486 - Stop Saving People Who Don’t Want to Be Saved

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

Karl Phillips

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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🔊 Episode Description: This week on the Secret to Success Podcast, Eric Thomas and CJ go all the way in. If you’ve ever been the person holding it all together while everyone around you falls apart, this episode is your wake-up call. ET opens up about what it really means to be fully responsible—and the emotional, financial, and physical toll it takes when you constantly pour into people who don’t take ownership for themselves. From family to friends to business partners, this conversation exposes the difference between helping and enabling. CJ shares powerful insights on how to protect your peace, what it looks like to set boundaries with love, and why walking away isn’t quitting—it’s maturity. This episode is raw, practical, and guaranteed to shift the way you approach relationships. 💥 You’ll learn: Why partial responsibility is more dangerous than none How to spot takers (even when they’re close to you) What “generosity wars” look like when done right Why you should stop playing the hero and start protecting your purpose 🔥 Don’t miss out: ▶️ Subscribe to the YouTube channel: youtube.com/@S2SPodcastChannel 🎥 Join our Patreon family for exclusive behind-the-scenes content: patreon.com/S2SPodcast120 📲 Follow us on IG: @s2spodcast

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0:00.0	Bruh, I'm fully responsible for Jamal.
0:03.0	I'm fully responsible.
0:04.0	It's his son.
0:05.0	I'm acting like he's mine.
0:06.0	You feel?
0:07.0	He fully responsible.
0:08.0	Not no, oh, you, me and Ma are cool, but if Coach Freeze ain't got a hundred and twenty K, I can't do it.
0:14.0	I'm like, he like, all we got is, I said, say no more, bro.
0:17.0	I'm doing it for free.
0:18.0	Just tell me how it's gonna benefit you tell I just need no
0:21.4	how it's gonna benefit you and I need that and so I'll send it tomorrow mom's like
0:24.7	eat you don't want to start I said he said you did this and that so when I did
0:28.1	Jalen and then now you doing I said bro it's a generosity war let's just let's just
0:33.4	declare I declare war bro it's a war bro your daughters your sons your wife you
0:39.6	whatever I could do to be a blessing of your family it's on and popping not uh
0:43.5	ma what could you do for me oh ma'all said he was gonna do this in real estate and the
0:47.6	economy went bad and it's like bro no it's like yo the economy more the economy gun
0:54.1	what can we do to get fixed?
0:55.6	What can we do not?
0:56.8	Oh, you didn't come through for me like I thought.
0:59.0	Ma, I know you are many of your words, so something must have happened.
1:02.0	What can I do better?
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