Fresh Cuts & Real Talk: A Deep Conversation with Juan the Barber & Crew

I'm Brandon. And I'm Jesse, we're cannabis school. Having cannabis infused conversations. With everyday. People. Cannabis companies. Celebrities. And your mom? Welcome to the Sash. Thanks for tuning in guys. We got Sammy and my homie one over at Untitled Barber Shop. Untitled. Speaking of Untitled. A little joke there. Yeah, A. Little fun we've. Had some fun, yeah, but everybody would think like we're just like horrible racist people. Well, mostly it's Jesse making

lots of Mexican comments. Totally. It's just all his family. So yeah, it's like. Half of my family. He's a flour tortilla, though, in a pot of beans. Right. He is a flour Turkey. Because I've been like this, like this is how it was when the kid was. Somebody came out say somebody stole something from me and said, oh, blame the Mexican kid, go, I wasn't blaming you. And I said yeah, because half of me is white. From the waist down. Where's that Asian my? Bad. Awesome.

Oh godly, this is going off to a great. Start. It's beautiful, yeah. So hey, why don't you guys introduce yourselves, give us just a little bit of background where you from and what are you doing in life? All right, so my name is Juan. I'm actually the owner of Untitled Barbershop. I'm actually born and raised in California. I spent up into my early 20s in California. Then I moved to Texas for the last 13 years and I was a Costco manager there actually. And I opened, I don't know, like

1015 locations at the time. And then I decided to move here and I opened up, I went to school actually Taylor Andrews for barbering. And then I decided that I wanted to open my own shop. And of course, I had to bring Samuel with me because that was the guy. That was the man. I was like, if I'm going to do something, I was like, I gotta bring someone energy who's like, driven and motivated. So oh.

Yeah, bro. And Taylor Andrews is actually where I met Juan because I had gone like a couple years without having a regular Barber and I hadn't had a haircut in ages, that was. So bad. Looking like a homeless scrub. Like don't bring me home to your parents because Jesus Christ. Well, what's crazy about that is I, I had just gone out to the floor. So he was actually one of my first clients that I ever had. Yeah, and I was so. Freaking nervous as Wasteman, right? OK, so I don't smoke.

We're using it. But yeah, it takes a minute to like figure it out, but. Yeah, do that. Put the leg over your shoulder and then. Just you know, you know how they do like those ass chugging of beer bongs? They probably have to have the same thing for a normal bong. I don't. Know if that's what we should get into right there. No, that's not the topic. We've ever had a but you ever had a side tangent while he's taking a hit slowly. Raising his hand, this. Actually, this actually has like

positive power too. I've never taken a bomb hit. That way you like recharge. Fucking Red Bull bro. Yeah, you're not farting after that, you're just coughing. That's actually what we use the volcano for, because it just has that fan and it blows it right in. OK, we're going way past the line, right? Now, all right, OK, good. So yeah, go ahead. Oh. Fuck. So my name's. Sam, I hang on your mic's a little. We're having some technical difficulties. We'll be back in five seconds.

Please stay tuned for these commercials. Yummy Sequel, sequel. Sequel. Sequel, sequel, sequel. Me. Better. I don't know how close. I should be. No, you're good, man. That's better. We're back. Yeah, you're good, dude. See my. Name's Sam or Samuel, whatever you guys want to call me. A lot of people call me Sam. I'm the manager of the shop. Juan brought me in. I grew up down South in Ephraim. I don't know if you guys ever. Heard of Yup. Oh yeah. Yeah.

Utah boy. Yeah, Utah. I grew up here in Utah, but all my family's Mexican. So I, I think it wasn't about till like I was like maybe 16 or 18 years old that I spent my first Christmas year in the US I'd always go, I'd always go over to Mexico, but I was raised by a single mother most of my most of my life. I'm young, I'm only 22, so. Shoot his. Birthday is actually coming up. Yeah. Oh, shoot. That's awesome. Happy, Happy coming up. Birthday. Yeah. Coming birthday.

Happy coming. Birthday. Thank you. Happy birthday. Coming. I don't know shit. Birthday sex, you know. Why are you crying bro? What's going on? Like tears of joy just never felt so close. Don't, don't tell anybody, OK? Don't tell anybody. Oh, that's cool, man. Because you guys, I mean, it's really diverse. I think that's awesome coming from Texas to here. Not a huge culture shock other than oh. No, you're tripping huge culture. Shock. Really.

I mean, mountains are crazy. I was like, where the fuck are they tumbleweeds and horses? Yeah, right. Why is all this fucking land not? Planted out in Saratoga, we got that shit. Yeah, that's where I. Went bro in Texas. It's just like it's a melting pot because I was in Houston, Dallas, everywhere there was like there was color. I got here and I was like, dude, where are all the brown people? Hiding. So why? Like stores that had a Spanish name bro to find them, but it

was super vanilla, yeah. Yes. Yeah, everything, actually. Utah County. First all bro, especially Provo. My yeah, that's Are you gay? That's where I grew up and it was being as a half breed kid. It was hard, yeah. Like, I was in fights all the time all growing up and it's just weird to think about it now, right? Yeah, because you would hear kids back then saying to and and you still got, you know, crazy ass white women saying this shit too. But what are they speaking over there?

They speaking Mexican. Oh, I hate right and I don't. Know, but the only time that's a permissible is it when you're talking to actual Brazilian 'cause they fucking hate that shit. Portuguese, yeah. I am not Hispanic, I am Portuguese, right? And just like, fucking whatever. We take like huge offense to that. Like when people call me Mexican, or actually most people say like, hey, I want to ask you something like, what's up? They're like, are you Arabic?

I'm like what the fuck? Well, my name is Yeah bro, you can pass for that. But. Like a high end Arabic. I don't say OK. That's hot. Yeah, yeah, for sure. But my name is Juan Manuel bro. Like how could? You not because you you took on a new name like the Irish used to take on in the in the Italians when they came over. Or like, you get the Indian guy who's doing your tech support and he's like, hey, my name's Tom. OK, Cool, Tom. My name is Tom and we're totally

be able to help you like. Have you, I don't know, like? There was like a movie Horrible Bosses, and the guy's like, he's like, he goes my name is Jason. And he's like, dude, your name's not Jason. Come on, man, just tell us your name. What's your name? He goes Akmanan, and he's like Akmanan, Akmanan. He goes Akmanan. Akma. What? And he goes Akmanat. He goes, fuck, we're just going to go with Jason again. That's a fucking. Nightmare, right? But yeah, dude, I could see that right.

I get, I used to get Hawaiian when I was in the service all the time when I get real dark tan and I'm like what the fuck Damn you see me eating? Spam. You see me eating spam that? Was fucking racist. Let's take. The account right now, that was Juan right there, Juan. If you will. No, dude, that's awesome. I gotta love my brothers over there. I grew up. That's that's what I grew up around here. It was Polynesians and Hispanics and they were small groups and

they stuck together. Yeah. And it was just weird when I came back from the Navy because the Utah County Valley was full of Polynesians. Tons of them. So many. I I had lots of Hispanic kids at like all the way through elementary school though starting in. Not me. It was very few of us. It was just all white. But I lived in Provo and so Provo was. I thought you were in Orem. No, I lived in Provo and then in Orem.

OK. I was like, I feel like Provo had a little bit more Hispanic denomination than Orem when we were younger. Orem had more white people, I thought. I am a little bit older, you know. Yeah, you're like eight years. I say he looks a little older than eight. Yeah. No, no, he we got like an 8 year difference, yeah. How old are you? I'm 45. Oh. Shit, you look pretty bad for 45. Thanks, now you look great bro. I'm just joking. It's cool man. Hey, man, I, I know how it is.

I mean, can't go anywhere. Everybody's like fucking 911. Well, when I fly, it's a problem. I know, I know, Sir. Only one. Carry on. Yes, Like, oh. Fuck, how many? Yeah, they look Jackson you had. You don't know. They they look at it and he goes, OK Juan, you're just like, what the fuck, bro? My name's Akmanan. Akmanan, yeah. My name's Akmanan, yeah. Gotta bring that one. Back. Yeah, dude.

That's. Crazy see, and I take my kids to the airport and they're like hey, do you have an ID for this? It says your kids 18. Oh shit no, I must have put the date of birth in wrong. Oh well what's their date of birth like? Yeah, this is easy money. You don't need shit. I'm like, oh, OK, that's the. Privilege of being a Caucasian. Yeah, I don't know. Well, just tell him you're with your white friends. Oh, my white friend's just parking the. Car, he'll be. Tom's on his way right now,

yeah. Akmanon. I have a towel on my head. I'm. Fucking just pissing. The one we don't give a shit. I mean dude seriously like I remember back in the day like we would get bad comments because of me doing voices and shit. Oh, not even that dude. They're pretty. Good though they're. Really, we had one episode and it was. Sunday driver. Sunday driver and he was like making not even a comment.

He was like, I'd be driving Miss Daisy and I swear that's literally all he put all he said and someone was like, oh, this episode is horrible. They're racist. He's making these racist comments and it was like, wait, what? Dude, I'll tell you what man, in the 80s and 90s nobody was more racist than Mexicans. And colonies, bro, my grandma's the most racist person you'll ever meet. Bro well, yeah, she. Sees a black person like, I guess a Negro. I'm like, well, grandma shut. The hell up.

It was like Grandpa. It's just the generation. Our grandparents were like so fucking racist. Fuck yeah bro. And they, like will say it too, you know? What I mean, no shame. In there my none. My grandma so my cousin had a baby and they printed off a picture in sepia tone this like filter. It's a filter that makes it just like different color. And my grandma went to my my cousin was like hey, can you get me a new picture of this? My grandchild looks like a Milano baby.

That's what she said she was like she wanted it printed off so her big grandchild looked white. Yeah. And it was like, what the fuck, grandma? I don't know, I feel like you gotta enjoy racism a little bit. It is I grew during that time, all this. Stupid, yeah. Shit like we're all just people at the fucking end of the day. Like I can give a shit like the color you are, but let's have

fun with this shit bro. Well, and that's one of the biggest things about cannabis is it's great uniter like you get with people like it doesn't matter who like the we're going to get this guy on the on the podcast. He's out in Chicago. He's like a marketer in cannabis space. I have yet to meet him yet. Dude, he's. So cool and he his name is Nick and Nick was he just moved there to Chicago area from California. So he has no fucking clue where he's at right.

That's like moving from like small war-torn area, but everybody's kind of chill to. Ukraine pretty much. That's insane bro. Like it's a fucking big jump. That way, yeah. And he was walking through these neighborhoods and these this group of black guys come walking right up to him. Like, do you know where you are? And where he was was one of the most dangerous spots in Chicago. Oh. Shit and he's white.

It's probably walking through an all black area and he pulled out a joint from his hat that he kept on him and he just goes an offering and they were like. Bro that is so gangster shit. All right, And they smoked the joint together and they walked him through. Dude that is fucking hard bro. Right. I mean lighter, is that what you're looking for? Stay late, you know, don't worry, dude. Yeah, I got. You bro, that's my. Favorite color? So oh. Yeah, nice.

