Yo, what's good everyone release the game in here and welcome to this Roblox Mickey Mouse sad horror story Now before we begin this it isn't Spanish, but I do speak taco and I will translate it to English So let's begin. All right, so here we are a we got mr. Beans and Raymond retoon. All right, let's go ahead and begin with these huh while with this Mickey Mouse horror story All right. Oh, okay, so we got Goofy and Donald Duck. It seems like it might be Mickey Mouse's birthday Hey, don't eat the cake bro. It's not for you. All right.  All right, so let's go ahead. Oh wait. I see like a red button Behind this. Oh, he's destroying the cake bro.  Oh Mickey Mouse has arrived. All right, so it seems like they did a little surprise birthday cake for Mickey Mouse and All right, but I'm still a little curious why there's a red button behind the cake It might be like a trap or something man because it is a sad horror story. Oh wait Minnie Mouse This is at the window. What is she doing bro? She's out there creeping. Oh Man, all right. Hopefully they don't do anything bad to Mickey. All right So we got Mickey Goofy and Donald and Minnie outside the window creeping. All right So Goofy's telling Mickey to look he's like Mickey.  Oh, they even boarded it up All right, so what is going on in this story bro? Like why have they betrayed their best friend Mickey Mouse like Mickey Mouse has never been a bad guy Until he turned to like suicide mouse or whatever, but I've never remembered Mickey being a horrible guy towards his friends Okay, so Mickey's trapped in the basement. All right. Oh, there's a there's an axe here. I wonder what that's meant for Okay. Oh mini mini to the rescue Okay, so Minnie Mouse has arrived to the basement with Mickey down here. All right, what y'all love to bro What y'all gonna do down here? Okay, she's got what what is going on. She's just staring at him. I Don't know dude. Okay. Oh Okay, the whole trio is here All right, I feel like they're about to team up against Mickey and they're about to jump him or something I don't freak it out, but this is not any good news for Mickey Mouse. Oh, no Dude, they got hammers Dude are they about to beat him to death or something because I think that's what's about to go down Well, it is about to go down. Ah continue continue not all right So there's a part two. Let's go ahead and join part two Let's see where this goes and what happens with Mickey. So here you are a part two of Mickey Mouse that horror story All right, so okay This is where we left off that we're down in the basement and I don't know what they're about to do to Mickey, bro But it does not seem like they're about to do something nice Okay question mark. What's going on Mickey?  Okay, um Min two minis how and the other mini okay, so they're also like they're lost I wonder like what is going on like why is there two Minnie Mouse Mickey? I've been looking for you Everywhere, but she's been searching for Mickey Mouse and here she is She found herself in the basement with all of them when they were about to clearly beat him alive or something But she doesn't know that there's an imposter mini behind the door The other one doesn't look kind of weird now that I'm kind of looking at them. All right So it says Minnie watch out be careful Minnie, huh? Okay, so she doesn't know what's going on She's very clueless and she's about to get beat by the other Minnie surprise attack. Oh my god. What's going on? bro, what Okay, so I don't know what just happened, but the other Minnie Mouse like has some sort of power. I Think she might be possessed or something because she has like these this energy Oh man, okay. She got everybody. I think they're all gonna die Okay, Mickey only you can stop this mini Help.  We believe in you Okay, so they're all telling Mickey Mouse that he's the only one that can stop this they believe in him and They think he's the only one that shall stop this evil Minnie Mouse Bro, okay, so what is going on? Where did she get these powers and why is she freaking evil, bro? What okay, so there it is full power. Oh, man. I think they're actually dead Question mark. Yeah, I'm very clues as to what happened now, bro. They're in heaven. No way Okay, so it seems like they have all died. Well, I seem like Goofy and Donald have died and Mickey Mouse is still like in between. You know, I think what's it called like purgatory I think Okay, hello. Where am I? Bro, you are between heaven and hell I think I think that's what's going on Don't do anything to me. Are you confused?  Do not walk towards the light man Okay, you're on the brink of death at this moment and This is where you you're able to choose if you want to die or to continue Okay, so I like I said, he's between death and We want to continue to live or not. Okay. I I want to go back and save my friends. I need to help them Okay, I'm sorry. It won't be easy. Okay, so he's legit like he wants to go back and help his friends I mean who wouldn't right? Okay. Look all right. I guess he's gonna show him. What's up, man? Look, this is the energy that Minnie attacked with all right, so he's showing them a flashback They clearly got attacked All right, so it's about a negative energy repulsive and full of evil. All right, so how did Where did this mean even come from bro?  All right So he basically said anything that has been affected by this bad energy will stay trapped So I think Mickey Mouse is actually trapped forever.  All right, so this thing is telling like bro, you better like reality check bro Like you can't defeat that evil Minnie Mouse. I would do whatever is possible to save my friends It's okay But you only have one opportunity so you better do this right, bro If you don't do it right, then you messed it up. All right, so I guess he's being transcended back To earth or something. All right, there he goes. That looks very magical All right. Oh, okay. He's getting bigger. Why is it? Oh my god. Okay. Did he just blow up, dude Did the sun blow up Mickey Mouse or something? Okay, I I think he actually Went full power and he got sent He went to he went godly mode and then he got sent back to heaven And to be continued. Hey, what's up MLG dude? All right Well, I guess we'll have to wait for part three to figure out what happened with Mickey if he got sent back to earth And if he's gonna be able to rescue His friends and Minnie Mouse most importantly. All right, you guys well if you guys enjoyed the video Make sure to smash the like button drop a comment share all that good stuff I'll leave the link to the game down below in the description if you want to check it out for yourselves And thank y'all for watching. I will see y'all in the next one Hey, what's up, man? You got the homeboy over here


Hey guys, how you doing? This is your boy Rich from RichTVLive and you too can join the club at richpicksdaily.com where you can learn how to win and trade. Hi, how's everybody doing today? I am your host, Rich. Here on behalf of RichTVLive with our very special guest, the CTO of Wonderfied Technologies, Kong Lee. How you doing today, Kong? I'm doing great. Great to have you on the show. And can you give us a little bit of a background on yourself and how you got involved with Wonderfied? Yeah, I'd love to. So my background is obviously in tech. I actually started my career as a game developer and I fell in love with Bitcoin in 2009, very early OG and 2016 I started dabbling in Ethereum and that's where I met Ben in 2017 at first coin capital and over the year, Ben, myself and Dean, we worked on a couple of projects and a little over a year ago, we got together and started DeFi venture with the idea of building a non-custodial DeFi platform and obviously this came as the wonderfied app that we recently launched a couple of weeks ago. Congratulations on launching the app. Like I said, I've also got the app. I've put assets in the app and I'm looking to put even more assets in the app. That rolls right into the next question. You guys had some huge news this week. Just a couple of days ago, you guys announced the launch of Wonderfied Interactive bringing play to earn gaming and NFTs to the Wonderfied app and to all of the members of the Wonderfied community. Can you tell us what this means for Wonderfied and how you'll be taking advantage of the super hot NFT sector? Yeah, we're super excited with this acquisition as well. So I mean, what I've seen over the years in the space is a lot of the blockchain games, they start out with using blockchain as a means to raise the fund. So a lot of games start out with a token and then they use that to fund development. And what end up happening is the game design that was never designed around the token or the economic around it is always about the fund raising. And often most of the project, the backlash from the gamers that your token doesn't tie in with the game economy and stuff are broken. I mean, I won't name any name project, but that's essentially what