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Join us for a special episode of the REDX Podcast with speaker and coach Darryl Davis. In this episode Darryl discusses the key skills for real estate agents, focusing on prospecting, overcoming fear, and building relationships.Here's what you will discover in this episode...• How better phone skills lead to stronger client connections.• Why prospecting is about relationships, not just transactions.• Ways to overcome fear and build confidence in prospecting.JUMP TO THESE TOPICS

Want to become a real estate "power agent"? Darryl Davis, keynote speaker and best-selling author, shares his secrets for success in today's challenging market. Discover the key characteristics of top agents, how to win more listings, and the importance of commitment and consistency. Darryl also discusses the power of emotion in real estate and how to overcome stress and setbacks. Plus, get practical tips for generating leads and building a thriving business.   Gain valuable tips and strategies for thriving in today's market and discover how to become a true "power agent" in the real estate world.   Connect with Darryl on - LinkedIn. Or check out his website darrylspeaks.com. Follow Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast on Instagram - YouTube - Facebook - TikTok. Visit us online at realestateinsidersunfiltered.com.   Link to Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealEstateInsidersUnfiltered Link to Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/realestateinsiderspod/ Link to YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@RealEstateInsidersUnfiltered Link to TikTok Page: https://www.tiktok.com/@realestateinsiderspod This podcast is produced by Two Brothers Creative.

Sitzer/Burnett was not the end of the legal threats to the real estate profession.  In 2025 real estate licensees will face other threats that could derail and upend the industry and the way you practice. Today I examine what former Dishin' Dirt guests, Darryl Davis and Carl Medford, think are the biggest issues legal issue and threats that real estate agents are facing.Don't forget to like us and share us!Gary* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

Real estate agents are leaving the profession in droves mainly due to the difficulty in maintaining a reasonable income.  Carl Medford joins me today to discuss an article he wrote for Inman News on the Ten Things to do Right Now, So You're Not in the Next Wave of Agent Exits.  Listen and learn what steps you can take today to ensure you are a top agent in the market. GET YOUR TICKETS TO SEE GARY GOLD,  DARRYL DAVIS, AND OTHERS AT THE BLAIR CATO REAL ESTATE SUCCESS SUMMIT BY CLICKING HERE!https://www.blaircato.com/the-real-estate-success-summit/Our Sponsors are incredible:WFG TitlePalmetto Mortgage GroupExecutive Construction HomesGreat Southern HomesBlue TrustAgent ImageSIC InsuranceJeffcoat Pest and Home ServicesBirch Home BuildersColumbia Craft Brewing CompanyNational Property InspectionsDon't forget to like us and share us!Gary* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area. 

Maria Quattrone, CEO of Maria Quattrone & Assoc. Re/Max @ Home and Motto Mortgage Expert Solutions, is viewed as the authority on all things real estate in Philadelphia.    Because she is known as the authority, sellers and buyers want to work with her.  Maria joins us today to discuss how you don't have to make fancy social media posts or brag about how many houses you sold in 2023 (She says nobody cares anyway!) rather you need to show the client your knowledge and why you are the authority on selling their home.  Listen to this very interesting and honest take on real estate.GET YOUR TICKETS TO SEE GARY GOLD,  DARRYL DAVIS, AND OTHERS AT THE BLAIR CATO REAL ESTATE SUCCESS SUMMIT BY CLICKING HERE!https://www.blaircato.com/the-real-estate-success-summit/Our Sponsors are incredible:WFG TitlePalmetto Mortgage GroupExecutive Construction HomesGreat Southern HomesBlue TrustAgent ImageSIC InsuranceJeffcoat Pest and Home ServicesBirch Home BuildersColumbia Craft Brewing CompanyDon't forget to like us and share us!Gary* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area. 

Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #98!   We have a special guest today: Darryl Davis, an award-winning international speaker, real estate and business coach, and bestselling author. Darryl's impressive journey in the real estate industry began at just 19 years old, and he quickly became a top performer. He's now been speaking for 30 years and holds the prestigious designation of CSP-certified speaking professional.  In this episode,  Darryl will be sharing his definition of self-promotion. He will be revealing how he became the number one in his office within six months.  He'll also share his strategies for maintaining consistency and effectively managing his business.  But that's not all! Darryl will also spill the beans on their secret to packing out webinars with over 800, 900, and sometimes 1,000 reservations per week. How do they create such a strong desire for people to attend?  Plus, Ed and Darryl will discuss the importance of having honest people in your corner who will always tell you the truth.  If you're eager to learn more about Darryl and his incredible insights, head over to darrylspeaks.com. Don't miss this engaging and informative episode!  Resources:  Website: https://darrylspeaks.com/  Additional Resources: Website: https://www.clarkst.com Phone: (860)675-5800 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clarkstcapital Podcast: https://bit.ly/3LzZdDx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clark-st-capital Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarkstcapital1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClarkStCapital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarkstcapital 

All of the real estate commission lawsuits have the market in an upheaval. But this is not the first time nor will it be the last major shift.   Real Estate Coach, Darryl Davis, joins me today to discuss previous upheavals and his timely 8 tips to adjusting to the new market.Darryl Davis has trained over 100k real estate agents worldwide and is a top contributor to Inman News. You don't want to miss the change to learn from this top real estate mind. Don't forget to like us and share us!Gary* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area. 

Darryl Davis is a bestselling author known for his book "How To Become a Power Agent in Real Estate". He founded The POWER Agent Program®, a year-long real estate coaching program that has helped agents double their income.Darryl began his real estate career at 19 on Long Island, quickly becoming a top producer and a successful broker. He is also a Certified Speaking Professional, a prestigious honor held by less than 2% of all speakers globally.Join Darryl and Dan Rochon this Tuesday Afternoon as they talk about How to Become a Listing Inventory EXPERT in 90 Days & Thrive in ANY Market!--To find out more about Dan Rochon and the CPI Community, you can check this link:www.NoBrokeMonths.com --Stop

Blake Johnson sits in for CA in this value-packed episode where Monte and Blake talk with Darryl Davis about the importance of a Realtor's “Love Letters” and how to think towards becoming a Power Agent in your market.    15:20 - when you get into the business, you don't realize how cold it is  18:45 - we owe it to our clients to be the best agent we can be!   Darrylspeaks.com   ________________________________________     The Talk of Music City Real Estate -  Where we educate and motivate ALL things real estate! This is a podcast for Real Estate Agents, Investors, and Mortgage Professionals that want to expand their knowledge in and around the rapidly growing Nashville market!   Carey Ann Cyr manages and operates one of the Top Branches for CMG Financial in Franklin, TN. She and her team have become known for closing nearly impossible deals! They have processed over 300 million in mortgages since 2016 with over 613 families ushered into their dream homes! Contact Carey Ann: www.yourtnlendingsolution.com     Monte Mohr owns Realty One Group Music City and has sold over $1 Billion dollar's worth of real estate and over 3000 homes sold over his 30+ year career! Interested in joining Monte as an agent? www.topagentsuccess.com     The Talk of Music City Real Estate is Produced, Voiced and Edited by www.itsyourshow.co     #broker #country #countrymusic #dreamhome #finance #firsttimehomebuyer #homebuyers #homesforsale #justlisted #listing #mortgage #mortgagebroker #nashvegas #nashville #nashville_tn #nashvillelife #nashvillemusic #nashvillescene #nashvilletennessee #nashvilletn #newhome #realestateagent #realtor #realtorlife #realtors #realtorsofinstagram #realty #singer #singersongwriter #tennessee  

Tune in to Greysteel's GreyCast podcast! CEO of Avanath Capital Management, Daryl Carter, joins us to share his experience in the debt and equity businesses. Listen as he discusses the challenges of starting a business in 1991 and 2008, and how the financial services industry has evolved. Discover how Avanath focuses on acquiring, rehabilitating, and preserving affordable housing, and even pursues ground-up development opportunities. Carter emphasizes the importance of building strong communities and debunking misconceptions about evictions in the multifamily business industry.Don't miss this valuable conversation about entrepreneurship and long-term thinking.Takeaways-Starting a Business in Different Economic Landscapes-Transforming the Financial Services Industry-Revitalizing and Preserving Affordable Housing-Avanath's Approach to Ground-Up Development-Building Strong Communities: Avanath Capital's Key Focus-Dispelling Myths: Evictions in Multifamily BusinessQuotes"Building communities is more important than just making profits. If you focus on building communities, the profits will come." - Daryl Carter"The multifamily industry needs to improve its public perception and tell its story better. We need to focus on the good things we are doing in terms of housing safety instead of emphasizing the supply angle." - Daryl CarterFeatured in this EpisodeDayrl CarterChairman and CEO of Avanath Capital Managementhttps://www.avanath.com/team/daryl-j-carter/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryl-j-carter-b18941116Chapters00:00 Introduction06:41 Banking: Unconventional Path to Success10:48 Pioneering Affordable Housing: Journey and Triumph15:54 Evolution of Real Estate Business: Then and Now31:12 Darryl Davis' Strategy for Affordable Housing Expansion36:48 Addressing the Affordability Crisis: Role of Private Capital39:36 Tackling High Turnover Rates in Real Estate44:05 Innovative Solutions for Affordable Housing Crisis49:38 Shifting Industry Messaging for Resident Prioritization52:11 Housing Concerns Unite Congress MembersProduced by Heartcast mediahttp://www.heartcastmedia.com

#realestate #realestateagents #realestatecoach #longislandrealestate #newyorkrealestate #realestateinvesting #longisland #realestatetips We sit down with the one and only Darryl Davis. Darryl, is a Real Estate Coach who's been in the business for over 35 years. Darryl, got into the business when he was 19 years old. He's helped and mentored so many Real Estate Professionals LEVEL UP their business. LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS: https://darrylspeaks.com **WE DONT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC** Hit the like button, share the episode and comment below!! Follow Real Estate & Chill On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realestateandchillpodcast/ Follow Kevin Iglesias On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinsoldmyhome/ Follow James Choudhury On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financedbyjames/

If you want to be prepared for the market conditions in 2023 join us for this episode with real estate coach Darryl Davis to discover... • How to prepare for the uncertainty in 2023. • The activities you should focus on to ensure listings. • How to have consistent commissions no matter the market conditions. Subscribe here for our updates and latest episodes: redx.bz/podcast

Have you ever been given incredibly good advice, but didn't follow it? I'm guessing that, for most of us, the answer is a big yes! It may have been because we weren't ready to implement that advice. It may have also been because the advice came from someone else. The fact is, we listen to ourselves more than we listen to others. With that in mind, how can someone from the outside be most helpful? One of the best answers is an approach called Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing has long informed how I work. And it is, indeed, an honor to host the co-creator of this scientifically validated approach to counseling. Dr. Stephen Rollnick is a giant in the field of psychology. Along with his colleague, Dr. Bill Miller, he co-created Motivational Interviewing, and it has gained international acclaim for its effectiveness in helping people change undesired behaviors. As you'll hear, it's a bit like a Jedi mind trick for the good: by listening deeply to a person, learning their agenda, the helper can assist in figuring out what is true for the other person, and the person ends up being guided by their own truth. As you'll also hear, it's not just for counselors. It can be done by parents with their children, and managers with people who report to them. In fact, my previous guest from episode #126, African American musician Darryl Davis, who helped over 200 men out of the KKK, uses a similar communication style. So, listen in as Steve and I talk about Motivational Interviewing and how it can help you help people get in touch with their best agendas and find their true north.

