The Traded Life podcast is hosted by Greg Michelman, and today he is joined by TJ Carson, the Flippett King. TJ started out trading sports and memorabilia when he was younger and that helped him see the potential of trading. After the military, he found himself broke and tried to get a job in a candy factory, all without success. TJ eventually found love and collectibles again and redirecting his energy towards creativity, he began flipping memorabilia. Through his experience, Greg shares his wisdom of the importance of being around the people who are doing big things and not tolerating negative energy. Lastly, TJ encourages everyone to put themselves around those that are successful and to never give up chasing one’s dreams.
The Traded Life is a podcast dedicated to helping people understand that they can trade the life they have for the one they were meant to live. On today's show, Greg Michelman, the host, has an inspiring guest, the Flippett King, T.J. Carson. T.J. explains how his passion for sports and collectibles started at a young age when he would go to events with just pocket change and call the shop on Mondays to get what he desired. After joining the military, he had the idea to move in with his then-girlfriend who was in the navy. He ended up spending money on her and ultimately was left with nothing. It was during this time of hopelessness that he rediscovered his passion for collectibles. Inspired by his friend, Jeremiah, T.J. started working to keep busy and embraced his creative side. Jeremiah taught T.J. to recognize the good in his business. T.J. also opened up about his mantra of treating people the way you would like to be treated, giving back energy to those around him, and avoiding negative conversations. He has a group of people he can turn to for help. T.J. also admits that making money isn’t the drive but rather striving to live his best life. Lastly, T.J. credits the military for teaching him how to get the job done, his E.T. 's advice to “go where you are celebrated,” and his work with those in need of help as his biggest lessons. Tune into The Traded Life podcast to explore inspiring stories like T.J’s and get advice on how to flip the script to live your best life.
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Blog Post 1 -3 Tips to Appreciating Those Who You’ve Formed a Relationship With:
Life can be passing us by quickly and we often forget to truly appreciate those we’ve formed connections with. Especially in our closest relationships, we too often forget to show our appreciation. On this week’s episode of The Traded Life featuring Greg Michelman and guest TJ Carson, these two discussed the power of relationships, and of showing love and appreciation for those around us.
The two discuss how far back their relationship goes, and how much time has passed since their first meeting. TJ stated, “It's like a fart and a wind. You know? Absolutely. But the truth is, man. You know, we just, like, knowing you and and and and creating this relationship that we have. It's just been a grind, man.”
Having a close relationship with someone and forming a bond, while rewarding, can be a lot of work. Here are three tips to appreciating those you’ve formed a relationship with:
1. Take the time to genuinely thank them: You don’t have to hide behind generic “thank you’s” that tend to get lost in the fold. Genuinely express your appreciation for those who are closest to you and be sure to give details as to why you appreciate them.
2. Show your appreciation through acts of kindness: Buying someone a small gift, doing something special for them, or even just a simple card are all acts that shout appreciation.
3. Listen to each other: Communication and spending quality time is key to maintaining any relationship. In order to show love and appreciation, make sure to actively listen and stay in the moment when talking to each other.
Listen to this week’s episode to hear more about relationships and showing love and appreciation for those around us, and to be inspired to take action with the tips provided above.
Blog Post 2 -3 Tips for Appreciating Yourself:
Our relationship with ourselves can be a tricky one. We give too much attention to others, but often forget to take a step back and practice self-love. On this week’s episode of The Traded Life featuring Greg Michelman and guest TJ Carson, they discussed the importance of appreciating yourself and how to start forming a relationship you love.
As TJ said, “I'm blessed to be here. I'm blessed for the relationship that we formed over the years together, you know, and I appreciate you, man. I really want you to know that.” Making sure to acknowledge those around us, including ourselves, is a difficult task but can be a rewarding one.
These three tips can help get you started in your journey to appreciating yourself:
1. Find something you’re good at and put in effort to develop it: Whether it’s public speaking, drawing, singing, or anything else, taking the time to work on a skill can do wonders for your mental wellbeing. Efforts put into your abilities will be rewarded with a boost of confidence and happiness.
