Fancy words simply it means well, guess what you eat less But the thing is when you look at the studies Caloric restriction is the one form of life extension That's been proven to work across pretty much all mammal groups Simply when you end up reducing the amount of calories animals take in they live longer their mean lifespan ends up increasing And it's fantastic. It's pretty much the gold of standard longevity and a lot of the supplements People talk about from an aging perspective end up impacting or working because they're calic restriction mimetics But the question is you have to consider. What's your goals? I mean sure I want to live longer But I don't want to just live longer I don't want to grow older and be decrepit and sit there and feel old and miserable because that would not be so much fun and Calic restriction has to see very downsides See the problem with calic restriction is a number of things you lose your energy You lose your internal basal temperature. You start feeling colder start feeling more miserable You lose your muscle mass You lose your sex drive And after a certain point you start looking and going well, I get a live a lot longer But I'm not sure I like the life that I end up living and Our thing is it's pretty hard to do. I mean think about it You see time and time again. Hey, you've been told I want to lose weight So what advice do you get move more exercise more and eat less? Sounds great in concept, but in practice it ends up being pretty hard to do And I'm a hacker. I want things to be easy. I want the most results for the least amount of effort So this brings us to this concept called airman fasting where you get almost all of the gain for a lot less pain Frankly, I'm pretty damn lazy. I want the most results. I want the least effort Yes, I cheat and I'm damn proud of it So looking at airman fasting, it sounds fancy, but again the concept at heart is really simple Don't eat Now I'm not saying don't eat all the time. I mean I can't live off a ear alone But what we end up doing is what's called restricting the feeding window. So normally, what do we do these days? We wake up in the morning. We have our bagels and fruit Couple hours later. We're having our breakfast or lunch if you guys are bodybuilders You're downing protein shakes all the time and believe me. I work at GNC. I've owned those stores I've sold a lot of protein and mural replacement shakes because you know You have to be eating six meals a day eight meals a day because if you stop eating for you know An hour and a half you're gonna lose protein mass and muscle mass truth is you don't have to do all that We end up restricting the feeding window depending on who to talk to you restrict the feeding window and Fast for say anywhere between 16 and 36 hours and depending on how long you're fasting Depends on what your goals are are you looking at more from a longevity standpoint like myself or is your goals more alongside of the Hey, I just want to look better naked But so let's think about it Why might this work the thing is with our modern diets with eating constantly? What happens is we're constantly in this growth mode. We're pretty much in an anabolic state But the thing is we weren't evolved in such an environment We weren't involved to be in a state where we're constantly eating and having those growth signals Everyday pretty much throughout our waking period We were designed to alternate this and to have states of catabolism when your body starts repairing breaking things down It's basically this difference between yes I want to grow and build and store fat versus actually ending up burning off that fat But let's start looking at some of the evidence for intermittent fasting There is some pretty decent evidence out there Predominantly, we've got a decent amount of animal studies throughout a lifespan Particularly in the mean life span and the interesting thing here is some people go that oh the benefits from intermittent fasting are Just caloric restriction in other words all the benefits come from people eating less It's not true The studies in that indicating that they get some of the benefits even if ultimately they end up eating the same amount of Calories changing that window changing when you eat those calories that window of time makes a huge difference But we also have human studies Let's think back to Madrid. The year is 1956 and you're in the best environment possible. Guess what you're in a retirement home sounds fantastic But in this case They had some smart researchers around so they wanted to see you know What some of the benefits and they didn't even do a full what I'd call full airman fasting They did a modified study So normally they ended up giving all these old people 1600 calories a day But they changed things up a little they switched it so you had Some people were then eating 900 calories one day and 2300 calories the next day The study lasted for three years and what happened?


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freaking speed this thing up i gotta think bigger i gotta take more action i'm a freaking chump you thought you were taking big action massive action this is three years because that's crazy because steven cubby had a uh a brand oh very well known incredible book yeah a couple million dollars a year like one of the godfathers of the industry of self-help books i know so it was no slouch for his son for his son to take it scale that the 300 million oh it was a great great speaker he really was connector he was a trust where they do yeah it came across and that's the kind of stuff you get when you're at a conference like this and the conference like ours the the level of speakers that we have at this conference from top to bottom it's just absolutely unbelievable i mean you're not going to find a better justin says hey dude absorb the energy and then and then he said he said absorb he said absorb the energy and spray it on us on youtube live facebook we do it we do a weekly live show every win this is sam sam say hi youtube and facebook and facebook is literally i know paul feldman owns this thing she makes it happen she makes it really sets all this up does an incredible job thank you for allowing us here thank you for being here this is fantastic we were telling them about how amazing dance side yes awesome steam in our cubby with us house there's so many other speakers and if they're close you should get your butt here yeah to the renaissance schomburg we have amazing content you're not going to get the speaker line of anywhere else including codie absolutely yeah lots of great psychological tactics you know it's all about trust and gaining the trust of your clients to increase your business build your build your book of business um and just and lift the industry in general you know that's what this is about and this is paul's mission paul feldman's our publisher he's doing it for the right reason yes he really is thank you thank you very much we'll do a high five fist bump thanks for joining us thanks guys thank you very much for saying hello for a second that's one that's what awesome chicken does i get this gets so much done makes it happen she's a master communicator you know when you run into a master yeah when i first yeah when i first spoke to her i knew i had to be top right knew i had to be here and and and that's why these types of events are so powerful that if you're not at these types of events you've got to get to these types of events because they're powerful they're incredible you learn value not only do you learn valuable nuggets that you implement in your business to drive more revenue immediately immediately but you also connect with other people they were saying earlier every side conversation they have becomes just so important we just met a company in nashville yeah it's going to be at our it's going to be at our conference live in nashville because we've met them here there's people here that are live exactly where you live i guarantee it's just it's the way is there's always a huge return on investment when you invest in yourself and you go into it with 100 commitment and decide before you get there i'm going to take something back from every speaker i'm going to take something back every opportunity i'm not going to lose an opportunity right because every conversation at the you know at the break table every conversation at every booth there's business to be had there's expansion to be happy it's funny because we expect clients to purchase from us when we first meet with them we expect to get something when we come to events like this don't expect to get something oh yeah you probably will but won't know it you yeah no we expect out of every conversation we expect everything to produce something and it always does there's always a return on that investment but you have to go in with your eyes open you have to decide you're gonna do that and you expect it to happen and a couple hundred bucks should never keep you from success i mean that's i'm telling you what all the all these all these guys we've had a chance to meet and learn from that are part of our conference and event and also here yeah they don't let small things get in their way they don't get hung up on all these little small things getting in your way what's the small thing tell us tell us well what's the small thing that's holding back from really being successful for making 100 grand is it training i met somebody uh mickey yesterday right she's like can't do uh i made 100 grand i'm like okay well let's hold you back from 200 yeah what's the number uh holla says you guys are in for a treat Dave and Cody are awesome so this dude is the man holless i recognized his name yesterday and i told him like dude you comment on our videos don't you he was one of the 30 agents that was there he sat dead center literally it was him hanging out all day but it was cool holless we love holless holless is a good man yeah yeah there's no doubt about that you know you're gonna get a return on investment we just and we just did don't like yeah right meeting that dude yeah that was he's on our videos yeah that's great don't let a small thing stand in your way what's the small thing standing in your way yeah from the next step you know is it more opportunities