The Scott Adams School - 06/10/26 WHITE BOARD LESSON ON RACE with the Home Team

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Happy Friday. I'm just kidding.

Oh my God, you scared me. That was weird. Good morning. I used a Dr. Von Hardy thumbnail today. We're dressed as divo. Mhm. You can whip it. Okay, good morning everybody. It is June 10th, 2026. Oh, are you looking for Akira? Let me just fill you in really quick. He—

it's me—

could have come on today. We were messaging yesterday. He's almost done setting up his studio at home because he just moved back from Mexico. He's like, I can come in, but it might just be by phone, or Thursday I'll have it all set up. And I said, see you Thursday. So we're just anticipating Akira. He will be on tomorrow. And also, just to let you know, my little Marcela will not be here tomorrow or Friday, you know. She's got to do some lawyer stuff, but don't worry, Owen and I will be here and BJ will be here on Friday. Okay, so everything's going to be fine. And Marcella will be back on Monday. But who's parched?

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And I'm deleting that sip right now, and it'll probably show back up tomorrow. It does get better every time. That was delightful and delicious. Okay, YouTube, I have a surprise for you. Okay, listen, we're gonna try it, we're gonna try it. We have turned the comments back on for after the show for discussion. There's only one rule: be respectful and no personal attacks. That's it, okay? That's it. So we're gonna see how it goes, we're gonna see how it goes. And this is where I want to remind everybody that this is the Scott Adams School. We are not Scott Adams, we don't try to be Scott Adams. No one could be Scott Adams. But all of Scott's YouTube, uh, videos are there for you to watch at any time. And if you're a local subscriber, you're extra lucky because there's so much more content from Scott on Locals. And we want you to come over and subscribe for sure. It's scottadams.locals.com. And if you buy the year, you get 2 months for free. It's only $70 for the entire year. You're supporting the estate, Scott's Legacy, the channel. You're helping us keep going and you're getting so much extra content over there. And they are the best community of people you will ever meet. Super welcoming. So highly recommend, 10 out of 10. Owen and Marcela, would you like to endorse that message?

Absolutely. And I think that YouTube change will probably last, what, you think a week maybe?

I know. Come on, YouTube, I'm rooting for you guys.

I'm rooting.

I'm rooting for you to keep the comments on. Marcela, don't we love locals?

We do, we love locals. You get to communicate with each other, you get to post things, you get to— while you're chatting, you get to put like memes and pictures and things like that. So it, it kind of becomes closer unit because you can put your pictures of your babies and your fur babies as well.

So pets, pets are a must, and memes are amazing, and you get to meet all the people over there. And I'm reading their chat right now, and they're all like— they're so cute. Like, they're all just like, we're a great bunch, come over. So anyway, that was, that was my little ad for—

you get to put things in the comments during the show that are graphics too, so you get to do that live. And, um, yeah, it's, it's a great group. It's, you know, a lot of Scott Adams' biggest fans are there. So if you want to be part of that, you're welcome to join. And Um, you get all the micro lessons and other things that Scott had put out there over the years that you don't get anywhere else, and it's a great, great experience.

I think that's right. We never— we don't really ever talk about it, and we really should because it's, it's a lot of good stuff. Okay, so, all right, I have to kick off this morning, you guys. Oh, by the way, we have a whiteboard lesson for you guys today. You're gonna get a nice chunk of Scott. Um, it's a great lesson, but I wanted to first show you— I don't know how I keep— at my algorithm is Japan now. Everything's Japan because I've been talking about it, but this, this has been a viral video. There is a gorilla in Japan. His name is Kiyomasa. Well, obviously he pissed off his mate and she booted him out of the house. So you're gonna see him leaving the house, and then you're gonna see him reflecting on what he did and what should he do now. Let's take a look. I was a bad boy. What the heck am I gonna do to make this up to her now? You know what, she started it. It was really her fault. No, no, no, no, no. Yeah, no, I can't, I can't tell her that. I can't tell her that. I'll never get back in if I tell her it was her fault. Flowers. Should I bring her flowers? Candy? Oh, maybe a nice dinner. I don't know. Who needs her anyway? Yeah, I need her. I, I need her. Oh, come on, suck it up. Go make up with her. Go make up with her.

He needs the husband apology.

Look how hard he's thinking about it. Damn it. Yep, gotta go make up with her. I love him, you guys. Honestly, I was like, this is AI, this is like a man in a monkey suit, but that is actually Kiamasa the gorilla.

I'm probably sure— clean the door. Like, it just seemed like it transitioned really quickly from like a zoo to like something with a human door.

Yeah, some kind of like panel behind him. I was checking that all out, but oh God, you know. So Owen, you've been in that position before. What do you, what do you think he should do?

You've been a gorilla.

Uh, no, I don't think I've been quite in that position before, but, um, I don't know. It's hard to know what, what he was thinking or what actually happened there. Um, but I don't know. I mean, I think, uh, really not sure how it works in the gorilla world. So I, I would think that whatever advice I might give would not necessarily apply.

I'd bring her a banana for sure. Not— oh God, why do I say it to this group?

Um, yes, for sure.

Uh, Marcela, is— do you think she'll forgive him?

She will if he shows, uh, you know, he apologizes and shows how, how, how hurt he is and how, how sad he is. And admitting he needs to bow to her, you know, they are in Japan after all.

This is true.

Yes, right, it's a Japanese gorilla.

So, so we wish them luck.

Just offer seppuku and see what she says.

Yes, seppuku. Yes, good call.

That is some other thing.

