NextGen on Elevate Springfield with Ellie Ferriell: Role Reversal

Summary

In this fun conversation, Ellie and Robert explore various fun ideas for their podcast with todays role reversal. They delve into their morning routines, discuss the 10X mindset, and engage in rapid-fire questions, showcasing their unique dynamic and humor throughout the dialogue.

Takeaways

• No real takeaways here folks, just a little fun.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Welcome to Elevate Springfield, where we will dive into strategies and stories that help you rise to your full potential. Each episode, we'll talk about how you can take intentional steps to elevate your life and your business while making a meaningful impact on those around you. Along the way, we're going to bring in the change makers from our community that are already elevating. We'll bring the actionable strategies, you bring the discipline and follow through, and together we can elevate Springfield. Alright, let's go, y'all. Time to 10X.

SPEAKER_04 0:35

Hey everyone, welcome to Next Gen on Elevate Springfield. I'm Ellie and I'm here with my dad, Robert.

SPEAKER_01 0:40

Together, we're talking about what really matters to teens today. From school and skills to pressure, purpose, and possibilities.

SPEAKER_02 0:48

We'll share honest conversations, practical strategies teens can actually use, and a little dad-daughter debate.

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This is about listening, learning, and growing. Together, let's elevate the next generation.

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SPEAKER_05 1:52

Hello, hello, Ellie.

SPEAKER_02 1:53

That sounded really weird when I said that. That felt really weird. How are you doing today?

SPEAKER_05 1:59

Am I still you?

SPEAKER_02 2:00

Be whoever you want to be, I guess.

SPEAKER_05 2:02

I'm doing great here downtown in Springfield and downtown Springfield, right next to the Capitol. It's been a lovely day. We went to the farmers market this morning and it was quite great. And we also went to the arts and culture school.

SPEAKER_02 2:16

You know, you say it's been it's a beautiful day in Springfield a lot. And you know you say that a lot.

SPEAKER_05 2:20

Yeah, I guess I guess it's just it's just always a beautiful day in Springfield.

SPEAKER_02 2:23

It is, but I feel like you're just a little overboard sometimes when you say that.

SPEAKER_05 2:27

Well, would you like to say it instead?

SPEAKER_02 2:29

No, it's always a beautiful day in Springfield. I agree with you on that.

SPEAKER_05 2:32

I would never say that.

SPEAKER_02 2:34

No, you wouldn't. I was I would never say that you're literally putting words in your mouth.

SPEAKER_05 2:38

I would never say that. You just put words in my mouth. I would never say that. So do you guys know what's going on right now at all? So we're pretending to be each other. We are swapping roles this time. Except for we didn't swap chairs.

SPEAKER_02 2:49

We did not. But we're gonna see how well, well, one, I guess maybe how well we know each other and and how well we can really call what the other person would actually say.

SPEAKER_05 2:59

Mm-hmm. And tone, infliction, body language.

SPEAKER_02 3:03

As close to that as possible. There might be a little roast in there here and there, but we're gonna try to keep it as as legit as possible here.

SPEAKER_05 3:12

Well, Ellie, for one, we can do a really easy question. We got what is your coffee order?

SPEAKER_02 3:17

I like a vanilla latte from Shields. Shields or Shields from Schlees. I like a vanilla latte. Ellie, you really messed that up. I did. I did. Take two. I like a vanilla latte from Shields. I said it wrong again.

SPEAKER_05 3:32

I like I see Ellie, I didn't even notice. I was just focusing on how you got the coffee order wrong. Yeah, well, that's I'm more of a caramel or cinnamon girl. I mean, you're more of a carnal caramel or cinnamon girl.

SPEAKER_02 3:43

Most of the time I like vanilla. I'll get caramel here and there, but I get vanilla most of the time.

SPEAKER_05 3:48

I really don't.

SPEAKER_02 3:49

I only get you really I don't drink any of that.

SPEAKER_05 3:55

You really don't. You only do that when there's not a caramel or cinnamon option. Which sometimes the case I got a caramel one from you got a caramel one from Jalie's last time.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

I did?

SPEAKER_05 4:07

You did.

SPEAKER_02 4:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 4:08

I did get a vanilla at one point. You are right. But I you did get a vanilla one at one point. You are right.

SPEAKER_02 4:14

Epic fail, I guess.

SPEAKER_05 4:15

So ask me mine. I mean, ask me mine.

SPEAKER_02 4:18

What was that? Is that my normal tone? Ask me mine.

