From World Cup Crowds To Local Roots In Western North Carolina

A packed sports calendar turns into a surprisingly honest conversation about character, responsibility, and what we do when the spotlight moves on. We start with the energy of the World Cup and the way big events pull people together across cultures, even when the world feels divided. Along the way, we reflect on why sports stories stick with us: they compress pressure, hope, heartbreak, and resilience into moments that feel a lot like real life.

We talk through perseverance lessons from basketball and the mindset that keeps people moving when things look bleak, including a line we can’t stop thinking about: you’re allowed to imagine the worst possibilities, but you still show up. From there, we share one of the best World Cup cultural stories out there, Japanese supporters staying after matches to quietly clean the stadium, even picking up trash that isn’t theirs. It’s not about optics. It’s about respect for shared spaces, gratitude for the experience, and community responsibility.

Then we connect the dots to everyday life with the “shopping cart” test and to legacy with a moving reflection on mentorship, including the relationship between Denzel Washington and Chadwick Boseman. We bring it back home to what we do at George Real Estate Group: guiding Western North Carolina homeowners, buyers, and investors through major transitions with trust, clear options, and calm decision making, including help for those thinking about rightsizing, investing, or a 1031 exchange. If this conversation resonates, subscribe on your favorite podcast app, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

Transcript

Welcome And Local Market Gratitude

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Good morning and welcome to the George Real Estate Group Live Radio broadcast here on WHKP every Thursday morning, bringing you positive news about your local real estate market and community. So grateful to be here with you. A lot to cover today, can you believe? We're almost or we're over halfway through the month of June, and time's time. Well, hold on a second there, Tippi.

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Half of the year.

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Time's fine. We are, yeah, half of the year.

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Half of the year.

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Well, at the end of June, right? That's right. That's right. I mean, we're getting closer to Christmas. We are, man. I'll tell you, man. I accidentally turned on a Christmas song the other day, and I was like, oh, I'll I'll sit here for a moment and enjoy the Christmas music.

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We're gonna worry about the warm weather.

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Well, and how about all this rain coming up?

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I know, but we we're not gonna get our forecast is saying we're not gonna get Brandy. Was telling me before he left, he said, we're gonna have a nice weekend. I believe we will.

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So I gotta say, the cool mornings and the cool evenings and the breeze the last week has been extraordinary. Yes. It's been one of this is you know, people love the summer in the mountains because of that, those cool nights, those cool.

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Not the humidity.

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Not the humidity, but it's been remarkable. So that's been fun. Um, before we jump into the conversation with Tippi, which we're just gonna have some fun banter, but you're listening to the George Real Estate Group live radio broadcast here on WHKP. We've been doing this radio program since 2011. I actually have had my North Carolina broker's license since 2005. I joke, I'm an overnight success. It's just taking 20 years of showing up every day. Just having fun, loving on our clients, helping our our our families navigate, our uh retirees navigate, our, you know, uh, you know, helping our families navigate through buying and selling and through life, life happens. Therefore, real estate happens, and and again, just so much to be grateful for. We're so grateful to serve the community through real estate. If you're thinking uh buying, selling, or investing in real estate, or a career in real estate, or maybe you're thinking about how do I handle real estate investments, and and maybe I've heard of 1031 exchanges and you know I'm planning ahead with my estate. I mean, there's so many different scenarios that you know might be worth a conversation. There's always no pressure, there's no cost, there's no obligation to have a confidential consultation, and we're having them every single day, and we're so thankful for that. We love being here on Thursday mornings right after the 10 o'clock news to share with you positive news about your local real estate market and community. And today we're just gonna have a fun conversation. Also, every Friday morning at 8 45, the George Real Estate Group sponsors the Hometown Hero series. And then tomorrow morning, Dale Epperson of Epperson's Tree Service, after the storm, you know, Dale and his crews they did work countless hours clearing trees for victims of the storm, especially in Saluda, the watershed area. And tomorrow, we're gonna share his story. Uh, Dale Epperson of Epperson Tree Service is our Hometown Hero, and we're grateful to have him. So every Friday morning at 8 45, the Hometown Hero series, and we'd love to your nominations, and we can and they continue to pour in, and we're so thankful

