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Speaker 2: be meeting a couple of really cool collaboration of people today.
Speaker 2: They're actually collabing together.
Speaker 4: They're actually flabbing together.
Speaker 2: So we have mister DJ Smooth in the house and
Speaker 2: this is Doushawn and he's going to be telling us
Speaker 2: a few things about what he's doing and what he's
Speaker 2: got going on, and he is coming to us from Utah.
Speaker 2: And then we have mister Ocean Baker in the house
Speaker 2: from local Vancouver, Canada. And yes, we were all talking
Speaker 2: a little hockey before the pre show because we have
Speaker 2: the you know, we have Deshaun in the house with
Speaker 2: his Utah you know, his Utah hockey shirt. But I'm like,
Speaker 2: you know, you're talking to some Canadians here. The show's
Speaker 2: going to get hot. This the show's going to get hot.
Speaker 2: So we're going to get right into the show. So
Speaker 2: thank you guys for coming on to the show. And
Speaker 2: you know, let's kind of get at it. We have
Speaker 2: not seen you on the show before. DJ Smooth from
Speaker 2: Utah and we're excited to have you here.
Speaker 4: So why don't you tell us a little bit about
Speaker 4: what you do?
Speaker 2: I just kind of said, DJ, but what you do
Speaker 2: and how that started for you awesome.
Speaker 5: Well, first of all, thank you dere for having me
Speaker 5: on your show. Ocean is great to be with you
Speaker 5: as well too. As always, keep rocking above. I'm proud
Speaker 5: of you. That's a great question there. I started DJing
Speaker 5: when I was four years ago, actually in twenty twenty,
Speaker 5: that's when I first created that title. Before then, I
Speaker 5: was just a music lover like everyone else. Also started
Speaker 5: commercial flooring at that time too, well, not necessarily commercial flowing,
Speaker 5: but residential flooring and transition to commercial flooring. That's currently
Speaker 5: what I'm in right now as my full time as
Speaker 5: I'm continuingly building.
Speaker 6: My DJ career.
Speaker 5: And yeah, it's cool to be simultaneously building both and
Speaker 5: seeing them both going in the right direction.
Speaker 4: So yeah, so that's interesting.
Speaker 2: People don't know who you are, so you know, you
Speaker 2: started this kind of entrepreneurial you know, spark. So if
Speaker 2: you said four years ago, but when you were twenty four,
Speaker 2: twenty four something like that, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4: What made you decide?
Speaker 2: I mean, you love I love how you said, you know,
Speaker 2: love music like everyone else because I.
Speaker 4: Build the same way. Moly, But what do you mean?
Speaker 4: What do you mean you don't listen to it all
Speaker 4: day long? What made you decide to? Like? Were you
Speaker 4: inspired by somebody?
Speaker 2: Like did you just kind of one day go hey
Speaker 2: I think I am I want to go span?
Speaker 7: Like?
Speaker 4: What was your inspiration? Where did that come from?
Speaker 6: That's a great question there.
Speaker 5: I think the inspiration honestly came from just going to
Speaker 5: the house parties out here in Utah. I honestly felt like,
Speaker 5: you know, coming from from Georgia, you know, the Athens area,
Speaker 5: and you know, being born in Cleveland, Ohio, I had
Speaker 5: a definitely strong taste of music, and then coming over
Speaker 5: to Utah, I just felt like there was an opportunity
Speaker 5: for years to capture what they haven't heard. And that's
Speaker 5: that's what led to me. You know, yes, I can
Speaker 5: get music in these people's ears and plugging my phone
Speaker 5: into the arks core at parties. I've literally done this
Speaker 5: two or three times to literally you know, touching a
Speaker 5: DJ controlled it for the first time and changed my life.
Speaker 6: Literally.
Speaker 4: Wow, I love that.
Speaker 2: I mean what I hear is that you saw something
Speaker 2: that was missing somewhere and decided that you're gonna feel that.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 4: That's very cool, Ocean.
