coming on the show 753 00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:45.440 and sharing your your journey. And I know when we 754 00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:49.599 talked several weeks ago, it was going pretty rough for you, 755 00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:52.800 especially with what you saw with the ups plane crash, 756 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.440 And thank you for sharing your journey from being homeless 757 00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:01.039 to where you are today. And thank you so much 758 00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:03.880 for listening. And be sure to prescribe so that you 759 00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:07.840 know when the episodes drop each Thursday, and follow me 760 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:10.920 at Missing the Shift on all social media platforms. And 761 00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:13.239 if you like this podcast, we'll tell your friends about it. 762 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:15.079 Word of mouth is the best way to help a 763 00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:18.480 new podcast grow and reach out with any shifts that 764 00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:20.440 you may have ne still life and you never know, 765 00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:23.159 you might just be against on our show. And that 766 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:27.199 email addresses info at moonlessmedia dot com. That's info at 767 00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:30.280 moonlessmedia dot com. And with that this has been a 768 00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:32.679 Moonless Media and entertainment podcast production