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The Native American Program and the Youth Ambassador Program. To learn how you can help, visit toysfortots.org. This is K-Z-A-A. And good morning, you're tuned in to take my advice. I'm not using it, get balanced with Dr. Marissa. The morning show here on K-Z-A-A, NBC News, CNBC News, and NBC Sports Radio Station, AM1050, then one of 6.5 home to the Asian Oprah, number one talk in the IE, and streaming everywhere. I heard radio Spotify, Sitcher, iTunes, Student in Audible, Amazon Music, TV Live Rumble, Audible, Potchaser, Spreaker, Spreaker, and more. And this is the show, but I hope you have a happiness. So there's no gossip, no scandal, and no pay word. So I'm calling you to talk now, or formerly, instead I want you to focus on your own reality show and how you can be happy, 88% of the topics and guests. And special series to that end. You can tell it's Wednesday, Wednesday, because we have my fabulous co-host for Doctors in the House. Her name is Dr. Tiffany Tate. Welcome back to the studio. (audience cheering) It's always, always, always a pleasure to be here. Woo-hoo! (laughs) So loofly. And if you missed "Yes" this show, it's funny. I just said, no gossip, no scandal. You know, I have the bad boy of Hollywood in here. He's a journalist that is one of those bad journalists that like spy on people go through their trash and everything. And so if you missed that, you can still listen to it on YouTube. My YouTube free subscribe channel, but the best part of it is like, he said to me after the interview, thank you for not doing a regular interview because everybody wanted to know, you know, exactly what was in the trash and stuff like that. And I just mentioned it. We talked, you know, what he has in his bio for the book. It's called "When You Step Upon a Star." Isn't that clever? - Yeah. (laughs) - And I was just so pleased with that because it helps me remember why I'm doing this. You know, to balance out the way regular people are interviewed or regular news and all of that. So I guess I just started breakfast with acknowledging myself. And I don't know if you've been doing it while you've been away, but for those of you who are new, don't know what I'm talking about, breakfast, we're actually having breakfast now called "Taking a Bite of our Gratitude Sandwich." And it's a good life habit and a hashtag bliss of wind that I'd like all of you to adopt. So first thing in the morning, top of the bun. - Owning a rental property sounds like a dream. Collect a rent and relax. That is until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. - First, do you need to conduct market research to understand local rental trends and determine a competitive rent price? Then there's cleaning, staging, repairs, and hiring a professional photographer. Next, develop a marketing strategy. List the property on rental sites. It's going to kill the showings. Oh, no, it's going to kill the showings. It's going to kill the show. It's going to kill the show. It's going to kill the showings. Whew, sound complicated? Renner's warehouse is here to take the hard work off your rental to-do list. Our job is complicated because it should be. We handle everything from marketing and showing your property to screening tenants and preparing the lease. Our best-in-class property management professionals take care of your property as if it were our own, from rent collection to maintenance coordination, all for one flat monthly fee. Go to rennerswearhouse.com for a free rental analysis to find out how much your home can rent for. Or call 303-974-9444 to speak with a rent estate advisor today. Because from now on, the only thing you need on your to-do list is to call Renner's warehouse. - We wear our work day by day, stitch by stitch. At Dickies, we believe work is what we're made of. So whether you're gearing up for a new project or looking to add some tried and true work wear to your collection, remember that Dickies has been standing the test of time for a reason. The work wear isn't just about looking good. It's about performing under pressure and lasting through the toughest jobs. Head over to Dickies.com and use the promo code workwear20 at checkout to save 20% on your purchase. It's the perfect time to experience the quality and reliability that has made Dickies a trusted name for over a century. - Eight things that you're specifically grateful for. You can't say friends and family 'cause that's not specific enough, but things outside of yourself. And then the bottom of the bottom, what you do before you go to bed will model for you the things that you like about yourself. And this is my BS, my belief system that good mental health starts with self-care, self-proval, self-love. So that's why we do it. And I just sort of skip to the bottom of the bunches now by acknowledging my ability and my love and my experience as a host now for 637 consecutive weeks. But, yeah, why don't you do one bot? We'll go backwards today. You do one bottom of the bot. And then the rest of the time, we're just gonna warn you, we're gonna go over 'cause we haven't seen or talked to each other in three, four, five weeks, I think. - Yeah, at least over