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

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

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Most people stay stuck for years on something that could be done in weeks. This week the crew breaks down the story of one man who rebuilt what a whole city left broken for 140 years, and finished it in 52 days. The difference was ownership and urgency, not money or talent. JOIN US LIVE ON PATREON New audio every Tuesday, video every Wednesday, plus live recordings with the S2S fam. This is where the real conversations keep going. https://www.patreon.com/c/S2SPodcast120 PRE-ORDER "WE IS GREATER THAN ME" The debut book from Eric Thomas and CJ Quinney. https://www.amazon.com/We-Greater-Than-Me-Highest-ebook/dp/B0GPGXXD5D ENJOYING THE SHOW? If this episode hit you, take ten seconds to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps more people find us. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secret-to-success/id123456789 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GrMsi1Cxj3nipnI9HR1QX?si=f057018bcba44c15 CHAPTERS Chapters 00:00:00 Opening: 140 Years vs 52 Days - The Wall That Changed Everything 00:02:33 Welcome and Team Introductions: Fresh Off the Plane Energy 00:05:01 Next Level Speakers Conference Announcement: Your 52-Day Moment 00:11:33 Fair or Foul: The Elderly Server Dilemma 00:14:54 The Tipping Epidemic: From Drive-Throughs to 35 Percent Suggestions 00:09:14 The Knicks Talk and Sports Banter: When Franchises Finally Break Through 00:20:49 The Sermon Breakdown: Self-Accountability and the 52-Day Principle 00:26:21 The Math That Will Blow Your Mind: 983 Opportunities Wasted 00:28:41 ET's Bathroom Story: When Vision Meets Self-Accountability 00:28:25 The Broken Comb Philosophy: Why DeDeThrows Things Away Immediately 00:38:03 Vision, Urgency, and Miracle Territory: The Three Keys to 52 Days 00:40:27 The Michael Jackson Warning: If You Don't Move, God Gives It to Prince 00:44:19 Rachel's Transformation: From Basement to 1.3 Million in Softball 00:45:47 The Hot Seat Moment: How 5,000 Dollars Changed Rachel's Life Forever 00:48:03 Rachel Creates the Next Mastermind: When Students Become Teachers 00:46:39 The Tithing Conversation: When Your Wife Gives 40 Percent 01:06:14 Toby and Fat's 8,000 Square Foot Mansion: Real Estate Without the Degree 01:06:14 Exposure Changes Everything: Why Most People Stay Broke 01:04:41 The Callus Principle: Why the First Brick Hurts the Most 01:10:15 Final Challenge: 140 Years or 52 Days - You Choose KALM DOWN WITH KARL Karl on why the callus comes before the breakthrough. The first brick hurts, but there is a point where you stop feeling it and start building faster than everyone still waiting to begin. MAL'S MILLIONAIRE MOMENT FEATURING JEMAL KING Jemal on why most people are not broke because they are lazy. They are broke because they have not been exposed to more. Your level of exposure determines your level of success. NEXT LEVEL SPEAKERS CONFERENCE June 5 to 7, 2026, Atlanta, GA. Learn to start, grow, and monetize your speaking brand. nextlevelspeakersconference.com APOC VIRTUAL CHURCH Saturdays 11am EST on YouTube. www.apocministry.org FOLLOW Instagram: @s2spodcast Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@S2SPodcastChannel?sub_confirmation=1 ABOUT THE PODCAST The Secret to Success podcast is hosted by Eric Thomas, the Hip Hop Preacher, Karl Phillips, the Bajan Sensation, CJ Quinney, and Jemal King. Four friends, four journeys, one mission, real conversations on faith, family, business, and the work it takes to build a life that lasts. New episodes every Thursday.

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0:00.0	I'm over here doing this.
0:03.2	I'm about to do three keynotes for commencement speeches than another speech and traveling, going all around.
0:09.0	I never went to class.
0:11.0	I never went to a track.
0:12.6	I just got connected and exposed to it.
0:15.8	So, man, a lot of you all sitting back and you thinking like, man, my breakthrough ain't came.
0:20.2	It's because, you know, you're hanging around probably other people who has a head a breakthrough in another area. Some of you all saying, man, financially I'm hurting. Probably because you're hanging around people that's hurting financially. Some of you all saying, hey, I don't own no real estate. Probably because you're hanging around just all renters. So that exposure thing goes two ways. And so, man, please, just go get exposed. Like, y'all just did the mastermind, right? That's a level of exposure. Sometimes people sit up and say, where could I get exposure from? No, they're telling you the exposure. Next level conference, bro. They're telling you the exposure, bro. They can know the mastermind. They're telling you the exposure. Next level conference, bro.
0:55.8	They're telling you the exposure, bro.
0:57.4	You know, the mastermind.
0:59.2	They're telling you where to get the expose.
1:00.2	Make real estate real.
1:03.1	These are the places where you get the exposure.
1:08.5	And I promise you, your level of exposure will always determine your level of success. Secret to Success Podcast, baby.
1:38.6	What's going on, world?
1:39.7	Welcome to another edition of the Secret to Success podcast.
1:42.6	I'm your host, CJ.
1:43.3	joined as always by the Bayesian sensation, Mr. Carl Wesley Phillips. What's going on, y'all? What did it do? Fresh off the plane. We got Dr. King in the building. Fresh, fresh off the plane. Fresh off the plane. I'm talking about that boy is a speaker. Oh, man. That brother hungry. That brother's starving. That brother starving. Man, sir. I didn't have a license, but I was driving like a hand one.
2:03.6	I don't know who's listening right now. But this is why it's important on the company you keep. Yeah. Because if I would have been hanging with some criminals, I might be in jail right now. Come on. Exposure, brother. But you hang with speakers, so you're speaking. But I'm hanging with some motivational speakers. And they all got driver's license. They all got driver's license. So therefore now I have to be driving like I have. I will have to the legend Les Brown. Douglas, how you feeling? I feel good, man. Easy like a Sunday morning. Yeah. That's why I'm easy. Oh, line on dress. Come on. Yeah. Yeah. Shout out to our Patreon fan in the building live with us. Patreon, Matt. What's up? Christopher, what did you do? Uncle Dane. Yo, it's like my eyes getting worse
2:51.6	of that screen getting smaller,
2:52.8	one of the two.
2:54.1	Raymond in the building.
2:55.6	Yeah, yeah, low up there. What's going on? Oh, low. Come on, low. You know low. You know low locked down. You ain't even looking. Erica, what did do? My namesake. Come on. Eric, yeah, no, shout to all our Patreon fan in the building.
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