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Jay Shetty PodcastBig Sean ON: "DESTROY Your Negative Thoughts To ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS Today!" | Jay Shetty
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Movies, Comics and the Power Within
Jay Shetty welcomes Big Sean and asks about his love of film. Big Sean names Forrest Gump and The Matrix, and says he is a nerd for Batman, Marvel, DC, anime and Star Wars, which he connects to a power within that beats the odds.
- •Big Sean says he now watches movies for how they make him feel rather than as a critic
- •Forrest Gump and The Matrix struck him; Neo's name, Mr. Anderson, is his last name
- •He loves superheroes, Dragon Ball Z, Star Wars and Star Trek, which his brother got him into
- •Those stories connect to digging deep and doing the 'impossible'
- •He plays two movies at once in the studio and may tap into film and writing later
Turning Down College for Music
Big Sean describes his Detroit family of hard workers and his decision to turn down a full scholarship to pursue music. When it didn't work out at first, he hit his first big wall of depression and anxiety. His mom introduced him to books like The Secret and the Hickses' work, and he believed in manifesting.
- •His grandparents had strong careers, and everyone in his family went to college
- •He denied his scholarship because he felt the connection to music was real
- •The setback brought depression and anxiety at 18
- •His mom gave him The Secret and books by Esther and Jerry Hicks
- •He didn't want to look back with 'woulda, coulda, shoulda'
Books, Two Realities and Meeting Kanye
Big Sean explains how reading The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and Ask and It Is Given shifted his sense of reality. He then tells how years of preparation, including a weekly radio show, led to rapping for Kanye West in a hallway. He says the follow-through took years.
- •He cried reading The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and felt his vibration change with Ask and It Is Given
- •He describes a visible reality and a spiritual reality he calls the real one
- •He'd been recording CDs since age 11 and rapped live on the radio every Friday
- •Weekly on-air pressure prepared him to freestyle for Kanye
- •Kanye didn't follow through for years, and friends and family questioned his choice
Working Smarter and Trusting the Invisible Bridge
During the wait, Big Sean intentionally worked on himself through meditation, visualization and meeting producers, and learned that smart work matters more than hard work. He describes the discomfort of that period and the faith needed to cross an 'invisible bridge' before Kanye reached out.
- •He meditated daily, visualized his life and attracted people like producers
- •He realized how smart you work matters more than how hard
- •He talks about conditioning and being his own architect
- •He compares the wait to walking on an invisible bridge, saying he had to trust first
- •When Kanye reached out, it felt like confirmation from a higher power
Life Isn't Smooth Sailing and Spiritual Peers in Music
Big Sean says success didn't make life smooth, and that wins and losses both teach something. Asked about spirituality in the industry, he names Kanye, Jay-Z, DJ Khaled and Jhené as people he sees as manifesters or spiritually aware.
- •He didn't ask Kanye why it took so long, having known people who never got their shot
- •Things not going his way and surprise hits are daily experiences for him
- •He calls his side of life the blessed side, where everything is something to learn from
- •He sees manifestation or spiritual awareness in Kanye, Jay-Z, DJ Khaled and Jhené
- •Jay Shetty notes that public images hide deeper stories
Removing Blocks and Repetition Creating Reality
Jay Shetty asks what blocks people and how to release them. Big Sean says blocks can come from parents, surroundings or past lives, and that acknowledging you're blocking yourself is the first key. Jay ties this to repetition and mantra.
- •Big Sean says blocks can come from parents, surroundings or even past lives
- •He credits Marie Diamond with helping him remove blocks
- •He says repeating 'I can't' gives it power, picturing God handing back whatever you say
- •The first key to unblocking is acknowledging you are blocking yourself
- •Jay Shetty links this to Napoleon Hill's 'you become what you think about' and monk mantra practice
Burnout, Marie Diamond and the Technique of Loving Yourself
Big Sean describes being depressed after turning 30 and moving into his dream house, after burning himself out putting everyone before himself. He stepped back from obligations and met Marie Diamond, which led him to make self-love a daily technique through meditation, journaling, nature and working out.
