1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,880 My hugs are the best medicine to heal the world. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,200 You're legendary and known for it in your restaurant. 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,280 You're a published author. You're a podcaster. 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,680 You're a speaker. I always believe in dreams. 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,160 If you can dream it, you can do it. 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,560 How'd you learn how to be so joyful and encouraging? 7 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:24,360 I am that way after coffee. Oh yeah, and I will sail my 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:29,600 vessel to the river runs dry. You've mastered a craft that 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,880 we're always going to chase, which is you love people really 10 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,160 well. I'm so glad my mom and dad maybe 11 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:41,040 the man who I am today. If there's people in our lives 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,800 that bring value, maybe we tell them. 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,960 We remind them. We deserve to be celebrated. 14 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,720 Hey, we're twins. Oh, yeah? 15 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,440 Oh, yeah. Miles, after I met you today for 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,800 an hour, you are now my new best friend. 17 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,480 You're an incredible human being. 18 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,880 I love you, Miles. You're the best. 19 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,080 Thank you, I love you too buddy. Oh yeah. 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,320 Oh yeah. We've been taught everything 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,000 except how to be human. I'm Miles Adcox, and this 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,800 podcast turns raw experience into practical wisdom. 23 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,040 So if you're ready to stop performing your life and start 24 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,640 participating in it, you're in the right place. 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:28,200 This is human school. Joy can be a hard thing to hold 26 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,480 on to, but every now and then you meet someone who carries it 27 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,880 naturally. You can feel it. 28 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,240 It guides everything they do. Today's guest is an example of 29 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,840 just that. He's an entrepreneur, A 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,760 philanthropist, an athlete, speaker, and the host of Big 31 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,320 Heart Talks, a podcast centered on connection, kindness, and 32 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,240 living a meaningful life. But more than anything, it's how 33 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,040 he shows up that makes a lasting impression. 34 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,200 His presence, I can already tell, lights up every room he 35 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,600 walks into. There's a real warmth to him 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,400 that makes you feel seen, the kind that reminds you your life 37 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,919 matters. And in a world that can 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,640 sometimes feel disconnected, he keeps showing up with 39 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,600 authenticity that reminds us the importance of staying connected 40 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,720 to one another. His life is a true reflection of 41 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,360 what he believes, that small acts of kindness, real 42 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,160 connection, and choosing to show up for people can actually 43 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,400 change lives. I can't wait to share his joy 44 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,280 with you today. Please welcome my guest, Tim 45 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,240 Harris. Thank you for having me on. 46 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,920 I'm excited to talk with you, buddy. 47 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,720 I'm excited you're here too. I know you traveled a long way 48 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,480 from home down to Nashville and you came in today and I usually 49 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,160 in the more western one because I, I, I host podcasts, I work in 50 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,880 psychology. I help a lot of people do 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,640 interesting things. But what I want to do more than 52 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:59,960 anything is be a cowboy. And I try on most days. 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,920 I've got horses and I chase music a little bit too. 54 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:06,760 But I heard right before I walked in that you were talking 55 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,920 to some of our other friends and I heard you say you've been 56 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:11,480 listening to country music since you were like 13 years old. 57 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:12,000 Is that? Right. 58 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,000 Yeah. I got into it since I was 13 59 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,080 years old, 'cause I, I was listening to it with my parents 60 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:23,360 and I got into it and I got addicted to it. 61 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,520 Now it's awesome. You still addicted. 62 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,280 Still. That's a good thing to be 63 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,320 addicted to because I grew up on country music too, and I love 64 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:31,840 country music. And you're in. 65 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,360 You're in the hometown of country music. 66 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,320 Nashville, TN, the capital. That's right. 67 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,520 It's awesome there. Yeah. 68 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,680 Did you, are you going to get to take any music in while you're 69 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,920 here? Have you listened to any music 70 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,720 just yet? In the only in in the airport. 71 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,280 OK, great. Well, that's OK. 72 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:47,520 There's lots of music in the airport. 73 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,640 Did you see some people playing live music when you walk 74 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:50,520 through? I did, yeah. 75 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,400 Isn't that a great way to be welcomed to town? 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,480 It's awesome live country music. Do you have a a favorite artist? 77 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,000 I have a lot of favorite artists, mostly Garth Brooks. 78 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,240 Garth. George Strait and Josh and Josh 79 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,760 Turner. Come on, you got good taste. 80 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,240 Those are deep cuts right there. Cuts. 81 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,240 Yeah, I grew up as a 90s country music fan, and Garth was the 82 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,960 king of the night. He's actually one of the kings 83 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,279 of the genre because he's done so many amazing things. 84 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,279 But Josh Turner's got that deep voice. 85 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,440 It's I know you sing like Josh Turner. 86 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,920 I can a little bit. Can you really? 87 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,080 No way you can go deep like that? 88 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,640 Like a bass. I guess I can. 89 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,600 You have Josh Turner song that you love. 90 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,800 There's some. There's a couple called Yarman 91 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,000 and the other one called Long Black Train. 92 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,400 Oh I love long back train. Oh yeah, it's awesome. 93 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,640 Yeah, I'm trying to remember exactly how it goes. 94 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,240 Do you know enough of it to give me a little bit so I can see if 95 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,000 I can sing it with you? There's a long black train 96 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,320 coming down the line, Feeling all the souls are lost and 97 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:56,120 crying wheels of sin. Only evil remains. 98 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,480 So watch our miles for that long black train. 99 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:05,560 Come on, you actually have a really good bass voice because I 100 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,000 thought I I picked it up the media that you gave me the tune 101 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,840 I was, I started, I wanted to jump in and sing with you, but I 102 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:10,920 was like, I'm not going to mess this up. 103 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,400 You're a good singer. You sure you're supposed to be 104 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,760 speaking and writing books and not singing country music too? 105 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,160 Should we add that to your resume? 106 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:20,320 Maybe. We'll find out after the 107 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,040 Nashville stay. Well, listen, we're going to 108 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,600 have a lot of fun things to talk about. 109 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,680 But I thought I'd start because we share something in common 110 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,080 which I hear you love coffee. That's my my go to. 111 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,240 Is it? Well, guess what we did? 112 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,360 So I was trying to think yesterday when my team said Tim 113 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,360 loves coffee and I thought, well, Nashville is turning into 114 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,960 kind of a little coffee town. It's not Seattle and some of the 115 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,520 places that are really known for coffee in Portland. 116 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:50,160 But we brought we picked Nashville's three local best 117 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,080 coffee spots, and I thought, well, you and I could do a taste 118 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,240 test to see if we could figure out which one we like the best. 119 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,440 That's awesome now. We got yours set up the way you 120 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,720 like it with a little oat milk and just a little bit of 121 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,000 sweetener and no pressure. You can you can just sip it. 122 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,080 You cannot sip it or do whatever you want, but I thought I would 123 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,040 try it too. As you can see, it's got one 124 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,720 2:00 You got the same thing on yours 3 And I have no idea 125 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,560 what's what, but I do know that I asked the team to do some 126 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,520 research. I said find the three best local 127 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,000 coffee spots. Now we learned after doing some 128 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,760 homework. That's pretty debatable because 129 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,320 there's a lot of people who think that their place is the 130 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:30,680 favorite, but we're going to find out. 131 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,920 We got 3 local ones today. You want to give them a go? 132 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,120 Let's do it. Which one you want to start 133 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,560 with? Maybe #1 #1 All right, let's 134 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,000 give it a go. Top Coffee Tasters actually 135 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,680 smells good. It's actually good. 136 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:49,880 It's awesome. Yeah. 137 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,960 Get a thumbs up. I get a that a thumbs up. 138 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,440 OK, we'll find out in a minute who makes it, but first let's go 139 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,000 to number 2 and #3 after that and we'll figure out which one 140 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,040 we like the best. So I'm going to try to keep in 141 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,720 mind what number one tasted like. 142 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:05,560 All right, you ready for number 2? 143 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,080 Excited, brother. Let's do it. 144 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,800 How about we? Do a salute or a toast and 145 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:09,960 number 20. Yeah. 146 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,560 Good, but I'd say just a little bit more bitter than I like. 147 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,120 I think I like #1 a little better. 148 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,960 I kind of like the same thing as you. 149 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,600 Yeah #1 just a little better. All right, We still got one more 150 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,400 to go #3 it is. You ready? 151 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,840 That's do it, brother. All right. 152 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:39,960 Cheers. Cheers #3 is pretty good. 153 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,360 They're all pretty good. They are, but I'm going to let 154 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,000 you you say which one do you like the best? 155 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,400 Number one. Number one, it is. 156 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,920 You know what? And I fully agree, I think 157 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,040 number one wins and I have the results. 158 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,160 This is not a paid ad, but it's just Tim and I having some fun 159 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,080 this morning on who we like with coffee. 160 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,400 But we're going to see 8th and Roast. 161 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,640 It's a local coffee maker here in Nashville, TN 8th and Roast. 162 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,960 Hats off. You just won the coffee contest 163 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,000 with Tim and Miles to start off Human School. 164 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,240 How about that? That's awesome. 165 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,680 Go 8th and Roast and you know what we can do? 166 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,800 We're going to take away two and three and we'll leave one on the 167 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,120 table. That way if you want to sip some 168 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,600 coffee out of one, you're welcome to. 169 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:31,160 I might do the same. Cheers. 8th and Roast and Frothy 170 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,760 and Bongo Java. I know Bongo Java is the OG 171 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,840 Nashville original coffee. You guys crushed it too. 172 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:38,799 It was all good. Thank you for getting this over 173 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:40,720 to us and thanks for participating in this for me. 174 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,960 And congratulations 8th and Rose for the big win. 175 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:45,360 That's awesome. All right, buddy. 176 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:50,800 So Human School is this show I started last year. 177 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,000 I know we have that in common. We both just started our own 178 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,560 podcast, so congratulations on launching yours. 179 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,240 I'm excited. It's awesome. 180 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,080 Yeah, I'm excited too. But one of the reasons I wanted 181 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,280 to to launch this show was I have been where I I've been 182 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,400 working in mental health and psychology for the last 20 years 183 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,720 is how I've spent my time. And what that looks like as a 184 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,880 career is I'm in the business of helping people live better 185 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,760 lives. If people feel stuck or sad, or 186 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,680 they're going through something difficult, I might come along 187 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:23,160 with some tools or some encouragement or some support to 188 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,400 try to give them a lift. And if they're feeling a little 189 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,160 stuck, I can act like a tow truck and try to pull them out 190 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:33,840 and help them get going again. I believe that the single most 191 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:38,640 important ingredient in helping people be reminded of who God 192 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:44,120 created them to be is love. I really think it's love and as 193 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,080 much as I'd like to think I've spent a career trying to learn 194 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,040 how to optimize that concept to really love people. 195 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,640 Well, I'm when you, when you prioritize that you become a 196 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,840 student and you become you want to learn and be around other 197 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,320 people who feel like they've mastered a craft and you got on 198 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,600 our radar because you're one of those people. 199 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,880 We feel like that we've watched the way that you move in the 200 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,920 world and some of the things that you're doing and some of 201 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,120 the things yet to come. And we feel like you've mastered 202 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,240 a craft that we're always going to chase and we hope introduce 203 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,400 other people to on the show, which is you love people really 204 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,560 well. It's so awesome. 205 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,160 And I'd love to hear from you a little bit about why love and 206 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,200 bringing joy and meaning into the world is important to you. 207 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:37,400 The love and joy that I bring into the world is Tony awesome. 208 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:42,960 It's witty, a beautiful thing. I bring all that to my company. 209 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,400 You talking about your nonprofit? 210 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:50,280 Yes, Tim's Big Heart Foundation. Tell us about Tim's Big Heart 211 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,720 Foundation. I motivate and inspire families 212 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,560 for the future of their children. 213 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:06,160 We're doing awesome things and I want kids to look up to me so 214 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:10,920 they can be like me one day. It's awesome right there. 215 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,880 And if you to be like you, tell me about you. 216 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:21,520 How would you describe yourself? I describe myself as being the 217 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:26,080 inspiration to all these families because I want them to 218 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,680 see the light. And what if they see the light? 