How We Help Buyers And Sellers

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uh for the you know the nominations and getting to share uh remarkable stories about what's happening in our community. Um, this is again what a great time of year. I will say this again, you call us, find us online, call us directly 828-393-0134. Find us online at realastatebygreg.com. Also, we podcast all of our radio shows. You can find us on your favorite podcast platform. Uh be sure to follow us and subscribe and then social media, Facebook and Instagram, or stop by our office anytime on Rainbow Row in Flat Rock. We serve all of Western North Carolina and the upstate, commercial, residential, uh 1031 exchange specialists. Uh, we'd love to have the conversation and grateful to connect with you. Tippi, yes, this time of year, I gotta I gotta talk about it. We had the NBA finals, we had the Stanley Cup finals. Wow. We also have the World Cup going on. And the men's college world series. The men's college world series. I mean, what a time to be alive. And and it's been fun to see uh in the World Cup arena. Just it's been fascinating to watch. Uh uh, you know, everybody from around the world just explain. They they're having these experiences of in the U.S. and uh they're talking about the food, they're talking about the culture, they're talking about the different people they're meeting.

SPEAKER_02 4:33

Yes, and they was talking about running out of beer in Boston.

SPEAKER_00 4:37

It was the Irish, right? Or no, who was it? It was uh it was I can't remember what country was there, and they drank them dry.

SPEAKER_02 4:44

Yeah, they they said they ran out of beer. They ran out of beer. But I had I got a friend that lives in Atlanta, and and some of the uh games was in Atlanta, they still are, and and he was saying how many people. I mean, when we talk about soccer and and the game of soccer, we don't realize it's a worldwide sport, but it's never been that in America like it is in a lot of international countries, right? So it's catching on, and really, I mean, he said, man, there's so many people at some of the events, it it just kind of blew his mind.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

It is literally from all over the world. Uh, and by the way, this is just an interesting observation, and I'm not even gonna get into the politics of it. Yeah, the world the the World Cup, regardless, I mean, to some degree, right? Iran was in the U.S. playing New Zealand, which ended up in a draw. Right, right. But I mean, I mean, talk about I mean, just the ability to maybe put things aside for a moment.

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Coming together amongst your differences. That's right. Yeah.

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And again, it it's this is not that's not a political statement, but just it, you know, and you know, it's there's so much more in bringing the world together, it is, it is, which is remarkable. Talking about also just the amount of people, the same night, I believe it was, or the same week that you had the NBA finals going on in New York was also the World Cup game. I mean, like all this was happening at the same time in unbelievable. Did you I have to comment though, and I don't know if you saw this, and I know this was just last week, but it maybe it's old news, but the story of Jalen Brunson and his he at Villanova brought together um they they had Villanova win the national championship in 2016 and 2018. Right. Player of the year. He ends

World Cup Buzz And Shared Culture

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up, and even after all that winning, the NBA still questioned his ability, yes, yeah and whether he really could could you know stand up in within the NBA. Yeah um and he was he was truth is he was he was a second round 33 33 pick in the two 2018 NBA draft and you know for the Dallas and then it was uh he came to the Knicks in 2000 2000 sorry 2022.

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Right.

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But the his the and again I could be getting the story wrong, but as I understand it, he turned down a hundred million dollar deal, not yeah, not for himself, but in order to bring his his teammates and two uh from Villanova to come play with him at the Knicks and talk about perspective bridges and hard. That's right. That and to to do that, another thing that he said, which was remarkable at one point, I think they were down almost 30 points in the game four. Yeah. And something he said after the game, which is talk about a this is a life lesson. By the way, the sports can be such a life lesson for us. Of course. He made the comment you're allowed to think about the worst possibilities happening. Of course. And and yet, we still had to show up. We clawed back point by point.

SPEAKER_02 8:18

It did. That was that was one of the most amaz well, that was the uh most amazing comeback in NBA history, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:26

In finals history, yeah. And again, the ability for him to say you're allowed to, I mean, what a life lesson. You're allowed to think about the worst possibilities, of course. But you still show up, yeah, you still take that next shot.

