Speaker 1:
0:00
We pumped today. We pumped about our guests today. Maggie Thorn, the seven-time American Ninja Warrior competitor. She came and joined us in the metaverse at the Killer B Studios. She's coming here to equip and power and encourage people and encourage them to never give up. I think that if you're someone that is looking to be encouraged going into this new year, you're not going to want to miss this episode. Maggie, would you mind just take about 30 seconds and introduce yourself?
Speaker 2:
0:28
Yeah, I am so excited to be here. I've been on American Ninja Warrior it's a TV show on NBC for seven seasons. I've done a couple other TV shows for NBC Spartan, Ultimate Team Challenge and I've also done some competitions like World's Toughest Mudder. It's a 24-hour race and I ran 75 miles in 24 hours, completing 334 obstacles, and got second place, Thank you. I was a previous Mrs International, but more than anything, I'm a mother of three and I've been an international spokesperson for a nonprofit. So, okay, there you go. Wow, but I can't sing. I just want to make a prayer. No music here.
Speaker 1:
1:06
Yeah, everybody found out, I think, last week that we're here, that we found out that you're Dayton Jason. Jason Gray was out here last week, so yeah, so she wanted to clarify she's not singing guys. Thank you so much, maggie, for joining us. We're excited to have you here, really excited to have you here.
Speaker 2:
1:20
Yeah, it's my pleasure, and the only thing I did here is I might swing out on Christmas lights, and if there were Christmas lights I'd swing on.
Speaker 3:
1:26
Oh there are, but I don't know how to get up there, so you know but hey, you can picture it.
Speaker 1:
1:30
You just got to jump. Yeah, you got to jump actually.
Speaker 2:
1:33
Yeah, yeah, there you go. We thought about it.
Speaker 1:
1:35
Yeah, metta Olivia asked me. She's like are you going to create like a whole obstacle course for this? I'm like no, because, maggie, you would whoop me in that. So I'm not going to put myself in that situation.
Speaker 2:
1:45
You know, you're a smart man because, yeah, you're right, I would. So there you go.
Speaker 1:
1:51
That's good, that's good, that's good, that's good. I want to ask you what made you decide to try out for American Ninja Warrior the first time?
Speaker 2:
1:58
Yeah, it's a good question and I love being asked that question. I used to manage multi-million dollar construction projects. I used to build stadiums and arenas and actually my best friend passed away and on the day of her funeral I felt like God was calling me to build people and not buildings. And so I left my career. Everyone thought I was bananas and in my mid-30s, after having three kids, I went on to become a professional athlete and a competitor on American Ninja Warrior, but it wasn't an easy journey, but that was the journey there.
Speaker 1:
2:28
Wow, so you said you had the like God was leading you to build people. So can you explain that a little bit more in detail?
Speaker 2:
2:35
Yeah, I've always had a passion for nonprofit service. I actually didn't play sports growing up. I'm from a low-income family. Both of my brothers were in and out of jail. There were high school dropouts and that really probably was my trajectory until a teacher in high school thought I looked fast and so I tried out for the track team and ended up becoming the number one runner in California, got recruited in Nebraska, but then I really went into those things that were part of my life before I knew Christ, and it went hard on that for about 10 years and then, truly, just as her casket went into the ground, just heard God say build people, not buildings, and so I wanted to say how can I use these skills that's given me to advocate for the poor, for those who don't think they have a future, for those kids who say, well, how can I ever become anything? Look at my family's background and their history and just being a living, breathing example of anything is possible, and especially if you never give up.
Speaker 1:
3:34
I noticed that you're also you're a motivational speaker too, right? Or a coach. I saw that on your website and everything. You want to explain a little bit about that, like, how do you? You're saying you're wanting to help build people, so can you give us a little bit of insight how you're doing that across the board and all the different ways you're doing that?
