Valuetainment - March 30, 2020


Episode 448： Coronavirus - Fear Or Danger？


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7 minutes

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1,553

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76

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In this episode, I talk about fear and how it's a symptom of a lack of support from parents and how to overcome it. I also talk about why it's important to be cautious with your kids when it comes to fear.

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00:00:00.000 so the number one word right now being searched on google billions and billions of searches but
00:00:26.440 number one word on google right now is coronavirus why because every single media publication news
00:00:33.420 outlet abc cnn cbs fox nbc everybody is talking about coronavirus to the point where the market
00:00:42.020 has dipped six straight days two of the days i lost 1.7 trillion dollars of investors money
00:00:47.660 yesterday was the biggest market loss ever dow smp and the nasdaq lost 4.3 to 4.6 percent
00:00:54.800 everybody's talking about the coronavirus and they're talking about it's going to continue
00:00:59.120 for the market to drop so now you're watching the same pat what's your point with this what do i do
00:01:03.660 with this it's a lot of this stuff that's really happening you know shouldn't i be afraid are you
00:01:08.260 trying to downplay it are you trying to say it's not a big deal no that's not what i'm saying let me
00:01:12.560 explain to what i'm saying see no matter what year you're living no matter what decade you're living
00:01:17.780 there's always something that's going to happen remember media needs crisis media needs conflict
00:01:22.800 media needs challenges media needs conspiracy that's how they get eyeballs they need more of
00:01:28.600 it so today media is just they can't wait to come to work to drop the c word which is what coronavirus
00:01:34.660 because people want to know more about it but for you my encouragement to you is a complete different
00:01:40.600 thing look there's two things in life there is danger there is fear when i lived in iran and we were
00:01:46.420 being bombed on you can't say oh you don't need to be afraid you know it's not a big deal no no there is
00:01:51.820 danger we're being bombed on the house next door came down it was a four-story house because the
00:01:57.300 bomb was supposed to drop in our building it dropped on the building next door to us so you
00:02:01.840 can't just say it's okay my dad got in the car we drove up we went to a city called kadhaj
00:02:05.960 because there's danger when i was living in iran and things were bad you have to be careful we were
00:02:12.940 facing real danger so when it comes to danger you have to be cautious what does this mean is
00:02:17.680 coronavirus dangerous of course it is you have to be careful you have to do the things to prepare
00:02:22.560 yourself you have to wash your hands more often you have to have a sanitizer in your pocket my dad
00:02:26.940 called me yesterday saying make sure you have a sanitizer in your pocket you're always shaking
00:02:30.040 people's hands you have to be cautious with your kids you have to be a little bit more tentative to
00:02:34.140 see what's going on in the classroom what is the school saying what emails are there saying of course
00:02:38.000 you have to be cautious because there's true danger why because 2,500 people died and there's around
00:02:42.920 100,000 cases worldwide and even the vice president of iran got coronavirus it's not like it's a just
00:02:49.400 a myth it's really happening there is danger behind it let's set this part aside okay that's the danger
00:02:54.480 now here's a fear part of it fear is what takes a molehill and turns it into a mountain the reality
00:03:01.560 of it is even though it's cost 2,500 people's lives 3,000 people's lives loved one these are people
00:03:07.520 are loved by their families even though there's been all these deaths fear part is flu cost 500,000
00:03:15.200 people's lives last year 500,000 in us alone 14,000 to 36,000 people died in us last year due to flu
00:03:22.900 how come the number one word is not flu because this is more marketable not flu fear is what takes
00:03:29.360 something like this in terms of this big fear is when you and i let control of our imagination and
00:03:34.280 oh my gosh what if this happens what if that happens so if you're constantly watching about getting
00:03:38.760 if i constantly told you people getting sick people getting sick people getting sick people getting sick people
00:03:42.520 getting sick people getting sick you start thinking maybe you're sick
