E4 Cub Part 1 - Make Me Laugh

Trust me when I say that you do NOT want to miss this episode! It's going to be different than what you're used to hearing from the GDgvn Podcast, but just as inspiring!

My friend Jacob “Cub” Edwards is a passionate dude, and that is easily an understatement.  When we are passionate about something, we easily jump at any opportunity to share that something with anyone who shows interest! But for many of us, it’s just maybe those one or two things.  However, for Cub, passion is just part of who he is and he expresses that passion in all facets of his life.  The man is always fully engaged with whomever he speaks, and he is excited to talk to you about anything that is worth fighting for or working towards in this world, even if it’s not his own personal mission.

He is a UCLA graduate with a Masters in Education AND Masters in Educational Leadership & Administration.  He has a lengthy resume with Green Dot Public Schools serving as an Asst Principal or Principal for many inner city schools and has really pushed the status quo of education in our country.  And now God has blessed him even more, by helping him expanding his reach as he is now an Educational Consultant, traveling around the country empowering schools with all the knowledge he has learned over his short but impressive career!

00:00 Podcast introduction & reflection

06:20 Cub's introduction

12:00 "I love people.  I've been so blessed in my life, and it would be selfish of me not to give the same love unconditionally!"

18:00 “There are no neutral interactions – only either investments or withdrawals.”

21:00 – “If your dream doesn’t make me laugh, it’s not big enough.”

28:20 – “Every time God does something for you it’s justification that if he can do it for you, he can do it for me. I'm just excited to be a part of it.”

32:20 – “I may not be able to have the platform that everyone else has, and that can be infuriating especially since I feel like I’m passion, I’m articulate, I’m educated.  Or what I can do is start changing the narrative, start living, and start pushing through.  When I run a lane that is not designed for me….I can’t do that.  But when I just ran the lane that God created for me, I was perfect for the lane he put me in… because he created that lane for me to influence others.”

35:30 – “I am so grateful I can’t sing and look good at the same, because of those blessings were on me, I would be a headache for my wife.”

38:30 – “Remember where He’s brought you from.  That’s the whole purpose of it, the current test trial or acceleration is to prepare for the next, but also when you pass that it’s to remind you of what He’s done. I don’t think He would invest that much in us, to see us drown.”

41:40 – “Don’t overthink it! He gives you natural gifts to be in service for His ultimate plan.  He gives you [deep-seeded & personal] desires for His ultimate plan…. It’s what God placed in your heart.”

47:50 – “Here’s what awesome about living a GDgvn life.  Even when you mess-up, and you do it with honest intent, God still gets the glory.”

54:20 – “I will have the biggest smile on my face to know that I was a part of your journey.  I don’t need to be (Michael) Jordan.  I would have loved to have been the assistant coach who told him, one day you’re going to be great.”

55:50 - “We got to have accountability partners in our group….who are spiritually mature, and who really believe in God more than they believe in my vision, because sometimes my vision is too small.”

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