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I don't I don't know what's going on with the screen again, So we'll just put that back up there. Www Dot Junior truth dot com. Man So, salute to the family. There we go. Salute to Supreme Beast Boxing talk. Man. I owe you a call. I see you've been calling me. Ra Ah your call? I hit you up here in the minus it. What's up with you? Salute the Shade Girl, What's up with it? Sleut to my brother Omega Red? What's up with it? Omega Red? Salute to you Bro. Thank you Bro. What's understood. It needs no explanation, man, I really truly appreciate your support. Omega Bro. And I miss you. I've been I've been slipping. I need to I thought about it you the other day and then I and then I seen you posted the fish head soup. I said, Man, I need to I need to holler at my dog. You know what I mean, I need to holler at my dog. But salute to you, man. And I really appreciate your support, bro. Like that means a lot. Bro. Like I'm not even I'm not even joking. Bro. That means that it really means a lot to have your support. Bro. Thank you. You know what I mean. Thank you. I appreciate it. Bro, I really truly truly do Man. But salute to y'all, Man, salute to the family. Thank y'all so much. Man, I really truly genuinely appreciate you, Supreme. I hit you up. I hit you up. Bro. Man, I'm gonna get straight to it. I'm just, I'm just gonna get straight to it, and I'm not gonna play no games you. I'm excited about this topic, man, And the topic is to be to be honest with you and once again like I'm just, I'm just. I'm I'm an. Old man and I'm under the old law. You feel me, I'm an old man and I'm under the old law. And the topic is what your circle says about you? You feel me now, you know? We we hear saying similar to, uh, you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with uh, you are your circle. If I see your circle, I'll show you your future. You know all of that stuff. You are, who you you are, who you you represent, who you run with, fuzz country folk. You know what I'm saying. You you represent who you run with. But I'm gonna take it a step further, and I wanna I want to kind of dive in and just really talk about exactly what your circle reveals about you as a person. You andunderstand what I'm saying, and I'll give you the I'll give you the I'll give you the i give you the story behind it. So I'm in this space and I'm in this space in my life where I'm just very sensitive to things. Man, I'm very sensitive to things. I'm very aware. I'm very. Acute as to things that are going on around me, and I pay attention to a lot of stuff, right. And one of the things that I'm realizing is I'm in this space to transition in my life, right, and so everything that is and coming into the year of twenty twenty five, I said, you know, everything and everybody that's around me at the end of twenty twenty five, they pretty much gonna be here. You feel me like they pretty much gonna be here because this is a year where I'm really really pushing things to the limit. You feel me like I'm pushing things to the limit. Man, I am pushing myself. I am pushing my friends, I am pushing colleagues, I'm pushing on relationships. I'm pushing people who consume my content, like I am pushing everybody around me. And I'm really pushing y'all to the limit. And I'm not joking. I'm really pushing us to the limit. Because at some point in the in the in the world, or some point, we gotta get real, Like we gotta get back to getting to being real. You feel me like we gotta get back to really being real and being honest and being authentic and really truly being ourselves. We gotta get back to it, like we gotta get back to it, Like I'm not even everything else be. Damned like you, you have to get back to it. And so I'm pushing everybody and everything around me, and I am applying tremendous amounts of pressure to myself and everything around me. You understand, I had to call myself out on some on some on some on something I did the other day that I felt with some whole shit. For lack of better terms, I'm trying not to swear, but yeah, I had to. I had to call myself out and hold myself accountable. Like that wasn't nah nah, Because I am a man. That is, I am absolutely obsessed with walking in integrity. Like in twenty twenty five, I realize that that your integrity is all you have, Like that's really all you have, and I am I am obsessed with walking in my integrity like so, and I've offered the definition and we can do more, we can do more, have more conversations about it or whatever. But for me, my integrity is where your values, your thoughts, your words, and your actions are all in alignment. Like that's integrity for me. You feel me. So what I'm my values, what I'm thinking, what I speak, and what my actions are are all in alignment. And I believe that when I am really obsessed with walking in my integrity, it is it is a magnet and a repellent at the same time. How something can be a magnet and a repellent is ay, man, But it is a magnet and a repellent at the same time. You feel me. Well, Actually, a magnets can be repellents at the same time, because you get magnets and they connect one sad then you flip the other side and then they push each other apart. So yeah, I'm a But when I'm walking in my integrity, I attract certain things and I repel others. And that's what I'm doing in twenty twenty five. And so I say all that the same. I'm canvass in the world, chemist in my searching my own self, searching my own area, saluting my brother, be about a forest in the building. