Jeezy: From Prison Fears to Personal Evolution - A Raw Story of Transformation | EP 864

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

"They want you to be the old you because it makes them being comfortable. The new you makes people be uncomfortable." - Jeezy In a deeply personal conversation, rap icon Jeezy opens up about a pivotal moment that changed the trajectory of his life - a $10 million bail situation with his crew that exposed hard truths about loyalty and responsibility. After getting everyone out of jail and receiving no support in return, Jeezy faced the devastating realization that despite his unwavering support for others, that same dedication wasn't reciprocated. This awakening led him to make what he describes as the hardest decision of his life: choosing to walk alone. The conversation reveals Jeezy's remarkable journey from a place of constant fear and anxiety about impending imprisonment to a path of deliberate personal growth. At 40 years old, he began seeking wisdom from thought leaders like Robert Greene, John Maxwell, and TD Jakes, transforming not just his mindset but his entire approach to life. Through this evolution, Jeezy discovered that changing oneself often means growing apart from familiar circles, as he learned that "the new you makes people be uncomfortable."

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:12.5	How old were you when you started to be able to open up and have these types of conversations
0:17.5	about your emotions, about your feelings, about your thoughts, as opposed to just with yourself. Because I never spoke about any of my emotions until I was about 10 years ago
0:26.3	when I had 30. So I started the process and heal and be able to talk about these things that I was
0:32.5	like, no one could ever know this stuff. I would say when I was 40. Really?
0:39.3	Yeah, it's less than five years ago.
0:39.7	Wow.
0:41.1	That's when you started to be able to say,
0:43.0	all right, let me start processing or opening up. Well, what happened was I was living in Malibu,
0:46.1	and my music was changing.
0:49.8	Louis Farrakhan hit me, brother Farrakhan.
0:53.8	He was like, Jezy, brother brother Zizi, music is changing.
0:56.7	The enemy's coming.
0:57.6	I'm just like, my enemy's in my neighborhood.
0:59.7	He ain't coming where I'm in Malibu.
1:01.1	He's like, I'm just telling you.
1:02.4	Get off the fall with him.
1:03.4	Next week, I'm on tour with his Khalifa.
1:06.2	Young man gets killed by my tour bus,
1:08.5	and they lock me and my crew up so now i'm sitting in uh
1:13.6	la county jail 10 million dollars in bail you know what i'm saying because of 10 people on the bus
1:19.0	oh i didn't do anything first time my life i didn't do eight and i'm sick you're just on the bus
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