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Speaker 1:
[00:00] What's up, Rehabbers across the world? Welcome to Straight Up with Trent Shelton. Throughout my career, from the NFL to sold out stages speaking to thousands, I built up a toolkit to break through negative mindsets, let go of what's holding you back, and start rehabbing your life. Now, I'm sharing those tools with you in a whole new way. I'm always gonna be real with you and give you the 100% truth, even when it's gonna pierce your heart. This is me, Trent Shelton, Straight Up. Hey, what up, superstar? I appreciate you for rocking with me today. I do not take that lightly. You came here today, press play, you thought about me today. Like, your time, your energy, your attention, it means the world to me. It's the month of December, so I take the month of December to reset, recalibrate, get refocused. So today, I'm picking two of my favorite episodes that I know will inspire you, that I know will get you ready to make this year legendary. So I really hope you enjoy it. Always share this, connect with me at Trent Shelton Podcast, and let's get it.

Speaker 2:
[01:17] Listen up.

Speaker 1:
[01:17] I want to speak to your heart today. I just want to have a conversation with you.

Speaker 2:
[01:23] It's just me and you.

Speaker 1:
[01:26] And I got to remind you of some things. Maybe you forgot about this.

Speaker 2:
[01:30] Maybe you don't know this.

Speaker 1:
[01:32] Maybe you lost hope in this. But I want to remind you of this. Everything you're going through, will soon turn into everything you made it through. But what I need you to do is to not give up.

Speaker 2:
[01:49] I know it's hard.

Speaker 1:
[01:50] I know it's tough. I know you're going through setback after setback, challenge after challenge. But I want to tell you right now, everything you're going through will soon turn into everything you made it through.

Speaker 2:
[02:01] You understand?

Speaker 1:
[02:03] Everything you're going through will soon turn into everything you power through, you conquer through, you persevere through, you endure through. Do you hear me? Do you feel me? It's coming. And you got to be ready. It's coming. Your change that you've been waiting on for so long, it's coming. That change you deserve, it's coming. That next level in your life, it's coming. That breakthrough in your life, it's coming. That healing in your life, it's coming. But I need you to be ready. I need you to be prepared. You're about to win this battle. This battle is about to be done. This war is about to be finished. Everything that was meant to break you will no longer be there anymore. You're about to be set free. You're about to be set free. You're about to go into your freedom. You're about to go into your healing. You're about to go into your greatness. When you wonder, man, when is my life going to change? When is it going to come?

Speaker 2:
[03:10] It's coming.

Speaker 1:
[03:12] And it's coming soon for your life. Everything that you're going through, I need y'all to feel me right now. I need you to feel me right now. Everything that you're going through, I want you to feel every word that's coming through your speakers, every word that's coming through your headphones. I want you to feel this in your soul. I want you to get chills because it's true. How do I know? Because I've been there. And a lot of us, we've given ourselves a death sentence and all, man, it's never gonna come. All, man, things are never gonna change. I'm gonna be stuck in this mindset forever. I'm gonna be stuck in this situation forever. No, you are not. It is coming. You're about to set free, be set free. Your rescue is here. Your rescue is here. And it's time for you to walk into everything that you have, that you have, that you've been praying for, that you've been hoping for, that you've been working for. You're about to walk into it because it's coming and it's coming fast and it's coming for you. And it has your name on it. I need you to own it right now. I need you to claim it right now. Because I understand, man, it's hard to believe that when you've been going through so many things, I know people have counted you out. I know people have turned their back on you. I know people have done you wrong. I know this world has seemed like it's given up on you. But I want to tell you right now, it's coming, everything that you've been praying for, it's coming. Everything that you're going through will soon turn into everything that you made it through. Everything that you're going through, everything that you went through is about to have purpose. You're about to find out real quick that you're about to find out real quick that, man, okay, I had to go through that to get to this. Oh, it makes sense now. I had to go through those things in order to get to this place. Oh, it makes sense now. That person had to walk out of my life for me to realize how to love myself. Oh, those people had to do me wrong for me to build my own table. Oh, those people had to kick me out their circle or talk behind my back so I can realize how powerful I am. It's coming, it's coming. That understanding is coming. Because right now, you don't understand. Right now, it doesn't make sense, but best believe that understanding is coming. It's about to make sense. It's about to make sense of why that thing didn't work out. It's about to make sense of why that thing had to fail. It's about to make sense because you're about to feel God's purpose in your life prevail. You're about to feel God's purpose in your life stronger than ever. You're about to feel, whoo, you're about to feel it. But you got to remind yourself, and I want you to tell yourself this right now. I want you to say it. Don't just hear me. I want you to say everything. Everything I'm going through is about to turn into everything I made it through. I'm claiming it right now. Everything I'm going through is about to turn into everything I made it through. It is coming. That healing in your health journey, it's coming. That doctor's report that says, man, I can't believe it. It's a miracle. Things have changed. It is coming. The things that you can't seem to break free of, those things that have shackles around your life, and your shackle to your past, your shackle to your blame. I mean, your shackle to your shame, even your shackle to your blame, your shackle to your gift.