a month, at least a good month. - Yeah, yeah. And so we get a lot to catch up on, but we don't like catching up offline. We like catching up online. So we get to see each other on the show. So that's what we're gonna do after the bottom of the bun. Ready? - Yes, yes, yes, yes. So I am very grateful for my ability to uplift others. And I have a great ability to go to Dallas, Texas, with my sorority, the first and the finest Black, Greek letter organization established for African American women. And it is the one and only Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority incorporated. And while we were there in Dallas, Texas, we broke the Guinness Book of World Records for, yes, for the most hygiene kits in one hour, for packing the most hygiene kits in one hour. So yang for us. And so that was a big deal. - So you were yourselves, or did you think you were the less fortunate? - Thank you. I knew there was a hook in there. (audience applauds) So I wanted to make sure. - And as you know, that's something that was near and dear to my heart. That was why I participated in the Carla Hall competition to try to raise money to help feed the less fortunate. And I do volunteer on a regular basis at the local Mason Lodge, most Sundays. And another thing while I was there, the vice president of the United States had a chance to come and speak with us. Carla Harris, and that was a very encouraging speech to help us be aware and to help motivate other people to get out the vote. And that is one of our initiatives, as well as focusing on the environment. And I think it's very important to help uplift the community, focus on the environment and empower economic growth. And I think it's very important that we definitely focus on that. As you know, my book Money Matters is about to come out that focuses on children saving their money, investing their money. And I think that as we look and we focus on educating ourselves and educating our children, we can really uplift the community. - Awesome, did you show her the book? - Well, I didn't have a chance to talk to her individually. I was like on the fourth row and Secret Service was right with her, but I have some great pictures. - Aw, so she came to talk just to your sorority? - It was over 20,000 of us, yes. - Wait, there's 20,000 in your sorority? - Well, there's over 20,000 of us, but there were 20,000 of us registered for the event. - Aw. (laughing) - This is why I like to do this, you know, offline. You know, I know what a sorority is, and I know that, you know, there's many sororities, but when was it started? - This was founded in 1908 at Howard University in New BC, but there are undergraduate chapters and there are graduate chapters, and the way our sorority works is that once you remember you're a member of, for life, and you can maintain graduate member status. And as a graduate member status, we mentor undergraduate members, and we provide scholarships to high school students because we want to help encourage them to pursue their education, and we also try to mentor students who aren't in school and encourage them to go to school as well. - So 1908, I'm trying to think, I mean-- - Since 1968? - Oh, 1968. - No, 1908. - 1908. - So, I mean, that's back when there was slavery, right? That was back when Jim Crow, like lots of, so who was the brave African-American woman who started this? - F.O. Hedgman Lyle. - And she went to Howard University, was she one of the first, I mean, this is like below my mind, 'cause it's like women and women of color as a like a first-time shot. Like that's incredible. - Owning a rental property sounds like a dream. Collect a rent and relax. That is until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. First, you need to conduct market research to understand local rental trends and determine a competitive rent price. Then there's cleaning, staging, repairs, and hiring a professional photographer. Next, develop a marketing strategy, list the property on rental sites, and schedule countless showings. Oh, no, three times for information. (mumbles) - Whew, sound complicated? Ranners Warehouse is here to take the hard work off your rental to-do list. Our job is complicated because it should be. We handle everything from marketing and showing your property to screening tenants and preparing the lease. Our best-in-class property management professionals take care of your property is if it were our own, from rent collection to maintenance coordination, all for one flat monthly fee. Go to Ranners Warehouse.com for a free rental analysis to find out how much your home can rent for. Or call 303-974-9444 to speak with a rent estate advisor today. Because from now on, the only thing you need on your to-do list is to call Ranners Warehouse. - We wear our work, day by day, stitch by stitch. At Dickies, we believe work is what we're made of. So, whether you're gearing up for a new project, or looking to add some tried and true work wear to your collection, remember that Dickies has been standing the test of time for a reason. The work wear isn't just about looking good. It's about performing under pressure and lasting through the toughest jobs. Head over to Dickies.com and use the promo