Greetings, greetings. Welcome to another episode of Truth, Two Power. I am your host, Tyler Serrell, tonight. And tonight, I want to talk about housekeeping.
This is the only housekeeping episode. I really want to review it here. I know it's been a minute since we've talked, or since you heard my voice on this podcast, but I really, really, really wanted to talk to the audience before the years of the week. And also to put some things into perspective.
Okay, I really want to put some things into perspective. All right. So I haven't been on my podcast, I can use them. Doing other things, writing books, doing more movie premieres, actually, directed movies, doing documentaries, having taken me away from this part of my life, this documentary part of my life.
And I've been telling people I've been saying and watched this space because next year, Truth, The Power is going to be on a different format. You won't just be here, my voice through a microphone, you'll actually be seeing my face, you'll actually be able to interact with me. I'm going to do more of a live type deal, most likely from my moves on the site. My moves on the internet site, I've been working on that.
And also, I wanted to just say thank you for all of the people that's been by my side too. The turmoil that I've been through this year, it started off as a tough year for me, but somehow I made it through, somehow I really made it through. And I made it out better than I did when I entered the year from a financial mental, physical, and spiritual standpoint. So I want to thank everybody that's still by me.
I know it's hard. Like I said, I have the temperament of a landmine. Just one role step, then it could be like, boom, I can blow up on you. And I just want to tell the people in my life that I really appreciate them for standing by me, sticking by me and being around me for this period of time.
Thank you. Thank you so much. And the people that just refused to just let me go. There are people that, you know, I may push them away, but they just keep on coming at me.
They just keep on fighting for me. So I really appreciate you guys. There was on personal note. And also, the housekeeper episode is always on personal note, for the most part.
But also, no truth about this, my political arm, about my podcast. I have the game also where we discuss relationships from a social business and romantic standpoint. So that's going to be coming back in a video format. The meter is we're going to get that started again.
And we're going to, next year, we're going to add a third person, which will be a female. Once again, you'll be able to see our faces. We're going to be on the video format. And we're going to add a female to the podcast.
So, I hope you guys are ready for that. As far as housekeeping goals though, I talk about housekeeping because, you know, sometimes I don't think that we value our space and our energy as much as we should. This year, I've learned a lot about that. This year.
I didn't really lose too many people. This year, like I did last year. And when I say lose people, I mean, like cutting people off from my life that I realized that was not good for me. That was not helping me elevate in life.
That was not helping me in any facet of my life. They were just taking and taking and taking. And then they attempted to leave me bone drive, right? From every standpoint, physical, mental spiritual and financial.
They attempted to read me bone drive. They just attempted to do that. And I have been more hyper-visioned in my efforts to protect myself and protect the people around me. And the way that I do that is by being able to quickly identify attributes and people and place them in a certain category.
Like my brother made papers with say, that's when you pull out that long handle of bone and you feed them from afar. But for me, it's not just a long handle of bone, it's a long handle of bone attached to a ladder. I attached to a ladder because I want to be able to feed you. If you're no good for me, I want to be able to feed you from a distance and also from a place where I could look up and see you.
It's gotten to the point, right? Where you have to identify certain attributes and people. And nobody's going to point out some attributes and people that you got looked out for, that you don't need around you. One attribute are a person that's always willing to take, but not willing to give.
And some people may say, hey, why don't you have a conversation with people and tell them to deal more? And our response is always the same. Listen, we are all adults. We know when somebody is giving more than we are.
We know, we know. And if a person is willing to just give, just willing to take everything from you and not willing to give or even just check on you and see how you're doing. And that's the person that you're only eating your life. When people make it clear to you that they don't respect you or that they don't see the work that you put them in or the effort that you put them in to protect them and make their life better, then those are people that you can't help.
Those are people that are going to drown. And in a word of 50 cent in his book, Hustle harder, not smarter. Hustle harder, hustle smarter. Excuse me.
He had an excerpt up in the book where he said, you know, when somebody is drowning as a lifeguard, it is best that two people, people will between the two of you because that person will pull you down with them and the both of you will drown. It is best for you to hit that person in the mouth and knock them out, then above you drown together. So that's why you have a piece of wood between the both of you when you're drifting to save somebody's life. That's why one of those lifeguard things that they have on their own own own own own own own own own but keep a piece of foam or wood between you guys so that both of you don't drown.
But once you see a person drowning, it is best to save yourself. You will do better by letting that person drown than both of you die. And that may seem harsh, that may seem callous, that may seem selfish to some people, but it's not. It truly isn't.
Some people refuse to be helped. Some people refuse to be saved. Some people just want to drown. And instead of going down with them, it is better for you as an individual to save yourself, okay?
To save yourself. People can't be helped in their way, man. And this comes from somebody that is supposed to be an agent of change. I'm realizing certain things about the human species outside of my profession, of course.
I'm realizing a couple of things. Everybody can't be helped, where is the net in hustle? Everybody can't go. Suck a guy's mouth.