Speaker 2:
[06:25] Guess what?

Speaker 1:
[06:26] That key is coming. That key is coming. You're about to be unlocked from those things. You're about to be loosed from those things. You're about to be removed from those things. And it's going to make sense. You're going to realize, oh, I had to go through that in order to get to this. I want to tell you right now, my friend, do you hear me? Do you understand me? It is coming. It is coming for you. Can nothing stop that? Can nobody's prediction stop that? Can nobody's judgment stop that? Can nobody's opinion stop that? Can nothing stop that? Because it is coming for you. Can no man stop that? Can no woman stop that? Can no president stop that? Can no politics stop that? Can no circumstances stop that? Because why? It is coming. When God has something for you, can nobody stop that from coming for you? But I need you to be ready for it. I need you to be prepared for it. I need you to be in a better space right now. I know you're sad. I know you're depressed. I know you're down. But I just told you that your healing is coming. And it comes as soon as you, as soon as you stop living in your limitations, as soon as you stop feeling sad for yourself, as soon as you stop being stuck in this chapter that you're no longer supposed to be in, as soon as you stop creating the storms in your life and staying stuck in these storms, it is coming. The sun is coming. The change is coming. Tomorrow is coming. The newness is coming. You're about to break free. You're about to break free. And it's going to be things that seem like miracles, and it's going to be things that seem like, man, how did these things happen? I can't explain it. You know why? Because it is meant for your life. It is coming. I promise you, all the seeds have been planted, and maybe it's taking longer for the harvest than you expected. It's taking longer to grow. It's taking longer to seed. But you never lost faith. You never lost faith. Even in times where you felt faithless, truthfully deep down inside, you never lost faith. How do I know because you're here right now? How do I know because you didn't give up? How did I know because you didn't throw in the towel? How did I know because you didn't walk away? Oh man, you don't hear me right now. I need you to feel me right now. It is coming for your life. I need you to be ready for it. I need you to believe it. Stop believing your circumstances. Stop believing the things people put on you. Stop believing your limitations. Stop believing your past. Stop believing those past experience. Just because you went through a lot of things in your past, guess what? You're about to experience some new things in your future. It is coming. How do I know because God did it for me? God can do it for me. God can do it for you. But I made up in my mind, I say, it's coming. It's coming. As soon as I change my energy towards that, I start receiving that. I start seeing things different. My perspective shifted. It's amazing when you shift your perspective. The same experience is still there. But guess what? You see the goodness in the experience instead of the worse in the experience. The same experience is still there. Guess what? You see how people helped you instead of seeing just how people hurt you. You see, oh, okay, this person had to walk into my life because this person taught me things that only somebody who did me wrong could teach me. Oh, I had to go through this year of trials and tribulations. Oh, I get it because guess where I'm going? Where I'm going in this journey, I have to go through certain things to prepare me for where I'm about to be so I can handle it. So I can be secure in my position once I get there because I've been through it. I've been through the storm. I've been through the mud. I've been through the ups and downs. I've been through. Oh, man, it is coming for your life, but you got to be ready for it. Everything. And I want you to send me a message right now on Instagram at Trent Shelton Podcast at Trent Shelton. I want you to write this. I want you to write this. Everything I'm going through. Everything that I'm going through. Every experience, every letdown, every heartache, every pain, everything that I'm going through will soon turn into everything that I made it through.

Speaker 2:
[10:15] I'm not quitting.

Speaker 1:
[10:17] You're not quitting.

Speaker 2:
[10:19] You're going to finish. And you're stronger than you think.

Speaker 1:
[10:22] You're stronger than the pain that was supposed to break you. You're stronger than the people that left you.

Speaker 2:
[10:26] You're stronger than anything that's come against you.