is it meeting the right person is it more training is it an objection that you haven't been able to handle what's this it's just they're all small things if it's an objection you should have been here three hours again because that dude brought side on objections dan sideman is a master yeah it was good it was good and i ran into a guy earlier and he's like what do you do and i we're talking and we're playing around and whatever and he goes you know i'm in sales and i said brother we're all in sales like that everything is and so your kids need to know about handling objections you know you're these are these are life lessons about how to be successful in life it's true because we're all in sales every moment of the day you're either buying or you're selling every conversation you're either buying something or you're selling the person that's selling harder is the one that's going to win you gotta love what you do we got and if you love what you do you show up yeah if you love what you do you show up you go up you invest in your business you take risk and you go and you commit all in and commit man telling you what you want anything that's what it's all about no halfway no i used to be the world's worst procrastinator really don't tell anybody i told you that really you were procrastinating i was i've never seen you procrastinating anything since i was especially when it came to my my my uh okay for instance i would say you know what i'm gonna wake up at this time yeah but i never really would or i mean you know what i'm gonna work out i'm gonna go in this run i would never do it or i would plan ahead and not do it i got that little tidbit from cubby when he's talking and it's the it's the intent it's the intent but then building trust with yourself by doing what you say you're going to do if you say you're gonna do this then do it oh hey come on quick interview with her yeah we got another special guest we're live on youtube here and we're live on facebook right here katie vp of marketing yeah insurance reason i am what an incredible event i'm telling you what y'all you're you guys's marketing is pretty good thank you i appreciate that well i mean it's really Paul's passion i mean you you heard him today he is just so passionate about this industry passionate about marketing sales he wants to bring all of that to the industry and you know that's hence the the super conference it's a really good message this is somebody that you guys can learn from because marketing in our day and age i get to talk a little about tomorrow is is paramount it's huge you're gonna learn how to market yourself be unique how did you learn to get so good at marketing well i have been with insurance newsnet for about five years now they stole me from a local ad agency prior to that i was working i actually cut my teeth in marketing and advertising working for a lead gen company so i did hardcore lead gen back in you know to the 2000 and doing lead gen campaigns that's a lot of what we do for agents and advisors so um you know hence my journey here and um you know Paul again is an inspiration oh he is how many agents and advisors follow you guys through your side it's like a couple hundred now we have an audience of um somebody that's gaining audience through social media gaining audience through different types of attack so i know that like you you're probably not doing it the same way you were doing no no sorry we gotta learn fast we gotta we gotta pick up things are changing yeah we have to commit we have to try new things yeah like email marketing it's just not working the way it's not and it was a huge thing it's like it's like the old direct mail so now direct mail is actually you know more visible because i mean i think about it this is nuggets yeah you know if you go home and you're like i have mail you know like i look through that mail it's i mean the inbox things go yeah you know but we ignore i think i have like 700 on my inbox right now that i have right i mean i'm sure you guys have heard of interest is that if you haven't check it out you want to check them out because i'm telling you what this is an awesome conference thank you thank you yeah and thank you for doing this is the amazing so happy to have you guys yes this is katie insurance news net thank you guys say hi thank you thank you very much so they just cranked up the music uh we've got uh break coming in lively getting excited what kind of music is that i don't know but it's it's music it's it's uh it ain't hip hop it ain't rap it ain't must go it must be pop right i don't know it's pretty it ain't christian it ain't gospel give this thing where every morning where we have a a meeting in our office and i always start the meeting off with a little bit of music i'll bring my phone around to the offices and get everybody together and i always play disco music because i think disco music is universal it always makes you happy i don't if you like the music or not it makes you happy it's happens it does right and he always quizzes me on who on who's on who's singing it'll it'll be a dude now i'll say it's aretha franklin i don't know anything about music right that happened dj told me i needed to bring my guitar one time to play on there here we go you guys you guys you guys want david play on uh his his guitar on deal breakers sometime what's up come on man they want to do it they want to do it hey follow follow us on uh what do we got we got we've got youtube we've got facebook share us out give us the heart on facebook facebook likes the heart if you haven't friended us personally yeah absolutely please hey jeremy hey man hey justin we love everyone hey we can learn something from everyone live on instagram live on instagram and you know what you may want to follow us on the i g secure at secure agent mentors because we got some stuff going on pretty sure it was in sync by jubilee ish right on i believe you that's awesome you trust me you know more than me especially if that's your guess right so take it a mile maybe backstreet boy soon as we wrap this up return on investment invest in yourself and commit invest in yourself yeah part of the investment is a commitment obviously but if you invest in yourself and commit 100 you're always getting great return on that most the root time people don't invest themselves is lack of confidence it's not a lack of funds you find the money you can rob a bank yeah that's what people say is like i don't have the money for this i don't believe what what you're saying when someone says that i don't have the money they say i don't believe in myself enough enough and you know what i don't have something that i need to look at which is which is goals every day when you have goals every day me right i know my goals every single morning every night has i i've spent more money this year on my business than my entire life combined yep yeah not even close yep i probably 10x every penny i've ever spent on myself ever and this year and has the business ground this year you guys tell me you guys tell us man the business is 10x maybe it's may end up being like 15x by the time we're done in one year in one year get to conferences like this if it's too late for this one and you're too far away you're not in chicago or you're not within a few hours then you may want to come hang out with in nashville nash on october 26 and 27 when i tell people about the conference here this is a good conference when i tell you about the conference here all right ours is at nissan stadium ours is at the state the the stage is on the field in nashville stadium with the Titans play yep yep i mean this is a great conference and we love these folks and that they're doing a great job but there you go i'm gonna be here with us come on oh man how about let's kick it out with a little earth-winning fire is that what that is yeah i don't have no clue but i like it i like it i love it it's good stuff you guys are awesome all right thank you for joining us dealbreakers kody and dav thanks for following share this out in your group tomorrow kody's going live yeah his keynote speech from the stage so you can check that out tomorrow for 15 central kody dealbreakers dealbreakers thanks a lot you guys are awesome thanks for watching appreciate you jumping in on facebook and youtube you got it party people thank you


There's always a struggle musicians are going through, and right now if my comments, Facebook, Group, or Discord are any indication of what musicians are frustrated with, it's that they feel they are making the right content, but they aren't getting the follows that should come with the level of high quality songs, content, or effort that they're bringing to the table. While this is a very layered subject, and I think some of you are delusional to be frank, and even without taking those layers into account, there's a few things that really help identify, and to use the word I don't particularly love, brand you, in the eyes of the people who find you on social media. So in this video, I'm going to show you the hidden trick that many of your favorite musicians use to get more follows that you're probably not using. Hi, I'm Jesse Cannon, a music marketing nerd who's teaching musicians how to grow their fan base from 0 to 10,000 fans, and this is Muse Formation. Sometimes I feel a little bad for doing what I'm about to do here in this video, but the fact is, I think the world's better for musicians if I talk about the things I've learned when I've been in the major label boardrooms with artists and their marketing gurus. This video is largely going to be about a technique that really blew my mind when one of those gurus dropped on an artist when I was working as a strategist. I've been feeling bad I haven't talked about it yet on this channel, so now's the time to get it out there. Sorry to that guru if you see this, but it was too good to not let out as I've seen it work time and time again to help musicians grow their social media following. So it often takes someone seeing your content a few times before they decide you are someone they want to hear from regularly and give you a follow or a subscription. Some studies I've read say it takes four times of seeing you, others say it's six, others say it's eight, and obviously