This week on Newz and Trendz with Dave and Len, we break down the stories everyone’s talking about—and the conversations that matter most.
We start with the buzz around Donald Trump’s reported push to place his signature on the $100 bill, and what it really means to be in that rare circle of sitting presidents shaping legacy in real time.
Then, a powerful story out of Atlanta—Tyler Perry finds a creative way to support TSA agents working without pay, proving impact doesn’t always follow the rules.
We also take a moment for a heartbreaking reality: a Black teen loses his life over something as small as a pair of jeans—and we unpack the deeper issues behind it.
Plus, we explore a growing trend: why more Black professionals are walking away from corporate America and choosing freedom, ownership, and peace over traditional success.
🔥 Dave’s Corner:
You’re in a midlife reset and suddenly come into $100K… what’s your next move? Dave breaks it down—real strategy, real mindset, real talk.
Tap in for insight, perspective, and the conversations you won’t hear anywhere else.
00:00:13 --> 00:00:20 All right, y'all, get ready for another edition of News and Trends with your host, Dave and Lynn.
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00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 I'm hanging out with my partner, Mr. Leonard Young. What's going on, sir?
00:01:23 --> 00:01:27 Hey, Dave. Everything is good. This is Leonard Young, CEO of National Black
00:01:27 --> 00:01:33 Guide, DelawareBlack.com, Black Media Specialist, all-around good guy. How goes it?
00:01:34 --> 00:01:40 And I can't call it. I can't call it. It's, you know, just living our life like
00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 it's golden, I guess you could say.
00:01:44 --> 00:01:48 Right. Well, more bronze than golden these days. Yeah. Yeah, you know.
00:01:49 --> 00:01:52 But other than that, everything's okay. How's everything we do?
00:01:53 --> 00:01:56 Everything's good with me. No complaints. Just busy weekend.
00:01:56 --> 00:02:02 And you know how sometimes on Sundays you hope to start the week kind of like caught up?
00:02:02 --> 00:02:06 Yeah. I'm definitely starting Monday behind schedule. So I'm going to be trying
00:02:06 --> 00:02:08 to do some hustling later today.
00:02:09 --> 00:02:12 Okay. Well, like the song says, every day I'm hustling. You know,
00:02:12 --> 00:02:18 I just wish they get this weather.
00:02:18 --> 00:02:22 Right? It seems like it's not. No, every day is a different temperature. Keep coming back.
00:02:23 --> 00:02:27 Yeah. You know, we can't figure it out. You know, one day you'll have a jaguar
00:02:27 --> 00:02:29 and the next day you don't. Mm-hmm.
00:02:30 --> 00:02:35 So, but I noticed one thing. Have you noticed, like, this time last year there
00:02:35 --> 00:02:38 was already a lot of pollen in the air or whatever.
00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 Have you noticed you didn't see, you haven't hardly seen any pollen or have
00:02:41 --> 00:02:42 you seen a lot down that way?
00:02:43 --> 00:02:47 So, Dave, since I don't have allergies, I don't even pay attention to pollen, so I have no idea.
00:02:47 --> 00:02:51 The only reason I pay attention to it is because I see it on the cars.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:55 And you know, when you can write your name on the cars and that stuff,
00:02:55 --> 00:02:57 that's when I always pay attention to it.
00:02:58 --> 00:03:02 And I just noticed that I'm not seeing it like I saw it last year.
00:03:02 --> 00:03:04 I wonder if it's because we had snow this year.
00:03:05 --> 00:03:08 Or is it just because it's cold? Like, I feel like this cold weather is messing
00:03:08 --> 00:03:12 up some of the plants and, you know, because it's like, you know,
00:03:12 --> 00:03:16 stuff will start to bloom and then it freezes and then it blooms again.
00:03:17 --> 00:03:21 Yeah, that could be it too. But I'm not sure. Yeah, yeah, that could be it too
00:03:21 --> 00:03:26 because the plants have a lot of the perennials or those type of plants that
00:03:26 --> 00:03:29 come out every year probably haven't opened completely up yet. Right.
00:03:30 --> 00:03:34 And that can make a difference. and it's also, I mean, you know,
00:03:34 --> 00:03:38 neither one of us a botanist, but I guess we could take an educated guess as
00:03:38 --> 00:03:39 far as that's concerned. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
00:03:40 --> 00:03:43 Yeah, there you go. There you go. Anything else going on?
00:03:44 --> 00:03:48 No, Rick, really, that's about it. Just working, trying to take over the world.
00:03:49 --> 00:03:56 Yeah, yeah, well, the brain says somebody else is already trying to do that, so.
00:03:58 --> 00:04:02 Multiple people, I'm sure. Yeah, yeah. I'm sure.
00:04:05 --> 00:04:10 Well, I guess we can go ahead and get started with the show and go over a few
00:04:10 --> 00:04:12 things that we wanted to talk about.
00:04:12 --> 00:04:17 So, you know, one of the stories I didn't bring up, and I just wanted to mention
00:04:17 --> 00:04:20 this right quick before I go on to the stories that I did want to talk about.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:26 And that is, you know, you saw about Tiger Woods, right? Yeah. Okay.
00:04:27 --> 00:04:32 Do you think by now he should probably stop driving and have a driver drive everywhere? I mean.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:38 He probably would. I mean, I almost feel like that's classic alcoholic alcoholism
00:04:38 --> 00:04:43 where they're just in denial on their own detriment. Yeah, there was. To their own detriment.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:47 Well, apparently, though, I don't, you know, I don't think it's really alcohol.
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 I think it's probably prescription drugs.
00:04:50 --> 00:04:55 Okay. Because, you know, he took a breathalyzer. He blew zeros for that. Oh, did he?
00:04:55 --> 00:04:58 Oh, okay. I didn't know that. He blew zeros for that, but he refused to take
00:04:58 --> 00:05:04 the urine tests or the blood tests because they might find drugs in them. You know what I mean?
00:05:05 --> 00:05:09 So I think it was more drugs, and I'm sure he takes a lot of painkillers because
00:05:09 --> 00:05:11 of all the injuries that he has.
00:05:12 --> 00:05:18 So, but, you know, I was just thinking about, so, yeah, maybe you should stop
00:05:18 --> 00:05:19 driving right about now.
00:05:21 --> 00:05:25 So, you know, you're tearing up a lot of cars, too. Right. Story,
00:05:25 --> 00:05:28 so. Yeah, I mean, you know, he's lucky he hasn't caused more injuries than himself.
00:05:29 --> 00:05:34 Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's, you know, and think about it.
00:05:34 --> 00:05:40 What he had to do, they said he had to, the car was on the side, on the driver's side.
00:05:40 --> 00:05:44 He had to climb out the car on the passenger side.
00:05:44 --> 00:05:49 And I'm sure he might have hurt himself doing that. because that was a Land
00:05:49 --> 00:05:52 Rover that he climbed out of. It wasn't a small one.
00:05:52 --> 00:05:59 I'm sure he hurt himself probably getting out of that car. So, but I don't know.
00:05:59 --> 00:06:03 Anyway, you're going to have all the money in the world.
00:06:04 --> 00:06:06 Still can't buy a common sense.
00:06:09 --> 00:06:13 But you can buy a driver, though. Yeah, that's true.
00:06:14 --> 00:06:19 Yeah, you can buy a driver. But anyway, Anyway, let's go with our first story
00:06:19 --> 00:06:22 here. Speaking of money...
00:06:22 --> 00:06:28 So, our favorite person that we talk about all the time, the President of the
00:06:28 --> 00:06:35 United States decided it would be a good idea to put his signature on the $100 bill.
