S5E12: Let's Get This Money!
If I reminded you that you are perfect, would you argue me down or step into your perfection? Welcome to perfect, welcome to perfect, where there are no excuses, no expectations, and we explore the world without limitations. I'm J Clay, rapper, and spiritual teacher with my co host Troy Washington, your friendly neighborhood realtor. Let's be real. So let's be perfect.
JClay:Let's be perfect.
Troy Washington:What up? Welcome to perfect mode. And first off, let me start by telling y'all that we love y'all. We're grateful for the opportunity to be anywhere, sharing our thoughts, hopefully, helping you realize that you are perfect. The reason why I can say that unapologetically is because I know that you are one of 1.
Troy Washington:You cannot be replicated, duplicated. And the only reason the only reason you'll think that you're not is if you're looking at this person next to you and saying, I'm not them. But guess what? You you, and that's all you need. And, of course, it's yours truly, Troy Washington, your friendly neighborhood.
Troy Washington:And I have my boy, Jay Clay, spiritual rapper and teacher. And we've got to jump on here and talk about less you know, I'm I'm I have to say this slow, baby. Let's get this money. What up, Jay?
JClay:What up? Happy day. Happy Sunday to all my perfect people in perfect world, the perfect place, perfect time, doing the perfect things. Welcome to perfect mode again. Appreciate you joining us this day.
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JClay:And, yeah, man, let's let's let's talk about it.
Troy Washington:Let's get to yeah. When I saw this, my my my heart just kinda lit up. And the reason why is because get some I mean, this is what I was thinking. You know what I mean? It's kinda like it it it kinda just read into my mind.
Troy Washington:And then, you know, you know, I also you know, the rhythm of life is kinda going that way whether I'm seeing money or not, but that's just the way that I feel. But go ahead. What what were you thinking when you, saw this topic?
JClay:Well, one, it I'm it is the mindset I'm in right now. But not only that. I don't think we ever did a money episode on perfect mode. I mean, we talked about abundance, prosperity, things of that nature, but we never just talked about money straight up. And I figured it is the perfect time, especially again, since I'm I'm in this mindset.
JClay:And what's unique about it though, I've been in this mindset before like we all have. But I'm not in here from a place of desperateness. You know what I mean? And that like, that's the in my mind, the the most I don't wanna say worse. It's the harm unharmonious way to be in is from a a desperate space of let's get this money now.
JClay:It's like, nah. Let's let's let's do this. But we'll go ahead. I'll go ahead before I share more.
Troy Washington:I I I I love that. And, the reason why is because when you operate from a set of lack, it definitely changes the way that you feel about it. It changes your heart on the subject. It changes the way that you move with it. And it also, you know, include it it it brings a level of, I I would say, stress, the best way that I could describe it, that's unnecessary.
Troy Washington:So, and I definitely agree with that mind space, and and that is really the mind space that I'm in as well. And I and I that also leaves you open to more opportunities to get money because you can see outside of whatever box you put yourself in. But go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. Well yeah. And that that's one of the good place to start is, as you know, mindset is everything. And, like, our our minds are both broadcasting and receiving stations. Like, whatever we have within, we're attracting more of it.
JClay:We're broadcasting out to the world where we are, and we're attracting more. So as you said, like, if you believe you're in lack already, you're gonna attract more lack. You you're going to see examples of where you're you're not prosperous, examples of where you're you're not aligned with what you want. Now the thing about abundance, because, you know, people speak about abundance all the time. It's there regardless.
JClay:Like, you might have abundance of lack, which, again, you don't want. But everything, like, the blades of grass are in abundance, the air molecules, and anything around you. Look at houses, buildings. It's it's an infinite amount not infinite, but it it's seemingly infinite, of anything that we can imagine to think of. So that that's your clue number 1 that, oh, it it is a lot of money that I can tap into that I'm not taking away from anyone else.
JClay:I'm not doing this, that I can claim ownership of in a sense. Go ahead.
Troy Washington:So it's funny. So okay. It's it's a my mind is going a 1000000 different directions when it come to this. Right? Because, number 1, just you know, I think we've talked about this before.
Troy Washington:You know, the mentality of he always come on time, or he not always doing what you want him, but he always come on time. And that's one of those, it's it's it's one of those mentalities of lacking as if it's not out there. And so, you know, when we talk about less getting this money and also opening yourself up for whatever those potential possibilities could be, is that always being aware that it's it's always present for you, and you don't have to, that you don't have to go out of your way in order to recognize it or receive it. And, you know, just funny enough, you know, I'm a I'm a real estate broker for anybody that's joining the show for the first time. And, you know, there's this mindset that realtors are walking around with $1,000,000 in their pocket all the time.
Troy Washington:And physically in physical form, no. There's not always a $1,000,000 in realtor's pockets. But the the beauty of my business and the reason why I love this topic is because there's always an opportunity for money if I'm open to the opportunity of helping somebody do whatever it is that they're trying to do. And there can only be lack whenever I say I'm not or I'm not willing or I'm not able to do something. It's it's just a funny, you know, fun funny way to think about it, but go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. Yeah. Shout out to him loud. Yo. Yeah, man.
JClay:Like, the thing is, if you wanna tap into that, the first thing is you have to know that you are deserving of it, that you are worthy of it. And I and I know that sounds simple, but, there's some stigmas against having a lot of money. Like, there's stigmas of people think you shouldn't have that amount of money or you should whatever it said is different for everybody. We all have our own things that we need to that we're communicating with the world right now. And sometimes we may say we want prosperity, but then when it comes, we might freak out and get scared.
JClay:And so we're kinda blocking it at the same instance. And so it's hard for the world to to bring us back to what we really want because, again, we're we're in conflict with ourselves. So one thing, if if you are looking to step into that next level and and recognize these opportunities, like you said, is assure yourself that you are worthy. Like, we we talk about it all the time. You're worthy of all the great riches of all because you are a perfect being.