it really comes down to do people recognize you and remember they had a good interaction watching your content. Especially now with TikToks for you feed, you can get shown a few times to someone before they say I want to make sure I see what this person is doing regularly, but that's dependent on that they recognize you up against all your other peers who kind of look like you. And this is the same with songs. We've all known that thing where you hear the song the first time and it's fine, but the second or third time when it's more familiar or if you're in a different mood all of a sudden it's a total banger to you and you want to smash that follow so you can hopefully hear more from that artist. So the key to making that follow happen faster is to help people recognize you and trigger the memory they have of the other time they've seen your content and had a good experience with it. So how exactly do you do that? Let's go through a three point system to make people who see you recognize you faster and realize when they've had that good experience watching your video they should get more of you. The first point in this plan is to make your look as a person identifiable with signatures. And I'm going to actually use myself as a good example. Since I think it's instructive since let's be honest here, you musicians can get away with looking real eccentric and do all sorts of cool fashionable things. But I, a totally mature adult who owns a bunch of businesses who needs to look respectable each day as I have to go into meetings and seem like I know what I'm talking about. So having that sick wick haircut and face tattoos that I really want is just not a thing I could pull off to make myself recognizable. So I only have so many options. So I've had to do some let's call them more subtle things to make myself recognizable in these videos. So if you've watched this channel before, in every video I've ever made, there's been a few things constant about my look. A black shirt with some music act on it. My glasses and a hat. And this is admittedly basic. But as a hair challenged guy who can only wear dark clothes, don't even ask. I only have so much to work with. But this combo allows you to subtly remember that it's me and not the other white YouTubers with similar white guy low voices like Finn McKinty or Anthony Fantano. And if you watch those guys videos, you'll notice they do the exact same thing with I'm describing with this three point system. And those two guys would not be the worst thing to be mistaken for since they rule. But I really have to distinguish myself from the cringy white dudes who talk about music promotion on here and try to grift you into buying an expensive course from them that just has all the information you could already find on YouTube. And to make sure I'm set apart from them, I have to make sure I have a look way different than them because I sure don't want to be mistaken for them. I'm gonna be honest with you, I actually don't wear these hats I wear in this video out on the street. I mean I wear different ones. I wear about five different pairs of glasses depending on the outfit. And I wear some of these band shirts out in the world sometimes, but it's not what I'm wearing most days. But I keep it consistent for these videos since I want people to have memory points for who I am when they see me. And you need to do the same thing. And like me it doesn't need to be flashy. It should just be a consistent look. And here's why this is important. So a funny thing here. I'm actually pretty face blind. In that when I see someone I know well, even somebody I've lived with for six months, in a place I don't expect to see them, it often doesn't register to my brain that that's that person. It's a huge disadvantage and makes my life really really bad when I don't recognize people I should. But a lot of people don't have the best facial recognition. They may not be as bad as me, but not everybody is going to recognize you because of your face. So you need to go further than this and also make people recognize other things. Since the more points of reference you give someone, the more likely they are to recognize their previous enjoyment of your content and smash that follow. Signature point two is props. As you will see in the background, I have three different prominent props. I have a ridiculously large display that I mix and master records using. And for nerds, it's a real spectacle. Secondly, I have this moody lava lamp, which has seen better days. And of course third, I have this gold record since it's something none of the other guys on YouTube who talk about what I do have, mostly because they're frauds whose research assistants write their videos. But that's another story for another time. These props make people identify me and distinguish me from the con artists in my genre. Now for musicians, these props can be all sorts of things like a certain guitar in a certain color, a particularly cool modular synth wall, or a microphone draped and banded as, wait, why was that a thing?  The point being, you need props as people identify in their mind that you're the person with that prop and you can keep in mind those props can evolve over time and be a part of an era for you. They don't need to be forever. Many musicians will stick with a particular instrument and look on it for a certain era of their music, even in videos where they're not even playing that instrument. Some people will have an identifying cane or do a lot of stuff from a car or a bike and a lot of their content. This is also why you see certain sticker patterns on the main guitar someone uses, as well as help brand the prop as their own. This is why you see so many YouTubers have that neon light in the background of their video shoots, is that light can help visually brand them and they can move with it anywhere. By the way, if this video is giving you value, please like and subscribe and get notified since this is what we talk about here and you don't want to miss more of this. Okay, on to the last signature point, number three, your background should be as consistent as often as you can. And I know some of you are going to come for me for this one, as my set has changed three times during the two years of this channel, but unfortunately, life has thrown me three moves in that time, so I had to improvise. But for over a year, I've tried to make as many videos with the same wood background. I've really tried as hard as I can to make what I have here be what stays consistent and I actually built that wall so I could take it with me when I moved in case I have to move again. I also painted this wall color that takes to the light gradient I do that I could replicate easily in the future if I have to move. Okay, but the point is your background can help identify you as a person and help ring bells in people's minds. So if they notice that in the look and your prop, it will probably ring a bell. A cool piece of art in the background is often a really good start for your background. And even if you can't have any of that, if you have the same background each time, even if it's not that flashy, that's at least a step in the right direction. But it also doesn't even need to go that far. If it feels too much for you, I think about Chloe Moriondo and her rise on YouTube. All her early videos were just her messy bedroom from the same angle with the same lighting every time. She has made a video with the same set in props, which was her ukulele or acoustic guitar, which gave her her own identity, which she did for years long before she had high production music videos and her iconic look of today. Another big part of this is also the angle you film from. So many TikTokers will always film themselves from some odd angle, but it's consistent throughout their videos and helps people see that it's them. The key is that you should make your content in a set you can regularly create from and make it as identifiable as possible along with your look, especially if you're creating for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. As you really see that over and over again, this is what the big creators have done and this is why they more easily built an audience and had an easier time building it than you may be. But I know a lot of you are saying, But Jesse, the big artists dye their hair and change their looks all the time. That's correct. But this is often after they've abandoned this technique or they're doing so much content in the time that they have this haircut, they bank on the discussion of their look change to outweigh what the consistency would give them because they now have a big audience that will talk about their every move. And that can definitely be true these days with all the YouTube reaction videos and TikTok about someone changing their look that it can generate that discussion, but you don't yet have that asset on your side. Like I always say, the rules aren't the same for you building a fan base where you need all the help you can get versus an artist who can generate conversations around them because they already have an audience. Now, I also want to say you shouldn't be scared to do videos outside of your signature look when the moment calls for it. But whatever you can, you should employ it whenever possible. But I don't want you to think you can't do a behind the scenes video or whatever you have to do out in the wild while you're in the world. But if you're regularly doing posts with this branding and you have signatures to help clue people into that you're the person they've enjoyed before, it's going to be more sticky and you're going to get more follows than you would otherwise. Let the subtle hints of familiarity help people recognize you and realize they should follow you. Okay, if this was helpful, please like, subscribe, and get notified as this is what we discuss here. I'd love to have you in the discussion. If I missed anything or if you have thoughts, I reply to every comment. Well, at least the ones that don't insult me. On the screen now is a playlist on how to promote your music on TikTok. As well, there's another one on how to grow your fan base from 0 to 10,000 fans as that's what we discuss here. Click on those and keep learning. Thanks for watching.


