Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Eric Thomas . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Eric , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Before we get into specifics, let’s talk about success more generally. What do you think it takes to be successful?

Life is a journey where you’re never fully arrived . There are plenty of ways of being successful but I will give three things that I feel you can’t be successful without!

First it begins with the thought process. What are you consuming? If you’re interested in becoming an entrepreneur you should have friends with businesses and you should be studying business. If you want to be in the entertainment industry you need to surround yourself with individuals involved in the industry. So essentially how are you planning to pursue what it is you want to pursue in order to become successful. Develop a plan, create a S.W.O.T analysis , crunch some numbers and once you have that plan together use law of attraction in order to align yourself on the path in order to receive the success you desire. A lot of times you will have to be patient and understanding of your goals so you won’t become side tracked. Than you can manifest your success and repeat.

Secondly , you have to know who you are. For example , me myself I’m good with writing better than numbers so if I had to choose I would play to my strengths for my success. But don’t rely on them too much. Learn new things . Get out and create everyday. Evolve into who you will become you never know your weaknesses will become a strength one day. Don’t become stagnant elevate your conscious and learn as much as you can in life and use your new development to help you become successful.

And lastly one thing I feel you can’t have success without is passion. What is your passion? You have to ask yourself what are you really passionate about? Follow that path in life because you have to develop your mindset and learn what the successful people do. Successful people do not work for money. So you have to develop business around your passion. That way you’re not working for money. On days you want to quit your passion will keep driving you. You will feel fulfilled in your purpose because people will sell their soul for the dollar you have to be aware of that.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

478TV was created and designed to be an outlet for creative expression and storytelling for our area down here in Middle Georgia . 478 is our area code down here so I grabbed inspiration from that and the “tv” aspect was inspired from VLADTV whom I studied a lot business model wise when creating my business. I feel and still feel that Middle Georgia has some of the most creative and talented people that you will find anywhere on earth. I truly believe that, so when I used to read the local paper and just see all of the negativity that was being portrayed in our community , and me being in the community knowing that there is more to our community than just violence compelled me to start telling the stories myself. Controlling our own narrative and not letting corporate representation represent the reality of middle Georgia because it is a lot more under the surface to the 478. We specialize in photography, video production, interviews, etc. Over the years we have grown into one of the biggest independent media outlets in Georgia with over a quarter million views on various platforms. We’ve grown to work with some of the biggest names in the industry and my main goal is to help inspire the next entrepreneur and help guide them into making the right decisions and to become more efficient.

On many occasions there are sleepless nights, constant grinds, and much more behind the scenes that doesn’t get glorified so you must be aware of the work you will have to put in for yourself , the sacrifices that need to be made. One thing I feel sets me apart is my uniqueness in the field that I’m in. Obviously everyone is a 1 of 1 but my experiences in life, my pov of life, my vision for the company is often times too ambitious but I’ve been learning to adjust and try to execute is what’s most important . Especially in interviewing I feel like I’m one of the best because I am inquisitive about a lot and I pull from so many places I know what I bring to the table is truly unique.

I am most proud of the fans . They keep me going they’re always telling me that they love what I do and how it inspires them to create and truthfully that’s why I do what I do so I appreciate my supporters !

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

Of course, There’s this joke I always say to myself that I am Mr. Trial and Error. I didn’t have much guidance coming up so alot of the things that I’ve learned in life came through trial and error. One story I can share about my resilience is losing everything multiple times and than getting it back. I can’t even point to a specific time because they’re are always ups and downs in business and in life. In some aspects your personal life may be great but your business isn’t doing well . Vice versa. What I can say for sure is that in the proccess of running this business I’ve lost it all, assets, relationships, family, compromised health, etc. and somehow someway I fought through the tribulations because my drive outweighed my challenges. If you’re going to be in this business you have to become a fighter for what you truly believe everyday you will have a new test a new challenge. One thing that keeps me grounded and going is that your situation can always be worse.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I think unlearning is one of the greatest keys to my evolution and growth. Over the last year I’ve been in the process of unlearning everything I thought I knew and challenged myself to learn new things and expand on my knowledge every single day. Had to stop consuming this agenda being pushed on the masses and stay in my path and my journey. From the music I listen to , the food I eat, the things I’m doing during the day. What is really helping me? I had to evolve and grow to learn that we have to get back to our natural state and the things we are being taught isn’t in our best interest . If you want the truth.. you must seek it.

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