Speaker 2: You know, not everybody's heard your story, even though you've
Speaker 2: been on the show a number of times and sometimes
Speaker 2: we interview people together. What about yourself? What was what
Speaker 2: was your spark? And uh, maybe tell our audience what
Speaker 2: sector you're in.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm in clothing and design, and so I mean
Speaker 7: it's always had a passion for it and growing up
Speaker 7: loving sneakers and Jordan's Street where I always intertwined. And
Speaker 7: I grew up with parents who are designers and entrepreneurs
Speaker 7: and creatives, so I just kind of followed them in
Speaker 7: their footsteps a little bit, but I had my own
Speaker 7: way of doing it, so on my own artwork and
Speaker 7: clothing line, and that's kind of how I got into it.
Speaker 7: And it's been great ever since.
Speaker 2: Awesome, awesome, And I gotta I gotta ask, So I'm
Speaker 2: gonna kind of ask cross question here, so Ocean, what
Speaker 2: kind of music do you like?
Speaker 7: I like a lot of things. There's there's not why
Speaker 7: I don't like, but I definitely more of a fan
Speaker 7: like rap, old rock and classic rock. Everything is something
Speaker 7: I really don't like, but those are the two big
Speaker 7: ones I listened to.
Speaker 2: All right, And I'm going to go back over to
Speaker 2: you and I'm gonna say, day Sean, I'm like, what
Speaker 2: kind of you know, what kind of clothes do you like?
Speaker 4: What kind of like what's your what's.
Speaker 5: Your Oh, that's a I have heard, that's a good one.
Speaker 5: Kind of clothes that I like? I like to look stylish.
Speaker 5: I like to look, you know, Taylor at certain times,
Speaker 5: not necessarily Taylor may, but you know, I like to look,
Speaker 5: you know, put together.
Speaker 6: And then there's other times I like to look. I
Speaker 6: love being comfortable as well too. I'll go to the sweatpants,
Speaker 6: the slots, you know.
Speaker 4: I love that.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, hashtag put together, hashtag put I like to I
Speaker 2: think that's a great answer.
Speaker 4: It's like, what kind of clothing to like? Hashtag put together?
Speaker 4: You know what I mean.
Speaker 2: That's very cool, that's very cool. So look, I'd love
Speaker 2: to dig a little deeper. And you know, it's one
Speaker 2: thing that you have an idea. You're like, oh, these
Speaker 2: people need to hear some music. And Ocean, you know,
Speaker 2: you you're following through on something that you love and
Speaker 2: you came to love it. It's part of who you are,
Speaker 2: having something that you love, having an idea, and then
Speaker 2: like stepping in, like stepping in, and I know that
Speaker 2: both of you you're still working at other places. Right,
Speaker 2: You've got a full time gig and this is a
Speaker 2: part time gig that you're moving and Ocean's kind of
Speaker 2: somewhere in between there, right, you know, you're still getting
Speaker 2: your money from other places while you're building your dreams.
Speaker 2: Maybe talk a little bit Sean and on what's that like?
Speaker 2: Like does it is it kind of sacrifice because you
Speaker 2: got you you know, that means you don't have as
Speaker 2: much time to play. It means that all your money
Speaker 2: that you're making is going into your business. Like there's
Speaker 2: some sacrifice in that, right that means that you know
Speaker 2: you're not coming home and netflixing every night?
Speaker 4: What's that like like?
Speaker 5: Truly, like it's one hundred percent of sacrifice. I think
Speaker 5: anybody chasing their dreams, that's a sacrifice. And you know,
Speaker 5: like you just said, there, there's there's many nights I
Speaker 5: have to give up TV and most nights I don't
Speaker 5: watch TV because I'm in a basement or I'm in
Speaker 5: a lab.
Speaker 6: Or I'm out there building with others. You know, Yeah,
Speaker 6: you're right.
Speaker 5: It's truly a balance trying to have your full time
Speaker 5: but building a side gig. Because in your mind, it's
Speaker 5: like I really want to have my full time, my
Speaker 5: part time be my full time, but it's not. It's
Speaker 5: not there yet. So I would say, just don't rush
Speaker 5: the process, be patient, which is the hardest part for me.
Speaker 5: But you know, having a business coach has definitely taught
Speaker 5: me to be patient, and yeah, we're navigating through it together.
Speaker 6: So it's awesome.
