How To Live Your Dream / Jason Derulo

Superstar JASON DERULO is revealing his SECRETS on how to LIVE YOUR DREAMS! This man needs no introduction! You know him well as a musical icon, selling over 250 MILLION singles worldwide and writing songs for Diddy, Sean Kingston, Lil Wayne and other HUGE names in the industry. He’s been dropping HITS and topping the music charts consistently since 2009… And like I always tell you, SUCCESS is no accident! This week, Jason Derulo is getting REAL, pulling back the curtain, and sharing his formula to turning your DREAMS into REALITY. He's sharing his real life GRIND on how he became a GLOBAL SENSATION, and how he continuing his journey to becoming one of the BEST EVER. You’ll learn: How to bridge the gap between PASSION and PROFESSION How to harness SOCIAL MEDIA How to find the path of least resistance Why success is always on LEASE and how to always make your RENT on time How to stick to NON-NEGOTIABLE ROUTINES (Jason's secret weapon!) How to know if it’s all WORTH IT And how to SILENCE the HATERS! This isn't just another interview; it's a playbook, a masterclass, and a rare peek into the mindset of a global sensation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 0:00Ed Mylett?

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• 1:41Ed Mylett?

  All right, welcome back to the show, everybody. I'm so excited to have this man here today. He doesn't need any introduction. He's one of the most famous people in the world. But what I was just telling him off camera, one of the things I admire most about him. Is he's a very unique combination in one human being because he's got an incredible track record. Most of you may not know about as an entrepreneur built a hundred million dollar way past that net worth. He's only sold about 250 million records. So he's got kind of that going for him. He's also, you know, one of the most 20 most followed people in the world on social media, over 100 million combined followers. But he's written a book. I told him, I read it in two days. And the first thing I told him is you need to do another one and you keep doing this because it's outstanding. Very rarely does someone

• 2:23Ed Mylett?

  who's achieved this level of success, take the time to write a book to teach you how they did it because they're too busy doing it.

• 2:30Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 2:30Ed Mylett?

  Most people that write books about how to do it, haven't done it.

• 2:33Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 2:33Ed Mylett?

  And he's done it. So Jason Derulo, welcome to the show.

• 2:35Speaker 04

  Thank you, man. Thanks so much for that intro, especially coming from you. It means a lot, man.

• 2:40Ed Mylett?

  Thank you. There's 15 points in the book. It's called Sing Your Name Out Loud.

• 2:44Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 2:45Ed Mylett?

  15 Rules For Living Your Dream. That's right up my alley. We're not going to cover all 15 because I want to get the book.

• 2:49Speaker 04

  Uh huh.

• 2:50Ed Mylett?

  Right. But there's a few I want to cover because they're like really good and rare advice. So one of the things you say, it's like 14 in the book or something.

• 2:59Speaker 04

  Mm hmm.

• 3:00Ed Mylett?

  Is you say, you gotta create content. And I think most people think content creation is for you and me. Like, you know, you got 100 million followers. I'm small compared to you, but I've got millions of followers. Oh, yeah, for you, that makes sense. But I've got 1100.

• 3:13Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 3:14Ed Mylett?

  Why would I do that? So speak to that to begin with because you're 100% right.

• 3:17Speaker 04

  Yeah. So the time, the day and age that we live in is, is, is pretty crazy because at a literally a click of a button, you can get access to people, random people. And there's literally no barrier of entry, right? You can do it for free and it doesn't cost anything.

• 3:37Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 3:38Speaker 04

  Um, so you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not doing it, right? Whether you are somebody that, uh, has a business and you're trying to get your business off the ground or. You're a lawyer, if you work in the sewers, if you uh save the bees, like whatever your profession is or whatever your passion is, I would encourage you to make content because it'll just make what you do just that much bigger. It amplifies what you're already doing. Um even if what you're doing is absolutely nothing, because that is also a thing. Tell people your opinions, like be be very vocal about what you think. Because it's it's crazy, nobody cares about somebody's opinion until they care about somebody's opinion.

• 4:23Ed Mylett?

  That's so true, until they express it.

• 4:25Speaker 04

  Yeah, I mean, so like you you have to get out there and put yourself out there and every shot that you don't take is is a shot that, you know, is is definitely not gonna go in.

• 4:33Ed Mylett?

  I think it's easier to be successful now than ever. Like back in the day, if you didn't have any connections, or you couldn't get a record deal, if you couldn't get Jay-Z to listen to your stuff or whatever, right, like you're not getting a deal. Now, it seems to me anyway, anybody at any point in time can pop off in any career, if they're creating content, if they're willing to. And by the way, the other thing you say in the book is, you don't know what sucks at first. Right? Like you're talking about the song Wiggle or whatever, right? Like you don't know what the good stuff is, you just gotta put some stuff out, right? Tell them that story, by the way, it's pretty, it's pretty good.

• 5:02Speaker 04

  For sure, so uh.

• 5:04Ed Mylett?

  Told you I read the book.

• 5:04Speaker 04

  Yeah, no, I appreciate it, man, thanks so much. Yeah, so in writing Wiggle, um I really liked the beat, I really liked uh the the vibe of the track that uh Wallpaper made. Um and the melody that I created, I liked it as well, but I couldn't figure out what the the tagline was, like what was the big like, it needed some sort of moment that was gonna be like, like, holy shit, like, this is different, or holy shit, like that's pulverizing, it needed something like that, cuz that's what the track felt like to me. Um and without that, I just didn't think that it was gonna be worth anything. Um so the first lyric that I came up with was, uh you know what to do with that big black truck.

• 5:49Speaker 04

  Now, um that lyric sucks, for sure. And when I went home that day, I was like, damn, I mean, I don't I don't really know, you know, I don't know if this song's ever gonna make it. Uh but it wasn't until uh we figured out the lyric, you know what to do with that big fat butt, that I felt like the the record had a chance. But still, very, very. Uh, left the center, you know, it's not, it's not a typical song. You know, it's not a song that you would hear every single day. It's like a very, very, something that's very left to center. So I took a risk and I put it out to, to see what people would think. You know, it was either gonna be the biggest flop in the world or it's gonna be the biggest song in the world. But, and you know, if you, if, if you don't take the shot, then you know, you're just gonna miss every single time.

• 6:34Ed Mylett?

  Well, I found that on my social. There's stuff I put out, I'm like, or even some of the podcasts that I've done, I'm like, I don't think that one. Yeah. There's been a few, I won't say who they are, where like we recorded them, I'm like, I don't even know how we're gonna put this out. You know, there's been a couple, like, and they've been like, one of them was one of the top five ones ever. And I think people, I think every day, you know, people just underestimate themselves. You don't know what's gonna hit. You need one thing, uh, my book, The Power of One, where you need one piece of content to hit.

• 7:02Speaker 04

  That's for sure.

• 7:03Ed Mylett?

  One thing, and you've done that, you know.

• 7:05Speaker 04

  And it propels everything, right? If you have one thing to hit, then you get like new confidence, then like things start to fall into place. You really just need one for yourself and for, for, you know, opening doors. But I, it's, it's crazy cause I've found the same thing with, with social media. I was not a social media head at all.

• 7:22Ed Mylett?

