Your Thoughts Aren’t True | How Entrepreneurs Break Free From Pressure & Build From Peace

I gotta put myself on there, learn the technology. What's going on, everybody? Hope you're having a good Saturday morning. Um, excited to bring on Claudia here, friend of mine in the entrepreneurship— entrepreneur space, kind of on a similar journey. Um, before I do that, just a reminder, we are here to help ourselves, help everyone else shift out of survival mode, okay? The fear, the anxiety, the worry, the doubt, the anger, the guilt, so that you can build your life and your business from peace instead of pressure. Because the ultimate reality is that if, if you really want to get to the next level, you want to have a multi-million dollar business, or you want to do whatever you want to do, guess what? There's going to be more problems, more challenges, more everything at that level. So you need to have a— you need to be able to regulate yourself internal—

internally.

And that's what we're here to help you with, is to help you build that inner operating system so that you can have the stability to actually enjoy your success, because ain't nothing worse than getting that success and still feeling like crap. All right, so that's what we're here to help you with. Um, without further ado, Claudia, welcome!

How are you, Jake? What's going on? Thanks so much for having me on.

I'm absolutely—

I'm so flattered.

It's great, you know, because I started doing these lives actually because, um, well, you know, you know Alex Hormozy?

Oh yeah, it's funny, I have his book right here next to me. Which one? The, uh, the latest one, the, um, $100 Million Models.

Yeah, Money Models. I, I just— I got it too. I was reading it last night. I'm trying to figure out the whole built thing and the money model. Yeah, exactly. Books are great. They're like massive and— oh, I know— easy to read. And it's not that big of a book either. I feel like I'll be—

no, and he's so great at breaking down like complex, um, down to like elementary. And I think like he's such a great communicator. He's definitely somebody I look up to in terms of like how to communicate, how you actually sell and sell yourself and like what's, what's behind what you have going on and stuff like that. So me too, I'm doing— we're all doing the same thing here. But he's, he's great.

He has a— yeah, he's great at that. I mean, he's like, what do they say? I mean, you don't understand something unless you can explain it to a 10-year-old. Is the bottom line. I think he does a good job of that.

100%. And it's funny, I used to work with kids, and, uh, you have to break things down so that they understand. I worked with elementary kids specifically a few years back.

Um, oh, you did?

5 to 10 years old, um, kids. And yeah, they don't understand it unless you like break it down. So it taught me how to— and it's not necessarily I was teaching them complex things, but they That's where it starts, right? On like, okay, how to build, how do you, um, let's set up the day, let's have the curriculum for the day, this is what you have to do. And, uh, that has honestly helped me out a lot when I transitioned to tech and then real estate as well, because adults like to be kind of spoken to, uh, you know, when you break things down, I think it makes it a lot easier to connect with people too.

100%. You confuse, you lose.

I like that.

You confuse, you lose. A lot of— yeah, it's easier. I think maybe subconsciously sometimes we try to make it sound complicated so we can sound smart, but it doesn't get—

that's another story.

But I have a love-hate relationship with Hormozi because he has a lot of good information, but I feel like he's just the king of like, you just gotta grind harder and push and force and pressure. I'm just like, that's not it though. Like, yes, you have You do have to do work, you do have to do the things, and I totally get it. And he's obviously crushing it. I feel like he is the definition of just like struggling. Everyone just thinks they have to strain harder to do it and just have this miserable life for 10 years while they build the business they want to build. I just don't think it's the way. I think a lot of people realize it's not the way. Like that start in the beginning, like, you know, for myself, I was like, I just got to a point where I was like, this is miserable. I would rather just not do the business altogether than continue to operate like this. And that's when I made the choice. I was like, I'm just going to stop. Being like this. Now, obviously, you know, over time, but, um, talk about your kind of realizations over the last like year, year and a half. You said you were kind of on a similar, similar path there.

Yeah, it's so funny because I talk about, um, Alex Hormozi all the time, and it's, uh, you kind of flip a coin. I think there's— there come seasons where you do have to do that, but I think it's, it's how you approach it. Everyone's different, and I think some people really embrace that, oh, grind, let's do it, and they love it. I'm, I'm with you on that. I do not, I am not about that. I don't love having to struggle or feel like I have to kill myself to, to get to that. Um, and so a little bit about my, like, my entrepreneurial journey. I mentioned a little bit I was in education for a bit, and it wasn't really until after COVID that I was like, you know what, there has to be more than this. I'm built, I'm built, I'm built different. Like, I I feel like I'm capable of so much more than working at a 9 to 5. Um, started listening to podcasts and that's how I got into wholesaling while I was working, um, a 9 to 5 at a tech gig. I have a lot of product development experience and all, most of my wholesaling, um, experience was like I was working a, a real job, so it was very part-time. So yeah, it wasn't until 2024 where I was sick of it. I had been laid off from one of my jobs. I got into tech sales because I was like, oh, let me jump into the sales environment at a corporate company. I hated it. It was in office. The money was good.

I'll never be in that environment, so I'll never know.

But oh my God, like full of like those bros, like sales bros. Yeah. What really killed me was being in the office and people are like wrapping up their day. It's like literally a 9 to 5. People are staring at the clock waiting for 5 to hit to get off, get up out of their chairs. And I was like, I'm in the rat race. I'm like, I said something I would never do. And I mean, that's what a lot of us are. It's how we, how we look at it. But that told myself I can't do it. And when I decide, it's like it's done. Like whether it's like a relationship or business, whatever it is, once I decide this is what I want to do, I made up my mind. And, uh, like January 1st, I submitted my resignation to go full-time to do wholesaling. Uh, and I think that was around the time you and I met. Uh, I think we had done a podcast with, with you. Um, and that's when we did the podcast.

I was like, it was like you're like part-time wholesaling basically, but still working in the job.