Speaker 4: Right on. Thanks and Oshan about.
Speaker 7: Yourself, Yeah, I mean there's a lot of non down time.
Speaker 7: I guess it's the way to stay it. But it's
Speaker 7: super cool because you get to do what you like.
Speaker 7: Even when I know I have some other time I
Speaker 7: have to do work, but I still do my own
Speaker 7: work at that time. So it's never ending, but it's
Speaker 7: like a good never ending because you're chasing your dreams
Speaker 7: and you're getting each step closer to where you want
Speaker 7: to be. So yeah, it's good. I mean TV is
Speaker 7: always there, right, Sonia eventually watch it, but it's all right.
Speaker 4: It ain't going anywhere, right.
Speaker 2: You could just catch the catch the third the third
Speaker 2: sequel of the series, you know.
Speaker 6: What I mean.
Speaker 4: Everyone's like have you heard? You're like, I don't know,
Speaker 4: Like I.
Speaker 2: Mean I experienced that myself, right, having a media company
Speaker 2: and everything that people like, hey have you seen this movie?
Speaker 2: And I'm like, no, no I haven't, Or hey did
Speaker 2: you go to that event?
Speaker 4: And I'm like, didn't you know what was happening?
Speaker 2: You know what's happening right, because I'm a tunnel visioned
Speaker 2: what is you know?
Speaker 4: For me?
Speaker 2: I know, for myself as an entrepreneur, there's been like
Speaker 2: growing pains. You know, there's been times where I didn't
Speaker 2: really want to learn that, Like I didn't really want
Speaker 2: to learn that, Like I didn't really want.
Speaker 4: To build you know, uh what you know? Okay, So
Speaker 4: what's LinkedIn?
Speaker 2: I remember like LinkedIn and so you know, and now
Speaker 2: I have two million on LinkedIn? Right, Like it's just
Speaker 2: there's learning curves of things from technology to sourcing, to
Speaker 2: branding to marketing, maybe share ocean. Let's start with you, like,
Speaker 2: what was one of the things that you were maybe
Speaker 2: the least excited about learning about, or one of the
Speaker 2: things that you had to can get your head around,
Speaker 2: or maybe that you still are that because it just
Speaker 2: looks like it's one easy package, right, But what's something
Speaker 2: that you kind of have had to get your head around.
Speaker 7: There's a lot of things to think about, maybe more
Speaker 7: like the money side and everything that comes behind it.
Speaker 7: I'd say it's hard than you think, especially because I'm
Speaker 7: not the best with Matt, so that's one thing, and
Speaker 7: Toms and figuring out stuff to be done in time,
Speaker 7: and there's always new things going on. But yeah, there's
Speaker 7: always but it's worth it, I guess.
Speaker 2: So yeah, okay, well let's kind of tip that up
Speaker 2: a little bit and what was the thing that what's
Speaker 2: the thing that you just love?
Speaker 4: It's just like about your business. That was easy that
Speaker 4: came to That is.
Speaker 7: Like one of the highlights, uh, the designing and the
Speaker 7: finished product. I think that's why I really like this.
Speaker 7: When it's like actually in hand, that's the best feeling.
Speaker 7: I think, Yeah, for sure, that's the best feeling.
Speaker 4: All right, Well, I'm gonna tip it over to here
Speaker 4: a dishaun.
Speaker 2: So something that you just you know, you're either getting
Speaker 2: your head around or you how to.
Speaker 4: Get your head around.
Speaker 6: I would say, understanding what networking is mm hmm.
Speaker 5: That was something that I was taught a certain way,
Speaker 5: but I didn't I didn't process it or let's say,
Speaker 5: exercise it correctly. So I'm learning that and learning truly
Speaker 5: what networking is is changing my life. Computing and social media.
Speaker 5: Of course, social media I was like, oh, yeah, you
Speaker 5: just need one platform and everybody's going to see my
Speaker 5: story and then we're going to get buds.
Speaker 6: And it's like, no, that's not how it works at all.
Speaker 5: So you know, understanding, you know, how social media is
Speaker 5: playing in our favors is awesome.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, okay, what was something that was super fun?
Speaker 2: Super easy? You're like, man, this is what I love
Speaker 2: to do every day.
