1 00:00:02,786 --> 00:00:04,873 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Growing Our Future podcast. 2 00:00:04,873 --> 00:00:08,811 In this show, the Texas FFA Foundation will take on a 3 00:00:08,891 --> 00:00:12,663 journey of exploration into agricultural science, education, 4 00:00:12,663 --> 00:00:15,990 leadership development and insights from subject matter 5 00:00:16,071 --> 00:00:19,669 experts and sponsors who provide the fuel to make dreams come 6 00:00:19,708 --> 00:00:19,969 true. 7 00:00:19,969 --> 00:00:22,324 Here's your host, Aaron Alejandro. 8 00:00:30,149 --> 00:00:33,872 Speaker 2: Well, good morning, good afternoon, good evening or 9 00:00:34,253 --> 00:00:39,398 whenever you may be tuning in to the Growing Our Future podcast, 10 00:00:39,398 --> 00:00:43,161 I tell you those that know know that I'm an ag guy, I'm an 11 00:00:43,261 --> 00:00:46,746 agricultural guy, and I always tell people, if agriculture has 12 00:00:46,767 --> 00:00:49,963 taught me anything, it's taught me this If you want to know what 13 00:00:49,963 --> 00:00:51,890 the future is, grow it. 14 00:00:51,890 --> 00:00:55,960 Well, to grow it, you've got to plant the right seeds, you've 15 00:00:55,981 --> 00:00:59,122 got to take care of those seeds and then one day, if you do it 16 00:00:59,204 --> 00:01:01,591 all right and you keep the weeds out, you get to harvest it. 17 00:01:01,591 --> 00:01:08,918 And then, when you harvest it, I want you to share it with 18 00:01:08,938 --> 00:01:09,099 others. 19 00:01:09,099 --> 00:01:12,561 That's what this podcast is about. 20 00:01:12,561 --> 00:01:14,064 It's about growing a better future, and to do that, we 21 00:01:14,185 --> 00:01:15,849 invite incredible guests to come on here, guests that are 22 00:01:15,868 --> 00:01:19,262 willing to share their testimonies, their experiences, 23 00:01:19,322 --> 00:01:20,243 their insights. 24 00:01:20,243 --> 00:01:24,453 And today we have got an exceptional guest. 25 00:01:24,453 --> 00:01:28,882 And today we have got an exceptional guest. 26 00:01:28,902 --> 00:01:30,224 I had the opportunity to be a part of a program called 27 00:01:30,245 --> 00:01:32,531 Igniting the Next Generation Leadership Program and I got to 28 00:01:32,590 --> 00:01:34,174 hear this man speak. 29 00:01:34,174 --> 00:01:38,052 And as soon as I heard him speak, I said I got to get that 30 00:01:38,091 --> 00:01:42,426 man on the Growing Our Future podcast and he didn't hesitate. 31 00:01:42,426 --> 00:01:45,740 I want y'all to know he didn't say let me think about it, how 32 00:01:45,781 --> 00:01:47,308 many podcasts have you done? 33 00:01:47,308 --> 00:01:49,686 He said Aaron, I'm all in. 34 00:01:49,686 --> 00:01:52,367 Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to hear from Trinnell here 35 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:52,849 in a second. 36 00:01:52,849 --> 00:01:54,165 This is Trinnell Walker. 37 00:01:54,165 --> 00:01:56,146 Trinnell, thank you for joining us today. 38 00:01:57,168 --> 00:01:57,930 Speaker 3: Hey, my pleasure. 39 00:01:57,930 --> 00:02:02,049 I'm so excited to be able to just sit here and chit chat with 40 00:02:02,049 --> 00:02:04,332 you, like two friends that we are. 41 00:02:08,180 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 2: And that's exactly what. 42 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:09,883 I'm glad you said that because that's what we're going to do, 43 00:02:09,903 --> 00:02:11,729 so I don't like any formal structure. 44 00:02:11,729 --> 00:02:13,312 People ask me all the time, trinnell. 45 00:02:13,312 --> 00:02:19,122 They say, can you send me the questions, can you tell me what 46 00:02:19,116 --> 00:02:19,616 you're going to ask me? 47 00:02:19,616 --> 00:02:21,673 And I'm like, nope, I said that's the reason I like this is 48 00:02:21,673 --> 00:02:24,405 because I think when we're just genuinely having a conversation 49 00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:24,485 that's the reason I like this is because I think when we were 50 00:02:24,366 --> 00:02:27,044 just genuinely having a conversation, I think that's 51 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:28,969 where the real seeds of greatness in a person's 52 00:02:29,030 --> 00:02:32,526 testimony, in their story, I think that's where it comes out. 53 00:02:32,526 --> 00:02:34,625 And I know, I know, trinnell, that's what's going to happen 54 00:02:34,645 --> 00:02:34,925 today. 55 00:02:36,461 --> 00:02:37,163 Speaker 3: I'm right there with you. 56 00:02:37,163 --> 00:02:38,486 I'm touching the green with you . 57 00:02:38,507 --> 00:02:42,686 Speaker 2: Okay, here we go, we kick off this podcast and 58 00:02:42,725 --> 00:02:44,350 everybody gets the same question . 59 00:02:44,350 --> 00:02:46,724 So, guess what you get? 60 00:02:46,724 --> 00:02:49,844 The same question everybody else gets, and that is this, 61 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:52,688 trinnell, what are you grateful for today? 62 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:57,061 Speaker 3: I'm grateful to be able to breathe, and the reason 63 00:02:57,081 --> 00:03:00,729 why I say that is because, you know, with my spinal cord injury 64 00:03:00,729 --> 00:03:04,264 , I have a C4 spinal cord injury which has left me paralyzed 65 00:03:04,286 --> 00:03:08,485 from the neck down and, as a result, I only use one of the 66 00:03:08,545 --> 00:03:11,932 three muscles we use to breathe, which is the diaphragm, and we 67 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:14,004 have the chest muscle and the stomach muscle. 68 00:03:14,004 --> 00:03:17,382 So, for me, I've been dealing with congestion for the last two 69 00:03:17,382 --> 00:03:21,193 days and even prior to getting onto this podcast, I actually 70 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:25,856 had to have my assistant to be able to help me cough up the 71 00:03:25,896 --> 00:03:27,352 congestion that I've been dealing with. 72 00:03:27,352 --> 00:03:30,701 So, just being able to breathe the breath of life that's been 73 00:03:30,722 --> 00:03:32,942 breathed into our nostrils, I mean. 74 00:03:32,942 --> 00:03:35,866 I'm so grateful for that because I can't take that for 75 00:03:35,887 --> 00:03:38,260 granted, because if you can't breathe you can't teach, and if 76 00:03:38,281 --> 00:03:39,626 you can't teach you can't speak. 77 00:03:39,626 --> 00:03:41,205 If you can't speak, you can't influence. 78 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:44,924 Speaker 2: We just stop right there. 79 00:03:46,828 --> 00:03:49,763 That's the reason why I wanted him on here, because that's the 80 00:03:49,802 --> 00:03:52,550 kind of gold y'all are going to get all day today right there. 81 00:03:52,550 --> 00:03:54,020 Uh, turn out. 82 00:03:54,020 --> 00:03:54,682 I agree with you. 83 00:03:54,682 --> 00:03:57,390 By the way, you said something else there that I think I want 84 00:03:57,411 --> 00:03:59,224 to go ahead and I'm just going to throw it out there. 85 00:03:59,224 --> 00:04:04,121 I like to ask the kids I say name the most successful athlete 86 00:04:04,121 --> 00:04:04,121 ? 87 00:04:04,121 --> 00:04:04,281 No name. 88 00:04:04,281 --> 00:04:05,484 I'll say name the most successful athlete, and they'll 89 00:04:05,503 --> 00:04:05,683 name them. 90 00:04:05,683 --> 00:04:07,888 I'll say name the most successful business person? 91 00:04:07,888 --> 00:04:09,110 They'll name them. 92 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:12,216 Name the most successful entertainer? 93 00:04:12,216 --> 00:04:16,050 They'll name them. 94 00:04:16,050 --> 00:04:19,062 And I said now, think about all that success you just named. 95 00:04:19,062 --> 00:04:23,226 And then I always ask them which one of those people make 96 00:04:23,247 --> 00:04:24,689 their own heartbeat every day? 97 00:04:24,689 --> 00:04:30,927 Wow, let that sink in for a second. 