Episode 1453: Interview with Jeremy Haselwood About His Book Finding Your EDGE: How to Unlock Your Talent & Purpose

[00:00:00] Scott Maderer: Thanks for joining us on episode 1453 of the Inspired Stewardship Podcast.

[00:00:07] Jeremy Haselwood: I'm Jeremy Haselwood. I challenge you to invest in yourself, invest in others, develop your influence, and impact the world by using your time, your talent, and your treasures to live out your calling. Having the ability to find the hope and discovering your purpose is key, and one way to be inspired to do that is to listen to this.

[00:00:24] The Inspired Stewardship Podcast by my friend, Scott Maderer.

[00:00:34] I had to kind of look deeper at when I got to this point where the music was, I essentially removed it from my life, at least in terms of trying to pursue that as my career and feeling that this was my purpose, but recognizing that this journey that I had, like this is, this wasn't my purpose. It was a passion, but not my purpose.

[00:00:53] What, what did I learn from that? Like, what is it about that that resonated with me?

[00:00:58] Scott Maderer: Welcome and thank you for [00:01:00] joining us on the Inspired Stewardship Podcast. If you truly desire to become the person who God wants you to be, then you must learn to use your time, your talent, and your treasures for your true calling.

[00:01:13] In the Inspired Stewardship Podcast, you will learn to invest in yourself, invest in others, and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.

[00:01:30] In today's podcast episode, I interview Jeremy Hazelwood. I asked Jeremy about what brought him to the point of writing and putting out his book, Finding Your Edge. I also asked Jeremy about how his faith helps him believe that we all have a purpose. And Jeremy also shares with you how to overcome what is holding you back.

[00:01:50] I've got a new book coming out. called Inspired Living. Assembling the puzzle of your call by mastering your time, your talent, and your treasures. You can find [00:02:00] out more about it and sign up for getting more information over at InspiredStewardship. com Inspired Living. That's InspiredStewardship. com Inspired Living.

[00:02:13] Jeremy is a dynamic and accomplished two times best selling author and entrepreneur that has carved a niche as a renowned digital marketing consultant and inspiring keynote speaker. With a deep seated passion for empowering individuals and organizations, Jeremy has dedicated his career to helping people maximize their talent and purpose.

[00:02:34] His personal story of life transformation, combined with his engaging speaking style, makes him a sought after expert in the industry. Jeremy's profound insights and strategies have inspired countless individuals to unlock their full potential and align their careers with their true purpose. His life experiences have been anything but typical, which he draws from to connect with people from all different backgrounds.

[00:02:58] From leaving his home state to [00:03:00] pursue his dream at 20 years old, to working in the corporate world, dabbling in the music industry, then entrepreneurship. Jeremy is full of life lessons and insights. Jeremy's latest book, Finding Your Edge, How to Unlock Your Talent and Purpose debuted at number two on the Life Transformation book charts.

[00:03:18] Welcome to the show, Jeremy.

[00:03:20] Jeremy Haselwood: Hey, thank you for having me here, Scott. Happy to have our discussion today.

[00:03:24] Scott Maderer: Absolutely. So I, you know, we talked in the intro, I shared a lot about your journey and, and coming to this point of writing, finding your edge, the book that you're putting out and all of this work that you've done.

[00:03:38] I always think of intros as sort of like the Instagram photos of our life, you know, we frame them to show a certain portion, but we don't always necessarily talk about the whole story. So, would you unpack a little bit more about your journey, and what brought you to this point where this is the message you're putting out into the world?

[00:03:56] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, I guess my journey is about 20 years in the [00:04:00] making, and if I knew maybe 20 years ago, it would take 20 years. Yeah. Then I don't know. I probably would have had a lot of anxiety and apprehension and whether or not this is the journey that I really want to go on. Uh, however, it's been a beautiful journey along the way and I've learned so much about myself, about life, about people and perseverance.

[00:04:20] Um, and it was really just about me being born and raised in Oklahoma, following a dream, moving to Atlanta, Georgia, uh, having some highs and lows and, um, you know, really high highs, really low lows and learning about myself and, uh, along the way, putting it in the book. So I know we're going to get more into that during this discussion, but that's really kind of the high level there and we can dive more into different details.

