“There’s an opportunity if you have the right mentality.” -Chaz Springer El
Success is a mindset. It’s an internal attitude that influences our thoughts, actions, and emotions. People with a mind set up for success are positive and persistent. They have a strong work ethic and are willing to learn and profit from their mistakes. Most importantly, they are able to remain optimistic and believe in their dreams no matter how gigantic an obstacle may seem. It is therefore undeniable that having a positive mindset is essential to achieving any goal in life.
Chaz Springer El grew up in an environment filled with discrimination and violence. Realizing that this should not be the norm, Chaz rose up as the guy who would champion success and leave a legacy- a model for all those who can see him.
In this episode, Chaz relates the sad realities of living in the hood as he was growing up and how his experiences shaped him to become an agent of change. We also discuss how our search for a place to belong can take turns we do not expect, the two types of guys and what determines who will be successful, what can we do when others throw negativities at us, how we can find the gaps in every obstacles, how we can help create a sense of responsibility in the community, and how we can turn diversity into our power.
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Highlights:
- 03:10 Growing Up in the Hood
- 09:49 2 Types of Guys
- 13:30 Find the Gaps
- 19:31 You Have a Responsibility
- 25:36 We Can’t Live in Fear
- 31:07 Diversity is Power
- 33:38 Put the Work In
- 38:40 See the Value in You
- 42:40 Recap
Tweets:
Success is a mindset that we need to keep working on- and it starts with believing that we are capable of achieving something great. Join @TheModernMan8 and agent of change, speaker, activist, and entrepreneur, Chaz Springer El as they help us see the value in ourselves. #TheModernMan #podcast #menpotential #belongingness #limitingbeliefs #successmentality #menrolemodels #racialdiscrimination #community #diversity
Quotes:
01:31 “Some of the things that we can learn in life are from those people that we haven’t even met yet.” -Ted Phaeton
05:10 “It doesn’t matter who you are, how you look, what background you come from, if you care about your community, you have to come together with those like-minded people, and do something about it.” -Chaz Springer El
08:12 “Have faith in who you are and what God blessed you with and bless you to be just be. Believe in that person.” -Chaz Springer El
10:05 “Success is a mentality. Some guys play the victim and some guys don’t play the victim.” -Chaz Springer El
12:29 “There’s an opportunity if you have the right mentality.” -Chaz Springer El
12:34 “If people focus on the obstacles, that’s all you’re going to run into.” -Ted Phaeton
24:34 “We’re all human at the end of the day. And we all got that innate feeling to be better and want to better our community.” -Chaz Springer El
25:44 “A lot of people are living in fear about the things that’s happening in the community. We can’t live in fear. We can’t just live thinking that we can’t do anything about it and not engaging, because it’s just overwhelming.” -Chaz Springer El
31:34 “It’s about diversity. Diversity makes us strong.” -Chaz Springer El
34:06 “Real success is what you do outside of your codes.” -Chaz Springer El
43:37 “Ignorance is okay but the continuance of it is voluntary.” -Ted Phaeton
Meet Chaz:
Chaz Springer El is a Change Agent, Digital Marketing Specialist, Culture Consultant, Public Speaker, Activist, and Former Director of Marketing for TRU Colors Brewery. He is also the founder of the CherryTree Foundation and creator of the CherryTree Model, an organizational transformation strategy. He’s passionate about helping bridge the gap between language and disparities for businesses and their employees. Being a translator for organizations that strive to add diversity and inclusion to their workspace and change in company culture to improve the success of the overall company.