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about, he said, He said, your boy turned forty eight year today. I'm out here like I'm twenty five. You did, salute to my brother. Be about a forest man, Happy birthday to you. Man. Yeah, salute to the family. That's what I'm talking about. I got the two, I got the two country boys in the building. Man, I got the two. I got the two flowers in the building. Man. What all I need is my third is my third farmer? He come back in here, man it she I mean. Shoot, but I'm looking at relationships, man, I'm looking at relationships. And I'm looking at relationships that people attempt to have with me, and then I'm looking at the relationships that people have with each other. You know what I'm saying and things just when you sit back and you just watch and you observe things things. For me, I just see things, and I see the world in patterns, like I literally see the world in patterns, and the pattern are patterns of action, not patterns of words. So I'm a person that you can talk to me. You can talk to me for eight hours straight and I'll sit there and I'll listen to you, and I'll listen to the things that you're saying, and I'll i'll unfortunately, when a person talks to me, inconsistencies slap me. Right, So if you're saying something and it's and think the thing that you're telling me is inconsistent, it slaps me. You understand what I'm saying, and I'll just kind of like, and I really pay attention to the things that people say. But then more importantly than that, once you're done talking, I pay attention to the actions. Like I'm a person that pays attention to actions. And so if you're if you are, this is where I'm gonna start cursing. So if you say something to me and then your actions don't line up with what you said, I automatically categorize you as a bullshit person. And I don't. I don't. I can't do that, like I can't undo the way I'm wired. That's how I'm wired. And so I'm looking in the world and I'm seeing people, and I'm seeing relationships, and I'm gonna tell you and friendships, and I think that people don't understand and they don't take seriously what it means for what your circle of people actually say about you. You understand your friend what your friends actually say, like your friendship circle, what that actually says about you? What does it say about you to just be around people you feel me? What does it say about you the circle of friends that you have that communicates something. Rather we like to admit it, agree with it, or even believe it, it does it says something about you. And so that was kind of the that was kind of the the inspiration for this conversation because I'm gonna tell you, I see a whole lot of bullshit relationships and bullshit friendships, and I think the world has just become. Ignorant to what true friendship is. So over this this next few minutes, man, I want to talk about, you know, the kinds of friends you keep and what that truly says about you. Your friends, your inner circle, they're not just they're they're not just a support system. Their reflection of your values, your aspirations, and your overall life trajectory. So you never thought about that. You never connected the people that you hang with with your actual values. You understand what I'm saying, Like, like your values, like if you're a if you're a if you I'm gonna just say it, man, cause I gotta just be real with you. Like if you're a married woman with children and you value family and marriage and you're running around your friendship is a whole bunch of single city girl esque women, that's gonna communicate something about you. You understand what I'm saying. If you are clean, not clean, that's the wrong word. If you're a married family man, you know what I mean. That is, you know, totally just uh locked into your family and you hang out with a bunch of dudes from the lgbt Q community, that's gonna communicate something. So you have to understand that the people you you roll with, they're communicating something about you. Now, this ain't this, This isn't about judgment. It's just about awareness and us being Awareness is realizing that the people you surround yourself with play a role in shaping the person that you are, the person that you're becoming. So let's get into it. So I kind of went in and of course I wanted to talk about the ways that the people you run with what they actually say about you. And we'll start with your core values. The people you keep close to you are often a mirror of what's important to you. Hopefully I'm not losing nobody. Hopefully, y'all, y'all rocking. The people who you keep around you, right, they mirror, like, they literally mirror what you value. I'm really I'm really being cool. I'm really being cool because I want you to. I want you to really think about that. I really want you to. I really want you to think about that. Is it loyalty? Is it empathy? Is it honesty? Is an ambition? Your friends reflect your core values. Now, think about your your circle for a second, like your your individual circle, think about your friendship circle. The people who you you had your partners. Think about that. Think about them for a second. Nah, think think think hey man, yeah, think about that. Think about that. Do your friends show empathy for you when you're going through when you're going through tough times? Are they empathetic? Are they are they? Are they? Are they ambitious? Are they always pushing pushing you forward? Are they challenging themselves to be better? If not, that might be something