Absolute Motivation - Exclusive Live with Quinton Aaron from The Blind Side

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

Join us for an exclusive live event with Quinton Aaron, renowned for his role as Michael Oher in The Blind Side. Hosted by the dynamic James E. Dixon, explore Quinton's inspiring journey from the big screen to real-life success. Delve into his challenges, motivations, and the impact of staying true to one's purpose. Gain insights on cultivating a winning mindset, transforming challenges into opportunities, and achieving your goals. Be part of a global platform for growth, innovation, and inspiration. #QuintonAaron #TheBlindSide #JamesE.Dixon #Inspiration #Motivation #SuccessMindset #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #ThoughtLeadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

in for the fight making that powerful statement saying that you meant for greatness better be ready for good morning for absolute motivation i want you to be ready for something amazing for you to log in is just an honor because you could have been anywhere but you're here because motivation isn't something you just talk about it's something you live and for you to log in you're connecting with something that allows you to have motivation at last one of the worst things that happen is you go to a seminar because you don't ride bikes at seminars you don't learn you don't get the gifts you don't get the skillsets you get hyped up but i'm looking for people that need a strain of something more than hype i'm looking to connect with people that want more than just to hear something they want to become

something absolute motivation is totally different you see the mindset is about motivation that moves you what gets you going what gets you going in the right direction today we're going to be talking with some amazing people, but this is going to be one of the favorite episodes you've ever seen. You've all watched movies and been inspired by them, whether it be Rudy and watching him make a team after there's a walk on or maybe blindside. In fact, blindside is probably the more common version of that. Blindside is amazing. Blindside is the movie about Michael Orr. It tells his life story from the perspective of being a kid overcoming something. becoming a drive pick, but it was inspirational.

Sandra Bullock was in it. But the young man that was Michael Orr in the movies, named is Quentin is not only amazing, but he fulfilled that role so well that we both actually fell in love with Michael Orr. We didn't know anything about him, but the way that he was captured, the way that he was shown, was by this wonderful movie star. And today you're going to spend time with him.

When Michael Orr saw this movie, I'm sure he thought, what an amazing depiction of me because it made an offensive alignment of star apart from being on the field. But I know this much for every one of us who watched it, who were inspired, who saw him put his arm across the young boy in the car to protect him, to saw him going on to the field, to see the way that he captured this character. It made us love. But there's something deeper than the role he played 15 years ago. It's who he is as a man. Today we're going to be talking with him. This is something exclusive, man. Absolute motivation.

Please help me introduce the one, the only. Aaron. Mr. Aaron, are you here? Yes, I'm here. He's done. Oh, my goodness. There he is. Where's man? Do you look young? You still look young, man.

Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. First of all, man. Man, I'm honored to have you even here on with us, man. Let me tell you, you inspired so many people because you were able to embody every insecurity we have. We saw your confidence grow. How in the world did you even embody? I mean, I know you're phenomenal, talented, skilled, blessed, and all those things. But how did you even get to the point where you were able to embody that humility?

You see the character growth and it shows in your confidence throughout the film. How did you depict all that? Well, there was a, there was a lot of things going on at that time. But the coolest part was a lot of people don't know I got a chance to just be myself in the film. And I say that because I hadn't met Michael Orr at the time. of doing the movie. Michael Orr and I didn't cross paths until 2010. He was already in the league.

The movie was already out. And we met at one of his games in Atlanta right before he went out onto the field. Now was our first introduction to one another. And but the director told me, he said, you know, Quentin, Michael is not like Michael was at the time that you'd be playing. He said, he's different now today.

He's more mature. He's, you know, grown up, this than other. So we don't want you to meet him and try and act like him. We want you to be yourself. Because there was a lot going on in my life at the time, too. Much of which I didn't speak about during the film. So a lot of people don't know at the time we were doing the movie. I was grieving the loss of my mom.

My mom had passed away a few months before I got the call to do their part. And it was, yeah, it was just, it was crazy, you know. It was two weeks after my birthday, which her anniversary is coming up, actually, in a couple days. And me and my brother spent that winter alone in that apartment trying to make ends meet. And I remember one job I got that whole year was a security job. We were doing at Silver Cup Studios in New York. And the last day of the job, I was going to get paid $1,000. And I get a call from the sheriff's department saying that I was going to be evicted in 72 hours.

So that call come through. And I'm like, all right, I get paid today. I'm going to go get my brother we're going to get a you know pack up some of our things go get a motel and figure it out from near hung up the phone 30 seconds later and run again

and it's the producers from the blind side and they're saying hey Quinn we're ready to get rolling with this movie if we still want to do it we'd love to get you down to Atlanta as soon as possible so I was like define as soon as possible because I could come tomorrow And, you know, and they were like, well, yeah, okay, we'll get you down there tomorrow.

And I was like, great, but can I bring our brother? Because I have no place to leave him. And it was like, we'll get you two first class tickets to Georgia and see you tomorrow. And I was like, awesome. Wow. You mean, you said some things here that just amazing. I saw you screened frozen, but I wanted to say this. You mentioned things that I just can't leave that.

