446 - The Risk That Isn’t: How to make Bold Decisions

The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas

Karl Phillips

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Are you ready to make bold decisions and ignite your power, your purpose, and your why? Join Eric Thomas, the renowned Hip Hop Preacher, and the S2S crew as they dive into the mindset needed to recognize "The Risk That Isn’t." In this episode, Eric shares his personal journey of leaving a beautiful home and a thriving career in Huntsville, AL, to return to Michigan, live in a modest apartment, and pursue further education. Despite the initial doubts and Dede's frustration, Eric's story exemplifies how to make big, bold decisions without panicking and stay committed even when the evidence around you suggests otherwise. Tune in to learn how to trust the process and stick to your path, no matter how risky it may seem. Patreon To check out exclusives and more behind the scenes interactions, head over to Patreon.com/S2Spodcast120 to become a Secret To Success Patreon! Listener Perks Organifi Is giving our listeners up to 20% off of their order! Just go to www.organifi.com/success. Support your journey from sunrise to sunset with fan-favorite superfoods backed by science to replenish micronutrients, support energy and balance hormones from am to pm with our customer favorites. This episode is sponsored by Better Help, your partner along your personal journey to self improvement. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/SUCCESS to receive 10% off your first month and get on your way to being your best self.

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0:00.0	But I always knew for those of you who were like think it's a risk is not a risk
0:04.3	You will always settle back to who you are if you don't grow. Yeah. You always settle back you always do the survivors will have a community for you to come back to.
0:13.0	They ain't going to where the survivors is going to be there when you go back,
0:16.0	and they might ridicule you for a minute because you went to go try to whatever,
0:20.0	but they're going to embrace you and take you back because you're them so they're not tripping.
0:23.7	You're ready.
0:29.7	Alright. And I'm trying to weigh like the risk-taking side or what you would see to be risk-taking
0:47.4	right like you know for me you know quitting Michigan State not taking no job, working with E, and just being like,
0:55.2	all right, we out here, you know what I'm saying? Like my family looking at me like,
0:58.4	yeah, like a lot of people see that as a risk, right? So I'm just trying to figure out for you like
1:04.5	when you develop that mindset because I'm gonna be real I'm trying to I wasn't
1:08.7	the first you were right he kind of like took that leap of faith.
1:14.0	Now I'm not gonna say Forrest because I still had to go I was a grown man.
1:17.0	So I still had to follow you.
1:19.0	But it was like...
1:21.0	He brought the...
1:22.0	Yeah, yeah, he was the one who was like,
1:24.4	you know, this is what we're doing, we out.
1:26.7	And I just had to go, all right, cool.
1:29.2	I trust God, but I also trust you.
1:32.0	You was out first on the lily pad you know what I'm saying and it was like
1:36.1	Carl and I had to be like all right cool. We here with you and it was scary but at the same time I'm looking at like so when you're talking about this mindset right because you could have stayed in Huntsville
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