code Workwear20 at checkout to save 20% on your purchase. It's the perfect time to experience the quality and reliability that has made Dickies a trusted name for over a century. - And that's why you have the numbers that you did. - Yes, it is. - Oh, MG. - Yes, we have a lot of movers and shakers throughout history. Coretta Scott King was a member. Maya Angelou was a member. If you look throughout Mae Jemison was a member. So if you look throughout history, a lot of firsts and movers and shakers were a member of our sorority. - That is so cool. Now, how many sororities are women of color? Do you know? - There are four primarily African-American predominant sororities. There's the first Alpha Kappa Alpha, then there's Delta Sigma Theta, then there's Sigma Gamma Rho, and gosh, I'm having a brain fart because I'm right here. - That's okay, but you already exceeded just by those three. So don't worry about it. But I'm trying to get a sense at and highlight. You know how I love to highlight like new things that I didn't know before? And the credit, right? For not only what you're doing in the sorority, but sororities are traditionally a, should I say, a mega activity? And so to hear sororities that support women of color because they are made of women of color is really amazing. And the fact that it's like 1908 is even more amazing. So I'm guessing there are at least 10 years 10,000 sororities, different letters. - Well, I know that the African-American sororities and fraternities, we focus on community upliftment and their undergraduate and graduate opportunities. I know that the primarily mainstream sororities, they don't have graduate opportunities. You participate as an undergraduate. And once you graduate, that's it. They just party and kind of drink and have fun. And then they reminisce when they go back and that's it. But when you join, and it's open to everyone, it's not just black people who are in it. We have white members as well. And so when you pledge. - The focus is on what you, the different things that you do versus, okay, you got it. - Yes. And when you pledge, you pledge to serve the community and uplift the community. And it's a lifelong commitment to the community. And you are expected to not just do it undergrad. And you can join as a graduate member. There are some people who don't join as an undergraduate member. I did join as an undergrad. It'll be 30 years in December that I've been a member of the Alabama alphabet. And some people only join as a graduate member and that's okay too. We'll take your service whenever you want to do it. - Right, right, right. I'm looking at Wikipedia, 'cause that's one of my balanced, you know, non-biased, less biased. I remember the authority is Zeta Phi Beta because I have a cousin who's Zeta Phi Beta and she'll be like, "Cousin, you did not remember Mr. Rory." (laughing) - Well, I actually am kind of surprised. I thought there was going to be thousands, but it looks like there are around the world, are they gonna give me a number? Here, let me share what I'm looking at with you so you can see. And I know this is a side topic, but I'll forget. Look at, like, there's like a lot. I know it was a lot, but I thought maybe 10,000s, but there's not 10,000, but it's definitely like hundreds, right? So this is five, 10, 15, 20. So 20, 25 to the middle of the alphabet. So let's wrap 30 times two is 60. So 60, about 60 sororries around the world. I know that our chapter is international, so you'll have chapters in Africa and America there. It's an international organization. - Yeah, it's really interesting to me because the, the... - Even in Japan, we even have to... - The stereotype, the stereotype of sororities is, like you said, opportunities, which is, you know, let's go get drunk and haze people. And I'm really glad to hear that that is not what's going on for yours and probably a lot of different sororries and fraternities that they're actually doing things like mentoring and, you know, all of that. So that's great to hear, yay! - We have anti-hazing policies. You kind of like see something, say something. We actually have anti-hazing policies. - That's awesome, that's awesome. - All right, let's go to... Oh yeah, so what was your impression of Kamala? - Oh, I am always impressed with her because, you know, she was, you know, she's a very impeccable attorney. She used to be, I think was it the attorney general or something for the state of California? She is very eloquent and I think that she is a very powerful and impressionable woman and I was in awe of her. - That is so good. She went to Howard University. - And so I was just in awe of her and I think to have her in office working for her is something that we can, we are truly benefiting from and we have benefited from her for the past four years. - Yes, she was attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. So that is so cool. What was your personal impression of her? - My personal impression, I was like whoa, girl girl! (laughing) And so I had to give out our sign. Which is, oh, very loud. Yeah, absolutely. And so I was very happy, very supportive and I was just very excited for her and I am hoping to not have to deal with the 22. I don't