Replaced in a Week: Why Purpose Must Outlast Your Position

1 00:00:00,000 - > 00:00:02,160 Ja'Quan Lavender: I see people that die in corporate America 2 00:00:02,160 - > 00:00:05,520 and they get replaced within a week. Your work is not your 3 00:00:05,520 - > 00:00:09,120 life. Purpose is your life, but your nine to five is not your 4 00:00:09,120 - > 00:00:14,000 life. I wash their feet to show that I'm not greater than you. 5 00:00:14,000 - > 00:00:15,760 If you really want to be great, love. 6 00:00:16,055 - > 00:00:17,175 Gotta be your servant. 7 00:00:35,210 - > 00:00:37,450 Ralph Owens: Welcome back to Leadership Sovereignty Podcast. 8 00:00:37,450 - > 00:00:41,610 We are in the final episode with mister JaQuan Lavender. It's 9 00:00:41,610 - > 00:00:44,645 been an incredible journey. So, JaQuan, we close the series, 10 00:00:44,645 - > 00:00:49,045 what are you building, and will it stand when you're no longer 11 00:00:49,045 - > 00:00:52,405 in the room? JaQuan, you're young, you're building fast, but 12 00:00:52,405 - > 00:00:54,005 you're already thinking about legacy. 13 00:00:54,005 - > 00:00:55,525 So what does that look like for you? 14 00:00:55,525 - > 00:00:59,220 Ja'Quan Lavender: What I'm building is something my son, my 15 00:00:59,220 - > 00:01:02,420 daughter can have. Because eventually I gotta I gotta pass 16 00:01:02,420 - > 00:01:06,980 the mantle as time goes on. But this is something that they can 17 00:01:06,980 - > 00:01:09,860 stand on. This is something they don't have to get a nine to 18 00:01:09,860 - > 00:01:12,020 five. I'm building that legacy for them right now. 19 00:01:12,355 - > 00:01:15,715 So they continue to go out and do the same work that I'm doing, 20 00:01:15,715 - > 00:01:19,555 but on a greater's height. But the ultimate goal is to help 21 00:01:19,555 - > 00:01:22,435 these young men and young women find their purpose in life. 22 00:01:22,435 - > 00:01:22,995 Ralph Owens: Yeah. 23 00:01:23,075 - > 00:01:25,480 Ja'Quan Lavender: So through this program, I'm sure it's a 24 00:01:25,480 - > 00:01:28,120 good bit of young man and young woman that can say I actually 25 00:01:28,120 - > 00:01:31,800 found myself through this program. Because you hear a lot 26 00:01:31,800 - > 00:01:35,480 of testimonies, the same testimonies, this program 27 00:01:35,480 - > 00:01:37,960 changed my life, and they'll go in detail on how it changed 28 00:01:37,960 - > 00:01:38,360 their life. 29 00:01:40,845 - > 00:01:44,845 Terry Baylor: So JaQuan, we're talking about legacy. And in the 30 00:01:44,845 - > 00:01:49,005 first segment, you talked about your mom. What does mom have to 31 00:01:49,005 - > 00:01:49,645 say today? 32 00:01:49,645 - > 00:01:52,685 Ja'Quan Lavender: Proud of me. Proud of me. But I seen them 33 00:01:52,685 - > 00:01:56,260 when I was a young kid entrepreneurs. My mom and dad, 34 00:01:56,260 - > 00:02:00,580 they was always hustling and telling purses, telling reads, 35 00:02:00,580 - > 00:02:05,380 just different things. Just always doing something to take 36 00:02:05,380 - > 00:02:06,340 that step higher. 37 00:02:06,340 - > 00:02:10,145 I seen it at a young age. It was bound to happen, but I didn't 38 00:02:10,145 - > 00:02:11,745 know it was gonna be this early on. 39 00:02:12,065 - > 00:02:13,905 Terry Baylor: That's awesome. That's awesome. So if you don't 40 00:02:13,905 - > 00:02:16,865 mind, share me share with us a little just a little something 41 00:02:16,865 - > 00:02:21,425 about your dad. I'm always really fascinated about how 42 00:02:21,905 - > 00:02:25,300 young men feel about their dad and the relationship with their 43 00:02:25,300 - > 00:02:28,660 dad. And the reason that is important to me, at 15, I lost 44 00:02:28,660 - > 00:02:29,380 my dad. 45 00:02:29,380 - > 00:02:34,100 So I tend to live through guys like you who