How you doing? So we have Nika Domi from Mind Your Wealth And you're boy rich and obviously we're here to talk about the top ten picks for November 2018 what do you think? Well, I'm ready for November because October has been a wild ride for all of us But I know that the Sun is coming out in November again after Halloween after all these tricks that we've been you know Encountering November's a fresh start for sure. So how about you Rich tell us about your picks because we want to know What's on your mind? yeah, so I got some picks that I've been looking at and Yeah, you know let's just get right into the picks because my number ten pick for November 2018 is a company that actually makes money. It's 1933 industries otherwise known as TGIF is the symbol. They are the number ten pick on my list I think that they are a company that is making money and right now. They're generating 3.3 million a quarter so from that perspective, I really like that I like the fact that they're making money and they're still at a really good price I mean they're at 32 cents in America right now, so Really really really undervalued still at a very good price They are listed both on the Canadian You could buy them in the Canadian and American side, right? That is correct TGIF in America currently at 32 cents TGIF in Canada. They are number ten on my list number nine is Planet 13 This is a company that is also making money another reason why they're on this list I'm looking for companies that are making money that are huge Huge upside potential. Okay. I'm looking for companies that have huge upside potential Planet 13 is one that people are forgetting. They're making 4.4 million a quarter right now and Their year-over-year growth is 203% so they are escalating and they've been going up while everyone's been going down lately. There starts been going up They went up. They went up 8% on Friday. Yeah, they went up 8% on Friday and they've been coming up Over the last couple days while everyone's been going down. They've been going up So I've been watching them very carefully Good they're one that a lot of people don't talk about but I think they have so much potential and You know the other thing I like about this company is Their share structure only 62 million shares issued you know Wow 62 million shares issued you know so they have a small share structure. I believe they have so much potential That's number eight on my number nine on my list number eight on my list is XL Y Oxley, I think this is a company that has so much potential. I think that they are Extremely undervalued Underappreciated underexposed at these prices and I believe that oxley should be on everybody's watch list because oxley is a company that has a Piece of all the companies. They're almost like a mutual fund themselves So yeah, they're they're a big company for that price and at 99 cents I just believe that they have so much potential and These are the times that you want to load up on a company like oxley Which has the potential to be with those big boys like Aurora cannabis as far as their growing capacity their share structure they have 581 million shares Out there, I believe that's one of the reasons why the price is undervalued. They have not been generating revenue yet Based on their growing. They have a lot of money in the bank. I believe the long-term this company is going to explode Okay, they are number eight on my list number seven on my list is a company that a lot of people don't know the symbol is B V O Bob Victor X-ray on the Toronto Stock Exchange venture exchange Bevo agro, but the real reason I really like this company is that they've got a company inside of this company and They only have 26 million shares out which is crazy But they have a name right they came from somewhere else. That's a new name of theirs They are working with a company called Zinnabas Okay, right and Zinnabas is a licensed producer Which has signed an agreement with BVO to work with them. So they're just Through going through the process. I believe the Zinnabas has a chance to explode and BVO exploded this week I believe on Thursday. They went up to 69 percent. So put them on your watch list Put them on your radar. They have huge potential the next company that I actually purchased myself And is on this list is a leaf. Yeah health Yes a L E F. Okay, and when you have the police of chief I know it's crazy The chief of police for Toronto, you know, and he's a big part of your company a leaf Yeah help at two dollars and 18 cents in Canada right now. I bought it this week. I like their chart I like the way they've been trending Their share structure a hundred and forty five million shares Right now out there. I think they have to be on your radar have to be in your watches I bought them this week and I think they have big blue sky potential I've been trading Alicia for for the last month or so actually I mentioned in the last video They do have over 50,000 Patients that are subscribed and so that's a pretty big base to have and usually the medical patients are quite loyal Right so that it can only go up from there That is correct. And I think we've done Tg if in 10 planet 13th and 9th xly oxley and a Zanabes bvo in Seven in six spot. We've got a leaf a lef in leafy a health and in fifth spot We've got huge another one that I bought this week. I think this company has so much potential 3.8 million square feet of growing capacity They are putting the application to graduate to the New York stock Sorry to the NASDAQ and they just acquired or they're in the process of acquiring a NASDAQ company So, yeah, I just Interesting one that was definitely it shows a lot of power right because if they they're capable to do that FSD pharma their news has been enormous. They just been bursting with news 55 cents still and if they make the application to the NASDAQ, they're gonna have to be trading at at least a few dollars I think this is a company. They do have 1.3 billion shares out that's the only issue I have with this company, but I just believe the news is so powerful and For them to try to acquire a NASDAQ company that is so big It is so oxley too, right? They have a they're living up to their name. They're trying to acquire a like cannabinoid Therapeutics, it's it's a it's a NASDAQ company I mean you're you're a company in Canada and you're trying to acquire a NASDAQ company and you got 3.8 million square feet of growing capacity 3.8 million square feet of growing capacity and they are partnered with xly on one of their growing spaces So I just see so much potential here They also have they're using hydroponics no soil for for growing so that's a that's a plus. I think that's quite unique Absolutely. I think that they have and at 55 cents. I think they're a steel FSDDF in America currently at like 40 cents there. So wow, they're number five on my list number four is Canopy Rivers Everybody's sleeping on this. I just picked these guys up on Friday. I love this company. They are Canopy 2.0. So if you missed out on Canopy the first time, this is your opportunity to get into Canopy while it's at four bucks That's right. Yeah, four bucks. I bought them this week. I love this company I want to get more and I was doing the math I bought a thousand shares I bought a thousand I bought ten thousand huge thousand Rivers I bought three thousand alien F this week. So I've been buying this week when everything's been on the red I've been buying doing what I do and I just think that this company has so much potential as a company That's going to go out there and acquire other businesses and be investing They have a lot of power behind them and I think that energy will just continue on because you know They're connected to Canopy. It's it's a no-brainer, right? Canopy if you bought a thousand shares when they were at four bucks Which we're two years ago if you bought a thousand shares when there are four bucks today Canopy is at fifty bucks in Canada weed So if you're at fifty dollars and you bought a thousand shares, so I'm thinking to myself, you know, maybe one day this goes to fifty bucks and Because they got the blueprints. They've already done it So let's just say they do it again, and I got myself a thousand shares I just made myself fifty grand on a four thousand dollar investment So, you know, I'm excited about that investment and they're number four on my list number three on my list for November Is a company that's been beating up a USA Astralis Capital love this company. I think it has so much potential news time They were quiet for a little bit, but now that they just put out some news I don't remember what it was. I just got 30 million dollars. I reported it first 30 million dollars, so I'm like sitting here going man You've gone down a thousand percent and you just got yourself 30 mil I'm gonna buy this stock so I went and I bought myself a thousand shares I already owned shares before so I have a few thousand shares in this company I'm going to keep buying this because to me. This is Aurora 2.0 same deal. This is Aurora's baby and it's Aurora 2.0 Now with and I said it before I'm gonna say it again The US is gonna legalize sooner than anybody thinks I think they're really charging ahead there, you know