SPEAKER_02 8:41

And that's what they did. I and he did my hat goes off because I told a friend of mine that lives in Atlanta who came by to see me uh last week, and we were talking. I said, Well, if I was a betting man, and I'm not a betting man because my money is too precious to come by, but I would have lost big if I was a Vegas bidder. Oh, yeah. Because I really thought San Antonio was gonna take the series. Yeah, I did. I really did.

SPEAKER_00 9:12

Well, with what they were doing with Wim Benyana, yeah. I mean, unbelievable what they did. But they they the the young team, yes, and then uh but again what what uh the the Knicks had done for the first time in over fifty years.

SPEAKER_02 9:29

Oh yeah, they haven't won it since 1973, the year when I graduated. I remember that team. I remember that team. Yeah. Uh remarkable. Yeah. Uh uh Earl Le Pearl Monroe, uh Guards, and Walt Frasier, uh uh DeBusher. Uh I want to say Willis Reed was on that team, but I might be wrong. But what a I mean, long time. But it's no fans like, I must say, there's no fans like the New York Knicks.

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Yeah.

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Walt Fraser, Walt Clyde Fraser, Willis Reed, uh, Bill Bradley, Bill Bradley, Earl the Pearl, Munroe. DeBusher? Guess who DeBusher? DeBusher. Dave DeBusher. Dave DeBusher. Guess who else? Phil Jackson. Yes, he sure was. Phil Jackson, the legendary coach of the Bulls and the Lakers. That's right. Exactly.

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Remarkable. Yeah, long time coming.

SPEAKER_00 10:27

I mean, just again, these this these stories, right? Yeah. The everybody the the the perseverance and the and the overcoming and the grit and the showing up. And again, sports can be a great example for life.

SPEAKER_02 10:39

Of course, of course it can. I mean, that's you know, they they were talking about no disfavor to the New Jersey uh the other mean the Spurs? No, the other team in New York. Oh, of course. New York mean the the Nets. And no disrespect. But and they, you know, I think they understand the the Knicks been around a long time. I mean, when you talk about basketball, yeah, you gotta put them in that scenario with the Boston Celtics, the LA Lakers, I mean, the Philadelphia 76ers. Those were teams that uh especially Philly, I mean they paved the way. Oh God, I mean that I looked at when I used to look at basketball at nine and ten years old and and just got so glued to it that I try to epitomize put uh what you call it? Epitomize your my game. Oh yeah. You modeled my game towards Chet Walker. That's where I got my number, 24.

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That's awesome.

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It's crazy, man.

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Just like kids do did 23 for Michael Jordan. Like it was a big you know, you you uh

NBA Stories About Grit And Comebacks

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you uh again looked up to these role models uh on the court, yeah. And you hope they're the role models in life too, but I mean like it's it's just remarkable. But you know, uh the NBA I think had was uh struggling over the last few years, and for this to what a resurgence, of course, but again, the stories behind it, the and the perseverance and well we talk about um the change of the NBA.

SPEAKER_02 12:16

What brought them back up was the era of Magic Johnson and Um Larry Bird. Yeah. They played in a national championship game against each other in Kingdoms. In college, that's right. Then they go to the NBA and get high dollars, and then they I mean, that's they really turned it around.

SPEAKER_00 12:36

Yeah. I mean it's had these evolutions. Uh and again, and then look at what soccer's done, right? With um you here even here in the United States with the the the major league soccer the MLS, it's a growing sports. One of the fastest growing sports. Of course, yeah. Uh, you know, and then again, this is where, you know, and and you know, soccer it is in one sense, it I mean it's not easy, it's simple. Of course, it's emotional, and it and it's also universal, and and this is where across the world, you know, uh you don't even have a a patch of ground, a ball. And by the way, you've you see the the the you see the videos of kids uh in maybe in Africa or the Middle East that are playing with a handmade, it could be literally made with with with recycled material, not even a a ball as we'd consider a ball, but kids are playing soccer, you know, two goals, and that's where you know a kid a kid here uh in Hendersonville, a kid in Mexico City, a kid in London, a kid in uh, you know, uh anywhere in the world, they get it, right? It's it's just understood. And so the World Cup's the biggest stage. Um, and and just again, a lot of stories behind behind what's going on in the um in the soccer world. Of course. Messi getting uh he's he broke so many records just this week alone. And it and it just causes the world, this is where it's it's the world is a sporting event that causes the world to just seem to stop at the same time. It's it's national pride, it's heartbreak, it's the perseverance, the joy, the the politics, the culture, the the sports all rolled into one, and for the Americas, Mexico, Canada, and the US to sponsor it is significant.