  That's crazy to me, as big as you are now.

• 7:25Speaker 04

  My, my, the beginning of my career, I had all of these songs, I had sold, you know, two hundred million something records, but I could not figure out how to connect the dots. For some reason, people knew my songs, but they didn't know the person, like they couldn't connect the two.

• 7:40Ed Mylett?

  I think that's true.

• 7:41Speaker 04

  You know, it was the weirdest thing. And then during the pandemic, I was like, this is a down moment, I'm gonna figure this shit out. Like by any means necessary, I'm going to figure out what makes people tick for me. It's different for, for everybody. And, uh, in doing that, I decided to post six times a day. Whether I thought the content was great, whether I thought it was kinda mediocre, I was gonna post every single kind of content. Not just one specific thing, so that I could learn myself, I could learn my audience and learn what made people tick. Like what were the things that was, were gonna go and what were the things.

• 8:15Ed Mylett?

  What'd you find out? What, what surprised you that, that hit?

• 8:18Speaker 04

  So I was able to figure out that you gotta stop people from scrolling, which is a hard thing to do because, uh. As a viewer, we all are very selfish viewers. We want, we want to get something out of it. Like, what, what is this video gonna give me?

• 8:33Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 8:33Speaker 04

  Am I gonna learn something? Am I gonna be entertained? Am I gonna laugh? Am I gonna, uh, wanna fall in love from it? Am I gonna be envious? It, you know, it, it just needs to give me something as, as a viewer. So, um, in the, the, that first, in that first little bit, you wanna just stop people in their tracks and then let them know what they'll be getting for the rest of the video. And that has been like an extreme game changer for me. Stop people in their tracks.

• 8:58Ed Mylett?

  You always been like this? I'm just watching you. I'm like, this dude's obsessed.

• 9:03Ed Mylett?

  Is, but, or have you grown into this person? Or if I met the eighteen year old you, cause I've read about the eighteen year old you. You write about it in the book. I'm just, I think people, here's what I don't like. Success can be something that creates an obstruction between us and people. And the reason I'm so glad you wrote the book, and I wanna get into some of the other keys though, but it's almost like, hey, let me just let you inside here a little bit, right? Here's my little world. These are the things I believe, which are profound. All fifteen of them are, which we're gonna cover in a minute. But I think people believe they're just not like us. And maybe they're not like you. I don't know. So like, have you been this obsessed all your life? Or have you kind of grown into having these real, real deep belief systems that you have?

• 9:45Speaker 04

  Uh, I gotta say, I've always been obsessed.

• 9:47Ed Mylett?

  Obsessed part, you've always been.

• 9:48Speaker 04

  I've always been very obsessive in, in general. Um, I was lucky to find my passion early. Um, so that was a, uh, that's a head start.

• 10:00Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 10:00Speaker 04

  You know, I always tell people I wasn't born the most talented person. But what I was born with is, uh, the gift that I was given was the obsession, yes. But also the kind of path for myself. You know, I loved music and that was, that was it for me. But if it was something else, I think I would be just as obsessive because I am obsessive about everything that I do.

• 10:21Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 10:21Speaker 04

  Right? So if I put my mind to something, I'm really gonna put my mind to it and like, try to really conquer it. Um, but that's, it's, it's that obsessive nature that ends up doing it, right?

• 10:31Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 10:31Speaker 04

  It's, it's putting in the, the hours, the actual hours. Um, that is the difference maker a lot of times. And it's just way easier to put in the hours on something that you love.

• 10:40Ed Mylett?

  I'm obsessive too. I honestly think like, and by the way, he talks in the book, he has a whole thing about how talent's overrated. Right? But like in my case, I think I'd have, I just directed my obsession at something relatively healthy. Like I could have easily been an alcoholic or a drug addict if I would have pointed it at that. I just became obsessed with growth or whatever success is. And but I think that's why I asked, that's why I use the word obsessed. There's a, like, if I could replace it and Kobe Bryant were sitting there, there's a lot of similarities. Right? If I replaced it and it's, I don't care what political thing you're on, Barack Obama or Donald Trump. You, people, they love or hate either one of them, but they're both obsessed people, right? You have that thing about you. You give real good stuff in this book.

• 11:25Ed Mylett?

  So a couple of things you say in the book, I want you to elaborate on this, which is so good. You say, start with what comes easy. So this is a huge thing. I think people are constantly trying to work from the very beginning on all their weaknesses. And the things that don't come easy to them. So elaborate on that a little bit because for all of us, there's something that comes easy to us that we just take for granted sometimes. Like what came easy to you, let's say, let's say it was music. Well, that's a good, but for an average, everyday human being who may not have this extraordinary artistic gift, maybe what comes easy to them is like nurturing people.

• 11:57Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 11:57Ed Mylett?

  Being kind and they go, well, everybody has that. No, they don't. And, and if you leveraged it the right way, you could become immensely successful in some way. So you wrote about it.

• 12:06Speaker 04

  I wish people understood the, the magnitude of what you're saying because everybody has a gift. And you'd need to just find out what that thing is. What's the thing that comes easiest to you that you'd notice that is a little different than everybody else's? Cause it could literally be anything. You can monetize anything in 2023. Not to say that's what life is about, obviously, but money is freedom. But, um, in speaking about.

• 12:36Speaker 04

  Do what comes easiest. So.

• 12:39Ed Mylett?

  So true.

• 12:40Speaker 04

  To speak about my craft, since I'm a musician, it'll probably be easier for you to relate to what I'm speaking of. So I have, I've grown my singing voice and I was able to grow year after year after year after year to just, you know, to have a great singing voice. But I knew what my strength was and my strength was my falsetto. That was the one thing that I felt like came a little easier than everything else. I've always been somebody that was good at like doing runs and stuff like that, but other people were good at doing runs. I was good at pitch, but other people were good at pitch.

• 13:19Speaker 04

  But my falsetto, I was like, oh, my falsetto is a little different than everybody else's falsetto. I feel like this is kind of coming a little easier for me. So I decided to like really put my energy into my falsetto. Like, how can I take what I'm already kind of good at and just kind of like make that my thing? So that's how I can relate it to, you know, what I do for a living. But, you know, like you said, for anybody, whatever it is that comes easy for you, do that.

• 13:44Ed Mylett?

  Yes. I'm blown away by, so, I don't know, hundreds and hundreds of people sat in that seat. Lots of people have written books on it. Not one person's ever said that before. And it's a hundred percent true. Is that success is a really difficult thing, but in some ways it's not. Once you figure out what your gift is, like, the truth is, I don't have a whole bunch of gifts, but I did figure out what the few of them were and I have worked the hell out of them all my life, right? Like, and so it looks easy because I'm doing things that relatively, that doesn't mean I don't work really hard to get better at them. But when you're given a gift, man, you should refine it. And I, the other thing you've done, it's just like, we're flying through things here because it's so good.

• 14:28Ed Mylett?

  But I also admire not one-hit wonders in everything, not just music. Music's a great example because you're in music. But what you've also done for longevity. is very rare. So I think of like J Lo, she's been a friend for a while. Jen, I think even Jen would say, her strength is that she's not got Adele's voice or Aretha Franklin's voice, right? But she figured out what she was great at. She was a great dancer. She's an incredible performer. She's beautiful. She will outwork everybody in the damn business. So she's built this incredible career of longevity that way. And you've done it your way, having the longevity thing. And the thing you say is you say, success is rented.