want to be under a dictatorship and I don't believe, I was in the military and I don't believe that this country should be under a dictatorship and I feel very sad for where we're headed and I don't support violence and I feel sad that a Republican shot another Republican and I think that that says and speaks volumes to where we're headed, that they're attacking their own and I think we need to wake up and see what's going on. - Yeah, yeah, I can't say anything because I went and broke my own rule about seven or eight years ago but not talking about politics and I had consequences. So I'm not going to go down that road but I agree with you. Let's just put it that way. And yeah, so Kamala, tall, short, tall. I'm guessing she was tall. - She was probably tall, she had a post but she's probably around my height, I believe. - You're about five, six. - Five, six. - Oh, okay, that's not that tall. - Yeah, that's not as tall as I thought she was going to be. - You're about average woman height. - Okay, all right. Well, if you've just tuned in, you're wondering what's going on in the studios today. It is my very special Wednesday series and we're live called Doctors in the House with me and... - Dr. Tiffany Tate. - And we're having a longer than usual take a bite of my gratitude sandwich for breakfast because my coach and I have not seen or talked in five weeks, which is a record. And so she's done some really interesting things as have I in this last little hiatus that I took. And so I'm catching up with her and she just told me what it was like to meet and hear from Kamala Harris, who is our vice president and that was kind of cool. So the Secret Service was like, how many people? - Oh, well, there's a Secret Service that we saw and then the Secret Service that we didn't see because we had to be screened going in and then we had to, there was, because we were at the Dallas Convention Center. So there were a Secret Service everywhere. So they were in full force. - Yeah. - And the Secret Service on stage and around the stage, they were, there were a lot. And then there was TSA screening us. - Oh, wow. Well, yeah. Well, I guess we always have to do that now. What, was there time for questions? Did anybody ask her a question or she spoke? - We didn't have time for questions, but she did a 20 minute enthralling a uplifting speech. And you can actually find it on YouTube if you want to tune in. It was very, very encouraging. And I thought that it was very motivating and she addresses that 2025 project, whatever. - Yeah. - Yeah, that thing. And yeah, that thing. And I thought that she was very eloquent without being demeaning or how some other people can be. And I thought she was very classy. You know how Michelle Obama says that when they go, will we go high? She just came high and went higher and above and she soared. And I thought it was very beautiful and I was impressed. - Beautiful. Yeah, I got to meet Hillary. - Owning a rental property sounds like a dream. Collect a rent and relax. That is until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. First, do you need to conduct market research to understand local rental trends and determine a competitive rent price? Then there's cleaning, staging, repairs, and hiring a professional photographer. Next, develop a marketing strategy. List the property on rental sites, and schedule calendar showings. Oh, don't forget to subscribe. (mumbles) (sighs) Sound complicated? Renner's Warehouse is here to take the hard work off your rental to-do list. Our job is complicated because it should be. We handle everything from marketing and showing your property to screening tenants and preparing the lease. Our best-in-class property management professionals take care of your property as if it were our own, from rent collection to maintenance coordination, all for one flat monthly fee. Go to rennerswearhouse.com for a free rental analysis to find out how much your home can rent for. Or call 303-974-9444 to speak with a rent estate advisor today. Because from now on, the only thing you need on your to-do list is to call Renner's Warehouse. We wear our work day by day, stitch by stitch. At Dickies, we believe work is what we're made of. So, whether you're gearing up for a new project or looking to add some tried and true work wear to your collection, remember that Dickies has been standing the test of time for a reason. The work wear isn't just about looking good. It's about performing under pressure and lasting through the toughest jobs. Head over to Dickies.com and use the promo code Workwear20 at checkout to save 20% on your purchase. It's the perfect time to experience the quality and reliability that has made Dickies a trusted name for over a century. - So, she was part of the, when I won the 2005, a long time ago, role model of the year award in media, and so I got to meet her and I was surprised. She was tall, but it's interesting. I'll have to send you the picture of us together, but we're both wearing the same color. So, I got the memo. - I met Biden when he was vice president and he was very conversational. I had a chance to talk to him. I actually have a picture with him and I feel it's very unfortunate what's going