219 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:31,960 What is that bit? So somebody like you who's wired 220 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,720 to just like I see the light, what does that do for people? 221 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:35,760 What does that do for you? That. 222 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:40,760 Means they can have a big heart, just like I did from from mine, 223 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:43,880 yeah. And that's one that's one of the 224 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,880 things I want people to see and learn about today, especially 225 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,760 with your foundation and your work. 226 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,560 And what's the name of your podcast? 227 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,560 Big hard talks with Tim. Big hard talks with Tim. 228 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:56,440 Guys, you're going to want to find this podcast. 229 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,040 I spent some time this morning watching some of the clips and 230 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:03,560 was so moved. I think in a, in a world where 231 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:06,760 there's so many things and so many people talking, I'm 232 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,840 grateful for it. But every now and then you find 233 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,600 a voice that just you trust. And I trusted your voice when I 234 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,360 saw it and it got our attention and we wanted you to come sit 235 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,640 and and be with us. And again, I'm so thankful that 236 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,600 you did because I just think people could use your 237 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,760 encouragement. Do you have an example? 238 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,080 When you wake up in the morning, do you wake up thinking, I'm 239 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:27,600 going to go encourage people today? 240 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,320 Is it something naturally that is, that comes with you or did 241 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,960 it come from your parents? Or how did you learn how to be 242 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,760 so joyful and encouraging? I am that way after coffee. 243 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,160 Oh yeah. The coffee's the magic 244 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:41,920 ingredient, huh? The. 245 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:50,720 Magic ingredient. My dad made me taste coffee long 246 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,160 time ago. I didn't like it. 247 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:57,960 I didn't like it as well as well, but my dad ordered me a 248 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:03,680 coffee and put about six to seven things of sugar into my 249 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:06,760 coffee to make sure. AI love coffee now. 250 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,480 Yeah, it's awesome there. Well, you know what you just 251 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,640 illuminated for me, which is a good reminder. 252 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,800 I think sometimes we overcomplicate things and we and 253 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,360 and I say to you, I said, what is it that makes you want to 254 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,840 bring love and joy into the world? 255 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,600 And sometimes it's as simple as something that you enjoy to 256 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,960 start the day. Coffee. 257 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,760 Coffee can be a good motivator to go live a good life. 258 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,960 As a matter of fact, I'm going to have another swig of this 259 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:37,680 good 8th and roast and see if it's as infectious as you as you 260 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:39,760 say it is. We are roasting a good time 261 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,280 today. Yes, we are. 262 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:42,720 Oh yeah. It's awesome. 263 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:50,200 You, you've got a, you've got a legendary saying that puts kind 264 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,600 of an exclamation point on top of all your messaging, which is. 265 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,440 Oh yeah. Yep, that is my one line 266 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,880 trademark. One line trademark. 267 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,320 It's awesome. I, I picked that up when my, 268 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:11,960 when my dad helped me when I, when I'm getting ready for on 269 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,840 tour for my speeches a lot. That's amazing. 270 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,040 And I, I actually like it. You said it a few times in that 271 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,600 and it's kind of encouraging it. No matter what I ask or say, you 272 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,240 might end the answer with, Oh yeah, just a little bit of 273 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,400 enthusiasm. When you do a talk, like a 274 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,400 keynote talk, when you're going to a speech, what do you 275 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,760 normally talk about? I talk about my 7 steps to in to 276 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,560 my awesome life. Wow. 277 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,800 Do you would you mind sharing some of those with us? 278 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,400 Like sharing your seven steps or? 279 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,360 One of them is don't complain about the darkness and be the 280 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,720 light. Don't complain about the 281 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,840 darkness and be be the light, be the light. 282 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,040 Yeah. And I can tell you from working 283 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:00,080 around studying how people work and that when you do complain, 284 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,000 it creates A negativity loop and it starts having, it shifts the 285 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,400 way we look at the world and look at the people around us. 286 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,440 It creates a little bit of a lens of bias. 287 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,800 And So what you're talking about is how do we shift that and look 288 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,000 at the light and walk through life with a little more 289 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,080 gratitude. And that actually is a proven 290 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,480 tool to help people change, grow, heal, and live a better 291 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,360 life. So that's a great strategy. 292 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,360 It's awesome. Do you remember any of your 293 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,840 other strategies? There's another one in my speech 294 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:35,640 that I sometimes mention is to use my superpower and and I also 295 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:43,000 when I had a restaurant some someone came came to me and told 296 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,840 me that told me that his wife was expecting a baby girl who 297 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:51,320 had Down syndrome like me and he was worried. 298 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,280 So I gave him a call and told him that everything is going to 299 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,360 be OK because we are Tony. Awesome. 300 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:05,520 That's one of the things that you're legendary and known for 301 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,280 is your restaurant and what was the name of the restaurant? 302 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,000 No restaurant was called Tim's Place. 303 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,440 Breakfast, lunch and hugs. You'll be getting one of those 304 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,840 later today. I can't wait for a Tim hug. 305 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,200 I haven't gotten 1 yet but I thought I might get one after 306 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,320 this conversation. I think I gave one to you before 307 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:23,800 we got in here. You did? 308 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,000 OK. Yeah. 309 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:26,800 Oh, yeah? Well, I want another one then. 310 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:27,840 Sounds good. Yeah. 311 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,200 Well, so breakfast, lunch and hugs. 312 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,280 Tim's place. Why did you want to have a 313 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,760 restaurant? I wanted to have a restaurant so 314 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:42,360 I can be around people 'cause there's always been my favorite 315 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,080 thing in the world, being by the front door. 316 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,040 That's where the world comes in it. 317 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,080 It's a special thing. And to be what makes it special, 318 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,440 being around people. I think you're spot on in terms 319 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,800 of it, but you, you use the metaphor, the front door. 320 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,880 What what, what is it that makes you want to greet people and and 321 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,120 make them feel seen and loved? That's always been my favorite 322 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:10,040 thing in in the world because I want them to feel feel the the 323 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:14,880 the great vibes in the restaurant and making making 324 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,960 sure they feel welcomed and loved. 325 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,319 When? When do you recall? 326 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,960 Or do you recall? Like when you started feeling 327 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,040 welcomed in love? Who was the first person you 328 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,920 remember that loved you really well? 329 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:35,200 The first person that welcomed me into this world was my mom 330 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,600 and dad. I'm so glad they. 331 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,920 I'm so glad they maybe the man who I am today. 332 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,840 It's so awesome. What could you tell me a little 333 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,800 bit about your mom and dad? What are their names and? 334 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:54,400 The names are Keith and Jeannie. Keith and Jeannie. 335 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,840 Yeah, yeah. And my dad had helped me a lot. 336 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:03,760 He's doing a lot more work for the future of my company and and 337 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:08,400 maybe a a famous Liberty as well. 338 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,200 So your dad works for you now, huh? 339 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,680 He actually helps me with my future. 340 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,360 He helps you with your future. He's awesome out there. 341 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,080 I'm just so happy that he's, he's always been there for me. 342 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:26,320 My rock, my my legendary myth with and all that. 343 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,640 Yeah. Well, I can tell you come from 344 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,400 good stock. That's something we say here in 345 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,320 the South that you I can, you can tell the often how someone 346 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,320 is that somebody in their past has really loved them. 347 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,440 Well, and one of the things I think we can gift our parents 348 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,800 with when they do cool things like love and encourage and 349 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,360 speak into who we can become is that we pass that down. 350 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,200 We call it maybe, maybe a legacy. 351 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,760 And it feels to me like you're carving a pretty wide path and 352 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,240 creating a pretty big legacy with some of the things you're 353 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:02,840 doing and and starting to do. Is it important to you that you 354 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,600 create a ripple that other people might go and feel loved 355 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,120 and welcomed and accepted also? It's pretty awesome. 356 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,280 Yeah, it is. I also got accepted by my life 357 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,440 coach Nikki. She's awesome. 358 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,680 I'm so happy that she's my business partner and life coach 359 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,720 and helping me with my everyday life. 360 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,080 Is Nikki here? Yep. 361 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,360 Hi, Nikki. Yeah, she's in the in the crowd 362 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,640 somewhere. That, that, that was, that was 363 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,720 one part I, I didn't know, Nikki, that you were the, the 364 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,680 life coach as well. I think that's one of the most 365 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,600 important things that we can do is find a trusted support 366 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,600 professional to help guide our lives and our journeys. 367 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,680 So one of the things we try to teach people with human school 368 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,240 all the time is how to be a better human being. 369 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,520 And we try to introduce tools. And one of the tools we suggest 370 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,400 all the time is be willing to receive help from other people. 371 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,680 And it sounds like you figured that out with your friendship 372 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:01,000 with Nikki. It's awesome. 373 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:05,040 I knew here from her sister Lauren. 374 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:05,920 Yeah. Yeah. 375 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:13,200 I did another thing differently than because I was I was an 376 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:17,000 ambassador for another nonprofit called Hodge or Joy. 377 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:28,520 And then her sister, one wanted wanted me to be taking to know 378 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,000 her. She's awesome. 379 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,240 Nikki, how are some ways that she helps you and encourages 380 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,640 you? She helps me to stay with my 381 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:44,040 diet plan the I am on right now. It's pretty strange, but I'm 382 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,200 making, I'm making it happen so I can look 10 times more 383 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,600 awesome. Yeah, it's awesome there. 384 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Oh. Yeah. 385 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,920 Is it, is it important to you to tell me about eating clean? 386 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,400 You said that a moment ago when we first started, or maybe right 387 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,400 before we started, you said I eat really clean. 388 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,000 And it sounds like Nikki's been influencing you with nutrition. 389 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,360 And clearly part of it is to look better. 390 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,760 I'm sure the other part maybe to feel better as well. 391 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,960 But how's it been for you? Why is it important for you to 392 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,280 eat that way? She's she's my life coach. 393 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:19,680 I have a nutritionist that I was introduced to by my 394 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,840 sister-in-law, Kathleen. Her name is Veronica. 395 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,840 Yeah, how does she help the nutritionist? 396 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:31,400 She's helps me with my food, help me with my food and portion 397 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,040 control. It's hard for me. 398 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,440 And do you eat that way to stay physically in shape or mentally 399 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,400 in shape or both? Because I know you're an athlete 400 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:40,440 too, right? You're a runner. 401 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,560 Yeah, I'm a distance runner. I do a lot. 402 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,760 Is that what you compete in in the Special Olympics is running? 403 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,400 I do, I do. But of that too. 404 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,640 Running. Playing basketball. 405 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,440 Oh, you're a baller. You play basketball. 406 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,120 Poly hockey is like, it's kind of like floor hockey without ice 407 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:03,080 cases, with your running, with your shoes, with a puck and a 408 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:07,520 stick and got crazy at it. Which is your favorite sport? 409 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,080 Track. Track, Yeah, I cannot wait to 410 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,280 tell you all about that. It's awesome. 411 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,080 Now would be a good time. Tell me about it. 412 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,760 I'd love to hear about track. This year I got selected to 413 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,680 compete in the Special Olympics USA National Games. 414 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,600 Wow, that's a big deal. Pretty awesome, right? 415 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,360 It's incredibly awesome. We're. 416 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:33,360 Traveling in June? Yeah, it's almost time. 417 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,640 Where you going to go? Minneapolis, MN. 418 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,320 Yeah. Oh, that'll be a good place to 419 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,600 go and compete in. June is a good time to be in 420 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,160 Minneapolis. It's not so cold there. 421 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,240 It'd be nice and beautiful. Lots of lakes there too. 422 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,120 Oh, it's it's awesome. That's exciting. 423 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:51,360 Congratulations. Oh yeah, and I got selected to 424 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:58,440 help a local fast food restaurant called Jersey Mike's. 425 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,360 There's reporting Special Olympics, USA games. 426 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,480 They brought me to the back of their kitchen to make 427 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,440 sandwiches. They picked a good a good choice 428 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,880 because you don't. You owned a restaurant. 429 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,400 I bet you've made a few sandwiches in your. 430 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,440 Day. It was fun. 431 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,240 Jersey Mike's, hats off to you guys for supporting such an 432 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,720 important 'cause. But yeah, that's that's a quite 433 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,280 a big restaurant, that's a big chain. 434 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,760 So you got to go in and make some sandwiches for them. 435 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,520 Was it something that they filmed or did they just have you 436 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,800 come in and do it? They have me and go and do it. 437 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,040 OK. All right, right. 