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I believe in setting an example and being an
example.
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I I really think being an example, like, that's
where it comes to your life needs to come and
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have that strength before you go out there and
build a business.
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Otherwise, you're just gonna hurt more people.
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You're gonna hurt them, trick them.
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They're gonna be deceived.
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So, Kevin, welcome.
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Welcome to Ask the Experts with Alka.
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And friends.
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I am so excited.
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I'm so excited to have, my friend, Kevin here
join me, Kevin Padillo.
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He is just a phenomenal guy who's just making
really good strides in whatever he is doing.
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And Kevin, he is doing amazing things.
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He is, the visionary of construction marketing.
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He follows, you know, Jesus Christ and so he
comes from a faith based which is very
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important because sometimes you know, we, we
get so busy in what we are doing, but we'll
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lose sight of our faith.
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And that's the number one thing I truly believe
in that as well.
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You've gotta have faith that leads you to where
you wanna go and his mission, he's on a
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mission.
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He's on a quest to really build, other people
to have that force.
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So, Kevin, welcome to the show.
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Hi.
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Thanks for having me.
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Welcome.
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Appreciate it.
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Yeah.
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You're welcome.
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So, Kevin, first of all, I wanna start off by,
you know, just asking that when you you come
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from faith based and you are following Jesus
Christ, when can if you can share with the
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viewers, when did that quest for you, when did
that journey start from for you that you faith
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was truly something that you wanted to be on
the forefront of your mind and what you're
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doing?
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It really came up when, my marketing agency
leads on demand started maybe 2 years ago.
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But I during that whole journey, I found Jesus
again.
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I've been a Christian all my life.
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Lost him.
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I went to jail, got out of jail, found him,
built a business, lost him.
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We know it's like a push and pull with Jesus.
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Yeah.
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But I, he has been my strength, and I use that
as my strength and a foundation.
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So because it gives me hope and purpose.
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He gives me hope.
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Right.
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Because, you know, with that hope absolutely.
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I mean, I can a 100% agree with you because
when it comes to hope and purpose, we know as
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entrepreneurs, right, we know what we want, but
if we don't have that hope and and you know
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what?
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Let me put you the other way.
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We have hope as entrepreneurs.
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Right?
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We have hope in what we're doing, but we can
get there quick enough if we don't have faith
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in ourselves or that ability.
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Would you agree with that?
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You're right.
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Yes.
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So what do you think is the number one thing
that holds people from not seeing their
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potential?
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What do you think that is did you ever see your
potential?
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And, like, when you were younger, did you see
your potential?
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Did anybody guide you to say, Kevin, you're so
good at doing this.
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Did anybody guide you?
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And who were they that was the pivotal play who
played a pivotal part in your life?
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Yes.
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Mom and dad.
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Mom and dad did.
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They did.
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Nice.
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But in a in a weird way, like, they thought I
was good at sports, and then, like, there's
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this their thought they thought I was good at
certain things, and they always believed in me
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and loved me.
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But, you know, I when I went to jail and I was
in prison for about 5 years of my life, I would
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say that a lot of people in there believed in
me.
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Like, especially the people in the school, like
the teachers and stuff.
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They believed in you?
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Yeah?
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Yeah.
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They believed in you.
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really believed in me.
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And, even though I couldn't see it, you know, I
couldn't see it, but they could.
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So your journey and the reason why I wanted to
have you on because you are a true inspiration.
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I truly believe that you are an inspiration for
what you're doing, what you stand for, and the
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people that you are leading.
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Right?
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So your mission is to build and to lead other
people.
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How where do you see your mission going?
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Do you have a vision as to where you see that
mission going?
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Yeah.
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For sure.
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Because I love that.
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Yeah.
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To be clear, my mission has 3 parts.
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It's to build, strengthen, and defend.
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Nice.
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I I put it into a vision statement, and the
vision statement, it is together, young men
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building, strengthening, and defending their
communities.
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So that's where the vision is for me with young
men.
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Love that.
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That is so good.
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And do you see the mission?
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Obviously, you're starting, the point will be
in Calgary.