Okay, um, no, I love that. So we're gonna, we're gonna stay on top of the story, and if, um, I hear anything, I will report right back. Um, all right, so I wanted to play this yesterday, we didn't have time, but you know how we love Moon news. So, uh, Marcela shared this clip with me. You guys, get ready, it's coming.

Everybody understands what's at stake right now. The difference between success and failure will be measured in months, not years.

OTC is go.

STC.

STC is go. Verify no constraints and go for launch.

We will explore the frontiers of space and push the boundaries of what's possible. Space Council is go.

LPDs go. RTDs go. This is what it takes if we're going to get the job done.

Let's go! Somebody, uh, oh, it was Lisa D. Pasquale, who's been on the show before. She was like, uh, are we talking about some hot astronauts? I did not notice. I'll make sure I look later. Um, but you know, we love moon news, so we're excited to follow Artemis II. Nothing much to say about it right now, I guess, right, Marcella? We're just going to keep it—

there's a huge controversy though.

Oh.

What? They named the astronauts yesterday for Artemis 3, but you know, the, the people that never know what gender is, that don't know the difference between a female and a male, got upset that 4, um, key astronauts and the 5th, I believe, um, the backup, they're all men. So they got really— they went after it. NASA is sexist, racist.

Did they clarify what— did they clarify what a man is?

I mean, they did not. They just said it's not a woman, you know. Um, but you would be happy.

Yeah, how do they know?

Yeah, how do they know they're not women? Um, never know. Um, so they named, um, two, two interesting things. They named Luca Parmitano He is from the European space part, and he is Italian. So he's been in space before. He actually almost died when he did a spacewalk a long time ago. So he almost ran out of oxygen, something like that. Something complicated. Not for the morning show.

It's a high-risk flight, they're saying.

Yes. Must have been his fault.

Yeah, right. He's only there to bring the snacks.

It's his fault.

Anyway, is Europe paying for part of this? Because like, I keep seeing these international groups with all these astronauts from all over the world. Like, are, are they actually chipping in for this, or is the United States taxpayer paying for some Italian to go into space?

Um, well, I will have to look into it, but I think, you know, his training and everything else has been paid by Europe. He's already a trained astronaut, Air Force test pilot before, colonel. So I'll look into it, Owen, so that we can get back to not defrauding the taxpayer. And the other interesting thing is Frank Rubio is American, but he is Salvadorian American. So his parents were from Salvador, and that's very— he's the first Salvadorian American in space. He's been in space before. So very proud of him for that. And Randy Bresnik is the commander. He is everything. And he's been in space. All of them have been in space. And they're all wonderful, super intelligent people. And Andre Douglas, mission specialist, systems engineer. All of them are former Marine.

So what is Artemis III? Is that where they land a lander on the moon, but they don't land people? Or what is the scope of that?

We're doing Artemis II now, though, right?

This is Artemis 3 for 2027, and they will not land on the moon. As Owen a while back said, that the, the, the— it was changed. The mission was changed. Um, they're no longer being able to land on the moon. That's going to be Artemis 4, um, and that's going to be 2028. So this is just kind of the preem to the How would you say it would be the, the beginning of learning how to be able to land on the moon correctly without any danger and so on and so forth.

Okay.

Has Trump been announced for Artemis 4 yet?

Oh, is he going? Are you going?

He wants to be the first one to touch down.

Oh, you know what, theatrical trailer though, that, you know, they had all that dramatic music, made it look kind of like Interstellar. So it'll probably be much easier to actually, you know, create all the graphics and make it seem real when it's actually all just fake, right?

Right. Well, yeah, the first one went off fast. That was good.

They were joking that Artemis 4 is going to have all women and it's going to land on the moon.

It's going to miss the moon. Okay. They're going to be like, do you know where the moon is? Sorry. That's just— I can make the joke. I'm a woman.

I thought that was men that refused to ask for directions and get lost.

I don't know. Men are— all right, listen, Owen, zip it. Okay. All right. Back to Trump and his grandiose videos. So in the, I guess in this realm of him fixing up and beautifying things, I have to turn the volume off on this one because I don't know if we're going to get in trouble for the song he chose. But this is New York's Penn Station, a.k.a. Pennsylvania Station, and his vision to fix that up. I mean, I feel weird about this. I mean, I would love to see it, but New York. All right, let's take a peek. I'll talk over it so we don't get in trouble for the music. So I— my curiosity is, I mean, that looks amazing and beautiful, but it's just a nicer home for the unhomed, the unhoused, to sleep at this point. So I mean, looks good. Yep, yep, yep, very Trump. Yes. Pretty. It would be amazing. Lots of white people, just noticing. And he loves that clock. Okay, so I'm not gonna play the whole thing, but you guys get the idea. Pensel family friendly. Oh look, there's a cab for everyone. That never happens. Look how clean. All right, I wonder who the mayor is when, when that happens.

That's Interesting.

I'd love, I'd love to see things get beautified and fixed up. I just feel—

where did the homeless drug addicts go?

I, I'm not sure. I hope it's not New Jersey.

They were sent to California, probably.

Oh my gosh. Oh wait, we have something here. Wait, Rich Eeyore— are you tired, Eeyore?— says Europe's contribu— contributions to the Artemis program are managed through the European Space Agency, ESA, which operates independently from but collaborates closely with the European Union. ESA is a primary international partner, providing the core physical hardware necessary to sustain human life, transport, and transport astronauts to deep space. Well, thank you for that update. So they're keeping us alive. Great. That's a good partnership. All right, so good luck with Penn Station. I don't know what else to say. Before we get to the whiteboard, I just, I saw this clip with Gad Saad, we love, you know, friend of the show, with Sean Hannity on Sean's new podcast. I love this story he tells about Elon. I just think it's cute. It's very Gad Saad-esque. And let's just take a quick listen.

