Stand for your Values | ReWire 1521
The Hardcore Closer Podcast
Ryan Stewman
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Ryan shares the inspiring story of Dave Chappelle and how standing firm in his values led to one of the greatest comebacks in entertainment history. After creating one of the most innovative and successful TV shows of all time, The Chappelle Show, Dave walked away in Season 3 when producers pressured him to compromise his identity. For 10 years, he was dragged through the mud by the media, called crazy, and disappeared from the spotlight. But his perseverance paid off—he later landed a $50 million deal with Netflix, which became an even bigger success.
When you stay true to your core values, even in the face of criticism, the truth will eventually come to light, and success will follow. It may take time, but standing by your principles will always prevail in the end.
Stick to your values, never compromise, and always rise above.
Rise Above 🇺🇸
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rewire podcast. I'm your host Ryan Stouman and I'm here to rewire your mind for success. |
| 0:07.4 | You were put on this planet for success. You were created to succeed, but the force of average is after you every single day my |
| 0:14.9 | brothers and sisters and this podcast is the one thing that's designed to help you |
| 0:19.5 | fight the force of average and excel in every area of your life. We're glad that you're here. |
| 0:24.4 | Let me tell you a story about perseverance. About 20 years ago there was a celebrity in Hollywood that had the hottest TV show in history. |
| 0:38.4 | It was one of a kind, outside of the box, nothing like it had ever been seen before. |
| 0:45.7 | People waited every Friday night for this TV series to come on. This TV series was hilarious, it was super innovative, and nobody |
| 0:58.4 | had ever seen anything like this before. Season one was phenomenal. |
| 1:05.0 | Season two, a blockbuster. |
| 1:09.0 | The star of this show was promised fame and money and everything that he could dream of |
| 1:19.0 | But season three he walked in and the producers tried to change some stuff they tried to |
| 1:24.6 | make him compromise his values they tried to make the superstar of the show |
| 1:28.3 | change his identity and do things that he didn't want to do and he walked out and he told the producers of the show to go |
| 1:35.1 | fuck themselves. |
| 1:36.3 | Well this was before social media, this was before you could get on the internet and tell your |
| 1:40.9 | side of the story and the media immediately put its machine to work against this |
| 1:47.0 | individual, this superstar. They said that the |
| 1:49.1 | superstar went crazy. He was on drugs. He was in other countries and insane asylums and he was a bad person, a horrible person. |
| 1:59.5 | And we didn't hear from the superstar, the celebrity, for 10 years. The celebrity basically |
| 2:06.9 | disappeared. His reputation was spoiled. His name was soiled. and we never heard from him. |
| 2:16.8 | Until one day about 10 years later, |
| 2:19.8 | this celebrity gets a call from a new media platform and the new media platform offered him |
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