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And do you see your mission, like, evolving to,
like, say, other, like, in the world?
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How how do you see that?
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Or do you think it's too early to, like, say
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Yeah.
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You know, I'm always thinking big.
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I need to think big, and I I need to think 10
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I can think for you.
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So I do.
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Yeah.
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My vision is to have the world, you know, to to
to help young men all over the world.
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But it all starts with me and those around me
immediately, you know, in my community now.
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How many people do you have in your community
now?
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You know, maybe, like, a handful in my hand.
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Right?
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Maybe 5 guys.
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Like, 6 maybe 10 guys that I know that we're
close with.
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Mhmm.
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And just like the Bible says, iron sharpens
iron.
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So that's what we're doing.
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We're sharpening each other.
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You sharpen each other.
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And you you know what?
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And there's every power to that when you when
you sharpen each other and when you support and
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uplift one another.
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There is beauty in that and the the the
strength like, you know what they say.
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There's strength in numbers, and there is
strength in numbers.
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So from 10 that you have or 5 that you have,
that 5 could be 15.
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It could be 25, but you can have, like, how
many people you want.
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But it's just that mission.
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So, Kevin, what was that can you go back in
time and can you share with the viewers, what
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was that pivotal moment for you?
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Like you said, at school, maybe your teachers,
they saw the potential.
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They knew how amazing you were.
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They knew that you had this potential, but you
didn't see that.
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So when was that pivotal point that you saw
something perhaps in you or someone else or
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that in you?
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That things just began to, like, you know, you
you saw something.
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I I started attending a men's group.
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When I when I got while I was in university
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I, I I I was a part of a men's group, and we
went to a men's weekend.
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And I did a workshop, and it was, like, kind of
like a boot camp.
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But
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In this in this retreat, like, we it was just
men, and we challenged each other, pushed each
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other.
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I looked at my own wounds and my strengths and,
like, stuff that I've been through in my life,
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and it was just the way for men to mirror that
to me.
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Mhmm.
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And
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it and it and they helped show my mission.
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One of the things that they showed is, like,
the hue the journey of a young man and the
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journey and and how a man, you know, goes
through initiation, and they leave the family,
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and they go through initiation.
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They go through an
adventure and danger
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And becoming a boy to a man, and I I learned my
mission.
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And the mission was not clear.
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I was like, it was, like, a big long statement,
but it was it it was started, like, bringing me
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closer to the direction
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I meant to go.
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It was a huge moment for me.
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That weekend changed my life.
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There was a lot of tears and pain and anger and
frustration and fear, but that, like, opened
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some so many things up for me.
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That is good.
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And I can I can relate to that?
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There were some things that I went through my,
you know, my early years that is painful.
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But you know what?
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What I what I do what I do believe is that when
we go through pain or when we go through
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because our past and I really believe in this.
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Like, our past really shapes our future.
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Do you go into that?
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Do you think there's some element of truth in
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Like Yeah.
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Your past shapes your future.
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Mhmm.
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So, yeah, so I can relate.
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You know, we have to go through things to some
time to find discover ourselves.
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And at that point, maybe at that time, we
don't.
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So then your entrepreneurial journey, that was
that was quite fascinating too.
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So now what you're doing, you've got your,
you've got your mission.
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You've got your vision as to what you're doing.
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So you've got the construction force, the
vision that you have, the visionary
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construction marketing.
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How did that come about?
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And how did your entrepreneurial journey start,
Kevin?
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I I'm more focused on construction.
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Like, less about marketing for construction,
but my goal right now is just building a it's
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so it's the first part of my mission, building.
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I'm really focusing on the building part of my
mission.
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So to build strength and defend it.
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And so that's where construction comes in.
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And, yeah, it's great.
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Like, the short version I'll give you the short
version.
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Like, I love marketing.
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You can give us a long version.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I don't wanna talk too much, but I, you know,
like, I I had leads on demand.
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It was a lead gen company that went through a
bit of failure.
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I, you know, I had, like, 7 step.
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I had to lay them off.
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I went through all this failure.