Can I tell you a very quick story about how we first met? Yeah. I don't think he'd mind this. I receive a one-line text from Elon at around 9:30 at night, the address of his house in Austin. Wow. Driver comes, picks me up. I go through these canyons and he goes, we're here, sir. I'm like, we're here where? It's like in the middle of a canyon. I can't see anything. He goes, well, that's where I was told to drop you. So I get out of the car. It's like around 10 o'clock at night now. And I see on top of the hill a black van. I said, well, maybe that's my only shot here. I walk up to the van. It's completely tinted. The door, the window goes down. Name, sir? Gad Saad. Okay, keep walking up and then there'll be a gate that opens. I keep walking. The gate opens. A guy kind of materializes, one of those Transformers. He comes out of the trees. Name, sir? Gad Saad. Follow me. 10 seconds later, I'm hugging it out with Elon. So later, so my wife is awake at 2 in the morning when we finish. She wants to know how it went.

She should have gone.

I know. No, but she went the second time. But anyways, she wasn't with me on that trip. So she goes, so I tell her the story. And I said to her, I said, I think I'm James Bond. She goes, I think you're James Bond also. So, you know, basically we put ourselves out there. We face a lot of hate. You face a lot of hate. But the magic, the majesty of life, you grab it by the horn. I get to meet Sean Hannity. Had I been a stay-in-your-lane professor, I would have continued publishing academic papers that will be read by 6 people.

I love him, and I love him and his wife. They seem like they have, like, the cutest relationship. So that's interesting. It meets all of my fantasies about what Elon's doing out there in the middle of woods in the middle of nowhere.

He was brave. Dad was brave. I mean, it sounded like it was gonna have a bad ending, like, oh, he's tied to a chair.

I think of Elon closer to Batman than James Bond.

Oh yeah, yeah.

Oh no, James Bond.

Defense contracts, and, you know, I mean, he's not really necessarily working on weapon systems, but at least he's got the space program. And really, I do think he's probably doing a lot of defense stuff that we just don't know about.

Yes, I fully agree. And yes, so Gad was saying that Gad himself was James Bond, like going through all these things, like Bond, James Bond.

Yes.

And you're— that's a great, um, analogy for Elon is Batman. We need like the Elon signal. Well, I think he, he sees it anyway. So don't you love that? And notice he said the second time his wife came. I'm like, oh, so there was a second time.

And I like this, the reference of not staying in your lane, which Scott talked about a number of times, how people tell him to stay in his lane as a cartoonist and how ridiculous that is. And yes, I think I may have mentioned this at some point in the past where I've gotten, you know, similar— really, I got feedback the other way. Like, at work, I would be told, hey, I want you to lead this project, and it's something I'd never done before. And I'd be like, well, I don't have any experience with that. And one of my mentors was like, no, you'll do better than the people who know— supposedly know that area. Like, they're going to screw it up, and I need you to fix it, and I need you to make sure it goes well. And so I'm like, all right, I'll give it a shot, you know, because at least he's— at least I expressed my concerns. And, uh, Once I got into it, I'm like, yeah, he was right. The group would have totally screwed this up and I had to really step in to fix it. And so I kind of learned the lesson that if you are a smart person, if you are a competent person, you should feel comfortable stepping outside your lane because there's often people who claim to be experts that are not competent and not effective. And you shouldn't just trust the experts and say, oh well, if they're considered the expert, that's the best person to handle it because it often isn't.

I agree. I, I think you can, if you're somebody who can organize and think, you can probably do anything because a lot of it is like start with common sense, um, and try it. Just try it. When I, different businesses I've owned over the years, I tried to do as many of the things I could myself without an expert. Stella's starting early today. Um, and I was, you know, I have said this often that I don't, you know, I remember back in the million years ago, I had nothing to do with computers really. And I needed a website, and I'm like, I don't know how to do a website. And I was like, well, maybe I can just try. So I just, you know, kind of Googled, and I think I found like— oh, it was, it was Vistaprint back in the day. Vistaprint, they had a thing like create a website. I'm like, all right, and I just started doing it, and I made a website. And, you know, so it's like sometimes you're like, I'm not qualified for that. You, you probably are. You can do it. Um, at least at least give it a shot, you guys. And in the meantime, you'll, you'll learn some skills along the way. I mean, I don't know, Marcela, agreed? Agreed. Agreed. Okay, so let's get into a whiteboard. I want to see Scott Adams. Um, I felt like this was a good one for the time we're in right now. Um, just, uh, I don't know, just a good, a good old Scott whiteboard. Um, I'm just gonna play it. I think, you guys, it's about 9 minutes, maybe 10 minutes. Okay, and then we'll see you on the other side. Enjoy. Enjoy it.