98 00:04:30,927 --> 00:04:34,408 And then all of a sudden you realize that that breath you 99 00:04:34,427 --> 00:04:38,668 just talked about what an incredible gift. 100 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:43,228 What an incredible gift, and we're going to talk about that 101 00:04:43,247 --> 00:04:45,379 because that's some good stuff right there. 102 00:04:45,379 --> 00:04:47,944 Uh, let's go. 103 00:04:47,944 --> 00:04:49,286 All right, here we go. 104 00:04:49,286 --> 00:04:53,654 So, again, the way that we met was we were both part of a 105 00:04:53,779 --> 00:04:58,750 project through a generation ziggler uh program. 106 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:01,440 Uh, which, by the way, trinell and I both have a connection to 107 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,163 tom ziggler and the ziggler Corporation. 108 00:05:05,144 --> 00:05:08,408 Trinnell, I don't know if you know or not, but back in the day 109 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:14,214 , zig Ziegler he didn't know it, but Zig Ziegler was my mentor 110 00:05:14,935 --> 00:05:20,089 what, and I used the book See you at the Top to get elected 111 00:05:20,149 --> 00:05:21,733 Texas FFA president. 112 00:05:21,733 --> 00:05:24,906 And on the weekends I used to live. 113 00:05:24,906 --> 00:05:27,682 I lived in Dallas when I was state president and on the 114 00:05:27,721 --> 00:05:31,351 weekends I would go downtown Dallas to First Baptist Church 115 00:05:31,391 --> 00:05:33,524 and I would go to Zig Ziglar Sunday school class. 116 00:05:33,524 --> 00:05:36,168 He never knew I was there. 117 00:05:36,168 --> 00:05:40,608 Now you can imagine what it was like years later when James 118 00:05:40,668 --> 00:05:45,990 McLam and Matt Rush introduced me to Tom Ziglar, when James 119 00:05:46,011 --> 00:05:48,440 McLam and Matt Rush introduced me to Tom Ziegler and I got to 120 00:05:48,461 --> 00:05:50,805 tell Tom about his dad being my mentor, and then ultimately, tom 121 00:05:50,805 --> 00:05:52,627 Ziegler came on my board of directors. 122 00:05:52,668 --> 00:05:55,512 He's on the board of directors of the Texas FFA Foundation. 123 00:05:55,512 --> 00:06:02,004 Now you can imagine what it was like for me to sit in a room at 124 00:06:02,004 --> 00:06:04,889 Ziegler headquarters and watch Tom Ziegler training our state 125 00:06:04,908 --> 00:06:05,069 officers. 126 00:06:05,089 --> 00:06:06,110 Wow, I'm sitting here going. 127 00:06:06,110 --> 00:06:14,973 Your daddy did that for me and now I'm getting to watch you 128 00:06:14,992 --> 00:06:16,300 pour into this next generation of leaders. 129 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:18,946 So I say all that to tee up Trinnell's credentials, because 130 00:06:18,966 --> 00:06:23,305 he is a speaker, a life coach and he is a Ziegler certified 131 00:06:23,665 --> 00:06:25,812 speaker, presenter and coach. 132 00:06:25,812 --> 00:06:32,103 And I think it's pretty obvious , trinnell, I got another really 133 00:06:32,103 --> 00:06:35,964 good board member, cleo Franklin, who's also a speaker 134 00:06:36,367 --> 00:06:36,788 presenter. 135 00:06:36,788 --> 00:06:41,963 Cleo's grandfather said son, he said never speak on the obvious 136 00:06:41,963 --> 00:06:44,848 and game recognizes game. 137 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:47,353 Speaker 3: True. 138 00:06:48,461 --> 00:06:50,947 Speaker 2: I think anybody that listens and looks at Trinnell 139 00:06:50,987 --> 00:06:56,088 knows that this man's got a story, he's got a testimony, and 140 00:06:56,088 --> 00:06:59,165 that is why I wanted him on here, because when I heard it I 141 00:06:59,204 --> 00:06:59,887 was inspired. 142 00:06:59,887 --> 00:07:06,149 And so, Trinnell, you didn't just fall into that seat right 143 00:07:06,168 --> 00:07:08,793 there no sir there's. 144 00:07:08,793 --> 00:07:11,947 There's a story that needs to be told. 145 00:07:11,947 --> 00:07:15,439 So if you would take a moment and just kind of lead us on your 146 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:19,867 life journey, uh, as to where you are today and how, you got 147 00:07:19,887 --> 00:07:21,690 there okay. 148 00:07:22,012 --> 00:07:23,620 Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate you blessing me with this 149 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,725 opportunity, though I I haven't always used the super fly 150 00:07:26,764 --> 00:07:28,987 wheelchair, you know that I'm sitting in today. 151 00:07:28,987 --> 00:07:34,081 I'm telling you, 28 years ago, man, football was my life, but I 152 00:07:34,081 --> 00:07:35,668 was passionate about it. 153 00:07:35,668 --> 00:07:41,125 I had planned on using my athletic talents to be able to 154 00:07:41,887 --> 00:07:47,387 pay for college and to be able to, you know, take care of my 155 00:07:47,548 --> 00:07:48,149 family. 156 00:07:48,149 --> 00:07:52,564 Because, I mean, when I was told, you know, my talents was, 157 00:07:53,026 --> 00:07:54,608 you know, on an NFL level. 158 00:07:54,608 --> 00:08:02,848 And I already knew that my mom, being a single parent, working 159 00:08:03,369 --> 00:08:09,759 a full time job only making $5.25 at the time, plus two 160 00:08:09,819 --> 00:08:14,192 part-time jobs to take care of me, my older brother and my 161 00:08:14,271 --> 00:08:17,701 grandmother, who had a disability, wouldn't be able to, 162 00:08:17,701 --> 00:08:20,730 you know, pay for me to go to college. 163 00:08:20,730 --> 00:08:25,809 So going to college put me a step closer to my ultimate goal, 164 00:08:25,809 --> 00:08:29,283 and that was to be able to play in the NFL. 165 00:08:29,283 --> 00:08:31,449 Because I had already been in class. 166 00:08:31,449 --> 00:08:37,765 Visualized, you know, being drafted in the first round of 167 00:08:37,785 --> 00:08:41,865 the NFL draft, walking across the stage, shaking a 168 00:08:41,904 --> 00:08:45,767 commissioner's hand, putting on that hat that represented that 169 00:08:45,866 --> 00:08:46,187 star. 170 00:08:46,187 --> 00:08:49,566 Oh yeah, baby, I was already representing them Dallas Cowboys 171 00:08:49,566 --> 00:08:53,234 , you know, holding up that jersey with the number one on it 172 00:08:53,234 --> 00:08:58,787 , signed a contract to make enough money just to retire my 173 00:08:58,826 --> 00:09:05,416 mom work, buy her a house as well as a brand new car. 174 00:09:05,416 --> 00:09:08,927 But it's been said that the best laid plans of mice and men 175 00:09:09,408 --> 00:09:10,331 often go astray. 176 00:09:10,331 --> 00:09:17,313 And on October 20th 1995, I was fulfilling my dream as a 177 00:09:17,474 --> 00:09:22,445 freshman, playing on the varsity football team, starting at the 178 00:09:22,485 --> 00:09:25,671 defensive back position at the strong safety. 179 00:09:25,671 --> 00:09:27,274 I'll never forget. 180 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,148 The lights from Bearcat Stadium shined out on the field 181 00:09:31,288 --> 00:09:32,730 capturing my performance. 182 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:37,027 The cold October breeze nipped at my skin as I walked to the 183 00:09:37,047 --> 00:09:40,153 left side of the defense to take my position. 184 00:09:40,153 --> 00:09:43,565 I looked in at the quarterback waiting for him to receive the 185 00:09:43,605 --> 00:09:43,904 ball. 186 00:09:43,904 --> 00:09:48,253 He received the football and immediately tossed it to the 187 00:09:48,332 --> 00:09:50,186 running back, headed in my direction. 188 00:09:50,186 --> 00:09:54,249 Man, I seen that running back coming my way and I read that 189 00:09:54,330 --> 00:09:54,610 play. 190 00:09:54,610 --> 00:09:56,426 Oh yeah, like a book. 191 00:09:56,426 --> 00:09:59,990 I ran up the field, stopped the running back. 192 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:01,504 The running back saw me. 193 00:10:01,504 --> 00:10:06,384 He tried to reverse field but he slipped and I made a textbook 194 00:10:06,384 --> 00:10:06,826 tackle from behind. 195 00:10:06,826 --> 00:10:07,589 Hitting the running back saw me . 