Ep. 314 - Have you made a decision?

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Shaun gets asked one question more than any other -- "How do I change the world?" To give you an answer, Shaun needs to ask you an even bigger question: What are you going to fight for? Making a conscious, honest decision about what you're going to fight for is not simple. It's complicated and personal. And all of us need to make that decision to make real meaningful change. In today's episode, a rerun from last year with a message just as relevant today, Shaun walks us through what it takes to make that decision. ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As I travel the country I get so many questions but there's one question that I probably get more than any other and it's some version of this
0:10.3	Sean how do I change the world? And today I want to talk about the very first thing that you have to do to be able to change the world. It's unscripted. It's just me talking to you. I hope for a lot of
0:27.9	you that it connects with you in a very real way. This is Sean King and you are listening to
0:32.3	The Breakdown.
0:34.0	The Breakdown.
0:35.0	The Breakdown.
0:38.0	Breakdown. The Breakdown. Now.
0:43.0	Over the past five years,
0:49.0	Over the past five years,
0:50.0	since the Black Lives Matter Movement began, I've traveled to at least 45 states.
0:57.8	I'm going to do, I'm going to check my list to make sure I think we might have 46.
1:02.1	I've lost count a little bit. But as I travel, I get a lot of questions and I just spoke two days ago for the 50th anniversary of the ACLU in Virginia and I got some
1:18.7	questions there and I have noticed a theme and it's asked in a lot of different ways, but I get a question that goes something like this.
1:30.0	Sean, can you help me understand how to make a difference in the world? What do I need to do
1:38.8	to change the world? And a lot of times people are a little disappointed in my answer because I'm not Google.
1:48.0	Like it's not, you don't just type it in and I just spit out a bunch of quick facts and links.
1:55.3	Finding your best path for you to change the world
2:01.4	is actually really difficult.
2:03.1	And it took me, I turned 40 in just about a week,
2:08.1	and actually in seven days on September 17th.
2:11.4	And it took me nearly 40 years to find my groove, to find my lane.
2:22.0	Now it doesn't mean you wait 40 years until you start trying to change the world.
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