Exactly. I was, uh, I was I mean, we're still like closing deals, but I was like, okay, I, I know the, the blueprint, so to speak. But this also goes into, um, kind of like what you have going on, is I felt like I needed someone, um, like a partner or someone to like hold my hand in this process and going full-time entrepreneurship. So, um, I, I was working with the business partner then, and I thought I needed that. I didn't believe in myself that I could do it. I could take this whole thing. There was limiting beliefs there. And I think because I carried that, that like, that whole experience turned out the way it did because of that, because I never really truly believed in myself. I doubted my capabilities and it got to the point in that a year that I went full-time entrepreneur that I ran out of funds, like runway money ran out, deals fell out of escrow. I think we had like 5 or 6 deals we were supposed to close that all fell out. And that, that can kill you, right? And that you need to keep the business rolling. And, uh, that it was in that time, although it was a very— looking back, it's, it's fine now, but it was really like stressful. I I was, I was, I was struggling. Um, I didn't know how I was gonna make it. I was living off of credit cards. And but it was in that moment that I really honed in on like my spiritual awakening and believing in myself and healing my past wounds and like my, my inner child and embracing my inner child. So there's a lot of discovery that I had during that time. So I felt like the universe, God really God, like, took me through that to get to where I'm at now, where it's like, oh, I see why. I see why I had to go down that path to learn to value myself and my voice, uh, to get to where I'm at now. And, uh, you know, still learning, but it was that, that going, like, putting, betting on myself. Although it didn't turn out the way I wanted to, it turned out the way it was supposed to.

Yeah, yeah, you have, you, you have to go through that, like that breaking, because you, you know, you don't— that's the beauty of this world though, is like there's, there's dichotomies, there's two ends of a spectrum, right? So how are you supposed to know what it feels like to be at peace and to be grounded and to be clear and to be whole if you don't know the opposite? If you don't know operating from lack all the time, not believing in yourself, operating from fear, operating from anxiety. So it's kind of like a, you know, The silver lining is like it gives you that perspective. So now you know. And another great thing too is you can now relate to everyone else who's going through that as well. Like, I know exactly where you were. I've been doing this work too, so I don't have to operate like that, right?

Right.

And I think when you say too, like, with the hormones, like there's a time and a place to grind and stuff. I think the biggest thing that, um, I have realized with this is like you still need to do the work, obviously. Like, you need to be consistent. Right? But it's really more about consistency than intensity. That's really all it is. Like, it's not about hustle, it's about focus. Can you stay focused long enough? And we think that we just hustle and strain, we're gonna get there in 3 months, but you're not. Like, if you want to build anything significant, it's going to take years, okay? Years. 2, 3, 4, 5 years, 7 years, 8 years, 10 years, whatever it is. So there's no way that you were gonna make it without burning out without imploding or self-sabotaging if you are not grounded and you don't know how to deal with situations. You don't know how to deal with your emotions and understand that you are not your emotions and that you can just observe those things and let them go. You don't understand you're not your negative thoughts, right? They're not necessarily true just because you thought them, right? You can observe them and let them go. So learning to regulate, I think, is just, is massive and not operating in like this fight or flight state all the time.

Survival.

Survival mode. All entrepreneurs are in that survival mode because that's, I mean, that's how we learn, right? And it's justified. Like, I get it because in the beginning you, well, first of all, no one teaches you this stuff. That's the first thing. No one taught you this stuff in high school or college. No one's telling you how to, and it's like the most foundational stuff of all time. But yeah, operating from survival mode. The thing is, when you don't operate from survival mode, right? So this is my thing, it's like still do all the work. You still have to show up every single day and be incredibly consistent. You have to put in the reps. You do have to do the work, but you can do it from a different state of being than the stress, right? And when you do it from a different state of being than the stress, you're actually going to perform better. Because when you're not in fight or flight— because fight or flight turns off prefrontal cortex, you're literally getting ready to run from a lion, so you can't think, you can't execute, you have no energy, you have no emotional bandwidth, you can't deal with anything that anyone's saying. Like, how supposed to be a good leader like that? You can't be. So it's like you get to eat your cake, get your cake and eat it too, by living in more of a peaceful state, you know, more of a grounded, regulated state.

You know what's crazy, Jake, is, um, you know, going through my awakening, so to speak, you become more self-aware of like, wow, I used to think like that, or I can't— like, you know, certain people, the way, um, they speak, it's like, oh, I used to say that, like, that sounds so crazy. Like, you start catching yourself or other people. And so the survival mode, I resonate with so much because to your point, when you— when, when I quit my job to go full-time, like that whole— the foundation just was not there. Like this, I, I was driving off of found like survival mode and like limited beliefs, and I didn't really truly believe myself. I was telling myself, but deep down inside it doesn't. I know Joe Dispenza talks about, um you know, you need to like connect with your body and mind. Like, they are— they're all one. Like, you have to feel it, not just think it, right? So, uh, talking to other people, and of course everyone's gonna have their own journey. It's so crazy to think like, wow, you're, you're just not there yet, and that's okay. That's just part of your journey. But it really— you're driving like with the road's foggy. Like, you can't see things clearly. How are you supposed to excel when you're in that mode? But a lot of us, you know, a lot of— I know people who are successful, that's what drove them. And so everyone handles it differently. And at some point, you know, you, you have to get out and, and truly believe. And, and there has to be evidence too. And I think that's where consistency comes in. It's like, if you're showing up, if you know exactly— like, for me Um, you know, I went through all that. I was like, how am I going to pay my bills? I had to let my ego go. I had to be like, you know what, Claudia, get a job. I know you don't want it. Get a remote job. It's in tech. It pays well. But like, get, get a job that doesn't require too much responsibilities and start over. I didn't want to start over. I didn't want— my ego was like, how are you going to start over? Like, what are people on, on Instagram, on social media going to think? And like, that's—

nobody cares, realistically.

Nobody, exactly. And that was the other thing, a damn about what— because everyone's caught up with what's going on with themselves, right?

Yeah.

And that's kind of the, the conversations you have with yourself on, like, well, what are they gonna think? It's like, girl, nobody cares. Like, do what you have to do. And that's where I also made me realize, like, why am I relying on other people to speak for me. Like, like this, going back to like my past, is I lived off victim mentality, survival mode. Um, I was bullied a lot, I went through a lot of, uh, changes growing up, and I used to rely on people to like defend me or speak on my behalf. I was always comfortable in the background, and I lived like that for so long until I was like, you know, I have my own light. Like, there's so much I can offer. I need to just put myself out there. And when I decided to be like, you know what, like, my voice matters, my story matters, that's where I told myself I need to— like, I'm responsible for my own life, not anyone else. And I think a lot of people have these expectations. Well, why didn't you do this for me or do that for you? It's like, No one owes you anything, first of all, right? You're responsible, you're accountable, and it's your responsibility to do that. And so once I, like, took that responsibility and held myself accountable, that's where things really turned around. And I focus on like, all right, let me take small actionable steps because I can write it down, I can do a vision board. But if I'm not taking those action steps, every day. I'm just looking at a book. I'm just writing stuff down. Like, I think people also like to wait and think somebody's gonna save them, and it's like, that's not how it works. Like, you also have to put in the work.

