There's a thousand things that can happen before you step foot on the ground from the bed.

Your alarm goes off. You're frustrated that you didn't get enough sleep.

Then you check your phone and see that you got a text message that puts you in a bad mood because

it might be something you didn't want to see. You didn't get a text message from a friend and

you're like, hey, you know, maybe they're not thinking about me. You're not feeling good about

yourself. You check the weather before you even step foot on the ground and realize that it's

going to be a cloudy day. Well, you see the stocks. Oh, the stocks are up today. The stocks are

down today that, you know, I'm going to have a good day or a bad day. You check your likes on

social media. Man, I can't believe I only got 10 likes instead of 5,000 likes like this other

person. Everything that's happening, you haven't even taken a step and the external is just playing

on your mind and telling you who you are, what your day is going to be like. And you need to acknowledge

that. You need to realize you need to wake up. I just say two words. The moment I wake up, I just say

thank you.

I'm Streny Rowe and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the

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Taylor, welcome to the unmistakable creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Thanks so much, man. Happy to be here. Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here. So,

I found out about you and your work and your book by way of your publicist. And when she told me

that you were a professional basketball player as a diehard NBA 2K 22 fan or 21 fan, I knew I wanted

to talk to you because I will always been fascinated by the journeys of professional athletes,

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