This is a micro lesson on race and how to reframe it to fix everything for everybody. And it goes like this. If you were to have a conversation about race, it would include but not be limited to stuff like grievance for past discrimination. You talk about critical race theory, you talk about one group compared to another group. You'd look for racists because you want to spot the racists to know how to deal with that. You'd be looking at systemic racism, and you'd be looking at maybe reparations. Now, this is not a complete list of all the things you'd be talking about, but it's sort of a representative list. If you're in the race conversation, it'd be this stuff. Now I spend most of my time, and a lot of people don't know this, a lot of people don't know this, but I spend, for the past 10 years, I've been more noted for my work in personal success. The book behind me, How to Fail at Almost Everything, was the entry to that domain for me, and that became, in my opinion, it's the most influential book on personal success. Scott Adams. Other books on personal success refer to it. It's the most common way that people will give advice is directly out of things that I came up with in that book. Talking about talent stacks, systems over goals, passion is, you know, BS, etc. But if I'm talking about personal success, I will be talking about keeping positive attitude, having the right mindset. I'll be talking about gratitude as a as a superpower for success. I talk about the individual and how to network and have lots of contacts. I talk about keeping your optimism up because that really helps for success. And I would talk about reciprocity as an operating system. You do things for people, they'll do things for you, maybe not directly but eventually. Now, you might have already noticed something about these two lists, that they're in conflict. For example, if you're looking at the grievances of the past, either with CRT or, um, you know, just generally you're saying that there's discrimination and you've gotta focus on the grievance part of it. That is the opposite of what somebody would do for success. If you're focused on personal success, you'd want to have a gratitude frame, but how can you have gratitude about slavery? If you're a black American, how could you ever think, "Oh, that slavery worked out well"? Of course not. Nobody could have that mindset. I'm not suggesting you should have that mindset. I'm saying that this is in direct conflict with the basic tools of success. But it goes deeper. Talking about a group doesn't help you at all. But talking about you as an individual and what you should do would help you a lot. Spotting racists is good to do. You want to be able to spot the racists and deal with them. But far more important to success would be open yourself to everybody, have the most contacts you can have. Don't worry so much about what their personal thoughts are. Just make sure that everybody has a good opinion of you because you've connected with them, you've done the right things, you've established your value. Networking, big, big factor for success. Optimism. Almost everybody will tell you if they work in the field of personal success, your mindset, again, your happiness, your gratitude, your optimism are all mindset things. If you get these things right, you will be very successful. And then the biggest one is reciprocity. It's the opposite of reparations. Reparations are you did something bad for me, I've got a grievance, I would like you to make good on that. Reciprocity says I'm gonna do something for you that you didn't ask for, and I'm gonna do something for you that you didn't ask for, and you, and you just keep doing it. Eventually somebody in that group is gonna come back to you and say, all right, here's something you didn't ask for, but this could help you out. Let me give you a specific example of this. I have been refusing interviews on the question of my little drama that many of you know about. I didn't want to do an interview with anybody who was too friendly to my side or my point of view. So I've been turning down everybody who asked, and there was a lot of them, until I got a request from Larry Elder. Now, Larry Elder, I imagine, because he's on the conservative side, that he would say, all right, listen, what you're saying is important. "Let's talk about it, maybe it was taken out of context." Now I know he will say something like that because he wrote an article that got a lot of play in which he seemed to have a full understanding of my situation that was good for me. I mean, in other words, if you understood the situation, you would describe it in a way that doesn't make me look bad. So he wrote an article that was his actual opinion, I'm sure. And it was a positive for me. When Larry Elder asked me if I wanted to be on his podcast, what did I say? I said some version of, damn it, Larry Elder, you magnificent bastard. You got me. I can't say no to that. Because I operate on a reciprocity operating system. Larry Elder also operates on a reciprocity operating system. Why did he write a good article about me? Well, partly because he believed it. I'm sure it's exactly what he thinks. But he might also remember that I endorsed him for governor when he ran in the recall election against Newsom. So I did something for him that he didn't ask for. When I got in trouble, Not a surprise. He's not the only person who emerged to do something for me just because sometime in the past I'd done something for them. The reciprocity operating system is magic. It's what gets Larry Elder successful, in part. I'm sure that Larry— I'll bet you if you asked Larry Elder, just use him as an example, if you said, do you believe that this has helped you, the tools for success that I just described? Scott Adams, what do you think he'd say? He would say yes, and I'm not reading his mind, because everybody who has his kind of success, which is quite notable, uses the same tools. And everybody who's not happy and not doing well are focusing on the past, focusing on grievances, focusing on what somebody else owes them, and focusing on how the system is going to prevent them from succeeding. Because it's all stacked against them. And so I propose to you that we reframe the issue so that we never forget the things in the race filter. That has to be part of history. We have to make sure that none of that is left out. Every bit of that needs to be taught. We need to understand that. I like my Black History Month. I like including history Plain and raw, but I like teaching black Americans and white Americans and every other kind of Americans that if they want to succeed, it's not about their obstacles, it's about their tools for success. If we can get people to understand that it's the people who make money selling the race filter That's why it's on your head all the time. The reason we're all thinking about it all the time and it permeates everything we do is because it's monetized. There are people who make a lot of money just selling this version of reality. They're not selling you personal success, nor do they say they are. They're— that's not even something that they're pretending they're selling to you, right? So just know what you're buying. If you're paying for this, you're gonna get something that's a complete obstacle to personal success. If Black Americans spent a generation working on personal success using the tools of that, they'd still have a lot of obstacles, right? Systemic racism is real, but they would slice through it like butter. And let me tell you, as someone who has hired people, a number of people, you know, in my life, if somebody comes in to talk to me and they exhibit an understanding of anything on the personal success list, they're hired. I don't even care about qualifications at that point. If your mindset is on the success tools, you're going to do fine. That's an employee I want. If you walk in and I get a sniff, even a sniff, that your mindset is on the race filter, and you're ignoring this personal success filter, I'm sorry, you are definitely not hired. Because if somebody comes in with the mindset that every expert, not just me, this isn't my personal opinion, every expert would agree with the following statement: people who focus on personal success tools do well, people who focus on grievances do less well. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the great reframe the most useful thing anybody's done this year. If you're wondering why I was so provocative to get your attention, it's because of this. It's because we're doing everything wrong and it's making me crazy. So now that I have your attention, if you could just take it away from my personality for a moment and just spend a little time thinking about what do you want to teach your kids? Do you want to teach them how to succeed the way it works for everybody, or do you want to teach them that they should focus on their grievances and have much less chance of, of success? And that is your micro lesson on reframing race.

