Season 1 · Episode 14

Day 4 Social Media Sabbatical Connect & Communicate

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0:01Wow day four of my social media sabbatical
0:11day four y'all and
0:14I apologize. It's the last episode. I said day two when it was really day three
0:21So do the work is really day three not day two if I said that and slipped up
0:26I apologize. I was in a rush. I had a wedding and it was a success. It was beautiful
0:33But this is day four of my social media sabbatical
0:38social media fast
0:40And this is great. I don't feel it amazing right now. Y'all like I may just
0:46get rid of social media all entirety like
0:49and people coming out the woodworks and
0:54Contacting me because I know I'm doing this sabbatical and it's fast this detox
1:01It is amazing
1:04Like I'm having
1:06three hour
1:08four hour
1:09phone
1:10Conversations like I'm not even a phone person, but like, you know my mentor he contacted me and
1:18Catching up with old friends. It's amazing and I appreciate it. So
1:26This
1:27episode is about
1:31Connecting and
1:33Communicating
1:34Let's connect and communicate just simple as that
1:40Like who is somebody?
1:44That is a viable in your life that you can connect with reconnect with
1:52And communicate with have those
1:55hour long talks
1:58Who is that person who was that mentor who was that coach?
2:03Am I your coach?
2:06I can be if you hire me, but seriously
2:14You know, I'm having these impactful conversations
2:18and catching that with a lot of you know people that don't get to talk to on a normal basis and
2:25You know, I do it a lot of things and I run a podcast director
2:30producer of a podcast I have my own podcast and
2:35I'm a vice president for production company. I have a photography business event business
2:43Man parent
2:45I'm in a relationship. It's
2:48so many things that I do and that I am a part of
2:54It's like wow just taking a step back
2:59Taking a step back from social media
3:03This little task
3:05that I've done
3:08has made a
3:10impact in my life a
3:14Ripple effect and people are feeling it and they catch a fire and it's filling a spire
3:22like man they
3:23Congratulating me and giving me applause and they really reaching out and it motivated me like man
3:30Keep going I know how I feel I know how it is
3:34Like man, I'm thinking about getting off myself
3:37And I encourage you please do
3:41It's refreshing and I know somebody was telling me like yeah, I did
3:4511 months off social media. I haven't been on social media in 11 months. I just got back on
3:53And we've reconnected through social media before I got off social media and they telling me this
4:00So that's amazing and very encouraging and like if I do a whole year off social media and build
4:07What I need to build and continue to do what I do
4:12Just think about all the work that I will put in and all the time and production and focus I would have
4:22Just think
4:24And I want you to think for yourself to yourself
4:28About all the work you could put in for all the wasted time and distractions that's right in front of you
4:35But you letting it happen
4:37You're not doing the work
4:40You're not doing what you're supposed to do
4:43You're not doing what you want to do to get to where you want to be in life
4:50Just take I challenge you to take two days off social media
4:56Don't check it just delete it off your phone completely don't even go on a laptop or computer either
5:04Give me two days as your coach or unofficial coach however, you want to look at me as your motivator
5:12Do two days trot out do what you say you want to do in life
5:20Do that
5:23Just do it you say you want to be a millionaire you say you want to have these nice cars this big house have
5:33The the wife or if you're female have the husband or whatever
5:39You're not putting in the work in social media distraction
5:46Maybe it is
5:49Maybe you're too consumed with the overly consumed
5:55With social media you're on it too much and not using it for the right reasons
6:03You're supposed to use it to research
6:08Connect and communicate and communicate in the right ways as far as networking and building relationships
6:15nurturing those relationships
6:18maintaining those relationships
6:20building those relationships