Speaker 2:
3:51
Absolutely. I really believe in people being able to tap into what their weaknesses are and learning how to access them as strengths, and so that's a lot of what we do when we're talking to people about building themselves up. What are your weaknesses and not being afraid of them and understanding that God really made all of you, so that includes those parts of you. So how can you learn to sit across the table from your weaknesses and really again kind of access them and use them for what you're meant to do and what you're made to do? And then how do you thrive? Because you're not going to thrive if you're only learning how to be your best at your best. You thrive when you're best, when you're your best at your worst.
Speaker 2:
4:30
And so what does that look like? Sitting across the table from your weaknesses and saying, hello, I see you, I understand you, but not today. I have things to do and then just resourcing it, and so that's a big piece of it, and also just my journey, my career journey, being that person who this is a piece of it I used to pick up trash before I managed construction projects. Someone gave me a chance on that journey and I ended up designing and managing the facilities that I used to clean for 10 years, and so it's about believing in yourself and what you're meant to do and then taking those principles and applying them across the platform, which I've been able to do. So I just shared that and I love it. I love empowering people.
Speaker 1:
5:12
Okay, so you shared about the person that empowered you. Who was the person? I mean, you don't have to say her name, but how did that make you feel when you had that first opportunity?
Speaker 2:
5:22
Oh my gosh, I will definitely say their name. I say my name, say my name.
Speaker 1:
5:27
No, her name was, she does say she does say she does say oh, no, no, no, yeah, look at all the committee, so I'm for it.
Speaker 2:
5:34
No, I rap, but only during karaoke.
Speaker 4:
5:38
Oh you rap.
Speaker 2:
5:42
Her name was Sandy Martinez and she was a teacher of mine phenomenal Just to this day. I actually still stay in touch with her and it shows the impact of what mentorship can have in someone's life when you're breathing life into them, and so I always try to actively reach out to those people and say the same things and share that journey, to leave that legacy, because I can only imagine what legacy she's left, knowing how she was actually the first one who recommended me at 17 to speak at a national convention and how all those?
Speaker 2:
6:13
things set the table for what I do now and what I'm so grateful to do.
Speaker 1:
6:19
That's incredible. That's incredible. You know. I don't know if I know you're learning a little bit about the Killer Bee Studio is what we do here too, and one of the things that, well, what the studio is built for and that we use it for, is for coming together with people from around the world. I mean we meet people from the UK, we meet people from Hong Kong, we meet people from Canada I mean all over the place and a lot of people from Texas. I think Texas might have monopoly on oculoses. I think that's where they're all being shipped right now. I don't know if I understood, but we're just neighbors to the south.
Speaker 2:
6:51
I live in Nebraska, so I get it Okay in Nebraska. I get it, I get it, I get it In Nebraska Okay, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:
6:57
So one of the things that we use here at the studio. The studio is all about coming together and sharing our real life stories, our struggles, our challenges, and to help us all see that we're all a lot more alike than probably what we realize and that we can really be there to encourage each other. So you know, you're talking about like learning what your weakness is and embracing that. What would you, what would what's been your biggest weakness? Like, what would you look at as your weakness? That you had to learn to see that differently and how you move forward in life? Well, yeah, no.
Speaker 2:
7:29
Um, besides gummy bears and opening envelopes, which are a huge weakness of mine um, I it really, it really, it really, it really, it really, it really, it really, it really Really trying to do kind of too many things at once and I am the consummate multi-tasker, and so being able to harness that and turn it into something that is productive and has purpose, and so really staying in mission on purpose with that saying, okay, I know I'm made this way, but also being able to reign it in so I'm still service-oriented and service-minded because I can be an achiever. I like to accomplish, and that's part of my wiring, and so being able to make sure all those things can work together more than anything, have balance. So how I've counteracted that is all right. I have to have a day of rest where I do nothing and be okay with it, and then also just being able to have boundaries and saying no, and when your day is done, and then when you're ready to flip that switch again, it's go time.
