THE ED MYLETT SHOW - Trent Shelton - Finding Purpose in Your Pain

Episode Date: February 21, 2019

It's time to turn your PAIN into POWER! If you are at a point in your life right now where you feel like you are at your lowest point and all of the setbacks and hardships and disappointment are mounting... OR if you know someone going through this and you just wish you knew how to help them, this interview is for you! He's one of the most vulnerable, thoughtful and positive influencers on all of social media AND one of the most inspirational people in the world! He's a motivational speaker, author, former NFL player, and the founder of RehabTime, Trent Shelton! I am HONORED to sit down with this thought leader as we discuss how YOU can find purpose in your pain. We’ve ALL experienced disappointment and setback after setback after setback that leads to questioning your abilities, your worthiness, your identity and sometimes even life itself. Find out how Trent Shelton was able to overcome an NFL career that was riddled with disappointment and stolen opportunities to beat depression and father one of the largest movements of all time, RehabTime. We’re also going to teach you how you can use these very same skills in your own life to WIN against false starts, to WIN against depression, to WIN against turmoil and find PURPOSE in your PAIN. EVERYTHING in this interview will help you TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE and become the next best version of you. Put down your PAIN and pick up your PURPOSE!

Welcome to the Edmila Show. This podcast is for those who want to do more. See more and be more. Welcome back to max out everybody. I am Ed Mylet and by popular demand, I have the man to my left here today is one of the most inspirational figures in the world, author motivational speaker, thought leader, and for me one of the most interesting and influential people in all of social media, somebody that I'm very proud to call a friend of mine, former NFL football player, Baylor football player, wonderful

father and husband Trent Shelton's here with me. And, man, thanks, man. I appreciate that. Thank you for being here. I've been waiting for this for a long time. I think a lot of people have been waiting for this. So, today's going to be life changing for so many of you because we're going to talk a little bit about Trent's story, but we're also going to get into things that help you

change your life. I think I love most about you. I've told you this off camera is big strong, unbelievable athlete. What's your vulnerability? Right. It's your willingness to admit the things that have been your deficiencies and weaknesses in the past. In fact, I think you've built your whole following on the transformation you have made and are making in your own life. And I think probably more than anything the people that watch my show are interested in transforming their life. So I feel like I have the perfect person here today.

I appreciate it. And it'll be one of the easiest interviews just because I know how much we enjoy each other's comfort and too. So I said professional football player, there's so much to your story, but I want to sort of start in football. Because I think that's where some of the defining moments of your life started to happen. So take my audience through your football career a little bit and then what took place for you and what you were learning,

who you were at that time, those kinds of things. So just like a lot of kids, that was my dream to be a professional athlete since I was a little kid. I had two older brothers, so I had really no choice. They made me be that. And so, blessed enough, high school, went to Baylor, then I went to NFL, but I was supposed to be drafted in the fourth round.

I didn't get the call. So I think that was like my first shot at, like not feeling like I was enough. So you're sitting there on draft day with your family, second day probably thinking, I'm gonna get a call on it, never happens. Never happen. And of course my mom was like, you okay,

and I'm like, I'm okay when I'm not okay. You were okay. Yeah, exactly. So at your first bout of, I may not be enough. Yep, my first time, when I looked back in my story, my journey, that's the first time I really felt like that. Got a call from Michael Coaches for the charges now, but he was with the Vikings and he kind of was my advisor

to where to go as a free agent. So he told me to go with Coach Dunjie because he's like Coach Dunjie, I know him as a man, he's gonna give you a fresh shake. So I went to the Indianapolis Coats and... They had to bring a quarterback. Yeah, it was pretty, it was a pain man. Yeah, he's like Coach Dungee, I know him as a man, he's gonna give you a fresh shake. So I went to the Indianapolis Coats and... They had a pretty good quarterback. Yeah, it was pretty, it was a pain man. Yeah, he's pretty good.

He's pretty good. He's all right. You know, Reggie Lane, Marvin Harris and so on. And that's the year after they won a Super Bowl. Oh wow. So it was great to be in that environment. So everybody needs to know, he's a wide receiver in Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harris and one's a Hall of Famer, one's gonna be a Hall of Famer.

So you're in pretty good company and with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all. Exactly. I mean, it's the dream come true. You know, I have to like pitch myself and not freak out. Yeah, I've seen these guys. Sure. I'm sure. So I had a great preseason. Probably the best in NFL that year. Definitely out of rookies. But even out of just all the players, I think maybe top receiver and NFL doing a preseason. Of course, you know, the main guys aren't at all the players, I think maybe top receiver and NFL doing a preseason. Of course, the main guys aren't playing all the games, you know, so I'm getting more snaps.

And so I was for sure, like I was going to make the team. I'm doing good on special teams, I'm like good on my make the team, get a call in on, of course, the cut day. And I get cut. And so that's another shot at my confidence in feeling like I'm not enough, right? I'm like, man, I did the best I can do. I performed great and Reggie told me something. I don't know if you either remember this, but he said about this or you have to understand

something. It's about time and it's about opportunity. So you can play your best preseason and get cut. You can play at average season and make the team. And so I got cut, but I made the practice quite. So I was cool with that. I got a apartment. I bought myself a truck, which I shouldn't have did

But I did that was like my promise to myself like I'm gonna get the truck right bought myself a truck and Within two within a week I get a call from a 317 number and that's even apples I'm at the bank actually casting my first like put my first check in there is like hey Trent you where you at and I was like you know, I'm at the bank and it's like well come in to the office and bring your stuff So at that point I didn't know what that meant. I was like okay you know, I'm at the bank and it's like, well, come in to the office and bring your stuff. So at that point, I didn't know what that meant. I was like, okay, no, I don't know what that means. So I come in there and bring my stuff and I said, we gotta release you.

Oh no, oh my gosh. After I got my apartment, I got my car. Oh no, oh my gosh. So I have to drive from Indy to Texas, which is a long drive after you get fired. Home. Exactly. Right.