• 15:12Ed Mylett?

  It's not owned. So what does that mean when you say that? Because this is huge. People get a little bit of success and then they cool it. And everything, you know this, they make a little bit of money. I'm making a hundred grand a year. I'm rich now. Right? I bought my house. I'm rich now. I did something for my sister. I'm rich now. But they, they actually think they own it instead of rent it.

• 15:30Speaker 04

  Yeah, the thing is, you gotta, you, the rent is always gonna come, you know, and there's always gonna be a younger, uh, more hungrier version of you that's coming next. Um,

• 15:45Speaker 04

  it's a little daunting to kind of hear about it because that just means that there's no ending, right? There's no like, there's no end goal. So it's a little scary.

• 15:56Ed Mylett?

  You're right about that.

• 15:56Speaker 04

  Because as you achieve your goals, as you, you know, start to live your different dreams, you have to kind of be on to the next one and kind of just like go further and further and further and further. And then there's just, there's just no ending. So it's never like, one day I'm just gonna be like, ah, I'm cool right here.

• 16:15Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 16:16Speaker 04

  No. So I'm always thinking about like, how do I get to the next level? How do I get to the next level? And I think you have to be able to humble yourself enough to bring yourself down enough to realize that there's always room to grow. Even where I'm, where I'm at in my, in my life today, I'm trying to figure out, how do I get better? How do I become the best version of myself? How do I become a better performer? How do I become a better, uh, songwriter? How do I become a better businessman? I'm always learning and I learn from anybody and everybody, you know, you don't have to have, uh, all of the accolades for me to listen to your opinion, because I think everybody has opinions. And sometimes you can get some really valid, uh, points from people that don't really have the accolades, even from comments, you know, sometimes,

• 17:01Speaker 04

  you know, people can say some really hurtful things, but damn, if you like, take a look at it, you could be like, damn, I could actually. I could actually listen to that and kind of, you know, implement that within my life and it'll probably be good for me. So, but going back to the point though, success is, is never owned. You know, you can only rent success because if you don't keep paying that rent, it can easily be gone tomorrow.

• 17:25Ed Mylett?

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• 19:30Ed Mylett?

  I think it is scary for people to hear like, cause even when I started out in business or whatever, I'm like, when I get to that point, then I'm sitting on the beach.

• 19:37Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 19:37Ed Mylett?

  Then I'm golfing. And even right now, I'm like, maybe I should be. Sometimes you're like, should I be?

• 19:42Speaker 04

  Mm-hmm.

• 19:42Ed Mylett?

  And I, and you're right, it can be like, that doesn't even sound enjoyable to some people. But the truth is, tell me if you feel this way or not, I'm just thinking when you were talking, but like, I think I'm like, I, I've used this term before, but I think it's a hell, I'm addicted to my own expansion as a man, as a soul, as a spirit, more than I, more than, like, when I started, it was about, I wanna get this amount of this, or that, or this. It's morphed a little bit over time to, I'm curious as to who I could become, what I could feel, what I could experience, what kind of wisdom I could accumulate, who I could help, and the other stuff.

• 20:21Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 20:21Ed Mylett?

  But that one, I don't wanna get off that train. The achievement train, like, the accumulation of awards or stuff, there was a point where I was like, this doesn't quite juice me like it did, and I'm not even sure it's healthy. But it kinda morphed at some point into, who could I become? You said the best version of you.

• 20:40Speaker 04

  Mm-hmm.

• 20:41Ed Mylett?

  But that one doesn't tire me out and doesn't feel nearly as daunting as the, the former does. Does that sound right to you?

• 20:48Speaker 04

  100%. I'm, I'm the same exact way. Uh, and, uh, so much so is like, when I was a kid, I would have like this Lamborghini on my wall, and I'm like, I'm gonna have that Lamborghini one day. And it was about like, stuff, you know, like, my parents would argue about money, and I'd be like, I'm gonna fix that. When I get money, like, my parents are no longer gonna argue.

• 21:08Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 21:08Speaker 04

  And I thought that, like, stuff and, and just owning things would make me happy. But my happiest moments have always been in the grind. It's the journey that I've enjoyed the most. It's looking back at those, those 2 a.m.s, those 3 a.m.s, those 4 a.m.s, like, oh, you know, I was in the grind, I was doing my thing, I was, I was trying to make it. Those are my favorite moments. Um, and even today, you know, I, I love just, just being in my zone, and like, my favorite thing to do in the world is to be in my own world and create. Whether it's, you know, creating a business, whether it's creating a song, whether it's creating content, but just creating, building something from nothing. I just, I just love that, whatever that is, I, I, that's what I'm obsessed with.

• 21:53Ed Mylett?

  You're also obsessed with your routine, another one of the tips in the book. And I'm like, with my kids, I'm like, listen, I just did a podcast on this before you came in here. I'm like, talk is so cheap. Show me what you do. Like, I, I tell people, I tell them, I like, I like, I watch people like they're a silent movie. I kind of turn the sound off. I'm just watching you.

• 22:14Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 22:14Ed Mylett?

  Too many people have deceived me in my life, misled me, like, I love you, and then they don't treat you that way. Or, man, I'm so fired up about this business. And three weeks later, they walk in at 11 a.m., you know, when you got in there at five.

• 22:24Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 22:25Ed Mylett?

  So, routine, like, it, what I love about you is like, you're this immensely talented man, but like, the keys in the book transcend talent. Like, you could not have talent and do the things you describe in the book, and you're going to produce results. So, what is your, talk about why routine matters and like, is there a day in your life that is routine, or like, are there non-negotiables for you in your daily routine?

• 22:50Speaker 04

  Um, thank you for pointing out, um, you know, the fact that the book has keys in there, like, doesn't matter if you're talented or not, because I think that's really important for people um, to, to know. Because if you want something, if you really, really want something, and you're really trying to go out and get it, you should, you should pick up the book.

• 23:08Ed Mylett?

  Absolutely.

• 23:09Speaker 04

  You know, you, you really should, because I think far too often, dreams are shut down by uh, what someone has said to us, whether it's somebody close to us or not, you know? Um, words are really painful. They're, they're, they're very limiting. They can limit your life. Um, if you hear the wrong words. But if you really, really want something really bad, and you, and you have a passion, and you think that you would be happiest doing that thing, I want you to do that thing with everything that you got. But really try to, um, if it, even if it's, if it's not this, this particular book, pick up something that you feel like is going to uh,

• 23:50Speaker 04

  energize you to start. Because starting is sometimes is the, is the hardest thing to do in the world.

• 23:55Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 23:56Speaker 04

  But when you just- Say that on tomorrow, not next week, not next month, I'm gonna start tomorrow. And then walk in and walk as if you are uh starting that journey and the the camera crews are coming and they're gonna start filming you tomorrow. And just start, just just start.

• 24:15Ed Mylett?

  So good.

• 24:15Speaker 04

  So routine for me is is really important and the only reason I know this is because I had to try to take apart my life and try to figure out what it was that made certain things tick and like work.

