(applause)
- I am all about good vibes and positive thinking,
And so is my next guest,
he was tired of negativity.
So he came,
oh, aren't we all?
And so he came up with an idea to change it.
He built a 10 foot tall positivity magnet,
which he takes out on the town
so people can post optimistic thoughts
and manifestations on it.
He's literally attracting positivity.
Say hello to Court Crandall y'all.
(applause)
So, where'd this whole idea come from?
Because I know a lot of us are really tired of
it just feels like a dark time sometimes.
So where did, where did this idea come from?
- Well, for me personally, about five, six years ago,
I decided I was gonna stop chasing money
and success and fame
and let that stuff be a byproduct of my life
rather than the purpose. - [Kelly] Yeah
- The purpose became to, perpetuate positive thinking
and positive behavior out in the world.
And so as you pointed out,
there's a lot of negativity in the world right now,
whether it's social media, politics,
the tweet of the morning. - Yeah
- And so I thought,
well, how do we do something to combat that?
- [Kelly] Yeah - I just had this vision
of this giant magnet sculpture
that would literally attract
positive messages and positive people to it.
- [Kelly] It's amazing.
It's such a simple cool idea.
So, where do you take the magnet?
Like how do you decide to where to take it?
- Yeah, yeah
Well, at first I wanted to take it to a range of places
to get all sorts of people involved,
young, old, different nationalities, different upbringings.
And so I started at the beach.
I've been to Compton high school,
which is a place that's very dear to my heart.
I've been to different philanthropic events.
Next we go to a senior living facility
and then to a group that helps rehabilitate gang members.
- That's super cool.
So what kind of things do people post?
What do you find?
- It's a, it's a range of things you know,
it could be about a relationship,
it could be about health for a family member.
A lot of times it's about, you know, achieving your dreams.
I found that it's almost cathartic for a lot of people
- [Kelly] Yeah
- And we all spend all this time
thinking about what we don't want,
what we don't like in the world.
We spend very little time it seems
like putting out there what we actually want in our lives.
- Love it.
Yeah, I love that it's all positive
and it's taking, even if it's something sad,
you're turning it into something positive.
It's really cool.
So what would y'all put on there?
Anybody got anything you'd put on there?
- I do.
- Yes
- This is kind of my mantra for this year.
Let go,
let fly
thrive.
- I love that.
Let go, let fly thrive.
That needs to be like a song. - Yes, you'll sing it
- I was like, that's a great idea for a song.
So what anybody else have anything?
Would y'all have anything?
- I guess I would put,
I started the new year with a word
that I'm gonna try and exercise a lot.
It's just simply go.
- Oh, that's awesome.
- [Man] Yeah
- Go.
That's amazing.
So any idea that comes up, it's like go, do it? - Do it
- I love that. - Take a jump
- Yes, anybody else?
You have anything?
- I mean, I just feel like what he's doing already,
it's deposit.
You know, we're depositing into each other's lives
and we need to do that more often.
- Wow, what a great word.
You win.
Okay, that was great.
Wow (laughter)
I was like, I wanted to, yes,
we need to make deposits into each other
fill up each other's tanks.
Yes.
That's so cool.
Now, sorry, you have to follow that
- I know, I was just saying
That's why immediately I'm like,
I don't know that I'm gonna do an original,
- [Kelly] I don't know mine.
- I might go to my go to quote that I do.
Dan Elden, who, passed.
He was a photo journalist for Reuters who died at 23
and he had these beautiful photo journals
and his mom and his sister put them back out there
and compiled them
and it's called 'The Journey is the Destination'.
And I think I need to be reminded of that all the time.
Like, you know, we get so into the future
about what we want and we live there
and if there's anything that I've learned,
especially through this journey with my dad lately,
that our next breath isn't guaranteed.
- [Kelly] Yeah
- And to just be in your gratitude
that you have this moment right here
- And present - And be in that journey.
Like really appreciate that those mundane moments,
the everyday moments,
I think it's beautiful you have a show that's doing that,
that you have something that's causing people to be creative
and stop in the middle of wherever it is they're going.
- [Kelly] Yeah (applause)
- So, just stop and create something beautiful
and think something is gratitude and being our dreams
cause that who we are as beings
is more than just the work that we have to get done.
You know, - Amen
- It's something beautiful - That was nice.
Nice following.
(audience clapping)
It's great.
I feel like like how you were talking,
like I think mine would be, look around
because I feel like we are very selfish sometimes
and we all like, I don't know,
we focus so much on ourselves,
but look around like who's around you,
look around and don't fear it.
Like look around and try and make a friend.
Imma find your magnet.