we're seeing. So with this acquisition, we're in a very unique position as you think differently. For starter, we're actually not going to sell any NFT, not like a traditional NFT job, player actually going to earn the NFT through playing the game. And they can be as we wore or a random item that you might find in the map or just having top score in the game. And the two main characters in the game, King Kong and Godzilla, they're actually backed by legendary film. So they're actual IP back. So they're not like your typical NFT that drops out of dinner. And as you can imagine, the sky's the limit, right? Like once you have fictional character, why not do actual individual? So as you know, Kevin Larry is one of our big backer and he's going to be on in the game as a collectible character as well. And obviously, with the bit by acquisition came Kyle Larry. And so he's going to be as a collectible character as well. So Kyle Lowry, that's huge. Absolutely. I love watching that commercial during the Super Bowl. I was just like, Oh my goodness, this is so exciting. Are you going to see more of him? Yeah, I can't wait. I'm a huge fan of Kyle Lowry championship with the Toronto Raptors. He's like a Canadian superstar icon for bringing the Toronto Raptors a championship. And he was the point guard for the Toronto Raptors for many, many years. So that is an amazing, amazing member to bring to the wonder fine, the bit by family. Now, Kong, a lot of our members are asking, when will two factor authentication be added to the wonder fi app for security reasons? Now, for some of you guys that don't know what two factor authentication is, one of the biggest issues with cryptocurrencies over the last few years has been hacking, has been fraud has been people stealing people's coins. So one of the ways to combat that is a lot of apps, a lot of platforms, a lot of exchanges have two factor authentication. Now, I know you guys just launched your app. Are you guys planning on offering two factor authentication on the wonder fi app? So two FA has always been there. We chose not to activate it for use upon boarding. So right now it is actually available and active on the app. Perfect. The option to update your two FA setting will be rolling out in the next release. So there'll be some more work on around it. Perfect. That answers my question. It was actually one of the questions I had because being someone that's been in the crypto game for so long, when you move lots of assets over, you want to make sure that they're really, really protected and that two factor authentication is something that I always like to look for. It just makes me feel a little bit more comfortable. It lets me sleep at night. So I'm really looking forward to you guys adding that option. So I'll be looking for that very closely. Now, another question that everyone in our community is asking is when will Bitcoin be available to deposit on the wonder fi app? Any chance you can tell us on the status on Bitcoin deposits on the wonder fi app? It's it's an amazing question. I we actually get this on a daily basis. So you're not you're not alone. It's the biggest coin, right? So we absolutely. So one thing is what a lot of our user may not aware of is our team does spend a lot of time. Analyzing every product that we integrate into the platform to make sure that they're safe. And as of right now, a lot of the option for Bitcoin and DeFi, they don't meet those criteria. But not to say we're not going to do so we are in continuously working with our partners and product that we potentially could be integrated into and just getting up to standards essentially. So I am very excited that things are moving and we'll hopefully be seeing that soon. Very good. That's huge. And can you give the viewers an idea of how wonder fi interactive and play to earn gaming will help them earn more income? And how soon can people start buying NFTs on the wonder fi platform? I know you touched on that a little bit. Absolutely. So one of the things just clarify again is that we're not selling empty. They're they're earnable and unlockable assets within the game. And that's the beauty in all this. And this is, you know, aligned with our vision of being decentralized and DeFi is once you're in the character in the assets, they're yours to keep.  And that's where we are, you know, doing things in the nonconventional ways that the assets and you earn in the game by now truly your wallet, and you do whatever you want. And obviously, you know, if if an asset's appreciate, it's out of control. And that's a free market that we operate in. And obviously, the other important piece is the NFT backed by IP. So they're valuable assets on his own on their own. And as we roll out the individual NFT, obviously, you know, I'll leave it to the imagination of the viewer to figure out how much value there is in those assets as well. Yeah, super exciting. So guys, if you want NFTs on the wonder fi app, you just got to play the game. You play the game. And you earn NFTs. I mean, it's super cool. I know I'm gonna be telling my son to go play the game. And if he doesn't want the NFTs, I'm gonna tell him to pass them to me. So yeah, I think that's really cool. Play to earn gaming, earning NFTs to play games and earning rewards is the future and gaming is such a huge growing industry. So I'm super excited to see you guys be a part of it. Now, any chance you can tell us and give us an update on the bit by deal. Obviously, it's a huge deal that you guys are working on that can really change wonder fi in a lot of ways. Can you give us an update on how that's coming? Absolutely. And you're right. It's a foundational piece for us. It gives us a license exchange and access to onboarding for crypto essentially, within Canada. But I mean, that's, that's open, right? And what most important bit by is a profitable profit center for wonder fi. Keep the steady revenues and the 90 plus employee that they have now accelerate our growth. We're a small company, but now we added and we're going to be 110 when the transaction close and we're anticipating that the deal will be close in this quarter. So it's gonna be coming fast and serious. This quarter is only a few days left. Absolutely. So we're fingers crossed, but there's a lot of people pushing and we're hoping to get it across the line. Oh, that's great. That's so exciting. If there was one thing you would want shareholders to know about wonder fi today, what would that be? You know, I would say we just got started. We're one year company. And with the latest acquisition, there are 3 billion game player out there that are just starting to experience crypto and gaming. And between bit by and go big and the wonder fi app, we're excited that we're gonna have this, you know, I have a product that we'll touch on for all of these users that are coming into the space. Super exciting. And my last question, what is the best way for shareholders and potentially new shareholders to get in touch with the company if they have any questions for the company in regards to the wonder fi interactive and play to earn gaming and NFTs? Absolutely. Our website is wonder.fi. And our social channels are listed on there as well. It's the best way to keep in touch with us and we do update them on a regular basis. Fantastic. Thank you so much for your time today. The CTO and co founder of wonder fi technologies, Kong Lee. Now I must remind you guys that rich TV live is strictly for information and education purposes. Please do your due diligence, do your research before you invest in anything we talk about or discuss here on rich TV live in saying that we brought you wonder fi first. It's been a huge winner for our community. It's come back down to a nice spot again where a lot of investors are picking it up again. It had huge news come out about the bit by deal, which I think is going to be game changing for the app and for the company for a startup. They've also just recently come up with huge news about NFTs, play to earn games. So lots of exciting things to talk about here. I believe this is a company that is grossly undervalued, underappreciated, underexposed. They have a star studded team. Kevin O'Leary is involved. Sam bankman freed is involved. Josh Richards is involved. Kong Lee is involved. Rich TV live is involved and you should get involved too. Thank you guys for watching and thank you for joining us today. The CTO and co founder love to invite you back anytime. Kong Lee thank you for joining us today. Thanks for having me on. It's always a pleasure. If you're not winning, you're probably not watching. We bring you the winners and we bring them to you first. If you like the video, smash the like button, comment down below, share the video everywhere and subscribe if you're alive. This is Rich from risk to be live with Kong Lee the CTO and co founder of wonder fight technology saying have a nice day, everybody. We'll see you soon.