And I'm depressed, man. I'm there for a two weeks. I get a call back from Indianapolis. They call me, bring me back. Bring you back there for a two weeks. I get a call back from Indianapolis. They call them bring me back Bring you back the three weeks later. I get cut emotional roller coaster roller coaster That was my whole career just to be honest with you with Seattle was the same thing I mean, I tell this story a lot I remember being in Dallas and I get a call from Seattle in my second year

I was with the sea ox and they say he's trying to win a bring you back and I was like Hey, well, can I come tomorrow because it was an off day. And they say, no, you need to come now because I'd draw from Dallas to Fort Worth, pack my stuff. And it's like, just come now, bring it back, go to the airport. So I rush home. Of course, like what most people do. I call my parents, I get on Facebook,

and I'm like, hey, I'm going back to Seattle. You know, God is really working in my life. As soon as I get to the airport, the phone rings. Oh my gosh. 206 number. Like, hello, it's's like have you left yet? And I was like no, I haven't left good because we basically changed our mind. Oh That's one depression hit. Mm-hmm. That's when I felt I question God I question my faith

Even me talking to God. Why would you bring me this for yeah, just to fill me yeah, and Honestly, I didn't really care about living not saying that I want to actually grab a gun and shoot myself Mm-hmm. I didn't really care about living. Not saying that I went to actually grab a gun and shoot myself, but I didn't care about life anymore. Whoa. There was only one reason that kept me living. That was my son. It was your son. It was my son.

He was born in 2008 in that process. And that whole process kept going. And was that Tristan? That was Tristan. That was Tristan, man. It was hard, man. So you said you focused on Tristan a little bit. Is that what some of the recommendations you would give to other people when they're down on something is to find something even outside of yourself or when you're bigger than you?

Something that's bigger than you. Something that's bigger than you. Something that's bigger than you because I just feel like you're living for yourself. It's all about you. I tell you this all the time. It's all about you, and you weren't likely going to quit. But when you have something that's bigger than you, a lot of people say you're a while, you're a reason. You know, what's the reason why you wake up every single day? Yes. You're not going to

give up because you know you're giving up on them. Wow. You know, I believe that because your story, although it's sports related, I think people would be surprised that confidence is even fragile at the highest levels. Right. I mean, that's got most people look at you and go, okay, unbelievable call a football player gets a chance to play professionally with some of the best players. One thing he doesn't lack is confidence. And that's got most people look at you and go, okay, unbelievable call of football player, gets a chance to play professionally, with some of the best players, one thing he doesn't lack is confidence. And that's one thing everybody should know, I lack confidence all the time.

My confidence is fragile, man. You get a couple rejections, couple of setbacks, I have to go through all those habits and rituals myself, but it's interesting to me because your story, even though it's football, isn't that dissimilar for most people listening to this. Most people have their hopes up, whether it's a relationship or a business, it looks like it's going, then it's football, isn't that dissimilar for most people listening to this? Most people have had their hopes up, whether it's a relationship or a business,

it looks like it's going, then it's not. Then you get down, then you pick yourself back up, it looks like it's going, and it's not. And I think some people think, man, I've picked myself up so many times, do I have that in me again to pick myself up off the floor yet again? What would you say to them about that?

You do have it, and there's always a greater purpose than your pain that you're going through. I think that we focus on the present moment and we kind of say my life is over because something is over. Just because that relationship is over just because that job is over doesn't mean your life is over and I'm like a living test. I mean so many. Your story I'm sure is a living testimony to and when you just can tell yourself you know I don't know you know with that something else is. Yes. But there's something more to my life and

that's what I held on to. And I didn't know it would be this. Sure. But I just knew I couldn't afford to keep my life in that place of pain. It's amazing because we're talking off camera. It's like, off the times, this is hokey, it's a meme, your test can become your testimony. Everything's happening for me and not to me. But these are truths, right?

It's always true in hindsight. Like the fact of the matter is, maybe you had played three or four years in the NFL, how to okay halfway, decent career, saved a couple hundred grand and went into selling, you know, mortgages somewhere or insured somewhere. You would have never reached the millions of people

that you reach. You wouldn't be sitting here right now. I can guarantee you 100%. I wouldn't be here. So it wasn't from my struggle, but it wasn't for me losing my everything, right? And I wouldn't be here. It if it wasn't for my struggle, but it wasn't for me losing my everything, right? And I wouldn't be here. It's amazing.

The other thing people can relate to too is like their first big dream didn't happen. I do too. Like everyone in your family thought you're gonna be a football player. Everybody had your back on that, everyone. And then, so it's when you, sometimes when our dream fails or relationship fails,

we haven't just let ourselves down. We've let down people all around us and that impacts people too, right? So you said you focused on Tristan. What took place then? So the career ends, you've got a son, which we'll talk about in a minute, a little bit about the family life,

because if you don't follow Trent's stuff, you're gonna see this is one of the most vulnerable, thoughtful, positive people on all of social media. That's why his following is so big. And but he doesn't ever try to come across like he's got it all figured out all the time. That's what I love about you. You know, you get so excited with your guests here. I'm like, these guests are here for me. Right. I'm learning from them. I've got something to bring to the table. I know I do, but I've learned so much from the people that are my guests, including you on and off camera. So you go through

that time and I know what it's like to have a career like that end as well. I wasn't as good as you were at my sport, but I understand that. So you're focused on your son, what then happened after your career? Right, so I remember being in my mom's room and it wasn't a magical moment. Like I wish I could paint this story

to tell you that it was some magical moment that led me there, but I remember being in my mom's room in my mom's house. And I remember just looking around my room and seeing like all my football accomplishments, I seen pictures of Tristan, and I broke down and started crying, like literally. It wasn't some crazy thing that led me to that. And at that moment, and I still live by this,

these words, I said, it all starts with you. I said, you can either sink or you can swim. You can have this be the end of your life, or the beginning to something better. Beautiful. And I came up with these words. I started as rehab time. I never want to be a speaker.

This is my biggest fear. We can get into that. This is my biggest fear. You ask my parents that say, I'm the most introverted kid that they have. I'm introvert by nature. People, I don't know how to, you know, I don't know how that works, but I'm an introvert. And I had no idea of social don't know how that works, but I'm an introvert and I had no idea of social media following any of that.

I literally just said, it's rehab time. And rehab for me may put in a strength back into a weakness. We're all honest. We have something in our life that we can rehab. Yes. Something that we can get better. And so for me, it may go into the gym at 12 o'clock

at night. And this was 2008, so I had one more trial with the reskins. And it's funny how I feel like God can use something to get you out of your funk, even though that's not the it that you want for your life. And so I ran a 4-3, I got signed with the reskins, and I'm living this rehab time journey. I get cut, but I was good then. Yeah, you're okay this time. I was okay, it was different, and I just knew that there was something more to my life.