Perfect timing. I, I hope you guys don't get upset, but there are some whiteboards that I may play more than once throughout you know, the year, because some things are worth repeating. But I, I think most of us that are, you know, fans of Scott Adams and students of Scott Adams feel this way, right? We're not really grievance people, no matter what color you are. I mean, everybody has disadvantages, but I, I don't think that focusing on this, the color of somebody's skin is a real disadvantage to focus on. I mean, everybody's got to go for the tools instead of the obstacles, like he said. But Owen, I'm going to come to you first. I love this. And I think, you know, like I even saw— oh, please forgive me, you guys. Carmelo. Carmelo Anthony. Is that his name? So, I mean, I saw Jasmine Crockett today. You remember Jazzy, you know, saying that she probably would have stabbed the guy too. And, you know, it's like everything's about race and this and that. And it's like, stop it. Stop telling people this. And I've been seeing these videos of little Black kids, little, who are just like telling off everybody, you know, like talking about how they're less than and this and that. And it's just like, what is happening? So I love the idea of focusing on the tools. Owen, how about you?

Yeah, definitely. I think everything Scott says is of course true and is very useful and helpful too. I think, you know, when I saw network and then reciprocity, I always connect those two because as what I've learned over the years is that like because in consulting firms like the ones I've worked for, they often say, oh, you should go to this networking event, you should go to this social hour, you should go to this thing and meet people and, you know, you need to build your network. And a lot of the companies I've worked for are very big on your network, like they talk tell you about it on your first day and tell you how important it is. And so, and all that's true. I mean, in that consulting field especially, but probably in every field, um, who you know matters, maybe sometimes even more than the quality of the work you do. But, um, what I found was going to those social things is kind of worthless. Now, maybe I'm just not a good enough talker, but like, I just never got any value out of that. I never formed any deep relationships with that. I never got any real opportunities out of that. But what I found was if I did something for someone, like something significant, like I wrote a white paper that they liked or I helped them sell something or I, you know, did something that made a difference for them, then they remember that and they come back to you and they all of a sudden have this great opinion of you and what they, you know, they— they're, they're now part of your network. It's like, that's how you do it. And that's what I told my son just recently because he just started a new job. And I said, you know, you need to build your network. But what that means is do something for people. Like do something meaningful. Don't just, you know, not just like an hour, not just like a little thing that they're going to forget, but something significant. And if you can do something significant for someone, they're going to remember you and they're going to remember what you did for them and they're going to come back to you. And I've had people come back to me 10 years later and say, I remember when you did that thing for me. And, you know, it's, it's something that lasts forever. And I think it's just a great principle to keep in mind that if you want to build your network, if you want to have good relations with people, just find out what you can do for somebody. And it may be easy for you. It might even just be introducing them to somebody that they need to know to get their thing done. Or, you know, you might have access to something that just makes it really easy for them, and it may not necessarily take a lot of effort on your part. But whether or not it takes effort, it's just a great thing to keep in mind is that if you can help people, you don't, you know, especially if you're not like asking for something in return, then, you know, that, that kind of creates a debt. Even though you're not really intending it that way. And, you know, it probably will at some point come back to benefit you. And the other thing I've— I think I've told my sons is that even if they don't directly come back to benefit you, like, like it may not be that that person does something for you, but like the process of doing that thing for them might actually increase your skills or it might give you some idea or it might benefit you just by the process of doing something for somebody. That you open up a new door or a new opportunity. And so I think that having those positive attitudes makes a big difference because I think that trains your brain to look for good things and to find good things. So all of it resonates with me based on my experience in my life. And, you know, the other stuff on the race stuff to me obviously is the opposite of that. It's like if you have this grievance philosophy, then that's all you're ever going to see. You're just going to think everything's terrible, everybody's doing stuff to me, there's nothing I can do about it. It's very disempowering and you're just going to be wallowing in that. And you're not going to make a difference because you're not even going to try. And even if you see opportunities, you're not going to see them and you're not going to act on them. And you're going to think, oh, that'll never work. And I'm sure we've all encountered people like that where they have this pessimistic attitude of saying that, oh, that can't work. And, you know, we can't do anything different than what we've done in the past because there's no chance of that ever, you know, doing anything good. And I think the group identity is also a big problem. That if you identify as just part of a group, it's— again, it takes away your own personal empowerment, your own personal way to succeed, because you see yourself as part of this bigger thing that you don't control. And the first thing that really surprised me was there was a Black woman that was at my college. I was in a dorm room watching something on TV, I can't even remember the details, but there was some Black person on the TV that made a fool of himself somehow. And, um, she said she was really embarrassed by that. And I was like, what do you mean? She's like, well, you know, he's a Black man and he, he's, he embarrassed, you know, he's embarrassing me by doing this foolish thing. I'm like, why? How does that have any impact on you? Like, what? Why would you care what this other person does? And, um, but I think it was all based in that race mentality. It's like it's us versus them, and anything that's good for our group is you know, good for us and bad for them. And it sets up this whole divisive attitude about things. And it also has that negative consequence of when something bad happens to somebody else that you see as part of your group, then you think it's somehow an insult or an injury to you and it just makes everything worse.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Thank you. I agree. And I think, you know, the same thing goes for like the other day I had a little rant about the American flag. It was Marcella and me and Jeff. And I was just saying same thing, you know, so if they're— I don't even know, there could be a black flag. There's a black anthem. I mean, who knew about this black national anthem? You know, all things to divide people. Same thing with the pride flag. And if we could just focus on being American and, you know, somebody said to me, oh, are you an Italian American? I'm like, no, I'm an American. Like, I don't even know what you mean when you say, are you an Italian American? I'm an American. I have a flag. It's the American flag. Like, you know, my heritage back in the day is Italy. It's got nothing to do with me. Um, but I feel like the same thing, you know, with like this like Black culture thing and Black people need special things and this and that. Same with the trans people and whatever other groups there are. And it's just like, if we allow those separate things, then we're also responsible for it. And I can't say enough about You know, the people like Al Sharpton, um, you know, all these grifters and charlatans that just want to make money off of people staying victims, which they're not victims. They're— it's by design, right? So they're, they're taught to be victims, to act this way. Um, and they don't— I don't see many— well, there— I'm sure there are a ton of Black leaders that can pull people out of this. But it's like so funny, as I'm saying it, I'm just like, you know, I don't even think that most of the Black communities would listen to white people trying to pull them out of this because they would just see us as white people. Not that we're all Americans, um, but I, I liked when we were speaking the other day about, you know, the boys club, the girls club. Just try to help one person, you know, pull one kid aside for 2 seconds and just say something positive and thought-provoking to them that maybe will let them know, you know, you don't have to live like this. Like, you don't have to think this way. I have someone very close to me that, you know, it just, it sounds so stupid, but he was an alcoholic. And when he went to rehab, he was like, he's like, no one ever told me, like, I didn't have to be an alcoholic. Like, I never heard it. You know, it was like everyone around me was drinking, but these people were like, you don't have to live like this. And he's like, no one ever said that to me before. So you never know the little thing that you might to say to someone, to just be like, it doesn't have to be this way. So I think, again, like, you know, we talked about this the other day, like, we really need to go out there and step up and, you know, drop off little nuggets for people of inspiration and hope and mentorship, um, because you just don't know who it's going to affect. And I would like to think that, you know, we can all make a difference no matter where we are in this world, whether the person's white, Black, brown, or green. It doesn't matter. Just to help advance their thought. Marcela, how— I mean, I love this whiteboard. How do you feel about it?

