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Ep. 9 - Self Love Momentum w/ Photographer Jackson

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0:01Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome back to Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
0:09Yes, Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
0:14And this is episode 9, and I want to speak about self-love.
0:20That's very important.
0:23Episode 9, the Divine Nine.
0:25Self-love and the general definition may be high regards of your well-being and happiness.
0:35And to add on my extended definition, it's truly the love you have for yourself,
0:44the words, actions, decisions, diet, clothing you wear,
0:49and even what you consume, from food, from what you read, watch,
0:53to what you listen to or who you listen to.
0:58It's important.
1:01And it all affects your love for yourself and the thoughts you have about yourself.
1:08It is being kind to yourself, no matter the circumstance,
1:12while doing the inner work to nourish your entire existence.
1:18Nourish your entire existence.
1:22That is my personal, short, short definition of self-love.
1:31Let me hear your personal definition of self-love and what self-love means to you.
1:39Thinking affects our emotions, and emotions affect our thinking.
1:45So when we're mad, we usually get in a positive, you know, positive mad.
1:53I guess that's not a good way to word it, positive mad.
1:56Like you're positively in the mad zone or the rage zone.
2:04I guess I could word it that it's a bad mind state, negative mind state.
2:12And to get to that positively good mindset, mind state,
2:21it takes some work, you know.
2:24So if your emotions are troubled, are, you know, feeling attacked,
2:35usually your thinking is usually to defend yourself or attack back.
2:42And that's not always a good case, you know.
2:46It's not always a good outcome, I should say.
2:54Having good thoughts truly, you know, influence your emotions,
3:01but I think your emotions have a far, by far heavier weight on your thoughts
3:10than your thoughts do on your emotions.
3:13Now you can have these great thoughts all you want,
3:18but you also got to have that emotion.
3:20You know, if your emotions are great and intact
3:22and you have this, you know, great sense of emotional intelligence
3:27and when to pinpoint a certain emotion
3:30or when you feel like this emotion is coming on or coming about,
3:34you know, to shift that and alter your thinking by altering your emotions.
3:42A lot of people, you know, they love being stuck in a rut,
3:49you know, at least to say.
3:51But always remember thinking affects your emotions
3:54and emotions affect your thinking.
3:58Transform your thinking when you are not in control of your thoughts
4:02and negative thoughts and emotions arise.
4:09Shift the way you think.
4:11Those words, those actions, you cannot get back.
4:17You cannot get them back.
4:19I know technology and inventions are increasing by the day.
4:26We have yet to come, come up with a way to go back in time
4:30on a consistent basis, on a consistent basis without space
4:34or out of space, I should say,
4:38which may be the only constant at the moment.
4:44My artist name, like I mentioned in the affirmations
4:48that I will be linking in all my shows,
4:50Alien Affirmations, one, two, three.
4:52I don't think I said it on the last episode.
4:54So Alien Affirmations, one, two, three.
4:57Or if you type in Alien, one, two, three,
5:00it's a little cheat code.
5:01Sometimes it pops up.
5:04Artist name, Alien Aplea.
5:07And it hints at that outer space to almost time travel.
5:15And I have an older spirit, older soul.
5:22You know, some of my thoughts,
5:23I feel like our time travel back into the past
5:27to get the outcome for the present,
5:32or even the future, I may say.
5:39It's actually interesting.
5:40I used to want to get into time travel as a young kid,
5:45so that's very interesting.
5:47I was coming back up in my life, or at least that thought.
5:51So maybe my emotions at some point arise that thought.
5:57You never know.
6:00You cannot succeed without momentum.
6:06You cannot succeed without momentum.
6:10You got to have that momentum.
6:11You got to have that drive.
6:12You got to keep pushing forward.
6:14You got to keep loving yourself.
6:22Self-love is very important.
6:24It's like the tool book and the guidebook
6:28of how you want others to treat you,
6:32but how you treat yourself, most importantly.
6:36And you have to keep doing that, keep doing that.
6:41I use this metaphor of going to the gym
6:45and going to the basketball court at the gym
6:48and putting up shots.
6:51Keep shooting that shot.
6:53Just keep getting the reps.
6:54You have to show up.
6:55You have to practice.
6:56Keep shooting that shot.
6:58You have to.
6:59If this is what you want to do,
7:01if you want to be your highest self,
7:04you have to work and love yourself every day.
7:08Work on yourself and love yourself every day.
7:10You have to work on loving yourself
7:13and then love yourself too.
7:16Like get into the outcome of the outcome.
7:22You want to love yourself,
7:23but you have to put in the work on properly
7:25learning how to love yourself
7:27in the way you want to love yourself
7:29to love yourself
7:33the way you should be loving yourself.
7:36You cannot succeed without momentum.
7:40Some people stop right when they get close to the goal.
7:46Fail short.
7:50They lost momentum.
7:54You did not come this far to come this far.