on with him. I haven't talked to him recently because I haven't been in an event with him recently, but he is running the country right now and he's doing the job right now. So, all we can do is pray and put it in the hands of the little work. - Yeah, yeah, literally. Okay, so, do you have any questions for me? - Yes, how was China? - China was amazing. It's funny, my father was the first foreign expert invited into China after Mao died and the gang of four. We're not in power anymore. So, that was an honor that I think I took that a little bit for granted or it didn't mean as much to me when he was alive and now he's in heaven from lymphoma and the way I know how great of the feat that was is the reception that I got in Shanghai. So, I actually spoke at two universities and one of the universities is the one that he started the joint PhD program between University of Waterloo in Canada and the Shanghai University of Engineering Science. So, he was a chemical engineer, lifetime professor at UW. So, my daughter and I got taken around all the sites in a private car, all the meals, great food, all the tourist sites, really nice hotel. I'll have to show you a picture of the pool. It was amazing and Beijing. Remember I was telling you that I wanted to go and hopefully meet with a publisher to see about the Chinese version of a waste happiness, right? I think I told you that. And so, I was kind of not happy because I didn't even know if I could get in when we got to Beijing. And then I got a note saying that I had an interview set up with a number one publisher in China. - Oh, right. - So, that's the good news. The bad news is the first 10 minutes of the meeting, they said, you know, we bring over best-selling authors from America and yes, the Chinese people are now buying more self-help but they're going back to their roots of the masters. They're not interested in the Western self-help, per se. And I was like, oh, and then they go, but we are interested in you. And I'm like, oh, so apparently because I speak the language okay and but I was born in the West but I understand the culture and the raising of being raised Asian or Chinese that I would have a voice. Now they don't have Instagram, they don't have Google, they have Baidu instead of Google and the Little Red Book instead of Instagram. So they want to place me or build me as an influencer in China on their dime, which is like, isn't that great? - That's fabulous. So it looks like I'll be spending a little more time in China which I didn't, I wasn't crazy about Beijing although my daughter loved the Great Wall. I was just enthralled with Shanghai. It's like a cross between Las Vegas and Dubai. It's a very modern, very, you know, you would never know you were in a communist country. So if you're looking for a place to go, it's amazing. And then we went to Hong Kong super hot, then Taiwan. I got to see my 92 year young auntie and go to karaoke with her. - Ooh, okay. - Thank you. - I saw I sang a bunch. You know, I sang this song that I have never tried before. Let's see if I can. (singing) I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me. Do you know that song? (clears throat) - I can't remember the title, but anyways, it was a great trip. And my daughter had an amazing milestone kind of trip. So that was great as well. - Yeah. (mumbles) - And oh, go ahead. - Well, when I was in France and I was on my cruise, Kim Fields was on my cruise as well. Do you remember Kim Fields? She was on the facts of life, as well as living single. And a few other shows and movies. - That's awesome. - He's a famous actress. And so we'll see, I might be able to get her to come on our show for us to hear you. - Oh, that would be great. I'm just pulling her up now. I'm horrible with the name recognition. - Once you see her, she pulled two. - She played what? - She played 2D on the facts of life. - Yeah. You know, I actually got to interview Charlotte Ray right before she died. - But Kim Fields probably has quite a few more years of living. (laughs) - Oh yeah, yeah. She's 55. - Mm-hmm. - And a lot of stuff to that credit. And so she was on my cruise. - That's so cool. - And so I had a chance to talk to her. And how was that? What were you talking about, if I could be so? No, see. - Oh, she actually sat down and she addressed the whole ship and she actually took our group photo and took our group video and she talked about being an actress and how that went. And I was like, "Oh, this will be great. Are you open to interviews?" And she said, "Yes." Yes, I-- (laughs) - Good job. - Good job, good job. All right. - Yes, that's great. - That's great. All right, well, we have what somebody gave me, the finger view, the finger, which is always nice, not that finger, but this finger. And we have, in the cashew gallery, Jerry Foxall, Cater, welcome to the show, welcome back. And I hope you enjoyed that recap. We just have, that was probably the hardest thing was not to talk about it when we were both back. We wanted to wait to catch up here. So you could also eavesdrop and find out what's going on with the co-hosts of Doctors in the House. All right, and that is it for breakfast. Thanks for joining us. We're gonna be back in two