[00:04:45] Scott Maderer: So when you, when you first moved to Atlanta was, you know, what was, what was the dream at that point? What did you think you were going there to do?

[00:04:53] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, it was a friend of mine. We used to do music back in like high school and college and we had a rap group, [00:05:00] interestingly, so we're like, hey, we're gonna move to anywhere but Oklahoma, really, because it wasn't really a hotbed for the kind of music we'd make.

[00:05:07] Scott Maderer: Wait, there's not a real big rap

[00:05:09] Jeremy Haselwood: scene? I know, I know. I mean, you know, they have a legit country scene and, you know, now there's kind of some crossover country hip hop kind of things, but, uh, back then it was like, okay, they need to move to New York or L. A., but at the time, like, Atlanta started to kind of make up, you had like, groups like OutKast coming out that really put Atlanta on the map, so we were like, something's different in Atlanta, so, uh, Let's go down there.

[00:05:31] I have an aunt that lives in the Atlanta area. So we went down there for a summer to see if this is the dream that we wanted to pursue. And it was like the first talent show that we did, I guess it was sponsored by a radio station and it was an Apollo style show where they'll boo you off the stage. And we got up there and we actually ended up winning the show.

[00:05:50] And so we were like, okay, we are going to stay, we're going to see where this takes us. And, you know, we, it really changed the whole trajectory of my [00:06:00] life and my friend's life that moved out here with me.

[00:06:04] Scott Maderer: And so did you stay, uh, in the music scene or, or, you know, what was kind of the pivot after you've been there a while?

[00:06:11] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it was really a grind. So I moved to Atlanta when I was 20 years old. Like I wasn't even old enough to drink yet at that time. But I was like, Hey, I'm moving. Um, actually had, you know, three years of college under my belt. And a lot of people thought I was crazy for moving. They're like, Hey, you only have one year left.

[00:06:27] Like, you're not going to finish school. And I was like, no, I'm going to finish school. Cause that's one of my goals. I just need to be in a better position. So, you know, really continue the music until I'm like most of my twenties, I was probably 28, 29. Uh, when I put out like a solo project, it was my last project, but during that whole time, it was like working a full time job, uh, going to school full time, working at the radio station at my school.

[00:06:53] I mean, it's, it was like probably three or four years where I'm getting four hours of sleep every night, consistently, uh, just trying to make [00:07:00] this dream happen. You know, we're recording in the studio and you know, we had a studio in our apartment, we converted our little, um, Entry closet in our apartment to a recording booth.

[00:07:11] So that's where we would do all the vocals, you know, very DIY, you know, stapled egg crate, little mattress things around all the walls. So the sound will be really good. Um, but did that, you know, performed every chance that we had. And it was really a hustle and met a lot of people performed. Gosh, I mean, there's not many places in Atlanta that we didn't perform, just trying to get some exposure and, you know, found some success.

[00:07:35] Without an independent project opened up for, I mean, for me, one of my, uh, I guess. If you look at, like, highlights, we actually created a song that got radio playback in Oklahoma, and it was, like, number one on the radio in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, which was pretty fantastic, and because of the spins we got in Oklahoma, it actually charted, like, number 98 on the pop charts nationally, [00:08:00] and so I'm like, I legit have, like, a top 100.

[00:08:02] pop song that only got played in Oklahoma. And so that, that, that was pretty cool. So it was, it was not for nothing and learned a lot about myself, learned a lot about what I'm capable of doing, uh, learned about orchestrating things, learned about connecting with people and audiences. And, um, so that was like the high, you know what I'm saying?

[00:08:22] Like it was just going and living and following a dream and pursuing that through most of my twenties.

[00:08:29] Scott Maderer: And then you, you know, you've made a pivot into the corporate world and into entrepreneurship. Um, you know, how did, how did that come about?

[00:08:37] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, well, it's interesting because, you know, with music and I think a lot of the arts, it's definitely like a feast or famine kind of job, if you will.