That's that's what I'm getting the vibe and as soon as that happens those kind of companies like a USA who are Acquiring mostly in the US market, right? They're gonna just they're gonna have a lot of an easier time doing so So as soon as that comes through all of that is gonna just shoot right up Right here. I'm looking at a USA share structure only a hundred and thirteen million shares issue note standing So it's really really tight. So they've got a tight share structure I think this company has so much potential the next company is Seniva, okay? Seniva a company that I don't own it yet. I have bought it before and sold it for profit I love this company. I think it is Currently at $4.82 in Canada, I believe this is a company that has so much potential I think that this is a company they they call it the canopy of California. Oh 36 million shares Issued and out and at $4.82. They are number two on my list. They are a secret weapon They're kind of we have such a huge market. It's a you know, that's a great one Next week mark my words. I didn't even know they only had 36 million shares issued out still that is ridiculous Okay, so their shares Yeah, yeah, that's why Tilray is exploding So these guys could be following in Tilray's footsteps with only 36 million shares issue note standing the canopy of California at only $4.82 in Canada, I just believe it has so much potential Not so much potential and let's see where's it priced in America currently priced at wow three dollars and seventy cents in America With only 36 million shares issued now. It's a no-brainer. This is number two on my list and number one on my list Number one. Okay. Yeah, let's hear it and I bought this this week So the people in my in my they're close to me. They know what this is The green organic Dutchman Wow, I Love the whole idea of even organic as I said before I love the fact that they have organic People like me will be looking for organic and and there's not much of it out there $2.86 in America I'm mind-boggled by this. It's back to its original price when it was an IPO I'm mind-boggling the chance to finally jump in right well, yeah, I bought it. I bought it on Friday I bought it IPO day made money on the way up I bought it again on Friday, and I'm excited about it And I got myself a thousand shares and it's at three dollars and seventy three cents It's back to it where it was IPO day. Yeah, that's crazy. I mean just look at the chart It's unbelievable. It's been as high as ten dollars Yeah, so it's again in at three dollars and seventy three cents a company that's 355 million dollars in the bank And they're expanding internationally too, so that there are Really a lot of pluses to them how I found out about them was when they did because I'm from Poland and Born and raised and I always love it when I hear news about Poland Especially any kind of progress happening in the cannabis business, right? So they were actually One of the first ones if not the first ones to go into the Polish market and they acquired a Polish company that apparently was already very Well connected in Europe and they already had supplies going out into the European market and green organic Dutch spent has Bought fully hundred percent that company in Poland. I think it was hem hem Poland. That's the name of the company there So I was pretty impressed with that news then when it came out a few months ago Green organic Dutchman is a beast. It is at the bottom mark my words. You heard it here first It is at the bottom. You're not gonna see it go much lower than this This is why I'm telling you they're my number one pick for November 2018 and beyond they only have 228 million 228 million shares issue note standing so that's less than Most of the big players out there 355 million in the bank. They are Lysen they are licensed. They are going to explode mark my words numero uno number one TgOd number two Seniva SNM vf in America SNN in Canada Astralis capital number three number four is canopy rivers number five is huge number six is a leafy ALF number seven is bvo is a nabbitz number eight is oxley xly Number nine is planet 13 and number 10 tgif. That's it. We're done Wow That's a good list. I think that list is gonna bring returns I think that list is gonna bring returns. What do you think? I'm pretty secure with those. Um, I most of them I have on my list and a few of them like tgif like huge alicia I already have purchased I have I'm trading them. So, um, I feel really good about them and definitely I think everything's clearing up for november december I come from, you know, the business perspective of things and I know that christmas season is busy for anybody and Everybody capitalizes on that that time. So I see things as very positive and your list is awesome. So love it Hope you guys love the list.  Subscribe to her channel. I love you guys. Have a great weekend. I'm off Enjoy the winners if you're not winning. You're not watching your boy rich when nika dole me We're out


There's a large majority of Nigerians or poor and according to reports in 2023, nearly 12% of the world population in extreme poverty lived in Nigeria, considering the poverty threshold at $1.90 a day. Now this number is increasing and overall the number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa was estimated to reach $422 million in 2025 by Statistica. Now this is why nurturing a culture of giving is crucial for building stronger communities, fostering individual growth and achieving a more just world. By promoting acts of generosity, we can alleviate poverty, bridge social divides, enhance individual well-being, create a more equitable global society, and inspire future generations to embrace compassion and responsibility. So today we're discussing the life-changing impact of building a giving slash donating culture. Now please let's hear what you have to say, remember you can join this conversation, send us an SMS or what's up to the rate 1-803-846-63. So I just want to ask you ladies, I mean for two seconds, when last did you give out or donate, whatever you want to call it? So giving is, so I would say the last time would be someone on the road. Okay. You do that all the time? As much as I can. Okay. Not every time because they can also get quite ill-behaved. Not all the time but yeah I do that as often as I can once I have something to give you. How about you Jennifer? That would be two weeks ago. Okay. And three weeks ago. So I gave out money to someone who just gave birth and she needed money to take care of her child. And then also gave out some clothes to some other set of people. But then my church also, we do some form of donation where we give out like I think like twice or three times a year. Yeah at least some donations to that.  Nice, nice, nice, nice, nice. So Tyrone Saeed, a kid I am, is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and Certified Safety Professionals at the Institute of Safety Professionals in Nigeria. He is the co-founder, chairman, board of trustees, esteemed, life saver, initiative and non-for-profit organization. He is a sickle cell advocate, passionate blood humanitarian and has voluntarily donated blood to save lives more than 20 times. Ah, I will tell you why I clap later. So it's a culture for members of the ELSI to donate blood on their birthdays. That's fantastic. Through his organization and collaboration with the Lagos State Blood Transition Services, this sickle cell foundation in Lagos and the North. He has helped to mobilize hundreds of voluntary blood donors to boost the supply of blood in health facilities and save many lives. And he has joined us live in studio. Hi, Saeed. Hi. So let me tell you why I clap. Many years ago, I think Alpha was like a year old. I was breastfeeding. And my sister-in-law, she was in a critical state in the hospital. Sadly, we lost her, but she was in a critical state in the hospital. I remember because I am a universal donor. I remember them calling us like in the middle of the night, we had to leave Magudo all the way to VI here because the hospital was in VI here. So the nurses were asking about your breastfeeding. Can you donate? I said, of course.  So I donated the blood. I think I did about two pints that night. So it was the guy that donated blood. It was just one. I think he was able to donate on maybe half. But the guys, I was telling them. I was telling them, you said 20. I said, ah! Because I hear that it takes a total of more guys. Maybe women, of course, were used to... Because we do monthly circles. So maybe we were used to blood leaving us. So maybe that's what we did. But the guy, I think half a pint of blood. The guy is nice. They had to sit him down to give him more. So when I saw 20, I said, ah! No. This one deserves a hand clap. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. I was just having a side. I mean, I want to discuss the subject of changing the narrative and building a culture of giving and donating. I know my church, for instance, in Deister. They built that culture in most of our members. So what we do is, when you have clothes that you're no longer using, just make sure it's in a good state. If you need amending, amend it, wash it. They tell you how. You can't just go and dump things like that. You have to wash it. You have to iron it. You have to fold it neatly so that you are giving it with dignity. Not that you're just dumping things on people. Then also, if you can't do cash donations, they buy food stuff. Because they do that every single... I think now it's even more than every circle in a year. Maybe festive seasons. They always do that. You will see. But we have a full-blown, full-fledged benevolence department. So we just go to donate things. So every now and then, my children have the culture. Once they think it does not fit anymore, because most of the things are still in good shape. They clean it up and they pack it. Mommy and daddy, we need to go and drop it. So we built that culture. But I realize that giving is not so much of a difficult thing for Africans. But the problem I am having was what she mentioned about beggars on the street. And I want to come from that angle.  How has that impacted in the giving culture? Because I think now a lot of people are becoming very distant from empathy or emotions. Because they just feel like these things have become a business. So it is very difficult to give. So maybe we'll start from there. Thank you for having me. Thank you. So you started with giving out clothes, used items and maybe cash and all that. We are still going to come back and relate it to blood donation as well. Because that is also giving. So just a short story. While I was coming here, I started by the mechanic. And while I was there, some guys came to me and they were like, hey, Babao, all those guys. There was one that had a cut on his mouth. You know, these guys are not that. They are rough. They are rough guys. So when it gets dark, what they do, they switch to stealing. So they came to me and they were like, I had money with me but I chose not to give them. Because they could work. The guy fixing the car was a mechanic. They could do something with their hands. They are fit and agile. They could do something. So why would you beg when you can do something? While they came to me, a guy came, was selling air fresheners and told him to buy it. I said, no, this thing irritates me. I wouldn't really buy, but I can do something for you. So I bought, actually bought one of 600 Naira. While transferring to him, I transferred 1000 Naira. I told him that, look at these other guys that came. You met them, they met you here. They are begging around. They are not doing anything. But you are carrying this air freshener. How much are you going to end from it? Let me add to that. So the culture of giving is something from the arts. But it gets to a stage where you get very, you get tired of it. When you feel that you have been taking advantage of, yes. But sometimes when your culture is just to give, sometimes you don't look at that and you give. Whatever you do with it, it's a business. But you are trying to be done your own parts in it. So giving out clothing items, it should be a practical thing. It's a very easy thing to do because most of the time, we go out and buy new clothing. And over six months, we have things in a wardrobe. Even one year, two years. I will not touch that. I will not touch that. They are still in very good shape. So let me just give them out. So personally, I have that culture. Whenever I am buying something new, I give out something old.  So I think as Nigerians or as Africans or as human beings, if we can impact that kind of culture, I think a lot of people will be happy. This can help people happy. So let's move quickly to blood donations because we did something really fantastic, partnering with some of the institutions to drive the need for blood donations. But first of all, is it truly a need? Do people actually look out for... Are people truly in need of blood, the way it is being projected? Is it a reality or it's just a myth or it's not true? It's a reality. We have, just as I was watching the screen now, talking about the lady that was caught in Dubai, only those that were around could arrest her blood, for instance. She wouldn't have lost so much blood. And if it was arrested and she finds her way into the hospital, she might have needed at least one pint of blood. So that's a need. And we have these instances every day. Whenever we're driving on the road, you see an accident, people losing so much blood. By the time they get to the hospital, they need blood. We have cancer patients. They need blood. Due to chemotherapy, they lose a lot of blood. We need to transfuse them. We need to replace their blood for them to continue to live. We have mothers in the hospital, during labor, they lose a lot of blood. We don't have enough blood. The first thing to think is that blood is not manufactured. You can't manufacture blood. It has to be given from human to human. It's easy for us to get animal blood. We'll be killing rounds every day to get their blood. But it has to be passed from human to human. So the hospitals need blood. Almost every hospital would need someone to give blood to someone to continue to live. We are short of blood in Nigeria. The blood banks are almost depleted. We need people to donate blood. That's our own passion. That's what we want to do. We want to get people to donate blood so that we can replenish the stock of blood in blood banks in Nigeria. Back to your question, we need blood. Whenever there's an accident, whenever someone is sick, blood needs to be transfused for them to continue to live. What are the typical misconceptions around donating blood? First of all, a lot of people want to say something at the end of the show, but let me just bring it up now. A lot of people think that your blood has been sold. When you donate blood, especially when it's being sold. That's the number one thing. When I posted that blood drive for the Akinsoyans, someone just sent a message after all they will sell the blood. I'm like, blood is not something you get anywhere.  If you buy on the island, you know how much you buy water for. Most of the time, you can't just go and fetch water from the stream and drink. The least we can buy is pure water or bottled water. This water goes through some process of filtration, cleaning and all that. The process of bagging it costs money. It's just the same way blood is. When you give blood, the pint of blood, and the bag of blood is used to collect your blood, costs money. The officials that take the blood from you are going to be paid. The facility needs to be maintained as well. It's going to cost money. It's going to be tested for about 12 infections and all these chemicals or regions used to test it will cost money. So at the end of the day, the end user would need to pay for all these things. So we have private blood banks that are running on the reliant on revenue from blood to run. We have the government blood banks as well. They also need money to run to function. Just like illegal state blood transition services have a center in Bagada Lagos. They need a very functional center with what class equipments for them to continue to run. I'm very sure that fund is needed. Fund from government might not be enough, but fund is needed. When you say blood is being sold or people need to buy blood it's because all these factors are plagued. I'm sure at some point in time I have donated blood before but how easy is it to just walk into a center? How many centers do they have in Lagos? How easy is it to just walk into a center and donate blood? It's quite easy to just walk into. There are centers laboratories, private laboratories in Lagos that you could walk into but we always recommend a government facility because they are sure that your blood is safe. Most of these government facilities have their mythology departments or labs where you could walk in and just tell them you want to donate blood and they will attend to you. Government? Yes. Like I mentioned Lagos state blood transition services, once you walk into that place, it's a very nice cosy environment. You can donate your blood.  I wanted to ask though last night that I donated blood it was tested first. Yes. Because I know that they test you first right? So why does the blood still need to go through?  So why does the blood still need to go through that process of being tested again that eventually now increases the cost? Okay fine. When you are being tested you are only being tested for HIV. No, no, no for HIV. You are only tested to be fit. They want to see if you are fit. Okay. So they check your blood sugar, they check your blood pressure as well. So then the other processes checking for syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, hepatitis, they take time. So they can't really test that while you are donating the blood. So it has to go through the laboratory and take some time. So the only thing they test you for is to ensure that you are fit to donate blood. That's whether you do the pre-check or they now take the blood and then take it to the laboratory. Very interesting. I wanted to ask, so what happens by the time they test the blood and maybe there's... We didn't tell him back to me. There's one complication on the other one really. Okay.  