Speaker 1:
[10:30] And you need to start giving yourself credit. You've been giving credit to all these things that don't deserve the credit. And you've been discrediting yourself. You need to give yourself some credit because it is coming for you, because you deserve it, because you didn't give up. Yes, the end to that battle, the end to that war, the end to that challenge is coming. The end to that depression is coming. The end to that mental health scare is coming. The end to your insecurities is coming. The end to you comparing your life is coming. You are about to walk into confidence. Confidence is coming from you. It coming for you, excuse me. Confidence is coming for you. And comparison is leaving from you. Your life is about to be flooded with confidence. You're gonna walk different. You're gonna talk different. You're gonna look different. You're gonna smell different. You're gonna smell like confidence. Because you know that what's meant for you can nothing stop that from happening. And when you truly understand that, when you truly understand that, when you truly get that, do you get that? Do you feel that? When you truly understand that, you start to live different. You start to live like you have no worry in the world. Because you know the answers are coming. You know your rescue is coming. So why do I have to worry when I know that it's coming? I might not know when it shows up, but I know they're gonna show up. It's like my son, he knows that I might not be on time to pick him up, but he knows daddy is coming to pick him up. Sometimes I'm early, sometimes I'm late, but he knows daddy is coming to pick him up. He knows daddy is coming. So he doesn't panic, he doesn't fear, he doesn't lose his mind. He might call me a few times, but he knows daddy is coming because he knows daddy is gonna honor his word. He knows daddy is gonna show up for him. He knows daddy's not gonna leave him. He knows daddy's not gonna forsake him. He knows daddy has him as a priority in our life. And I wanna tell you like this, your daddy? Yeah, G-O-D, the big daddy? Yeah, he just like that. He ain't leave, he ain't left you. Yeah, maybe he's not come on your time. Maybe that rescue you wanted three years ago. You wanted two years ago. You wanted two months ago. But the rescue is being perfectly positioned for your life to position you for something else. Because maybe if that rescue came too early, you would have went back to the things that he's been trying to save you from. Can I get it straight up? You might have went back to the things that he was trying to save you from. You might have went back in the same things you were praying to be delivered from. If that rescue would have came a little earlier, but he had to sit you in isolation. He had to sit you and mold you and work on you. He had to sit you.

Speaker 2:
[13:03] Damn.

Speaker 1:
[13:04] So you can realize what you truly want in your life. He had to allow you to put you in a little bit of being alone, a little bit of loneliness because he wants you to understand what being perfectly loved feels like. And now because you went through those things, you know how to love yourself. Now because you went through those things, you know what you don't want in your life. Now because you went through those things, you know how to move in your life. And you're making different moves, you're making major moves. And I'm telling you right now, that big move is coming for your life. Stop questioning it. Stop doubting it. Stop worrying about it. It is coming. Everything that you're going through will soon turn into everything that you made it through. But I need you to be ready, because sometimes it comes for us, and we got our head down, because we so sad, we so out, and we think nothing's gonna change in our life, and we miss it. We miss the blessing. Maybe the blessing is that person. Maybe the blessing is that moment. Maybe the blessing is that opportunity. I don't know what's the blessing for you, but when we have our head down, and not looking out, we miss it. But this time, you're not missing it, because you're not gonna be controlled by your circumstances anymore. You're not going to be controlled by your circumstances anymore. Your emotions aren't going to be controlled by your circumstances anymore. Your faith isn't going to be controlled by your circumstances anymore. Your circumstances are just that. They're just your circumstances. They ain't your life. It ain't the rest of your story. It's just your circumstances right now. And I'm going to tell you right now, circumstances can change and will change because yours is coming. I'm telling you that right now, yours is coming, but you got to be ready for it. You got to work for it. You got to work through it. Everything that you're going through will soon turn into everything you made it through, but you got to work through it. You can't stay stuck in this sad place. You can't stay stuck in this depression. You can't stay stuck in, man, I wish things would change. I wish this person would treat me better. I wish they would do me better. No, you don't need them to treat you better. You need to understand that you deserve better. Hello, it's coming for you. And that's the type of mindset, the type of confidence that's coming for your life. That's what's being built up right now, because when you truly get fed up and you had enough, and you say, man, enough is enough, I'm not going back to this. It's okay, I'm going through this, but I promise you this, I'm gonna get through this and conquer through this. And you're gonna watch me. You're gonna watch me rise. The people that try to hold me down, the people that try to prey on my downfall, the people that wasn't trying to pray for me to make it, you're gonna have front seats in watching me rise. You're gonna have front seats in watching me overcome. You're gonna have front seats in watching me conquer. You're gonna have front seats in watching me take it to the next level. And now, don't try to come back around then. When you see that, what you tried to do to break me didn't break me. Don't you try to come back around then. When you see what tried to whore me didn't whore me. Don't you try to come back around then. When you tried to take me out, you realized that you couldn't take me out. Don't you try to come back around then because I saw your games. I saw what you were trying to do. I saw the plots. I saw the plans. But guess what? God has something bigger for my life. It's coming. Your redemption is coming. Your payback is coming. We ain't matching energies no more. You ain't spending time matching energies what they gave you. You ain't matching energies. That's what small minded people do. That's what people that don't know that their healing is coming. Their next level is coming. Their breakthrough is coming. What they do, they sit there and they try to match energies because they don't believe with faith that I'm actually going to be pulled through this and pulled from this. And actually I'm going to bring things in my life that's going to change my life. We're not matching energies. I'm not giving you the energies you gave me. You want to do me wrong? OK, I'm still going to do right. But what's right by me? OK, you want to talk about me behind my back? That's OK. I'm not going to talk about you behind yours. I'm not matching your energy. Why am I playing those types of games? Because I'm on a legendary vibe. When you're on a legendary vibe, you don't do things what small minded people do. Ain't no offense, I'm not trying to talk about anybody. But if you're talking about people, you're talking about somebody like that, you're trying to bring somebody down, you're praying on a downfall, you're praying on not to make it, that's what small minded people do. That's what hurt people do. Nah, I'm not going to do what hurt people do because I'm not hurt like you. I am moving towards my healing because my healing is coming. If you feel me right now, I want you to get in my inbox, man. I want to know because some of you hit me up, some of you don't. If you haven't hit me up yet, I want you to hit me up because I need to know that you feel me in these episodes because I'm giving my all to these episodes. I'm giving my heart to these episodes. I'm about to pass out of my sauna right now doing this episode, but I said the moment is now. Nah, Trent, you're not waiting till you get into the house. You're not waiting another five minutes. God said it's go time and it's go time right now. It's time to press record. I understand this might not be super professional, but I understand that it's purposeful because I understand that it's coming for you.