Second situation that really happened to me that really woke me up with my college roommate coming to suicide. One of my best friends. And when that happened, I went to a service and I realized that life is a promise. And I realized like this is my boy that was going through struggles that silent battles that I didn't know about. Yes. I felt like I wasn't there for him so much guilt.

I promised him I said, Ant, I'm going to make you more alive in my life than you ever been. And that's why I do what I do today. So you call this gigantic purpose that was bigger than your fear of speaking or your introverted nature? Way bigger than that. And he's more alive than my life than he's ever been. Until I've right now. Exactly. We're talking about him.

It's funny thing is that we've all lost people in our lives. And always tell people, I said, you should honor them with who you become. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I're talking about it. You exactly. See, it's funny thing is that we've all lost people in our lives. And always tell people, I said, you should honor them with who you become, right? And that's really what you've done for him. There's so many lessons we've only like about 11 minutes into this or 8 minutes into it. But I want to go back. I want everyone to understand this. That even at the top level in sports and business and entertainment, you're going to find that we all have a chance we can all lose our confidence.

We can all get down. We've all struggled with false start after false start, getting our hopes up and me and slammed back down. I love your point of fighting a purpose bigger than you. I absolutely love that. And then also honoring the people in your life who maybe have transitioned out of it like he has. So you know, it's interesting.

I think when you're an athlete, maybe you'd agree with me on this, you don't even really know who you are sometimes when you're a good athlete. What I mean by that is, when you're young, you're one of the better players all the time, you're constantly getting compliments, you're constantly in this, and then what happened to you in football, things like, whoa, maybe this isn't my dream, maybe this isn't my destiny. And I think another thing a lot of people have that are watching this, they not only struggle with their confidence because I do, they're not only struggle with being introverted because I do, we've all had these setbacks, but I think it's getting comfortable with who you are.

Your own skin, right? Like I think you're a master of this topic. Because I think it even being an athlete. It's easy to kind of lose yourself in the identity of what you do as opposed to the identity of who you are. So many of us are identity is caught up in our career or who our children are, right? Or who our family is, or our previous story is our identity.

And we never really get comfortable with who we are, which is the most powerful people I know are the most self-aware. They work on self-love the most. Doesn't mean they like each themselves all the time, right? But I think you're kind of an expert on this topic. So talk a little bit about getting comfortable with you, your own skin, who you are.

Right, I think one of the best things that you can do is getting to know yourself, stripped of all the identities the world gives you. Ho ho ho. You know, who are you without the title? Yes. Who are you without the significance that the world gives you? And I have to figure that out because, of course,

like you say, when I was a football player, and even now at rehab time, the world will give me these I have to figure that out because of course, like you say, when I was a football player, even now at rehab time, you know, the world will give me these titles of who I am. This is your identity, you have to be this person. And when you lose that, you will lose yourself. God, leave this. And so I literally, I call it protecting my piece. I did it earlier out here.

I mean, a beautiful place to protect the piece of Laguna Beach. I do it every single day. I protect my piece by diving in to who I am, right? My struggles, my insecurities, things I'm tempted by. I get to know myself better. And I think a lot of people, they don't get to know themselves. I don't know.

They don't spend time. I mean, I tweeted this out. Not to, I snapchat this out today. And someone says, I can't be by myself. Yes. Yep. And I think one of the greatest successes to be able to be by yourself

and still not for the long. Oh my gosh, I love that. I love that. Enjoy your own company, man. You know what, a lot of people that follow me are introverts like you and I, and I try to tell myself, you know, one of the cool things about being introverts is always good in what we all have.

One of the cool things about being an introvert is for the most part we are a little bit comfortable with being by ourselves. We're almost comfortable with the reverse, right? Exactly. But it is important that people take this lesson from you because I do likewise and that is just spending some time alone and getting to know yourself better with your own thoughts, whether it be meditation, prayer or just talking to yourself. One of the things that's a secret I'll tell everybody about me is I talk to myself a lot. I do it too.

I do it too all the time. I talk to myself. I'll tell you, if you're driving next to me in the car, you might see me talking to myself, like, guys, great. Me too. On the top of the sun. Glad to hear that.

No one's ever sent them back to me before. I don't feel so great since I was a little boy, probably because I was shy and introverted and there was all this chaos in my life. I started talking to myself. And it's in it, by the way, it serves me to this day a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's a little bit of a line, it's become a big deal. Yeah. And I think everybody, I mean, I'm in rehab right now on different parts of my personality, on my life, they're in rehab at any given time, right?

Like I talk a lot about balances and always, you know, perfect because I'm rehabbing things at different times. What is rehab time now? We know where it came from now. But what is it now and what is that whole meaning in people's lives? Right, it's a platform to help people turn their pain into power, about taking it into power. Yeah. And that's what in people's lives. Right, so the, it's a platform to help people

turn their pain into power, about to wrap into power. Yeah, and that's what I want to do. And it's not just about meat. Like that's the beautiful thing about rehab time. I call them rehabbers, right, my community. Yes. If you see my community, what's so cool about it

is that people take rehab for what they need to take it for. For some people, it's fitness. For some people, it's spiritual growth. For some people, it is building your brand Right, whatever it may be whatever it is that you need to work on. Yeah, so it's super cool to be able to see that because That was my vision for it. I didn't want it to be oh, let me put you on the pedal stool He's the guru. No, it's just an environment for anybody to rehab their life And I just happen to be the face to help you influence that by living by living it breathing and being it

What did that process look like for you? What did you start to do to rehab you? So you got to know yourself better, but what were some of the things you did? So I Took control of things I could control You know, yes, I think you know for me at least I don't know if anybody else feels like this watching this is that we try to control the things that our I can trust and it's like it drives you crazy So I asked myself what can I control? And so I control my physical.

I can control my mental. So of course I went to the gym. I turned up my physical fitness to a whole another level. I turned up my mental to a whole another level. That means I got around people and for me, it was uncomfortable because I'm an introvert. Asking for help or getting around crowds of people, like that makes me uncomfortable,

even to this day as a speaker. But I knew I had to push myself outside of my comfort zone to create a comfortable life, but that makes it interesting. Yes, it's a total sense. And my spiritual walk, I want to dive into my word more, I want to strengthen my faith more. And so I really like engulf myself in these environments,

I call them growth environments, right? Because it's impossible to grow your life if you're around an environment that don't promote growth. Yes. And so, I don't want to get into this, but actually I do want to get into it. Let's do it. I had to cut friends out of my life. Yeah.