00:06:35 --> 00:06:40 You know, so this story says, when U.S.
00:06:41 --> 00:06:49 President Donald Trump's signature will appear on the $100 bill in June,
00:06:49 --> 00:06:55 it will place him among a small band of sitting leaders,
00:06:55 --> 00:07:04 often associated with autocratic rule, whose autographs or images have, through history,
00:07:05 --> 00:07:07 graced their currencies.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:15 It will also end 165 years of the U.S. treasurer signing banknotes.
00:07:16 --> 00:07:23 165 years. That's crazy. Banknotes around the world often show the signature
00:07:23 --> 00:07:31 of a central bank, treasury or other official associated with the printing and issuing of money.
00:07:32 --> 00:07:39 Euronotes bear the signature of European Central Bank President and every sterling
00:07:39 --> 00:07:44 bank note that of the chief cashier of the Bank of England.
00:07:45 --> 00:07:52 Originally written by hand, Soviet rubles took the signature of the financial
00:07:52 --> 00:07:59 or the finance minister or central banker for a couple of decades until 1937.
00:07:59 --> 00:08:06 The Treasury Department on Thursday announced the plan to have Trump signature
00:08:06 --> 00:08:14 on the banknotes, starting this summer as part of the 250th U.S.
00:08:15 --> 00:08:16 Anniversary celebration.
00:08:17 --> 00:08:22 Previously, the Treasury had unveiled plans for commemorative coins featuring
00:08:22 --> 00:08:29 Trump's likeness to be issued as part of the semi-quincentennial.
00:08:30 --> 00:08:34 I've never seen that whole word before. Wow, that's a long word?
00:08:34 --> 00:08:38 Have you seen that word before? I have. That's a long word, man.
00:08:40 --> 00:08:49 Celebration. But in 1866, law forbids paper currency from carrying images of
00:08:49 --> 00:08:51 living, current, or former presidents.
00:08:52 --> 00:08:55 Thank God. Oh, I wasn't supposed to say that out loud.
00:08:57 --> 00:09:01 Here are some examples of sitting leaders Trump will join in the banknote club.
00:09:02 --> 00:09:11 In Uganda, they had Idi Amin's picture on their currency.
00:09:12 --> 00:09:18 Kenya had the late President Daniel Arap Mui on theirs.
00:09:18 --> 00:09:22 Indonesia First two
00:09:22 --> 00:09:25 presidents Sukarno and
00:09:25 --> 00:09:34 Suharto Appeared on their banknotes The Philippines Had former President Fernand
00:09:34 --> 00:09:45 Marcos on theirs And Tanzania Had President Julius Nairi On their banknotes So President Trump,
00:09:46 --> 00:09:50 will be joining that group. All right.
00:09:52 --> 00:09:56 So many things I want to say, but I guess I better be careful on how I put this.
00:09:58 --> 00:10:02 This man, and I think we talked about this a couple weeks ago,
00:10:02 --> 00:10:09 this man is so anxious to get his name on every and anything. Right.
00:10:10 --> 00:10:15 Why do you think that's so important? Why do you think it's so important for him to do so?
00:10:15 --> 00:10:22 What do you think the real story is that this guy is changing things and adding
00:10:22 --> 00:10:29 things and creating situations to get his name on these things.
00:10:29 --> 00:10:32 What do you think the real, what do you think his endgame is?
00:10:33 --> 00:10:34 What do you think is going on?
00:10:34 --> 00:10:38 Yes, I mean, I think the bigger thing is insecurity, low self-esteem,
00:10:39 --> 00:10:40 with a touch of narcissism.
00:10:40 --> 00:10:46 You know, because I mean, and I think it kind of mixes because in the business world,
00:10:46 --> 00:10:49 you know, that's one of the ways that
00:10:49 --> 00:10:52 you show your dominance you know like i always think back
00:10:52 --> 00:10:55 to when people would let's say win a
00:10:55 --> 00:10:58 war and they would go ahead and stamp their
00:10:58 --> 00:11:02 flag on the other you know on the other their opponent's
00:11:02 --> 00:11:06 soil you know i mean like you know you know so yeah like plant the flag type
00:11:06 --> 00:11:10 thing or or you know and like the animal kingdom you know the lion is gonna
00:11:10 --> 00:11:15 piss on the tree to kind of mark his territory yeah yeah so you know i i feel
00:11:15 --> 00:11:19 like you know Trump feels like he is that person to do that.
00:11:19 --> 00:11:21 But Dave, you know, when I heard that, I had one question.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:27 Is he using the auto pen? Because, you know, he gave Joe Biden a hard time about that auto pen.
00:11:31 --> 00:11:36 I'm hoping he's using Invincible Inc. personally. That's what I'm hoping he's using.
00:11:37 --> 00:11:42 I think it's a monetary thing, Leonard. I think if he gets his name on certain
00:11:42 --> 00:11:45 things, that he's always going to make money from those things.
00:11:46 --> 00:11:51 Because this guy has made more money as a sitting president than any other president
00:11:51 --> 00:11:53 in the history of the presidency.
00:11:55 --> 00:12:00 Oh, yeah, I'm sure. And they, well, damn, I wish I could phrase it like I,
00:12:00 --> 00:12:01 and he's just beginning.
00:12:02 --> 00:12:08 Yeah. I mean, keep in mind. We only in his first, I guess, going in his second year. Yeah.
00:12:08 --> 00:12:12 Think about all the money he made his first year as president.
00:12:12 --> 00:12:17 You know. Right. Now, you know, when I was coming up, the President of the United
00:12:17 --> 00:12:21 States made $250 a year.
00:12:22 --> 00:12:30 You didn't hear them making money outside of that until they got out of office
00:12:30 --> 00:12:32 and they started doing their speaking engagements and whatever.
00:12:32 --> 00:12:36 Of course, that gave them more opportunities to make more money or whatever.
00:12:36 --> 00:12:39 Or some of them even became actors. You know, so, you know,
00:12:40 --> 00:12:49 you figure that, you know, that position is not supposed to be a multi-million
00:12:49 --> 00:12:52 dollar business, but that's what this guy has turned it into, you know?
00:12:53 --> 00:12:59 And he's putting his name on everything. I mean, you know, you get a $100 bill
00:12:59 --> 00:13:01 with his signature on it, you know?
00:13:01 --> 00:13:06 I mean, I can understand maybe getting one of the first few to come out in circulation.
00:13:07 --> 00:13:10 You might if you're a person that's a collector or something,
00:13:11 --> 00:13:14 as a collector you might want to keep it just to see if it's going to be worth
00:13:14 --> 00:13:19 some money later on which I don't think it will be so,
00:13:20 --> 00:13:23 but I would get rid of that bill so quick.
00:13:24 --> 00:13:30 I know, I'm sure people would reverse it quick get rid of it so quick but the
00:13:30 --> 00:13:36 other thing is, why isn't anybody showing any objections to anything that he does,
00:13:37 --> 00:13:42 I mean, I mean, there are people because they were just talking about some of
00:13:42 --> 00:13:47 the I guess the early midterm, you know, there's some places flipping.
00:13:47 --> 00:13:53 They said the area that covers his Mar-a-Lago estate flipped to blue.
00:13:54 --> 00:13:58 I don't know if that was in the U.S. Senate or U.S. Congress or state Senate,
00:13:58 --> 00:14:01 state Congress, but his area flipped blue.
00:14:02 --> 00:14:05 So, you know, I'm sure that's concerning. So they're tired of them.