No, I think he's— I think you're right. I think Scott Adams is right on the race filter versus the personal success filter. You know, the people that— like, I think all of us are taught very early on, like, I studied in El Salvador, okay? So when I study there, people are different colors, different places. It wasn't inculcated. It was not— I was not taught to— that person's darker. But there was this racism there too. So, but the idea is that we're all individuals, we're all different. But when you come to America, it's— if you look at the education system, it teaches you to to go by groups. Oh, you're African American, you're Asian American, you're Italian American, you, you know. So they're taught throughout, you know, that they are victims, that there's racism, that they are, that they will never amount to anything because the world's all against them. Um, and they sell this to people and they believe it, you know. Like, if you— I'm sure the history books now are even worse than before, and those are not picked by the teacher, they're picked by the state of wherever you're at. Um, that really needs to change, to be honest. But I'll go— that, that's a whole different situation. But at the end of the day, you're an individual, you're not a collective, you are not your race, you are not this or that or the other. You are— I'm Marcella, there's Erica, there's Owen, and we're all different. Um, and if you, um, if you get into that idea, it's easy to blame others. It's easy to blame someone else instead of yourself for not succeeding. So, um, it is a hard, um It's a hard road to go on if you're going to want to succeed on your own, if you're going to have the happiness mindset, if you're going to be gracious, have gratitude, be an individual, network, be optimistic, all of that. It takes hard work. But in regards to the Personal Success Filter, I found that it works. I mean, it really does. I mean, now and again, you know, you go to a networking thing, and you get really— you have to get really bored. I'm sorry. And but most of the time, you know, it does help to show up every day, work hard. Someone's gonna see it, someone's gonna realize, okay, there's somebody that, um, you build your reputation over the years. I was really scared when I became an attorney. I was like, there's so many attorneys, how can I be better than the rest? How can I be Um, you know, how can I do something? It's very competitive, and you work hard. You just keep your reputation. You don't lie in court.

That's a good one.

And you don't sleep around.

You don't use AI to come up with your citations and not read it.

You don't let somebody come up with your citations. Um, you're very careful with what you do. So Owen's right. So yeah.

And not to say that culturally we don't have differences. Of course we do. I mean, you know, different cultures have different things, but, but we need to operate as Americans, you know, as American citizens. And I don't know, I feel like that's where it gets lost. I mean, I've never seen racism like I have, you know, in the last 10, 15 years. I mean, I've never seen it like this. I, I, it's quite something to behold. And the sad part is, is you can see that it's so manufactured.

It is, and it's all done by design. I was going to say, like, it's, it's built into our school systems, it's built into our media, and it's, you know, maybe some people are having good intentions with it, I don't know. But it certainly seems like Scott Adams would often say, like, the design of the system is what it does, you know, like the end result is what matters. And So our education system and our media system right now are designed to create racism, create division, to create violence, to create chaos. And that's— it definitely needs to change. I mean, I think we need to be redesigning those systems to say, how do we build more unity? How do we help people get along better? How do we help people have more positive attitudes towards the people around them and not have all these artificial divisions that, that shouldn't even be there?