to take a close look at, because your your circle can also. They often will tell you what you value and if it's not aligning with your goals, then it's time to evaluate who you let in your life. Like, I really just want to stop talking there and just gone by my business. Oh gi, mister, ma's good with your hommy salute to Chris Ruffin. What's up with you? Broke? Yeah? I really want to just stop there. Like the people that I keep near me are people that I can I can, I can share my thoughts, my ideas, what I'm producing, my goals, and then in a lot of a lot of times they keep me accountable to him or they keep me accountable to my values. I just got chi In checked the other day. You know what I'm saying? By tiful for something I'm going through. He chi in and checked me. Ah bro, nah bruh them the people I keep close to me. Can your friends hold you accountable? Because I see like circles now, and I see people running around, and I see people hanging out with folks and see people, you know, traveling with folks and. No accountability. Right. Ain't nobody telling you, hey man, you need to tighten up. Ain't nobody telling you, ay man, go go bro, you need to go get your kids. Hey girl, you need to go get your go go hang with your children. Hey man, you need to chill out. Man a man, go call that woman. Bro, get away from me, Go call that woman. Like. The accountability is just man, it's had an all time low with regard to friendships. The other thing is I see, and I'm not gonna lie to y'all that. The other thing that I see is that y'all get I think y'all be getting real close real quick, you feel me. I see a lot of people getting real close to each other really quickly, Like y'all become friends way way quick. Like I'll be man, it'd be way quick. I'll be just BFFs, Like, oh, this is my best friend. Like, man, how y'all get to be best friends that quick? You feel me like, how y'all get to be best friends that quick? But I think that. Yeah yeah, yah yeah, yeh yeah, yea yeah yeah. Your core values. Number two is your social personality. Let's talk about your social personality. You introvert, extroverts somewhere in between? Are you invert? The size and nature of your group can tell a lot about how you interact socially. If your circle consists of a lot of introverts, chances are you value deep one on one connections. If you're surrounded by extroverts, then it might reflect your energy and reflect your energy and how you thrive in social settings. You might have a whole lot of just surface level relationships with folks, and you might be cool with that, you know what I'm saying, And you might be cool with just you know, pulling up speaking, Yeah, we're gonna do this, We're gonna do that, A, we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna'm gona holler at you, and then that just be cooling them With your friends, do you like big groups or do you like intimate gatherings? The people you choose to surround yourself with will often tell how you engage socially. You know what I mean. Is it a whole group of y'all just all standing around with you know, ten fifteen of y'all, y'all chopping it up when y'all go places? Do you go fifteen? Twenty deep? You understand what I'm saying. Do y'all need you'all own section? Or if you or when you show up? Is it usually just one or two people that says a whole lot about you and about how you how you engage? Also number three is just your interest in hobbies. You know what I mean, things you share in common with your friends, sports, music, business, farming, self development, you know what I'm saying, personal development, communication, family. You know what I mean. Sports that I say sports, I think I said sports first. And also, your circle will also reflect what you prioritize in your life as it relates to your hobbies and your interest. If your friends are all in the fitness, you probably value health and well being and you probably in. The fitness too. If your circle is all about intellectual conversations, then maybe you value knowledge and learning. You know what I mean. Look at the things that you're passionate about. They're often a direct reflection of where you want to go in life. You understand what I'm saying now, I'm also tell you that if you have these interests, right, and you have these things that you're interested in, let's say you're interested about. And this is one of the things that I'm struggling with with regard to creating content. I'm gonna tell you the truth. I'm very interested in the conversation of self mastery and self and and personal development slash professional development. But personal development is professional development in my opinion. But I am very much into that conversation now. The majority of people who consume the content right now are boxing fans, and y'all want to hear boxing, and y'all want to hear drama, and y'all want to hear people come in here and talk about each other and throw stones at each other and talk crazy about boxers that you would be afraid of in real life. Like you, you're not going to get in anything. You will call it, Like you want to hear people call a professional fighter a bitch ass nigga and then in person talk about how big they are. You feel me like yeah, Like that's that's what y'all like, you feel me like, and so me, I struggle with it because I'm on a whole nother wavelength. And so what I say. I have to say that if you have things that you're interested in, things that you really like to spend a lot of time doing, for instance, professional development, personal