Speaker 1:
8:33
Wow, this is so good. It feels like I've known you forever, because if Meta Livy was sitting here, she'd be like Killer B. This is crazy, like does she work for us? Or something, because what we do at Killer B Marketing our studio is Killer B Studios, but Killer B Marketing we're all about. You know, we're digital consultants and we work with the broadcast and industry and stuff but the thing that we keep pushing so much is like you have to remember your purpose, because you can get caught up doing a lot of stuff and a lot of busyness and add into a lot of noise, but if you lose focus of your purpose, it's not going to help anybody Absolutely. And I thought that was interesting that you pointed out that multitasking was a weakness for you. Not that you couldn't do it Now, if I'm understanding right, not that you couldn't do multitasking, but doing multitasking all the time was a weakness. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
9:19
Is that what you're saying? Absolutely yeah, and I mean just for you and you've already realized I'm a little punny is you need to create the right kind of buzz, am I right? All right, yeah that's right.
Speaker 1:
9:28
I can't help it. I was holding that one in for you.
Speaker 2:
9:33
Yeah, I love that I love that. I can't help it, that's great. No.
Speaker 1:
9:37
Should we hit the wah-wah button for that one? I think that was pretty good yeah.
Speaker 2:
9:42
Yay, I was hoping for that. Yeah, that's great Badge of honor when probably yeah, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 2:
9:53
It's being able to. I mean people can overdo it. And I actually hear that a lot is people say, oh, if they say I'm scatterbrained or my mind's all over the place, I can't do anything at once, I'm like wait, what industry are you in? Your industry needs that, you need to be that. Or if they say I second-guess myself, I'm like do you mean you're analytical, you know, being able to give yourself different ideas, to give yourself different names for what we think our weaknesses are, and again, harness it because maybe you do second-guess it. Are you a proofreader? Are you creative? What does that look like? Because there can be different words for those things.
Speaker 1:
10:29
Oh, that's, that's a good man. You guys, this was great, Like Jason was in here, so I'm not trying to compare your guys' interviews, but but you know.
Speaker 2:
10:38
No, you're great, I'm sitting right next to you, right now I think he's actually in the background somewhere being really loud. If anybody hears a buzz that's Jason, Jason, turn it down. Everybody can hear you.
Speaker 1:
10:53
What I love about this is, he goes oh I actually. I leave here being like, oh my gosh, there's some good stuff to talk about, because even just like I'm listening for myself as well when I get to ask you these questions, because this is an honor to be able to have our guests come and have yourself come and share these things and what you just said right there really resonated with me a lot, because I am not and I need and Metal Olivia said I need to stop saying this too, and I need to I'm not comfortable speaking. I get up here and it's the most nerve-wracking. People think that, oh, you're great, you do normal. I get up here.
Speaker 1:
11:29
I am terrified every time I come out here like, oh man, am I going to say the right thing? Am I going to fumble over the place? I own the name. I own the mistake of not knowing everybody's name and not being able to pronounce names. So I'm fine with that. That's kind of like. This is one time. Somebody said, brian, you need something to set you apart when you speak. You should get like fancy socks. I'm like I am not a fancy sock guy.
Speaker 3:
11:48
I'm like blue jeans, plain t-shirt.
Speaker 1:
11:51
but my wife told me this last she read the Christmas story last week and she told me she's like. She's like you know what set you apart? You don't know anybody, you can't remember anybody's names. I was like I'll take it, that works. But that's me. But when I leave a show, every time we do an interview, I'll leave and what I end up starting to do and it's picking apart myself.
Speaker 2:
12:09
I was going to say I'm going to challenge you on continuing to say I'm not comfortable speaking, I don't like seeing, because then it's a reminder that you're someone who's constantly tapping into your own strength, you're willing to step outside of your comfort zone. I think it's say those things, remind yourself and let it build your strength and it's I mean, it's an honesty, it's actually a strength. You're being honest, you're being vulnerable, because a lot of people might not say I'm going to comfortable speaking. I'm not. You know, are doing this, so you have an ability to verbalize and share with people. So I'm giving you the talk I give to other people.