2. Create a ‘Self Care Sunday’: Setting aside time for yourself to do something you love. It can give you something to look forward to and will help you stay connected to yourself. Take a cooking class, go for a long run, read a book– make it something that will be beneficial and enjoyable to you.
3. Take a moment of intentional stillness: Take a few moments
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[Unknown] . You wouldn't be where you're at now."
[00:01:23] "Let's start this podcast off with that. Like, so love and appreciation to the people that helped to get to where you're at. You're definitely 1 of a bra."
[00:02:27] "Don't just do it. How did you get into all that? What do you know, where did all that started?"
[00:02:33] "Collectibles have been my jam since I was, like, 8 years old. Like, since I can remember, probably it was even before 8 years old."
[00:05:43] "I joined the Air Force, and I did that for four years and then I got out and I went back to flipping."
[00:06:54] "We all, bro. I mean, that's what we do. That's how that's how we get to where we are now. Right? I mean, we talk about it all the time, but, like, our life experiences are exactly how we get to where we're at now. Right?"
[00:07:05] "If you didn't have those, and if everything was just smooth fucking sailing, you didn't have it. You wouldn't be where you're at now."
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[00:01:23] "Let's start this podcast off with that. Like, so love and appreciation to the people that helped to get to where you're at. You're definitely 1 of a bra."
[00:01:32] "I still remember hearing from everything. Yeah. I still remember the first time I met you in Utah."
[00:01:51] "It's like a fart and a wind. You know? Absolutely."
[00:02:03] "We've just been, you know, head down, getting this stuff done that we need, reaching out to each other, reaching out inside."
[00:02:27] "Don't just do it. How did you get into all that? What do you know, where was all that started?"
[00:02:33] "Collectibles have been my jam since I was, like, 8 years old. Like, since I can remember, probably it was even before 8 years old."
[00:02:41] "My dad was real in the sports cards and, you know, he was a hobbyist. He collected sports cards and he had a little sports card shop in the basement of our house."
[00:03:09] "I had my own table at, like I said, from 8 to, like, 12, I had my own table. And I used to hustle cards for a dollar apiece. I used so I had the whole table full card and back then a dollar was good money, you know."
[00:04:25] "I would go to the big shows with, like, 7 to 800 bucks in my pocket, and I'd be buying wrestling figures."
[00:05:03] "I would literally buy it for 50 bucks and sell it for, you know, a hundred or something. I wouldn't gouge them too bad, but I was flipping, and that's kind of how I got started and flipping."
[00:05:21] "I know what I wanted to do; you know. And I was still kind of, like, hard from 09:11. Right? Like, 09:11 was still on my mind that happened, you know, 99 a graduate or 3, so a couple of years prior."
[00:05:43] "I joined the Air Force, and I did that for four years and then I got out and I went back to flipping."
[00:06:54] "We all, bro. I mean, that's what we do. That's how that's how we get to where we are now. Right? I mean, we talk about it all the time, but, like, our life experiences are exactly how we get to where we're at now. Right?"
[00:07:05] "If you didn't have those, and if everything was just smooth fucking sailing, you didn't have it hard for anything you ever had. You probably wouldn't be where you are now doing the things that you're doing and pushing to be your, you know, your greatest self."
[00:07:22] "At 37 years old, I have finally come to a realization, and this just happened soon. Like like or this just happened recently. This wasn't something that, like, I thought of 5, 6 years ago by literally sitting there and I realized that finally at 37 years old."
[00:06:32] "I had this grandiose idea that, like, we were going to end up moving in together, but the funny thing was she was married. Like, she was married and here I am, you know, dating a married girl expecting this life together, it was just stupid as I look back on it now."
[00:07:40] "If God would have given me exactly what I wanted, when I wanted it, my life would be nowhere near as good as it is now."
[00:08:00] "What I want to tell people out there is you have no clue that no eyes have seen, no ears have heard, what's in store for you, man? If you guys keep adding an attack, the possibilities are endless."
