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Eliminate Distractions Even The NBA

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0:01Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome back
0:07to Alienize Photos Industry Talk
0:11with your host, photographer Jackson,
0:14Steve Jackson of Alienize Photos Media
0:21and a collaborator to pull up experience
0:25and Overflow Studio whom we form Creative Frequency.
0:30Encouraging you to stay creative
0:32as you follow us on our creative journey.
0:35And yeah, it's a busy day
0:36with the pull-up experience this week, you know.
0:40Kind of had some brief text chats
0:45and scheduled a team meeting tomorrow
0:48as I'm getting ready for, you know,
0:52recordings with the pull-up experience as we have.
0:55We have two interviews today,
0:57two great entrepreneurs, so stay tuned.
1:01Follow, subscribe, the pull-up experience,
1:05my entrepreneur partners,
1:07and yeah, we taking this to the top.
1:10But I just wanted to hop on
1:13and some things was on my heart
1:17as, you know, we kind of get distracted sometimes.
1:22We kind of go off course, you know.
1:24Fall asleep at the wheel, you know,
1:27I've definitely done that a lot, you know, literally.
1:31People know I'm always doing a lot,
1:34so I'm traveling and, you know,
1:38tired, you know, it happens.
1:40And, you know, I pull over when I can
1:42and, you know, make sure I'm stay hydrated
1:44and try to avoid it the most I can.
1:47I'm getting my sleep more
1:49and that's important for an entrepreneur, you know.
1:52Not getting in sleep is a distraction.
1:54I'm like, man, am I piling my schedule up too much?
1:58Am I doing too much?
2:00Am I not fully giving 100% all the time
2:03because I'm trying and, you know,
2:06putting my energy in too many things?
2:09You know, even starting a podcast is like,
2:11oh, you starting another thing?
2:14You know, I had a podcast back in the day,
2:16Lyrical Logic Podcast,
2:18is I broke down lyrics and poems with different guests
2:23and then also have them break down
2:25one of their poems or songs, you know.
2:31But, you know, starting this podcast,
2:34it was, again, on my heart, you know, it was meaningful
2:39and it's adding to my business
2:41as it's the biggest marketing arm of my business.
2:46So, and it's free, you know,
2:49and I get to connect with people through conversation,
2:53which is good, impactful,
2:55and, you know, even for everyone else,
2:58you know, listen to these interviews
3:00and, you know, even my solo podcast episodes
3:05of Alien Eyes Photos industry talk.
3:09But, you know, distractions, they get in the way.
3:14How can we cut them out?
3:16How can we get them out of our life completely?
3:20If you really want it, you know,
3:22you got to delete distractions completely
3:26because distractions don't come to us.
3:30We go to the distractions.
3:33We seek out the distractions.
3:36You know, I don't want to do this big task.
3:38Oh, let me distract myself.
3:40Oh, let me play, you know, a game on my phone,
3:43you know, Spades or whatever you play on your phone.
3:50And, you know, you may watch Netflix, watch TV,
3:58you know, go hang out with a friend,
4:02y'all still trying to figure out what y'all want to do.
4:06And, you know, y'all both trying to distract yourselves
4:09because y'all don't want to face the hard work
4:14or the task that's needed.
4:15It could be something simple.
4:17And the simple can sometimes be, you know, difficult.
4:23Like the most littlest thing, even with relationships,
4:27you know, it could be something simple, something little.
4:32We just don't want to do it.
4:33Just do it, you know?
4:38And that's me also talking to myself,
4:40but I know many could reflect on that
4:44because I do get distracted a lot, you know?
4:48And to be candid, I had an opportunity to try for the NBA
4:56and anybody that know me, I love basketball.
4:59It's one of my childhood dreams to be in the NBA.
5:03And I was also thinking like,
5:06well, will my older self be mad at my younger self
5:10for not taking this opportunity?
5:12You know, something I wanted so bad at one point in my life,
5:16but I wanted to pursue music and poetry at the time.
5:22So, you know, I didn't consistently play basketball.
5:26Like it's been maybe five years
5:29since I've like picked it up.
5:32I picked it up more recently this year, 2025,
5:38and you know, been consistent with my, you know,
5:42I could say my hoopin' partner, E-Rock, Mr. E-Rock Beats,
5:46Eric Porter, my brother, great producer, great MC,
5:50great host, great friend, man.
5:53I love you, brother.
5:54And we got some episodes coming out
5:56as he had the opportunity to interview me.
5:59So stay tuned for that.
6:03Yeah, so I had the opportunity to try out for the NBA,
6:09the G League, Cleveland Charge,
6:12the development sector of the NBA.
