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Speaker 1: Welcome to the
Growing Our Future podcast.

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In this show, the Texas FFA
Foundation will take on a

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journey of exploration into
agricultural science, education,

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leadership development and
insights from subject matter

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experts and sponsors who provide
the fuel to make dreams come

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true.

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Here's your host, Aaron
Alejandro.

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Speaker 2: Well, good morning,
good afternoon or good evening,

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or whenever you may be tuning in
to the Growing Our Future

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podcast.

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Hey, we appreciate you stopping
by.

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You know there's only one thing
we can do with time is spend it

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, and the fact that you're
spending a little of your time

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with us today, man, we
appreciate it.

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You know I like to tell people
in the world of agriculture if

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it's taught me anything, it's
taught me this If you want to

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know what the future is, grow it
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If you want to know what the
future is, grow it.

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Well, to grow something, you got
to plant the right seeds and

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you got to make sure you take
care of it.

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But getting the right seeds is
important, and that's what this

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show is about.

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It's about reaching out and
bringing on subject matter

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experts, people with strong
testimonies, experiences that

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are willing to share and pour
into others.

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Today is no different.

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I'm excited for today.

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I can't wait to hear all the
incredible apples of gold we're

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going to receive today.

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But we're going to get started.

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Here we have the Success
Chronicles himself.

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Author, writer, speaker, chip
Baker.

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Chip, thanks for being with us
today.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Thank you so much for that
intro.

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That's exciting, and thank you
so much for having me.

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Speaker 2: Let's go, yes, sir.

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Hey, you know we're not even
into this shit, but I got to

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tell you how much I like that.

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You know why?

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Because I tell people all the
time move.

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God does not have a problem
hitting a moving target, Just

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move.

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Speaker 3: Yes sir, let's get it
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Speaker 2: So we're going to go
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Speaker 3: Yes, sir, let's get
it.

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So we're going to go.

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Okay, Chip, we start every
episode the same way.

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Every episode, every guest gets
the same question.

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That question is this what I'm
grateful for today is the

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ability to be here to be able to
do this, and what I mean by

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that is it's taken a journey for
me to get to this place of

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where I am today Lots of hard
work, lots of people loving me,

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lots of people looking out for
me, helping me, lots of growth,

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lots of mistakes.

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You know it's led me to this
place and for you to think

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enough of me to have me on this
amazing platform.

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I'm truly grateful for that,
and my hope is that I can give

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some gems based off of my
experience that will help others

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move more efficiently and
effectively.

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So I am grateful to be here
with you doing this.

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Speaker 2: All right, we can
just stop there.

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Speaker 3: That was great.

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Speaker 2: Great interview
that's exactly, though you know

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you said something, the reason
we start every episode with that

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, though one of my board members
you you probably know, know his

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dad and know him, but the late
Zig Ziglar.

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Tom Ziglar is on my board and
Tom and I talk about this all

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the time, about how, when we
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emotions that that stir, or
hopefulness, encouragement,

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they're, they're all positive.

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But but when you look at the
opposite of gratitude like Tom

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was on the East Coast talking to
some college kids and he asked

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them what is the opposite of
gratitude?

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And he said the answer is
entitlement.

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And when you go from being
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not fair, give that to me,
that's mine the attitude changes

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And so I think when young people
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day with something that they're
excited about, that they're

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grateful for, that is contagious
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And I love the way you couched
that, chip.

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I love the way you couched it
as you couched it about this

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journey that led to today.

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I love the quote by oh, I'm
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was fixing to give you the quote
Tony Robbins and I love.

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Tony Robbins says success leaves
clues.

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Yes, and you just said it, when
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their testimony and what led
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Yeah, we see the look at this
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We're looking at this big man
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smiling, he's confident.

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But I guarantee you there was
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life that came along that
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today.

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But if we're smart, we look at
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leaves clues.

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So, chip, that's what we're
going to talk about today.

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Okay, if you want to do that,
I'd sure like to do that.

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So you're very accomplished.

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Again, you know we were talking
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You're a speaker, you're an
author, you've got the Success

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I mean, your fingerprints are
from coast to coast.

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Something tells me you did not
just fall into that chair coast.

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Something tells me you did not
just fall into that chair.

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Something tells me that there
was probably something that led

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you to where you are today.

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Give us a little bit of your
journey and tell us how did you

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get to where you're at today and
why you do what you do today.

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Speaker 3: I love how you set
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It gave me chills when you said
that my fingerprints are coast

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to coast and a lot of times,
when we are focused in on just

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striving to make a difference
and doing the work, we don't get

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a chance to take a deep breath
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those things you know if you're
doing it the right way, I

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believe.

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Think about all of those things
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the right way, I believe.

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And so just to hear that, I'm
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that people have seen the things
that I've strived to do to help

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others.

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And you know, in answering your
question, the way I got to this

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place where I am currently is
because there was lots of people

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that came before me family,
people that I worked with that

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looked out for me, people that
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that I coached or taught people
that I've come across with the

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YouTube channel podcast, with
the books writing, and I've

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learned so much along my journey
and it's allowed me to be

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exactly in this space.

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You know my background is I'm a
fourth generation educator, a

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teacher, former coach, blessed
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some great people as well as
being around some awesome folks

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to learn from in my career, and
I tell people that I come from a

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family of church folk and
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You understand that I did, yeah
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educators, and what that means
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We were church people, uh, and
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music in our churches, so you
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We were there, for sure, but I
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firm foundation, if you will, um
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allowed me to be deeply rooted
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and so that's really been a
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taught that it's bigger than me.

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It's about giving service, it's
about striving to help others.

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It's about doing the best that
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that you can, in turn, use that
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that's what I've strived to do
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Speaker 2: So walk us through
some of that, if you don't mind,

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chip.

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Walk us through, because the
reason I enjoy people's

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testimonies is because I believe
that God gave that to you for a

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reason.

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I believe that, potentially,
there's going to be one person,

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just one, that's going to listen
to this podcast, that your

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testimony was created just for
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Yeah, and so when we unpack that
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Take us back to high school.

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What did you do in high school?

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Take us through college.

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What did that look like?

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And then how did you start to
craft this career as an educator

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and then branch out into the
world of coaching and personal

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enhancement, Walk?

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Speaker 3: us through that.

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Oh, that is so good.

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So high school, if you don't
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further to you know, uh, like I
said, you know how I was raised,

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my mom, raised by a single
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life but, you know, from afar
my parents separated, uh, but

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great people on both sides of my
family, both just great people

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for me to learn from, and they
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, yes, by what they said, but
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I could see that they just
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people, just tried to be of
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And so my mom had us involved
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I played four sports for four
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involved in, you know,
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groups, clubs, you know, on the
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Speaker 2: Can I interrupt real
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Chip, are you from the Houston
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Speaker 3: So I am from Hearn,
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Station small town there.

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That's where I was raised and
there's just so many great

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people in the community too that
I can learn from my pastor just

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amazing people to learn from
and so there's lots that I

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learned through that sports, all
of those things that I didn't

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know at the time.

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They were things that I was
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Like my mom boy, you're going
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She put the boy in front of it,
it's for real.

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Like, boy, you're going to work
hard.

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Anyway, she know my name, she
gave me my name, but when she

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put the boy in front of it, oh
man, it's for real.

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Now, boy, you gonna work hard,
right.

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So, but just, you know just
some core common principles.

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You know work hard, do right,
treat people right, put yourself

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around the right people.

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You know these were things that
I was made to do, that that I

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didn't know at the time that it
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I didn't know that it was
putting transferable skills in

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me that I would be able to take
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Okay, so I didn't know that.

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So from there I had an
opportunity to go to West Texas

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A&M University, where I played
football there, and so I'm still

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figuring those things out,
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And so, different environment,
same principles, right, boy,

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you're going to work hard,
you're going to do that.

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You know, work hard, do right,
treat people right, put yourself

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around good people, take care
of your business Right.

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And so I did that.

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Played college football, got my
degree again, was blessed to be

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around some amazing people,
teammates actually that I still

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communicate with daily.

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I actually like four of them
today in a group message, you

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know, just about an hour ago.

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You know just coaches that I'm
still in contact with.

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A couple of my coaches have
been in my books, just great

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people along that journey and
and what it did for me, um, is

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it showed me that, okay, now
I've worked hard to develop

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something that I can take and
use that to help others, and so

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out coming out of college, you
know, my aspiration was to be a

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teacher, coach.

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Love sports, love helping
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Fourth generation, you know,
third, I didn't know I was going

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to be.

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Well, I knew, yeah, but going
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generation educator, right?

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So just my family lineage.

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The legacy piece of that is the
legacy piece of that and, uh,

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going into it you know you
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when you asked the question of
if there was one person that

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need to hear my testimony.

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Because my personal goal to
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if I could just make a positive
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person, I would feel that my
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fulfilled because of that.

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And so, 25 years later, you
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maybe a couple more than one,
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But in striving to do that,
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good.

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Right here, I've also learned
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change lives.

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Come on, well, how good is that
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And so, in striving to be of
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help others, it made a
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right, those things to help
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It made a tremendous impact on
my life, right, it allowed me to

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be humble because of my
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things that I learned, because
of the things that I was blessed

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to see, but it also allowed me
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more.

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I spell hungry when I say it
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like four O's.

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Right, it makes you be humble
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and help more, and so that has
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I didn't talk much about my
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things, but but I believe that
firm foundation when we have a

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firm foundation, we learn to
grow, and it's solid and it

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allows us to weather any storm
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And, like you said earlier, oh
yeah, that's been lots of

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challenges that I've faced in my
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It's been lots of things that
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happens is, you know, as you, on
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challenges is our maximum growth
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Let me give you that one again.

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Do it again.

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Hey, on the on the other side
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our maximum growth.

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And so when you get an
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you're blessed, when you get to
experience those challenges,

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what happens is you get better
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challenges Right.

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And so now in my life, I'm like
come on sucker, come on

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challenges, let's go.