Yeah, gotta do the thing. Yeah, the Joe Dispenza stuff's very interesting. I've, I've, um, looked into a lot of his stuff. Yeah, it's crazy because we literally condition our bodies, right? Says the thought alone isn't enough, it's the emotion, right? Because the emotion is what wires it into your nervous system in, in your body as real. So our body stores these past experiences through emotion. So something happens in the past and we store it as an emotion. But what happens is like over time we think certain thoughts, right? And this activates neural networks and neurotransmitters in our brain that releases neuropeptides, which are, um, basically the molecule of emotion to our hormonal sites on our body. So within a second we think a fearful thought or a limiting thought that releases a certain chemical and we feel that emotion of fear. And then over time, by continually thinking, and that feeling creates more of that thinking, you're in this loop. You literally program your body to be the body of fear or anxiety. And it's so hard to change because your chemi— your body is chemically addicted to want that emotion molecule of fear, of guilt, of sadness, whatever it is. So when you try to break that, like, consciously, you're like, yeah, I'm going to be confident today. Great. The second that you're not consciously thinking about being confident, you go right back to that subconscious pattern., right? That subconscious program. So the whole work begins about rewiring. And really what we want to do is— because in your brain you have these like neural networks, meaning like for everything in your life. So about business, there's a neural network. Every time you think about business, you, you feel a certain feeling. Or going to the gym, or talking with this person, or talking with your mom, or talking with your sister, or meditating. There's a— there's an emotion related with each neural network. So that's basically your subconscious program. So if you want to be a healthy person and your neural network with going to the gym is like you don't believe you're a healthy person, the emotion is going to be like you're going to be, um, you know, reserved, you're going to dread it, and right, and that's going to lead to behavior of what? Not wanting to go to the gym. So the whole work becomes about reprogramming, reprogramming that neural network with a positive elevated emotion that's going to drive the behavior that you want to do the thing that you want. Because if you don't do that, it's like you're consciously trying to go to the gym every day but you don't believe that you're a healthy person, right? And your programming is all out of whack, so you're just struggling and straining. But imagine if you reprogrammed your subconscious mind, right, to associate the thought of the gym with an elevated, like, yeah, this is great. I get— subconsciously though, not consciously. So the second you think about gym, your body's like, boom, oh, that's great. And then guess what? Your behavior is naturally going to want to get in the car and go to the gym. So that's that whole, like, Joe Dispenza has that book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, but that's what it's about.

So good. So So good.

And he talks about using meditation as a tool because you want to basically get below, you know, your analytical mind, because your analytical mind is what like sabotages that idea. So if you can slow your brainwave states down enough to get out of the analytical mind to be more relaxed, you can really visualize going to the gym and being happy about it. And over time you reprogram, but it takes time. And people are like, you know, People want, people want solutions now.

Don't tell that to the influencers. That's like instant gratification. To your point, like, right, uh, people want to be successful. Build this Amazon storefront and you'll be a millionaire. And people like, just people are dying to be successful and like millionaires, but people aren't willing to put in the work because they, like, I think you said earlier, they, you were not taught how to go through this journey. You kind of have to figure it out, or you hire mentors or, you know, coaches like yourself too, right, to like Rewire yourself. Um, so it's, it's so funny to me because I used to kind of think like that when I first got started. Like, okay, people talk about how bad it is, like, okay, but I have this cushy job, I'm doing this. But when you're, when you're in it, you know, and it's uncomfortable, it's like, oh my God, it's like you're all of these feelings, the energies you talk about, like surface that you didn't even think about. And, uh, I think that's where You know, you really have to put in the work and it's work. I mean, even now to this point, I consider myself, you know, self-aware of everything. But, you know, we still make mistakes. There's still those times. But I know when, like, say those thoughts come or of like, why are you doing this? Or you're not worthy. Or to some extent it's never like super negative. I'm like, that's an old thought. It doesn't belong to me anymore. But hey, what's up? Like, you know, you recognize like all right, you're present, but you no longer belong to me. It's like having that discipline to ignore, you know, what, what the old thoughts, patterns that you did have, and, and really embracing the new ones.

Yeah, yeah, you build that awareness muscle though. Michael Singer talks about it. I'm not sure if you've read the book The Untethered Soul, but I've heard of it.

I need to, um, it's funny, I was just looking him up last week actually.

Yeah, he's got really good books. I read all three of them. I drove out to Arizona January of last year. I crushed all three. It was like a 40-hour drive. I just listened to all of his books on the way out. Like, 3 books. Yeah, you— he calls it witness consciousness, but that's your awareness. Like, you people need to understand that you are not your thoughts or emotions. What do I mean by that? Like, how do you know that you're observing that you're angry? Who is that? Who is the— who is the being or the awareness that's observing you feeling anger, right? Because if you were the anger, you wouldn't be able to self-identify as that, right? So It's creating that separation. And when you create that separation, you understand that thoughts are just objects to your consciousness, just like a pair of glasses or like anything is. They're just kind of coming into your field. Instead of getting wrapped up in them and being like, this is my truth, you can identify and you can let it go, right? It's almost like your thoughts and emotions are— think about— are like this. So let's say you're, um, your thoughts, think about a stage, right? Your thoughts are like the people, the emotions like the lights, the camera, all this stuff. And your awareness is just like sitting in the audience. It's like super peaceful. It's just like, you know, it could be chaos on the stage, right? Maybe the play is just some like murder scene and whatever it is, and the lights and everything's going crazy. That's your thoughts and emotions. But your awareness is just sitting back there watching it. Wow, this is crazy, right? But then that gives you that space. And when you create that space, like physiologically, it really diffuses that emotional charge. You don't get as wrapped up in it. Because you do create that awareness. Viktor Frankl said in A Man's Search for Meaning, you know, he's the guy who, he was in a Nazi prison camp, he was a Jewish guy, and you know, he survived, but his biggest thing was that there's a space between stimulus and response. Meaning stimulus, thought comes in, emotion, there's that space, and that's what allows you to respond instead of reacting, getting caught up.