I got to kind of unpack. Most people think that you are an overnight success that, like, or that you just, that it just happens. But I've learned that trials lead to the opening of a trial. But for you and for many of us, like you and I shared that there was a maternal person. For me, it was my grandmother, for you was mom. That their loss is broken as we were from that event,

from that moment, fueled the blessing that you walked into. Yeah. Do you think without all those things happening, do you think you're as transparent, as emotional, as locked in as you were when you got that call? I mean, because you embodied all of those feelings while you were in that character, correct?

Yes, yes. And to be honest, I don't think, I think I would have been able to portray it from that type of emotion, wholeheartedly, genuine, without that experience. And it's sad to say, it's like, you know how some things happen in your life and it's just absolutely devastating. And you're like, I don't know why this had to happen, but then later on you figure it out. And I always tell myself, I said, she had to go on, going home to be with the Lord so I could go on and do what I needed to do down here.

Because to be honest, I truly believe that, you know, had I got the part and my mom was still alive, I probably would have declined the role because she would have been too sick to travel. And I wouldn't have wanted to leave her. You know, listen, not only do I want to honor her, you said that the anniversary is coming up in a few days. But I thank God for being able to, I get to meet her through meeting you. We get to meet her through meeting you because, man, not only did you embody something for all of us, but now knowing the story behind the story, it is all the more empowering. And when I think about the fact that you were in the situation, you had 72 hours to come up with money.

Most of the people that are watching are at the verge of losing something, whether it be a job, it's an opportunity or the business is about to fail. And they don't know what to do. And most of the time, we're like, I'm going to quit. I'm throwing in the towel. I've had enough, man, that's it. I'm down on my last 72 hours.

Man, you embody the fact that at the last moment, your dreams can come true because, the work you put in before the last moment. Did you talk about that, folks? Yeah, it's, it's every second counts. Everything we do plays a part in the role of our lives. You know, this journey is never ending. It's always going and time is not stopping, it's not pausing.

So we have to keep, got to keep pushing. We got to keep that faith because you don't know what's around the corner until you turn it. And I know that, you know, with God on my side, it's great, it's greatness ahead, but then there's also trials and tribulations because he never said that it was always going to be easy, you know? But I know that with God of my life, I can withstand anything that I come up against, you know, so that. Dude, I'm telling you got me hype. I was thinking about this, man. If you if there's a speech you got to give, it's every second counts. I mean, just the whole way to that is built together. You know, when you think that your last won't last, God will make your last last.

You know, but he provided for you so that you and your brother could fly in first class. Instead of being evicted, you moved to Georgia and your whole life changed. How did the successful filming of the movie change your life? It was crazy because, and just to even talk about the move to Georgia for a second, you know, one of the biggest scenes in the movie is never had a bed before, right? So when me and my brother got to Georgia and they put us up in this place, I forgot what the name of it was, but it was a very nice hotel. had a two-bedroom suite at the top of the hotel.

I'm not exaggerating when I said, I was 24 years old and that was the most comfortable bed I had ever slept in in my entire life. And my brother's the same thing too. We both woke up the next morning after a full night's sleep and was like, bring that bed, oh my God. Like we literally were freaking out over the bed

and it's something that like so insignificant, like to most people because they're like wait how do you not have a good bed how you literally it was uh it was um it was it was it was something that we both were just like so flabbergasted over because it had been i don't i don't even think we could remember sleeping on a bed so comfortable like i remember the old beds with the springs popping out of it and like you have to put extra cover so you don't get stuck or poke and so that never had a bed before seen in the movie kind of resonated to my life a little you know i mean i've had beds but yeah yeah but to have something that that's what i found that god will put you in situations where things that happened in

your life real life translate for you to use it as fuel in something you're doing whatever you're portraying when I'm sitting there with that talking when I'm expressing things what I'm speaking about my life and when people see me most passionate is because I've lived something like that so that I'm talking about overcoming because I am an overcome you embody that you became that you are that man let me ask you something because I think this will help a lot of people what kept you going with the loss of your mom because a lot of people have thrown in the towel and quit when life got hard.

Why were you different? What made you get up and keep going? Honestly, having God in my life was a huge factor. I was heavy into the church. I was working with my pastor at the time, and the church really came together and helped. They donated the money that paid for the funeral because we didn't have insurance,

and, you know, there was no way I would have been able to afford that, so they really had my back. But then also, I promised my mom that I would always look after my brother. And that was a big part of it. I really feel like if it wasn't for God and if it wasn't for my brother, I don't know where or who I would have become. You know what I mean? Where I would have turned or who I would have become because I remember being filled with a lot of anger. at the time because I felt like someone was to blame and I was looking for that person even though it was like as I look back on it it was nonsense but I just remember the last phone call I had with her and I was on the way home from an audition and she told me someone had upset her and my mom was a worry word she was stressed out a lot and having heart problems and everything.