and two, take a quick station ID break, and don't go away. We'll have the topic of today, which is reading the room. Do you know how to read a room? Hmm, hmm. We're not talking about libraries. We'll be right back, don't go away. (upbeat music) Take back your life with Dr. Maurice Opei. (audience cheering) And we're back, we're tuned in to take my advice. I'm not using it in films with Dr. Maurice Opei. That morning show here on KCAA, NBC News, Radio, AM1050, FM106.5 inch streaming everywhere. I Heart Radio, Spotify, and of course, my YouTube TV channel. That houses all 1,188 today. Lucky number of all the shows, so free subscribe there. Or if you wanna spend $2.99 and get a little piece of me on Mondays after the show, as well as 4.99, and you get all kinds of products every month. This month, we're giving away this signed copy of "It Ways to Happiness From Wherever You Are," which is the national bestseller now too. And you'll also get Asian Opere giveaways from Dr. Tiffany Tate, who has several books that are, my favorite is "Bad Touching." But those of you who don't know her story, she is an MD, she's an OBGYN licensed, and I'm the PhD side, which is just piled higher and deeper. She did years as an OBGYN doctor and then had a non-planned for change in her life, but that didn't keep her down. She turned to becoming a singer-songwriter, playwright, poet, and also an author. So tell us about one of your books. - Well, we have "The Little Engineer" sings, which teaches children about bullying, which is also available as an audiobook. And you can get it on Amazon, as well as Barnes & Nobles. - Fantastic. And please do go get that. We are in lots of need of care and education for our kids these days so that they are, you know, not persuaded any which way, but growing up knowing that they are loving and lovable, so that they can have a good mind to make choices on whether to follow bullies or not. That is definitely part of my happy 88 mission, 88 million more happy. And centered people. All right, let's go to the topic. Here we go. How well do you read the room on a scale of one to 10? This is for you, Jerry. Give me a number. If 10 is, you know exactly what is going on. 100% sure, you know what the vibe is. You can feel something's going on. And you know exactly what that is as is 10. One is you don't even know you walked in a room. So on that scale, I want you to rate yourself, Jerry. Anyone else, I see eyeballs in there. There are people who are tuned in, but haven't identified. If you don't want to identify, no problem. Just put a number down. 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It's the perfect time to experience the quality and reliability that has made Dickies a trusted name for over a century. - My intrusion here, I will say, I am a, what's that? I'm an eight. I didn't trust it, but once I trusted it, it was very apparent that I'm super sensitive, which used to be a bad thing. People telling me, - I can hear your sounds in it. - And I used to hate that, but once I realized that creativity is 100% correlated to sensitivity, now I take it as a compliment and I say thank you very much. But sensitivity, I think, is one of the factors when you walk into a room. If you're feeling something and my fingers are already tingling and that's how I feel, I will actually get a physical sensation of energy in the room. And a lot of time I'll walk in and go, oh, well, there's some serious conflict going underground. It's like smooth waters on top, but sharks below. And that helps me as an organizational psychologist to work with companies 'cause I sense things. So I'm an eight, Tiffany. - I will say it's arranged for me and I'm going to qualify that because it depends on how I'm feeling. And if I am in my feelings, I don't care how other people are feeling. I am numb and I am shut down and I am turned off. And I'm like, bump you and the horse you're going on to. So I might be a zero, but if I am normal, then I could be about an eight to nine and concerned and 'cause I'm an empath and I can probably be too empathetic and 'cause when you say, okay, well, what is reading the room? It's the ability to understand what's going on with other people. And sometimes I probably place other people's feelings above myself too often. And but if I am shut down, like I said, I'm like, I could become what's called Lady Iron Skirt. You don't wanna see Lady Iron Skirt. (laughing) - Wait, Iron Skirt? - Yes, it's a shut down mean lady. You don't wanna see Lady Iron. - Is that a, is that slang? I mean, is it Indian? - I've never-- - That's the military, that's the military mean 80. - Oh, no, you don't wanna see her. - Wow. - No. - I was given that name by somebody. (laughing) - Oh, so it's not in the military as a whole. It was a military term for you. - Yes, it was a military term for me. (laughing) - I don't, I think I'm good without seeing that either. - It was amazing. - Thank you for being honest. She said a four. And I think that you were also agreeing with Dr. Tiff. - Dr. Tiffany, when she made that really good distinction that if she isn't in a place where she is receptive, then she's, you can't be a zero. The scale was one to 10. - So she's a one. - You