00:14:06 --> 00:14:12 Okay. Well, I mean, it's just amazing to me that this guy just seems to do whatever he wants to.
00:14:13 --> 00:14:16 And he's putting it. Like I said, man, he's putting his name on everything.
00:14:16 --> 00:14:23 I mean, it's the craziest thing. I mean, you know, meanwhile, we got him out here.
00:14:24 --> 00:14:27 He got us to get ready to go to war and all kinds of craziness, you know?
00:14:28 --> 00:14:36 So I don't know. But you guys, when you get $200 bills, just let you know.
00:14:36 --> 00:14:39 Just remember whose name is on them. Ben, Ben, Ben.
00:14:41 --> 00:14:49 That's all I got to say. Well, speaking of Trump, I'm going to move on to this next story.
00:14:50 --> 00:14:56 It says, Denied paying TSA workers cash.
00:14:56 --> 00:14:59 Tyler Perry finds a loophole to gift officers.
00:15:00 --> 00:15:06 Working without pay in Atlanta. So I saw something a while back that Tyler was
00:15:06 --> 00:15:11 offering to help compensate some of these TSA workers that had been out of work.
00:15:12 --> 00:15:17 And he was going to offer them money. And he was told that he couldn't do that.
00:15:18 --> 00:15:24 So he has found a loophole to help out with this situation because he still wanted to help out.
00:15:24 --> 00:15:29 And of course, you know, this is probably smart for Tyler right now to deflect
00:15:29 --> 00:15:32 from some other things he got going on. So...
00:15:35 --> 00:15:41 So Perry is looking to help workers at Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta International
00:15:41 --> 00:15:44 Airport. Is that the airport you fly into? Yeah.
00:15:45 --> 00:15:52 Okay. In any way possible as the shutdown over funding for TSA and the Department
00:15:52 --> 00:15:54 of Homeland Security continues.
00:15:54 --> 00:16:00 It says, If there's one thing about Tyler Perry,
00:16:01 --> 00:16:09 denying him an opportunity to be charitable is only going to make him find a way to do so.
00:16:11 --> 00:16:19 The mogul who recently made headlines for being told he could not pay unpaid
00:16:19 --> 00:16:23 TSA workers at Hartsfeld, Jackson, Atlanta,
00:16:24 --> 00:16:31 and Atlanta, National Airport directly with cash, went through the proper legal
00:16:31 --> 00:16:38 channels and was able to give approximately 250 workers $1 gift cards.
00:16:41 --> 00:16:47 The donation, which Perry made on Friday, comes after the 10th back and forth
00:16:47 --> 00:16:52 in Washington, where the Senate agreed on a deal to fund Homeland Security,
00:16:53 --> 00:16:58 TSA, and other agencies, but not ICE, or Border Patrol.
00:16:59 --> 00:17:05 House Republicans balked at the deal before Congress left for Easter break,
00:17:05 --> 00:17:10 and President Trump signed an executive action to fund TSA.
00:17:11 --> 00:17:14 Where workers could see paychecks as early as Monday.
00:17:15 --> 00:17:23 Ann Barker, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, local 554 union,
00:17:24 --> 00:17:27 which represents TSA offices in the state of Georgia,
00:17:28 --> 00:17:33 confirmed that Perry's gifts to the officers went through a legal process as
00:17:33 --> 00:17:40 there are specific guidelines one must follow when it comes to gifting cards to federal employees.
00:17:41 --> 00:17:47 Since the shutdown began on February 14th, TSA workers have missed a reported
00:17:47 --> 00:17:50 $1 billion in paychecks.
00:17:50 --> 00:17:59 It led workers to take on second jobs or donate blood and plasma to supplement their income.
00:17:59 --> 00:18:03 Over 480 workers across the country have quit.
00:18:03 --> 00:18:10 Even with Perry's gesture and Trump's signaling for the TSA workers to be paid,
00:18:10 --> 00:18:15 it may not lead to immediate change in the massive wait times and scenes that
00:18:15 --> 00:18:18 travelers have witnessed over the past few weeks.
00:18:19 --> 00:18:25 Hubs across the country have reported a high number of TSA call-outs and wait
00:18:25 --> 00:18:32 times at selected terminals, which has risen to over three to four hour range.
00:18:32 --> 00:18:35 You can raise travel, ain't you? What do you say? Yep.
00:18:37 --> 00:18:42 Okay. I was looking at the news and looking at these lines, man.
00:18:43 --> 00:18:45 They ain't no joke. Yeah. I'm
00:18:45 --> 00:18:49 sure. Well, I think the key is get there early and be prepared to wait.
00:18:50 --> 00:18:53 Yeah. Now, they said they're moving pretty good considering,
00:18:54 --> 00:18:58 but even still, them's a long line, man. I'm sorry.
00:18:59 --> 00:19:06 But maybe with these guys coming back to work, maybe they'd be better and be
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 able to get people through quicker.
00:19:08 --> 00:19:11 But what do you think about this whole thing about what Tyler did?
00:19:11 --> 00:19:15 Do you think that was a good idea or do you think, you know...
00:19:17 --> 00:19:22 The federal government and they could have did more to, to get these guys back to work more quicker.
00:19:23 --> 00:19:25 I mean, I definitely think they could do stuff to get them back to work,
00:19:25 --> 00:19:28 but I mean, Tyler, like, I definitely understand the concept.
00:19:28 --> 00:19:31 Like you can't just go giving money to federal employees.
00:19:31 --> 00:19:36 Cause you know, at any level, I'm sure whether it's the top of the top,
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 the bottom of the bottom.
00:19:37 --> 00:19:39 Yeah. It don't look good. That's why.
00:19:40 --> 00:19:45 So, and you know, even for the average person, if you, I mean,
00:19:45 --> 00:19:48 you know, the average person is not going to pay a lawyer to find those loopholes
00:19:48 --> 00:19:49 and then do all that extra.
00:19:50 --> 00:19:53 So, you know, that, that's just not a possibility for people like us,
00:19:53 --> 00:20:00 you know, if we wanted to donate now, what I, I could see him doing is setting up a,
00:20:01 --> 00:20:04 maybe like, well, I mean, it's probably a loophole too, but like in my mind,
00:20:05 --> 00:20:11 it's like, okay, just setting up like a, a family fund where people apply for, or, you know,
00:20:12 --> 00:20:16 whatever, but they have to be a, you know, TSA agents like that.
00:20:16 --> 00:20:21 But, yeah, I mean, I think it's a good thing. Tyler got the money to spend,
00:20:21 --> 00:20:23 so he might as well spend it, you know?
00:20:25 --> 00:20:28 Now, let me ask you a devil's advocate question.
00:20:30 --> 00:20:34 Do you think Tyler is deflecting from other stuff?
00:20:35 --> 00:20:38 No, I mean, I don't think so, because, you know, throughout his history,
00:20:38 --> 00:20:43 like he's always been one to kind of stand up and like donate to other people.
00:20:44 --> 00:20:47 And to be honest, you know, Tyler Perry, he's probably always in something,
00:20:47 --> 00:20:49 you know, whether we know about it or not.
00:20:50 --> 00:20:55 So I don't think this was a direct. And I only say because when we heard about
00:20:55 --> 00:20:58 it, nobody was like, oh, I can't believe Tyler Perry would donate.
00:20:59 --> 00:21:01 You know, I mean, like he has a history of donating money.
00:21:01 --> 00:21:06 Yeah, he does. He does. He does. That's one thing that you know about him.