Yeah, oh, that's, I love that. I think, One of my, like, journey with emotions, handling emotions, I used to suppress because I used to suppress my emotions. I used to suppress my anger because you know why? I used to be known as the strong one, the calm one, the chill one, um, growing up. And, and that also goes to, I think you were talking about earlier, it's, it's healing your past, uh, emotions from your past, like like stay— like that energy stays with you. Yeah, there's a lot of, a lot of habits that I sort of came about because of like the way I grew up, where I had to be the strong one. That was my way to survive through what was like, you know, I had a pretty good childhood, but there, you know, there were some parts where it was a little bit difficult, and I had to grow up a little fast. And so I naturally created this shield And that shielded a lot of people, and I held on to that for the longest time. So I was never really angry, or I never got frustrated in front of others. Yeah. And but there was a time where I just, I couldn't do it. I couldn't hold it anymore. And I like, not like lashed out, but I was just, I just wanted to scream. And that's where I was like, I need to go. Figure this out. Like, how do I release in like a calm way? Uh, so I— that was kind of also the start of just learning more about me, of like, how do I heal through these? Like, uh, because I think there's a book called The Body Keeps the Score, and I forgot who the author is, but it's like something.

Yeah, that's what it is.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

She talks about—

yeah, they talk about, uh, yeah, how we, how we're born and where we go through life and we, we hold on to this energy and that energy gets stuck. And, you know, if you follow Dr. Joe Dispenza, we've, who we've talked about, stuck energy is never good. Like, you need to release it out. And so now, I mean, I'm getting better at it, at communicating when something, you know, uh frustrates me, or maybe someone spoke to me. And this also ties into people pleasing. I was very much— I like to say I'm a recovering people pleaser because I, I used to just, yeah, yes ma'am, no sir. I wanted to be the good kid. And that also tied into like my childhood. So a lot of that suppression of emotions comes out later in your life. And so you really need to confront those emotions head on and feel them out. And it's okay to feel that way, but like learn to like release it and being like, this is not me. Like, it's okay to feel this way. Like sometimes like just crying it out works or just going for a walk or whatever it is. So that has helped me a lot with like, uh, especially now entrepreneurship as I'm balancing. Now I'm, I'm really, uh, building my commercial real estate business, and I still have a 9-to-5. So there's days where I'm like really overwhelmed or stressed out, or, you know, there's just a lot on my plate. So I just know to just release and being like, hey, I'm— how grateful am I? And that's another thing I want to talk about too, is like gratitude is such a big, um, component to my spiritual awakening too, is being more, uh not that I wasn't grateful before, but tying that into the spiritual component of abundance. And anytime I want to maybe complain, it's, it's being like, yeah, but you know, someone always has it worse. And that always kind of brings me back to like, hey, it's, it's going to be okay. Like, you know, my self-talk to myself.

Yeah, it's great. This is great. Look at you. That's awesome. I just love seeing people realize this stuff because it's so powerful. That's why I'm so passionate about it, because I know everyone's dealing with this stuff and no one wants to talk about it because they don't— they don't want to feel soft. They don't want to do this or they don't want to do that.

I'm like, listen, they don't know what they don't know, Jake.

Well, they don't know what they don't know, but it's like, I guess they don't know there's a different way or a better way. But yeah, so it's interesting you talk about this stored energies, right? And basically what happens is that Yeah, an emotion. We're not taught how to deal with our emotions. No one teaches us. We just think anger is bad. We think sadness is bad. We think depression is bad, whereas it's like every time you suppress it, it's just going to keep coming back up, keep coming back up. The only way to dissolve it is to just feel it. You got to just feel it and relax, literally relax yourself, breathe, relax your body, and just feel it and just let it go. What happens, what Michael Singer talks about is we have all these samskaras. That's what they're called. They're like thorns in our body. And different events in our life cause these, these scars, right? So someone triggers us and it makes us angry. We don't like anger, so what do we do? We suppress it, and then we try to avoid that situation, that person. Yeah. And then we have all these thorns in our— and then we have hundreds of these things, right, where these different situations make us feel a certain way and we don't like how it makes us feel, so we avoid that situation. And Michael Singer talks about like having a bunch of— and then you're like walking through the woods with all these thorns and you're trying to like avoid the branches so nothing hits the thorns in your body. It's like, hey, just take the thorns out. You know what I mean? Like, don't— stop trying to avoid everything in your life. Just take the thorns out. And you do that by letting the emotion come up and— 'cause you don't wanna feel it, but you need to feel it to process it. So if you had some trauma that you're sad about, you have some trauma that you're angry about, you have some trauma about whatever, you have to let it come up and you have to sit with it. You have to feel it as long as you need to feel it, and then you got to let it go. And for me, one of the biggest ones I realized too is when I was first getting started in the wholesale business, obviously fear and pressure was all that stuff. Go to bed with a pit in your stomach, wake up with a pit in your stomach, the whole nine yards. Every time my phone would ring, I'd be like, "Oh my God." Get that pit in your stomach. So I was like, "I can't have this deal fall through right now. I need the money," all this stuff. And then 2 years later, every time my phone rings, I realized I was like, going into this panic mode when my phone rang. It was 2 years later. And I was like, why is that happening? And then I was thinking about, oh, it was because of that. It was because I, right? So I had to, then I became aware of it, right? And so now every time my phone rang, I would feel that feeling. I'd literally just feel it. I'd let it be like, okay, great, that's fine. But it's just a phone. It's fine. I'm gonna pick it up and it's fine. And I also changed my ringtone and stuff. But I was just like, so now I've moved past that. Now I'm not afraid to answer my phone. So it's a big day in my life. It's baby steps.

Yeah, I know that feeling though. I know that feeling of, oh dear, what's going to happen next? And I think everyone has that sort of fear that has been created or built through like a job or a relationship. I think for me, I think a sound like a Slack sound, because I used to work at this company where it kind of traumatizes me a little bit. Like the huddle sound. Oh my God, what now? What, what did I— what do I need to fix? Um, I had a very, uh, my boss was, was terrible. He was super intelligent but very toxic, uh, and narcissist, uh, to say the least, and treated me like crap. And I was like one of the loyal— and, and it wasn't just me. And that's where, looking back now, I, I wasn't as, uh, I guess awoken as I am, as I am now. I wasn't as aware then, but looking back, it's like, oh, it's, it's funny. You, you kind of fall back into repeated patterns. Like, I realized the same sort of behaviors that I experienced as a, as a child, I kind of replicated that as an adult going through like a similar, like traumatic, because it was very traumatic for me. Like the, the experience I had with him, like the way he would speak to me. Uh, and then just being on alert if something— there was an issue that came up. And that, like, I allowed that to kill my confidence in, like, in feeling worthy. And I, I made a decision there. And I think there's something powerful too, where it's like, once you decide— because it's like, you're the creator, right? That, that was the other thing I've learned, is like, you're either a victim or a creator. Like, which one? And I was I chose a victim so for so long because I thought, yeah, woe is me. People, you know, people are going to feel sorry for me and they're going to help me out, right? It was always like relying on other people, but it was like, no, like I'm the creator. I make up the rules. Like, I'm not going to allow somebody to like literally stomp my confidence. So it's just crazy that you mentioned that because there are certain things that remind me of that, and it's like, oh, that's so funny, that used to stress me out. And like, you just think about it and then, okay, poof, like, that's it.

