STOP NEEDING MIRACLES: Build PRINCIPLES That WIN

All right, what's going on? We got a good week ahead, earnings coming up. It's the beginning of the month, so let's see what's gonna happen. Let's see what's gonna happen. Um, if you're coming in, go ahead, let me turn on my comments and, uh, let me know where you're from. We're going to talk about a few things that I think is, um something that we really need to be mindful of along, along the way of our wealth-building journey. And, um, there's a lot of psychology to this. So I'm also going to talk about the earnings that's coming up and what my plans are for the week. Uh, so we do have— what's up everyone— we do have earnings coming up for Palantir, and I just wrote this down so because I wanted to make sure I had the date right. Uh, for when the earnings are coming up this week. So I'm gonna kind of let you know what I'm doing with a couple of these plays because, you know, earnings coming is a— is earnings plays on options can be a bit of a lotto in a sense that you don't know which way it's going to go. But I do look at, you know, the past earnings to know which direction I'm going to go in. I'm looking at the fundamentals of the company and where they were last quarter, the last maybe, for earnings, and I kind of see what, what's the trend. Did it go up? Did it go down? Anyway, uh, what's going on, Tiffany? Um, Palantir, their earnings is coming up on the 3rd, and then we have AMD, which is coming up on the 4th, and, uh, then we have, uh, Robinhood, which is coming up on the 5th. Okay, so we got 3 earnings this week, and I'll, I'll explain a little bit about what I'm doing with, uh, with The Earnings Play. All right, um, but before I go there, first of all, can you like, uh, the video? It really does help, um, this channel. It helps, uh, YouTube get the algorithm out. So if you're on here right now, please just take a minute and hit that like button. Okay, and, uh, and we're going to talk about something, um, that I really think people need to understand in here and and be able to comprehend. And so please do me a favor, just take a moment and hit that like button. And if you're not already subscribed, you know what to do, go ahead and subscribe. I will continue to get information out to you that I think is going to help you with your health journey. Okay. I do want to share something really quickly, and I think this is something that's really, really important for most people to kind of try to comprehend. And I don't think we talk enough about it, okay? And so I want to share something that I feel like is very valuable when it comes to how we approach our situation with money, okay? A lot of times, like, even when it comes to learning the skills of trading and, and, you know, even learning how to invest, people are really wondering, you know, how quick, you know, they can get some money in, or they're trying to solve an issue of they're trying to solve an issue of maybe some things that's— that they've done wrong in the past. And listen, we've all treated our money bad in the past, right? So, but a lot of times we really are looking for miracles in our life. Like, we, we need some help with our situation, our current situation, so we're looking for miracles. And here's, here's something that I really want to share with you guys, and that is that miracles are God's emergency system. Okay, they're not supposed to be like a monthly budget for you. Okay, so it's like if we, if we approach our finances and we overspend, or we don't plan, or, or we ignore, uh, instruction, and then we're like praying, or we're trying to figure out a way for God to fix it, you know what I mean? It's— here's what you're really saying a lot of times to God. You're saying, God, please bail me out for breaking, uh, what you've already taught me. You know, and I won't go through it now, but Deuteronomy 28, it lays out specifically that when you follow certain instructions, you are blessed. You don't, you don't have a need for anything, right? Um, now God is so gracious, he always shows up. And let me just say this right now, a lot of times when I talk about God, and I'm going to continue to talk about God, but a lot of times YouTube don't always like to show videos when you talk about God, okay? So you get shadow banned. What's up from, uh, Tiffany? Got in there, New Jersey. Um, hey, blessed Sunday. Yeah, yeah. Um, but a lot of times, um, YouTube, when people talk about God on YouTube, sometimes it gets shadow banned, especially if you're— if you're— if your content is supposed to be about money or whatever. Sometimes YouTube won't push those videos out. So again, that's why I tell you to hit the like button, because that does help to a little bit overcompensate that. But, uh, needless to say, I'm gonna, I'm gonna speak about God, I'm gonna speak about the Bible, and that's just something that I choose to do. But here's what I want to say: God is very gracious when we make mistakes with our money, with our relationships, um, you know, with certain— with our health. He's so gracious, but his graciousness was never meant to replace discipline and obedience, okay? And if you manage what you have you will not need as many resources. Okay? It's like if you follow the rules of the road, you don't need police lights behind you, right? Because you following the rules of the road. If you build margin in your finances, you don't need a financial miracle every month. And if you find yourself constantly needing a financial miracle, then it's time to, like, reassess what it is that you're doing to get yourself in those conditions. And listen, the economy is rough right now. Food prices