[00:08:15] "At that time, I literally wanted to move in with the married girl. And even to say this, I wanted to go work in a candy factory."
[00:09:34] "To imagine that that right now, I get the upper team to to shine my light and share my stories with other and come on podcasts like this is man, it's amazing to me."
[00:09:57] "She would never happen either. Best we may ever happen. Yeah. Absolutely. I agree."
[00:10:33] "So I literally did something that was probably the hardest thing that I've ever had to do in my life that most people, you know, will have to do in their life at some point. It's probably going to be the hardest thing that they have to do if they got to ask for help. Like, you got to ask someone to help you."
[00:11:04] "I reset my mom. I said, mom. I said, "Can I stay at your house? And she's like, why? I got a roommate."
[00:11:08] "My mom had a roommate who lived upstairs. He was paying her rent. And I'm like, shit. Like, alright. Cool. She's like, yeah. Call me. You can stay in the basement. And I'm like, I don't. So, like, I stayed in my mom's basement and felt like shit for a while. I
[00:11:29] "A bell is hard when you're heartbroken."
[00:11:56] "We always go to the shit that's going to even put us we're just fucking there."
[00:12:23] "I was drinking vodka in the basement, listening to Adele on repeat, like, crying my eyes out."
[00:12:59] "I found love again through collectibles, you know. And I ended up getting a little Logan Matt Carter with Matt Carter and I started adding picture frames."
[Unknown] "It brought purpose to my life. It brought joy to my life."
[00:14:05] "When you're doing work to keep you busy, it's probably when your most creativeness pops through."
[00:14:24] "So I would like to cut these scripts that have been mapped or with a little, like, small, like, like, razor blade, and I would start doing all these fancy designs and fancy cuts and eventually sell them to people at the flea market."
[Unknown] "And then I started matting stuff up and then I used that money to buy collectibles and then I would listen on eBay, and then I would sell it."
[00:15:34] "I learned a ton from him, you know, just from hanging around him, just from being around him over the years."
[00:15:57] "He taught me what the items are worth."
[00:16:33] "If it wasn't for him, you know, showing him the joys of collectibles when I was a kid, who knows what could have happened to me?"
[00:16:47] "I stayed out of trouble because my mind was focused on building collections and flipping to other people."
[00:17:10] "I think success is more attributed to the relationships they make with people more than anything else."
[00:17:39] "When you burn so many bridges and ruin those relationships with so many people, it's it's it's really hard to develop good core people that, you know, you can reach out to."
[00:18:05] "You have to understand the value or else you're going to lose your shirt. That's probably 1 of the most important things."
[00:18:32] "You have to learn how to deal with people because not everybody's an enjoyable person to be around either."
[00:18:40] "You kind of have to play both sides of it, but you have to have a heart for it also."
[00:18:50] "That energy just connects. And you have these great conversations, and it takes on a life of its own."
[00:19:22] "My wife and I were just talking the other day because she remembers me back from high school. I got 3 years on her, but we still went to the same school. She's you were the fucking most angry looking person. I would never wanna interact with you."
[00:19:46] "It's kind of amazing when you look back on your journey and stuff in life and you realize those monumental moments, those things that help you turn yourself around, to make you a better communicator or make you a better people person, which now also helps build your brand more because you're someone likable who people wanna be around."
[00:20:20] "I truly try to be a leader. Like, I look at everybody that I come up with. And I just think when I interact with them, like, like, how would I like to be treated? You know? Like, like, how would like, even if it's something so small."
[00:20:51] "It's a measurement. So, like, I look at that. So, I know I won't send a message out to somebody that I read measurements for on a t- shirt. I will send a message after it says measurements. I'll say, hey, I really like your t-shirt. Give me a favor and measure it. From chest to chest. Please, you know, thank you."
[00:21:09] "And the world has gotten so caught up with this quickly. I just need to do it the fastest way possible so that they forget that we need to communicate with people properly, you know?"
[00:21:44] "I always look at my communication with people. It is how I would, like, treat it. Man, no, that's a cliche statement, but it's really true. Like, you know, I want to treat everybody as though I would like to treat it."