Speaker 1:
12:45
It's a strength, thank you, thank you, I appreciate that. Well, I'm even going to challenge everybody here. You know, during our Q&A time, you know you can have questions, but I want to challenge you If you know that there's a weakness you're struggling with, if you're like, hey, you know what, I'm going to be brave, but I'm going to bring that out. Go, hit that Q&A button, come up here and share it with us. Like I would love that too. I think that would be incredible.
Speaker 1:
13:08
Because here's the thing is I think that we can easily compare ourselves to others and realize like we all are, just, we're all faced different things. And what's beautiful about what I've learned and you know how the Bible tells us that in our weakness he's made strong. And what I've learned is through the weakness. When I used to hide the things that I struggled with and, maggie, tell me, let me know if you've related to this when I've, when I've hidden that it didn't help. But when I brought it out to the open, I had other people start coming up to me saying, hey, I've struggled with the same thing and I've made some amazing friendships that way and we've been able to encourage each other because we brought it out.
Speaker 2:
13:45
Do you want me to really turn things upside down for you here?
Speaker 1:
13:48
Yes.
Speaker 4:
13:48
A thought I have. Is there everybody? Do you want me to throw?
Speaker 2:
13:51
your hands up with some confetti if you want me to turn it upside down for you.
Speaker 1:
13:53
Yeah, all right.
Speaker 2:
13:54
Anyone upside down?
Speaker 1:
13:55
All right, all right.
Speaker 2:
13:56
Yeah, there we go. You know everybody, not everybody, a large amount of people. They say the world is the worst it's ever been, and I will disagree. I think that we actually know more than we ever have and we don't know how to process it yet. And we're in process. But one I can bet over the years that there's been prayers of saying God, I wish I could fix this. Or God, how could I help a hurting world? And here it is in front of us, at our, at our fingertips, and so I think it's almost a call from God saying what are you going to do? How are you going to be my hands and my feet, what are you going to do about this that's in front of you? Because now it's not a guessing game anymore. We know the hurt, we know what's out there, and now we have opportunity. You can see it as opposition, but I see it as opportunity.
Speaker 1:
14:41
Oh, that's good, that's a really good challenge and you know, I know you were talking about all the busyness, you know, and it really shocked me a lot when you referred to multitasking as a weakness for you, because there's a lot of people that look at well, if you need to be able to multitask to be able to do the job, and it's like I don't know, I struggle with this in the digital realm, like in the digital field that we work in, because we have people right now that we're encouraging, people like hey, give your team a break, it's Christmas time, give them a break. We can't, we cannot do it. That would just, that would not work for us. And like. But why Like? And especially if you're in a Christian industry, I'm like why are you saying you don't trust God enough to handle those things when you're like your team rest?
Speaker 4:
15:23
I was like I just want to be.
Speaker 1:
15:24
when I got into digital it was kind of scary for me, and maybe it's probably not just digital, but I'm just talking from our industry not industry, but our field that in businesses and everything it feels like when we're in digital and social media, you're expected to be available 24 seven and that's not healthy. That's not healthy. And our team last year I actually I've shared with some of the people here. Last year, at the beginning of January of last year, I started putting in not only a day of rest, so every day, every once, you know, in the weekend, my family and us go out and we spend time together and we rest and we and we do things together as a family. But I also spend two to four hours every Friday for reflection time. So that's just me. I walk away from the business, I go out, I go hiking, I go out and I just I take the list and I just talk to God about the things I'm struggling with, the things I'm trying to make decisions on, the things that are way beyond me, and I'm like I don't know what to do. God and I just give it all to him and I just I just reflect, I just listen, I walk, I take in the nature. One of the things that that it has really that me know that I had to make that step, for reflection time was.