196 00:10:07,589 --> 00:10:08,895 He tried to reverse field but he slipped and I made a textbook 197 00:10:08,895 --> 00:10:11,062 tackle from behind hitting the running back, wrapping him up 198 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:12,528 and driving him toward the ground. 199 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:15,947 But, unknowing to me, my teammate was coming from the 200 00:10:16,126 --> 00:10:18,393 opposite side to assist. 201 00:10:18,393 --> 00:10:22,931 The running back saw it, but I didn't, and so the running back 202 00:10:22,991 --> 00:10:26,748 ducked underneath and when he did it exposed my head and my 203 00:10:27,333 --> 00:10:31,485 own teammate ran into me, hitting me at the top of my 204 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:36,568 hands, crushing the fourth vertebrae in my neck, leaving me 205 00:10:36,568 --> 00:10:38,885 paralyzed from the neck down. 206 00:10:38,885 --> 00:10:43,456 You know what was meant to be my high school glory days turned 207 00:10:43,456 --> 00:10:44,543 into temporary defeat. 208 00:10:44,543 --> 00:10:46,894 But you know, days turned into temporary defeat. 209 00:10:46,894 --> 00:10:51,461 But you know, I learned that temporary defeat does not mean 210 00:10:51,481 --> 00:10:52,023 permanent failure. 211 00:10:52,023 --> 00:10:54,344 When I tried a bad attitude, I tried blaming others, but one of 212 00:10:54,344 --> 00:10:57,066 the things that I learned from my mom is that nothing beats a 213 00:10:57,086 --> 00:10:58,287 failure but a try. 214 00:10:58,287 --> 00:11:01,950 And that's when I started to really change my attitude in 215 00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:05,993 trying what I now call the Trinnell effect, and that's 216 00:11:06,072 --> 00:11:11,797 taking action, being resilient, encouraging, never quitting 217 00:11:19,541 --> 00:11:22,552 evaluating learning and love and myself to be able to continue 218 00:11:22,572 --> 00:11:23,193 to pursue my career forward. 219 00:11:23,193 --> 00:11:24,779 And in doing so, I was able to continue to go to high school. 220 00:11:25,442 --> 00:11:28,977 I ended up graduating with my classmates in 1999. 221 00:11:28,977 --> 00:11:31,326 And I wasn't finished with that . 222 00:11:31,326 --> 00:11:33,206 I wanted to more. 223 00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:34,806 I wanted to be able to give back. 224 00:11:34,806 --> 00:11:39,748 So I pursued my college career in the University of North Texas 225 00:11:39,748 --> 00:11:43,855 and did in Texas in rehabilitation studies. 226 00:11:43,855 --> 00:11:46,822 So I ended up getting my bachelor's degree and I'm like 227 00:11:46,861 --> 00:11:49,746 man, I want a little bit more, I want something more specific. 228 00:11:49,746 --> 00:11:54,423 So I decided to go into rehabilitation counseling and I 229 00:11:54,484 --> 00:11:57,984 ended up becoming a rehabilitation counselor and 230 00:11:58,044 --> 00:12:04,764 then you know, lo and behold, in 2015, I ended up becoming a 231 00:12:04,845 --> 00:12:13,344 Ziegler Legacy Certified Trainer as well as this certified side, 232 00:12:13,344 --> 00:12:15,269 as well as again a coach. 233 00:12:15,269 --> 00:12:17,554 So it's been a journey. 234 00:12:17,554 --> 00:12:20,883 I mean, I was a corporate trainer for 12 years for a 235 00:12:20,923 --> 00:12:25,753 pediatric home health and I'm not sharing all this to impress 236 00:12:25,812 --> 00:12:28,267 you, but to impress upon you. 237 00:12:28,267 --> 00:12:31,802 It's impossible to stop a motivated person because they 238 00:12:31,842 --> 00:12:32,625 will never quit. 239 00:12:33,969 --> 00:12:37,020 Speaker 2: Wow, one day, trinnell, I was in a you know 240 00:12:37,041 --> 00:12:39,028 you're from a small North Texas town. 241 00:12:39,028 --> 00:12:43,447 I'm from a small North Texas town and before I took this job 242 00:12:43,466 --> 00:12:48,481 that I'm in now, 24 years ago, I used to work in a bootcamp. 243 00:12:48,481 --> 00:12:50,850 I worked with truant offenders and I worked in a prison. 244 00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:54,884 So I went from that audience to these FFA kids. 245 00:12:54,884 --> 00:12:57,330 So that's kind of tells you the shift in the audience that I 246 00:12:57,409 --> 00:12:57,892 went from. 247 00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:04,831 But I remember one day I was in this coffee shop where these old 248 00:13:04,831 --> 00:13:07,687 men had gathered and they were cussing, discussing what's wrong 249 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:11,885 with this country, and they said Alejandro, I'll tell you 250 00:13:11,905 --> 00:13:13,089 what's wrong with this country. 251 00:13:13,089 --> 00:13:13,890 I said what is it? 252 00:13:13,890 --> 00:13:16,227 They said we got to get back to the basics. 253 00:13:16,227 --> 00:13:18,267 I said, all right, I'm listening. 254 00:13:18,267 --> 00:13:21,568 The three R's I said okay. 255 00:13:21,568 --> 00:13:24,308 They said yep, reading, writing and arithmetic. 256 00:13:24,308 --> 00:13:27,989 We'll just get back to the basics, we'll put this country 257 00:13:28,048 --> 00:13:28,850 back on track. 258 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,701 And I remember sitting there listening to those men and I 259 00:13:34,761 --> 00:13:39,605 said gentlemen, I mean you know disrespect, but I agree with you 260 00:13:39,605 --> 00:13:40,629 about the three R's. 261 00:13:40,629 --> 00:13:42,225 I said I work with true and offenders. 262 00:13:42,225 --> 00:13:46,961 I worked with juvenile detention kids and I work in a 263 00:13:47,020 --> 00:13:50,816 prison and everybody that I can work with can read, write and do 264 00:13:50,816 --> 00:13:52,321 math at some functional level. 265 00:13:52,321 --> 00:13:56,615 I said but you're right about the three R's, but it's not 266 00:13:56,696 --> 00:13:58,019 reading, writing and arithmetic. 267 00:13:58,019 --> 00:14:01,847 I said I think if we could just get back to respect, 268 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:05,173 responsibility and resiliency. 269 00:14:05,173 --> 00:14:08,769 I said something tells me if we get back to the basics of those 270 00:14:08,769 --> 00:14:09,070 three. 271 00:14:09,070 --> 00:14:13,201 Learn to respect yourself, your fellow man, learn to be 272 00:14:13,282 --> 00:14:16,080 responsible for yourself, your family, your community, your 273 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:20,548 state country, and learn to get up when you've been knocked down 274 00:14:20,548 --> 00:14:20,548 . 275 00:14:20,548 --> 00:14:27,972 Not everybody's going to put that cap on hold that jersey up. 276 00:14:30,020 --> 00:14:32,927 But that doesn't mean that there's not another purpose for 277 00:14:32,947 --> 00:14:33,428 that life. 278 00:14:33,428 --> 00:14:37,981 You've got to be resilient, and that's one reason Trinnell's 279 00:14:38,022 --> 00:14:44,169 story touches me is because I love to see somebody who's 280 00:14:44,210 --> 00:14:48,816 resilient and take their resiliency and pour it into 281 00:14:48,956 --> 00:14:49,196 others. 282 00:14:49,196 --> 00:14:53,004 Before we came on the air, trinnell and I were talking 283 00:14:53,043 --> 00:14:55,926 about that and you know, trinnell's been given a 284 00:14:55,985 --> 00:14:57,291 testimony for a reason. 285 00:14:57,291 --> 00:15:01,389 Could be the person that's listening to the podcast today. 286 00:15:01,389 --> 00:15:06,741 I've been given a testimony for a reason, and we never know 287 00:15:06,783 --> 00:15:11,783 when that person's going to cross our life path, and that's 288 00:15:11,842 --> 00:15:12,807 why we've got to share. 289 00:15:12,807 --> 00:15:18,054 That's why we've got to grow the future, because Trinnell and 290 00:15:18,054 --> 00:15:20,721 I both I know what the stats are. 291 00:15:20,721 --> 00:15:21,975 I'm not going to be here forever. 