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🌅 This lockdown has been interesting change of

🌅 This lockdown has been interesting change of pace…
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I’ve been so used to running around trying to make moves that I rarely take time to kick it & enjoy…
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But this lockdown has allowed me to slow down to reflect on my vision + progress.
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I’ve made time to evaluate + adjust my daily routines.
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Modified my training schedule for the gym closures. (I still need to build my home gym 😐)
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Continued reading, learning + implementing strategies for the biz…
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And checking some dope new Netflix (@Netflix) series at night. (Check out ELITE if you get a chance)
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Overall, it’s been an extremely positive experience for me…
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And it’s been dope seeing people coming together to help each other.
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That’s what it’s all about!
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What are some things you’re doing during this time?
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Drop me a comment below to let me know what you’re up to.
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I’d love to hear from you!
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Much love!
Jeff
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📸 Photo by: Adair López (@adairlq)

🏁 The Marathon Continues ⠀ I had to show love

🏁 The Marathon Continues
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I had to show love + pay respect to the man Nipsey Hussle (@NipseyHussle).
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His quote really resonated with me…
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Especially at this time with all the change + uncertainty.
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I’ve been using this time to dial in + hyper-focus on expanding in every area of my life.
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As well as spending time + connecting with the people I love the most.
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I hope you and your loved ones are doing well, staying healthy, and continuing to stay hopeful + positive.
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Stay ten toes down.
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Much love!
Jeff

💘Happy Valentines Day! ⠀ I hope you have an a

💘Happy Valentines Day!
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I hope you have an awesome day with your loved ones.
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Have a great night & weekend!
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Much love💪🏽
Jeff
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📸 Photo By: Adair López (@AdairLQ)

🏀 Do you agree with Tim S. Grover (@AttackAthle

🏀 Do you agree with Tim S. Grover (@AttackAthletics)?
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His book Relentless is in my Top 5 for the greatest books I’ve read!
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It’s a book I revisit at least once a year as a reminder continue to dig deep and create the results I want in my life.
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What’s your favorite go to book?
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Much love!
Jeff

🚌 3 weeks ago my car got completely totaled!
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Here’s how it all went down…
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I was working out at my gym Mountainside Fitness (@Mountainsidefit).
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I typically train at night because I feel the best & love my gym crew at that time.
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Plus, it’s my time to relax from the day & focus on improving my body + mind.
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Everything went as normal.
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I finished up my training session.
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Chopped up with a few peeps.
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Then called it a night.
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As I walked out to go to my car that was parked around the side of the gym…
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I saw the entire front end of my Dodge Magnum completely smashed + ripped off!
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The first thing I did was LAUGH 🤣
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I felt ZERO anger or negativity about it.
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It felt like it happened for a positive reason…
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Last year I spent a lot of time letting go of things that no longer served me…
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And I feel that my car was now one of those things I had to let go of.
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Was the situation & timing perfect?
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No, not really…
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But I’m extremely thankful it happened.
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It forced me to level up and practice everything I’ve been learning…
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Calmness + patience + trust + gratitude.
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I remember a time when I would’ve flown off the chain when an event like this occurred.
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Now I just chill & observe…
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I think it’s cool to see the tests that come our way in life when we least expect it…
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And how we’re able to handle it.
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Much love!
Jeff
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🚗PS: Thanks to the fam at Lifted Trucks (@LiftedTrucksArizona) for getting me into the new whip!
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I appreciate you all & your team!
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You’re incredible people & have an amazing company.

🥋Do you agree with Bruce Lee (@BruceLee)? ⠀ I

🥋Do you agree with Bruce Lee (@BruceLee)?
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I really like this quote as a positive reminder to always focus on improving myself while also positively uplifting others.
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From my years of consulting I’ve worked with several companies to help them figure out solutions to their problems.
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I’ve found that it’s easy to go into a clients business & identify the problems that need to be fixed…
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But when it came to my business it was VERY difficult to see where I was going wrong.
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That’s why I like to be very hard on myself.
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It forces me to focus my mind & find my blindspots…
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And leaves no room for me to even think about judging + criticizing someone else.
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By continuing to invest heavily in myself through reading, reflection, & surrounding myself with incredible people…
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I feel like I’m getting closer to knowing myself & the man I want to become.
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What are some things you do to grow and learn about yourself?
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Much love!
Jeff