[00:08:46] So I never did music full time because, I mean, that's just not something that's going to sustain yourself. I mean, most musicians have to have a full time job because you're not making money. So I was working a corporate job the whole time. So I say like my [00:09:00] nine to five was corporate, working for a telecom company.

[00:09:03] And then my, my five to nine was music. Um, and so, you know, the pivot really came, you know, you, you, you start to get, um, not older, but it's like, your priorities start to shift a little bit, like, my son was born, and, you know, we've been going so hard in the music industry and learning a lot of kind of the, the ugliness and the darkness and just kind of the, Um, I don't know what the word is.

[00:09:28] Just a lot of like people will kind of use you for what they can get out of you. It was kind of a chew you up and spit you out, cutthroat, very cutthroat industry. And there didn't, there's some genuine, sincere people in that industry, uh, that I still keep in contact with, but a lot of people, it's very much.

[00:09:44] What can they get from you? And it just didn't sit right with my soul. And it was kind of like a lot of the cliches that you hear about the music industry. And I just wanted to make music, you know? And the business part is the piece that really is. It just, I didn't enjoy it. It became [00:10:00] like a job that I hated.

[00:10:01] So. um, kind of following this dream and realizing that this is not really what I want to do anymore. Um, and having this part of my life where I'm like, I don't really know what to do now because I've been doing music since I was like 15 years old and having to make this shift to You know, I thought that was going to be my whole life.

[00:10:20] I had my whole life planned out. You know, when I was a teenager, I knew in my 20s what I was going to be doing. My 30s, you know, I was going to have own a record label and put out artists. And then my 40s, you know, just get back and develop artists and kind of have ownership and invest in different things.

[00:10:35] So when the dream came to a point where it's like, I'm not going to say it was a nightmare, but it was something that just didn't. Move me anymore and kind of left me feeling empty. I was like, I'm not sure what to do now. And so I went through a period, a few years where I was like, I left my whole family at home, you know, like I grew up my family, my friends in Oklahoma, um, I have my friend that I moved out here with, but you know, he was married and we kind of had our [00:11:00] own lives going.

[00:11:01] So it's like, what do I do now? Um, and, and that was really the pivotal point. So I can talk more about that.

[00:11:08] Scott Maderer: If

[00:11:09] Jeremy Haselwood: you like, unless you had a question about that. I don't know. I'm just rambling over here.

[00:11:12] Scott Maderer: No, you're, you're doing good. What, uh, so when you talk about, you know, that was kind of the pivot point, you know, the, the, the realizing that this maybe wasn't the thing that you were going to do for the rest of your life, what, um, You know, I guess one of the things that I like to, to try to dig into for folks is that, you know, the difference between kind of our assignment or what we're doing at a particular moment in time and kind of what is our purpose or a passion or calling, you know, whatever language you want to use, you know, were you struggling with thinking, you know, wait, no, this is what I was put on the planet to do, but now I'm feeling like there's a different, how did that struggle come about?

[00:11:49] And then what, you know, how did you make the decision to, to go a new direction?

[00:11:54] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah. Well, it taught me a lot about the difference between passion and purpose, because I do think a lot of [00:12:00] people, uh, equate them as being the same, you know, I was passionate about music. And so I was like, Hey, I love this.

[00:12:06] This is what I'm supposed to be doing. And I had to kind of look deeper at, you know, when I got to this point where the music was, I essentially removed it from my life, at least in terms of trying to pursue that as my career. Yeah. And feeling that this was my purpose, but recognizing that this journey that I had, like, this is, this wasn't my purpose.

[00:12:29] It was a passion, but not my purpose. So what, what did I learn from that? Like, what is it about that that resonated with me? And doing work on myself. Like I went back to school, went to grad school and, and did a lot of assessments and batteries and coaching. And, you know, it really helped me to recognize that there were pieces of that journey with music that.

[00:12:51] were part of my purpose, but it wasn't my purpose to be a musician or an artist, but the tools that I learned, which is like [00:13:00] connecting with people, um, providing some kind of hope and inspiration, because what, what I really got back with the music in terms of my benefit of the music was when someone hears a song and they felt inspired to do something, you know, um, or being on stage and, you know, Changing the whole mood and in the atmosphere, it's like that was like something where someone came in with something, uh, whatever they were going through during that day, you come to like a show a performance and you had a rough day at work.