I didn't want her to stress. I was trying to keep stress out of her life. But this phone call really upset her. And that was the last thing she told me. And then I got home from my audition and found her lifeless, you know. And so I wanted to do something about that. And it took a minute, but, you know, I really felt like I was protecting both me and that person that I was looking for because she hit yes it was the neighbor next door and you're like oh he

wouldn't be here today yeah oh trust me trust me for real you know yeah it was it was it was crazy I was you know and I'm not a angry person like I I'd never felt that kind of rage before but I'm a mama's boy through and through and if you come out to my mom it's yeah yeah yeah so it was just it was just it was one like I could look at it laugh at it now because um I was in a different head space but I really felt like you know had it not been for God in my in my life and and you know the promise you know keeping the promise that I made to my mom to always look after my brother then I probably be in a a different place right now you know I know this the different place I think the reason why you are in a different place is because every lesson that she had everything you had

gleaned from that mm-hmm was invested in you right and you yeah there was there was something withdrawal from from there the love the matured because the truth is that you were 24 when when mom passed yeah yeah well you know that's how old I was when my grandmother was gone and I didn't know that man and I gotta tell you and I'm sure you're the same especially with her the anniversary coming up I'm that close away from that emotion from the I fit still feel that but I'm fueled by that as well it's like it is it is I made promises to my grandmother like you made to your mom there are things that I do today the

reason why people are like hey man your success is it because of um Your voice, no. It's not, it's good that we have a specific thing. Like with you, your height stands out or your presence, but it's your character. You know, those things that are, those are attributes, but the thing that fuels you isn't height. What fuels you is the passion, is the investment that was made into you that you draw from. And I know that she'd be proud today, not only of the man you become, but the father you're going to become. for the husband, for all the roles that you play in real life.

Man, I just honor you. I mean, I've always looked up and we've seen versions of you, but to get to know you and know the things that fuel you, the way you communicate, the humility you walk in, thank you for just being that, man, because you don't have to be that way, but you are. Thank you. Yeah, I just had to acknowledge that,

but what is it that you want to do next? because I know Blindsight was 15 years ago. It may seem for you, but for us, we saw it last week. Some people are going to watch again tomorrow. In fact, we put it in one of the videos two days ago, an image of you because of the respect and honor the way we are, you know? Yes, definitely, definitely. So I definitely want to step into the action realm, you know, as an actor.

I still want to do a lot of acting. but I feel like, you know, just turning 40, I'm moving into the phase where I can get ready for some action, you know. I'm out in Colorado Springs today. I just did a Comic-Con this weekend, and I got a chance to meet a couple of, you know, amazing actors that I've been fans of, like, throughout my life, and they're just, like, super genuine. Like, Ernie Hudson, you know, man, amazing. guy, Gary, uh, Gary, uh, Gary Anthony Williams, comedian genius. Um, I've seen him in tons of things. Uh, everybody knows him as Uncle Ruckus and, uh, Bulldogs. You know what I mean? Like, he's just

hilarious. We're going to collab on some stuff. Um, and then I met Rikishi that from the WWE. Yeah. Yeah. I actually had a show. I have a show idea. I put together a few years ago that I wanted to pitch him so I got his contact and everything so it's just you know there's so many things I want to do and moving into this next chapter in my life is now it's just time to put it together put it together you know what I love more than anything is that you you didn't let the movie be the thing that defines you all like that's all I ever did you're like no I've got other goals other dreams I envision himself and other stuff there are other people I want to meet because everyone who watches we got people who are entrepreneurs

who have had one thing in mind. And if it doesn't work out, that's it. You know, they go back to it. And what kept you going? What motivates you? What keeps Quentin going day and a day out? What motivates you? It's the work.

I love the work. It's, you know, my goals are not to become famous. The fame is not what drives me in the business. I could care less about the fame. I love doing the work. I wanted to be an actor before I knew what acting was because I liked the escape and being these characters and turning them into real life on the screen for people to enjoy.

I told someone once, I said, as an entertainer, you have a heart to perform for people. And when you perform, you genuinely want those people to, when you perform, you genuinely want those people to be entertained. Like, I don't know what I'm saying. Like, you want them to enjoy what you're doing because you put so much love into what you're doing for the sole purpose of entertaining the audience. you know and that's the that's the beauty and what we do we do it for others you know and we get joy out of people in enjoying what we do you hit a bomb right there you do it for others most of us thing man this is what i want to do but i've seen that blessings come opportunities come when you it's not about you it's about the view it's about how do i get as lee brower was saying

how do I point my arrows out instead of inward instead of being about me it's about we it's about them exactly and when you do it for others opportunities come favor come blessings come you know exactly sorry i was turning my brightness up not we can see you but you know but it's funny this is what's amazing is that you and i that we were at an event one night apart from each other and i walk in you because you were used in a walking boot uh You broke your foot? Well, it's just a wound on the foot that I was trying to heal. Okay.

So now while you were using a walking boot, I lost the leg, so I'm coming in with the prosthetic. Someone sees me and they assume they were like, I saw you last night, man, it's good to see you again. I said, no, I wasn't here last night. I was like, you're such a good actor, man. They thought you were an amputee. That's amazing. Exactly. You know, yeah, yeah, exactly.