• 24:29Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 24:30Speaker 04

  Um and routine is definitely one of them and that's one of my uh other obsessive tics. Um so in my most successful moments, um

• 24:45Speaker 04

  my Talk Dirty album, uh five platinum songs, uh multi-platinum songs. One of the biggest albums of all time because it was, you know, it was a lot of hits on that particular album, yeah.

• 24:58Speaker 04

  When I was writing that album, that was right after I broke my C2 vertebrae.

• 25:03Ed Mylett?

  I can't believe this.

• 25:04Speaker 04

  Yeah, and it was a very dark moment for me, right? So uh I couldn't tie my own shoe, I couldn't shower myself, I couldn't dress myself, I had to learn how to sleep on my back.

• 25:14Ed Mylett?

  This is where you're doing backflips on concrete or something, right?

• 25:16Speaker 04

  Yeah, mhm, yeah, it was a terrible idea uh from from the coach. Um but but yeah, so it was a very dark moment, well, it could have been a very dark moment in my life and uh I turned to my routine. So woke up at the same time every single day, ate at the same time, ate a very similar thing every single day. Uh worked on my craft for a specific amount of hours. And it didn't matter if I, what I thought was writing, what I thought I was writing was shit or not. I was gonna work for a certain amount of hours and I wasn't gonna stop writing until that time, um that time. And then I would go to bed and then redo it all over again, every single day, every single day, every single day. And when I looked up.

• 26:00Speaker 04

  And finally took a breath, I noticed like I have some incredible works like I like this is, you know, I'm in a totally different place. That could have went the totally opposite direction, you know, I I could have just been consumed by the darkness that was around my life.

• 26:17Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 26:17Speaker 04

  But within that darkness, I was just able to turn to routine. So like, it didn't matter if I was feeling down, it didn't matter whether I felt like I could be uh very creative that day, it didn't matter if I was tired, it didn't matter if I was in pain, I had to do those hours, it was non-negotiable.

• 26:35Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 26:35Speaker 04

  And that the non-negotiable, I think is the difference maker.

• 26:39Ed Mylett?

  I agree. I, the term non-negotiable, let's not glaze over that. That's what most people do. They get up and they start to negotiate with themselves on the day they don't feel like it. They negotiate, that's exactly what you do, I've done it, and when I'm wrong, I've negotiated, I'm like, well, tell you what, I'm gonna get after this double tomorrow. You make a negotiation with yourself. This morning, I woke up. And uh, this is super random, I woke up this morning, my family was gone. I go down to my home gym, one of my dogs crapped all over my gym, one of my little Pomeranians. I immediately started to negotiate, I'm like, you know what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna clean this up right now, then I'm gonna go eat breakfast. Then if I got time before the podcast, I'll go do it, but if I don't get it done, tell you what you'll do, when you get home tonight after the podcast, then you work out.

• 27:23Ed Mylett?

  I immediately tried to negotiate my way out of it.

• 27:26Speaker 04

  For sure.

• 27:26Ed Mylett?

  But if it's a non-negotiable, that's a powerful term, it's just, it's what you do, and you do it on the days you don't feel like it, this is what separates you.

• 27:35Speaker 04

  One hundred percent.

• 27:35Ed Mylett?

  And you stack up, you see this man, like, obviously, he's incredibly talented, but you aren't his age, this freaking wealthy, and he's had multiple generations of himself. Over and over, he's remade himself, that's because of routines.

• 27:50Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 27:50Ed Mylett?

  And I don't want people to slough it off because you're good looking, or fit, or whatever, or talented, it's this stuff that he's describing that has separated him. I want to ask you this question, and I always ask it at the end, when it's someone that's had this much success, but I want you to be really honest, and I want to do it in the middle.

• 28:08Ed Mylett?

  Is it worth it?

• 28:11Ed Mylett?

  Truthfully, has this been worth it? What you thought all of it would be becoming a success? Or is it just totally different than you thought it would be? Meaning being you, you walk in here today, you got your beautiful little guy with you. But there's also stuff that comes with it. You've lost your privacy, you've got security, you've got people with you. You have the pressure of being you. You know, you've accumulated a bunch of money and I know very well. It's so much better to have money than to not have money. But it's not quite as good as you think it is when you get it.

• 28:42Speaker 04

  Truth.

• 28:42Ed Mylett?

  Right? So what's the answer to that? Or is it even better than you thought?

• 28:50Speaker 04

  I think life is.

• 28:54Speaker 04

  It's kind of a sum of.

• 28:58Speaker 04

  Good things and bad things. You know, just like everybody else, I have. Uh, silver linings, I have moments that I feel stressed. I have moments that I feel like, why me? I still have those, right? So those kinds of things don't disappear, right? I just think my life is just different. Where I say that my life is better for it is because I'm able to live my passion.

• 29:21Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 29:21Speaker 04

  And I can't think of a better life than being able to wake up in the morning and do the thing that I wanna do.

• 29:29Speaker 04

  So when I can't necessarily go to dinner, like for instance. If I'm just like in a random place, right? And like I wanna just go out to dinner, like I could do that. But I mean, it's A, it's a risk. B, it could be a hassle. I can't just be like, I'm gonna go to dinner. Like it has to be like a setup, right? Like I have to contact this person and this person so that I can make sure that I got my. Uh, guys with me, boom, boom. It's like an ordeal. That part is unfortunate, you know what I'm saying? Like the average person, they're hungry. Oh, you wanna go to, boom. It's, it's a lot more simple.

• 30:04Ed Mylett?

  The upside though, some people that are hungry can't even go get the food in the first place, right? So yeah, but you're right. That's why I asked.

• 30:09Speaker 04

  So everybody has.

• 30:10Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, the thing.

• 30:11Speaker 04

  The thing, you know, the ups and downs, but. What I will say is I am a very happy, like, very positive person and a part of it is because I really get to live what I'd love to do. I love getting on stage. I love, uh, I love writing songs. Those are my, you know, some of my favorite things to do in the world. So when I have to do things that I don't necessarily wanna do, I'm cool with that because that's just like a, uh, just like a small part of what the main thing is. I still live, you know, a very, very comfortable, happy life.

• 30:44Ed Mylett?

  You have a high degree of humility, combined with a great deal of confidence.

• 30:49Speaker 04

  Appreciate it.

• 30:49Ed Mylett?

  And that's a great combo. My favorite people have that. I say all the time, someone with a whole bunch of confidence and no humility, they're eventually gonna flame out and they're just a pain in the ass to be around.

• 30:58Speaker 04

  For sure.

• 30:59Ed Mylett?

  Right?

• 30:59Speaker 04

  Yeah, I, I know way too many of those.

• 31:01Ed Mylett?

  So do we. We both do, right? They're in your business, they're in my business.

• 31:03Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 31:04Ed Mylett?

  The other part, though, is people with a ton of humility with no confidence, they're gonna wear you out too because you're dragging them through life. You're constantly trying to pick them up. You have the really great nuance of someone who will last a long time, which is one of the reasons you have. Okay, another part of the brilliance of the book, and by the way, the name of the book, guys, Sing Your Name Out Loud, Fifteen Rules for Living Your Dream, and they're all fifteen super valid, um, rules. But you talk about collaborating, which is easy to say in music, but it's totally true in every other area of life, that if you, the power of collaboration with other people can actually accelerate the pace of your dream happening, right? So why does that matter?