[00:13:32] Maybe you had a good day at work, but you're there and we have this moment together. And then I'm bringing something, I'm adding something to your life that you didn't have before and just to see the transition, especially us being like white hip hop artists and where we perform is like predominantly non white environments and kind of being judged when we go on stage and then the beat drops and we start.

[00:13:53] you know, rhyming and then you just see the energy shift in the room and the eyes get big and the smiles and it's [00:14:00] like, that's the piece. It wasn't the being an artist, but it was like bringing that energy, that message, that hope and, and shifting somebody from the state that they were in to an elevated state of whether it's happiness or joy or purpose.

[00:14:15] Like that's, that's the work that I discovered about myself. So then it's like, okay, well what do I do with that now?

[00:14:22] Scott Maderer: And so what did you, what did you bring yourself to, you know, once you kind of began to recognize that, wait a minute, there's a different piece here, you know, what did you begin to do from there?

[00:14:31] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah. Uh, so from that point, it was really reevaluating my life, what my talents were, what my passions were, how I can bring these together, uh, what can I do externally? Because I do feel that purpose is not for you. It's the gift that's given to you that you share with others and that you give with others.

[00:14:51] So, uh, really analyzing my life and, and taking inventory of that. And, you know, that's kind of where the book came about me. My book was like a 10 year journey, you [00:15:00] know, kind of What I learned about myself and, um, putting together models that, you know, when I look back at patterns in my life, like recognizing here was a pattern shift and here is what I learned from that.

[00:15:13] And putting that in a model that I could follow for myself and being able to share that with other people. So for me, it was like doing the work and that's really like, my book is called finding your edge. And edge is an acronym. And so it's eliminate distractions, discover yourself. generate goals and enact discipline.

[00:15:33] So each of these things are, are the pieces that I did in my own life in order to really tap into who I was, what my purpose was, and not only just know what that is, but now we have to do something with it. So, you know, what am I doing each day to make sure that I'm. Providing hope to people and inspiring people and helping people recognize that where you're at right now in life If you aspire to be something different, there's a way to do [00:16:00] that, you know, and it does take work.

[00:16:01] So You know, that, that's really living life and reflecting on that, like that's where I got a lot of the wisdom to help other people out.

[00:16:13] Scott Maderer: I want to dive into the book some more, but before I do that, one of the things I like to highlight for folks is how our, our faith journey and our life journeys kind of intersect with each other, you know, one affects the other, and there's kind of a feedback loop. Would you unpack and share a little bit about your faith journey and how that's affected your journey?

[00:16:33] Jeremy Haselwood: Oh, absolutely. Um, I wouldn't be where I am without my, my faith journey and my faith walk. And for me, it's like, I mean, I grew up in the church and I know there's a lot of people that say that and you kind of, you know, you kind of do what your parents do. This is the environment that you were put in. And, um, but I can say for me, it's like, yeah.

[00:16:54] the way that I grew up, and even I've had moments that have occurred with [00:17:00] myself, um, that I've got confirmation, like, God is real, like, 100 percent, and there, there's leaps of faith that I took, there's, uh, physical things that have occurred where I'm like, this is nothing but the creator, you know, and if I didn't believe, if I didn't have a, um, a belief in that, then I think there would be a lot more hopelessness.

[00:17:23] So I, I think that when you do believe in something and you're, I'm, I'm not a person where I force my beliefs onto others. It's like, I'm going to live my life in a way that, um, that, that I've always done, that, that I know it was real. And if I can affect people that way, and my example is something that inspires you to learn more about my faith, then I'll share that with you.

[00:17:46] You know, um, But part of it too is like, when we talk about how your, your faith weaves into life, like I look at what I call the five forces of balance, and this is like family, it's professional, it's health, [00:18:00] it's personal, and it's spiritual. And these five different areas of your life, if you're not paying attention to these, then your life is out of balance, which is what I call the five forces of balance.