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I'm ready, because I know that
I will be better for having to

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grow through those challenges,
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better for having to grow
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Speaker 2: Wow, Chip, this is
exactly why I wanted to do this

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podcast, by the way.

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Yes, sir, Because bringing
guests on and letting them share

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If you listen and, by the way,
I tell the kids all the time you

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listen with your eyes and your
ears, so learn to listen.

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I tell the kids all the time
you listen with your eyes and

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your ears, so learn to listen.

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I said listen.

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Already you've given us values.

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Yes, sir, You've given us faith
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You've given us discipline.

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You've given us grit.

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Yeah, You've given us service,
servanthood, servant leadership,

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pouring into others.

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And I mean we're just getting
started and I'm sitting here

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just listening, going.

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Okay, you know, I don't know if
you've ever had a chance to hear

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him, but next to Chip Baker, he
may be one of the best speakers

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I've ever heard, but another
good friend of mine he just

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spoke recently at the Global
Leadership Summit is a gentleman

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out of Worcester Ohio named Dan
Owolabi, and if you're not

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familiar with Dan and Dan's
story, you need to take it upon

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yourself to hear the man.

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I will Be in his presence and
let him pour his testimony into

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you.

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But Dan challenged people at
the summit the other day.

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He asked this question.

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He said how many of you work
hard?

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And everybody raised, he goes,
how many of y'all work really

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hard?

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And he was like you, he's
bringing it and the crowd's

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getting into it.

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And he said how many of you
want your work to matter?

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And that got everybody stopping
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He said then how many of you ask
yourself what is my legacy?

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Yep, and he said at this point,
right here, he said I'm glad

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you're here because, if that's
the question you're asking, you

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came to the right place because
you're asking the wrong question

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.

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Question is not what is our
legacy, the question is who is

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our legacy?

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And then he talked about the
quote from Ernest Hemingway,

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where Ernest Hemingway said that
humans go through two deaths.

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The first death is the death
that takes place the day they

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lay our bodies in the ground,
and the second death is the day

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that the last person speaks our
name and at that point you're

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forgotten forever.

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Wow, so when we think about
legacy and we think about what

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you just said, it's life
changing to change lives.

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Yes, sir.

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Speaker 3: That is legacy.

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Speaker 2: That is, living a
legacy by design, as Tom Ziegler

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says.

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You know you're going to all
leave a legacy.

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You're either going to leave it
by design or default.

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But when you become intentional
and it sounds like you became

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intentional very young in your
career, in your life you became

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very intentional about wanting
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the people around you, and I
suspect that that came with

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criticism at times.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's um, I
definitely uh have been

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intentional.

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I think the big man has has
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ability to have some sense.

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Boy, here we go, here we go,
boy, boy, boy, act like you got

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some sense, you know.

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Uh, yeah, I think the big man
has allowed me, uh, the ability

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to be able to focus in on what's
important and keep the main

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thing the main thing and not
worry about the things that are

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not important.

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And I kind of credit some of
that to my mother too, raising

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me to be an independent thinker,
you know, and not be so

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concerned about what people have
to say about what I do, because

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really it's none of their
business with what I'm doing,

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right, unless they're enhancing
it, unless they've proven to me

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that they are creditable, that I
need to probably listen to what

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they're saying, but not to get
caught up in worrying about what

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other people think about what
you do.

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The biggest thing is what do
you think about what you're

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doing?

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Speaker 2: Boy Dan Ovalabi had
another one along those lines.

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He said people are going to
think what they think.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to tell
you his testimony.

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Speaker 2: Chip, I want you to
get to it and you watch it.

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But he said people are going to
think what they think, was it

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Winston Churchill?

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Churchill said you'll never get
anywhere if you stop to throw

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rocks at every barking dog and I
was.

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You know you do a lot of youth
stuff.

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I was doing some youth.

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I do some youth stuff too.

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I was at an event not too long
ago and a girl asked me a pretty

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I could tell it was a pretty
tough question for her.

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She said how do you deal with
negativity?

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She says how do you deal with
people that throw sharp jabs and

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negative comments?

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And you could comments and you
could tell.

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You could tell under the
surface that there was something

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going on.

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And so I listened to her and
then I said can I ask you a

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question?

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and she said sure, I said, is it
true?

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And it was that moment of
reflection where she said no.

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And I said then, quit letting
it take up space in your head.

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Well, it don't matter, it don't
just like you just said, it

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doesn't matter, people are going
to think what they think.

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You're just going to have to
move on.

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Stay focused, like a good race,
just Just stay focused on the

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finish line.

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Jump the hurdles, dodge the
ponds, you know, avoid the

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snakes, look out for the wolves,
but stay focused.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I did
an interview with someone, a

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superintendent, earlier today
and her definition of success

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was running your race at your
pace.

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Running your race at your pace
and I thought that was so good

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because, you know, when we just
focus in on our race and stay in

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our lane and do the best that
we can do with our technique and

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our speed and our knee drive
and our hand placement, all of

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those things, those technical
things that we can relate to the

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technical things in life, or we
just stay in our lane and run

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our race.

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What will happen is we'll find
out.

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They're in first place.

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Come on right like hey, how
good is that wow how good is

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that how?

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Speaker 2: how many people mess
up by looking around sometimes.

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Yes, you know, I'm a city boy.

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I grew up and I grew up in the,
got transplanted into the

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country and I remember one time
they had me on a tractor.

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Now I grew up at a boy's ranch.

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So I was kind of a troubled kid
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Matter of fact, up there where
you were at, at Cal Farley's

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outside of Amherst oh yeah, I'm
out there at the boy's ranch.

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One time and I remember they put
me on a tractor and I said what

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do I do Ranch?

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One time and I remember they
put me on a tractor and I said

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what do I do?

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And they said you just take
that tractor to that marker down

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there and you turn, you come
back to this next marker and you

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go back to the next marker.

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I said I think I can handle
that.

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But see, the problem is, like
you said, we worked hard.

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And because I worked hard, I was
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really nice, air-conditioned,
cool tractor and so with the

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humming of the motor I
eventually took a little nap and

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I caught myself and when I
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10 feet off of where my target
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So I naturally kind of pulled
the tractor back over to the

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target.

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Well then, instead of staying
focused on the goal, I wanted to

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see how bad I messed up.

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So I turned to see how bad I
messed up, and when I did I

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found out that my neck bones
connected to my arm bone, and

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when I turned my head I pulled
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God gave me that lesson that day
to teach me we're going to mess

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up.

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We need to learn from that mess
it up, but stay focused on the

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prize.

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Like you said, stay focused.

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Persistence I've got real
simple philosophies in life

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Consistency creates credibility
and persistence breaks

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resistance.

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Just be consistent, Just be
persistent.

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Just be consistent, Just be
persistent.

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Speaker 3: And there's no
telling what you can accomplish

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if you just stay focused.

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And now you're talking about
language consistency and

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persistency.

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You know we mentioned legacy
earlier.

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I think for me and I've had
people say this, so that's why

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it brought it to my attention I
didn't realize it, but I think

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for me, the thing that people I
would be grateful if people had

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this to say about me and my
legacy is that Chip Baker's

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consistent I know what I'm going
to get from Chip Baker.

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Speaker 2: Every time I like
that.

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Speaker 3: And so, like for me,
I work hard at being consistent.

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I want people to know what
they're going to get from me.

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I want people to know that they
can depend on me.

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If you ask me to do something,
I'm going to go above and beyond

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to do that.

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I'm going to give you more than
what you asked me for.

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If you hire me for something,
you ain't got to worry about

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Chip Baker, because he's going
to do his job above and beyond

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Right, and so consistency is the
key, I believe.

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And, just like you said, in
order to be consistent, you have

466
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to be persistent, because
sometimes you may not feel like

467
00:25:25,619 --> 00:25:25,660
it.

468
00:25:26,987 --> 00:25:32,008
And then you have to operate in
principles over feelings, come

469
00:25:32,128 --> 00:25:37,055
on, and when you operate in
principles over feelings, then

470
00:25:37,096 --> 00:25:38,317
you have no regrets.

471
00:25:38,317 --> 00:25:43,854
But if it's the opposite, if
you operate in feelings over

472
00:25:43,894 --> 00:25:47,579
principles, then you have
regrets at the end of the day.

473
00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:50,393
And so you have to have those
principles in place.

474
00:25:50,393 --> 00:25:54,295
You have to be persistent with
pursuing those principles that

475
00:25:54,335 --> 00:25:57,749
you believe in, and what I
believe and I've seen in my life

476
00:25:57,749 --> 00:26:01,718
, is that it allows you to have
consistency in your life.

477
00:26:03,967 --> 00:26:06,054
Speaker 2: You know, golly, this
is good stuff.

478
00:26:06,054 --> 00:26:10,115
People can find these little
nuggets of wisdom in so many

479
00:26:10,174 --> 00:26:10,817
different ways.

480
00:26:10,817 --> 00:26:14,555
I know people that have found
them in band and drama and

481
00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:15,317
athletics.

482
00:26:15,317 --> 00:26:16,106
I was just.

483
00:26:16,106 --> 00:26:18,994
Mine was agriculture, mine was
FFA, yes.

484
00:26:18,994 --> 00:26:24,176
So I had a guy ask me one time
you'll like this?

485
00:26:24,285 --> 00:26:25,589
I had a guy ask me one time.

486
00:26:25,589 --> 00:26:26,554
He said Aaron, he goes.

487
00:26:26,554 --> 00:26:30,875
You guys in FFA and 4-H, you
act like you have a lock on

488
00:26:30,954 --> 00:26:31,477
leadership.

489
00:26:31,477 --> 00:26:34,554
You act like nobody else does
what y'all do.

490
00:26:34,554 --> 00:26:36,684
He said doesn't band teach
ensemble?

491
00:26:36,684 --> 00:26:37,393
He said doesn't UIL ensemble?

492
00:26:37,393 --> 00:26:39,950
He said doesn't UIL teach
speech and debate?