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Darryll Davis, director of The Prisoners Hope, is passionate about making a difference in a seeming vast ocean of prison population and broken lives. This passion comes in part from his own story. In 1988, it took a jury of his peers only 30 minutes to find Darryl Davis guilty of Wanton Murder and sentence him to 35 years in prison. After surrendering his life to Christ and serving two-thirds of that sentence, Darryll has completely turned his life around and now shares his story to help others on their journey of restoration. Click this link learn more about Darryll and the work at The Prisoner's Hope theprisonershope.life/  Reach out through our FREE, confidential Counselor Referral form here: gracestoryministries.com Do you have a question you would like for us to help find an answer for? Have feedback? Want to hear more on a certain topic? Have a suggestion for a guest? We are listening. You can email me at nate@gracestoryministries.com. We would love for you to join the GraceStory Community Group on Facebook. There is great content in this exclusive, closed group that you won't want to miss out on. Consider becoming a supporter of GraceStory Ministries with a donation. Whether it's a one time gift or you want to join others in the GraceStory Community with a reoccurring donation, you can give by texting GRACESTORY to 44321. Follow GraceStory Podcast on Facebook Join GraceStory Community Group Follow GraceStory Podcast on Twitter @GraceStoryPod GraceStory on Instagram: @my_grace_story @gracestoryministries @gracestorypodcast

Real estate is about equal opportunity, helping everyone unlock the door to generational wealth and long-term success. In today's episode of Women Who Lead, our host Teresa Palacios Smith is joined by some of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices top Latina producers to discuss their experiences, obstacles, and advice for real estate agents. Meet the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Top Latina Producers: Agustina De La Cruz, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Laffey International Grace Patalano, Associate Real Estate Broker, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices River Towns Real Estate Jennifer Price, Global Real Estate Advisor, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty How did these top producers get their start in real estate? Grace earned her license in 2002. While she had begun a career in corporate travel, Grace wanted the opportunity to strike a better balance between her professional and personal pursuits.  Jennifer initially worked as a director of international sales in the hospitality industry before moving into publication. However, after her office closed, she looked into real estate. She took a chance, got her license, and never looked back. Agustina used to own a health food bar, but she realized she couldn't spend as much time with her kids as she wanted. So, she decided to sell the business and try real estate, which quickly became a passion.   Hispanic and Latino heritage is a key component of their identity: Born and raised in Ecuador, Jennifer is proud of her heritage. Her mother is her role model and instilled in her the value of believing in herself. Agustina's mother brought her and her four siblings to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic for a better life. Working long hours in a factory to help fund Agustina's journey through college, her mother is the reason Agustina was able to find the success she now has. Grace's parents worked in diplomacy, so Grace lived in many places throughout her youth. She first came to the U.S. when she was four, and after being bullied for her accent, Grace worked hard to speak without it. (Which she now regrets.)  Advice and mistakes from these top producers: Grace found a mentor once she joined the industry, and that mentor played a key part in shaping her experience. Every realtor needs a network of leaders to talk to, because the industry is a collaborative one.  Agustina learned to never assume anything about the client. Instead, communicate and clarify everything to make the process work without mistakes.  In Jennifer's corporate work, she learned to answer, acknowledge, and make the speaker feel important. When she interacts with anyone, she keeps an upbeat and happy attitude to show the other person they matter and are respected. There are unique differences when working with Latino or Hispanic clients: Latinos need to know that their realtor cares about them before they trust the realtor with their goals. Once they feel like they're in the inner circle of connections, they'll have a higher degree of trust. Latinos love to hear about their culture and country. They're proud of their heritage and love discussing it with other people. They want to support other Latinos. As a Latina woman in real estate, Agustina found an inherent loyalty with her Latina clients because they shared a common heritage.  The importance of mentorship:  Agustina took a class from Joe Meyer and eventually developed a mentor relationship with him that allowed her to progress and learn quickly.  Grace's husband worked for Lehman Brothers, and they had training sessions that he would sneak her into. She signed up for a training program with Darryl Davis, and his program influenced her throughout her career.  A week after Jennifer got her license, she reached out to the top producer from Berkshire Hathaway in Miami and talked with her. She got advice, applied it, and studied as much as possible.  Real estate takeaways all agents should implement:  Be a marketing agent, not a listing agent. If you do the proper marketing for a house, it will sell. Realtors need to focus less on their ‘database' and more on the client base. Most real estate business comes from your sphere of influence, so put yourself in a position to obtain as much of it as possible.  Remember, always bring women up the ladder with you as you climb to the top. For more great content from Teresa, connect with her on LinkedIn, join her Women Who Lead Series on Facebook and subscribe to her YouTube channel. You can find more episodes of Women Who Lead on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else podcasts can be found. This episode is brought to you in part by Venus et Fleur. Are you looking for a great way to show appreciation to family, friends, or even customers? Give them a floral arrangement they won't forget anytime soon. These beautiful arrangements make the perfect closing gift for any realtor to stay top of mind. Visit venusetfleur.com and use code “hsoa20” when ordering for 20% off.

On the new episode of GPS!! We discuss the unhinged reaction some people are having after the news of Elon Musk buying Twitter.  Free Speech/Hate Speech, where do you draw the line? Censorship - What level is necessary, if any? Darryl Davis and his quest to convert KKK members. The difficulty of going back to the blocky games of the early 2000s. Along with plenty of insanity and multiple mental health crises in real time.  Opening Theme -Title: Garage - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena (No Copyright Music)Video Link: https://youtu.be/JQMpl4Peln8Genre Music: Rock - CountryVelvet Alley Designs -https://velvet-alley.com/#gps #garbagepailskids #comedy #podcast #elonmusk #twitter #socialmedia #media #freespeech #firstamendment #censorship #eldenring #videogames #soldieroffortune #darryldavis #julieandrews #thesoundofmusic #radicalization #msm #activisionblizzard #ravensoftware #fromsoftware

In this episode, Cheryl and Darryl discuss: Be like bamboo - flexible and strong Focusing on service, not yourself The power of metaphors Navigating through current unstable times Key Takeaways: Organizations who were able to bend to the changes and were able to work through being forced to learn new technology will be the ones to come out of these challenges stronger.  If you're going through some insecurity about being a realtor, approach it in a way where it's not about you, but it's about how the client needs help and why. It helps because they're going to see that you're not trying to take from them, but give to them.  Metaphors are better than scripts because they're easier to remember, and the person giving the metaphor can say it in their own words. Scripts also have the disadvantage of the other person not complying to the “plot” - but with metaphors, it's easier to understand, remember, and they can often be entertaining.  Be where everybody else isn't. Right now, people are all online and the old school mailbox therefore is undisputed territory. Zig when everybody else zags. Be afraid when people are greedy, and be greedy when people are afraid.   “To be successful in this market, you have to be like bamboo - because bamboo is strong but yet it's still pliable, bendable, it still can adapt.”  —  Darryl Davis, CSP   Try out 30-Day Power Agent by clicking on this link: https://darrylspeaks.com/trial  Connect with Darryl Davis, CSP:  Website: http://www.darrylspeaks.com/  Blog: http://darrylspeaks.com/Blog/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrylspeaks/  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DarrylSpeaks  Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrylspeaks  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrylspeaks  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6lqImGxWWjFoWNNDZJ6F5A  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Become-Power-Agent-Real-Estate/dp/0071385207      Get in Touch with Cheryl: Website: www.cherylknows.com  YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvWKXBC6fKn1dLGY11hxIg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dynamiteproductionsinc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylknowlton/   Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

What you will learn from this episode: Find out what you can do to become the best real estate agent that you can be. Learn what you must think about in terms of being a real estate agent and an investor at the same time. Discover what a 'Facial Feedback Theory' is all about that helps strengthen communication and builds relationships and businesses. 3Rs Read, Resource, Reflect Read: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Marketing Warfare: How to Use Military Principles to Develop Marketing Strategies by Al Ries and Jack Trout Resource: Asana Reflect: "Breakdown equals breakthrough." - Darryl Davis "Focus on serving, not selling. Focus on touching people's lives, and the money will follow." - Darryl Davis "Show me your friends, and you show me who you are because it rubs off on you." - from Darryl's Mother's words People in the business world, especially sales, require this even when talking over the phone. It is so simple, yet it means a world to relationships and businesses. What is so essential about smiling that you need to do it more often, especially now, when we are all covered up with masks? Our guest for today uncovers what is behind that smile, a simple act yet packing in a profound gesture. With communication breaking down these days, his insights on how a smile can do a lot to one's positive mindset and how it helps lighten the most difficult situation are something we can all look forward to learning from him. Darryl Davis started his real estate career at 19 years old on Long Island New York and quickly climbed the ladder to become a Top Produceraveraging six transactions a month. Then a Licensed Broker and manager of a new office that became the #1 listing and selling branch within its first six months of operation. He is a Best-Selling Author with McGraw-Hill Publishing for his book, "How To Become a Power Agent in Real Estate" and author of 2 other books in cluding "How to Design a Life Worth Smiling About." He is the founder of the only year-long real estate coaching program, The POWER Agent Program® which has proven results of agents doubling their income over their previous year. Lastly, Darryl is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). It is the speaking profession's international measure of professional platform skill, which is held by less than 2% of all speakers worldwide. Topics Covered: 04:02 - How the pandemic has reinvented the real estate industry 07:30 - The opportunities that open up for real estate agents during this pandemic 09:07 - How real estate agents have raised the bar of the industry during the pandemic and what happens if you don't adapt to changes 12:49 - One essential technology real estate agents and investors need to have to cultivate leads 15:20 - How real estate agents can counter those low-cost websites like Zillow and Open Door 19:20 - What is so important about being a real estate agent and also an investor? 22:45 - How you can belong to the top 5% or 10% of the best real estate agents 28:06 - Counteracting fear of failure 31:25 - The power of smiling and how it helps relationships and businesses 36:31 - What makes him smile even during a pandemic 39:35 - Why this brand is brandtastic for him 41:31 - Books he recommends everyone to read 42:25 - One tool he uses and considers the bomb 43:03 - Quotes that can help anyone during this pandemic 45:25 - How his 'Power Program' work for US and Canadian real estate agents 46:39 - Darryl's thoughts on brokerages having purely selling agents Key Takeaways: "Part of the reason why I think we've seen such an increase in the sales price and list price and why things are selling so quickly is simply because I think what the pandemic did for people is point out to them just how important their shelter is." - Darryl Davis "Agents who haven't pivoted and embrace the change, and recognize that they had to improve their skill and ability of communication, a lot of them have gotten out of real estate because of that." - Darryl Davis "You need to have a CRM where you can see your customers, your clients, your leads, follow up with them, automate that process, keep a record of it, I always call it farming. You've got to water it, and you've got to get rid of the weeds, you've got to cultivate it, you got to talk to it, whatever, pray on it, but you gotta work it." - Darryl Davis "One of the values of owning real estate is time." - Darryl Davis "One of the common denominators that I've seen about successful agents is they do not compare themselves or look at what other agents are doing. They may look at them to get ideas, but they don't compare themselves to them. They compare themselves to themselves. They run their race." - Darryl Davis "The reason why it's so important that you love what you do for a living is that there's going to be days that you hate what you do, you're not going to like what you do, you're going to be uncomfortable with what you do. And it's when you love it; it helps counteract those really hard and stressful days, the fear of failure being part of it as well. What counteracts that is you believe in your vision that you have for your family or for the job that you do." - Darryl Davis "People that smile are more open, they're more receptive, they spend more money, so when they're happy, there's less resistance to life. They're more attractive, they have better relationships. I mean, really, it's an amazing thing smiling." - Darryl Davis "Studies show that people who smile more, they actually live longer. - Darryl Davis Additional Resource: Download your One-Page Strat Plan: https://reibranded.com/checklist/strat-plan/ Connect with Darryl Davis: darrylspeaks.com Connect with Paul Copcutt: reibranded.com LinkedIn Email: podcast@paulcopcutt.com Music: Thank you to Zoax for the intro music  

In this episode of The Top Listing Agent with Chadi Bazzi, Keynote Speaker, Coach and Bestselling Author Darryl Davis will show you the ropes on how to double your transaction and scale your real estate business to the next level.   Key Contents: + Who is Darryl Davis? + Tips for real estate agents to get more deals a month. + Overcoming objections in real estate. + The number one thing you should learn to become a successful real estate agent. + Why mastering the art of communication is important as a real estate agent. + The best practices to generate new business. + How to win FSBO and Expireds. + Skillset to convert the lead you generate. + The secret formula to get appointments. + How to double your income by building your inventory and more.   Quotes from this episode: “If you're not putting yourself into position to get a no, you're not putting yourself into position to get a yes.” - Chadi Bazzi “You cannot have a breakthrough without a breakdown.” - Darryl Davis   Check out https://darrylspeaks.com/trial Subscribe for more real estate agent coaching videos: https://bit.ly/3h7Rpsz    ▶ ▶ ▶ WANT CHADI AS YOUR COACH ? Schedule 1:1 Coaching Strategy Session:: https://bit.ly/3wowZlG    ▶ REAL ESTATE LEAD GENERATION  Download Top Listing Agent Black book: https://bit.ly/35k8bzm  RedX: https://bit.ly/35j6YrX    ▶ FOLLOW CHADI Youtube: https://bit.ly/2RQLRtW  Instagram: https://bit.ly/3vtmoVq  Facebook: https://bit.ly/3iBpRON  Website: https://www.chadibazzi.com/  Podcast: https://apple.co/3zpqrF8    ▶ FOLLOW DARRYL Youtube: https://bit.ly/2YxcsQb  Instagram: https://bit.ly/3AgQk9x Facebook: https://bit.ly/3uM4b6A  Website: https://darrylspeaks.com/    ▶ ABOUT CHADI BAZZI Chadi is a Top Real Estate Coach and Trainer who has been on over 30,000 one on one coaching calls teaching real estate agents how to become top listing agents using his one of a kind unique 6 on one listings on demand coaching model.   ▶ ABOUT Darryl Davis Darryl helps his clients make strategic changes to dramatically improve their lives and increase their sense of purpose. His live events are a special blend of fun, learning, and motivation with an easy-to-approach style that makes everyone more comfortable while creating an ideal atmosphere for learning. Darryl is a renowned speaker, life coach, creator of the nationally recognized term, Next Level® and the founder of the The POWER Program® – a year-long coaching process with a demonstrated track record of helping sales professionals dramatically increase their yearly income.   ▶ Book Recommendation: Marketing Warfare: https://amzn.to/302cfox  