[00:18:12] So if your spiritual life is not right, and that doesn't mean you have to go to, uh, Church or mosque or synagogue. But if you don't have that relationship, because to me, it's more about relationship, um, then these other areas of your life will not be imbalanced. If my personal life, if my spiritual life is not imbalanced, then my family life is not imbalanced, you know, and my health is likely not imbalanced and the work that I'm doing professionally is not imbalanced.

[00:18:34] So I have to be foundationally rooted in my spirituality.

[00:18:41] Scott Maderer: So on Finding Your Edge, you know, you, you talked a little bit about where the book came from out of your own personal journey, but, uh, for, for somebody that's hearing that title and, and hearing what you're talking about it, you know, who, who is the book for and, and what would you say is kind of the, the message of the book, or if you kind of had to, [00:19:00] you know, sum it up, the read, read the back of the book.

[00:19:02] What does it say? You know? Yeah. Who's it for and what's it about?

[00:19:06] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah. I mean, the book is for people and might be you, the listener right now, if you're at a point in your life where Maybe you're working in a job where you can do it with your eyes closed. It's not challenging. You have talents, you have passions, you have goals, and you're not doing anything about it, but there's kind of this longing or this feeling that you get in your stomach, your chest, where you're like, man, I know I can be doing something different.

[00:19:31] Um, like, That's who this book is for. And even during the writing of this, you know, just talking to friends and colleagues kind of about my book and they're like, wow, that's like, that's for me. Like, I need to read your book when it's ready. Um, but it's really like how Can you get from this point of being stuck to being unstuck and actually living a life where you're walking in purpose?

[00:19:52] You're, you're doing that journey of living your purpose, finding your purpose and finding happiness. Because I, I do believe that when you [00:20:00] are living a life where you are in line with your purpose, like there's nothing like it. Like you don't wake up dreading the day. you wake up excited about the day and how you can make a difference or just having that confidence that you know you're not wasting away like if you're complacent right now this book is for you like if you want to change because there's people that are happy with being complacent and my book is not for you because you're not going to read it anyway you know but if you're willing to do the work you're And you're complacent.

[00:20:27] You're like, man, there's more. I know there's more to life than what my life looks like right now. Like, what can I do? Because you are that, that common denominator. You have the power to do something. So a lot of times we just need a kickstart. We need a resource that's going to help us start that journey.

[00:20:42] And that's who my book is for.

[00:20:45] Scott Maderer: If, if, uh, you know, somebody's hearing that and they're kind of like, okay, yeah, I, I am, I am struggling in this area. I'm, maybe, I'm not even a hundred percent sure if I have a purpose or what it is yet, you know, but I definitely know what I'm doing right now, ain't it? , [00:21:00] you know that.

[00:21:00] Yeah. Right. Not there yet. Um, yeah. You know, obviously picking up a copy of the book, but what, what tip or advice would you give 'em, you know, beyond that or, or to kind of get 'em started and get moving the right direction?

[00:21:13] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah. Um, the first thing I would say is you do have a purpose. Everybody has a purpose.

[00:21:17] We were created for purpose. We weren't created to waste space and consume. You know, we're, we're all created to do something. And the first thing I would do is, you know, outside of buying my book is like the first thing is like eliminating distractions and you can't begin the work on yourself when you're distracted.

[00:21:35] And when we talk about distractions, it may be things that you don't think they are, you know, distractions are not just your cell phone or computer or social media. Distractions could be. Um, TV that you're watching. It could be gaming. It could be toxic people in your life. It could be food. You know, there, you, you, part of the work that we do is like, let's make a list of things that are distracting me.

[00:21:59] Like, [00:22:00] what's keeping me from my purpose? We have 24 hours in a day. How am I spending that time? And if you really want to get into like the nitty gritty, Research TV. Um, and I kind of have this option in my book, like you can actually create a log of how you're spending your day and you do that over a course of a few days documenting how you're spending your time.

[00:22:17] And when you look at that, it's like, oh, this is actually a time where I'm allocating towards distraction and I didn't even know it. So now that I'm aware of this distraction, I can do something about it. But a lot of us are kind of in this sea of distraction that we never really agreed to join. We just wake up and we're kind of.