Speaker 2:
[17:43] It's coming for you.

Speaker 1:
[17:45] That redemption is coming for you. That payback, that give back is coming for you. But guess what? You ain't got to do it. You ain't got to do it. Your life, your life is going to do it for you. Your success is going to do it for you. Your next, your next, whatever that next is, is going to do it for you. You see, one of the worst things a person sees that which is on your downfall, one of the biggest horrors to a hater is watching you rise. And they're going to watch you rise, my friend. Yeah, one of the biggest horrors to a hater, one of the biggest horrors to a manipulator, one of the biggest horrors to a fake friend is watching the one you tried to end, the one you counted out, watching them rise, watching them rise above, watching them rise higher, and watching them go further.

Speaker 2:
[18:46] I want to tell you that payback, that get back, yeah, you're going to get all of that. Right, you won't get them all of that, but you ain't going to spend your energy.

Speaker 1:
[18:58] You ain't going to spend another ounce of your energy worried about them, or worried about that, or worried about this. Because what's coming for your life is going to do all the talking for you.

Speaker 2:
[19:08] What's coming for your life is going to do all the talking for you. Let your life speak.

Speaker 1:
[19:16] What's coming for your life is going to do all the explaining. And they're going to be horrified. Because they thought that you was done. They thought that you was over. But then there's going to be some theme music. They're going to just see your eyes.

Speaker 2:
[19:32] They thought that they ended you.

Speaker 1:
[19:35] But what they really did is they just started the beginning. They just started the beginning.

Speaker 2:
[19:41] They're going to watch you.

Speaker 1:
[19:43] They're going to watch your eyes. Everything that you're going through will soon turn into everything that you made it through. Maybe that employer that fired you and they think that your life is over. They don't care about you. Tried to beg and you tried to plead. They didn't want to hear it. And they go watch your eyes and build another company. Now they want you back. It's coming for you. Redemption, healing, whatever it is that you need, creative thoughts, breakthroughs. But you got to do the work. You got to do your part.

Speaker 2:
[20:14] It is coming for you. Everything what? Everything you're going through will soon turn into everything you made it through.

Speaker 1:
[20:26] And if I'm you listening to this right now, I'm telling myself this repeatedly.

Speaker 2:
[20:31] Everything I'm going through will soon turn into everything I made it through. And if that don't change your perspective, if that don't change your mood, if that don't change your emotions, I don't know what will.

Speaker 1:
[20:56] That white flag is about to raise. It's about to be a peace treaty. It's about to be a peace treaty. Because those things that were supposed to stop you are going to finally wake up and realize this one thing.