That was a big part of my rehab process, and a lot of people know me for that guy that will help you, you know, remove the bad things from your life. And so, I had to let go of friends. Friends that were good for me, but they weren't helping me get to the level I wanted to get to. And they're still my friends today, but I have people in my life that only love me for who I was.

Right? I mean, only love me for what I did. Yes. Not who I was. Yes. And I had to realize that when I lost football, I lost a lot of those people. Mm.

Fierce who they really were. Exactly. And I tell this a lot because a lot of people are afraid to lose people and I get it. I know it's hard to lose people that you love with its family and friends, but sometimes you have to learn how to love people from a distance.

You do. Yeah, stay on that. So you said something, now I wanna understand, you said there's still in my life. Yeah. So this is so critical. Yeah. Because I think people think, wait a minute,

I have to call them and say, I am no longer having you. There may be somebody like that in your life, but they're abusive or like adversarial too. You say, you're gone, right? There's those people. That's one or two percent of the people in your life. But there's 20 to 40 percent of the people in your life that that association, their proximity of their association, doesn't serve you.

So just elaborate on that because you said they's still in your life, but you love them from a distance. I've not ever heard this. So I heard it from you when you're content of a no or else. So I have three levels of people that I try to kind of, and this kind of sounds bad, but I have to take care of my life.

I categorize people and I have associates. You know, people that, you know, I have a, maybe a business relationship with or somebody that, you know, just, it's cordial. Yes. Then I have friends, friends are people that, you know, just, it's cordial. Yes. Then I have friends, friends or people that, you know, it's a closer proximity. Yeah. But I know at the end of the day that if something was to really happen to me, they probably

wouldn't be there for me. Nor do I expect it. Yes. So I believe you have to learn how to trust people for who they are. Yeah. You know, like you can't expect a liar to tell the truth. Right. You know, so, and then my third level is family.

Mm-hmm. And family doesn't have to be blood. It doesn't have to be whatever. It's just people that I know at the end of the day, if I was on my deathbed, if rehab time fell, no more blue checks about my name, no more Twitter, none of that. Yeah. They would still be there for me. Those are the people that I choose to spend my time around. Well, that's a massive distinction. I hope everybody goes back, rewinds this and plays that part back. It moves me so much because I don't think

that it's crass to put people in those categories. And I think people can flate this and they spend their time with the wrong people out of almost guilt or long term, like longevity caused me to be around you, right? History. I also want to go back to something you say because I want to just stay on this point for a minute

because it's critical to rehabbing an area is adding new associations and eliminating the old ones, right? Like, I just, I don't get why people go to a gym and get trained by somebody who's out of shape. I just don't understand it, or they follow social media guru in an area. Like, people who want to rehab and transform their life, we're going to talk in a minute in a story,

especially about your, your, your son, that just proves how much someone can transform them. So if they want to transform them, you're the perfect person to fall. If you want to get wealthy, there's people you should follow that are wealthy. But you said something interesting about when you cut them out of your life. How do you, you said that these people, they loved you for what you did, but not who you were. I think the other element is you have certain friends who love you conditionally. And that is that you don't change who you are also I had a lot of those friends like

Man, I love you who I like I like the guy that we go and have a couple drinks with I like the dude who wants to play golf all the time I like that guy this other dude you make and what happens really is I think you make them uncomfortable with your change Don't you so what about making that distinction to like people who only love you if you stay the way you are. And you can be in a relationship with somebody like that in a marriage, right? So elaborate on that. Well, I mean, you have to know ahead, Ed. People will only love, not everybody,

but these type of people will only love the benefit that will only love you that was beneficial to them. Yeah. Right? And so like you said, the you that was party and it made them feel comfortable, but like I always tell my friends, like wasn't the goal for us to change?

Wasn't it the goal for us to be successful? What happens is that your success when you're around people who aren't comfortable with who they are, when they don't know who they are. Right? That admiration turns into jealousy and envy. Because they feel like they should have it. And also too, it's because they're so close to you.

And I want to take it here because I get so many people that ask me, like, trim, my family doesn't support me. The people that I thought would be there and listen, I want to be clear to everybody watching this. I know you want their support, but you don't need their support. Yes. I know you want it, but you don't need it. Yes.

And the reason why most people don't support you because they're too close to you. Yes. Bread's so true. It's hard to see if I was hold up to, if I was to hold up something, I told you to close your eyes. And I was to hold it up in a dollar bill, whatever. You wouldn't be able to see it. Yes. Right.

You wouldn't be able to see the value until I move back from it. Oh my gosh. And then you could see it. That's why it's so easy to support celebrities and people that you. Right, you can be able to see the value until I move back from it. Oh my gosh. And then you can see it. That's why it's so easy to support celebrities and people that you don't know because you don't see the imperfections in them. You have nothing to judge them for. So if you have somebody in your life that sees your greatness despite your imperfections, keep that person around you.

One of the greatest things ever said on my show right there. They're too close to you. They're too close to you? Oh my gosh. And it says more about them than it does about you because some people don't believe greatness could be too close to you. They're too close to you. Oh my gosh. And it says more about them than it does about you because some people don't believe greatness could be that close to them. Oh man, that was amazing. Like that's a fact. And I was thinking as you were talking, like that's amazing what you just said. By the way, that explains even some things currently in my own life even

at this level, right? Like wow, their's altered because they're so dad gun close. That's wonderful. I was also thinking, you know, just everyone knows this. People ask me, are all your friends really wealthy and successful? No. In fact, a couple of my very best friends, I consider them incredibly successful, but not wealthy. They're successful.