But yeah, dude, it's seriously like, you know, the, it's so funny. Like the, I don't see the racism. I think it's hilarious 'cause I grew up with it constantly being called wetback half breeds. Beck Beaner. Yeah, bro. Hell yeah, all the time. And you know what Oz is like fine. Because every time you hear it like they're the most bigoted, old school Mexican ladies are the most bigoted. They don't give a shit. Like I didn't know about my grandma.

She's she's past, rest her soul. But she dude, when I was younger, no cough dude, people know. Oh yeah. People know no dude, no, no, that's a cough. That's like I was camping and. Smoke dog this is awesome, so happy. Yeah. You feeling good? Yeah, good. This is a really good one to that. OK. Continue. But yeah, marijuana, this guy's hilarious. Wasn't even member to but dude. OK, so you're from here. Yeah, I'm from. Here. Did you grow up a lot with that

same kind of feeling? Did you, did you experience a lot of that? Oh, you were an Ephraim, though it was a tiny town. It's a really tiny town. I mean, it only has one stop light. Yeah. I mean, I grew up, like in Ephraim. It was like in high school. It was always like we had the group of like, Mexicans. That always. Hang out with each other in the group of white people. There was never like, it was never like really mixed like we were all just in our own little

group. Yeah. But it was always there was like a small percentage of black people, like probably, like, I swear, probably like 10 to 20 black people in the high school. That's crazy. I only had like 2. Yeah, I feel like that's more than what I had at Provo High, really. And yeah, at Provo High, I feel like there was four, like there was not very many when I was and junior high, I remember 2. Yeah, we have one in high school. He's a friend of mine. His name's James.

And then this other guy looked like Carlton from Fresh Prince. Carlton, Carlton. And that's. It dude, that's like hearing you guys a story is crazy to me because like growing up with San Bernardino, CA, like Southern California, it was nothing but Hispanics and blacks. That's all right. That's moving to Texas. Yeah, and then moving to Texas, same thing, like everybody, you know what I'm saying? So my whole life, it was super

culture. So like, you know, I grew up with gangsters to, like, regular white boys who had, like, you know, good credit. Yeah. Well, didn't you? Weren't you had a crazy ass story? What's the? A score of 600, dude. Well. Like, high, high achiever. But like, where I grew up, it was all about like, you had to be down. Like, I guess, like, I guess that's the best way to put it. Yeah. Yeah. But being down, like, hey, you have to throw hands.

Like, if someone disrespects, you have to fight, You know what I'm saying? So for me, I can learn really young that respect is everything, you know, like hearing your guys story so super different because like going up around that negativity is what I call it because there's nothing that good that comes out. Of it ended up. Putting me in jail for a while. So like being in that lifestyle and living like that as a kid like you, just that mentality even to this day still stays with me.

I just bury that shit deep. So like, I like if you see me or you meet me, you're like, oh, that guy's happy. He's always like chill. He's such a nice guy. But inside there's this horrible motherfucker that just wants to pop off anytime he gets a chance. Like out of nowhere, I got white socks in my pocket. I'm putting them. On Yeah, what's on his wife beater with his giant basketball shorts. Yeah, bro, they're like, I'm like, what's up, homie? I'm wearing flip flops with black socks.

Straight up chunk gloves on some fucking. Waddatch. Why not? Yeah. Like I hide it well bro you know what I'm? Saying no, I I get that, man. Because you know, inside all of us, we have this like I like if you guys ever watch Dexter. Yeah, yeah. So we have a Dark passenger with us. Yeah, all of us. And sometimes that motherfucker takes control and he runs the show. Yeah, he's a scary ass driver. That's. That's for fucking. Because I was a different dude,

man. Before cannabis, I was a totally different guy. And hell, when I met my wife, she's she's, she's my Angel, but I was not the sweet man that I, I am for with her and my family and my kids and everybody around me now. But yeah, man, you, you had that guy in your past and he's there and you're just. I feel like everybody. Does yeah in a. Way, in a different way. I think everyone's story is different. That's like the best part about life. Yeah, that's so cool.

It's so colorful. Yeah, like everyone feels pain, I think on the same levels. Doesn't matter if like your experience was more traumatic in your eyes so much, not through something more traumatic, but it was like just as bad the pain was. So it's like we all have the same type of pain. Yeah, exactly. But you know, the cool thing is when you don't, you don't know you had pain. Yeah. And then later on, somebody's like, oh, you had pain. I'm like, what? Yeah, right.

They're like, where did they touch you? Like, well, what did you see? It's like like I have white privilege shit, but yet people who there's. No such thing, I don't think. But like. All I'm going to do is change my voice to this and it's like that guy's, like he just. Got a Tam exactly. But like my parents, my childhood is different. Yeah, totally. And yet I never thought about it as being bad or like traumatizing in sort of ways.

But then other people are like, oh, your parents are like crazy strict or like you had like it's just different. Everyone has their own pain that they went through and it's like. Well, you know, just like that when you talk about being raised different and there's also these things, these little things that carry over from one culture into another stays.

I was talking to this woman at she brought her kids over to my, my daughter's birthday party and we were just talking about growing up. She, she grew up in the 90s. I grew up in the 80s and 90s. And she was, I was like, hey, did your dad ever make fun of you? She goes all the time. She goes. Mexicans do that. Yeah, Oh my God, dude. They make fun of you and they go. The theory is is that they can harden your skin to take whatever anybody says to you and it doesn't bother you.

Straight up and. You'll just be like, whatever. And yeah, I mean, dude, my dad tease the shit out of us all the time. I don't remember my parents ever saying they love me all the time. I'm like, I didn't get it all the time because that was their culture. It's not that they didn't feel it, it was just the way it was. But nowadays, I mean, dude, I've got five kids and I tell them I love them almost every single time I see them because that's the way I feel.

I want them to have that right, One more unified people. I got to be an example. It's all that not possible with that weed on that. On that note, I was talking to my dad the other day and I always say I love you to my friends, my family when I'm getting off phone. And so I'm getting off phone with him and I'm like, well, I love you. And he's like, and it threw him, threw him off. He's like, OK, OK, thank you too. My.

My dad. 'S my dad gives me shit all the time my dad is that is wave showing love is like hey I'm going to make fun of you and tease you and give you shit yeah this is just like. I think like it's, it's super different. Like for me, like we didn't say I love you or nothing like that. We're like even to this day me and my brothers and sisters have a like problem saying I love

you. Growing up, my dad used to like used to kind of like, you know, whoop my ass pretty bad ANYWAYS, so but when he did like I remember one time it was so bad. He like made me pull up my shirt and my pants like he pulled him down and he started like, you know, getting at me. Whatever. I go to my room, my mom gets home, my brother runs to the garage and he's like he beat him right? And then so my mom runs to the room gets my dad. He comes over me after he

whooped my ass. Now I'm laying down, sits on the bed. He like, puts his hand on my foot like like side and he's like I love you. So you're like, yeah, like I'm sorry, like but you so your mentality as a kid gets fucked up. You think that's what love is. So like not hearing I love you in a compassionate way but in a negative context. Yeah, putting it in a way different tone because you're like, this is what love is. You just beat me. You know you're coming. Go. Yeah. I love you.

It's crazy and I love. You exactly. And it fucks you up bro. So like your whole life, you think that that's what love is? Abusive things. Abusive. Things or like lying, cheating, whatever the fuck it might be, you're accepting it. Like maybe it's me that's the problem. Fucking healthier deep bro. That's. Fucking up my mind now, but you think about it man. Like Mexicans are stoic. Yeah.

They just don't fucking care. Like they go, Oh yeah, you get a Mexican, he'll, he'll work his ass off because he knows no other life. Exactly bro. He's just like, OK, like, you know, the Mexican who comes here as an immigrant, that guy's got like two or three jobs, and he's making fun of the one dude who's only got one job. He's like. Yeah, look at this lady. Yeah. Bro. Working one job. And that's in this culture now. Like I hear kids, like complaining all the time.

Oh, I have to work today. I have to do this. I'm like, bro, I work fucking two jobs. I do construction. I Barber. Yeah, I'm always mostly bro, I don't know how to stop. And they're complaining about their little like 24 hour a week, you know, like shift. Oh my dude, I'm doing like 8090 hours a week my guy and I'm still going and you don't hear me bitching and complaining. Yeah, that's the thing. But she's bread that way. Yeah, no, I mean, it skipped me,

but no, I'm kidding. I mean, when I was younger, man, I mean, like everything was just like I always went into jobs of service. I'm like, OK, I got to do something. Yeah. And then when I was told that I could just stay in one place and don't have to go to another place, it was fucking weird. Yeah. I was like, all right, cool. And that's why I stayed that job. And it sucked my life away. You know, that's the thing, like, one of the thing about. And it's a different culture, man. Yeah.

Like the kids of today. I don't know that the Latin kids are the same way. They're they're soft. Bro, you know what's trippy about your story right now is the reason you went for a job of service is because you were always looking for gratification that you never got. Yep, 100%. Shit's deep, bro. Because like I was listening to them like that's the reason it's like no one ever like sat there and said, hey, you're doing a

great job. It's always like you're not doing this right, you're in trouble this and this is wrong. Like you're going to be a loser, you're a nobody. So it's like you're always looking for something that gives you that gratification. Like, oh, I am good constantly. I am the best, you know what I'm saying? So. Yeah, did. You experience. That's deep experience. It that way, yeah, yeah. And I guess in a different way.

I mean, growing up, growing up, I was like, I mean, I was like kind of like out of the circle from every from everybody else. I wasn't the same as everybody else. So a lot of people saw me like kind of like as in a loser kind of way. But I always kept kept it real to myself. That's the one thing I always tell everybody now is, you know, you got to keep true to yourself no matter what, you know, no matter what you're going through, You know, it's life. I look at, I look at it as a

kind of like a game too. Yeah, there's levels. If you if you don't do anything to progress your life or make it any any better, you're going to stay right there and you're going to stay stuck. So it's a fact bro, it's true. 23 you say you're going to be. Yeah, next month. God bless you. Thank. You right? You see what I'm saying bro? You see why I chose them? Yeah, dude.

What's crazy, actually, I'm going to tell a story just about Sam. Like people told me like, hey, why you bringing Sam onto your team? Like, why would you choose that guy? Like, I don't see his potential. I don't see what like he doesn't give enough air for. Like they just didn't know how to lead him, if that makes sense. Right. Yeah. So like Sam, like in the beginning, like he he was unsure about even barbering. He didn't even know if you

wanted to do it anymore. He was like, I'm giving up on this. I think I'm going to work a different job. Like, but I saw something in Sam. I saw what he could be. I saw that if I guided him in the right path, he's going to become somebody more than he ever thought he would be. Yeah. You know, So training him and teaching him. And bro, I'm going to tell you right now like I am proud of who you are and who you're becoming. Thank you, man. Like you, like you made me feel

so right about my decision. So. Oh, yeah. Thank you, man. Got you. Hell yeah, that's what's about. That's what it's about. You know, I feel like like the same connection we have YouTube probably have, you know, like doing the podcast. You guys are in this to do it, you know, you guys are you guys like your passion, you know? So like when he told me about coming to the barbershop, I was already at the point where I was like, you know what?