Speaker 2:
[21:09] You, my friend, are unstoppable. You, my friend, are unstoppable. I need you to believe in.

Speaker 1:
[21:25] I need you to smile right now. Because everything is going to be okay. Everything is going to work out. When you're in the storm, it seems like the storm is going to last forever. But the last time I checked, every storm ran out of rain. Just like every struggle has to run out of paint.

Speaker 2:
[21:44] Yeah, it's coming.

Speaker 1:
[21:48] Like I tell you at the end of every single episode, it all starts with you.

Speaker 2:
[21:55] I love you.

Speaker 1:
[21:57] I believe in you.

Speaker 2:
[21:59] And if this in some way touched your heart, share this on social media. Tag me, don't tag me, but share it.

Speaker 1:
[22:07] Text this to somebody that needs that reminder that it's coming. Don't put your head down. Pick your head up. Hey, I know some of y'all feel me on this. When I first started my brand, I thought I had to do it all. And I did do it all. Speaker, content creator, and the tech guy. Man, I was wearing so many hats that like my neck was hurting. Start your own business, I get it.

Speaker 2:
[22:31] It could be lonely. It could be overwhelming.

Speaker 1:
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Speaker 2:
[23:35] It's about to arrive. It's rehab time. Let's get it straight up.

Speaker 1:
[25:23] Let's go. I'ma just keep it straight up with you. It's time for you to pick a side. You know, and you've been going back and forth for too long, and I get it, we're human, it happens. But I just want you to think for a moment right now, if you pick the side of being for you from here on out, I'm talking about a mindset that's for you, I'm talking about a lifestyle that's for you, I'm talking about everything in between, I'm talking about people that are for you, even I don't want to focus on external things right now, but everything for you. And you pick the side of being for you instead of against you. And I know it's a journey, I know it's not going to happen overnight. But when we are wishy washy with ourself, when we are straddling the fence with ourself, one day it's this, one day it's that, and we live an inconsistent life, we will never experience a life that we truly freaking deserve. And I believe you deserve it. I don't care if you don't think you deserve it, I don't care if you convince yourself you don't deserve it because you have picked the side to be your opposition. But I want to tell you right now, you do deserve it. But you got to pick a side and stick to that side and make up your mind right now that says, man, I'm going to be my ally, I'm going to be for me, I'm going to be my supporter, I'm going to be my cheerleader, I'm going to be my best friend, I'm going to be my encourager, I'm going to be my truth teller, I'm going to keep it straight up with me. But everything that I give myself, I'm speaking life into myself, that's going to lead me to a better life, to a better self. This is the year where I wake up different. I'm not going to be the same no more. I might have went to sleep like I used to be, but I'm waking up different. I'm going to be different. I'm not accepting less anymore. I'm not accepting those same things. I'm moving into different. I'm expecting different. I'm living different. I'm breathing different. I'm challenging myself different. I'm attacking my day different. Everything about my lifestyle is different because I have picked the side to say, I'm going to get my best life, and it starts now. I remember in 2004, my coach set me down to change my freaking life. He said, Trent, you have all the capabilities to be great. You can be legendary at this school. You have the opportunity to go to the NFL, but you got to make up your mind. You haven't picked a side. You still one foot in and one foot out. You still your biggest opposition at times. Pick a side. And I was thinking he was talking about the team. I'm not talking about the team. I'm talking about pick a side within yourself. Are you going to be for you or are you going to be against you? Make up your mind. And I don't want you going back and forth. Make up your mind. If you're going to be against you, let me know so I know I can't depend on you. But if you're going to be for you, your life can change forever. And I made up in my mind that day in sports that I was going to be for me. So every time I had the opportunity to talk down on myself and not believe in myself, I didn't do it because I picked a side to be my greatest believer in myself. I picked a side to be my greatest encourager. So every time I had the opportunity to think that I'm less know, I picked a side to believe that I'm more. This will change your life. And some of you have picked the wrong side. That wasn't meant for you to pick. You picked the side that my life is over. You picked the side that I got to accept these things in my life. You picked the side that I'm not enough, that I don't belong. You picked that side. It's time for you to wake up different. Tomorrow when you wake up, you wake up different and say, you know what? I'm no longer picking that side. And it's not about the people right now. Cause I know we want to say, man, well people don't pick a side of my life. People treat me like this and treat me like that. I understand it, but I got to keep it straight up with you. You can't expect people to pick a side in your life when you haven't picked a side in your life. You can't expect people to treat you a certain type of way when you treat yourself a certain type of way. As I've been saying, I say in my book, Protect Your Peace, you set the tone for your life. So we're not going to have the conversation about them picking the side about how they're treating us and all the things. If we're not picking the side of greatness, if we're not picking the side of high standards, if we're not picking the side of our principles, if we're not picking the side of our values, if we're not picking the side of our best self, we're not going to even have that conversation about them because you set the tone for your life. It all starts with you. How would next year be different if you decided to pick the side that works for your best life? If you say, no longer am I going to be in opposition to my life no more, that's done. I'm through being in opposition. The world is already going to try to break me down and tear me down. I'm not going to give them a helping hand. I'm through being an enemy in my life. I'm through doing that. Right, I'm retiring from being the opposition. Right, I played that game for far too long. Here is my retirement speech. I am done being the opposition in my life. I am done being the biggest hindrance in my life. I am done being the biggest roadblock on the journey to my greatest self in my life. I am done being the biggest hurdle. I am done. I am retiring from that. I played that side for far too long, and I played that side because I shouldn't have been on that side. And I knew it wasn't right. But I accepted that life because I believed in the wrong things. I am done with that. I am retired. I am done. It is over. I'm drawing a line to say I am picking the side. I am getting a new acquisition in who I am. I am acquiring something new in me. And the acquisition is going to be, you know what? I'm acquiring being the biggest supporter of my life. That's the side that I'm on. So when disappointment knocks on my door, disappointment knocked on my door this week, it knocks on my door every single week. And in my past, when disappointment would knock on my door and I was on the wrong side of my life, the wrong side of my self-esteem, the wrong side of me being for me, the wrong side of my mindset, the wrong side, etc., I would allow that disappointment to turn into a disappointment life. I would allow that disappointment to make me feel like I was a disappointment. And I would feed myself low self-esteem. I would find validation in the world to determine, to justify why that disappointment is true. We can't control the disappointment that comes to our door. It's life. Life is going to life. Disappointment will find you, I promise you. When you pick the side to be your biggest ally, when you pick the side to be for you, when you really make up your mind with that, guess what happens? When disappointment knocks at the door, you realize that disappointment is nothing but an appointment for you to appreciate your life more. You realize disappointment is nothing but an appointment for you to figure out something deeper, for you to go harder, for you to learn more, for you to appreciate more, for you to use that thing for your life. That's when your perspective becomes your power, y'all. We gotta pick the side of our power, not our prison. Come on. You've been in your prison for far too long. Your perspective has been your prison for far too long. You have put yourself behind bars for far too long, and it's time for you to break out of your prison. You've picked that side willingly. Even though you don't know that, but you picked that side willingly. Every time you settle for less, you're picking that side. Every time you disrespect yourself, you're picking that side. Every time you lower your standards, you're picking that side. We were waking up different. We ain't doing that no more. This is gonna be your year.