00:21:06 --> 00:21:12 Well, I just think that it's a great humanitarian act, and I'm sure those people
00:21:12 --> 00:21:16 could really appreciate the donation.
00:21:16 --> 00:21:21 Hey, Tyler, you got any extra cards left? Me and Leonard, take one.
00:21:22 --> 00:21:26 You want to send one our way? We don't work for TSA, but we'll take it.
00:21:26 --> 00:21:30 Don't worry. We will definitely not refuse it.
00:21:31 --> 00:21:34 Me right yeah definitely yeah and they
00:21:34 --> 00:21:38 they they tell him he don't gotta jump through no leap loopholes nope
00:21:38 --> 00:21:41 he don't gotta get no lawyer nope that's what that's
00:21:41 --> 00:21:45 right you ain't gotta worry about and we ain't gonna tell right so
00:21:45 --> 00:21:49 you know matter of fact you want to send us cash that's why i do you know so
00:21:49 --> 00:21:55 we won't tell so but anyway but we did i just thought that was a good humanitarian
00:21:55 --> 00:22:00 story to tell we don't get a chance to tell as many as we should probably tell
00:22:00 --> 00:22:03 because it's always all the crazy things going on out here in the world.
00:22:03 --> 00:22:09 So, but glad that somebody is doing something to try to help those people,
00:22:09 --> 00:22:11 especially the ones that are
00:22:11 --> 00:22:16 out of work and have not made any money since this whole thing started.
00:22:17 --> 00:22:19 Right. I agree with that.
00:22:19 --> 00:22:23 Okay. All right. Let's move on to our next one.
00:22:24 --> 00:22:27 Yeah, Dave, so this is a story I saw on BlackNews.com. I just thought it was,
00:22:27 --> 00:22:30 well, definitely sad to hear, but you know, I just I thought,
00:22:31 --> 00:22:35 I'm sure, you know, back in the day, you heard the story that somebody's stepping
00:22:35 --> 00:22:40 on someone's shoes by accident and it either turned into a fight or argument
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 or, you know, something worse.
00:22:42 --> 00:22:46 I'm sure. Because, you know, you went to H.P. DuPont. You grew up on the east
00:22:46 --> 00:22:49 side, Riverside, Wilmington, you know. So I'm sure.
00:22:49 --> 00:22:51 But, you know, this story.
00:22:52 --> 00:22:58 So the title says Black Dad said the teen son was shot and killed over a pair of jeans.
00:22:58 --> 00:23:01 Jeans and when I say jeans I'm talking about you
00:23:01 --> 00:23:04 know jeans a pair of jeans that you put on you know two
00:23:04 --> 00:23:08 legs you know all that and so the
00:23:08 --> 00:23:11 son was 15 years old and basically what
00:23:11 --> 00:23:16 happened was he had set up to sell a pair of jeans to one of his friends well
00:23:16 --> 00:23:24 I'm sorry not even a friend to somebody else and the boy or the boy and I guess
00:23:24 --> 00:23:29 one of the boy's friends they both arrived. So it was two people.
00:23:30 --> 00:23:36 So during the course of negotiating for these pair of jeans, an argument breaks out.
00:23:36 --> 00:23:42 And the argument and the story wasn't 100 percent clear, but the argument was
00:23:42 --> 00:23:50 either that they the boy didn't want to buy the jeans and or for the price he was selling them for.
00:23:51 --> 00:23:55 Or the boy was trying to take the jeans without paying for them.
00:23:55 --> 00:24:04 So this escalated into an argument and it ended up that the 15-year-old boy
00:24:04 --> 00:24:06 whose house it was, was shot.
00:24:07 --> 00:24:12 And when he was shot, he ran through his house. He was kind of like trying to,
00:24:12 --> 00:24:17 you know, clean his own blood and, you know, kind of do all that that you try
00:24:17 --> 00:24:21 to do when, you know, his parents were not there.
00:24:21 --> 00:24:23 And, you know, he probably thought he'd be all right.
00:24:23 --> 00:24:26 He ended up dying, sad to say.
00:24:27 --> 00:24:30 And, you know, it just kind of goes back to, you know, what I think about,
00:24:31 --> 00:24:34 you know, some of the stuff we argue about, some of the stuff we fight about,
00:24:35 --> 00:24:38 you know, it's just crazy, you know, stuff that really does not matter.
00:24:39 --> 00:24:43 And, you know, I also feel bad for, you know, the people, I guess,
00:24:43 --> 00:24:47 the perpetrators, because, you know, they made a dumb mistake,
00:24:47 --> 00:24:50 you know, they, I'm sure that, and I mean, I can say from my life,
00:24:50 --> 00:24:52 there's many things, you know,
00:24:53 --> 00:24:58 I'm sorry, I won't even say could have done, because there's things I did that
00:24:58 --> 00:25:02 if cameras had been around, people would have been around.
00:25:03 --> 00:25:08 And I think most black men, black boys, we've done something that could have
00:25:08 --> 00:25:11 put us in jail or juvie or something like that.
00:25:12 --> 00:25:14 So I think it's a sad case all around.
00:25:15 --> 00:25:19 Of course, the other suspects were minors, so their names have not been released.
00:25:19 --> 00:25:30 The family does have a GoFundMe page and it looks like as of right now the GoFundMe has almost $9 so.
00:25:31 --> 00:25:32 If anyone is interested in following
00:25:32 --> 00:25:38 that story, the GoFundMe is titled In Memory of Caden Alston Arnold.
00:25:38 --> 00:25:42 So if you just kind of Google that and with GoFundMe, it'll probably bring up the page.
00:25:43 --> 00:25:47 But yeah, so Dave, what are your thoughts? I know we hear about this every once
00:25:47 --> 00:25:50 in a while. It's always sad to hear about. Yeah.
00:25:51 --> 00:25:56 Yeah. You know, we're starting to hear too many stories about kids that are
00:25:56 --> 00:26:04 under the age of 18 that are dying. because of situations that have to do with other kids. And...
00:26:06 --> 00:26:09 You know, the peer pressure is so great these days. There's so many different
00:26:09 --> 00:26:17 things going on that have these kids, you know, in each other's faces, bullying.
00:26:18 --> 00:26:21 It's just a lot going on. I mean, you know,
00:26:21 --> 00:26:26 I guess if you took the time, if each one of us took the time to sit there online
00:26:26 --> 00:26:35 and each day and just Google how many stories we can find where someone that's
00:26:35 --> 00:26:41 a teenager dies because of something like this or,
00:26:41 --> 00:26:46 you know, just a simple argument that turns crazy and whatever.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:51 All we have to do is sit here on our phones or on the internet,
00:26:51 --> 00:26:56 on our computers, whatever, and reels come up all the time with these young
00:26:56 --> 00:27:00 people fighting each other and people just stand around watching them. Yeah, they do.
00:27:02 --> 00:27:06 But David, back in your day, did they also stand around and watch fights or
00:27:06 --> 00:27:09 did they try to break them up? You know what was interesting?
00:27:09 --> 00:27:15 I mean, back in my day, the fight might start with people standing around,
00:27:15 --> 00:27:16 but they would break it up.
00:27:16 --> 00:27:20 And then keep in mind, no weapons would come out, you know?
00:27:20 --> 00:27:24 I mean, very few times somebody might grab something and try to hit somebody
00:27:24 --> 00:27:26 with it, but it wasn't a gun.
00:27:27 --> 00:27:30 Then that would come out, you know, or anything like that.
