Season 1 · Episode 7

Ep. 7 - Personal Journey of Constant Progression with Photographer Jackson

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0:00Welcome, welcome, welcome to Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
0:13Life has been a journey.
0:18A journey that will only get you as far as you want to make it.
0:26A journey where it's constant and it should be progressive.
0:36Constant and progressive.
0:43I think a lot of sports teams they go for championships
0:52and to win a championship being constant and progressive.
0:59It's the way you do that.
1:08And coming from a sports background, mainly basketball,
1:13or that's the main sport that I play, there's systems.
1:20Just like with entrepreneurship, there's systems.
1:25There's constants and progression.
1:29And usually those two character types or those traits are successful.
1:36They win championships.
1:39They win success or they gain it.
1:45They set out and accomplish their accomplishments,
1:50their goals, their times,
1:55and how even recording, scheduling, and goals from a podcast
2:04and just the podcast industry in itself.
2:12So I do service others, help them.
2:19It brings me back to the journey.
2:24Like life, entrepreneurship, sports, it's a journey.
2:29To be honest, constant journey.
2:31This progressive journey.
2:33This constant journey.
2:35This progressive journey.
2:37This constant journey.
2:39This like really in life, entrepreneurship, long-term entrepreneurship,
2:49like really doing what you first are supposed to do.
2:57There's multiple tasks.
2:59There's constant learning.
3:00There's constant relationship building.
3:02There's constant operations.
3:05Different times.
3:06Different deliverables.
3:09Different financial goals.
3:13Financial generation.
3:16You have to generate revenue to operate.
3:24And really appreciating the journey.
3:29Like it's long in life in general.
3:34Like itself is long.
3:35And you have to appreciate it, especially while you can.
3:41Appreciate those around you.
3:45Those who you work with.
3:46Those in your family.
3:49Those who you may come across.
3:51Those you teach.
3:52Those you train.
3:54Those you coach.
3:57Those you work with.
3:58Those you become partners with.
4:01Or you do business with.
4:05Those you learn with.
4:08Those who teach you.
4:10Those who mentor you.
4:14And it's a constant exchange.
4:18And we all support each other.
4:21Like if all of a sudden I want to be a football coach,
4:26then I'm going to go to the football experts.
4:29I'm going to an expert.
4:30So when people come to me to learn photography,
4:35or just business culture in general,
4:41they feel the highest are maybe someone they could trust.
4:47They may love as far as my content or how I would teach.
4:52And my method of teaching.
5:00What if they're a doctor and I'm just like, man,
5:05there's a constant decline in the health industry.
5:11And something just clicks in my brain.
5:13Like I want to be a doctor or, you know,
5:18not so much a title, but really saves lives.
5:21What if I could perform surgery?
5:26I wouldn't say overnight.
5:28I'm not saying that.
5:29But just find that spark.
5:38Because we live for impact.
5:42Let's give that impact.
5:45You got to remember that constant journey.
5:51Constant journey.
5:55It's a long journey.
5:58Long, long journey.
6:03Don't stop.
6:08Don't quit.
6:10Just do it.
6:12Like Nike.
6:13Just do it.
6:15Sometimes you can't even think about it.
6:16You know what you're going to do.
6:18Just do it.
6:23And me personally, I feel myself there all the time.
6:25Like just do it.
6:28You say, all right, I got to do this.
6:29Just do it right now.
6:33It's on the list.
6:35Just do it right now.
6:36Get it out of the way.
6:38You don't got to think about it no more.
6:39Cross it off the list.
6:40Do it right now.
6:46What are you going to do right now?
6:50Especially if it doesn't take much time or a little time.
6:56You know, if it could compound and end up expanding in time
7:00and the duration is by far not what you intended or measured
7:05or even sacrificed, don't risk it.
7:12But if you can do it right then and there, just do it.
7:17If it takes two seconds, do it.
7:19Just do it.
7:22Just do it.
7:23Do it right now.
7:27I feel like there's different seasons where you have to coach
7:31yourself, like you as a leader.