Uh, I agree. And a lot of people on the Locals chat are, you know, writing Obama, Obama, Obama. I agree. I fully agree.

And the funny thing is Obama is himself a personal success filter. You know, he was able to— his mom didn't tell him you can't become president. You know, he— I think she would wake him up, at least what he told us, um, every morning like at 4 in the morning to to study something. And, you know, so what I was gonna say is that, um, as a foreigner living in America and being now American, I have to tell you, America is great. Like, you don't understand how awesome America is. One of the things that I now, um, I'm going on X is seeing all the Germans, the Swedish girl, the Italian, the, uh, Japanese. They're all here for the World Cup, and they are like, oh my God, there's like an extra large drink, there's this and that. So America is the one country where you could be any color and you could succeed. I mean, look at Elon, he's going to become a trillionaire, this, and he's an immigrant from— he's an African-American, and, um, and well, African actually, but now American. But, um, but the main thing is like, this is the only country where you can be nothing, come with zero dollars and still succeed.

No one— and completely fuck it up too, you know. So, so I'm serious, like, there's so many people coming, they don't give a shit to assimilate, to learn the language, to get a job. They just want to live off of, you know, live off of it. And, um, that's where it's got to stop. We have to come together. And Honestly, like, you know, my opinion about immigration has changed so much. I, I, it was forced to change because the information changed. What I can see with my own eyes has changed. And it's not like, you know, your grandfather's immigration or your great-grandfather's immigration. This is like just a hostile takeover and a dismantling of our country is what's happening now. So it's going to be extra hard to, you know, get through this, but You know, especially if you have kids, you've got to step up. You have to step— listen, I don't have kids. When I'm out of here, I'm out of here. I like— I don't know why I get so heated about it. I'm like, I just got to get myself to the finish line and not worry about anyone else. But I really worry about everybody as if I have 55 grandkids because, you know, America's really in jeopardy if especially you parents and grandparents don't step up and start start really teaching your kids and their friends and like take every— take the phone away and talk to your kid. No phone when we're in the car. Like, I know it's easier for your kid to be distracted and stare at a phone or an iPad, but you're a parent, so it shouldn't be like, oh, take the easy way out. You've got to start, you know, instilling in your kids, if you haven't already, what the American values are and, you know, what success looks like and what civility looks like and education and, you know, It's like you got one chance with these kids, and then they could potentially turn into some screaming liberal with a blue wig on and their whole face pierced, screaming at cops, you know. So like, which way do you want it to go? Um, you know, I don't know, I don't know why I'm so heated. Again, I don't have kids, but I'm just like, you guys, you've got to help save this country. And the kids, your kids, are going to be the ones— they're going to suffer way more than we ever will. So I just feel like it's so urgent that I just don't see the urgency in some parents. But I don't know, so I don't want to harp on it.

One final thought I would just put in here is that like, I think you can make a difference just by setting an example, setting an example for your kids, setting an example for everybody that you interact with. That if you follow that personal success filter and you exhibit these types of things that Scott Adams talked about, it will bleed over into other people. One of my favorite quotes is a Samuel Baldwin quote that says, "Children have never been very good at listening to their parent or their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." And I think that's very true in my experience with my kids. Probably a lot of parents could say, "I told my kids to do things. They never seem to listen to me. They never seem to do what I tell them to do." But they follow your example. They act the way they see you acting. And when they grow up especially, I would say, they start showing that they act ways that you did when they were little and it just automatically happens.

And so watch how you're acting though.

Yeah, yeah. No, I mean, that is the important thing is that if you tell them to do one thing, but the way you act is something else, like you tell them get off your phone, but you're on your screen all the time, then they're going to be on their screen because they see you doing it. And but I think the same is true with adults. You know, people do what they see other people do. That's very common. You know, most people people will just imitate what they see around them, especially the things that work well. And so if you can show that you can be successful, then other people are going to, they're going to start emulating you.

Yeah, I agree. Um, all right, so you guys, I don't want you to not have some information. Just for the close, I'm gonna play one quick, uh, I think it's like 2 minutes of Trey Yinks giving us an update on IRAM because I just want you to know what's happening. And then we'll quick, quick, quick chat about it on the other side.

Yeah. Hey, guys, good morning. I just spoke with President Trump and following the US strikes against Iran overnight and the Iranian missile attacks against US forces in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, the president tells Fox News he may keep going and that he is getting closer to the targeting of Iranian power plants and bridges. He told Fox that the Iranians are tapping the U.S. along as it relates toward reaching a negotiated settlement to formally end this conflict. The president also talked more broadly about his efforts to reach that settlement, ultimately telling Fox News that they had a chance to sign a deal and survive, and they have not yet done that. What I found very interesting, though, was what the president told us about the downing of that U.S. Army Apache helicopter earlier this week. The president provided some new details into what took place. He says an Iranian drone lodged into this Apache helicopter between the two pilots, and the drone was on fire, but it didn't explode. And the helicopter was flying quite low, and within seconds, these pilots were able to bring this helicopter down into the sea. And ultimately, the president called it a miracle. Because had this drone exploded, these pilots would have been killed. And we know the rescue was a first in US military history. This unmanned sea drone ultimately was deployed after it was ordered by President Trump to rescue these two US service members, and they are now recovering following this incident at sea. And so just a remarkable story there, but again, the president talking about the current state of play and that he is getting close closer to bombing Iranian power plants and bridges because the Iranians so far have been unwilling to complete this offer and this deal presented by U.S. negotiators. We have to be measured here, though. The reality is there are two options, and ultimately there is going to be a negotiated settlement and a deal, or combat operations are going to resume. And that is a common thread that we hear not just from President Trump but also regional officials. And we will have to wait and see what ultimately takes place. There are those efforts ongoing to reach an agreement, and a regional diplomat told Fox News earlier today that a Qatari negotiating team actually traveled to Tehran this morning in an effort to move those talks forward. And so, again, the latest information that we have following my conversation with President Trump is that he is getting closer to ordering U.S. strikes against Iranian power plants and bridges, and he says he may continue continue with the strikes that took place overnight after the Iranian response with missiles fired toward US forces in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.