Their husband's, their successful is dad's, they're successful in their contribution. They don't measure success based on money, but I consider them successful. But all my friends, most of them have this in common. They're very self-aware. Yeah. They're self-aware. And so because they're so self-aware, they're aware also of me. It's very difficult to be able to give yourself to somebody and support them if you don't

even aware of who the heck you are. Exactly. So I got some goofy, crazy friends, but I love that about them. Not all of them are business moguls or former athletes. They're just people who kind of know themselves and like themselves and want to change themselves. That's what mine haven't common. But I want to talk about that change now with you. Because they see this man, I mean, I think it's obvious that you and I are grown men,

we're sinners saved by God's grace in both of our minds, but we make mistakes. And we're both always trying to figure stuff out. But let's be honest, I think one of the reasons you've evolved so much is that you're vulnerable with the changes you made. So if you follow Trent, and if you're not, you're about to all of you, you're gonna see someone who's constantly giving wonderful advice

like what you're hearing based on his own experiences and mistakes. But it's amazing to me to think to this man that I know is such a loving father. And when we talk on the phone or in person, about what kind of father you are, about what kind of a son you are, a friend you are, a husband you are, I consider you a great man

based on those things about you. But those are things that have also made progress in your life too. So if you're willing to talk about this just for a second. Let's talk a little bit about Tristan and your son because you said it three years old, you know, you would come back and all that, but let's, if you don't mind sharing this, I want all the men and women hearing this who right now are beating themselves up about a behavior they have. Let's listen to this, there's something you're ashamed of, there's something that you've done in the past or currently doing that you think because you've been bad

You can't win. You can't make progress. You can't change. You don't deserve to succeed and you keep beating yourself up about this Something you've done that you don't feel good about. So if you share this and they can see a total turnaround So make sure before I show up I'm going to share three things real quick for, because I'll forget, where these three, and some people who follow me might have heard these things, but I came up with these quotes based upon this transformation.

Number one, I said, my transparency will lead to my transformation, and I want them to understand that your transparency will lead to your transformation and other people's transformation. The second thing that I told myself was, see my heart not my past. Because just because you made some past mistakes doesn't mean your future can't be great.

So understand that. So with my story, me and Maria, which is who's my wife, we didn't have a Cinderella type of come together and it was so beautiful, we went through a lot. You know, Tristan was born out of a way of luck. And it hurts me to say this man. And Tristan knows. So if you ever see this, he knows, but I was viewing Tristan as a disappointment. When Maria called me, told me she was pregnant, I was viewing him as a

disappointment. And it's amazing how when I fast forward how God can use what you thought was your biggest disappointment as your greatest rescue. Absolutely. And Tristan when you listen to this later the first thing your daddy talked about when we first hit was you. Exactly. So that's why so he knows. He knows. And so the reason I say that is because me and Maria had a girlfriend at the time. You had another girlfriend at the time. I had another girlfriend at the time. This is my first time talking about it man. So I'm giving it to you. I had a girlfriend at the time, and we were off and off, and I was still no excuse for me to do what I was doing,

but I was messing around. I was living that lifestyle, man, which is a hard lifestyle to handle. I mean, you have money, you have everything at your disposal, you wanna live that life, and I end up getting Maria pregnant. And when Maria called me, I made her feel like she was wrong for getting pregnant because I didn't want

to face my truth because I knew I had to call my girlfriend. I knew I could say, hey, I cheated. And you know, making long story short, I was in New York and I tell her and you know, she kicks me out and I feel like my punishment was right at the end. I get stuck in the airport for two days, for two days. And what was even deeper is our families were close. So our parents that were best friends then talked for years.

And I'd be, I'd subconsciously, and even consciously, I was blaming Maria for it. So I was treating her wrong throughout our whole pregnancy. And it was probably the lowest point of my life, man. Yeah, yeah. But it took me facing my reality, which a lot of us don't do. You were never when you were born from your battles. So it took me man and I'd look at myself

and say you're not being a man. You have no excuse, your day was a man. My day was in my life. And so I faced it man and to fast forward, me and Maria, we went through our ups and downs. She dated other people, I dated other people. but Maria was there for me when nobody else was she had all the right to get back at me by saying oh you're nobody now you don't have football no more you're playing arena football you don't have any money she never threw that in my face she never bothered me about child support when I couldn't afford it she stuck by my side regardless and I appreciate her forever. Baby watching this, I love you forever. And she believed in my purpose when nobody else did.

Wonderful. And a lot of people on social media like, oh, you know, Maria doesn't, she's a silent supporter. I know exactly what you're talking about. I do. It's like, oh, she should be a speaker. No, she shouldn't. She wants to be that fine, but she supports me more than anybody else because she allows me to do what I do without any interference. I love you, man.

Just so you know, your transparency does lead to your transformation. And the fact that you're willing to share this because he's such an incredible father. And you can see his love for Maria and how he talks about her. And by the way, Maria, same thing, off camera too. That's all I'm her, man, right? When no one's around, when you with your boys, then how do you talk? How do you act like that?

And I admire that about you, but I will, like people say, well, I'm a vulnerable and social media. That's real vulnerability. But you just, like, because all of us listen, let's listen, everybody. I love you so much, man.

I appreciate you so much because you're so highly respected. And it's easy when we're in the positions you and I are in to sort of put on a facade of perfection. And you know, people say, well, I share some out. That's sharing something. And I hope everybody listen to this. We all have things in our life. Listen, listen, we all have things in our life we're ashamed of. We all, I was just thinking of something the other day. I'm, you know, in the interest of Thomas.. I was like I can't believe I did that at one age I

done something in a classroom on a test in college you know I said I can't believe I did that like I we all do things were ashamed of and what happens is is we hold our own sins against ourselves for the rest of our life and they they hold us back from making progress. So the fact that you do share this, it does give you a chance to move past it and to make progress. I'm so impressed with you. I want everyone to hear this message.

This man has turned himself into one of the most influential people on the earth about how to transform your life and change your life. And he came from the places he's describing to you. For good perfection. It doesn't, it doesn't exist. And I know in a social media era, it's popular, It does, it's, it's, it's, it doesn't exist. And I know in the social media era, it's, it's popular. I mean, it's popular, right?

I mean, it's like, nobody's really posting their struggles. And I might tell you to go on a assault boxing post all your struggles online, you know, I might say in that, but just be real. It's okay to show that you're a human. It's okay to be embarrassed. I mean, when I first started speaking, it was 10 people that showed up,

and it was my family and my friends, but I was proud. Like I was happy about that. And I just see so many entrepreneurs and influencers trying to fake it today, make it. You're so right. The better thing to do, when we agreed, by the way, we were going to riff today, because we share stuff. The better thing to do is to get people rooting for you. And by the way, when you're vulnerable, people root for you.