493
00:26:39,950 --> 00:26:42,358
Doesn't athletics teach
teamwork?

494
00:26:42,358 --> 00:26:45,249
He said what is it that you
think y'all do that nobody else

495
00:26:45,328 --> 00:26:45,631
does?

496
00:26:45,631 --> 00:26:47,878
And I looked at him.

497
00:26:47,878 --> 00:26:49,183
I said you know that's a good
question.

498
00:26:49,183 --> 00:26:51,146
Anybody knows me knows I like
good questions.

499
00:26:51,146 --> 00:26:53,830
At that moment, by the way, I
said a little prayer because I

500
00:26:53,871 --> 00:26:57,515
believe James 1, 5, where God
says ask God, he'll give wisdom

501
00:26:57,535 --> 00:26:59,238
to any man without casting
judgment.

502
00:26:59,238 --> 00:27:01,200
So at that point I need a
little wisdom.

503
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:07,047
So I said God, give me wisdom
because I want to get this right

504
00:27:07,047 --> 00:27:07,047
.

505
00:27:07,047 --> 00:27:09,490
And I looked at the guy and I
said I'm going to answer your

506
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:09,912
question two ways.

507
00:27:09,912 --> 00:27:11,815
I said before I took the job
that I'm in now.

508
00:27:11,875 --> 00:27:13,176
I used to work in a boot camp.

509
00:27:13,176 --> 00:27:15,320
I worked with truant offenders
and I worked in a prison.

510
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,009
And one day, outside of a small
town, I was talking to these

511
00:27:19,048 --> 00:27:21,415
guys in the coffee shop you know
where they come and cuss and

512
00:27:21,444 --> 00:27:22,888
discuss what's wrong with this
country.

513
00:27:22,888 --> 00:27:25,214
And they were cussing and
discussing.

514
00:27:25,214 --> 00:27:27,930
They told me that, alejandro,
to get this country back on

515
00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:31,238
track, we got to get back to the
basics the three R's.

516
00:27:31,238 --> 00:27:32,685
I said okay.

517
00:27:32,685 --> 00:27:35,127
They said reading, writing,
arithmetic.

518
00:27:35,127 --> 00:27:37,310
And I'm like, all right, I'm
listening.

519
00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:40,854
I said, gentlemen, I mean you,
no disrespect, but I work with

520
00:27:40,913 --> 00:27:43,676
boot camp kids, truant offenders
and prisoners, and every one of

521
00:27:43,676 --> 00:27:46,058
them can read, write and do
math at a functional level.

522
00:27:46,058 --> 00:27:50,905
I said, but you're right about
the three R's, but it's not

523
00:27:50,945 --> 00:27:52,048
reading, writing and arithmetic.

524
00:27:52,048 --> 00:27:54,875
I said I would argue, it's
respect, responsibility and

525
00:27:54,915 --> 00:27:55,557
resiliency.

526
00:27:55,557 --> 00:28:03,696
I said I think those would be
things that we ought to be

527
00:28:03,717 --> 00:28:05,305
putting in our lives to get our
kids back on track.

528
00:28:05,305 --> 00:28:08,178
But I looked at that guy and I
said I'll tell you what

529
00:28:08,198 --> 00:28:09,025
separates our kids from
everybody else.

530
00:28:09,444 --> 00:28:10,949
This goes to your point, Chip.

531
00:28:10,949 --> 00:28:14,557
There was a blizzard blowing in
on the Texas Panhandle and my

532
00:28:14,656 --> 00:28:18,121
dorm parent, Mr Chandler, gave
me a sledgehammer and he said,

533
00:28:18,181 --> 00:28:20,590
darling, I need you to drive to
the other side of the ranch and

534
00:28:20,651 --> 00:28:22,135
bust the water trough for the
horses.

535
00:28:22,135 --> 00:28:24,914
I said, Mr Chandler, I don't
want to go.

536
00:28:24,914 --> 00:28:25,859
There's a blizzard out there.

537
00:28:25,859 --> 00:28:30,192
It feels like a razor cutting
through your skin and I'll never

538
00:28:30,192 --> 00:28:31,997
forget that man in his old
country wisdom.

539
00:28:31,997 --> 00:28:39,729
He said, darling, do you get
thirsty when it's cold?

540
00:28:39,729 --> 00:28:40,490
I said yes, sir.

541
00:28:40,490 --> 00:28:41,976
He said don't you think those
horses are going to get thirsty

542
00:28:41,996 --> 00:28:42,056
too?

543
00:28:42,056 --> 00:28:42,356
I said yes, sir.

544
00:28:42,356 --> 00:28:45,205
I drove five miles that day and
I busted the water trough for

545
00:28:45,226 --> 00:28:45,666
the horses.

546
00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:48,755
I looked at this guy in Fort
Worth, Texas.

547
00:28:48,755 --> 00:28:50,487
I said I'll tell you what
separates our kids from

548
00:28:50,527 --> 00:28:51,188
everybody else.

549
00:28:51,188 --> 00:28:54,673
Because in the world of
agriculture, if we don't do our

550
00:28:54,732 --> 00:28:55,814
job, something dies.

551
00:28:55,814 --> 00:29:02,308
If we don't feed it, we don't
clothe it, we don't nurture it,

552
00:29:02,951 --> 00:29:04,232
something dies.

553
00:29:04,232 --> 00:29:06,538
And when it dies, an economy
dies.

554
00:29:06,538 --> 00:29:09,590
And when an economy dies, a
society dies.

555
00:29:10,673 --> 00:29:14,906
And, Chip, when you said that
you've got to have these inborn

556
00:29:14,988 --> 00:29:19,127
traits that you carry with you
through life, those foundational

557
00:29:19,127 --> 00:29:25,912
concepts that grow your future,
I was so thankful that I got

558
00:29:25,971 --> 00:29:29,426
put in an environment where I
learned early on that something

559
00:29:29,727 --> 00:29:35,347
depended on me, not for a social
setting, it depended on me for

560
00:29:37,130 --> 00:29:38,352
its own survival.

561
00:29:38,352 --> 00:29:45,409
But that instinct then began to
show in everything that, oh, I

562
00:29:45,429 --> 00:29:46,371
got to go to work today.

563
00:29:46,371 --> 00:29:49,220
I've got to show up today.

564
00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:54,770
I've got to take responsibility
today I got to figure that out.

565
00:29:54,770 --> 00:29:56,213
Today I got a problem solved.

566
00:29:56,213 --> 00:29:59,640
Today I've got to critically
think about something today.

567
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:05,673
But to your point, those
foundational things that we

568
00:30:05,753 --> 00:30:08,909
teach our kids, that they can
learn, that they can carry with

569
00:30:08,949 --> 00:30:12,932
them for a lifetime, may be the
very concepts that open doors of

570
00:30:12,932 --> 00:30:14,096
opportunity for them.

571
00:30:16,885 --> 00:30:19,809
Speaker 3: Without a doubt,
without a doubt, without a doubt

572
00:30:19,809 --> 00:30:24,095
, and it continues to open doors
for others, because I believe

573
00:30:24,115 --> 00:30:28,354
opened opened doors opens doors.

574
00:30:29,115 --> 00:30:32,008
Speaker 2: Amen, brother, we're
going to talk about that here in

575
00:30:32,008 --> 00:30:32,548
just a minute.

576
00:30:32,548 --> 00:30:34,673
Amen, all right.

577
00:30:34,673 --> 00:30:35,695
So, all right.

578
00:30:35,695 --> 00:30:36,438
So let me couch it.

579
00:30:36,438 --> 00:30:38,692
I'm going to keep going here
couching something a little bit

580
00:30:38,752 --> 00:30:39,213
different here.

581
00:30:39,213 --> 00:30:43,034
I love asking the kids this
question, and teachers, you may

582
00:30:43,074 --> 00:30:43,816
get this one right.

583
00:30:43,816 --> 00:30:47,413
Do you happen to know how many
high schools are in the state of

584
00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:47,775
Texas?

585
00:30:47,775 --> 00:30:49,567
I do not.

586
00:30:49,587 --> 00:30:55,354
Speaker 3: Okay, a bunch there
you go All right.

587
00:30:55,585 --> 00:30:59,515
Speaker 2: So the answer is
there's over 3000 high schools

588
00:30:59,535 --> 00:31:00,356
in the state of Texas.

589
00:31:00,356 --> 00:31:03,012
Now let that sink in for a
second.

590
00:31:03,012 --> 00:31:07,334
Every one of those schools this
year are going to have a

591
00:31:07,374 --> 00:31:08,257
graduating class.

592
00:31:08,257 --> 00:31:12,692
That means there's going to be
kids from all over the state of

593
00:31:12,731 --> 00:31:13,836
Texas getting out this year.

594
00:31:13,836 --> 00:31:16,922
They're going to be looking for
a job scholarship or an

595
00:31:17,021 --> 00:31:18,368
opportunity of Texas.

596
00:31:18,368 --> 00:31:21,240
Getting out this year they're
going to be looking for a job

597
00:31:21,259 --> 00:31:22,424
scholarship or an opportunity.

598
00:31:23,566 --> 00:31:25,209
And so my question to the kids
is what's your competitive edge?

599
00:31:25,209 --> 00:31:27,251
What separates you from
everybody else?

600
00:31:27,251 --> 00:31:31,118
I think a competitive edge.

601
00:31:31,118 --> 00:31:33,000
For some people it can be a
firm handshake.

602
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,462
It can be looking somebody in
the eye and saying yes or no,

603
00:31:36,502 --> 00:31:37,682
sir, yes, ma'am, no ma'am.

604
00:31:37,682 --> 00:31:41,830
You know little things can
become a competitive edge.

605
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:47,146
But, chip, you've seen the
country, you've seen young

606
00:31:47,207 --> 00:31:50,695
people, you've seen educators,
you've seen coaches, you've seen

607
00:31:50,695 --> 00:31:51,617
business leaders.