292 00:15:21,975 --> 00:15:27,961 We got to make sure somebody's there to pick up and carry on 293 00:15:28,049 --> 00:15:29,937 and make it better for the people that follow in our 294 00:15:29,956 --> 00:15:32,135 footsteps, and that's why I like Trinnell. 295 00:15:32,155 --> 00:15:33,019 I like his story. 296 00:15:33,019 --> 00:15:36,999 Trinnell, I know that one of the things I like, that you do 297 00:15:37,139 --> 00:15:37,860 so cleverly. 298 00:15:37,860 --> 00:15:40,018 By the way, I brag on you all the time. 299 00:15:40,018 --> 00:15:51,676 You don't know that I do this, but Trinnell has this knack of 300 00:15:51,696 --> 00:15:53,400 taking words and then he spells it out with all these little 301 00:15:53,421 --> 00:15:55,186 hints of life and how to live a better life. 302 00:15:55,186 --> 00:15:56,609 Trinnell, walk me through some of those. 303 00:15:56,609 --> 00:15:59,456 Walk me through some of your favorite words and their 304 00:15:59,556 --> 00:16:01,239 meanings to success. 305 00:16:02,181 --> 00:16:05,235 Speaker 3: I mean the ones that I really like, and I actually 306 00:16:05,315 --> 00:16:08,121 broke it down in the acronym and I call it the trinell effect, 307 00:16:08,162 --> 00:16:12,077 and you briefly- heard me say it earlier and I like to teach 308 00:16:12,118 --> 00:16:16,751 this when I go out and share and do my trainings, because we all 309 00:16:16,751 --> 00:16:18,394 have value. 310 00:16:19,576 --> 00:16:25,683 And the acronym or for Trinnell the take action, the resilient, 311 00:16:26,524 --> 00:16:33,357 the encouraged, the never quit, the evaluate, the learn and love 312 00:16:33,357 --> 00:16:33,357 . 313 00:16:33,357 --> 00:16:39,133 That shows me my value, but then when I put an affirmation 314 00:16:39,192 --> 00:16:42,373 to it, that's going to show me my effect, and this is what I 315 00:16:42,432 --> 00:16:43,076 mean by this. 316 00:16:43,076 --> 00:16:49,618 This the T is for take action, why Proper action leads to 317 00:16:49,717 --> 00:16:50,600 satisfaction. 318 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:55,715 The R resilient why Be resilient? 319 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:59,663 Because two steps back can lead to a great comeback. 320 00:16:59,663 --> 00:17:02,624 The E encourage, why Encourage, in order to a great comeback. 321 00:17:02,624 --> 00:17:06,459 The E encourage, why Encourage in order to help one flourish. 322 00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:13,196 The N never quit, why it's impossible to stop a motivated 323 00:17:13,237 --> 00:17:15,261 person because they will never quit. 324 00:17:15,261 --> 00:17:21,920 The E evaluate, why Evaluation can help lead to your 325 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:22,181 destination. 326 00:17:22,181 --> 00:17:23,548 The L evaluate, why Evaluation can help lead to your 327 00:17:23,568 --> 00:17:23,809 destination. 328 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:26,377 The L learn, why? 329 00:17:26,377 --> 00:17:29,715 Because when you learn, you earn respect for yourself, 330 00:17:30,057 --> 00:17:32,561 others and you could possibly earn more money, money, money. 331 00:17:32,561 --> 00:17:39,143 And the last L is for love, why ? 332 00:17:39,143 --> 00:17:46,482 Because love is a gift from above and so, by being able to 333 00:17:46,563 --> 00:17:51,442 take action, be resilient, encourage, never quit, evaluate, 334 00:17:51,442 --> 00:17:55,914 learn and love that will give you the power to persevere, so 335 00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:58,760 you may influence lives and empower generations to thrive. 336 00:17:59,261 --> 00:18:02,539 So that's one of the acronyms that I like to use. 337 00:18:02,539 --> 00:18:07,413 And the other one I like to use is called live, because I like 338 00:18:07,432 --> 00:18:09,700 to live one day at a time, or live in the moment. 339 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:14,896 The L stands for laugh Laugh as long as you breathe. 340 00:18:14,896 --> 00:18:20,273 We all go through some things every day and we may experience 341 00:18:20,294 --> 00:18:23,353 depression, but I've learned that 12 laughs a day keep 342 00:18:23,393 --> 00:18:24,336 depression away. 343 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:31,231 The I is for inspire, because you have to inspire yourself by 344 00:18:31,272 --> 00:18:35,645 breathing life into yourself, by having a gratitude journal. 345 00:18:35,645 --> 00:18:38,673 So when you're going through things and you need to inspire 346 00:18:38,692 --> 00:18:41,459 yourself, just look at your gratitude journal, because I 347 00:18:41,499 --> 00:18:44,263 keep one every day that I write down what I'm grateful for. 348 00:18:44,263 --> 00:18:51,480 The V is for value Value every moment by living in the moment, 349 00:18:51,990 --> 00:18:55,519 Because the only time we're able to live is in the present 350 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:56,241 moment. 351 00:18:56,241 --> 00:19:04,162 And the last one is e is for enjoy enjoy the people and the 352 00:19:04,281 --> 00:19:06,751 day, because you never know when it's going to be your last. 353 00:19:06,751 --> 00:19:12,903 So those and you can just live one day at a time or, like I say 354 00:19:12,903 --> 00:19:15,212 , live in the moment. 355 00:19:15,212 --> 00:19:19,380 Live, inspire, value, enjoy the moments. 356 00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:22,744 That is so good. 357 00:19:25,589 --> 00:19:27,555 Speaker 2: That's why I told you I wanted you on here right 358 00:19:27,575 --> 00:19:27,996 there. 359 00:19:27,996 --> 00:19:32,214 I love the way that you take some really deep and 360 00:19:32,256 --> 00:19:37,521 sophisticated life concepts and you put them in a real easy 361 00:19:37,583 --> 00:19:41,535 digestible form that a person could assimilate. 362 00:19:41,535 --> 00:19:46,535 Um, one that I heard years ago that I use is r2a2. 363 00:19:46,535 --> 00:19:49,500 Um, I don't know if you've ever heard of r2a2. 364 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:52,192 Most people ask me if it's a star wars character and I say no 365 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:52,633 , it's not. 366 00:19:52,633 --> 00:19:59,022 R2a2 stands for recognize, relate, assimilate and apply. 367 00:19:59,022 --> 00:20:04,814 So what I hope people do in these podcasts is recognize the 368 00:20:04,834 --> 00:20:05,394 concept. 369 00:20:06,517 --> 00:20:08,121 Trinnell just gave me the Trinnell effect. 370 00:20:08,121 --> 00:20:11,551 Trinnell just gave me live, relate to it. 371 00:20:11,551 --> 00:20:16,020 Okay, I see what he was saying there about love and laughter 372 00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:19,294 and living, and I think I can kind of relate to that. 373 00:20:19,294 --> 00:20:24,090 The next one is assimilate, to take in and to make part of 374 00:20:24,291 --> 00:20:29,204 oneself, and then, after you do that, you got to apply it. 375 00:20:29,204 --> 00:20:33,874 You got to apply the Trinnell effect, you got to apply the 376 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:40,603 live, and so I think that when I heard you speak and I watched 377 00:20:40,682 --> 00:20:45,838 you lay these things out for me somebody who's practicing R2A2, 378 00:20:46,221 --> 00:20:47,928 now you know why I wanted you on here. 379 00:20:47,928 --> 00:20:51,016 Cause I'm like I got to get that guy on here to share all 380 00:20:51,056 --> 00:20:51,998 that Cause. 381 00:20:51,998 --> 00:20:54,123 That's exactly what we need to do. 382 00:20:57,150 --> 00:20:59,436 Speaker 3: Yes, I mean I. 383 00:20:59,436 --> 00:21:02,325 I mean I definitely agree with you on that, because we can 384 00:21:02,464 --> 00:21:06,857 listen and hear things all day long, but if we can't relate to 385 00:21:06,877 --> 00:21:10,869 them and if we can't apply them to our lives, it's basically 386 00:21:11,992 --> 00:21:12,354 useless. 