development, self mastery, and then your circle of friends nobody's into that, then you're probably not having a good experience socially. You feel me like you're proxlute to the homie King vinety eighty six, what's up with you? Bro? You're probably not having a good experience socially. That's just the truth. Like, you're probably not having a good experience. Socially. So your friends, your friendship circle, your friends, your circle, the people that are loving you, They'll reflect your interests and hobbies. The next one is your communication style. When we talk about communication for a second, the way your group communicates rather it's lighthearted, serious, open reserve tells you a lot about how you relate to your folks, to other people. You understand what I'm saying. How you and your friends talk to each other? Is it open? Is it honest? Are you able to speak freely. Is there a lot of holding back? The communication style in your circle often shows how you relate to others on a deeper level. If you're surrounded by people who are comfortable with openness and vulnerability, it might reflect in your own comfort in those areas. I'm gonna tell you a thing that I don't do with regard to my communication with my friends. I don't play with words. I'm extremely serious about words. So I don't call my friends. You know how people be talking and they be like, oh yeah, yo, bitch had it like, I don't talk like that to my friend. My friends, I don't call me and bitches. I don't. I don't use disrespectful conversation, you know what I mean. Every now and again, I will will will have lighthearted moments where somebody will say something that it's either some some bullshit or something that is the absolute truth. You feel me. So if I'm talking to t F You, for instance, and he gives me something that is an absolute, undeniable truth and he's right and I'm wrong, I'll say, man, fuck you, knowing I'm getting ready to do exactly what he said, knowing that he just gave me some news I could use in my legendary talk cat voice, salute to my cousin legendary talk cas. He just gave me some news I could use and it's and it's soulful, and I'm like, man, what fuck you? You understand what I'm saying? Or if he said something that's a crop and I could be like, then it'll be the same man, fuck you brouh you feel. Me like, get this shit out of here. Like I have those type of lighthearted moments, but as far as like being disrespectful to my brother, no, and my friends like, no, I'm not gonna be disrespectful even in joking them. The way that we joke and we talk about each other and we play in those lighthearted moments, it's never disrespectful because I believe that there is a way that men should communicate with each other, you understand. So I'm very intentional with my communication style with my with my friends. But I just think that the way you communicate with your friends, it's are you all open? Or do y'all play around with each other? Do you dance around? Can you tell? Can you tell? Are you would you rather tell your friends or hear a pretty lie or the ugly truth. Now, I know everybody's gonna come in here and say, Man, give me the ugly truth, give me the ugly Truthruth, give me the other truth. But that ain't the truth for everybody. Some of y'all would rather hear a pretty lie than an ugly truth. And that's just real. You feel me? And with when you're talking with your friends, do you, guys give each other the truth? Do you give each other the truth? Or do you play around? Do you probably when you when you when you have friends and they're not telling you the truth, do you call them on it, like, nah, bro, that ain't the truth? Or do you when your friends tell you a story and it's one sided and you be like, nah, bro, you gotta hold yourself accountable, brother, that's your fault. Do you say that, I'm guaranteeing you the majority of people, don't you understand? And that's the whole premise of this conversation is because genuine friendship, there's a there's love there, and with love there's accountability. Because I want you to be on point and I want you to be I want and need you to be on point because at the end of the day, Bro, you a representation of me. You feel me like when you see when you when you see me, like people will see me and they might not know me, but they might know the guy and they're like, oh they go Junior, that's the guys homeboy. You feel me. Oh they're go, they're gon Cal that's te Fuels homeboy and vice versa. All you see t if you ay man, that's Junior's homeboy. There you go up your representation to me. Brother, I want you to be on point, like I really want you to be on point. And I think that you gotta you gotta look at it that way, like when you're dealing with your friends, like your friends are a representation of you. I know it, don't I know it sucks, man, And I know people don't want to. People don't want to. Nah Omega Red said, true friends check each other when they're wrong. I'm talking about bro for real, Like, Bro, you wrong. Brother, you out of pocket. I'm not gonna have you. Like if we really friends, I can tell you, brother, you're wrong. You do what you will with it, you do what you will with it, but you're wrong. So number five man is just the open, openness and tolerance a diverse group of friends can demonstrate your acceptance of differences cultural, political, personal. If your circle is uh, if it's if your circle is is a monolith, man, right, then it's gonna indicate that you lack exposure and you lack you know, tolerance to two different