• 31:39Speaker 04

  Um, I, I wanna be sure that everybody understands that, uh, the rules have come from

• 31:48Speaker 04

  a place where I was able to succeed within music utilizing that rule, then succeed within business utilizing that rule and, and social media. So like, each rule had to have had a major part in become, making me become who I am as a, as an entrepreneur, as a musician and as a creator.

• 32:09Ed Mylett?

  Mm-hmm.

• 32:10Speaker 04

  Um, so each rule has, has those underlying, um, it's like, like, like the bullet point.

• 32:15Ed Mylett?

  Yep. Well, when people collaborate overall, this is really good.

• 32:17Speaker 04

  Collaboration.

• 32:18Ed Mylett?

  But I wanna say one thing too, when you say, you and I are doing it right now.

• 32:20Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 32:21Ed Mylett?

  We're collaborating. I'm helping you sell books and you're helping me build my brand. At the same time, we're also learning from one another.

• 32:27Speaker 04

  One hundred percent.

• 32:27Ed Mylett?

  But when someone's small in social media or in there's a starting in business, one of the quickest ways to accelerate is get four, five, six of you together and say, look, I'll share your stuff. You share my stuff.

• 32:37Speaker 04

  Mm hmm.

• 32:38Ed Mylett?

  You post mine, I'll post yours. These are things that you can do in business or in social at any given time. But you talk about it in the book and what's happening is I'll ask you a question and then you're making a super good point related to it. And then you don't remember the question, but there's nothing wrong with that because you actually made a point that was unrelated correlated to it.

• 32:53Speaker 04

  For sure. Yeah.

• 32:54Ed Mylett?

  So what about collaborating?

• 32:54Speaker 04

  And then I sometimes I'll remember something. I was like, I really want people to, you know, get that nugget right there. Yeah. So collaboration has been a huge part of who I am as a musician from collaborating with different producers and songwriters. So much so that I've been just been kind of a

• 33:16Speaker 04

  just kind of like a vessel for creativity. So it doesn't matter how many hits you had, if you have some sort of name. I was down to work with kind of anybody and some of my biggest songs have been with people who have never had a hit before.

• 33:30Ed Mylett?

  Interesting.

• 33:31Speaker 04

  And I've always just been kind of like an equal opportunity kind of person, you know, because I think creativity is kind of just in the air. And you just gotta, you just, you know, who's gonna grab it? I don't know. Sometimes you'll be in a room with somebody and then all of a sudden they say the idea that you were thinking, you know? It's just like, like who got to it first.

• 33:49Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 33:51Speaker 04

  So Talk Dirty, that was a song from a guy named Wallpaper who had never had a hit before. I took a chance on it and you know, it became one of the biggest songs in the world. A song that I have, Marry Me, Jonas J. Berg, that was his first ever hit. Became a big producer after that. Trumpets, John Bellion, that was John Bellion's first hit and he went on to produce for Eminem and Rihanna. And it was just like taking a chance on people and I've been doing that for a very long time. Even Savage Love was from a kid from, from New Zealand who had this popping sound on social media. But it was just like, oh, I like, I like this sound. I think it's really creative and very left field.

• 34:34Speaker 04

  I think it's a brilliant idea. Let's make a song to it, you know?

• 34:37Ed Mylett?

  By the way, all these songs, geez, when you start listing them all, it's like you write what you said earlier.

• 34:41Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 34:42Ed Mylett?

  Like I know all these songs, but sometimes I forget they're all you.

• 34:45Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 34:47Ed Mylett?

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• 36:50Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 36:51Ed Mylett?

  So have I. So like I'm thinking about, tell them about the, I think Danny White and the car washes, right? Yeah. See, I told you. So, um, but you've done this to become wealthy too.

• 37:01Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 37:01Ed Mylett?

  Like flat out, really wealthy young man. Part of that's through collaborating and more people should be doing this in business.

• 37:07Speaker 04

  Absolutely, man. I mean, whenever you can, uh, find someone that you can learn from, but also give something back to. I'm a true believer in, don't pick your friends because you feel like they are way smarter, way better. I think you need to find a balance. Cause you don't, you don't, you don't wanna have a friend that's just, all, all the relationship is them giving, giving, giving to you. And you have nothing to give back. I don't think that's a good relationship because it's gonna fizzle out and it's not gonna be great. I think you need to find friends that you feel like they can give you something and you can give them something back.

• 37:44Ed Mylett?

  Reciprocity.

• 37:44Speaker 04

  Yeah, and you guys can kinda grow, continue to grow, grow, grow, grow together. You know, whether it's information, whether it's, um, uh, funds, whether it's ideas, like whatever it is. Make sure that the relationship, you know, has some sort of, of, uh, you know, uh, give and take. Um, but for me, uh, I was able to find someone that is very like-minded, comes from a totally different world than I come from. He's a, a business, a business mogul who has created, you know, amazing things for himself. And, you know, I'm a musician first and had been investing in a lot of companies, but never creating the companies myself. And the two companies that I tried to create myself were a vodka line.

• 38:28Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 38:28Speaker 04

  Um, which ended up failing and a clothing line, which also ended up failing. But I've had successful businesses that I've invested in that done well, you know, Catch LA and Rumble Boxing, you know? Uh, ventures that have, you know, hundreds of, of facilities now. But I never created something that was like mine. You know what I'm saying? And like I can create and like kinda build up, you know, tooth and nail.

• 38:55Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 38:55Speaker 04

  So this was the first time I found someone that was like-minded, that we could create something together and just kinda like, you know, uh, take over, um, uh, the world. And yeah, I learned a lot from him and, and vice versa, he learned a lot from me. I added the marketing side and he added the business side. And so it was just like a perfect marriage. Uh, it's a car wash, so it's called Rocket Car Wash.

• 39:16Ed Mylett?

  Rocket Car Wash, that's what it was, yeah.

• 39:17Speaker 04

  And it is, it's kinda like the talk of the town now. Every time, um, people see me now, they're kinda like, "Hey, uh, how can I get in on that Rocket Car Wash?"

• 39:26Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, yeah, it's blown up.

• 39:27Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 39:28Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, by the way, Sasha, my producer, torpedoed your vodka company, cause she endorsed it. And so it's Sasha's fault. By the way, it was a good product and a good company, and the marketing was really good, too.

• 39:37Speaker 04

  Uh, thank you, man. Yeah, I thought it was really good as well, but I mean, I also think, um, it's important who you get into business with as well. You know, because a product is one thing, but like, you're, you know, who, who, who is manning the company?

• 39:53Ed Mylett?

  One million percent.

• 39:55Speaker 04

  I think it's more, um, important than the actual product.

• 39:58Ed Mylett?

  Well, so do I. Like, I'm not gonna knock anybody. I have a buddy of mine, well, friend, I'd say a friend, who sold a tequila company with a couple other dudes.

• 40:06Speaker 04

  Mm-hmm.

• 40:06Ed Mylett?

  But, and I, it's good tequila, but it ain't the best tequila of all time, and they exited for a billion dollars after three years. It helped that-

• 40:13Speaker 04

  So you're like, "It's good, but it ain't a billion good."