I don't even think I'm gonna try doing this no more. Like I was just gonna work and see if I can invest into something else. But he he told me he was like, come through. He was like, I got you and we're here now, dude. We're we went to a car event and it was cool. We're doing a lot of stuff for the community. That's the biggest thing, yeah. Well, that was cool helping the the juvenile kids. They were super excited coming over to the show. Yeah. Oh, that's dope.

We have a program right now for mentoring, so one of my buddies shout out to Ciolo. He got me involved with this program and it's basically just teaching kids that there's more to life than the negative surroundings, I guess. So being a part of something like that, seeing their excitement on their face when they came to the shop, like these kids want to be barbers and they came and seen a person of culture of like their culture, Hispanic, Latino, they're representing doing his thing.

Hey, bro, like I grew up like, you know, doing stupid things. I fucked up, but my mistakes don't define me. You know, all that is was a speed bump in my past and now I'm going to keep on rolling dog. You know, I'm saying I'm gonna keep getting better and better. But to show them that, hey, bro, I'm just like you. I'm no different. I'm not better than you either. I got your back. Let me show you the way. Yeah, that's. What it's about? Man. That's what it's about.

That's some that's some John Cena kid, dude. No, no, dude, because seriously. Like, I mean, you know, he said something. I was like, he's not known for being very prophetic or or, you know, a scholar by any means, but he said something one time. Somebody asked him. They're like, well, how are you doing now? He goes better than I was yesterday. Hey, man, right. He's always, he's like every day is a good day. It's a new day.

Like I was telling Brandon earlier, like, sometimes I drive around high and I'm like, man, we have such an amazing life right now. Yeah. Like, I mean, I'm grateful for this phone. This is so crazy, right? Gratitude is man I'm. Grateful for everything. I'm grateful for this guy baking that sweet bong. But it's so smooth, so smooth, but. It's even like the stress of life that we think about and we're like, oh shit, you know. But then I'm like, OK, well, what is it that I want to be

doing? OK, well exactly what I'm doing. I am doing what I want to be doing. Like it's just sometimes we get caught in the monotony or like the day-to-day shit and forgetting like Oh yeah, this is my dream. Like you are behind the wheel taking control and going. Like what the fuck do I want to do instead of just sitting back and going oh man, life's happening to me again like. Yeah, like you let the surroundings or your outcomes or actions happen to you.

Like, you let that control your decision making, it becomes your crutch. And a lot of people, like, hold on to that crutch and like, well, this happened in my day. You know what? I'm just gonna go home and be lazy. I'm gonna be depressed. I'm gonna call off for work. Fucked up my whole day. Yeah, how can you? If you let something like that deter you from your path, then you're not as strong as you

think you are. And then you need to reflect and make sure that you love yourself As for who you are and you're able to overcome those obstacles that come to your life, you know? Yeah, yeah, totally. Because I mean, you think about it like your your age group, they don't have that mentality. No, a lot of people don't. They're just like a lot of fuck. How long is work? Yeah. Right and they go you only work part time and you work 4 hours of shift. Fuck, I mean, how many breaks do I get there?

Yeah, stocking fucking shelves. You're you're putting a can on a shelf. Very. And. Nowadays they all have headphones in. I couldn't do that shit back then. Like no headphones no. This. Yeah, and no, right. And nowadays it's like everyone's got headphones in. I go to the store, people are on their phone instead of like before it was like, don't be on your phone, don't be doing this shit. And yet I go to the store or do this, and the people so fucking grumpy to be there, Yeah.

And yet they're playing on their phone doing all this shit. And I'm like, especially what are you pissed about? Yeah, you're the one choosing to be here. Go do something else if you're fucking hating this. But it also the other time, the other side of that coin too. And and it's when I see people working over there. I saw this kid over there putting bread up on the shelf. He didn't look happy at all, right. Yeah, because it's a fucking lame job.

But if we think about it, I I'd rather I give I on the shoulder. I'm high. I go, hey, man, I really appreciate you being here today. Thank you. And he's like, why? And I'm like, I didn't make all this fucking bread. I didn't put it in a bag. It's not all sliced up. It's fucking science experiment. How does this stay good for longer than a week? And then they're like, but you know what, I appreciate that. And I wanted you to know that. And the kid was just like, thank

you. So I, I make it a a point everywhere I go, even if they're being a fucker, I'll just like, hey, I appreciate you being here. And then when I get it, I said, hey, I thank you for making this for me. And they're just like all weirded out. Like, yeah, well, fuck. But every once in a. While I go shit, he's high, they go. They go. Why you say that? That's because I appreciate you doing here because you, you perform magic. Wendy's drive through, lady. I spoke into a box and I pulled

up to a window. I gave you some plastic and you said this plastics good. And then you gave me food like this is more valuable than that plastic. And and she's looking like, I think of it on that level, like, oh man, everything's good. I mean, I'm not down there with the grains of San good. I appreciate you so much. Only when he's really fucking. High, Yeah, yeah, right.

It's like the dies that he's out back after he smoked a bowl and he's like picking each piece of. Magic I love magic will get you there. We're smoking magic. Magic. Yeah, magic's amazing. Bro it's a really good strain. It's a chill. Strain a Utah grown from Dragonfly Wellness. No, no, actually, Betty Wellness. Sorry, Betty Wellness. But you can find it at Dragonfly. Yeah, it's a, it's a, it's an amazing strain, real good strain. What is it? Yeah, I'm.

It's amazing. It's the name it oh it's a sativa based. It's a high CBG strain. Oh, OK, so that. Feels good. Man, yeah, it's fantastic. It's like it. Yeah, go ahead. No, no, no, no. I this has been a deep conversation I appreciate. It such a great conversation. So one, what was you said you went to like jail, you got a crazy ass life. What was your turning point like? What was that trigger that just made you go like fuck I got to change something? Really, bro?

I thought I'd be honest. It was like my daughter, my first daughter. I think I was like, I don't know, 19 or some shit like that, but I was just making all these mistakes. I just didn't take care of my responsibilities and I wasn't a responsible young adult. And I, you know, all the things I was doing wasn't leading me into any path except for where I went. And then when I got there, I met this guy and he was like, oh, like we're talking, we're eating.

He's like, I got six kids. I was like, oh shit, dude, that's dope, man. I'm out to have my first. I was like, how old? Like, what's your kid's name? He was like, let me hold on, let me think about it. And I'm like right there it fucking hit me. I was like, do I want to be this motherfucker who's never going to be in their kids life? Can't even remember their name? Fuck no. Yeah. And that was it, bro. This fire lit under me.

Bro. I was working 223 jobs and I remember I got to Costco, I got my interview and I was sitting there and I told the lady she it was interviewing, her name was Maria. We'll never forget Maria. She's interviewing me. And she was like, hey, what do you see yourself in five years? I said, sitting in chair, just like you, interviewing someone just like me. And she laughed. She laughed.

And one year passed by. I got promoted to a manager in Texas. I was the fastest promoted manager, you know what I'm saying? I was just hustling. She came to me right before I left and she was like, yeah, Juan, she was Latina short. She was like 5-2, maybe a little lady. Five, 255 lbs, bro. Just beautiful. 20, really. Just kidding, Maria. So anyways, she came up to me. She's like, oh, Juan, I didn't believe you. I did. I laughed.

You remember? I was like, hell yeah, fucking remember that shit, Maria. She's like, I'm so proud of you. Congratulations. And dude, like from that experience in jail to pushing me all the way through that, being determined, motivate. I remember I came home to my house right after my interview, so my mom was like, I'm going to be a manager watching a year. And it fucking happened because I believed that much in it and that was it. That's the kind of inspiration that people need to have.

It's not necessarily because I know we do jobs which seem ridiculous. Like I see ridiculous as a data entry person for some tech company that made an app that nobody will use and they're like, oh, yeah, I'm worth all this money. Yeah, people performing service is so necessary and it's but the thing that's why promoting, you know, local businesses is that you're trying to create a community. Yes bro. Right, like you guys got a Barber shop.

Like people are just like, well, go to Supercuts with this really angry woman to look. Like but it's not the same. That's what I've noticed. Like that's why I kept going back to one is because for me, my last Barber before 1, like actual Barber was my friend Faith and she did my hair for years until I finally had cut out Chad and Faith. I was like, I I can't do this. This isn't a healthy relationship in my life. And at that point I was like, fuck, I don't have a Barber anymore.

I had to go figure out where I'm going to get my hair cut. But for me, I love to go smoke, get my hair cut and just have like really good conversations. But I don't feel like I have that when I go to go or I go to Supercuts or I go to like sports clips or any other shit. And so then when I met Juan, it was just like one of his first times cutting and we just had these really good conversations. Like fuck man, yeah, I'm going to be back. Yeah, and he came back, bro, and

he's came back and he ever. Since then, my Barber ever since, And so it's like he just, I think it's been 11 weeks or so. He started, he opened his shop. Yeah. And I still have yet to get my lazy ass up to his shop to go get a cut. But. You showed up to the opening party. I messaged him and I told him about it. Bro, he was. There it was, the 420 event when I was hobbling with the cane. I left the dragonfly event and I was like, fuck, I got to go down to this other event. I.

Was like, yeah. He showed up bro. He. Hung up the whole time we kicked it bro. Everyone's like who's this guy? How do you know him was? This fucking weirdo with a cane dude he. Looks like he had this like fucking gangsta. Lip. I know too, dude. Everyone. 'S like, who's that? I was an acid pimp right there, you know what I'm saying? It's Pimp B. Yeah, everyone was like, you just got to keep this cane as like part of your get up. And I'm like, I know but.

You just need to wear that Willy Wonka hat if you still have that with those glasses. I got rid of it dude, but I do. I have my the Newsies style hat and Emily, it's like, Oh my God, I hate that. Why do you wear that? And I'm like, so I have the cane. I'm like, leave me alone. I'm Crutchy. I. Mean that's the same hat I wear, but I'm 45 so it kind of you know, I only get I get older guys over there going nice hat and I'm like. I turn 37 tomorrow, I turn 37 tomorrow.

So yeah, I'm like, yeah, I feel, I feel fucking old. Not from my age, but just life. And so, you know, I'm like, fuck it, it fits me. Plus I wear my old man's sweater and that like goes well with it. You know it's crazy as I'm 36 and look at the way I dress bro. T-shirt and jeans. I'm straight pimping over. Here, dude, I wear like yesterday I went to work with this company and then go to a networking event after, you know, I showed up to this

company. I mean, this is a medical facility and all this stuff and I helped train a lot of their staff and coach them. And I show up and I've got the dope father. It's a shirt that my wife got for. Me bro, let me borrow. It's got a, it's got a, it's got a marijuana leaf right here. And then it says like a regular dad, but just hireright. It was super cool. And I wore that dude because you hold that presence like people don't expect anything but real.