🎂 Happy Birthday to one of the truest + most lo

🎂 Happy Birthday to one of the truest + most loyal dudes I’ve ever known, my brother Bubba J (@Corey.Johnson88).
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This is a picture from his wedding a few years ago at Buffalo Gap Ranch in North Dakota.
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I was lucky enough to be a groomsmen + DJ with my brother Voight (@SixmicFilms) at his wedding.
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What I love + appreciate about Bubba is that he’s always been there for me through it all.
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Bubba J & I grew up playing football together + went to high school & college together.
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Bubba J is the TRUE definitely of a cowboy.
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Hard working, tough, dedicated, loyal, & trustworthy.
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His family owned their ranch in Oro Grande, NM.
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In the summer I would go down there to work & get ready for football season.
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Those are some of the greatest memories of my life!
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I learned so much from him.
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Like learning to shoot a gun, how to run/operate a ranch, and too many other things to list.
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It’s rare to find one person in this world to call your best friend.
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I’m thankful to say Bubba J is that guy.
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Enjoy your day brotha!
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I’m excited & pumped to see all the INCREDIBLE success you’re having.
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YOU DESERVE IT!!
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Much love!
Jeff

🇯🇲 Do you agree with the legend Usain Bolt (

🇯🇲 Do you agree with the legend Usain Bolt (@UsainBolt) on this?
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I’m really vibin’ with it.
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Lately I’ve be focusing on the ending the over the start especially in business.
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When I come to fitness thinking long term has always been easy for me.
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In business that’s a different story...
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I want everything to come so fast!
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And that’s been the cause of frustration for me I’ve noticed.
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Not sure why I think this way, but I’m actively working on it.
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I try to think about the marathon over the race.
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What do you do to focus on your longterm vision?
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I’m really interested to learn from you.
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Appreciate you!
Jeff

🤠 Oh you didn’t know I have cowboy in my bloo

🤠 Oh you didn’t know I have cowboy in my blood?!
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Very quick story...
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When I was 4 or 5 years old I would only wear cowboy boots.
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I wore them everywhere!
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Around the house, around town, and to school!
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I loved those little boots so much and I don’t even remember why.
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So when my girl Camille (@Camille_Hollins) invited me out to do some country dancing it reignited my inner cowboy.
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I had to go full on New Mexican vaquero.
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I dusted off my boots, put on my hat and hit the dusty trails all the way to Gilbert.
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Now if you know me, you know dancing is NOT one of my strengths.
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But I love pushing myself to try new things.
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I’ve never danced country before so I was nervous!
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But once I got to Whiskey Row (@WhiskeyRowGilbert) all my nerves went away.
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I had such an awesome time watching everyone dance + kickin’ it in a dope atmosphere.
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I danced a few times and….
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Let’s just say ya boy needs some work!
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So I added learning country dancing as one of my goals for this year.
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So I’ll be seeing y’all on the dance floor!
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It’s time for me to learn how to boot scoot and boogie like a pro🕺🏽
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What’s one goal that you have set for yourself that makes you nervous?
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Let me know!
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Much love!
Jeff

🦏 Marc Ecko (@BeingMarkEcko) is an entrepreneur

🦏 Marc Ecko (@BeingMarkEcko) is an entrepreneur that I’ve respected since I was a senior in high school.
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I first heard about him in 2006 when I bought his video game Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.
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The game was about a graffiti artist name Trane.
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Trane would use his art of graffiti + tagging as his form of protest against corruption in the city.
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The game's story and entire concept were so dope!
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Because I’ve never seen that type of story + perspective done in a game before.
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It made me want to learn more about the man behind the game.
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I knew Marc owned Ecko Unlimited (@Ecko_Unltd).
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But it was my brother Voight (@SixmicFilms) who got me invested in Marc’s story + background.
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I found out that when Marc started his company he went into $6 Million in debt! ⠀
That blew my mind hearing that!
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What’s incredible to me is that he survived that & cleared all of that debt.
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That inspired the hell out of me!
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Through his belief, grit, and determination he figured it out & made it work.
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Every time I feel like complaining about my hardships in business, Marc’s story is one I use to draw inspiration from to keep moving forward.
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Who inspires you to keep pressing forward when times get rough?
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Much love!
Jeff