438 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,520 Well, you ought to be a spokesperson for Jersey Mike's, 439 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,320 if you ask me. So Jersey Mike's, you heard it 440 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,000 here today. You need to spot what's your 441 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,680 podcast one more time. Big heart talks with Tim. 442 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,160 Big heart talks with Tim, I think needs Jersey Mike's as 443 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,120 your anchor sponsor. So I'm going to invite him in 444 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,600 Jersey Mike's. Call Nick, call Nikki, our 445 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,400 friends over here and you need to sponsor this podcast. 446 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:50,640 Don't you think you like Jersey Mike's? 447 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,120 Oh yeah, they're awesome. They make a good sandwich, don't 448 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,840 they? I'm just so happy that they're 449 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,880 that they're supporting us. Yeah, me too. 450 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,280 And with my biggest support team, my family, all my best 451 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,960 friends, even my best friend, Ashton, Oh, Ashton. 452 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,920 She's been my best friend since high school. 453 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,320 All right, tell me about Ashton. Where does she? 454 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,960 Where does she live? Is she close by your house or? 455 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:17,080 She's she lives in New Mexico, OK, in Farmington, in 456 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,440 Farmington, OK. Farmington, NM. 457 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,840 And how'd you guys become friends? 458 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,840 Became best friends through high school. 459 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,440 High school, yeah. And do you remember when you met 460 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,800 her the first time? I don't remember but. 461 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,600 Just just know you guys can't became really good friends over 462 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,360 time. We we did, yeah. 463 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,000 Something tells me you'd be easy to be friends with. 464 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,680 It's awesome right there. Yeah, She gave me my first job 465 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,120 at a restaurant called Red. Robin. 466 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,320 Red Robin. Yeah, that's a good restaurant, 467 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,680 too. They make pretty good burgers. 468 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,320 Pretty awesome there. Yeah. 469 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:54,760 And then I, she was excited head, she was excited to know 470 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,800 that I was wanting to own a restaurant back then. 471 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,400 So she gave. I was just talking about it back 472 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,800 then. I was just just a senior in high 473 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,000 school. You already had that dream of 474 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,200 owning a restaurant. I did and that and that and that 475 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,200 dream came true. Yeah, I did. 476 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,040 How did how did you, how did you contribute to helping it come 477 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,840 true, do you think? I did a lot of studying in 478 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:16,480 college. You. 479 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,600 Did a lot. With restaurant hosting and 480 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:29,520 office skills and done a lot of productrums where I go out and 481 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,840 take the bus to the to the place where I work in town. 482 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,400 It's awesome. What do you you strike me as a 483 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,400 guy that if you have a dream, you're going to go chase it down 484 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,400 and figure it out? Is that true? 485 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,400 Are you somebody that believes in dreams? 486 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,400 I always believe in dreams. If you can dream it, you can do 487 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,440 it. If you can dream it, you can do 488 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,280 it. Because I I have a hunch that 489 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,680 one of the secret ingredients for dreamers, those that 490 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,400 actually have a thought, they have a vision and they prep and 491 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,680 they commit to it and they bring people around that vision who 492 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,400 would encourage them to make it happen. 493 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,160 I think it all starts with the belief that I can do anything I 494 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,720 set my mind to. Do You agree? 495 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,320 I do agree. Yeah. 496 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,840 Is that your one of your philosophies in life? 497 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,080 Yeah, yeah, it. Is one of the strategies I 498 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,400 should say. Oh yeah, you got. 499 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,760 How did you come up with your 7 strategies? 500 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,120 I I just and it just comes natural. 501 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,400 Just kind of came to you and you thought it was something you 502 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,360 might want to share. It seems like I saw a clip 503 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,720 online somewhere where you were sharing with the school and I 504 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,960 saw you got like a standing ovation after your talk. 505 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,240 I didn't get to see the talk, but I saw you had the standing 506 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,840 ovation and you ran straight to the audience and we're giving 507 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,640 them high 5. That was so cool. 508 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,360 It's awesome, right it? Was brilliant. 509 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:51,720 Did did did you? Do you have an audience that you 510 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,760 love to talk to or why did you want to go talk to a school when 511 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,600 they invited you? Why is it important for you to 512 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,360 speak to kids? I've been touring about schools 513 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:03,720 now because I became an author of a book and they were really 514 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,440 excited. We haven't talked about the book 515 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,000 yet. We we will soon. 516 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,520 Tell me about the book. It's a good time for it. 517 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,680 Oh. Yeah, my book that I became 518 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,000 inauthorized is called The Book of Hugs. 519 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,480 The Book of Hugs. Yeah, that's a perfect title. 520 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,520 It's awesome, right? Yeah, is it? 521 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,320 Tell me about the book. Tell me a little bit about it. 522 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,160 What does it represent or what does it mean? 523 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,640 It represents monkeys, bananas and a teddy bear. 524 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,120 That's me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 525 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:33,520 Do you have a? Did you did you bring a copy of 526 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:34,480 the book? Yes, I did. 527 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:36,320 Would you mind if we looked at it? 528 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:37,880 Of course. Oh, that'd be. 529 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,520 Oh, you got it right there. Fantastic. 530 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,000 This is my book. Oh, the book of hugs. 531 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,480 Congratulations, buddy. This is oh, there they are. 532 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,640 There's the monkeys, the bananas, and there's you is the 533 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,400 teddy bear. And it's awesome, right? 534 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,640 It's very awesome. The monkeys have a special 535 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,000 meaning because my best friend Ashton calls me her special 536 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,360 monkey. That's why they're in that book. 537 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,360 No way. Your your friend from high 538 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:05,160 school, Ashton. Yeah. 539 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,200 OK. Oh, this part of me wants to 540 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,120 read this right now, but I kind of want, I don't want to read it 541 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:19,680 all because I want all of you to go get the book of Hugs 'cause 542 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,400 I, I mean, I'm excited to get into it. 543 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,160 Would it be I'd, you know, I've, I'm a father. 544 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,040 I've, I'm a dad. I've got an 8 year old son and a 545 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,560 six year old daughter that I'm really. 546 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,280 And they love when I read to him at night. 547 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,440 It's awesome, right? Do you think I could buy this 548 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,440 copy from you? Actually, I'm going to give it 549 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,360 to you for free. You're. 550 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,120 Going to gift it to me. Yeah, I mean, it gives it to you 551 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,000 for me. Oh, thank. 552 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,520 You. This is this is my gift to you 553 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,120 for having me on here. Thank you so much. 554 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:50,840 It's so meaningful. I'm going to put it right to 555 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,600 you. So would you be open to signing 556 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,400 it for me? Of course, as the author, could 557 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,240 you do that now? That'd be fantastic. 558 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,720 It's awesome. Tim's The Book of Hugs. 559 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,160 Well, yeah. It's your first. 560 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,840 Your first book, huh? That's a big deal. 561 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:12,120 When did the book come out? It came out and it was published 562 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,280 here in in Nashville. No way. 563 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,160 Yeah, I wonder what publisher? I'll take a look in a minute it. 564 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,480 Was Pat Hayes. Pat Hayes, You remember which 565 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,640 company he works for? Is it Thomas Nelson? 566 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,760 Maybe. I know what I know. 567 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,040 Don't know. Aw, thank you for doing this. 568 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:28,880 This is going to make it even more meaningful. 569 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,240 Take your time. We got plenty of time. 570 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,600 I'm going to keep sipping on this coffee while you write me a 571 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,720 message. Sorry about the scruples here. 572 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,560 That actually gives it a little character, give me a memory when 573 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,200 I'm reading it to my kids tonight. 574 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,480 What? What inspired you to want to 575 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,520 write this book? Why do you feel like hugs are 576 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,600 important? The hugs are important so I can 577 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,720 teach kids how to give good hugs like me. 578 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,280 And now you are now the owner of my book. 579 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,200 Thank you. I feel like I kind of want to 580 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,040 put the hug into motion right now. 581 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,480 Would you mind if we pause and I kind of got a hug alongside the 582 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:09,800 book? Let's do it, brother. 583 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,120 Thank you buddy. I love you, Miles. 584 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,720 Yeah, I love you too. Thank you so much. 585 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:18,880 You're amazing. I love you. 586 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:26,160 The and if, if if more people hugged. 587 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,280 How do you think that might help the world? 588 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,040 I, my hugs are the best medicine to heal the world. 589 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,120 No. And I'd love to spread that 590 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,200 right now. Make the world makes the world 591 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:46,040 awesome. Especially with my I I hug my 592 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,400 team too, not just my my parents. 593 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,360 Yeah. I'll give hugs to Nikki and to 594 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:56,560 my executive director, Marissa. I am so excited that we, my dad, 595 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:01,600 chose to hire Marissa to be our executive director. 596 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,160 She's doing a lot of great things. 597 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,280 We're going to be travelling a lot more. 598 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,520 We're going to have so much fun. Marissa seems really cool. 599 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,720 I got a chance to meet Marissa right when we came in and they 600 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,400 immediately had a vibe kind of like you have. 601 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,760 They were just had a warm, really welcoming, loving 602 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,440 presence. And so I thank you both for what 603 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:21,840 you're doing, for what you're building. 604 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,720 And thanks for coming to Nashville and joining us for 605 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,760 this conversation. This is I'm having a ball 606 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,440 already and I couldn't agree more. 607 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,480 You got a good team behind you. I do have a great team and and a 608 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,160 big support team with my family. Yeah, your mom and dad sound 609 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,680 like they're just incredibly special. 610 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:42,600 Oh yeah, and my nieces, my my nieces, my nieces and my 611 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,321 nephews. And my sister in And my and my. 612 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,600 You have two brothers back where you live. 613 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:52,160 I. Have three. 614 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,760 I have three brothers, but two. What are your brothers? 615 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,120 Names named Dan, Tommy, and John. 616 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,920 Dan, Tommy and John my. Yeah, my brother Tommy and John 617 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,440 live out there with me right now in Albuquerque. 618 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,680 OK. Yeah, I've been seeing them a 619 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:15,080 lot more cause of the of the new kid that just came. 620 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,080 Yeah, we're excited to have them in our lives. 621 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,160 What's it like being an uncle? It feels great. 622 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,880 Yeah. With this new kid that we just 623 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,960 got, I can't wait to to run a lot more miles. 624 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,320 How many are you running now? I'm not running right now, but 625 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:34,520 I'm running in my mind right now. 626 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:39,000 Yeah, fair enough. How many miles do you run a day? 627 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,080 Usually on the treadmill, but I'm trying to get more to go 628 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,840 outside more. Because somebody told me you 629 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,880 ran, can you run like up to 10 miles? 630 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,280 I did once. Wow. 631 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,720 Training for a race. Wow. 632 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,600 I have. I have a friend. 633 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,880 He's a ultra marathon runner named Adam Trubow. 634 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,120 OK. And he did a big race called the 635 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:09,560 Leadville Trail 100 in Leadville, Co and he raised over 636 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:18,600 $86,000 and he's, and he decided to use that to send me and my 637 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,280 friends off to Minneapolis, MN. Our team name is Team New 638 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,520 Mexico. And he, he's using that money to 639 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,400 to send us off with. That's incredible. 640 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,640 So cool. It's so cool. 641 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,880 I've got a couple of friends that are extreme athletes and 642 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,880 run those really long races. Ian Laurios just did a 643 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,920 fundraiser, Chef Larios, he ran around the country of Bali or he 644 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,240 got most of the way there, actually had an accident, broke 645 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,800 his leg in the middle of it. But he did it for such a good 646 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,720 'cause that I think you got to build a whole bunch of homes for 647 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,800 people that didn't have houses. It was really neat. 648 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,440 And another friend of mine, Cam Haynes, is is an extreme athlete 649 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,560 and a real inspiration to me, much like you are. 650 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,640 Makes me want to go run 10 miles after this conversation. 651 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,920 Yeah, 10. And with your name attached to 652 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,520 it. Your name? 653 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:10,280 Yeah. Do you like living in 654 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,840 Albuquerque? I was pretty much raised there. 655 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,679 I was born in Philadelphia, then raised there. 656 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,520 OK, then I found out my executive director is from 657 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:21,280 Philly. It's awesome. 658 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,000 Oh yeah, we. Got Philly, Philly, New Jersey, 659 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,199 and then Albuquerque all represented today and then a 660 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,679 bunch of Tennessee people in Chicago, right? 661 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,760 And oh, Georgia, Atlanta over here and 10 and we're 2 662 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,239 Tennessee guys. We got a lot of states 663 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,320 represented in the room. Oh yeah, that's awesome. 