JClay:No matter what you do, nothing can undo that perfection. But it's one thing to say it and one thing for you to know it. And do what you need to do to start to to get yourself in the mindset to know it and recognize it for yourself.
Troy Washington:So I gotta call myself to the carpet based off what you just said. Yeah. And it's funny when you you gotta really be you gotta really be 100 with yourself really at the end of the day is what it boiled down to. And, you know, when you say start feeling like you're worthy of the prosperity or worthy of the unlimited amount of funds or worthy of being a millionaire, but at the same time, you turn around and frame people that do certain things in a negative light so that way you can remove yourself from the possibility of having a you know what I mean? So number 1, with this whole pub day situation that's been going on, right, I thought to myself one day, man, maybe it's a it's a good thing that we were not as full as we wanted to be at that time because I I know I know that.
Troy Washington:Trust me. I'm I'm with you. But because we would have fell victim to what potentially all these things that are people people are saying. Now the funny thing about me thinking this now is or I thought it. I went back in time and thought about what I thought at the time as well.
Troy Washington:Right? And then at the time, I would think to myself, these people would do anything for this money. And so there were all these negative connotations that I created. I crafted a world. And, again, there there I have my own boundaries.
Troy Washington:I know what I will and what I will not do. I know what I'm open to and what I'm not open to. But because of the way that I frame the world that I was trying to go in, there are certain amount of restrictions and boundaries that I put up as well that probably would've even been necessary. Right? And so I deemed myself not worthy of being in that place because of what I thought it would bring on to me, which was fairly real.
Troy Washington:Because when I really look at is that we were able to have in music and the amount of money that we made and, you know, all the stuff that we were able to accomplish, all the places that we ever traveled, none of those ever came across my path. And again, yet, and still, I created limitations along the way that prevented me for coming or getting over the hill that I was trying to get over. Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Well, first, in Miami, we did get, somebody did try to get us to go to something. We was like, nah.
Troy Washington:Don't freak out.
JClay:They just go down
Troy Washington:and freak out.
JClay:But, I was about to say. Yeah. But that that but that's the key point because a lot of times people look at the rich and the affluent, and they would they would separate themselves by saying, see, that's why you don't need all that money or you get all that power and it it corrupts and and you you feed that you feed that narrative. And so you look at them with disdain and you're like, you know what? I don't wanna look at myself like that.
JClay:So I'm not willing to go to that next level. I'm not I'm not willing to to see the good in it. Because one thing that I I've noticed is that to to be tapped into prosperity and abundance, you have to have a level of cooperation. And you don't get cooperation if you're not cooperating, if you're not a cooper person because nobody wants to do certain things with you. Like, no.
JClay:They don't handle business. They're not trustworthy. They're not this. And when you realize that you can only get to a certain level when you embody these good qualities, it's like, yeah. I do I do have these qualities.
JClay:Why don't I have this? Why or why I'm not I'm not willing to apply that toward this? Well, go ahead.
Troy Washington:No. Uh-uh. So so I know I forgot all about the free guide, just FYI. And when you said it, it it is it popped up in my head when the guy came to us, but that's a whole another story. But, I think that, you know, success and having money is an embodiment.
Troy Washington:And the reason why I say it is because all of the people that I did not criticize and and give a negative connotation to the amount of success they have, I was always able to see the good in them as well. So and, again, that's just all about my own mindset. But the other part to it is when I bring it back to myself, and I I'll use now as an example. You you don't know this. You may you I think I really talked to you about it, but, in the meantime, when I don't have any real estate stuff going for a day specifically, I have went to go substitute at schools.
Troy Washington:Right? And, which is definitely a fun and y'all at the same time. But the purpose for it was to add more money to the pot more things. Right? Didn't have to have it, but just to put us just to have a little extra to do something different.
Troy Washington:Right? But this is what's funny about it. I said I wanted to do something in addition. This and this is just and I originally, I was using substitute as an example because it's outside of the scope of what I'm doing right now. Right?
Troy Washington:But I I I wanted to add it to to my life so that way I can bring more money. But that's from the time I started, I started getting more phone calls for real estate stuff. It's funny. Right? But from the time that I started getting more calls for real estate stuff, the other real estate stuff that I had going started moving even further.
Troy Washington:Right? And it just it just shows you that once you have or you open yourself up to the mindset, money starts to move. Even so that somebody sent me some money. Again, just randomly. Just, hey, Troy.
Troy Washington:Hey. Take this out. Just send me some bread out of nowhere, and it it it's just a it's a funny thing the way that once you, open yourself up to the opportunity, what happens? Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. I and I was just about to touch on that too that that when you start moving and aligning with your heart and just you're just acting on your passion or just acting on that impulse, stuff like that happens. You put yourself in a position where people can give you money. People can give you opportunities that seemingly out of nowhere. And in some instances, it is, but at the same time, like, your action reverberated so much in the universe that it sparked that person to remember you or think of you like, oh, yeah.
JClay:Let me do this or let me aim this toward the direction of that. And prosperity has no choice but to find you. And it made it it's it's so magical. It's so beautiful. And and when it happens to me, I'm always I'm I feel like I'm slapped a little bit.
JClay:Like, man, what just happened? Why why why wasn't I trusting myself more before? Why wasn't I doing this before? And I and I share this real quick. So I I said at the beginning of this, I was I was at this place before from a state of desperation.
JClay:This was probably at the end of maybe 2 years ago because something happened because I, you know, I I quit my job or whatever, and I was going forth, and then the money was running low, and I was doing stuff. And I was like, I gotta do something because I'm not going back to work. I'm not doing this. And I was like, just work work work work work with myself ragged, which is not fun, which is I was not happy doing that. And the difference now is I still do work, but it's more it's it's it's aligned.
JClay:It's aligned work. It's fun work. I'm not working hard. I'm I'm working easy. I'm working fun.