still have their 46 00:02:34,100 - > 00:02:39,335 dad and and who can share those stories as your dad see you grow 47 00:02:39,495 - > 00:02:43,815 from, you know, an adolescent to a teenager to a young adult to a 48 00:02:43,815 - > 00:02:47,015 father to an entrepreneur, all those steps. So just just share 49 00:02:47,015 - > 00:02:50,135 a little bit about, you know, just how how he sees where you 50 00:02:50,135 - > 00:02:50,615 are right now. 51 00:02:50,900 - > 00:02:54,180 Ja'Quan Lavender: My dad's very chill. He don't say much, always 52 00:02:54,180 - > 00:02:57,220 watching. Now I got that same quality, but you can tell when 53 00:02:57,220 - > 00:03:00,100 somebody's proud of you just by their actions. Just always 54 00:03:00,100 - > 00:03:04,435 wanting to be there for you. He may not say much, but I think 55 00:03:04,435 - > 00:03:07,875 the biggest sincerity is dude, your actions speaks louder than 56 00:03:07,875 - > 00:03:08,355 words. 57 00:03:08,355 - > 00:03:12,995 So if he never say much, I know I'm on a good track. Maybe more 58 00:03:12,995 - > 00:03:15,795 he may say much, then man, I'm probably doing the wrong thing, 59 00:03:15,795 - > 00:03:19,680 but he he didn't have to say much to me. You know, when I was 60 00:03:19,680 - > 00:03:22,080 coming up, I may have been a knucklehead. That's simple. 61 00:03:22,240 - > 00:03:25,200 Other than that, he just I know he proud of me. 62 00:03:25,520 - > 00:03:27,840 Terry Baylor: That's awesome, man. I appreciate you sharing 63 00:03:27,840 - > 00:03:28,560 that. Thank you. 64 00:03:28,560 - > 00:03:29,280 Ja'Quan Lavender: Yes, sir. 65 00:03:29,280 - > 00:03:31,795 Ralph Owens: That's that's so awesome. That's so awesome. 66 00:03:31,795 - > 00:03:34,595 Yeah. So so as you you know, let's talk a little bit about 67 00:03:34,595 - > 00:03:35,395 scaling. Right? 68 00:03:35,795 - > 00:03:38,195 So you're operating two national organizations with the 69 00:03:38,195 - > 00:03:40,995 Foundation of the Prudent Man Leadership Academy. Most people 70 00:03:40,995 - > 00:03:44,370 struggle to scale just one thing. You know, what is the 71 00:03:44,370 - > 00:03:48,050 leadership discipline that allows you to build at scale 72 00:03:48,050 - > 00:03:50,130 without losing the quality of your work? 73 00:03:50,130 - > 00:03:52,930 Ja'Quan Lavender: Patience. Patience. This is good. Because 74 00:03:52,930 - > 00:03:58,335 I was getting antsy before, you know, emailing 200 schools maybe 75 00:03:58,335 - > 00:04:01,935 in a week. Just email, I gotta get this program out of there. 76 00:04:01,935 - > 00:04:05,375 No, I don't. Because if I'm if I'm being patient and having 77 00:04:05,375 - > 00:04:08,415 faith, God gonna lead me to the right schools. And the more I 78 00:04:08,415 - > 00:04:11,140 scaled back, the more he took a step forward and got me in the 79 00:04:11,140 - > 00:04:16,260 right schools. Yeah. And then it led to me at the right time to 80 00:04:16,260 - > 00:04:17,300 reach out to people. 81 00:04:17,380 - > 00:04:21,620 Now the Prudhah man is international, it's in Nigeria. 82 00:04:22,405 - > 00:04:27,125 Wow. It's in Nigeria, so we have a leadership summit there where 83 00:04:27,125 - > 00:04:30,805 we have 50 young men that teach in Nigeria. 84 00:04:30,805 - > 00:04:32,485 Terry Baylor: Wow. That is awesome, man. 85 00:04:32,485 - > 00:04:33,205 Ralph Owens: That's incredible, man. 86 00:04:33,205 - > 00:04:36,165 Terry Baylor: That is awesome. So how did that actually come 87 00:04:36,165 - > 00:04:36,725 about? 88 00:04:36,725 - > 00:04:39,440 Ja'Quan Lavender: Well, I I don't god, it's crazy. I don't 89 00:04:39,440 - > 00:04:42,560 know how he'd be doing it, but it'll just, like, drop in me. So 90 00:04:42,560 - > 00:04:45,440 whenever something just dropped in me, when I'm done praying, I 91 00:04:45,440 - > 00:04:48,640 was like, okay. I'm gonna do it. So I searched organizations that 92 00:04:48,640 - > 00:04:52,080 do this similar work that I do, and I end up finding these 93 00:04:52,080 - > 00:04:52,480 organizations. 