Speaker 2:
[35:24] Right?

Speaker 1:
[35:24] This is gonna be your year. Not another year, but your year, the year. This is gonna be yours, because you are gonna pick a side right now that says, I am picking the side of my best life, my highest self, my best self, et cetera, my greatest self. I am picking that side. I refuse to go another year having the greatest me be a stranger. I refuse to go another year having my best life be just some dream. I refuse to go another year without progressing towards something greater. You gotta refuse it. And the way you refuse it is that you pick the side. So what is it gonna be? What is it gonna be? No more believing opinions, no more seeking validation. I read this earlier, validation is just for parking. And I love that. No more seeking validation. When you already been validated, you are picking the side, right? God has already chose you. Pick the side. Pick the good. Stop trying to seek people to choose you. Stop trying to beg to be chosen by people, by this world when you already been chosen by the one. But you gotta make up your mind right now on the side that you are going to pick. And I know it's not easy. I get it. But you know what else is not easy? Living a life full of disappointment, living a life full of regret. And I see it far too often with people. They are their biggest opposition. They have made up in their mind that it's everybody else's fault. They have made up in their mind that they're lovable. They have literally decided that their life will never change. And they operate like that. So every time goodness comes into their life, they refuse it. They live by that too good to be true mentality. They have literally picked the side of their depression. They have literally picked the side. They do not get it. I've been there, so I'm not judging you. But you can switch teams right now. Some of you need to switch teams, you need to be traded. Right? Get traded to your greatness. Get traded to your best life and best self, and watch how it changes everything. Watch how it changes everything. Watch how you look at things differently. When you are for you, because when you pick this out of being for you, you see everything working for you. Even the sucky stuff, even the stuff that's disappointments, you look at it and say, man, how can I use this? Because you want to see you win. Some of you got amazing hearts, and you want to see everybody else win, you care about everybody else, you treat everybody else with the utmost respect. If somebody would talk down to themselves, you would correct them, but yet you allow that same mindset in your life on yourself. It's crazy that we wouldn't allow somebody else to say the things that we say to ourself. Right, we wouldn't allow our kids to talk to their selves like we talk to ourself. We wouldn't allow people that we love to talk to themselves like we talk to ourself. But yet, that's how you've been treating you. And how's that been working out? Pick a side, my friend. And when you don't pick a side, like my coach told me, life is picking a side for you. And the side that life picks is not the side that you're going to be happy with. It's the side that leads to misery. It's the side that leads to being lost. Because it's available to you. Your best life is available to you. Like, don't just go through another year, going through another year. Because every time we don't pick a side, I'm gonna tell you what's happening. We're picking a side of regret. We're picking a side of lesson. What happens over time is that you live a life full of regret. And we know what regret does to the soul. It's the greatest poison that a soul can experience, because we can't do anything about it. But you can make a choice right now in your life to say, you know what? I am for me. As a matter of fact, I want you to hit me up on Instagram. I want you to share this right now. And say, I'm for me. Write in the comments, I'm for me. You know, share this on your Facebook, Instagram, wherever you share it, email it out, send a text and say, listen to this, I'm for me. Everything I do, I am for me. I will not be the reason why I don't love myself. I will not be the reason why I don't appreciate my, I will not be the reason. And if I'm not gonna be the reason, I'm darn sure not gonna let anybody else be the reason. You feel me? But I am for me. Starting today, starting now. Maybe you got some time to think about it. When you wake up in the morning, I'm for me, right? I am for me, I am on my side. Like my coach told me, and once he told me that, by the way, my career changed. I became a Baylor legend. I became one of the best receivers ever to come out that school at that time. Because I realized, like, wait a minute. I am the one holding me back. I am blaming everybody else, the coaches, this or that, but really it's me. It's the things that I am allowing, it's the things that I am telling myself. It's how I am beating myself up. Having no self-compassion, having self-pity, self-sabotage, but no self-grace, no self-compassion in my life. And so I traded in self-pity for self-reassurance, right? I traded in self-sabotage for self-compassion. I picked the side that I knew would lead to my best life. And I know this seems like a very logical thing to say, but I want to put this in the most logical situation. I want to speak to your common sense for a moment, because when it comes to our life, it's like we lose common sense. I want to speak to your common sense for a moment. If you were to pick anything, if somebody told you, picking this will lead you to where