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I had
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to move in I moved into a homeless shelter.
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I was, like, at the bottom.
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I was sleeping on friends' couches.
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I was struggling, couldn't even eat.
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But then I was determined to build something
up, and that's where Jesus came back to my
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life.
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And he was like, Jesus spoke to me.
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In, like, in the Bible, Nehemiah, he builds a
wall for God.
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Mhmm.
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Builds something to protect Jerusalem.
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And he did that out of his own initiative.
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And it reminds you of me and my mission to
build something for God too.
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So Mhmm.
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God's just telling me, hey.
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Go build things.
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Like, I don't want you to sit behind a computer
or on your phone.
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Like, in marketing, I was just sitting behind a
laptop all day.
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I wasn't outside.
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I wasn't moving.
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I wasn't building.
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I was very depressed actually building a
marketing company because it was so boring.
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I wasn't, like, I was just sitting over a table
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while I was creative.
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I was yeah.
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I wasn't in my I wasn't in my masculine.
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I was not.
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I was more in my feminine, like, I wasn't in my
masculine strength.
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Mhmm.
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And, now I am.
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And, we're doing some great things right now in
construction, so, I'm excited too for where I'm
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going.
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That is amazing.
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That is so good.
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So, well, construction is, you know, is hard
work, is labor, but I'm sure, you know, in
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Calgary, there's a huge demand for,
construction.
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And so what what part of construction are you
mainly focusing on?
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Right now, it's a lot of I'm doing testing
right now.
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I'm testing which kind of part of construction.
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So I'm basically a GC right now.
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We're doing a lot of landscaping, concrete
work, cement, driveways, sidewalks, stuff like
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that.
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So anything outdoors, like the exterior of a
house, a lot of residential work.
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Yeah.
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So,
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yeah, that's where we're at.
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That is cool.
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That's cool.
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So the the weather, obviously, in Calgary well,
I mean, just like Toronto too.
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I guess the weather kinda changes, but that to
you, it doesn't matter.
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Doesn't matter the weather.
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You're you're sticking to your construction,
and you're good with that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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For sure.
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I like it.
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Even in the cold, it's okay.
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Like
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That's good.
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So I guess cold for you, that's your favorite
season.
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Or do you are you a 4 season kinda guy, or do
you like just not just the 1 or what?
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I like snow sometimes, but I like I like the
sun as well.
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The sun is always nice.
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That's well, it suddenly makes you feel good.
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I mean, psychologically, it makes everyone feel
good.
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You know, you see the sun.
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So, Kevin, so I'm just gonna go back to so you
sent you know, and and and I can relate to you
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because as I said, you know, my past, you know,
I went to those dark moments as well in my
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life.
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So would you say that business and life, do you
think it is the same?
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Because what we go through in business or what
we go through in life, whether good or bad, the
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hardships, and it's what we go through in
business.
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So do you think it's the same?
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Do you think it's like a mirror image?
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What do you think?
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For sure.
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For sure.
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Like yeah.
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It's like yeah.
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Like, if if my business is not stable, where in
my life am I not stable?
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True.
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You know?
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Mhmm.
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Let's say I let's say I have cash flow issues
in my business.
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Where in my life am I not am I not am I having
unstable flows in my life?
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Love that.
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Yeah.
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Mhmm.
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Yeah.
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For sure.
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I agree with that.
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Yeah.
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Because, you know, you yeah.
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Where are you not seeing that flow coming in?
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What you know?
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So, yeah, it is is it's a mirror image, but do
you know why?
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It's it's hard.
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A lot of people say, well, they don't think it
is, or a lot of people say, well, I I you know,
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for me, it was easier on one on one aspect, but
it wasn't easier.
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So maybe it was hard for them in their personal
life, but in the business, it was easy.
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So do you think sometimes it can be the other
way around?
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It might have, like, a tipping point.
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What do you think?
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Can it be done?
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Can some people find that you might be
successful in one area, but then there's a
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tipping point in the other area as well?
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I'm no expert.
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You know?
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I'm I'm on my journey.
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I'm no billionaire yet.