Speaker 4: What's that part?
Speaker 6: I like to send the music. I love mixing.
Speaker 5: I love mixing, Like that's that's my getaway, you know,
Speaker 5: if I if I need somewhere to go and you know,
Speaker 5: just build my mind that's coming down here playing some
Speaker 5: music and blending chocks together. I love doing that.
Speaker 4: That's cool. That's cool.
Speaker 2: Kind of before I ask the question, that's more around
Speaker 2: you know, how you guys met and whatever.
Speaker 4: We hear all the time, I hear it. It's kind
Speaker 4: of standard.
Speaker 2: In the world of entrepreneurship or building business or building
Speaker 2: company that the people that you hang out with, the
Speaker 2: people that you're listening to, the books that you're reading,
Speaker 2: the shows that you're watching all kind of make an
Speaker 2: impression on you. And sometimes, you know, sometimes people don't
Speaker 2: go yay that you thought we're gonna go yay, or
Speaker 2: maybe you've got like maybe even someone said something to
Speaker 2: you like wow, I don't know where that came from,
Speaker 2: you know, I know that sometimes as you start to grow,
Speaker 2: people are like that can make people.
Speaker 4: Nervous or they don't understand. I'll start with you, Dishan.
Speaker 2: Have you have you had any of those experiences or
Speaker 2: how have you navigated this new business and this new
Speaker 2: entrepreneurship in your life.
Speaker 4: Has everyone been in supportive or have you had to
Speaker 4: navigate that?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I would say at the beginning it was definitely
Speaker 5: I have the strongest vision for it as it should be.
Speaker 5: And then as you go along you quickly understand not
Speaker 5: everybody has that same vision as you. Therefore, you know
Speaker 5: the pace of speed that you want to move at
Speaker 5: is nowhere matched to where you think somebody else should be.
Speaker 6: And that part was, you know, it was new. Even
Speaker 6: coming from my parents.
Speaker 5: It was like, yeah, I'm going to be doing this thing,
Speaker 5: and you know, it took them about a year for
Speaker 5: them to actually come out and see me performed for
Speaker 5: the first time. And it was cool and actually say like, yeah,
Speaker 5: not only did I start that thing, I'm still doing
Speaker 5: that thing and you came to that thing, so it's incredible.
Speaker 4: Very cool, very cool. What about you, Ocean, what about you?
Speaker 7: Mm hmm. Could you repeat the question again?
Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah. Absolutely. We're talking a little bit about how
Speaker 4: when you.
Speaker 2: Make the decision to become an entrepreneur, or you think
Speaker 2: that this product's really great, or sometimes you have to
Speaker 2: you know, you made like like the example that he
Speaker 2: just was giving both his parents.
Speaker 4: Sometimes you come across people that.
Speaker 2: Don't really get it right away or they don't really
Speaker 2: understand what you're doing, or have you ever had.
Speaker 4: To navigate.
Speaker 2: Navigate that, like someone's had to adjust or do you
Speaker 2: know what I mean, like they don't get it or
Speaker 2: they do get it or anything like that.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'd say relatively, everybody kind of understands and assume
Speaker 7: that I would go something down this line, especially like
Speaker 7: my grandparents really like that. And my grandmother is very
Speaker 7: like artistic and love the sign and she's just some
Speaker 7: space similar to what I do today. But yeah, I
Speaker 7: say everyone I find kind of almost a little bit
Speaker 7: assumed they would go down something like this. So it's
Speaker 7: kind of like always there and they understood it pretty well.
Speaker 7: And yeah, like my family like where is it? And
Speaker 7: my friends and it's really cool, like going to the
Speaker 7: house and seeing that they have it there or they
Speaker 7: have the stickers on the wall, I say, stuff in
Speaker 7: their room is pretty cool.
Speaker 4: Okay, cool, Well that's great.