00:27:30 --> 00:27:35 And then you fight, a couple days later, you guys are hanging out again, you know?
00:27:35 --> 00:27:39 Or you're friends, especially if it's through friends that begin to fight.
00:27:39 --> 00:27:42 You know, you make up, you apologize, or whatever.
00:27:43 --> 00:27:48 You know, things these days now, People are just evil anymore, man.
00:27:48 --> 00:27:54 I mean, the role models they have on TV, when you turn on the TV,
00:27:54 --> 00:27:57 almost every day of the week, you're going to see some type of fight,
00:27:58 --> 00:28:02 even whether it's in a movie, a series, a reality show.
00:28:03 --> 00:28:05 Somebody's fighting, you know?
00:28:07 --> 00:28:11 You know, you look at the language that these kids, these teenagers have,
00:28:11 --> 00:28:16 you know, they have certain things that they call each other and half of it
00:28:16 --> 00:28:20 is stuff that you don't, you know, no way you would have said these things around,
00:28:20 --> 00:28:24 you know, when you were a kid, you know, no way, you know.
00:28:24 --> 00:28:27 Now, it's sad.
00:28:27 --> 00:28:31 It's sad when you hear about a kid that loses their life. And this kid was more,
00:28:31 --> 00:28:37 probably more worried about getting in trouble from his parents or parent,
00:28:37 --> 00:28:45 whatever the situation was, that he didn't pick up a phone and call 911. Right. Nobody else did.
00:28:46 --> 00:28:50 You know, and that's the sad thing because he probably didn't have to die.
00:28:51 --> 00:28:53 You know, if he had just...
00:28:55 --> 00:29:00 You know, it's sad, man. And, you know, you know, and a lot of times it's kids
00:29:00 --> 00:29:04 that probably never gotten in fights before or whatever.
00:29:04 --> 00:29:08 But the one time they do get in a fight, they die.
00:29:08 --> 00:29:13 You know, it's sad. It really is. I really feel for the parents.
00:29:13 --> 00:29:16 I really feel for the family that this kid comes from.
00:29:16 --> 00:29:20 I feel for the family of the other kids because now they got to deal with what
00:29:20 --> 00:29:23 those kids did, you know? So, yeah.
00:29:24 --> 00:29:27 You know, this is just a different day and time. And, you know,
00:29:27 --> 00:29:33 that's why a person like yourself, I know you, you know, you guys have a blended
00:29:33 --> 00:29:37 family. And I know you guys have kids that are all in high school now.
00:29:39 --> 00:29:43 Yeah. And I know it's tough, man. It's tough.
00:29:44 --> 00:29:47 I wouldn't want to be a parent right now with kids in high school.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:52 Because I know what I, you know, it wasn't too long ago that my kids were in high school.
00:29:53 --> 00:29:59 But they didn't, you know, they had their problems, but things have gotten worse.
00:30:00 --> 00:30:04 And now it used to be that you take them out of public schools and put them
00:30:04 --> 00:30:07 in private schools. The private schools are going through the same issues now. Yeah.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:11 You know? So, I don't know. It's sad.
00:30:12 --> 00:30:16 It really is. And all of this over a pair of jeans? Wow.
00:30:17 --> 00:30:22 You know, I think I did see, I think I did run across that story.
00:30:23 --> 00:30:25 And the GoFundMe is at $9?
00:30:26 --> 00:30:29 Yep. Should be a lot more than that right about now.
00:30:29 --> 00:30:34 Yeah, so probably getting the word out. Yeah, yeah. The story probably hasn't
00:30:34 --> 00:30:36 gotten all the way out there yet.
00:30:36 --> 00:30:44 And probably, you know, they're not getting it to the big-time people they need to get it to.
00:30:46 --> 00:30:52 You know, but it said, you know, my prayers out to the families and hopefully,
00:30:52 --> 00:30:55 you know, of course, the money is not going to bring the child back,
00:30:55 --> 00:31:00 but it could probably help with the things that they need to do, you know. So.
00:31:02 --> 00:31:05 Any more you got to say about that? No, that was about it.
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08 Just anybody's interested, they can go check out the GoFundMe and,
00:31:09 --> 00:31:12 you know, hopefully donate something probably better than nothing.
00:31:12 --> 00:31:16 If you can't donate, just share with somebody else. okay all
00:31:16 --> 00:31:19 right moving on to our
00:31:19 --> 00:31:22 next story i actually had this conversation a
00:31:22 --> 00:31:26 couple weeks ago and then this story popped up we were talking about it at my
00:31:26 --> 00:31:32 job why black professionals are walking away from corporate america and not
00:31:32 --> 00:31:37 looking back black professionals are leaving the fast-paced corporate culture
00:31:37 --> 00:31:41 behind and betting on themselves in entrepreneurialship,
00:31:42 --> 00:31:45 And I know this is something that, you know, near and dear to your heart because
00:31:45 --> 00:31:50 that's, you know, you've done that yourself, you know, so.
00:31:50 --> 00:31:55 It says after years of climbing the corporate ladder, black professionals are
00:31:55 --> 00:31:58 quitting corporate America and not looking back.
00:31:58 --> 00:32:01 For them, leaving isn't a sign of failure.
00:32:02 --> 00:32:08 It's deliberately chosen to take control of their careers, prioritize mental
00:32:08 --> 00:32:12 health, and build something that reflects their values.
00:32:12 --> 00:32:21 But those revelations often come after navigating workplaces and they realize
00:32:21 --> 00:32:23 it's time to pivot and bet on themselves.
00:32:24 --> 00:32:29 Some of the top black professionals who have worked for Fortune 500 companies
00:32:29 --> 00:32:34 felt overlooked, undervalued, and unsupported.
00:32:34 --> 00:32:44 Many of them had carefully planned their C-suite exits and chosen entrepreneurship and other avenues.
00:32:45 --> 00:32:51 Let's see. It says, marketing executive Ozoma St.
00:32:51 --> 00:32:55 John left top roles at Netflix,
00:32:56 --> 00:33:03 Uber, and Apple and rejecting work-life balance, the savior complex,
00:33:03 --> 00:33:12 and the constant pressures of having to shrink herself or tone down who she is as a black woman.
00:33:12 --> 00:33:16 She is the CEO of her hair brand,
00:33:17 --> 00:33:24 E by Bose, a cast member of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and
00:33:24 --> 00:33:28 co-host on NBC's On Brand with Jimmy Fallon.
00:33:28 --> 00:33:37 Tristan Walker stepped away from corporate roles and Andresen Horowitz and Forswear
00:33:37 --> 00:33:39 to pursue entrepreneurship,
00:33:39 --> 00:33:46 launching Walker and company brands and the grooming brand Bevel,
00:33:47 --> 00:33:50 both of which are now owned by Procter & Gamble.
00:33:50 --> 00:33:57 Walker is the founder and CEO of Brands and currently served on the board of
00:33:57 --> 00:34:04 directors for Foot Locker, Shake Shack, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
00:34:05 --> 00:34:10 Former Wall Street professional Melissa Butler dissed the fast-paced corporate
00:34:10 --> 00:34:20 culture largely because she couldn't be myself, and people always judged her looks.
00:34:20 --> 00:34:27 She now owns Lip Bar, a popular vegan lipstick brand catered to women of color.
00:34:27 --> 00:34:31 While these former corporate professors succeeded in their roles,
00:34:31 --> 00:34:35 they turned to entrepreneurship to better
00:34:35 --> 00:34:40 serve themselves and the communities that they originally set out to reach through
00:34:40 --> 00:34:46 their brands Their stories are part of an ongoing trend that explains why so
00:34:46 --> 00:34:51 many black men and women are leaving corporate America in droves I'm going to stop right there.