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I'm, I'm sure you've had some very successful
guests, more successful than me.
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But from where I am now, it's like if if my
life is not on a strong
footing, I'm in no
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place to have a business.
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Mhmm.
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You know?
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I need to have a strong like, for example,
like, if I'm not mentally okay, how can I
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mentally run a business?
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You know
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what I mean?
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That is true.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Straight up.
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Yeah.
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If I yeah.
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Oh, you know, like, some people say, oh, I
wanna be, I wanna be a wealth coach, but they
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don't have the money.
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They don't have that that cash flow coming in,
so they're broke.
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But they wanna be a wealth coach.
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I've heard a lot of people say that.
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I even know some people who who say that, but
they are not in that position.
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They're not well off to say, oh, I wanna be a
wealth coach.
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So I agree with you.
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It's that, you know, if you wanna be, like, a
mindset coach or any kind of coach, you need to
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be that example.
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Correct?
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Yeah.
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You're you're right.
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I I yeah.
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There is fake there is some people that say
fake it till you make it.
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Right?
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Mhmm.
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They do.
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Okay.
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Let's fake it.
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But it's, I don't know.
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I the thing is, like, if if the advice isn't
from a strong place, why take it?
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You know?
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You know, I yeah.
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There's financial advisers out there.
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I love them.
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They work hard, but they're giving financial
advice, but they're barely barely making ends
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meet sometimes.
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It's kinda it's it's rough.
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So
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Yeah.
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Like, when you say, like, for example, like,
mortgage brokers.
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You know, yeah, mortgage brokers.
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I would say, let's keep it that.
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So let's say you're a mortgage broker, but
you're broke.
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What broker?
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I mean, literally, that's what you are.
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You're you're broke.
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So what you know, you're giving advice, but
people take advice from, like, a more mortgage
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broker.
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People don't take advice from people who've
made money or, like, you know, millionaire or
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billionaire who has made money, who knows where
they're going and and how they've done it.
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So people often give take advice from people
who have not, really set that example.
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So how important do you think it is to, like,
set an example or to follow advice from people
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who have done extremely well in their life?
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How how important do you think it is, not only
for you, but how important do you think it is
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to share with our viewers that to be successful
or where you are heading in life, you what do
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you need to do?
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What what is that one critical point that you
wanna share what you might do perhaps?
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I believe in setting an example and being an
example.
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So I'm in no place to give construction advice
right now.
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Like, I've I I if if you're looking for
construction advice in this podcast, I'm not
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the guy to give that to you
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today.
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Kevin's been straight up.
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But I I I, like, I think I can be example for
young men that wanna beat adversity.
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And, yeah, I I really think being an example,
like, that's where it comes to your life needs
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to come and have that strength first
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Yes.
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Before you go out there and build a business.
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You know, otherwise, you're just gonna hurt
more people.
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You're gonna hurt them.
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Hurt them.
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They're gonna be deceived.
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So when you say hurt them, how would they be
hurt, and how would they be deceived?
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Bad advice, basically.
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It would just be, like, bad advice coming from
that, like yeah.
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The source the source of the advice would hurt
them.
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So
then would you say then the same point would
come that, you know, those boys, they need to
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have advice from people who have actually done
or been in that position where they are right
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now, and they've overcome that challenge.
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Mhmm.
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Like, yeah, that's that's they need to overcome
that challenge.
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Like, you know, like, if someone tried to
preach me about Jesus
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Mhmm.
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If someone came to come and try to preach me,
but then they're swearing and they're cussing
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and they're
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Yeah.
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Having sex before marriage
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Mhmm.
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You know, they're they're cheating on their
wives or they're doing drugs, and and they're
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trying to tell me about Jesus, I don't care
what you they have to say because they're not
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following what they're preaching.
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Mhmm.
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And
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Right.
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And, really, I'm working on my own walk.
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Like, before I start I'm trying to improve my
own walk before I try to correct someone else's
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walk.
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Yeah.
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Wow.
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Mhmm.
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It's stronger.
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You know?
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Mhmm.
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Yeah.
