Choosing Your Own Path When Everyone Else Has Opinions | Episode 464

0:00Hi, everyone. It's Justin here, voices for voices. Thank you so much for joining us whether you're watching, whether you're listening, whether you're here in the United States or you're somewhere across the world outside the United States. We welcome each and every one of you whether this is your first episode or whether you've been with us from the beginning. It's hard to believe that we have surpassed the 460 total voices for voices, TV show and podcast episodes. It's a surreal moment for us at the organization to make it where we are. We have nobody else to thank but you. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have a show. We wouldn't have the demand to bring content all across the board from easy topics to hard topics and everything in between.

1:11If you could do us a quick favor and give us thumbs up, like, follow, subscribe, share and maybe reach out to 25 or maybe 50 of your contacts in your phone and share voices for voices and our voices for voices TV show and podcast with them. That would be greatly appreciated and that is something. These are things that are free to do so they don't cost you anything except maybe a minute or two of your time. Thank you again for making voices for voices what it is today and what it will be in the future. We just have so many areas that at the outset of the organization had no idea that we would be working in and towards areas that you'll be seeing in here.

2:34We are very much more in the not too distant future but understand competition and everything so not going to share too much on what those are. You're going to know but we'll just put it put it that way and so we're grateful to be a zero budget goal crushing organization and as as you may know if you've followed us, been part of any of our shows. We are the 501c3 nonprofit charity organization which means or charity so that's something also to think about that who would have thought a charity with basically a zero zero dollar budget keeps crushing goals keeps coming.

3:46Coming out with so much content for our shows and as you will begin to see so much other projects that they were able to do and it's because of you so thank you thank you for making voices for voices what it is. And thank you for continuing to believe in an organization in myself it's a it's a really humbling experience. So what I would like to touch on in this episode is right the organization we're called voices for voices and we talk about all the different ways we can share our voices and the list just grows how we can share our voice.

4:53And this episode I want to tell and share with those individuals who help make individuals who want to share their voice and who are able to share their voice. Or an individual individuals who are sharing the voices of others. We think of you think of teachers we think of coaches we think of you an orchestra director sharing the voice through music we think of teachers professors with sign language interpretation.

5:56There's so many people that we want to thank to give us and you the opportunity to share your voice you have a blog you have a following maybe a show too. All the all the people in all the ways all the things that allow us to share our voice or because of somebody else I didn't get here voices for voices we didn't get where get the word rat on our own I've talked through the story many times. As recent as a couple of episodes ago actually.

6:58And it wasn't until I swallowed my pride until I know I talk about learning and researching and if I want to have learned and research. Then we wouldn't be here today because if I thought that like okay I can handle everything I can come up with all the ideas and it's all about me it's all about me it's all about me. We wouldn't be here. And so I want to say thank you to each and every person I'm not going to be able to because it take quite a while to go through the names but you know who you are.

8:01You gave me not even just at the beginning of voices for voices but even throughout the years. I really like starting with my parents and even I look back at different sports that I play the coaches given me the opportunity sometimes I succeeded sometimes I didn't. When I didn't succeed there are times where I got this very very depressed. But now looking back at all those all those individuals good bad and different look back at these individuals.

9:10And then one way or another they've helped shape who I am and who we are as an organization and how being transparent is helpful to me. It's helpful to the organization and it's helpful to you. Many of you know the sort of me growing up and going to college just getting to that point of going to college was hard. And so there were times where again I second guess myself I went with the crowd.

10:16And then there came a point where I started to step away from the crowd a little bit where I started to take my studies more serious. So did my fair share of partying got that but all along the way there are teachers and individuals that I would meet they helped mold me along with bosses and managers and directors and deans. So many people that somehow some way I continued and I think that's a big thing is continue on.

11:25We're living in a moment that moment does not define us as a whole person like oh Justin screwed up so he's a screw up. No, I may have screwed up and so I try to learn from what I may not have known what I may not have seen that might not have listened. Whatever the case may be all these experiences and events have made me who I am. And so there's so many people along the 44 years of my life that have molded me.

12:31I could look back and be like well I wish this didn't happen which that didn't happen yes there are some of those situations. Especially when I wasn't the nicest person in the room. But when we look past that excuse me when we look past that and we start to. We start to look really inside what do we want to do what do we want to get out of life we're just going to run the rat race. Go to bed wake up go to work be dinner go to bed yes those are aspects.