608
00:31:51,617 --> 00:31:57,814
I'm curious what in your world
do you see are things that give

609
00:31:57,913 --> 00:32:01,160
young people, educators, a
competitive edge?

610
00:32:04,926 --> 00:32:06,829
Speaker 3: I mean, I think you
know short answer.

611
00:32:06,829 --> 00:32:10,977
All of those things that we
talked about is the core, common

612
00:32:10,977 --> 00:32:12,799
principles that we teach and
instill.

613
00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:19,545
You know, every person has to
go through a teacher.

614
00:32:19,545 --> 00:32:25,394
I mean like, like, let that let
that sink in for a minute,

615
00:32:25,915 --> 00:32:26,096
right.

616
00:32:26,257 --> 00:32:28,965
Every person in this world let's
go bigger than the high schools

617
00:32:28,965 --> 00:32:35,273
in the state of texas every
person in this world has to go

618
00:32:35,375 --> 00:32:43,509
through multiple teachers in
their life, and just that shows

619
00:32:43,549 --> 00:32:50,827
the importance of what it is
that teachers do and why

620
00:32:50,949 --> 00:32:55,897
teachers should be intentional
each moment of each day with

621
00:32:55,938 --> 00:32:56,538
what they do.

622
00:32:56,538 --> 00:33:01,057
And so in life, in everything
is a competition.

623
00:33:01,057 --> 00:33:05,791
I mean, you know, like
everything in life is a

624
00:33:05,832 --> 00:33:09,929
competition, but you know, we
can, we can look at the all of

625
00:33:09,949 --> 00:33:13,176
the other stuff, but really the
most important competition is

626
00:33:13,196 --> 00:33:17,215
the competition with yourself,
you versus you.

627
00:33:17,215 --> 00:33:19,268
Competition is the competition
with yourself, you versus you.

628
00:33:19,268 --> 00:33:22,731
But I think that when we can
teach that to the students, I

629
00:33:22,771 --> 00:33:28,640
believe that it builds a
confidence within them to help

630
00:33:28,660 --> 00:33:33,330
them compete better, right, and
it helps them to compete and to

631
00:33:33,951 --> 00:33:39,807
have continuous growth and have
grit and never give up, because

632
00:33:41,150 --> 00:33:45,438
in that what they do is they
learn that it's not winning and

633
00:33:45,538 --> 00:33:48,288
losing, it's winning and
learning.

634
00:33:48,288 --> 00:33:52,838
If you have the proper mindset,
all right.

635
00:33:52,838 --> 00:33:58,217
And so we can learn from every
situation that we're faced when

636
00:33:58,257 --> 00:33:58,877
we compete.

637
00:33:58,877 --> 00:34:03,431
And I believe also that we have
to support those students,

638
00:34:03,510 --> 00:34:06,996
those kids that are doing great
things, because it means the

639
00:34:07,036 --> 00:34:11,527
world to them to know that they
have people supporting them, not

640
00:34:11,527 --> 00:34:15,949
just saying, hey, you got to
compete, but no, I'm going to

641
00:34:15,989 --> 00:34:17,699
teach you how to compete and
then I'm going to show up and

642
00:34:17,643 --> 00:34:18,262
watch you compete, right, but?

643
00:34:18,262 --> 00:34:18,682
But no, I'm going to teach you
how to compete and then I'm

644
00:34:18,628 --> 00:34:21,588
going to show up and watch you
compete, and then you know if

645
00:34:21,628 --> 00:34:22,572
you make a mistake.

646
00:34:22,572 --> 00:34:25,708
I want to help you get better
on that mistake so that you can

647
00:34:25,748 --> 00:34:28,416
compete better, because you're
going to face that same thing

648
00:34:28,505 --> 00:34:30,610
again in your life, right, right
?

649
00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:34,697
So now I want you to be more
equipped when you see it again,

650
00:34:35,306 --> 00:34:39,360
right, and it helps, right, and
it helps.

651
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,512
I believe that it helps them
stay on the right track because

652
00:34:42,532 --> 00:34:45,186
they know that they have people
depending on them, they know

653
00:34:45,206 --> 00:34:46,632
that they have people that are
supporting them.

654
00:34:46,632 --> 00:34:50,206
They know that they have people
that's in the race, in the

655
00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:52,385
fight with them to be
competitive.

656
00:34:52,726 --> 00:34:57,224
And I can say all of those
things because I'm a product of

657
00:34:57,244 --> 00:34:57,385
that.

658
00:34:57,385 --> 00:35:00,367
And I can say all of those
things because I'm a product of

659
00:35:00,387 --> 00:35:00,467
that.

660
00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:04,612
I'm a product of a whole lot of
teachers and people going above

661
00:35:04,612 --> 00:35:09,277
and beyond to help me, and I
just say, chip, you messed up on

662
00:35:09,277 --> 00:35:09,557
this.

663
00:35:09,557 --> 00:35:11,460
But hey, chip, you know this
was a mistake.

664
00:35:11,460 --> 00:35:12,760
But hey, let me show you how to
do this.

665
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:19,286
Right is right.

666
00:35:19,286 --> 00:35:19,949
You know I'm thinking about.

667
00:35:19,989 --> 00:35:20,672
You know I struggle with math.

668
00:35:20,672 --> 00:35:21,978
You know growing up, and I can
pretty much go through and tell

669
00:35:21,998 --> 00:35:23,545
you all of my math teachers that
I've had from elementary school

670
00:35:23,545 --> 00:35:29,735
to college by name, because I
know the work that they put in

671
00:35:30,115 --> 00:35:30,677
to help me.

672
00:35:30,677 --> 00:35:34,050
They stayed after, they went
above and beyond, they checked

673
00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:38,023
for understanding with me, like
they really helped me and it

674
00:35:38,043 --> 00:35:39,168
built confidence in me.

675
00:35:39,168 --> 00:35:41,418
I know now, when I got to
college, some of those

676
00:35:41,438 --> 00:35:44,208
professors like man here he
comes again asking me questions,

677
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:48,277
like you know, they may have
gotten tired of seeing me, but

678
00:35:48,336 --> 00:35:52,393
at that time I had built up my
competitive edge, if you will.

679
00:35:52,853 --> 00:35:55,025
And so I knew that, beyond a
shadow of a doubt, I had an

680
00:35:55,105 --> 00:35:59,590
opportunity to go to college, to
so I can pursue my college

681
00:35:59,610 --> 00:36:02,936
degree, so that I could play
college football, so that I can

682
00:36:02,996 --> 00:36:06,481
get a degree and get out and
help my family and help others.

683
00:36:06,481 --> 00:36:08,268
I knew that a shadow of a doubt
.

684
00:36:08,268 --> 00:36:09,172
I was intentional.

685
00:36:09,172 --> 00:36:11,297
I was not going to fail this
math class.

686
00:36:11,297 --> 00:36:15,833
I'm going to compete and do
whatever it takes for me these

687
00:36:15,913 --> 00:36:17,677
math classes that it's required
for me to take.

688
00:36:17,677 --> 00:36:18,909
No, I'm passing these.

689
00:36:18,909 --> 00:36:20,871
No, I'm going to put the work
in.

690
00:36:20,871 --> 00:36:22,552
Whatever I got to do, I'm
passing these.

691
00:36:23,385 --> 00:36:24,990
Speaker 2: I hope everybody's
listening right now.

692
00:36:24,990 --> 00:36:28,532
Yeah, because what you're
talking about, chip, is what I

693
00:36:28,572 --> 00:36:33,311
call want to Mm-hmm and I got
news for you.

694
00:36:33,311 --> 00:36:35,070
Want to can be a competitive
edge.

695
00:36:35,070 --> 00:36:36,114
Yes.

696
00:36:40,925 --> 00:36:42,047
Speaker 3: Mm news for you want
to can be a competitive edge.

697
00:36:42,068 --> 00:36:43,070
Speaker 2: Yes, and you had a
lot of want to yes, sir, and

698
00:36:43,092 --> 00:36:43,371
that one who?

699
00:36:43,371 --> 00:36:45,900
Was grounded in a lot of
accountability.

700
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,570
By the way, being somebody
holding you accountable is a

701
00:36:48,610 --> 00:36:49,112
good thing.

702
00:36:49,112 --> 00:36:51,844
If somebody's holding you
accountable, that means they

703
00:36:51,945 --> 00:36:55,271
obviously recognize something
special in you that means they

704
00:36:55,311 --> 00:36:55,992
care about you I.

705
00:36:55,992 --> 00:37:00,246
I used to tell the boot camp
kids all the time I said anybody

706
00:37:00,246 --> 00:37:02,230
that cares about you will never
let you off the hook.

707
00:37:04,034 --> 00:37:05,557
Speaker 3: So good, so true.

708
00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:07,690
I said, you know the kids.

709
00:37:07,811 --> 00:37:09,746
Speaker 2: One time I was a
single dad, Chip, you'll

710
00:37:09,766 --> 00:37:10,429
appreciate this.

711
00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:13,208
I was a single dad and I'd take
my four-year-old and

712
00:37:13,248 --> 00:37:14,710
six-year-old to the boot camp
with me.

713
00:37:14,710 --> 00:37:16,673
Well, they'd get to know those
kids and they're just kids,

714
00:37:16,733 --> 00:37:16,934
right.

715
00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:19,077
They don't understand that
those are kids, are in trouble

716
00:37:19,117 --> 00:37:19,478
or anything.

717
00:37:19,498 --> 00:37:19,998
Speaker 1: They're just kids.

718
00:37:22,824 --> 00:37:23,889
Speaker 2: So anyway, I remember
one time, you know, they got

719
00:37:23,909 --> 00:37:25,945
really close to my kids and they
loved them and I loved all you

720
00:37:25,965 --> 00:37:27,110
know we all got along well.

721
00:37:27,110 --> 00:37:41,925
And I remember one time I asked
him I said have y'all've been

722
00:37:41,945 --> 00:37:42,186
to the Kmart?

723
00:37:42,186 --> 00:37:43,291
I said they got those rides out
in front of the Kmart.