00:34:54 --> 00:34:59 Let me read these statistics right quick. It says, 2022,
00:34:59 --> 00:35:08 a LinkedIn study found that 1 black professionals turned to entrepreneurship
00:35:08 --> 00:35:13 for financial support, which was 48%, flexibility,
00:35:13 --> 00:35:22 which was 46%, and to counteract a lack of fulfillment at work, which was 30%.
00:35:22 --> 00:35:28 Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many Blacks have decided to launch their own businesses.
00:35:29 --> 00:35:35 However, systemic barriers such as limited access to financial capital are among
00:35:35 --> 00:35:40 the challenges many Black entrepreneurs face as business owners.
00:35:41 --> 00:35:46 The study also showed that 37% of Black entrepreneurs feel that they have to
00:35:46 --> 00:35:51 have someone white on their leadership team.
00:35:52 --> 00:35:57 Executive board in order to get the funding they need.
00:35:58 --> 00:36:03 36% of the black business owners have a hard time securing financing.
00:36:04 --> 00:36:10 35% of the black entrepreneurs have been discriminated against while applying for funding.
00:36:11 --> 00:36:18 And 64% of black entrepreneurs rely solely on personal savings to fund their businesses.
00:36:19 --> 00:36:20 Okay. Okay.
00:36:21 --> 00:36:24 You're an entrepreneur. You've been doing this for a long time now.
00:36:25 --> 00:36:31 What's your feelings on the stuff I just talked about? And do you agree with a lot that I just said?
00:36:32 --> 00:36:36 I'm kind of half and half. You know, I think, yes, there are,
00:36:36 --> 00:36:39 you know, being a black person in corporate America is hard.
00:36:40 --> 00:36:48 But I also think the desire and appeal to run your own business, be your own boss.
00:36:48 --> 00:36:57 You know, I mean, I think that you know, the, the sexiness of those titles really
00:36:57 --> 00:36:59 just kind of attracts a lot of people.
00:37:00 --> 00:37:02 So, you know, I mean, I think it's a combination of both. So,
00:37:02 --> 00:37:07 you know, and I think if you have a skill set, if you're dedicated,
00:37:08 --> 00:37:13 then the potential to be a business owner is just a backup to whatever you have.
00:37:13 --> 00:37:18 So, you know, I think back in the day, you know, people would work jobs and
00:37:18 --> 00:37:23 they didn't have an option, you know, you know, maybe good at baking cakes,
00:37:23 --> 00:37:28 but, you know, I don't know anything about business and how do I do that?
00:37:28 --> 00:37:32 But, you know, nowadays, you know, if someone, someone in corporate America
00:37:32 --> 00:37:34 definitely has some skill sets.
00:37:34 --> 00:37:39 So a lot of times they can easily find out how to transfer those skill sets
00:37:39 --> 00:37:42 to being their own boss, having their own business.
00:37:42 --> 00:37:46 You know, if they work their way up their company ladder, You know,
00:37:46 --> 00:37:49 a lot of people say, OK, if I did it for them, why can't I do it for me?
00:37:49 --> 00:37:54 So, I mean, I think it's twofold. You know, I think, yes, you know,
00:37:54 --> 00:37:55 there's some issues in corporate America.
00:37:56 --> 00:37:58 But, you know, I think we have a lot more options now.
00:37:59 --> 00:38:06 Okay. All right. You decided to go into entrepreneurship. How long ago?
00:38:06 --> 00:38:09 20 years ago. 20 years ago. All right.
00:38:10 --> 00:38:18 If you were working in corporate America now, with everything that's going on in the world today,
00:38:18 --> 00:38:24 do you think you can make that decision now that you did 20 years ago to go
00:38:24 --> 00:38:27 ahead and work for yourself?
00:38:29 --> 00:38:33 Yeah you don't think you don't think you
00:38:33 --> 00:38:37 don't think what's going on in the world today would influence your decision
00:38:37 --> 00:38:43 no because you know at the end of the day nothing's guaranteed i mean you know
00:38:43 --> 00:38:47 like you know just because you go into entrepreneurship you know businesses
00:38:47 --> 00:38:52 fail all the time people go broke all the time so yeah.
00:38:53 --> 00:38:59 But I think what entrepreneurship helped me understand is that whatever I have
00:38:59 --> 00:39:02 to, whatever I do, it has to be aligned with a certain purpose.
00:39:03 --> 00:39:09 So the question like, would I go work a job where I'm doing research in a lab all day?
00:39:10 --> 00:39:12 No, I, you know, I couldn't do that.
00:39:12 --> 00:39:16 Could I go work a job where I'm doing something in my entrepreneurship skill
00:39:16 --> 00:39:21 set, like doing some marketing, maybe networking, you know, something like that?
00:39:21 --> 00:39:25 Yeah. You know, and I think those jobs are like the last real job I had when
00:39:25 --> 00:39:28 I was doing marketing for like charter school here in Wilmington.
00:39:29 --> 00:39:37 And it was a skill set where, you know, my entrepreneurship skills helped me
00:39:37 --> 00:39:39 with my skills in that, in that job.
00:39:39 --> 00:39:42 So and I also had a passion for
00:39:42 --> 00:39:45 what I was doing I was still working with community it was still
00:39:45 --> 00:39:48 going out and meeting people so it almost
00:39:48 --> 00:39:53 didn't feel like a job so I think that's why you know I think people who go
00:39:53 --> 00:39:59 from jobs to corporate you know they'll stick around that corporate job longer
00:39:59 --> 00:40:05 if it still kind of goes with their you know passion life goals you know the
00:40:05 --> 00:40:07 purpose of their life and vice versa.
00:40:08 --> 00:40:13 Dave, you always hear about some people start businesses just because they make
00:40:13 --> 00:40:15 money, but they won't have a passion for them.
00:40:15 --> 00:40:21 They'll be like, oh, you know, that pizza franchise makes $200 a year knowing
00:40:21 --> 00:40:23 you don't even like to be in the kitchen.
00:40:23 --> 00:40:28 You ain't never made a pizza. You don't like dealing with angry customers. You know what,
00:40:29 --> 00:40:33 want to ramble on but long story short you know i think when people's passion
00:40:33 --> 00:40:42 matches the job then you know i think that's it just makes that transition easy or whichever way you go,
00:40:45 --> 00:40:48 um what about the funding part of
00:40:48 --> 00:40:53 it that they talked about you know talking about how it's hard to get the funding
00:40:53 --> 00:41:00 together for making sure that you can go into a business of your own and be
00:41:00 --> 00:41:06 able to maintain it based on the funding that you need in order to be able to be,
00:41:07 --> 00:41:10 able to maintain. I'm not going to say successful because you're not only successful.
00:41:11 --> 00:41:16 They said in most cases, the business takes about five years to really show
00:41:16 --> 00:41:19 a return, three to five years to show a return.
00:41:21 --> 00:41:26 But to be able to maintain the business, what do you think about what they're
00:41:26 --> 00:41:31 saying in reference to how it's harder for Blacks to be able to get the type
00:41:31 --> 00:41:35 of funding needed in order to maintain the businesses that they're doing.
00:41:36 --> 00:41:39 So, I mean, I do agree. I think it's harder for black people to get the funding.
00:41:40 --> 00:41:44 And I also think a lot of times we're just not in the right circles to,
00:41:44 --> 00:41:47 you know, hear about stuff, learn about stuff, do stuff.