perspectives, you know what I mean. That's why I can't, like, I can't really be around people. That's everybody saying the same thing. It becomes an echo chamber, and I have to break from echo chambers, you know what I'm saying. Like we can have we can agree fundamentally with regard to values and something like, we can agree, but I'm not gonna see the same thing the same way as everybody else. Like it's that's that's weird to me. Like I'm not gonna I'm not gonna like you might see something and be perfectly fine with it. I might see something and be offended by it, and that's just it's just that's just what it is. You understand what I'm saying. You might you might say something something that I would that would never come out of my mouth, and that's that's okay, you know what I mean. But but to for us to just everybody be going and flowing in one direction. That always gives me the creeps in every instance, Like I'm always creeped out by everybody flowing the same direction the same time all the time. No, No, that don't that don't happen, you know what I'm saying. And so I think that you have to have to a certain degree. Now this is a this is a certain degree. This saint. This s ain't every this saint every degree, but this is to a certain degree. You do have to have a certain openness and tolerance, you know what I mean, from different friends, from different backgrounds, different walks of life, different experiences. That shows that you have the propensity to to to attract and to maintain different perspectives, which is good diversity in your circle. And it ain't just race and culture, man, It's ideas, beliefs, world views, you. Know what I mean. I have, you know, friends that are extremely liberal. I have friends that are extremely conservative. You know what I mean. I have friends that are different you know, races. I have friends that are from different areas geographically, you know, at a certain level of friendship, you know what I mean. I have those, But I also you know, I have to give this caveat I also have and I'm very serious about my values and principles as a man, and my friendship circle very much reflects that. And that's the thing that I am not ever going to I'm not ever going to compromise, you feel me. I don't compromise that when dealing with my children. I don't compromise that when dealing with a woman. I don't compromise that when dealing with uh. In my professional capacities. That just never gets compromised man at all. But salute to the family man, Thank y'all so much for everybody who shows love to the Black Gentleman Grooming Company. We do have a line of our natural handcrafted grooming products specifically with you in mind, so be sure to come check us out www dot the Black gent dot com. That's www dot the Black gent dot com. We off of the best grooming cotters for you. Black Black. Swag Stole class Luxury and luxury Black Gentlemen, Black. You swag Us. Slag up Style, class and Luxury and Luxury. Located at www Dot Black gent dot com. Yes indeed, yes indeed, man, Yes indeed, all right, man, So I uh hold on, let me say I miss somebody shake Girl, Shake girl, what's up with Shae? Shaye said, Peace, I ain't go nowhere, girl, I just had to pause for station identification real quick. I am about to get out of here, though, slew to my sister, Shake Girl eighty five. I want you to really look at your really look at your circles. Really look at your circles and your friends. Really look at your circles, and really have genuine friendships, man, because genuine friendships literally make your life better. Like they really truly make your life better. Stop hanging the ramp. I was about to go off on the tangent man, And I'm trying to I'm trying to stay academic. You feel me. I'm trying to stay academic, and I'm trying to maintain a certain decorm. I'm trying to maintain this the chorme your aspirations. The people you keep closest to you reveal your your They reveal your ambitions. Your aspirations is your If your friends are all higher achievers, driven, creative, and motivated, it reflects your own goals and aspirations. Surrounding yourself with like minded people can help you stay focused and motivated. If you all have genuine friendship. If your circle is filled with dreamers who are more taught to actions, then maybe it's trying to elevate who you're allowing to influence your life. Also, this is where it gets sticky, though. I'm gonna tell y'all the truth, and then i'm a i'm a i'm a i'm a break from this. I'm gonna tell you I'm gonna tell you'all the truth. And being around these people who have aspirations and what not, you gotta be careful because there's a lot of snakes in these circles. And I'm telling you it's easy for you all to allow snakes to get close to you, and a snake meaning a person who will bite you, a person who will bite you in order to put themselves in a better position. When you start dealing with these circles and being around people who are looking to achieve things, or looking to climb ladders, or chasing certain levels of status and so on and so forth, you have to be very mindful because there's a lot of underhanded, lot of backbite, and a lot of a lot of bullshit with those circles. And you will find yourself I did the short yesterday. If you didn't see the short, hopefully it'll come up in your live stream. But I said, y'all are spending real time with fake people and playing crazy when they play with you. And I think that that's a bar that might be one of the that might be one of the rass bars I ever dropped. That might be one of