94 00:04:52,575 - > 00:04:56,815 So I I reached out to them, had meetings with them. At first, I 95 00:04:56,815 - > 00:05:00,015 was skeptical. So I took a step back, I don't know about this. 96 00:05:00,015 - > 00:05:03,775 But as I began to do my research, this organization, 97 00:05:03,775 - > 00:05:08,510 Agape, NASA Agape Foundation, they are a big organization in 98 00:05:08,510 - > 00:05:11,870 Nigeria. So we collabed together, we did multiple work 99 00:05:11,870 - > 00:05:12,510 together. 100 00:05:13,550 - > 00:05:17,070 And she's of course down there, so she will oversee the 101 00:05:17,070 - > 00:05:20,545 leadership program, but I would teach these young men. And she's 102 00:05:20,545 - > 00:05:23,105 in charge of getting the young people and bringing them to the 103 00:05:23,105 - > 00:05:23,505 summit. 104 00:05:23,505 - > 00:05:24,545 Terry Baylor: That's awesome. 105 00:05:24,705 - > 00:05:27,905 Ralph Owens: Amazing. Congratulations. Yeah. That's 106 00:05:27,905 - > 00:05:31,185 that's amazing, man. You know, you you've talked about creating 107 00:05:31,185 - > 00:05:35,660 this ripple effect where today's participants become tomorrow's 108 00:05:35,660 - > 00:05:36,300 mentors. 109 00:05:36,300 - > 00:05:40,060 How are you building that into the structure of what you do 110 00:05:40,060 - > 00:05:44,220 specifically as it to creating a legacy? 111 00:05:44,380 - > 00:05:46,395 Ja'Quan Lavender: I would say the biggest ripple effect that 112 00:05:46,395 - > 00:05:49,595 I'm creating is a chain effect of character, men of integrity. 113 00:05:49,595 - > 00:05:50,155 Ralph Owens: Everyone 114 00:05:50,955 - > 00:05:53,675 Ja'Quan Lavender: that comes in my program, even those that work 115 00:05:53,675 - > 00:05:56,555 with me, they're know that one thing the prudent man is gonna 116 00:05:56,555 - > 00:06:00,360 teach you about is finding your purpose, character, integrity, 117 00:06:00,360 - > 00:06:03,000 and how to carry yourself as a prudent man, but most 118 00:06:03,000 - > 00:06:07,400 importantly as a godly man. So we we bring these qualities to 119 00:06:07,400 - > 00:06:12,345 light because when I'm done and gone, they gotta be able to do 120 00:06:12,345 - > 00:06:16,425 it without Mr. Lavender. And then when they are coming up and 121 00:06:16,425 - > 00:06:18,905 those are coming underneath them, they gotta be able to do 122 00:06:18,905 - > 00:06:22,825 the same effect. So it's gotta be that same chain going. 123 00:06:23,145 - > 00:06:23,465 Ralph Owens: Mhmm. 124 00:06:23,465 - > 00:06:27,030 Ja'Quan Lavender: So I I call it I call it the I can say it's the 125 00:06:27,030 - > 00:06:29,270 Prudence Man ripple effect. That's the ripple effect that 126 00:06:29,270 - > 00:06:30,470 Prudence Man will give you. 127 00:06:30,630 - > 00:06:33,670 Terry Baylor: Okay. I love that. Yeah. I love that. Love that. 128 00:06:33,670 - > 00:06:36,230 Ralph Owens: Me too. And that translates into the corporate 129 00:06:36,230 - > 00:06:39,565 world. And when I was in the military, I was in the Navy. And 130 00:06:39,565 - > 00:06:43,165 in the Navy, what you do is you get a duty station. And in that 131 00:06:43,165 - > 00:06:44,045 duty station, you 132 00:06:44,045 - > 00:06:45,245 Ja'Quan Lavender: may be there for two years, you may be 133 00:06:45,245 - > 00:06:47,645 Ralph Owens: there for four years. And you have a specific 134 00:06:47,645 - > 00:06:49,885 job that you need to do while you're there. I kinda look at 135 00:06:49,885 - > 00:06:53,250 that as the same as our jobs that we have today. Right? You 136 00:06:53,250 - > 00:06:55,890 know, typically these these days, you know, you don't stay 137 00:06:55,890 - > 00:06:56,850 at one job forever. 