- •He lost touch with himself while doing shows for others' expectations
- •He says there's work for your career and work for yourself, and nobody taught him that
- •His mom emailed Marie Diamond, whose son had Sean on his vision board
- •He made meditation, writing intentions, nature and working out priorities, and gained 30 pounds
- •Jay Shetty notes it takes courage to seek help when you're at the top
From 'Have To' to 'Get To'
Big Sean says he sought therapy and spiritual help, and that the shift from 'I gotta' to 'I get to' changed his perspective. Remembering people like Nipsey Hussle who don't get to wake up, he urges people in hard times to see their situation as an opportunity.
- •He sought therapists and spiritual work as well as using books
- •He says 'I get to' replaces 'I gotta', with loss reminding him to live in the moment
- •He says holding grudges isn't living in love
- •He tells those struggling that struggle builds strength and that they have what it takes
- •Jay Shetty adds that hardship brings compassion and empathy
Techniques of Love, Cleansing and the Zen of Archery
Asked what he's working on today, Big Sean describes a four-month cleanse and his past diet of fast food. Jay Shetty shares the Zen of Archery story, saying the target isn't the goal; the goal is to be calm enough to hit the target.
- •Jay Shetty says love starts as a technique and then transcends
- •Big Sean is on a four-month supplement-based cleanse that also cleanses energetically
- •He recalls eating fast food nightly in high school
- •Jay Shetty shares the archery story, where calmness is the goal and the target is a means
- •Big Sean credits his mom, Mama Myra, with his health approach
Alternative Medicine and Family Roots
Big Sean tells how his mom steered him to a stem-cell treatment that he says regenerated his knee cartilage 98%, and to magnesium that he says fixed his heart problems. He then talks about his father's trauma and therapy and the ancestors in his blood.
- •Doctors proposed screws for his knee, but he did a stem cell and blood oxidation treatment instead
- •He says his cartilage regenerated 98%
- •A magnesium regimen from Dr. Brownstein followed a heart diagnosis, and later tests showed a healthy heart
- •His father grew up in Monroe, Louisiana, and Big Sean encouraged him to seek therapy
- •He sees his ancestors as part of him, and says unmet plans may be working out better than he can comprehend
Music as Purpose, Vulnerability and Meditation Misconceptions
Big Sean says his purpose is to inspire through music, balancing messages with fun records. Jay Shetty explains why he shared his worst days in Think Like a Monk. Big Sean says there's no wrong way to meditate, comparing it to a shower for his energy.
- •Rolling Stone called his latest album like a self-help book, and he says his purpose is to inspire
- •He balances message and fun, and each album differs
- •Jay Shetty shared his worst days in his book, and says it's okay to be nervous and still act
- •Big Sean says meditation cleans him energetically like a shower or a charged phone
- •He says there's no wrong way to meditate and it isn't a graded math test
One New Habit Every Year and Voice Lessons
Big Sean explains his practice of introducing one life-changing habit each year, from transforming his body in 2019 to focusing on his album in 2020. He describes taking voice lessons in 2021 and links strengthening his voice to his throat chakra.
- •He started a yearly change habit in 2019 and keeps previous ones
- •2019 was about body and health; 2020 about putting these ideas into his album
- •In 2021 he began voice lessons with vocal coach Peter
- •He feels strengthening his voice strengthens it figuratively too
- •He talks about working on his throat and heart chakras
Fast Five: Ego, Self-Care and Not Judging
In the Fast Five, Big Sean names experience as his best advice and says he blocks out bad advice. His lesson of the year is that you can't kill your ego, and he distinguishes selfishness from self-care. His law would be to not judge.
- •Best advice he received: experience
- •He says you can't kill the ego and should embrace it
- •He contrasts childlike and childish, and selfish and self-care
- •Jay Shetty says giving others your leftovers is a result of neglecting yourself
- •His law would be not to judge, since what you put out comes back
Closing Reflections: You're Not Alone
Jay Shetty praises Big Sean's hero's journey and asks if there's anything he wanted to add. Big Sean says he still has dark days and hasn't figured life out, and tells listeners they aren't alone. They agree to a part two.
- •Jay Shetty says the conversation walked through the hero's journey
- •Big Sean says he has terrible days and great days and no one has life figured out
- •His message is that you're not alone and we're all in this together
- •They both want a part two
- •Jay Shetty promotes his book Think Like a Monk