00:41:48 --> 00:41:52 You know, we're, we're talking to our homeboys and homegirls who may have businesses,
00:41:52 --> 00:41:56 may not, but I mean, I won't lie.
00:41:56 --> 00:41:59 I think, you know, we all know that there's still some racism
00:41:59 --> 00:42:03 out there and even in the lending industry so i
00:42:03 --> 00:42:06 won't say that but i also say i
00:42:06 --> 00:42:09 believe black people in general they don't
00:42:09 --> 00:42:13 take full advantage of the resources that are available either and including
00:42:13 --> 00:42:17 myself they you know how many resources i know about and it's like okay next
00:42:17 --> 00:42:23 week i'm going next week i'm going to get on it or hey you know so i think it
00:42:23 --> 00:42:28 just kind of putting a motion to all the talk we deal.
00:42:28 --> 00:42:33 And I think a lot also when you think about it, you know, when this whole thing
00:42:33 --> 00:42:38 with DEI came up and they started talking about these DEI programs and how they
00:42:38 --> 00:42:39 were going away and whatever,
00:42:40 --> 00:42:44 you know, because I guess, you know, a lot of these other folks were thinking
00:42:44 --> 00:42:52 that our money or businesses were being funded through DEI purposes or situations.
00:42:52 --> 00:42:58 And they figured if they put a chokehold on the money, that would end the businesses
00:42:58 --> 00:43:03 that were being ran through the funding that they were getting.
00:43:03 --> 00:43:07 And it did. It helped. It stifled a lot of things that were going on.
00:43:08 --> 00:43:14 But then when we would try to go get the money in other ways and try to get
00:43:14 --> 00:43:17 the money, we would be told no or whatever the case may be.
00:43:17 --> 00:43:21 And that goes back to, you know, these black banks.
00:43:21 --> 00:43:26 You know, I know there's a few black banks that are around and that we need to.
00:43:27 --> 00:43:32 And like you just said, we need to look up the resources that we have and use
00:43:32 --> 00:43:36 them because there are some resources out there that we can get to,
00:43:36 --> 00:43:41 you know, as far as getting the education and the knowledge that we need in
00:43:41 --> 00:43:43 order to be successful in entrepreneurship.
00:43:45 --> 00:43:49 As you can see from some of the people I talked about who walked away from big-time companies.
00:43:51 --> 00:43:55 Do their jobs, to start their own businesses. And, you know, something as.
00:43:57 --> 00:44:02 Small as that seems like a small idea of starting their own lipstick company,
00:44:02 --> 00:44:08 lip balm, and all of that kind of stuff becomes a big business because of it.
00:44:09 --> 00:44:15 But, of course, you always gotta first and foremost believe in what you have,
00:44:15 --> 00:44:18 the product that you have, and what you're trying to build from.
00:44:19 --> 00:44:24 And that's where we Unfortunately, sometimes we don't always believe in the
00:44:24 --> 00:44:27 things that we're doing, and we give up easily.
00:44:28 --> 00:44:33 Well, entrepreneurship is not something that's built for the short game.
00:44:33 --> 00:44:41 It's a long game thing, and you have to make sure that it's something that you really believe in.
00:44:41 --> 00:44:45 Because if you don't believe in it, how are you going to get somebody else to
00:44:45 --> 00:44:47 believe in it? And that's the key.
00:44:48 --> 00:44:53 So, but hopefully, you know, and it is a big swing where a lot of people are
00:44:53 --> 00:44:56 walking away from corporate jobs, especially in our field.
00:44:57 --> 00:45:01 And, you know, we got more black entrepreneurial people.
00:45:02 --> 00:45:04 And especially when you look at the areas, certain areas, gosh,
00:45:04 --> 00:45:08 you go to Atlanta, that's all this down there, right? Mm-hmm.
00:45:10 --> 00:45:16 In Houston and places like that. Even parts of Charlotte, that's all you see. A lot of them. Yeah.
00:45:18 --> 00:45:22 But just wanted to put that out there to you guys and for you guys that are
00:45:22 --> 00:45:26 looking to start your own businesses and you're tired of the jobs that you're
00:45:26 --> 00:45:28 doing and you just don't feel seen,
00:45:29 --> 00:45:33 well, take your blinders off and be the first person to see yourself.
00:45:34 --> 00:45:40 And maybe with you seeing yourself, that'll lead other people to seeing you as well. There you go.
00:45:42 --> 00:45:46 All right. And that leads us to Leonard's favorite part of the show.
00:45:47 --> 00:45:51 If you guys listened to the show last week, he tried to deny this is his favorite
00:45:51 --> 00:45:55 part of the show, but I just wanted to make sure that you guys know Dave's Corner
00:45:55 --> 00:45:56 is his favorite part of the show.
00:45:56 --> 00:46:01 So here we are at Dave's Corner, and I got a real simple question for you,
00:46:01 --> 00:46:03 Leonard. They're always simple. You know that. I know. I know.
00:46:05 --> 00:46:11 You said I know. Okay. The question is, and you're about, yeah,
00:46:11 --> 00:46:12 you're almost there, man.
00:46:12 --> 00:46:15 You know, midlife is coming. It's coming real quick.
00:46:15 --> 00:46:20 Well, we may not know. It may already been here, been packed.
00:46:22 --> 00:46:30 You're having a midlife crisis and you have $100 that's dropped in your
00:46:30 --> 00:46:33 lap out of nowhere. Tax-free.
00:46:33 --> 00:46:36 What'd you say? Tax-free. like i'm
00:46:36 --> 00:46:40 getting the whole hundred i gotta get half the time 100 you're
00:46:40 --> 00:46:45 getting a whole hundred okay yeah what are you going to do with the money to
00:46:45 --> 00:46:52 change your situation to change my midlife prices yes all right well they're
00:46:52 --> 00:46:55 the first thing i'm gonna take a vacation is that the first thing you'll do
00:46:55 --> 00:47:00 yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah and it's funny because dave you know i.
00:47:01 --> 00:47:05 I can always predict your question. So I actually thought about this over the
00:47:05 --> 00:47:07 weekend, which is so weird you ask that question.
00:47:08 --> 00:47:13 But the first time I'm going to go, I'm going to take a vacation because I want to have a clear head.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:17 And I really want to take some time to just kind of strategize what my next
00:47:17 --> 00:47:21 move would be. Right. So that'd be the first thing I would do.
00:47:21 --> 00:47:25 The next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to pay off some debt because,
00:47:25 --> 00:47:29 you know, Dave, part of this midlife crisis is owing some money.
00:47:29 --> 00:47:35 And being behind on some bills, you know, they won't, won't nothing stress you
00:47:35 --> 00:47:39 out about your life, like owing money to some people. You know what I mean? That is true.
00:47:39 --> 00:47:43 So, I mean, I'm definitely not going to pay all that $100, but,
00:47:43 --> 00:47:47 you know, I'm going to pay, you know, you know, pay some stuff down.
00:47:47 --> 00:47:53 You got to have some left. And then, the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going
00:47:53 --> 00:47:57 to, I mean, this may be a chat GPP thing.
00:47:57 --> 00:48:00 I feel like I'm tired of real estate. I don't want to do nothing with real estate
00:48:00 --> 00:48:05 no more, but I want to look for something kind of what we talked about earlier.
00:48:05 --> 00:48:09 I don't think it'd be a franchise that probably won't have enough money,
00:48:09 --> 00:48:15 but I want to do something that kind of aligns with my passion.