• 40:15Ed Mylett?

  It helped that Randy Gerber and George Clooney were his partners, right? Like, you know, Casamigos did okay. I don't think anybody would say it's the best tequila in the room, no offense, but it was good enough to sell for a billion dollars. Cause they had the right people manning the company, the right marketing, so you're totally right about that. Which goes to the next point. Man, I'm telling you, I'll, we'll go a couple more points, cause I want him to get the book.

• 40:35Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 40:35Ed Mylett?

  But you talk about choosing your competition.

• 40:38Speaker 04

  Mm-hmm.

• 40:38Ed Mylett?

  And this is huge, like, I think what you really mean in the book is like, don't pick something too small, right? But talk about what you meant in the book when you said this. This is another super big key to success of making your dream come true.

• 40:51Speaker 04

  Yeah, so the average thing for somebody to do is picks, like a young kid, pick somebody in their class and be like, "Okay, I wanna become a basketball player, and so does he. Okay, I gotta make sure that I'm better than him."

• 41:04Ed Mylett?

  Wow, this is good.

• 41:05Speaker 04

  But the fact of the matter is, he's not going to the NBA.

• 41:08Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 41:09Speaker 04

  And if that's your competition, neither are you.

• 41:11Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 41:11Speaker 04

  You have to pick somebody in your mind that is-

• 41:15Ed Mylett?

  This is huge.

• 41:15Speaker 04

  That is like way beyond what you're, what you can imagine within your own circle. Because chances are, the people in your circle are not going to make it.

• 41:24Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 41:24Speaker 04

  Um, and for me, I picked-

• 41:28Speaker 04

  Michael Jackson. I was like.

• 41:30Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 41:31Speaker 04

  That's what I want to be. That's what I want to do. Um, and if I was looking at the people that are around me, I would have thought I was the best thing since sliced bread. Because I was, you know, better than those guys, but I mean, the likelihood of them becoming a successful musician is is less than, less than a percent, right? It's not even.

• 41:50Ed Mylett?

  Less than a million to one percent.

• 41:52Speaker 04

  You know what I'm saying? Um, you know, you look at how many slots there are, right? Of, of valuable young male artists out in, in today's music industry. I mean, can you, can you count on more than two hands?

• 42:05Ed Mylett?

  No.

• 42:06Speaker 04

  Like people that are able to, you know, stand the test of time.

• 42:09Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 42:10Speaker 04

  So if there's only that many slots, if you look to your left and you look to the right, chances are those people are not going to make it. So I think it's important to choose, um, your competition. So don't try to compete against the people around you. Compete against the person that is already doing the thing that you want to do at the highest, highest level. And then how do you, how can you become what they are, but more? Like try, try to one up them. So if they are doing, if they're posting, uh, two videos a day, you know, you gotta post three videos a day.

• 42:39Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 42:40Speaker 04

  Cause who are you not to?

• 42:42Ed Mylett?

  Who are you not to? This is one of the all time best pieces of advice ever given on the show. For real, legit.

• 42:49Speaker 04

  Thank you.

• 42:49Ed Mylett?

  Because it's, it's like, you want to be the hardest working out lady at your gym? At your gym, but you're going to go win a fitness competition worldwide. You're going to be the hardest working person in your office. Really? Or you're going to make the most content of your six buddies. Come on, who are you really competing against? Who are you really going after? The lower you set that standard too early. My son's a golfer. The first thing I said to him when we went to college, I said, hey, man, I love you. Do you want to play professional golf? He goes, I want to play professional golf. I said, first things first, you are not competing against these dudes on your team. Or in your conference.

• 43:27Speaker 04

  Facts.

• 43:27Ed Mylett?

  There's dudes all over the country. Actually, not true. There's some dude in Ireland working his ass off right now. There's a dude in South Africa.

• 43:35Speaker 04

  Exactly.

• 43:36Ed Mylett?

  Who's banging balls into the dark every single day, man. That's your competition. Don't reduce the standard to just what you could see. And what happens is, I think we go, we just wanna feel good about ourselves. I'm doing better than Sam. You know, I'm outworking Sarah. That's not how life works. The standard and the threshold, there's only so many spots.

• 43:57Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 43:57Ed Mylett?

  You gotta work your ass off. You gotta have these routines. You gotta do what he's talking about. Like, it's interesting because we're talking back and forth, but what's on the line is your damn life and your family. So you need to do these things. And when someone who's achieved what he's achieved is on a damn podcast, pull over and write some notes. Listen to it twice. It's a big deal that someone worth hundreds of millions of dollars, hundred million followers, has been relevant for decade, is telling you what to do. It's a big deal. So, I mean, I'm just fired up about it because this is the real stuff.

• 44:33Speaker 04

  It really is, man. It really is. And I'm glad that it's really hitting home because these are ideals that I picked apart from my own life, like, like literally picked it up from my own life. And it's the only reason I wanted to say it is so that people could know. Like, like, it doesn't matter about how talented you are. It doesn't matter what you were given in life. The cards you were dealt were the cards that you were dealt. That doesn't mean that should define you at all, at all. Um, but hopefully, you know, these anecdotes can continue to inspire some people.

• 45:07Ed Mylett?

  They do. Flip it for me a minute. This is not in the book. Guys you've watched fail are people. Maybe in your industry, in business, guys you grew up with who were as talented as you or close, or whatever it might be. What did they do that you should not do? Because this isn't in the book, but I wanna push you a little bit beyond the book on it. What do you see, even in your industry? Like, you seen these guys, they get that one, that one hit, they sell a bunch of music and they're, you know, they're touring now. You know, and then three years from now, you're like, who, who, who, what was his name? What did they, and by the way, it could be business or music or whatever. What do the people that don't make it end up doing?

• 45:46Speaker 04

  Um, so, it's interesting that you say that because I talk about it all the time. The-

• 45:53Speaker 04

  It's really been a crazy ride, right? Because and within my personal career, I have been on this kind of underdog trajectory my whole career. What do you mean? So.

• 46:11Speaker 04

  Like it it was kind of like I was I was never the guy, right? Like I was never like the main guy. But I've watched people that were the guy or were the girl at a specific time fall at the wayside. So like as time progressed and I keep kind of having this precipitous rise, very slow though. I've watched people just like fall like flies like around me. Like they'll have a moment and they're the bigger moment at that time. But then they then they fall and then they disappear and then they fall and then they disappear. But I've I've the difference I think for me was I was always humble enough to know that I had to I still had to grow.

• 46:56Speaker 04

  I still had to become somebody else. I still have to uh wake up and put the same work ethic that I'm that I had when I was hungry. Now, just because I have

• 47:09Speaker 04

  accomplished some things in my life, doesn't mean that I can now rest. I need to have that same fire that when I was actually hungry and like, you know, couldn't get something to eat when I wanted to get something to eat. I need to to always remember who that person is and keep that same fire. But I've seen other artists, once they make it, they feel like they've made it and they stop to smell the roses. There's just not enough time. There's not enough time in the day to stop and smell the roses because there's somebody on your ass all the time. Like there's always somebody younger, more hungry, like uh putting in more hours. There's always that somebody on your tail. So you just gotta keep pushing with that with that same intensity.