It's going to be destroyed. It's going to be destroyed. Right. Of course there's this thing about confidentiality. Because before you donate blood there's a form to fill all your details will be there.  So say I want to donate blood tomorrow. Those are the biggest steps that I need to take health wise. Like keeping yourself. Before that. So let's take a very short break. I love you to answer that when we come back from that break. So please don't forget that thought. Stay with us, we'll be right back. Thanks for staying with us. Now if you just tune in, we'll have an amazing conversation with Saeed on life changing impact of building a given slash donating culture and we're specifically narrowing it down so please let's hear what you have to say. Remember you can join the conversation. Send us an SMS over at 3081 803-4663. So Jennifer had asked you a question before the break. Like what are the preps? If she says first thing tomorrow money she's going to Baghdad sent at the bank, give blood. What should she be doing? First of all, you need to have a good night's sleep. Before then, if you've not had dinner, try some and take a lot of water of water and vegetables. I think you'll be fine.  Then try to stay away from alcohol. I wanted to say shy. I said try.  So by the morning before you are being tested actually if you had breakfast if not, it's there for you and the freshmen. It's not. It's blood tonic. So my night should be fit to donate blood. Okay, go ahead. So when I asked about misconceptions, I know I've had a lot of it. And I've heard people say things about being paid to donate blood. Right? Do people do that? Yes, we have three categories of blood donors. Blood donors, yes. The first is voluntary blood donors. Just like what we're trying to drive. Trying to get people to go through street and let them donate blood from the arts. So these are the voluntary blood donors. Then we have replacement blood donors or family blood donors. Just like what you did, that was a replacement. Usually they would have given her blood from the blood bank. Then they would get a family member to come and replace that blood. In that sense, you don't need to pay for blood. If you're replacing blood, you don't need to pay. Yes, in government facilities you don't need to pay. Then they told our professional paid donors what they do basically is they just come and want to donate how much are they going to give them. They negotiate their blood and they get maybe 2000 or 5000. And they're about so they get that money and they go. After one week, they'll come back again and say, ah, I don't get blood for body. We collect another one, we collect money. So the World Health Organization and every facility is trying to discourage paid blood donors. Because the blood wouldn't be rich. If I donate blood today, I need about 5, 6 weeks to recoup my blood. About 12 weeks actually, yes, 10, 12 weeks to recoup my blood. The blood cells will come back to normal. Regenerate and all of that. I cannot do it again. So that's why it's encouraging for men to donate like 4 times in a year, not every 3 months. Then ladies 3 times in a year every 4 months because of the monthly cycle. Right. So back to your question. Yes, people get paid to donate blood but we are trying to discourage that at all costs. I was going to say the average cost of if you need blood for instance now what is the cost? How much does it come to? I don't think blood is as expensive as oxygen, right? Yes. It varies from facilities like I mentioned we have the private banks and we have the government banks so you are looking at it 20,000 to 30,000 for a pint of blood. So I know that government hospitals for instance when you are pregnant because I have heard some people say the people that had their children in government hospitals when you are pregnant part of what you were signed is that before I think you would have to donate your blood as well like you to replace like what you said the replacement blood bank you need to replace that. But the problem that I have is so the women then end up saying that but they did not give me blood they didn't really tell the women this is why this is being done it is in case you would need it if you don't need it anymore some model person would need it do you understand? Because I have heard that complains a lot it complains from mothers that yes I gave birth to a government hospital they took my blood but they never used it and you know so how do we start to probably educate people better sometimes share this information via our media platforms let people know that once you donate blood as the spouse of the woman in labor once you donate blood you don't expect your blood back if she that blood is not useful to her if she does not need the blood eventually it goes to the blood bank and it does something good by replenishing your blood so it shouldn't be anything of controversy saying that they collected my blood I want money for it why did I do that? but something has changed recently you don't have to donate blood if you are going for maternity you don't have to get your spouse or family to donate blood these days that's why we are trying to encourage people to donate blood it costs nothing the fact is that it's good for you when you donate blood you become more healthy I donated two Saturdays and I feel better you don't have enough I had enough but I was just on the borderline but I still donated but usually I have more than enough most of us do carry more than enough blood around we carry it around and it costs us nothing to just get one or two pricks of the needle and save lives because once you donate blood you can save about three lives with just one pint of blood you can save about three lives so it's a good thing so the Nigerian factor sorry Jennifer because we don't want to talk about this conversation and say another misconception because they believe in juju so much it's just like someone asked me my placenta I said wait I don't understand I should carry the placenta because these are small small things we mystify a lot of things a lot in the country now I use my blood for jazz now I use my dis and all of that so how is that impacting the blood drive impacting all those myths all those beliefs and it is really because a lot of people think that the blood apart from being sold without them getting money from it they think that blood is being used for rituals and it's sad that at this age I can't blame a lot of people we can always think about that that's why I said that whenever you want to donate blood make sure it is a well-organized government facility nobody will take your blood anyway because it's going to be registered I don't know how they use blood for rituals I don't know but those that believe they do they have a reason to believe so but when it comes to blood donation she just forget that that blood is safe and they just have that mind that it's going to someone and it's going to save someone's life somewhere I don't know if there are any adverse effects in giving blood okay I think the benefits are way outweigh the adverse effects the adverse effect is just the dizziness yes, if you don't have enough and you donate that's one then so if you donate too frequently before you replenish you're going to feel weak and sick so these are basically the adverse effects but giving blood I don't think there's any physiological challenges coming unless you're not being tested properly before you donate blood and if you have people with IM, IBP you can't donate blood diabetic, UVR you can't donate blood some other illnesses you won't be allowed to donate blood so it's way more positive so what precautions or aftercare does one need to take into consideration after donating blood? let's say Jennifer won't go donate she's acting for a long time she's acting for a long time I like I like where you're going it's all instinct like the audience so precautions like I mentioned sleep well don't drink or smoke no she's even aftercare aftercare, same thing take a lot of water as a matter of fact after donating you can't just stand up immediately you have to sit for like say 15-20 minutes and you'll be given water to drink so you need to go up down like a bottle of around 5 CL of water before you get up then after then don't exercise no strainers exercise you don't have to go to the gym for like 2 or 3 days and just eat well don't starve yourself I think that's basically the thing you need to do for 2 days or 2 or 3 days eat well I hear you when you say eat well but really to replenish blood is pretty simple, just eat a lot of vegetables anything that's iron in it just eat it all you don't need to go very far away from your diet but how has it been for you since the organization started I just want to touch a little bit on what you do with sickle cell because I saw sickle cell in your bio what you do because that one is there to my heart so blood donation and sickle cell are very related as a matter of fact I started my advocacy from sickle cell right and a lot of sickle cell patients need blood most of the time because they become anemic they lose a lot of blood and it needs to be replenished so the advocacy started from sickle cell then it moved to blood donation for everybody so I came across sickle cell in 2017 to 2018 in Abuja and since then even though I have