00:00I need you to put your hands together for New York Times bestsellers and podcasters
00:05from Horrible Decisions, Mandy B. and Wheezy WTF.
00:15Hey, Essence family.
00:19Oh, it's thick in here, girl.
00:22How y'all doing? I'm Mandy B.
00:24I'm Wheezy WTF.
00:26We are the hosts of the Decisions, Decisions podcast on the Black Effect podcast network
00:31run by iHeart and Charlamagne Tha God.
00:33That's right, and we are so excited to be here with you guys tonight and this weekend.
00:40And shout out to all the bosses in the building.
00:43It is a beautiful thing being here with y'all, and I'm thinking, Wheezy, we should let them in on a little secret.
00:49Listen, y'all better get up early tomorrow. Tell them, girl, what's the secret?
00:52We will be doing a live podcast taping of our podcast, Decisions, Decisions, tomorrow at the convention center.
01:00So, you know, I was thinking, Mandy, you know, we make a lot of decisions, decisions,
01:08when they're work-related, when they're personal.
01:10Do you be standing on business?
01:12I always stand on business.
01:13Y'all be standing on business?
01:14I think we need to practice standing on business at Essence Fest, all right?
01:20So, what y'all think, Wheezy?
01:21I want to share a little scenario that require all of y'all to stand on business.
01:27Okay, so we're going to say a phrase, and something's going to come up on the screen,
01:32and we want you to repeat it back to us.
01:34So, let's do a little something.
01:36By the way, if y'all don't do it with us, we're going to make y'all do it again and again and again.
01:40We're doing a little manifestation.
01:41T. Maxwell, right?
01:43Okay.
01:44If y'all want us off the stage, y'all better play with us, okay?
01:47All right.
01:48You just launched your first business.
01:51What do you say?
01:54I don't think they put it up there.
01:56It's up there.
01:56It's up there.
01:57It's up there.
01:59Okay, see?
02:01This is just the beginning.
02:03Y'all got to follow after me, okay?
02:05You just launched your first business.
02:07What do you say?
02:09This is just the beginning.
02:11Okay, I heard y'all.
02:12I heard that just a little bit.
02:13I heard that just a little bit.
02:14All right.
02:15What's the next one?
02:16Now, let's just say your haters doubted the vision.
02:19What you going to tell them?
02:24Okay.
02:24Okay.
02:25By the way, I love everyone right here.
02:28We're going to do that one more time.
02:29Say it again, and y'all got to say it with us, okay?
02:32You got to think about that girl from work you can't stand.
02:35She be looking at you.
02:36Y'all be looking at each other side-eyeing.
02:38She hating, and she doubted your vision.
02:40What you going to say?
02:43There we go.
02:44Oh, that was cute.
02:46Okay, we got one more.
02:48An opportunity knocks.
02:50What's your response?
02:56I bet on me, I never lose.
03:00See, we never taking L's, and that's how you stand on business.
03:03And we see you, Essence.
03:05So, tomorrow, we're going to put y'all in the spotlight.
03:10We want you to pull up at 2 p.m. at the convention center for this live podcast taping, because it's going to be spicy.
03:18That's right.
03:18And we're not leaving y'all hanging.
03:20We are giving out.
03:22We got readers in the building.
03:24We are giving out 100 copies of our signed New York Times bestselling book.
03:30Because we know y'all love free stuff, right?
03:33Period.
03:34I like everybody right here.
03:37Y'all, we're excited to see y'all tomorrow.
03:39Join us at the convention center, Decisions, Decisions podcast.
03:42Thank you guys so much.
03:43Thanks for standing on business with us, Essence.
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