8:01I did not come this far only to come this far.
8:07I did not come this far only to get this far.
8:10When I first heard that from E.T.,
8:13Eric Thomas, the top motivational speaker
8:17here in the United States,
8:22and it's true,
8:24you didn't get all the way to this point
8:27in your life and your career
8:28and your entrepreneur journey
8:31and your podcasting journey.
8:36Only to stop.
8:40Only to stop now.
8:44I have children looking up to me.
8:48Daughters looking up to me.
8:52Nieces, nephews, even peers, you know.
8:55So I'm older, I may say,
8:57looking up to me and, you know,
9:01I'm their motivation.
9:03I'm their inspiration.
9:05They see me and, you know,
9:08they know all things as possible
9:12because that's my belief.
9:13And if I stop,
9:16when am I going to leave them?
9:17But maybe they should stop too?
9:22Hmm.
9:25But there is a time and place
9:27where journeys, chapters, books do stop.
9:31And it's good to learn that as well.
9:36Some things don't need to go on forever.
9:40Some journeys do not.
9:41Now keep the momentum.
9:48That should be the title.
9:49Yeah.
9:50Self-love momentum.
9:52I think I'm entitled to that this episode.
9:57Self-love momentum.
9:58I love it.
10:00And even, yeah, I'm going to definitely do a part two.
10:04Got some things to get to today.
10:06I feel like it's always a good topic.
10:08So I'm going to do a part two on this self-love.
10:11That will be episode 11.
10:14I appreciate you for tuning in to episode 10.
10:18And I also want to give some financial tips
10:21or financial mindset
10:25around this topic right now.
10:29Because financial, I would say, it's important.
10:34I won't say it's a deal breaker,
10:35but it's definitely helpful
10:37and it's definitely important to maintaining yourself.
10:42Now look at self-love as self-maintenance.
10:45How are you maintaining yourself?
10:48How are you upkeeping yourself?
10:50How are you increasing your value?
10:53How are you increasing your mind, your thoughts?
10:57How are you calming your thoughts?
11:00And again, back with alien affirmations,
11:03one, two, three.
11:05Alien affirmations, I say,
11:10never let anyone disrupt your inner peace.
11:14Never, ever let anyone, not even yourself,
11:18disrupt your inner peace.
11:21Key word, not even yourself.
11:26Do not let yourself disrupt your inner peace.
11:32Don't be a victim to what your emotions are going through
11:36or what your thoughts are going through.
11:38And it's affecting your emotions,
11:40affecting your thoughts,
11:40and affecting your well-being.
11:43Going back to the definition,
11:45self-love is living in that pure happiness
11:50and good, healthy, well-being.
11:54That's your body, mind, spirit, soul, environment.
12:01Peace and love is everything to me.
12:04It's dearly, you know, my religion.
12:07Peace and love, like literally.
12:10To live with peace and love
12:12and some other, you know, positive things,
12:15you know, having a positive mindset
12:16and, you know, sharing, learning, growing.
12:23Just having these things in mind
12:25would be great on a self-love journey.
12:32And just in my financial mindset,
12:34just to think about, I'm an entrepreneur,
12:38so I like to speak to other entrepreneurs
12:40and, you know, people on this journey.
12:45I own rental properties, I own real estate.
12:50Commercial, that could be for tenants
12:58that need somewhere to live,
13:03big group homes, I own real estate.
13:12Online business are,
13:14have digital products you can sell online.
13:20Like for me, I have a few books.
13:25I will be generating courses.
13:28For me, I will have photos for sale, for print,
13:35and a few other products.
13:41That's just something to think about.
13:44Some people love e-commerce
13:47and, you know, buying and reselling.
13:50That's a method.
13:52Being an affiliate for a company,
13:55taking a percentage, you know,
13:57you don't have to make a product or,
13:59you know, do all the heavy lifting.
14:01You just be in the selling, influencer.
14:06Live below your means.
14:08You know, you don't have to have
14:1110 Rolls Royce,
14:14Roll Voices is a job.
14:19You don't have to have 8 jack wires,
14:284 focuses.
14:30Whatever the car may be or
14:33have all these big mansions
14:37or hundreds of rooms, you know,
14:42it's not important.
14:45What is important is just having that
14:50and the rest is extra.
14:54And all the bells and whistles are extra.
14:595, 6 versus 100.
15:02Why do we need 100?
15:04Why do we need all these
15:05expensive watches and chains?
15:07Why do we need like 20 of them?
15:09Why can't we just have one or two good ones
15:11that we, you know,
15:14crafted for ourselves
15:15or even made ourselves?
15:17And we were that.
15:20Like, this is me, especially myself,
15:22loved it.
15:22I made this watch, this chain,
15:25this bracelet.
15:27This even washed my hair
15:29and conditioned it.
15:31Maybe styled it.
15:32I did this.
15:34I crafted this for myself.