It's been time. When you show your weaknesses and your bad days, the things that aren't going good. So you shouldn't do it for this reason, but here's the secret. If you want to grow yourselves in a media content, if you come across perfect all the time, that kind of gets boring, right? It's not relatable.

It's not relatable, it's not true, and people kind of sense it. So unbelievable story, just unbelievable. Let's talk some more about family stuff for some. Does you and I are both, let's help people, what I love about today is like every story helped someone. And that's what's great about your content too, that you put out all the time,

but you and I are both sharing in something right now that we both come from great families. And my dad right now, so people also listen to this, they're going through something. There's a struggle or a challenge in their life that's serious, right? Maybe it's not that big, but you made it big. And in our case, it is big.

So my dad right now is fighting cancer. And my dad is my hero, right? I got a wonderful dad too. And yet, every day, I get up and work and win and produce and I don't use that as an excuse. I'm honoring my dad with my life. And your mom's also got cancer right now too. Can you talk a little bit about, whatever you want to share about that, but also

like, how do you deal with it? How do you continue to get up every day when I'm sure it gets you down? Yes, hard, man. I don't know if I have it all figured out what how to do with it. You know, I'm still trying to figure that out, but you know, he does my surprise. I mean, just to kind of paint the picture with my mom is, my mom is responsible for my dad's faith, my faith. You know, she's the warrior of our family.

And I don't know where she's just started feeling weak. She went to the doctor, her mother, my grandmother passed away a year before, so I think a lot of stress has something to do with that. Passed away from cancer. She went to the doctor and she had cancer. She had breast and liver cancer, stage four. They gave her six months to live without treatment,

with treatment maybe. It's not a guarantee, of course. She goes through the treatment and what hurts the worst is seeing somebody you love like change. Yes. And it's like, man, I'm strong. Like give it to me. Let me take it.

And it was hard because I saw my mom's faith start to weaken. And I remember being with her at the barber shop. She went to my barber. I get edge up. He's dreaded. I was just wondering. And so we're at the barber shop. And she wanted the barber to come to the house because she was so as a woman

You know you're losing your hair and she's like I don't want to go I said mom just go Just on it just go because only what you're gonna get through it is if you own it We can't run from it. We got to face that battle and she's in the she's in the trend. She's crying And I have to do my best to be strong for her and not show that I'm crying inside and lost our hair and To make this story a little bit more bright, the six month on Halloween, she went back to the doctor and she got a report that she was cancer-free. So she went through her post-treatment and just sitting in that room and when people going

through there, it changes you, doesn't it? It gives you perspective. It makes you realize that, it makes you grateful just for having health. It does. I mean, it made me turn my hope to another level, man. And she went through that process and proposed treatment. And she rung the bill. You know, they have a bill, you know,

you rings, and I actually put them on my Instagram, and we're celebrating. But that day, she said, I feel weak. Like something's not right. And I'm like, mom, you all right. Like, you're just, it's in your head. You're fine. The doctor said, you're fine. I'll go to my mom is a, she's not right. I'm like, mom, you're all right. Like you're just seeing your head, you're fine. The doctor said, you're fine.

I'll go to my mom is a, she's not a drama queen, but she's, she can be over the top, you know? You know, and she said, now I'm gonna go to the doctor. So you went to the doctor, make a long story short. She got re-diagnosed with brain cancer. Oh, no. And at that moment, it hit me, man. Yeah, of course.

You know, honestly, my faith started to question God. Like I'm doing all this for people and like, what's going on? Like my mom is so great, why hurt? And at that moment, I just remember, my mom always told me, don't say, why God? You know, say why not me? And I knew my mother at that moment.

It was a bigger purpose than her pain she was going through. And so many people in her journey has been strengthened. And she's currently fighting her journey to this day. She's getting better. But it tore me apart, man. It tore me in. It still tears me apart. I'm sorry to hear that because I relate. So I know your face looks like my face when you talk about it, right?

It's interesting, though? It's interesting though. It's interesting how, and I don't have all the answers either, but I do know that my dad's cancer, and in your mom's case, it has given me perspective about my own relationships, my own health, my own gratitude. And then here's the other thing, maybe you haven't considered.

Your mother's cancer just helped millions more people right now through you. That's right. It's amazing that God might choose you or me to have these situations. So we have these platforms to be able to express the important things about life because it's hard in situations this difficult. How in the world is this happening for me and not to me, right? Or happening for mom and not to mom. But it's amazing how God can take one life and use that life to

transform millions of other people's lives. And He chooses average people all the time. And I don't mean to be spiritual with you. I don't care what your faith is, what your religion is, but in almost every faith in almost every religion and my religion and Christianity, which I believe is yours as well, the Lord took 12 average people and took them to transform the world, right? And in every religion, you'll find that average ordinary people and sometimes people from deficient backgrounds, whether poor people or people from broken families are always utilized to make great things happen. And I believe that the Lord's chosen you and your mom to make a difference with this. And so thank you for Bill and

Will and to share that. Because everybody listening to this, we're all going through these, this journey together. We're just here to help express the way we're getting through it with you. So thank you so much for that. I want to ask you a question though about this rehab thing. Yeah. There are people that say, go, I want to do this. And I do need to start to accept myself better. I do need to start to, you call it self love, like myself, more appreciate myself, more have more confidence whatever it is. But I've got 20 years. I'm 20 years old, I got 20 years of not doing it, or I got 25 years of not doing it, or 30 years of not having confidence,

not loving myself, not believing in myself, what would you say to me? What could be something practically that I could do, a step, something that you do that can start that process of turning that around? Any practical step, any thought, any idea for them? As far as them, starting turning that negative process for 20 or 30 years into it, like, okay, how do I, like I want to change it? I got it. I got to love myself. I got to like myself. I got

to have more confidence. How? Yeah. I would say first of all, you have to own it. That's the first step. You will never heal what you're into now from. It doesn't work at all. You know, some of us we try to mask it. We try to tuck it in, we try to suppress it, and one of the things that I love to say suppression will lead to depression. So, on it, that's the first thing. On it that, okay, hey, embarrass yourself.

You know, that's one of my things for 2019. I wanna embarrass myself, I wanna tell people, hey, I'm not the smartest guy in this. Hey, I don't have it all figured out. It's cool, I lack confidence for 20 years. Who cares? You know how many people have lacked so many things for so many years that turned it around?