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It's stronger.
436
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You could have made those footsteps stronger.
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Yeah.
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So then those footsteps that when you're making
those footsteps stronger, other people are
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gonna be in your footsteps, and they're gonna
gain that strength from you.
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Yeah.
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Because your footsteps are stronger.
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So yeah.
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You know what?
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I think it's all I think it's very interesting.
445
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You know, sometimes when we think about life or
when we think about, you know, where we're
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going and where we're heading, but I think, you
know, there's always a challenge.
447
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And you know what what's one interesting thing
point that I absolutely love, and I've been
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through this in my life.
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Well, I've gone through challenges.
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I've gone through adversities, but how
important do you think when we are faced with
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challenges and adversities, how important do
you think it that people need to make that
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shift and have that like you said, you know,
you gotta have that faith.
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You gotta have that leap of faith to make sure
that you get to the other side.
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How important do you think that it's I don't
know what I did to overcome that.
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But how important do you think it truly is
whether you're going through adversities or
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challenges and have those roadblocks?
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How how I deal with my challenges, it's it
starts, you know, on my knees and beside my
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bed, and I talk to God.
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Mhmm.
460
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And I pray.
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And I'm like, Lord, guide me and strengthen me.
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And I I thank him.
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I'm like, thank you for the test.
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Thank you for the, you know, thank you for this
challenge.
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Lead me the right way.
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Love that.
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Guide me to through the right path.
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You know, bless my decision making.
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And, after that, I it seems to be okay.
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Love that.
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That seems to be okay.
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And I then after, I told myself, hey.
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It's gonna be okay.
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It's gonna be okay.
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It's gonna be alright.
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And, I go where I need to go after.
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Yeah.
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As scary as it might be, I think yeah.
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One project I'm working on soon is is combating
drug dealing.
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Oh, wow.
481
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And there's a lot of people being hurt by
drugs.
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And, you know, I know some drug dealers, and
there's I work in construction.
483
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There's a lot of guys.
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They think drug dealing is cool.
485
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Yeah.
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And do.
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They think it's cool, but it's the thing is,
like, I know a lot of friends that have died
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and have been addicted, and now they're, like,
schizophrenic or they have a mental disease
489
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Mhmm.
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Because of drugs.
491
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That's right.
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And, it's cowardly.
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They're destroying communities.
494
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They're destroying children.
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They're destroying futures.
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And, you know, that that then they're doing an
evil act, and they're hurting people.
497
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And I'm looking for guidance on how to confront
those people.
498
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I know it, you know, it could be violent.
499
00:23:51,454 --> 00:23:58,654
It could be a violent confrontation, but
someone needs to stand up against that kind of
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evil.
501
00:23:59,855 --> 00:24:03,380
And, so I'm I'm looking for guidance for God.
502
00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:08,359
Like, how can you guide me the right way, Lord,
to stand up to a drug dealer, someone who's
503
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poisoning their community?
504
00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:12,980
Yeah.
505
00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:13,859
I'm I'm looking yeah.
506
00:24:13,859 --> 00:24:15,285
So that's one thing I'm working on.
507
00:24:15,445 --> 00:24:16,505
That is amazing.
508
00:24:16,644 --> 00:24:17,365
I love that.
509
00:24:17,365 --> 00:24:20,184
I love that cause because, you know, it's very
important.
510
00:24:22,005 --> 00:24:23,705
You know, absolutely.
511
00:24:23,845 --> 00:24:26,984
Why would people, you know, ruin one another?
512
00:24:27,045 --> 00:24:30,000
Why would people sort of do the evil acts?
513
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:35,119
It's an evil act because, you know, if you
follow Jesus, you follow Jesus Christ, and you
514
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,799
have that faith base, well, you're not gonna
you do something wrong, then you need to stand
515
00:24:38,799 --> 00:24:39,680
up for that.
516
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,420
People need to stand up for what they believe
in.
517
00:24:42,845 --> 00:24:45,964
And I commend it for you, though, Kevin,
because that is so good.
518
00:24:45,964 --> 00:24:47,005
You need to stand up.
