Stop Being Emotional—It’s Why You Keep Losing Money | 515

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

S2S podcast

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

4.9 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

If your feelings keep driving your finances, you’re paying an invisible tax. In this episode we break down how to regulate emotions, demand receipts (real due diligence), and replace motivation with rules so you stop bleeding time and money. Action over anxiety. Rules over mood. Results over excuses. You’ll learn How to stop emotional decision-making before it costs you What real due diligence looks like (records over “trust me”) The mindset shift from motivation to non-negotiable rules Why KPIs and clear consequences end confusion and chaos How to do “the real work” (and why thinking about it is harder than doing it) Tap in with S2S Subscribe for weekly breakthroughs: https://www.youtube.com/@S2SPodcastChannel?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram: @s2spodcast Website: https://s2spodcast.com Patreon (exclusive content & live recordings): https://www.patreon.com/c/S2SPodcast120 Do this next (CTAs) Comment: Drop “FIRE YOUR FEELINGS” if you’re done letting emotions run your money. Share: Send this to a friend who keeps “investing” without receipts. Review: If this helped, leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts—tell us your #1 takeaway.

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0:00.0	There's a group of people, you know, it might be health, it might be fine, whatever it is. You're overwhelmed by the work more than the work is overwhelming. Like I'm talking to people who still don't have a GED. It's not the GED. I promise you. It's harder to stress about it and be worried about it than it is to actually go past. It's just going to take the test. Go take the class. You could have lift that 150 pounds. Now, you might not have been lifted on the first way, and you might have been able to lift it on the very first try. It might not have been, but you looked at it and what you thought about the 150 was, you know, last person, I know, lift weights, a spring day, you know what I'm saying?
0:55.5	You know what I'm saying? I heard that if you lift weights, you're going to be shorter. Right. You got me just saying, whatever it is. And I'm starting to realize it's the perception of what you think is going to happen. Right. That's worrying you. And your worry is always negative. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's why it's worth You have no idea what the outcome is
0:57.5	But your brain That's worrying you. And your worry is always negative. Yes. Yep. Yeah.
0:54.6	Yeah.
0:55.6	Just thinking about you. You have no idea what the outcome is, but your brain tells you it's going to be terrible.
1:01.0	So now you stressed and caught up and forced about it.
1:03.4	So it's full perception.
1:04.3	Yeah. Secret of Success Podcast, baby.
1:34.6	What's going on, world?
1:35.8	Welcome to another edition of the Secret to Success podcast.
1:38.7	I'm your host, CJ.
1:39.5	joined as always by the Bayesian sensation, Mr. Carl Wesley Phillips.
1:43.2	What's going on, y'all?
1:44.3	What'd it do?
1:44.9	Dr. King in the building.
1:46.7	What's up?
1:47.6	By the way, the hip-hop preacher will be joining us. He had an appointment. Family emergency. Yeah, yeah. He's going to have something. He's going to keep something. He's going to be with us. He will disperian.
1:58.4	He will be with us shortly, I'm sure.
2:00.7	So hopefully in halfway through he going to walk with us. He with us the spirit and he will be with us shortly, I'm sure. So hopefully in halfway through, he's going to walk in and grace us with it. And he'd be ready to put up 40 when he gets in. I'm sure. And for all of you out there, Marl is taking paid speaking engagements. There it is. So if you're ready to book Mall for your next event and you, listen.
2:18.2	Now, how are we book Mall?
2:19.3	Are we calling?
2:20.1	How are we booking Mall?
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