Yeah, Yeah. And so when I show up, I mean, if any other type of consultant would have showed up and they'd be like, well, I don't know. No, I show up like this. Well, I think that's because. Sure. Is crazy. Bro when when we meet. For the time you probably. Know it's a show when I got in, but like right now when I'm high it's just even funnier. Bro. It's hilarious bro. I know it always makes me laugh because when I first met Emily in that I had God. I don't know.

I was maybe a handful of years out of leaving the church and all of my friends referred to me as Satan. I referred to me as Satan. My girlfriend referred to me as Satan so and then he started showing up with a shirt that said not today Satan and it was just like it just made me chuckle cuz I'm like all right well the balls. I love it, bro. I fuck with that. I fuck with real shit, bro. Like real shit is just like, it

tickles my fancy, yeah. That's because everyone else is all service level and boring, yeah. Yeah, well, the problem is that people just don't know how to strike up conversation. They don't know how to be interested in other people. They don't know how to make a bond instantly. Yeah, and it's, it's, it's so rampant it affects dating. Like, how's dating for you, bro? Oh, I mean. I'm I've been with my girl right now. I'm with a girl right now, yeah.

That's cool, I'm with my girl right now. So you're like fucking weird with all your other friends, right? They're. Like. What's it like? Well, yeah, some of my friends are single, and then they're just like they look at you, yeah. Well, I mean, well now. Yeah, that's my daughters and.

Shit, but like all my other friends that are single and don't and they just work they're just like oh you, you can't go out no more and this and that looks like cuz I don't want to you know like I I love my girl, you know so I love spending time with. Her yeah, you're the same age as my nephew and I go lift with him every Saturday and he's so funny. He's just like, yeah, my friends are kind of hating on me cuz I'm hanging up. Like I said, fuck them. Yeah.

Is your girl hot? And he goes yeah. You love being around her. Yeah. You hate being away from her. Yeah fuck them. Damn, fuck them, you know gives a shit. If they're true friends, they'll be there. Yeah, like they'll be there. But we go through stages like that, right? How many friends? Your friends have evolved over time. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Right. Because like back in the day in California, he would not be seen with two white boys like us. Oh, no, I wouldn't know. But.

The white boys were fucking gangsta bro. These white boys were punched before anyone else even said anything. We're like what the fuck happened bro? Yeah. I don't know prove something. Fucker blinked at me especially. Like, they're around a bunch of like, Latinos and blacks, you know? We're already like, you know, people are like, Oh no, they're gangsters because we're wearing 2X all tall pro clubs and five on one jeans with Chuck Taylors bro. But like, you know what I'm

saying? But those white boys, fuck that shit bro. Those fools were like sometimes I go to their house. I'm like, dude, I'm nervous. Fuck this, right? Yeah, it's like a old joke. Crazy. Chris Rock was talking. He's like man I'd rather hang out with a bunch of gangsters than 4 white boys walking to an elevator wearing trench coats. I love the twist on that shit. Good. That got dark fast, yeah. But it was so good, it was.

A column by Love It. Yeah, No, Chris Rock said it was just so funny because that's true. No, But yeah, that's cool, man. I mean, understanding that you've got that, but you on the other side of the dating site because, you know, is culture and age have a lot to do with it. Oh. For sure. I think everything, me having kids my age like who I am, like what I do, there's so many factors and I'm OK with that shit.

You know what I'm saying? Like for me, like I've been alone a very long time and I'm OK with it. Like before I was really destructive. I didn't know how to love myself. But now, like now these days, I'm like, I'm comfortable with being by myself. I'm OK with it. I can come home. And when something good happens, like the other day, the K1 Foundation or Kai Wan Foundation, they, they made us a banner. We don't have a banner right now.

Oh, that's dope. And I was at home when I got this message called Sam right away. I was like, bro, they're going to make us a banner dog. Like, dude, this is so sick, bro. Everything's just falling into place, bro. Everything we're doing is like, you know, guiding us in this path. He's like, fuck yeah, bro. We're texting and sending the banner anyways, but like I got home and I was sitting there and I read this text, talk to Sam and I'm like, who do I have to talk to about this?

Fucking no one. But I was like in my head I was like, fuck that. I'm doing this shit on my own homie. I did this by myself. So I got that self gratification. Bro you should have called me. I've been fucking pumped for you man. But like the truth is like I have a lot of people in my circle bro. I know a lot of people. We just always forget. Yeah, well, it's not even that we forget, It's there's only so many people that I'll open up and talk to.

No one's going to know about my struggles. No one's going to know that I'm not like, or I don't have enough money or whatever. No one's going to know shit about me. Yeah, because I'm going to keep that to myself because I'll deal with that by myself. But it's hard to let other people in there because of my life. People have used that against me, knowing stuff about me. Like even people who hear that I go to jail, they're like, oh, he's a bad person.

He has this rap sheet. He's this and that. Like, motherfucker, you don't even know me, dawg. Like you don't know anything about me. So in that context, it's like it is what it is bro. Yeah, it's true. I mean, and especially like, I noticed it with a lot of guys. I look at my youngest brother and it sucks to say, but often times we'll be at like a family dinner or something and he's like, yeah, I have no friends. I have no friends and it sucks to see.

But then I see like my dad, and honestly, I don't think he has real friends like he they don't have these connections that they really feel safe or comfortable with. Like Jesse and I, he's one of the few people that I truly am like that close with that we do talk about and share just about fucking everything. And but that's hard. Like it's rare. Most people like they don't have that connection. There's not that, he said. People have abused that trust. Oh yeah, and turned around and

like. Thrown into my face. Yeah, you know, and you're like, that hurts. And when you open up that it sucks. You're vulnerable and you're allowing someone to know something about you. It's better if no one knows anything about you and they just make assumptions. That's what it feels like sometimes. Yeah. But the, the, the issue a lot of times comes with what we create in our head of that other individual, right. That's what I'm saying.

Yeah. Like when I I meet people, it's usually in business, not necessarily in my faith, but when I meet people and I'll make a connection with them when I leave and say, hey, I love you, man, because I mean it. Yeah. And they're like, and they're fast to give it back. Could the law of reciprocity is true, man. People, when you give, you get and you just have to keep doing even if you're fucking, sucking and nothing's coming in. No money's over there.

No, no sex. No. I mean, everything said they just shut off your cell phone. Yeah, right. All that shit going on. Yeah, I still have the way to be able to decide how I'm going to be able to do that. Yeah. So if I keep doing that, it does come around. And so I always look for that. And The funny thing is that within the business world, like where I was at last night, all these people with them and they came and give me a big hug, said

I love you. And dude, I, I mean, I got people in my own faith that won't say that. Yeah. I mean, I do all the time. I see I'm say I love you brother and like. It's because they don't feel comfortable with it. It puts them in a weird state of like, I don't, I only say I love you to like my mom or my wife or my spouse or, you know, maybe my kids like these very few people. And it's like, but but why? Why can't you learn to love your neighbor, your friend?

Like, why can't you learn to love all these other people? And especially, like you said, in your religious culture, how many people are afraid to say that back? But yet that's literally what it fucking says in their books that all of these religions teach. Fucking love yourself and love your neighbor. But it's, it's funny, man. Like I even I, I LED a discussion and, and the, the meaning we were having and I was just telling these guys I'm like, you know, you can say I love you.

And dude, I, I've never heard this before. Because usually I get it. Guys around my age will get it right away. And they go, yeah. And then they'll come up say, hey, I love you, man. I'm like, I love you too, man. They'll be open about that shit. That's cool. The first time I told a guy that, I was like, hey, what's your name, man? He goes, brother, what's your name? He's like Sam. Like, hey, his name was Sam, too. I said, hey, man, I love you.

And he goes, oh, thank you. And I was like, hey man. My wife is hot. I don't want your hairy ass. OK? I I love you. Because that's the way we're, we're, we're taught within our faith, right? Is that's the number one thing, not all the other fucking ancillary shit. It's the, the, the core meaning of it. So that's the way I live. And it's not that I, I have a higher, you know, a place in the heavens or whatever. I don't give a shit about that. It just being good to people and

making connections, right. Like when when I think of a barbershop, I think of like everything from barbershop. Yeah. Great movie, by the way, to Gran Torino where this bond with his two older men, like they've they've had generations together, man decades. And he comes in, he's like, how's it going? Right, he's ruffled. Voice and he's like how's it going here? Italian prick. It's. Actually pretty good bro. Yeah, yeah, you. Put that on.

YouTube, but for sure he's just like, you know what? Doesn't matter about how they talk or anything about, but there's a bond. There's a true friendship there that I'm your Barber. Yes. And you are my friend, yes, and I'm serving you and you're grateful for what I do and thus you pay me because now it's the exchange of value. Yep, exactly. Not just giving money for shit and. Appreciation as well. Yeah, right.

And that's, that's huge. And I feel like I'm seeing more of a resurgency with people your age. I've talked to more people like my niece, she's 25 and she's just like doesn't have the same mentality as fucking 30 year olds these days. Brand new 30 year olds. It's just like what the fuck? It's very different mentality. I feel bad for that generation because they they were raised underneath something that I didn't have. And how the fuck do you do that? I mean, you've got this forever

consciousness. Yeah. And it just. Scratching knowledge of like what pops in your head? Well, look. At easy going through like, oh, let me learn all this stuff and let's skip over to porn. And then after that, let's watch a Netflix movie and just like, whoa, it's so much stimulation. Yeah, well, and The thing is too, it ruins our minds because now instead of thinking or remembering something that you've learned, you instantly grab your phone.

The first thing, if you don't know something, you've reached your phone. I'm a Google that shit. Let me see what this is. I think I know, but I'm not sure. Yeah, that fucks with you, right? Yeah. Especially if you're feeling something. Yeah. So then, yeah. So then now that becomes like you're questioning yourself and you're like this and that you, you don't believe that you know the answer. So you're like, oh, you hesitate. Let me look it up.

So now we're all fucked because my mom, like when she drives somewhere like bro, we've been there 15 times, bro, we're going to Target or some shit. She's like, let's go shopping. I'm like, all right, bet. And I'm like, she puts it in her fucking phone. I'm like it's two lefts my like. What? Are you doing? Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah bro, she doesn't remember shit. It's me. So I don't like to Google Maps.

So if I've been there once, I'll, I'll go there again with my own knowledge because then you, you're training your mind, you're constantly working. I do these stupid things like on TikTok. It's a bunch of problem solving like riddles. I do those riddles to challenge my mind to see if I'm open minded or am I boxed in and not like able to like come up with some kind of answer. Yeah, I'll be fucking those riddles up. If we want to have a Riddle competition, I. Got you, man. That's yeah.

You've never done a Riddle I've. Never knew they had them on Tiktok. Oh hell. Yeah, that's. What kind of Tiktok you watching my boy that's. Yeah, dude. No, but that's. The that's the crazy thing is like when you said like a lot the people my age don't have that mentality. It's like I I talked to a lot of people that are like in their thirty 40s or like dude, right now you should be like going out like spending money and this and that and I'm like not dude, I'm. Like that's bad advice.