7:35Speak to yourself, you know.
7:37Journal.
7:38Drop me a thought.
7:39Look at your notes.
7:39Review your notes.
7:41Especially if you're on a long journey.
7:43Let's go back to day one.
7:46What was I thinking about day one as a leader?
7:48Like when I stepped into this role and this position,
7:53this constant journey, this progressive journey.
7:58When I speak about the progression,
8:02like if you incrementally get better each day,
8:05like 0.1% each day,
8:09and even sometimes compound that to one, to two, to three,
8:13to four, four and a half, five, five and a half, six,
8:196.7, and then even sometimes 10, 11, and so on.
8:25I ain't putting the cap on, right?
8:26But it's endless.
8:29But if it's constantly progressing and incrementally
8:33getting better, if you're incrementally getting better,
8:37faster, wiser, better strategist,
8:44a better partner, a better communicator,
8:48a better business savvy person,
8:55where your weaknesses become your strengths,
8:59and it takes time.
9:01You're not going to be perfect overnight.
9:04But one night, I can promise you that
9:07you will be perfect at what you do.
9:10And it may not be forever.
9:11That perfectness may not be forever,
9:14but at one point in time, you will.
9:17You must appreciate that time.
9:20Everyone has a time where something they're very passionate about.
9:26It's like this golden window, this golden gate.
9:29It's going to happen for a period of time.
9:33But this perfectness may not last forever.
9:38But perfectness is attainable
9:40in a lot of different things.
9:43Can I say all things?
9:45Well, all things are possible.
9:48You're limitless,
9:52and you don't really have to step into that line
9:55who says there's a limit on how much you make when you're in sales.
10:01All you're going to sell in this is you can't put a real number on it.
10:05You can't put a cap on that.
10:10It's also having systems.
10:11It's also knowing the prices.
10:13It's also doing your market research.
10:17Comparing.
10:20And then always this price is doing services, deliverables.
10:26That's most often the service industry,
10:29which I could slowly speak on.
10:33Traditionally, I don't have a product.
10:35At least not yet.
10:38Or let's just say that's not my main focus.
10:43It's all shifting.
10:46And I'm building.
10:49Developing.
10:52That takes that constant time and progression.
10:59We take time.
11:03My favorite songs is
11:06It's Take Time
11:11by Miss Lady B.
11:17My baby definitely reminds me of those creative moments
11:28with my daughters, my kids.
11:36And that's a journey in itself.
11:41Life is literally a journey.
11:44Entrepreneurship is literally a journey.
11:49It's literally a journey.
11:57I'd love for you to think about that.
12:00The next time you may get frustrated or stuck.
12:05Remember, it's a journey.
12:06It's a learning process.
12:09Everything is going to be perfect.
12:13It's a learning process.
12:16You prime your mind.
12:18And get in those tough situations.
12:22Just do a quick reframe.
12:32But there's also preparation.
12:36So avoid those things that happen.
12:40Barriers.
12:41Safe gates.
12:44Protection.
12:48Practice.
12:55You got those days and time and habits.
13:00But you got to push through anyway.
13:04Push through the best way you can.
13:08Because this is a long journey.
13:12And you don't get far on the journey.
13:16Because you don't remember me.
13:17You don't see how far I am on my journey.
13:22You don't remember me.
13:24You're going to take your journey as far as you can.
13:27As far as you desire.
13:29As far as you can push it.
13:31Inch by inch by inch by inch by mile by mile by mile.
13:36By kilomiles.
13:39But it grew from that inch.
13:43That inch.
13:44That seed in the garden.
13:46It grew to blossom.
13:56That flower.
13:58Just from that seed.
13:59It grew.
14:01From that seed.
14:05Incrementally.
14:06Over time.
14:07Over time it took that journey.
14:13It gave what it gave to life.
14:15To its purpose.
14:17Its beauty.
14:18Its triumph.
14:19Its journey.
14:20Its story.
14:22How it communicates with the soil.