you don't want to go. But if you pick this, it will lead you to where you want to go. What you going to pick? You're going to pick the thing that leads you to where you want to go. You're going to pick the thing that's better. If you went somewhere and somebody said, hey, this right here will lead you to worse, this right here will lead you to best. Which one are you going to pick? Common sense says, I'm going to pick the thing that I know is right for my life. I'm going to pick the best, I'm going to pick the better, I'm going to pick the greater. When it comes to the physical world, that's easier for us to do. But when it comes to our emotional self, when it comes to making decisions for our life, we oftentimes pick the side that's not leading us to our best life. And then we wonder why we're not getting there. So my friend, if I could just keep it straight up with you, you got to make a decision. No more hokey pokey, no more one foot in, one foot out, no more straddling the fence. Straddling the fence hurts. You ever tried to straddle a fence before? I know for a man it hurts. You ever try to straddle a fence? You ever sit on the fence right in the middle? Ouch. Right, I'm tingling now, thinking about it. Oh man. I remember one time I climbed a fence, and it was one of those fences that you wasn't supposed to climb with the poles sticking out, you know what I mean? Like the sharp things, yeah, it got me. And I was straddling that thing. I couldn't move. It was very uncomfortable. When you straddle something, like a fence, it's very uncomfortable. Right, pick a side. You know, I'm going to be on this side or that side. And for a lot of us, it's very uncomfortable right now in our life because we straddling. When you know a certain lifestyle, when you know a certain way is not the way that doesn't lead you to where you want to go. So pick the side of your best life. Why not? It is available to you. It's available to you. And I know somebody is going to say, Trent, but it's not that easy. Well, it ain't that hard. Can I be real with you? Can I just say that to you? It ain't that hard. It might not be that easy, but it ain't that hard to make a choice. Because if you don't make a choice, I'm going to tell you what is going to be hard in your life. I'm just keeping it straight up with you. Ain't nothing going to change. But Trent, it ain't that easy. Well, it ain't that hard. That's going to be my comeback from here on out. It ain't that hard. Because when you understand what you really want, you understand what it's costing you not to make those decisions, it becomes a lot easier to make those decisions. When you look in the future, you realize, like, damn, I'm going to live the rest of my life like this. It's a lot easier to make those decisions. It's a lot easier to pick a side. When you realize by you not picking a side, you're really picking a side for those that you love, for those that follow you, for those that need you, and you really set them behind, it becomes a lot easier to pick a side. It becomes a lot easier then, when you understand what it's costing you. So get clear on that, because it's costing you something. It's costing your mental health, it's costing you, et cetera. You fill in the blank, but it's costing you something. It's costing you a lot. So what I want you to do right now, is I want you to really get clear on why you need to pick a side, and I don't want you to wake up different, okay? I don't want you to be the same human being. I want you to wake up different and say, man, I am for me. I am no longer my greatest opposition. I am going to be my greatest supporter, encourager, cheerleader, believer. You fill in the blank. I don't have to search far to find somebody who believes in me, because I see that person in the mirror every single day. Doesn't mean life becomes easy, but what it does mean, it means that you are not keeping yourself from what the world is already trying to keep you from. Don't give a helping hand to this world. Don't give a helping hand to people that don't want to see you win, because the truth is some of you don't want to see yourself win. And that's when life becomes dangerous. You gotta always want to see yourself. When you gotta believe that you can win, you gotta know that you can win. Even when it doesn't look possible, you still gotta know it's possible. That's the side that you need to be on. And that side is creating, that side is molding, that side is pushing you, that side is progressing you to your greatest self. Because it is available to you. The greatest you is a real thing, and it's time for you to meet that person, it's time for that person to stop being a stranger. Don't go through this next year doing the same stuff. Be different. Be different. My goal for you is for people to tell you, dang, there's something different about you. Dang, like they didn't change, something different. You been around such and such? Ooh, girl. Man, she different. In a good way. You been around, homie? Yeah, bro, he different. He on something else. Yeah, you be on that something else. That's what I want you to be on. People get around you, that's used to you being against yourself, that's used to you being sad, that's used to you being down, that's used to you shrinking around people. You shrink. Now, you expand now. You expand because you're picking the side of your expansion of your life. You expand. No more shrinking. We ain't shrinking ourself to fit in. We expanded. We expanded our life. We expanded our happiness. We expanded our joy. We expanded our peace. Shall I go on?