Yeah, yeah, that's stupid. Advice I was. Like no offense dude, but I don't want to be your age and trying to figure out what I'm doing. Right now, fucking. Aim, yeah. Yep that's what I'm doing right now man. I have shifted my what I do but it all was for a purpose. Now I'm focused on, I do relationship and connection coaching. That's what I've done and that's what I did for this company. It wasn't. I taught them something new. I've done sales for a long time

and marketing. But dude, this is total transformation. Being able to help somebody be able to do that exact thing, make a connection with other people. Yeah, other people find it so hard. That's why like, you know, I brought Brandon, we started going to networking events and. Oh dude, the first few it was so brutal because I'd never gone through that and I didn't go knock door. I mean, I did knock doors for a Vivint doing door to door sales.

Fucking hated that. But yeah, it was tough for the first while going out, walking up, and because it was this fear and confidence and walking into these networking meetings, seeing all these other people going, man, look at all these people put together, all these successful people. And here I am just trying to pick it till I make it and then realizing they're doing all the same fucking shit.

I am like, and so and so now every single one that we go to, it's like, what do you do for a living? I smoke pot for a living. Like, I don't want to know what you fucking do for work. Let's talk about real life shit. Let's connect like I don't want it's the I smoke pot for a living is a ice breaker of like let's not talk about this. Shit, Yeah, yeah. You know what's crazy, bro right now is the way we're sitting across from each other. So Sam's the same way. He's super quiet, bro.

He's like he's. A quiet. One so like I'm looking, looking across me, I'm like, holy shit, we're like the same type of person and you guys are the same type of person. I'm sorry. That's funny. See, that's super funny. Like he's been, he's nervous, he's shy. Like I told him he came to show. I was like, bro, washing everyone's hair, we're going to do customer service.

Like that's our thing. And he's like, oh bro, I don't like that shit, you know, like and then but he did it because, you know, the one thing with Sam is bro, I lead, I guide and he listens and he does, you know, so it's dope. But anyways, what? The fuck? Was I talking about? You guys are the same way? So marijuana. So like now I've been like, Sam talks to fucking everybody, bro. And when people walk in, he doesn't even know, hey, what's up? My name's Sam. All the time before.

Fuck no, Sam would never do that shit. We're not taught that, yeah. Yeah, but never. We're doing events, we're going out, we're talking to people, we're doing this podcast, bro. We were both so excited on the way here, bro. He was like, hey bro, he was like, we're doing a fucking podcast. We're doing a fucking. Because like we started nothing. No, like a lot of people didn't believe in us. They're like, oh, like Juan, he thinks he's this and he's not Nah bro, I'm like, I'm up here, bro.

I'm doing something with a reason, you know, I'm saying. But no one supported us. We're like sitting there grinding and figuring it out. No fucking clients at all coming through the door, bro. It was like, I don't know, a month straight. We were just doing maybe 1234 cuts a week trying to figure it out, bro. And look at us fucking right now. I know it feels good. It feels good. I mean, like, we're just starting, but, you know, bigger.

And better. Yeah, because of our character, because of what we believe in, because of how we want to take care of people. Like he's saying, like, I want to mentor people. That's the opportunity where someone is the most vulnerable. They're in your chair and you're cutting their hair. They can't leave, they can't get up and move, they can't do nothing. And you got sharp objects dude, you. Can imagine how scary it is. For me they're like allows and

like terrified at the same time. Get my taint. I'm like, Sir, stop quenching your cheeks. We. Feel like a magic mountain? Yeah, but providing quality service and doing our thing and doing who we are and helping the community. That's cool though because you could be passionate about it if you have pride in it. Who the fuck has passion selling at T-Mobile? I mean, dude, you can have passion selling at T-Mobile if you have a goal that's next. Dude, that facts. Because I knew one guy and he

always felt like passion. Yeah. And when I come in there, I'm just like, I'm just looking. I mean, I won't buy a phone for years. Yeah, yeah. But like my phone is like shorting out and shit overheated yesterday while I was in the car. I mean, it was like 100 and 200 and something. It was 105 in Salt Lake and I was just like fuck, but in my car it was like 114 and I'm like. Fuck this. Hot ball suit. Yeah, dude, it was. I didn't even feel it after a while.

I just kept telling myself I'm going to get acclimated to this weather. I roll down my windows, I'm weird as shit and I'm just like. Oh no, I create my AC and I'm like. No, I'm just like, I'm just going to, I'm just going to get used to the heat because that's what I have to do when when winter comes around, I have no problem out in the cold. I can be out in the cold for a while. If he's out there for longer than 5 seconds, he's shivering. Bro that's. Because I'm like, I like the. Cold.

Dude, that's what you could call me man Eskimo. Eskimo, Eskimo. Joe, right there you go because because you know, I got that the half breed thing going on. Have you guys ever seen the league the. League. Is that the basketball game? Basketball game. It's a, it's ATV show, but it's about like fantasy football, but it's not about fantasy football. And there's a Eskimo just makes me think of Eskimo brothers because that guy, there's a guy in there named Taco.

He smokes a lot of weed and has this whole database about Eskimo brothers. And Eskimo brothers are like, well, you slept this girl and I slept with this girl. So we're Eskimo brothers. And so they have a whole Eskimo brothers network. He's like, so he goes in the bar. His friends like, let me buy you a drink. He's like, no, I never buy drinks here. The bartender is my Eskimo brother and he is like you pay for shit here. He's like, I don't pay for anything.

How how do you get stuff done? He's like, I use my Eskimo brothers network. That's I don't buy shit. I would hate that shit, bro. No, like your fucking best friend slept with you shoddy, you know what I mean? Like, yeah. Oh fuck. That so then he has like this whole Eskimo Brothers network and that and he's like, oh, on it. Some guy from Shark tanks, one of his Eskimo brothers. Some like all these other people are Eskimo brothers. That's nasty bro. That's a small sound bro.

Yeah, You never hear about that in Mexican culture. Yeah. You're hearing like, I mean, if there's orgies, nobody knows about it. Small group of people over there because they'll be all like, you know. And all the white people have a Facebook like group going for it, like they're like sending out Flyers at Target. Like communities around here, there's like up in Draper, there's an. Apples. Swingers. Yes. The gnomes I know. Those are tables, bro. Yeah, they're crazy.

They're down as fuck. Like, yeah, it's serious. Couples like hit me up. I'm like what? He's like I want you to fuck my wife. I'm like what the? Fuck are you? Talking. That's a ice breaker if I've ever heard. One bro well he bought me a drink first. Why does? He find. Me a drink, I hope he's. Gonna stick his finger in your ass and they're going I want. You to try he did the retries. It was so dark. I've been to jail, homie. I've been. To. Jail. You didn't. Spit on it.

Bro it so when I was in jail this is fucked up but like we didn't have bar soaps so you don't just drop a bar and you. Fucking no. No. Easy. No, we have liquid soap, homie. If you're sitting there bent so we're scooping that shit, homie. No, you're. You're asking for it. Bro and like the showers are like so I was in one in one block. It was like big as dorm with 90

guys. It was a worker dorm, but like the fucking beds went around this fucking little fucking bar, little teeny wall and there was a shower. So homie, let me say you get comfortable with yourself real quick, dog. You're sitting there and you can't fucking take a shower facing the wall. You got to take a shower with your back against the wall,

homie. So people are just walking by to take a shit, take a piss or up just chilling playing cards and you're just butt naked in front of everybody. Dude, that sounds like it. When I was in the Navy, that was like, dude, when I got to the Navy. That's a lot of seaments, so. Yeah. You went for. It you're like, I'm going to sign this paper, I know what I'm dealing with, Yeah. Well, he was looking for all the semen. He had his goggles on when he. Signed the papers.

A deep semen back I was. Like Sir, what do you have a snorkel? Some guys are sprayers. Get my tank. You got it, Sir. I'll say that shit up. Nice. That's so. Funny it is. It's like Jesse giving comebacks to Jesse. I was enjoying. I'm just crying but I don't want such. A vibe he has to. Do that, man, because, you know, that's the way we were raised. Like yeah, I mean, I know my dad made fun of me more. Fuck yeah. Then he he gave me love like now he does. He's 70, Yeah, He's a little

slower. He's got amnesia. So what is he going to do? He can't give you shit. He has amnesia now. I never did that. Never. I never hit you. I can't give you shit. You'll come back here. Bring me come back here and help me kick your ass little shit. Yeah, but it is funny because it's like, it's that realization, yeah, bro, that it really affects your life. So when you meet somebody like that, like my wife's side of the family, they're like soft. They're so soft.

They're made for the term flaccid. Yeah, they are so soft. And I was just like, she came over to meet my family and she was like, holy shit. Like my wife is still scared of my little brother. There's a garbage right there you want to drop? Yeah, There you go, man. You know that shit is crazy. Bro, he, he, she's like, I don't want to say anything to him because he's fucking vicious. Yeah, like the way we greet each other is not the same way we greet each other.

Yeah, I give him a hug. What's up bro? My brother comes out of the car, he goes, what's up? Fuck face? I'm like, yeah, what's up? That's just how he was military too. I I pushed him to go into the Army and I went into the Navy because my mom pushed me. She's like, what are you going to do after high school? I'm like, I don't know. I mean, I grew up in suburbia. Like my dream was to work at a like a CD store. Yeah, pick up chicks. It's. A big game bro.

Make 9 bucks an hour. Was it Hollywood Video blockbuster? I work no no, I worked at. Yeah, that was her. Yeah, media play. Media play. That's crazy. We're dating ourselves right now. Just a. Little yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's OK though I. Am aware I gotta I gotta. You have to know the story though. My SO I live with the guy right and he is a big dude. 6 foot nine, 400 lbs Big bodybuilder. Dude, so he gets whatever he wants. He knows dude. When I shake his hand, I'm like Daddy.

I'm like, you know, man it. Fucking wraps around my wrist. I mean, I feel like such a bitch, I'm not gonna lie. Anyways, he keeps the house at like 63. That's nice year round, bro. It could be cold outside or whatever that AC is so long bro running. But he's a big dude, you know? He lives upstairs so. Well, it's usually cool. I like keeping the house cool, but every time we record I have to turn off all air in here, which sucks. So this room gets fucking hot. That's OK. That's.

That's probably why I'm not feeling it because yesterday it was so fucking hot and I was stuck in traffic for like 30-40 minutes. Oh yeah, just in one spot and hot as Jesus. Dude, even my tires felt wobbly. They were so. Warm. They were so fucking warm. And I was like, what the fuck? My car is falling apart. I've had a lot of problems. My I've had a lot of problems with my car, but I've always been able to fix it. But it just felt weird and I was

like, what? And I look over and there was a lady doing this. She's like. She's like, yeah, Oh my God. I was like, oh, she's like, I can't believe someone let me drive. How about you going to go to war races Shit. I stopped myself. I know. I looked down at the let's just, let's pause. I never can't go over. There I can make fun of specs, but God damn. Asian. It was Asian. It was so fucking funny, dude. He's like, I can't even see it. I'm like I. Know she's like Crash. That's what he is.