are outrageous right now. People are struggling. Government workers are not getting paid right now. They're about to take people off of SNAP. So there's a lot going on that I really want to, um, Tiffany said, I didn't know that, that's interesting. There's a lot going on that, um, that, that's hurting a lot of people, but I'm, I'm really here to empower you and give you the tools to, um, not need as, as many miracles, you know what I mean? Like, listen, um, I'll just say this, uh, in the scripture in, uh, 2 Kings, uh, chapter 4, where this Elisha's servant, uh, he, he was an anointed man, but he went into debt and he left his family debt. And the debtors were— they were coming to the house of his wife to collect the debt, and they were going to take his kids away as payment for that debt, right? And so you got an anointed person who maybe mismanaged his resources, and now he dies and he leaves a burden on the family. And guess what a family needs now? A family— the family needs a miracle. Right? The miracle is because there was mismanagement there, okay? There was mismanagement, and of course God came through. I, you know, and I love when God comes through for his people. Absolutely. Faith is dead until you work. That's right. Um, but again, we gotta learn a miracle is not meant to replace your obedience, your discipline. We gotta stay committed to the process. And if we need too many miracles, too much help, too much, you know, you find yourself in a cycle, you got to stop and assess that cycle, okay? And so that's what I'm trying to get you to understand, is that I want you to understand is God's not— at times, if you feel like you need a miracle and then it stops and there's no more miracle for you, there's no more help for you, a lot of times God is trying to protect you from cycles, okay? Because these cycles, they really do drain your peace, and we want you to live in peace. Okay, the word says it. Okay, so now here's what happens. See, because I need you to understand the root of these issues, we got to deal with the root. When, when we ignore wisdom, life will start teaching the same lesson louder. Okay, so you, you know, you again, you overspend, that them overdraft fees is gonna get higher, the relationship gonna get heavier. The job might get more stressful, whatever that looks like. At some point, God said, okay, since you didn't listen to instruction, let me use experience. And that's not pun— that's not God punishing you, by no means. That's protection, okay? He's letting the storm teach you what comfort could not teach you. I heard somebody the other day, I loved it. He— what he said was, God, let you go through a storm so that you can learn how to dance in the rain. I just love that. I love when he said that. Right? And so, and the rain is not there to break you. It's not. Any type of resistance in your life is there to build you up, okay? So instead of always praying, okay, God, get me out, you gotta start saying, God, you have to help me grow through this. Because when you mature in principle, you don't have to live dependent on miracles, okay? And, and some of us are the miracle for a lot of people, and I want to speak to that as well. Uh, Tiffany said, I love that, I'm 29 and can confirm. That's right. It was like, uh, Bill the Greatest. Yes. These are— hey, do you guys hear me? Because, uh, it says no sound. Uh, I just want to make sure. Somebody said no sound. Can you guys hear me? I want to make sure that you can hear me. Can somebody— okay, cool, cool. I just want to make sure. I know sometimes it's internet. Loud and clear. Okay, great. I just want to make sure that I was getting a little stuck. Okay, you can hear now. Okay, it may be— yeah, it may be going in and out. Um, Yeah, okay, good, good, good. Thank you, I appreciate that, guys. Uh, but listen, I wanna— I also wanna, uh, there's some slight glitches. Oh, I hate that. Okay, okay, well let me hurry up and get through this. Um, uh, just let me know if it, if it, uh, stops at any point, okay? Because I, I want to make sure I'm getting through this. Hold on one second and let me, uh, let me see if I can switch to— I don't know if I can in the middle of it. But just let me know if, if it's getting, uh, if it's— thanks, somebody said this is powerful for breaking cycles. Yeah, so, so, but here's what I— because there are some of us that are the rescuers, okay? Like, we're always, uh, the one— I'm looking through these comments— when Solomon asked for wisdom instead of— yes, we need wisdom, we need wisdom with our life. A lot of these situations that we're getting ourselves in are just simply because we're not operating in wisdom and we're not following principles. Principles that lead to success. Okay, now here's what I want to warn you for those who are the helper often, okay? Or when you get, you know, as you get your resources up, there will be people who you need to help, and there will be times that, um, that God's going to use you to help because we got to carry a spirit of generosity, and, and we are Josephs, and so God wants to get us to that place. But be, be aware of something really, really quickly because there's something very powerful I learned along the years, okay? And, uh, it's that sometimes— because Tiffany said I'm the rescuer— sometimes the reason people don't grow is because we keep rescuing them too soon, okay? We step in, uh, to be the miracle worker, okay, when God is trying to use the situation to make them mature. And we gotta— so we gotta do this. We gotta even learn how to, uh, lend a helping hand in wisdom and know and have the wisdom when to know not to and when to know to do