Stubborn FSBOs? No problem! Coach, author, and FSBO master Darryl Davis is here to share how you can push past the peskiest FSBOs and land the listing appointment. Get ready to discover... • The best objection handlers for stubborn FSBOs. • How your experience and expertise makes a difference. • What to say to secure the listing appointment. Check out Darryl's coaching at www.DarrylSpeaks.com/trial Subscribe here for our updates and latest episodes: redx.bz/podcast

We have a lot of conversations on this podcast about issues which are often moral in nature, such as the Israeli occupation of Palestine and defunding the police but often we aren't talking about the specific moral framework behind our positions on those issues, and so in this episode, we are going to have a more explicitly moral conversation than usual. We sit down with Luke Phillips, who has appeared on the show before in the Patriotism Episode (13) and the Loneliness Episode (41), and Randy Lioz, both of whom work at Braver Angels, a nonprofit organization Isabel has been volunteering at for 2 years, that is dedicated to fostering politically depolarizing conversations in America using family therapy techniques. This conversation came out of a previous offline conversation we had at a Braver Angels meetup on whether evil exists as a useful concept in general and specifically if it is a helpful or harmful concept when thinking about how to heal our politically divided nation. In this episode, we touch on topics like whether it is valuable to have a conception of justice in which we condemn evil acts unconditionally, such as with post-World War II Germany or American slavery, or whether it is better to pursue less-than-perfect justice because we know that continuing to condemn others simply perpetuates the cycle of backlash forever. One example of this is Darryl Davis, a musician who convinced over 200 former KKK members to give up their robes simply by reaching out to them and extending radical empathy. We also talk about whether or not the political divisions in this country stem primarily from differences in morals or less explicitly moralistic ideas, such as whether social hierarchies must necessarily continue to prevail or not. And out of all of this, the biggest question is: can people who disagree deeply on these types of fundamental moral issues still work together in trying to heal our politically divided country? Links: Braver Angels Website: https://braverangels.org/ Music is The Beauty of Maths by Meydän. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/im-the-villain/support

Darryl Davis doesn't fight racism. He disarms it. Was a great pleasure to have him on the show to discuss his work rescuing members of the KKK from hate. Check out his work here: https://www.daryldavis.com/

Dr Maya Shankar studies how our minds work and how we change. She joins Dr Laurie Santos to discuss how her own life plans were derailed at 15 and the journey that finally brought her to start a new podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. The show brings you intimate conversations about how people navigate changes of all kinds and use that change to ultimately grow. Maya uncovers little-known personal stories and reflections from familiar names, like Hillary Clinton, Tiffany Haddish and Kacey Musgraves. In this preview you'll hear part of an interview with Darryl Davis, a Black jazz musician who convinced hundreds of KKK members to leave the Klan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In today's insightful, entertaining, and all ‘round super fun episode, Glenn and I got to spend some time with uber talented musician, friend, Goddess of Soul, and Work in Progress (among other things...) – Dona Oxford! From her opening response of “I am not anything, yet I know I am everything...”, here's just a bit of the infinite potentiality we talked about in the couple of hours we spent together: living big, and not boxing yourself in; the significance of music in Dona's life; how important story telling is; social injustice as inspiration for so much of Dona's music; the “Yum or yuck” test; the value of respect, and in being heard; and, how curiosity rather than judgement can bring people together in peace, even if they disagree. Dona also performed 2 rockin' originals ("Together" and "Step Up!"), and regaled us with some personal stories about legendary musicians Johnnie Johnson, Keith Richards, and Tom Jones! This, and so much more...! Plus, there's the super fun Rapid Fire Question Round at the end! A new episode posted every other week! Background Illustration - sakkmesterke@123rf.com Music - Vasco Lourenco@123rf.com Join Lesia's Soul Excavation community at https://www.lesiakohut.com​ . Connect with Dona at https://donaoxford.com/​ or on social media using @donaoxford . Join Lesia's Soul Excavator Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LesiaKohutSE​ . Thanks for watching! Thank you for subscribing! Thank you for your love and support! Now go ahead and post a comment below! And let us know... who do you think you are...? With Infinite Love & Gratitude, Lesia

We are live with Red @ 28th along with our brother Titan. He performed 4 of his track from his album GSP. Our special guest with us is Darryl Davis to talk a little about credit. You can check out his new podcast On The Fly with DD on Spotify. 

Real Estate coach, author, and speaker Darryl Davis shares: • Why FSBOs and Expireds are easier to work with than ever before • The proven voicemail dialogue to obtain a 50% callback rate • The four parts of a successful listing appointment Subscribe here for our updates and latest episodes: redx.bz/podcast

The whole squad is back this week. RIP MF DOOM, Jarod Nandin, and Eric Jerome Dickey. This week we talk about the attempted insurrection at the Capitol Building, Darryl Davis, racism, the Golden Eggplant Awards, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.com/bthanbti iHeart Radio:  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-blacker-than-blacktimes-in-72501672/# Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7nh82c6J7RfJ5Td4U0BQY8 Amazon Music:  https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4a9bf537-cfe6-4b81-8ddb-f6248c61e388/Blacker-than-BlackTimes-Infinity SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbti Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity

Darryl Davis is one of the real estate industry’s most sought-after coaches for one simple reason: His techniques generate real results fast! On this Real Estate Rockstars Classic, Darryl shares how to double your business in just twelve months without spending more money on advertising. Darryl also covers the best way to work buyers and a script-free technique for winning listings. Listen and learn how to completely transform your business by this time next year.

Darryl Davis is one of the real estate industry’s most sought-after coaches for one simple reason: His techniques generate real results fast! On this Real Estate Rockstars Classic, Darryl shares how to double your business in just twelve months without spending more money on advertising. Darryl also covers the best way to work buyers and a script-free technique for winning listings. Listen and learn how to completely transform your business by this time next year. Get Instant Access to Hundreds of Free Real Estate Tools Visit hibandigital.com/toolbox Claim Real Estate Discounts, Free Trials, and More Visit hibandigital.com/resources Sponsors Rebus University - Get Over $10,000 in Real Estate Training for as Little as $97 Visit futureofrealestatetraining.com PadHawk - Find Your Market's Best Leads for FREE with a 7-Day Trial Visit padhawk.com Roddy's FLS - Discover Unbeatable Real Estate Deals with a FREE Foreclosure List Visit 4closure.info Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to change someone's perspective or win them to your opinion what you're really trying to do is influence them.  In this podcast episode, I share the principle of social proof shared by Malcolm Gladwell in the tipping point, along with the riveting story of Darryl Davis.   www.samdemma.com

Darryl Davis is a well known speaker, life coach, and founder of the POWER Program®. In this episode, Darryl discusses the skills you need to succeed, the importance of coaching people, and why you should focus on the activity - not the result. Subscribe here for our updates and latest episodes: https://redx.bz/podcast

Do you wish you could know what your agents are telling their coach?Today, we are joined by international agent coaching expert Darryl Davis. Darryl has been coaching agents for over 30 years and he will share with us how he approaches coaching agents as well as share some of the things he hears from agents about their brokers.

On this episode of Banachek's Brain we sit down with magic inventors/creators Darryl Davis and Daryl Williams.  Like Banachek they have invented some incredible illusions performed by magic's top stars all around the globe.  

This Week on the podcast it was my pleasure to have on Musician/Activist Darryl Davis on the podcast. We talk about uplifting black communities and have a deep conversation about police brutality

This week on the podcast Brian from the Herfcast returns to catch us up with everything and to talk about his interview with activist Darryl Davis

www.thecloserclub.comTheCloserClub Episode 63: Darryl Davis, world renown sales trainer and coach!!! In this episode we will cover: - The systems Darryl uses to stay in a high energy, positive mindset -Common denominators among top producers -How Realtors can create, establish, and communicate value to their clients -How to build a strong Listing game -Lightning round And a lot more!!!

