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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q was like, what do you think? Do you have to leave your hometown to grow or not? And you were like, well, I did, so let's talk about it. Alright, the part I think is interesting is that you were born in Houston, you left Houston, and then you came back to Houston. We want to know, do you have to leave your hometown to grow? What's your two cents?
A You don't have to leave, but I do think it behooves anyone that wants to experience something different to leave. I mean, honestly, I think the, the problem with staying in your hometown is that you stay around the set of beliefs that you grew up in. So the things that your parents told you to believe in, the things that your friends peer pressured you into believing, things that you thought you believed, you'll never question that until you are out of that, of that environment. And for me, I think I grew up a very specific way and then I went to college and I was like, oh, And I didn't have the comfort of my, I didn't have the fear of changing my beliefs over my back because my parents were two and a half hours away. And then I moved to Kansas City after that, then I moved to Los Angeles, then I moved to Tennessee, then I moved back to Los Angeles, now to Houston. I've moved everywhere. So I feel like every single time I've moved, I've just changed my beliefs because every time I'm away from the people I'm comfortable in, it allows me to question what I thought I believed. And I think that's super important for anyone wanting to grow.
AI assessment note: “You don't have to leave, but I do think it behooves anyone”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q Yeah. And so, what gave you the courage to actually leave first for college? Was that hard for you at all? I know, like, my parents, you're Latino. I'm Latino. My parents did not want me to leave. In fact, I didn't leave because I thought I should stay close by. Was that at all the same?
A It was tough because my parents are immigrants, and they came to America to give us a better life, and they did, right? Like, I, I was born here. I had an amazing life from my perspective, right? And so it was really perplexing to my parents, the thought that I wanted to go to like the University of Texas in Austin, when for them coming to America, anything in America is great. And so my dad, I remember him being like, well, son, I know you want that, but the University of Houston is like, 20 minutes from our house. I just can't fathom why you needed another school other than that. That's, it's an American university. And so it was really tough because I love my family. We're all very Close. It wasn't something that I necessarily wanted. I wasn't like, I gotta get out of this place. But the idea of just something new and scary was just, I don't know why it was appealing to me, but I felt like I had to do it.
AI assessment note: “the idea of just something new and scary was just, I don't know”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q if you can get around other rich people, it looks like statistically you have a higher likelihood of becoming rich yourself. And two, it looks like you have a high likelihood of not becoming rich if you never leave your hometown, which is wild. Um, maybe one of the last questions I have for you is like, you went back to Houston. So you left, and now you're back. Why?
A So I started having kids with my wife and, um, at that point I felt like my identity was solidified. My beliefs were questions. My, my beliefs were questioned by me. My beliefs were solidified. I didn't need to explore anything anymore. Like I've explored it. I had moved to five cities by the age of 33. Don't recommend that. But I did it. And I had seen all the viewpoints. I had made friends from all spheres of beliefs and political in there or otherwise. I was good, and I had kids, and I went home, and I just saw my, my daughter playing with my niece, and I was like, how can I not How can I take this away from her? You know what I mean? So my wife and I were like, let's move back to Houston. And my, my parents live here. My two sisters live here.
AI assessment note: “I started having kids with my wife and... let's move back to Houston.”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q Do you think that people should push themselves to do that same thing?
A Absolutely. Yeah. Anytime I move to a new city, I try to convince a friend from a different city to move with me. I'm like, you have to do it. Especially friends that have never moved before. Because I'm like, dude, you're a great person. I'd love to see How you could possibly change in the best way possible. And so I've gotten, you know, at this point, probably two or three friends to completely uproot, uproot their lives. They've gotten married. They bought houses. They live these lives that they never would have possibly had if they stayed in their house. And it's just like a really interesting butterfly effect that happens. I think that's ultimately what it comes down to. I'm really interested in the butterfly effect of what happens whenever you just do something that's like so outside of the timeline that you are destined for. So I don't mean to sound profound, but it is One of those things where I was reflecting the other day, I did not get my dream job at Red Bull when I was 21 years old. I, it was 4000 applicants. It was down to me and some other guy. And, uh, I didn't get the job. And I remember just getting in the car and, like, about to cry. And my wife was like, it's okay. Like, I was like, no, it's not. Like, this was everything. And it's, like, crazy. I would have moved to LA. I never would have had the kids that I had. I would never have gotten the jobs that I'd …
AI assessment note: “Absolutely. Yeah. Anytime I move to a new city, I try to convince a friend”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q Those friends that used to call you crazy, how many of them are you still friends with today?
A Um, one. Yeah, like, well, yeah, a couple of them, but like, the one that I'm friends with is, he is like, man, you're crazy, like, I wish I could, like, that's, dude, I love that about you. Like, there are people that are like, oh, I love that for you, but then there are people that are like, I love that about you, and I wish, I wish I had it in me to be like that, so it's like, There's a fine line, I think. You know what I mean? But yeah, for the most part, I'm not looking to make friends anymore. You know, like, that was the big change in my life when all this happened was, I wanted friends my whole life, and now I'm like, 33, I've got a wife, two kids, and then I've got my core set of friends and entrepreneurs, and I'm like, that's it, I'm good. These are the, I've identified the crazies, like, I don't need to make a hundred friends anymore, because Yeah. I just don't have the time to, to always explain myself to new people.
AI assessment note: “Um, one. Yeah, like, well, yeah, a couple of them”