it, okay? Because, because God is trying to get some people to mature. And I know your heart may be very pure, um, you see somebody struggling, you want to help, you keep, um, you know, you might see them crying, you feel guilty just walking away and not doing anything. But what if— just hear me out— what if, what if your help is actually hurting them, okay? What if, what if by stepping in too soon you're interrupting what God is doing? You got to have the wisdom to be able to identify that. Times God lets people hit rock bottom not to destroy them, but so that they can finally realize he is the rock. He is the rock. Okay, right. So we got to make sure that we're using wisdom with that. He's trying to pull out their ego, out their pride, their excuses. And when we step in this, uh, to try to save them, we delay the lesson that God is trying to teach them. You can't protect people from the process. If you keep catching them every single time they fall they're not going to learn how to walk, okay? And that's why I'm very careful now about blessing people too fast. I've done it before. You give money, you, you open doors, you pour into people, and sometimes almost immediately you can tell it was a mistake because they're not grateful, they're not ready, they don't manage it well, they feel entitled, uh, they don't steward it. I mean, you, you got to just be careful with that. I realized at times I wasn't helping them grow, I was helping them to stay weak. And you don't want to do that to people. Be careful as a parent that you don't do that to your kids. When you rescue people who are not ready, you're— get— you're, you're not giving them a blessing, you're giving them a crutch. And I'm like, I don't, I don't want my key— I don't want people I really love to have a crutch, okay? Sometimes God wants people to feel the fall so that they can finally find their foundation. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is step back and just let them go through it. Because storms are not always punishments. Storms are classrooms for a lot of people. This is their classroom. You don't, uh, become wise in comfort. Nobody becomes wise in comfort. You become wise when you've cried, when you've lost, when you've learned, okay? When you've been stretched. So before you continue to play hero, especially as you gaining your resources, before you start, uh, constantly being everybody's hero, you got to ask yourself, am I interrupting what God is trying to teach them? Okay, because you might be saving them from temporary pain, but you could also be stopping them from permanent growth, right? Let's, let's be aware of that. And you know what, most people don't need a miracle. What they need is momentum, right? Um, we— what they need is a little small win, okay? We keep waiting for God to move mountains, but sometimes he like, I want you to pick up the shovel. Okay, there are some small things you can do if you are on— if you're listening to this, right, and you are like, um, I— this is overwhelming to me to know what to do, what, you know what I mean, with my finances or whatever. I'm going to challenge you to do something really simple. First of all, if you don't have a brokerage account, open up one. Robinhood is very easy. Robinhood is the most easiest, uh, brokerage account that you can open up as a beginner. So if you're a beginner and you have never manage a brokerage, a brokerage account, go to Robinhood and just open up your account. That's it. That's all I want you to do this week. If you already have one, if you already have one, like you, you've opened up a Robinhood account and you've never made an investment, you don't know what to do, you just, you just did that, just move $20 over from your bank account to Robinhood, okay? If you somebody who already got $20 or $50 or $100 or whatever in your Robinhood account, make one purchase this week. Buy one of the Magnificent Seven. Just spend $10 on it. You, you can do it, and you don't have to do the whole, uh, uh, stock, all right? All you have to do, you can do a portion. You can put $5 on NVIDIA, you can put $5 on Google, $5 on Apple. It don't matter the price right now. This is just, this is just to awaken you to doing something different that you have not done, okay? That's all that this is. Because the thing is, is that When you start, like, you got to understand, when you make these moves, you're growing yourself in the process. Okay? What you're doing is you're growing your capacity. You're growing your capacity to make better decisions. You feel a little more— when you make these small steps, you feel more energized. You feel more confidence. That's the word I'm looking for. You feel more confident sometimes, right? It's not about just like making big moves all the time. It's about staying small, getting consistent. Um, and the consistency becomes confidence for you, and that confidence can become results for you. The same person who, uh, didn't have a brokerage account, didn't have any money moving, didn't have any investments, as you start making those small steps, that you, you start to elevate your game into being someone different, feeling some things different. You start having thoughts that are different, like, hmm, okay, I've invested this amount. Oh, look at it, it started to change month after month. You know, you just start to think differently. You have a different energy level. For this type of stuff. So sometimes the biggest hurdle is just to get started. I, I promise you, the biggest hurdle is just getting started. It can feel— you can feel insecure about it, you can feel overwhelmed about it, you can feel all of these emotions that make you feel stuck, and I don't know what to do, and I'm just scared. But I'm telling you, just do one simple thing. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm not trying to get you to, you know what I'm saying, pull the moon down from the sky right now. I'm just trying to get you to do one little small thing that I know you can do and just leave it there and then see how you feel after. That's it, that's it. See how you feel after. You have to allow, uh, them to go through peaks and valleys. My youngest feel like he's at the worst point in his life because I decided to let him at least try to figure things out. I love this, I love this. And sometimes— let me tell you a story, let me tell you a real quick story. Um, I love this comment. Um, there was a guy who— and I saw his story— he— and then I'm gonna tell you my 3, uh, stocks. I'm gonna get this out the way. I mean, I'm gonna tell you what I'm doing with the 3 stocks. That are, uh, that have earnings this week. This, uh, it was a guy, he shared a story, and he was talking about how— now this is him fast forward, um, outside of his addiction. He said he was addicted to drugs and, um, he was just having a rough time in life, and he, uh, wound up out on the street because he was addicted. And he said he remembered calling his mom and asking his mom to, uh, get— for like $10 or something like that— to go get a sleeping bag. And he said he didn't even ask for the actual money, he just wanted his mom to take him to go get the— pick up the sleeping bag or whatever. And he had a coupon where it was, I think it was $20 originally, but it was like half off. And so, um, when he called his mom, his mom told him no, she wasn't going to get the sleeping bag. And, um, he said for a very long time he could not tell why. He, he didn't know why his mom would say no to something like that. It's like he wasn't asking for money any or anything. Not— the guy said he did cuss his mama out with every, uh, negative language that you can think of at the time because of course he's drugs and he's upset, okay? And so he said that, uh, fast forward, you know, because he couldn't get a sleeping bag and it was really cold outside and all of that, he wound up going into a shelter. Long story short, in the shelter, that's where he found some relationships, and next thing you know, he was in a, a rehab facility. And step by step, he started to get himself clean and off drugs, and he would send his mom like these little like, uh, coins or something that, that would prove, okay, 3 months clean, 6 months clean, 1 year clean, whatever. And so I think about 2 years later, he, um, you know, he was doing better. He's not addicted anymore. He's like 2 years clean. He went back to his mom, um, because they had been talking a little by a little, but he never addressed that issue. And he said, Mom, he's like, why didn't you help me? Like, with a sleeping bag that cost $10? Like, I don't— I still don't understand why you never helped me. And, um, his mom responded, and his mom said, I did not want to do anything more to make you feel comfortable in a situation you should have felt uncomfortable. She's like, you're not supposed to be on the street, son. You're not supposed to be addicted to drugs, son. And I wasn't going to give you— hand you over a sleeping bag so you can be comfortable in something you should be extremely discomfort— discomfortable in. And he said, I think the name of the video was like, my mom saved my life, she saved my life. Why? Because, okay, now it's a sleeping bag, now we, we setting up a memorial, we setting up shop out here while you're addicted to drugs, you're on the street, and there's more in you, there's more for you, there's, there's purpose waiting on you. And she said, I wasn't gonna build a memorial and make him lay down in the middle of the street and buy him a sleeping bag so he can sleep and be comfortable in something he shouldn't be comfortable in, right? And so sometimes the decisions you make are so that you're not enabling people. They gotta— sometimes people just got— you just got to get uncomfortable. And I'm not here to now, you know, make you get the feathers and, you know what I mean, make you more comfortable. And sometimes it can seem mean and things like that, but I promise you, it can save people's lives. It can get them to grow up. Because again, God wants you to follow. God wants some people to hit that rock because he want them to come into contact with the fact I am the rock, I am your provider, I am the person who, who you can come to and we can map out a plan. I've already got a plan for you, as a matter of fact. But the, the, the, the issue is you haven't been following that plan, right? Because Deuteronomy 2— I wrote it down— Deuteronomy 28 talks about it again. If you follow, if you obey these things you will have the— you, you will live the pleasure of life. You will be blessed coming in, blessed going. I mean, you— there would— there's nothing— your barn house will be filled. But the problem is we're not always following God's instruction, right? And so, um, um, I think that's a lesson for everybody. And so I know sometimes it's hard, especially as parents, but sometimes you got to just discern. There are— there is a time— there's a time and season for everything. There's a time to help people, And there's a time to stand down. Sometimes God say, stand down. I'm teaching them something in the process. They're going to overcome this. They're going to learn how to— like that man said, they're going to learn how to dance in the rain while it's storming. And they're going to be able to overcome it. They're going to be able to see