But I know this much. Your character and the way you speak and the fact that you do travel and speak around the world, I'm going to let folks know that they're going to be able to see you speaking here. I want the whole world to see even that side of your skill set, that part of your gift. Navazim, these are my guys that work with me here at Absolute. We were talking about you. It's not about, I didn't know you outside of the character I'd seen on television, right? in the theater, but then I got to know you and then the way you were with my son.

And so I want to thank you for just walking in humility and the way. You didn't know anything about what I do or anything about me yet. You still took the time to be gracious with your time and just pouring to my son. What is it about for the youth? What do they mean to you? And why is it that you pour so much of yourself freely into other people? Oh, man, because I'm still a kid. at heart and I again when it comes to like the performing but it's the same when I have something to say

and I realize that that something that I have to say can help those that are coming after me you know what I mean like the the youth of today is tomorrow's successors so if I can instill something into them that can help them get past the the trouble they're facing today and so that they can flourish and become who they're meant to be tomorrow. I'm man, I get so much joy from that. Like I over the years because I've been speaking to teens and young kids and college kids and everything for like 13 years now and I've I've heard it all from like I've I've had guys who are in the NFL now come to me and tell me that you know i spoke to them years ago or you know their movie i mean that my movie actually

you know instilled the courage in them to believe in themselves enough to play football and now they're in the league and i'm like man just hearing that is a blessing and it's just like when you can have that kind of impact on someone's life then why not why not do it you know um i i i I believe it's all part of your purpose when you can do something so great that leaves a chance for you to be remembered even after you're gone. Wow. Because you did something that created an impact that either made someone's life so much better than it was. I've, I mean, I've had kids come up to me and tell me that, you know, I spoke at this detention. Center one time and this one kid who kept staring at me throughout the speech he came up to me and

spoke to me at the end and he said i you know i was going to kill myself today and when i found out that you were coming i wanted to hear you speak first and he said i can honestly say to you i have no desire to do that anymore now that's what i'm talking about you know um wow I was in tears. I grabbed them and held on to them and I was just like, man, it's going to be all right. It's going to be all right. You know, it's... Would you do me a favor? There are people who are watching now. You'll see it from the comments later. People will watch this. Could you speak to people who are feeling like, man, that's it. I just had a great loss in my life. I've had... I'm at the last dollar in my life. I'm at the last second of this. And I don't know if life is worth living. Could you talk to them for just a moment? moment. Well, absolutely. I've been in that space. I've been in that space. Like I said, in the beginning of this video, my mom passed away August 30th, 2008, and it still feels like today. You know, it was 16 years ago, but it still feels like it was today, you know.

hold on to. As much as I love my mom and wish she was still here, I know that life still has to go on. God still has a purpose for all of us. And so no matter what loss or traumatic situation that you're going through, life still has to go on. You're still here for a reason. And it's up to us to find out that reason so that we can live in our purpose. And when we do so, we're creating You know, we are that legacy of those that we lost. Those that, you know, are no longer here. It's up to us to do the best that we can for their memory. You know, and that's how I look at my life right now.

It's for the sole purpose of making an impact in other people's lives that are going through things that are either similar to mine or, you know, worse. I want to help. I have that how can I help spirit? And it was instilling me from birth. You know, I truly believe God didn't make a mistake when he made us, you know. And when you have something in your heart to do, listen to it and do it because that's something that God instilled in you. And that's moving you towards your purpose. So you can go through your days thinking about the losses and thinking about how hard.

things are or you can go through your days thinking about how can I make it better what can I do and sometimes it helps to focus on other people who are going through worse things in their lives because if you can help them you'll start to look at how your situation can be remedied or rectified or or just made whole you know I found over the years speaking in telling my story and being completely transparent about my life and my situation was therapy for me in such a way that I've battled depression over the years. I went through depression quietly. And when I was speaking, I was feeling better. When I wasn't speaking, I was I was a depressive eater.

So food was my vice. At one point, I ate so much. I blew up to about almost 600 pounds. And I was walking around 6, 8, 580 pounds. And today I'm happy to say I'm, you know, 430. And I was still moving down to my goal. I'm trying to get down to 330, you know. And I got, I still got a journey to go, but I'm going to get there.

Like right now I'm 30 pounds away. from the weight I was when I feel on the blind side. So, you know, and now it was 15 years ago. So I'm excited. I'm moving in the right direction. I feel so much better, you know. I gotta go shopping again, because I don't know if y'all can tell my clothes is,

yeah. Clothes is like swallowing me now. Just to hear the journey, because all of us, just because you obtained something, doesn't mean you don't have more trials. Or that just because, And fame is not sufficient. It isn't enough.

But what is is finding your purpose. And you have not only found yours. You found your voice. You found what God's called you to do. And you're about to speak in the lives. And I found that, too, that when I'm down, when I'm depressed, when I find myself speaking up, I become the voice for other people. I speak in other lives. And other people are like, man, I was feeling that.

I thought I was alone. And they look at you and they're like, man, you're a movie star. You travel the world. People stand in line to shake your hand. How can you go through something? Because the human experience is something we're all in. It doesn't matter who you are. Trials come, but triumph also comes. You know?