JClay:And yeah. And it again, it it it an aligned mind gets more, does more, achieves more, all of it. So yeah. Go ahead. And and
Troy Washington:so I just wanna poke at that aligned, and I show you how this alignment happens. Back in the day, when we were pushing, I wanna say we were pushing either first impression or one of our CDs that we were gonna put out. And we sat down, and we were like, okay. Look. We about to get this money.
Troy Washington:We're gonna we're gonna go holler at all these people. We money. We can get them to sponsor us. We're gonna do all of these different things. Right?
Troy Washington:And so that's the first part of alignment. Me and you got on the same page about what we wanted to do. And this is where the disalignment occur occurs. Right? Because we're putting into the universe what we need and what we want and how we want it.
Troy Washington:And then people came along. Shout out to all y'all that supported us along the way. We appreciate that. But people came along that tried to give us money. They were like, hey.
Troy Washington:I'm a give you this. I'm a sell this. I'm a give you this. Like, we had we had a few people that was really willing to give us bread in order for us to accomplish what we were trying to accomplish. But we created boundaries and didn't allow those people to do it.
Troy Washington:Now this is where the disalignment happens. Me and you came together and said, we're gonna get money. We said, let's get money. Then we started to put parameters around the way that we were getting money, also create crafting negative things for if we were to accept the money from the people that was trying to give us money. For what reason?
Troy Washington:I don't know. And to me, that's a that's a prime example of misalignment because either we were not aligned in what we believe was gonna happen. We were not aligned with the fact that we really wanted to get money, or we were not aligned with what we thought about the people that were give trying to give us the money. And, again, about this, when I look back at the people that wanna give me money at the time, I don't think anything negative about them wanna take advantage of us. I don't think that they were trying to get over on us.
Troy Washington:It wasn't anything negative about them. Me saying and, again, I'm just talking on my behalf saying, you know what? I don't wanna take money from y'all. I'd rather go get it this way. And that's how misalignment happened.
Troy Washington:That's why even right now in today's topic, when you say let's get money, you have to get to the heart of and understand what limitation or what have you put in front of you to stop yourself from getting what's already there. But go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. I'm glad you brought that up because I can actually speak to that. I I I know I remember my mindset and motivations back then. And to be honest, at the time, it was a lack of confidence in myself that I could do something worthy of the money. Like, I didn't see how using this connected to that yet, to that which we wanted.
JClay:And I felt like I would be taking advantage of them because, again, I didn't believe in myself. Now now that I'm I'm I'm doing music, I I learned this other stuff, all kind of stuff. Like, I know exactly what I would do with the money that I'm I'm attracting and and bringing in and earning right now, which is part of, like, it's time to get this money. I know exactly what to do. I know how I can help x amount of people.
JClay:I know exactly what to do and how to generate it and keep it going. Do it. It's time to do it. And so I like. It's important to be real with yourself because because I don't know if I was truly real with myself or maybe I didn't even know how to be at that time because I was like, man, this is something.
JClay:Maybe it could have been a misalignment with the type of music we were making. I don't know because it wasn't necessarily bad, but it it it wasn't as helpful as Every Child Wins and the and the type we're making now. Yeah. I mean, it could it could have been another of misaligned things, but it all came down to to self doubt. And self doubt will block so much money coming from you because people will see it in you too.
JClay:They'll be like, oh, nah. He's not confident in himself. So what what is this gonna do? It's not gonna add to it.
Troy Washington:And and and to that point, that's why I caution anyone to not be mindful of who you are and what you're presenting. Because I will agree with you when you say that there was a lack of confidence of what we felt like we could do with the money once given to us. That's, again, that's another thought of being misaligned and not being aligned in what you really say that you want. But the other part to that is there had to be some level of alignment for these people to actually see the vision that we were portraying. And the thing is we that's why when you say be honest with yourself, you sometimes have to take a step back and look at the picture that you're painting.
Troy Washington:Recognize it because sometimes you you're not gonna always know how I don't ever wanna tell anybody, you know, to, to not move because you're not sure of where you're going. You know, one thing that I always tell you my dad told me when I was young, he said, if you go downtown Fort Worth or downtown Dallas or downtown Chicago or downtown Houston or wherever you are and look down the street, you can see all the lights on the street. You can see all the lights down the street. And then you say, I'm not gonna go into all of the lights turn green at the same time. You never gonna move.
Troy Washington:So I said that to say this. Sometimes you have to move, but the alignment part of it is being aligned with and and trusting that you're going to do the right thing by the the the heading. Feel like making them a is a wrong thing, but it's not always the wrong thing. Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. And I I I wanna read something too that I, read this week that I put in my notes similar to that. In in this, like, you can see the you can see maybe the mistakes we made or just the things we could have done. But this says how to get back on your feet in 7 steps. Number 1, don't hide your losses.
JClay:Get them in the open. And then we we could talk we could discuss this. I'm just reading it, and then you can take it how you do. Number 2, get smart people to help you by cutting them in on the profits. Number 3, keep human emotion away from the equation.
JClay:Number 4, have a scheme. Number 5, be open to a fresh start and working farther from home. 6, never be impulsive with your career. 7, make it easy for people to work with you. Yeah.
JClay:And I this this came from a book called The Rule by by Larry Hite. And it is it's so it's so simple, but it's so much in there that it's just like go with it. But go ahead.
Troy Washington:So so I I wanna go back to the first one, and I think that was get your mistakes out in the open. And Pretty much. Yeah. Yeah. So that was kinda a paraphrase of it.
Troy Washington:So the reason that sticks out to me and the reason why I I I cosigned that is because, again and and this is just from us having mastermind or just being around people. There's this sentiment that sometimes people say, I don't wanna tell anybody what I'm doing until I start doing it because I always I I either I either I'm either not gonna do it. I'm either gonna file back on or I'm either gonna fail. Right? And, again, that's where misalignment happens because of the fear of embarrassment.