their way back. They're going to know that I am El Shaddai. And they're going to be able to now, when they're strengthened, go and strengthen their brother, right? So, so sometimes we just got to have wisdom. Now, and I'm not against helping people. You should help people. But there should be wisdom in it. There should be boundaries. You gotta, you know, make sure like that you're not, you're not sculpting somebody into entitlement, into, into victimization, into, you know, that you're not interrupting the process. Just, just make sure of that, okay? Um, and, and you'll know that. You'll know that when they keep coming back to you like a, a, a alley cat. A alley cat. You know how that alley cat just keep coming back because you keep feeding them? They're gonna just keep coming back. And it's like, you know, you can give somebody food, but we got to teach people how to fish for themselves because that's when they really prosper. Right? And so, um, yeah, just— I wanted to share that. I really felt like that was on my heart, and that's for some people, um, that's for some parents. Um, make sure that you're using wisdom with this. And, uh, and we don't need to live miracle to miracle. We need to live, you know, yes, faith to faith, but faith to do the work that God called us to do, okay? Because faith without works is dead, okay? So if we're just sitting back expecting for God to just drop, drop miracles every single day then it's like, my goodness, what are you doing to create your own miracle? He giving you the power to become wealthy, okay? The power is in you. I've given you everything that pertains to life and godliness. What are we doing on a day-to-day that creates a system of success, okay? So I wanted to share that. Now I do want to— before I, before I head out, I really thank you so much, Tiffany. I really want to, um, Palantir first, AMD, and, uh, Robinhood, all 3, um, 3 of these, uh, businesses, 3 of these stocks, I, I feel, I feel kind of good about. But listen, anything can go wrong. Which one? Meta dropped. Meta dropped really, really bad because they didn't meet their quarterly earnings. Well, I'm trying to think, did they meet? Sometimes you can meet quarterly earnings and still the stock drop. So it really is a lotto. But I, but I'm, I'm feeling a little, uh, more on the positive side for these stocks. I will probably be playing them in, uh, some of my option plays, but there'll be small position. You know, it is a lotto, it is a lotto, uh, when you play them on quarterly earnings. Now Google did amazing for quarterly earnings, okay, um, but remember what happened with Target, man. Target dropped like crazy and, um, a lot of people lost a lot of money like that. But again, I will be having small positions more than likely. I haven't completely uh, decided, but I will know because I will know by tomorrow because like I said, Palantir is on the 3rd, uh, uh, AMD is on the 4th, and Hood is on the 5th. So I may be playing these options. I, I definitely know I, I definitely want to play AMD and Hood. I'm, I'm, I'm wondering about Palantir for the 3rd, but anyway, they are lotto. They can go up 10%, down 10%, you know what I mean? So I won't be playing them out of like money from— I'll be playing them out of my surplus. Let's just say that, okay? I'll be playing them out of my surplus. So be very careful when you're playing quarterly earnings on option plays because they could drop and you could lose a lot of money if you don't do this right. Um, if they do drop in price, I can buy some more of the shares, and I have a lot of the shares for these, for these 3 plays. And so, um I'm just sharing what I'm doing. I should say this. I am not your financial advisor. I'm not telling you what to buy or sell. Everything in this video that I've shared and that I am currently sharing and that I will share even after, even though we're ending, is for educational purposes only. Investing is risky. You can lose everything. You can lose all your principal. Please go speak to your financial advisor in your area or online, however you do it, and speak to them about your investments. I am not telling you what to buy, hold, or sell. This is for educational purposes only. But I am thinking about playing Palantir, AMD, and HOOD. And I'll share a little, a few of the plays that I'm on. I'm going to probably come back tomorrow and talk a little bit more about that. And I'll be talking a little bit more about XRP. A lot of people have been asking questions about that. Could you recommend option plays under $300 with a 30-day expiration? Um, you would have to like have a, a stock that is a little bit, um, less in value. So a stock that maybe possibly— like, I'm not, I'm not— because the stock market, the stock market isn't open right now, so I can't really— like, like, I think maybe, you know, Lyft is, is, um, small enough to do option plays, um, you know, under $200. 