This episode is discussion about life concepts presented by Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) in his discussion with Dean Baquet of The New York Times, as seen/heard in this Youtube video. This video/audio had concepts about people, vulnerability, truth, fear, pain, compassion, helping, challenging, having a dialogue, and more.
All the times links are to that time in the video, so you can hear him talk about the concepts himself if so desired.
- 2:57 – goal to live life through your abilities, not to be successful/famous
- 9:31 – having a dialog about a thing is necessary, it happened regardless of if talked about or not (what you reveal you heal)
- 11:15 – Jay-Z doesn’t feel racism until when he challenges the status quo – life shows its cards when you challenge it
- 12:46 – everything is connected
- 13:37 – people on streets asking “what you lookin’ at” because caused fight because person being seen in pain and responding like “oh you see me”
- 19:11 – “I love people” “I want what’s best for people” “without people being rich would be very boring” “then what do you do”
- 20:20 – strongest thing person can do is be vulnerable with their feelings, not guarded
- 21:30 – can’t expose all truths until people around are ready, and they have their truths too
- 25:04 – it’s not about being in the white hot space, it’s really small, but it’s about finding the truth, it’s about the forever
- 27:16 – obligation to further the conversation, it’s okay to be smart
- 29:44 – you don’t turn your back on the community that uplifted you or your time is out
- 32:35 – Kanye is a compassionate person – a lot of times you get in trouble trying to help others
- 34:12 – the best place is right in the middle of the pain, and it’s uncomfortable, most people don’t want to look inside themselves, and so they walk away
I always enjoy conceptual discussion and understanding. If depth is there, I am usually there. Hope you enjoyed episode 31.
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