00:48:15 --> 00:48:20 So if it's not related to anything I'm doing currently, I would want to kind
00:48:20 --> 00:48:23 of just find like, okay, what's that business I can do that,
00:48:23 --> 00:48:25 you know, it doesn't feel like work.
00:48:25 --> 00:48:30 And of course they, you know, the listeners of news and trends that have them assigned to NDA.
00:48:31 --> 00:48:34 So, you know, I'm not going to go here and spill my guts.
00:48:35 --> 00:48:38 But, you know, there's some stuff that with AI that, you know,
00:48:38 --> 00:48:40 I've been thinking about some stuff with apps.
00:48:41 --> 00:48:44 So I would probably dive into that a little bit more.
00:48:45 --> 00:48:50 But you know but all those ideas would still kind of follow my passion and you
00:48:50 --> 00:48:56 know just kind of you know stuff that I enjoy that I'm hoping would make money as well.
00:48:58 --> 00:49:04 Okay well that makes a lot of sense okay I like the way you thought that out,
00:49:05 --> 00:49:08 yeah cause you know cause I thought about this week and I was like you know
00:49:08 --> 00:49:10 Dave's gonna ask me something I was like I already know he's gonna ask he's
00:49:10 --> 00:49:13 gonna ask something about money you're dropping in your lap,
00:49:15 --> 00:49:18 yeah but but but i'm i'm serious the first thing i really would
00:49:18 --> 00:49:21 take a vacation first i mean you know i heard i
00:49:21 --> 00:49:25 can hear the passion in your voice when you said it yeah because you
00:49:25 --> 00:49:27 know it's like sometimes you're like you really got to go to think and you got
00:49:27 --> 00:49:31 to take yourself out of your element but i mean would this
00:49:31 --> 00:49:33 be okay i'm not trying to get you in trouble or anything
00:49:33 --> 00:49:36 but what would they already tell you about to give me a teller so don't don't
00:49:36 --> 00:49:39 even go i already know what you guys said i already know what you guys said
00:49:39 --> 00:49:48 they they just just just know it's a vacation yeah yeah okay but dave what about
00:49:48 --> 00:49:51 you if you were having a mid midlife crisis,
00:49:52 --> 00:50:00 and someone dropped a hundred thousand dollars in your lap cash what are you
00:50:00 --> 00:50:04 gonna do with the money to change your situation or your crisis?
00:50:05 --> 00:50:09 Well, it's funny. The first thing I would probably do is sit down and I'm going
00:50:09 --> 00:50:14 to write a list of things that I need to do.
00:50:16 --> 00:50:23 One thing you mentioned and would be smart to do. Vacation. I'm not vacation. I'm not vacation.
00:50:25 --> 00:50:29 On the other hand, and I understand why you said vacation first,
00:50:29 --> 00:50:35 but I, on the other hand, would probably try to pay off some bills first and
00:50:35 --> 00:50:38 try to get stuff like the credit cards,
00:50:40 --> 00:50:46 You know, other things that are ill taken care of. Right. And get that taken care of first.
00:50:47 --> 00:50:54 Then I'll probably take a piece of money, anywhere from $10 to $20,
00:50:54 --> 00:50:57 and invest it in something.
00:50:57 --> 00:51:08 Something that's going to probably give me residual income on a regular basis month to month.
00:51:08 --> 00:51:14 Something's going to bring me a return, even if it's like $500 to $1 a month.
00:51:14 --> 00:51:19 That's something I get money back on, you know, that I can't miss on, that type of thing.
00:51:20 --> 00:51:26 I doubt if it would be stocks. It would probably be, even if I did some type
00:51:26 --> 00:51:33 of mutual fund or invest in some type of catalog that I know that I could make
00:51:33 --> 00:51:34 money off of or whatever.
00:51:34 --> 00:51:37 I'm going to find something that's going to be a solid investment that gives
00:51:37 --> 00:51:40 me money back every month. Right.
00:51:42 --> 00:51:45 I would buy a new car. Okay. All right.
00:51:46 --> 00:51:51 Probably be, I don't know if I, it's funny, because I don't know if I'm ready
00:51:51 --> 00:51:59 to say I'm ready to go electric, but I would buy something new that I will have for a while.
00:52:00 --> 00:52:04 Gotcha. you know and then I might I might,
00:52:05 --> 00:52:13 I don't know. I would go away, but not anywhere too far.
00:52:13 --> 00:52:19 I think I would, you know, the world is just so crazy out there right now.
00:52:19 --> 00:52:27 I just want to go someplace to clear my head and just have to focus on me as
00:52:27 --> 00:52:28 opposed to me focusing on them.
00:52:29 --> 00:52:32 You know, so that would be my thing.
00:52:33 --> 00:52:38 So um and hopefully still have a couple dollars to put in the bank.
00:52:40 --> 00:52:43 And i'm all done you know right you know
00:52:43 --> 00:52:46 so that's what i would do man i wouldn't blow it
00:52:46 --> 00:52:48 you know like a hundred thousand dollars is not a
00:52:48 --> 00:52:51 lot of money but it's enough money to change
00:52:51 --> 00:52:55 some things for you you know and and you
00:52:55 --> 00:52:58 can make it work and you can make it you can also keep it
00:52:58 --> 00:53:02 to benefit you as well so that's why
00:53:02 --> 00:53:05 i use that particular figure because a hundred thousand dollars a
00:53:05 --> 00:53:09 day is not what it was when i was a kid you know hundred thousand dollars man
00:53:09 --> 00:53:12 you were almost like a millionaire when i was growing up you know what i mean
00:53:12 --> 00:53:21 nowadays nowadays it's like having 25 000 right so but if you if you invest
00:53:21 --> 00:53:23 it or you or you handle it correctly,
00:53:24 --> 00:53:28 it could turn into something good for you. Right. I agree with that.
00:53:28 --> 00:53:34 So that's what I would do. You heard what Leonard would do. What would you guys do?
00:53:34 --> 00:53:39 Just wanted to put that out there. What would you guys do?
00:53:40 --> 00:53:48 But anyway, that's our show for today. And we thank you guys for taking the time to listen.
00:53:48 --> 00:53:52 You guys have your own thoughts on the Dave Corner question.
00:53:52 --> 00:53:57 Let us know what you have to say I know I always enjoy hearing feedback from
00:53:57 --> 00:54:02 Dave's Corner and you guys always have a lot to say so we really appreciate it.
00:54:03 --> 00:54:06 Leonard, you got anything you want to add before we sign off?
00:54:07 --> 00:54:13 Dave, you know, just a regular. Hope everyone has a great week. You know, enjoy this.
00:54:14 --> 00:54:18 Well, I can't even say enjoy this weather. But, you know, we can always look
00:54:18 --> 00:54:19 forward to the great weather coming soon.
00:54:19 --> 00:54:23 So I'm definitely looking forward to some good weather upcoming.
00:54:23 --> 00:54:27 Yeah, it's coming. It's coming. We just don't know when. But it's coming.
00:54:27 --> 00:54:30 I know we're supposed to have a couple of warm days this week coming up.
00:54:31 --> 00:54:37 So let's see what happens. So, but anyway, all right, guys, and everyone,
00:54:37 --> 00:54:39 we'll talk to you next Tuesday.
00:54:39 --> 00:54:43 Have a good night and stay safe.
00:54:50 --> 00:54:54 Tune in next week, ladies and gentlemen, for another edition of News and Trends
00:54:54 --> 00:54:56 with your host, Dave and Lynn.
00:55:02 --> 00:55:03 Thank you.