Speaker 1:
16:36
I watched this video that a friend of mine sent me called Godspeed, and and I don't know if you ever seen it I'll send it to you sometime if you want it. If you, it's a really good video. But he pointed out about how we use the word Godspeed as like we hope you get better sooner, like Godspeed. Like we hope you get healthier sooner, or we hope you get through this, this, this valley, sooner, godspeed. Or we hope you get through this project, all these different things. And he said do you know? The average speed for a human to walk is three miles per hour. That's the average speed he's like. So what up enough. Godspeed is a lot slower than we realize, because if we were creating the image of God, maybe we're supposed to be going around taking life a little bit slower, and not so 90 miles per hour. What are we missing? Because we're trying to do, do, do, do so much. So that got me thinking a lot more about reflection time, because I'm always running 100 miles per hour, but not on Fridays.
Speaker 2:
17:35
There's the part of me that is like, oh my gosh, if I was around someone that was walking three miles an hour, I'd go bananas and we're probably not friends, just to be honest. That was actually one of the reasons I wanted to date Jason and I was like you walk fast, this will work for us.
Speaker 1:
17:49
Let's go. He's got really long legs. He doesn't. He's not really walking fast, he's got really long legs.
Speaker 2:
17:54
I mean, that's it. All my life I've just dated short men. I just needed a tall guy to change my world. So it all came together. What if? What if godspeed is eight miles an hour and god's like pick it up? I mean, who's your Jesus? You know what? What's? I look like I don't know. I'm just saying, as you're, I felt a little bit of anxiety when you said the average person walks three miles an hour and I know if I'm ever on a treadmill walking, I'm definitely at a solid five.
Speaker 1:
18:38
Yeah, that's probably not a good story to share with American.
Speaker 2:
18:43
I'm like no, it's great.
Speaker 1:
18:45
But it has helped me, and it's helped me a lot, to be able to just realize, like, instead of saying hey, this is all my shoulders, to slow down and see and be listening to what god wants, like, what does he want me to do?
Speaker 2:
18:55
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1:
18:56
So yeah, so okay, cool, all right. Well, let me, let me see if anybody has any questions to that. So far, all right don, hey, hey.
Speaker 3:
19:05
So you're talking about weaknesses, and One of mine is being a people pleaser. I, if I don't, if I feel like I feel like, if I don't do what they want me to do or Work to please them, that I'm not doing, I'm not good enough or I'm not. And it's hard being a broadcaster, you know. So how do you combat feelings like that? That's where well.
Speaker 2:
19:26
First of all, thank you, I appreciate it, thanks for your honesty.
Speaker 2:
19:29
It's always grateful, I think, in terms of people pleasing, when I hear that those People, if you carry that characteristic, you have a level of care that is above me.
Speaker 2:
19:39
I think you can see things in a room that most people would actually be tuned out to and hearing you say you're a broadcaster, you probably need to access that to understand the audience and also so deliver a carrying message.
Speaker 2:
19:53
I mean, I'm just assuming maybe, whatever level of broadcasting that is radio you have to know how to deliver something and if, if that wasn't one of your attributes, it might not, you might not be able to do what you do and so being able to see that in in a positive way, like people pleasing positivity, you know how can you there you go, but but it is I actually hear that pretty commonly is people are are really worried about that, but being able to understand the traits about yourself that, um, as an Impath, as carrying a servant hearted, I mean really the world can take it and maybe put people pleasing on it, but I'm like Jesus was a little bit of that. I mean not always, but you know, really servant hearted in in caring, and even if he knew someone you know, I cross him, whatever that looked like is, he still had such a caring heart. So I would, I would see that in you and understand that part of yourself and then ask God to speak and sit that more of Of. How is this an attribute?
Speaker 1:
20:53
Thank you, that's great. That's great. Thanks, thanks, don. Thanks for sharing that, don. All right, so let's go ahead and bring up left you want to come on up.