Well, yeah, and it's— I think a big thing there too is not judging yourself for it, because it's not like a character flaw, it's more of that was how you were like programmed, right? Right. So your subconscious— so subconscious mind, I think people understand this but don't really understand, like, your subconscious mind is, is like a survival adaptation to conserve energy. Yeah, if you have to consciously think about something all the time, it takes a lot of calories and resources and energy to do that. So your body is trying to automate things as quickly as humanly possible to support you so you don't have to do it as much. So whatever you've been doing, like you have been, you know, um, hiding behind people or letting people step up for you, if that was the easiest thing to do, your body automated that as your natural response to chaotic situations. So before your conscious mind can even jump in to do something, your body's already reacting in that way. And if you're not aware of that loop, your subconscious mind just runs your, your life. And that's why consciously you could be like, why am I like this? You're getting mad at yourself, then you're like, I'm gonna change. But if that program is still just set to do that by default, it's like fighting an uphill battle. That's why everyone talks about reprogramming your subconscious mind so that these things can work in alignment with you. Because imagine if your subconscious mind in that situation defaulted to like confidence, like, I got this. It would be so easy to act, right?

You know, like, I'm done. You don't value me. I'm out.

Yeah. And that's the natural— what you believe, right? That's why it's just so powerful. That just hit me. Like, it's as I'm building, like, the Built for Impact. So BILT is like an acronym, right? And it's Break Limiting Beliefs, Upgrade Your Operating System, Imagine Your Future, Let Go of the Past, Transcend into Your New Self. I'm like, you know, I'm going through the modules, I'm refining them, I'm building the curriculum, I'm doing all the things And it's really just helping me understand it at such a deep level, like even deeper than I already knew it. Um, so it's been, it's been a great, great process.

Um, yeah, I love that. Cause when, uh, I think when you shared it with me, I was like, oh, that's so funny because, uh, it's very similar to sort of the path and like the, the language, so to speak, of like letting go is it is breaking those limited limiting beliefs. That are there. It like— it— there you, you think of yourself like we are kind of like a hardware, right? Like the hard reset, you know. I'm talking about like my, uh, this 30-day challenge I'm doing, uh, it's a, it's a health— healthy challenge of alternate fasting. The way I'm looking at it is like the days I'm fasting, it's like a, it's like a, a reset that I'm doing for my body to like just detox and flush out. And sometimes we have to do that, but it doesn't happen all at once, right? It comes and goes because maybe there are some aspects of your subconscious that just are deep, deep, like ingrained, and you just haven't gone far enough to— for it to hit you like, oh, like this is— to be aware about it, to be aware about it. Like, because there's going to be stuff at the surface that are easy to like grasp and understand and work through. But this is what it is. It's like, I think people like to be like, well, am I going to be fixed? It's like, what does that even mean to be like fixed or to, uh, be completely like no problems or whatever? I think, uh, I think life is, is about like the ups and downs. It's about figuring yourself out and, and learning about yourself. Like, you're never gonna, uh, be healed, I think. Like, I think there's always things that you're going to come across and learn about yourself, and you're going to be challenged. And, um, I'm going to, um, California. I live in Florida. I'm going to California to visit family, and people always say like, oh, you think you're healed? Like, go visit your family for a couple days and, and come back. Like, and it's so funny because when I go to, uh, visit family and visit like, uh, old stomping grounds, like, there is a physical reaction of like, yeah, because that was my— the hold me. And in a way, like, to your point, the subconscious shows up and it's like, whoa, I haven't felt these feelings.

Remembering those old patterns, it's like, oh, we're back in California, let's act like this now, you know, or whatever.

Yeah, yeah. So it's, uh, it'll be interesting. I'm a lot more aware now going, going back. I haven't been, um, to the Bay Area specifically in like a while, so it'll— I'm really embracing like this, this experience, but I'm also letting myself know, like, hey, it's okay if you feel this way.

Like, it's—

yeah, no, it's good, right? So it's so funny.

I feel it. I think you want to feel it. You should go back and feel it and be with it because that's how it's going to dissolve it. Because right now the area is like a samskara for you. It's like that— you have associated emotions and feelings with that area. So the only way to, to dissolve it is to go back from this grounded state, feel it, and let it go. Otherwise, you know, you always have that blockage. It's like you always kind of don't want to go back there, right?

Avoiding, which has always been my thing, is like, yep, oh, this is uncomfortable, I'm avoiding it. Because it's easy, right? Like, we, we as humans, like, we know how the brain's wired. Like, we want to take the simple, easy route every time. And so it's, it's electing to— and that's where I mean, like, you're always going to be challenged no matter, like, how healed Of course you'll have more equipment, you'll have more awareness of like how to handle it. But it's sometimes it comes out of left field and you're like, whoa, you know, I was not expecting that. Yeah, but I think that's, that's what it's all about.