[00:22:02] "Sometimes getting into that competition is going to set your day so far away from where you want it to be that it's naive or do you just walk off?"
[00:22:46] "You look up the fucking oh, sorry. I mean, it cuts. Like, look up the prices on either. You can't tell me the same word that's going up, like, back and forth."
[00:23:05] "I wouldn't treat somebody like that. Like, I you know, I wouldn't yell at a customer about eBay prices when you're at a flea market bro. Like, everybody's at a clean market to find a deal, but, you know, that's how some people choose to act, and I just feel that that's not the way I do business."
[00:23:40] "And the fact that I still hit on another customer like that makes me not want to do business with it. So Doesn't Burrow Truth be told?"
[00:23:52] "I'm big on energy. And so, when you're in my space and you're fucking my energy up, And I still have and you're just talking about New Yorkers. Right? Like, I do carry an edge, but it's not an edge. Like, get the fuck away from me. Like, I'm aggressive. Yes. And how I speak, but I love I genuinely fucking love people. And if you come into my space, we're gonna laugh, we're going to have a good time. But if you bring negativity, negativity and negative energy, you're out. I don't even I"
[00:24:20] "don't even I don't even anymore, bro. I don't even the conversations that are that are evolve around negativity anymore because it just brings everything down."
[00:24:41] "As much as you are now, you didn't want company. You're like you're like I'm the 1 to be around right now. And like you just said, you went to 1 party. Drinking. And, yeah, what's the first thing that happens? Like, everything that's revolving around you is negative. And then so now you're putting that out into the universe, and guess what happens, the result is negative."
[00:25:01] "When I start getting positive, acting positively, having positive relationships like 1 you and I have where our conversations are uplifting or, you know, 1 guy's not sure what to do, and then we help each other out. And then we figure out our problems and then boom. And it's like, damn, I love talking. Every time I talk to that guy, I get fired. I come off the pole, fire up, and I'm ready to take on it. That's type of shit I want in my life."
[00:25:23] "But I'll even do, like, 3 minutes. Even if it's, like, 3 minutes, it's, like, yeah. Like, let's do this. Yeah. It's so mad. Oh, my gosh. It's a cocker. True. I mean, I Yeah. Still, man. I have I have you know; it's been 1 of the downsides. I'll be honest of where I live now and, like, being in the circles that we have is that yeah, like you and I don't live far from each other and we keep talking about, you know, trying to get together anyway because we don't live terribly far. But again, everybody has life or shit going on. But People in my immediate area, like, in my vicinity, are like, I love a lot of people, bro. Like, I have friends going back many years not a knock on them, but the truth is where I'm trying to go."
[00:26:16] "I have to be my own energy, or I have to get on calls with you. Right? I have to get on calls with people I know. Because it keeps our energy elevated. It keeps our mind occupied."
[00:26:32] "It's like you're almost like this unspoken competition. Even though I'm not competing with you and I'm super like, I'm proud of you and I'm happy for everything you're doing. I'm like, I see you elevate? Shit. I'm like, fuck. I gotta elevate."
[00:27:34] "I don't care. If you're happy doing whatever. You know, if you're making sweat out in an hour doing that, and that's dope. Well, you can mess with you."
[00:27:52] "But if you're making sweat out in an hour doing that, and that's dope. Well, you can mess with you. But I see a lot of people have that lifestyle. They smile. They love their life, bro. Yeah. They drink on the weekends. They're happy. Good. Yeah. That's dope."
[00:28:06] "People say money can't buy happiness. Well, you know, I've been broken, and I have a little bit of money now, and I'm not rich by any means, but I'm a hell of a lot happier now than I was back then."
[00:27:57] "Don't bring that shit to me because there's plenty of opportunities right now to get you out of that 12-hour range."
[00:28:41] "We weren't meant to live as slugs that just kind of roll with the punches and, you know, live in disappointment. Like, we're, like, especially those that are in America right now, you're living in the greatest country in the world."
[00:29:17] "I truly believe that if I would had the shit that I prayed for, bro, like, I I'd probably be homeless, to be honest, which because I probably would have pissed away everything that I asked for."
