Be very careful and guard your image because you don't want things that you say. Cuz we know cancel culture is real. We don't want things that you say when you're 20 years old to come back and bite you when you're the CEO at 40 years old. So just be very mindful with your words. Always be fair. Most importantly, be consistent. Always, always, always be putting something out. Make sure you stay on the top of people's minds. Don't engage in social media fights unless you're getting paid for it. Don't do that. Um, and just always make sure you lead with love. Everything that I've done, even if it's been from, um, a painful experience, has always been with the purpose of me teaching others so that I can save somebody else going through some of the things that I've gone through. So, um, yeah, be consistent. Lead with love. Guard your image and watch your mouth. Corey Andrew Powell (13:55): . Thank you. Naja. Watch your mouth. It's probably the most actionable advice we've ever given here on Motivational Mondays. A lot easier to say than to do. Bryan Terrell Clark has made a name for himself in music TV and of course Broadway, where he starred in hit shows like Hamilton and Thoughts of a Colored Man. Now, Brian's also a passionate motivational speaker who advocates for achieving for success through living life as your most authentic self. I think that, you know, again, actors are sometimes, especially when they're first starting out, they have a lot less say in what they're taking. They'll just take anything, you know, I mean, I, so I know that that's also the, you know, the, the life of an actor is just to be working. But I think it's a blessing that you're in a place where you do sort of have, you know, the ability to turn down things if they don't feel aligned with you. And I think that's so important in general, in life. There's a metaphor there about just moving forward in life with things that you don't feel are aligned with who you are. Bryan Terrell Clark (14:56): I'm at the place right now in my life, Corey, where if it's not a yes, if it's not a, ooh, I'm excited about this, then that usually means it's a no. And I think that as actors, because we fight so long, um, and we have seasons of of not working that sometimes we, we think we just need to take anything and everything. But the truth is that our, our our biggest superpower as an actor is the ability to say no. Um, no, I don't think this aligns with, with my, my vision of what I wanna put out to the world. Cause that's the other thing we have to realize is artists we're really, really important to the fabric of society. We're important to culture. Um, we reflect, as Nina Simone said, we're like a mirror. We reflect culture back to itself. And I think that, um, we have to be careful about what we're pouring into people's ears, what we're pouring, um, into people's, you know, vision. Bryan Terrell Clark (15:50): What is it that we, that, what, what is it that we want society to be and how do we, um, reinforce that through the stories that we tell? And so I, I'd love to, to think that somewhere deep down, I was super clear with the universe and that's why these projects came. But I have to be honest in the beginning, you know, you do kind of take what you can get. Um, I do also think that you end up getting the things that reflect what you are, because that's the things you shine the most in. So that also makes sense. I'm booking those roles because those auditions are probably my best auditions. Corey Andrew Powell (16:24): And that comes down to your technical skill. Bryan Terrell Clark (16:26):