664 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,040 It's pretty cool. Are you excited to represent 665 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,800 Albuquerque when you go to Minneapolis? 666 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,040 Is it this summer? In June, right? 667 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,120 I'm just not representing my hometown. 668 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,199 It's the whole entire state, the entire state of New Mexico. 669 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:51,040 Oh, it's all in New Mexico. It's all in New Mexico. 670 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:51,920 That's a big deal. Who? 671 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,320 I am representing with my friends. 672 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,639 What about it are you most excited about? 673 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,520 Flying on an NFL plane? What the Arizona Cardinals 674 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:03,840 plane. What? 675 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,080 Yeah, you get to fly in the Cardinals plane. 676 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,320 They. Donated their plane for us to 677 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,920 fly out to Minnesota. That's incredible. 678 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,960 We have a three hour layover in Phoenix. 679 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,720 Then they're gonna have, they're gonna have a Foo, a few football 680 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,800 players in the airport security to escort me and my and our team 681 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,400 out there to that plane to send us off. 682 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,960 That's amazing. So you get to go, you get to 683 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,280 meet some NFL guys while you're on the ground on your layover. 684 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,200 Most of the time when you hear layover, you're like, oh, 685 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,760 bummer, we got to wait in an airport. 686 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,840 But this is actually one we welcome, because you're going to 687 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,640 go meet some neat people. Yep, yeah, they're going to 688 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,200 escort us out. Really. 689 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,080 Plane after the after the layover. 690 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,760 You're proving something that I think is another helpful tool 691 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,120 that I'd like to encourage the people that listen to our 692 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,800 conversation. And if it's OK with you as we 693 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,520 follow along, I keep learning things. 694 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,040 You keep dropping things out that I think are really helpful 695 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,760 Nuggets that we would call like a tool to help us live a better 696 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,640 life. And this is another one. 697 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:07,800 I think when we're kind, I think it attracts kindness and I see 698 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,600 you as a kind human. And because of that you say 699 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,960 Jersey Mike's is doing this for this experience. 700 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,000 In this event, the Arizona Cardinals have donated their the 701 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,720 NFL get to fly on an NFL plane. We get to stop in Arizona and 702 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:22,600 meet some players. So you by being kind, it seems 703 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,640 like other parts of kindness are coming around your life. 704 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,360 Is it always been like that for you? 705 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,320 I think so. I think I think they renting out 706 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,520 a private lounge for our team. Wow, it keeps getting better. 707 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,240 For our team, so something won't be out in the public as much so 708 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,280 we won't get mobbed. That's incredible. 709 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,920 That's why they did that for us. Yeah, yeah, the airport did that 710 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,800 for us. How has that been for you? 711 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:50,040 Because right now you're you're a published author, you're a 712 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,720 podcaster, you're a speaker. So you're becoming more known. 713 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,960 People know you and you're going to you're you're headed towards 714 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,400 even becoming a little more famous. 715 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,440 I guess if you're going to be famous for anything, hugs is a 716 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,200 big thing. Is a cool thing to be famous 717 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,280 for. But how's it been? 718 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,200 Do you get recognized sometimes? I do sometimes. 719 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,440 Yeah. Even for a lot of famous people 720 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,840 that are liking my stuff too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 721 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,240 What does that feel like when somebody famous likes your 722 00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:16,360 stuff? It's awesome. 723 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:21,440 Yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of great a lot of great 724 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,680 friends from like that too. Yeah, You know, what I think is 725 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:28,240 really cool about it is that and, and the same for me, I've 726 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,240 had some famous people that have liked our show and had some 727 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,680 famous people on our show. And one of the things about 728 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,200 fame, I think because really fame is just influence. 729 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:40,640 It means there's a lot of people watching what I do and I get to 730 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,200 use that to steward a lot more kindness and ripple out some 731 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,960 good things into the world. So I think it can be a lot of 732 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,080 pressure sometimes for a lot of people that have a lot of fame 733 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,520 because it feels like everybody's watching them all 734 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,040 the time. But it feels like such a good 735 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,760 opportunity that they can go just ripple goodness into the 736 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,680 world. And I, I don't know what will 737 00:37:58,680 --> 00:37:59,960 happen with what you're building. 738 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:03,120 What I hope happens and I, and maybe this will be a little 739 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,320 small part of it, the people that will get to see you on our 740 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,040 show is that your foundation will just really grow and help 741 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,080 change a lot of lives. It's. 742 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,240 Awesome out there. It's hard that that alone if we 743 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:17,400 do that. I also got a great gift, yeah, 744 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,360 that my business partner did for me. 745 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,840 Yeah. She's going to give me that blue 746 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,120 famous dot on my Instagram. Really. 747 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,200 You're going to get certified? Is that what they call it? 748 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,400 The check? Verified, not certified. 749 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:35,800 You're going to get verified, verified. 750 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,480 That's a big deal to get the blue check. 751 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,520 Mark Yep is all things to my business partner. 752 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,400 I love her so much. She sounds really talented. 753 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:44,800 She's awesome. Yeah. 754 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:48,760 Do you tell her often how you feel about her? 755 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,040 Do you tell her you love her a lot? 756 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:53,800 I tell her that I love her a lot. 757 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,480 Yeah, yeah, she has. She has an amazing voice. 758 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,000 I listen to her sometimes when I feel stressed. 759 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,760 I listen to her voice. She is amazing. 760 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,160 Is it calm and it helps calm you down a little bit when you're 761 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,960 nervous or stress? Yes, she helped calm me down 762 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,360 with her voice. It's so amazing, I love that. 763 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,960 Yeah, me too. Every time I feel stressed. 764 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,600 Every time I feel angry. Yeah, I listen to her. 765 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,680 She's she has the voice of an Angel. 766 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,240 Yeah. From up above. 767 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,960 So cool. I had some sad times to myself. 768 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,840 I had a few people that had passed in my life, but she 769 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,840 helped me. Yeah, yeah. 770 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,840 Yeah, I think it's so important to find a voice like that in our 771 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,800 lives, and I'm so glad you found one. 772 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:47,160 I did, I found 1 and I and I'm so blessed to have that. 773 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,880 Yeah. And I think it's so important to 774 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,520 do what you're doing right now, which I think we could all learn 775 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,800 from that, which if there's people in our lives that bring 776 00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:01,000 value, maybe we tell them, we remind them and we speak into 777 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,000 them. Just like you do that. 778 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,160 So naturally you just, you know, we're in a conversation, but you 779 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,120 just look over and you say what you do really matters. 780 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,120 It's incredibly meaningful. You're voice of an Angel. 781 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,120 And I know you guys might be used to it 'cause you get to 782 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,600 work in this energy all the time. 783 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,240 It's so beautiful and so encouraging. 784 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,640 But for us, it's, and I hope our audience, we're just so moved by 785 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,640 it, by what all the three of you are doing together and just how 786 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,200 you steward and affirm your team. 787 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,840 It's really something I can learn from. 788 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,960 That's awesome mate. Yes, it's really awesome. 789 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,000 Yeah, before I get into my speeches, stuff like that, I 790 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,480 mean, you get hyped, but you know what? 791 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:39,120 Cheers to this. Yeah, cheers. 792 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:45,600 To this come on, what do you think? 793 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:50,400 Still awesome, I love you. The coffee still works, it's 794 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,200 still magic. It's awesome there. 795 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,880 So, so you, you have had some moments. 796 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,760 I was going to ask you about that and I'm really glad you 797 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,400 brought it up. That was brave to bring it up 798 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:04,800 just to say life is awesome and I'm an encouraging person who 799 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,520 wants to bring hugs and joy to the world. 800 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,400 But I'm also human and I've had some sad moments as well. 801 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,920 So I think it's important we talk about those so we don't sit 802 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,680 with it alone. But sounds like you've 803 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,560 experienced some sad moments and lost some important people to 804 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:16,840 you. There's. 805 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:21,440 Some other songs that I listen to from from some other famous 806 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,920 people that helped me. So music is one of the ways to 807 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,200 help you. Music helps a lot. 808 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,240 Good music, even music that calms me down. 809 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,920 Yeah, the music helps you. Music, I think is a, a wildly 810 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,440 important tool. It it's proven, it's gotten all 811 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,160 kinds of psychological benefits, but it can really be a good 812 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,720 partner for us and help ride us through some tough times. 813 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:43,800 But well, listen, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you had some 814 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,960 losses. I know I I spend a lot of time 815 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,280 walking with people through seasons where they've lost 816 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,040 somebody, and it sounds like you've got some good people 817 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,640 around you to walk you through the tough moments in life too. 818 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,920 Oh, yeah. And when the one person that 819 00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:02,040 that had passed recently was really hard for me because he 820 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,720 was one of the guys that helped me publish my book. 821 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:08,080 His name was Sandy Sandy. He was my. 822 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,800 He was my buddy. Yeah, Sandy. 823 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,520 Sandy work for the book publisher? 824 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,240 Or was he a friend or. He was a friend of the book. 825 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,320 Publisher OK Friend of the book publisher and help. 826 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:25,480 I found out before he passed he had my book and gave it to his 827 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:31,400 doctor so he can, so they can still have my book in spirit. 828 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,800 Yeah. And doctors, much like what we 829 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,000 try to do with this show, they help people. 830 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,880 And I think sometimes it's the helper, sometimes people who 831 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,120 help people need the encouragement as much as 832 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:45,040 anybody, 'cause when you give encouragement all day, often you 833 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,880 need something to fill your cup back up. 834 00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:49,920 And I have a hunch that the doctor that's holding this book 835 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,880 of hugs, you probably, he or she probably know a whole lot of 836 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,280 things about medicine, about the human body. 837 00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:00,600 But sometimes, much like myself and them, we need to be reminded 838 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,960 that sometimes people just might need a hug. 839 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,440 And maybe that's the best medicine we can give them, 840 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:06,560 right? That's what your book's been 841 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,240 teaching me so far and I've only had it for like 20 minutes. 842 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,080 It's awesome, right? Today is so awesome. 843 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:16,800 Yeah, the book is about about the hugs I give. 844 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,200 And it's there's a lot of love right now in the book. 845 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:22,840 Yeah. And I'm right now I'm trying to 846 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:26,320 find love, trying to find love, trying to find love. 847 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,560 OK. All right. 848 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,360 Are you in my life? Are you dating? 849 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:35,360 Not yet, but next month I'll be hosting a speed dating event. 850 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,480 That's next month. Great. 851 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,600 Are you going to when you, when you say host it, do you get to 852 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:40,960 participate in it too? I'll. 853 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,520 Be I'll be a part just bringing it. 854 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,240 OK, but you get to host it and participate in it, so you'll do 855 00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:47,960 some speed dating. Yeah, our company is hosting it, 856 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:51,080 but I am one of the participants in the speed dating. 857 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,680 Yeah. That's fantastic. 858 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,880 Are you excited about it? Are you a little nervous about 859 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,040 it? I'm getting there, I'm excited 860 00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,800 about it and can't wait. Possibly to meet possibly a 861 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,440 wife, maybe one day. Wouldn't that be amazing? 862 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,360 See, it's time for me, 'cause I just turned 40 this year. 863 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:14,200 OK, it's time to it's time to for me to settle down. 864 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,680 Yeah, and pop that big question. Yeah, you. 865 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,400 Have you thought about if you meet the girl of your dreams? 866 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,160 Have you thought about how you might pop the question? 867 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:29,320 There's some awesome ideas. Maybe take her to some of my 868 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:37,760 speaking events and get her on stage and and proposed to her in 869 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,400 front of in front of a giant crowd. 870 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,840 That's a really neat idea. If I do it in private, probably 871 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:48,160 a hot a hot air balloon ride. Oh, that's even a cooler idea. 872 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:49,720 That's really romantic, actually. 873 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,360 Or if if I have the guts, I could propose on an airplane and 874 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:58,440 with proposed with proposed on an airplane while playing my 875 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,080 guitar. Oh, that you play guitar? 876 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,480 I have guitar at home. Do you really? 877 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:04,840 I do. Oh my goodness. 878 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,120 We got a couple guitars out there that the Gibson. 879 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,720 You know what? You know Gibson guitars. 