724
00:37:43,291 --> 00:37:44,474
And I said, you know, every
time we get out of the car, my

725
00:37:44,494 --> 00:37:45,518
kids boy, they're ready to go to
those rides.

726
00:37:45,518 --> 00:37:46,903
And so I got one in one hand
and one in the other, but they

727
00:37:46,943 --> 00:37:50,429
want to pull away, they want to
run across, they want to run to

728
00:37:50,469 --> 00:37:51,391
get to those rides.

729
00:37:51,791 --> 00:37:53,014
And I'd asked the boot camp kids
.

730
00:37:53,014 --> 00:37:54,715
I said what do y'all think I
did?

731
00:37:54,715 --> 00:37:55,858
Do you think I'll let them go?

732
00:37:55,858 --> 00:37:57,659
And they said no, sir.

733
00:37:57,659 --> 00:37:58,427
I said why not?

734
00:37:58,427 --> 00:38:00,632
Well, because they could get
hit.

735
00:38:00,632 --> 00:38:03,547
Somebody could take them, they
might fall, they might hurt

736
00:38:03,586 --> 00:38:06,237
themselves, they might get up
there and fall off the ride.

737
00:38:06,237 --> 00:38:09,846
I said so y'all think that I
held on to them because I care

738
00:38:09,907 --> 00:38:10,246
about them.

739
00:38:10,246 --> 00:38:11,067
They said yes, sir.

740
00:38:11,067 --> 00:38:13,989
I said okay, don't forget that
the next time your parents ask

741
00:38:14,010 --> 00:38:15,811
you where you go and what are
you doing, where are you going

742
00:38:15,831 --> 00:38:16,130
to be?

743
00:38:16,130 --> 00:38:23,737
They're like oh man, I said
anybody that cares about.

744
00:38:23,737 --> 00:38:32,527
You'll never let you off the
hook so good you just gotta let

745
00:38:32,567 --> 00:38:33,228
it sink in.

746
00:38:33,849 --> 00:38:37,675
Speaker 3: That is so good,
that's so good all right, we're

747
00:38:37,695 --> 00:38:37,855
gonna.

748
00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:39,628
Speaker 2: We're gonna talk
about some other things here in

749
00:38:39,648 --> 00:38:39,969
a second.

750
00:38:39,969 --> 00:38:41,760
I want to talk leadership for a
second.

751
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,463
Yes, sir, yes, we got a lot of
kids.

752
00:38:43,463 --> 00:38:46,891
You met one today, maddie
wilson and her brother's up at

753
00:38:47,132 --> 00:38:49,684
at wt, wt, yes I went to school.

754
00:38:49,744 --> 00:38:52,369
Speaker 3: yeah, I was a Shout
out to the Wilsons Great family,

755
00:38:52,369 --> 00:38:53,090
great people.

756
00:38:53,351 --> 00:38:54,072
Speaker 2: Good people.

757
00:38:54,373 --> 00:38:55,153
Speaker 3: Good people yes sir.

758
00:38:56,740 --> 00:38:58,427
Speaker 2: So we got a bunch of
those that are going to be

759
00:38:58,467 --> 00:38:58,869
listening.

760
00:38:58,869 --> 00:39:01,329
They're going to be looking for
leadership skills.

761
00:39:01,329 --> 00:39:03,806
Leadership skills.

762
00:39:03,806 --> 00:39:07,280
Now I know we've covered core
values.

763
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,771
We've covered things that
become instinctive want-tos.

764
00:39:10,771 --> 00:39:14,648
We've talked about grit,
covered things that become

765
00:39:14,668 --> 00:39:15,108
instinctive want-tos.

766
00:39:15,108 --> 00:39:15,809
We've talked about grit.

767
00:39:15,809 --> 00:39:23,824
I believe that in life, chip,
you do the only thing you know

768
00:39:23,844 --> 00:39:24,206
how to do.

769
00:39:24,206 --> 00:39:25,530
If you don't learn something
new, you will default to the

770
00:39:25,570 --> 00:39:26,032
only thing you know.

771
00:39:26,032 --> 00:39:27,416
You will parent, the only way
you know how to parent.

772
00:39:27,416 --> 00:39:30,083
You will be in relationship,
the only way you know how to.

773
00:39:30,083 --> 00:39:32,969
You will only default to the
only thing you know.

774
00:39:32,969 --> 00:39:35,621
But here's what I have
discovered.

775
00:39:35,621 --> 00:39:38,068
I've discovered this that most
people want to be in charge of

776
00:39:38,088 --> 00:39:38,550
their lives.

777
00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:42,985
So if we give them a skill,
chip, they're in charge.

778
00:39:42,985 --> 00:39:46,472
So let's give them some skills.

779
00:39:46,472 --> 00:39:49,905
I want to know from a
successful person like yourself

780
00:39:50,507 --> 00:39:54,561
what would be three skills that
if you could tell a young person

781
00:39:54,561 --> 00:39:57,568
, put this place in your life,
educator, put this in place in

782
00:39:57,608 --> 00:39:58,010
your life.

783
00:39:58,010 --> 00:39:59,601
What would be those skills?

784
00:40:01,025 --> 00:40:03,853
Speaker 3: I think I'm going to
put it in a big ball.

785
00:40:03,853 --> 00:40:07,121
It'll be three things, but it's
going to be in a big ball.

786
00:40:07,121 --> 00:40:10,847
But the big ball, the core of
the ball, the thing that

787
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:16,396
surrounds it, the membrane of
the ball, is taking ownership

788
00:40:18,121 --> 00:40:18,380
Right.

789
00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:23,550
And sometimes in our life, the
toughest ship for us to navigate

790
00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:32,201
is ownership Right, and so what
we have to do is make sure that

791
00:40:32,201 --> 00:40:35,742
we take ownership for our
actions, and I think that that's

792
00:40:35,742 --> 00:40:38,784
the, that's the core of
everything.

793
00:40:39,284 --> 00:40:42,344
But within that, you know the
three things within the

794
00:40:42,465 --> 00:40:45,266
ownership piece, I think the
first is hard work.

795
00:40:45,266 --> 00:40:53,369
Hard work works Right, and so
you have to put in hard work,

796
00:40:54,329 --> 00:40:57,710
get comfortable with being
uncomfortable, do things that

797
00:40:57,769 --> 00:41:02,431
stretch yourself, put yourself
in position to where you're

798
00:41:03,052 --> 00:41:09,315
continuously challenged, Because
what happens is you develop the

799
00:41:09,315 --> 00:41:13,376
muscles to get better and
stronger, if you will Right.

800
00:41:13,376 --> 00:41:15,097
So hard work is the first thing
.

801
00:41:15,097 --> 00:41:19,277
The second thing, I think, is
great communication, and we have

802
00:41:19,277 --> 00:41:22,800
to make sure that we
communicate effectively, and

803
00:41:22,820 --> 00:41:26,590
there's a number of things that
fall under that for me, I think,

804
00:41:26,590 --> 00:41:30,266
yes, communicating with the
people around you, because that

805
00:41:30,327 --> 00:41:33,900
shows respect, that shows want
to, that shows that you care

806
00:41:34,481 --> 00:41:38,791
right, that shows that you're
giving effort, uh, but then also

807
00:41:38,791 --> 00:41:43,865
the communication with yourself
has to be positive as well.

808
00:41:43,885 --> 00:41:47,193
You know, you have to think
positive thoughts, you have to

809
00:41:47,273 --> 00:41:53,309
have um positive self-talk, if
you will, because what you think

810
00:41:53,309 --> 00:41:55,634
inwardly it portrays outwardly.

811
00:41:55,634 --> 00:41:57,483
That makes sense, yes, sir.

812
00:41:57,483 --> 00:41:59,929
So great communication is the
second thing.

813
00:41:59,929 --> 00:42:04,485
And then the third thing, I
believe, is having a growth

814
00:42:04,644 --> 00:42:10,014
mindset, and there's always
opportunity for us to learn and

815
00:42:10,094 --> 00:42:10,574
grow.

816
00:42:10,574 --> 00:42:15,467
And I think when we have that
growth mindset and not a fixed

817
00:42:15,628 --> 00:42:20,463
mindset, there's always room for
us to get better, because when

818
00:42:20,483 --> 00:42:25,023
we're fixed on our mindset,
there's people that's improving

819
00:42:25,083 --> 00:42:25,686
around us.

820
00:42:25,686 --> 00:42:28,744
We don't get better, we stay
stagnant, we stay in the same

821
00:42:28,784 --> 00:42:29,105
place.

822
00:42:29,105 --> 00:42:36,184
And so first, just to repeat it
, ownership is the core of

823
00:42:36,204 --> 00:42:39,876
leadership, and then under that
you have to have hard work, you

824
00:42:39,896 --> 00:42:43,702
have to have great communication
and you have to have a growth

825
00:42:43,722 --> 00:42:44,324
mindset.

826
00:42:47,447 --> 00:42:47,887
Speaker 2: I love it.

827
00:42:47,887 --> 00:42:53,375
You know, again, I'm an ag guy,
so now I compare everything to

828
00:42:53,474 --> 00:42:54,096
agriculture.

829
00:42:54,096 --> 00:42:57,307
So, yes, sir, you know, when
you're green, you grow.

830
00:42:57,307 --> 00:42:58,552
When you're ripe, you're right.

831
00:42:58,552 --> 00:43:03,452
So, like you said, we want to
be growing all the time.

832
00:43:03,452 --> 00:43:06,521
I mean, I'm 58 years old and
people know that I'm always

833
00:43:06,621 --> 00:43:06,943
looking.

834
00:43:06,943 --> 00:43:08,166
What can we do different?

835
00:43:08,166 --> 00:43:11,121
What can we do that challenges
ourselves, what can we do that

836
00:43:11,181 --> 00:43:12,643
stretches us and makes us better
?

837
00:43:12,643 --> 00:43:15,088
Uh, I thrive on ideas.