the ross bars I ever dropped. You all spend real time with fake people, and when you're finding those circles and those those you know around those those people that are aspiring to do something, A lot of those folks, many they you're talking about. It gets ugly. It gets ugly, and. Then a lot of times you end up hurt, especially if you have real life, good energy and good intentions, So you have to be careful. But the other ones, I'm I'm a state them and then I'm a slide. But you have your support you have your support system preferences. After aspirations, you got your support system preferences. You know what I mean. When things get tough, does your circle show up for you? Or do they just sit to the side. You understand what I'm saying. Does your circle they do they show up? Who am I down with with? Fifteen niggas be talking about kicking my act or do they do they show up or do they just sit back and watch? You know? Do they say, man, Junior strong, dude, Man, he got it? Or do they hit you up and say, hey man, how can I help? Bro? What do you need? You understand what I'm saying? Do you circle call you and say, hey man, I don't like the way you sound it man, I don't like the way I don't like the way I was talking to you man and donned Onmi, I don't like the way you sound. Are you all right? Sleup to my brother jew Titan? What's up with your big Drew? Yeah? Are you like? Man? Are you cool? Your support system preferences? You know what I mean? A supportive circle, it'll it'll show, it'll, it'll show that you value you know, empathy, strength, resilience and all that good stuff. But if your friends aren't really there for you when it counts, they are not your friends. Like that's just that's just the truth. If you the person that always show up for everybody, and then when it and I'm talking about show up like I see people and I'm talking about people in my real life, like I see people who are always there for everybody all the time. You feel me every day, always show up for everybody, and when they in these times when they're actually in need, they are by themselves. Got to figure that shit out on your own. You understand what I'm saying. And life has taught to them, has taught them not to depend on people. I'm a person. Life has taught me not to depend on people. I'm speaking about myself now that I think about it, Life has taught me to be that. I have coined the phrase, you just got to be a dog about the shit, like you just got to be a dog about the shit because in being a person that's there went for folks. When it's time for me to need something, I'm always solo dolo always, and I mean, oh and this ain't I'm not. This is everybody. I'm talking about everybody. I'm solo dolo when it gets hard, I'm solo dolo when it gets tough. I'm solo dolo when it's good times and it's partying and the and the and the bourbon flowing and the cigars are sparked, everybody's around. But when it's tough, and I'm back against the wall, and I got to figure it out. Crickets when it's time to support me, support something I'm doing, Crickets when it's time to party, motherfucker's there. So life has taught me to not get into a space where I actually need people. Salute came to win. I see you. I'm working on that, And the way I work on it is I have a very select few people that I can that I can. I know they're gonna be there. You understand what I'm saying. I know they gonna be there. Like I know they're gonna be there. You get those of you out who follow me on social media, you have a you have you have examples. You see me, You see me by myself. You see me doing things by myself. Y'all saw me tear out my fence at my house. Y'all saw me tear out my whole fence around my yard by myself. Y'all saw me tear my fence out. Now I am in Southwest Ohio, right, I am from Southwest Ohio. So there are people who saw that, who know me, who have my line, who didn't call me and say, because I see you doing X, Y and Z, you need some help the only person who was going to help me was t Fu said, man, just let me know. I pack up, my sons would be down there. And the only reason I didn't put t Fu in action was because I didn't quite have my plan old school instantly, I see you, I didn't quite have my plan. So anyway, life has taught me to Yeah, man, you depend on you. You understand what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Period. My brother Ju said, if they aren't there when you're struggling, then they stay away. When you celebrate, you feel me, you're gone, gone their head on gone the hell on. Another one, though, and this is a big one, is your approach to conflict? Man, how does how does your circle handle conflicts? And this is a this is a big one and I'm gonna actually stop after this one. When you don't agree with your friends, how do y'all handle conflict? Because a lot of y'all, a lot of people, we don't know how to fight, like, we don't know how to disagree, we don't know how to we don't know how to engage in conflict. You understand, like a lot of us don't. A lot of us don't like we do not handle conflict appropriately. And that's just the truth. And I'm not saying there's only one way to handle conflict. I know everybody has these different ways to handle conflict or whatnot. But how do y'all handle conflict? Do y'all click up when it's when it's time for conflict? Do you do? You You mad at somebody, so now you gotta call somebody else and talk about them, you feel me, Like I see a lot of that. I see men doing a lot of that. Get upset with somebody, so you gotta call somebody else and you