Speaker 6:
21:02
Well, it's not so much of a question. It was some observation you had mentioned about um Like doing, like public speaking and stuff, and and killer b was mentioned about sometimes how he's like nervous and I I kind of feel the same way he does sometimes when I'm talking because I do bible studies and and I'm not really a public speaker I never really was but sometimes I could be a little bit critical of myself, thinking, oh, I don't think I did good on that or whatever. But um, it's, I said you know I'm a little sometimes too humble at times, so I just um, you know, I just you know how do I break out of, uh, some of those things that like that some? I mean I feel like I lack in in speaking.
Speaker 2:
21:45
Yeah, let thank you for sharing and like the chain you got going on, that's super awesome. Some of those things, it's like a piece of that. That first piece is almost an acceptance of Uh, I won't deliver whatever you need. Sometimes I might fail or fumble, and, just as brian was, he was honest in it and that's. It's a strength that you can say. I don't know if I'm good at this, but the first thing to realize first of all, is you're leading a bible study, because there's lots of people that wouldn't even Step into that role in the first place because maybe they have that fear and so they don't take that next challenge of going In, growing and so and they can share. So you're already in that next level of well, I'm uncertain, but I'm doing this, and then you're still giving yourself that opportunity to grow, which gives other people an opportunity to grow. So that's how I see that as an asset for you Is like you're on the step. Two of you went and you're still going. Well, it's good, it's really good. Okay, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1:
22:49
I'll, I'll share with you too. Just give you like something that I learned this I guess it was just this last july I was because I kept struggling with that and struggling with that. And one of the things is is we always laugh me and my wife and you know, we've been married for We'll go on 21 years and I we laugh and say I make up words all the time, which I do. I was like we should have, I should have my own dictionary. I really should, uh. So when I go and speak places, I'm like I don't understand. Like the last time I spoke somewhere no, last time, two times, before I got to this place and they had people from Ted X that was talking I'm going why am I here? Like no, this isn't, I should not be here. These people are using such big words. And before I was going up to talk, people out there that was, you know, that was part of the event said Brian, brian, we're so excited, we can't wait to hear here you talk, we can't wait to hear where you got to share. Uh, are you going to use big words? And I said, listen, if I use big words, you better look them up in a dictionary, because I guarantee you that do not exist or not real, uh and I.
Speaker 1:
23:46
The reason why I share is because I was actually reading a book by kin Coleman. If any of you I don't know if any of you guys know who kin Coleman is, but if you don't look him up on the pot, he's got a podcast called kin Coleman amazing and I was reading a book of his of his, called ask, and One of the things he said was he was talking about asking the right questions and stuff. And Because I've learned it's like it's really not about me speaking, well, it's me having the right questions and understanding the audience. And what he said during that was he said he was telling a story about Donald Trump. He's like I met Trump and when I met Trump, he's like I'll tell you something that I realized he's not a great speaker.
Speaker 1:
24:24
He's not a great speaker, he's like, but where what he is is he's an amazing connector. He connects with people, he's like and he will go out and he will connect to people and the whole time people have told me like Brian, you're a great connector, I love connecting with you and I'm like well, that's it. I'm a connector. I can live with that. I'm happy with that. So I just get to be speaking. But I look at those as speaking opportunities, as opportunities to connect, because I love connecting with people and people love my bad words and they not bad words, but they love my made up words, made up language, and they find that humorous.
Speaker 2:
24:56
So I'm also a comedian on the side, so sounds like you have a killer dictionary you're going to create in 2023.
Speaker 3:
25:03
Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 2:
25:04
There's the one. We both got one. There's the one there's the one.
Speaker 1:
25:07
All right, cool, so we have. Okay, so let's bring up Wall Street. Wall Street, you have a question? Come on down Wall Street, hello Can you hear me Okay. Yes, we got you.