Speaker 2:
[47:44] We expanding.

Speaker 1:
[47:47] That's what we do. We adding to. We're no longer shrinking no more, and they're going to be like, yeah, there's something different.

Speaker 2:
[47:56] They didn't, they didn't, man, I don't know what, yep.

Speaker 1:
[47:59] Because you picked the side to be for you instead of against you. But like I said, at the end of every single episode, you know what it starts with, my friend. It all starts with you. If you got to the end of this episode, please share it. Support the podcast, y'all. Leave reviews. Do all the things. Five-star it if you can. Whatever app you're listening to and all. And I'm going to keep giving you this fire. I'm going to keep being straight up. We've been rocking for a long time, and I appreciate you. But this is a message. It's like, what time is it? It is 12 a.m. Some of you know because I just did a surprise Zoom. So make sure you are linked in with all the things that I do, all my pages, broadcast channels, text messages, all the things, because I just did a two-hour surprise Zoom. When I saw them, I said, after I get off the Zoom, I'm recording a podcast. It's 12 a.m. I'm recording this podcast right now. And I'm on fire. It's going to be hard for me to go to sleep because I'm on fire for you. And I'm so excited for you because I know the power, when you pick a side to be for you, how it shifts everything, how it shifts everything. When you start to pick your power instead of your pain, instead of your prison, it shifts everything. When you start to pick your capabilities instead of your complaints, it shifts everything, shifts everything. When you start to see that disappointment as an appointment for something greater, it shifts everything. Pick a side, stand on that side. Ride for that side and take care of that side, because that side is the greatest you. I'm proud of you. Share this if you can. I'll talk to you soon. It's rehab time.

Speaker 2:
[49:54] Let's get it straight up. Let's get it.

Speaker 1:
[50:01] It all starts with you. You see a legend is just an ordinary person. That's extraordinary or something. The question is, what you gonna be extraordinary at? The world is yours. Go make the world respect your greatness. See you next time.

Speaker 2:
[52:42] Thanks for watching.

Speaker 1:
[52:47] What you can become. Their perception of you is none of your business. Go get your greatness to the world. Go live legendary. It's not an option.

Speaker 2:
[52:57] It's necessary. Let's get it.