Donnie Boivin: Hey, hey guys how's it going man this is gonna be a killer episode. I gotta be honest this is probably one of the funnest episodes I've done because for the first time in the history of Success Champion somebody's going to rap on the show. And I gotta tell you, it is bad ass; old school; just hit you raw clean you know lyrics man. I really really enjoyed it. This conversation with Freddie Fri was one of the gems man, I gotta tell you we talked about of course his life growing up and what he’s doing for a lot of the youth in Oklahoma and his career the things he's doing the voiceover space, inspirational motivational space, I took a ton out of this one and I bet you guys as you listen to this one you will as well And I tell you I couldn't do the show without Stacy McGovern and Michael McGovern over at Point Blank Safety Services. Now what they're doing to protect these freeways throughout the state of Texas is absolutely amazing. They’re employing off duty officers to keep our highways and freeways safe, you know the construction workers that work out there and the people driving the freeways. Everybody’s just trying to get these freeways built as fast as possible and get everybody home safe and when you see those patrol cars out there on the freeways, keeping traffic slowdown so the construction workers can work, that’s Stacy's company taking care of everybody So if you’re ever in a spot where you’re looking for, you know off duty officers to help you with safety, security, protecting your assets do me a favour and go to pointblanksafety.com and reach out to Stacey and guys do me a favour follow them on all the social media outlets, give him some love show them that you're there and enjoy the show Alright guys this is gonna be a fun f***ing episode, I am telling you strap it in and just hold on for the ride. So I’VE had a chance to talk with Freddy Fri for a little just bit prior to the show. I’m stoked it’s gonna be a good one so with this week it’s Freddie, I’m Donnie and this is Donnie’s Success Champions — Freddie my brother welcome to the show my friend tell us your story Freddie Fri: I am excited to be here and let's take a chapter or a mindset of the things you never thought you might see or hear on this podcast Donnie Boivin: (laughs) Freddie Fri: ...cause I’m going in, I'm telling my story in hip hop, and I’m go in hip hop. My thing is hip hop, I’m going to go in hip hop Donnie Boivin: Alright, let’s do it Freddie Fri: Let’s go. This is my hip hop form, poetry form, spoken word form. I tapped into my wildest dreams of being great, demons threw the hook I almost took the bait. Was hungry for Success but couldn't get a plate. I wish for greatness early but my genie only granted late. Mama sick, doctor's diagnosis faulty. Prescription messed her kidneys up that still haunts me They told her not to have me but she wouldn't abort. She said, “No!” Even if it cut her life short. In the car with mama slumping, daddy speeding. Final breaths were taken left my heart bleeding. Age 4, my mama got her wings early. I still question why she didn't live to see 30 yall. Papa scooped me up and took me from that drama. At least it wasn't until he met my step mama. Crazy is crazy does she took the cake. I broke down cause I felt like couldn't catch a break. Another tale of a lost soul, study said that I wouldn’t live to be old. Shy boy this world is so cold they used to bully me but then I finally struck gold. 1-2 and you don't stop, I fell in love when I got introduced to hip hop. My new release it gave me good release when I put that pen to pad it gave me total inner peace. So let me introduce the new me to me, confidence erupted I was truly thankful, blessed. I no longer just the guest in my mind. my friends you gotta watch men. That greatness in you so go retrieve it in your mind Keep pushing to be patient, it will happen in due time. A fish can only bite if you keep casting out your line Believe in you ,block out the shade and let the sun shine on through. Because That's exactly what I did. Donnie Boivin: That was f***ing [laughing]… that is an absolute first whee somebody rapped on my show Freddie Fri: There you go! Let’s go! — In a nutshell that's a lot of my story too [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Yeah that's the rap I can get behind man, there’s a story behind it Freddie Fri: Yes sir, yes sir, yes sir Donnie Boivin: I love it, I love it Freddie Fri: I appreciate it Donnie Boivin: I'm about to charge you because nobody dropped a 40 y’know... Freddie Fri: No here's the thing, here's the thing it's so funny because I'm the original founding father of.hip.hop in Oklahoma. Like I was, me and a few of my guys were like the first to… Donnie Boivin: You’re the founding father of hip hop in Oklahoma?? Freddie Fri: Well yeah! In Oklahoma now… hold on now, I didn't say New York, I didn't say everywhere [laughing] Donnie Boivin: There’s like 2 rappers in all of Oklahoma I mean…[laughing] Freddie Fri: Hey, it’s a lot of em. Maybe nobody just blew up but it was a lot of em but i'll say that to say- Donnie Boivin: (inaudible)... in Oklahoma that’s all. Freddie Fri: Man, I’m telling you. Listen to me, I’m telling you. We got it - we get it in out here. But it's so funny because you know I never drank and I never smoked and so I was like basically an oxymoron of hip hop. What Idid, it just didn't fit you know [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Right, that is so awesome Freddie Fri: Unreal, unreal Donnie Boivin:What a tough story though I mean… you know I’m not a big fan of rap unless it’s done that way. And what I mean by that way is, I can understand the lyrics right. I can understand the story behind it, I mean that’s why you know for me Eminem his old school stuff was so solid right. I could get behind that because if you’re not doing things to inspire someone else's story, why the hell are you doing it? Freddie Fri: That’s my thought process Donnie Boivin: Right Freddie Fri: You know, that is totally my thought process and so for me even- I always look back when I was first rapping it wasn't a major but I had a national distribution deal. And my hip hop before I gained custody of my children, I used profanity, I cursed in it. But it was always saying something, there was always a message. There was always a problem, there was always why the problem was and there always was a solution to the problem in the end, even when it wasn't REALLY cool to do that. I might have been cussing, I might've been saying some hardcore stuff but I was really saying something. And so when my children got a little bit older, I never really let them listen to my old stuff cause it had profanity in it Donnie Boivin: Tell them never to listen to this podcast [laughing] Freddie Fri; But trust me they listen to plenty of my old stuff now. But you know so when I came back - when I got back into it, I took a hiatus, when I got back into hip hop. I knew that I was going to be clean, I knew there was going to be a message, there was clear 2020 vision you see your life the older you get; the clearer you can see life and the younger you can see life clearer, the more you can be successful at an early age. And that was kind of my model, my philosophy and so now i’m in a mindset of anything that that I put out hip-hop-wise, anything that I put out motivational-wise it’s trying to help people overcome and win everyday battles and everyday struggles of life Donnie Boivin: We’re gonna dive into your story but I wanna keep on this for a second but here's what I love about your music in general. We’re not going to get into a religious discussion but this is why I think there's so many religions, this is why I think there's so many different styles of music is cause you can hit people where they’re at, right? You’re not gonna come into the country and blare in classical music and expect to hit the people right so I think i’m not gonna bring it Hillbilly Bluegrass into the inner city and expect to you know help those people hear the message Freddie Fri: Right Donnie Boivin: Right? Well it’s that same thing, that’s why I love it. So let’s dive into your story a little bit — it's a tough one dude. At 4 years old you lose mom... Freddie Fri: So 4 years old man, I lost mom it was so crazy, I basically have 3 memories of my mom. I remember being in my home and my dad was working on his motorcycle and I guess I was sitting out in the garage like on the stair watching him and I don't know what he did but somehow his motorcycle caught on fire and he caught on fire I remember her pulling me back in and rescuing him, my dad now had burns all over his body he had to get a whole bunch of skin grafts and everything and you can still see the scars on him today. I remember that. I remember being in the car, like I said, “With momma slumping daddy speeding.” I remember being in the car as he was taking her to the hospital and that was the last time that I saw her alive. And then my third memory is at the funeral, and I was just sitting there didn’t understand what was going on I just remember thinking why was everyone taking turns crying over my momma. You know going up crying and all that stuff And so moved in with my dad, and of course in that day and age I’m pretty sure my dad was kind of like ima do the right thing, and take my son in but I have no earthly idea what i'm doing but let me find a woman, let me get a woman that can take him. And unfortunately that choice wasn't the best lady because it was my eventual step mom who I spent the next 14 years living with that was… nothing physical thank goodness but it was a lot of mental abuse Unfortunately she was a druggie, smoked weed while smoking crack, drank a lot and was very verbally abusive. And so it was just one of those situations where, it was just a tough upbringing so what it did to me is and now I give her credit because I think that the way she was instilled a certain fear in me which I think I needed to be able to survive where I was at, and the situation I was in Cause I was a shy kid very shy, and going to school I was little i wasn't real tall. I was a short fella I used to love playing basketball but I got bullied you know. Before I got in high school I used to get bullied I remember one time I was leaving school and guys chased me, they caught me, picked me up and body slammed me on my head. Took me to a swimming pool, threw me in the swimming pool and just try to hold me underwater I thought I was going to die You know and at the last minute they pulled me up, but it wasn't Eric Thomas’ story you know, “When you wanna breathe as bad as you wanna succeed,” you know. Donnie Boivin: Opposite of that [laughing] Freddie Fri: Yeah, I shoulda thought of that! [laughing] Donnie Boivin: (inaudible) ... right now [laughing] Freddie Fri: Exactly, exactly. And so man it was so crazy because I thought I was just go’n be a basketball player but of course I wasn't tall enough. And so I was just watching tv one day and a rap group luke Wendy MC came on video call, son call, rap box and I was like woah I was already in the music but then when I heard that, it was like oh man so I was like started telling my dad - dad I want some musical equipment. Can you get me some musical equipment I started getting musical equipment, started kind of writing raps. I had no desire to say them in front of anybody you know, I was scared to death. Donnie Boivin: You were a closet rap star Freddie Fri: I was in the closet as a rapper for real but people that knew me, my friends that knew me knew that I could rap so this one guy named Earnest Walker, he came by the house one day. Now I went to Mclean. Again you can't - McLean is just the lowest performing school in Tulsa Oklahoma. It was in our version of the hood if you can believe that, ok. [both laughing] Donnie Boivin: (inaudible) Freddie Fri: I know, I know I know. But you know honestly it’s the same it’s just the other hoods are bigger to be honest with you Donnie Boivin: Okay, no you’re right. I'm just busting chops about everything else. I get it right there’s shitholes everywhere. Freddie Fri: Not just in Oklahoma right [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Yeah Freddie Fri: So it’s so funny because he came over and he’s was like man we having a talent show and I was in the 9th grade, he was like man would you be in the talent show with me. I was like bro,, no. You mean like get up in front of people and try to do something? I tried that one time in middle school and I didnt even make the talent show so I promise you that one defeat was going to be my only defeat as it comes to this music thing. Now I like doing it as a hobby behind the scenes, and I can try to scratch and all that good stuff Write raps and rewrite Wendy MC raps, but as far as getting in front of people? No. But deep down in my heart you know I wanted to do it. I just couldn't overcome the fear and so for the next two weeks straight, this dude was persistent. Came over everyday, every time he saw me, “You gon be in the talent show man?” “I thought I already told you, no. You know leave me alone,” and then one time he came over and he was like, you gon be in the talent show or what stop acting like a little ol’ punk. I don't know if it was the worD punk or what it was… Donnie Boivin: It was the word punk, I guarantee you [laughing] Freddie Fri: Hold on second! Don't - that’s what I feel like it was I don't like that word punk. Donnie Boivin: (inaudible) ...it doesn’t make you feel good [laughing] Freddie Fri: But anyway before I knew it I was like, leave me alone! I’ll do it. And I’m standing there like, in my mind I was like oh snap I just committed to doing this. And I felt very very uncomfortable. So that’s why we preach now when you feel uncomfortable you’re probably in a good place Donnie Boivin: Yes Freddie Fri: And so I gotta be a man of my word, I’m going to do it and so I got prepared — wrote and I wrote, this wasn’t even the talent show Donnie, this was just the try outs. It was only a few people in the crowd that was trying out for the talent show. You know and I’m still scared to death. They called us up, the beat comes on… and I grab the microphone… Now mind you I told you I tried out for a talent show when I was in like 7th o 8th grade and didn’t make it. You know, but I didn’t write that rap it was kind of just lip syncing. Kind of a lip sync war or whatever Donnie Boivin: Millie Vanilli? [laughing] Freddie Fri: Yeah I was doing the Milli Vanilli. I was definitely doing the Milli Vanilli. And so I went on and I was like boom, “Call me (inaudible) don't call me at all, cause when I'm on the mic I'm standing tall, I'm 5 foot 4 when I'm talking to you but when I'm on the mic i'm 7’2.” That's exactly line 2 by the way [laughing] Donnie Boivin: That's awesome [laughing] Freddie Fri: ...but that moment though, that moment changed my life because the feeling that I felt, it was euphoric it was like woah forreal? Nothing ever was the same, nothing ever was the same Donnie Boivin: Ain't no looking back from there Freddie Fri: Confidence came, shyness went away; cut-off jeans; bought a soda pop young but I had big dreams, walk to the halls fifth-grade hope they notice me. Used to bully (inaudible) when approaching me man, just a face in the crowd, shy boy who dreams never said out loud, pop a prom took pics — william penn allstar. 6 Man kinda short they think I won't go fo bar but I had so much heart, gave my all then everything I guess it set me apart. Crooked smile no braces sort of like JCole, confidence I had none head hang down low. At the moment I'm when I spit that verse on stage, everything changed for me bro. And so that's why when you see me I'm an advocate man, when you're uncomfortable you in a good place do the things that you don't want to do - think outside the box, go outside the box push yourself to be the best version of yourself because when I started rapping I still played basketball but it wasn't like the love I got from rapping, “ After the football games we’d be battle rapping on other people and the same people that used to bully me all of a sudden became my biggest supporters. They kept me out of harm's way a lot. The same people but just because now I had a voice, and I said in that other verse, “ When I put that pen to pad it gave me total inner peace.” And what I'm trying to get people to understand is that I took hip hop and I used it to speak on all the issues that I had in my life, it was a positive release Donnie Boivin: And that's why it worked Freddie Fri: Yes Donnie Boivin: And because a lot of what other people do whether they're in the speaking business, the music business... the whatever business, they're trying to be somebody else Freddie Fri: Right, yes Donnie Boivin: You were just sharing your story you just happened to do it in a — actually I'm surprised a method I enjoy [Both laughing] Donnie Boivin: Right which is not my MO by the way [laughing] Freddie Fri: Exactly [laughing] Donnie Boivin: You know but it's that sharing of that authentic message and that is beautiful, And you know it's badass because it takes courage to do two things, oneit took courage to get your ass on that stage Freddie Fri: Forreal Donnie Boivin: Two, it took courage to spit real lyrics that were your story that you had been living knowing that the people that will bullying you and everything else were fixing to hear that s*** Freddie Fri: Yeah for sure, for sure. And so it's so funny because I started not just solo I started with a group and we just became kind of the first to do so many things: the first to be on the radio, the first to be in a recording studio, the first to actually put a cassette tape out and different things of that nature Donnie Boivin: So for our younger listeners it’s this thing you put in your car like an 8 track [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: Oh man that was even before CDs man Donnie Boivin: Right. You had to have a cassette tape carrier in your car for all your different tapes and recorded with all your cool songs Freddie Fri: Can you believe how much- how far technology has come though. It’s unreal we’re here doing this because of technology on the real it's not how it used to happen I had to fly to wherever you’re at and we'll have to have a big old real recording [laughing] Donnie Boivin: And it'd be 20 guys Freddie Fri: Hey would have been exciting but knowing what we know now it would have been hard. Donnie Boivin: But the people don't know you've done these raps now 12 times in a row to get it right we just did all this no I'm kidding [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: One takes man, one takes. You know man I started doing the music man and I was able to- my thing is though I still had for me I always wanted to try to be successful From Oklahoma because I know people kind of think like when you were joking about dung in Oklahoma and all we do is ride horses and all that good stuff. And so I always try and make it from there and so my story is weird because I was having this success as a hip-hop artist that may not have been on a major major stream but I was having the success as a hip-hop artist but at the same time everything else in my life is kind of in shambles And so I graduate high school right like I said for McLean High School, the lowest performing school in this day but I was smart though. It was so easy to me, I actually graduated number for and I say this and I'm not kidding I've never had any homework I didn't have homework for 4 years and I graduated at number 4 in my class that's how easy the work was and I always look back- Donnie Boivin: Damn I wish I would have went to that school I mean we got homework, I didn't do it but I don't mean... Freddie Fri: Now hold on up now my brother Darryl Davis he does all our music that we do. He went to the same school where he had to study his butt off just to make C and I was like I don't know what you doing man... I don't know what you doing... Donnie Boivin: I graduated with like a 2.10. I don’t think you can get much lower and still get by Freddie Fri: And still graduate... you was right there on the cusp you know cusp with a “P” [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: So man so I graduated number 4 right. It was so easy, it didn't prepare me for the real world, and so I always look back and think I wish my dad would’ve put me in at better school because it would have pushed me a little bit more and so while I was at school I met this young lady and I was just walking down the hall and she was walking... pretty girl and I was like, “Girl what you doing?” and she's like I'm going and she kinda gave me some attitude you know what I mean fortunately I liked it and we started talking Now here's the deal guys and gals, when they show you the attitude when you first meet ‘em believe ‘em, that’s who they are.So I started a relationship with this young lady and we wind up having four kids: 1-2-3-4; 1-2-3-4. Donnie Boivin: Didn't somebody tell you how that s*** works? Freddie Fri: Oh man somebody said… aye, I was lost. the people ask me what were you thinking, I wasn't thinking at all, I had absolutely no sense you know what I mean Donnie Boivin: You were thinking it was just with the wrong head [laughing] Freddie Fri: Definitely the wrong one. But this is what so crazy see, the mindset it’s kind of like when my mom passed away. My dad was like ima take him in but I need to make sure I get somebody to like help take care of him and so kind of our thought processes is always that the women is go’n take care of the kids And so that was kind of my thought process and I was just kind of happy going through life I was this rapper and I was doing my rough stuff, but everything else… I was messing my credit up I started college and I dropped out really quick cause my mindset wasn’t there It was four of us in that group, and so in my final year the other guys that were part of the group they had already graduated but all of a sudden they started having money. I used to sell Candy on a truck called Mid American Teens and we'd have about $20 all we were balling, we were doing good these dudes were coming over with hundreds, thousands… I was like dude where are you getting all