family members who are also warriors so it's very related so most of the blood units that we donate cost to a lot of sickle cell patients apart from accident victims or cancer patients because sometimes sickle cell patients could get as much as 3-4 pints at a time and over the course of 6 months maybe every month some patients could need that much of blood so a lot of blood stock goes to sickle cell patients so let me just touch on that a bit because I said sickle cell is there to my heart because I have someone I mean imagine if you are carrying pregnancy and you are carrying two children and you now have your blood dropping all the way to like 4% the average is usually much more than that but you know a standard sickle cell patients when their blood is around 8-9% they are good so that's their standard average so when you don't have that person dropping blood but I realized that the hospitals are broad they try to shy away from blood transfusion they shy away from blood transfusion because I still there is still this study that shows that it is still best that the blood is regenerated by itself from the from the inside sometimes people reject blood my sister in law the entire blood that we gave we saw it on the bed I don't know the story for another day but I am saying that how conscious are our hospitals when it comes to the decision for blood transfusion are there also things that you are doing in that regard because blood transfusion usually is supposed to be like the last result it's not something that you just maybe have immediately say you want to do blood transfusion so how conscious are the hospitals in that regard for the hospitals they try because for hematologists after taking doing the proper tests they know that usually blood transfusion is the last result for sickle cell patients the last result so they do their job very well to ensure that this person don't just get blood because we are talking about blood safety all the time that someone needs blood unless that person is on the red line and you know that the last thing to do is just to give the person blood so they are that conscious of that because me and you heal right so you have a comment life changing life changing is not about giving out clothes or money to me before you say you changed someone's life and that value to the person's life I mean show a person how to catch fish is better than giving the person fish absolutely and that's my principle when it comes to giving of material especially money I rather give you a job than give you money because with a job you can generate money that's why the culture of begging does not sit well with me I really can't see a beggar on the street and just think I need to give him money you can be collecting a monthly income it makes sense to me okay so I mean if you had something to say to anyone out there that is still struggling you know that is still finding it difficult to give blood what would you say to that person yeah for me what I would say is that first of all see giving blood as something of self gratification it's something that comes from from the art you are doing something good for someone out there so that's the first thing you should think about okay you are saving lives so that's the first thing when that sits well into your art you won't look at all these meats you won't look at the pain you might go through while donating blood so it becomes a culture it becomes a part of you that without doing that you won't feel okay so once you are due to donate blood you rush up to the centre and give blood so forget the meat like I have said your blood is not being used for ritual it's not being sold to make excessive income there's a reason why you buy blood at the blood facilities and see it as something good for humanity Jennifer will you give blood yeah I will it's not something that has really been impressed in my heart to say oh yeah I won't do this I'm sure if the opportunity arises it's something that I wouldn't mind I wouldn't mind I'm very open as far as it's an organisation that is clean right and I'm going to be well taken care of and all of that and it's going to be used for the right purpose I'm good they will give her more hahaha oh yeah like I said I've done it before a couple of years ago and yes when he mentioned that they give out blood on their birthdays your birthday is coming I'm like should I give birth yes yes the facility is running every month so somebody can just come in every day on your birthday just walk into my birthday don't pass my birthday you don't have to you don't have to be on your birthday so we organise quarterly blood drives get people to come and donate blood at the facility hopefully one is coming up in December you better say the dates we've not finalised it's in Lagos so let's let's tell our viewers you can find your way but is it only Baghdad there's a centre in VI there's a centre in Leki there's centres Lagos Island Matane to your Lagos Island oh government yes you could donate there you could donate like I said Baghdad you could go to Aghege government facilities government facilities Lagos State government facilities it's safer to donate at those even in Ikeja when you go to Ikeja last suit Lagos State University teaching hospital just walk up to the blood bank and you can walk in and just tell them you want to donate blood so you can do that we are not only advocating for Lagos State so we have the national blood transmission service everywhere in Nigeria so you could just check them up online and look for the centre somewhere in Ibadu we have centres in Abuja as well all over Nigeria places where you could go to so what would be what would support look like for you is it non-governmental something we need money to survive so if somebody was looking at you today and they say you know what I want to support this initiative what would that support outside of donating the blood itself what would support look like for you to say ok this person is really coming to help me we need finance we need money to run the organisation we need of course media support just like what we are getting right now to push out our advocacy and our message but the major thing is actually money because for our volunteers sometimes we need to pay them for maybe t-fair we need to provide refreshments for blood drives and we need to because we also organise road shows media campaigns all these things require money basically money is the major thing because I was thinking about it is it non-for-profit what would support look like there are so many things like you rightly said there will be road shows there will be campaigns but you guys are not involved in the what is it called the process of purifying do you pay them to do or they just collect the blood and that's it they just collect the blood and they will not take it off from there that's amazing honestly I wish more people to do this I'll try to come and donate blood because I don't think I've donated blood since after that time nobody has called me that they need blood so my own is not a voluntary donor it is on a need base on a need base so now that I've heard let me not do like I did not hear so I will be the first example because maybe there's more bloodness that's what I'm adding to it yes I want to donate regularly I donate every month I donate too much they don't want that they want you to be a responsible donor no no no I said three times a year I heard him very well therefore the guys you said four times a year those are every quarter because of our monthly that makes sense that works thank you so much I think we had a fantastic conversation I'm looking forward to the December event so hopefully we'll bring you back to tell us more about the what's it called we are all about anything that would give humans better life and better living and this is a fantastic initiative not many people would dedicate their lives and their time to things like this it's an important thing they are doing for every time you hear that somebody is probably just got involved in an accident definitely all of those things should come to to play a woman that is having complications at birth somebody that is just sick or anemic so it's a fantastic initiative thank you so much we had fun Jennifer and if there are three of us her birthday is let me announce your birthday my birthday was last week's Saturday Jennifer we will all come to come and donate I think we should come and donate we are looking forward to seeing you there come and donate thank you so much hello noisemakers before we go I'm sure you follow us across all social media handles and we issue Africa you can interact with us further drop a comment and most importantly follow all our engagements on social media like share and invite your families and friends to watch and follow the conversation now if you missed our quote from mother Teresa herself it's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving and the truth is for you to give out blood that is the highest level of love you can show to anyone right so let's let's show love let's donate and I mean look for the centers that Said had mentioned we'll see you guys tomorrow at 8 p.m. we'll bring another great conversation to your screen