I think it's a beautiful thing, though, because if you can, you can rewire your perspective on these situations as opportunities for growth instead of things to avoid, you actually— yeah, it's like, hey, this is an area of my life that I can grow, that I can evolve because this is holding me back right now. How can I work through this? And Obviously it can be difficult because these things are like deeply ingrained, but that's the process, the perpetual process of letting go until, until the day you die. It's like you're always evolving, right, into the highest version of yourself. Um, just letting go, constantly letting go. Talking about subconscious patterns, I, I realized the other day, because especially when you're reprogramming your subconscious mind, not only do you do the meditations, right, to slow your brainwave states down, right, because for everyone else there's 4 brainwave states, which you have beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta. There's 3 levels of beta, right? So there's mid-level beta, which is probably where we're at right now. Like, we kind of have to be vigilant, we're on a live, we're talking, um, you're— maybe you're at a meetup. High-level beta is like stress, like you're stressed out. High-level beta. Low-level beta is like you're watching a presentation maybe, and you're kind of like, you're still engaged. But an alpha is like the gateway because you start to dip into like below the analytical. So alpha is like, you might be like, maybe like you're like dazing off kind of while you're driving, or Ideally, not while you're driving, but we do that. Hopefully not. Or you're just kind of staring into space. That's alpha. And then theta is like body asleep, mind awake. That's like a deep meditative state. And then delta is deep sleep. But when we're in these beta brainwave states, that mind is running on the old program, the old beliefs, the old patterns. So when you consciously say, oh, I'm going to be different, that old program is running and telling you, no, you can't do that. That's ridiculous. Like, what are you talking about? You have to get below that. But that's just the start. That's the start. You can kind of reprogram yourself in that state because we know that our thoughts, you know, condition our body chemically. So you can start to recondition yourself. I say a drop— every thought that you think, an emotion you think that's in alignment with your new self is a drop in the bucket of the new identity. It's a drop like that, right? So you gotta, you gotta fill up the bucket with enough drops, right? And slowly get the old one out of there. But the second part is you have to act in alignment in your daily, in your day-to-day life with this new identity. Yeah. The whole thing is about identity transformation. It's really like an identity transformation framework going from the 1.0 to the 2.0 self, rooted in physiology, psychology, and neuroscience. But everything flows downstream of identity, everything. So if you don't see yourself as this type of person who's calm, who's confident, XYZ, everything else is going to be hard. Because if you see yourself as this person, you're naturally going to think those thoughts, feel the associated emotions, behave in accordance with that, and take the actions necessary to get the results that you want. So it's not this like woo-woo fantasy thing. It's like, it makes a lot of sense, right? So every time that a situation comes up in your day-to-day life, you need to be aware that you're acting like the old self and choose to act like the new self. And every time you do that, you vote a confidence for that new identity. And over time, your body just believes that's who you are.

That's, that's so key because that's how I'm approaching, uh, especially, I mean, going into the new year, right? Everyone loves New Year's. But I think they— the way they approach it, I think, is the wrong way. Because again, okay, New Year's resolutions, but it's like, okay, you're writing these goals, but who does that person look like? Like, you know, okay, you want— you want to earn— like, for me, it's like earning a specific amount, and it's like, okay, well, how does that Claudia— like, what does she look like? How does she talk? Uh, you know, who does she speak— who does she surround herself with? And once I approach it that way, along with taking actionable steps and feeling and embracing who that Gladia is. Because the Gladia right now, whatever Gladia did before, is not gonna get me there. It's, it's embracing that new Gladia, right? And I think, uh, the way— I think the reason why people don't accomplish their New Year's resolutions is because it's so superficial, it's so surface level. They're not really digging into the identity of becoming that person because It's doing uncomfortable things. And for me was, okay, if this is uncomfortable, I know every time I'm, I'm going down a path where it's like, uh, this is uncomfortable because I don't identify with that person, right? Or, hey, this is— this, this doesn't even seem like me. Exactly. Keep going, right? So like, that's where, you know, I'm reprogramming myself. But, you know, that's— I think that's That's the beauty of it. I've gone to that point where I'm just the way I speak to myself, like even doing small things for me. I was watching an interview with the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, and I love their story and like how, you know, how their dad used to speak to them, like was big on like affirmations and just believing in them, instilling you can do anything, right? And one of the things that she mentioned is that she does every day is like, every night before I go to bed, I say, tomorrow's going to be a great day. Something great is going to happen tomorrow. And then when she wakes up, something great's going to happen today. And it doesn't have to be, I'm going to close a $40 million deal, but it can be, hey, I found a $5 bill or I found a parking spot, like, woohoo. And that's like ties into gratitude too. Uh, I'm really big on that, is finding the little things that to be grateful for. My animals, this weather in Florida in January, like living here, right? It's just finding those little things to be grateful for. And it's those, it's those emotions that I believe like tie into like, you know, your, your success. It's those little, those little days that stack up.

Yeah, it's so good. Grateful. I was like, there's a quote from Naval Ravikant, it's like, um, you know, about presence, which gratitude present is like, you can't be present with a coffee, you're not going to be present on a yacht, right? So it's just like the little things. Well, you know what's really interesting actually about that whole them, Serena and Venus, saying today's gonna be a great day, and then tomorrow, today's gonna be a great day, you find a dollar bill on the ground, wow, today's a great day. It's like our— when you look at like the kind of the neuroscience of it, it's like, uh, your reticular activating system plays such a big role in that, which is basically like when you buy a new car, right? Like you buy a Toyota Camry. That Camry's always existed on the roads, but now that it's in your field of awareness, you start seeing Camrys everywhere, right? You buy a new hat. I bought, you know, a couple years ago, I love the melon hats, you know, and I start seeing everyone at the gym wearing a melon hat. Do you think everyone just magically bought a melon hat when I bought one? No, everyone had been wearing them but that's what was in my field of awareness. So the same thing happens with our thoughts and our goals and our emotions, right? Whenever we wake up and say, hey, today's gonna be a tough day, guess what? Your brain, if that's what you think, is going to filter for every piece of data and evidence that it can in your environment, right? Your belief that today's going to be—

validate that. Yeah, exactly. I used to do that with real estate. When I got into real estate, it's like, oh, uh, wholesaling. I used to not pay attention to the ugly houses. Until I got into wholesaling. I'm like, hey, that's a good house. That's a good— or a car. Yeah, exactly.

But it's a powerful technique. Like, another example is like, say that you have someone who's like, some, um, one person says nothing ever works out in my favor, okay? Then you have someone who thinks that everything works out in my favor, right? So, and the example is you go to Starbucks, all right? You're going to Starbucks, and typically at Starbucks there's a massive line, 25-minute line, right? You drive up, there's no line in, in the, in the Starbucks. You drive right through, you get your coffee, What do they do? They put an extra cream in your coffee. If your baseline state is nothing ever works out in my favor, guess what you're going to focus on? You're not going to focus on the fact that you didn't have to wait 20 minutes in line. You're going to focus on the fact that they put an extra cream in your coffee. And the vice versa is true as well. So when we're waking up, what do we want to be aware of? What do we want our brain to help us filter for? Success or failure, right? Energy or like opportunity or scarcity? So that's why that, that's so powerful for Venus and Serena to be like, hey, today's gonna be a great day. If they truly believe that, their brain is going to show them everything possible. And then it's like a self-perpetuating spiral up instead of down. Because the problem too is like when you believe that, hey, my day's gonna be tough, and then your environment gives it to you, it just reinforces the belief. And you're like, oh, I knew it, I knew today was going to be tough. And then you're just screwed at that point.