[00:22:37] Blowing in the wind, if you will. Um, so it's like taking more control over your life and your time. Like that's where you need to start is like, let's get a hold and let's get a grip on our time and our focus.

[00:22:49] Scott Maderer: What, uh, what do you think is the, the, the thing that most keeps people from actually living out their purpose?

[00:22:58] Jeremy Haselwood: I think it goes [00:23:00] down to kind of the front and back end of the work that I do. One is being able to eliminate those distractions. If you're not willing to just press pause and. You know, take an evaluation of those distractions. Number one, like that's going to keep you from doing the work. Uh, but let's just say that you eliminate your distractions.

[00:23:20] You, you go through the whole discovery, you learn about yourself. You either go through counseling or assessments or things like that, and really tap into who your purpose, you've generated your goals. So you've done that part of the work and if you're not the other pieces like the enacting discipline So you can have all this knowledge about yourself.

[00:23:39] You've eliminated distractions You're focused, but you have no discipline like you know what your purpose is, but you're doing nothing about it So to me, those are the two things if you're not on the front end eliminating distractions and on the back end You're not enacting that discipline, you're not going to be able to really fulfill your purpose.[00:24:00]

[00:24:00] Scott Maderer: What about somebody that, you know, feels like they're, they found their purpose and, and they're maybe even moving in the right direction. You know, they've been doing some work. They've, they've started to, to, to live pieces of it, but it's not fully realized yet. What are some of the things that they can do to kind of help move that into fruition and or Prevent themselves from kind of getting derailed or, or drawn off track.

[00:24:28] 'cause I think that happens to a lot of us as well.

[00:24:30] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah. I believe with purpose work that we do is, is something where you'll receive kind of confirmation along the way that this is actually your purpose. Because another way to either maybe even reframe. What you're saying is like what if someone's going along this work or this path of doing the work on himself with purpose and they just keep hitting a roadblock one after another after another and and that that will happen and Taking a page from [00:25:00] my own life, you know what?

[00:25:01] I thought was my purpose with music. We did hit a lot of roadblocks but I also equate it to like You go to the gym and you're like, Hey, I want to lift 300 pounds, but you can only lift a hundred pounds. You know, you're not just going to, after a month, lift 300 pounds. Like it's going to be hard. It's going to be tough.

[00:25:18] Um, and then you may get to a point where you're like, look, I'm just not supposed to be lifting 300 pounds. Like I'm not ever going to be that strong, but you know that after a period of time. So the purpose of work is there are going to be barriers in place. You are going to hit a wall several times. And.

[00:25:36] My suggestion for that is to give yourself, um, realistic timelines to accomplish something. So, if you're 20 years old, and your goal is to do X, You know, give yourself five years and that may sound like a long time, especially to a 20 year old, but do something, be consistent, you know, every day, or maybe it's not every single day, but you're working [00:26:00] steadily towards that your discipline and give yourself five years, because what I do believe going back to faith, if that truly is your purpose during those five years, There's going to be doors that will open for you that would not have opened for you if it wasn't your purpose.

[00:26:14] You are going to hit some walls, but part of this is also building up perseverance. And you need to have those challenges in your life to overcome because you need to know that you can overcome and persevere these things. So, however, let's say you get to the end of that five year cycle, and you're reevaluating your purpose, and you look at the progress that you've made, and it's like, are you, do you feel like you're there yet?

[00:26:38] And if not, like, if you're close, then okay, let's re up, you know, let's extend that deadline, but if you're like, man, I'm not even close, then, um, My opinion, that's not your purpose, you know, but let's look at what you learned those past five years, because in that work that you've done on yourself, those past five years, just like it was with my life, there's patterns that you'll develop and there's [00:27:00] things, there's people that you'll meet, there's characteristics that you, your eyes have been open to about yourself and.

[00:27:06] That's the work that's going to prepare you for that next chapter of really tapping into your purpose.

[00:27:12] Scott Maderer: So I've got a few questions that I like to ask all of my guests, but before I go there, is there anything else about your book or the work that you do that you'd really like to make sure that the listener hears?