13:36But do those really define us as a person in who we are in totality. I don't think so the reason I say that is because I'm here right now. Any number of things that could have had me not here right now. So that's why I want to think each and every person whether I felt you were nice to me or not whether I felt you helped me or not. But if I hadn't gone through different experiences I don't know that I would have the drive that I have.

14:42The dream and dreams that I have I wanted to be more of a helper in my life here on out. The helping of others not that always helping myself. I also got a think of for me as a believer I think of God as a driving force as well because I. I couldn't I couldn't have the energy to be here on a day that I don't have to be filming a show that I could just take the easy way out and there's going to be days where we're going to go and not film shows.

15:57But we're going to work on our other projects. Then there's going to be days when we're going to film two or three shows. The best way to find those is again wherever you download podcasts you watch on rumble watch on you to our channel. You're going to see and hear our episodes. The quickest that way for those ways. Than a social media post. We still do social media post. We have a lot to give a lot a lot to share. And so the best way I think is to film.

17:04Do all the administrative parts. Taking an episode that's filmed and doing the editing and titles and description and hashtags and all those. And at the cover see how it looks. And so thank you. Thank you to each and every person that I've come to contact with. Whether it was a good experience whether it wasn't. And there's a lot of times where yeah I wasn't the nicest of people.

18:06But I kind of look at this as like you know a second third or fourth or fifth or 15th chance for me. And so that's why I'm here sharing about my mental health. And I have that and will. And are sharing. So many times I could have given up so many. You may be in the same boat. It's like well what's the use. Nobody cares. He cares what I'm talking about or what what I think. Let me say this if nothing else.

19:07Whether you go to therapy or not that's not my I'm not. I tell you my story. I'm not telling you what you need to do. And if you don't have a therapist and you do a show or something similar. At some point or another. It's just like having a therapist. Sharing information. Want to help people. It's a lot of what therapy is. Sharing how our days are gone. Have gone. What we did. Let's come up. But. What type of obstacles have we. Have we run into. So thank you so much for.

20:13Make it voices for voices what it is and what it will be. Both here in the moment. And then into the. Into the future. Thank you. And again, we. We'd love for you to follow us on social media. We're everywhere. You can give us a thumbs up. Like, follow, subscribe, share. Let us know how. How you're doing. And help us as you've helped us to get to this point. To continue. Helping us.

21:14Reach and help at least three billion people. Of the course of my lifetime and beyond. We're well on our way and we're going to do it. That's just the way it's going to be. I just wish that when I was. Going through. Some different. Situations growing up. That I had a show that I had somebody that I could look up to. Maybe as a role model or maybe not. Maybe just a listen or watch. You know what? That's exactly how I feel. Or how I felt before. There's another person.

22:14Another human that's gone through. Or has gone through. Something similar. So I'm going to live the fight another day. I'm going to live. Continue to live. Until my days are gone. I think with that mindset. Each and every one of us. It can be a better person. And don't don't don't forget this. Don't forget the dream. And don't forget to go after your dreams. Don't let somebody tell you you can't.

23:14A lot of times people tell you you can't. There's the jealousy and envy that comes with that. Because they might see. What you're doing. I don't want her to do that. I don't want him to do that. Situ and what my nose. Little bitch. And I've gone through that phase. And so. But it's great. We can listen. We can listen to experience and listen to. People's. Opinions. But don't ever forget that the buck stops with you. So you're the one has to make the decision at the end of the day.

24:17Is that person that you talk to you once a month or once. Who knows how often. We're going to let them dictate. How we feel and what we do on a day-to-day basis. Or are we not. I will almost beg you. To listen. But you make the decision at the end of the day. What you want to do. And there's going people that are going to come. They're going to go. There's still going to be negative no matter what. What you show them. What we do.

25:17So don't get down. You can slow down from time to time. Yeah. Of course. We got to give. You know, self love. Self care. We need to do those things. So we can. Operate at a. At a high. At a high. High efficiency. I don't know what I'm trying to. What word I'm looking for. So take time for yourself. Think things through. Listen to others.

26:18And then you make decision and you go after it. So lastly again. Thank you to everybody. It's been a part of my life. I'm going to do it. Bad and different. We are voices for voices. This is the voices for voices TV show podcast. Over 460 episodes. And our portfolio and our catalog. And we're just so grateful to have you with us. So hope you have a great day. Great evening. Great morning. Afternoon. Wherever you are. And we look forward to seeing you. And sharing and talking to you on a future episode of.

27:19Our voices for voices TV show podcast. Thank you so much. Have a great day. Bye bye for now.