Like, you're one decision, one choice away, in the commitment away from changing your life. So, first of all, on it, the second thing I would tell you to do is get around a growth environment of people that help you build it. Must change your environment. Yeah, it's simple. I mean, if you took a flower, right? You can say the most beautiful flower in the world you took that flower

You put that flower in the wrong environment. What's gonna happen to that flower? It's gonna die right? It's gonna wither away and so look at your life as that flower right change your environment When the flower doesn't blossom we don't blame the environment. We don't blame the flower. What do we do? It's the environment. We change the environment. So if you're not growing Take a look at the people around you. Yeah, like I said don't blame the flower. What do we do? We change the environment. Yes. So if you're not growing, take a look at the people around you. And like I said, don't feel guilty for recognizing your word. Don't feel guilty for wanting to better your life. Yes. Don't feel guilty for, as I like to say, making the world

respect your greatness. So get around that. And then I would tell you to store away you can control. Find one thing that you can control that's totally in your control. It doesn't depend you can control that's totally in your control. It doesn't depend on how many people like your pulse or anything. What's one thing that you can control and become consistent with them?

Consistency will change your life. I'm not the most talented speaker. I'm not the most talented whatever, but I'm the most consistent at living my purpose. I've been doing this for a decade. And so be consistent and I promise you over time Consistency will make you a go-to person I I could not answer that better. I completely agree with you. I want to use one or two words differently in the identical sequence of it Right. I'm so I want to just add on to what you just said there everybody about environment. It's okay. What is environment?

You know, by the way, environment can be a group you join. It can be a coaching group It could be new friends. It can be a group you join, it can be a coaching group, it can be new friends, it can be a new company, a new business, but it also can be, I have a community, the max out community, you have the rehab community. So your associations are these communities, you're posting regularly, if you're commenting in these communities, if you participate in Instagram lives

or listening to the podcast, that's part of changing your environment. You don't give yourself enough credit, everybody. You are changing your environment by virtue of't give yourself enough credit, everybody. You are changing your environment by virtue of listening to this today. This audio or this video you're watching is in your current environment. And so you can have all of these associations

through different ways, book, shoot, read, things of that sort, shift your environment dramatically. I wanna make sure that they find you because you're giving away so much free good information there. So I wanna make sure that they can find you. So you know that I'm a follower of yours. And I listen to everybody, I want to say something about Trent.

I consider myself an inspired person. I consider myself productive and growing and changing. But there are people that I rely on to give me perspective, to give me peace, to give me confidence, to give me inspiration. And you're one of those people for me. Thank you. And so I follow you on Instagram.

So first, how do they follow you on Instagram? Where do they find you? Does that trend shelter? At Trend Shelton. And then if they want to go to part, find out more about rehab time or your site, where do they go for that? Trendshelton.com.

Trendshelton.com. So it's pretty clean. Yep, pretty simple. I know people are going to want to know this. You're one of the fastest-growing people I've ever seen on social media. And by the way, successful on multiple I've ever seen on social media. And by the way, successful on multiple platforms too,

which is very unique. What insights would you give people listening to this that want to grow or improve their social media presence? Right, I mean, definitely everything we talked about about being transparent, understanding your message. I like to say, understanding your magnet, like what attracts people to you, right? What is it?

Is it the way you smile? Is it your voice? Is it the way you smile? Is it your voice? Is it the way you look? Whatever it may be, understanding your magnet and really strengthening it. That's very good, yeah. And then I live by a formula I call CRC. I just broke it down to help me remember it.

The first C stands for content. You want a high level content. And I understand what I mean, high level, it doesn't mean that you have to have some big production. If you see most of my videos, I started with myself, you know, just write to it,

any two. To be honest with you, those videos get more views than my production. Could I just say something? 100% the case with me too. Go for the same thing. So high level content, second is relationships. And that's why I love how me and you came together. It's like it's no ego involved.

It's like how can I help you? How can I serve you? Trent, you know, vice versa. And I think a lot of times we think, oh, we can't connect with this person because they're in our space. Yeah. Build those relationships.

And as far as even on a deeper version of that, not just what influencers are somebody that might be in your space with your community. Build relationships with, those are the people who help you become who you are. And it just baffles me how some people just forget about those people. So true. So I'm in my DMs, I call people, you know, I'm in my comments help you become who you are. And it just baffles me how some people just forget about those people.

So true. So I'm in my DMs, I call people. Me too. You know, I'm in my comments because I can't answer everyone, right? But I want to connect with them and let them know that I do care. So build those relationships and then the last C

would be consistency. Yeah. And that's the thing. I mean, especially in the social media era now, like you have to be consistent. If you're not consistent, you will be forgotten. So be consistent, not just in what you post, but also too, in your lifestyle.

You shouldn't come with an own off switch. People should know who you are. Yes. People should know who you are. So I know if I go to your page, I know exactly where I'm gonna get for you. Yes. I know it's not gonna be some curve ball.

Right. I know exactly where I'm gonna get from you. And I think that's how you build a good file. I could not agree more. What wonderful tips. By the way, the magnet I've never heard before. Yeah. And let's just talk about the magnet for a second.

Like the consistency part. By the way, that's the hardest part. Yeah. It's being consistent. And it's just mainly documenting who you are. But that is work. I totally agree with you about being engaged in your relationships with comments and DMs.

That's just mandatory. But for some of you that are, your magnet could be lots of things. As you said, your magnet could be your message, your magnet could be your physical beauty, your magnet could be that you're a mom and working, and you're showing that process with your children and people relate to that,

your magnet could be your stuff, your magnet could be your struggle, your magnet could be your transformation, but you gotta figure out what your magnet is because it's different for so many different people. And my magnet's changed over time. You know, initially it's kind of like a fitness thing that I moved into personal development.

And that's just the magnet's changed. So wonderful point. What if someone asked you, Trent, I'm struggling to find my purpose. So, and I'm sure for you, like you said, like, football ended, you didn't know your purpose was gonna be this. So, I wanna find my for you, like you said, like, football ended, you didn't know your purpose was gonna be this. So, I wanna find my purpose, I wanna help people,

I love people, I wanna make a difference, my intentions are good, but I'm not sure I know what my purpose is, what would you say? This is gonna be tough, because I actually talked about this in the book, and I just had a realization, and it might not be true for everybody, and we can like dialogue about this, it's gonna be great. But when people can like dialogue about this. There's a thing to be great.