138 00:06:56,850 - > 00:06:59,810 You have a role that you play while while you're there. But 139 00:06:59,810 - > 00:07:02,850 while you're there, there's a responsibility to to build and 140 00:07:02,850 - > 00:07:06,195 to to lead, you know, and to influence others. You don't 141 00:07:06,195 - > 00:07:08,675 necessarily have to be in a title, right, but you're gonna 142 00:07:08,675 - > 00:07:11,795 be interacting with people that you're meant to connect with 143 00:07:11,795 - > 00:07:15,155 and, you know, being able to build something that outlasts 144 00:07:15,155 - > 00:07:18,755 you. And so that when you leave, you know, the things that you 145 00:07:18,755 - > 00:07:22,400 taught, the impact that you made, it stays even after you're 146 00:07:22,400 - > 00:07:26,960 gone. That's a higher form of purpose in living than just 147 00:07:26,960 - > 00:07:28,640 existing to go get a paycheck. 148 00:07:29,280 - > 00:07:31,840 So I love that, man. That is fantastic. 149 00:07:32,335 - > 00:07:35,135 Terry Baylor: So one of the things I love about that is, and 150 00:07:35,135 - > 00:07:38,015 JaQuan, I'm sure you're gonna really have something to say on 151 00:07:38,015 - > 00:07:42,815 this too, terms of the culture that you're really building is a 152 00:07:42,815 - > 00:07:46,610 kingdom culture. So when you hear that, what does that mean 153 00:07:46,610 - > 00:07:51,170 for you in terms of the impact, in terms of the, you know, the 154 00:07:51,170 - > 00:07:53,890 longevity of it? Like, you know, because Christ really came here 155 00:07:53,890 - > 00:07:57,890 to build a a kingdom culture. How do you see what you're doing 156 00:07:57,890 - > 00:08:00,530 with your foundation contributing to that kingdom 157 00:08:00,530 - > 00:08:00,930 culture? 158 00:08:01,115 - > 00:08:03,275 Ja'Quan Lavender: The first thing that came to mind was 159 00:08:03,275 - > 00:08:07,115 responsibility and just being a kingdom ambassador. What I'm 160 00:08:07,115 - > 00:08:09,995 doing is a kingdom work, of course, because I'm taking 161 00:08:09,995 - > 00:08:13,370 myself out of it and being a servant as Jesus taught. You 162 00:08:13,370 - > 00:08:16,490 know, as I take you through a story, it was a Christian school 163 00:08:16,490 - > 00:08:19,690 that I had in Canton, Ohio. And, you know, as we were coming to a 164 00:08:19,690 - > 00:08:23,610 close, I was teaching them about how Jesus washed the disciples' 165 00:08:23,610 - > 00:08:28,345 feet. Now how can the master do that for his disciples? 166 00:08:28,345 - > 00:08:31,625 They said that only a slave would do that because when 167 00:08:31,625 - > 00:08:34,825 people come off the road to come to eat, that was something 168 00:08:34,825 - > 00:08:38,260 slaves would do to wash their feet, that they'll be clean. So 169 00:08:38,260 - > 00:08:42,500 I did that as our graduation ceremony. I washed their feet 170 00:08:42,500 - > 00:08:48,340 just so that I'm not greater than you. I'm I'm yes. I'm your 171 00:08:48,340 - > 00:08:49,060 servant. 172 00:08:49,060 - > 00:08:52,820 Like, I'm serving you what what I'm offering you as this service 173 00:08:52,485 - > 00:08:55,205 as me teaching you, I'm your servant. I'm teaching you 174 00:08:55,205 - > 00:08:58,005 something. Mhmm. Because the principle I wanted them to see 175 00:08:58,245 - > 00:09:01,845 was being displayed when Jesus said, if anyone wanna be great 176 00:09:01,845 - > 00:09:05,205 among you, let him be your servant first. So I displayed 177 00:09:05,205 - > 00:09:07,680 that bible verse in action. 178 00:09:07,680 - > 00:09:10,320 So when they read that verse, they can say, Mr. Lavender 179 00:09:10,320 - > 00:09:13,760 actually brought it to light. Yeah. If he really wanna be 180 00:09:13,760 - > 00:09:15,920 great, I gotta be your servant. 