This is a YouTube video titled "Middle Class Meltdown: Why Playing It Safe Is Keeping You Broke" featuring Mel Abraham speaking live. The content includes Mel Abraham sharing personal reflections and interacting with his live audience across multiple platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook, discussing themes of self-permission and change.
I spent most of my time Viewing what I want from the outside? I comb it over like it's a scene of a cry? The only guilty I find? Staring back at me in the mirror at night? Stuck in place just waiting for a green light? But I can lie for someone else to say? I can live my life? The only comfort I found? Is blending in with another crowd? When things go wrong well past the house? Cause I can lie awake for someone else to say? I can live my, my? But I keep asking for permission? No, I keep asking for permission? No, I keep asking for permission? Why do I keep asking for permission? When I can lie? Wait for someone else to say? I can live my life? All right. Oh, you know what? I just noticed I gotta make a change. Otherwise, my. My image is gonna get really dark here in a second. Sorry about this. Hang with me. We're doing this live. So good to see y'. All. There's a thing I got to do for all of my cameras. There we go. Then I'm not going to be so dark. Boom. There we go. All right. We're good to go. That was live. Sorry. So good to have you all here. Great to have you. Let me know when you're coming in. Say hello, those of you that I am broadcasting now. YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook. I get the Facebook comments and I get the YouTube comments. If you're on LinkedIn, I don't get your comments until afterwards because they're not. They don't come through live. So if you want to comment or have questions, do me a favor. Join us on YouTube or Facebook. YouTube's probably the easiest, and that way I can. I.