387 00:21:12,354 --> 00:21:17,066 Because I hear people say knowledge is power and I'm like 388 00:21:17,306 --> 00:21:19,270 no knowledge is potential power. 389 00:21:19,270 --> 00:21:23,501 Applying that knowledge is where the power comes in, 390 00:21:23,829 --> 00:21:27,015 because now you got wisdom, because now you can learn from 391 00:21:27,075 --> 00:21:28,721 what you have already been taught. 392 00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:32,434 Now you're applying it, now you can even share it with others, 393 00:21:32,575 --> 00:21:36,943 where now there's wisdom and experience that comes from that. 394 00:21:36,943 --> 00:21:38,556 So that's where I look at it. 395 00:21:38,556 --> 00:21:41,239 You know, applied knowledge is where the real power comes in. 396 00:21:47,950 --> 00:21:48,692 Speaker 2: So I agree with you that that is good. 397 00:21:48,692 --> 00:21:49,675 That is real good and, by the way, I like all that. 398 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:50,818 You know I'm not going to go. 399 00:21:50,818 --> 00:21:53,667 This is not the platform for me to share my story. 400 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,733 Most of the viewers here know my background and my story, but 401 00:21:57,796 --> 00:22:01,102 that ffa jacket was the game changer for me, trinnell, that 402 00:22:01,162 --> 00:22:02,724 blue and gold FFA jacket. 403 00:22:03,891 --> 00:22:08,114 When I put that jacket on and zipped it up, you didn't know 404 00:22:08,134 --> 00:22:09,479 that I came from a broken home. 405 00:22:09,479 --> 00:22:13,299 You didn't know that I had my dinner from a garbage can. 406 00:22:13,299 --> 00:22:18,840 I had $25 in my account when I went to college, or a 14 on my 407 00:22:18,922 --> 00:22:19,323 ACT. 408 00:22:19,323 --> 00:22:21,794 You knew none of that. 409 00:22:21,794 --> 00:22:24,912 That jacket I look just like everybody else. 410 00:22:24,912 --> 00:22:28,522 That means I had the same opportunity as everybody else. 411 00:22:28,522 --> 00:22:34,058 But, to your point, if I would have never applied what I knew, 412 00:22:34,380 --> 00:22:39,011 if I would have never have taken a risk and tried what I knew, 413 00:22:39,634 --> 00:22:43,952 if I'd have never been willing to take that first step back of 414 00:22:44,032 --> 00:22:47,961 resiliency, I'd have never had the opportunities that I've been 415 00:22:47,961 --> 00:22:51,994 granted to this day, the blessings that wait on the other 416 00:22:51,994 --> 00:22:52,415 side. 417 00:22:52,415 --> 00:22:56,050 I guarantee you, trinnell, that where you're at is not where 418 00:22:56,111 --> 00:22:57,555 you anticipated being. 419 00:22:57,555 --> 00:23:01,704 But I also believe that, and I I do. 420 00:23:01,704 --> 00:23:04,090 I sure hope I'm not putting words in your mouth, but I hope 421 00:23:04,151 --> 00:23:04,573 I'm right. 422 00:23:04,573 --> 00:23:05,315 I think I am. 423 00:23:05,315 --> 00:23:09,429 Something tells me you're an awful grateful person. 424 00:23:09,469 --> 00:23:12,515 Speaker 3: You're awful blessed person because of the people 425 00:23:12,535 --> 00:23:18,025 that you've met in your life yes definitely on that and you 426 00:23:18,210 --> 00:23:21,198 spoke about opportunities, and that's one of the things that 427 00:23:21,218 --> 00:23:25,574 I've learned from sports I mean, you learn from what you just 428 00:23:25,615 --> 00:23:29,551 said is that you have to seize the opportunity, and there's two 429 00:23:29,551 --> 00:23:30,836 times that I was well. 430 00:23:30,836 --> 00:23:32,740 I have to seize the opportunity every time I get. 431 00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:36,692 But one of the things that really come to me is, you know, 432 00:23:36,853 --> 00:23:39,273 as I was sharing with you, I was actually playing on the varsity 433 00:23:39,273 --> 00:23:39,594 football team. 434 00:23:39,594 --> 00:23:42,435 You know, as I was sharing with you, I was actually playing on 435 00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:43,916 the varsity football team, but what happened is I will never. 436 00:23:43,916 --> 00:23:45,659 I always remember this, coach. 437 00:23:46,219 --> 00:23:49,942 I was out there on the practice field and I was on the scout 438 00:23:49,981 --> 00:23:52,083 team and I hit. 439 00:23:52,083 --> 00:23:54,065 Next thing I hear I was like freshman, get in. 440 00:23:54,065 --> 00:23:57,606 And so I'm trying it, and we had to go against the first team 441 00:23:57,606 --> 00:23:58,086 defense. 442 00:23:58,086 --> 00:24:04,394 And I'm out there and I'm in the huddle and the quarterback 443 00:24:04,434 --> 00:24:06,442 is like Trinnell, the ball is coming to you. 444 00:24:06,442 --> 00:24:09,413 And I'm like, okay, and I'm telling you, man, our defense 445 00:24:09,432 --> 00:24:12,438 was huge and so it was a sweep. 446 00:24:12,438 --> 00:24:15,971 So quarterback received the ball and he tossed it at me and 447 00:24:16,010 --> 00:24:17,854 I'm running to the outside as fast as I could. 448 00:24:17,854 --> 00:24:21,842 Well, I spread the defense apart and I seen a hole where I 449 00:24:21,862 --> 00:24:25,278 could just cut up and walk right into the end zone, and that's 450 00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:28,214 what I did and I never forget. 451 00:24:28,276 --> 00:24:32,491 The coach looked at me and was like man, this kid is good, and 452 00:24:32,692 --> 00:24:35,714 he moved me up to the varsity football team based off of that. 453 00:24:35,714 --> 00:24:38,558 But it's because I saw an opportunity. 454 00:24:38,558 --> 00:24:41,556 I was given an opportunity against the scout team to go 455 00:24:41,596 --> 00:24:44,990 against the first team defense, to do my best, and there are 456 00:24:45,010 --> 00:24:47,960 going to be people out there that are watching this. 457 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,834 You're going to get an opportunity. 458 00:24:49,834 --> 00:24:52,582 Take the opportunity, seize in a moment. 459 00:24:52,582 --> 00:24:55,278 You may be afraid, because I was afraid. 460 00:24:55,789 --> 00:25:00,355 You had a big obstacle in front of you, but you have to believe 461 00:25:00,476 --> 00:25:04,182 in yourself and take the opportunity, because you never 462 00:25:04,301 --> 00:25:07,266 know when that opportunity is going to present you again. 463 00:25:07,711 --> 00:25:10,255 And when you do take that opportunity and to be able to 464 00:25:10,315 --> 00:25:14,662 seize that moment and to make the decision, then you can move 465 00:25:14,682 --> 00:25:25,269 your life to the next level level. 466 00:25:25,269 --> 00:25:27,795 And and I'm gonna say this about decide, because I was 467 00:25:27,815 --> 00:25:29,298 blessed by my assistant, who is also in the ffa and she is a 468 00:25:29,337 --> 00:25:32,383 teacher, a retired teacher, and it's something that I had to do 469 00:25:32,442 --> 00:25:37,376 with my life whenever I got injured, I had to decide and she 470 00:25:37,376 --> 00:25:42,644 told me the uh suffix of decide is simply to kill off. 471 00:25:42,644 --> 00:25:48,082 Whether it's homicide, suicide or pesticide, it means to kill 472 00:25:48,201 --> 00:25:48,321 off. 473 00:25:48,321 --> 00:25:52,154 So whenever you wake up in the morning and you have to make a 474 00:25:52,194 --> 00:25:54,077 decision, you have to decide. 475 00:25:54,077 --> 00:25:57,663 What are you going to kill off that's holding you back in order 476 00:25:57,663 --> 00:25:59,165 for you to go towards your future? 477 00:25:59,165 --> 00:26:02,500 Are you going to kill off them Self-limiting beliefs? 478 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:06,980 Are you going to kill off the group of people that are being 479 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:07,903 negative around you? 480 00:26:07,903 --> 00:26:12,138 What are you going to kill off in order to make the decision, 481 00:26:12,199 --> 00:26:13,623 to decide to do your best? 482 00:26:16,671 --> 00:26:20,815 Speaker 2: Well that's good, your assistant said that. 483 00:26:21,537 --> 00:26:24,037 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, she broke it down to me about the word 484 00:26:24,057 --> 00:26:24,458 decide. 