838
00:43:15,088 --> 00:43:18,181
My staff, everybody that works
with me, knows that if we're not

839
00:43:18,181 --> 00:43:22,389
thinking about something or
doing something, I go stir crazy

840
00:43:22,389 --> 00:43:24,094
because I thrive.

841
00:43:24,094 --> 00:43:26,023
I thrive on movement.

842
00:43:26,023 --> 00:43:27,965
I love when you said let's go.

843
00:43:28,746 --> 00:43:29,969
Speaker 3: Yes, sir.

844
00:43:30,449 --> 00:43:32,873
Speaker 2: I think that
everybody ought to have a a desk

845
00:43:32,873 --> 00:43:37,106
plate on their desk that says
do something, just move, just

846
00:43:37,166 --> 00:43:37,547
move.

847
00:43:37,586 --> 00:43:39,811
Speaker 3: Baby god does not
have a problem hitting a moving

848
00:43:39,851 --> 00:43:44,045
target, just move yeah, and I
even like to say you may have

849
00:43:44,065 --> 00:43:49,121
heard me say this before go get
it, go get it yes, that's it I

850
00:43:49,181 --> 00:43:51,710
did hear you say as a matter of
fact, we didn talk about that.

851
00:43:51,751 --> 00:43:54,219
Speaker 2: But where you and I
first met was with James McClam

852
00:43:54,822 --> 00:43:58,224
and the Igniting Next Generation
, and that's when I remember you

853
00:43:58,224 --> 00:43:59,085
talked about that.

854
00:43:59,085 --> 00:44:02,204
Yes, sir, that's right, that's
when I said I got to get that

855
00:44:02,244 --> 00:44:03,550
guy on this podcast.

856
00:44:03,550 --> 00:44:06,706
I want to get some of that.

857
00:44:06,706 --> 00:44:09,306
That was good, so I'm going to
go get it.

858
00:44:09,907 --> 00:44:13,675
Speaker 3: Go get it baby, so
I'm going to go get it.

859
00:44:15,717 --> 00:44:16,177
Speaker 2: Go get it, baby.

860
00:44:16,177 --> 00:44:19,961
So one of the things that you
said that I really like and I'm

861
00:44:20,001 --> 00:44:21,425
going to share this with you
because I like what you said.

862
00:44:21,425 --> 00:44:24,070
On a personal note, I grew up
in a broken home.

863
00:44:24,070 --> 00:44:25,813
Mom and dad divorced when I was
six.

864
00:44:25,813 --> 00:44:28,443
My dad died when I was 10.

865
00:44:28,443 --> 00:44:31,268
I remember I came home from
school one day and there was my

866
00:44:31,349 --> 00:44:32,952
mom at home.

867
00:44:32,952 --> 00:44:37,143
She shouldn't have been home
and I went to the back of the

868
00:44:37,182 --> 00:44:40,166
house and opened up her bedroom
door and there was my mom on her

869
00:44:40,166 --> 00:44:44,030
knees at the foot of her bed
with tears coming down her

870
00:44:44,070 --> 00:44:48,014
cheeks because we had nothing to
eat, and she was wailing out to

871
00:44:48,014 --> 00:44:48,373
God.

872
00:44:48,373 --> 00:44:51,056
She said God, will you please
just bring my son something.

873
00:44:51,056 --> 00:45:02,139
Please bring us some food,
please, lord, bring us

874
00:45:02,159 --> 00:45:02,360
sustenance.

875
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:03,402
But the words that I never
forgot was, she said God.

876
00:45:03,402 --> 00:45:05,425
She said God, please, please,
give my son an opportunity.

877
00:45:07,829 --> 00:45:12,983
Now, fast forward, years later
in my life, my oldest son his

878
00:45:13,023 --> 00:45:16,311
name is Chandler, after the guy
that raised me at Boys Ranch

879
00:45:17,221 --> 00:45:21,641
we're working in an orphanage in
Chihuahua, mexico, and I asked

880
00:45:21,681 --> 00:45:23,206
the lady that ran the orphanage.

881
00:45:23,206 --> 00:45:25,311
I said sister, what can we help
you with?

882
00:45:25,311 --> 00:45:29,842
Do you need food, clothing,
medicine, money, sister, what is

883
00:45:29,842 --> 00:45:31,148
your prayer for these children?

884
00:45:31,148 --> 00:45:35,635
And she said, sir, I just pray
that these children have an

885
00:45:35,737 --> 00:45:36,199
opportunity.

886
00:45:36,199 --> 00:45:45,492
I tell the adults all the time
our job, our job as adults, our

887
00:45:45,552 --> 00:45:47,115
job is to create opportunities.

888
00:45:47,115 --> 00:45:51,880
The students, your job is to
determine the outcomes.

889
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:52,621
We create the opportunities.

890
00:45:52,621 --> 00:45:53,864
We're going to give you every
tool we can give you to get you

891
00:45:53,885 --> 00:45:53,985
there.

892
00:45:53,985 --> 00:45:55,148
The students, your job is to
determine the outcomes.

893
00:45:55,148 --> 00:45:55,708
We create the opportunities.

894
00:45:55,708 --> 00:45:57,733
We're going to give you every
tool we can give you to get you

895
00:45:57,753 --> 00:45:57,934
there.

896
00:45:57,934 --> 00:45:59,217
But when we get there, guess
what?

897
00:45:59,217 --> 00:46:04,543
You've got to determine the
outcome.

898
00:46:04,563 --> 00:46:06,907
My oldest son going back to what
you said earlier, my oldest son

899
00:46:06,907 --> 00:46:07,887
was in fourth grade.

900
00:46:07,887 --> 00:46:09,570
It was bring your daddy to
school day.

901
00:46:09,570 --> 00:46:10,670
What does your daddy do?

902
00:46:10,670 --> 00:46:12,012
Now?

903
00:46:12,012 --> 00:46:19,442
I live in a community that's
got NATO pilots and we got

904
00:46:19,461 --> 00:46:20,791
doctors and lawyers and college
professors and teachers and

905
00:46:20,853 --> 00:46:21,538
nurses and really some cool jobs
.

906
00:46:21,538 --> 00:46:21,820
And we got me.

907
00:46:21,820 --> 00:46:23,385
I'm a professional fundraiser.

908
00:46:23,385 --> 00:46:25,186
You know what am I going to
tell them?

909
00:46:25,186 --> 00:46:26,384
I'm a professional beggar.

910
00:46:26,384 --> 00:46:27,327
I ask for money.

911
00:46:27,327 --> 00:46:28,050
That's what I do.

912
00:46:28,050 --> 00:46:35,791
And I remember I went up to the
board that day and I thought

913
00:46:35,811 --> 00:46:37,701
about you, chip, when you said
this earlier.

914
00:46:37,701 --> 00:46:40,967
But I went up to the board that
day and I drew a little bitty

915
00:46:41,028 --> 00:46:43,922
door and I asked the fourth
graders.

916
00:46:43,922 --> 00:46:46,007
I said how many of y'all could
get through that door?

917
00:46:46,007 --> 00:46:47,831
And they said no, sir.

918
00:46:47,831 --> 00:46:52,266
And then I drew a really big
door, took almost the whole

919
00:46:52,326 --> 00:46:55,349
whiteboard and I said now how
many of y'all can get through

920
00:46:55,369 --> 00:46:55,731
that door?

921
00:46:55,731 --> 00:46:56,652
And they said yes, sir.

922
00:46:56,652 --> 00:46:58,534
I said that's what I do.

923
00:46:58,534 --> 00:47:05,139
I make doors bigger.

924
00:47:05,139 --> 00:47:10,840
I want more kids to get through
that door of opportunity.

925
00:47:15,693 --> 00:47:17,440
As you said, it's life-changing
to change lives.

926
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:27,476
God blessed you with a lot of
really good stability, faith

927
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:31,521
that God knew that you were
going to be purposeful in

928
00:47:31,541 --> 00:47:32,021
sharing that with others.

929
00:47:32,021 --> 00:47:35,005
God gave me some challenges,
but I tell people all the time,

930
00:47:35,025 --> 00:47:37,489
chip, I said if you want a place
that never rains, I'll take you

931
00:47:37,489 --> 00:47:37,690
there.

932
00:47:37,690 --> 00:47:39,552
It exists.

933
00:47:39,552 --> 00:47:41,815
I can take you to a place that
it never rains.

934
00:47:41,815 --> 00:47:48,496
It's called a desert and
nothing grows.

935
00:47:48,496 --> 00:47:54,101
But you show me somebody that's
had a little rain, somebody

936
00:47:54,121 --> 00:47:55,331
that's got all the stuff that
you talked about today grit,

937
00:47:55,351 --> 00:47:56,260
determination and values.

938
00:47:56,260 --> 00:47:58,829
I'll show you somebody that's
poised for growth.

939
00:48:05,592 --> 00:48:09,704
Speaker 3: So you kicked us off
well, it's life changing to

940
00:48:09,744 --> 00:48:19,514
change lives sir, I love that,
um, all of that that you talked

941
00:48:19,554 --> 00:48:23,931
about, and it gave me chills
just to hear like chill written

942
00:48:23,952 --> 00:48:29,684
like it still kind of chills on
my arm now because of that and

943
00:48:29,784 --> 00:48:35,974
it's it's that way, because I'm
reflecting on all of the people

944
00:48:36,014 --> 00:48:43,487
that have created opportunities
for me my life but then set me

945
00:48:43,588 --> 00:48:50,833
up to be successful, to create
the outcome of greatness Right,

946
00:48:51,740 --> 00:48:54,407
and so I'm truly grateful for
that.

947
00:48:54,407 --> 00:49:01,148
And what that has done is
sparked a fire within me to give

948
00:49:01,148 --> 00:49:10,389
everything I got, but every
fiber of me to give that to

949
00:49:10,429 --> 00:49:14,375
those people that I'm blessed to
be around every moment of every

950
00:49:14,375 --> 00:49:16,844
day is serious to me.