Speaker 2: So, you know, not not always, but sometimes, and we
Speaker 2: know that as we change and as we shift in
Speaker 2: as we go to different levels, there's always that conversation
Speaker 2: about who's who's making an impression upon you and who
Speaker 2: are you hanging with and making sure that everyone's on
Speaker 2: the same page, you know, on the same page.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 2: So let's talk a little bit about because we talked
Speaker 2: a little bit about the pre show, Deshaun, and you
Speaker 2: consider yourself a collaborative, and I'd love for you to
Speaker 2: explain what that means for you, right, and just just
Speaker 2: how that works in.
Speaker 4: Your business and how that works as a as a person. Oh,
Speaker 4: we can't hear you.
Speaker 5: I don't know if something can here there. Yeah, absolutely, so, yes,
Speaker 5: that's a great question. I definitely consider myself a collaborative
Speaker 5: and basically what that means to me is that we're
Speaker 5: working together to help serve the client. Right, It's how
Speaker 5: can we both get this project done together doing what
Speaker 5: you do best and doing what I do best, And.
Speaker 6: That has been effectively working.
Speaker 5: And I think had I not known, again, going back
Speaker 5: to networking, how to properly network these opportunities and these
Speaker 5: collaborative opportunities would never be where they are today.
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, well, and Ocean, let's talk about collaboration
Speaker 2: a little bit, because that's it's interesting. In my work,
Speaker 2: it's very I mean, I think in different sectors, it's
Speaker 2: very different, and it's something that's kind of come in
Speaker 2: quite strong, right. I think that your generation is coming
Speaker 2: and really strong, because you know, the generated said generation
Speaker 2: I came from, we didn't really have social media, so
Speaker 2: we weren't tagging each other. We weren't like, you know,
Speaker 2: had to be in each other's circle and you were
Speaker 2: there in each other circle or you weren't right, and
Speaker 2: it was a little bit more solo, like this is
Speaker 2: what you do. You wouldn't necessarily collaborate with someone that
Speaker 2: did the exact same thing. Where there's a new merged
Speaker 2: idea around collaboration now and how two can make three right,
Speaker 2: and so we just didn't have that, like hey, that
Speaker 2: whole vibe. I actually think for me, I learned a
Speaker 2: lot about it from Ocean. So, Ocean, what's your kind
Speaker 2: of ideas around collaboration, How has it benefited your business?
Speaker 7: I think collaboration is great because you get to help
Speaker 7: each other out. Especially if you're in a similar field.
Speaker 7: It's a good way to meet new people and network especially,
Speaker 7: and they also build like a new friendship, which is
Speaker 7: very cool. You got to think of ideas together and
Speaker 7: oh I should do this, and you figure out ways
Speaker 7: to help each other out and it's just a cool
Speaker 7: way to make something unique that you and whoever you
Speaker 7: collaborate with something special. So I think a lot it's
Speaker 7: always about collaboration now a day, especially when you're in
Speaker 7: a field like clothing, it's a lot of collaborations. Like
Speaker 7: sneakers always have collaborations. There's always there's always something new
Speaker 7: going on. So I think collaboration is a great way
Speaker 7: to help you and somebody out and get your name
Speaker 7: out there.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: No, absolutely, I mean, look at that's what we're doing
Speaker 2: here today, and I think it's a great example. I
Speaker 2: mean I met the super cool woman named Connie through
Speaker 2: a networking organization, right and you know, she was in
Speaker 2: events and what you've been putting on events and she's like, Hey,
Speaker 2: I'm going to try to help out your kid because
Speaker 2: I think he's cool. And I'm like, that's cool, you know,
Speaker 2: I mean, we're all helping each other. And she's like, hey,
Speaker 2: I know this guy is super great because Ocean and
Speaker 2: Ocean loves basketball and and she knows this stuff about Ocean,
Speaker 2: and she's like, hey, let's get these guys together. And
Speaker 2: you know, we got on a zoom and now you
Speaker 2: guys are on a podcast together and you know, some
Speaker 2: merch got sat down and you did some social posting
Speaker 2: and and all that great stuff. So that's really kind
Speaker 2: of how this all came to be. Okay, yeah, absolutely, Well,
Speaker 2: look at I I'd love for us to kind of
Speaker 2: share some messages. I think that if you know, please,
Speaker 2: I'll start with you, Deshaun, like, tell us some stuff
Speaker 2: that you know, dig a little deeper. We know that
Speaker 2: you DJ, but maybe give us a little more in
Speaker 2: adapt about what it is that you do and how
Speaker 2: you're breaking your company out and and I know you
Speaker 2: do more than just you know, one sector and you
Speaker 2: do different things, and maybe let us know what's on
Speaker 2: the you know, what's what's in the pipeline for you,
Speaker 2: like what what you got coming down the pinty van
Speaker 2: And then Ocean, we'll we'll come over to you a
Speaker 2: little bit.