gotta try to circle the wagons and get people on your team. I see a lot of that from men, and I don't see a lot of people. There's not a lot of confrontation, you feel me, especially in certain groups, like, there's not a lot of confrontation. Somebody will be out here, uh uh uh. Somebody will be out here and and they'll be they'll they'll do some some some they'll do some whole ship and nobody will call them on it. You know what I'm saying. People will just they'll just talk all around it, but nobody will address it, you feel me. My brother Winstanly said the soft man, Era Drew said, I've become an expert, but I'm not. I'm not beyond learning. You feel me me either. I'm always learning and I've learned and my and truthfully, I'm assertive when it comes to conflict, right, So I'm a person. If I have a conflict, I'm gonna call you directly. You understand what I'm saying. No crowd, no circle in the wagons or no none of that. I'm gonna call you directly and say, man, I got a problem with you know such and such? You feel me, and then we can and then we can we can talk. And then I look for people to do the same with me, you know what I mean. And it's a lot of times it's it's crazy because I'll hear that people have a problem with me, but the information hasn't come from them, It's from somewhere else, like ah, man, you. Know such and such felt. It's a kind of way, and so then I go and directly interact. I've done it in this as crazy as it sounds, I've done it in this social media, this this media multimedia platform. Somebody might have a problem with something and it's communicated to somebody else. And then I'll I'll reach out directly and if I'm wrong, I'll apologize you feel me if I'm If I'm not wrong, then I'll say what I say, and then that's you know, we can agree to disagree, or we can reach your resolution or so on and so forth. But when it's all said and done, that's how I'm in my personal life. Like I'm not a circle the wagons done. I'm a direct let's get to the conflict. The only way I'm not direct and in real time when it comes to conflict, is if I'm in a place of being disrespectful, you feel me, especially in dealing with matters of the heart or in my or in my romantic life. Right so, if I'm in a space where I'm upset and I just might call you a shithead bitch, then I'm not gonna that's not the time for me to engage in this, in this, in this conversation, you feel me, I gotta get ready to get out of here, Drew. I'm about to get out your way, Drew. I'm not gonna just call you, you know, a bucket head ho because that's on my palette. So right now, it's not the time for me to have this conversation with you. You feel me it's time for me to just kind of chill out. You understand what I'm saying. That's it. You know what I mean. But I'm never gonna be disrespectful, So I don't. I don't when I'm in a space where I'm not. I can't be respectful because there's some shit that let's be clear, like there's some stuff that will cause you to lose respect for a person in a situation, in especially in real time. So I have to remove myself at times and not say nothing. Think on it. Be cool. You understand what I'm saying, and that's that. Like I'm dealing with a situation now where I've lost a lot of respect for somebody that I had respect for, and so my initial reaction was when I seen, I'm gonna slap the shit out of them like that. I've been on that, Drew. I've been on this for like I'm talking about, I've been sitting on this for about two months. Like man, when I see when I see Buddy, I'm a poppy in his mouth, Like I really was on that, bros. As a forty seven year old grown man like this is this is where I've been for I've been stewing on this. Got it, got the line, can call right now, not gonna call, or hadn't called, because I've had disrespect on my paldder like I've been in this disrespectful place to the degree, like I told y'all, I want to put my I want to put my hands on them. I've settled in. And now I'm in a space where I can have a I can have a conversation because it ain't really no coming back from it. It ain't no resolution. It's just I want you to know that I see you. You feel me. I want you to I want you to know that I see you and that it would be in the best interest to stop. And I'm being a gentleman about it for the moment. That's just where I'm at with that. You see what I'm saying, Like, that's just where I'm at with it. But it took for me a while for me to go through my different scenarios. But I was on ten, like I was literally on tin for a whole lot of different reasons, and it was kind of a it was kind of a yeah, it's a different but it all comes down to uh, disrespect you feel me is where it comes down to. It comes down to disrespect and disrespect is where I draw the line too, bro in a real way, because you know we can, we can, we can. That's the ship. That's the ship I'll go out too. When it comes to this, that's the ship I'll go That's the ship I'll go out to. But at the end of the day, though, we have to be intentional, and a lot of us don't handle conflict the right way when it comes to our friendship. Circles and that's just the truth. You feel me, you. Circle the wagons, you talk all around it, you talk to this person, talk to that person, especially me, and you'll have a very men have developed a very gossipy, a very gossipy motor operation, especially when it comes to conflict, because at the end of the day, you really want to avoid the conflict. That's just the truth. Like y'all really want to avoid the conflict, and you want to avoid the conflict