Big Sean

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The School of Greatness · Big Sean: The Scarcity Illusion He Broke for His Family · 20 Jan 2025 podcast

at first i was letting it dictate my life i was letting it like tear me down and be depressed over it you know and be like and then you realize that yo hold up that's this is my choice to to to be happy and then i realized that okay If I choose that, I'm operating at a different level of just consciousness. So that's how I'm going to get this.

I'm not going to attract nothing I want by being depressed or down because things aren't going my way. Bro, life moves on.

It does. So it does affect me emotionally, but I don't let it overtake me. You know, like when Mike Posner was talking about he would see me and it was dark for me, that's because I would let something affect me and I would hold on to it and I would be blaming that for next week. I'm still blaming that. The week after, I'm still blaming it. Three months later, oh, it's because of that, you know.

And... It's like I still go through all of these, you know, life can be like hurtful. It could be like getting punched in the face. You know what I'm saying? And but the thing is, I don't let it linger. I still might be hurt about something. I still may be disappointed. But it's like that's the point of it. It's like it teaches you something. You always learn something from these situations. And.

you come out and realize that okay that was just a moment now i'm on to the next moment go ahead it's like when you look at the greatest people uh in a category all right so let's pick like denzel washington right uh so or will smith or whoever it's like Say they have an awesome movie and it does well. Say they have a bad movie and it flops. They're not going to be like, I quit. It's over for me.

They're going to be like, all right, we're on to the next one. What's the next thing? And I think that we have to remember that life is just full of all these amazing moments. And when you look back on it, you'll see the beauty in everything. Yeah. You know? Absolutely.

Can you manifest your dreams from a depressed state? It depends on if the depression fuels you or if it cripples you. Just like stress, there's eustress, which is a motivating stress, and then there's distress, which is the stress that makes everything harder. So I feel like you can use your... You can use any aspect of life as an opportunity to get to where you gotta go. You know what I mean?

So I'm sure there has been times where depression has fueled someone. I'm sure there's been times where depression has led someone to the end of their life, you know, obviously, and like so on and so forth and everything in between. So I do think depression can't fuel you, fuel you. It just depends if you're aware that like, okay.

My thing about when you're feeling bad or have anxiety or depression, to me, it's an awesome indicator that you're just not aligned with what you're supposed to be doing right now. So it could be an indication that, hey, I'm meant for something greater. I'm meant for something more. I'm meant for something better as opposed to like life sucks.

You know what I mean?

That B word.

Yes. They make you feel like that. Really? Yeah. Yeah, you know, my dad who's in here, he's like a real nice guy.

And he's a real nice guy, but he knows that he's let a lot of people walk all over him in a sense. Not in a bad way. That's just his kind, natural spirit. He has a kind heart. And I have a kind heart in a similar way. And one of the biggest lessons that I learned literally this year for me

And I have a song on my last album called Boundaries was set in boundaries because it's uncomfortable sometimes to speak up and say what it is you need, you know, because it may go against your like. What you've been through already, it may go against like, oh, that's not necessarily right or wrong.

And you realize that right or wrong is kind of more so opinionated in a lot of cases, especially when it comes to feelings. You know what I mean? So for me, setting boundaries has definitely created a lot of rifts between me and like especially people I grew up with.

Yeah, because it's harder to live off setting boundaries when you've established a relationship already with someone. So it's like when you come and set boundaries, it's kind of like they looking at you different. It's like, yo, what's up with you?

Yeah. And so, yeah, it has been quite a thing. But the people who are meant to be there respect you and understand you and know your heart. And they know that you're doing this out of necessity and that that's the way it has to be.

the hardest boundary I've had to set for myself is the boundary of, of not being overwhelmed, having to say like, yo, I can't do that. Or like, I'll take on as much as I can and then be like, I need, I like, hold up. I need to, I need time for this. Or if I get back from a trip, I know I'm supposed to do this or I have to get some rest, you know? Um,

And I had to set a boundary because my son is two years, was, was one years old turning two at the time. And, and I had to take him trick or treating, man.

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