And it works the opposite when something good happens. Like, I literally started maybe saying that this past week, because here and there, I mean, I was like positive, but I was like, okay, I'm gonna be intentional saying it every night, every morning. And I've— I mean, of course I built up the pipeline from the year before going into like the new year, but all these opportunities are showing up now. And on like the real estate side, got offers, got, um, you know, valuations lined up. And it's, it's that validation. It's the evidence too, where it's like Yeah, of course it works. Like, and you keep doing it too. But I think the other, um, key thing is, is your environment too, because I know a lot of people that are that glass, uh, what is it, not glass half full, but, but, you know, or who think negative, right?

And that's half empty.

And you have to be really conscious of who you surround yourself with too, because you don't want to be the, you know, positive glass half full kind of person and you're surrounded by glass half empty people, or people that that always think like, oh, today's a terrible day. And before, I used to tolerate people like that, but once I became more self-aware, I was like, bye. You know, you have to protect your energy, you have to protect, uh, your, your goals or the life that you want. If your future self, would she hang out with people like that, that speak negative about their life, about their, um, family members? Like Most likely not. So it's, you know, you have to protect your energy. I think that's the most important thing. And sometimes that can be family, unfortunately. So it's like, you know, you have to be aware of, like, if you feel like you're stuck and you're like, I feel like I'm doing the right things, like, maybe it's your environment. So that, like, that was another big moment for me on, like, protecting. I'm not avoiding, but I'm also— I'm protecting my energy because I, I want to be on at this vibration, at this frequency, and these people are dragging me down. Uh, so I think that's another thing is people care too much about, you know, maybe the past, or we're always best friends, or, you know, she— they were there for me. But it's like, were they really? You know, it's, it's, um, there's these stories that we come up with in our head. And once I made that realization, it's like, I'll keep my circle small because I know I trust this group. They're, they're on the same frequency, uh, as I am.

Yeah, boundaries. It's really all it is. It's like, it's not— it's not like you have to eliminate these people, even if they are friends. Like, because I still have old friends, I just don't hang out with them as much, you know? Right, right. It's like, I'll see them every once in a while, and when I do, I'm kind of like, yeah, this is why I don't want to hang out, right? Um, yeah, it's just like, you just don't hang out with them as much because you're not talking about the things you want to talk about. And you— once you are aware of your own thoughts and emotions, like, you notice it so freaking much in other people. You're just like, oh my gosh, like I'm like, how negative is that person? Like, I was playing pickleball this morning, I noticed it all the time. I'm like, bad self-talk, bad self-talk, bad self-talk. Oh my gosh, you idiot. I'm like, dude, what are you saying? You have to stop saying—

I have co-workers, I'm in meetings and they're like, I'm an idiot, when they catch something. I'm like, no, you're not. Can you not— can you be nice to yourself? Like, sometimes when somebody says something mean, I'm like, be nice, be nice to, to yourself, because what you speak, what you say about yourself, like matters, like it comes true. And it, it's, it's, it's sometimes like, okay, yeah, not gonna hang out with you, uh, but you know, yeah, you become a lot more self-aware. It's crazy. It's, it's, uh, again, what you were talking about, it's like once you're more self-aware, you start noticing these type of things.

It's really just a muscle. Like awareness is a muscle. Like you develop it, the ability to be the— understand you are the awareness observing everything. Yeah, you're in the audience and the stage is your life. You got the characters, you got the lights, the, the, the sound, and it's going crazy out there, all right? But you're just sitting in the audience with a cup of tea watching the whole thing. And if you can just look at life like that and just— it's not about, it's not about not, you know, slipping into the old patterns and not falling off the horse. It's like, how quickly can you recognize? That's really the true, like, measure of success or true barometer. It's not like, did I like, oh, this whole week I didn't, you know, mess up because that's never going to happen.

It's like, right, right.

Quickly, can you recognize that you're operating as the old self? And how quickly can you regulate yourself back to the baseline that you want to be at? And you're just constantly trying to make that quicker. But life is a— again, it's a perpetual, it's a never-ending journey of letting this stuff go and, and, and constantly evolving. Because it's— we have so much of this stuff built up from our childhood too, because 0 to 7, we're in theta brainwave states, right? So we're in that— we don't even have an analytical mind. So it's like 0 to 7, 8, everything that's happening, we don't have that, that critical filter to be like, no, I don't believe that, that doesn't really support where I'm becoming, because you're a kid, right? Then you just go into adulthood and you have all these beliefs. So, you know, once you become aware, it's like a few years of just like unwinding all that crap that you've had from your childhood just to try to get back to a decent baseline.

Right. And I think it's funny because I, I don't know if it's like this generation, but I think it obviously is probably your environment and your parents. But I've noticed, I remember when I used to work with some kids that were very self-aware. I'm like, you must be an old soul or something. Like the way they would speak, it's like, wow, like that's like really deep. But yeah, I agree. I think a lot of it takes time. A lot of it. Is not perfect. There's days, yeah, again, that maybe I'm, uh, I'm a little hard on myself. But again, it's like I, I catch myself. And I think it's also like forgiveness. It's like, hey, it's okay. Like, yeah, and forgiving your past self too. Like, you know, we were talking about like my, uh, my old job, my old boss. It's like I can't just be like, oh well, what, what was I thinking? It's like that was just part of my journey. And then, you know, the famous Tony Robbins quote is like, "Life happens for you, not to you," also sticks with me is like, hey, everything in this life is happening for a reason. And this is just your journey. And some of it is ugly. And, you know, and I think it's like in that ugliness that you find the beauty. And I've really embraced the butterfly because it's, you know, how much the butterfly evolves. And changes. And, you know, people— I mean, I think caterpillars are cute, but, you know, when, when they're, you know, evolving and they evolve into this beautiful butterfly, I see like our life like that is we're just figuring things out. We're in our cocoon, like, just healing and working towards, like, forgiving ourselves, forgiving our parents, forgiving, you know, our, um, our inner child and For me, I've, I've been really big on protecting my, uh, my inner child because for so long I was that strong one like I talked about. And having fun too with it, I think that's the, that's the other thing is like this doesn't have to be this like really rigid program of like, you know, reprogramming yourself. It's like, yeah, enjoy the moment, like be present, like like, this is, this is like so cool. Like, I'm like, I'm evolving. And some people are so stuck where they see growth and change as like something threatening, whereas, you know, people like us that are more self-aware, we're like, wow, like, who are we going to be in 10 years, 5 years, next year? Like, I don't even recognize myself from a year ago. So it's, um, it's because we're constantly evolving and changing and learning, and it's, it's I think it's awesome.

