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Ep. 8 - Relationships Matter Today w/ Photographer Jackson

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0:00Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:05Welcome back to Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
0:12All Thanks Media,
0:14the introspective inspirational business podcast.
0:19And today, I'd like to speak about relationships
0:25here in episode eight.
0:28Relationships, they're very important.
0:35Especially in entrepreneurship and life in general.
0:41Business, romantically.
0:47And I'm gonna touch a little on each.
0:52Let's start with friendship.
0:57You know, you want to be there for other people.
1:00You want other people to be there for you
1:02in a genuine way.
1:05Be respectful.
1:07You know, have them look out for you
1:09when you're not around.
1:11You're in different spaces and places.
1:14Your name is brought about or your image
1:17or your being or your work.
1:20You know, we got to look out for each other
1:23and really have that open communication
1:29you know, with our friends.
1:33Especially the ones we really, really call friends,
1:35like our best friends.
1:38Because that's important because, you know,
1:4110 years being good friends, best friends, close friends.
1:47Of knowing each other and then became friends.
1:53And then one little situation happened
1:54and then it just falls apart.
1:57So I think having that open communication,
2:00especially in the business sector,
2:03when friends are business partners
2:06and do business together,
2:07that's very important, very critical.
2:11And I know a lot of people, they do get in business
2:15with their friend or their family.
2:18Their friend or their family member.
2:21And, you know, sometimes it's thought of rocky
2:27and not kind of the destined outcome
2:33or the desired outcome.
2:38But I think communication kind of trumps all of that
2:40and having that mutual respect for each other
2:43and really having that clear goal collectively.
2:51And even relationships, romantic relationships, I may say.
2:57You know, you have to communicate.
3:01And I could just about say that
3:04for any relationship you have,
3:06you have to communicate.
3:07With business partners, you have to communicate.
3:12The people you meet at networking events,
3:14you have to communicate.
3:17You had a conference, you got to communicate.
3:20You're teaching, coaching, you got to communicate.
3:23So no matter what relationship it is,
3:26communication by far is one of the best,
3:31you know, success methods.
3:34And I'll say not only success methods,
3:39but you know, what keeps the relationship thriving
3:45and flowing and good standards
3:47and, you know, positive mind states, you know,
3:53because you don't want to have negative intentions
3:56towards relationships or the people you're around.
4:04You know, good thoughts, good experiences,
4:07good moments, great moments,
4:10magnificent moments, times, all that.
4:17And it takes practice, you know.
4:21You know, nothing happens overnight or in a week,
4:25but that constant communication and, you know,
4:29maybe some things change on one person's end
4:32that the other person didn't know about,
4:34like, I don't like this anymore.
4:38And they didn't communicate that to the other person,
4:41but they still, you know,
4:44think they like this specific thing, whatever that may be.
4:52And you know, you have to communicate that on both ends.
4:56You know, maybe I'm not into sports anymore.
5:01Like, that's just not my thing.
5:02I want to be full fledged and invested.
5:05So I don't want to hear about sports.
5:07I don't want to go to sports games.
5:10And I'll talk about me, by the way.
5:11I love basketball.
5:12I'm a Cleveland Cavaliers,
5:14if you really want to be exact.
5:18But yeah, I'm a big basketball fan,
5:20especially Cleveland sports, any Cleveland team.
5:24But, you know, first with the Cavs,
5:27then everything else is kind of secondary.
5:31But yeah.
5:33But what if, like 10 years from now,
5:36I may not even care about basketball anymore?
5:39You know, I'm older, I'm mature.
5:41You know, I'll probably, personally,
5:44me, speaking about investing,
5:46I might be deep in my investment.
5:49You know, I don't have time for sports.
5:51So, but also, you know, have that luxury,
5:57that hobby, that, you know, that gateway thing,
6:01whether it's arts, sports, traveling,
6:05podcasting, teaching, whatever that may be.
6:09I have that, you know, for you.
6:17And I want to touch about business partners.
6:24The more, the more you work with someone,
6:30the more you communicate with someone,
6:34the more you strategize and build,
6:38like literally build together,
6:44the better it may, the better,
6:46I ain't gonna say better it may be,
6:47the better it will be.
6:50And I've, you know, worked with a lot of different people.
6:55Like I said, I've been in various rams of media
7:05and collaborated with a lot of different people.
7:08A lot of people I could call my business partners,
7:11I was in groups with our teams,
7:16organizations, one-on-one partners,
7:19like we, not maybe legally, but formed a partnership.
7:28You know, sometimes it doesn't always work out.