I think that was something on there. Everybody can't go. Some people just cannot be helped. And I've learned that this year.
I've learned to keep my distance from certain people because for people's sake, and let me tell you something, I have a friend. I have a friend. And this is how I knew the person was gonna be a part of my life forever. This is how I knew the person was bound for me.
And it would be down for me to take a thing, right? I have a friend that told me, I said, hey, if I spend a dollar on somebody, this is about to my friend, if I spend a dollar on somebody, if you take a two-speed spend, 25 cents on me. First thing she told me was, I got a quarter. First thing she told me, I got a quarter.
Without, it hasn't taken without questioning me. But why I got to spend this money on? Well, why I got to do this? Or you want to get back, but not unless she was like, I got a quarter.
You know, I never forget that day. I will never forget that day. I said, damn. I was literally flabbergasted at the way.
That somebody had that much care for me, or that much genuine love for me. And for those who don't know, I was locked up this year. For some, I didn't do, of course. But I was locked up this year.
I didn't panic, I didn't fold, I was calm, I was the whole process. Everybody knows me, knows me, knows. And that same is a friend. And this is why I talk about people in your life, they mess with you for real.
That same is a friend did everything nice without, with the exception of holding a damn search party for me, because everybody thought I was missing or everything called, she called every hospital. She called every jail. Everything she could possibly do to see if I was okay. She did that.
Those are people that you keep in your life. Those are the people that you keep in your life. Because once again, I got to quote a lot of people today because I'm getting a lot of, and I like these quotes. Let me tell you something.
You know, Jason Black, when he said, listen, there are a lot of people in this world, but there is not a lot of people that willing to be committed to you. And once you find somebody like that, you want to hold on to them because it's rare. It is rare, but unfortunately, don't treat it like that, man. People do not treat it like it's just whatever.
People are some ungrateful pastors, man. And as you go type, you will encounter them. People are some ungrateful pastors. They don't even know what it takes for what you do for them.
I remember a time, and this is when I was standing in the heart of New Orleans, I was standing in the heart of New Orleans, my sister called me, shout to my sister. She said, it's a big favor to ask you. I said, what is this? She said, I need to borrow some money.
I said, how much? I don't think she buys me a raise for $1000. She said, $200. I had to do my party.
I said, you know what this is? I said, what do you want me to meet you? I think it was money. The whole thing I didn't like was, she said, oh, thank you, Jesus.
I was like, you don't think I like me, the whole thing. But that's all that I didn't like about that didn't count. But she said, she was like, thank you. I dropped out of the money.
And my sister will not let me forget that. I don't even bring it up. But she will not let me forget that. There's one time when we helping out, when she needed it, it was a small favor in my opinion, but she will not let me forget it.
Not through her worries, but through her actions. And she got my back level. And I'm a friend believer that you can't buy loyalty. You can't buy love.
You can't buy anything in that. But let me tell you, this goes for everybody. Who has somebody in your life that is financially making sure that you're straight, financially helping you, then I would suggest that you hold on to that person. Because first off, you don't know what it took for the person to get that money.
You don't know how string you're with. It was the mental and physical hardship that the person had to go through to get that money or to get those things. And they're willing to share them with you. And another thing is you don't even know if that's that person's life.
And I worry with my father, if I love you, I will give you my legs. Me, myself, I have a low tolerance for silly shit, for bullshit. And right now I'm correcting everything, all the mistakes I made this year. Right now, if you listen to this podcast, we may or may not be on speaking terms during the New Year's, who knows?
But if you have been solid throughout my time this year, when I was going through turmoil, when I was going through hardships, when I couldn't sleep, when I was depressed, when I was hurting. I want to say emotional standpoint. When I was hurting from an emotional and mental standpoint, and you stood in your pocket with me, guess what? I got your back, but help.
I got your back, but help. But on the flip side of that, if you chose to be a selfish bastard, and I'm grateful bastard, then I'll go into it and let you go. And I give you any notice either, because I deserve happiness, and I deserve the continue to do nothing. Now, that controls the episode of Truth of Power.
I make this personal, because most of my house keep an episode of our personal. But I want you guys to be able to relate to me, and to understand that, you gotta clean up your house. Keep your house clean. Keep your energy clean.
And if people are for you, please cherish them. Please do. Because it's a wicked world out here. And people that cherish you, they're not a diamond dozen.
Not at all. Not at all. It'll be like finding a needle in the forest. It'll be like firing a diamond in the forest.
You had to knock up on some stuff like that. That concludes this episode of Truth to Power. I'm your host, Tyler Storam, tonight. I wish you all a happy New Year.
I wish you all success. And the NoR2030 is coming in so much way. We will be premiering it in New Orleans. It will be another great premiere.
And I'm so excited about the work I'm going to be doing next year, especially with this film called Clay. I want you all to be on the lookout for that. And I just spoke Truth to Power. Have a good night.