181 00:09:15,920 - > 00:09:18,640 Terry Baylor: What I'm hearing is that leadership is not about 182 00:09:18,640 - > 00:09:23,815 telling people what to do, about where to go. I'm in charge. I'm 183 00:09:23,815 - > 00:09:28,935 the dude. You you gotta get go go grab my bags. But it's like, 184 00:09:28,935 - > 00:09:29,095 no. 185 00:09:29,095 - > 00:09:30,775 Let me let me get your bag. 186 00:09:30,775 - > 00:09:33,495 Ja'Quan Lavender: That we got a responsibility. God said to 187 00:09:33,495 - > 00:09:38,100 Adam, tend to the garden and keep it. I gotta cultivate my 188 00:09:38,100 - > 00:09:43,380 garden. My garden is my purpose, buildings, young men and men, to 189 00:09:43,380 - > 00:09:47,380 fruit of man. When I have a family, I gotta tend to them, 190 00:09:47,540 - > 00:09:48,820 tend to my wife, my children. 191 00:09:49,315 - > 00:09:53,155 That's my responsibility. That's my garden I gotta cultivate. So 192 00:09:53,155 - > 00:09:56,195 if I'm not cultivating, what am I doing? 193 00:09:56,195 - > 00:09:59,955 Ralph Owens: See, that's it. That's so powerful. JaQuan, if 194 00:09:59,955 - > 00:10:03,475 you had to define your life's work in one word, what would it 195 00:10:03,475 - > 00:10:03,635 be? 196 00:10:04,410 - > 00:10:07,210 Ja'Quan Lavender: If I could define my life work in one word. 197 00:10:07,210 - > 00:10:07,770 Mhmm. 198 00:10:07,770 - > 00:10:10,810 Terry Baylor: Word or phrase? Word or phrase? Word or phrase? 199 00:10:11,370 - > 00:10:14,810 Ja'Quan Lavender: Would just say purpose. I just feel like that 200 00:10:14,810 - > 00:10:17,610 word is when you think about purpose, you just think about 201 00:10:17,610 - > 00:10:21,265 what I'm called to do, what I'm called to do on earth. You know, 202 00:10:21,265 - > 00:10:25,665 I I think purpose is all around just the word that every man 203 00:10:25,665 - > 00:10:29,105 should know. Because it's it's what you were predestined to do 204 00:10:29,105 - > 00:10:30,625 before you even thought of. Yeah. 205 00:10:30,625 - > 00:10:32,640 Terry Baylor: I was just thinking that. I was just 206 00:10:32,640 - > 00:10:37,440 thinking that because it would begin. Right? What's the the the 207 00:10:37,440 - > 00:10:42,560 seed has everything contained in it it needs to do what? To grow. 208 00:10:42,560 - > 00:10:46,080 Mhmm. It has everything in it needs. So what you're saying is 209 00:10:46,080 - > 00:10:50,735 is when God thought of you, he put it all inside of you. It was 210 00:10:50,735 - > 00:10:55,135 in there. But again, your journey, right, all the things 211 00:10:55,135 - > 00:10:59,935 that you've gone through has allowed that seed to germinate. 212 00:11:00,530 - > 00:11:05,410 It allowed it to crack the soil, it allowed it to now start it to 213 00:11:05,410 - > 00:11:09,890 sprout, but all that pressure, right, the pressure was needed 214 00:11:09,890 - > 00:11:13,250 in order for the seed to blossom and do what it needed to do. 215 00:11:13,250 - > 00:11:13,650 Ja'Quan Lavender: Yes, 216 00:11:13,650 - > 00:11:16,455 Ralph Owens: sir. That's it. As you get a little, you know, down 217 00:11:16,455 - > 00:11:19,575 the road like Terry and I are, you start to thank God for the 218 00:11:19,575 - > 00:11:22,295 pressure. You don't think feel that way in the moment. But when 219 00:11:22,295 - > 00:11:25,255 you can look back over your life and you say, man, God, I see how 220 00:11:25,255 - > 00:11:25,895 he was working there. 221 00:11:26,180 - > 00:11:30,180 How you used that to propel me, to move me, those types of 222 00:11:30,180 - > 00:11:33,620 things. That's real. That is that is real life right there. 