Troy Washington:Right? You the the the fear of embarrassment and also feeling like a mistake is the end of the world. And I I think about my kids. You know, with me trying to teach them how to play basketball, I couldn't imagine me telling them, I don't never want you to miss a shot in front of anybody. Because if you miss a shot in front of every anybody, it's over.
Troy Washington:They'll never shoot a shot again. And so, you know, when I when I think about it from that standpoint, a lot of times, we don't wanna get our mistakes out in the open because now if I make another well, first of all, I can't believe I made a mistake. I don't want anybody to think that I'm a failure because I'm I'm all I'm also almost feeling like a failure myself. But now if I do it again, I really can't fail because if I if I fail again, I'll never be able to come back from it. And I think that's something that's crippling to us when it comes to getting money.
Troy Washington:And, so just being afraid that if I tell somebody about this, I'm not gonna be able to move. I'm gonna be parallel. Go ahead, Dave.
JClay:Yeah. And and and check this out too. Like, think about how much knowledge you have just about about a lot of things. Like like, well, one real estate because you're a real estate officer, not real estate broker. And but you know things kinda real estate adjacent, but you also just have a wealth of knowledge.
JClay:You might know who to contact for certain things. I myself too. Like, I I've I've seen where some people have certain problems and it's like, man, if they only could just voice it, it would be so easy to be helped. And so that made me think about myself as well. Like, man, how much I'm am I not sharing that If I have this much information that can help people, the next person has probably has a lot of information that can help me.
JClay:And when you hide your losses, so to speak, as it says, or when you when you hide certain things about yourself, you make it harder for people to help you. Like it's one of those things where I think it's a saying where it says like a closed mouth can't get fed, which is a is a true saying because you have to open your mouth to to get the food in. But even open your mouth to speak up to say, oh, yeah. I'm interested in that. I would like some of that.
JClay:More of that, please. Yeah. So it's it's yeah. Go ahead. I'll just stop there.
Troy Washington:No. No. So and, again, I I like that for the simple fact that we've all been asked if you're in any kind of business or even if you're not in business, if you ever did anything or partner with anybody or anything before, they'll generally ask you, have you ever for. Right? And the reason why Have you ever worked before?
Troy Washington:Have you have you have you ever done this before? Have you ever experienced this before? Have you ever done this before? And the reason why, number 1, people will ask that is because people always wanna get it right the first time. I get it.
Troy Washington:I I I and I and I understand that. But, again, I think that there's a level of freedom that happens when you're able to wear your errors on your sleeve. You know what I mean? Like, when somebody loses a game, I I I, like, I always go back to basketball. When my son cried after a game that they lose, he's letting the people know that he's playing, that next time is gonna be tougher for you.
Troy Washington:I'm a wear it on my sleeve. I'm a wear my emotions on my sleeve. I'm going to let you know I'm coming back again. This is not over. Right?
Troy Washington:And I think that us not willing to yell into the mountains as I always say and other things, it's the high behind so that way I don't have to like, I'm trying to get money. If I don't get money this way, I never know how I'm a get money again. I I'm never gonna try again. But if I yell it to the mountain, I tried this way, now I figured out another way. You're you're right.
Troy Washington:I could be that wealth of knowledge for somebody else and something else, but also letting myself know that this is not the end I'll be out. Now there's more opportunity for me. And, again, we get caught up in the loss. There's so many people that are realtors that are not successful at selling houses. They they just not.
Troy Washington:It just wasn't their mojo. It wasn't their cup of tea. But then because they didn't shut down and they were open to opportunities, they found that there were other avenues that you could take to make money in real estate. Once you you can be a transaction coordinator. You can be somebody that go open houses for somebody.
Troy Washington:You can be a a secretary for some there are so many different things that they open themselves up to just because they were okay with being you know what? I failed in this area. What other opportunities are there for me? Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. And and and once you're real with yourself in in in terms of what how do I say this? If once you're real with yourself in terms of, the things that you did wrong, you can revisit it. Like, what I mean? Like, you can know why it went wrong.
JClay:You can know why you lost the game. You can know why these days. Like, I I can't tell you how many times I've not met the objective that I wanted, and I didn't look at it again. I was just like, oh, that's it. But if I if I just asked myself one question, if I just would've said, well, why did it work out like that?
JClay:Or if I would've set it up to to test why or try to figure out why it didn't work out, I could adjust it, did it again, and it's been no problem. And we're not always willing to do that. We're you know, it's it's we might just throw darts and be like, well, I gotta keep throwing darts until I find that that jackpot, which could be a way too if if you're aligned with that, if you're really in tune with that and you really believe that, you know, this is gonna bring me what I want. But, again, like, I think the last rule said something about, like, don't take chances. But not not don't take chances.
JClay:Never be impulsive with your career. And it's like, yeah, this is this is what you want. Have a plan, stick to the plan, figure out what's the worst that can go wrong and see if you can do something against it, but let's get this money. Go ahead.
Troy Washington:So so so so to that point. So we we talked about alignment, and and I'm and I'm talking about getting money. Yeah. We talked about alignment. We we talked about being open to opportunity.
Troy Washington:And, again, even with the last one, you said don't be impulsive. I also take that to the point of once you decide once you decide, trust what you've decided. Because I think also being impulsive is, you know, even from the standpoint of us trying to do videos on TikTok. Right? And I know for a fact what video I wanna do on TikTok, but then I see somebody else's video come across my timeline, and I immediately pivot and say, let me do it like this.
Troy Washington:That's being impulsive and not trusting the process. But, outside of not being impulsive, and open to opportunities, what would you say is the best way to shift your mind to a let's get money mentality, and what do you think, you know, the steps would be? And we can even use the stuff that you read, but what what would you think would be the most important, and what would that look like?