Yeah. And I was going to say this much with your goal. You set yours. You set a goal. I'm going to get down as well. I mean, I feel confident until somebody catch me on the side view photo. And I was like, oh, no, no. You got to delete that.

Caught the stomach poking. You're like, they caught me on the exhale, not the inhale. Yeah, yeah. So I try to be like, wait a minute, let me square up so I get this. It's right. I even play it off. I used to put my hands, well, I still do. I put my hands like this in front, so I crossed it up or something so it would break up the stomach lines.

But people like, man, you always have the Superman pose. Nah, when I had that shape, my hands go on the hips. Now I'm like, no, no, no, wait a minute. Let me see that picture first. But we all have a goal, man. And I'm going to try to, I'm going to make you accountable, and me accountable to each other. Let's go after our goals.

Because I got to tell you this, we need you. We need your voice. We need just as much as you embodied and you kept people from taking their lives just by the way you carry the character. Never had a bed before. Might have been one of the most epic things, epic lines that were ever said.

And people would use that. People identified with that. the struggle, but we can also identify with you. You see, the line doesn't work without you. And you're the line now, man. And I want to continue to have people see you and hear you because I think you have so much more to give. You're a young man. And the life that God has for you to live, the impact that you to make is just the beginning.

The movie is a preview of what you're about to do. I think that is greater for you. I think that, listen, Denzel's getting. older why not quitting and Aaron why not I don't mind being a new den yeah come on my yeah somebody hey listen if he could be going around what's the new series he had where he with now he gets to be action figure killing everybody yeah oh or equalizer yes yeah I don't mind being the the next equalizer I'm just saying you know

Listen, this is why I say, man, I'm so honored, man, to be connected to you. I'm honored for what you speak, for what you do, and the fact that the worst of the world, absolute motivation, you hear it here. You're going to hear him speak more. You're going to hear him speak here. We're going to promote and push who he is because of what he is, not what he's done. That's in your resume, the movie now. But that's the resume doesn't tell what you can do. it shows what you have done.

What you can do and what you will do is even bigger than what you have done. Your life isn't about what you did 15 years ago. That was just a starting point. The things that are to come will be even bigger and better. Because you were what you were in the introduction.

Exactly. Yeah. 50 or 15 years ago, that was the introduction of me. You know, now it's time for the reintroduction. Yeah, that's it. Allow me to reintroduce. you know exactly man and there's some people we have some business owners that have joined us today one particular one is a young man by name Blake I just

like you to speak into his life hear his story for just a moment I've been I met Blake's a partner named Michael Law that created this app called idea kind of like the ideal way that you work in life ideal way that you get principles to become more do more Blake are you there, come on and join the great Quentin Ann and myself. Welcome young Blake. How are you, sir? Doing great, sir.

How about you guys? Man, an amazing, amazing story. And that's a way to introduce and get to meet you, man. Great story. Thank you, thank you. Blake, tell a little bit about yourself before you get into the idea. Tell about how you grew up and how you began your business

and then talk up a little bit about what you're doing. Man, I could tell you, what biggest thing for me is resilience believing in myself and at a young age. My dad and mom got a divorce, had to become a father and then take care of my brothers at a young age. So I know what it's like when you said you had to take care of your brothers. It was, I'm the oldest of three. So making sure that they had the food on the table, breakfast, lunch and dinner, they're ready for school, bringing them, taking them to from school, waking them up. All those crazy things.

I had to grow up at a young age. And I always told my dad that I'll make sure that I'll take care of my brothers. So I really resonated with me. But after they divorced, my dad always instilled to me that I was a champion, that I was the best there was, that I was a winner. So off of that, that was my foundation that I lived off of. So everything that I pursued after that, I gave it everything I got 120% and pursued moving into entrepreneurship. But the resilience and believing in myself is what kept me going. So the things that you say that keep you going, well, it's taken care of my brothers and making that promise to my dad that I was going to do it.

But not only that, watching my dad lay everything on the line, working two or three jobs just to keep food in our mouths, a roof overhead and clothes on our back. I just always I told myself that I'll never give up I'm going to do it for you I'm to do it from my bloodline and I'm going to do it for my brothers and my dad so after after high school went on my entrepreneurship learned a lot of lessons in business and then pretty much from that point four man just took everything that my dad instilled in me the disciplines the habits and the routines that he did and at a young age and then the mindset that he instilled in me is what I pursued into everything that I did after that over a decade going through 12 different businesses learning multiple lessons.

Wait me, hold on. You know what? Jesus had 12 disciples. You had 12 failed businesses to lead to a successful. Talk about those failures. What kept you going after loss number five, six, seven, eight? What kept you going? To be honest with you, it was just the mindset of my dad instilled in me, the resilience. I just believed in myself. I just knew anything that I touched. I could turn into gold. I can make something out of it. But to be honest with you, it was honestly, the reason why, started so many companies was just because it was shiny penny syndrome one from social media and seeing everybody and what they're doing and then two i had this belief that the average entrepreneur

has seven streams of income so for some reason i thought that i had to own six or seven different businesses to be in a real let's let's pause for a moment go back to that what do you mean by shiny penny syndrome speak about that so on social media man you see everybody you see all these successful stories and people posting all over and it's one day it's you see a guy on social media and in real estate He's killing and he's in Lambo's flying private, blah, blah, blah. The next thing you know, it's the crypto. So it's like, man, now you want to jump into crypto. And then the next thing that you see this guy blowing up making $100,000 a month mailbox money with his ATM business.