A fighting game is a video game genre based around interpersonal combat between a limited amount of characters in which they fight until they defeat their opponents where the timer expires. The fight matches typically consist of several rounds and take place in an arena, while each character has differing abilities but each is relatively viable to choose. Players must master techniques such as blocking, counter attacking, and chaining attacks together into combos. Starting in the early 1990s, most fighting games allowed the player to execute special attacks by performing specific input combinations. The fighting game genre is related to but distinct from beat them UPS, which involve large numbers of enemies against the human player. The first game to feature fist fighting was Heavyweight Champ in 1976, but it was Karate Champ which popularized one-on-one martial arts games in arcades in 1984. The following year, Yair Kung Fu featured antagonists with differing fighting styles, while the wave of the exploding fist further popularized the genre on home systems. In 1987, Street Fighter introduced hidden special attacks. In 1991, Capcom's highly successful Street Fighter II refined and popularized many of the conventions of the genre. The fighting game subsequently became the preeminent genre for competitive video gaming in the early 2000s, particularly in arcades. This period spawned dozens of other popular fighting games, including successful and long-running franchises like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros., Tekken, Guilty Gear, The King of Fighters, Virtua Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Killer Instinct, Blast Blue, Skull Girls, Dark Stalkers, Dead War Alive and Soul Calibur.


XBB.1 is a new SARS-CoV-2 variant that has been identified as a result of recombination between two existing variants, BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1. This recombination event has resulted in a virus with increased resistance to antibodies from BA.25 vaccines, higher fusogenicity, and a greater ability to infect cells. Additionally, this recombination event has also altered the structure of the virus's spike protein, which allows it to interact better with human ACE2. Furthermore, the virus has been shown to be less virulent in male hamsters compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants. This article was offered by Tomokozutomua, Jumpei Ito, Keiya Yuru, and others.


Maybe if we started to focus more on both the physical aspects of a relationship, the tactile things, paying for bills and the doing in relationship, and also focused on the being in relationship for both men and women alike, and stop creating a narrative that men are bad, that women are bad, because it's the creating this narrative of men are bad and women are bad or they're weak and they're too strong creates so much animosity, frustration, anger that couples aren't going to connect with one another. And I'm here to encourage a more conscious way of approaching a relationship than this childlike way with a lot of this rhetoric out there. Is this sinking in? Is this resonating? If it is, please let me know. Please post a comment below. I'd like to hear your thoughts and hi, Linda. As always, if you find value in the group, please tell your friends about Midlife Love Mastery.


An article published by Time.com asserts that the world is becoming more complex and changes accelerating exponentially. Without a doubt, machine learning and artificial intelligence are the two advanced technologies ruling the current marketplace. These branches of technology have the power to transform the way businesses operate and how humans interact to perform complex tasks. However, being an expert in the field of AI requires specific skills. In this video, I will share with you 9 skills that will be the most lucrative as artificial intelligence advances. 1. Analytical Skills Analytical skills are essential because it allows you to evaluate problems both simple and complex, find solutions to the issues and make decisions about what actions to take next. This skill incorporates many skills like attention to detail, critical thinking ability, decision making and research and skills to analyze a question or problem and reach a solution. Analytical skills are required for a lot of AI jobs from real estate agent to data scientist. The ultimate goal of most AI innovation is to create technology that solves our human problems for us. The best artificial intelligence will not just follow a set of predetermined rules but rather it will learn how to solve problems creatively. Understanding problems and analyzing the situation for viable solutions is a critical skill in every position at every level of the transition to AI. Creative problem solving is the next major step for AI and that's why the analytical skill is in such high demand. 2. Mathematical Skills Data scientist and AI instructor Abhishek Paraka once wrote, a person working in the field of AI who doesn't know math is like a politician who doesn't know how to persuade. Both have an inescapable area to work upon. An ideal candidate for the AI domain must be an expert in a broad set of algorithms and applied math. Such candidates should be well versed with superb problem solving and analytical skills which could help them perform the given tasks efficiently. Fred Saragiani, the CTO of a leading digital trust provider, SIFT Science once remarked, we're looking primarily for people who have a principled understanding of the statistics, probabilities and math necessary to grasp the problem. That's the foundation of all this. According to him, this essential foundation allows ML professionals to identify which algorithm best addresses a problem and the way to optimize the outcomes. 3. Lateral Thinking Lateral thinking is also referred to as creativity. According to the Maltese physician, author, inventor and consultant and originator of the term lateral thinking, Edward de Bono, there is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity there would be no progress and we will be forever repeating the same patterns. To excel in the AI domain, programmers need to have a curious and creative mind. This curiosity and creativity helps them discover novel ways to approach specific problems and come up with innovative solutions for cracking them. Besides, lateral thinking allows them to grab abstract information efficiently and be clear with the possibilities to process it well. Furthermore, leaders of the future need to be able to connect dots that haven't been connected before to create new ideas through fresh thinking and innovation. 4. Problem Solving According to computer science, problem solving is a part of artificial intelligence that encompasses several techniques such as algorithms and heuristics to solve a problem. There are two different types of action takers, the reflex based and the goal based. While the reflex action taker directly maps states into actions, the goal based individual on the other hand considers future activities and the desired outcomes. Problem solving is a goal based action taken process. If you do not have problem solving skills, then you cannot survive or revolve in your AI career. First, you must develop a critical problem solving approach. The problem solving method will help you think analytically, which will further assist you in identifying and analyzing complex problems, considering future actions as well as reflecting on your desired results before creating several long lasting solutions. 5. Excellent Command over Unix Tools Unix is an operating system that supports multitasking and multi-user functionality. Although with a graphical user interface, using a Unix-based system is comfortable, but one should still know the Unix commands for the cases where a graphical user interface is not available. As you tread further in your AI career, you will see that a majority of data processing in AI is done on Linux-based systems. Unix is considered the backbone of all internet services and all the various other services such as chat and Netflix. If you are not accustomed to utilizing specific Unix tools, including grep, orc, sort, find, cut, TR, and so on, then you would not be able to grasp the functions of AI in the OS environment. Besides, Unix command prompt tools are much superior to Windows counterparts in terms of flexibility, speed, and versatility. 6. Knowledge of Programming Languages Just as humans have the language they understand, computers also have their particular languages. Computers work with binary numbers and codes called programming languages. How does one become an AI engineer if you cannot understand how to make computers do things for you? To be able to gain a profound understanding of artificial intelligence, you should start your learning journey with the most popular program languages, such as Python, Java, R, or C++. With the help of programming languages, you can create complex algorithms, making computers follow your instructions. For instance, Python makes it easier for AI engineers to develop complex algorithms. C++ speeds up the entire coding process. Necessary expertise in R is needed to be efficient in stats and plots, and aspiring AI professionals require Java to implement mappers and reducers. 7. Technological Adaptability New research amongst leaders from HALT International Business School have identified developing technical knowledge and been better able to adapt to new technologies as a critical factor for their future success. As an AI developer, you must bear in mind that the field of AI is dynamic. Technological adaptability is the ability to learn and comprehend new technology with confidence and without fear. Being fairly adaptable is required to function in our world of changing technology. However, being genuinely flexible in technological environments is a highly priced skill in today's workplace, especially in the field of artificial intelligence. To be an AI developer is undeniably hard, and to be successful in it means to always have the drive for learning. As the old saying has it, time and tide wait for nobody. And nowhere is that more accurate than in AI and the way that new technologies emerge. 8. Ability to Grasp New Concepts Quickly and Stay Updated Aspiring AI professionals must have a passion for keeping themselves updated with the latest developments in the technology industry. Putting efforts to update their skills and become familiar with the advanced development tools, theories, algorithms, and so on will make navigating through the complexities of artificial intelligence less difficult. To stay updated, AI enthusiasts are advised to actively participate in various online forums, blogs, and communities that are specifically developed to cater to AI professionals. Programmers ought to develop the hunger for new knowledge to enable them to read and study for sharpening their AI knowledge. By going through online AI tutorials, conferences, video courses, and so on, your niche expertise in the concerned fields will be enhanced. There are some top-rated papers available online such as Google Bigtable, Google MapReduce, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data, and Google File System. 9. Patience and Passion AI and ML are relatively new technologies where the experts are still striving hard to discover new tools and methods for making the community much more efficient. As a result of the gradual development, AI developers and engineers ought to develop a persistent attitude that is beneficial for making them patient enough to cope with several months and countless iterations to achieve accurate results. Being passionate and pumped up with a spirit of never giving up on trying hard to up-level their skills and stay abreast of new developments will put you on the forefront in the AI domain. Furthermore, anyone who desires to last long in the field of artificial intelligence should be open and feel confident enough to make a smooth transition into the AI development domain and explore this highly dynamic and promising field. In the words of Chinese computer science expert Fei Fei Li, if our era is the next industrial revolution as many claimed, AI is surely one of its driving forces.