JClay:Yeah. So so, again, like like I said, one is make it make it so that you know that you are worthy of money. And that is not a bad thing. Like, that is a good thing to have money because it's it's so many things you can do with it. Like, you can help a lot a lot of people.
JClay:You can usher in your ideas in a creative way the way that you want to do it. Like, I mean, that that's one of the main reasons I wanna get this money because I I I have ton oh, go ahead. I have tons of money.
Troy Washington:I I just want to tap in about about that. Making sure that you're worthy of money, but also not operating from a standpoint of lack. Because you can feel like you're worthy, but you'll start to think that you don't have. And I think that recognizing what you have is important in that as well. Like, even if you don't feel like you have anything, like, make sure you recognize make sure you recognize what you have, but go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. Right. Because, like, being in that creative space, it it's acceptance of where you are, and you can work with where you're at. You're like, okay. Let's be creative.
Troy Washington:I know I know
JClay:I'm worthy of this. I know I'm aligned with it. I'm gonna attract it. Let you know, you you'll kinda be guided in the moment. You you have these skills.
JClay:You have this mindset. You have this way that you look at things that one option stands out more than the rest. It it could have been something you thought about years ago. You're like, can I do this? Entertain for a while.
JClay:You know? See see if you can do it. Follow it. Take it till you can take it no further and and and trust that it's leading to that. Like, I have a project right now that I'm working on, and I I it it's reached its end that I could do right right now by itself, and it's waiting on another to to do what they do in this.
JClay:And I'm cool with that. And because of that, I moved on to the next thing that I feel will also add to this. And so, again, yeah, that that's the important step. Just move. Take action.
JClay:Take action inspired, though. Take inspired action toward your desires, because everybody has that inspired action. And when you're in this creative flow, you will recognize it because it will be loud speaking to you.
Troy Washington:So I love when you say take inspired action because what it makes me think of it and, again, this is based off of a prior conversation. When something's at the top of your mind, when you have the most energy for it, when you have the most belief, when you when you when you are inspired to tell someone. You know what I mean? Even though you might be, you know, reserved, but when you know that it's at the top of your mind and, again, this is just me basing this off of the life that I've lived and the many businesses that I've created. And it's not necessarily, like, commercial business.
Troy Washington:It's just even when I was a young young when I was young and I sold candy, you know, for people. The the day when I decided I was gonna sell candy, I was hyped. I was like, okay. I'm about to sell this. I'm about to do this.
Troy Washington:I'm about to, you know, do I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna save the world sell selling candy. And then after maybe, you know, a week, and I realized that, you know, it was it was it was not going to go with the flow that I originally felt like it was going to, I started to be discouraged. I started to implement all the I started to add all the roadblocks to my plan. I added my own roadblocks. I started to add all my own obstacles.
Troy Washington:Even in today's, world that I live in in real estate, when things aren't going the way that I feel like they should go, I started to add my own roadblocks. I started to add my own hurdles. The thing that I I I I caution you is, say, you know what? Go back to that first moment when I first thought this was going to happen, and think about how many I had at that time. And get back to that point and start to remove those same things that bring the same energy, bring the same spirit, bring the same belief that you had from the very beginning because that could be what's stopping you from getting over that next hurdle.
Troy Washington:Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. So what was funny is the project that I've been working on this weekend is is along the lines of let's get this money. So much so that I even considered I was like, man, we got perfect mode, but I don't I really don't wanna stop doing this. How can I incorporate it? And it was just like, let's just talk about it.
JClay:Let's just talk about the the the emphasis behind it, which is let's get this money. And it and it it it's keeping that energy high, like you said, that because when you because in the beginning of it, you're in that state where it's like, man, this is I can do the most for this right now, and I wanna ride this wave because it can't go down. Not to say that it will. I don't wanna take that chance because I really believe in the project that I'm working on now. And it it it's fun, and it it it has financial rewards too.
JClay:It's like, what? Both these? Yes. I'm I'm I'm all in. So, yeah, I I I I love that.
JClay:I love that to to use that to your advantage. And if you see that there's something that's gonna take that energy away or to slow you down, see if you can bring it along with you. See if you can add that. I'm not saying this show is something that will slow me down at all, but I wanted to make sure that I stay in this mindset based on whatever we spoke about. Go ahead.
Troy Washington:And, I also think having a a a limitless a limitless attitude. Right? And and and, again, the thing that I think about is my my, my 6 year old. Now mind you, to him, he is he he really has an infinite amount of money. He's rich.
Troy Washington:Like, my my 6 year old, that's what he believes.
JClay:Yeah.
Troy Washington:You know, what the last week, we went to some place called Activate. It's like a interactive gaming place where you go and just have fun. And we walked in, and he you know, I paid with my card or whatever. We go and have fun. And, when we got out of it, he was like, say, dad, how much money is on your card?
Troy Washington:How much money is on that? And I was like, man, don't don't worry about don't worry about how much money on the card. When you get older, you will have your own card, and you'll see how much money is on it. Right? And he's like, you must have, like, unlimited money.
Troy Washington:You must have unlimited money, daddy, because you use that card all the time, and we can just do everything. Now the key is this this is what's funny about it. There are plenty of things that he's wanted to do that we had not been able to do because of money. Right? But because we've done so many things, he disassociates the things that he didn't get to do.
Troy Washington:And he feels like even though he didn't get to do them, we still could do them with the unlimited amount of money that we have. We just didn't do it for whatever reason. And, again, this is when the the childlike comes into play. And I'm not telling anybody to, be irresponsible, right, with the physical havings that you have in your account. Right?
Troy Washington:Don't don't not pay your bills. Don't not pay your rent, and don't your utilities and your food buy your food. But because of him, the mentality that I started to have was there there is an unlimited amount of money on my card. Now, again, I don't just go buy anything because I just wouldn't go buy anything anyway. I've had more money than I have today, and there were things that I just didn't buy just because it just didn't make sense to me at the time.