SPEAKER_05 4:22

Yes, it is. Yes, it is my normal yes, it is my normal tone.

SPEAKER_02 4:25

What's your coffee order? I'm gonna throw it right back at you.

SPEAKER_05 4:28

You know, I'm gonna be completely honest here. I just like dark, black coffee with nothing else in it. You know, some people think it's crazy, but you know, I don't drink milkshakes. I just like the coffee. So that's it.

SPEAKER_02 4:41

Pretty close. I'll give you that one. Except you missed the organic part.

SPEAKER_05 4:45

And make sure it's organic too.

SPEAKER_02 4:48

There you go.

SPEAKER_05 4:49

You know, Ellie, I have another question for you. You've touched on this a couple times in our discussions, but what is your workout routine?

SPEAKER_02 4:56

Well, when I have time for it, I don't always get to it. You know, sometimes my Instagram scrolling takes precedence over my work over my workout. But I do really enjoy a good core workout. So I really focus on abs and quite frankly, not much else.

SPEAKER_05 5:15

You know, you're right, you might be right about that, Ellie. Yeah. I I you do work glutes sometimes. I do. But that really burns your your thighs a lot.

SPEAKER_02 5:24

I do the occasional glute workout, right?

SPEAKER_05 5:27

But it makes you sweat, so you don't do it as much.

SPEAKER_02 5:29

Correct. Correct. Because something about me, I do not like to go to bed sweaty. So if I'm gonna do a workout, I have to have a shower after that. And sometimes I don't feel like doing that whole thing, so I just skip the workout entirely.

SPEAKER_05 5:45

Very good, very good. I did a little head thing.

SPEAKER_02 5:49

Do I do a head thing?

SPEAKER_05 5:50

Very good, very good. You like adjust the mic a little bit, you know?

SPEAKER_02 5:53

I never noticed I did that. Very, very observant.

SPEAKER_05 5:56

You know, for me, I like to go to bed dirty, you know? I like to shower in the morning soon for the day, and then I like to get away.

SPEAKER_02 6:05

Dad, you're getting you're going a little too deep here. I don't think anybody cares about your uh shower routine.

SPEAKER_05 6:10

You know, I think they all care. You know, I I think so. And I just I like to lay in my grime and on my pillow and on my blankets because I shower in the morning. So then I'm just getting dirty throughout the whole day, you know? And then I just go to bed in my filth.

SPEAKER_02 6:25

For those that are just listening to the audio, that was a relatively spot on uh hand gesture that you just did, I guess. I do those on occasion. As in right before she did it, she quite frankly mocked me. So there we go. Well, dad, what is your morning routine like?

SPEAKER_05 6:40

Well, you know, I like to get up before the roosters get up. You know, that is how you have a productive day, quite frankly. You gotta get up before everybody else gets up because that is how you 10X to your morning, okay? So you gotta get up at 5 a.m., all right. So first you get up at five, and then I go in the kitchen and make my organic black coffee. And then after that, I go downstairs and I do my downstairs stuff.

SPEAKER_02 7:08

Yeah, quite frankly, I know nothing about what goes on in the morning like that because I don't get up till at least 10.

SPEAKER_05 7:15

So You know, you really don't though. You you get up pretty quit pretty early, you know, like eight o'clock. So I go downstairs, I watch a little bit of my show while I'm drinking my coffee on our brown couch downstairs, and then I go over and I do my heavy bag and I go ba ba and I shake the whole house and I do all the other workout stuff that takes, however long a workout takes, you know, it takes a long a while. I say you know a lot, as you I don't think you do.

SPEAKER_02 7:49

I'd say you're partially correct. You got a few things in there. There's a few things that not accurate, but hey, I'm moving forward. I don't watch TV downstairs anymore. I haven't done that in a long time. Occasionally. Yeah. But it's not necessarily TV that I'm watching in the morning. And but okay, so I'm I'm me right now.

SPEAKER_05 8:06

I said you watched something.

SPEAKER_02 8:08

Oh, okay. All right. Well then fair enough. It's normally training stuff, but yeah Yeah, I said you watched something.

SPEAKER_05 8:13

Yeah. Okay, let me think of another question.

SPEAKER_02 8:15

I mean, my morning routine is I get up, 8 30, 9-ish. I marinade in my bed for a little bit.

SPEAKER_05 8:23

I never say marinade. That's not a word.

SPEAKER_02 8:26

I'm pretty sure I've heard you say that.