this money from? And you know it was the mid 80s and they were just like we’re selling drugs And I was like selling drugs, y’all crazy. Never do nothing like that you know that the thought processes that we had — I would never sell drugs. And so fast forward, I graduated high school, I got a kid still trying to do my music... the girl that I'm with they lived in the projects and so her brother was always kind of like man if you get it I'll sell it and I was like no I ain't messing with that stuff.. Had a baby, had a baby on the way, I was broke not only financially but also broken as a person and man I just told them and give me some. I’ll get it and I'll give it to him - got it, gave it to him we are in the projects I'm shooting dice, they are out there selling drugs. I'm the middle man that's what I became I picked it up and I dropped it off but I still was scared I had this fear in me I knew that that wasn't what I supposed to be doing and so I finally got enough guts up to try and sell it myself So we was in another project me and my kids’ mum and her friend and her husband and their kids and all of them in that apartment and somebody said that apartment right there the police are really watching it so you need to be careful if you're over there. So me and her friend's husband left we left some drugs in the house like I had a little bit and he had kind of a lot. The rumour in the hood at that time was cause it was so early on in the drug game that if the police raided the house if the girl put the drugs on her they wouldn't search it because she was a female. So we went where we went and came back and so when we came back to the apartment you can see like if you come around the curve you can see the apartment and we thought we saw police and our heart just dropped oh snap. Cause we knew there was drugs in the house and so we just kind of creeped on around and once we got around to the apartment there were no police cars there so we were like, “Whew, thank goodness.” But then her friend's mum bust out ,they had twins - they had two kids in her hands and she said, “Police just came and raid the place, they took both of the girls to jail!” And I’m like oh snap. So they done busted in the house my baby's mama put the drugs on her she put my little 20 two rocks and her bra, put his oz in her pocket and so where we were at was a different county so she she was getting booked at Osage County but then she had to go to Tulsa County to get booked in Well they found the drugs for the Osage County at the place, when she got down to get booked in at Tulsa they found my two 20 rocks so she got a charge there and she had the other charges. So my heart just dropped and I'm like damn my life is over man… I already know because her friend was singing like a canary, “that wasn't my stuff that was my husband stuff,” Bro that's why I always think my mom is my guardian angel, because throughout that whole process my name never came up. They took the charges from my baby's mama put it on him, my name never came up. And so that was a sign from God that was a gift from God and I was like you know and I’m out and I was out. Cause I never should have been in to begin with, I never went back and so got past that stage of life again like I said with the same young lady I have 4 kids. I had four kids by the age of 25 And it was like a normal day and I went to bed when I woke up I was different. I woke up and I was staring at my ceiling because I knew something was different I was like oh- you know how you blind right, it's like you're blind and the light is off and it's dark and you flip the light on and now you can see everything and that's what seems like happened to me. I can see all the stupid stuff I've been doing with my life. I could see how to see driving with no suspension, driving with no insurance, doing or selling the drugs, this that and the third. And the first thing I thought about it was I gotta get my kids. Cause me and the baby momma weren't together anymore so I was just kind of like going to see the kids from time to time and they were living in the hood for real like the worst part of North Tulsa they were living. And they went to the same schools, local form elementary. The smallest was 3 at the time and the oldest age 7. And so crazy how things happened and why you think though I got a call from her from their mum she's like you know I need you to get the kids from me for a little bit I'm kind of dealing with a rough patch I want to kind of strange stuff and I'm like I'll take them So I had a one-bedroom apartment right got the kids sleeping on pallets, four kids in the living room… they’re excited you know Donnie Boivin: Camping, right. Freddie Fri: Oh man they're having a ball and so she calls me a week later and she’s like ok I'm better can you bring the kids back I said yes I'll bring them back under one condition - if you call me again with this- cause in my mind I already know i'm gonna have them. I'm gonna raise em I already know, I just know the situation, I know I was doing a little bit better than she was. And so I said if you call me back again, they’re gonna live with me. And she says oh yeah whatever. And she drops the off and her sister calls me and says man freddie you need to really get those kids its a lot of stuff going on that you don't know nothing about And so, two weeks later - she calls me again, I go get the kids. First thing I did is went to their school which is kind of still crazy to this day because I don't remember showing any ID I don't remember doing nothing but I withdrew them from the school they were in and I were enrolled them in the school that I was that I was in — that was by my house living by the South Tulsa which is a much better neighborhood then where she lived. Got my all of them out my youngest one wasn't in school yet like I said she was only 3, 3 girls and a boy. Called me in three weeks later and said I'm doing a little bit better now…. I was like well, they don't even go to the same school anymore I took them under out of that school I say you go and get yourself in order and I got the kids. I have the kids. And so I’m sitting around here looking crazy I'm looking cray cray, 3 girls and a boy man can you imagine me tryna do some hair…? Come on man! Donnie Boivin: [laughing] Freddie Fri: ...come on man, I'm trying to do buns, I'm very hard to do. Hey hey here is the worst part though there was no YouTube I couldn't even look on YouTube to try to figure out how to do some hair. You know so I thought I was doing a good job but you know when my girl's got a little older they said dad you’re not allowed to touch my hair Donnie Boivin:... you are not touching my head [Both laughing] Freddie Fri.... you are not touching my hair though. It’s a funny thing happened though as I was raising my kids, I still look back now and I don't know how I mean I don't know how we did it but we did it. I was doing odd jobs, I was selling mixtape cds, I had a couple of good years with the music and I'll selling a lot of music… it was so crazy because I was learning entrepreneurship as I was raising them because I had to come up with so many hustles but where there is a will there's a way I created my own distribution line for my music and I was selling my music all across the country, you know. Just cash-on-delivery straight ups I send them a sample Apple people liked it, I was selling to Seattle, Louisville, Houston all over the place and they got a little bit older and I was a basketball guy so started coaching basketball that was my background I want to whoop so I started coaching I started with boys then I was dating a young lady she had a tall daughter. My oldest daughter was short but she was fast so when they want to 3 grader I started at real good team like we became one of the best teams in the country and we could play against anybody in fact off that team I had girls that wind up going to Baylor, Tennessee these are the colleges that they went to UCLA, Georgetown, ORU has some big-time kids of that team But I didn't know when I started coaching and coaching 3rd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade I was basically again preparing myself for what my actual business today is, which is hosting youth basketball tournaments so I parlayed the coaching that I was doing for free I was adding value to not only my kids life but to the many kids that I coached and I touched as I got a little bit older I was just doing the math like this guy got 60 teams on his tournament, how is charging x amount of dollars. we gotta pay at the door to get in,concession I said I'm gonna try this, so me and a partner of mine who actually was a guy whose daughter was on the team, we decided to start a company I think my oldest was... when we started that probably in the 10th grade and so we started this company, started hosting youth tournaments but here's the deal you said something about this little earlier. You said I was able to be successful because I was being authentic to myself, when we started the youth tournament business we wasn't really being authentic to ourselves we were trying to follow somebody else's model and so he did tournaments… he was like the guru of them, he would do one tournament of month or sometimes two, so we would try to do the same thing but not on the weekends that he was throwing them. I mean we were doing ok but I couldn't get ahead I was splitting money with him, we wasn’t making a lot of money and it's about three years later and it was a whole bunch of other things that I'm not even going to speak about 3 years later I made a decision, guess what? I got uncomfortable and I said I was 3 months behind on my rent and thank goodness that I had a landlord that was willing to work with me so I called my guy and I was like bro also everything, the name and all that you can keep all of that but I'm gonna do something different he's like man don't do that and I said nah I gotta do it cause I was doing a lot of work I made sure before I left I did all. I was trying to run it by myself so I knew I knew what I was doing. And so the first thing I did once I broke that relationship is of course, I came up with a new name and all of that good stuff I figured out the gaps, and so I work with Dr Eric Thomas and he has a man named CJ brilliant dude... you know he worked with Inky Johnson and some of these other big artists, big motivational speakers out there and one thing he always says is you need to figure out the gaps. What problem are you solving and I didn't even know CJ then but that's what I did at that moment in time which was probably about 10 years ago. I said ok I don't want to do it like we've been doing how we’ve been doing it, it’s not working we having tournaments but we're not getting ahead and so I said okay... so I started thinking From my basketball coaches side well we normally play tournaments over Friday, Saturday and Sunday most of the time. People always complained about playing Sunday I said ok that's one thing. Maybe I could have Saturday only tournaments I could just do them one day and if it's lucrative enough then I can make it work and another thing was we were following somebody else's model as far as trying to schedule one tournament a month trying to guess when people wanted to play and guess when they didn't want to play I was kind of like well, why not just have a tournament every week just kind of like make it like a job, just have one every Saturday. You know and then work hard on being very customer friendly and providing phenomenal customer service Donnie Boivin: Which is really hard to do when you're dealing with kids’ parents Freddie Fri: Woah! and coaches [laughing]. So man let me tell you though Donnie though, once I launched I mean again that was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life, for the last 10 years I've hosted a tournament every Saturday with the exception of the Saturday after Thanksgiving because that's the one I take off. If Christmas falls on Saturday I won't have one either but for the last 10 years and I promise you but you know the rent thing it was done in 3 or 4 months, I was good. One of the best decisions I ever made sometimes you gotta jump and people have been telling me that I should do it, should have done that a long time ago but I feel like things all happen at the right time and I think you with people for season for certain reasons for certain things you need to learn and grow from and but it wasn't easy you know. I've been dealing with the gentleman for a while and for me to say you know what I have to do what I have to do because I'm a great assistant coach, if me and you if you were the head I would be a great assistant coach but I'm even a better head coach... I'm a phenomenal head coach. I'm a great assistant coach but I'm a phenomenal head coach And some of you guys out there, you’re a great assistant coach you great at playing the background but you are a phenomenal head coach and you don't even know it because you've been scared to take the jump. You doing all the leg work for somebody else and you have dreams and you see the holes, you see the gaps, you see what they’re doing wrong and you know you can do it better but you're scared to do it. Don't be scared; go jump So I stop right there and say so some of you guys out there you hiking with slackers. Who’s in your circle, you know what I mean? And so I started teaching from the rap out go like 4, 5. 6, 8 bars whatever and I’d come to a key point and I’d stop and I start teaching and I'll jump right back into the rap and start teaching and at that very moment everything changed. I was like oh that's it right there and it came from me doing the Success Series, that’s was what the Success Series was there for me — to learn how to really use the hip-hop and make it really even more powerful Donnie Boivin: Because as I said man it's like we talked about before man, it's taking the music to them right? So you communicate to them at their level they can understand and embrace. You stacked up against some filthy nasty dirty rap lyrics out there right and I'm not busting on rap every genre of music does this Freddie Fri: Yeah yeah in their own way, in their own way Donnie Boivin: Yeah yeah yeah, you gotta think about it these kids when they're playing in their cars the music th rap they listen to is this to the stuff that's not a building them up - there was a Christian group called DC Talk and they were a white rap group and they really hit the scene hard one of the biggest Christian groups of all time it's because they were taking the music the kids were into and putting it into a message and that’s what you’re doing and the more you keep doing it I'm telling you man the world's gonna freaking open up to you Freddie Fri: Man it's pretty cool, it's fun to do you can see the light bulbs go off but my thing is like you talked about the music. The music is just filling them with negative vibes, negative emotions — there’s an opioid crisis and we got hip-hop artists is telling people to pop mollies and just pop mollies and she pop mollies and she did this and I did it to this chick and I made how much money selling drugs — if that's all that's feeding you then that's what you become My biggest story is people try to say that well peer pressure ain’t real. No, let me tell you peer pressure is real... let me tell you how real peer pressure is. Back when we were rappers I used to engineer the studio right? I had about 10 - 11 - 12 rappers that came to our studio all the time right. We all was doing clean rap, it was all clean - clean, fun nothing crazy about it. Then guess who came out, NWA. Donnie Boivin: [laughing] Freddie Fri: ...ice cube, and that was one of my favourite rappers Ice Cube but when Ice Cube came out, here's (inaudible) and within a year's time we all were cussing in our lyrics including me, all of us. So peer pressure is real the stuff that these kids are hearing feeling, especially before their cerebral cortex and their brain kicks in. Mine ain’t kicked in until I was 25 when I woke up that morning that's when my reasoning kicked into my brain. It doesn't kick in - so all they thinking is this is how I should be living. And so for me I try to as authentic as I can and I know they into bars, they into you saying stuff that's clever and things like that you can't come in there and be corny. And so once they get over the fact that I'm a little bit older than them, they’ll respect you when they know that you can really rap They respect me because they say this dude’s got - and you’ll know cause they say, “Bars! Ooh, bars!” that type of stuff so Donnie Boivin: They're like old dudes got tricks [laughing] Freddie Fri: Exactly. Exactly, I challenge them too. I tell them who hating toda, who don't think I can rap tell me I need that fuel. Where my haters at and I let loose on them and we have a good time Donnie Boivin: That's awesome dude, you know Freddie I mean kudos to you seriously because everybody has got their lane you know you found your lane, you found your place. You found your voice and you using your passion you love to change the youth coming up in the world. There's nothing more beautiful than that and I truly mean that because there is so much and ridiculous bad influence in this world you know somebody has got to be helping these kids coming up - it's not my calling right but I'm honoured that you're taking that on your shoulders Because that's a big mountain to move my friend Freddie Fri: Yes, it is. But that's my life and you know I'm excited about it. It's so funny because I can take the same thing that I do for the youth and I can go do it for adults and it works the exact same way Donnie Boivin: Right Freddie Fri: That's what’s crazy you know. But it’s all about reaching, teaching and adding more value, to people and that's kind of what my life mission is, and so if you can make a few coins along the way then that's all the more merrier as well Donnie Boivin: Exactly right, exactly right. Now Freddie I got to say this has been a blast I really have enjoyed the hell out of this conversation man. Let's do this, how do people get in touch with you, how do they find you if they want to make fun of your rap music — I mean, listen [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: Yeah that too, hey you can pretty much freddieFri.com is the website. Freddie Fri Motivation on all social media platforms for all the latest information. I'm really big now on the motivational voice over arena I work with a lot of big companies, basically my thing is I'm just helping a lot of people that were just like me that never thought they could go to another level and so everything that I talk about then I teach about is trying to help you overcome obstacles that you're face in life and it ain’t necessarily about you being from the richest person financially but it's finding a way to be the richest person internally. No matter what you have in your bank account because you are gonna have stuff so I'm just trying to help you overcome that stuff On my shoulder right now I got a little ice pack cause I had like a bump come up on my shoulder, dealing with drama uncertainty what is that, my wife is digging into it - it hurts but life hurts and I know that there's people out there that have got it a lot worse than me. So anyway Freddie Fri Motivation, freddiefri.com aye check me out and hopefully I can say a word or two that can help you go to another level in your life Donnie Boivin: Love that brother. Alright man here's our like to wrap up every episode and I do stump some people on this so stand by Freddie Fri: Ok Donnie Boivin: If you were gonna leave the champions of this show who listen to this show 78 countries around the world that tune in almost every day and if you were gonna leave them with a quote, a phrase, a mantra something they can take with them on their journey especially when they’re stacked up against it and going through it? What would be the quote or phrase you would say, remember this: ... Freddie Fri: Kill them with kindness... and murder them with success Donnie Boivin: Love it dude [laughing]. Freddie I appreciate it brother, this has been awesome. I really appreciate your time Freddie Fri: Hey I got to get down to Texas we got some bass fishing to do, let's go! [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Thank you so much for tuning into this one this is just a fun episode. I can’t tell you how I love an episode when I can laugh and joke all the way through it. So make sure you go and follow Freddie on all of his stuff and check out all of the stuff he’s into. You know Freddie is a regular in one of my Facebook groups called Success Champions. Come hang out man, he's constantly putting out some really cool content in there with all the other champions that are rising together. So if you wanna hang out with just a bunch of other badasses who are going forward, come hang out in the Facebook group Success Champions just go to groups type in the words Success Champions, a group will pop-up. Come hang out with us there and if you're looking to start a podcast please come hang out with us at So, You Want To Podcast come hang out with us there as well. So, You Want To Podcast click on the groups button it will pop up and come hang out with us guys we're looking forward to seeing you there. Appreciate you so much, I love you so much for listening to this episode. Share with a friend and give the review on iTunes and keep being badasses I'm proud of you, we'll see how big you can go thanks guys To book Freddy Fri or for more information -- freddyfrimotivation@gmail.com Follow Freddy Fri Motivation for WEEKLY MOTIVATIONAL VIDEOS and other content: Website -- http://www.freddyfri.com Twitter -- https://twitter.com/realplayya1000 Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/FredWins/ Instagram -- http://instagram.com/freddyfrimotivation LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddyfri/ If you enjoyed this episode, please Comment Share and leave a review... Want to start a podcast? https://www.facebook.com/groups/SYWTP/ Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group Success Champions https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuccessChampion

Donnie Boivin: Hey, hey guys how's it going man this is gonna be a killer episode. I gotta be honest this is probably one of the funnest episodes I've done because for the first time in the history of Success Champion somebody's going to rap on the show. And I gotta tell you, it is bad ass; old school; just hit you raw clean you know lyrics man. I really really enjoyed it. This conversation with Freddie Fri was one of the gems man, I gotta tell you we talked about of course his life growing up and what he’s doing for a lot of the youth in Oklahoma and his career the things he's doing the voiceover space, inspirational motivational space, I took a ton out of this one and I bet you guys as you listen to this one you will as well And I tell you I couldn't do the show without Stacy McGovern and Michael McGovern over at Point Blank Safety Services. Now what they're doing to protect these freeways throughout the state of Texas is absolutely amazing. They’re employing off duty officers to keep our highways and freeways safe, you know the construction workers that work out there and the people driving the freeways. Everybody’s just trying to get these freeways built as fast as possible and get everybody home safe and when you see those patrol cars out there on the freeways, keeping traffic slowdown so the construction workers can work, that’s Stacy's company taking care of everybody So if you’re ever in a spot where you’re looking for, you know off duty officers to help you with safety, security, protecting your assets do me a favour and go to pointblanksafety.com and reach out to Stacey and guys do me a favour follow them on all the social media outlets, give him some love show them that you're there and enjoy the show Alright guys this is gonna be a fun f***ing episode, I am telling you strap it in and just hold on for the ride. So I’VE had a chance to talk with Freddy Fri for a little just bit prior to the show. I’m stoked it’s gonna be a good one so with this week it’s Freddie, I’m Donnie and this is Donnie’s Success Champions — Freddie my brother welcome to the show my friend tell us your story Freddie Fri: I am excited to be here and let's take a chapter or a mindset of the things you never thought you might see or hear on this podcast Donnie Boivin: (laughs) Freddie Fri: ...cause I’m going in, I'm telling my story in hip hop, and I’m go in hip hop. My thing is hip hop, I’m going to go in hip hop Donnie Boivin: Alright, let’s do it Freddie Fri: Let’s go. This is my hip hop form, poetry form, spoken word form. I tapped into my wildest dreams of being great, demons threw the hook I almost took the bait. Was hungry for Success but couldn't get a plate. I wish for greatness early but my genie only granted late. Mama sick, doctor's diagnosis faulty. Prescription messed her kidneys up that still haunts me They told her not to have me but she wouldn't abort. She said, “No!” Even if it cut her life short. In the car with mama slumping, daddy speeding. Final breaths were taken left my heart bleeding. Age 4, my mama got her wings early. I still question why she didn't live to see 30 yall. Papa scooped me up and took me from that drama. At least it wasn't until he met my step mama. Crazy is crazy does she took the cake. I broke down cause I felt like couldn't catch a break. Another tale of a lost soul, study said that I wouldn’t live to be old. Shy boy this world is so cold they used to bully me but then I finally struck gold. 1-2 and you don't stop, I fell in love when I got introduced to hip hop. My new release it gave me good release when I put that pen to pad it gave me total inner peace. So let me introduce the new me to me, confidence erupted I was truly thankful, blessed. I no longer just the guest in my mind. my friends you gotta watch men. That greatness in you so go retrieve it in your mind Keep pushing to be patient, it will happen in due time. A fish can only bite if you keep casting out your line Believe in you ,block out the shade and let the sun shine on through. Because That's exactly what I did. Donnie Boivin: That was f***ing [laughing]… that is an absolute first whee somebody rapped on my show Freddie Fri: There you go! Let’s go! — In a nutshell that's a lot of my story too [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Yeah that's the rap I can get behind man, there’s a story behind it Freddie Fri: Yes sir, yes sir, yes sir Donnie Boivin: I love it, I love it Freddie Fri: I appreciate it Donnie Boivin: I'm about to charge you because nobody dropped a 40 y’know... Freddie Fri: No here's the thing, here's the thing it's so funny because I'm the original founding father of.hip.hop in Oklahoma. Like I was, me and a few of my guys were like the first to… Donnie Boivin: You’re the founding father of hip hop in Oklahoma?? Freddie Fri: Well yeah! In Oklahoma now… hold on now, I didn't say New York, I didn't say everywhere [laughing] Donnie Boivin: There’s like 2 rappers in all of Oklahoma I mean…[laughing] Freddie Fri: Hey, it’s a lot of em. Maybe nobody just blew up but it was a lot of em but i'll say that to say- Donnie Boivin: (inaudible)... in Oklahoma that’s all. Freddie Fri: Man, I’m telling you. Listen to me, I’m telling you. We got it - we get it in out here. But it's so funny because you know I never drank and I never smoked and so I was like basically an oxymoron of hip hop. What Idid, it just didn't fit you know [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Right, that is so awesome Freddie Fri: Unreal, unreal Donnie Boivin:What a tough story though I mean… you know I’m not a big fan of rap unless it’s done that way. And what I mean by that way is, I can understand the lyrics right. I can understand the story behind it, I mean that’s why you know for me Eminem his old school stuff was so solid right. I could get behind that because if you’re not doing things to inspire someone else's story, why the hell are you doing it? Freddie Fri: That’s my thought process Donnie Boivin: Right Freddie Fri: You know, that is totally my thought process and so for me even- I always look back when I was first rapping it wasn't a major but I had a national distribution deal. And my hip hop before I gained custody of my children, I used profanity, I cursed in it. But it was always saying something, there was always a message. There was always a problem, there was always why the problem was and there always was a solution to the problem in the end, even when it wasn't REALLY cool to do that. I might have been cussing, I might've been saying some hardcore stuff but I was really saying something. And so when my children got a little bit older, I never really let them listen to my old stuff cause it had profanity in it Donnie Boivin: Tell them never to listen to this podcast [laughing] Freddie Fri; But trust me they listen to plenty of my old stuff now. But you know so when I came back - when I got back into it, I took a hiatus, when I got back into hip hop. I knew that I was going to be clean, I knew there was going to be a message, there was clear 2020 vision you see your life the older you get; the clearer you can see life and the younger you can see life clearer, the more you can be successful at an early age. And that was kind of my model, my philosophy and so now i’m in a mindset of anything that that I put out hip-hop-wise, anything that I put out motivational-wise it’s trying to help people overcome and win everyday battles and everyday struggles of life Donnie Boivin: We’re gonna dive into your story but I wanna keep on this for a second but here's what I love about your music in general. We’re not going to get into a religious discussion but this is why I think there's so many religions, this is why I think there's so many different styles of music is cause you can hit people where they’re at, right? You’re not gonna come into the country and blare in classical music and expect to hit the people right so I think i’m not gonna bring it Hillbilly Bluegrass into the inner city and expect to you know help those people hear the message Freddie Fri: Right Donnie Boivin: Right? Well it’s that same thing, that’s why I love it. So let’s dive into your story a little bit — it's a tough one dude. At 4 years old you lose mom... Freddie Fri: So 4 years old man, I lost mom it was so crazy, I basically have 3 memories of my mom. I remember being in my home and my dad was working on his motorcycle and I guess I was sitting out in the garage like on the stair watching him and I don't know what he did but somehow his motorcycle caught on fire and he caught on fire I remember her pulling me back in and rescuing him, my dad now had burns all over his body he had to get a whole bunch of skin grafts and everything and you can still see the scars on him today. I remember that. I remember being in the car, like I said, “With momma slumping daddy speeding.” I remember being in the car as he was taking her to the hospital and that was the last time that I saw her alive. And then my third memory is at the funeral, and I was just sitting there didn’t understand what was going on I just remember thinking why was everyone taking turns crying over my momma. You know going up crying and all that stuff And so moved in with my dad, and of course in that day and age I’m pretty sure my dad was kind of like ima do the right thing, and take my son in but I have no earthly idea what i'm doing but let me find a woman, let me get a woman that can take him. And unfortunately that choice wasn't the best lady because it was my eventual step mom who I spent the next 14 years living with that was… nothing physical thank goodness but it was a lot of mental abuse Unfortunately she was a druggie, smoked weed while smoking crack, drank a lot and was very verbally abusive. And so it was just one of those situations where, it was just a tough upbringing so what it did to me is and now I give her credit because I think that the way she was instilled a certain fear in me which I think I needed to be able to survive where I was at, and the situation I was in Cause I was a shy kid very shy, and going to school I was little i wasn't real tall. I was a short fella I used to love playing basketball but I got bullied you know. Before I got in high school I used to get bullied I remember one time I was leaving school and guys chased me, they caught me, picked me up and body slammed me on my head. Took me to a swimming pool, threw me in the swimming pool and just try to hold me underwater I thought I was going to die You know and at the last minute they pulled me up, but it wasn't Eric Thomas’ story you know, “When you wanna breathe as bad as you wanna succeed,” you know. Donnie Boivin: Opposite of that [laughing] Freddie Fri: Yeah, I shoulda thought of that! [laughing] Donnie Boivin: (inaudible) ... right now [laughing] Freddie Fri: Exactly, exactly. And so man it was so crazy because I thought I was just go’n be a basketball player but of course I wasn't tall enough. And so I was just watching tv one day and a rap group luke Wendy MC came on video call, son call, rap box and I was like woah I was already in the music but then when I heard that, it was like oh man so I was like started telling my dad - dad I want some musical equipment. Can you get me some musical equipment I started getting musical equipment, started kind of writing raps. I had no desire to say them in front of anybody you know, I was scared to death. Donnie Boivin: You were a closet rap star Freddie Fri: I was in the closet as a rapper for real but people that knew me, my friends that knew me knew that I could rap so this one guy named Earnest Walker, he came by the house one day. Now I went to Mclean. Again you can't - McLean is just the lowest performing school in Tulsa Oklahoma. It was in our version of the hood if you can believe that, ok. [both laughing] Donnie Boivin: (inaudible) Freddie Fri: I know, I know I know. But you know honestly it’s the same it’s just the other hoods are bigger to be honest with you Donnie Boivin: Okay, no you’re right. I'm just busting chops about everything else. I get it right there’s shitholes everywhere. Freddie Fri: Not just in Oklahoma right [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Yeah Freddie Fri: So it’s so funny because he came over and he’s was like man we having a talent show and I was in the 9th grade, he was like man would you be in the talent show with me. I was like bro,, no. You mean like get up in front of people and try to do something? I tried that one time in middle school and I didnt even make the talent show so I promise you that one defeat was going to be my only defeat as it comes to this music thing. Now I like doing it as a hobby behind the scenes, and I can try to scratch and all that good stuff Write raps and rewrite Wendy MC raps, but as far as getting in front of people? No. But deep down in my heart you know I wanted to do it. I just couldn't overcome the fear and so for the next two weeks straight, this dude was persistent. Came over everyday, every time he saw me, “You gon be in the talent show man?” “I thought I already told you, no. You know leave me alone,” and then one time he came over and he was like, you gon be in the talent show or what stop acting like a little ol’ punk. I don't know if it was the worD punk or what it was… Donnie Boivin: It was the word punk, I guarantee you [laughing] Freddie Fri: Hold on second! Don't - that’s what I feel like it was I don't like that word punk. Donnie Boivin: (inaudible) ...it doesn’t make you feel good [laughing] Freddie Fri: But anyway before I knew it I was like, leave me alone! I’ll do it. And I’m standing there like, in my mind I was like oh snap I just committed to doing this. And I felt very very uncomfortable. So that’s why we preach now when you feel uncomfortable you’re probably in a good place Donnie Boivin: Yes Freddie Fri: And so I gotta be a man of my word, I’m going to do it and so I got prepared — wrote and I wrote, this wasn’t even the talent show Donnie, this was just the try outs. It was only a few people in the crowd that was trying out for the talent show. You know and I’m still scared to death. They called us up, the beat comes on… and I grab the microphone… Now mind you I told you I tried out for a talent show when I was in like 7th o 8th grade and didn’t make it. You know, but I didn’t write that rap it was kind of just lip syncing. Kind of a lip sync war or whatever Donnie Boivin: Millie Vanilli? [laughing] Freddie Fri: Yeah I was doing the Milli Vanilli. I was definitely doing the Milli Vanilli. And so I went on and I was like boom, “Call me (inaudible) don't call me at all, cause when I'm on the mic I'm standing tall, I'm 5 foot 4 when I'm talking to you but when I'm on the mic i'm 7’2.” That's exactly line 2 by the way [laughing] Donnie Boivin: That's awesome [laughing] Freddie Fri: ...but that moment though, that moment changed my life because the feeling that I felt, it was euphoric it was like woah forreal? Nothing ever was the same, nothing ever was the same Donnie Boivin: Ain't no looking back from there Freddie Fri: Confidence came, shyness went away; cut-off jeans; bought a soda pop young but I had big dreams, walk to the halls fifth-grade hope they notice me. Used to bully (inaudible) when approaching me man, just a face in the crowd, shy boy who dreams never said out loud, pop a prom took pics — william penn allstar. 