Speaker 4: So, yeah, tell us a bit more, dig, dig a
Speaker 4: little deeper.
Speaker 5: Yeah, awesome, I definitely want to shout out County for
Speaker 5: again that allowing us to be here to be today. Basically, yeah,
Speaker 5: I would say from for the business there. D Smooth
Speaker 5: That's that's my DJ name. I'm online of course at
Speaker 5: the Smooth Underscroll number two. That's D S m oh
Speaker 5: oh b as a victor e Underscroll the number two
Speaker 5: and uh yeah, we do weddings. We especialize in a
Speaker 5: bunch of things, so weddings, we do sporting events. And
Speaker 5: what I mean by that is if you need us
Speaker 5: at a basketball game, if you need us at a
Speaker 5: football game, you need us at a rugby match, you
Speaker 5: need us at a gymnastic match, we can cover the
Speaker 5: music there take care of those needs. Corporate events, that's
Speaker 5: one of our specialties as well, birthday parties, outdoor events,
Speaker 5: indoor events, it really doesn't matter. I love grand openings
Speaker 5: as well, so really just being just being there in
Speaker 5: a community, community related. I love being out there. I
Speaker 5: would saying, you know, in the pipeline right now. Definitely weddings.
Speaker 5: There's a lot of weddings in Utah. To be a
Speaker 5: part of that, right and you know, I remember not
Speaker 5: being part of those DJ discussions, but to now be
Speaker 5: looked at as a DJ that somebody wants for their wedding,
Speaker 5: there's an amazing opportunity and being able to uh collaborate
Speaker 5: with others on those opportunities as well, so photographers, videoographers,
Speaker 5: event planners and coordinators, wedding planners and coordinators. You know,
Speaker 5: it's just amazing that you know, we can collaborate on
Speaker 5: these events and including other DJs as well too.
Speaker 6: It's just amazing. Again, I'm Desmooth.
Speaker 5: The business name is Smooth Entertainment and uh yeah, we're
Speaker 5: here for all your DJ needs.
Speaker 4: That's awesome.
Speaker 2: And you know you got to ask how did and
Speaker 2: maybe it came from a networking but you know, there's
Speaker 2: been some really cool things that have happened for you,
Speaker 2: super cool things that are happening for Ocean and some
Speaker 2: stuff that's coming in his pipeline that he'll share of sure.
Speaker 2: But I mean Connie is like to have this super
Speaker 2: cool a lot, you know what I mean? Me and
Speaker 2: Connie are like, how can we help?
Speaker 7: People?
Speaker 4: Were dialed in?
Speaker 2: But I don't know where that came from. But anyway,
Speaker 2: I mean, you know what's up? But she's like, oh man,
Speaker 2: he you know he DJs for you know, the basketball
Speaker 2: team Utah Jazz. How did that come across your desk?
Speaker 4: Like, how did you? How did you nail that?
Speaker 5: That's a great question, I would say being patient and
Speaker 5: honestly being humble. But also it goes back to networking.
Speaker 5: It all back to that because it's not only who
Speaker 5: do I know, but who knows me? And the right
Speaker 5: person knew me? And I was at that time prepared
Speaker 5: and I was ready, and I got invited to DJ
Speaker 5: with the University of Utah, you know, men's basketball team,
Speaker 5: and that led to me being able to DJ inside
Speaker 5: the Delta Arena and so do some events you know,
Speaker 5: sponsored by the Utah Jazz, and those opportunities have been cool.
Speaker 5: But again, it just came from being prepared, being ready,
Speaker 5: and always just staying consistent to be in those positions
Speaker 5: in the first place.