Troy Washington:So what I do is I believe that there's an unlimited amount of money on it, and I operate that way. And the funny thing is even the money is not physically what I want it to be because I hold that I'm telling you, as crazy as it might sound, it just comes. It literally just comes. Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. I agree. No. I understand. Like, sometimes I wouldn't make what seems like a irresponsible is that a word?
JClay:It was yeah. Irresponsible decision, on on the money, but it works out because it's it comes back in in a certain way because it it led to my higher vibration. It led to be be more enthusiastic, which attracts abundance, which attracts prosperity. Like, again, that like that like mindset, that that ability to to be down on yourself and be doubtful, you're repelling. You're repelling anything that resembles greatness or or you you know what I'm saying?
JClay:So when you when you step into that that mindset by purchasing something that might seem like it's out of your league, and as as long as you don't feel bad about that purchase, like, as long as you appreciate it, you're good. The money will find its way back. I said it. You can you can message me if it doesn't, but you won't be messaging me. So message me when it does.
Troy Washington:Real talk. And, again, just use my kids as the example. I I I told you this year, we've done some amazing things. We've gone on some amazing places that you would think that you have to have I mean, physically. Right?
Troy Washington:Like, you would have to have an astronomical amount of physical dollars in your hand in order for you to do, and we've sat in those seats. And I told you in the past, even when we went to Vegas, you know, I was just like, I'm not tripping off anything. I'm just gonna I'm just gonna pay for this here, pay for this there. And it wasn't it wasn't would be the the top dollar deal. Right?
Troy Washington:But I always ended up in a top dollar position. And that know why for me, the let's get money thought process is not always a physical thing. That's why I said being open for the opportunity because when we talk about the actual physical dollar, we're just talking about the trade off from one thing to the next thing. Right? And and are we can are you in agreement with that?
JClay:Yeah.
Troy Washington:And so it's not it doesn't always and and, again, this is all about how you perceive and then what you're will what you're open to. It's not gonna always materialize itself in a physical form, but go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. And and and even this, like like, this is my set of of let's get this money. It's coming from a real place. Like, no more do I have do I want to, you know, sit by and and not necessarily get what I want when I want it. Again, I know that might sound contradictory to what I just said about some of these purchases.
JClay:But it's like it's it's time. Like, why not now? You know what I mean? Why not you? You know how worthy you are.
JClay:You know how valuable you are. You know how how your great ideas, how much it brings to the world, how much it will give and keep giving and giving and giving. You know about the positive vibrations that you can start yourself and how money is a tool that can help you do all of this. Why not just take the time out real quick, get the money, do it, have it circulate where you're always in the state of you you where you it's never ending, and make it happen. And it's time.
JClay:So I'm ready. Let's go.
Troy Washington:So so the so the question would be for everybody that's listening, everybody that's joining us. And and, also, we can ask ourself, you know, because because, again, it's about being I mean, being feeling like you're worthy Mhmm. Keeping the same energy, but the next thing is, well, one other thing, recognizing where you are, acknowledging where you are. Right? But the question for you would be, what does that really look like?
Troy Washington:What if if I'm in a if I'm in a state of let's get money, if I'm in a mindset of let's get money, what does that actually look like? If if I'm actually go down, what am I wanting to do with it? Where am I wanting to go with it? What am I trying to use it for? Who am I trying to help?
Troy Washington:Like, understanding what that, like, is the next step to this. Because, again, like I told you, it doesn't always manifest itself in a physical form. But go go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. And and and and, again, be be real with yourself on that, and don't be how do I say this? Don't look down on yourself too if some of the things you wanna spend your money on, the whole world might not agree with. It's it's it's your money, and you're getting it, and it's assigned to you. It's made perfectly for you.
JClay:Do what you will with your money. And and and with that, though, again, I don't know if you said it this time around, but take that inspired action. Because right now with us speaking about money, there's something buzzing in your head. Like, whether it's big or small, it's like, man, I can do that. I forgot about that.
JClay:And even if you start taking those steps and you don't necessarily complete it, those steps will lead you closer toward what you want because now you you know, like, okay. I know what I want. I I kinda want it like this. I'm still open to it, but I, for sure, don't want it like this. Like, for for instance, today, I was like, man, I could get a job real quick.
JClay:Like, go back to the corporate, stack up a little bit, and then do this. But then I was like, the way I see things, the way I am able to get money that I know that I can get money, a job is not gonna do it. And I I I can't. I it is I I blocked that off, which I understand. When when I say job, I mean, your typical go and sit in a place from a certain time that you have to be there to a certain time.
JClay:I don't mean like that. Like, you know, you take this. I'll I'll do this for you real quick in a sense. And so so you you get closer to knowing what you want, and that's important to take those steps so that you do.
Troy Washington:So I'm a tell you this, bro. And this is, I've worked a lot of jobs in my life.
JClay:Yeah.
Troy Washington:And I'm including stuff that I love. I'm including everything that I've ever done at a job. So that's making music, That's being a realtor. That's, you know, I I worked at Kimberly Clark at a time, count doctor mask all day. I was a manager at Citi.
Troy Washington:I was a manager at Chase. I was a bill collector. I went I've done door to door sales. I've sold knives from Victor. I, I worked at UPS.
Troy Washington:You know? I worked at, Taco Bueno. I worked at Blockbuster. I worked at, a ton of different jobs whether it be corporate America to just your daily, necessities for people, also to sales. And, also multilevel marketing companies as well.
Troy Washington:You know, selling electricity, selling, like, all these different things. Right? The one thing you is every single thing that I've ever done, I've made money in. And I also would tell you that every single thing that I've done, I've made as much money as I wanted to make in it. Now could I have been more successful on a scale of other people that do whatever these businesses or these things are?
Troy Washington:Of course, I could have. But, obviously, I didn't want to or were not open to or had tons of hurdles or obstacles that I felt like I had to overcome in order for me to do those things. And so, therefore, at the times when I was doing all these different dives, I decided, you know what? I'm just gonna do something else. Now then going back to, you know, putting your failures or the the things that you've gone through up front so that way they don't hold you back.
