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Ciara and Russell Wilson discuss their debut children's book, "Why Not You?" and how growing up in households that instilled that mindset in them led them to be successful partners, parents, and public figures.
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00:00Was there ever a time, you know, both of you were in a situation and thought like, I can't do this.
00:05And then you like heard your parents in your head. Like, why not you?
00:08Like in that moment. I would say for me. Well, let me say this.
00:13I've always every dream that I've like gone after. I'm a I'm a pretty big dreamer.
00:18So I've kind of thought like, you know, I can make it happen.
00:21Like kind of for the most part. But sometimes you're getting into the process.
00:26There's doubt that does creep around. Like that is real. Right.
00:29Like you may second guess yourself sometimes in the process.
00:33Like that is human instinct. I don't care who you are. I don't care how confident you are.
00:37Sometimes you kind of like, you can like feel a little bit like not centered and fully sure of your thoughts.
00:43And, you know, there is that reminder. It's like if I've been able to do this before in a different way, I can do it again.
00:50And so you go back and you reach back into that mentality and then you ultimately persevere and you make it happen.
00:55And so that why not you attitude is embedded like it's it's it's a standard like it's a part of the foundation of who we are.
01:02I mean, it's how I got Sierra. I asked myself that question.
01:05I said, how? Why? You know what? Why not me?
01:08You know what I mean? This is how I got you. This is how I got here.
01:12Sorry.
01:13This question right here. I asked myself, why not? Why not you, Russ?
01:17Why not you?
01:19Shoot.
01:20Everybody talking about the prayer. I asked myself, why not you?
01:23So, you know, so that was how we got here.
01:27So listen, I'm grateful, you know, I'm grateful every day.
01:32You know, so that was how we got here.
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