Guys, Trey Bryant said there's another Truth Social. Okay, so I guess, uh, power plant and bridge day is upon us, as he once talked about, about a month ago. Marcella, do you have any updates since then? I just wish this thing could end.

No, I think that's the latest update. I, you know, it's a miracle that they survived. I'm glad, um, I'm glad that it didn't explode. Um, I don't think Iran has— Iran, they did, they did, um, do a retort. They said that they're going to fight too, you know. So it's just, um, it's unfortunate if they were close to a deal, but how can how can you make a deal with such a regime? You don't even know who's in charge. Um, it's just so, um, they're not to be trusted, you know. So obviously President Trump knows that. But, um, yeah, the Middle East has always been this, um, unfortunately it's not an easy deal like you can't deal with them over like, oh yeah, 3 weeks and we're out.

Uh-huh. No.

Yeah, no. So it's complicated. Um, I don't know what he'll do, um, how much he'll attack. Um, so I'll let Owen tell us whether he knows, you know, since he's in the agency.

Yes. What do you know, Owen? What kind of intel have you been getting?

I'm not in any agency, but okay.

Um, well, he has—

I think the only detail that I recall seeing in stories is that there— I think we did do what they call self-defense strikes to respond to this. So I think they did do some strikes back. I don't remember if that was mentioned in the story, but in the clip. But yeah, I think it's— it is a difficult situation. I think it's really uncertain how it's going to play out. I'm kind of really hoping we're not going down the power plant and bridges day thing. Maybe we could do some small thing just to to send a signal and say, you know, you don't want us to keep going, do you? And get to some kind of forced agreement. But that doesn't seem like the best way to go about it. Hopefully they can negotiate their way through diplomacy to get there. And I do understand it's very difficult because it's even difficult to communicate with these people, and then you don't really know who's really running things. I think there's still a lot of questions about the Motabi Khamenei guy. Like, no one's seen him. You don't really know even for sure if he's alive, I guess. And you don't know what kind of physical condition he's in. All we know is that he was injured and that we don't really know what, what's going on there. And so it is hard to know who's in charge. And honestly, if it were me, I might be talking about doing power pounds and bridges, but really I'd be maybe making plans to take out the leadership that's not willing to make a deal until I can find someone who is. But, um, you know, I don't know what kind of intelligence we do or don't have. I have no idea if that's feasible possible. Maybe they're hiding somewhere that we can't get to, or that we're surrounded by a bunch of civilians. I have no idea. But, um, you know, I do want this thing to come to an end, and I'm hoping they can find a way to make that happen. And I certainly trust Trump to get there more than just about anybody else.

Yeah, I mean, it's been brutal. Okay, you guys, so listen, everybody on YouTube, I have a, um, a question for you for the comment section after the show. My question is, and we're going to read your comments, okay? If you could spend 1 hour talking with Scott Adams about any subject, what would you choose? That's what we want to see after the show in the comments. So, and you guys can do this everywhere, but we are going to read them. So if you could spend 1 hour talking with Scott Adams about any subject, what would you choose? I mean, I don't think I could pick one right now because like, oh my God, I needed his opinion on everything. But if I had to pick one, I wonder what it would be. All right, you guys, thank you so, so much. The devil's handshake. Who said that? I need a name. Steven. Steven. Okay, so you guys, if you were not on Locals, you don't know what that is. I'm sorry, but it's interesting. It's a little behind the scenes on Scott Adams.

You're not going to know what it is.

No, because we deleted that next segment. You're not going to understand it. It was deleted. We did discuss this at dinner one night though, didn't we, in San Francisco? Um, okay, so you guys, thank you so much for being here. If you enjoyed today's show, I hope you will give us a like, a thumbs up, you'll share it, you'll be back tomorrow. Tell your friends, tell a neighbor, and most importantly, please, let's be useful today, let's be useful every day, and let's see if we can, you know, pull someone aside, give them some encouragement, maybe like a, a good bit of advice, a book, a something, okay, a hug, maybe a hug. Um, so thank you, Scott Adams and Shelley Adams, for letting the show continue. We really, really appreciate it and love this whole group. Um, Owen and Marcella and I appreciate you guys showing up every day too. It means the world. So, uh, Marcella, good luck in court Thursday and Friday. We'll be rooting you on. Thank you. We'll miss you. We'll miss you. And Owen and I will be back tomorrow, allegedly, with Akira the Dawn. Two new songs, uh, Meaning Wave songs featuring our beloved Scott Adams. Okay everybody, let's, let's get the day going and let's be useful. And a closing sip to Scott.

To Scott.

To Scott.

Bye everybody.

Bye.