00:03:45.880 smallest thing that happens to you i i think i'm sick i i think i'm getting something oh baby i think i'm
00:03:51.360 getting something why do you think kids who are raised in an environment where parents don't tell
00:03:57.060 them how amazing they are where parents don't challenge them or encourage them why do you think
00:04:00.240 sometimes these kids are raised and they don't think highly of themselves because somebody you're a loser
00:04:03.880 loser, you're nothing, you're this, you're that. They believe it. Meaning, if you constantly listen
00:04:08.720 to the news over and over and over again, you're going to start thinking you're sick. You're going
00:04:13.500 to start thinking how bad it is. You're going to start playing defense. Not because of real danger,
00:04:18.280 of course you got to be cautious, but because of fear. Because once fear gets a hold of us,
00:04:22.720 things get out of control. And once it gets out of control, then you're just being used by the media
00:04:27.400 because the more eyeballs are watching them. So what's the suggestion to you? Here's my suggestion
00:04:31.440 to you. We sometimes, when crisis happens, forget how much of an overcomer you and I are. Go back
00:04:39.320 to your life. Think about the toughest time you had. How did you overcome it? When I go back to my life,
00:04:44.500 if I think about Iran, we overcame that. What happened? We went to Germany. I lived at a refugee 0.77
00:04:48.240 camp. We overcame that. I came here. I went to the army. I came. We overcame that. We lost the
00:04:52.660 president in the U.S., assassinated John F. Kennedy. Martin Luther King, assassinated. It was the end of
00:04:57.360 the world in U.S. World Trade Center, 9-11. I was working on Morgan Stanley Dean Widow when that
00:05:02.140 happened. Everybody thought it's the end of the world. World War III is going to break out.
00:05:06.300 North Korea, Iran, everybody looks back. You have so many different things to look at to say,
00:05:12.920 we've overcome many, many hardships, many, many challenges as a community, but as an individual
00:05:19.140 as well. My encouragement to you is as an individual, you as an individual, because every
00:05:23.880 community has a leader behind closed doors that says, listen, it's okay. There is real danger,
00:05:29.100 but the fear part, let's not let it get out of control. Because if you let this thing get out
00:05:33.500 of control, how are you going to have fun? How are you going to be happy? How are you going to enjoy
00:05:36.980 to be around with your family? How are you going to be fun to be around at work when you have to
00:05:40.520 solve issues? You still have to pay your bills. You still have to go to work. You still have to be a
00:05:44.480 parent. You still have to be a sibling. You still have to be a friend. You still have to take care of
00:05:48.260 yourself. You still have to go make your job and fulfill your commitment. You still have to do that.
00:05:52.180 But if you're coming from a place of anxiety and fear, you're not going to do that at your best.
00:05:55.880 So my challenge to you is the following. Yes, educate yourself and be cautious about what the
00:06:02.340 news, what the government tells us, whether it's something that's happening that we need to know
00:06:05.880 about. Yes, do be cautious on what is going on. Do take the necessary precautions to wash your hands
00:06:12.860 and sanitize and all that stuff. But the moment somebody tries to mess with your fear and your
00:06:18.200 imagination to take it out of control, don't let that happen to you. Because today, behind closed
00:06:22.540 doors, while all of this stuff is happening, you better believe. The experts, the investors who
00:06:27.940 make their money during these times, they're just sitting there saying, oh my gosh, these are the
00:06:31.900 times for me to make my money. Because everybody, again, fell for another big, big propaganda. Not saying
00:06:40.420 it's not real. It's real. But not flu. It became so big that while everybody else is losing money
00:06:46.420 behind closed door, who's making money? Clorox is making money. All these different companies are
00:06:50.420 making money. I'm going to be strategic about it. So I'm hoping you're going to take action and be
00:06:54.260 strategic about it. Validate the danger. Address it. Be prepared for it. But don't let the danger
00:06:59.980 take things out of proportion because you won't start enjoying your life and you yourself are going to
00:07:04.100 start falling into the trap of thinking something is bigger than it really is.
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00:07:30.260 have a great day today. Take care, everybody. Bye-bye.