[00:27:24] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, and one thing about my book that I like and I've gotten feedback from people who have read it is at the end of each chapter. There are these reflective questions. So it really is. This is not like a book that you just pick up, read and sit on the shelf. This is a book where it's it's not a workbook, but it kind of is, you know, so.

[00:27:43] I would suggest pairing it with the journal because you are going to get out of this book what you put into it, you know, there's a lot of really great, uh, motivational and life transformation books where, you know, it has good quotes and things like that, and, and that's great, you know, I don't knock those, like, I think that's awesome, but my book is, it [00:28:00] has that, but it also has questions for you to really help you do the work that I'm talking about doing today.

[00:28:08] Scott Maderer: So my brand is Inspired Stewardship, and I kind of run things through that lens of stewardship, and yet that's one of those words that I've discovered means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. So I like to just ask, when you hear the word stewardship, what does that word mean to you?

[00:28:23] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, stewardship to me at the root is kindness, you know, and it's kindness to others. It's servitude. It's also, I have multiple meanings, like to me, it's kindness, which is related to servitude, but then there's also like doing, being responsible with what's been given to you, you know, whether it's money, whether it's time, whether it's, you know, people in your life.

[00:28:47] Um, I do a lot of work with nonprofits, uh, with my, uh, consulting business and, you know, we want to steward the donors. We want to make them feel like they really are making a difference. It's building those [00:29:00] relationships, but you build that through kindness and sincerity. And that's what I believe stewardship is.

[00:29:06] And I think we're all stewards and we, we should all be stewards of each other and the resources that we've been given.

[00:29:13] Scott Maderer: So this is my favorite question that I like to ask everyone. Uh, imagine for a minute that I invented this magic machine. And with this machine, I could pull you from where you are today and transport you into the future, maybe 150, maybe 250 years.

[00:29:28] But through the power of this machine, you were able to look back and see your entire life. See all of the connections, all of the ripples, all of the impacts you've left behind. What impact do you hope you've left in the world?

[00:29:40] Jeremy Haselwood: For me, the impact that I would like to make is for people to have some kind of light.

[00:29:46] And when they are experiencing darkness in their life or being able to smile whenever they're experiencing sadness or hope when they're experiencing doubt. So if I could go back. You know, even [00:30:00] now, like, let's say the caveman in time, like, tell me about this person. Like, oh, Jeremy, like, he was, he was a good person.

[00:30:06] Like, he inspired me to do X. Um, he, he always, when I was down, he built me up. He encouraged me. And, and that's really, The legacy that I want to live. I want people to have hope when there doesn't seem to be hope because I feel like there's the world has a lack of a lot of things. And what I can on is hope because there's a lot of people who have self doubt or based on childhood traumas or experiences, they just discount what their future can be.

[00:30:35] And I'm like, man, today you're alive, you're breathing. We can hit reset today, you know, and let's start this over and let's take power back and let's reclaim that.

[00:30:47] Scott Maderer: So what's on the roadmap? What's coming next for you as you continue on this journey?

[00:30:51] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, for me, it's, uh, continuing to really spread the word about my book and I'm looking to do more speaking, [00:31:00] uh, because a book is great, it's like one person at a time, but I'm looking to expand and do more speaking to groups, doing workshops on personal development and self care and life transformation and, uh, those are like really the two focal pieces that I'm looking at right now to really create more of an impact with my message.

[00:31:20] Scott Maderer: So you can find out more about Jeremy over on his website at JeremyHazelwood. com. Of course, I'll have a link to that over in the show notes so you can find it easily. Jeremy, anything else you'd like to share with the listener?

[00:31:33] Jeremy Haselwood: Yeah, you can also follow me on Instagram. It's Jeremy. Hazelwood post content there.

[00:31:38] Motivational inspirational content. I also love music. So you'll see a little pictures and videos of my vinyl collection. So we have that going as well. So if you need a little bit of hope in your feed, reach out to me there. And if you are, if you work in a corporate space, like reach out to me for speaking or workshops, let's see what we can create for you.[00:32:00]

[00:32:00] Scott Maderer: Awesome. Thanks so much.

[00:32:02] Jeremy Haselwood: Well, thanks, Scott.

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