485 00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:27,338 So I'm like I'm going to use that because I had to make a 486 00:26:27,398 --> 00:26:28,592 decision Every day. 487 00:26:28,592 --> 00:26:32,173 I get up, I'm paralyzed from the neck down, so I have to make 488 00:26:32,173 --> 00:26:34,441 a decision every day to decide. 489 00:26:34,441 --> 00:26:41,124 Am I going to feel like I'm a burden and cry myself to sleep 490 00:26:41,913 --> 00:26:45,272 like I used to when my injury first happened, or am I going to 491 00:26:45,272 --> 00:26:48,846 decide to be thankful that God has given me an opportunity to 492 00:26:48,906 --> 00:26:51,779 continue to breathe the breath of life, that I've been given An 493 00:26:51,779 --> 00:26:55,471 opportunity to use my mind to the fullest, even though I can't 494 00:26:55,471 --> 00:27:00,299 use my body, my ability to be able to use what I have, rather 495 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:01,962 than focusing on what I don't have? 496 00:27:01,962 --> 00:27:06,099 So I have to make that decision to decide to kill off that 497 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:11,974 negativity in order to focus on the positivity that is awesome. 498 00:27:12,476 --> 00:27:13,657 Speaker 2: Yeah, so here's the thing. 499 00:27:13,657 --> 00:27:16,103 Okay, so you didn't make it into the NFL. 500 00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:17,770 You're still a pro, by the way. 501 00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:19,453 I just wanted you to know that. 502 00:27:19,453 --> 00:27:22,299 You know, think about it, people fear public speaking more 503 00:27:22,299 --> 00:27:23,382 than they fear dying. 504 00:27:23,382 --> 00:27:25,996 Right, look at what you're doing. 505 00:27:25,996 --> 00:27:29,390 You're like out here on this field in the Pro Bowl. 506 00:27:29,390 --> 00:27:33,019 You know you're playing the Super Bowl every day, inspiring 507 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:33,602 other people. 508 00:27:33,602 --> 00:27:34,692 So to your point. 509 00:27:34,692 --> 00:27:40,604 I'm glad you killed off those negative voices that could have 510 00:27:40,644 --> 00:27:44,351 prevented you from sharing such an incredible testimony. 511 00:27:44,351 --> 00:27:49,000 Let's dive a little bit deeper in here, and not that I don't 512 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,114 already have a page full of incredible wisdom that you've 513 00:27:52,153 --> 00:27:54,902 already poured into us, but I'm going to give you an opportunity 514 00:27:54,902 --> 00:27:55,852 to pour some more. 515 00:27:56,532 --> 00:28:01,262 So I like to ask the kids I said how many high schools are in 516 00:28:01,323 --> 00:28:01,723 Texas? 517 00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:05,507 Now, there's other people from all over the country watching 518 00:28:05,527 --> 00:28:08,037 this podcast and I don't know what the high schools are in 519 00:28:08,076 --> 00:28:12,661 every other state, but in Texas we have over 3,000 high schools. 520 00:28:12,661 --> 00:28:17,691 Now think about that for a second 3,000 high schools Every 521 00:28:17,912 --> 00:28:21,000 one of them are going to have a graduating class this year. 522 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,298 That means that all these kids are going to get out. 523 00:28:24,298 --> 00:28:28,319 They're going to be looking for a job, scholarship or an 524 00:28:28,441 --> 00:28:29,041 opportunity. 525 00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:32,980 And so I always ask the kids what is your competitive edge? 526 00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:37,220 What is it that separates you from everybody else? 527 00:28:37,220 --> 00:28:41,058 It could be something as simple as a firm handshake, look them 528 00:28:41,118 --> 00:28:43,512 in the eye, say yes or no sir, yes ma'am, no ma'am. 529 00:28:43,512 --> 00:28:48,323 It could be something as simple as saying thank you, but I 530 00:28:48,410 --> 00:28:51,676 believe that you got to have something, a competitive edge 531 00:28:52,117 --> 00:28:54,222 that kind of separates you from the competition. 532 00:28:54,222 --> 00:28:58,097 Trinnell, if you were coaching kids and you were telling them a 533 00:28:58,097 --> 00:29:02,871 little bit about life, kids, and you were telling them a 534 00:29:02,891 --> 00:29:04,212 little bit about life and I think the trinell effect, I 535 00:29:04,273 --> 00:29:05,395 think that's a competitive edge. 536 00:29:05,395 --> 00:29:06,798 I think live, live, live. 537 00:29:06,798 --> 00:29:08,842 I think that is a competitive edge. 538 00:29:08,842 --> 00:29:11,794 Is there anything else you would tell young people? 539 00:29:11,794 --> 00:29:16,388 Put this in place in your life, do this when you get out, and I 540 00:29:16,388 --> 00:29:21,318 guarantee it'll be a competitive edge yes, and it's 541 00:29:21,358 --> 00:29:22,259 called be about. 542 00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:27,494 Speaker 3: It be about what you say you're gonna do, and I 543 00:29:27,555 --> 00:29:32,823 actually have a little chant that I do with athletes with 544 00:29:33,544 --> 00:29:36,757 other high schools and it's called be about it. 545 00:29:36,757 --> 00:29:38,903 Would you um like to help me out? 546 00:29:38,903 --> 00:29:41,067 Would you like to help me out? 547 00:29:41,067 --> 00:29:41,670 Would you like to help me out? 548 00:29:41,670 --> 00:29:41,789 Aaron? 549 00:29:42,412 --> 00:29:43,719 Speaker 2: Of course I want to help you out. 550 00:29:43,719 --> 00:29:45,596 I'm not going to let my guests know. 551 00:29:46,730 --> 00:29:47,453 Speaker 3: All right, all right. 552 00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:50,813 So here, this is what I want you to do, so I want you to say 553 00:29:50,833 --> 00:29:52,980 this with me Be about it. 554 00:29:54,973 --> 00:29:58,021 Speaker 2: Be, about it Keep going, be about it, keep going, 555 00:29:59,336 --> 00:30:01,255 be about it, be about it, be about it, keep going, keep going 556 00:30:01,255 --> 00:30:01,897 , be about it. 557 00:30:01,897 --> 00:30:06,037 What Be about it, what Be about it, what Be about it, what? 558 00:30:06,670 --> 00:30:07,632 Speaker 3: So now? 559 00:30:07,632 --> 00:30:11,923 So now I'm going to add something to that. 560 00:30:11,923 --> 00:30:15,160 As soon as I finish with it, I want you to say be about it. 561 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,932 Okay, You're going to start it out, I'm going to count you down 562 00:30:18,932 --> 00:30:20,413 Three, two, one and you're going to start it off. 563 00:30:20,413 --> 00:30:21,854 I'm going to count you down Three, two, one and you're going 564 00:30:21,854 --> 00:30:23,315 to say be about it. 565 00:30:23,315 --> 00:30:25,356 And then I'm going to say something after Three, two, one. 566 00:30:25,376 --> 00:30:28,219 Be about it being the best woman or man. 567 00:30:28,219 --> 00:30:32,402 Be about it Doing the best that you can. 568 00:30:32,402 --> 00:30:35,984 Be about it Adding value to people's life. 569 00:30:35,984 --> 00:30:39,627 Be about it Ending hatred and even strife. 570 00:30:39,627 --> 00:30:40,648 Be about it Using your abilities. 571 00:30:40,648 --> 00:30:42,230 Be about it Ending hatred and even strife. 572 00:30:42,230 --> 00:30:44,671 Be about it Using your abilities. 573 00:30:44,671 --> 00:30:47,034 Be about it Treating everyone equally. 574 00:30:47,034 --> 00:30:50,517 Be about it Understanding your self-worth. 575 00:30:50,517 --> 00:30:51,778 Be about it. 576 00:30:51,778 --> 00:30:53,839 You have a purpose here on this earth. 