Make It To Midnight

My 30th birthday was on December 25th and for the first time in my life I wrote down some of the lessons I've learned.

It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I have never fully sat with my thoughts on a birthday and explored my mind for the lessons I've learned and want to share with others. Needless to say it was a great way to exercise the brain and dig deep into myself.

I hope you enjoy these I would love for everyone who listens to it to do the same. You'll be amazed with what you come up with and what stands out from the story of your life so far.

Keep going and keep making it to midnight!

The internet lied to everyone once again. Zac Brown was the man in the arena this past week on the internet when people accused him of performing satanic rituals during his shows at the sphere.

That’s not true at all. The concert was a journey from pain to healing, hate to love, failure to triumph. 

It’s sad to see someone put two years of work into a project only for people who didn’t go to the concert to spread a false narrative.

But what a great reminder. 

It’s not the critic who counts.

We face those same critics in our life and people who say they are fighting for “good” and accountability when in reality they are just trying to highlight the failure of another person. Make someone small so you can feel big.

The message this week, remain the man in the arena and hold people accountable for the right reasons, not the selfish reasons. 

0:00 Man In The Arena

2:50 Zac Brown Band concert reaction

17:00 The Millionaire I met

21:00 The Couple I met

Episode 26 is here and we are celebrating the one year anniversary of the Make It To Midnight brand, LETS GOOOO!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who may be reading this!! I hope you all had an incredible time with family, friends, or coworkers last week (shoutout to all of the hospital workers and others who had to work on Thanksgiving).

I recorded this episode right before I went home to Greenville, SC and it's a quick one with a few small things I'm grateful for that hopefully resonate with you guys too.

I'm grateful to all of you guys that tune in and I look forward to closing out the year strong and hopefully impacting as many lives as possible with this channel!

Keep going and Make It To Midnight, we need you!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend one Chris Williamson's live shows on his Self-Discovery tour and it was one of my favorite events I've been to ever.

I admire Chris's journey and take a ton of inspiration from him and his Modern Wisdom podcast so to hear him speak live was incredible.

In this episode, I break down the most powerful ideas from the night — including:

- Why doing nothing is still a decision

- Identity through Pain

I hope you enjoy the podcast and keep on making it to midnight, we need you!

Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to give someone after you've been hurt. That is exactly why it's so important to explore it, offer it, and accept it.

Nobody knows this better than Don Allison. Allison was shot in 1996 by a man named Marcus Cheffen. Today they are best friends.

I won't spoil any more of it but I hope this helps you find peace in forgiving someone else or even forgiving yourself. I hope you enjoy it and keep making it to midnight, we need you!!

Dr. Jane Goodall is one of the most remarkable people to ever live in this world.

From her one-way ticket to Kenya without a college degree, to discovering Chimps used tools, to saving forests and ecosystems in Africa, changing laws to help animal's habitats and inspiring entire generations, Dr. Jane Goodall made the most of her time here on Earth and left us with an amazing legacy to live by.

She recently had a documentary come out on Youtube that I can't recommend enough.

I hope you enjoy this episode and I hope it inspires you to believe that you can make a difference no matter where you are because that's the truth, every day we make a difference and it's up to us if it's going to be a positive or negative one.

Enjoy this episode and keep making it to midnight, we need you!!

I was excited to record this one because up until recently I had never fully bought into the pursuit of simplicity. However, over the last 3-4 weeks that has changed.

And because that has changed, I have noticed changes in myself. My mood has improved significantly and a lot of it has to do with doing simple better. The more you have the more that owns you. The faster we can stop the pursuit of more and embrace less, the happier we will be.

I hope this episode helps you out and as always, keep making it to midnight!

It has been a HEAVY last three weeks to say the least. The assassination of Charlie Kirk, Colorado school shooting where two passed, a death at a college in Mississippi and the hundreds of other heartbreaking events that will never see the light of day.

Last week I felt hopeless seeing the reaction to Charlie Kirk's death, both sides screaming at each other and playing the blame game via their screens. I thought what has this world come to?

Then I stepped outside. I saw hope everywhere. Hope in a mom pushing her baby in a stroller on a green way. A group of 2 black guys and a white guy playing golf together, construction workers grinding their butt off in the sun and I realized the reality of life is different than what they show us on our screens.

I hope to encourage people to stay off their screens and social media more than usual as we close out September. I also want to remind people that true courage is not posting your opinion online, true courage is still loving someone that disagrees with you.

I hope this episode helps you wherever it finds you and keep making it to midnight! Thanks for listening!!

What's up guys welcome back to Make It To Midnight and thanks for being here and listening in!

The most encouraging part about this episode (in my opinion) is that all of these traits we admire in other people, we are capable of mastering in our own lives.

The five traits are this:

1. Integrity

2. Generosity

3. Resilience

4. Authenticity

5. Discipline

Let me know what you value most in people in the comments or examples of people you admire so I can check them out too. Thanks again for watching/listening and keep making it to midnight!