I. Must see not see. Miss Honk stop. God damn. Shit, that's funny, dude, Dude, we're. On the same way. I know, right? I know. You ever see, there was a show on FX a while ago called Rescue Me about firefighters in New York. And the best thing they had to get like this? Sensitivity training and they were all pissed off and they go, well, he's got to go. He goes like you shouldn't say slurs like spic or wetback. Oh my God. Or you shouldn't say.

And the guy's like, no, no, no, he was talking about like, no, it was Asians at first. He goes, you shouldn't call him yellow or zipper head or and they go through all these ones and the guy's like, what about spic? He goes, he goes, you can't say that either. And they go, yeah, but I mean, that's it. You know, black guys, they got all the slurs. Hispanic guys we had, he goes. Italians. Nobody's more screwed than Italians. Oh yeah, they have all these balls.

You know, Spaghetti Bender and they're like spaghetti Bender. Is. Crazy. And then the guy goes those. Noodles are authentic. Yeah, right. But then he goes to this guide. He goes, do you think you're racist? He goes. Yep, he goes. Why do you say that? He goes, I don't know, you got this Chinese guy going down 5th Ave. over there with a 10 lbs of Chinese food strapped to the front of his car and he's just weaving in and out of traffic. That guy's stupid.

It's the best way to keep it warm. It's on the hood. Yeah, I still cooking. I don't know how to do an Asian accent, bro. I did a Mexican. Well, that's fucking racism right there, bro. Sorry doc. No, you know, that's I, I, I appreciate that because it's, it's there's nothing sacred. Yeah. Nothing should be sacred like that, right? Connection is sacred. Yeah, bro, I don't care about that. And that's why, you know, I mean, I'm going back on my preaching here of, of the mighty

plant. But dude, anywhere I don't even have to speak the same language. Bro it's a universal language. That's why it's a key to everyone bro. You smoke this, you just start going like, I mean it. You just your chill. Yeah, look at the connection we just developed right now amongst each other, hanging out like over some flower. Beautiful flower, by the way. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? I respect the flower. Thank you, flower. Dude, I gotta.

Pee like razor or something? Go ahead, I'm over here. 3 tall cans deep just. It reminds me of this movie. I have AI. Remember everything. Do you have that kind of thing? Do you remember everything? Oh yeah. For sure. Bro, yeah, you have ADHD too. Yeah, you have. ADHD dude it's so we're like the same person just in different years bro. Yeah, for sure. I'm like your duplicate but with hair. Yeah, but you're way more successful. No bro, success is measured by the person.

You know what? I will say that because like, you know, it was funny. Like how I got into coaching was because I've done marketing and I come up with messages. I'm quick, I'm witty, but I created that. So a lot of my Mexican I'm breaking because it was that that made me sharp and. Yes. I had comebacks right away. Bro, no one can talk shit better than this. Bro, if someone talks shit with me, I'm like, are you? I always, I give them a warning.

There's like a fucking warning label that comes with the shit on me. Are you sure you want to do this? Because I'm going to hurt your fucking feelings and you're going to be sad and I'm going to go home and fuck be like, damn, I got to do laundry. You know what I'm saying? I'm. Not even going to think about it.

Because we're like do the words that people say to us and like growing up like abuse verbally, you got they like when someone talks shit like you better, you have to come up to me and press me before I even react. You know what I'm saying? You can talk. Fuck you motherfucker, you fucking web back. Cool, whatever, whatever. He didn't come up to me and fucking square up. You know, if you come up to me and square up and like, you know what I mean, you get loud with me.

Game over, doc, I'm going to swing first. You're going to be like boom, game over, doc. If they're bigger than me, I'm going to hit them even faster. They're not even going to talk. I'm like bam. Right, because that's the it's the only I It's just what we were taught. Yeah, it's what we were taught. You don't. You don't back down. No, fuck no. I'll get my ass whooped before I run from anywhere, bro. I've been jumped one time, bro. I went to this party to go pick up these girls.

I'm with little Billy, little white boy. You know what I'm saying? He was just my homie. I was fucking with him. Went to go pick up these chicks pull up to his cul-de-sac, get out the IT was a 2006 blue RSX back here. So we got the car. We go to the house, I walk in, I'm calling these girls. I'm like hey Jessica, get the girls. And then I look around bro Oh my fucking enemies dog. And I was like fuck, I felt and my heart started racing shit.

I was like I ain't no bitch like that's all I could think. So the girls come out we walk to the car, the girls get in the back seat. It's a 2 door coupe. So Billy opened the like the back seat up in the back seat the whole fucking party. It was like probably 1520. Dudes start walking up to me dog and I'm like 1617 maybe at the time and I have the door open. I'm standing there, the girls are getting in. I pushed the back seat.

I'm standing right by the door. This dudes older brother who just got out of prison walks up to me. He's like hey, what are you guys doing? And I turned like this. I was like, we just chilling like that boom, got cracked right away. Everyone starts fucking hitting me on me. I was like, but I didn't run. I could have jumped in the car and been gone. You know what I'm saying? I could have dipped if I wanted to, but who I am is much deeper than that. You know what I'm saying?

Because if I run away from this, I'm going to run away my whole life from every problem that I have because there's going to be big problems and small problems. Maybe it's not 15 dudes, but maybe you fucking lost your house and have no car, nowhere to go. Same philosophy in my mind. Like so I'll never run away, I'll never back down. He could be bigger than me. I could probably heard some shit about you, but I'm a fucking hate you. I guarantee you that shit and it's gonna hurt.

So that's life. Dude, that's, that's, that's the, you know, I'm thinking about it right now and I'm thinking like, it's almost like how I viewed it when I got out of the military. I was just like, you know what, every young suburban kid needs to do this because it'll change everything for you, 'cause it's just like I, I, I didn't know a life outside my home. I just, with my family. Yeah, we went on trips. It was going to TJ, right? Yeah. Let's go to TJ.

Like, I don't know about Tijuana. Everybody's like, oh, it's so stinky. I don't know why you go there. Because it used to be like that. It is pretty. It is pretty gross. Yeah, it's it's, but it used to be really, really bad. I. Mean that was the 1st place I went in Mexico. He goes to Mexico all the time. So when I used to go there, like in the 80s, it was dirt roads. Oh, OK. It was dirt roads like

everywhere. Like if you watch like a movie like Desperado, you know that one with Antonio Banderas, old school Mexico. Yeah, that's what it looked like. And just shops everywhere. And then later on when I visited when I was in the Navy, fucking paved roads. I was like, what is going on? They were moving up now. They got nice homes up on the hill. Hell. Yeah, what? They got paved roads. It's clean. You know who hates all these immigrants? People from Tijuana.

Dude, they fucking hate them. Yeah, they don't care where you come from. Mexico City, you know, Venezuela, Chile, China. They fucking hate them all. They're like, dude, you guys are fucking up our town even worse. Everybody's like, oh, what about the cartels? Like dude, that's in isolated areas and they don't fuck with the public. And they're a business. Yeah, that's what people don't understand.

They're a business. And they're not going to make a mess in their business, you know what I mean? Yeah, they're they're. Smart and team, yeah. Bro, like everyone sits there and like, oh, they're this and they're not like no, corporate America is the most gangster bro. They break people down, you lose everything and then all of a sudden I promise you this, I promise you that bro. Like the cartels are just

homies, bro. Your next door neighbors are just chilling living a 95 job, you know, 95 life. And then the government over here, and like everything that's going on, it's like, like, fuck, they break us down. They make us controlled in this cage. You can't get outside this cage. You shouldn't believe anything more. Go to school. They teach you to work a nine to five job. You go to school from what time? From what, 9:00 to 2:00 or whatever. You're already indoctrinated in

that. Then you get locked up. You put in the cell. And the cell in the jailhouse is exact like your elementary school. Yeah. You got your tables in the middle, someone serving you on a tray. Same shit. Why is that? Yeah. I know. Isn't that fucked up? Yeah. So that's fucked up. I just. I didn't that's. Who I'm most cared of. Fuck that. I've never had.

I mean, that's a great thought right there of, you know, bringing it back to prisons and school because I worked the prison units at this at the state hospital for years. And these are these are inmates. These aren't like the guys random stuff. They're usually violent offenders, rapists, child molesters. We got all the bad guys. And when they would come through, that's exactly what we do. Get in line, Let's March down. It's like fucking.

Kids don't cross this line. Fucking mind blown dog. Elementary is like prison. Her prison is like elementary. They teach you. So even when I got there, even though was uncomfortable when I first got there, it's like, I don't know if you ever been in jail before, but no, you actually. Get put here. Isn't that funny? Yeah. I've been to jail and he hasn't. I've been in cups, but I always, I've always been good at talking people out of shit.

Bro, but like you do your fingerprints, your paperwork, whatever bro. Then they bring you into another room and this is where you get like clothes for your unit. And then you take all your regular street clothes off. Well, there's a a guard who walks in with you to the showers. Their face, their walls are this way. The guards here. So you're just naked in front of this dude.

First he makes you take off all your clothes right from and make sure you don't have shit like you know, you see in movies. That's fucking Riddle. That shit really happens, you know what I'm saying? And then so then he's like, all right, go take a shower. So you take a shower, you push the button, fucking cold ass water comes out. You know what I'm saying? And like the soap to like wash your body is outside the shower against the wall. What the So you turn the water? On I'm like.

Where the fuck? And they're like, oh, it's outside. So I go outside the fucking shower, push this little pump, get some soap, wash my body, rinse myself up. I'm pushing this button so they keep pushing it so the water don't stop. And then it's like. The. The sinks for like no, you have to. Yeah, yeah, it's like a button. So and then you come out, you start drying yourself with this shitty ass fucking towel. They give you some tidy whities, they have pee stands on them,

some big ass pants, a shirt. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, it ain't even your size. I'm wearing 2XL fucking pants, a fucking double XL shirt, and I'm fucking 135 lbs, 145 maybe at the time, just this little kid, just a little punk. And I'm like holy shit, like Oh my God. But then you get in there and then it's just people. Dude, that sounds like the military, Yeah. It is. The military is the exact same way.

It's designed the same way. And 'cause you're already used to that, you're already used to rules, times, school, or exactly, you know what I'm saying? So you're already trained there. So military, jail, school, school, everything is tied into each other. So that's why so many people want to go to the military. It's intriguing to them. That's why they had their as fab. This is a fucking recruitment tool. Exactly. And that's you have to take that, dude.

Everyone has to take that. You can't not take that. So thanks for dropping business. That's cool. Yeah, it is a business course. It is. It's a shitty business. And that's why people are like now seeing a lot of like, that's the cool part of technology. But that's the whole thing when you realize everything, because you look at it and you're like, well, every city, the government, our judicial system, each cop, like every police station, every single one is a registered business entity.