So it's like, man, why don't hop in an ATM business? So let me address it. Quinn, let me ask you, when you see people living their lives on social media, how many times have you seen where they, they are actors, not good actors, but you have to see them and be like, You see these people and they're like, yes, me and a jet. And you know that they're not, that is not theirs, all that stuff. Yeah.

You know, what can people freak to life? Yeah, it's funny. It's a lot of, it's a lot of facades, I call it, where people try and show how extravagant their lives are. They're doing this, this, this, this. And you can do it, too, if you do this, this, this, this and this. and you watch this hour long video and at the end of it if you just paid $499 I'll give you my masterclass right now I'll send you these books and I'll and I'm like yeah I know I got one time I watched that video and then saw the

price out there and I was like I'm not even in this field I'm good I'm I believe in staying in my own lane you know what I mean I don't I don't like to jump bandwagons and follow what other people are doing to be successful you know I'm not hating you if it works for you it works for you that's cool but I believe in doing what works for me because it's about what I'm passionate about it's not you know for me it's not chasing the money you know the money I believe will come when you get to and you when you yeah when you chase your passion the money will come because in the field that I'm in I have the

opportunity to at times depending on the project that I made, I can make enough to retire or I can make enough to live for six weeks or the next six years. You know, it's, it's not about chasing the money. It's about doing what you're passionate about. You got one life to live. And if you spend it in such a way that, you know, you're happy. You found your peace and you hold on to it. Sky's the limit. Right. Listen, you said something there. Blake, when did you discover, forget trying to do what all these guys have done. Forget trying to have seven jobs. Let me find what I'm passionate about. How did you discover it? And since you have found it, you found it ideal. Explain those two things, will you? Yeah, I want to touch on that because what's crazy is I truly believe that I was chasing the wrong things. I was young 21, 22, making some good money. knowing where I was going like I said didn't have a really true guidance in the in the

business and entrepreneur world and that leadership so I was just chasing things thinking that that's what it really was because of social media well I really I'm a firm believer in God and everything and I think he was spoke he spoke to me because in 2018 is when I lost everything and I really think that was him just checking me saying hey man you're on the wrong track you're chasing the wrong things and everything these are great and all that but this isn't what I called you to do I called you to help people and and you're going to do it through this way and then that's in 2018 when I had a profound divine calling I call it a download directly from God that he's like this is what I'm having you do and that's when I call my business

partner and here it is where it's ideal um but basically what he is is he says you're going to impact billions of lives through personal and professional development and that's what I have in store for you and in that moment is when I knew it hit and after that when I lost everything I think that was him like hey man checking me saying you need to look back at what you're doing you're doing the wrong things you're chasing the wrong things and you need to be focused on what I have called out for you to do and here it is so he had to take everything from me to put that one thing in front of me to say this is what I called you to do so from that point forward I ran with my heart my discernment and what God's called me to do and that's helping people through personal and professional development and impacting over a billion lives

when you start off with the the goal of impact a billion lives it always starts with one your own. And I've watched you do that. I watch you work and what you put in the work. And I love the fact that on here we get to be honest with people. No one makes it overnight. Everybody has dark nights. And the thing of dark nights is I'm not talking about the movie. I'm talking about being a dark at night where you don't even know if you're like, man, do I have enough money to pay the bills to keep these lights on? And but I've seen it time and time again that every time you feel like, man, I don't have enough. I don't know if I can make it. God makes a way by giving you back to remind you that you got to go back to your passion.

What are the thing that you truly love? Because you can do anything for money, but not anything is worth doing. Exactly. One of the things that I think more important than anything is that you discover which your specific lane is. Like, man, I'm not built to be in the world of Ferraris, you know, Quinn, you're a semi. I'm a box truck, right? That's what's like what's the way God work. Blake, you know, you're more, you're like a French bulldog or something, man.

You know, you're a mixture. Or you're like, what do you call it, a mini Cooper? You know, you weigh a hundred and something. You're small. But I'm teasing you, but I was like, we have to know our language. And know that you can be dominated, you can be impactful, once you know what you're here for. Every one of us is born with a thumbprint, a fingerprint that is unique and different from anyone else.

No matter if you had identical twin or not, no one has the same fingerprint. And no one has the same talent as everyone else. You might be in the same field, but you play a different role than somebody who is doing a certain drama or live theater. Not saying that you can't, but yours is your skill set translates even bigger. Quinn, you've done whatever actor wishes they can have. have a blockbuster movie you know how many people have desired a dream to that and you've already done you know yeah the ceiling the talents that you guys have um are amazing that's why uh blake i'm so appreciative you you came on i actually met blake in san diego at an event hosted by a guy

and Greg reed in his ex-wife uh lynn reed put together this networking event and they have a 12 year old son in Colt, who has gone through some amazing trials for just for a moment. Blake, I appreciate you being on. Please help us with the rally for Colt. I'm going to be bringing on a Lynn Reed here. And Quinn, I would like you to speak to this mom. When I said that their 12-year-old, I was in an accident a little over a week ago and became non-responsive. He's just now, our victories are small, but he's opening his eyes, but it hasn't been able to respond to some of those things.