SPEAKER_02 14:21

Well, I I I think that since we we talk about the game of soccer, the means of soccer, I think, maybe be the means of bringing our world together. Yeah.

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Some commonality.

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Yes, yeah. Looking at things in in that real real eye.

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People can put things aside and see human to human.

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That's right.

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We all got two arms, we got eyes, yeah, nose, and we're playing a we're literally playing a game together.

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That's right, exactly.

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Putting everything out.

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Putting everything aside.

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Yes. It's remarkable. And when the fans come together, do you know the story? Uh go ahead.

SPEAKER_02 15:02

I mean, like it's No, I was gonna say, you know, we was talking about soccer, but uh University of North Carolina is in the World Series in college baseball. And I think they only been to the finals only three times. But my love of the game was baseball when I grew up. Basketball was was secondary, it was always baseball. And baseball is like America. Same thing, right?

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Kids could get a get around a uh grassy field. Yes, and you make your bases. That's right.

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And that's what we're gonna do.

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All you needed was a bat and a ball. That's right. And you played ball.

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But I I've been watching, I watched that Georgia and Oklahoma game. That was the elimination game. And really, I thought Georgia was gonna beat them because Georgia beat them the day before. But Oklahoma came, oh man, they they came out with their bats and they they played ball. That's amazing, and it was a great game. And then we talk about hockey, you know, North Carolina.

SPEAKER_00 16:16

Oh, I know, hurricanes remarkable too.

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Uh, you know, I you know, I didn't I don't I didn't really focus, I've never been a hockey fan, but Charles Barclay talked about

Soccer As A Universal Language

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hockey and how much he loved it.

SPEAKER_00 16:32

Wow.

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Well, I found time too. I watched it, man, and man, I'm telling you, man.

SPEAKER_00 16:39

Well, how about the elegance of these full grown men? Let's let's let's say, I mean, full grown men, like big men, right, full-bodied men, right, are are they are elegant and and on but I mean it's it's a violent sport, I have to say, but it's but the elegance of on the ice where they can flow uh effortlessly.

SPEAKER_02 17:03

I wonder how fast they'd be going.

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Oh, they it's remarkable. It's the it's the both of I mean I gotta admit it's an a it's a violent sport. It is, yeah. But also equally, the finesse and being able to glide across that ice both.

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It is, man.

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And they look, I gotta, you gotta say, they look those boys look rough.

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I mean, I mean what? And some of them don't have teeth.

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I know they're missing teeth. And uh it is the beards and the I mean it's a but it's and then how I mean they won the the uh the the winter Olympics in in I mean for the that was that's right phenomenal too. And that's why the series was later this year because of the delay of the Winter Olympics. There was a pause in the in the in the NHL. But I have I it's been again sports, what a fun conversation. I have to go back though to something that's happening in the World

Japanese Fans And Leaving It Better

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Cup uh world and story, which I think is is incredible. And it's you know, I think one of the the best World Cup cultural stories is these the lesson that we can learn from, and again, the lessons of respect, gratitude, and then actually you know leaving a place better than you found it. And it's I don't know if you've heard the story of the Japanese fans cleaning the stadium has become one of the most beautiful traditions in World Cup soccer. And this is a tradition after Japan's matches, many Japanese supporters stay behind with trash bags and clean the rows around them.

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That's all right.

