You tried last year, do it this year 💪🏾

I didn't— I hadn't decided on what I wanted. Like, I was in Toastmasters, I was going to networking events, I was doing all that. I'm gonna follow you back. I was doing all of that, but I wasn't thinking the right stuff. When people would ask me what I did, I'd say, oh, I'm an entrepreneur, I'm trying to get into motivational speaking. I'm a veteran, I'm trying to get into motivational speaking. Ain't nobody hiring a speaker who trying to get into motivational speaking. Would you hire somebody to watch your kids who trying to learn how to babysit? No. People hiring people who are already speaking. But when I made that mindset shift, I had my first paid gig within 2 weeks. Within 2 weeks. When people start asking me what I do, I say, I'm a motivational speaker and I'm good at it. Oh, crazy, man. I got an event coming up. Can you? Definitely. Definitely. But it took me changing my energy from trying to be a motivational speaker. I think I want that. I think that's what I want to say. And no, I'm that right now.