880 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:10,560 Grab that one, Braden. I just want to show it to him, 881 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:15,120 but Gibson is a legendary guitar maker. 882 00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:17,760 They're one of the originals and they make some incredible 883 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:21,160 guitars. But they Gibson Gibbs Foundation 884 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,160 is run by a friend of mine, Erica. 885 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,960 And they were kind enough because I have a foundation as 886 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,400 well. And we try to help some people 887 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,680 with our foundation. Is that a is that a Gibson one 888 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:31,000 there? Yeah. 889 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,560 Oh wow, that's a good one. And I I like that. 890 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,600 See. The brand, right? 891 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:36,760 There. Oh yeah, I see. 892 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,680 Isn't. That cool close needs. 893 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,480 A. Little bit of love, but Gibson 894 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:50,080 gives gifted our gifted us at on site and the on Site foundation 895 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,840 with several guitars so that our guests could pick them up and 896 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,280 learn to play them when they're going through sad times and that 897 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,360 music could help heal them. That's awesome. 898 00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,640 That neat. Oh yeah, we could hook you guys 899 00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,040 up actually with the Gibson Foundation if you guys might 900 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:05,960 need guitars for some of your work with your foundation and 901 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,720 your company. That makes so fun too. 902 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,080 Have another one at home. It'd be. 903 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,640 Cool. Yeah, especially since you play 904 00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:12,720 I. Know I like to play. 905 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:13,560 Yeah. What do you play? 906 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,080 Do you have any songs you love to play? 907 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:18,800 I I know of one it's fun you. Want to play it? 908 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,920 Is that OK with you of? Course, I would absolutely love 909 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,120 it here, I'll get this guitar for you. 910 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,120 This would be fun there. You go. 911 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:29,960 Oh wow. This is cool. 912 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,200 It's getting a full Nashville experience. 913 00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,080 This is what we do. We put the guitar right on your 914 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:36,880 or put the mic right on your guitar. 915 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,200 You know a dream is like a river. 916 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:49,600 Hold on, I'll do it again. You know a dream is like a 917 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:54,840 river, ever changing as it flows, and a dreamer is just a 918 00:46:54,840 --> 00:47:00,120 vessel that must follow where it goes, trying to learn from 919 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,760 what's behind you and never knowing what's in store. 920 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:10,000 Take each day a constant battle and just stay between the shores 921 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:14,160 and I will sail my vessel. Till the. 922 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:19,440 River runs dry like a bird upon the wind. 923 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:25,560 These waters are in my sky. I'll never reach my destination 924 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:29,560 if I never tried, but I. Will sail. 925 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:33,480 My. Vessel till the river runs dry. 926 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,920 There's bound to be wolf waters and all. 927 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:41,520 Take some falls with the good Lord as my couch, and I can make 928 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:48,080 through them all, and I will sail my vessel till the river 929 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:52,120 runs dry like a bird upon the wind. 930 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:57,760 These waters are my sky. I'll never reach my destination 931 00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:03,480 if I never try. So I will sail my vessel with 932 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:11,720 the Gibson guitars. Yeah, Thank you. 933 00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:14,160 Oh, that's so good. That's my favorite song in the 934 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:15,000 world. Yeah. 935 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,120 Why? Because no, it helps me. 936 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:22,960 No, what? I told you before how it helps 937 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,960 me to relax from being angry. It's awesome. 938 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,200 Yeah, yeah, that's a good one. The the message behind it. 939 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,720 Do you know, I, I think I got this right. 940 00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:34,840 I'm going to have my team Ashley, if you could Google it 941 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,520 and take a look to make sure. I think Victoria Shaw wrote that 942 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:40,040 song. I know she was part of writing 943 00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:41,680 that song. Maybe Gordy Sampson was the 944 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,040 other one, But the songwriter who wrote that song actually 945 00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,080 lives here in Nashville. Garth Brooks. 946 00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:48,560 Yeah, Garth I think was a Co writer on it as well. 947 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,520 He was definitely the one that sang and performed it. 948 00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,320 I think he was on it as a writer. 949 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,880 But Victoria Shaw, she write that by herself. 950 00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:58,760 She and Garth wrote it together. Sorry, Garth. 951 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:03,600 Garth Brooks scene to see that, it'd be so cool. 952 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,120 I think there might be a chance. Where do you I where do you want 953 00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:07,560 to meet that guy? You want to meet Garth? 954 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:11,280 Yeah, he's a legendary of, of country music, man. 955 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,880 He's awesome. He is a legend beyond legends. 956 00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,040 There, I, I have it there, there may, I think we might be able to 957 00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,000 get this in front of him. I think he might be able to see 958 00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:20,920 it. That was so cool. 959 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:23,400 I know some friends of friends of, of Garth. 960 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,920 I know his management team really well and I've met him a 961 00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,760 few times. He's such a nice guy and and one 962 00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:30,800 of my really good friends, Rhonda, worked for him for a 963 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,320 long time. So we're going to try to see if 964 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:35,840 we can get him to watch this. I know he'd love to see it. 965 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,080 Oh yeah. It was awesome. 966 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,560 And then Victoria Shaw, I think she would love to see it too, 967 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,200 because I think it's one thing to write a song and perform a 968 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,880 song like Garth did, but it's different when you see somebody 969 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,360 else perform your own work. There's something beautiful and 970 00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:51,640 pure about it. I just want to make sure they 971 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,480 turn up your mic and turn down mine. 972 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,520 You got me in there so much. I sing it with you. 973 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:57,400 But it was really nice. It was really beautiful. 974 00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:59,040 It's encouraging. Having someone doing that with 975 00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:00,800 me. You do good. 976 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,440 Well, thank you. Thank you for letting me join 977 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:03,560 along. I actually it's one of my 978 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:05,960 favorite songs is too. And Garth was one of my favorite 979 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,720 artists. He's actually I, I, I've been to 980 00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:12,200 a lot of concerts because I not only work in mental health, I 981 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,000 also work in music. So I do both. 982 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,520 I kind of work in the music business a little. 983 00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:16,720 Bit that's cool. That's awesome. 984 00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:20,120 And, and I love live music. I think it's medicine like what 985 00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:21,400 you talked about. It's awesome. 986 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:24,400 But I got to tell you, I've been to a lot of shows over the 987 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,520 years, a lot of shows for work and just a lot of shows for fun. 988 00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:31,320 But the best, one of the best live shows I've ever seen in my 989 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,920 life is Garth Brooks. Have you ever been to on a 990 00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:35,720 Garth's concert? I haven't. 991 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,520 I want to. Yeah, I don't know where Garth 992 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,320 is right now. I know he take, he's take quite 993 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,800 a bit of time off the road, but if and when he goes back on, 994 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,080 seems like he's got a big one he's doing in London at Hyde 995 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:46,840 Park. Maybe look that up and see what 996 00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:48,800 Garth's doing right now performance wise. 997 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,920 It's in June. Has he got anything before that? 998 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:53,760 I. Don't think so. 999 00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:57,440 Maybe on the 19th of June, Yeah, for that big trip in 1000 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,280 Minneapolis. I'd like to get you to a Garth 1001 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,840 show, though. I want you to see a Garth show, 1002 00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:03,800 so I'm going to try to see if I can figure out a way to hook 1003 00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:05,200 that up. But he doesn't tour a lot, he 1004 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:07,320 doesn't play a lot, so it would be a really special thing to get 1005 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,080 to see him. I also did something awesome. 1006 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,480 I got to meet someone cool. Yeah, tell me about. 1007 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,400 It back in my hometown, I used to work for a restaurant called 1008 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,880 the Range Cafe. Many years ago, I was working at 1009 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:20,800 a Range Cafe, waiting at my parents. 1010 00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:27,240 It was in 2022 and I got and I got to meet Reba McIntyre, the 1011 00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:30,280 queen of country music. I got to meet her. 1012 00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:33,040 What was that like? It was so cool. 1013 00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:36,680 Yeah, she didn't want to want to get mobbed with all the fans, 1014 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,440 but she only wanted to meet, meet the workers. 1015 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:39,880 She was down there for a filming. 1016 00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:42,200 Yeah, film on one of her TV shows. 1017 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,920 Yeah, one of her shows, yeah. And she came to the range and I 1018 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,920 happened to work there and they, she just wanted to meet, meet 1019 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:50,440 the workers. And I happened to be a worker 1020 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,800 there. Yeah, that's super special that 1021 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,240 you got to meet Reba. She's another legendary I. 1022 00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:56,800 Know she's. A country music singer. 1023 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,200 You're right. She's one of the Queens. 1024 00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,920 I think you think about the queen of of the genre of country 1025 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:03,120 music. You think Dolly Parton and you 1026 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:05,520 think Patsy Cline and you think Reba McEntire. 1027 00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:07,640 And we could probably go on to the newer generation. 1028 00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,800 You like Miranda Lambert? I I like them too, yeah. 1029 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,600 Yeah. Dolly Parton is like, I think 1030 00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:18,400 she's like a family member to Miley Cyrus. 1031 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,720 Is she? She might, yeah. 1032 00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:22,640 I think you may be right about that. 1033 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:26,360 I know the two of them. Or I know Miley covered her song 1034 00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:28,000 Jolene. I remember that. 1035 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:31,000 I loved that version of it. But I think they've been really 1036 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:31,960 close. I've seen them in some 1037 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,080 interviews, I think, together. So yeah, that's a good you like 1038 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,240 Miley as well. Oh yeah, I seen there's a show 1039 00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:43,400 called Hannah Montana and I saw Dolly Parton being on on the 1040 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,080 show in one of the episodes. Oh, Dolly was in a Hannah 1041 00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,600 Montana episode. Yeah, 'cause I think she, I 1042 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,440 think it might be a family member of them. 1043 00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:52,840 OK, that's really cool. Yeah. 1044 00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:56,120 Tell me a little bit more before we get away from the book, 1045 00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:58,320 'cause I want to get the sense of it, but tell me a little bit 1046 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,120 more about the book. You got 3 characters or three 1047 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:04,160 ideas, which is a monkey, a teddy bear and a banana. 1048 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,560 Tell me a little bit more about the book, could you? 1049 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:11,440 The the bananas is awesome there 'cause I love to eat them, yeah. 1050 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,280 Yeah. Not from the book. 1051 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:17,840 They're too tiny. You wouldn't want to eat those. 1052 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:21,400 No, you don't know. When I sit, when I lay down with 1053 00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,800 my kids tonight at bedtime and I'm going to read them about 1054 00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:26,960 this book. Is there a message you hope they 1055 00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,480 take away? Is there something you hope 1056 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,200 there's? There's three simple steps to 1057 00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:33,320 give a hug and want them to practice so they can actually 1058 00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,240 get a Tim hug from me. Really. 1059 00:53:35,240 --> 00:53:37,360 Yeah, Yeah. Would you mind sharing a little 1060 00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:38,600 bit? Like what are the steps? 1061 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,200 There's three simple steps in in there. 1062 00:53:41,240 --> 00:53:44,280 One of them is to ask first. Ask first. 1063 00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,680 That's the first one. Yeah, why is that important? 1064 00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:50,440 Because it's important to ask first in case if somebody 1065 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:55,320 doesn't want to hug, they can just give them high fives. 1066 00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:58,440 Yeah, so it's OK to respect people's personal boundaries 1067 00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:00,200 around hugs. I think that's really wise. 1068 00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:04,240 Or there's a personal favorite called the hand hug that's good 1069 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:06,880 too. Even if they don't want a full 1070 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:10,640 on hug, there's another way to do it without giving a hug. 1071 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:12,440 Would you want to show me the hand hug? 1072 00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:15,080 Yeah, I'll show you. OK bring your hand like this if 1073 00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:19,280 I hear OK put you put your phone on my apartment that. 1074 00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,280 It's a it's. Called the hand hug. 1075 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,520 A hand hug. If anybody that doesn't like 1076 00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:31,160 hugging or they can try out a a hand hug, that's a hug. 1077 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,160 That's a good alternative. It's a good backup. 1078 00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:34,720 Plan. That's a great backup plan. 1079 00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,640 Yeah, I like that a lot. So the first step is to ask them 1080 00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:39,600 about it. Ask them for if they why not 1081 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:41,520 follow the hug, but if not they can try that. 1082 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,520 Hand hug and then what? What might be a second step? 1083 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,240 They get an air hug. Oh yeah, so you give them 1084 00:54:49,240 --> 00:54:51,720 another alternative idea, like with an air? 1085 00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:54,720 Hug different eye. I did that for school. 1086 00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:57,560 I do that for schools. I do a critical activity. 1087 00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:03,600 I give them off their seat, off their off the carpet. 1088 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:08,360 When I'm reading my book, I would stand up with me and to 1089 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:11,680 raise their arms and practice the air hug. 1090 00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:15,520 So you you start them this way. I start them this way and then 1091 00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:18,400 let's give each other a hug and they come and bring in an air 1092 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:18,880 hug. Yeah. 1093 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:20,320 Bring it in like that. Like that. 1094 00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,720 I did that recently. I bet that was a hit. 1095 00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:28,000 Yeah, and there's more Boo Boo wings I'll be going to as well. 1096 00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:29,960 Oh, you got some more gigs coming down. 1097 00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,240 Some more gigs coming up soon. OK, good. 1098 00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:33,880 You know, you were talking about when you were. 1099 00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:36,960 You seem like a really creative guy too, like you're always 1100 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:40,040 dreaming and thinking about how you can create. 