SPEAKER_05 8:27

Marinade?

SPEAKER_02 8:28

You say marinate?

SPEAKER_05 8:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:30

Yeah. What'd I say?

SPEAKER_05 8:32

Marinade.

SPEAKER_02 8:32

I didn't I didn't enunciate my teeth.

SPEAKER_05 8:34

As in, don't be dad.

SPEAKER_02 8:36

So marinate.

unknown 8:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:37

So you yeah, you do say marinate a lot, and that's what you do in the morning, you say?

SPEAKER_05 8:41

Get back into character. Get back into character.

SPEAKER_02 8:44

So I marinate in my bed for a little bit. I check my notifications, I check any of my Instagram stuff. I go downstairs, I try to find something ridiculously unhealthy to eat for breakfast.

SPEAKER_05 8:55

Then You do not do that. That was really good, wasn't it? You do you do this.

SPEAKER_02 9:00

That was pretty good. Yeah, I do that a lot. And I as I as I gesture towards somebody, as I talk to somebody, I sometimes gesture toward them and lead my head in inadvertently. I don't mean to do it, but I do that sometimes. Like that. Very nice. I think you're better at this than me.

SPEAKER_05 9:17

Maybe. Maybe. Maybe I am. Maybe I No, maybe let's just be my host seat, you know? Continue with my with your morning routine.

SPEAKER_02 9:25

With my morning routine. And then at some point I start doing my schoolwork. Sometimes it's first thing, sometimes it's never. I mean, just kidding. I do it every single day. And then I do my work for a few hours, and that's my whole morning routine.

SPEAKER_05 9:40

Well, Ellie, I think the more accurate description of your morning routine would be you go downstairs and look for breakfast. Proceed to find no breakfast, and then go upstairs because we have no breakfast. And then you do your school work, then you are hungry. Then you go down again to see if you lowered your standards for a breakfast. And then you get snack, which is either chips or cheese, and then go back upstairs.

SPEAKER_02 10:03

What happens typically? I go down, I see these great pastured eggs, you know, pasteurized eggs in the fridge, like three dozen of them. And I look at them like, no, I don't feel like cooking anything. Even though those would be a delicious and nutritious breakfast, I don't feel like cooking anything. So as I'm closing the fridge, I'm gonna say, Oh, we have nothing to eat. And I'm gonna go upstairs for a little while. Then I'm gonna come back down and I'm gonna say, Do we have any salt and mini or chips or watermelon or fruit or anything like that? And then I'm just gonna make it.

SPEAKER_05 10:39

Well, Ellie, quite frankly, you know that I am never cutting a watermelon ever again.

SPEAKER_02 10:43

Yeah, why not? Why won't you do that for us anymore?

SPEAKER_05 10:46

Well, because I stink, number one. And number two, quite frankly, it's because a few summers ago, you guys made me cut so many gosh darn watermelons, and it just burnt me out for the rest of the the rest of ever. I just cut so many watermelons.

SPEAKER_02 11:03

And me as me, that's completely true. I I think I cut about 73 watermelons that summer. It was ridiculous. So from that point forward, I said, no, I'm not cutting any more watermelons. You guys are gonna have to cut your own watermelon.

SPEAKER_05 11:17

You know, for a man with so many muscles like myself, I really don't like doing too many things that require them to be useful, you know.

SPEAKER_02 11:25

Burning me.

SPEAKER_05 11:26

I don't know what else I'd be bodybuilding for if I wouldn't be cutting my daughter's watermelons.

SPEAKER_02 11:31

That's true. That's true. It's what you it's what you work out for. Cut those, cut those watermelons. Take care of me, my sister, and everything.

SPEAKER_05 11:38

The occasional cantaloupe. That's true.

unknown 11:40

That's true.

SPEAKER_02 11:41

So, Dad, someone asks how you're doing. What's your go-to answer? What's your automatic answer?

SPEAKER_05 11:47

I'm doing fantastic.

SPEAKER_02 11:48

I say that occasionally, yeah. You do say that a lot, Dad.

SPEAKER_05 11:51

I think that's fantastic. What's your go-to answer, daughter? Or I have a better question.

SPEAKER_02 11:56

Okay, I was just about to answer it, but go ahead and give me the better question.

SPEAKER_05 12:00

No. Oh no, go ahead, answer it. Well, I'm fine.