would. - All right, so curious, you pick the topic. Why did you pick this topic? - I picked this topic because I just went on my trip and I went from France to London to Amsterdam to Dallas. And I had an opportunity to be in multiple environments. And I had the opportunity to watch multiple people. And there were chances for me to read the room. And a lot of people did not know how to read the room. And I was thinking, wow, I can read the room. But a lot of people, they really don't know how to read the room. They don't know how to pick up on nonverbal cues, when to speak, when not to speak. There are times when you should be silent. There are times when you should speak. There are times when your opinion should be kept to yourself. And you should really pick up on those cues. And everything that is thought should not be spoken. People read the room. And I'm thinking, I thought it was great to experience all the things I experienced. I love my crews and friends. I loved my time in London and Amsterdam. It was my first time in London. It was my first time in Amsterdam. And I had a great time. But everything that is thought should not be said. And everything that you experienced, something should be kept to yourself. - And I'm thinking, maybe this will be a good public service announcement. (laughing) - All right, Terry, saying yes. Sometimes I could care less. So it's funny, when you pick that topic, I saw it more as the six sets. - What you're talking about as an empath, but is that ability? 'Cause you really do have to keep your mouth shut if you're gonna read the room, right? - This is exactly exactly what you're saying. You need to know when that you need to let that six cents kick in. You need that discernment. Some people claim that they have it, but say don't. - But is this something that everybody has a six cents? - You know, people say common sense is common. - Common. - Yes. Because if it was, everybody would have it, and they don't. - But the question is, does everyone born with a six cents or the ability to, as in this case, read a room? Is that something that everybody has and they don't use it? Or is it something that you're born with? And if you don't, if you're not born with it, you don't have it. Is it something that everybody has, but maybe everybody doesn't strengthen it to use it? - I think it's something that should be taught. I don't think that everybody is born with it. I think it is environmental, because it's kind of like if you haven't been taught manners, you don't have them. If you're not taught, keep your apples off the table. Wash your hands, wipe your mouth. You don't do those things. So it's the simple things that you need to be taught. So if you say six cents, you should be taught to respect other people's face. You should be taught to respect other people's feelings. You should be taught to know what and when to say at what time. - So you know how I like to ask my assistant Google? So I asked my assistant Google about, is there a genetic predisposition or a gene that houses six cents? And I didn't know this with the help of two young patients with a unique neurological disorder, an initial study by scientists at National Institute of Health suggests that a gene had no idea called, and these are my letters in my last name, P-I-E, except as P-E-I, Z-02 or O-2, controls specific aspects of human touch and proprioception. A single preoception describing awareness of one's body in space. I have no idea. So this one says, does everybody have it? Everyone is born with a sixth sense. However, many of us don't know or understand how it works. Having a good sixth sense helps us in becoming more confident about making decisions. And I do know as the Asian Oprah that my honorable moniker does believe in a very strong sixth sense which will give you the answers if you have a question and that a lot of us are in a place where we get messed up because we ask other people for their opinion about your situation or whatever you're trying to get advice without asking yourself first and that we have the answers. If we're quiet enough, as Dr. Took me to sing, and shut the front door so that you can actually hear the answer. So I love it, I love when two things, I learned that last week and I... Owning a rental property sounds like a dream. Collect a rent and relax. That is until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. First, do you need to conduct market research to understand local rental trends and determine a competitive rent price? Then there's cleaning, staging, repairs, and hiring a professional photographer. Next, develop a marketing strategy with the property on rental sites and schedule Kelli Showings. Oh, don't be a sweet answer for that. (speaking in foreign language) Whew, sound complicated? Renner's Warehouse is here to take the hard work off your rental to-do list. Our job is complicated because it should be. We handle everything from marketing and showing your property to screening tenants and preparing the lease. Our best-in-class property management professionals take care of your property as if it were our own, from rent collection to maintenance coordination, all for one flat monthly fee. Go to rennerswearhouse.com