• 47:52Speaker 04

  So that you you don't you can't you can't let people catch up. So for me, I've always I've always felt like I'm I'm just trying to like prove myself to myself always. Yeah. So I'm always trying to, you know, um.

• 48:07Ed Mylett?

  Are you afraid you're gonna lose it? You afraid? I I am. I still let myself be afraid of being broke.

• 48:12Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 48:12Ed Mylett?

  I mean, maybe it's not healthy. People, there's no way you could be broke. Yeah, I could. I've seen richer dudes than me go broke.

• 48:17Speaker 04

  Mm hmm.

• 48:17Ed Mylett?

  You know, I'm I'm a um. I live with, I think, a relatively healthy fear it could go not just wealth, but just impact or growth or my life or. I don't know. I I I think if you asked me honestly, I'm I'm a little afraid it could go away still, and I don't know that that's necessarily. I'm afraid someone's gonna take you. Like you said, someone's trying to take your spot all the time.

• 48:37Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 48:38Ed Mylett?

  Would you describe it that you could you live in a little fear that it could go away? Or do you?

• 48:43Speaker 04

  I think part of it is that.

• 48:44Ed Mylett?

  Do you?

• 48:44Speaker 04

  I think part of it is that. Um, but I think the

• 48:51Speaker 04

  on the front end, the more the bigger voice in the room, I think, is

• 48:58Speaker 04

  reaching my full potential. This is I just got chills thinking about it, but.

• 49:04Ed Mylett?

  I can see it on your arms.

• 49:06Speaker 04

  What is what thought is in my mind is I've come so far within my life and I am closer to being one of the best ever than where I started to where I am now. So the journey from the beginning to where I am now was a very daunting one and I and it's crazy that I made it here. So why not chase being the best ever?

• 49:31Ed Mylett?

  That's really good.

• 49:32Speaker 04

  Like, why? Like, why stop here? And that thought is what always gets me. It's like, like, because I've been in a place where um, at the beginning of the pandemic, it was a thought that kind of creeped in my mind. It was just like, you've done enough, man. Like, you like, you, you, you did a good job. Bravo. You know, standing ovation for you. You did a great job. Now just enjoy life a little more, like, enjoy it. You know, coast was the word that I used to myself. You know, now you can just coast. You know, you can still put out things here and there, but just like, ride it out. But then, as time progressed, I was like, what the hell are you thinking? Like, you are way closer to that other end than you were from when you started. Why stop here?

• 50:17Ed Mylett?

  Bro, that's good. That's really good.

• 50:21Speaker 01

  Mr. President, my company informed me of the explosion on our rig.

• 50:25Speaker 02

  On October 2nd.

• 50:26Speaker 01

  Causing massive water displacement and triggering a tsunami. They all heap the blame on me.

• 50:30Speaker 02

  Tom Cruise is. Digger got us into this mess, and Digger's gonna dig us up. From the director of Birdman and The Revenant.

• 50:38Speaker 03

  What would happen if I stopped going? You stall, you freeze to death, that's what.

• 50:42Speaker 02

  With great power comes great deniability.

• 50:45Speaker 03

  I'm not the first then.

• 50:46Speaker 02

  Digger. See the trailer online. Only appears October 2nd. Rated R. Under 17. Not a middle out there.

• 50:53Ed Mylett?

  Any of you listen to this, your version of that's true. Look how far you've already come. From where you come from, just to where you are. Maybe I'll give yourself a little bit more credit for how... Just the fact that you're listening to this type of show separates you from millions and millions of people that you're just trying. You've come this far. By the way, do you read? Do you listen to stuff?

• 51:16Speaker 04

  I do. I listen to your stuff. I think you are amazing. The people that you bring on, I think are really impressive people. I think you do a great job of finding really, really impressive people. And when you speak, I listen, you know?

• 51:34Ed Mylett?

  Thank you.

• 51:35Speaker 04

  And I think that's a very unique quality that you have. You have a lot of information. And you've sat down with so many incredible people that I think you are... You're like a sponge. So you intake all of that information as well.

• 51:49Ed Mylett?

  I could tell you that I'm listening to you.

• 51:50Speaker 04

  Thank you, brother.

• 51:51Ed Mylett?

  I am. I'm listening to you. A couple more things I want to ask you about. Critics. You got a lot.

• 51:58Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 51:59Ed Mylett?

  I got them too. But every day, someone's criticizing someone somewhere. And you have a chapter in the book. I'll let you give the title if you remember what you call critics in the book. You basically said something about how those that can do, do. And those that can't...

• 52:17Speaker 04

  Are critics.

• 52:18Ed Mylett?

  Are critics. Right, right. How does it... Does it affect you? You said earlier you read some of them and they can help you. But what advice would you give to somebody who's maybe not that far down the road? And they're like, "Man, this stuff..." Some of these criticisms you've all received were installed in you when you were a child and you were defenseless. You don't even remember hearing them, but your parents gave them to you. Or whatever. But what would you say to people who are concerned about criticism? Because I always say all the time, "You want to do something great with your life, you're going to be controversial." Period.

• 52:44Speaker 04

  Yeah, that's for sure. I mean, if you look at the biggest people on the planet, the most popular people in the world, they are critiqued the most, right? And they have the most negative critiques that you can imagine. You know, you look at somebody with a following like Kim Kardashian, I mean, you go down her pages, just like criticism after criticism after criticism. Even when she's like getting people out of jail and like, and she's like doing humanitarian, you know, doing amazing things, people still criticize, you know. Justin Bieber, one of the, our greatest talents that we've had, you know, very long time. Young phenom, you know, just gets so much criticism.

• 53:25Speaker 04

  Um, you know, so you just look at, at, at those kinds of, of people and know that you're not, you're not alone, you know? So like, it happens to everybody. Um, but if you, if you can have the, the strength to take a look at some comments or critiques and actually try to find some kind of light within it.

• 53:49Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 53:49Speaker 04

  I think that's healthy. You know, like I've, I've taken criticism that I've seen online and implemented in my life and it's been great. So like, for instance, uh, when I put out my first, uh, my first record, What You Say, it had autotune on it, right? And like, people are like, oh, he can't sing, da, da, da, da, da. And I was like, well, damn, like, maybe I need to show them the other side. Like, maybe I need to like, not put so much autotune on it so that they even know that I can actually sing. So instead of like, uh, being down on myself, like, why me? Why me? I, you know, I listened. I was like, okay, like, that's what it is. All right. How about now?

• 54:30Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 54:31Speaker 04

  All right. What do you think now?

• 54:32Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 54:32Speaker 04

  What's up now?

• 54:33Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 54:34Speaker 04

  Um, and I think that's, that's, that's healthy. Uh, it, it, it is a very, very tricky thing for a lot of people and I am, I, I, I can't say that I, I can't speak for everybody because everybody can't necessarily do that. But just know that. At the end of the day, everybody gets critiqued. Everybody's gonna have negativity. Everybody's gonna have some, some sort of hate happen to them. So don't let that stop you.

• 54:59Ed Mylett?

  Million percent. You're gonna have a dream stealer enter your life. And there's these, there's this, their role in life is to try to steal your dream. That's what their, their role in life is. And by the way, if some critic or dream stealer can get you out this early, something would've got you out eventually anyway.