picture. An official report produced for the armed forces and the American people. Now to show you part of the big picture here is Sergeant Stuart Queen. Recently United States Army motion picture photographers covered the highlights of an exciting and unusual maneuver. Operation Danville. The film they shot in Danville, Virginia is now being made into a documentary motion picture, which will show you how elements of strike the strategic Army Corps perform under simulated combat conditions. Operation Danville was the climax to a large-scale field problem known as exercise dragon head in which more than 11,000 strike soldiers tested their brains and their fighting skills against an aggressive force. Strike troops are geared to handle brushfire war anywhere on the globe. How well they are equipped for their role will be demonstrated by strike soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division. Join us now for a look at some of the footage on Operation Danville. The possibility of limited warfare anywhere is a continual threat to the uneasy peace under which we live. With headquarters at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, strike helps guard around the clock against this danger. Exercise dragon head is one of the regularly scheduled strike maneuvers designed to keep staff groups and soldiers ready for anything. The last act in this limited warfare problem occurs with operation Danville when 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers liberate that city from a mock aggressor. Danville, Virginia where more than 50,000 people live and work is the temporary setting against which strike troops play their serious roles. The people of Danville are busy, prosperous and content but not complacent. Although international tensions are somewhat removed from their lives, the prospect of war in this uncertain age is not. Danville has long been one of Virginia's primary industrial centers. Giant looms hum at the Dan River Mills, one of the world's largest textile manufacturing plants where more than 10,000 Danville citizens work. Danville is proud of its quiet residential areas which surround the business and industrial heart of the city. The many old homes are a reminder of the city's colorful past when it served briefly as capital of the Confederacy. Modern housing developments form newer sections of the city, a reflection of the growth and prosperity which is part of Danville's character today. The look of Danville is the look of America. It is a look toward enduring prosperity and continuing peace. When army officials asked Danville to become a part of Exercise Dragonhead, it was not surprising that the city enthusiastically agreed. The exercise would offer everyone a chance to see our modern army in action and contribute directly to the training of strax soldiers. Operation Danville would begin on a day much like any other. The city government operates normally on that day except that all city officials are prepared to become actors in a frighteningly realistic drama. Mayor Stinson and city manager Temple meet with Chief of Police James Garrett at the municipal building early in the morning. An impromptu conference marks the last time these men will see each other under normal circumstances that day. At one of the city's 14 tobacco auction warehouses, the morning sale is scheduled as usual for 10.30. Tobacco sales are a major factor in the city's economy with all of the leading tobacco manufacturers buying on the Danville market. The chant of the tobacco auctioneer sounds strange to the outsider, but to the farmers who bring their crop to market, it is the music of Danville doing business. The sale draws on into the morning as thousands of pounds of tobacco change hands. It is almost like any other day in Danville. Almost except for one big difference. Today the enemy will capture Danville. Of course they aren't really enemy. They are all aggressive soldiers dressed up to look that way. It gave me a real strange feeling just the same. Those fellows sure looked like they meant business when they moved into town. Didn't waste any time taking over either. Right away they picked up Chief Garrett and hustled him off to a barbed wire prison compound. I guess they figured they could police our city better than Chief Garrett and his men. There were sentries everywhere and all of them pretty tough looking. At the municipal building one detail walked in like they owned the place which they just about did that day and rounded up a bunch of our city officials. The mayor was taken prisoner right at his desk so was our city manager. It was all in fun but it made you think we take so much for granted most of the time especially our freedom. Some of the prisoners were treated pretty realistically like those aggressive soldiers almost believed in what they were doing. The city officials of Danville are fed the regular army field ration while confined in the stockade. Although prisoners of the aggressive force they are also guests of the United States Army which didn't let them go hungry. Aggressive troops patrol the streets of Danville much as an enemy force would do under a real combat situation. Martial law is declared throughout the city and many more prominent citizens are rounded up and herded into the stockade. Crowds gather to watch the enemy. In reality some prisoners would be shot quickly while the crowds would be ordered to disband and keep off the streets. Everything is different in Danville. Enemy soldiers are throughout the city and it is clear that the normal routine of most citizens will be sharply interrupted. The first sign that personal liberty will be curtailed comes with the posting of a curfew. Anyone on the streets between 8 o'clock in the evening and 6 the next morning without proper authority will be shot. After making their real intentions clear to the population the aggressors announce their friendship and peaceful intentions with propaganda. Some of Danville's citizens protest. Later in the day aggressor soldiers heard captive city officials and other prisoners out of their compound to witness the formal installation of the new military government. The enemy knows that it is important to impress a conquered civilian population with its power. Shift platform the aggressor high command prepares a policy statement for delivery to the populace. Greetings, Capitalist Satellite Government of Tarheel. It has become necessary for the Ridgland People's Army under my command to occupy the city of Danville. Whereas it is the intent of the Ridgland People's Army to eliminate the capitalist sponsored government of Tarheel from this great land and unite the People's Army of Ridgland and Tarheel into the People's Democratic Republic of Ridgland. Whereas philosophy inspired by foreign capitalist elements and instill the dynamic philosophy of vigorous and progressive materialism, aggressor leader and head of the International Circle Trigon Party troops. It is necessary to establish military government in this area. All administrative and judicial officials of the city of Danville and all other government and political functionaries residing in occupied territory will present themselves at the office of military government located in the Danville Municipal Building within 24 hours after publication of this proclamation. The patient is complete. Every service from water supply to fire protection is now handled by the enemy and subject to his discretion. Liberation is kindled when a lone strapped plane dips low over the city for a leaflet drop. Citizens of Danville, the leaflet reads, aggressors occupy your city but liberation is near. Friendly troops have launched an offensive which will drive the aggressor from your city. Be prepared to give any assistance possible to the friendly forces in their movement to free your city. Again small planes defy enemy guns to spread the message of hope over wide areas. Two hours a small advance unit of special forces paratroopers has dropped into a remote pasture 10 miles from Danville. These men are trained in a variety of skills which especially fit them for hazardous assignment. It will be their task to meet with local guerrilla units who will assist in Danville's liberation. Filler forces are valuable to American army units both as fighting allies and as primary sources of up-to-date intelligence. These men know their countryside well and will fight hard for it. The sound crackling roar of Air Force jets announces the beginning of the end as planes pound the Danville airport. Guerrillas swing into action to keep the drop zone free of aggressor troops as the time for the drop draws near. Many of these young fighters volunteered from the city's high schools to help the army. Equipment and men tumble from the sky as track troopers make good their promise to liberate Danville from the enemy. Skilled, tough and ready for anything these soldiers jump into combat backed by the finest training and most modern equipment possible. Aggressor is there in force and Strat must fight for Danville. By special forces men do their share of the fighting. Aggressor soldiers are caught off balance and badly mauled. Although they attempt to reorganize their units the momentum of the Strat force is too great. Aggressor casualties are heavy and the enemy falls back. The first American patrols enter the city shortly afternoon. Aggressor resistance