951
00:49:16,844 --> 00:49:19,289
I'm intentional about it.

952
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:26,166
It means something to me because
I know what it feels like to

953
00:49:26,226 --> 00:49:37,061
receive that and so, um, I have
a quote that I always, and so,

954
00:49:37,081 --> 00:49:38,367
um, I have a quote that I always
say and I have have it on the

955
00:49:38,387 --> 00:49:40,239
shirt as well that opportunities
bring opportunities.

956
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:44,068
I'm gonna give you this story.

957
00:49:44,088 --> 00:49:46,592
It's one of my favorite stories
that I love to share when I

958
00:49:46,652 --> 00:49:51,548
speak, um, and I strive to
switch the story sometime, but

959
00:49:51,588 --> 00:49:53,972
it's so good that I have to
continue to share it.

960
00:49:53,972 --> 00:50:00,206
So, growing up, I've shared a
little bit.

961
00:50:00,206 --> 00:50:05,693
Growing up, I was taught some
firm foundation core principles

962
00:50:06,032 --> 00:50:09,623
that you know to believe in and
operate by Work hard, do right,

963
00:50:09,684 --> 00:50:12,735
treat people right, put, put
yourself around great people,

964
00:50:12,755 --> 00:50:13,920
take care of your business right
.

965
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:19,751
And so I saw the work that my
family did, how they did it, and

966
00:50:19,751 --> 00:50:23,244
my goal was to do those things
to hopefully make them proud.

967
00:50:23,244 --> 00:50:28,603
And what I didn't know, what I
didn't know in doing those

968
00:50:28,643 --> 00:50:34,186
things, is that people around me
saw that right.

969
00:50:34,186 --> 00:50:42,333
And so, um, I had this, my
little league baseball coach,

970
00:50:42,815 --> 00:50:46,440
who was also my elementary
school principal, who also ended

971
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:50,643
up being a superintendent, uh,
in my town, in in my school

972
00:50:50,684 --> 00:50:51,123
district.

973
00:50:51,123 --> 00:50:55,708
Great man.

974
00:50:55,708 --> 00:50:57,469
I wanted to grow up to be just
like him.

975
00:50:57,469 --> 00:51:01,692
Right, he smiled, the way he
carried himself, the way he

976
00:51:01,711 --> 00:51:02,391
treated people.

977
00:51:02,391 --> 00:51:07,456
I wanted to grow up to be just
like him and so, like I said,

978
00:51:07,496 --> 00:51:10,097
little did I know people saw
those things that I did.

979
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,003
So, fast forward, I'm a broke
college kid graduating from West

980
00:51:17,003 --> 00:51:17,905
Texas A&M University.

981
00:51:17,905 --> 00:51:19,188
I apply for this job.

982
00:51:19,188 --> 00:51:20,791
Oh, this is where it gets good.

983
00:51:20,791 --> 00:51:24,605
I apply for this job in Conroe
Independent School District.

984
00:51:24,605 --> 00:51:28,693
At this junior high, the
principal, you know, I guess he

985
00:51:28,739 --> 00:51:31,824
looks on my resume and sees
where I'm from in my hometown

986
00:51:32,865 --> 00:51:38,054
and comes to find out that that
guy from my hometown my prince,

987
00:51:38,114 --> 00:51:39,416
that principal knew him.

988
00:51:39,416 --> 00:51:43,304
So he calls that principal.

989
00:51:43,304 --> 00:51:47,451
He says, hey, come on, I got
this Chip Baker kid applying for

990
00:51:47,451 --> 00:51:49,655
a job here at my school.

991
00:51:49,655 --> 00:51:51,146
Tell me a little bit about him.

992
00:51:51,146 --> 00:51:55,240
And he goes on to say, hey, oh
man, he's a great guy.

993
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:58,648
He's going to work hard, he's
going to do things the right way

994
00:51:58,648 --> 00:52:01,402
, he's going to treat people
right, he's going to take care

995
00:52:01,443 --> 00:52:03,387
of his business.

996
00:52:03,387 --> 00:52:07,481
You should give that guy an
opportunity, man, he'll be an

997
00:52:07,663 --> 00:52:08,724
asset to your team.

998
00:52:08,724 --> 00:52:15,717
And so that principal decided
to give me an opportunity my

999
00:52:15,777 --> 00:52:17,902
very first teaching and coaching
job.

1000
00:52:17,902 --> 00:52:21,369
I got my very first teaching
and coaching job off of the

1001
00:52:21,389 --> 00:52:22,913
person that I was as a kid.

1002
00:52:22,913 --> 00:52:26,170
Wow, wait a minute, like hold
on, wait a minute.

1003
00:52:26,170 --> 00:52:27,135
I don't know if they called it.

1004
00:52:27,135 --> 00:52:30,748
It was my very first teaching
and coaching job, so I had no

1005
00:52:30,827 --> 00:52:35,963
experience and, I'm sure, my
very first teaching and coaching

1006
00:52:35,963 --> 00:52:36,085
job.

1007
00:52:36,085 --> 00:52:37,931
So I had no experience and I'm
sure, I'm very sure that there

1008
00:52:37,971 --> 00:52:39,596
were more people that applied
for that job, that were probably

1009
00:52:39,596 --> 00:52:43,065
more qualified than me, but I
got the opportunity.

1010
00:52:43,807 --> 00:52:47,679
And what that means to your
listeners, to the people that's

1011
00:52:47,699 --> 00:52:51,532
checking this out, is you have
to understand that opportunities

1012
00:52:51,532 --> 00:52:52,896
bring opportunities.

1013
00:52:52,896 --> 00:52:56,806
It's important for us to be
intentional and be in the

1014
00:52:56,867 --> 00:52:59,641
moments, with the moments that
we are blessed to have, because

1015
00:53:00,182 --> 00:53:02,128
magic moments make magic
memories.

1016
00:53:02,128 --> 00:53:05,960
Right People will give you
opportunities.

1017
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:11,309
If you show that you're
competent and you are serious

1018
00:53:11,369 --> 00:53:15,541
about the opportunity that you
have right now, like it don't

1019
00:53:15,581 --> 00:53:18,849
matter how little or how big it
is.

1020
00:53:18,849 --> 00:53:22,239
Like, if you're intentional and
you show up and go above and

1021
00:53:22,260 --> 00:53:26,648
beyond to give people more than
what they're asking for, I'm

1022
00:53:26,728 --> 00:53:29,762
telling you, opportunities will
come for you.

1023
00:53:29,762 --> 00:53:33,692
You don't have to seek for them
, they will find you right and

1024
00:53:33,791 --> 00:53:37,929
it will blow you away, uh, with
the opportunities that you will

1025
00:53:37,969 --> 00:53:41,804
have just because of that and
I'm not just saying that like

1026
00:53:41,985 --> 00:53:46,157
I've lived that, so I can say
that to you right, like I'm in

1027
00:53:46,177 --> 00:53:52,329
the midst of living that I'm
blown away right, like I, I

1028
00:53:52,391 --> 00:53:57,543
wouldn't be on this podcast, be
interviewed on this podcast, if

1029
00:53:57,764 --> 00:54:00,432
opportunities didn't bring
opportunities.

1030
00:54:03,202 --> 00:54:06,887
Speaker 2: Oh man, there is so
much that you just shared, chip,

1031
00:54:06,887 --> 00:54:07,969
so much.

1032
00:54:07,969 --> 00:54:11,271
Number one I hope people heard
that somebody's always watching.

1033
00:54:11,271 --> 00:54:12,315
Yes, sir, pay attention to what
he just that.

1034
00:54:12,315 --> 00:54:12,878
Somebody's always watching.

1035
00:54:12,878 --> 00:54:15,007
Yes, sir, pay attention to what
he just said.

1036
00:54:15,007 --> 00:54:16,405
Somebody's always watching.

1037
00:54:17,860 --> 00:54:19,306
Opportunities create
opportunities.

1038
00:54:19,306 --> 00:54:21,327
I like to say success begets
success.

1039
00:54:21,327 --> 00:54:24,347
Same thing Opportunities create
opportunities.

1040
00:54:24,347 --> 00:54:28,400
You know and I've never shared
this on the podcast Anytime,

1041
00:54:28,442 --> 00:54:31,349
chip, till right now, when you
said it I got to thinking about

1042
00:54:31,391 --> 00:54:31,451
it.

1043
00:54:31,451 --> 00:54:32,661
Did you know?

1044
00:54:32,661 --> 00:54:37,364
I've never applied for a job,
right, I'm 58 years old and I've

1045
00:54:37,364 --> 00:54:38,690
never applied for a job.

1046
00:54:38,690 --> 00:54:41,769
That's from out of high school
into college to this day.

1047
00:54:42,380 --> 00:54:44,307
And it's exactly what you just
said.

1048
00:54:44,307 --> 00:54:48,583
It is, you know, one of
everybody that knows me, chip,

1049
00:54:48,724 --> 00:54:52,148
whether you're on my Instagram,
linkedin and, by the way, you're

1050
00:54:52,148 --> 00:54:55,092
really good on LinkedIn, it
doesn't matter where, but

1051
00:54:56,114 --> 00:54:58,456
everybody knows that my handle
is liveyourbrand.

1052
00:54:58,456 --> 00:55:03,527
I believe that what you share,
what you post, what you comment

1053
00:55:03,646 --> 00:55:06,800
on, what you engage in, that
tells me who you are.

1054
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:08,423
That tells me that's your brand
.

1055
00:55:08,423 --> 00:55:11,228
That's how I get to know you.

1056
00:55:11,228 --> 00:55:14,619
And when you said that, it just
brought chills to me, chip,

1057
00:55:14,639 --> 00:55:20,853
because I thought if more young
people could hear that message

1058
00:55:20,893 --> 00:55:24,344
of discipline, of pay attention.

1059
00:55:24,344 --> 00:55:25,867
People are watching you.