30 days out. There's a lot, but you— it's all about the price. If you're getting a stock that's like, let's say, under $40, you should be able to find some option plays under $200, uh, for a 30-day expiration. Uh, I don't do option plays like that. Oh, because, because by the way, uh, I don't— I do option plays like that, but they're same day. They're like scalp plays for me. My scalp plays are 30 days out because I, I, I, I like to play with a little bit of risk. So that's a risky play. Your theta is gonna, your time decay is going to eat you up. So if that's not a play that's gonna move right away, you know, every day you hold it, you're going down in value. So again, another thing I was gonna say about these plays is even if they do go down, I'd have some time on my option plays. I'm gonna be out in 2027, 2028 if they have option plays even out that far. And I'm the person that's gonna pay more money so that I turn off time decay on my options. Okay, so, uh, so if I was doing something under $200, I'm looking forward to moving like 5 minutes if possible, or within the day. I don't want to end, you know, maybe overnight. That's it. Like, it better be ready to pop. Um, okay, got it, got it. Sam said, okay, that's me too. Okay, because some people don't. Some people be waiting too, and I'm like Yo, the tech— even if the move happened, you, you ain't gonna make no money off that, right? Okay, got it. I treat 30 days as— okay, good. I'm happy you mentioned that because some people don't. Um, but yeah, yeah, if, if the, uh, if the car— you know, some Lyft plays are— you know, you can probably get some Lyft plays. Or, um, and I'm not telling you what to buy, hold, or sell. You know, it's all about your entry point. Is it on a support? You know what I mean? Like, if it's, if it's making this move already or whatever, So that's all you got to kind of figure that out in the chart and figure out where you're buying, where your entry level is and stuff like that. But if you're looking for a scalp, I mean, you got to be in the market on the day of looking at, you know what I'm saying, the, the 1 hour, maybe the 1 hour to 4 hour to 10 minute to 5 minute. Some people even go all the way down to the 1 minute if they trying to make a quick move. But, um, I wouldn't know, be, you know, like, just, you know, I wouldn't know what plays are like that. I would have to be looking at the plays and looking at what, what it is. But like, you know, again, you know, stuff like maybe WOLF or, um, you know, APLD is under, you know what I mean, like at a price. I know for sure Lyft is at a price. Um, your QUBT and, you know what I mean, QBTS, you know, you, you're looking at more lower price. But, um, sometimes if you, if you're going up in a, in the value, like you're looking at a Google or something like that, I don't even think you can do that for a 30-day. I I think you, you'd be in the thousands. Even Uber, or, you know, again, I can't— I'm not— the market isn't open, so I can't see, uh, um, let me, let me just see what the last— yeah, I mean, like, I'm looking at AMD, for example, a month out, and I mean, we already at, you know, $2,000. Um, so again, the stock has to probably just be a low-costing stock, that's all, you know. All right, um, if we are at Lyft, then Uber too. Um, they move like, you know, they cousins, like in a sense, you know what I mean? They related. So a lot of times they'll, they'll, they'll move. I'm looking personally for Lyft to get to $30. So I'm, I'm in Lyft already. I've already been in Lyft. Um, again, it's all about entry point. So your play is going to be a little different depending on when your entry point is. I've been in Lyft. I've been in Lyft for like a month now. So, um, and every time it dipped back down and it dropped, I would add to my position another option play. So, and that's, uh, Sam is asking, um, if we're looking at Lyft and Uber too. And honestly, a lot of times, yeah, I do play both of them at the same time. You know, every time Uber would drop down to around $93, I would get in Uber as well and ride it up. So as a matter of fact, I think I'm also in Uber. I think I'm in an Uber play now too. Um, let me see, did I get stopped out? Yeah, I'm in an Uber play. I'm in an Uber play and a Lyft play right now. So I'm in both of them. Um, yeah, because Uber, you got to remember, when these, when these prices— oh, I got stuck. Okay, I got stuck for a minute. When these prices hit certain points, like it hit, uh, it hit— Uber hit over $100, it's gonna go back there. So if it drops all the way back down to $93, I like to get in on them, on those levels, because I'm just waiting on the rinse and repeat. That's it. Okay, uh, Lyft has not gotten the $30, but it's a slow burn. It's one you just got to be really, really, really patient with. So I just been really, really, really with Lyft. Um, I haven't been in Grab, um, so I haven't— I don't— I haven't been in Grab. I haven't even really looked at Grab's chart, um, as much. So I might have done one option play on Grab, but it's been a while since I've looked at their chart or been in them. But of course, yeah, because of the price, you definitely, um, get something pretty affordable. It's something else that I want to know. Kia is coming back to life, guys. Um, so, uh, I did— I, I didn't say this, but I did, I did um, buy some Nokia shares last week, as a matter of fact. Um, but there are some things that can invalidate Nokia. I'm not— I'm looking forward to not drop under $6. If it does, uh, if it closes under $6, that, that, that will, you know, worry me just a little bit. But if it keeps bouncing off of $6, it's going to let me know that the institutions kind of step in at that num— at that price, and the, the bulls step in and won't let it go beneath that. So if it does drop down to around $6 and it bounces off, that's a good sign for me. And, uh, that's where I'm looking to also, me personally, load up. Again, I'm not telling you what to buy, hold, or sell. This is for educational purposes only. But, uh, uh, Nokia just, uh, got some deals, uh, some AI deals, and they're working with Nvidia. So, um, there may be some good things. And again, I'm not talking about right now quick money, but I'm looking even all the way out into the future for Nokia, for the next year or two, or for Nokia. So again, my shares are not for now. Um, again, if it, if it drops below $5, I'll start