• 55:15Speaker 04

  For sure.

• 55:15Ed Mylett?

  Cause the other stuff is way harder than that. So you gotta, this is just a mini test for you. Survive it because there's gonna be bigger tests than that coming your way. Alright, I think you are extraordinary. And before we started, I told you, please stay doing this. Like, your content is incredible.

• 55:32Speaker 04

  Thank you.

• 55:32Ed Mylett?

  Cause it's based in real stuff. And it seems to me like you were called to do this as a part of your life now for the next thirty, forty, fifty years is to teach people what's being revealed to you because you're further down the road. And the way that you articulate it, the, the cadence that you have when you communicate it is, is just, it's second to none. I think you're awesome.

• 55:56Speaker 04

  Wow, thank you, man.

• 55:57Ed Mylett?

  And I was really looking forward to the day and then it exceeded my expectations.

• 56:01Speaker 04

  Ah, appreciate that, man. Yeah, I, I was telling you earlier how, uh, uh, my agent asked me, would you be, uh, willing to, you know, speak? And I was like, speak? No, like, that's not me. Um, but, uh, in writing this book, man, I discovered a lot about myself. And I discovered a lot about, uh, what it takes. And, and so many different, uh, avenues in life. You know, it's crazy how some things relate to other things so well. And some things are kinda like interchangeable. You take a rule from here and then you can implement it over here. Like, when I started to utilize the same kinda things that I was doing within music and then I, I implemented that into socials, socials flew. Implemented into business, business flew.

• 56:46Speaker 04

  It's like, the same kinds of things, just like work everywhere.

• 56:51Ed Mylett?

  They do. Principles apply everywhere.

• 56:54Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 56:55Ed Mylett?

  You know, the way you may do it, the technique may be different based on the industry, but what this book is is fifteen principles. Truthfully, that you can apply in any area. You're like, by the way, it make you a better dad. Make you a better mom.

• 57:06Speaker 04

  That's for sure.

• 57:07Ed Mylett?

  You be a better leader.

• 57:08Speaker 04

  By the way, man, I'm such a huge fan of the show and so much so that you've were a huge part of inspiring fasting for me. And kind of regenerating my life and kind of, what do you call it? Kind of aging backwards.

• 57:26Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 57:27Speaker 04

  And the power, the power of fasting. And I've seen the difference that is made in my life in my skin. I used to have to take Accutane because I would, I would get, you know, bumps and stuff on my face, but like that problem has gone away and I stopped taking Accutane and I'm all good.

• 57:44Ed Mylett?

  That's awesome.

• 57:44Speaker 04

  Um, I'm able to balance my social and

• 57:52Speaker 04

  diet life much better because I feel like I can enjoy my meals a lot better. So like I, I, dinner is sacred to me, you know, because I'm fasting all day.

• 58:01Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, can't wait.

• 58:02Speaker 04

  Can't wait for that dinner, but then I can also have more calories in that dinner and kind of eat a little more freely. You know what I'm saying?

• 58:09Ed Mylett?

  That's awesome.

• 58:10Speaker 04

  But it's so great, man.

• 58:11Ed Mylett?

  Thank you for telling me that. What's the first thing I said when you walked in today? I said, dude, you are sexy and jacked. It's the first thing I said to you.

• 58:18Speaker 04

  No, appreciate it, man.

• 58:20Ed Mylett?

  Evidence on your body that it's working. I gotta tell you something so funny. You talk about criticism and stuff. When I was really big and huge, this guy's on steroids, you know? And now that I'm much thinner and I've lost weight, there's comments this week, is he okay? Is he dying? He looks emaciated. He's very frail. I got some messages this week praying for you.

• 58:40Speaker 04

  Oh, no way.

• 58:41Ed Mylett?

  Come on now, I'm just, I'm just a little bit more shredded. It's okay. I'm not carrying quite the muscle. But I appreciate you saying that because right when you walked in, I mean, you just, you look great.

• 58:50Speaker 04

  Thank you, brother. Thank you.

• 58:51Ed Mylett?

  Is very obvious. Thank you for telling me that.

• 58:53Speaker 04

  Absolutely.

• 58:54Ed Mylett?

  Last question.

• 58:56Ed Mylett?

  Some guy runs into you at Starbucks. Some person, I shouldn't make that gender specific, some human being runs into you at Starbucks and says, hey, man, I've got a dream. And I'm getting clearer and clearer on what it is. I'm not sure. Where to really begin? And that's a generic question because their dream could be to become a carpenter, all the way to be an actor, right? But what would you say to that person if they got time with you? I want them to be able to feel like, my audience will feel like, I just switched seats, I'm in Ed's seat now. And it's just me and Jason. What would you say to that person if they were looking into your eyes and they had an opportunity to get two minutes with you? What would you say to them?

• 59:33Speaker 04

  That's a very easy question.

• 59:39Speaker 04

  I would say, find the person that is closest to who you want to become. And study that person. And what they did, what they do,

• 59:54Speaker 04

  what routes they took. And implement those within your life, but also try to one-up it. So, if I tell one of my nephews, he wants to be a basketball player. And I said, listen, he, uh, cause he asked me to buy him a, um, one of those, uh, rims that the ball comes back. And I was like, how many jump shots are you taking now?

• 1:00:23Speaker 04

  And he said, uh, I'm taking about like a hundred shots a day. And I said, uh, do you think that's a lot? And he was like, whoa, that's, that's a lot. It takes me like, takes me like an hour to do that. And I said, uh, look up how many, how many Curry takes. Look up how many shots Curry takes. And I think it was something crazy like a thousand or something like that. It was like way more. And, uh, he was just shocked by it. And I was like, so do you think that you're taking enough shots? And he was like, no. And I was like, okay. You're still in school. All right, I give you that. But if you shoot at least 500 shots every single day, I will buy you this basketball hoop. Cause I think that there's a reason to do it.

• 1:01:08Speaker 04

  Cause I don't want to buy you this hoop and like, we're buying it for no reason. So like, if you're gonna actually put in the work and look at the people that you want to become one day and actually try to implement those things, then I can, you know, get behind you and like really push this thing forward. But if you're not willing to do the bare minimum, like, you know, we were, we're just wasting our time. Take a look at the person that is doing it the best. Implement that in your life.

• 1:01:37Ed Mylett?

  Pick your competition.

• 1:01:38Speaker 04

  Yep.

• 1:01:38Ed Mylett?

  Guys, Jason Derulo, sing your name out loud, 15 Rules for Living Your Dream, and they're just really great. I would tell you to follow him on social media, but I think every human being in the world already does. But if you don't, you get him on TikTok, get him on Instagram, and follow this man's work. You can not only be entertained, but now you can be inspired and learn at the same time. Very grateful for our time today.

• 1:02:00Speaker 04

  Yeah, likewise, man. Thanks so much.

• 1:02:01Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, I loved it. Everybody, God bless you. Max out your life. Share today's episode with anybody that you love and you care about, and make sure you subscribe to the show because we're the fastest growing show on the planet for that reason. Take care, everybody.

• 1:02:13Speaker 02

  This is the Ed Mileage Show.