14:24How that we work our feet on.
14:28Like literally.
14:29It's sharing that soil with us.
14:32And it's giving what it gave.
14:35Think about that.
14:38Think about things in different life forms.
14:40How they got to go through this journey.
14:45Sometimes that really helped push me through.
14:48I'm just showing personal insight.
14:50It's probably my personal episode.
14:53Like really going deep into my mind.
14:55And my frameworks.
14:57My mindset.
14:58Thought processes.
15:00I got to kind of reframe my life.
15:03There's so many times.
15:08Where there's situations.
15:10Where it's like.
15:12You have it.
15:13You just have everything.
15:15Outline.
15:15How you want it.
15:18Everything is working out perfectly seamlessly.
15:22Everything is in the flow.
15:23It's a natural state.
15:24It's just like.
15:25Crystals and glitter.
15:27Shine.
15:29Just perfection.
15:32But then there's.
15:34Opposite times.
15:36There's opposite.
15:38Satisfaction on the journey.
15:41There's mishaps.
15:44But again it happens.
15:45But what are you going to do about it?
15:47You know.
15:49People ask me.
15:49How do you stay calm in many situations.
15:52It's purely that.
15:53Just really staying calm.
15:56Really staying focused.
15:59Like.
15:59Yeah it's tough. It's rough.
16:00It hurts emotionally.
16:02It's a beating.
16:04You get flustered.
16:05But you don't want to live in that fluster.
16:08You really got to change.
16:10Stay focused.
16:11With the mindset.
16:12Like okay I got to get a job.
16:14Not just working right now.
16:15But okay.
16:18Just take a step back.
16:19Take a break from it.
16:20Then come back.
16:23Take a walk.
16:24Yeah scream.
16:27Take deep breaths and come back to it.
16:30Walk away.
16:32Then you come back.
16:34Like I said this is a very impressive episode.
16:37But.
16:37It was just on my mind to share it.
16:40And really want to encourage.
16:42My network.
16:42My tribe.
16:44My listeners.
16:46Everybody who follows me.
16:48Every one person in my life.
16:50Whether they're my mentee.
16:51Or I'm into one of them.
16:53Whether it's a coach.
16:54Or it's a business partner.
16:57Family, friends, loved ones.
16:58People that just know me.
17:00People that know about my business.
17:01My brand. My creativity.
17:03My art. My work.
17:05I already just stumbled across this episode.
17:08Just my voice.
17:10My present.
17:12Positive mindset.
17:17But.
17:18It's a journey.
17:22And um. Yeah.
17:25Gotta do something with the.
17:27With the fam.
17:29So.
17:34Relaxing in the hot tub.
17:36And bathtub.
17:48Very personal and you know.
17:50Let me know in the comments or in the email.
17:54If you got my
17:55Personal number and text messages.
17:56Really how you like this.
17:58Personal style.
18:02And should I.
18:03Aim more towards.
18:06You know personal insights. My personal journal.
18:09My personal thoughts.
18:14You know you might take it.
18:16More in that direction.
18:20You know there's a lot of insight.
18:24And wisdom.
18:26Within me. But.
18:28It's all about.
18:30How it's communicated.
18:32What's.
18:36Needed.
18:41Helping someone.
18:42What if they don't need help in that way.
18:46What if they don't need help on this.
18:52Something else.
18:59But yeah.
19:01Contact me.
19:08Aiming at photos.
19:18Alright y'all. Let's get out this water.
19:21Stay tuned.
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19:25Especially if this is your first time listening.
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19:47If you want to collab.
19:49If you want to work.
19:51If you need a bit of photography.
19:53If you need video production.
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20:00You know.
20:01Eventually I will have.
20:05A 30 minute session.
20:08You know tailor to your needs.
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20:17And the show notes.
20:20There will be the booking link.
20:22But again.
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20:37That's a blessing.
20:38Stay blessed. Stay motivated.
20:42Again.
20:44See y'all on the next episode.
20:46Peace.