And what do registered business entities have? Well, they have a bottom line. Yeah. So that bottom line for the prison system, all of these things means they have to be met in order to stay open. And that. And because they're privately funded, well, that means they come from judges and police, people going out and going, well, let's see what we can arrest and who we can get in jail. Who doesn't have money to make bail? Because literally all it is is the difference.

Do you have money or do you not? Yeah. Do you guys, are you guys fancy with numerology stuff like that, you know, no, but like so numerology is like a super interesting thing because the one thing that never changes is math. That's always going to be the same. It's there's no. There's always an explanation to every problem. Right. Well, Terrence Howard would. He would totally clown on me and I. Saw 1 * 1 is 2. Yes, because it has to multiply, right? I actually watch that.

It's very interesting. His mindset and his concept is very interesting, so, but the way he looks at life is very interesting as well. But aside from that, math never changes. It's always the same right? So fuck, I already forgot what's. Wrong, and it's. No, no, no. You're just saying numerology. Numerology, so every number has a power or something that like kind of you are instilled with

or it becomes a part of you. So the birth date, the year you're born, all those things can relate to who you are as a person. They add up to a master number. Now the number four is the number of law and order. So 4th of July we were when was it 1960 something or 64. We signed the declaration of defendants. No, not 1918 or. 17641776. 1776 so but like all these things like became so on the 4th, start paying attention. So on the 4th, the 13th, the 22nd, you'll see more police

enforcements out than normal. Interesting. Yeah, because of the number four, it's on a four day. So one and three is 4/2 and two is 4. Huh. So fuck yeah, it's very, it's super interesting. It's very different. A lot of people look at me like, oh, what the hell no. Dude, I'm. Always interested I've what I have is I look back at my life and I use numerology in my life. All my past relationships I was like why didn't they work out?

So I did all their numbers. We didn't align for some reason and there was always an issue in all those relationships. And so when I use it, I use it as like, OK, it's not like my ultimating like done factor, but I do use it as a reference as like, OK, maybe this might not work, but let's see where this goes too. So interesting though. Dude, that's cool. No, I I'm all into being able to study that one, right? Brandon is too. Like we got into NLP, neuro linguistic programming during

the pandemic. Yes. We really got that and I that's steep. That started getting into my where I started using it for coaching, yeah. And then learning negotiations, yes, and getting that and then I it's. Manipulation in a way. Well, it's manipulation and motivation. Yeah, yeah, they it's like a sandwich. It depends on what you're trying to do out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. Are you trying to win the mobile for friendship? Yeah. Or are you you trying to fuck them? Your motive.

Right. Yeah, it's, it's how, I mean, it's how all young men operate with women. I just want to fuck them. Yeah, there's an end goal. It's. A total end goal. Yeah, right. It's not like, Oh yeah, like who's gonna take that amount of mindless shit unless you're going to get laid because, right. I mean, how much of that bullshit you remember when you're a kid listening to these fucking dizzy chicks over there going, I don't like that color because it makes my face all

washed outgoing. Just fucking feel like I'm just like I've gone down like 7 to 10 IQ scores and I'm now drooling. Emily watches this show called, I think it's Love Island or something, and it seems like the trashier version of Bachelor. And so every time I walk in and she's watching it, I'm like, I just feel like I'm getting Dumber just being in the room

with this shit. And she'd be like, oh, I want to tell you about it. And she starts telling me I'm like, how the fuck do you watch this garbage? Like, I feel so fucking dumb just listening to you tell me about this TV show. Yeah. Well, it's because we got talked to by Morpheus and then. Yeah, and he was like this. Is which one bitch and he like? I don't. Know the fucking matrix is crazy. Right. Yeah, he brought that up is. Crazy that show is is weird though that. Show is really weird.

I I have not watched it at all. She just, she watches that and I'm like, I just got the Airpod Maxes and I was like, Oh no that's OK you can watch your garbage. I don't have to hear any of it. Bro, I'm like the other spectrum, bro. I actually enjoy that kind of shit. The drama and all the fuck, yeah. I don't know what it is, bro. Like, I don't know. It's I use my life as drama. I don't know. I have too much drama that I feel like that happens in my life and I'm like fuck it for

me, I don't need anymore. It's it serves a comedic value. Yeah, I mean, I totally get that. Like, and maybe this is something too, man. Mexicans just have dark humor. Yeah, I just love shit. Bro sometimes I laugh at shit people like damn that's fucked. Up. Yeah, I know, right? Dude, I love the dark shit though, because it's great. Like you say, a lot of dark shit. I mean, the shirt's dark. I said that. Yeah. Second time. Noted Second time. But yeah, I love it. Dark humor's. Great.

Well, dude, yeah. Like, I mean, my brothers told me about a lot of the things that he had to do in Iraq. He did two tours and when he was telling me these stories, I was fucking laughing with him. Like he's like, like the the craziest shit he ever had. They were in A and firefights don't last very long. Five, maybe 10 minutes at that. You know, they're usually pretty quick exchanges and the person's dead or the soldiers dead. But they were in a firefight and

it was this very first one. And they're getting shot at and they're shooting at them and the guy's over here on his left and he's by some like mound of like concrete and he's popping around. And my brother laughs and yells over to his buddy. He goes, this is like a fucking video game. And the guy goes shut the fuck up and keep shooting. And he's like. It's like a video game and he's like, that scenario is good, dude. I like your brother already.

Dude, he's fucking cool dude. He got they were he was a tanker and they were going through the street and he got ricochet right off of a fucking sniper shooting right off his helmet. And all he did was laugh hysterically and drop down and he's like left and they turned and the tank just went dude. It was he's like the tank just went and just took out the whole fucking building and and they were in another firefight and they were shooting and they used to like check each other's pulse

at the end. Who had the lowest pulse during it? Oh my gosh. And most of the people who fucking. Dude, see, that's gangster. Bro, that's so gangster he got, but he's like you, you kind of accept his darkness. He's like, there's shit that I did that I, I can never tell anybody, but I was fucking evil. I was evil. That's the way he felt and it's just like, I was like, yeah, but he lives with it because that Mexican sides like this shit was kind of funny though, right? Don't.

Be a little bitch. Oh, you're a little bitch son showing. Pick your heads. Back. Susie crying over. Here. Oh my God, I almost died. That's why we laugh at like violent movies shot. In the head. Violent movies are funny like you guys like headshot and go oh we get. Excited. Oh hell no. I thought this got shot in the face. You see that guy explode, you know, Then my wife's over there going this is all horrible. This is so bad, why are we

bringing the kids here? Like I joke around, I'm like, yeah, we we should watch Terminator 2 with our kids because we do movie night every Sunday and beautiful bro and I. Respect that, sorry. Thanks, man. No, I appreciate that. And I'm like, let's watch Terminator Two. She goes, are you insane? I'm like, I watched this shit when I was a kid. Yeah, it came out in 19. 92 Yeah, but I was like, let's. That was a great movie, She. Goes. They hurt people. They hurt people.

They do in everything, yeah. My son now plays this they. Do in frozen. Dead by Daylight and you're a murderer and you got to go grab somebody dead. Dead by daylight. It's a game. It's a multiplayer game. One person's a killer like Jason or Freddy Cougar, and then they make a bunch of other fucked up characters and then one person plays the bad guy. And then there's four camp people and they have to start

these engines to open the door. And this guy is just going around and if he gets you, he has to grab you, take over his place and he throws you up on a meat hook and you're and you're screaming. How fucked up am I when my son's playing it's? Was that the eight-year? Old. No, no, no. That was my 14. Year old OK 14. That makes more sense. He's got to be at least 13.

No, I don't let the. I mean, the little one likes to watch, but he he's not allowed to play it right now because I, I know it's going to. Do good once he starts playing he fucking. He's already good, dude. That's what I'm saying, dude. But he's. Observing. Oh, man, dude, like I was over there and I'm watching. I'm elevated and I'm like, OK, what do you have to do there? All right, hey, why are they

screaming? He goes, that's what happens as it hit her and he goes and she stops screaming. He goes on and I'm like, yeah, that's your call sign, dude, every time you do it. So now, and he's playing it, he's like, hey dad, I'm like, this is fucked up. I'm teaching my kid. Like, look, when you put them on the hook, give them one more hit because they're going to cry. That shit's annoying. That's some dark shit. Right. That's like, that's where my mind works, man. And it's, it's, it's just

hilarious. It's just how that affects our how we we've grown up is how we are today. But honestly, this thing has unlocked this potential to be able to be connected to anybody. Yeah, I mean, just right now off the back when we got here, I was like, let's see how this goes. I'm uncertain, I'm scared, I'm nervous, you know, uncertain because you have that slight anxiety because you wanna vibe with the people you're kicking with you.

But then I was like when I found out, like when I started seeing him and I was like him talking and I was talking, I was like, okay, we got this shit. I mean, everyone's going to be talking to this motherfucker right now. We're going to have a good ass time. I need three tall cans homie. Guys saw that. Yeah, bro. Damn, I keep a gangster. Bro, he's still elevated and he's just like, I'd be drooling on the floor right now in cerebral palsy mode, yeah.

Bro OK let me tell you this so growing up I went to I went to my cousins house one time and I went to go like slang some pills for some stress. I wanted to break a stress for like 30 hydrocodone. Anyways, I'm wearing all red 501 jeans. My red Chuck Taylor's straight up looking like a blood right. Well, they're all blue, bro.

Oh, something. They're fucking you know, I'm saying they're people, they're someone, they're gangster, you know, I'm saying, and I'm fifteen, I think, and I walk into the house and I think I'm cool and I'm fucking down. Like I got in my fights and shit, you know, I mean like I'm somebody you ain't shit on me like so drinking or like smoking or like let's say the big homie offers you some coke.

You're going to do that line of coke real quick, you know, smoke that fucking whatever it is, you know what I'm saying? But I walk into this party and he's kicking it. He's at the table. I don't know if you guys know what quarters is he he bounced a. Quarter to a glass. Right. And if it catches up to you, you have to take a shot. My cousin, I can't say his name, but my cousin sat to my right and he was sitting there and he's like, yeah, sit to my left.

There's a chair right here. The cups were going this way. Oh shit. First time ever playing this shit. We're drinking Hennessy, homie. Oh, fucking $15. I just smoked a fat ass blunt. I used to slang back in the day, so I just smoked a fat ass blunt. I show up like I'm thinking I'm cool. Nah, homie, I'm gonna sit there. I'm gonna play some fucking corridors out of respect. They're like, hey homie, why are you wearing red? I was like, oh, I just, it's my favorite color.

You turn white, you're like, Oh my God, it's my favorite. Color. I was saying but I was like, it's my favorite color. Like fuck that shit homie. We fucking hate bloods homie. Fuck that. I'm like, oh, shit, nervous. Oh, my cousin's like hey, bro, hey, chill, chill, chill. It's my cousin. I'm like, I bet. So we're sitting there, we're playing quarters. I think I was like, I made the first one. Shit, I got this. Hell no, that shit came around, homie.