6 Man kinda short they think I won't go fo bar but I had so much heart, gave my all then everything I guess it set me apart. Crooked smile no braces sort of like JCole, confidence I had none head hang down low. At the moment I'm when I spit that verse on stage, everything changed for me bro. And so that's why when you see me I'm an advocate man, when you're uncomfortable you in a good place do the things that you don't want to do - think outside the box, go outside the box push yourself to be the best version of yourself because when I started rapping I still played basketball but it wasn't like the love I got from rapping, “ After the football games we’d be battle rapping on other people and the same people that used to bully me all of a sudden became my biggest supporters. They kept me out of harm's way a lot. The same people but just because now I had a voice, and I said in that other verse, “ When I put that pen to pad it gave me total inner peace.” And what I'm trying to get people to understand is that I took hip hop and I used it to speak on all the issues that I had in my life, it was a positive release Donnie Boivin: And that's why it worked Freddie Fri: Yes Donnie Boivin: And because a lot of what other people do whether they're in the speaking business, the music business... the whatever business, they're trying to be somebody else Freddie Fri: Right, yes Donnie Boivin: You were just sharing your story you just happened to do it in a — actually I'm surprised a method I enjoy [Both laughing] Donnie Boivin: Right which is not my MO by the way [laughing] Freddie Fri: Exactly [laughing] Donnie Boivin: You know but it's that sharing of that authentic message and that is beautiful, And you know it's badass because it takes courage to do two things, oneit took courage to get your ass on that stage Freddie Fri: Forreal Donnie Boivin: Two, it took courage to spit real lyrics that were your story that you had been living knowing that the people that will bullying you and everything else were fixing to hear that s*** Freddie Fri: Yeah for sure, for sure. And so it's so funny because I started not just solo I started with a group and we just became kind of the first to do so many things: the first to be on the radio, the first to be in a recording studio, the first to actually put a cassette tape out and different things of that nature Donnie Boivin: So for our younger listeners it’s this thing you put in your car like an 8 track [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: Oh man that was even before CDs man Donnie Boivin: Right. You had to have a cassette tape carrier in your car for all your different tapes and recorded with all your cool songs Freddie Fri: Can you believe how much- how far technology has come though. It’s unreal we’re here doing this because of technology on the real it's not how it used to happen I had to fly to wherever you’re at and we'll have to have a big old real recording [laughing] Donnie Boivin: And it'd be 20 guys Freddie Fri: Hey would have been exciting but knowing what we know now it would have been hard. Donnie Boivin: But the people don't know you've done these raps now 12 times in a row to get it right we just did all this no I'm kidding [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: One takes man, one takes. You know man I started doing the music man and I was able to- my thing is though I still had for me I always wanted to try to be successful From Oklahoma because I know people kind of think like when you were joking about dung in Oklahoma and all we do is ride horses and all that good stuff. And so I always try and make it from there and so my story is weird because I was having this success as a hip-hop artist that may not have been on a major major stream but I was having the success as a hip-hop artist but at the same time everything else in my life is kind of in shambles And so I graduate high school right like I said for McLean High School, the lowest performing school in this day but I was smart though. It was so easy to me, I actually graduated number for and I say this and I'm not kidding I've never had any homework I didn't have homework for 4 years and I graduated at number 4 in my class that's how easy the work was and I always look back- Donnie Boivin: Damn I wish I would have went to that school I mean we got homework, I didn't do it but I don't mean... Freddie Fri: Now hold on up now my brother Darryl Davis he does all our music that we do. He went to the same school where he had to study his butt off just to make C and I was like I don't know what you doing man... I don't know what you doing... Donnie Boivin: I graduated with like a 2.10. I don’t think you can get much lower and still get by Freddie Fri: And still graduate... you was right there on the cusp you know cusp with a “P” [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: So man so I graduated number 4 right. It was so easy, it didn't prepare me for the real world, and so I always look back and think I wish my dad would’ve put me in at better school because it would have pushed me a little bit more and so while I was at school I met this young lady and I was just walking down the hall and she was walking... pretty girl and I was like, “Girl what you doing?” and she's like I'm going and she kinda gave me some attitude you know what I mean fortunately I liked it and we started talking Now here's the deal guys and gals, when they show you the attitude when you first meet ‘em believe ‘em, that’s who they are.So I started a relationship with this young lady and we wind up having four kids: 1-2-3-4; 1-2-3-4. Donnie Boivin: Didn't somebody tell you how that s*** works? Freddie Fri: Oh man somebody said… aye, I was lost. the people ask me what were you thinking, I wasn't thinking at all, I had absolutely no sense you know what I mean Donnie Boivin: You were thinking it was just with the wrong head [laughing] Freddie Fri: Definitely the wrong one. But this is what so crazy see, the mindset it’s kind of like when my mom passed away. My dad was like ima take him in but I need to make sure I get somebody to like help take care of him and so kind of our thought processes is always that the women is go’n take care of the kids And so that was kind of my thought process and I was just kind of happy going through life I was this rapper and I was doing my rough stuff, but everything else… I was messing my credit up I started college and I dropped out really quick cause my mindset wasn’t there It was four of us in that group, and so in my final year the other guys that were part of the group they had already graduated but all of a sudden they started having money. I used to sell Candy on a truck called Mid American Teens and we'd have about $20 all we were balling, we were doing good these dudes were coming over with hundreds, thousands… I was like dude where are you getting all this money from? And you know it was the mid 80s and they were just like we’re selling drugs And I was like selling drugs, y’all crazy. Never do nothing like that you know that the thought processes that we had — I would never sell drugs. And so fast forward, I graduated high school, I got a kid still trying to do my music... the girl that I'm with they lived in the projects and so her brother was always kind of like man if you get it I'll sell it and I was like no I ain't messing with that stuff.. Had a baby, had a baby on the way, I was broke not only financially but also broken as a person and man I just told them and give me some. I’ll get it and I'll give it to him - got it, gave it to him we are in the projects I'm shooting dice, they are out there selling drugs. I'm the middle man that's what I became I picked it up and I dropped it off but I still was scared I had this fear in me I knew that that wasn't what I supposed to be doing and so I finally got enough guts up to try and sell it myself So we was in another project me and my kids’ mum and her friend and her husband and their kids and all of them in that apartment and somebody said that apartment right there the police are really watching it so you need to be careful if you're over there. So me and her friend's husband left we left some drugs in the house like I had a little bit and he had kind of a lot. The rumour in the hood at that time was cause it was so early on in the drug game that if the police raided the house if the girl put the drugs on her they wouldn't search it because she was a female. So we went where we went and came back and so when we came back to the apartment you can see like if you come around the curve you can see the apartment and we thought we saw police and our heart just dropped oh snap. Cause we knew there was drugs in the house and so we just kind of creeped on around and once we got around to the apartment there were no police cars there so we were like, “Whew, thank goodness.” But then her friend's mum bust out ,they had twins - they had two kids in her hands and she said, “Police just came and raid the place, they took both of the girls to jail!” And I’m like oh snap. So they done busted in the house my baby's mama put the drugs on her she put my little 20 two rocks and her bra, put his oz in her pocket and so where we were at was a different county so she she was getting booked at Osage County but then she had to go to Tulsa County to get booked in Well they found the drugs for the Osage County at the place, when she got down to get booked in at Tulsa they found my two 20 rocks so she got a charge there and she had the other charges. So my heart just dropped and I'm like damn my life is over man… I already know because her friend was singing like a canary, “that wasn't my stuff that was my husband stuff,” Bro that's why I always think my mom is my guardian angel, because throughout that whole process my name never came up. They took the charges from my baby's mama put it on him, my name never came up. And so that was a sign from God that was a gift from God and I was like you know and I’m out and I was out. Cause I never should have been in to begin with, I never went back and so got past that stage of life again like I said with the same young lady I have 4 kids. I had four kids by the age of 25 And it was like a normal day and I went to bed when I woke up I was different. I woke up and I was staring at my ceiling because I knew something was different I was like oh- you know how you blind right, it's like you're blind and the light is off and it's dark and you flip the light on and now you can see everything and that's what seems like happened to me. I can see all the stupid stuff I've been doing with my life. I could see how to see driving with no suspension, driving with no insurance, doing or selling the drugs, this that and the third. And the first thing I thought about it was I gotta get my kids. Cause me and the baby momma weren't together anymore so I was just kind of like going to see the kids from time to time and they were living in the hood for real like the worst part of North Tulsa they were living. And they went to the same schools, local form elementary. The smallest was 3 at the time and the oldest age 7. And so crazy how things happened and why you think though I got a call from her from their mum she's like you know I need you to get the kids from me for a little bit I'm kind of dealing with a rough patch I want to kind of strange stuff and I'm like I'll take them So I had a one-bedroom apartment right got the kids sleeping on pallets, four kids in the living room… they’re excited you know Donnie Boivin: Camping, right. Freddie Fri: Oh man they're having a ball and so she calls me a week later and she’s like ok I'm better can you bring the kids back I said yes I'll bring them back under one condition - if you call me again with this- cause in my mind I already know i'm gonna have them. I'm gonna raise em I already know, I just know the situation, I know I was doing a little bit better than she was. And so I said if you call me back again, they’re gonna live with me. And she says oh yeah whatever. And she drops the off and her sister calls me and says man freddie you need to really get those kids its a lot of stuff going on that you don't know nothing about And so, two weeks later - she calls me again, I go get the kids. First thing I did is went to their school which is kind of still crazy to this day because I don't remember showing any ID I don't remember doing nothing but I withdrew them from the school they were in and I were enrolled them in the school that I was that I was in — that was by my house living by the South Tulsa which is a much better neighborhood then where she lived. Got my all of them out my youngest one wasn't in school yet like I said she was only 3, 3 girls and a boy. Called me in three weeks later and said I'm doing a little bit better now…. I was like well, they don't even go to the same school anymore I took them under out of that school I say you go and get yourself in order and I got the kids. I have the kids. And so I’m sitting around here looking crazy I'm looking cray cray, 3 girls and a boy man can you imagine me tryna do some hair…? Come on man! Donnie Boivin: [laughing] Freddie Fri: ...come on man, I'm trying to do buns, I'm very hard to do. Hey hey here is the worst part though there was no YouTube I couldn't even look on YouTube to try to figure out how to do some hair. You know so I thought I was doing a good job but you know when my girl's got a little older they said dad you’re not allowed to touch my hair Donnie Boivin:... you are not touching my head [Both laughing] Freddie Fri.... you are not touching my hair though. It’s a funny thing happened though as I was raising my kids, I still look back now and I don't know how I mean I don't know how we did it but we did it. I was doing odd jobs, I was selling mixtape cds, I had a couple of good years with the music and I'll selling a lot of music… it was so crazy because I was learning entrepreneurship as I was raising them because I had to come up with so many hustles but where there is a will there's a way I created my own distribution line for my music and I was selling my music all across the country, you know. Just cash-on-delivery straight ups I send them a sample Apple people liked it, I was selling to Seattle, Louisville, Houston