But when people say, I'm trying to find my purpose, I just wonder, does the world have it? You know, what do you mean? Like, does the, you know, I think when you search for something, a lot of times we don't find our purpose, what we find is what we want. You know? And so I feel like you are purpose. Ooh, you. God created you, whatever your faith is, my faith, you know.

God created you for purpose on purpose. He set you apart and he tells us that. And so when you look at it as I am purpose, that means that you can take whatever it is inside of your gift and go to any place and serve. Everybody's purpose is to help someone else. Now what you're searching for is the avenue of how to do it, whether it's to be a speaker,

whether it's to be an author, then you have to, I think, work through that process to find that. But I think the first step is knowing that I am pertinent. And when I realize that, I realize that I could be myself anywhere and make a difference. So I don't have a platform. You don't need a platform. Your platform is this world.

Yes. You can log off right now and go talk to somebody. And I think you said that in one of your stories about how you met a guy. And just recently. Yeah. And it was like, there you go. Yeah.

Right? Yeah. And the avenue is all around us. Man, I would not add to that because I think it's absolutely incredibly true. You did say two words there I want to feature though. I've never heard somebody say I am purpose, that's exactly right. And I feel like some of the best work I've done in my life's never been on social media.

It's been in a back seat, you know, right, right, last week or so, and I sit in the back seat of that cab and talk into that young man who was struggling with his life. You said two things there that I think are really important, service to other people and gift. Your purpose is somewhere in that gift you've got. And most people are too humbled to understand their gift, but your gift could be your beauty, your articulation, your intention, how humble you are, your faith, your strength, your confidence, your humility, your nurturing skills, your intellect, your humor. You have all kinds of gifts, but I think if you combine your gift with service, you probably are finding it.

And that's exactly right. One more thing I want to add to this. It took me letting go of what I wanted to do to grab a hold on to what I was created to do. It literally did. And so that's the hard part. Right? My calling, I didn't want this calling? Yes. I didn't want to do this. But it was the avenue, whatever you want to call it, this is what I was created to know. Oh my gosh. And so, think about that.

Maybe your holding on to something that is not allowing your purpose, right? So it's not allowing you to really understand what your purpose is. Pure, brilliant, and genius. And if you're allowing me, we're talking about this off camera, whereas it's not only even sometimes what you think you want to do, but it's also what everybody around you thinks. Like everyone thought your purpose was to be this football player. You thought it was probably about really everyone around you did,

same with me and my sport. And the fact of the matter is, is maybe when you let go of what everybody else thinks your purpose is, and maybe even what you think it is, you'll find it. That is, again, what I love is you say things I've not heard before. And again, today's conversation is as much for me as it is for the audience. That is pure brilliance. And by the way, I always want to acknowledge things like truth. You are right about what you're saying here.

100% right. I got one more question for you. Actually, I have about 80 more questions, but we promise we only take so much time. He's got to fly home today. This is so wonderful for me. Man, I'm enjoying it, man. Because you forget, everybody.

You forgot a long time ago. This was a professional athlete sitting in front of you. What I love about you is so quickly, your achievements, your, who you could posture yourself to be just disappears into service of people. And I love that about you. And I think people that are listening to this, they want to be in service to people too. They want to make a difference.

So if someone had the fortunate circumstance of being in my seat with you, they ran into you in a Starbucks or they're going to run into you at the airport and they go, Mr. Shelton, can I get two minutes with you? Yeah. And you said, sure, and I know you well enough, you would do that. And they said, I want to change my life. I want to be somebody. I want to make a difference in the world. And I've learned so much from you and all of your audios and your teachings and your Instagram posts and your snaps and all these other things. Is there anything that you would share with me? So if you got a minute or two with somebody, and they said, I want to change my life. You've given a lot of Kip tips and things today,

owning it, being self-aware, all of the different things that we've covered today. I don't want to go back through that list. Who would you add to it? Who would you say to them? I would tell them that one, your life isn't over. because I think so many people need to hear that because there's so many people smiling for the camera and dying behind the scenes.

So many people smiling for the camera and dying behind the scenes, I will tell them that they're enough. Now, to ask them, why do you want to change your life? Yes. What's the reason behind that? Is it an external reason? Is it to be more popular to be famous? So I would tell them that's not enough.

I feel like one of the biggest disappointments is to be successful and still be unfulfilled. Yes. And so I would tell them to seek fulfillment, understand who you are, be real with yourself. Be you. Yeah. Be you. If you look at me and be inspired, you see like this is how I show up on stage. Yes. Be you. If you look at me and be inspired, you see, like, this is how I show up on stage. Yes. Be yourself. Because in being yourself, you will change more lives than you ever could. And all of that story. Don't live in the story. Because some of us, we live in our story forever,

and we never grow out of it. But own your story and share your story. Because the world needs your voice. And you might be feeling like you're insignificant. Oh, what is, I didn't think my story was significant But I owned it and now my story reaches millions across the world Whether it's one or a million is still impacted somebody and that's what life is about. Mm-hmm I so wonderful. That's this extraordinary. I don't I don't know that I've had anybody sitting next to me who Lives what they teach as well as you do. And I've had wonderful people here. I've had incredible guests on my show.

But I really believe you embody what you teach. And I think that's what I call being congruent and being authentic. And so I would layer onto that, that own your story, own you, and be congruent. Be who you present yourself to be. Do what you say you're going to do. And I'm going to tell you, today's been just miraculous, man. I enjoy it. I like, because I know we've covered issues

that have not been covered on my show previously. And the people needed this today. Like I know the folks out there that follow me, that follow you, needed this. And people wanted to see you and I get together so much. And I just so y'all know, you're gonna see more of us together. We're gonna be doing a whole bunch of different things together. I'm excited by the way about your book that's coming out as well.

And so let's just briefly talk about your book and where they might be able to get that. So my book is called The Greatest You. And is this the journey, man, from turning your pain into power? I share a lot of my story. I share a lot of my ideas to help you become that greatest you. You can get it anywhere, books or souls. Okay, so it'll be everywhere. Okay, anywhere, books or souls.

So you may be looking for that. You may be watching this at a time where it's not out yet and you're gonna need to be looking for but you should go look for it now because it may already be on the shelf. So try and thank you so much. Thank you, and I love you today. This is awesome.

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