Yeah, we gotta have— we gotta have more fun, for sure.

More fun, more fun, more, uh, uh, I don't know. I think a lot of, uh, especially working with kids, it made me realize, like, I'm like, why did we stop, you know, like, going to, uh, maybe not being creepy, but going to playgrounds and like running around? Like, there's, there's so many things like that we heal in our inner child, um, that we need to embrace more as adults.

Yeah. I guess that's probably which we're taught. Play is for kids, you know?

Yeah.

It's kind of like a program, even though play is like, well, play can be anything. Play could be playing pickleball or doing something with people, some activity. Um, just playing around. Cause you're more, you're more goofy, you're relaxed. I think it makes you more neuroplastic. Like I think you can, you can like learn things and generate new brain cells. I don't know. Heard one somewhere, so I'm gonna roll with it.

I love that, love that. Yeah, so I've just, uh, I'm just embracing play more. Um, I've become a runner too, and like just, um, embracing like being outdoors and like moving my body. And yeah, yeah, just, just I think just embracing whatever come like comes to us. And millennials, I think they, uh, people joke a lot about how millennials are getting into all these type of, uh different things. But, um, I think it's because it's in a way it's like we're healing our inner child. It's like for so long we've been so rigid and like you're supposed to do this and this and this, and it's like we're, we're sick of it. It's like no, we choose, uh, we choose fun.

Yeah, no, we do. We gotta do it. Um, cool. Try to keep these at an hour. That's pretty solid. That was quick. That was easy. I know, talking about this, I'd talk about it for forever.

Oh yeah, you can go on for days with this.

Um, so what's going on with Built Different though? Talk about that.

Yeah, so Built Different is a podcast. It's sort of like a brand I'm creating. I've evolved too. It used to be Investing Yourself, uh, and then Built Different just kind of came up because I was just really reflecting on my journey. And I was like, yeah, you know what, like, Build Different just kept coming up. Build Different, Build Different. And, um, I think I saw like other people's ideas, and when it clicked, it was like, yeah, like, I think when you are on the path of like improving yourself and like really living towards like your best life and, um, evolving, I think we are, are, we're all built different. We're, none of us are equal. None of us are the same, and we all have our journey. We all have our different paths to get to, you know, where we are today and, uh, where we're striving to be. And so for me, um, Build Different is, yeah, how to like learning more on like the human connection with like entrepreneur— entrepreneurship. And I am in commercial real estate. I made that transition, um back like late last year. And so like, I, um, this podcast I created is more on like the commercial real estate side of like, but like not talking more on, on the transactional components, like the human connection. What, what built you like to get to that point? So I speak with, um, different type of brokers, different people like investors in that space. Because when you're in these like commercial, especially commercial, people think it's like stuffy, it's like old. Um, yeah, I don't know, maybe, maybe they don't, but It's, uh, people talk more like transactional and it's kind of like, well, this is what I have going on. And it's not more on like the human connection that really makes, um, things happen. And so I really want to tap into that. And then, um, I had just finished up the, uh, Built 60 series, uh, because I really wanted to challenge myself first off to post every day. And we talk about consistency. I like had never really taken it. Like, I'd go through spurts where I would post here and there, uh, but it was never like, okay, this is my plan of action, I'm gonna execute. And that's kind of what we talked about. And for me was to evolve and build myself, rebuild myself, right, from, from that moment on. And it's crazy what you can do in 60 days. Like, Yeah, there's so much that happened and I didn't even plan for that. I was just like, I'm just going to figure it out and go from there. And, you know, you're doing your 90-day challenge. So I, I don't know, it's, it's kind of crazy. And I think it's like once you decide of like, this is what I'm going to do, I'm going to do it. So for me, it's, it's just embracing my, this new life that I'm building and I'm continuously building. So I may do another series again. Because, you know, life is constantly changing and I love to challenge myself. And, you know, obviously I'm doing alternate day fasting, running a half marathon next month. It's like, nice, I bring it on. I'm just like, I'm embracing it all. I think that's the thing is like people may see like, well, you have a lot on your plate. For me, it's like, it's like embracing, it's bringing in the fun component. It's like, no, like it's, it's fun. Like it's for me, I've built myself up to this point.

So yeah, it's great. It's incredible. But I got like built different. It's like everyone, everyone is built different, like every single person, you know, and that's the beauty of it.

And has their own unique story that should be shared and we should brag about it. And I think a lot of people are like, like me, are in the shadows or background or too scared of what people will think. It's like, no, let's, let's break that, you know, because we're, because we're built different.

Feel different, baby. Let's go. Appreciate it, everyone tuning in. Um, do you have any comments or things do you guys want to answer? You can put them in the comments. This is on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn. So, and then I was on TikTok over here. I don't think they knew what was going on though. That's okay.

Um, I need to enable my live actually on TikTok. I haven't enabled it yet.

Enable it. We can just go live on TikTok together too.

Yeah, let's do that.

We can do that. Like, I'll start doing that more. Like I do a live every morning. Part of my 9-day challenge is TikTok live every single morning for 30 minutes. It's actually unbelievable. You know Opus Clip? It's like an AI. Yeah. So I'll literally go live on TikTok, talk about whatever for 30 minutes, and I have like 40 clips right there. I'm like, you kidding me? So, so great.

I love that.

Yeah. And you can repost them on TikTok for content.

I love that. I use Riverside and I think it's the same thing. You upload a video or do a video and then it spits out clips and it even edits like your videos, like long-form content. Oh nice, okay. Um, yeah, I'll send you the link. It's pretty cool. Um, I, I like it a lot and like it has a lot of like enhancements too, so I can enhance the sound, like I can do all this stuff.

That's great, I'll check that out.

Yeah, but I'm down to go live once I enable my, uh, TikTok Live. That's the other thing I would like to get more on TikTok because I know like that's a different kind of, um, audience, so to speak, but it's huge.

TikTok's great. Um, all right, till next time, folks. Until next time, all the peace, all the power.

Peace.