🤗 Happy Tuesday! It’s been dope connecting wi

🤗 Happy Tuesday! It’s been dope connecting with you here & I wanted to take a minute to reintroduce myself + tell you more about me.
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I’ve been an athlete + gamer my entire life. I spent the majority of my time playing football in the day & video games at night.
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I can’t even begin to tell you how many all nighters I pulled playing Call Of Duty (@CallOfDuty) with my crew, then going straight to practice😳
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In college I discovered my passion for fitness when I went from weighing 260 lbs to 185 lbs in 4 months (big ups P90x).
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I’ll tell you that full weight gain + loss story at another time…
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After graduating college in 2011 I became obsessed with learning how to build a successful business.
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I had a lot of close friends creating incredible lives and it inspired me to take a chance on myself.
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It’s been a roller coaster journey🎢 to say the least, and I’ve learned so much in the process.
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Here are 4 things you may or may not know about me:
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1. 🌶 I’m born & raised in Alamogordo, New Mexico (Holloman AFB) #NMTrue. I’m the product of a military family, so if I call you sir or ma’am that should explain it.
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2. ⛺️ I’m Black and Native American Occaneechi Band of the Saponi (@OBSN.2002). I get the question “What’s my race/ethnicity?” ALL THE TIME. So there you have it the secret is out 🤫
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3. 👨🏽‍💻 I have my degree in Computer Science & Mathematics. And have been programming + developing software for 14 years now. Shocking right?! Most people never expect me to be a software developer (not sure why…🤔)
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4. 🎓 My Great Grandfather William Jefferson White founded Morehouse College (@Morehouse1867) in Atlanta, GA. I didn’t attend, but my Granddad and uncle are both alumni.
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Those are just a few quick facts about who I am and where I come from.
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If you made it this far thank you for reading this!
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YOU DA REAL MVP 🏆
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My goal is to motivate, inspire, & help you achieve your goals in life + business any way I can.
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So feel free to hit me up anytime. I always love connecting & learning about you.
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Drop me a comment or DM to tell me one thing about you.
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I’d love to hear from you!
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Much love💪🏽
Jeff
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📸Photo by: Adair López (@AdairLQ)

🎺 Do you agree with Miles Davis (@MilesDavis)?

🎺 Do you agree with Miles Davis (@MilesDavis)?
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I know do!
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Since graduating college in 2011 I’ve spent a lot time + money joining masterminds, seminars, & consuming content.
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To learn from the top people in the industry.
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Whether it was fitness, entrepreneurship, gaming etc.
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I would do my best to reverse engineer & model their success.
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Sometimes it worked…
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Most times it didn’t...
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Why?
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Because I was trying to do it the way they did it.
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That’s a recipe for disaster in my opinion.
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I could learn the all the tactics.
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But the major elements that got them there was the stuff you can’t teach.
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Their entire life experiences + personality + unique perspective.
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Once I realized that, I stopped trying to be a carbon copy + following everybody’s idea of what it takes to be “successful”.
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Since then I’ve been on a mission to learn my voice and pull from the stories of my life to “Play like myself”
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Time will tell whether it works or not.
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Either way I’m already happy with the outcome.
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Because I’m doing it my way.
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Much love 🤙🏽
Jeff

🏈 This picture was taken my sophomore season wi

🏈 This picture was taken my sophomore season with the homie Jon Sweet from Clovis, NM after our NMHU Spring Ball Game in 2008.
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My life goal at the time was to be the starting Strong Safety in the fall. And that all starts with how well I performed in spring ball.
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I spent that entire spring semester doing 3-a-days. Waking up at 5 AM for morning workouts, 4 PM for practice and 8 PM for film study.
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I remember waking up every day DREADING the day + workouts ahead. I would feel nauseous thinking about the gassers we had to run on top of everything else I had to do as a full-time student.
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To add to the pain of waking up early, it would be FREEZING in Las Vegas, NM! I’m talking about 20º F or below. And we still had to train outdoors most days.
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Inside I was saying to myself F THIS! Why the heck am I putting myself through this pain?!
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But on the outside I would show strength, get up, put my feet to the pavement and grind it out no matter how I felt.
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Because if I wanted to see the field in the fall that’s how it had to be.
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It’s moments like this when I discovered that the journey to achieve what I wanted in life required a lot sacrifice and consistency.
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I made a plan that semester that every night before I went to bed I would tell myself an empowering mantra.
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I would say: “I am waking up at 5 AM full of energy + confidence to handle anything that comes my way”.
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In theory it sounded good, but in practice there were a lot of days where I felt like it didn’t help at all.
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But over time I found that the consistency of saying that mantra helped me work through that spring season staying healthy, positive and hopeful for the fall ahead.
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I didn’t end up starting in the 2008 season, but I saw how much I grew in that year in all areas of my life from that daily mantra I started in the spring.
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I’m extremely grateful for NMHU football because I learned how to push myself well beyond my perceived limitations.
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It also taught me to appreciate my results although I missed my desired outcome of becoming a starter that season.
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What was a moment where you learned the most about yourself?
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Drop me a comment below. I’m interested in hearing your story.