577 00:30:53,839 --> 00:30:55,040 Be about it. 578 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,883 Be the best version of you. 579 00:30:56,883 --> 00:30:58,884 Be about it Making it. 580 00:30:58,884 --> 00:30:59,826 Do what it do. 581 00:30:59,826 --> 00:31:03,217 Be about it Just wanted to get this off my chest. 582 00:31:03,217 --> 00:31:03,540 Be about it Making it. 583 00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:03,603 Do what it do. 584 00:31:03,603 --> 00:31:03,904 Be about it. 585 00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:04,368 Just wanted to get this off my chest. 586 00:31:04,368 --> 00:31:04,711 Be about it. 587 00:31:04,732 --> 00:31:08,617 Speaker 2: You are amazing and don't forget to be about it, 588 00:31:08,898 --> 00:31:13,415 what Be about it, what Be about it. 589 00:31:13,797 --> 00:31:15,054 Speaker 3: Exactly so. 590 00:31:15,054 --> 00:31:18,117 I just want to encourage everyone out there to have that 591 00:31:18,170 --> 00:31:19,315 competitive edge. 592 00:31:19,315 --> 00:31:22,317 Be about being the best person you can be. 593 00:31:22,317 --> 00:31:27,679 Be about using the opportunities you can to the 594 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,503 fullest, because that's all I have ever done. 595 00:31:30,503 --> 00:31:30,769 That's. 596 00:31:30,769 --> 00:31:33,842 The only thing that separates me from everyone else is that I 597 00:31:34,324 --> 00:31:38,855 have decided to be about it, and I want you to be about it too. 598 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:41,682 Speaker 2: Thanks, trinnell. 599 00:31:41,682 --> 00:31:42,523 I appreciate that. 600 00:31:42,523 --> 00:31:45,191 You know I will not go through the rest of my day without 601 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:46,271 saying be about it. 602 00:31:47,753 --> 00:31:48,715 Speaker 3: Exactly See it's catchy. 603 00:31:48,715 --> 00:31:49,115 Be about it. 604 00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:54,104 Exactly Beautiful. 605 00:31:54,163 --> 00:31:55,506 Speaker 2: Beautiful, beautiful. 606 00:31:55,506 --> 00:31:59,092 All right, let's talk about one last topic here I want to talk 607 00:31:59,112 --> 00:31:59,373 about. 608 00:31:59,373 --> 00:31:59,634 Again. 609 00:31:59,634 --> 00:32:05,674 All I'm doing is pouring more fuel on this incredible fire 610 00:32:05,736 --> 00:32:06,397 you've given us. 611 00:32:06,397 --> 00:32:08,836 We'll talk about leadership. 612 00:32:08,836 --> 00:32:18,022 I think our homes, our neighborhoods, our state and our 613 00:32:18,022 --> 00:32:22,240 country could sure use a lot more strong leaders. 614 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:29,622 Trinnell, if you could pour into others the importance of 615 00:32:29,682 --> 00:32:32,413 leadership, being a leader, what would you tell them? 616 00:32:35,097 --> 00:32:40,494 Speaker 3: To be a game changer, you have to take the lead, and 617 00:32:40,575 --> 00:32:48,027 lead stands for leadership, encouragement, accountability 618 00:32:49,108 --> 00:32:49,789 and discipline. 619 00:32:49,789 --> 00:32:59,455 Lead by example, have that common goal, have a goal with 620 00:32:59,496 --> 00:33:02,357 yourself, have a goal for yourself and your team and the 621 00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:03,238 people in your life. 622 00:33:03,238 --> 00:33:10,561 And you have to encourage, be a beacon of light, of hope, to be 623 00:33:10,561 --> 00:33:14,804 encouraging to people you know to be able to set goals and to 624 00:33:14,884 --> 00:33:15,663 reach that goal. 625 00:33:15,663 --> 00:33:17,224 But not only that. 626 00:33:17,224 --> 00:33:21,727 You have to again have that accountability, be responsible, 627 00:33:21,747 --> 00:33:24,548 do what you say you're going to do and respond. 628 00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:26,990 I like what I think Stephen Covey said. 629 00:33:26,990 --> 00:33:30,371 It's like responsibility and you put a hyphen between 630 00:33:30,411 --> 00:33:34,333 response and ability and it's your ability to respond to 631 00:33:34,393 --> 00:33:41,758 things and as being accountable. 632 00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:43,103 You have to be able to respond to things in a way to be able to 633 00:33:43,103 --> 00:33:43,664 help yourself and others. 634 00:33:43,664 --> 00:33:44,567 But also you got to have that discipline. 635 00:33:44,567 --> 00:33:47,176 You got to do it every day and you got to. 636 00:33:47,176 --> 00:33:49,864 You know again, like we said earlier, to decide you have to 637 00:33:49,903 --> 00:33:52,499 cut out all the things that's not going to get you to where 638 00:33:52,519 --> 00:33:55,816 you want to be and by doing that you're able to be a game 639 00:33:55,875 --> 00:33:56,277 changer. 640 00:33:56,277 --> 00:33:58,279 By taking the lead. 641 00:33:58,279 --> 00:34:03,410 Leadership, encouragement, accountability and discipline 642 00:34:04,435 --> 00:34:06,282 that's how we're going to change the game right there. 643 00:34:06,894 --> 00:34:11,384 In life, in our communities and, you know, in whatever we do. 644 00:34:13,407 --> 00:34:13,768 Speaker 2: Told you. 645 00:34:13,768 --> 00:34:15,019 What did I tell y'all? 646 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:18,181 I said we're just going to keep pouring it on and he's going to 647 00:34:18,181 --> 00:34:19,264 keep pouring it out. 648 00:34:19,264 --> 00:34:19,985 Guess what. 649 00:34:19,985 --> 00:34:21,409 That's what he's about. 650 00:34:21,409 --> 00:34:23,360 That's what he just did. 651 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:27,384 Oh, man, trinnell, thank you so much. 652 00:34:27,384 --> 00:34:28,621 This is so good. 653 00:34:28,621 --> 00:34:31,443 I mean, I've got a whole page of notes here. 654 00:34:31,443 --> 00:34:34,322 Is there anything else you'd like to share? 655 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:42,259 Anything else you'd like for people to know about life's 656 00:34:42,278 --> 00:34:42,579 journeys? 657 00:34:44,643 --> 00:34:45,847 Speaker 3: and the importance of a healthy perspective. 658 00:34:45,847 --> 00:34:49,173 I'm telling you, um, your most valuable asset that you have is 659 00:34:49,193 --> 00:34:49,715 your mind. 660 00:34:49,715 --> 00:34:55,302 So it's going to be important to be able to guard your mind 661 00:34:56,144 --> 00:34:59,550 and to be able to train it in a way that you're able to use it 662 00:34:59,590 --> 00:35:00,295 to the fullest. 663 00:35:00,295 --> 00:35:05,085 And again, for me, I'm paralyzed from the neck down. 664 00:35:05,085 --> 00:35:07,268 I can't use my body to distract me. 665 00:35:07,268 --> 00:35:09,699 Only thing that I have is my mind. 666 00:35:09,699 --> 00:35:12,786 I have my faith, my family and my mind. 667 00:35:12,927 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 2: So, again, protect your most valuable asset, 668 00:35:17,101 --> 00:35:24,001 utilize it to the fullest, which is your mind so, trinell, back 669 00:35:24,041 --> 00:35:28,288 in the day, when I used to work with the, the at-risk kids in 670 00:35:28,307 --> 00:35:31,398 the boot camp and with juvenile detention and some other 671 00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:37,106 programs, I used to ask the kids this question. 672 00:35:37,106 --> 00:35:42,255 I said if I gave you a water canteen, and I gave you a water 673 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:45,541 faucet and I told you we were going to take a trip across the 674 00:35:45,623 --> 00:35:48,958 desert, I said what would you do with that canteen? 675 00:35:48,958 --> 00:35:52,090 And they'd all look at me like I was stupid and they said well, 676 00:35:52,090 --> 00:35:55,440 of course, mr Aaron, I'd fill up my canteen, I'd fill it to 677 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,007 the brim, I'd drink as much water as I could, I'd get my 678 00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:00,175 shirt and get it wet. 679 00:36:00,175 --> 00:36:02,141 I said why would you do all that? 680 00:36:02,141 --> 00:36:05,007 And they said because I got to get across the desert. 