rethinking what that looks like and just look at the chart. But it has had a change in structure, um, on, on the chart that has recently happened after several years. Um, and so yeah, Uber and Nvidia ties also. Yes. Do you trade? No, no, no, I don't trade live. Um, and the reason why is because I teach people how to— even though I trade and I do help with trading. Um, trading is a skill set and it takes quite some time, but I really am, I really am an investor and I teach people how to invest and have an investor's mindset and, and gain the skill of trading while they learn how to be an investor. And the reason why, um, is because, you know, so many people have lost so much money from trading. And you got people who are trading and they have no real long-term portfolio. They're not investors, they're traders that sometimes invest. I'm an investor that knows that trades, that learns how to trade. And I'm still learning, you know. Everybody who's, you know, trading should still be learning how to, you know, uh, developing technical analysis and read the chart. But the reality is trading will never, ever make you wealthy. As a matter of fact, there's a guy on the internet who says he lost a million dollars in one year trading, okay? Now obviously he was doing something dramatically wrong, but how do you lose a million? You're not gonna— if you're an investor who trade, you're not going to lose a million dollars. Your investor mindset would have kicked in a long time ago and say, okay, something wrong, maybe I need to start paper trading or doing something different. My stop losses— I'm gambling too much, I'm living too risky, you know. And a lot of people lose a lot of money, and I really want people to start building generational wealth, okay. So we do in my group— and as a matter of fact, if, um, the link is in the description, uh, to join our full coaching program, our 90-day health and wealth challenge. And I do teach people, you know, um, how to look at the charts and how to read indicators, and we're, we're learning and growing in that together, right? But I am teaching them how to become an investor. You need a portfolio, you need long-term— if you're gonna be— if you're gonna have generational wealth, you need to be able to hold stocks and businesses for a generation. And so I'm trying to teach people how to be— how to have a patient— how they had a long-term game plan, but then also do some things to make money on the side. Trading is just one thing to make money on the side. There's a lot of things you can do to make money. You can stop spending so much, right? You can sell some stuff that you don't need in your house, right? You could do freelance work. Work, okay? You can go drive an Uber and, and pick up people's groceries or do whatever and then take that money and invest in whatever you got to do. But trading is just another skill like anything else. I think it is beneficial to learn how to trade, guys, because it's another way to make money. But you got to be careful because I'm not always thinking about how much can I make. I'm usually thinking about how much I don't want to lose, okay? Because like Warren Buffett said, two rules, uh, in investing: don't lose, and then the second one is the same as the first one, don't lose money. And too many people are losing too much money. That's why I have tight stop losses. I don't care about the— you, you stopped me out and went over. I'm not going up $100 and then coming down $1,000. Like, if I go up, I don't want to— I don't go from green to red. I'd rather rinse and repeat. I'd rather get out if it's dropping it like it's hot, and then I'll get back in underneath that. Because sometimes stocks will go up, and then on the first half of the day go up, nobody take profit, they just sitting there waiting because they're getting greedy. Then it'll drop all the way back down And then you was, you know, if you start out, oh, you was up $300, now you're down $400. Like, that doesn't make any sense to me, you know what I mean? So I try to teach people how to do this the right way and to take profit. And you can always get back in a play. Now there are some options that I ride, uh, you know, I ride through the volatility, um, but in a, in a safe way. My, again, my option plays are all out and stuff, but I'm not, I'm not going from green to red like that. Like, okay. I always trade with— oh, that's awesome, um, Sam. That's smart, trade with a, a trailing stop. But I'm, I'm teaching how to, like I say, get wealth for generations. And so there's a sustainable— you have to sustain success. You have to learn how to endure success. So there's a lot of mindset stuff that comes with this stuff as well. That's why you see people who make millions and millions of dollars and still don't have anything, you know what I mean? You see NBA players and football players that work at Walmart when they retired, right? They lost all their money. They just spent it and stuff. You know what I'm saying? So we got to be very, uh, careful with that. And a lot of people are just gambling, quite frankly, they really are. All right, so there's a lot of emotional stuff that goes with this. Um, oh, last thing I want to say, guys, so if you are interested in a full coaching program, um, that we do have available, that is where we are learning all things, you know, to rebuild your mindset, um, uh, your health, your wealth, you know, from the ground up. Okay, that's what we're going strategy, structure, and sustainable success. Also, by the way, if you want to support this channel, I do also have a, um, a membership, um, right here, um. And so if you see that join button by the video, if you join, here's what it is. It's not that— it's not that— it's, it's $3.99 a month, right? But it's not like I'm, I'm not charging you to now go in there and, and do, um, private membership, uh, videos and stuff. What it is is that the $3.99, or for Android users it's only $2.99, what you're doing is supporting the channel. And that's my way of saying thank you. Sorry, you know how some get stuck in your throat. So somewhere down the wrong way. All right, so it's really you supporting the channel for me And then that's me saying thank you. So that is what my membership is about. That's a powerful, uh, rule for trading. Sorry about my throat, you know how it just won't go away for a minute. But let me push through this. Uh, in the membership you are going to get exclusive live stream, okay? 