all over the place and they got a little bit older and I was a basketball guy so started coaching basketball that was my background I want to whoop so I started coaching I started with boys then I was dating a young lady she had a tall daughter. My oldest daughter was short but she was fast so when they want to 3 grader I started at real good team like we became one of the best teams in the country and we could play against anybody in fact off that team I had girls that wind up going to Baylor, Tennessee these are the colleges that they went to UCLA, Georgetown, ORU has some big-time kids of that team But I didn't know when I started coaching and coaching 3rd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade I was basically again preparing myself for what my actual business today is, which is hosting youth basketball tournaments so I parlayed the coaching that I was doing for free I was adding value to not only my kids life but to the many kids that I coached and I touched as I got a little bit older I was just doing the math like this guy got 60 teams on his tournament, how is charging x amount of dollars. we gotta pay at the door to get in,concession I said I'm gonna try this, so me and a partner of mine who actually was a guy whose daughter was on the team, we decided to start a company I think my oldest was... when we started that probably in the 10th grade and so we started this company, started hosting youth tournaments but here's the deal you said something about this little earlier. You said I was able to be successful because I was being authentic to myself, when we started the youth tournament business we wasn't really being authentic to ourselves we were trying to follow somebody else's model and so he did tournaments… he was like the guru of them, he would do one tournament of month or sometimes two, so we would try to do the same thing but not on the weekends that he was throwing them. I mean we were doing ok but I couldn't get ahead I was splitting money with him, we wasn’t making a lot of money and it's about three years later and it was a whole bunch of other things that I'm not even going to speak about 3 years later I made a decision, guess what? I got uncomfortable and I said I was 3 months behind on my rent and thank goodness that I had a landlord that was willing to work with me so I called my guy and I was like bro also everything, the name and all that you can keep all of that but I'm gonna do something different he's like man don't do that and I said nah I gotta do it cause I was doing a lot of work I made sure before I left I did all. I was trying to run it by myself so I knew I knew what I was doing. And so the first thing I did once I broke that relationship is of course, I came up with a new name and all of that good stuff I figured out the gaps, and so I work with Dr Eric Thomas and he has a man named CJ brilliant dude... you know he worked with Inky Johnson and some of these other big artists, big motivational speakers out there and one thing he always says is you need to figure out the gaps. What problem are you solving and I didn't even know CJ then but that's what I did at that moment in time which was probably about 10 years ago. I said ok I don't want to do it like we've been doing how we’ve been doing it, it’s not working we having tournaments but we're not getting ahead and so I said okay... so I started thinking From my basketball coaches side well we normally play tournaments over Friday, Saturday and Sunday most of the time. People always complained about playing Sunday I said ok that's one thing. Maybe I could have Saturday only tournaments I could just do them one day and if it's lucrative enough then I can make it work and another thing was we were following somebody else's model as far as trying to schedule one tournament a month trying to guess when people wanted to play and guess when they didn't want to play I was kind of like well, why not just have a tournament every week just kind of like make it like a job, just have one every Saturday. You know and then work hard on being very customer friendly and providing phenomenal customer service Donnie Boivin: Which is really hard to do when you're dealing with kids’ parents Freddie Fri: Woah! and coaches [laughing]. So man let me tell you though Donnie though, once I launched I mean again that was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life, for the last 10 years I've hosted a tournament every Saturday with the exception of the Saturday after Thanksgiving because that's the one I take off. If Christmas falls on Saturday I won't have one either but for the last 10 years and I promise you but you know the rent thing it was done in 3 or 4 months, I was good. One of the best decisions I ever made sometimes you gotta jump and people have been telling me that I should do it, should have done that a long time ago but I feel like things all happen at the right time and I think you with people for season for certain reasons for certain things you need to learn and grow from and but it wasn't easy you know. I've been dealing with the gentleman for a while and for me to say you know what I have to do what I have to do because I'm a great assistant coach, if me and you if you were the head I would be a great assistant coach but I'm even a better head coach... I'm a phenomenal head coach. I'm a great assistant coach but I'm a phenomenal head coach And some of you guys out there, you’re a great assistant coach you great at playing the background but you are a phenomenal head coach and you don't even know it because you've been scared to take the jump. You doing all the leg work for somebody else and you have dreams and you see the holes, you see the gaps, you see what they’re doing wrong and you know you can do it better but you're scared to do it. Don't be scared; go jump So I stop right there and say so some of you guys out there you hiking with slackers. Who’s in your circle, you know what I mean? And so I started teaching from the rap out go like 4, 5. 6, 8 bars whatever and I’d come to a key point and I’d stop and I start teaching and I'll jump right back into the rap and start teaching and at that very moment everything changed. I was like oh that's it right there and it came from me doing the Success Series, that’s was what the Success Series was there for me — to learn how to really use the hip-hop and make it really even more powerful Donnie Boivin: Because as I said man it's like we talked about before man, it's taking the music to them right? So you communicate to them at their level they can understand and embrace. You stacked up against some filthy nasty dirty rap lyrics out there right and I'm not busting on rap every genre of music does this Freddie Fri: Yeah yeah in their own way, in their own way Donnie Boivin: Yeah yeah yeah, you gotta think about it these kids when they're playing in their cars the music th rap they listen to is this to the stuff that's not a building them up - there was a Christian group called DC Talk and they were a white rap group and they really hit the scene hard one of the biggest Christian groups of all time it's because they were taking the music the kids were into and putting it into a message and that’s what you’re doing and the more you keep doing it I'm telling you man the world's gonna freaking open up to you Freddie Fri: Man it's pretty cool, it's fun to do you can see the light bulbs go off but my thing is like you talked about the music. The music is just filling them with negative vibes, negative emotions — there’s an opioid crisis and we got hip-hop artists is telling people to pop mollies and just pop mollies and she pop mollies and she did this and I did it to this chick and I made how much money selling drugs — if that's all that's feeding you then that's what you become My biggest story is people try to say that well peer pressure ain’t real. No, let me tell you peer pressure is real... let me tell you how real peer pressure is. Back when we were rappers I used to engineer the studio right? I had about 10 - 11 - 12 rappers that came to our studio all the time right. We all was doing clean rap, it was all clean - clean, fun nothing crazy about it. Then guess who came out, NWA. Donnie Boivin: [laughing] Freddie Fri: ...ice cube, and that was one of my favourite rappers Ice Cube but when Ice Cube came out, here's (inaudible) and within a year's time we all were cussing in our lyrics including me, all of us. So peer pressure is real the stuff that these kids are hearing feeling, especially before their cerebral cortex and their brain kicks in. Mine ain’t kicked in until I was 25 when I woke up that morning that's when my reasoning kicked into my brain. It doesn't kick in - so all they thinking is this is how I should be living. And so for me I try to as authentic as I can and I know they into bars, they into you saying stuff that's clever and things like that you can't come in there and be corny. And so once they get over the fact that I'm a little bit older than them, they’ll respect you when they know that you can really rap They respect me because they say this dude’s got - and you’ll know cause they say, “Bars! Ooh, bars!” that type of stuff so Donnie Boivin: They're like old dudes got tricks [laughing] Freddie Fri: Exactly. Exactly, I challenge them too. I tell them who hating toda, who don't think I can rap tell me I need that fuel. Where my haters at and I let loose on them and we have a good time Donnie Boivin: That's awesome dude, you know Freddie I mean kudos to you seriously because everybody has got their lane you know you found your lane, you found your place. You found your voice and you using your passion you love to change the youth coming up in the world. There's nothing more beautiful than that and I truly mean that because there is so much and ridiculous bad influence in this world you know somebody has got to be helping these kids coming up - it's not my calling right but I'm honoured that you're taking that on your shoulders Because that's a big mountain to move my friend Freddie Fri: Yes, it is. But that's my life and you know I'm excited about it. It's so funny because I can take the same thing that I do for the youth and I can go do it for adults and it works the exact same way Donnie Boivin: Right Freddie Fri: That's what’s crazy you know. But it’s all about reaching, teaching and adding more value, to people and that's kind of what my life mission is, and so if you can make a few coins along the way then that's all the more merrier as well Donnie Boivin: Exactly right, exactly right. Now Freddie I got to say this has been a blast I really have enjoyed the hell out of this conversation man. Let's do this, how do people get in touch with you, how do they find you if they want to make fun of your rap music — I mean, listen [Both laughing] Freddie Fri: Yeah that too, hey you can pretty much freddieFri.com is the website. Freddie Fri Motivation on all social media platforms for all the latest information. I'm really big now on the motivational voice over arena I work with a lot of big companies, basically my thing is I'm just helping a lot of people that were just like me that never thought they could go to another level and so everything that I talk about then I teach about is trying to help you overcome obstacles that you're face in life and it ain’t necessarily about you being from the richest person financially but it's finding a way to be the richest person internally. No matter what you have in your bank account because you are gonna have stuff so I'm just trying to help you overcome that stuff On my shoulder right now I got a little ice pack cause I had like a bump come up on my shoulder, dealing with drama uncertainty what is that, my wife is digging into it - it hurts but life hurts and I know that there's people out there that have got it a lot worse than me. So anyway Freddie Fri Motivation, freddiefri.com aye check me out and hopefully I can say a word or two that can help you go to another level in your life Donnie Boivin: Love that brother. Alright man here's our like to wrap up every episode and I do stump some people on this so stand by Freddie Fri: Ok Donnie Boivin: If you were gonna leave the champions of this show who listen to this show 78 countries around the world that tune in almost every day and if you were gonna leave them with a quote, a phrase, a mantra something they can take with them on their journey especially when they’re stacked up against it and going through it? What would be the quote or phrase you would say, remember this: ... Freddie Fri: Kill them with kindness... and murder them with success Donnie Boivin: Love it dude [laughing]. Freddie I appreciate it brother, this has been awesome. I really appreciate your time Freddie Fri: Hey I got to get down to Texas we got some bass fishing to do, let's go! [laughing] Donnie Boivin: Thank you so much for tuning into this one this is just a fun episode. I can’t tell you how I love an episode when I can laugh and joke all the way through it. So make sure you go and follow Freddie on all of his stuff and check out all of the stuff he’s into. You know Freddie is a regular in one of my Facebook groups called Success Champions. Come hang out man, he's constantly putting out some really cool content in there with all the other champions that are rising together. So if you wanna hang out with just a bunch of other badasses who are going forward, come hang out in the Facebook group Success Champions just go to groups type in the words Success Champions, a group will pop-up. Come hang out with us there and if you're looking to start a podcast please come hang out with us at So, You Want To Podcast come hang out with us there as well. So, You Want To Podcast click on the groups button it will pop up and come hang out with us guys we're looking forward to seeing you there. Appreciate you so much, I love you so much for listening to this episode. Share with a friend and give the review on iTunes and keep being badasses I'm proud of you, we'll see how big you can go thanks guys To book Freddy Fri or for more information -- freddyfrimotivation@gmail.com Follow Freddy Fri Motivation for WEEKLY MOTIVATIONAL VIDEOS and other content: Website -- http://www.freddyfri.com Twitter -- https://twitter.com/realplayya1000 Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/FredWins/ Instagram -- http://instagram.com/freddyfrimotivation LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddyfri/ If you enjoyed this episode, please Comment Share and leave a review... Want to start a podcast? https://www.facebook.com/groups/SYWTP/ Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group Success Champions https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuccessChampion

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