But I want you to be able to speak into her life, man, and I want us to rally for Colt. One of the things that I think is important is that with every platform, you do something with it. And instead of us talking about, hey, I'm here to sell a $4.99 package. No, I'm here to package purpose, passion, and professional. provide people with an avenue to find why we're here for. So Blake, thank you for coming on, brother. We will have you on you guys. Nice to meet you, Blake.

Been supportive of Ideal and Blake, I tease them because I love them. Brother, we will see you shortly. Appreciate you guys. Nice to meet you, man. You, you too. Whenever I put on peak performance master classes, I often bring on,

Brick Blake and other guys that I've mentored and coached. Yeah, she does. Okay, I'm going to tell her that she's, Elaine is coming on and I'm telling her to turn her camera on. We forget that we are alive. So she is coming on. And I apologize for the shakiness.

I'm on, I'm doing it on my cell phone because I forgot to charge my iPad last night. You're at an event. I'm honored that you came on. Man, yeah, I take a shaky Quentin over a no quentin every day. Give me shaky Quinn, you know? I was like, I was like waving people off. They're trying to come over and say something. I was like, no, no.

That's what's crazy. I can remember the first time I thought people started recognizing me. I was like, oh, wow, they're coming over. And I was like, I'm just honored to do it. every time okay listen I'm telling my back office go ahead and just bring her on as is we have to have her camera off but she's she's contacting us and talking Alain even though we can't see you trust me when I say Alin is a beautiful person beautiful character but more important that she's my sister she's my

friend we have Quinn Aaron Quinn is our brother he is you've seen him in the movie Blindside but he's here at your side today. Aaron thank you for coming on. Will you thank you, thank you. Talk to us a little bit and give us an update on on Cole. Good morning. Good morning. So we have had a long, I want to say about 11 days I'm approaching here. We're approaching here. He has progressed quite a bit.

But we're in a phase of a bit like three steps forward, one step back. So up to this point there's the progress is he's off, you know, any of the deeper coma medications, the heavier medications. Some of the one step back is that he's more agitated, some neurostorming, neurostorming occurring. And so we're trying to mitigate that part of it. So he can move on to the next stage, which is taking the tube out of his system and getting closer to having him wake up on his own comfortably. Well, he's in the last two days.

He's made big strides, although he had a, we had a tough night last night, but he's settling down this morning. Well, listen, this is what I'm doing. I'm telling everyone to not only lift, lift him up in prayer, but as I said, we believe in and pray for you. Aaron, Quinn, if you wouldn't mind, man, just please add the whole Reed family to prayers, but cult especially. And if you would, man, encourage, courage, mom, man.

You know how important your mom was, and if you would speak to her for a moment. Yeah, well, so just speaking from experience, first of all, I just want to say, God bless you and your family. I know it's a very troubling time for you and what you're going through. I've been down that road with my mom years ago. I was her home health aid, you know, her own overnight home health aid because she needed 24-hour care and she didn't want anyone in a place that she didn't know overnight. So I did it.

um and you know being in that position when you have to take care of your parent you know wash them bathe them you know i would do her pedicairs and you know and stuff like that uh it's very humbling but it's also it's you you have that faith that god is going to you know do what's necessary And, you know, he doesn't put on us more than we can bear. You know, at the time, I didn't feel that that was more than I can bear. It just, you know, I feel like this trial that you're going through right now, although it may not seem like it, it is for a reason, and he will come out of it with a story to tell. I truly believe that this is going to be his victory lap.

And when he does come to him and years down the road, he's going to be able to be able to be able to to look back at this and he's going to be able to say this is what I've been through and this is you know it's some of the biggest traumas in our lives bring about some of the biggest victory laps or some of the biggest stories to tell if I can help other people and I tell people a lot my pain is not just for me it's not just for me it's not just for me it's not and this is considered your pain too because that's your child and it's not just for you because think of all the lives that you can impact just by experience and what you're experiencing right now and I feel like that's what

God wants us to keep in mind that this is going to allow you to impact so many other people's lives just by what you're experiencing because think of how many mothers are you know sitting by their children bedside or their loved ones bedside not knowing what to do um you're strong you're enduring it and you're going to get through this and I believe that and I have faith in that and we're all praying for you there's a whole community of people that's out there praying for you rather you know them or you don't know them they're going to see this video and they're going to pray for you you know yeah listen she is calling us from

the hospital room and she's going to be there. You're not going to get a land, you can't pry a mom away from her baby in a time of house. Oh, yeah. No. When no one else shows up, mom's going to show up. And not only, man, do I salute you and Greg and the old family, the team that is there, your boyfriend, man, but I just truly agree with you, when it said, the rally for Colt will one day be his rally call. The young man is not only vibrant, loving. Man, I grew to a shoe competition talking trash with him. I miss him even for that stuff.