Troy Washington:They also help catapult you. And so what I mean by that is I'm a real estate agent. I'm a real estate broker. The biggest portion, a big part of my job is being able to communicate with people. And I think to myself, when I was out going from business to business, knocking on doors, selling products for whatever it was at the time, had I not experienced that and not not succeeded to the level of the people that were ahead of me, how much would I be able to succeed in the business that I'm doing today?
Troy Washington:If I didn't wear those nose on my sleeve, how well would I be able to take a note today from somebody that I'm asking for the business? And so, you know, e even in, if you're in the sales, they always tell you, you gotta get a certain amount of notes before you get a yes. It's just kinda how the business go numbers game. But I always like to wear all those so called failures, which which are not failures on my sleeve because I know how I've been able to integrate the things that I've learned. So that's what that failure really should be.
Troy Washington:It should be a learning opportunity. That's what that loss should be. It should be a learning opportunity. Those are the things that I've learned that I've been able to incorporate in my life today in order to propel me and the new things that I'm doing or I will do in the future. Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. And and and to that, I know we talked about this on previous show. I meant to talk about it earlier on this is that that threshold like raising your threshold or setting your threshold. Because, again, like a lot of the money that we're making right now, the level of income we're attracting is based on the threshold of where we wanna be right now. Or not necessarily where we wanna be, it's just where we think we are.
JClay:Like, you like, your your your income can exceed what you think is possible for you. And and again, like, when I was in that desperate mindset, I worked hard to get to a certain point. Like, I I I like I work myself ragged to to get to this threshold. And once I was there, I kinda backed off a bit. And it's almost like, what would happen if I raise that threshold?
JClay:What would happen if I raise that threshold again? And I've done it from from from a from, again, a a positive aligned mindset, and it's the easiest thing to do. It's the easiest thing to attract because you're not even looking at the opportunity that you would not take. Like, for example, like, my my starting rate, there's no way I would go back to that rate when I first started, but I picked it because I was I was fearful in the sense. I was like, I don't know.
JClay:I don't got enough confidence that people will actually pay me this for it. Let me just do this. And, I mean, I I know it's a benefit to them because they got, you know, cheap labor in a sense, and they got this this great program made or whatever. But, but but, like like, really, really know what you want and be real with yourself and and align yourself with that threshold of the lifestyle that you want. Like, you you don't have to be a king or prince or, like, level, but you may want to do that, but you don't also have to be just like the the lowliest of person either.
JClay:Set your threshold and make sure your vibration matches that and that you that you know that you're deserving of having that lifestyle.
Troy Washington:Yo. That is the thing that I kick myself in the butt about over and over again from time to time. I 100% wholeheartedly cosign reset your base level. I cosign that, and I know it to be true 100%, bro. 100%.
Troy Washington:So and and, again, that's and, again, when I I kick myself in the butt because of this is because, of course, you know, they say hindsight is 2020, but I think about when I really was level setting myself when I was younger. And I literally set my life up the way that it is because of the way that I level set myself, and I'm gonna tell you how. When I was in college, I was not the college kid in a in a sense. Right? I I could have graduated from college.
Troy Washington:I just chose not to. Like I told you, just like all the other jobs, when I reached a certain level, I just decided, you know what? I just don't wanna do this. Right? But this is what I did do, and this is what's funny about it when you talk about level setting.
Troy Washington:I never wanted to feel like a failure amongst my peers. Right? So all of my friends went on to well, majority of them went on to graduate from college. Right? So what I for myself is, if they graduate with this degree, how much money are they gonna make?
Troy Washington:This is what I told myself. Right? This is not something that anybody knows outside of me. This is what I told myself. And so I'm doing these calculations while we're all still in college and when I'm getting ready to stop.
Troy Washington:And I was like, okay. Well, cool. All of them will make somewhere between 40 to $50,000 when they get out of college. So what I ended up doing was saying my baseline has to be $50,000. This is what it was.
Troy Washington:And so from the time I stopped going to college, I started making $50,000 in the call center. Like, that's I I I said that I said that that way. And then when I, again, when I sit back and I think to myself, how I did that, I'm mad because I why didn't I say a 100? Why didn't I say 200? Because it could've been whatever I wanted it to be, but I literally walked the path to make what I fit.
Troy Washington:And, again, I and this is me never knowing what my friends are making. I I never knew what they made or what they were going to make. But I literally level set myself and said, okay. Cool. When I got here, look at me now.
Troy Washington:I'm in here. I'd had to do all of this. Begin, not realizing that I shortchanged myself, set a path, walked it, accomplished it, and didn't realize that I coulda did more. Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. No. I mean, that that's it right there. Like, we all do it. We've all done it.
JClay:We've seen our creations come into existence by saying this is what I want, and then we have it. And then we stop saying with this what we want. No. Or no. I take that back.
JClay:We stop saying in a way that we believe it. Because like you said, you knew that you were gonna start off at $50,000 and there's nothing anyone can tell you. Just like the certain thresholds I said, same thing. Like, no. I don't care what y'all talking about.
JClay:That's not gonna be my life. This gonna be my life. And and I haven't always done that at every level with that same confidence. And it's important that we each get back to that for ourselves and and and take it up a notch. And then once once we get comfortable there, go to the next one.
JClay:Keep keep going until we know, okay. I'm good. This is where I want my life
Troy Washington:to be from here on out. And and the key here too, again, aside from all the other things that we've said was, I I even with you standing just now, when you were telling me how you would ever say, you were like, uh-uh. I don't care when there's a level of passion that you feel. And when you have that level of passion, your footsteps will follow. And, again, at that time, I was adamant.
