CZ Lopez

People expect certain things about you because you have gone through one of the most rigorous training pipelines and crucibles that the Department of War has to offer.

And you have that aura about you that this is the person when the chips fall that is going to make things happen.

sometimes those things can get to your head.

Specifically when you start ascending through the ranks and people are shyer and shyer about telling you no, you're doing something wrong.

Everybody tends to agree with you.

You start getting a lot of yes men around you.

And that is very dangerous because if you start believing that hype, you're eventually gonna become what many call a victim of your own success.

And that is not a victim of your own success because you continue to do good.

It is just that you're a victim of success to where your credibility is going to diminish over time because you become an egomaniac and you decide to go ahead and start disregarding the input and the candid feedback and the criticism of people that matter.

CZ, how you doing today, brother?

Hey, doing good, Nick.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for that introduction, man.

I really appreciate it.

And then some people just, just come into your life to where you make that immediate connection, you know, and a lot of it is because of the drive and purpose that you have in your life.

And that's that's a common theme that I have seen with the people that we surround ourselves with Robert Irvine and the foundation.

But yeah, likewise, man, you know, it didn't take long to figure out like, you know, this this dude is part of the pack, man.

And let's go ahead and keep on pressing forward.

My because is simply because we're temporary.

Our existence is numbered.