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They pick up the cups, the food wrappers, the the bottles, and anything left in the stands, even trash that was not theirs. And it surprised the world because most fans rush out after the game. Whether winning or especially after losing, you're like, I we're leaving, especially, and it could be especially after an emotional loss or a win or a draw. And so this tradition actually drew major international attention at the 1988 World Cup in France, which was Japan's first World Cup appearance, and it continued as tournaments in the they've continued this in tournaments since then. The Associated Press reported before the 2026 tournament this custom was expected to continue in North America, and it has. And so what makes it powerful is that fans do not see this as a publicity stunt. Many describe it as Japanese culture, cleanliness, respect for shared spaces. The responsibility for the community are taught from childhood in Japan, and so in many Japanese schools, students help clean the classrooms, the hallways, the facilities. And this is this idea. We use this space, so we are gonna help take care of it. And so this is where uh in even just recently the the the Japan's 2-2 draw against the Netherlands, Netherlands, just just recently in Texas, they were collecting trash. The the the the the reports even noted that an NFL quarterback, Winston, Jamise Wilson Winston, worked as a Fox sports cor uh correspondent, joined in and helped them. And so this is the I think this is the takeaway, right? Yeah, character is what you do after the spotlight moves on. That's right.

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That's right.

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And so the Japanese fans cheer, they celebrate, they uh their hearts are broken, when they lose. I mean, hope, uh like anyone else that's a fan, but then when the match is over, they're they're quietly serving. They leave the stadium better than they found it, and that's I think that's why this story resonates. You know, it's not about the trash, right? Right, it's about the honor, the humility, yes, the gratitude, the respect. And so I this is where I I wanted to bring light to this again, remarkable stories that we can take away from from sports and from sporting events and the respect that we can have for one another.

SPEAKER_02 21:09

It's only it's only a game. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:12

And but it's but it's so much more than that.

SPEAKER_02 21:15

Because in order to be a good winner, you gotta be a good loser. Yeah, you gotta know how to take defeat when you get when you lose.

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Yeah.

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I mean, and that's that's that's a character. And I remember we being taught that when we was playing basketball.

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Yeah.

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And our coach told us one day when we won the state championship, he said that loss that we had was the best loss because we knew how to lose.

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Yeah, the lesson you can learn from that.

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Exactly right.

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It's powerful. And and how kids the sports are so powerful for kids. Yeah, yeah, and and it and I've seen even parents get out of lane and And you know what's fascinating? They're learning from their kids. That's right. And the kids are are being unfortunately it should be the other way around.

Shopping Carts And Responsibility

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That's exactly right. The kids are modeling sportsmanship. That's right. Have you heard this also reminds me of the story, you know, the shopping the shopping cart story? And this is where you know no one requires you or forces you to return your shopping cart, right? There's no punishment for for leaving your shopping cart out in the parking lot. No one gives you a reward for put for putting it back. And it's a it is a tiny inconvenience, but it it actually helps the next person. It helps the workers and prevents cars from hitting cars, right? No one wants to but so that the idea is returning the shopping cart is a small act that that it actually reveals.

SPEAKER_02 23:02

Or somebody's always watching you too, as well.

SPEAKER_00 23:05

Yeah. Well, that isn't that the truth, right? Yeah. And again, it's it, but of course, there's reasons why people can't do it, right? They might have a sick child in the car, or it could be bad weather, or and there's uh there could be a real reason. It's but and so that's not about that. But as a general idea, it it is a powerful metaphor, you know, just like the stadium in the Japanese, that this this space served us, so we're gonna honor it. The shopping carts, like, hey, this is a small action that can help others even if no one notices it, right? And so I I mean, I think we can learn a lot about society and culture and a person by what they do when there's no immediate reward, you know, or and you can tell a lot about a person when they take responsibility. Um, you know, Japanese fans cleaning a stadium and a person returning a shopping cart are both small acts in the in the scheme of things, but they point to something bigger, and you know, characters often revealed in the little things and how you keep showing up. Of course. And again, you can fail, you can mess up, but you keep showing up, you take responsibility, you get get back up. And so, you know, it's these are the I love these conversations, right?

SPEAKER_02 24:18

Like you become a better individual in life.

SPEAKER_00 24:21

Right. It's more more, it's not just about yourself.