Bam, bam, hitting the tip. I couldn't make it in cup shot next round. Shot, shot, shot, shot. And you can't stop homie and tell. They say we're done with the game. You know what I'm saying? I'm fucked up. I'm fucked up. And my cousin, my cousin's like, hey, like we're good bro. Like, hi, dog. I was like, don't ever wear that shit to my house again. Come on. He gave me this brick of stress, though, So I mean, I appreciate that, you know, Mad love.

That's hilarious. Don't wear that shit story. Don't wear that shit again, bro. There was other things that I've done, but I won't ever talk about it. But yeah, yeah, those spools were down as fuck. Down as fuck. Wild, I didn't have my first drink until after I was 21. Smoked my first gravity bond when I was 12 or 13. Jesus. Bro got 3 liter shots, the bottle and a big ass water bucket and my homies were like hey bro just bring 20 bucks

which you bring 20 bucks. Back in the day, $20 was a G. Yeah. So you got, you know, me bring 20 bucks. I didn't know at the time I was like, shit, I got 20 bucks. I'm going my fucking sister. She gets she has like this little Honda Accord. I'm like with six homies at my house. She's like, get the fuck in. She's she's a let's just say she's gangster. I'll just put that right. She's she's. For real, bro. Like, like I'm nothing bro. Like, you know what I mean?

She's gone to prison dog. But yeah, she she's like, get in. So we pack into this car, we show up and they were like, this is my white homies, my white gangster friends. Like, you know, I mean, the like the skaters and all that shit and the bikers. So they're like, yeah, we're like, they have this water thing. I'm like, what the fuck is that? Has a cap on this little silver pipe hanging out the top. And they start lighting it. They're like, hey, Juan, it's

your turn, dog. And I'm like, what? And you start, you bring that shit up slow. Oh yeah. So Milky. And they did. They brought up Sloan and they're like, hey, I'm gonna take the cap off, put your mouth and like inhale the air. I was like, fuck it, dog, I'm cool, bro. Fucking water my mouth, dog. I inhale for too long so I'm coughing coughing coughing. First time I smoked weed, not even like I think I was 1415 I started slanging that shit. Damn. That's nuts, man. Yeah.

Because I I loved it and I was. So The thing is you have to be a good entrepreneur, a good business person. You have to know a lot of people. For me, I always known a lot of people from every like doesn't matter, black, white, I don't give a fuck. Like skaters, punk rockers, Latinos only smoked. I knew everybody, bro. So I was connected. So I was like, I shouldn't start selling marijuana, everybody

likes this shit. So then the reason I bought that brick of stress is what I would do is instead of putting a G in, I put point 8.7 of chronic and put 3.3 stress. Break it up, make some more money. You sell an eighth for 60, bro, I really sold you like maybe a gram 1.2 and I put the rest of stress, you know what I mean? Or 3.5 Stress is like sticks and weeds. So Mexican stress is a compressed brick. So it's like compressed in this brick and it's like, what is it

called? The Saran Wrap. Brick Weed. Yeah, so you have the Saran Wrap and so I took it home. I was breaking that motherfucker. Oh bro, I was making money, homie. I had brand new shoes and just fucked up but I. Hired my I. Hired my little cousin. So at the time he's like, I don't know, 13. He was in junior high, Yeah. So I hired him as an employee. So he. Started selling that shit and one day I was like, hey, bro, who's 300 bucks? She's like, what the fuck?

I was like, hey, you've been hustling, dog. I appreciate you. He went and got some new shoes, brand new pro clubs. Like he was all like, yeah, you know, he had a watch on and shit. Like, bro, we were like back then, like when you're a kid, you're making fucking money. You're hustling, bro, you're, you're slanging that shit. But no one ever knew that shit, you know, except if they were like, someone who was down, someone I fucked with or someone, you know what I mean?

Like I knew about. I wouldn't cut them. The little white boys going to the parties, you know what I'm saying? At 12:00. Oh, dude, do you have, like, a gram? Fuck yeah, my boy. What's? Dude, that was awesome. What's? Up. Do you have a gram bro? You have a gram and like it's like, hey, what's up Harley? I got you my guy. Like let's go outside, you know, and I go outside fucking, you know what I mean? Make that money real quick and game over.

I had it in my pocket. So I had GS in this pocket and eights in this pocket, and I would roll up in little Baggies. So you have the zip locks with the zip lock, you know what I'm saying? You'd burn the end so you can make another bag. So you burn one end, then you make. Another shit. Like break that shit up into sections, you know what I mean? And then so then I had Grams here, I had A's here. And then in my car I had another Oz, but it was under the fucking

carpet. But everyone knew who I was, you know? I mean, everyone was like, oh, that's one, you know, And I rolled deep. I was always with like, you know, I was with my people and shit. But yeah, I fucking I was hustling bro, even since then. Crazy. So that's why it never ended now. Yeah, but Monday night, you do what you do. I mean, the opportunities were different, right? Different. It was work in the field. Yeah, right. Doing hard labor. Hard labor. Labor.

Yeah, that those are the two things, right? Let's go to the Home Depot at 5:00 AM. Yeah, for the white dude to show up and to get in the truck. I need two. I need two. Like, yeah, I got you, Mr. George. Mr. George. How much you pay that new guy? Yeah. Yeah, it's too much money. You pay too much. I've done construction, I've done pipes, I've done framing, I've done exterior, whatever.

I've done it all dog from working at fast food joints to fuck, you know, I mean, hustling in the streets. Yeah, that's the biggest thing I think you talked about this earlier is these kids, they don't feel like they need to work hard or they don't really care. Bro, I didn't give a fuck what job I was doing. I could be shoveling shit, cleaning shit out of a toilet. I still put 100% of my job and I was always the best at it. Yeah, everywhere I went, I was always recognized because I was

somebody. They're like, oh shit, that guy's gonna, you know, he's a leader. Even when I got hired at Costco, I was in the food court, fucking busy in California, outdoor food court, too. So it was busy as shit bro. Yeah, it's always busy. And those people in Southern California, if you go to a store, most the average employees been there for 10 to 15 years. Holy shit, so.

How are you going to fucking? How are you going to fucking go against someone who's been running marathons his whole life and you just started training? But see, if you train hard and you work hard every single day, you don't give up. You don't care when you're tired. You don't care like, oh, I have all this shit going on my life. You keep pushing yourself. You push yourself harder than them. Guarantee you're going to make it. You will be successful.

It's always the work that you put in, yeah. Yeah, it's that hard thing to be able to have. Like, you know, truly being entrepreneurial is meaning that you're going to embrace the suck as much as you're going to embrace the good. Because everything sucks sometimes bro, Sometimes life sucks. But you know what? No money, no nothing. Bro, I'm going to tell you the story. So last week, actually, this happened to me, just to kind of give you an idea. So my ex, she sent me a message.

She was like, hey, your mom's moving back to California, I think. I think we're going to go too. No, I was working outside in the sun, fucking shoveling some dirt, fucking putting some rock in, you know, I'm saying I'm working my ass. I'm tired. I look on my phone, my fucking heart drops. I'm like, shit, what the Hell's going on? I call her up and hey, what's up? She's like, look, Juan, I don't think we can make it out here. It's too hard. And child support's just not

enough. And inside of me I was like, damn, I failed. Like I ain't shit. Like I'm nothing. You know what I'm saying? I can't even make sure my kids are here taken care of. Like shit, fuck with me. You know, she was, I was like, hey, I'm sorry, like I'm doing everything I can. And she was like, I understand that one. And I appreciate you and I know you try your best and but what do you want me to do? Was the biggest feeling of hopelessness. Like you were helpless, nothing.

You couldn't do anything to change the circumstances. And soon as I hung up that phone, I like there was this little white brick wall to the corner of the building and I walked up to that shit and I was like, boom, anger. That's all I felt was anger. So I was fucking socking this brick wall. Like you have to be kind of a little bit, you know what I'm saying? There's got to be some things wrong with you to hit a brick wall. You know what I mean?

So, so I hit this brick wall and I'm thinking to myself, I'm like, Nah, Nah, bro, you're doing everything you can. You're working your ass off. How many people are doing what you're doing? Nah, you made it bro, just keep pushing. If anything this is just another little fire. It's going to burn under me to push me even further, you know what I'm saying? Yep, the next day she called me, said we're leaving this weekend. Fuck bro, that's. Crazy.

Leaving this weekend not. With one of your kids. All my kids, all three of them moved back to California. Fuck. So I'm just imagine the feeling, you know what I'm saying? But I was like, Nah, bro, You know what? In my mentality, they're already here with me in my house, chilling, hanging out, talking about their day. Because you have to have that mentality. You can't sit there. I don't have the time to be fucking sad. I don't have the time to be depressed. I can't. I have a goal.

And if I reach this goal, then I'll have everything that I've ever sought. Now I'm saying, so push yourself. Don't give up. Like don't let little things hurt you. Don't little things push you back, Not push forward. When when shit gets hard, try harder. I text Sam too. I'm like, hey, bro, if you think you're trying, you're not trying hard enough, homie, you need to try harder. We're not fucking booked. We're not busy. You know, I'm saying like, we

got to keep pushing. That's not motivation that I put in them. You know, I'm saying like we can keep doing more. And this like when this happened, I was like, fucking, I'm trying harder now, homie, you thought I was here. Nah, bro, I just started. Let's get it, homie. Let's push even harder, you know, and I talked to Sam every single day. That's my guy. Like I'm a hey, bro, like this is what's going on. Hey, this is our plan. You know, I'm saying because structure creates that respect.

When you have structure in your system, you know what I'm saying? And when I tell him we're going to do something, I keep my word. I've made all this shit happen by the connection that I had, by continuing to talk to people, by making shit happen because I don't talk to talk. I walked out talk. You know what I'm saying? I keep it real. Yeah, no, I respect that man. I really do. And that's it's hard to instill even in every single one today, you know, it's something that

you got to grow up with. So I love that mentorship program that you're doing over there. Thank you, bro. That that's really cool because it's it's giving back, even though you don't have to anything to be really give right. But at the same time, by being able to do that, you're not teaching the I mean, maybe they will make this their life. Yeah, who? Knows or they'll learn a structure that can help carry them because that's where a lot

of kids are are lost now. That's why they're all so confused and so wrapped up into themselves. And you know, it's the idea, man. Like, we go into jobs of service to serve other people. So we get that return. We feel good, we feel validated, right. The pay is just nice. Yeah 'cause they're like, oh cool, I can get some new shoes. Or, you know, the really hard things like, oh, now we can afford more than ramen and just some shitty, you know, Western

family bread. You know I. Also. Yeah, dude, you got. But that's a cool thing. Like, you know, another thing? I mean, I grew up poor and you appreciate everything. You'll still eat the snacks that you ate as a poor kid. Yeah, they're like the best nostalgic shit, yeah. Bro. If you guys want to go get like a super sick fade or you know, just check out one and Sam, check out the links below. We'll have everything in the show notes. Yeah. And as always guys, thanks for tuning in.