[00:29:57] "Like, I had friends. I've always had a lot of friends, but I never had real people in my life. I don't think, like, people that I had real conversations with that you know, we could hold ourselves accountable for the things that that, you know, we're trying to accomplish. We could talk about some real shit that's on our mind."
[00:30:17] "Most of the friends, it wasn't like that. It was usually just kinda party and joking, kicking it. But I can honestly say that over the last couple of years, I've gathered a few people that I can really lean on if I need anything."
[00:30:53] "I look back and I've had that conversation with people like, I didn't have deep conversations, most of the time, even still when we see each other, we don't spend time talking about business and making money and making moves and elevating each other, which is either with reminiscing about some shit that happened in the past or we're just talking shit, which is what we're doing."
[00:31:15] "It's almost weird. It's like listening to you say it. Maybe because my mind is at a different level. Your mind is at a different level now. The people we meet now, that's especially because our connections are being made in a lot of cases in these groups. So, if I met you in the den or I met like Jeremiah in the den, we're obviously all looking in search of something. That's big."
[Unknown] • “Your core values start to align, and things start to get into alignment. Of course, the conversation's going to be different.”
[Unknown] • “When I went through some of my worst times, they were the first fucking people there and I love them for that, and I'll always love them for that.”
[Unknown] • “Either someone sent me something on messenger or somebody hit me up on Instagram or for example today, I put a post up in Apex. And Jessica Denny who I've become friendly with texting me, yo, you good? Like, you need anything and that's a type of shit. That I think changes for us as we get into these groups.”
[Unknown] • “But the conversation's definitely elevated, and it helps us elevate our lives man. I mean, I I'm just looking to live my absolute best life. Whatever that looks like, you know, do I.”
[00:33:30] "But our goal might be different, but the journey is still fucking there, and I want to be a part of it. You know? It's just fun. It's fun."
[00:34:36] "We don't when we talk, we don't really talk about the past. Maybe a little bit, like, hey, how's the go and how's business? But we ain't talkin about 2, 3 years ago. Like, we talked maybe about 233 years ago how we met."
[00:34:47] "But our conversations are usually based on where we're going. You know?"
[00:35:21] "My joy comes from talking about the future, like, talking about what we can do, what we can create, what we can build, what we can become."
[00:35:31] "And I'd be excited about something that happened 20 fucking years ago, but I can be excited about getting off the call with you where we're like, Yo. I got this and this and this y'all. Alright. I'm some help you. This is what you got to do, and you get off."
[00:35:44] "If I told you guys something happened 5 years ago, yeah. It was 5 years ago, bro, like, whatever, you know? Like, your energy is just I want to tell you funny. Can I tell you a funny story, bro?"
[00:35:57] "Company. My boy, I have a very close friend for a lot of years. When I was really struggling, he helped me out. Monetarily speaking in a lot of ways, he was also a really good friend. And so we've stayed friends, but he has no real love, huge aspirations or anything like that."
[00:36:51] "Man, I went into this parking lot full battery, but it's known it's, like, half section 8. I'm not knocking. I'm just saying I'm just giving you, like, we're talking about energy and how important it is. I literally walked in, and I went from a full battery because I went to the gym, I had my whole day, and then I went over there to have a barbecue, and I
[00:38:02] "It's become so important to me to connect with people the same way you're talking about."
[00:38:08] "you said something really important, man. You said you said that's not where I belong. And I think that is such an important thing to learn about himself in life, you know, is is where you belong."
[00:38:29] "Go where you're celebrated, not where you're tolerated."
[00:39:01] "That's why these groups have been a game changer for me. I think a lot of us have fast tracked, you know, I think our growth has been accelerated because of it."
[00:39:11] "Had we not found these places? I think we would have found our way. But when you get into these groups, and it just fast tracks you because everybody is not everybody."
[00:40:13] "You're, like, combining 10 years of experience, someone else's life experience is being poured into you, so you can literally avoid all the mistakes and all the bullshit in a shorter period of time."