is now confined to small isolated units scattered throughout the city. The main body of the Strat force sweeps into the heart of Danville's business district to retake the city. In combat this phase of an offensive would probably involve heavy street fighting in order to mop up all enemy resistance. The paratroopers waste no time in making their way to the prison compound where a firefight ensues with aggressor guards. Paratroopers rush the municipal building where guards have been left behind by the retreating enemy. Aggressor prisoners are carefully searched for any documents which might furnish useful information to Strat intelligence. Stripped of their weapons and forced to sit in one place on the pavement they are no longer so formidable. For those who don't enjoy sitting Strat soldiers offer another position. Mayor Stinson's first official act is to restore Chief Garrett's power as police chief. City officials are free to return to their posts now that the aggressor has been successfully driven out of Danville. Probably no group of military prisoners in history has ever been more cooperative. Everybody loves a parade and the city joins the army in celebrating its victory over the aggressor which participated in the fighting marched proudly with Strat soldiers. The Strat troop commander delivers General Ruffner's formal proclamation. To the people of the liberated city of Danville Virginia for some time the people of the city of Danville and areas surrounding this city have been under the ruthless rule of the forces of aggression and whereas the armed forces of the United States under my command aggressors and liberated the city of Danville and surrounding areas to restore to the citizenry of Danville the rightful instruments of governments and the freedoms and privileges enjoyed prior to usurpation by the aggressor now therefore by direction of the president of the United States I Clark L. Ruffner Lieutenant General United States Army Commander-in-Chief specified command midlandia do hereby progress your occupation and subsequently deprived of their office by the aggressor properties confiscated by the aggressor and criminal courts and educational establishments are returned to the jurisdiction and control of the citizens of this community local government laws and custom of this liberated area which were in effect prior to the aggressor occupation are restored to civil control signed General Clark L. Ruffner Commander-in-Chief specified command midlandia he is followed by General Sink commander of the strategic army corps soldiers of the strategic army corps to assist in the liberation of this great city without the very fine assistance of you good people and organizing and underground I'm sure that the problem would have been much more difficult your mayor was treated much better by the aggressors and Mayor Herndon presently on the stage there Mayor Herndon is the mayor of Fayetteville North Carolina they took him out and shot him I thank your city officials for being so kind to us and for fixing it so that we really got something out of this exercise which I'm sure we'll be of value in case we ever need it and I certainly hope that that time never comes Mayor Stinson speaks on behalf of the city I'm not sure whether this noose was intended to be a little tight or not yesterday it looked like it was very appropriate it's been a great day for the army and a great time for our city this has been a wonderful experience for us I hope that we never have this in reality you will recall it was 1865 that the city government capitulated before I believe that that was on the bridge that crosses the Dan and until now we have never been quite sure who controls our city but after today with the General Sink and General Beach the rest of the army I'm sure that we can render your service that you have not been accustomed to before it's been a deed of pleasure I'd like to thank all of the citizens of Danville the civic organizations the chamber of commerce and the other members that have made this occasion possible Operation Danville is not yet over for some soldiers members of the 41st civil affairs company who have taken a unique and important part in the exercise still have work to do it is their responsibility to see that all government functions at the working level are turned back to the people of Danville in good order civil affairs personnel assist local officials in planning the rehabilitation of damaged utilities transportation communication and civil defense facilities such work begins the moment the enemy is driven from the city strike troops remain in Danville for a few more hours to provide the public with a closer more leisurely view of the army for pint-sized artillery men there is no end to the fun paratroopers let the children see for themselves what it's like to make a parachute jump and feel the thrill of a happy landing things will quickly return to normal but Operation Danville left an impression the realism of Operation Danville was important it gives us a chance to see what we could do in limited war the next time might be for real we enjoyed having the army as our guest and even though it was all in fun waiting behind barbed wire makes a man appreciate being free it was very exciting and a little scary when the enemy troops took over the city it didn't seem at all like Danville no it didn't seem at all like Danville Virginia but it could be another place in another part of the world tomorrow or the day after strike as an important guarantee that your army can handle limited war if necessary strike skilled top and ready around the clock the big picture is an official report for the armed forces and the american people produced by the army pictorial center presented by the department of the army in cooperation with this state


Hello my name is Tachi, this is Joygirl, and let's talk about color spreads. We all love color spreads.  Color spreads are a special type of cover pages, they're colored and typically double-paged and unlike cover stories which we've discussed before, they aren't considered part of the canon story but they arouse a lot of excitement in manga readers nonetheless because they usually show the straw hats in some fun settings although it has been used to feature other characters as well at times but usually they center around the straw hats in different situations where we get to see the crew just hanging out which as you guys should note by now is some of my favorite moments in One Piece and even though they're not canon, it does seem like Odao who is well known for dropping foreshadowing details throughout the series, it seems has even used this additional material to drop some hints for future plot developments. For example, prior to Ace's death in the series which we didn't see until chapter 574, this groundbreaking moment may have actually been foreshadowed earlier in the color spread of chapter 520. Whilst at first glance, this spread seems like just an innocent drawing of the straw hats playing cards but let's take a deeper look. Focusing on Luffy, we can see the rubber boy holding a card of Brooke with his left hand and a hand of cards including a very distinct Ace of Spades in the other. Now given that Ace was the captain of the Spades pirates prior to joining the White Beard pirates and Brooke is a character who was resurrected from death, it seems this could have been Odao hinting at Ace's death and if the cards just seem to be too much of a stretch, there's also the fact that on Luffy's face, he has an extremely similar crying expression to what we saw after his brother's death. So needless to say, fans have also taken to study in color spreads for hints that may have been sprinkled in throughout the series, which is exactly what we're going to be doing in this video because we're going to be looking at all the color spreads which may have foreshadowed our current one arc throughout the series. But in saying that I do also want to preface this discussion to point out that I don't necessarily think that all of these details in the color spreads are all instances of intentional foreshadowing which Odao planned out years in advance. Rather it may be just the case where Odao realized later on that the drawings that he made ended up fitting well into his story and so utilized it accordingly. Sort of like a chicken or the egg situation. Did Odao plant a detail in the color spread first for it to be revealed later on? Or did Odao draw something in a color spread which he later found could fit into the story? But regardless of the answer, it certainly is fun to go back and see just how many details ended up playing into the actual story because whether it's a case of intentional foreshadowing or not, I think we have to give credit to the fact that Odao has crafted such a well-rounded and coherent series by incorporating even details that he included in color spreads into his series years later. Which is the point of this video because I went through all the color spreads we've seen throughout the series and picked out every color spread which I believe we could make a connection to Wano even from one piece's pre-timeskip days. But I warn you that this video might get a little ridiculous so if over-analyzing every detail on every page is not your type of thing, then go check out some of my other videos because this discussion is for our