And, I mean, the boy got swag, his character, his confidence. Nice. And he's so vibrant of life that I know that we all need to continue to pray, support. In fact, Alain, there's a way for us to support. How do we go about doing that? Alin? Hi, I think, hi, can you hear me? Yes, we can now.

There is a, sorry, we have neurosurgeons just came in, so I need to talk to them. Okay, so I think there's a link out on Spot Fund. I'm not sure if you had one set up separately, James, but if you didn't, that's a great link to use. We'll go to that one. Yeah. So on spot fun with you, listen, I'm going to let you go. Thank you. As you take off, we're going to go ahead and say a prayer for you and for the news that I know shall improve and go. But thank you, Alain, for being here.

Thank you so much. Thank you for everything. Love you, sis. And I will see you soon. Love you. Thank you. Thank you, both. So for all those that people don't.

for a 12-year-old, he was involved in, he was riding his dirt bike, was hit by a car. Even wearing his helmet and all that, he has, he's got a deep, you know, dark spots on the brain. They're, they've got the top neurosurgeons and all that taking a look, trying to get him to respond. They're trying to wake him up out of a coma. It hasn't happened just yet, but it will. And so we're going to ask that you pray for young, Cold Reed. He's 12 years old. imagine your child you were in that situation. Not only are you standing by, but you want all the support that you can get.

Absolutely. This is why it's like me and the relationship we have to one another matters. No one makes it alone. And no one has to go through moments alone. And just as, but we were saying, trials have a way of giving you the strength. Trials have a way of testing you,

but trials have the way of elevating you as well. It may not seem like it for a moment. It may not seem like it in the moment. But just as Quinn was sharing with us, the loss of his mother led to the gain of his name and her name. Because everywhere he goes, she goes. Everywhere his name reaches is a result of what his mom invested in him.

And I think God honored the fact that you were standing beside mom until the end. But also, in fact, coming up on her anniversary, Thank you for not only be a mama's boy, but turn into mama's man that touches every other man and woman that has watched you. You've embodied positive, you've embodied encouragement. And man, I'm excited to even have, do you come and speak,

be a part of what we're doing? Because the way you spoke into my life, my son's life, and even the lives today. You served today. You made it about others, man. It wasn't just an interview with a celebrity. You made them stars. Thank you for doing it.

that. Thank you. Thank you. Man, I want people to follow you, man. And they need to stay in touch what he's doing. How do people stay in touch with you, man? Before your book comes out and all that stuff, where do we go follow you today? I know, right? I'm on social media. I'm on Instagram at official Quentin Aaron. I'm on TikTok at I am Quentin Aaron. I haven't done any of those TikTok dances that everybody been doing, but my, you know, my wife's trying to give me to do it, you know, we'll see, we'll see what happens, you know. But yeah, I'm on Facebook. I am Quentin Aaron.

Yeah, I got, and it's me, I don't, I tell people, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not rich enough to have someone do it for me or famous enough to have someone do it for me. I do my own social media, so, yeah, you want to reach out, I'll let me do so. But the way you are, man, you reach out to respond to people anyway. I think you would have done it even if you're 200 billion man you're still going to be the guy that reaches to people exactly exactly you're joy you know yeah I will say this thank you for being my brother thank you for being my friend uh not only do I believe great things are in store for you but I think they're stored up inside of you the things that you have to give are even bigger than what you've done you set some goals you said man I'm going to set a certain weight goal. I'm going to do certain things. You are an action hero.

For many people, man, you are the embodiment, not of Michael Orr, but you're the embodiment of hope forever. And then because you're the encasement of that, man, I need you to keep taking care of steep growing, keep pouring into us because we need you. Ladies and gentlemen, it was my honor to spend an hour with a great Quentin Aaron. Thank you for being here with an absolute motivation, man. Thank you. Thank you. Guys, that was Quinn Nairn who joined us on absolute motivation. There was times in my life where I sit here and I would just watch movies, but I never knew that this Gizmet moment would happen.

That's a faded moment, a moment of destiny. When you ever get to live that moment, you ever get to the point where you were something that you, you went from watching to participating in life. And you start participating in the hope of others, and that's where we are. I said we because it's not about me, it's about us. You're about to be a part of something amazing. Some of you have desired to say, hey, I want to learn to speak better, present better.

I want to be able to become impactful. If you want to do that, there's a school community we've developed that teaches you step by step, how to work on this craft. I started off working on automobiles, man, there it is, right there now. I started working on automobiles, and I realized that wasn't for me. That wasn't my destiny, even though it could pay bills. It was about building people. And the moment I started building people, it built my present.

And my present is to give a gift, the skill set that God gave me to each and every one of you. Again, keep tuning in, keep watching. I've got some big things coming, great people coming. Wait until you see what's coming to on Friday. God bless you all, the absolute motivator. I'm out. Entrepreneur. What else?

Teaching me day after day after day until it was a blur. Okay. he could drop in your city tonight. Navvins then coming in for the fight. Making that powerful statement saying that you meant for greatness, better be ready for absolute. Shane, how was that, man?