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As a matter of fact, I love people who want to learn about wealth building and growth. So I appreciate you guys being here. I'm rocking with you. And that's what I'm here for, okay? Outside of the membership, I'm still here. Hey, if you don't want to join the membership, at least give me a like, okay? Help me with that like button and subscribe to the page, and that will really, really help me. Uh, I see a lot of my members in here. I can, I can see you because, um, the color of your, uh, your YouTube page is very, very different. Uh, yeah, had an insane pump. Okay, did you buy— had an insane pump. I'm Uh, I'm trying to look through some of the questions. What are your— uh, I think I missed some of these questions. Um, Pastor— hey, Pastor Lori, what's going on? Please put info about coaching program. Yeah, yeah, if you, um, in the description of the video, if you scroll all the way down to the bottom, um, there's, uh, some information there about the coaching program. So you can go check that out, and that's where we really go into a real game plan and, um, map out your portfolio. I'm looking through people's portfolios and everything, so we are Uh, killing it, man. Growing, learning, journeying together. People in the community have the same values. I'm keeping them abreast of things that we need to be doing. Um, there's some people in there even managing their health and stuff. I mean, when you manage your health well and you optimize your brain capacity, you start making better decisions. It's amazing, it's amazing. We in there killing it and learning how and what stocks to build the businesses. I'm keeping everybody up to date. So, um, but again, I appreciate— I'm a member and it's awesome, great wisdom and knowledge. Thank you so much, Vincent. Is a member of, um, and, and we'll be doing some more. Last Monday, I've done 2 so far this month. Last Monday we got on there, did some Q&A, and I did a training. Oh, and you will get access to those videos as well. So there's some videos in there if you join the membership. They're only available for the membership. So, and, um, and I'll be listening to my community ask, hey, what do you want me to teach on? What do you want me to talk about? What do you want me to— you know what I mean? What kind of content do you want me to bring? And again, I'll be doing Q&A in there and, uh, getting a little bit more, you know, um, uh, detailed in there. All right, so I've been— I'm helping with— I'm putting some things in there to help them with indicators and how to, you know, with charts and stuff like that. Uh, so yeah, I'm gonna continue to listen to them and, um, and we're rocking. And again, it's my way of saying thank you if you do join the membership. So I appreciate everybody who has. I just want to get on here and show you, um, what I'm doing for next week, help to add a little bit of value. I'll be back on, like I said, tomorrow to talk about XRP. There's some things going on with XRP. Spot ETFs are supposed to be going live this month, so I want to keep you updated on that. And we'll be talking about some other stuff. All right, um, so I'll get back to some more, uh, I'll be— I'll get back to some— okay, I will, I will. Stock Up with Larry again. Hey, hey, hey, I, I, y'all know I love Stock Up, uh, with Larry. Y'all know I love me some Larry Jones. So, uh, he's on here. I will check my email for sure, which I'm trying to think which I'll check all of them. I'll check all of them. Thank you, I appreciate it. He's back on again. He don't know I'm his student. I always say it, um, I follow him. I've been learning from him for years, and he is the man. He is the GOAT. Um, I love him so much. I'm praying for you. I'm praying for your father. I'm praying for your family. Um, be in good strength and good health. Um, I, I'm, I'm, I'm following everything that's going on that you've been sharing, and I appreciate, you know, um, that you've been keeping us abreast. The one connected to this page. Okay, got it. I was— I would definitely do that. I appreciate you. Um, but I just want you to know I'm praying for the family and stuff. I love you guys. Um, thank you for all that you've done to the, to the wealth-building community. Uh, Stock Up With Larry, make sure you follow him. Um, he's somebody that I learned from. He's, he's my mentor. I'm a student of his, and I follow, um, what he says, uh, because he is, uh, he's been given wisdom, and, and I mean, he's helped to develop grow me. So if you love my content, trust me, you'll love his. Uh, much love. Thank you so much, Stock Up with Larry. So, um, I'm not gonna keep you guys. Uh, I'll check my email. And again, much prayers to you and your family. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate and honor you. 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