1101 00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:44,000 And one of the creative ideas you had was when, and I think 1102 00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,360 it's going to happen. I feel good about it. 1103 00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,760 I think you're going to meet you're going to meet the love of 1104 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,400 your life and you're going to get to pop that question at some 1105 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,000 point. And when you do, I like what you 1106 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,920 were thinking about. You said maybe I'll do it, you 1107 00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:58,600 know, as a talk when there's a lot of people and bring her on 1108 00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,280 stage and. It's a maybe I'll have some 1109 00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:02,800 other ideas you. Got some other ones? 1110 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:04,520 You may not want to reveal all of them 'cause you want to 1111 00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:05,720 surprise her. There's one. 1112 00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:11,880 Oh, there's one. Yeah, I want maybe propose to 1113 00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:15,760 her in your studio. Here. 1114 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,640 Yeah, here. Wow, in your studio? 1115 00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,960 That would be so cool. I want, I want to, I think about 1116 00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,240 doing that. I'll tell you what, we'll make a 1117 00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:29,160 deal right now that if when you meet her, I want to host you 1118 00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:30,960 back in Nashville and we're going to take you out. 1119 00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:33,680 Take the both of you out for a night on the town, let you see 1120 00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,880 some country music, maybe take you to the Grand Ole Opry so you 1121 00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:39,280 can see the history of country music. 1122 00:56:39,720 --> 00:56:42,320 And we'll set up a little dinner for you at a great spot that I 1123 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:43,720 like where you can hear live music. 1124 00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:46,480 And then we'll bring you back over here and you can do your 1125 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,080 thing. How's that sound? 1126 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:51,440 That'd be awesome and with the help of my friend Forest Black 1127 00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:57,280 that we called to have him to be here when he on tour to come to, 1128 00:56:57,400 --> 00:56:59,360 to be a part of this. Forest, Is he touring? 1129 00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:03,080 He's an artist. He's going to be touring in May, 1130 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,960 OK this year, but when the time comes I want him to be here. 1131 00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:07,840 Oh, he's a friend, so you thinking he might be able to 1132 00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:09,400 play some music are? You doing that that? 1133 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:10,760 'D be cool. Wouldn't that be something? 1134 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:13,320 Oh yeah, such a good idea. He's awesome, I love him. 1135 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:18,960 So when you gave me that idea earlier, your idea about 1136 00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,560 possibly doing it, I wanted to share this early and I forgot. 1137 00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:24,480 I just was reminded again. You care if I share a story with 1138 00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:29,040 you? So I speak too. 1139 00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:32,360 And I used to speak a lot. I used to travel a whole bunch 1140 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,320 and talk a lot. In the last couple years when I 1141 00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:36,800 started this project, and now I've got kids and I've been 1142 00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:38,520 helping some other people that live on the road. 1143 00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:41,280 I've been slowing down with some of my speaking engagements. 1144 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:46,480 But I really like to do it. But I did 1 about, let's see 1145 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,120 where. I guess it was maybe 10 years 1146 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,720 ago. I did one at Disneyland out the 1147 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:54,320 original Disneyland out in San Diego, and it was in the House 1148 00:57:54,320 --> 00:58:01,040 of Blues and I was speaking there and my girlfriend was in 1149 00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,600 the audience and there were several 100 people there 1150 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:07,200 watching the talk. And I played this trick on her 1151 00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:09,600 where I had a heart player there, kind of like your idea 1152 00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:10,920 where you want some music to be playing. 1153 00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:14,440 So there was a heart player that started playing our our favorite 1154 00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:18,760 song. It was John Legend, All of you. 1155 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:20,680 Is that the name of the song? All of you. 1156 00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:21,280 Is that the way? Yeah. 1157 00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:25,280 So they started playing that. And immediately she thought 1158 00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:27,560 that's our song, but she didn't know what I was up to. 1159 00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:31,400 I was being sneaky. And So what I did was I handed 1160 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:35,320 flowers to everybody in the audience. 1161 00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,560 I handed a single rose to everybody in the audience. 1162 00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:42,840 And I said, you know, in a moment, I want to invite you to 1163 00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:48,040 give this flower to somebody who you have a lot of love and that 1164 00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:51,600 you found a lot of meaning in. And I had already told them 1165 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:54,280 earlier that there was a moment that I was going to have them 1166 00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,760 all give it to her so she could feel really special, but she 1167 00:58:56,760 --> 00:58:59,160 didn't know that. So I gave mine to her and I 1168 00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:02,160 invited her up on stage. And she sat up on stage and I 1169 00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:04,040 walked up and I handed her the first flower. 1170 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:07,200 And then 400 people came behind me and they all handed her a 1171 00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:10,240 flower too. So by the end, she was holding 1172 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,480 this many roses. That's crazy. 1173 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:15,240 And then when all the people came through, I doubled back and 1174 00:59:15,240 --> 00:59:18,760 was the last in line and I was on one knee after the last 1175 00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:21,080 flower held. And I I proposed to her and 1176 00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:23,200 asked her to marry me. That saw somebody. 1177 00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:25,400 It was really cool. I'm happy for you. 1178 00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:26,600 Thank you. I am. 1179 00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:29,160 Yeah, deeply. I am happy for you. 1180 00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:30,640 Yeah. Thank you. 1181 00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,920 When and and when you say you're happy for me and then you said 1182 00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:37,800 I'm deeply happy for you, how would you describe like being 1183 00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:42,240 deeply happy? No, no, I have a big heart and I 1184 00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:45,080 wanted to give you that heart too. 1185 00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:51,560 Yeah, I can tell part of what I why I enjoy talking to you so 1186 00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:53,040 much. But by the way, how are you 1187 00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:53,920 feeling? How are you doing? 1188 00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:55,320 Are you doing OK with our conversation? 1189 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:57,200 You feel OK with it? I'm having fun. 1190 00:59:57,240 --> 00:59:59,240 You're having fun. I am too. 1191 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,520 I just wanted to check on you and make sure because sometimes 1192 01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:03,640 you never know. And if you were getting bored, I 1193 01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,280 was like, we can talk about something more fun. 1194 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:07,440 But I'm glad you're enjoying it because I'm really enjoying it. 1195 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,960 But part of what I'm enjoying is that you have, when I'm talking 1196 01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:13,720 to you, you're, you're a lot of people are going to get to know 1197 01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,080 you by your words. Because you've now written them 1198 01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:19,080 down in a book, you got a podcast, so people are going to 1199 01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:20,880 know your voice. And I think that's a beautiful 1200 01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,160 thing. But I think the real gift of 1201 01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:27,240 communication is not what we say, it's what we consume. 1202 01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:30,840 And you're a great listener. Has anybody ever told you that? 1203 01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:32,840 No. Can I? 1204 01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:36,200 Yeah, I want to tell you that you have. 1205 01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:40,560 You listen with your eyes and with your ears, and I can tell 1206 01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:43,600 you're not scared of emotion. Like if a moment touches you, 1207 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:47,400 you feel it in real time. And I think that's something we 1208 01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:50,120 all can learn. For in my world, in psychology, 1209 01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,760 we would call that being emotionally intelligent or 1210 01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,880 emotionally in tune, attuned to the person in front of us. 1211 01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,560 Which means I'm not going to hide my feelings. 1212 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:00,720 They're going to, they may come up in our conversation. 1213 01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,200 And if I see something about you, I'm going to share it. 1214 01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:06,160 I'm going to share that this makes me feel this way. 1215 01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:08,840 And also I'm not going to hide the hard feelings like sadness. 1216 01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:10,920 And you're just so open about how you talk about that. 1217 01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:13,280 It's such a good example for all of us to see. 1218 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:20,880 It's awesome there because I am. I am that legendary to make 1219 01:01:20,880 --> 01:01:24,400 people feel happy because I am the Albuquerque because biggest 1220 01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,080 softy. Yeah, yeah. 1221 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:28,040 Oh yeah. That's why you played the teddy 1222 01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:28,680 bear in this. Book. 1223 01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:30,720 Oh yeah, the biggest softy there is. 1224 01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:31,720 Oh yeah. Yeah. 1225 01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:33,880 How would what do you, how would you describe a softy? 1226 01:01:33,880 --> 01:01:36,920 What is a softy? Softy is is that teddy bear in 1227 01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:40,360 the book? And and what does that mean to 1228 01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:41,800 you? What do you want to be known 1229 01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:44,920 for? We know for giving a lot more 1230 01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:46,880 hugs. Yeah, giving a lot more hugs and 1231 01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:48,760 a lot more love. Lot more love, yeah. 1232 01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:50,480 Yeah. It's often there. 1233 01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:53,920 Do you have a do you have a story that you could tell? 1234 01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,480 I love the story you told earlier where you said in your 1235 01:01:56,480 --> 01:02:00,800 restaurant you had a father that was going to have a, a baby that 1236 01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:04,320 had Down syndrome and that you wanted to talk to him and 1237 01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:05,400 encourage him. Is that right? 1238 01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:06,600 That story? Oh, yeah. 1239 01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:11,040 And well, let me ask you about that story specifically. 1240 01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:12,800 But what did you say to him when you talked to him? 1241 01:02:12,800 --> 01:02:15,480 Do you remember? I don't remember, I just told 1242 01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:20,000 him that, told her that your daughter is a great gift and she 1243 01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:23,640 is totally awesome. So, so so, so we can all be 1244 01:02:23,640 --> 01:02:27,440 awesome at the same time. We are downright perfect. 1245 01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:30,800 Downright perfect. A gift. 1246 01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:39,200 Oh yeah, recently in in this month of March, we had a a big 1247 01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:46,280 day on the 21st, happens to be World Down syndrome day. 21st of 1248 01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:48,920 March. Yeah, 321. 3/21. 1249 01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:53,320 The best day in the world. It's pretty cool. 1250 01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:57,960 We deserve to be celebrated. We are center on God's love. 1251 01:03:00,320 --> 01:03:02,560 And is that what that day is about to celebrate? 1252 01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:08,440 Celebrate and see the ability. Yeah, see the ability cause 1253 01:03:08,440 --> 01:03:11,200 often I'm sure people focus on what they might call a 1254 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,800 disability and they maybe not don't see the whole picture of 1255 01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:17,440 just the gift that to the world that that you and your community 1256 01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:20,080 are. And there is someone out in the 1257 01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:23,920 world. He he's a He used to be a 1258 01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:28,720 legendary football player before his name was Tim Tebow. 1259 01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:34,160 Oh yeah. He's he he created a nonprofit. 1260 01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:37,400 Yeah. And, and founded a really cool 1261 01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:45,600 event called Night to Shine. And it is about, it is about 1262 01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:47,840 that we are centered on God's love. 1263 01:03:47,840 --> 01:03:54,560 And he treated us like royalty, rocking on the red carpet and 1264 01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:59,480 rising limousines. And he believes that we are 1265 01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:04,240 kings and Queens of this prom. It's a beautiful thing. 1266 01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:06,760 Where does he? Does he host it in Florida? 1267 01:04:06,760 --> 01:04:09,960 Is that where it is? About over 800 churches around 1268 01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:11,640 the world he does. It he does it everywhere. 1269 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:15,680 All in one night. And my best friend, I have a 1270 01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:19,320 best friend named Matt. He's a lead pastor for a big 1271 01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:23,000 church and they hosted that event there. 1272 01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:25,400 I didn't realize it was in so many places. 1273 01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:28,320 I had a friend that just went down and and played at his 1274 01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:30,000 chair. He had a charity event in 1275 01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:32,360 Florida. And have you gotten to go to 1276 01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:34,720 some of the Proms? Yeah, I went to that one. 1277 01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:38,400 And if I were to New Mexico, 'cause my best friend hosted it, 1278 01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:40,800 so cool. Was it cool? 1279 01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:43,360 I go every year. Oh, you do up there. 1280 01:04:43,720 --> 01:04:44,680 Yeah. Is it a tip? 1281 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:47,040 What's what's the event like? What's the experience like 1282 01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:48,480 these? Dancing music? 1283 01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:53,520 Yeah, there's a there's a lot of dancing and having fun having 1284 01:04:53,520 --> 01:05:00,160 our having people that that would take us to the prom, Yeah. 1285 01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:08,240 And you if, if you had a message to all your brothers and sisters 1286 01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:13,680 that share that relatable experience of Down syndrome with 1287 01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:17,680 you on that day in March, what would it be like if you were 1288 01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:19,880 encouraging the whole world on that day? 1289 01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:20,960 What would you want them to hear? 1290 01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:31,720 I want them to hear all the love that I provided with the gifts 1291 01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:36,480 that we have. So you'd want them to know that 1292 01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:39,720 there's a tremendous amount of love and that they're actually a 1293 01:05:39,720 --> 01:05:42,960 gift to the world. Yes they are, especially in my 1294 01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:44,600 own, especially in my own family. 1295 01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:47,520 They accept me just the way I am. 1296 01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:54,920 I love them so much. I love my, I love my brothers 1297 01:05:55,840 --> 01:06:00,320 and my nieces and my nephews. Yeah, I I'm just so happy they 1298 01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:02,400 called me their famous Uncle Tim. 1299 01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:04,560 Oh, yeah. It's awesome there. 1300 01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:07,080 You're getting more famous by the minute too, by doing all 1301 01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:09,400 these interviews. We hope a whole lot of people 1302 01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:12,520 are going to see this. My my brothers, my one of my 1303 01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:18,200 brothers have a Instagram and he shows my nieces my awesome 1304 01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,240 videos and pictures on my Instagram. 1305 01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:24,520 It's so cool. You you mentioned earlier about 1306 01:06:25,120 --> 01:06:28,960 being you used the word God's love or God created us all and 1307 01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:34,520 and, and to be in love. Has your faith or your belief in 1308 01:06:34,520 --> 01:06:36,200 God been? Is it important to you? 1309 01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:44,840 I never got into that ever since I've ever since my best friend 1310 01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:50,520 met myself with Kimberly Pastor, I sometimes go to go to his 1311 01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:51,760 church. OK, Yeah. 1312 01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:54,200 So you sometimes go to go to his church. 1313 01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:55,080 Yeah. All right. 