Welcome to the Daily Bag podcast, and my name is Tommy Israel. My mother did not give me that name. I gave myself that name with the hope that I can live by it, stand by it. And when it's all said and done, I live up to it.
So let's get right down to it. You got to be your biggest fan. You got to be your biggest cheerleader. You got to feel it.
You got to see it. You got to believe it. And even, man, I know it gets hard. I know it sounds cliche.
I know I'm coming a little cliche today, but it's the truth. You've got to be your biggest fan. You've got to. Especially when you're trying to grow, especially when you're trying to get somewhere and get to something and get through something, because it's going to be seasons.
It's going to be seasons, just like right now, it's freezing across America. I swear I was in Texas. I swear I was in Texas two days ago. It was brutally cold, bro.
It was brutally cold. That night, it was brutally cold. I walked, I told the dude, I was walking next to me coming out of the convenience store. You know how you go to the downstairs of the convenience store and it's the quick stop or whatever you call them joints.
The guy, I said, yo, it's cold like New York and we in Amarillo, Texas. It was freezing, a different type of cold. New York got like a wind cold. They had it freezing.
You're going to have seasons and in order to get through the season, you got to get through the season. Ain't no, you got to get through the season. So if you're trying to get somewhere, you got to get to it. It ain't easy.
It ain't easy. It's not easy. So if you're not your biggest cheerleader, if you're not your biggest fan, you're not your biggest supporter, you're going to stop. You're not getting there, bro.
You're not creating nothing great. It's just too much competition. The internet doesn't level the playing field. You know what I'm saying?
They done made it where people could be independent anythings. They could be independent rappers, independent movie stars, independent coaches, independent everything. So you're going up against everybody who might not have been in the game before, huh? You're going up against those who might not have been in the game.
So you got, it's real. It's thousands when it was just hundreds before. So you got to be your biggest cheerleader. You got to be your biggest fan.
You got to be your biggest supporter and you got to get through it because it's going to be seasons. It's going to be seasons. And the only way to get through the season is get through the season or die, period. You going to let your dream die?
You got to get through the season. You got to be your biggest fan. You got to be your biggest supporter. I'll tell you something.
I was riding through New Mexico. Uh-huh. I was riding through New Mexico. It was so beautiful.
It was so beautiful. On the highway, it was these, the weather was nice and it was these red mountains, these beautiful red mountains we was riding through. And it was, the sun was so perfect. It was like, wow, Mexico, New Mexico.
It's so beautiful when you're driving through it. And it's just plains. I mean, you got these mountains and you got these roads. It's just going and going and going and going.
You know what I did? You know what I did? I put on my podcast and I just rode through it, right? I put on my podcast and I just rode through it.
Now I could have put on my girlfriend. I need a Baker. It's my wife. I ain't never tell y'all that though.
I could have threw on Anita, right? I could have threw on some Lute. I could have did anything and rode through there. But you know what?
I'm my biggest fan. I'm my biggest supporter. I'm my biggest cheerleader. So going through there, I want to feel a moment.
I want to dive deep and remember this time as I roll through those mountains of New Mexico. So you know what I did? I put me on and I enjoyed it. I went into a zone and I rode through those red clay mountains just listening to me.
You know why? Because I'm my biggest supporter. I'm my biggest fan. I'm my biggest follower.
I'm my biggest cheerleader. You got to be. You got to be. You got to be.
I can't let my dream die. I'm looking in the mirror. I know I'm getting older. I'm in the waiting room.
I know I'm getting older. I'm in the bed. Excuse me, but I know I'm getting older. That's the reality of it.
That's a season. And I got to get through that so that I can reach my goals. I refuse to let my goals die. I'm in a season and I'm going to get through it.
Period. End of story. This is the Daily Bag podcast and my name is Tommy Israel. I just come to drop a jewel for me.
This is a conversation with myself. I just give you the warrant and the permission to listen in. And if you grab some, grab it and run with it and then pass it off to somebody else. Period.
Be your biggest cheerleader. Be your biggest fan. Be your biggest supporter because nobody else can. Nobody.
Believe in you. That I'm going to Tommy Israel Daily Bag podcast.