overthinkers. And our first example is from Chapter 70 which was released in 1999, almost two full decades before we even set foot in Wano. This is the first color spread I found to be particularly Wano-esque. It features the original East Blue Five dressed up in the clothing of traditional Samurai from the period of feudal Japan and what's even more is that perched in the O of one piece, we have a samurai Jolly Roger with a Kabuki theatrical design and double-crossed swords as its crossbones which bears a striking resemblance to Kinomon as a swordsman who sports a top knot and is capable of wielding two swords, a character who plays a major role in Wano, an arc which has been heavily influenced by Kabuki theater. But because this color spread was released almost at the very beginning of the Arlong Park arc, it's difficult to say that Oda had planned for Kinomon's character so early on, especially when we know he originally only planned for the story to finish in five years time. And whilst I do think that Oda may have always planned to explore some aspects of his home country's culture, such as the samurai in some way in the series, I don't think he ever imagined it would be to the level of detail and breadth that we have in our current Wano arc. But as we now know Oda is a mangaka who thoroughly enjoys taking inspiration from history and culture, it's great to see that even if he didn't intend for this color spread to be a foreshadowing detail, he had the joy to be able to express his interest for his country's samurai past by way of a color spread. And then when the opportunity arose for him to fully explore this culture decades later, he was able to do so and even incorporate drawings he made in the past. And the next example is from chapter 100 and I have to admit this required some mental gymnastics and I would be inclined to just skip over it because it is quite a bit of a stretch. But this is one of my favorite color spreads as we got an updated version of it recently and there's a detail in here that we could read into a little deeper so I just figured what the hell let's add it in. And before we continue, I'm going to ask anime only fans to skip ahead to the time shown on the screen to avoid any manga only spoilers. But for everyone else, this celebratory color spread for the series's 100th chapter includes one minor detail which in retrospect could have been a foreshadowing hint. The horned pink fish which Sanji is holding is on one hand just the fun detail. But with what we know now about Kaito having the fish devil fruit and yet transforms into a dragon, and Oda's interesting choice of a peach colored fish in this color spread, I can't help but make a connection to Momonosuke's artificial devil fruit which was created from Kaito's lineage factor. And whilst it's hard to say that Oda was hinting at Momonosuke's character all the way from chapter 100, it's harder to dispute Oda's crafty ability to work all of these layers of intrigue in which certainly makes people wonder whether all of this is really connected. But moving on, chapter 107's color spread has a theme, funky. The word funky in one piece has now become synonymous with a certain character in the series and in no way am I suggesting that Oda has been dropping hints about the appearance of Queen this early on, but we can certainly appreciate that Oda is the same mangaka who has kept his fun funky vision alive in his series. But if we're talking about continuity, the straw hat's adventuring the skies is a common theme in one piece color spreads which is also what we have in chapter 128. But common feature aside, we have the crew on top of tarot dactyls in this color spread, which could be connected to Wano where most of Kaito's top officers have dinosaur devil fruits and even this may be a pretty loose connection which I wouldn't bring up if it wasn't for the inscription on the color spread which reads stand up if you want to fight. Because this is a message that's very relevant to the Wano arc, with Luffy more or less using these words on multiple occasions to bolster Momonosuke and the Wano citizens whom by that point had lost their will to fight, with Luffy telling them to stand up for themselves against Kaito. Not to mention the serpent drawing on Sanji's jacket which perhaps hints of a future villain. Skipping ahead to the color spread for chapter 269 which is the next time we see the straw hat's traditional Japanese attire in a very Japanese setting. And seeing Luffy practicing the intricate art of calligraphy isn't the only interesting thing from this color spread because a detail I have to point out are the two P-fals in the background which has a clear link to a certain Kazuki family member with clear connections to P-fals. And then in chapter 287 this really is a situation where I wonder how far I should read into things because on the surface this isn't a color spread which I would point out if it wasn't for the fact that we have many elements we've seen at Wano present in this color spread like the dragon statue, Sanji's noodle stand, bores, red lantern and even the idea of death marks and a boiling pot. The color spread for chapter 310 is one that most of you are probably now familiar with unless you're an anime only fad in which case I'll again have to ask you to skip ahead. For everyone else, ever since the development of Momo being aged up by Shinobu's devil fruit fans have been pointing out this color spread which was released over 15 years ago during the Long Ring Long Land arc. A peach colored adult dragon in the background along some of our straw hats in traditional Japanese clothing with Luffy's even having a design very similar to the Kazuki crest. And Oda inscribes this spread with Shibaraku, a reference to a well known Kubuki play. The Shibaraku play is based on Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa, a figure well known for his bravery during the Gossanan War where he continued to fight even after losing an eye. And from the new developments that we've seen about Zoro and the connections made to Ryuma, another famed swordsman who only had one eye, this specific reference to this play does seem like Oda has had this play in mind for quite some time and it later went to serve some inspiration for his story. Now let's look at chapter 352 where in the color spread we see the straw hats enjoying a race on top of roosters apart from Zoro who seems to be dealing with a little chick instead. This is all occurring against the backdrop of the Rising Sun which was the traditional flag or banner for Japan in the past and this spread is titled There's an Open Road. Now we could make connections between this color spread to the wano arc through the Japanese symbol of the Rising Sun, but could tie it to the message of an open road considering the goal of the arc is to open wano's borders or we could just connect it to a certain fan favorite smile devil fruit user. Chapter 373 is the next time we see the straw hats in traditional Japanese attire and this color spread makes another homage to the Kabuki theater by referencing Hanamichi which is the extension of a stage which connects to the audience's area. So by this point you see some recurring themes traditional Japanese clothing and Kabuki theater. These are obviously images Oda has consistently had on his mind for a long time which in part helps us understand why wano is the mega arc that it is. Next Chapter 449 although the original straw hat trio aren't wearing traditional Japanese outfits we do get the continuation of different themes a red hue dragon and sakura petals and then we get a continuation of many themes in the color spread for Chapter 526 which may perhaps be my favorite on this list. In a traditional yakuza tattoo style drawing we have the trio yet again and this time they are in traditional Japanese clothing and there is a dragon present. What's really interesting is that the color spread also features a tiger which is an homage to the seiryu versus biako legend of the dragon versus tiger and well with how much Oda draws from traditional legends you can't blame so many people for expecting to see a tiger show up in the wano arc and in which case if that does indeed happen we'll be able to revisit this color spread again and marvel at it all over again. And in the next example this is a case where we have other non straw hat characters featured in a color spread but the reoccurrence of the Japanese attire really does give you a feel for Oda's interest in the design and seemingly that he's always wanted to incorporate traditional Japanese culture in his story in some way. And this is just a bit of wishful thinking but seeing all of these characters make their way to wano just as Jimbae did is unlikely to happen but something that I would love to see. Now making our way to the post timeskip era in the Chapter 710 color spread we see the straw hats in a kung fu theme which is traditionally a chinese martial art style not Japanese but what is interesting though is that we see another appearance of a dragon which on its own may not seem very suggestive of any relation to wano but if you look at Usob his white beard and green hat is extremely similar to his Usohachi disguise. Now that by this point in the story where chapter 710 was in the dress rosa arc where the wano arc had already been established as a future development for the series