6:16And I was all for it.
6:23You know, I'm training, I'm training.
6:25You know, I only had about five weeks to train.
6:30And like I said, I haven't been playing in years.
6:34This year, I finally got back to it,
6:36but it's still not like, you know, consistent play.
6:39I play maybe once a week.
6:43One point it was like once a month.
6:45So yeah, I've started bringing it up to once,
6:49once a week, sometimes twice.
6:52I would love more to get it up to about three or four.
6:55Oh, bars.
7:00I really had to sit and think about it though,
7:07because I'm focused on my first million.
7:13You know, it's tough sometimes
7:17getting out that four figure, five figure,
7:20you know, and then once you get that six figure,
7:23and it's like, okay, the million, here we go.
7:28I'm focused on my first million
7:33and I know I'm gonna do it with the team around me.
7:38And, you know, the Pull Up Experience,
7:40Creative Frequency, Overflow Studio,
7:43Montage Media,
7:50is really important for me to eliminate distractions,
8:01to build the brands that I'm a part of.
8:07Eliminate distractions,
8:10so I could continue elevating the brands
8:12that I am a part of.
8:18Wow.
8:22I'm just sitting back and reflecting,
8:24and, you know, as you hear this,
8:33you know, it's very eye-opening,
8:42very, you know, catchy to the mind
8:45to wanna do something new or,
8:48you know, experience something.
8:52But is it worth your focus
8:56on where you want to go in life?
9:00The ultimate goal, the current goal,
9:04what you want to do to distract you,
9:07or taking away from what you're supposed to do
9:13has value, and first off, it doesn't have value,
9:16it would add value.
9:19No.
9:21I would stop there,
9:23because on the flip side, there's also self-care,
9:27self-love, time with the one above,
9:30the one in your heart, the one in your mind,
9:33the one in your spirit,
9:37we're at one, we're never apart.
9:44We're one and never apart, just like, you know,
9:47our business, our brand, our personal brands,
9:51which is important,
9:55and every story is just like a narrative for brand,
10:04every brand has a story,
10:06every person has a story,
10:09every artist has a story,
10:10every entrepreneur has a story.
10:13You know, as I continue talking
10:16to my creative entrepreneurs,
10:19you know, those who's creative,
10:21and those who also an entrepreneur,
10:24tied all in to each other,
10:27or if you're just a creative,
10:28or you're just an entrepreneur,
10:31or if you want us to become one of these,
10:34you know, two, or I could say three, to be both,
10:41you got to eliminate the distractions.
10:45I know people that go to the gym
10:47just spend more time on their phone
10:49than they do, you know, working out.
10:51You know, I leave all that in a locker,
10:53like, I know I want to listen to music, my music,
10:57and you know, you know how I be in the gym,
10:59but it's just like, no,
11:00because I'm trying to find a song,
11:03or get a text up going and say,
11:04oh, like, it's just a big loop, you know?
11:08We wake up, sometimes,
11:12first thing people do is get on their phone,
11:15you know, take their time to yourself,
11:18so self-love and self-care is also important,
11:21and you know, taking time to rest and take a break,
11:25and you know, do something fun,
11:27do something enjoying, experience, travel,
11:30unwind, unplug, you know, do nothing.
11:35You know, find time,
11:36you got to find time to read a book,
11:38and you know, even books, that's not, you know,
11:42in your genre, or your target audience,
11:47or what you do,
11:50but you know,
11:53just trying to branch out and explore.
11:55Books is one of those sectors where you can't explore,
11:59and kind of take, and you know, just take it in,
12:06but there's a balance,
12:10you know, you got to cut those distractions,
12:12but what distractions are okay?
12:16I'll leave that up to you to figure out,
12:18but I got to get going,
12:20so we're set up for the pull-up experience.
12:23I know the team is probably waiting on me,
12:24and we're like, oh,
12:26but I'm just wanting to drop in,
12:28and also my thoughts and reflections,
12:32you know, continuing,
12:34reflecting on my journey as an entrepreneur.
12:37Again, it's 2025, September,
12:44and I'm glad it's still warm.
12:47It's getting cold some days,
12:49it's colder than others, especially at night,
12:52but I'm going to appreciate this September weather.
12:58My sense of Earth went on fire on y'all,
12:59but I got to go.
13:01Thank you for listening.
13:03Tune in, subscribe,
13:04follow me at Alienize Photos,
13:08and follow me on all social media,
13:11also with my creative partner,
13:14at Creative Frequency.
13:15You can follow us at On A Creative Frequency,
13:21On A Creative Frequency.
13:24All right, peace.