6:23Continuing those relationships
6:28Communicating in the right way in the right direction
6:32Like I am feeling so free
6:35So fulfilled anybody know me. I'm a free-spirited person, and I love my freedom
6:41I love just living life and living life on my own terms and I
6:48got away with social media and
6:51like wow
6:52Like I'm having impactful conversation like I have a
6:56Big interview tomorrow
7:03I'm getting ready. I'm doing my research. I'm
7:06Getting my questions right that I want to ask
7:09I don't always go off the questions that I want to ask like that I wrote down or written down somewhere, but I
7:16Have them I kind of mess that manifests what I want to say how I want the conversation to go
7:25Have it pre laid out in my head
7:28So when it comes to the interview it just flows because I just wanted to flow
7:33I don't want it to be scripted at all. I want it to flow
7:36That's how I want every conversation the interview that I have. I just wanted to flow and it wanted to be natural
7:43But I wanted to be insightful impactful
7:46Especially for y'all like I take a lot from it learn a lot from it
7:53But I want you to take a lot from it and learn from it as well
7:58As a creative entrepreneur we all we have we got to stick together
8:03Community is powerful
8:05Connect and communicate is as simple as that
8:13Connect and communicate
8:17Again, I challenge you to do two days away from social media get off social media for two days
8:26Even even even YouTube and all the other guess
8:31Stick to text messages and calling if you limit it to text messaging and calling
8:37for two days
8:40Think about where your life would be where career would be where your focus would be where your productivity be
8:47I'm gonna give you some time to just think about that for a few seconds
8:54Hmm just think where would your life would be
9:00Where career would be I'm feeling amazing. I'm feeling great. It's late at night
9:10And I'm recording
9:13staying dedicated consistent
9:16I'm really documenting this process
9:19It's ten days of better going. I feel like it's gonna be longer than ten days
9:23Because this is freaking amazing
9:28This is amazing
9:30I'm feeling good feeling great. I'm feeling lighter. I'm feeling more focus
9:36I'm feeling dedicated to the work that I need to be doing a connecting with a lot of more people
9:42that a lot of times that I say I don't have time for it because I'm busy and
9:48doing a lot and doing all these things that I'm a part of and
9:53You know they reach out and encourage me as well
9:56So again, I'm having you know hour-long conversations that I normally don't have or have time for
10:09It is
10:10Amazing
10:12And I would encourage you to do the same
10:15Encourage you to do the same and continue to do the same
10:19And continue and continue and continue
10:24You have to put in the work
10:27Gotta have good habits
10:29And you got to detox all the clutter in your life and now with social media for me I
10:39Had to break those bad habits just scrolling scrolling scrolling
10:43After I post oh hey scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll
10:48When I post a post
10:50share and get off
10:54Come back on comment and reply to people that commented
11:01But
11:02We all get distracted
11:05No matter what it is in life, even if it's not some social media
11:08We all have something that distract us even outside of social media. I would say
11:14Food distract me. I'm a foodie. I love food
11:19one of those smoothies
11:20I'm a potato head
11:23So if I come across any of that and it's a function. Oh
11:28Man, you got my attention
11:32So I have to eliminate that as well
11:38Stay away from it. It's a double-edged sword. I
11:44Love it. It's a comforting food
11:46Gets me energized makes me feel happy
11:50But it's a distraction too much of something. It's also bad. So I
12:01Had to eliminate that as well
12:04working way too much way too many hours I
12:09Did that?
12:11Many years of my life up to two years ago. I work part-time
12:20Still running business
12:22still vice president of another business
12:25another company
12:28director producer of a
12:30podcast
12:31Again around my own podcast. I used to do music push who used to write books
12:38So many things
12:39But what am I gonna focus on get focus get that clarity?