it does really cause you to think did Oda want to tease us of an upcoming character design or did he just fall in love with the Usob he drew in this color spread. From this point forth the details in the color spreads do seem more as if they were intended as foreshadowing hints which makes sense because by this point in the series we were well into the yonko saga. And in chapter 802 the color spread features members of the straw hats eating dangos with Oda inscribing now shoulds eat to live not live to eat. And this really has very clear connections to wano what with Tama and her devil fruit abilities of producing dango and the quote from Socrates which really captures what Luffy is trying to achieve for the citizens of wano to make wano a place where everyone can live freely in a country unbound by hunger. The color spread for chapter 833 was used as a promotional cover for the film gold but Oda used this opportunity to still feature the straw hats wearing kimonos whilst eating watermelon and watching fireworks. And I can't help but think that this seems like a scene that would be fitting for the end of the wano arc where the straw hats and the rest of wano enjoy the fire festival in honor of everyone who's passed for the country's sake. As for chapter 843 which showed the straw hats in front of a pagoda it really does seem like a scene straight out of wano. Though admittedly this probably has more to do with the fact that Oda was paying homage to his hometown kumamoto city which suffered an earthquake around the time of this chapter release. But now this is where things get really foreshadowy. And for those of you who've been following the channel for quite a while now you should be familiar with these color spreads but let's go through these examples again. Because some of the color spreads that we got since we started the wano arc, strongly seem like they are foreshadowing details for future developments in the arc. Chapter 929 for example, in which the straw hats are all dressed like ninjas and Zoro is holding a scythe. And chapter 929 was only chapters before he would actually go on to use a scythe in battle against fellow supernova member Killa or Kamazo as he was known back then. And then for the color spread of that chapter where we actually see Zoro use the scythe we get another detail where Zoro is studying a map which should really set you off because Zoro and maps just seem very antithetical but in this case on the map that Zoro is reading the kanji characters for enmark can be seen. Chapters before we even knew about the famed sword Oda had hinted at its introduction through the color spread. Now that's it for color spreads which pointed to wano even before the arc began or for some spreads which pointed to further developments once we got into the wano arc. And these are just examples of things that have played out in the story so far. By the end of the wano arc we may find that there are even many more examples of color spreads which hinted at future wano developments. For example the color spread for chapter 992 where Zoro is eating noodles out of a bowl with a blue dragon on it which seems quite ominous like a representation of Zoro eating out of Kaido's hollow bones or even more ominous in chapter 109 where despite everyone's smiles we may find that the appearance of jizou statues in this color spread were hinting at some deaths we may see by the end of the arc. Let me know what you think or whether there are any other color spreads which you think were hinting at wano developments by leaving a comment below. Don't forget to like and share the video and please do subscribe for more one piece discussions. You can also join our joyfully discord server for more one piece fun or even become a patron member for more powers and roles within that server. Thank you to our patrons who help support the channel. This is Jory Girl and I'll see you again soon.


Hello, shipmates. I'd like to update you on some events that have taken place here in Washington, D.C. Now, remember, I want you to focus on war fighting first, operating forward, and being ready. But I need to update you on the budget. There's some good news this week. We had the President sign his the Continuing Resolution Extension. Now that gives the federal government funding for the remainder of this fiscal year. And it also provides the Department of Defense a spending bill for the remainder of this fiscal year. That's good news. In January, whenever negotiations failed up there in the Congress to reconcile our Budget Control Act, we were faced with a $9 billion shortfall on a $49 billion need. So you do the simple math there. We had a 20% reduction in what we were going to need for our operations. So money was going to be tight, and we all felt that ratcheting down of spending over the last couple of months. Now, because we have a spending bill, that shortfall, that $9 billion shortfall has been cut in half. So we still have a little bit of a shortfall in operations and also in our investments accounts due to sequestration. But we're in much better shape.


Should you work harder? Is hard work the key? Is hustle the key? I hear a lot of different opinions. I just want to say this I feel like I live in a world. That's the exact opposite.  Should they work harder to get ahead? I'll tell you a true story growing up I played basketball at a school inner city about 95% non-white people in Raleigh, North Carolina Enlo is the name of the university and I had a friend who lived in the projects His name was Leon champion rested peace Leon. He died in prison after I got graduated high school But it's a sad story.  I go down to his refrigerator. Everybody's asleep I opened it up. He had a single mom. I'll never forget there was mustard and beer in the kitchen one beer one mustard I said don't I came back in the morning. I said Leon. Where's the food? He said man, I don't eat on the weekends. We don't have any money I eat free lunch as late as I can on Friday and then I go to school at 6 in the morning to eat on Monday Sure, he had a little bit of candy and a little bit of that on the weekend wage inequality. His mom was working non-stop I never even saw his mom. She was at a job every minute.  Hey, you ain't hustling No, someone should educated her some entrepreneur should have reached down from their multimillion dollar empire and said take Let me take you under my wing You know a guy came to me a homeless kid. His name is Chris Lopez. I put some videos. This is about Two years ago showed up knocked on my door at my Hollywood Hills house. He said tie Everybody's dead in my family except my grandfather. I'm homeless. I walked from Compton Long Beach He walked to Hollywood. I said how long it take I think he said seven hours So I think he took the bus a little bit. He said will you help me tie and I didn't know this guy Criminal record. I didn't know whatever But I thought this dude's a hustler. He showed up. He found I said, how'd you find my house? He said I triangulated this is before snapchat triangulated it I walked for hours up here in the hills and I finally found it So I took him under my wing And he worked for me. I told him at first. I'm just gonna hire you for a little while I'm this is not a long-term thing, you know I want to test you see if you fit in and he worked for me for about One and a half years one year and finally I came to the end. I said I've taught you a lot of stuff You've saved a lot of money working for me so he had saved up enough to get a motorcycle and and Have money in the bank. He was taking care of his grandfather was like 80 or 90 They were no longer homeless and it's not me bragging I'm just showing you what leverage can do when you reach out and help people all you entrepreneurs and Chris Lopez Kind of disappeared. All right. It was the last day. We sent him off. Thanks for being here About six months ago. I was in the Las Vegas airport who comes around the corner when I get out Just walking by Chris Lopez. He came up to me. I recorded a video. I've released it a long time ago He said Chris. I mean sit tight. You know man. I want to thank you You showed me How to do real estate give me some just general financial tips. He was a Mexican He was Mexican. He said I went down with where my grandfather's hometown in Mexico and we built a condominium building I can't remember how big it was multi-unit and he said that thing pays me Six or seven hundred bucks a month profit now that takes care of my grandpa here in Long Beach Compton. He said I Now I found a job. He's he's got all these entrepreneurial jobs. He's up in Alaska doing some fishing for a couple months He's doing all he said man. I'm financially independent. I think he told me he's making four to six grand a month Now that's not a million dollars But if you left that kid in the ghetto and just said work hard or work harder You know what happened to my friend Leon champion the other friend. I was talking about nobody helped him I was only 17. I didn't know how to help him my grab my dad We had a little bit of money my stepdad very nice thing. He did when I told him man I was just at Leon's house. He had no food. We went and bought a week's worth of groceries That's all we could afford it. We brought it to Leon, but it wasn't enough His mom continued to work hard didn't work. I Remember as a senior in high school Leon I stopped hanging out with him He started carrying a gun at school. It was he started dealing coke and I was an athlete I don't want to get involved in that we were acquaintances But he was forced to because he was hungry Not because he was a criminal. He was a good kid. I left I went to Joel South's farm when I came back first thing I did I called my friend Lance I said Lance, let's catch up play basketball with Leon. He said. Oh, you don't know Leon's dead So what happened? He said man, he got caught for selling drugs He got put in prison and Leon was diabetic all that bad diet stuff Not being able to eat had made him a diabetic as a teenager. I remember that he's that insulin shot He said they put him in prison and I don't think they gave him his insulin shots and he just died They just left him.    