1060
00:55:25,867 --> 00:55:30,422
They may be the person that
opens that door to that

1061
00:55:30,583 --> 00:55:34,719
opportunity for you, that opens
the door to a million dollar

1062
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:35,681
project.

1063
00:55:35,681 --> 00:55:39,847
Yeah, live your brand.

1064
00:55:39,847 --> 00:55:42,130
Consistency creates credibility
.

1065
00:55:42,932 --> 00:55:49,228
Persistence breaks resistance
always be growing.

1066
00:55:49,228 --> 00:55:51,612
Think, think about everything.

1067
00:55:51,612 --> 00:55:58,860
Think about all that has been
shared today.

1068
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,523
Speaker 3: That's some good
stuff, it's all right.

1069
00:56:01,523 --> 00:56:04,028
It's all right, let's go get
some.

1070
00:56:04,028 --> 00:56:10,061
Let's go get it, let's go get
it All right, Chip.

1071
00:56:10,081 --> 00:56:10,663
Speaker 2: I hate to wrap up,
but we do.

1072
00:56:10,663 --> 00:56:12,309
I keep these between 30 and 45
minutes.

1073
00:56:12,309 --> 00:56:16,210
By the way, Chip, not only does
this podcast go across all

1074
00:56:16,251 --> 00:56:20,009
platforms, but there's a company
in Lubbock, Texas, called ICEB,

1075
00:56:20,009 --> 00:56:24,289
and they provide online
curriculum across the United

1076
00:56:24,349 --> 00:56:24,710
States.

1077
00:56:24,710 --> 00:56:29,905
They carry our podcast on their
platform and there's a lesson

1078
00:56:29,945 --> 00:56:33,286
plan that goes with it, so I've
got a staff member that will

1079
00:56:33,326 --> 00:56:34,349
write a lesson plan.

1080
00:56:34,349 --> 00:56:37,431
Cassie Monfer will write a
lesson plan for this podcast.

1081
00:56:37,431 --> 00:56:40,527
It'll go nationwide.

1082
00:56:40,527 --> 00:56:43,496
So if any teachers are looking
for a sub or looking for

1083
00:56:43,556 --> 00:56:47,248
something for their class or
seeds of greatness or growing

1084
00:56:47,289 --> 00:56:50,771
the future, they can tune in and
hear Chip Baker share his

1085
00:56:50,811 --> 00:56:53,646
incredible journey and story and
we'll give them a lesson plan

1086
00:56:55,581 --> 00:56:56,425
and it's all good.

1087
00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,809
Speaker 3: That's so good,
that's so good.

1088
00:56:59,809 --> 00:57:01,746
Thank you so much for having me
.

1089
00:57:01,746 --> 00:57:04,989
I consider it an honor and a
privilege to be here with you,

1090
00:57:05,802 --> 00:57:08,724
love the work that you're doing,
love how you've done what

1091
00:57:09,487 --> 00:57:12,746
you've done over the years, and
so I'm just honored to have the

1092
00:57:12,826 --> 00:57:13,849
opportunity to hang out.

1093
00:57:14,260 --> 00:57:15,344
Speaker 2: Hey, we're going to
hang out more.

1094
00:57:15,344 --> 00:57:18,768
By the way, every guest gets
one last question.

1095
00:57:18,768 --> 00:57:23,246
It's a fun question, so here's
your fun question.

1096
00:57:23,246 --> 00:57:24,248
Let's go.

1097
00:57:24,248 --> 00:57:27,387
What's the best concert you've
ever been to?

1098
00:57:29,501 --> 00:57:30,606
Speaker 3: Man, that is good.

1099
00:57:30,606 --> 00:57:35,728
The best concert that I've ever
been to.

1100
00:57:35,728 --> 00:57:39,635
Oh man, and I love music too.

1101
00:57:39,635 --> 00:57:41,242
I love it, let me hear it.

1102
00:57:41,242 --> 00:57:45,010
Oh man, let me think on that.

1103
00:57:45,010 --> 00:57:49,402
That's, that's pretty good,
because, uh, because, I love, I

1104
00:57:49,463 --> 00:57:56,894
love music, I think, probably
the best concert that I've been

1105
00:57:56,974 --> 00:57:57,195
to.

1106
00:57:57,195 --> 00:58:07,945
I don't know, I'm an R&B head,
so I've been to the concert with

1107
00:58:07,945 --> 00:58:22,704
112, silk Key Sweat no Drew
Hill, the like 112 silk key

1108
00:58:22,724 --> 00:58:25,753
sweat no drew drew hill they
were all at the same venue, uh,

1109
00:58:25,773 --> 00:58:26,594
and so, like it was, it was
pretty cool.

1110
00:58:26,614 --> 00:58:27,458
Speaker 2: I've got, let me tell
you something, doing.

1111
00:58:27,458 --> 00:58:28,541
This podcast is the coolest
thing.

1112
00:58:28,541 --> 00:58:29,822
I asked that question.

1113
00:58:29,822 --> 00:58:35,021
I've got everything from keith
sweat to metallica to pit bull,

1114
00:58:35,463 --> 00:58:39,034
to yeah, you know, tom ziegler's
is the greatest showman.

1115
00:58:39,034 --> 00:58:40,480
I mean, we've got the whole
game.

1116
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:44,608
I think that's what the beauty
of asking that question, yeah,

1117
00:58:44,708 --> 00:58:47,822
is the fact that everybody has
something that brings them joy

1118
00:58:48,644 --> 00:58:52,994
everybody has something that
touches their, their cords yes,

1119
00:58:53,034 --> 00:58:57,565
sir, you know I was uh also,
just the experience is probably.

1120
00:58:57,625 --> 00:59:00,251
Speaker 3: I was at cowell field
for george straight oh yeah

1121
00:59:00,952 --> 00:59:01,653
yeah, that was.

1122
00:59:01,653 --> 00:59:06,469
That was just probably the best
experience, was probably that

1123
00:59:06,670 --> 00:59:07,271
king george.

1124
00:59:07,331 --> 00:59:08,092
Speaker 2: I mean, I get it.

1125
00:59:08,092 --> 00:59:10,764
He's pretty popular when I ask
that question what's your best

1126
00:59:10,784 --> 00:59:11,686
concert?

1127
00:59:11,686 --> 00:59:16,442
All righty Well, ladies and
gentlemen, thank you again for

1128
00:59:16,481 --> 00:59:17,063
joining us.

1129
00:59:17,063 --> 00:59:18,487
Chip, thanks so much.

1130
00:59:18,487 --> 00:59:20,280
I knew again.

1131
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:23,389
When I met you at the Igniting
the Next Generation conference,

1132
00:59:23,449 --> 00:59:27,981
I knew that this was a podcast
that I really wanted, and you

1133
00:59:28,021 --> 00:59:29,063
did not disappoint.

1134
00:59:29,063 --> 00:59:32,784
I'm sitting here, I'm looking
at a page full of notes of what

1135
00:59:32,844 --> 00:59:33,849
I need to be doing.

1136
00:59:33,849 --> 00:59:40,961
You know just, and it all comes
down to legacy and, like Dan

1137
00:59:41,001 --> 00:59:45,110
said, it's who's our legacy, and
when you take that on, it's

1138
00:59:45,210 --> 00:59:46,893
life changing to change lives.

1139
00:59:46,893 --> 00:59:48,302
How good is that?

1140
00:59:48,302 --> 00:59:49,108
How good is that?

1141
00:59:49,108 --> 00:59:50,518
How good is that?

1142
00:59:50,518 --> 00:59:51,621
How good is that?

1143
00:59:51,621 --> 00:59:54,706
So, again, thank you for
joining us.

1144
00:59:54,706 --> 00:59:57,230
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you
again for stopping by and

1145
00:59:57,271 --> 00:59:59,454
joining us for the Growing Our
Future podcast.

1146
01:00:04,340 --> 01:00:05,467
Like we said at the very
beginning, if agriculture has

1147
01:00:05,487 --> 01:00:06,193
taught me anything, it's taught
me.

1148
01:00:06,193 --> 01:00:07,239
If you want to know what the
future is, grow it.

1149
01:00:07,239 --> 01:00:09,545
Listen to what happened today.

1150
01:00:09,545 --> 01:00:14,110
Some incredible seeds of
greatness were put out there for

1151
01:00:14,110 --> 01:00:15,322
us to take hold of.

1152
01:00:15,322 --> 01:00:17,467
Plant them, nurture them.

1153
01:00:17,467 --> 01:00:19,170
We put you in charge.

1154
01:00:19,170 --> 01:00:20,512
You want to be in charge of
your life.

1155
01:00:20,512 --> 01:00:21,181
You're in charge.

1156
01:00:21,181 --> 01:00:22,344
We gave you the skill.

1157
01:00:22,344 --> 01:00:24,648
Skip Chip gave you the skill.

1158
01:00:24,648 --> 01:00:26,353
He gave us the tools.

1159
01:00:26,353 --> 01:00:29,804
Plant them and grow that
incredible future.

1160
01:00:29,804 --> 01:00:33,530
Until our paths cross again,
everybody go out and do

1161
01:00:33,592 --> 01:00:35,094
something great for somebody
else.

1162
01:00:35,094 --> 01:00:37,027
You'll feel good about it and
guess what?

1163
01:00:37,027 --> 01:00:40,561
In the process we might just
make our communities, our state

1164
01:00:40,601 --> 01:00:45,050
and our country, maybe even our
world, a better place to live,

1165
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:46,907
work and raise our families.

1166
01:00:46,907 --> 01:00:50,128
Until we meet again, everybody
be safe.

1167
01:00:57,719 --> 01:00:58,844
Speaker 1: We hope you've
enjoyed this episode of the

1168
01:00:58,864 --> 01:00:59,385
Growing Our Future podcast.

1169
01:00:59,385 --> 01:01:02,815
This show is sponsored by the
Texas FFA Foundation, whose

1170
01:01:02,896 --> 01:01:05,905
mission is to strengthen
agricultural science education

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so students can develop their
potential for personal growth,

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career success and leadership in
a global marketplace.

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