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The UBER & Faith Story That Paid My Rent
379 Plays2 years ago
In This Episode I Talk About...
- My time driving UBER
- Going on National TV to film the Bachelorette
- Quit driving UBER but had to have faith to move forward
- Working on a brand partnership with UBER years later
- Filming a commercial to pay rent in perfect timing
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Transcript
Introduction and Setting
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Bigger Talks, Bigger Talks back again with another Bigger Talks podcast.
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And I'm live from Soho House, West Hollywood.
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We in here.
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It's pretty sunny out.
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There's a lot of people around.
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But we're going to get into today's episode.
Story of Faith Through Uber
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And the episode is about Uber and
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In the story of faith through Uber.
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But before we get started, go get your merch.
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It's Miracle Season.
Life Before 'The Bachelorette'
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So I would say the year was 2016 going into 2017.
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And right before that year took off in 2017, I had an opportunity to go on a show, which many of you might know is The Bachelorette.
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Little do people know prior to that show, I was personal training.
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I was doing Uber to make money.
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And I was making pretty decent money once a week, $700 to $1,000 a week.
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So it was...
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It was putting the food on the table, was paying the bills.
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But I came home after the show and I could no longer do Uber.
Post-'Bachelorette' Financial Struggles
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But the funny story is I still had to pay my rent.
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My rent at the time was $2,000 a month.
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And I was sitting back thinking like, I'm going to make some money.
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Now, granted, shouts out to Airbnb.
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I did Airbnb my spot when I was gone for 10 weeks traveling the world.
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So I made a little bit of money.
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But I was back.
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I was back.
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You know, my show didn't come out for like the next two or three months.
Contemplating Change and Stuart Wilde's Advice
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So I had to make some money.
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You know, Uber was bringing me a lot of cash weekly and I couldn't do it anymore.
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So the story goes, it's probably the end of, let's say I came home May 17th.
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So it had to be like the end of May, if I'm not mistaken.
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And I had to pay my rent, you know, my rent was like 1850 1950 plus utilities and
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I needed to make money.
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So in that moment, of course, I'm going back and forth with myself.
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Like I want to do it.
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I know I shouldn't do it because I got a show that's coming out.
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I got to stop.
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I got to change.
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I got to figure something out.
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And so I remember listening to this, uh,
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this author, thought leader, spiritual guru named Stuart Wilde.
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And Stuart Wilde, W-I-L-D-E.
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And he was talking about, you know, sometimes you should just sit still for an hour and do nothing.
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And so, you know, I sat still for an hour and
Choosing Faith Over Fear
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And I did nothing.
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And I just was allowing to see what happened, what came, what will come, what will take place.
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Because, you know, as a person like myself with all this energy, I always feel like I have to be doing something, doing things, right?
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I have to be doing to get, I can't just be in a track, right?
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I got to do, do, do.
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So anyway, I'm sitting, I'm sitting, nothing is happening.
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So that day goes by.
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I do it again another day.
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Then at this point, you know, I just, I gotta have, I gotta have more faith than fear.
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So of course I prayed and now, you know, I still was training my clients.
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You know, I had some clients that stayed on while I was gone for 10 weeks.
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And I feel like it was like maybe two or three days, maybe two days before rent was due.
A Timely Commercial Opportunity
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And mind you, I'm still worried a little bit because I'm like, you know, my rent is $2,000.
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how am I going to make rent?
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So I'm sitting, I'm literally in my apartment on Wilshire and Burnside.
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Miracle Mile was the neighborhood I lived in.
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How ironic my brand is.
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It's Miracle Season, but I lived in Miracle Mile at the time.
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And I think I was doing a meditation.
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I was reading something.
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And I get a call.
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I get a call from, um,
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a good person who actually put me on the show, The Bachelorette, Thea Washington.
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And she was like, Eric, we're looking for someone to shoot this commercial, this Cantu commercial in Baltimore.
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We're willing to pay you $2,500 and we'll fly you out.
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Does that sound like something you want to do?
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Now, mind you, this woman doesn't know what's going on.
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She do know that I just got off a TV show and they need a soccer player for this commercial, Cantu.
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The only catch is I had to shave my head bald.
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So I had to go bald hit it.
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So here's the universe.
Reflections on Faith and Trust
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Okay.
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You say you need the money.
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You need the opportunity.
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This is the perfect timing.
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2,500.
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This is a beard product.
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She got to shave your head bald.
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So, of course, I said yes.
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They flew me to Baltimore, my hometown.
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How amazing is that?
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I was able to see my family.
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And...
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I shaved my head bald and I shot a commercial.
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And the crazy thing is I got paid within that week.
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So I think I went in town on maybe a Wednesday or Thursday.
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I know whatever it was, I got paid.
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They wrote me a check.
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Like I got paid really quick.
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Like a turnaround was really quick.
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I had the money and I paid my rent.
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So the moral of the story in life is that you got to have faith, you know, faith, as they say, small as a mustard seed.
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And I had to have faith.
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I had to let go and I had to trust.
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Right.
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There's something greater was on its way or in alignment, you know, on my soul's assignment.
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And, um,
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Here I was.
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I shot a commercial, shaved my hair bald, but I paid my rent because I was willing to stop doing the thing that I used to do to have faith for something new to come.
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And my rent was paid because I had faith and I trusted myself and I trusted in something greater.
The Power of Faith in Success
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God, the universe, the creator, whatever you guys believe.
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And it worked out.
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So I want you guys, if you're listening to this, to always have faith more than fear.
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Always have a little bit more faith because faith is really the way how you evolve in life.
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It's how you heal and it's how great things happen and come to you.
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But I was literally in a surrender moment.
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I had to trust faith.
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There's something great that was on the way and it happened.
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And so that's my story of faith and Uber.
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Shouts out to Uber.
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I did Uber probably for like three or four years.
Full-Circle Moment with Uber and Conclusion
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I made pretty decent money.
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Funny story about Uber.
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Seven years after doing Uber, I did a brand deal with Uber.
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who paid me great money to be an Uber partner and create content around doing Uber seven years later.
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So that's the story of faith in Uber.
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People keep your faith, always have faith and know that something greater is on its way, especially if you're in a bind, you're in a jam, you feel like things are not happening.
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Just let go.
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Try to sit in silence for an hour, 30 minutes.
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See what happens.
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Trust.
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Have faith.
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It's a miracle season.
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And remember, you can get your miracle, but you got to be willing to endure the seasons that come with that miracle.
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That's all.
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That's it.
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Share this episode if it resonates.
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And remember, it's all about faith.
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And Uber.
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Shouts out to Uber.
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Uber and Faith.
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You guys have a great day.
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Share, subscribe, and like this episode.
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I'll see you guys soon.
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Be great.
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Peace and love.