7:34Sometimes it doesn't work out
7:36in the sense that time just takes its spot,
7:46that it's at a standstill,
7:47not that the relationship or the partnership
7:51didn't work out, but it's just like,
7:53the partnership is at a standstill
7:55because one person may be deep in their personal journey
7:59or the other person may be deep in their personal journey
8:02or business or whatever they may be.
8:06And it's like, there's no time to kind of come back
8:09and do what we did collectively.
8:14And that's fine too.
8:17Actually, I think that's one of the better ways
8:20that I like to kind of separate.
8:23You know, we're both thriving,
8:25not, you know, argument or disagreement
8:28or we're gonna go, you know, do this
8:31and not, you know, communicating certain things.
8:36So I like when, you know, both parties are thriving
8:39and it's like a natural separation.
8:42Every now and then, you know, may collab again,
8:47but maybe not on that full-throttle partnership level,
8:51but, you know, a light collab, you know,
8:54something you do together
8:57or even just hanging out, catching up,
8:59how can we help each other type of thing.
9:03So business partners as far as relationships are key.
9:11If you, you know, are entrepreneur or business owner
9:15and you really want to take it to another level
9:20as far as collaboration, you know,
9:22you have to start off with a good business partner,
9:24especially with networking.
9:26You know, y'all bounce off each other and you know,
9:28oh, you're doing alley-oops and all that to each other.
9:34Sorry, audio has stopped.
9:36I'm like, oh, and yeah.
9:42But I also wanna touch on like how many mistakes
9:49in relationships do you get?
9:54Like, what would a friend, if I say,
9:59I don't want to do something or, yeah,
10:10I don't wanna do something, we do it anyway.
10:12Like, that's your thing.
10:14That's not my thing as far as like going to
10:21a hockey game and I don't care about hockey.
10:25I'm just doing it because you're my friend,
10:29but we never get to do what I wanna do type of thing.
10:33So, or if, you know, do something they don't like
10:39or agree with, how many times is too many?
10:47I mean, actually they say two is too many,
10:52but that's also something to think about.
10:55We're not just friends, we're all your relationships.
11:03And I know we're not all perfect.
11:05You know, I'm not perfect.
11:06I struggle with a lot.
11:08You know, still struggle with a lot.
11:10I mean, I struggle with communication
11:12and you know, the biggest thing I speak about
11:14is communication and you know, me being an introvert,
11:18I love my solo time, my quiet time, my downtime,
11:22just my inner thoughts.
11:24I'm always thinking about a lot,
11:26always a lot on my mind.
11:28You know, I don't really have much time to myself,
11:30get that time, I love taking that time
11:33and being in that time.
11:35And I think the biggest relationship
11:37you should have ever is with yourself.
11:40You know, that self-love, that self-gratitude,
11:42that self-expression is big
11:45and that would get you far, very far in life.
11:49You know, that self-confidence, that self-worth,
11:53that self-image, what you see
11:57and what you think all the time about yourself
12:01usually becomes yourself over time.
12:09And one of the things that I'm learning
12:11with my self-love journey
12:15was approaching of almost 10 years now,
12:20more so five, one more of a heavier level,
12:23but closer to.
12:28It looks different each day.
12:32It really, really looks different each day.
12:37And sometimes I look in the mirror,
12:44it's like the only thing I wanna do is find myself.
12:53And to be honest, most days it's harder to find yourself.
13:03Some days you're right there,
13:05like boldly right there.
13:09But each day you treat yourself with love,
13:13treat yourself with respect.
13:17You know, what fuels you, what desires you,
13:19feed yourself that.
13:21Remember your purpose, your motivation, your motives.
13:26Sometimes you cannot let emotion get in the way,
13:28especially in business.
13:31No, there's no emotions with numbers.
13:35Emotions don't have emotions.
13:38These robots don't have emotions,
13:41but you do.
13:43And the biggest and the greatest relationship
13:48you would have is with yourself, you yourself.
13:52And I have an affirmation track I would link.
13:56We're actually gonna link it to all our episodes,
13:58because I think it's just monumental and powerful.
14:01I will start talking about it more.
14:03And also release additional affirmation tracks
14:07upon request.
14:09You know, if I get the request,
14:10I will put it out faster.
14:12But of course, if I don't hear any feedback
14:14and then they're satisfied with the one
14:17I'm about to present to you now,
14:18then that's fine as well.
14:21But you know, definitely give me some feedback
14:24if you love these affirmations,
14:25if you want affirmations in a specific realm
14:31or about something in particular.
14:35Definitely let me know the feedback.
14:37I'm open to requests.
14:38I'm an artist at heart.
14:41I have a music background, poetry,
14:45a little music production.
14:47And now I'm into more of the visual space
14:50with photography, a bit of photography,
14:54video production and podcasting.
14:57Kind of have my feet a little bit of everything.
15:02Author.