Speaker 2: I think that's really I think that's kind of like
Speaker 2: where I go mic drop, It's like, you know, prepared, ready,
Speaker 2: you said, yes, you know someone You're you're obviously doing
Speaker 2: something right. You're being consistent, like you said, because someone
Speaker 2: was talking about you, you know what I mean, someone
Speaker 2: was talking.
Speaker 4: About you in that like that whole referral. But you
Speaker 4: were ready and you were prepared.
Speaker 2: And there's many times we say in business, I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, Richard Branson is famous, you know for this statement.
Speaker 4: He's like, just say.
Speaker 2: Yes, and you know, if you're not prepared and you're
Speaker 2: not ready, just say yes and get prepared and get
Speaker 2: ready like that. But when you're ready, when you've got
Speaker 2: that going on, things start to really come to you.
Speaker 2: You know, the doors come this way, right, we're not
Speaker 2: always you know, leaning out, and but they start to
Speaker 2: come inward. That's cool. And ocean what about you? So
Speaker 2: same same kind of question, right, like, how have things
Speaker 2: come to you? What have you got in your pipeline?
Speaker 2: What are you working on right now?
Speaker 7: Yeah, we have a lot of stuff going on right now,
Speaker 7: especially in September with the Emmys that that's a big one.
Speaker 7: So that's been on my mind lately. Yeah, it's you
Speaker 7: gotta prepare for that. That's the main thing I'm pretty
Speaker 7: focused on because it is a big deal. So yeah,
Speaker 7: there's a lot. It's a little stressful sometimes, but uh,
Speaker 7: you know that's good. It's good.
Speaker 2: Well, and I think that's fair to say too, right,
Speaker 2: not to be prepared ready, But when you're taking a step,
Speaker 2: you know, being at the Emmys, you know, giving your
Speaker 2: giving your product. I mean, you're you know I think
Speaker 2: that for me, I know that we get really attached.
Speaker 2: Like when I produce a book or I produce a project,
Speaker 2: I feel like it's a piece of me. Right, And
Speaker 2: so there you are standing in front of a lot
Speaker 2: of people. You know, you're going to have people that
Speaker 2: you know go to the Emmys come by, see your clothes,
Speaker 2: take a piece, you know. I know I don't want
Speaker 2: to release what you're going to be gifting. I'll let
Speaker 2: you do that on you know, when you're ready to
Speaker 2: do that bit that that does. You know, as exciting
Speaker 2: as it is, people have been asking like is it exciting? Yes,
Speaker 2: it is exciting, but it also takes a whole lot
Speaker 2: of infrastructure and.
Speaker 4: It also takes some anxiety.
Speaker 2: So you know, I mean like when you have those
Speaker 2: things or that meeting that you have with you know,
Speaker 2: the basketball team or the coach or whatever it is,
Speaker 2: there's there's some angs to stretch. And we call it
Speaker 2: the stretch of significance.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 2: It's like it's like when you want to I remember
Speaker 2: having to go and present and there was twenty thousand
Speaker 2: people in the audience. I literally thought I was gonna
Speaker 2: throw up, Like I'm like, okay, I just need to
Speaker 2: have some mints or something and breathe really deep as
Speaker 2: I'm walking up the stairs, and you just don't think
Speaker 2: you're going to make that next stair and then you
Speaker 2: do it, and then you know you're great, and then
Speaker 2: you either want to do it again or never do and.
Speaker 4: You know I did.
Speaker 2: But there's there's that piece to it, too, right with
Speaker 2: with success can come some stress, some intention, some you know,
Speaker 2: putting yourself really out there. So well, look, I think
Speaker 2: that we're going to kind of wrap up a little bit.
Speaker 2: And I think that you guys have been great prime examples.
Speaker 2: And I know you're doing some collaborating. I know you're
Speaker 2: supporting each other and each other's businesses, and we're gathering
Speaker 2: in and I think the cool thing is getting together
Speaker 2: once a month and seeing what we can do. Because
Speaker 2: no matter what stage you're at in your business, even
Speaker 2: for myself and I'm going into a couple of decades here,
Speaker 2: it's always that next level, that new level, and there's
Speaker 2: those new needs and that that expansion of the collaborations
Speaker 2: some people and I've been collaborating, working together for a
Speaker 2: couple of decades, and it's like, what are you working
Speaker 2: on now?