Speaker 5:
25:19
Hey, so we were able to talk maybe for like 30 seconds outside and we started talking a little bit about the nonprofit work that you're doing and working with the youth, and I just wanted to know, as a person who started a nonprofit hashtag Wall Street Wizards Academy, I love to get your feedback and thoughts on what are some advice that you might give to people who are doing work in the nonprofit space.
Speaker 2:
25:48
Yeah, first of all, thanks for starting a nonprofit. I know you're out there in Silicon Valley. You said, I think, somewhere up north in California, san Fran or Sacramento and so it's incredible that you took that step In the nonprofit world. I mean, you've kind of just said it, brian, that you need to be a connector and so being out there and it doesn't mean you're doing anything perfectly, but you're always growing and again you're going, and so in the nonprofit world that I'm in at, it's called the AIM Institute that I'm helping, and they are have been around for 30 years, but they've just been really kind of fumbling. And that's where I'm coming in.
Speaker 2:
26:25
I'm like we just got to get in front of people and be consistent, because maybe you're not always doing some huge, incredible event, but if you start to become someone who's consistent in a part of someone's life and they know you can trust and you can have a relationship with, that's how impact starts and then that's how it grows. And so people know, oh, I know this person for this and they're doing it, and they're doing it well, because consistency matters. You don't have consistency, you don't have trust, and I've seen nonprofits tank if they don't have it and I've seen them grow, and grow exponentially, if they do. And then we know this. I mean I commend you, wall Street Rizzard, for having a metaverse, because how do you stay out in front? And you're trying to multitask generations. Right, you're delivering to teenagers and you're trying to have donors, probably as adults, and so it's a difficult task, but, once again, multitasking.
Speaker 1:
27:25
Yeah, that's good, that's good. Yeah, and hang in there, wall Street too. Because, like you know, one of the things that we're actually arcane today was this is part of us multitasking. Our team told me, brian, next year you have to be doing more videos, we need you to be doing reels. I'm like, guys, I don't have time to do reels, I'm running a business, I got too much stuff to do. Like we need you to do reels, we need you on there. I was like, okay, and we need to clone me. And they're like, how are we going to do that? Now I do have an identical twin, and that's what they always say. Like if your twin just did, if he only did what you do and knew what you know, then that would be great. I was like, yeah, he doesn't. But we came up with a solution because I didn't want more to do on my plate, so they made a bobblehead of me. So now there's bobblehead killer B, and arcane was being trained today on creating reels and stuff, and one of the things that we told him that we tell everybody and this is for you. Wall Street is okay.
Speaker 1:
28:21
I am a data guy. I like seeing numbers. I like seeing numbers too. But one of the things that, especially as a nonprofit, you have to realize is that it's not you're not always going to see the numbers that are having an impact. So, on social media and stuff, this is where we always focus on.
Speaker 1:
28:34
Don't lose focus of your purpose, because even your purpose, if you think about Jesus, jesus didn't have not everybody is following Jesus. He had a small group but he went deep with them. Don't get too focused on those numbers. Use that to help help you see what your audience is resonating with, what they're relating to, how it's relevant to them. If you get too focused on the numbers, you'll start chasing numbers and walk away from your purpose and then you're just adding to the noise on digital.
Speaker 1:
29:01
So encourage you stay focused on your purpose. If it's in the metaverse, if it's on social media, if it's on your website and content, your posts and that or videos, know your purpose. We have a purpose statement. Our purpose statement at Killer B is transforming lives by making digital personal and we use that as a filter. So everything that we do, and it starts with connection If we're not connecting with people, we're not building relationships and if we don't build relationships, we can't earn trust, which means we cannot transform lives. So if we're not doing it, if it doesn't line with that filter, we don't do it.
Speaker 2:
29:32
So you know just yeah, so all right.
Speaker 1:
29:35
So I'm going to bring down a dear friend of ours, Bobby GQ. Bobby GQ is actually upstairs run the sound, and he's got a question for you.