because you know, for whatever reasons. Not gonna say you're scared, but you're scared. You're scared, and there's some there's some conflict that you just you can't avoid, especially if in an event where you feel disrespected, especially in a space where you feel disrespected. All in all, the whole premise of this conversation is about you are really truly taking a look at your circle, because you have to be intentional with understanding what your circle says about you, whether it's your values, your go the way you, the way you handling life, the people you surround yourself of. The people you surround yourself with are more than just your friends. You understand what I'm saying. They more than just your companions. People will literally look at the people you're around and they will pass judgment on you right, wrong, and different. But more importantly, the people that you surround yourself with, it is communicating something about you. It is communicating something about you, and you gotta take a look at that. Man. Salute to y'allough man, let me get out the way. Thank y'all so much, men for taking the time to tune in and listening to me. Chopping chop it up. Man, I'm gonna ask y'all real question. Let me take a couple of minutes and really ask y'all. First of all, y'all be sure to go over to the website www. Dot Juniortruth dot com. If y'all looking to connect once again, y'all go over there and leave me voice messages all that kind of stuff. Salute kill a Cam? What's up with you baby? Y'all be sure to go subscribe to my sister Camera and fields kill a Cam. And y'all be sure to go subscribe to my brother Drew Titan LLC. Yes, y'all be sure to go subscribe to my family. Man, go subscribe to Supreme Beast Boxing Talk. Was in here, man, Go subscribe to the Supreme Beast Boxing Talk. Y'all go follow my brother be Bottle Farms over on Instagram. Man putting up all them be nude, all that all that good, him and his bee bitches. He over there farming. Happy birthday to my brother, all that good, all that good stuff. Uh. But nah, look, I'm I'm I'm a I'm gonna be real with y'all. Caim listen to this. I'm gonna be as committed as y'all are if y'all really want to chop it up. But y'all really want to come in here every day and chop it up, and we can really get these positive vibes because you need more positivity, because it ain't a whole lot of positivity. They ain't a lot of positive content. Man. People have monetized the bullshit, So you're gonna get bullshit, and you're gonna get a plethora of bullshit day in and day out. But if we're gonna come in here and you really want to have an early morning fad, we kick it. Talk a really pouring to y'all, y'all pouring to me, and we have these exchanges. I'm gonna be as committed as y'all are. I'm gonna be as committed. If you really want to commit to improving yourself, improving a self mastery, having insightful conversations with about and around the culture and about. Us, then then then cool. We can do it. Now. If y'all go play around and bs and not come and so on and so forth, there's other stuff that I can that I can that I can that I. Can do, man. But if we're gonna really truly do it, and I'm gonna commit and I'm anna commit to doing it, then I need y'all to be committed. Y'all gotta be committed to being here, coming here, pulling up catching a replace. If you can't come in real time, you gotta commit to showing, the sharing the content so we can actually continue to grow the platform. Because it's seventeen of y'all in here now. I'm so thankful for all seventeen of y'all. I really truly, genuinely appreciate y'all. And the goal is for it to be seventeen hundred because we really really really really really really need more positive content. So if y'all want to start the day right, then I'm gonna be committed to it. I'm gonna commit to it. When I get out the gym, I'm gonna start skipping the shower and come straight in here. You feel me If we're gonna commit to it, Salute to everybody too. The book has been flying off the shelves. I don't know what y'all. I think maybe y'all feeling the pressure of the middle of the year. But salute to everybody that's went and got the simple truth, min and man, you or the one hour book that will change the way you watch the clock, written by yours truly, Junior, the truth. And also salute to everybody that's pulled up and got the planner too. I really truly genuinely appreciate y'all. Man, the planner is flying off the show. We're gonna make some changes to the planner for January. Can't wait. Currently working on it, but man, that's stat man. Salute to you all. Thank you all so much, man for taking the time and tune. And you can go over to www. Dot Junior totruth dot com and get the planner. Man, it's over there, or it'll take you to the link to the Truth Shop and you can get over the Truth Shop. You can get the planner, you can get the book, you can get some merch. All that stuff's over there, man, So salute to you all the thank you all so much. Man, really truly genuinely appreciate it. You have absolutely no idea, none whatsoever. This is Junior True signing off, giving you a daily reminder of you your life like a pair of dice, until your life looks like a pair of dice. Man. I'm a higher born player. Man, if you don't know anything else about. Me, at the end of the day, I gotta keep pushing, baby. So. I'm hustled harder than the moment. I'm a feast on these streets. Gottle Revolver I took for these niggas trying to take me off the block where I pointed up Daily Sit Dailey's out the bottle Smoke