[00:40:23] "So if you were originally gonna become a millionaire in 20 years, maybe it takes you 10 now because you're learning and elevating and all this stuff."
[00:40:43] "I appreciate your service, bro. I mean, it's such a huge thing for people to step up and do that kind of thing."
[00:41:08] "People care and think about them. So, I didn't necessarily seek it out. It was pretty much where I was at in my life and 09:11."
[00:41:33] "I said right there, you know, I said, well, I'm joining the military. That's what I'm gonna do."
[00:42:27] "I got washed back in basic training, so I had to go back because I was going through the pit in the lunch line."
[00:43:01] "They asked me who my who my first sergeant was, and it was crazy."
[00:43:11] "mama, but They asked me who my first sergeant was, and I couldn't answer. Like, I literally blacked out. Like, I just froze. I couldn't do anything."
[00:43:46] "My mom, because my graduation, was supposed to be that weekend before they kicked me back the week after. And she had gotten nonrefundable plane tickets. So she was there for my graduation, and I never she never got to see me graduate."
[00:44:09] "So I got 1 hour with her, 1 hour while she was there in San Antonio. I'm from Pennsylvania, you know."
[Unknown] "And then I made a decision. I'm going to do everything I can to get through it. And I got through it."
[00:45:20] "I remember I was fixing equipment that nobody else could fix again. Like, you know, generators."
[00:46:31] "The discipline when needed, you know, and 1 of the things that I learned at the military is you work until you get the job done, you know, and we did. Like, literally, we did you know, 14-hour days if needed to get the job done."
[00:46:46] "In civilian life, I realize a lot of people won't work like that. You know? Like, my 8 hours are up, time to go home, peace, you know, and me, like, if shit still needed to get done, it still needed to get done regardless of how many hours I work. You know, and that's something that definitely transferred over into notes."
[00:47:04] "I mean, hell, we did, you know, 12 plus hours in Korea and then if you got stuff in Mach 4, which was well, I think the highest level of maintenance, you know, you had to stay until it was done."
[00:47:53] "You got to get this shit done. Like, that's what you got to do. You got to list your file items today. You know, I pre stamped it, but list your items and ship your items in the same day, you know, stuff like that. And I think that's helped me a lot because I don't have the okay. It's 04:00 from the go home mentality. I am alright. I got this and this to do. And if it's 6, 7, 08:00, then it is what it is. That's what I got to do to get done."
[00:48:14] "But what I found out is the more days that I spend doing the 10 hours and doing what it takes to get it done. The fewer days I have to stay longer because I've already got it done."
[00:48:32] "Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. Like, I still have people that I don't know. You know, I still still refer to them all. Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. Some people, you know, really appreciate it. Some don't. But it's not even just saying, yes, sir. Yes, man. People , it's showing them respect from the beginning -- Right. -- from the minute you meet them, showing them that respect. And that's another thing that I think a lot of people don't do."
[00:48:54] "You know, these relationships that, you know, people just sometimes come off are rough. But, you know, if you show them that respect from the beginning, then it's a lot easier to get along with people."
[00:49:04] "No doubt about it. Well, I got a few more minutes, but I didn't want to not at least talk about it. But you talk about working at the shelter and all that stuff. And, you know, it just it really just speaks volumes about the type of guy that you are, like the type of guy who knows who you are and we're talking about being a go giver and, you know, energy and all that stuff."
[00:49:24] "But, you know, how did you get into that line of work, if that's a good way of putting it? Yeah. That's a great way of putting it. You know, and and what does it do for you? You know what I mean? I would imagine as much as people rely on you, it's almost like a little bit of an energy boost for you to put your time and effort into to help others out as well?"
[00:49:48] "It was a mistake. That's crazy. The soonest thing up. What do you think about it? But it was actually I just dropped my pod. Let me see if I can grab that. But it's crazy to think about now, but it was a mistake. So, this is going to be a couple minutes, but I ended up going to school for criminal justice. Right? I went to community college for criminal justice."