15:36I stitched this shirt together.
15:38Not this one, not me,
15:40but using it as an example.
15:43Stitched this shirt together.
15:44I did this and I'm wearing it
15:47proudly.
15:47Like, I did this.
15:48This is my work.
15:49This is my being.
15:50This is my experience.
15:53I'm literally wearing my experience
15:55as my shirt or my shirt.
15:58My experience.
15:59Think about that.
16:03And, you know, live below your means,
16:04but also increase your income,
16:08not your expenses.
16:10Kind of self-explanatory.
16:12Increase your income, not your expenses.
16:15Increase what you get in.
16:17And, you know, we spend a lot,
16:19so try not to spend a lot
16:20on things we don't really need.
16:26Invest in the stock market
16:28and consistently, like,
16:31consistently do it.
16:32It's nothing like compounding growth.
16:36That's very important.
16:41Build multiple income streams,
16:43whatever that may be.
16:47Comforter, think about being a painter.
16:53Play basketball, think about
16:55being a basketball coach to the youth
17:00or at schools or being a mentor
17:03or having a training camp
17:05in your off-season.
17:09You're an artist.
17:10Think about writing jingles for corporations.
17:13Think about writing music for others.
17:17Putting out music albums
17:20for you to sell.
17:26Streams of income.
17:27I think book is the easiest
17:29and general one for, like, any industry.
17:34You know, developing a book,
17:36writing a book, really,
17:38for me, I like to take
17:40at least six months just to
17:42craft the whole process,
17:44go through the whole process
17:46of writing a book.
17:49You know, some longer,
17:51some shorter, but a good six months.
17:54You know, building a plan,
17:56building an outline,
17:57getting the words, thoughts,
17:59getting a structured frame,
18:01all that good stuff.
18:02And then go into the marketing and promotion.
18:08Six months.
18:09Write that book.
18:11Finish that book.
18:15Think long-term and not short-term
18:17with finances.
18:20You know, sometimes we want things now.
18:22We want that big lump sum.
18:24We want that big check.
18:25We want it right now.
18:28But millionaires, billionaires,
18:31trillionaires, trillionaire companies
18:34have good habits and stay consistent.
18:38And that's what I want to,
18:42you know, share with you.
18:44Just be consistent.
18:45Be smart.
18:47Even with your business,
18:49you got to act within your business
18:51with that self-love.
18:52You had to have that love for your business.
18:54And, you know, if there's things
18:56that your business do not do
18:58or that you don't stand for,
19:01you don't have to do it.
19:02And it's okay to say no to money.
19:04You know, now all money is good money.
19:08So what are your values?
19:10What do you love?
19:13And hopefully it's yourself first
19:14and your business and your family.
19:19And then start to think about the other things.
19:24Love yourself.
19:26If you don't love yourself,
19:28no one else will.
19:30Got to have that self-love.
19:32Love yourself.
19:33Remember, check out Alien Affirmations.
19:35That's the first thing I say.
19:37I love myself.
19:39I love myself.
19:41I love myself.
19:44I love myself.
19:46And then I go in.
19:48Alien Affirmations 1, 2, 3.
19:50Check it out on all streaming platforms.
19:53Yes.
19:54And this is a wrap.
19:55This has been a great episode
19:57around self-love,
19:59alienized photos,
20:00industry talk, episode 9.
20:05A-E-P-I-T,
20:07alienized photos,
20:09industry talk.
20:11And yes, if you want more information
20:12or to book me,
20:14please visit alienizedphotos.com.
20:18Again, alienized with a Z,
20:22photos with an S,
20:25alienizedphotos.com.
20:27And follow me on all social media
20:29or most platforms,
20:33alienizedphotos,
20:34at alienizedphotos.
20:35And then also check me out on fan base.
20:38Yes, I will be having some exclusive content
20:40on fan base,
20:42some behind the scenes.
20:42You may be watching this video
20:44on fan base.
20:46I don't like posting to a lot of different media,
20:48so if you're checking this out on fan base,
20:52definitely let me know.
20:53You know, give me some love, likes.
20:56Yeah, keep giving me feedback,
20:58what you want to hear, what you want to listen.
21:00Now think about doing part two of this self-love.
21:03So yeah, fan base,
21:05at alienizedphotos and all other medias,
21:08at alienizedphotos and alienizedphotos.com.
21:13Yes, if you need an event photographer,
21:16if you want media or business strategy,
21:19coaching, consulting,
21:21definitely let me know.
21:23Let's get you together.
21:24Let's help out.
21:26Marketing.
21:28Yeah, we're going to get you together this year.
21:30Let's just stop it right there
21:32and give me a call,
21:34text, follow,
21:36hit me up on the DMs at alienizedphotos.
21:39This is photographer Jackson,
21:41and I'm signing out
21:44alienizedphotos industry tour episode nine,
21:46self-love.
21:51Peace, love, and blessings, everyone.