1314 01:06:55,200 --> 01:07:00,240 And I and I still have beliefs in what my life coach has. 1315 01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:05,560 She's awesome, too. Yeah, sometimes she gets invited 1316 01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:07,160 to sing on stage. It's so awesome. 1317 01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:09,160 It's so beautiful. Yeah, she sings. 1318 01:07:09,440 --> 01:07:10,520 She sings, Yeah. What? 1319 01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:12,480 Why didn't you join? Yeah, why didn't you join us 1320 01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,840 earlier in this sing along? You kept that from us too. 1321 01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:17,040 You're. But you're in Nashville. 1322 01:07:17,040 --> 01:07:19,240 We should take you both to an open mic night tonight. 1323 01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:21,440 Maybe you could perform? We have to leave tonight though. 1324 01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:23,680 Oh, you got to leave. That's what that's the life of 1325 01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,440 Maybe next time being famous, you're always on the go right 1326 01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:30,400 back to the next activity. Oh yeah, she sings like great, 1327 01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:33,200 like worship songs. Oh yeah, there are so amazing. 1328 01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:37,960 They help me fulfill my stress. Yeah, she's, she's amazing. 1329 01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:39,360 Yeah, she is amazing. Yeah. 1330 01:07:39,840 --> 01:07:42,520 Does she have? Do you have any favorite worship 1331 01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:43,720 songs? Do you have any favorite worship 1332 01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:51,760 songs to sing? Your favorite artist you ever 1333 01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:53,200 heard of? A guy named Brandon Lake. 1334 01:07:54,040 --> 01:07:56,760 Kind of a little bit. He's a Christian artist that 1335 01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:58,880 does a lot of worship songs. I bet you might know some Chris 1336 01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:01,080 Tomlin those are. Yes, I was going to mention him. 1337 01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:02,480 Yeah, he's cool. He need something. 1338 01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,440 Have you met Tomlin before? No, I haven't. 1339 01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:06,120 He's a great guy, too. He's a buddy of mine. 1340 01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:07,880 But I know. He lives here in Nashville. 1341 01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:08,920 Oh, that's cool. Yeah. 1342 01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:12,000 But I know someone named Nikki Tilde. 1343 01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:15,000 He's awesome. Yeah. 1344 01:08:16,399 --> 01:08:18,240 That's the best thing ever. That's true. 1345 01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:21,200 Yeah, It's awesome, right? Chris Tomlin, who I know. 1346 01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:25,160 Nikki Tilde I like. That Oh yeah, that's her. 1347 01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:28,279 Artist name on her, on her music, is it? 1348 01:08:28,439 --> 01:08:30,000 Yeah, she's amazing. It's awesome. 1349 01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:33,040 Can you get her music like on like iTunes or Yeah, there's 1350 01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:36,560 iTunes, Spotify, all the major. You can listen to that too. 1351 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:37,600 No way. Yeah. 1352 01:08:38,319 --> 01:08:42,200 If you if you want to feel the the love and the power of her 1353 01:08:42,200 --> 01:08:45,800 voice, you can check those out. They're amazing. 1354 01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,040 We should, yeah. We pull up, pull it up. 1355 01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:50,640 Let's see if we can find some. That's incredible. 1356 01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:52,760 I'd love to hear her. She one of your favorite 1357 01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:57,560 artists? She is and she be. 1358 01:08:57,680 --> 01:08:59,680 She's got very close to my family. 1359 01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:06,040 Oh yeah, she's the best part. Just choose the best part to our 1360 01:09:06,040 --> 01:09:09,800 family, sometimes. Sometimes she's more than life 1361 01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:12,240 code or person's partner. She's like a sister to our 1362 01:09:12,240 --> 01:09:16,120 family. Nikki and Marissa, they both 1363 01:09:16,120 --> 01:09:20,080 like sisters to me. I see. 1364 01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:21,760 Oh, they're just, they're pulling her music up. 1365 01:09:21,920 --> 01:09:25,120 Oh yeah, it's awesome. See what you got, Nikki? 1366 01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:39,430 We're going to embarrass you. You can just be calm and listen 1367 01:09:39,430 --> 01:09:41,550 to her voice. Be calm, be calm. 1368 01:09:43,630 --> 01:09:46,470 Did you hear that Tim invited us all to be calm and listen to 1369 01:09:46,470 --> 01:10:51,710 Nikki's voice, so join us. Come on, Nikki. 1370 01:10:51,710 --> 01:10:53,710 Oh yeah. Come on, Nikki. 1371 01:10:55,670 --> 01:11:01,280 Thank you, Nikki for Thank you Nikki for giving us the the most 1372 01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:04,040 amazing voice that you had me come down from from being angry. 1373 01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:06,920 Thank you. I love you Nikki. 1374 01:11:07,080 --> 01:11:10,040 You are the best friend I I could I could ever imagine to 1375 01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:13,200 have. Oh, yeah, sorry. 1376 01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:16,240 Don't. Apologize, buddy. 1377 01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,320 Yeah, tell me about that. Tell me about the emotion that 1378 01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:20,680 comes up when you're talking to Nikki about being your friend. 1379 01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:23,680 She always does that to me. It's it's so powerful. 1380 01:11:24,640 --> 01:11:26,360 Yeah. Yeah, those happy tears. 1381 01:11:26,720 --> 01:11:29,440 Yes, yeah, yeah. I think it's important to share 1382 01:11:29,440 --> 01:11:32,880 happy tears every now and then. Yeah, that's why, that's why she 1383 01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:34,440 helps me. It's amazing. 1384 01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:38,120 Would you like a tissue? No, I don't need a tissue. 1385 01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:40,560 I need coffee to wash away my tears. 1386 01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:45,760 Tears to that. Oh yeah, to I mean to. 1387 01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:47,680 I watch tears from. Speaking of, Oh yeah, do you 1388 01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:49,320 have AI heard you had. Oh yeah. 1389 01:11:49,320 --> 01:11:50,840 Made on a hat, maybe? Is that right? 1390 01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:52,480 I did. Do you have one? 1391 01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:54,560 Yes, I do. Could I see it? 1392 01:11:55,320 --> 01:12:01,320 Come on. Oh yeah, baby. 1393 01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:02,120 Oh. Yeah. 1394 01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:05,880 Oh yeah. And we gave you guys some. 1395 01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:07,680 You dance. Too as well. 1396 01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:09,400 I'll get one of those. Yes, you do. 1397 01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:11,600 Oh yeah. It's pretty cool. 1398 01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:16,160 Every time you wear the hat, say the word. 1399 01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:18,240 Say the word as many times as you can. 1400 01:12:18,760 --> 01:12:20,720 What does Oh yeah mean? What does it mean? 1401 01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:22,240 Like when you say it, what do you want to say? 1402 01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:24,120 Like Oh yeah. What do you mean when you say Oh 1403 01:12:24,160 --> 01:12:25,800 yeah? When I say Oh yeah, it gives me 1404 01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:29,920 the hype to to pump the crowd. That's awesome. 1405 01:12:29,960 --> 01:12:33,320 Hey, it's encouragement. Hey, guess what? 1406 01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:35,120 Now, since you put it on, we're trends. 1407 01:12:35,320 --> 01:12:37,840 Yeah. Oh yeah. 1408 01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:39,480 Oh yeah, my. It kind of works. 1409 01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:42,640 So cool. There, have you ever seen heard 1410 01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:44,440 of an actor named Matthew McConaughey? 1411 01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:48,200 No, I haven't. I haven't heard of him. 1412 01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:49,800 He's been in a lot of cool movies. 1413 01:12:49,800 --> 01:12:51,840 I'm a fan of Matt's. I think he he's an actor. 1414 01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:54,240 He does some cool stuff, but he's got a saying that became 1415 01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:58,640 famous after he was given a speech on Oscars or somewhere. 1416 01:12:58,920 --> 01:13:00,960 And he says, all right, all right, all right. 1417 01:13:01,080 --> 01:13:03,840 After what he says. And I, I, when you say, Oh, 1418 01:13:03,840 --> 01:13:06,080 yeah, it reminds me a little bit of when I've seen him done that 1419 01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:08,920 in interviews because it's almost like no matter what you 1420 01:13:08,920 --> 01:13:12,360 say, if you put an exclamation point on the end of it, that is 1421 01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:16,720 just reminding all of us that love and life is what it's all 1422 01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:18,640 about. That's what matters the most. 1423 01:13:19,080 --> 01:13:20,960 And I think, oh, yeah, it does it quite well. 1424 01:13:21,680 --> 01:13:23,320 It's awesome. Thank you for the gift of this 1425 01:13:23,320 --> 01:13:24,720 hat. It's awesome buddy. 1426 01:13:24,920 --> 01:13:27,120 I love this hat. I love this book. 1427 01:13:27,160 --> 01:13:28,760 I'm racking up this morning with gifts. 1428 01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:30,160 She brought us all kinds of cool stuff. 1429 01:13:32,760 --> 01:13:39,080 Podcaster, author, speaker. Have you done a talk yet? 1430 01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:40,760 That was your favorite? It was like that. 1431 01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:44,480 You remember a speech? A speech. 1432 01:13:44,680 --> 01:13:46,640 It's been a while. Yeah, it's been. 1433 01:13:46,640 --> 01:13:51,400 A lot and I gave speeches, but I was a one of the last MCS for 1434 01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:54,000 the Special Olympics, World Games. 1435 01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:57,600 Wow. And I got to introduce the first 1436 01:13:57,600 --> 01:14:01,920 lady, Michelle Obama, when she was the first one, the first 1437 01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:04,800 lady of the country. No way. 1438 01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:09,480 Yeah, you get to introduce her. Yeah, and I, I got about four 1439 01:14:09,480 --> 01:14:14,200 hugs, 2 and at least two on stage and two more backstage. 1440 01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:15,880 Oh, yeah, Before she left. Yeah. 1441 01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:17,000 You met her? I met her. 1442 01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:18,800 That's a big deal. She's awesome. 1443 01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:21,200 Yeah, I've heard. That I met her husband. 1444 01:14:21,760 --> 01:14:25,600 Well, you met president. They invited they, they invited 1445 01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:28,920 me into the White House because of Special Olympics. 1446 01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:32,560 They're hosting the the World Games. 1447 01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:35,400 Who was her husband again? Barack Obama. 1448 01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:39,400 Yeah, there's a viral video. Tim Harris hugs Obama. 1449 01:14:39,400 --> 01:14:40,440 Check it out. It's amazing. 1450 01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:44,640 Pull it up, I got to see. Oh yeah, that's cool, right? 1451 01:14:44,720 --> 01:14:48,840 That's really cool. It's awesome, but but the second 1452 01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:51,000 lady made a big impression. Huh the. 1453 01:14:51,080 --> 01:14:53,880 First, he was the First lady. First lady, I meant. 1454 01:14:53,880 --> 01:14:55,360 I meant first Lady. You're so funny. 1455 01:14:55,760 --> 01:15:01,480 I stepped all over that moment. Yeah, The second lady is the 1456 01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:04,560 vice president's. Well, it depends, I guess. 1457 01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:06,360 Right now. And the first Lady. 1458 01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:06,880 That's right. Yeah. 1459 01:15:06,880 --> 01:15:08,840 Thanks for correcting me. The First Lady made quite an 1460 01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:11,360 impression, it sounds like. She did, yeah. 1461 01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:13,840 Yeah, 'cause I when I say what was one of your best memories 1462 01:15:13,840 --> 01:15:17,320 when you were using your superpower outside of coffee, 1463 01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:20,320 your voice and your and you were saying, you said it was when you 1464 01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:22,360 got to MC that moment. Let me see it. 1465 01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:24,080 Yeah, I went to one the last time. 1466 01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:44,200 Please check it out brother. It's true. 1467 01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:55,920 It's awesome, right you? Know presidents need some 1468 01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:58,680 encouragement once in a. While too. 1469 01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:02,800 Yeah, that was nice. Thank you, Tim. 1470 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:08,280 Wow, come on, I didn't even know you'd met a president, much less 1471 01:16:08,280 --> 01:16:11,720 been at the White House. Before he before he left. 1472 01:16:11,760 --> 01:16:14,000 Yeah, Yeah, before he left. He was, I was. 1473 01:16:14,680 --> 01:16:16,560 He got the famous Tim hug. Oh yeah. 1474 01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:20,280 And now the world can get more of the famous Tim Hugs. 1475 01:16:20,280 --> 01:16:22,600 Because you've got I want, I want the whole country to get 1476 01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:24,000 Tim hugs. The whole country. 1477 01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:26,240 One person. Oh, yeah. 1478 01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:32,360 Because God Bless America. Well, I think you're spreading a 1479 01:16:32,360 --> 01:16:37,120 lot of hugs every time you talk, 'cause it feels when you, when 1480 01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:38,840 you talk to somebody, it feels like a hug. 1481 01:16:38,840 --> 01:16:40,560 He does? Yeah. 1482 01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:42,960 Yeah. Well, the people, I wonder, 1483 01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:45,480 you're so good at telling everybody how special they are. 1484 01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:47,840 Oh, you're really good at it, actually. 1485 01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:50,480 Are you good at hearing how special you are? 1486 01:16:51,560 --> 01:16:53,480 It's just I like, I like, I like to be. 1487 01:16:53,480 --> 01:16:55,680 I like to hear that from other people. 1488 01:16:55,720 --> 01:16:58,480 I feel accepted and loved. It's amazing. 1489 01:16:59,640 --> 01:17:01,960 Would you mind if I told you a little bit about how special I 1490 01:17:01,960 --> 01:17:03,880 feel you are after knowing you for an hour? 1491 01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:05,360 Oh, yes, please. Yeah. 1492 01:17:06,440 --> 01:17:11,680 Well, I've said it off and on throughout the interview, but I 1493 01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:15,000 feel really fortunate and lucky today to be having a 1494 01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:17,000 conversation with you and to have met you. 1495 01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,080 And I got to give credit to my team because you've got some 1496 01:17:20,080 --> 01:17:25,440 really big fans in this room. Every, everybody on this team 1497 01:17:25,520 --> 01:17:27,440 loves who you are and what you represent. 1498 01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:30,800 So much so that they came to me and you're the 1st guest that 1499 01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:33,040 they've come to me and said we have to get this guy on the 1500 01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:35,480 show. Oh yeah, isn't that cool? 1501 01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:38,040 And I've now our, we're a new show. 1502 01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:41,280 So a lot of times we're asking for guests to come on the show. 1503 01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:43,880 And thankfully we've had some teams that have reached out and 1504 01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:45,400 asked if they could be on our show. 1505 01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:49,240 But there's been one guest that my team unanimously said we want 1506 01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:52,720 this guy on the show. And it was you and then and, and 1507 01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:55,000 I didn't have to be convinced because I watched a couple 1508 01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:57,400 videos and I just wanted to meet you and wanted to be in your 1509 01:17:57,400 --> 01:17:59,760 presence. And so I want to compliment and 1510 01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:04,720 affirm your presence, how you show up in the world, what you 1511 01:18:04,720 --> 01:18:07,280 represent. Because I think you talk about 1512 01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:10,200 love and you talk about joy and you talk about noticing the 1513 01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:13,840 small little things in life and you bring up beautiful memories. 1514 01:18:14,520 --> 01:18:17,000 But more than anything, it's just who you are and what you 1515 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:20,240 represent. The world needs more of it now 1516 01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:23,360 because I I think we need to be unified and come together. 1517 01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:25,000 And I feel like that's what you represent. 1518 01:18:25,080 --> 01:18:28,080 It's awesome. And one of the things about love 1519 01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:32,280 is that we should love each other for 1000 years. 1520 01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:37,040 I know. 1000 years yes 'cause showing that love for so many 1521 01:18:37,080 --> 01:18:38,360 years like. That, that's a lot of love. 1522 01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:40,360 It's amazing that yeah, so cool, right? 1523 01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:45,200 That is a a song that I know of is awesome. 1524 01:18:45,480 --> 01:18:48,760 Yeah, yeah. So instead of me saying I love 1525 01:18:48,760 --> 01:18:51,680 you today, I love you for 1000 years. 1526 01:18:51,800 --> 01:18:53,320 It's awesome there. Yeah, yeah. 1527 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:58,080 Well, buddy, you're an incredible human being. 1528 01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:02,520 And I just love you more. And with I'm going to tell you 1529 01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:10,720 now on your show here like to to tell you something really 1530 01:19:10,720 --> 01:19:15,680 special right now. After I met you, after I met you 1531 01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:23,080 today for an hour, you are now my new best friend right now. 1532 01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:25,200 Right now I'm making you my new best friend. 1533 01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:28,560 Accepted. I'm loving Miles, you're the 1534 01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:30,840 best. Thank you, I love you too buddy. 1535 01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:32,000 Oh yeah. Oh yeah. 1536 01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:34,840 Well, I'll take it out. You're, you're the you're the 1537 01:19:34,840 --> 01:19:38,040 kind of best friend that a guy would be lucky to have. 1538 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:42,240 I'm so, I'm so I'm so proud of who you are in the world, but 1539 01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:44,640 I'm so proud of what you're doing and so proud of what you 1540 01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:46,880 guys are doing. I think building this foundation 1541 01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:49,680 and who it's going to reach and who it's going to encourage is 1542 01:19:49,680 --> 01:19:52,560 so important. So I think your foundation 1543 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:56,920 Times, Big Heart Foundation is going to touch and encourage so 1544 01:19:56,920 --> 01:19:59,040 many people. I think this book, the Book of 1545 01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:02,040 Hugs, is going to touch and encourage so many people. 1546 01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:03,440 And I just want to encourage you. 1547 01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:06,120 I think you're a great human and now you're my best friend. 1548 01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:08,600 So thank you for allowing me to be one of your best friends. 