Speaker 4: What do you need now? Right? But before we go,
Speaker 4: I'd love to hear what.
Speaker 2: You'd have to say to someone who is thinking about
Speaker 2: doing what you're doing.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 2: They may be at the really early stages of their
Speaker 2: business or like, what's some of the advice that you
Speaker 2: would give them about kind of going for going for
Speaker 2: their dream or going for their passion or whatever it is.
Speaker 4: So show let's start with you.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I will say thanks for asking that. I would
Speaker 5: definitely say, don't be afraid to lean on help, and
Speaker 5: that's something I have to do, and it's completely okay.
Speaker 5: Is everybody going to stay with you along the way?
Speaker 5: Not necessarily, but it's important that you at least seek
Speaker 5: guidance and take that first leap of faith. And that's
Speaker 5: really that's really what it takes. That and just not
Speaker 5: being afraid, I mean, is it is it going to
Speaker 5: be frightening? Of course, and it still is sometimes, but
Speaker 5: you still just got to take that leap of faith?
Speaker 4: All right? All right in ocean, what are your final
Speaker 4: words and advice?
Speaker 7: Be patient? I know they want to rush things, but
Speaker 7: patience is key, so just take your time.
Speaker 4: Awesome, awesome.
Speaker 2: Well, I want to thank you guys for being on
Speaker 2: Mission Accepted today because you definitely are taking the mission.
Speaker 2: And I think it's not just about taking the mission.
Speaker 2: I think it's about the journey of staying on, you know,
Speaker 2: about staying on and growing and diverting and creating new things.
Speaker 2: So it was so great to spend some time with
Speaker 2: you guys today. I'm looking forward to spending more time
Speaker 2: with you and lucky me, I get too, And I
Speaker 2: just want to talk to the audience a little bit.
Speaker 2: We're doing some pretty cool things here at Mission Accepted.
Speaker 2: You can hear the people that we're bringing on are
Speaker 2: doing some cool things. So reach out, you know, support social,
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Speaker 2: And the other thing is that we're doing a lot
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Speaker 2: group contact, group podcasts of entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, other people
Speaker 2: in media, and mammagers and dadagers, which is parents of
Speaker 2: kids that are like, Hey, I want to I want
Speaker 2: to kick this off and I want to have an
Speaker 2: entrepreneurial life. So if any of that appeals to you,
Speaker 2: just reach out to us and we're happy to have
Speaker 2: you on the show. And I am going to ask
Speaker 2: a final question because this is what we do at Mission,
Speaker 2: except dude, we kind of grew here too.
Speaker 4: This one's going to be probably really difficult for you
Speaker 4: DJ Smooth to answer this.
Speaker 2: But you know, let's say you're on your way to
Speaker 2: a desert island and it's you and you and you
Speaker 2: go one suitcase and you know, being the suitcase, it's
Speaker 2: got to be big enough to slide at least one
Speaker 2: album in. So what album would you take to that
Speaker 2: private island and that you could not imagine never listening
Speaker 2: to again?
Speaker 4: What are you going to take with you?
Speaker 6: Wow?
Speaker 5: When you ask that question, a lot of answers didn't
Speaker 5: come to mind, but there was one, and I'm surprised
Speaker 5: that it did.
Speaker 6: But it must be for this, for this, this opportunity,
Speaker 6: all right, grow.
Speaker 4: Payback sorry, all I heard is Payback James Brown. Pay Back,
Speaker 4: Oh James Brown. James Brown, all right, all right, that's
Speaker 4: going to be in the show notes. And Ocean, who's
Speaker 4: your album? Who you take it?
Speaker 7: I thought, I don't know why I pulled my head
Speaker 7: straight away, but get Rich or Trying by fifty? All right?
Speaker 7: I love that album.
Speaker 4: That's cool. Those are both great, they'll both be in
Speaker 4: the both be in the show notes. Read the show notes.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much, audience. You are amazing. And until
Speaker 4: we see you again, what you know is going to
Speaker 4: be next week. I want you to be well and
Speaker 4: stay groovy. Bye for now