This podcast episode delves into the concept of taking risks and the resultant outcomes, particularly through personal anecdotes that exemplify the theme of spontaneity and decision-making in the face of cautionary advice. The discussion highlights how embracing the persona of "the fool" can lead to both triumphs and setbacks, as illustrated by the experiences shared by the speakers. Notably, one speaker recounts a pivotal moment involving a car wash venture that defied conventional wisdom, ultimately resulting in unexpected success. Furthermore, the conversation reflects on the significance of intuition and the pursuit of new beginnings, emphasizing that while risk-taking can lead to challenges, it is essential for personal growth and development. Throughout this discourse, we explore the delicate balance between recklessness and calculated risk, underscoring the necessity of seizing opportunities as they arise.
Takeaways:
The podcast episode delves into the characteristics associated with being boastful, careless, and arrogant, particularly in the context of the fool archetype.
The discussion emphasizes the importance of taking risks despite the apprehensions and advice of others, as illustrated by personal anecdotes.
Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences of spontaneity and the repercussions that accompany such choices.
The narrative highlights the significance of intuition and personal insight when faced with decisions that defy conventional wisdom.
One speaker shares a transformative experience of taking a chance in college that ultimately led to personal growth and positive outcomes.
The episode concludes with an exploration of how relocating can symbolize new beginnings and the various challenges that accompany such significant life changes.
Some key words that stood out or came out when it comes to the fool would be boastful, careless, arrogant.
Speaker A:
Also a creative soul.
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Swagger and flamboyance, superficiality.
Speaker A:
Hey, Rafiki.
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Someone who takes pride and looking in the mirror.
Speaker B:
Interesting.
Speaker B:
But wait, wait.
Speaker A:
Why is that interesting, Rafiki?
Speaker B:
Because it kind of goes with what my question that I wrote down for that area, which is, can you remember a situation where you.
Speaker B:
Where you took a chance regardless of the advice others has given to you and has it paid off by doing it?
Speaker A:
Yes, yes.
Speaker A:
I've been taking chances all my life, Rafiki.
Speaker A:
I could just start with the car wash.
Speaker A:
I could start.
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I could go with the music.
Speaker A:
I can go with the car wash. Hey, I can go with this damn podcast.
Speaker B:
There you go.
Speaker A:
Okay.
Speaker A:
For instance, the car wash.
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I wasn't.
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When it comes to my friends, in a group of my friends, I actually was the last one to come into the car wash arena.
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They all were kind of doing it, working at different places, but they're washing cars.
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I came in, I started working with one of my friends at the place he was working at.
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I looked around, I was looking at the customers, and I was just like, hey, man, I bet that person over there would pay me 5 extra dollars to come to their house and wash their car.
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They would rather.
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I was looking at their faces.
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I was like, they look like they would rather be somewhere else than here.
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And so that's what I did.
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I said, hey, I'll come to your house and wash your coffee for five extra dollars.
Speaker A:
And they paid off the other people.
Speaker A:
I asked the friends with me.
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I asked the friends, hey, let's, let's go in.
Speaker A:
You want to partner up and start this?
Speaker A:
None of them wanted to take that risk and jump off the cliff.
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But then a couple of years down the line, every last one of those friends who I asked to partner up with me came and asked me for a job at one time or another.
Speaker B:
Interesting.
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What about you?
Speaker A:
Hey, Rafiki, you can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.
Speaker B:
True, true.
Speaker B:
You gotta take chances.
Speaker B:
I agree with that 100%.
Speaker C:
Yeah, absolutely.
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I guess for me, I, you know, I'm a fixed sign, so chain.
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So, you know, change doesn't happen all too often for me.
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So, you know, when I see the full card, it just makes me think of new beginnings and a fresh start, you know, for different, you know, reasons.
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The question is, guardian, have you done something that everybody was telling you not to do and you went on and did it anyway?
Speaker C:
Actually, yes.
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So One time, my friend and I, I was actually in, in school when I was in college and I was actually picking up, you know, from Spirit and I kept telling her, I kept picking things up.
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She told me not to go to that person.
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And I'm like, no, I have to go, I have to go.
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Like, this is really like affecting me.
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So, you know, I.
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She was like, don't do it.
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Like, you know, you know, you have to just stay cordial.
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And I was like, no, I'm going to go do it.
Speaker C:
So what I did was I went up to my teacher and I gave her a full on reading, which she actually ended up benefiting from and she ended up getting emotional.
Speaker C:
So in all out, like in all reality, like, it worked out for the, both myself and the teacher because she really needed to hear those messages.
Speaker A:
So did that send you flying over the mountaintop or did that, did you fall to the bottom and hit the ground?
Speaker C:
I. I definitely felt good and I felt like, you know, listening to my intuition and, you know, just going with the flow kind of helped me.
Speaker C:
But sometimes, you know, it can hinder you, so you got to be careful.
Speaker A:
How about you, Rafiki?
Speaker B:
I feel that I've been spontaneous my whole life because I would get up and literally move location in the drop of a hat.
Speaker B:
Literally just get up and just go.
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Leave everything behind and just relocate.
Speaker C:
Yeah.
Speaker A:
Would you be walk.
Speaker A:
Would you walk down the street with all your belongings on a stick behind your back?
Speaker B:
Basically I had a couple of duffel bags, a backpack, and let's go on my adventure.
Speaker B:
I go where I end up.
Speaker A:
Did you have a little, did you have a little white dog following you?
Speaker B:
No, I didn't have a little white dog following me.
Speaker B:
But the fool, the fool I've been at my whole life as far as, you know, being spontaneous and doing things kind of reckless, you know.
Speaker A:
Now here's the question.
Speaker A:
Did that move send you hitting to hitting the bottom of the rocks or did you fly over the cliff?
Speaker B:
Sometimes I hit bottom and sometimes I rose.
Speaker B:
Rose up on the occasion.
Speaker A:
All right.
Speaker B:
But the thing about it is I took the chances.
Speaker A:
Tell me, tell me one of them times that you did that and you hit bottom.
Speaker B:
From the time I got on the bus, took a chance, went down to my uncle's down in Virginia and tried to stay down there for a little while and it backfired on me and I had to relocate again and got there, it kind of backfired on me again and I was kind of on the street for a little while.
Speaker A:
Hey, would Would you say relocating is new beginnings?