12:47So I can maximize my
12:50Productivity and I'm still kind of finding that out and to be honest. I don't think I ever shared this but I'm a share now
13:00I want to get up to my first million. That's the real reason I'm getting off social media
13:08so I could focus I
13:11Want to make my first million
13:15I'm giving myself a year, but if I don't knock it out in a year, I'm not gonna beat myself up, bro
13:22But I know the goal is to make my first million
13:26Whether that is eight months a year two years
13:32Three is pushing it
13:35But I'm gonna give myself grace. I
13:39Want to get to my first million
13:41I'm dedicated
13:44And I'm doing the work and doing what I need to do
13:49I'm actively looking for the right sponsors. I have a
13:54list of companies that I want to collaborate and work with partner with reach out to
14:01See how we can really make this happen I am really
14:11Slimming down my client list
14:15My target audience
14:18A lot of a lot of things are changing. I'm coming to a lot of clarity
14:24As I'm on the social media sabbatical. I'm having a good time. I enjoy my peace. I
14:39Enjoy my mental clarity. I
14:42Ever meditated once on the sabbatical and it was amazing
14:45I used to meditate all the time and I've got away from it for months
14:51Almost a year and it's
14:54It's unusual
14:56Because I sit with myself a lot. I'm my own best friend. I'm a thinker. I think a lot
15:04I'm just being my own thoughts. You could say I'm over thinker
15:09Because I'm always in my thoughts
15:13But this time away
15:16I've been able to connect and communicate and it's been lovely. It's been well
15:24And I challenge you to do the same
15:28Connect and communicate
15:30With all the right people in your life that need to be in life
15:36And want to be a life for the right reasons
15:41So remember that
15:44Connect and communicate
15:46And that's what I'm doing while I'm on a social media
15:50sabbatical
15:51Dispassed away from social media. I'm really putting in work y'all and again, I'm building out a book
16:02And a lot of these episodes
16:06Probably all of these episodes is gonna go in the book
16:09And I'm gonna add a little more to it
16:13Add a little personal story to it
16:16I'm also building the course
16:18It should be ready by the end of this year. If not the top of next year
16:252026 yes, I'm putting a date on it. So, you know, it's real
16:30Yes, I'm serious and I'm serious about building this wealth and getting to my first million and
16:36Please help me support me
16:39Help me cuz it took this million. I'm a genuine person. I
16:45Hope a lot of people for free
16:49This podcast I'm doing for free. I
16:53Share a lot of tips and my journey for free. I give a lot of game for free people call me up pick my brain
17:00sometimes for free
17:02and like damn
17:04I'll be you know, it's like
17:07$1,000 car. Oh
17:10Well, that's cool. I
17:14Do it a lot
17:16You know, I'm a good person. I'm a nice person. I'm a genuine person
17:21but I'm also a business person business-minded and
17:26It's time to take control it's time to
17:31Really buckle down and start
17:37monetizing a lot of different things that I haven't before a lot of people
17:47Want to work with me but
17:51They don't have a budget and I spawn I'm a figure out other ways that we can
18:01Work with each other or can assist you and help you
18:06So just stay tuned for that and
18:10Stay on this path in this journey with me
18:14continue to grow
18:15continue to build
18:17Continue to pray meditate
18:21Be with yourself
18:23reflect
18:27Reflection that's that's a powerful thing sitting with yourself meditate and that's a powerful thing
18:35This lies in which you want the results of your life
18:42Your entrepreneurship journey, what do you want it to be?
18:47Visualize it and see
18:50You could be whatever you want to be
18:54Your life is for you in your own eyes and
18:59Mine to see you could really live your dream in your fantasies
19:07For real. Yeah, this is
19:14photographer Jackson
19:17Steve Jackson of alien eyes photos media bringing you alien eyes photos industry talk
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19:28I'm wrapping this up
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20:48Helping you stay motivated and creative and showing our behind-the-scenes of how we done it and doing the work and
20:56Staying creative even when we don't and we're very consistent. We've been posting
21:02couple months straight like never missed a day and
21:07I've been away for social media. So she's been doing all the posts and I give it up for her and
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21:31Continue to be impactful as I am being impactful in your life
21:37Mm-hmm. All right, y'all see y'all next episode
21:41peace