[00:50:30] "And While I was doing that, there was a project that came about in 1 of the classes, a volunteer project that was called an adopted apartment project And I've said, well, this sounds pretty cool. You know, I ended up doing this as an adopted apartment project, and I helped out this family. It was a woman and her 2 kids. It was her I think 2 it was 2 2 or 3 kids, I couldn't remember. And we went there, and we literally furnished this full apartment. I mean, we put food."
[00:51:17] "Mommy, is that where I'm sleeping?"
[00:51:19] "No sweetie. No sweetie. That's your bed. You get to sleep in that bed."
[00:51:34] "At that moment, I say, you, this is something that this is something that I could do. I really wanna focus on helping people instead of the opposite, which would have been incarcerating people and making sure everybody's following the law."
[00:52:41] "I got these pipes up in the air that shouldn't inform me. So, I ended up coming back and then I ended up becoming a program director and then I ended up becoming executive director and now running the whole organization. But that was a mistake, bro. It was straight up it was a volunteer."
[00:53:09] "The thing I was the most embarrassed about was the fact that I was living in my mom's basement and that, you know, I got denied the candy factory job and everything."
[00:53:39] "It's just amazing how God works and how this world works, and you think of your lowest points in life and and 1 day you're going to look back on them and be able to share that story and help inspire others."
[00:54:03] "There's things there are people out there that don't really work, but to do most is really just this good people that got put into some really bad situations, you know, how to fire. You know, made some really stupid choices when they became addicted to substances and but, you know, I think, overall, that every human's got the capability to do right and be a good person."
[00:54:33] "And I got guidance on our Board of Directors that started off as a client, you know. So that's that's definitely it's humbling, and it's a blessing to be able to help so many people."
[00:55:17] "It's to give back to others. And you find the people that serve themselves constantly, don't usually make it. It's the ones that mostly serve others because it comes back to you."
[00:56:04] "My appreciation for you and our friendship is something that cannot be overstated. So, I just want to leave you with that and we're just still at the bottom level as far as on the crazy relationship. We stopped -- Yeah. -- you know, mountaintops to climb here together as friends and brothers, whatever, but I'm always here for you."
[00:55:42] "Reality is our relationships are based on just that relationships and giving back to each other on a mental level, you know, where we're just helping each other out, try to elevate, you know, whatever we're going through."
[00:56:48] "It's enjoyable. It really is enjoyable, man, and I'm truly blessed to be on your podcast and I'm not even going to hit you with the appreciation you invite me. I'm just going to tell you this."
[00:57:09] "It's not about the time. Like, I just told you, you know, I have a closer relationship with you and a lot of other people than I do with people that I have known for 20 some years. I mean, it's just the way it goes because of our conversations and, you know, where we're trying to go with our lives and and, you know, it just can't, it can't go unnoticed. That's for sure."
[00:58:18] "Our goal in the shelter is going to be at some point. We want to build another 1 in our county because we're currently full. We get guys that show up at the door that we can't serve. So, our goal is definitely to be doing that."
[00:57:41] "I'm going to take your socials from you anyway and post them in show notes afterwards so people can find you."
[00:58:49] "If you got something you're going through in life, if things happen, flip it. That's my motto."
Topics
Living an Authentic Life with the Flippett King
The Thrill of Collecting Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles
Living a Dream: Young Love & Joining the Military
Financial Struggles After Transitioning Out of the Military
Finding Love Through Collectibles and Keeping Busy Through Creativity.
The Benefits of Learning From an Experienced Mentor
Leadership and Its Impact on Personal Growth
The Power of Positive Communication
The Power of Positive Thinking
Supporting Others Through Tough Times
The Value of Having Supportive Friends
Pursuing Your Dreams and Achieving A Better Life
Finding Belonging at 18 Years Old.
The Benefits of Coaching and Mentorship
The Impact of PTSD on Veterans
The Value of Hard Work in Civilian Life
The Joy of Making a Difference in Peoples' Lives
The Impact of Homelessness on Job Opportunities
Building a Profitable Online Business with Flipping Collectibles
Surround Yourself with People Doing Big Things
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