Exploited: The Real Price of Staying a Consumer

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

S2S podcast

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Life keeps bullying you because you keep handing over the power. Your habits, your phone, your job, your fears, your past — all of it is pushing you around while you stand there acting like you don’t have a choice. This episode breaks that cycle wide open. ET, CJ, Karl, and Jemal dive into the truth nobody wants to admit: you’re either the bully… or you’re getting bullied. By your circumstances. By your imagination (or lack of it). By the systems built to turn you into a full-time consumer. Inside the episode, you’ll learn: • Why the picture in your head is more important than the reality in front of you • How to stop giving your power away to fear, bills, people, and your own patterns • Why consumers get exploited, and why producers win every single time • How social media turns you into a victim without you noticing • How intentionality separates the bullied from the unstoppable • Why your gift — not your job — is the real source of your freedom • How to bully the bully in your finances, marriage, career, and internal dialogue • Why one property, one skill, or one shift can flip your entire life trajectory This is one of those episodes you replay when you feel stuck. It’s raw. It’s practical. It’s uncomfortable. And it’s exactly what you need. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Show Intro 01:25 - ET on Bullying Awareness 05:09 - Bully the Bully Strategy 07:32 - Discovering Your Gifts 11:55 - Overcoming Inner Criticism 17:19 - The Reality of Fear 19:14 - Understanding Menopause 22:15 - The Nature of Bullying 25:29 - Utilizing Your Gifts 27:18 - Embrace Assertiveness 30:25 - Valuing Your Worth 33:25 - Work for Your Demands 35:55 - Embracing Change 38:30 - Be the Solution 44:10 - Next Level Conference Overview 46:16 - Future of EYL University 47:40 - Inside The Lab 49:45 - Join the BU Community 50:01 - Support This Podcast 👇 JOIN THE S2S PATREON (Exclusive content + BTS + Early access) https://www.patreon.com/S2SPodcast120 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL Weekly episodes, clips, and access to the entire S2S ecosystem: https://www.youtube.com/@S2SPodcastChannel?sub_confirmation=1 👇 FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @s2spodcast If this hit you, share it with someone still letting life push them around. The moment you stop being a consumer and start being a producer, everything changes.

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0:00.0	If you don't focus on the problem, you really are the solution.
0:03.3	Everybody else was like, look at that giant. David was like, you're talking about the uncircumcised feeling style? I don't, y'all see a giant. What was David looking at when he said that? His eye level. What's talking about? Uncircumcised by the Philistine. I don't know what you thought about that. And guess what happened, though?
0:31.1	He saw one little area and was like, because of who I am and my skill set, all I need is that one little small area to take my man out. But y'all can't take him out because you're focused on how big his muscles are, how tall he is.
0:37.7	You see that nine-foot economy.
0:39.6	Yeah.
0:40.0	All you need is one property.
0:42.0	All you need is one property.
0:46.8	For real, man, we got to stop looking at whatever the challenge is,
0:51.4	and we got to start looking at I'm fearfully and wonderfully made.
0:54.4	Yeah. The Secret to Success Podcast, baby.
1:23.8	Previously on the Secret to Success podcast.
1:28.5	You look at today's society, it's still a fight where people are trying to bully you based on who you are, where you come from.
1:37.6	The only reason why they exist in your life, because you have not positioned yourself to be in a certain position where bullies don't even come to you. Like some of y'all need to bully to bully. And that's what I live for. Either one, the bully or getting bullied, I realize that both of them are a mentality. You ain't working out. You ain't investing. You ain't doing certain things. You see all of these bullies because you ain't got to a certain level in your life.
2:03.7	So if you're going to win, you have to bully the bully.
2:09.6	No, I have something I wanted to say. Hopefully I can get to it. But I got to say that is that I think when you look at bullies, that's the one trait that they have when you talk about the traits of the greats.
2:24.0	Mm-hmm.
2:24.3	Is that they are intentional about something that they want and they're going to come and take it from you because you have it.
2:32.6	So they're about to take your lunch.
2:34.5	Very intentional, bro.
2:35.8	They're going to take your lunch. Like they're always coming for something. Take your money. Yeah, take your shoe. That's what I meant earlier when I was like, yo, I got to stop building this stuff. And then I'm building it and then you're taking it. Yeah. Like you're taking it for your use. Yep. So whether that's an aggressive bully or a passive bully, it doesn't matter.
2:54.2	I'm producing. So you're taking my lunch that my mom worked for. Right. My mom went to work and bought these groceries. And my mom made this lunch and you coming to take you. Or my father went to work and bought me these shoes and you coming and you're taking the shoes.
3:15.5	So whether you're aggressive or passive, I had to start realizing, watch this, y'all, and your gift shall make room for you.
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