SPEAKER_02 12:02

I mean, I got up today, did a few things in my room before I got ready for the day. But as I was doing that, I found a book that I hadn't read in a while. So I read a few pages of that. So that was good. Even though I really didn't like the ending.

SPEAKER_05 12:17

Highly unrealistic.

SPEAKER_02 12:18

Even though I really didn't like the ending, I felt like it was a little too contrived. So I wouldn't recommend that book, by the way. Don't don't, just, just, just don't. So just don't.

SPEAKER_05 12:32

You're you're funny.

SPEAKER_02 12:34

It is you or me. What was the next question you had for me?

SPEAKER_05 12:38

Well, what is your go-to answer if someone offers you something, but you say no, basically? Because I know you have one thing that you always say never fails, even when you think, man, I should really have a better reply than this, but you say it every single time. If somebody asks, Hey, would you like some tea? But your answer is no, what do you say?

SPEAKER_02 13:00

I say no, thank you.

SPEAKER_05 13:01

No.

SPEAKER_02 13:01

I'm pretty sure I do.

SPEAKER_05 13:03

No. You have a complete script that you say.

SPEAKER_02 13:06

I think I say this.

SPEAKER_05 13:10

Well, go ahead.

SPEAKER_02 13:11

No, thank you. I'm fine. Thank you, though.

SPEAKER_05 13:13

Closer.

SPEAKER_02 13:14

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 13:14

But no.

SPEAKER_02 13:15

I'm very close. I am honing in.

SPEAKER_05 13:17

You say I'm okay, but thank you. That's what I'm saying. Never fails all the time. No. Specifically, I'm okay, but thank you. Or and the occasional I appreciate it after said sentence.

SPEAKER_02 13:28

Mm-hmm. Yeah, so I was like 95% there.

SPEAKER_05 13:31

No, Ellie. What if your Wi-Fi went out? What would your be your reaction? If it went out for the entire evening, what would you do?

SPEAKER_02 13:40

Well, first, I would complain about it for a little while. And then I would probably read or color for about 45 minutes. But then after that, I would simply say, We've got to go somewhere else that has Wi-Fi. I will we're going over to sister's house or somebody's that actually has Wi-Fi. That's what I would say.

SPEAKER_05 13:58

Incorrect.

SPEAKER_02 13:59

I would read or color. That's what I would do.

SPEAKER_05 14:02

I'm not too Or you would journal, quite frankly.

SPEAKER_02 14:05

I jokingly said that. I really am not that uh tech savvy. I really don't like internet that much. I mean, if I didn't have any social media, I think I'd probably be okay with it. But uh what?

SPEAKER_05 14:16

You are legit putting words in my mouth.

SPEAKER_02 14:18

I am legit lying completely right now. Yes. But yes, I would be reading or journaling or coloring or something like that. I don't think I would have too bad of a time if I didn't have Wi-Fi for a while. I would be okay.

SPEAKER_05 14:31

Well, Ellie, you know how much of a big 10X fan I am. And I want to ask you, what are your thoughts on 10X? How do you 10X your life daily? Daily.

SPEAKER_02 14:42

Daily? Daily? Well, you know, I listen to every piece of advice you've ever given me. And I really try to implement all of it into my daily life. I've heard you talk about 10x strategies and 10x mindsets so many times. We've talked about it on this next gen segment so many times. So the way I really embed it into my life is I have it in the back of my head all the time, is what I'm about to do truly 10x. Am I living my life according to 10x mindset and principles?

SPEAKER_05 15:17

You know, Ellie, you're really not playing your role very well.

SPEAKER_02 15:20

No, I'm not. I'm just pulling stuff out of wherever. What's the actual answer? So I guess 10X to me is setting your goals so high that even if you don't quite get to them, you still get past what your original average goal was.

SPEAKER_05 15:37

See, Ellie, I think that was incorrect because I you would never be that articulate.

SPEAKER_02 15:41

But that is what you would say, because you've said that about five times. A day. That's no good. So two weeks in a row, I've spilled coffee on my bare leg.

SPEAKER_05 15:53

Yes, I have. No, I spilled coffee on myself.

SPEAKER_02 15:56

Oh, that's true. For the past ten weeks. That's true. So it's just been well, no. I guess it was you last time and me this time. So it's not two weeks in a row.

SPEAKER_05 16:02

No, but it was me, because that's my 10X mug.

SPEAKER_02 16:05

That's true.

SPEAKER_05 16:06

Which I'm holding right now. They don't know they're they can't see, they can't see.