She's the one who gave him a gun They both started dealing. She said forget this. We're hungry What I wish would have happened is one of these entrepreneurs Just talking about hustle Just talking about hard work. How about hard work go help people? And a lot of you are I'm not calling out anyone particular I'm just saying don't preach at people that need to work hard if she would have come across one of these videos She would have thought oh my god, I just got to work hard nah That's not what she needed. She needed guidance. We live in a modern world She could she could if just like Chris Lopez if I had been older I could have taken her and Leon under my wing and said let me show you how to make four to six grand a month Just like Chris Lopez. I know single mom. My mom was a single mom all around us Family single moms people trying to put food on their table working two three jobs Is the answer for them to just work harder or is it to work smarter work harder work smart because they're different I'm always reminded of this Story that my mentor Alan nation told me he said tie and I don't know if there's a true story But it gets the point across there was a plane flying over South America it crash landed and It was full of all these engineers all these hard workers and the hard workers got out And there were some machetes and they all grabbed a machete and they begin to hack their way through the jungle chop chop chop chop Flurries of activity boy. They were working hard, but they forgot something don't ever confuse Flurries of activity with accomplishment activity doesn't always equal achievement so they were chopping through and luckily for them one person got out of the plane instead of working hard went on climbed up a Big tree and looked out and surveyed the landscape and yelled down to the group and said hey guys You're working hard, but you're going the wrong direction You're going deeper into the jungle the city for our escape is the other way You see what's moved civilization forward is not just hard work go to any hotel got any restaurant The hardest working people there are working their ass off and they're still not getting ahead There's still not Equality and pay there's still people making massive amounts who don't work nearly as hard as the working class No, what's gets you ahead is leverage in fact It's the exact opposite what you want to do is how to figure out how to work Half the time and get twice as much done so that you could take a vacation so that you can in paint a painting and have Time some downtime so you can go on vacation with your family so you can just lay out on the beach and just look at nature and Enjoy life you want to just grind yourself into the ground go ahead But the people that get ahead are not just grinders they're not the grind is necessary work is necessary But it's never a goal. It's a necessity The goal is very different The goal of life is not to breathe breathing as a necessity The goal of life is to enjoy your life to do something important you breathe because you must you work because you must But you never say well, you know what I you know, I'm here is just to breathe No, you're not here just to work working harder doesn't always change the game now I will say there's about five to ten percent of people I bumped in bump into that are just pure lazy you and I all know Who they are they're just lazy But those people not gonna be helped by this video or anybody's video. They're lazy. They're lazy For those of you and if you're watching this, I doubt you're lazy.  This is crazy. Did you know that I think the top 10 people on the Forbes list? Have more money than the next 50% of the world. Is it because those top 10 Forbes list people work harder? Nah, let's just be real here. Is it because they grinded more than the other 50% war? I think the people saying this haven't traveled the world I've been to over 50 countries a lot of them third world countries the hardest working people I've ever met and they're still poor and it's sad And I'd like to figure a way to change that I'd like to be able to contribute My best guess and my best hope for the world is that we begin to have tools We begin to get electricity to places. We get the internet to places. We get better education That's not just working hard. That's working smart. This will change the world now I just want to go on record saying I have worked hard I have and I regret a lot of it I regret of a lot of it in hindsight had I listened to more people and I had mentors But even then I wasn't listening enough when you get in a car in a new city Do you just drive or do you look at ways? Do you look at Google Maps? Do you look at Apple Maps? Because it'll tell you don't go left We've already looked down left and left is a dead end left is traffic same way for you as an entrepreneur You need somebody just like Mark Zuckerberg turned to Steve Jobs and said I don't know what to do with Facebook It's not it's not working anymore and Steve Jobs said mark. You're in your 20s. I'm almost 50 Let me share with you the mistakes. I made in my 20s in my 30s Let me guide you so you don't have to make those mistakes as the great Warren Buffett says Once the richest man in the world we only learn through mistakes, but they don't have to be ours We only learn through hard work, but it doesn't have to all be our hard work Who do you think gets further in life? Who do you think gets to the point a to point B faster somebody who runs real fast really fast Usain Bolt he can run 28 miles an hour. I think or an out-of-shape person who has a car One as a tool one works hard. Who would you bet on in a fight? Somebody with a stick or somebody with a gun who would you want defending you? One might be really strong with really big muscles. It'll be like that Indiana Jones movie the guy had the sword and Indiana Jones Watch the guy do all the sword stuff and then he just went boop because he had a tool What's your gun? And I'm not talking about literally guns saying what's your tool? What's gonna get you ahead? What's helped me? I'm probably not smarter than you. I probably didn't work harder than you I found some mentors in that when the internet first came out and they showed me how to use Google ads I just sat in a little room in Raleigh, North Carolina And I reached the entire unit United States from a little interface It helped me go from zero to six figures.  I don't think so. I was working smarter than some people, but it wasn't even my smarts. I can't even take the credit I was taking the smarts from a guy named Corey Rudle Joel Salatin helped me Gary Townsend helped me Alan nation helped me Joel Joel Salatin at age 19 changed my life most important people in my life We're not the ones who made me work harder. Although Joel did expect hard work But boy, it was also smart work if you just worked hard and did a flurry of activity and he came in there And it was all falling apart. He wouldn't congratulate me for my hard work Your bank account doesn't go up from hard work There's no rule that you work double the hours tomorrow and you make double the money especially not as an entrepreneur if I could go back and be 19 again I Would watch this video and test it and I go how can I work smarter? How can I take and download into my brain through books mentorships conferences YouTube videos? The accumulated body of knowledge of the wisest people in the world. Give me that. I'm gonna tell you I challenge anybody You want to try to outwork me and I do that you can out you can you can out leverage everybody Was it Archimedes? I think who said give me a lever long enough and I'll move the world We can change the world we can create Wage equality or at least much Closer sort there will always be some wage inequality But it doesn't have to be that the top 10 people have more money than the bottom 50% those top 10 people even if they work 24 hours a day can only work 240 hours a day But three and a half billion people are working hundreds of billions of hours a month, but they're not getting ahead It's a sad world. It will be education. It will be technology. It will be mentors This is what will move the world forward. I'm not talking about personal wealth for me or personal wealth for you Even though that will be included. I'm talking about wealth for the world I'm talking about a world where you walk down the streets and it no one's shooting at ever anybody because everybody has enough The only people who shoot at people are people who don't have enough for the most part There's a few psychopaths almost all crime is rooted in not having up