SPEAKER_02 24:25

Well, you know, I I think about I looked at a piece with Denzel Washington, and he's a great actor. He's done a whole lot. And the and the young man that played uh the Black Panther

Mentorship Lessons From Denzel And Chadwick

SPEAKER_02 24:40

that passed away, I can't think of his name. But anyway, he talked about his focus on him as he was growing, and he said, I thought he was gonna have a long life, and I wanted to pass the baton on to him. Wow. Because I seen charity in him.

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In him.

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Denzel noticed that in him.

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Yes, uh, Chadwick Boston.

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Chadwick, yeah. Right down in my dad's hometown in my area. He's from down in Anderson County. Really? Down in that area. That is um and Denzel went to uh his funeral down in down south, and and uh I thought it was real touching because he went to T. L. Hanna High School. Yeah, he sure did. That's right.

SPEAKER_00 25:28

And then he went on to Howard Howard University, yeah. Great South Carolina's a big part of his story, small small town roots.

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Yeah, Lloyd. But a huge impact. Oh, yeah. Denzel said he he even said he would be the next hemp.

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Wow.

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Because he he was talking about track, and it's like he used that as an example. When you pass in that paton, you still are running.

SPEAKER_00 25:56

Yes, you're still going.

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You're going as you pass it. That's right. And that's the one he was trying to pass it to.

SPEAKER_00 26:03

And that's the thing, you never it's one of those, you never know who you're helping. That's right. Right? Like, and that's where um where the relationship between you know Chadwick and and Denzel, right?

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Yeah.

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Uh, and they were able, and and chan and Chadwick actually honored uh Denzel publicly. Yeah. Um and and again, the just the relationship that that they had that, you know, again, Denzel Washington investing into him as a student.

SPEAKER_02 26:32

He did. I mean, he he really he poured into him. He did. He he and I and I can see that when I go back and look look at his character, the the movies that he's been in. But he he he did quite well for himself at a short life. Yeah, you know, he made his impact. He did, you would say.

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Yeah.

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And that's the whole point.

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Is that well no regardless, we none of us know how long we're here.

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We don't. And every day is a gift. Yeah. And you know what he said to one of the the great pastors Denzel did? He said, Well, I didn't call I don't want to call his name, but anyway, he'll TDJ. And he said, Oh, TDJ said, Well, people don't do that anymore. Talking about when the first thing he does when he gets up, Denzel said, he prays. He said, He said, people don't do that.

SPEAKER_00 27:32

And and he does it.

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He does it.

SPEAKER_00 27:35

And he doesn't, he doesn't hide his faith.

SPEAKER_02 27:38

No, and the thing is, he he is the author and finisher. No matter whether we want to claim it or not. Right.

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Or whether anyone recognizes it or not, yeah.

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That's right, because nobody made those stars up there. But we don't want to give it away.

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No, but I mean every day is a gift, and it is.

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And I think when we when we recognize things and put them in its rightful place, we see things

Real Estate Help Juneteenth And Closing Ad

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better. Perspective. We see things better.

SPEAKER_00 28:07

Yeah, it's perspective. Yeah. Um Tippi, I'm so I'm so grateful for the conversation. I love our conversations.

SPEAKER_02 28:13

You're s you're a great guy. I I feel the same. Yeah.

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And just to have a uh just I wanted to have a this is an off, this is an unplanned, off the cuff, off the cuff, honest conversation. Uh Tippy and I share a lot of our uh joy and love for sports and and life. And just it's fun to have these conversations. And again, it's perspective, it is, and just having a conversation. So again, thank you. I'm so thankful for you to join. I know you got to help me with the technology now. You can do it. Uh, but we're so grateful to be here every Thursday morning sharing with you positive news. And just like today was just a a conversation we wanted to have as we're sharing uh life. Uh life happens. I mean, we and this is in real estate. You know, it's the real estate is about relationships and and and helping and advocating and helping and connecting and you know, all those things that we do to navigate, and real estate happens to be, I mean, it's one of the biggest financial decisions you'll make in your lifetime. And so we we're doing it every single day. We've had the privilege of uh helping over 1,600 families throughout the years. And so if you're you're thinking of buying, selling, or investing in real estate, we'd love to have the conversation.

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And happy Juneteenth tomorrow.

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