Troy Washington:My friends are not going to leave me. There's a level of passion. There's a level of determination. There's a level of belief that I have in myself. And, there was also a lit there was also, a boundary on limitations as well.
Troy Washington:There's a boundary on expectation, but there's also a boundary on limitations. And I made sure that no matter what, no matter what obstacle was in front of me, no matter what was going on in my life, no matter who came in I you was not gonna stop me from being here. And I said that to emphasize that I know that sometimes when we said things that we feel are over our head, there's a lack of trust and belief and passion that we could have, and that's going to let you walk. When I first became a realtor, I knew from day 1 I was gonna be a broker, and there was not nobody that could tell me. Now I didn't even know what being a broker meant.
Troy Washington:I didn't know what that was gonna require me. I just felt like, okay. That was a top of a realtor, then that's what I'm gonna be. And because I felt like that, I did it. And, again, where I was supposed to go with it, I never said because I I could've I could've said anything.
Troy Washington:I could've said I was going to own Keller Williams. No matter what, when I start this, I'm going to own this. How I was gonna get that didn't know, but if if I had that same amount of pay what limits would I have given myself? Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:So so check this out. Let's say, okay. I'm I'm let's say I'm at this threshold here. And maybe years ago I was at this threshold here. Now when I was here, I couldn't always see up here.
JClay:Like it was just it it just wasn't possible, but maybe, you know, I can see here and I I took there. But like being here, coming from, like, here, if I needed to make a middle threshold of of finances, it's the easiest thing to do. You know what I mean? It's like, oh, I could just do that right there. Of course.
JClay:Like, if if all if all else fail, I could easily do that x y z, which I may tell that to someone who that x y z is above their threshold. And as easy for me it it it is, they will not. They will see it as the most difficult thing because they haven't aligned their threshold to that. And so that that alignment that we're speaking of is no set alignment. Like, you get to set the the barriers or limitations or the non limitations of that alignment.
JClay:But make sure you you do it. Make sure you give yourself that opportunity to define what you want, to define the lifestyle you want, at least for the the the next year or 2. It doesn't have to be, you know, again, for the rest of your life. But and then when you look like I really look back at the previous threshold you were at and laugh at how simple it is to to take care of things at that level. But yeah.
JClay:Go ahead.
Troy Washington:No. Not to your point. You always hit your minimums or medias when you shoot high. You always do. Like, if you're shooting for like, you know, they got that saying if you shoot for the the sun, you'll hit the stars at least no matter what.
Troy Washington:Like, when you're when you're going high, you can meet any lower level of expectation that you possibly possibly could achieve. And I I and, again, I just know that when we're adamant and I'm not just talking about myself. There's anybody that I've ever been around. The things that we've been adamant about, we always have. And so let's get money.
Troy Washington:Set your goal high and believe it. You know? And don't put a limitation on how you get it. Don't put any boundaries on how you get it. It's gonna it could show up in different ways.
Troy Washington:You know, I still have, you know, this goal of having a $100,000,000 in the bank. I'm gonna get it. I'm telling y'all today. Now how I'm gonna get there? I don't know yet.
Troy Washington:And it doesn't mean that I'm not gonna continue to try to make it plain or see it or or or build the vision. But what I'm telling you is I'm walking in a way that's making it come to me, and I'm not limiting on how it's gonna get there. Right? I I make music. Right?
Troy Washington:I do perfect mode. Right? I'm a real estate broker. Now, know, I just passed my, test to get my, my loan. I was like, right, I'm a do that.
Troy Washington:It it it it right. I'm gonna manage some people doing something that I don't know how it's gonna look, but what I'm telling you is I'm gonna get there. And I'm not going to be ashamed to let everybody know that I'm going to get a 100 a 100,000,000. I'm not gonna be ashamed to let everybody know when I invested in this and I lost it, you know, in in stocks because I understand that it all plays a role in me getting what I'm where I'm headed. Go ahead, Jay.
JClay:Yeah. Yeah. So let's get this money, man. It's it's it's time. We know what we want.
JClay:We we know what people tell us we should want. We don't want that. We want what we want. And it is time that we we stake our claim in that, and we make it happen because we know how. We're we're uniquely suited for it.
JClay:We chose it for ourselves, and we we get to we get to live out this life joyously if we so choose. So let's choose it. Appreciate everybody rocking with us today. If you found this helpful, hit that that share button, like button. We're here every Sunday at noon.
JClay:We we're here getting this money. Nah. But, yeah, go go ahead.
Troy Washington:But it's not but, again, I I just wanna emphasize, trust trust yourself. Like, you know, trust yourself. Understand that the obstacles that you put in front of you and I and I'm saying this specifically. The obstacle that you put in front of you can be removed. There are only obstacles because of you.
Troy Washington:I did and I I'm I'm saying this again, bro. I took my I took this test I mean, I just took this test to get my loan officer license. I coulda took the test 2 years ago. I passed the class 2 years ago, but I never took the test because of my mind doing a million things that it shouldn't have. And that's all coming back to me not trusting myself the way that I know that I should.
Troy Washington:So I encourage people to like, the money is not gonna come until you trust what you say is your is for you. You have to trust what you say is for you and follow and keep the passion. And, you know, just to remind y'all that, you know, we appreciate y'all for joining us today. Without y'all, we wouldn't be here. Be we'll be doing something.
Troy Washington:We would definitely wouldn't be here. But then you can go ahead and take us out, bro.
JClay:Yeah. Yeah. Remember your perfect creation made by a perfect creator, so you might as well accept your perfection and enter perfect mode. Yeah. If I reminded you that you are perfect, would you argue me down or step Welcome to perfect welcome to perfect where there are no excuses, no expectations, and we explore the world without limitations.
JClay:I'm Jay Clay, rapper, and spiritual teacher with my cohost Troy Washington, your friendly neighborhood realtor. Let's be real. So let's be perfect. Let's be perfect. Perfect.
JClay:Everything, anything, anything, anything, Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.