💪🏽 Celebrate your progress + wins big or sma

💪🏽 Celebrate your progress + wins big or small.
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I’ve really had to learn + practice getting better at this.
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I tend to focus on these massive milestones I’ve set and easily forget the small victories in the process.
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One of my goals this year is to enjoy + celebrate 4 small wins every day.
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What’s one of your goals this year?
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Drop a comment below to let me know.

🎉Happy New Year! I’m excited to start this de

🎉Happy New Year! I’m excited to start this decade + 2020 off “So Fresh and So Clean”🧼 (Big Ups @Outkast).
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If you’ve been ridin’ with me for a minute you know I openly share the ups & downs of my life + business.
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My hope is that it inspires + motivates you to keep pushing & maintain belief in yourself no matter what pops off in your life.
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2019 was a rough ride for ya boy.
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I had to laugh to keep from crying more days than I would’ve liked. But I learned a lot & I ain’t mad at that.
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Even with all the struggles, I believe 2019 was a very successful year!
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I have my health + my family + loved ones are doing incredible! That’s all that truly matters to me.
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I’m forever grateful for the events that came up because it forced me to look deep within myself, work through & let go of a lot of things in my life.
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Thankfully, I have a lot of incredible people & activities that helped me through it all:
1. Family ❤️
2. Friends ✊🏽
3. Travel ✈️
4. Fitness 🏋🏽‍♂️
5. Football 🏈
6. Video Games 👾
7. Reading 📖
8. Hip-Hip 🎧
9. Comedy 🤣
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To all of you I met last year here on IG & in person, I’m thankful to know & have you in my life.
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It’s been dope connecting with you. I’m looking forward to seeing you achieve everything you want in your life.
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I’m here to support & cheer you on the entire way.
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Wishing you all massive success, love, clarity & happiness in all areas of your life this year & beyond.
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I really appreciate you!
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Much love 💪🏽
Jeff
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📸Photo by: Adair López (@AdairLQ)

🍾 Happy New Year! Wishing you a very successful

🍾 Happy New Year! Wishing you a very successful + adventurous + fun 2020

“Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endle

“Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual.” – 50 Cent (@50Cent)
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This is a quote I keep in my daily gratitude journal as a constant reminder to reframe my mind towards positivity and success in all area of my life.
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This week I’ve had to really practice letting go of expectation + outcome & trusting that everything will work out as intended for some big decisions that came my way.
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I’m grateful for all the the incredible people I’ve been in contact with this week. And the valuable lessons I’ve been learning along the way.
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I hope you have a fantastic Friday and a great weekend.
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Much love! 💪🏽
Jeff
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📸Photo by: Adair López (@AdairLQ)

🦾 Ayeeee! Happy Thursday!

🦾 Ayeeee! Happy Thursday!

👟I started reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight foun

👟I started reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight founder of Nike (@Nike) this week. This book has me fired up + inspired as heaven!
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Hearing his stories about the early years of starting Blue Ribbon Sports (Nike’s original name) and his hustle + sacrifices to bring it to life really resonated with me.
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Looking inside his thoughts + process of overcoming the end of his athletic career & the identity associated with being a lifelong athlete hit home.
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He talks about trying to create his life around something that recaptured the FUN competitive spirit that exists in sports.
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As a former collegiate athlete myself I know how difficult it was to let go my identity I attached to being an athlete once I was done with football.
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His words really captured the idea of what I’ve been striving to achieve ever since I hung up my helmets & pads.
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That burning feeling of competition. The locker room banter. The practices that made me want to quit. The fun and atmosphere of gameday.
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Representing + fighting for something bigger than myself with a team of people with that same passion.
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This book helped me realize that these feelings are what I’ve been working to create in every area my life.
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I’m still working my way through this book, and will keep you posted on my final thoughts.
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I just wanted to say if you feel like your fighting an uphill battle and things aren’t going your way definitely check out this book.
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It may be that fuel injection you need that keeps you going to realize your vision + creativity that the world deserves to see.
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Much love 🎮
Jeff
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📸Photo by: Adair López (@AdairLQ)
📹BTS Video by: Voight Thornton (@SixmicFilms)

🥊 My favorite boxer of all time the legend Iron

🥊 My favorite boxer of all time the legend Iron Mike Tyson (@miketyson)

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