for a free rental analysis to find out how much your home can rent for. Or call 303-974-9444 to speak with a rent estate advisor today. Because from now on, the only thing you need on your to-do list is to call Renner's Warehouse. We wear our work day by day, stitch by stitch. At Dickies, we believe work is what we're made of. So whether you're gearing up for a new project or looking to add some tried and true work wear to your collection, remember that Dickies has been standing at the test of time for a reason. The work wear isn't just about looking good. It's about performing under pressure and lasting through the toughest jobs. Head over to Dickies.com and use the promo code workwear20 at checkout to save 20% on your purchase. It's the perfect time to experience the quality and reliability that has made Dickies a trusted name for over a century. - I thought, oh, I wanna mention that on the show, but I didn't have the opportunity and this is the perfect opportunity, so. - Cool. (laughing) - Go ahead with that, when you, if you walk into a room and you observe people, like if you walk into a room and you observe a disabled person and you are an abled body person, you don't point out their disability. I don't think you need a gene to tell you not to make fun of a disabled person. I think you need to think. (laughing) And use your brain before speaking. - I would see that more though as less of a sixth sense and more of interpersonal effectiveness and emotional IQ, which I'm just having for myself that need to separate the two because I teach a personal and professional mastery. That is different than honing a gene called the F, whatever, to read the room. So I absolutely agree with you that it is super important for you to have enough awareness and sensitivity, which I'm distinguishing a little bit different than that a little bit woo-woo, a little bit hairy, fairy thing called that success. Then interpersonal common sense that is a common in this country. But I will say that I got really ticked off when I was in China because every man did not hold the door open or allow me to go first. In fact, the opposite, they would storm in front of me, women would do it, like, invaded my personal space like all the time. And I was really ticked off. And then I remembered that I'm not in America where we have a sense of personal space that you don't violate, which in our minds is common sense. But if you're not raised that way, it's not because you're stupid. It's just because you're not raised that way. And one of the reasons we have so many problems in our country is we say we love diversity. We say we welcome everyone and people of color. And yet we don't educate on differences in common sense and cultural differences. - Yes, because I was judging based on the assumption that in China, personal space is the same as personal space here. - Oh, you know, in France, all the tables are like this close together. (laughs) - Yeah, exactly. And so I had that what that phenomena of neighborhood, there's a neighborhood effect is seeing something that's different when you're traveling and somehow that's disconnected with something that's different when you're at home. So I got to be better at not judging as soon as I see something that I think is common sense. Because it's not common. It's a cultural common, but not necessarily for everyone. - Mm-hmm, absolutely. - And I know you did more research on this. So what else have you got before we run out of time? - Yes, yes, yes. And I think it's important when reading the room, when you walk into the room, a lot of times people need to pick up on the, like you said, you walk in and you can sense whether or not there's tension. And if you walk in and you're all like, "Hey, everything's great." And there's tension and you can pick up on the body language and you're like, "Oh, okay, maybe I need to turn it down." And I need to see what's going on. You don't walk in there and try to lift up everybody's spirits because you're not being well-received and you're like, "Okay, what is it me?" Well, no, the situation was bad when you got there. It's not you, you just walked into a bad situation. So you can't internalize it, you can't personalize it. Like in the book we talked about in other shows the four agreements you have to understand, even though we live in a me society, everything isn't always about you. So observe body language, observe facial expressions, listen actively, always remember that context matters. And watch what you say, watch how you say it because you wanna be careful with what you say. I was with somebody and two girls walked in, they were like, "Hey." And one was life skin, one was dark skin. And they were like, "Hey, white sugar, hey, brown sugar." And me and the other person looked at them and was like, "Wait, that's inappropriate." And they were like, "Oh, it's an internal joke." And we were like, "That's inappropriate." And they were like, "Oh, no, no." And I'm like, "Well, in a society where color matters "and colorism is an issue, you don't say stuff like that." And they were like, "Well, I'll go apologize later." And it was like, "Read the room. 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