681 00:36:05,875 --> 00:36:07,621 I said that's right, what do you know about deserts? 682 00:36:07,621 --> 00:36:10,115 And they said, well, they're hot, they're dry and you're 683 00:36:10,135 --> 00:36:10,856 going to need that. 684 00:36:10,856 --> 00:36:12,498 I said, well, how do you know that? 685 00:36:12,498 --> 00:36:14,460 I said you ever been to one? 686 00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:18,023 Well, no, but I know people that have and they've told me 687 00:36:18,043 --> 00:36:18,302 about it. 688 00:36:18,302 --> 00:36:20,063 I said, good, Guess what I know about life? 689 00:36:20,063 --> 00:36:24,387 It's a long, hot desert and this right here is your canteen. 690 00:36:24,708 --> 00:36:27,851 And you better fill it up with as much information as you can, 691 00:36:28,070 --> 00:36:39,697 because I'm telling you it's long and it's hard out there and 692 00:36:39,697 --> 00:36:40,942 you're going to need to have wisdom and discernment and all 693 00:36:40,961 --> 00:36:42,286 the tools up here in your tool belt to get through that desert 694 00:36:42,306 --> 00:36:42,447 of life. 695 00:36:42,447 --> 00:36:43,572 And they all say, well, I guess that kind of makes sense. 696 00:36:43,572 --> 00:36:44,375 I said, dang right, it makes sense. 697 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:47,925 Now I'm going to get to tell them be about so, be about 698 00:36:47,965 --> 00:36:54,340 filling that canteen up yes, sir , definitely all right, trinell, 699 00:36:54,340 --> 00:36:58,188 I appreciate you so much and I appreciate your willingness to 700 00:36:58,248 --> 00:36:58,568 share. 701 00:36:58,588 --> 00:37:01,393 Trinnell, I appreciate you so much and I appreciate your 702 00:37:01,413 --> 00:37:05,197 willingness to share and, if y'all didn't catch it earlier, 703 00:37:05,277 --> 00:37:06,820 he just came off of a little bit of a sickness, so this was a 704 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,847 real challenge to step up and deliver today and you did it 705 00:37:09,947 --> 00:37:13,318 exceptionally, by the way, and your assistant there, she's 706 00:37:13,378 --> 00:37:17,175 exceptional as well, and I just appreciate both of you and your 707 00:37:17,195 --> 00:37:18,579 willingness to help us today. 708 00:37:18,579 --> 00:37:23,079 Um, every guest gets a fun question at the end, trinnell, 709 00:37:23,099 --> 00:37:24,722 so you get a fun question too. 710 00:37:24,722 --> 00:37:29,559 All right, I want to know, mr Trinnell Walker, what is the 711 00:37:29,619 --> 00:37:31,402 best concert you've ever been to ? 712 00:37:32,184 --> 00:37:34,536 Speaker 3: oh man, it's been so long since I've been to a 713 00:37:34,597 --> 00:37:37,481 concert but I think, think I remember, man, when I was 714 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:40,588 younger man, going to a New Edition concert. 715 00:37:40,588 --> 00:37:44,336 Man, I had never been to a concert before in my life and I 716 00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:50,219 went with my stepmom and it was a great concert and it was very, 717 00:37:50,219 --> 00:37:51,403 yeah, it was great. 718 00:37:51,403 --> 00:37:53,742 That's why I still remember it New. 719 00:37:53,822 --> 00:37:54,425 Speaker 2: Edition. 720 00:37:54,425 --> 00:37:56,179 I remember New Edition. 721 00:37:56,179 --> 00:37:57,523 Look at you go. 722 00:37:57,523 --> 00:37:59,088 I loved it. 723 00:37:59,088 --> 00:38:02,318 That's the other thing I like about this podcast, trinell, is 724 00:38:02,338 --> 00:38:04,025 we get a whole spectrum, as you might imagine. 725 00:38:04,025 --> 00:38:09,797 I've got everything from country western to heavy metal. 726 00:38:09,797 --> 00:38:14,583 One on here that love pit bull I've heard everything so 727 00:38:14,603 --> 00:38:17,909 everything so awesome. 728 00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:18,469 Speaker 3: What about you? 729 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:23,748 Speaker 2: Oh man, if you were to grab my my phone right now 730 00:38:23,788 --> 00:38:27,882 and look at my music category, I've got everything from Frank 731 00:38:27,963 --> 00:38:31,461 Sinatra, the contemporary Christian, to rock and roll, to 732 00:38:31,501 --> 00:38:33,947 a little R and B to a little. 733 00:38:33,947 --> 00:38:37,715 I mean I even got some old school run DMC rap in there. 734 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:41,206 I got Jimmy Buffett, michael Bublé. 735 00:38:41,206 --> 00:38:46,322 I'm a diehard Bruce Springsteen fan, so I kind of like a little 736 00:38:46,322 --> 00:38:47,125 bit of everything. 737 00:38:49,237 --> 00:38:52,719 Speaker 3: Oh, good deal, Good deal. 738 00:38:53,295 --> 00:38:54,561 Speaker 2: Well, listen, let's wrap it up. 739 00:38:54,561 --> 00:38:57,224 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for stopping by. 740 00:38:57,224 --> 00:39:01,163 I meant the fact that you're willing to give us a little bit 741 00:39:01,182 --> 00:39:01,764 of your time. 742 00:39:01,764 --> 00:39:07,336 I meant the only thing we get to do with time is spend it, and 743 00:39:07,336 --> 00:39:11,284 the fact that you stopped by to share and listen to Trinnell. 744 00:39:11,284 --> 00:39:18,021 Just pour into us To share the Trinnell effect, to share live, 745 00:39:23,244 --> 00:39:24,088 to share lead. 746 00:39:24,088 --> 00:39:30,472 But I would say, you know, I think there's even something 747 00:39:30,492 --> 00:39:35,672 deeper there, and that's for Trinnell to share his testimony, 748 00:39:35,672 --> 00:39:39,476 and I appreciate his courageousness, his willingness. 749 00:39:39,476 --> 00:39:42,021 Trinnell, around our shop we have a saying that goes like 750 00:39:42,081 --> 00:39:42,300 this. 751 00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:46,246 It says when your values are clear, your choices are easy. 752 00:39:46,246 --> 00:39:49,230 When your values are clear, your choices are easy. 753 00:39:49,230 --> 00:40:00,608 The other thing that we say is that the essence of leadership 754 00:40:00,648 --> 00:40:04,903 is to plant trees under whose shades you may never sit and 755 00:40:04,923 --> 00:40:05,306 Trenel. 756 00:40:05,306 --> 00:40:07,394 Your willingness to share is planting a lot of great trees 757 00:40:09,318 --> 00:40:11,228 and there's going to be some mighty oaks one day because of 758 00:40:11,248 --> 00:40:12,313 what you're doing for us, thank you. 759 00:40:13,114 --> 00:40:13,856 Thank you so much for joining us . 760 00:40:13,856 --> 00:40:15,802 Ladies and gentlemen, until we meet again, go out and do 761 00:40:15,882 --> 00:40:17,266 something great for somebody. 762 00:40:17,266 --> 00:40:18,394 You'll feel good about it, and maybe our homes, community, 763 00:40:18,326 --> 00:40:18,481 state, country will be a better place to again go out and do 764 00:40:18,413 --> 00:40:18,865 something great for somebody. 765 00:40:18,865 --> 00:40:20,918 You'll feel good about it, and maybe our homes, community, 766 00:40:20,958 --> 00:40:23,565 state, country will be a better place to live, work and raise 767 00:40:23,644 --> 00:40:25,208 our kids because of it. 768 00:40:25,208 --> 00:40:28,304 We'll see you on the next episode of Growing Our Future. 769 00:40:28,304 --> 00:40:29,838 Everybody, take care Bye. 770 00:40:36,235 --> 00:40:38,222 Speaker 1: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of the 771 00:40:38,262 --> 00:40:39,827 Growing Our Future podcast. 772 00:40:39,827 --> 00:40:44,168 This show is sponsored by the Texas FFA Foundation, whose 773 00:40:44,268 --> 00:40:47,260 mission is to strengthen agricultural science education 774 00:40:47,661 --> 00:40:50,552 so students can develop their potential for personal growth, 775 00:40:50,914 --> 00:40:53,855 career success and leadership in a global marketplace. 776 00:40:53,855 --> 00:40:56,483 Learn more at mytexasffaorg.