Speaker 4:
29:43
I had a health scare. My cholesterol and triglycerides are like through the roof and so I'm at a high risk for having like a stroke, heart attack or you know problems. And I find out through research that eating is a lot, of, a lot to do with a person's health, and you've obviously found something that works for you and I was wondering if you can share with me some tips, tricks or maybe even something that you're doing that maybe I should consider. As far as nutrition, I mean, are you a rabbit? I mean, are you eating whole diet?
Speaker 2:
30:19
or I get that question so much. People are like, oh my gosh, I bet you don't touch that. I'm like whoa bro, think again, you know, first of all. No, I mean, it's gone back to kind of what I was saying earlier. There's actually so many principles that we don't realize that can cross plane our life, and consistency is one of them, and discipline. Years ago I decided, as much as I can, I want to try to eat five ingredients or less. Well, it doesn't make you a rabbit, but it just gives you direction. I mean, as anything else in life, we kind of need a compass to get us started somewhere.
Speaker 2:
30:54
I grew up being so low income on the most unhealthy diet you can imagine. It's a miracle. I'm actually an athlete and it wasn't until I felt like God was talking to me about it in my late 20s that I gave up fast food. I don't drink soda, just a number of things in my life that, if I can be and this was even before I decided to do Ninja Warrior or Spartan or any of those things is that I just wanted to have consistency, to be a better mom. That's actually where it kind of started at. And what examples can I set for them. You know them watching what I eat, because our kids, more than anything, they're going to learn by what we do, not necessarily what we say, I mean what we say will soak in, but what we do will really set their tone for their lives.
Speaker 2:
31:40
And so I've tried to just stay focused on that. And even if I'm on the road I travel a lot I go to a grocery store. I mean I can almost walk into a grocery store, grab something healthy faster than I can necessarily go through fast food, you know. So starting with some of that, but the number one thing I say to everybody is everybody's different. What fuels you might not fuels me. What fuels me might not fuel you. And see what makes you feel good. I mean, if you're starting to be grumpy by it, probably not what you want to have, and if it starts to fire you up and make you feel good and energetic, well, what are those things? So that's how I stay surrounded around nutrition. I am super boring, I will say. Dating Jason brought like nutritional excitement to my life, because before him I was like I just eat chicken and potatoes and he's kind of a chef. So I've expanded myself a little. Where I'm like I might use sauce tonight.
Speaker 2:
32:41
So, he's changed my world. Yeah, I saw that Wall Street Wizard.
Speaker 3:
32:48
But it just helped me?
Speaker 2:
32:49
Yeah, it's, and I also. I didn't want to be so worried about nutrition that I can't focus on these other areas of my life, so I want a consistency in that for a number of reasons. And if you remove things, you remove obstacles of well, I can't do this because of this, because of this, start to knock those out, because then that's when you can really do this over here that you're really called to.
Speaker 1:
33:11
You guys. Thank you all for your questions. Maggie, thank you for joining us out here and experiencing what we're doing in the metaverse. We really appreciate that and I'm going to ask you I'm going to let you close out and ask you if there's well first, I guess, let people know how can they connect with you outside of the metaverse and the real world. How can they connect with you?
Speaker 2:
33:31
Yeah, I'm on every social platform that there is and it's at never give up and VR, underscore, gv, up or on LinkedIn, maggie Thorne and I would love to connect, whether it's nonprofit nutrition, if they just hey, I need to dial in my weakness, my strengthness or, yeah, strength, there you go, my weakness to make it a strength and connect.
Speaker 1:
33:54
Awesome, awesome. Well, what is one thing you would hope people would take away from everything we've talked about tonight?
Speaker 2:
34:00
The one takeaway I would love for everyone to have is that anything is possible at any age. I believe it, I live it. If you had a dream that was in you as a kid and usually people who see me, I wear a pink bow, a hot pink bow, and that represents that represents every gym you has. It has the kid. Still holds true and no matter what the obstacle, that you have the opportunity to get through it and never give up.