1549 01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:11,200 I'm so happy. Yeah, I have a my best friend, I 1550 01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:18,600 told you by name, Matt Mizell. He he would tell, tell a lot of 1551 01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:23,640 people out there where they live, where they live a little 1552 01:20:23,640 --> 01:20:27,880 bit about me and about you Can't go anywhere without making best 1553 01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:29,400 friends. I can't. 1554 01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:32,080 Yeah. Out when I'm out touring around 1555 01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:37,040 schools, traveling, speeches. I usually make people my newest 1556 01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:38,840 best friends because it's awesome. 1557 01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:43,040 You do, You said earlier you talked about acceptance and how 1558 01:20:43,040 --> 01:20:46,280 important it is that your parents accepted you. 1559 01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:49,760 Your brothers, your family, your team, they accept you for who 1560 01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:53,080 you are and it seems like you go accept everybody else and invite 1561 01:20:53,080 --> 01:20:56,080 them into this beautiful experience of becoming best 1562 01:20:56,080 --> 01:20:58,960 friends. What if we could all go out into 1563 01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:00,840 the world everyday and look for new best friends? 1564 01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:04,560 I made one. I made a best friend that's been 1565 01:21:04,560 --> 01:21:07,080 doing work with my foundation named Zach. 1566 01:21:07,080 --> 01:21:08,360 He's awesome. I love him. 1567 01:21:08,720 --> 01:21:10,160 He's a cool guy. Zach. 1568 01:21:10,160 --> 01:21:13,200 OK, He's awesome. How do you collect all these 1569 01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:14,760 good people? You keep dropping all these. 1570 01:21:14,760 --> 01:21:16,320 He became a best friend to me too. 1571 01:21:17,200 --> 01:21:19,680 OK. We we always have fun together. 1572 01:21:20,480 --> 01:21:23,000 So fun. What do you look for in a best 1573 01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:24,400 friend? When you're finding to trying to 1574 01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:26,320 find somebody you want to be a friend of yours, what do you 1575 01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:28,480 look for in them? I'm look for. 1576 01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:35,520 One of things I look for is making sure that they are nice 1577 01:21:37,440 --> 01:21:39,560 and and and kind and being humble. 1578 01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:45,320 Kind, nice and humble. Always stay humble and kind. 1579 01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:49,160 Oh, my little Tim McGraw. Oh yeah, he's awesome there. 1580 01:21:49,200 --> 01:21:50,520 Yeah, you like that? So you like? 1581 01:21:50,520 --> 01:21:53,520 I imagine that world. I imagine that song with making 1582 01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:56,000 best friends. Yeah, I want people to. 1583 01:21:57,320 --> 01:22:00,880 I want people to be humble and kind, to be, to be anyone's best 1584 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:02,200 friend. Yeah, yeah. 1585 01:22:02,520 --> 01:22:05,840 Humble and kind. It was written by a really good 1586 01:22:05,840 --> 01:22:09,040 friend of mine, Lori McKenna, and she's an incredible 1587 01:22:09,040 --> 01:22:10,640 songwriter, one of the best ever. 1588 01:22:10,680 --> 01:22:14,000 And that song, I'm so glad you referenced that song. 1589 01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:15,680 You're really good at knowing music. 1590 01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:18,480 You know quite a bit of music and you play to and sing and all 1591 01:22:18,480 --> 01:22:19,680 the things. What do you not do? 1592 01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:21,640 Tim does it all. It's awesome. 1593 01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:23,400 Yeah. Tim McGraw had messaged me a 1594 01:22:23,400 --> 01:22:27,080 long time ago on Facebook and he he was making that album, the 1595 01:22:27,080 --> 01:22:31,240 Home and Kine album, and he thought that I was that. 1596 01:22:31,760 --> 01:22:33,520 Wow. And he messaged me. 1597 01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:37,080 You helped inspire the album. Yeah, I helped him inspire his 1598 01:22:37,080 --> 01:22:40,160 album. Damn, you are living a life my 1599 01:22:40,160 --> 01:22:41,960 friend. Oh yeah, he's awesome that 1600 01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,560 there. Yeah, I forgot. 1601 01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:45,640 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 1602 01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:49,680 Oh, yeah. You are such a pleasure. 1603 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:52,280 It's been such a delight to spend this time with you. 1604 01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:55,200 I could sit with you all day and talk, but I want to make sure 1605 01:22:55,200 --> 01:22:57,480 you have a little bit of time to see a little bit more in 1606 01:22:57,480 --> 01:22:59,400 Nashville, maybe before you get on a plane. 1607 01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:01,120 What time's your flight today, do you guys know? 1608 01:23:01,560 --> 01:23:03,400 Five o'clock 5:00. OK. 1609 01:23:03,400 --> 01:23:06,200 You're doing OK on time then. Have some fun with it. 1610 01:23:06,440 --> 01:23:09,920 Yeah, go see some Nashville. Is there anything, Tim, is there 1611 01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:12,680 any stories or anything you might want to share before, 1612 01:23:12,760 --> 01:23:14,960 before we wrap up today, is there any, any, anything you 1613 01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:18,400 might want to talk about? I want to take this off I know. 1614 01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:21,800 Sure. So I can really get into it. 1615 01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:27,160 Yeah. I want to mention not just 1616 01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:32,120 stories, but mention a couple of my best friends because we 1617 01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:38,800 talked about about me, me best friends instantly. 1618 01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:43,600 That's what my best friend man as well, always told everyone, 1619 01:23:44,920 --> 01:23:51,880 Yeah, I just love making best friends around the world, even 1620 01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:56,040 with famous people. I became bet, but best friends 1621 01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:59,880 with them too, yeah. Did you know I work with a lot 1622 01:23:59,880 --> 01:24:04,680 of famous people with my job and I can tell you that people don't 1623 01:24:04,680 --> 01:24:07,520 often see this, but sometimes famous people really need a 1624 01:24:07,520 --> 01:24:13,080 friend as well. It's awesome that that is also a 1625 01:24:13,080 --> 01:24:16,160 part of another great song. It's a Disney one. 1626 01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:19,960 You've got a friend in me. Toy Story. 1627 01:24:20,160 --> 01:24:22,600 Yeah. You got a friend in me. 1628 01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:26,400 You got a friend in me? Oh yeah. 1629 01:24:27,880 --> 01:24:28,720 Well, thank you. I'm glad. 1630 01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:33,720 I'm glad that, you know, often if at the end of a conversation, 1631 01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:36,520 if I were to say to somebody, is there anything else you want to 1632 01:24:36,520 --> 01:24:38,720 talk about? Sometimes we think about, well, 1633 01:24:38,720 --> 01:24:41,160 what is it I need to promote or like, what do I need? 1634 01:24:41,160 --> 01:24:43,120 I need to say more about the book or say more about the 1635 01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:46,560 foundation. But you chose to take that time 1636 01:24:46,560 --> 01:24:49,680 to talk about your friends I admire. 1637 01:24:49,720 --> 01:24:55,080 It I decided to 'cause I want you to, because I wanted you to 1638 01:24:55,080 --> 01:24:58,240 be part of that life because you are so amazing. 1639 01:24:58,240 --> 01:24:59,760 I love it, Miles. Thank you. 1640 01:24:59,920 --> 01:25:00,680 I love you too. Yeah. 1641 01:25:00,680 --> 01:25:05,720 I love you and your team. I'm making them my new best 1642 01:25:05,720 --> 01:25:07,280 friends today too. All the team. 1643 01:25:07,960 --> 01:25:09,160 Your team. Your team. 1644 01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:15,280 Oh yeah. Well, we're we are lucky because 1645 01:25:15,280 --> 01:25:19,040 I do think, you know, people are listening to this show ideally 1646 01:25:19,040 --> 01:25:20,600 to pick up on some encouragement. 1647 01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:23,560 You know, they might need a little bit or everybody I think 1648 01:25:23,560 --> 01:25:26,800 deserves some encouragement and some insight and some of what 1649 01:25:26,800 --> 01:25:29,680 you have driven down on with me today. 1650 01:25:30,120 --> 01:25:33,600 And what I will remember the most is that all the things that 1651 01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,360 we can talk about, nothing's as important as friendship. 1652 01:25:37,080 --> 01:25:40,200 Having somebody in your life that sees you and loves you and 1653 01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:44,240 speaks into you is the best medicine outside of maybe hugs 1654 01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:46,240 that we could ever give you. Agree. 1655 01:25:46,560 --> 01:25:48,320 I totally agree about that, buddy. 1656 01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:52,560 Yeah, love guitars, boots and bling. 1657 01:25:56,840 --> 01:25:57,880 Yeah. Oh, you're perfect. 1658 01:25:57,880 --> 01:26:00,360 Gosh, I hope you'll come spend more time in Nashville with us. 1659 01:26:00,360 --> 01:26:02,600 You are such a delight. This has been such a fun 1660 01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:03,720 conversation. It's awesome. 1661 01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:07,520 And can I show you something cool that I got from Amazon from 1662 01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:10,360 from for coming out here? Please. 1663 01:26:10,520 --> 01:26:16,160 Let me show you. Come over next to you real. 1664 01:26:16,320 --> 01:26:16,800 Quick. All right. 1665 01:26:22,040 --> 01:26:26,240 What? What, you got those boots to 1666 01:26:26,240 --> 01:26:27,680 come to Nashville? To come here, yeah. 1667 01:26:28,040 --> 01:26:29,760 Did you know how how much I love boots? 1668 01:26:30,240 --> 01:26:31,760 Yeah. You would you pick the one day? 1669 01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:34,280 I don't have them on, but I've got a closet full of boots. 1670 01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:36,840 Those are really sharp. That hand tooling and that 1671 01:26:36,840 --> 01:26:40,040 detail is really nice. And I love this, this color 1672 01:26:40,040 --> 01:26:41,280 leather. I think it's really beautiful. 1673 01:26:41,280 --> 01:26:42,560 But that right there is gorgeous. 1674 01:26:42,560 --> 01:26:44,240 That's a really nice boot. Oh yeah. 1675 01:26:44,920 --> 01:26:48,440 Yeah, they look great. They how do they feel? 1676 01:26:48,440 --> 01:26:49,960 Do they fit OK You. Feel great, put that. 1677 01:26:50,480 --> 01:26:51,560 Down for. You. 1678 01:26:51,640 --> 01:26:53,400 I have a little bit of Nikki in my boots A. 1679 01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:57,960 Little bit of wack a. Little bit of Nikki and Marissa 1680 01:26:58,000 --> 01:26:59,640 too. Yeah, the boots are. 1681 01:26:59,640 --> 01:27:01,800 The boots are really nice. I'm glad you got them. 1682 01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:03,960 And you know what the cool thing about boots is? 1683 01:27:04,360 --> 01:27:07,880 They get better with wear and age, so like they'll become more 1684 01:27:07,880 --> 01:27:09,160 comfortable the more you wear them. 1685 01:27:09,640 --> 01:27:11,320 I know I usually wear boots every day. 1686 01:27:11,320 --> 01:27:13,000 Today I did, and I wish I'd worn my boots. 1687 01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:14,360 I could have showed you some of my boots. 1688 01:27:14,360 --> 01:27:15,920 What size foot are you? Do you remember? 1689 01:27:16,080 --> 01:27:17,400 Size 10? Size 10? 1690 01:27:17,400 --> 01:27:20,480 Oh, shoot. Size like a Bigfoot button but 1691 01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:24,160 not that big. I'm an 11 1/2 but we got to keep 1692 01:27:24,160 --> 01:27:26,360 that in mind because I'm always boot shopping. 1693 01:27:26,360 --> 01:27:28,800 Thought I might send you a pair of boots some some Nashville 1694 01:27:28,800 --> 01:27:30,200 boots, but I'm glad you brought. These do. 1695 01:27:30,200 --> 01:27:32,440 That'd be awesome if you do. What else did you bring? 1696 01:27:32,440 --> 01:27:34,920 You got any other? You got anything else to put any 1697 01:27:34,920 --> 01:27:36,840 other rabbits to pull out of the hat over there? 1698 01:27:38,160 --> 01:27:42,200 Maybe I have another one. Yeah, but they have it over 1699 01:27:42,200 --> 01:27:48,320 there. I had it with me. 1700 01:27:48,320 --> 01:27:49,080 Yeah. Is it down there? 1701 01:27:49,080 --> 01:27:50,120 Oh. Yeah. 1702 01:27:50,120 --> 01:27:52,920 Sorry, not here, No. Yeah. 1703 01:27:56,200 --> 01:27:59,040 Let me see. Oh yeah. 1704 01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:00,920 Oh yeah, let me. Look at it here. 1705 01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:03,280 I'm a cowboy hat kind of guy though. 1706 01:28:04,320 --> 01:28:07,920 Is that just there? See, that's the perfect fit. 1707 01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:10,000 It's awesome. I see the side profile. 1708 01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:13,840 Yeah, that looks really good. That's a nice hat. 1709 01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:15,920 Pretty awesome, right? Have you ever been on a you ever 1710 01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:19,600 ridden a horse before? A couple times in the years 1711 01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:20,840 before. Like it or not. 1712 01:28:20,840 --> 01:28:23,080 Like it I I would love to do that again. 1713 01:28:23,640 --> 01:28:26,320 That's another thing we can do now that we're friends, is I've 1714 01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:28,280 got horses. I love to ride horses, but I'd 1715 01:28:28,280 --> 01:28:30,320 love to get you on a horse and take you on a trail ride. 1716 01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:31,800 That'd be fun. Would that be fun? 1717 01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:33,840 Yeah. I've got a horse that I think 1718 01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:37,920 you would absolutely love named Spark, and it's awesome. 1719 01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:39,280 Yeah, his name's Spark, and he's great. 1720 01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:41,640 He'll take good care of you. And I think if you wear those 1721 01:28:41,640 --> 01:28:44,160 boots and cowboy hat, we'll have to get a photographer out there 1722 01:28:44,160 --> 01:28:46,600 to get great. Get a photo shoot for your 1723 01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:49,280 speaker reel. Oh yeah, maybe it'll be awesome. 1724 01:28:50,640 --> 01:28:55,240 Join the rodeo. Oh yeah. 1725 01:28:55,480 --> 01:28:57,200 Well, look, I got you something as well. 1726 01:28:57,200 --> 01:28:58,440 I. Don't know if I can't maybe. 1727 01:29:03,360 --> 01:29:04,520 There you go. Buddy. 1728 01:29:04,520 --> 01:29:08,000 Oh wow. Take a peek inside this and I'll 1729 01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:10,480 tell you a little bit more about it when you open it up I. 1730 01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:25,860 Don't like getting gifts? Yeah, I think it opens from 1731 01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:29,860 that. Oh my God, card, that's cool. 1732 01:29:30,620 --> 01:29:33,060 Yeah, we'll read the card later, but check out that gift in 1733 01:29:33,060 --> 01:29:41,900 there. Oh wow. 1734 01:29:42,660 --> 01:29:45,100 It's a real lab. Horseshoe thing. 1735 01:29:45,300 --> 01:29:46,860 That's a horseshoe. It's a horseshoe. 1736 01:29:47,020 --> 01:29:47,900 Yeah. Look here, let me show you. 1737 01:29:47,900 --> 01:29:50,280 Check this out Marissa a Horseshoe. 1738 01:29:51,280 --> 01:29:55,200 Now let me show you this, Bubba. This horseshoes are good luck. 1739 01:29:55,480 --> 01:29:57,720 So you can take this with you and they'll bring you good luck, 1740 01:29:57,720 --> 01:29:59,840 blessings and good fortune. But I didn't get you a new 1741 01:29:59,840 --> 01:30:02,320 horseshoe. I got you a horseshoe that one 1742 01:30:02,320 --> 01:30:05,840 of my horses wore. And so this one has been on the 1743 01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:07,160 foot of a horse. That's why it looks kind of 1744 01:30:07,160 --> 01:30:09,000 worn. But we got something engraved on 1745 01:30:09,000 --> 01:30:12,120 it for you because we believe you represent this more than 1746 01:30:12,120 --> 01:30:14,480 anybody we know, which is it says hope. 1747 01:30:16,120 --> 01:30:19,240 We think you bring hope into the world by bringing Lovejoy and 1748 01:30:19,240 --> 01:30:21,200 hugs. And everything that you 1749 01:30:21,240 --> 01:30:25,720 represent is incredibly hopeful. Now we think the people who give 1750 01:30:25,720 --> 01:30:28,640 hope need encouragement as well. So I wanted to send this with 1751 01:30:28,640 --> 01:30:30,440 you because I want you to hold on to it. 1752 01:30:30,440 --> 01:30:32,920 If it ever, if you ever get in a tough spot where you're feeling 1753 01:30:32,920 --> 01:30:38,720 sad or, or angry or frustrated and you don't have Nikki's voice 1754 01:30:38,720 --> 01:30:41,880 that usually calms you down or any of the angelic influences, 1755 01:30:42,160 --> 01:30:44,920 you can grab a hold of this and remember our conversation and 1756 01:30:44,920 --> 01:30:47,880 remember how loved you are by me and our team. 1757 01:30:48,280 --> 01:30:50,720 And, and one day you're going to come back and we're going to 1758 01:30:50,720 --> 01:30:53,280 ride horses. But in the meantime, if you ever 1759 01:30:53,280 --> 01:30:55,560 need blessings, you just pick this horseshoe up, turn it 1760 01:30:55,560 --> 01:30:58,280 upside down, and the blessings from us are going to come into 1761 01:30:58,280 --> 01:30:59,640 your heart. I like that. 1762 01:30:59,640 --> 01:31:01,040 I like that. There you go, Bubba. 1763 01:31:02,320 --> 01:31:09,640 Thank you. Wow, this is awesome. 1764 01:31:10,520 --> 01:31:13,720 It is so much miles. This means a lot to me and to my 1765 01:31:13,720 --> 01:31:15,880 team. So excited. 1766 01:31:17,040 --> 01:31:20,080 Yeah, we're excited. We're excited to to have have 1767 01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:22,880 spent this time together and. By the way, I love the grass. 1768 01:31:23,080 --> 01:31:24,520 Yeah. In the box, yeah. 1769 01:31:24,680 --> 01:31:26,960 Yeah, there. Thank Kennedy for the packaging. 1770 01:31:26,960 --> 01:31:29,160 She's super creative and made it look really pretty. 1771 01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:31,000 Take that card and you can read it later. 1772 01:31:31,040 --> 01:31:31,880 Yeah. Wait on the plane. 1773 01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:35,920 Yeah, no special. Thank you for that. 1774 01:31:35,960 --> 01:31:38,240 Of course. Well, buddy, is there anything 1775 01:31:38,240 --> 01:31:40,600 else that you might want to share with our audience today 1776 01:31:40,600 --> 01:31:42,840 before we wrap our conversation up? 1777 01:31:43,520 --> 01:31:45,400 I'd like to mention my best friend Ashton. 1778 01:31:45,560 --> 01:31:49,760 OK. For always making me feel 1779 01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:56,360 inspired to talking with you. She's the biggest inspiration to 1780 01:31:56,480 --> 01:32:01,680 to our family and to everything. Yeah, yeah. 1781 01:32:02,440 --> 01:32:04,480 Thank you, Ashton. She's awesome. 1782 01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:07,760 She's awesome. Yeah, and thank you so much. 1783 01:32:07,880 --> 01:32:11,120 I'm so happy to have you in my, in my, in my brand new life now. 1784 01:32:12,280 --> 01:32:14,480 Yeah. I'll always remember you, buddy. 1785 01:32:14,800 --> 01:32:17,440 I'm honored to be here and likewise I'll remember you too. 1786 01:32:17,440 --> 01:32:19,360 Thank you for this conversation. Thank you. 1787 01:32:19,360 --> 01:32:22,640 It's been really beautiful. Well, this this, this 1788 01:32:22,640 --> 01:32:25,560 conversation has been so meaningful and I want people to 1789 01:32:25,560 --> 01:32:29,200 go to timsbigheart.org, your foundation, so that they can 1790 01:32:29,200 --> 01:32:31,760 donate and get involved with some of the activities that you 1791 01:32:31,760 --> 01:32:33,880 guys are doing. I know you're teaching life 1792 01:32:33,880 --> 01:32:36,400 skills. I love the speed dating thing we 1793 01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:38,720 talked about earlier and I think that sold out already. 1794 01:32:38,720 --> 01:32:39,920 The one that you're doing in May. 1795 01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:42,720 I think that is so cool. And I think I I think you guys 1796 01:32:42,720 --> 01:32:45,280 have maybe got a dream to spread that around the country, which I 1797 01:32:45,280 --> 01:32:47,600 think is just so inspiring and meaningful. 1798 01:32:47,600 --> 01:32:50,080 I say I think a lot of people hopefully are going to get 1799 01:32:50,080 --> 01:32:52,960 involved in your foundation and check out your books and all the 1800 01:32:52,960 --> 01:32:54,280 goodness you're putting into the world. 1801 01:32:54,280 --> 01:32:56,720 You're a good man, Tim. It's been good to be with you 1802 01:32:56,720 --> 01:32:58,480 today. All right. 1803 01:32:58,480 --> 01:33:01,280 Oh, yeah. One more of these and one more 1804 01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:03,560 of these. Even though the coffee's cold 1805 01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:04,880 now, we'll still drink it, right? 1806 01:33:04,880 --> 01:33:06,560 Thank you. So much. 1807 01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:07,840 Oh yeah. Thank you, buddy. 1808 01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:09,080 Good stuff. Way to go, Tim. 1809 01:33:09,080 --> 01:33:13,240 It's awesome. That's human school. 1810 01:33:13,560 --> 01:33:15,840 Keep showing up, keep getting honest. 1811 01:33:16,240 --> 01:33:19,440 If you like this episode and if it was beneficial, if you don't 1812 01:33:19,440 --> 01:33:22,440 mind leaving us a review, that would really help us get more 1813 01:33:22,440 --> 01:33:25,520 eyes and ears on our episode so we can encourage more people. 1814 01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:27,800 I'm Miles Ed Cox, and I'll see you next time.