15:04Like the list goes on as far as that artistry.
15:08I'm a writer at heart.
15:11I love reading.
15:13And those things are reflected upon my spirit.
15:18I love a good book, especially a good business book.
15:22Things about mindset.
15:25And that's what I reflect to my audience.
15:29But going back to the affirmations,
15:34when I talk about being
15:38in the greatest relationship,
15:42you are in a relationship with yourself, literally.
15:47And people forget that first because one is a number.
15:54Zero is not.
15:56One is, and you are one.
15:59So what relationship do you have with yourself?
16:04But I always say, be good to yourself.
16:12Be gentle with yourself.
16:16Be blessed with yourself.
16:20Like you really have to do these things.
16:24Really take time for you and that self-maintenance.
16:31And I'm a big believer of inner peace and affirmation.
16:37Never let anyone disrupt your inner peace.
16:41Never ever let anyone,
16:43not even yourself, disrupt your inner peace.
16:48Inner peace is everything.
16:49And I say, never ever let anyone,
16:54not even yourself, disrupt your inner peace.
16:57Because sometimes us, ourselves,
17:01can disrupt our inner peace, our mental mind state,
17:07and introduce and attract negative thoughts
17:11out of nowhere.
17:13When they don't have to be there.
17:16All these negative emotions.
17:20I try not to let the outside world affect me too much.
17:24I know a lot of things going on in politics
17:26and the presidents and the different parties
17:31and then inflation and it's just,
17:34you know, the celebrity drama, relationships.
17:41It can even be family drama, work drama, you know?
17:48It's, it gets difficult because outside of self,
17:52you know, nexus, you know, my children and my daughters.
17:57Then, you know, relationships and family
18:03and then that next tier friends
18:08outside of the best friends.
18:12Then associates and then just the world in general.
18:15I do care for the world, but I care for myself first.
18:22So if I can find peace in myself,
18:27before I, you know, hit that something's gonna go wrong
18:31or negative, you know, I listen to myself.
18:36Like, I could have avoided it.
18:38I felt it in my body, my mind and spirit
18:41that something is about to go wrong.
18:45Now I listen to myself.
18:46Now I'm dealing with a situation that's ruckus
18:51and just a disaster and chaos.
18:54And it's taken me out of my hookup,
18:56my positive mind state, my positive being, my energy.
19:01Now I'm dealing with this.
19:03I really could have been dealing with myself
19:05and my energy and my peace and growing myself
19:07and watering myself and letting myself boom
19:10and blossom and, you know,
19:14grow the way I need to grow.
19:16And so the trawl is a tree that I could be.
19:21Plant it in the ground and the earth.
19:25You have to look at yourself as a tree.
19:28Water and nurture yourself.
19:31Stand firm in the ground, in the soil.
19:36Continue to water yourself, continue to grow,
19:38continue to learn, continue to communicate.
19:44It takes time.
19:45It does, it really does.
19:49But also we're relationships.
19:52I think about the number eight
19:53and that's why I wanted this episode to be number eight.
19:58I hope you enjoyed it.
19:59If you like it, you know, let me know the feedback.
20:03I really want to tailor these episodes, you know.
20:09First off, they're my, you know, inner journal,
20:15inner entrepreneur journal.
20:17You know, deep diving in my mind
20:20and how I take it, how I approach things.
20:24But yeah, the number eight, it's like, you know,
20:27it's continuous, it's affinity.
20:29That's how I think about relationships
20:31and it's constantly touching each others.
20:34You know, that figure eight and like skating
20:36is always all touching each others
20:39on a big curved oval.
20:42Oh, yeah, this is episode eight
20:46of Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
20:49We have made it to the end.
20:52Yes, Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk
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20:59And if you want more information about me
21:02or Alien Eyes Photos event photography,
21:05you can visit alieneyesphotos.com.
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21:53And also if you want some more, you know,
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22:00type of things and you know, more of my
22:03deeper dive talks, really kind of even go further,
22:08you know, further some of these conversations
22:10or even new conversations and topics.
22:13So yeah, definitely follow me on fan base
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22:19Yeah, I think that's everything.
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22:35So if you have two hands, that's 10 fingers.
22:39So send this to 10 friends, to 10 colleagues,
22:4210 business partners, you know,
22:44people in your organization.
22:46Say, I really appreciate this episode
22:48and you know, I really want us to think in this way.
22:52Send this out to 10 people.
22:54Again, if you want to book or for more information,
22:59visit alieneyesphotos.com.
23:02And this is episode eight with photographer Jackson,
23:07bringing you alieneyesphotos industry talk podcast.
23:12Episode eight in the books, we are out.
23:15Until next time y'all, peace, love,
23:19and blessings always.
23:25We have done it.