SPEAKER_02 16:10

I've got something for you. We could do some rapid fire ones here. All right.

SPEAKER_05 16:13

So a few rapid fire ones before we close out.

SPEAKER_02 16:16

What food could you eat every single day?

SPEAKER_05 16:18

Chicken.

SPEAKER_02 16:19

Salmon.

SPEAKER_05 16:19

That's incorrect.

SPEAKER_02 16:20

I know it is. I was wanting to use salt and vinegar chips. Yeah, I thought so. What's your ideal way to spend a day off without without any work completely? No work at all. You can't have work in there at all.

SPEAKER_05 16:32

Well, quite frankly, I just love to spend time with my family, play some board games, watch some Disney movies, and be outside, take some walks.

SPEAKER_02 16:39

So for me? It'd be one of two things. It's either one, have a full day at home, being able to read, watch movies, whatever I want to do all day with nothing scheduled, or two, have a complete scheduled day at Disney.

SPEAKER_05 16:53

I suppose.

SPEAKER_02 16:54

You suppose I got it right on that one?

SPEAKER_05 16:55

Ish.

SPEAKER_02 16:56

Yeah. Ish. What show would you binge for the tenth time?

SPEAKER_05 17:00

You know, quite frankly, I don't really binge shows. I don't really have very many shows I repeat very often. Quite frankly, it's not something I do very often. But I say if I had to, it'd be American Pickers.

SPEAKER_02 17:13

Take that. I'll take that. Yeah. I'd almost hit the movies more. I if it was me answering that, I probably would have said there's not very many TV shows, but I will watch Rocky over again.

SPEAKER_05 17:23

Well, good thing it wasn't you answering that.

SPEAKER_02 17:25

That's right. Well, for me, for Ellie, uh Percy Jackson, of course. So the new one, just to be completely clear, because the Percy Jackson movies before this show on Disney were absolute garbage. So so again, just like I mentioned earlier, just don't. Beach trip or Arizona Mountains.

SPEAKER_05 17:48

You know, I love me some beach, but I those Arizona Mountains were just, they were amazing. I I I I'm I'm gonna have to go with Arizona Mountains because I've only been there once.

SPEAKER_02 17:58

You were almost there. I've been there more than once, but hey, you almost had it. For me, for Ellie, I'm picking the beach. I I I love Arizona. It was nice, but not a real big hiker. Much rather be on the beach. What's your most used app?

SPEAKER_05 18:11

Ooh, that is a hard one, Ellie. I mean, I might have to go with maybe Facebook because I'm posting on there a lot. I'm looking at some updates, maybe text messaging. Quite frankly, I'm old and dusty. So those seems like those are just the kind of apps that I'd be, you know, spend most of my time on.

SPEAKER_02 18:27

I'll give you that on Facebook. Quite frankly. You are you are Do I say quite frankly a lot?

SPEAKER_05 18:32

You know, I just found one I just found one of your words that you use a lot.

SPEAKER_02 18:35

So I just You're probably right though. Facebook and it Facebook and text message are probably the two that I most use on my phone. So But for me, it's Instagram. I mean, one, two, three, four, five, six, it's Instagram. I mean, it beats out all others by a long shot. So that's definitely my most used app.

SPEAKER_05 18:54

You know, you're gonna have to let us know who did the better impression. I personally think I stayed in character more by saying you, your, yours, as opposed to I, I, I.

SPEAKER_02 19:06

I did I, yeah, I used the wrong, yeah, I did.

SPEAKER_05 19:08

I I did. And I just said as opposed to, which I also, frankly, quite frankly, say a lot. So I think I win. I'll give you the win, even though And I can give you my full Robert impression. So I've that I've been doing for a while. It's like, what is it? It's like, hello Springfield, you know?

SPEAKER_00 19:29

Yeah, yeah.

unknown 19:30

Not bad.

SPEAKER_05 19:31

It's a fantastic day down here in downtown Springfield in our chairs.

SPEAKER_02 19:39

Well, Dad, I guess I'll give you the win. I will give you the win today.

SPEAKER_05 19:44

Quite frankly, I agree. Well, I might have to edit out some of my quite frankly's.

SPEAKER_02 19:48

Yeah, that's definitely a filler word. You don't have to. Thanks for joining us today on Next Gen with Elevate Spring on Elevate.

SPEAKER_05 19:54

Quite frankly, Ellie, that sucks.

SPEAKER_02 19:55

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