223 00:11:33,700 - > 00:11:37,460 Man, that is fantastic, man. So so what do you want young women 224 00:11:37,460 - > 00:11:41,915 and men who go through your program to say, about how it 225 00:11:41,915 - > 00:11:42,635 changed them? 226 00:11:42,635 - > 00:11:44,555 You know, like, what what are the things that you're looking 227 00:11:44,555 - > 00:11:44,955 to hear? 228 00:11:44,955 - > 00:11:47,115 Ja'Quan Lavender: I'm looking to hear, of course, number one, it 229 00:11:47,115 - > 00:11:51,115 helped me find my purpose. Number two, I wanna hear that 230 00:11:51,435 - > 00:11:54,750 they're not the same young man or young woman they were here a 231 00:11:54,750 - > 00:11:58,990 year ago. I wanna I wanna hear them not speak with profanity. 232 00:11:59,470 - > 00:12:02,430 They're not sacking their pants. These young ladies are dressed 233 00:12:02,430 - > 00:12:05,710 in modest, not with tight clothes to get these young men 234 00:12:05,710 - > 00:12:06,590 to lust after. 235 00:12:06,590 - > 00:12:09,035 I don't I don't want that. Again, when I think about a 236 00:12:09,035 - > 00:12:11,915 prudent man and a prudent woman, I think of excellence. So 237 00:12:11,915 - > 00:12:14,875 everything that we do is with the standard of excellence. So 238 00:12:14,875 - > 00:12:18,155 once they have an excellent mindset, they'll be able to do 239 00:12:18,155 - > 00:12:19,275 everything with excellence. 240 00:12:19,275 - > 00:12:21,700 Ralph Owens: This is not a simple, you know, buying 241 00:12:21,700 - > 00:12:25,860 somebody lunch. You you are changing generations. Because 242 00:12:25,860 - > 00:12:29,220 you think about that. If you if you help impact one young lady 243 00:12:29,220 - > 00:12:32,740 or one young man, and they change their lives when they get 244 00:12:32,740 - > 00:12:34,660 married and they have kids, they're gonna be teaching their 245 00:12:34,660 - > 00:12:36,035 kids what you taught. Right? 246 00:12:36,035 - > 00:12:39,715 Correct. And and and, you know, everybody does not fortunate 247 00:12:39,715 - > 00:12:43,395 enough to come up in church or come up in a household where 248 00:12:43,395 - > 00:12:47,395 they may have loving parents. So you may be the only voice, you 249 00:12:47,395 - > 00:12:50,035 know, that they hear that moves them in that direction. So what 250 00:12:50,035 - > 00:12:52,460 you're doing is powerful and is needed. So I just wanna 251 00:12:52,460 - > 00:12:55,340 personally thank you for what you're putting into the world 252 00:12:55,340 - > 00:12:58,460 and how you're changing lives, because this incredible, man. 253 00:12:58,460 - > 00:12:59,900 This is definitely you. Incredible. 254 00:13:00,460 - > 00:13:04,380 Terry Baylor: It is. It has been a pleasure meeting you today and 255 00:13:04,380 - > 00:13:08,515 just having this dialogue, man. You've inspired me. Man, look. 256 00:13:08,515 - > 00:13:11,315 When you're doing the things that we're doing, leading 257 00:13:11,315 - > 00:13:15,235 families, you know, starting organizations, encouraging 258 00:13:15,235 - > 00:13:19,075 people, every single day, you gotta get in the blocks. 259 00:13:19,075 - > 00:13:23,490 See? Every day. And leaders, you're leading your teams. You 260 00:13:23,490 - > 00:13:26,770 know, you're leading families. You know, every single day you 261 00:13:26,770 - > 00:13:29,410 show up in the office, every single day you show up in your 262 00:13:29,410 - > 00:13:33,810 home office, somebody needs what you have. 263 00:13:33,810 - > 00:13:37,925 And again, if you're not ready that day, it's okay. There's two 264 00:13:37,925 - > 00:13:41,285 things impacting my life. Getting on the line. Don't get 265 00:13:41,285 - > 00:13:44,005 on unless you're ready. The other thing is I'm still chewing 266 00:13:44,005 - > 00:13:44,725 on this. 267 00:13:44,725 - > 00:13:50,320 The rest is more important than the work. That's heavy, man. 268 00:13:50,320 - > 00:13:51,120 Ja'Quan Lavender: It is. 269 00:13:51,360 - > 00:13:54,320 Terry Baylor: That's that's heavy. That is heavy. Yeah. Oh, 270 00:13:54,320 - > 00:13:55,120 that's heavy. 