519
00:24:47,005 --> 00:24:52,605
And as long as we stand up for what we believe
in, we will never go wrong.
520
00:24:52,605 --> 00:24:58,609
And so as long as we have Jesus Christ, we have
that faith base and he's always beside us and
521
00:24:58,609 --> 00:25:03,269
it doesn't matter what we do, we will always be
on the right path.
522
00:25:03,490 --> 00:25:06,390
So, Kevin, I so truly appreciate you.
523
00:25:07,009 --> 00:25:08,470
You have just been phenomenal.
524
00:25:08,769 --> 00:25:15,554
Thank you so much for coming on to ask the
experts with Alco's sharing that time with me.
525
00:25:15,694 --> 00:25:22,335
We truly value you because it truly is, you
know, it may not be easy for what, you know,
526
00:25:22,335 --> 00:25:28,700
you have gone through in your life,
but what
you're doing, it is amazing, and I love that.
527
00:25:28,759 --> 00:25:34,700
So you wanna share anything else before, what
the viewers might wanna else wanna hear?
528
00:25:35,559 --> 00:25:35,880
No.
529
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:36,200
No.
530
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:42,085
I just wanna say thank you, and, yeah, go
follow whatever Alka is doing.
531
00:25:42,085 --> 00:25:48,884
She's doing really good things, and, she's
doing awesome stuff with, like, mentorship and
532
00:25:48,884 --> 00:25:49,625
real estate.
533
00:25:49,684 --> 00:25:55,059
She's a good friend of mine, so go follow and
buy whatever she's offering if you're listening
534
00:25:55,059 --> 00:25:55,960
to the podcast.
535
00:25:57,380 --> 00:25:59,380
And, Alka's great.
536
00:25:59,380 --> 00:26:00,599
So thank you, Alka.
537
00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:01,640
Thank you, Kevin.
538
00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:03,320
Likewise, appreciate you.
539
00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:12,605
And friends, if you feel right now that you are
snuck, if you feel that there is no way out and
540
00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:20,250
you feel that life is you are heading, you are
taking 10 steps forward, but you are going 5
541
00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:21,230
steps back.
542
00:26:21,609 --> 00:26:24,890
And you you feel right now there was no hope.
543
00:26:24,890 --> 00:26:26,430
There was no way out.
544
00:26:27,289 --> 00:26:27,609
Yeah.
545
00:26:27,609 --> 00:26:33,630
Whether financially or spiritually, you deserve
every happiness.
546
00:26:33,769 --> 00:26:40,545
And Kevin, my good friend, has just proven to
you how what he is doing and how he has
547
00:26:40,545 --> 00:26:41,045
overcome.
548
00:26:41,265 --> 00:26:46,325
And he is doing amazing things, and he will
continue to do amazing things.
549
00:26:46,625 --> 00:26:55,140
But friends, do not quit because you deserve
financial and spiritual well-being because we
550
00:26:55,140 --> 00:26:56,440
all deserve that.
551
00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:04,474
And Kevin, right here, right now, has spoken to
you, my friends, as to what is possible.
552
00:27:04,934 --> 00:27:07,674
And the mere word, I'm just gonna leave you
with this.
553
00:27:07,815 --> 00:27:12,474
The mere word impossible is I am possible.
554
00:27:12,775 --> 00:27:14,394
And yes, you are friends.
555
00:27:14,535 --> 00:27:15,595
You are possible.
556
00:27:15,815 --> 00:27:20,779
Kevin is possible, and I am possible, possible
and you are possible too, my friends.
557
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:25,640
So stay tuned for the asking experts with Alka.
558
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:32,380
I'm gonna be having more guests coming on to
share their expert knowledge so you can improve
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00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,894
your life 110%.
560
00:27:36,235 --> 00:27:40,715
So, Kevin, thank you, my friends, for joining
me on the show today.
561
00:27:40,715 --> 00:27:43,775
Always appreciate you doing amazing, amazing
things.
562
00:27:43,835 --> 00:27:47,134
Keep on rocking it, and I will see you soon, my
friends.