271 00:13:55,440 - > 00:13:57,600 Ja'Quan Lavender: Like today, I'm not I'm not working. I'm 272 00:13:57,600 - > 00:14:01,360 about to go get a manicure. I'm about to self care. I'm 273 00:14:01,360 - > 00:14:02,400 Terry Baylor: about Yes, to sir. 274 00:14:02,480 - > 00:14:04,320 Ja'Quan Lavender: Clean the house. I'm about to go wash my 275 00:14:04,320 - > 00:14:07,415 car, watch some videos about what I do for a living. Just 276 00:14:07,415 - > 00:14:10,295 things like that. That's that's my downtime. I don't want to be 277 00:14:10,295 - > 00:14:11,175 on my phone. 278 00:14:11,335 - > 00:14:15,015 Don't want nobody coming over here. I need to enjoy my peace. 279 00:14:15,175 - > 00:14:18,855 Terry Baylor: Yes. Yes, man. God bless you, man. You you are a 280 00:14:18,855 - > 00:14:20,580 blessing, bro. You are a blessing. 281 00:14:20,580 - > 00:14:23,780 I'm a find you on all your social stuff. I'm a find you, 282 00:14:24,180 - > 00:14:29,860 and I will be following and and connecting you with people that 283 00:14:29,860 - > 00:14:33,140 I that I know who will benefit from these services that you 284 00:14:33,140 - > 00:14:35,675 bring. So, you've been a blessing to me today. Thank you. 285 00:14:35,675 - > 00:14:36,955 Ja'Quan Lavender: Thank you. Thank you. 286 00:14:36,955 - > 00:14:39,115 Ralph Owens: So so over these four conversations, you've taken 287 00:14:39,115 - > 00:14:42,875 us from the track to foundation, from the philosophy to the 288 00:14:42,875 - > 00:14:46,075 method, and now the legacy. What's the final word you wanna 289 00:14:46,075 - > 00:14:48,715 leave with every executive, entrepreneur, and emerging 290 00:14:48,715 - > 00:14:50,075 leader listening to this series? 291 00:14:50,240 - > 00:14:52,480 Ja'Quan Lavender: Okay. I would say prudence. Prudence is 292 00:14:52,480 - > 00:14:55,680 attainable. If you want to be a prudent man or a prudent woman, 293 00:14:55,680 - > 00:15:00,720 start start small, flexion, reflect. I said, the mirror 294 00:15:00,720 - > 00:15:02,480 never lie, your character will never lie. 295 00:15:02,625 - > 00:15:05,985 So your character is the representation of your heart. So 296 00:15:05,985 - > 00:15:09,665 take a look at your heart. Rest, rest, please rest. Because the 297 00:15:09,665 - > 00:15:12,705 work is always gonna be there. See people that die in corporate 298 00:15:12,705 - > 00:15:15,585 America and they get replaced within a week. 299 00:15:15,665 - > 00:15:19,880 So the work is always gonna be there and just enjoy life. Your 300 00:15:19,880 - > 00:15:23,640 work is not your life. Purpose is your life. But your nine to 301 00:15:23,640 - > 00:15:26,120 five is not your life. That's two different things. 302 00:15:26,760 - > 00:15:29,640 So when you find your purpose, yeah, you're gonna be happy. But 303 00:15:29,640 - > 00:15:32,280 even then, Jesus had to take himself back and restrain 304 00:15:32,280 - > 00:15:36,115 himself, wake up early, and had a solitude place to pray. So 305 00:15:36,115 - > 00:15:40,435 even though he knew his purpose, he still rests. So find find 306 00:15:40,435 - > 00:15:43,555 your why, take a break from work, even if it's just a mental 307 00:15:43,555 - > 00:15:45,795 health day, and just continue to be in you. 308 00:15:45,795 - > 00:15:47,475 Ralph Owens: So good. So good. So go ahead. 309 00:15:47,475 - > 00:15:47,955 Terry Baylor: Yes, sir. 310 00:15:48,090 - > 00:15:50,410 Ralph Owens: JaQuan, thank you so much, man. We appreciate you. 311 00:15:50,410 - > 00:15:53,370 You you and the Leadership Sovereignty family now. Right? 312 00:15:53,370 - > 00:15:56,570 Terry Baylor: Hey. Hey. 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