I'm gonna look around on there. (laughter)
Court, have you made friendships during this?
You made, you met me a lot of people?
- I have.
You know it's funny,
I thought a lot about providing this canvas
for people to, to put their messages out
and I never really thought about
what it would attract into my life.
And the fact of the matter is no matter what you do,
whether it's good or bad,
you're gonna attract that kind of, you know, return,
- What you put out there - Like attract likes, yeah
- Yeah.
- And so if you do something good like this,
where if you put a teepee in your backyard
and give it to people who you know,
don't have a place to stay,
you're gonna attract good people.
- Yeah, I agree. - [Court] That's the result.
- Get it Joe with Jody - [Court] Awesome
- All right,
well we have a group of people in our audience
who posted on Court's magnet.
They each say their posts yielded positive results
in their lives.
Where's Denise at?
Tell us what you posted Denise.
- Hi there, - [Kelly] Hi
- I'm Denise.
I am Court's wife,
and a lot of times when he does these magnet installations,
I'll put the first message up.
So sometimes I try and put like a little light hearted one.
So it doesn't seem so daunting
to be the first person to put your message out.
- Yeah
- So the one that I recently put
was strength to stay out of the drive through
(laughter)
- [Kelly] That's real.
- [Denise] (audience drowns out speaker)
- Okay, well thanks.
(mumbles) where are you?
Where's (mumbles)?
Hi, (mumbles)
- Hi - How are you? What's yours?
- Stay positive. Your blessings will come.
In 2017 I was diagnosed with breast cancer
and I had a double mastectomy.
I never wondered why me.
I always knew I was the chosen one
because one in eight women who get breast cancer
and out of me and my eight women,
I wanted to be the one I was most resilient.
I knew I could come out of it.
The Lord knew I could come out it
- Wow, you're powerful
- And be a beacon of light for others.
So now I'm coaching other women,
keeping them positive.
- Yeah
(applause)
You are powerful.
Oh my god, well thank you so much (mumbles)
So, where is Lisa at?
Where's Lisa?
Hi Lisa
- Hi Kelly
- What is your post?
- My post is to attract real love in my life.
I went through a couple of difficult years,
got divorced - I'm sorry
- And had to make sure the family was okay
and my life was put back together
and everybody's doing great now.
We're all real happy.
So, when I (applause)
- Yes
- So when I saw Court's magnet out there
to attract positivity in my life,
I thought, what the heck?
I've thrown it out there to the universe
and I'm hoping to attract real love of my life.
- Yeah, you will. (applause)
I think you will because you're projecting that.
I truly do believe what you project is what you receive.
So I think you will.
It's not, it's not Hocus Pocus.
It's just that's what you're living.
Whatever you're living is what you're going to find.
So thank you so much Lisa.
Where's Danny at?
Hi Danny - Hi there
So mine is wishing my son health, happiness
and true inner peace in his life in sobriety
and
- [Kelly] Oh, that's a great one. (applause)
- Several years ago,
when my son was living in a sober living house,
a father took me aside and said to me
that what will get you through this is hope
not expectations.
- Wow
- And I always remember that where expectations
will let you down while hope keeps you going.
So seeing the positivity board,
it's all about hope, throwing positive energy out there.
Happy to say my son is a month shy of four years sober.
And, appreciate what you did.
- Wow
(applause)
For y'all, like how has been positive
made you better people you think.
- This has probably been the most stressful year
of my life, you know?
But what an honor it is to be able to take care of my dad.
And you know, my grandmother, when she passed
just before her 76, she had a blood clot.
So she was just gone, you know?
- Wow
- And I wish I could have been able to take care of her.
So, even though this has been really stressful
and I've spent years in the past being more stressed
and anxious and upset about things
and depressed about things,
and then this happens
and all I've been in is in, in my gratitude,
- [Kelly] Yeah
- Just loving my dad
and just so grateful for the time that we have
and not taking any other second for granted.
And it's just you have light in your life
and that's just the most
- Yeah, and you search for the light.
- Yeah.
The stress, like especially with my dad's health,
having being elevated and not being in stress
is the most curative thing that you could possibly be.
So positive people, positive vibes
- [Kelly] I agree
- Keep yourself healthy with that.
It's beautiful.
- How does it feel, like to start something so simple
that you felt like would almost be good for you
and you felt like people needed,
maybe you needed yourself Court and like how do you feel?
Like look at all this red shirts up there
and all the red shirts that aren't even here today
and that you've affected in this panel.
They can definitely relate
and everybody will walk away a little more inspired,
you know, after this moment.
Like how does that feel?
- It feels good.
Again, I think, you know,
it's, everything is self perpetuating,
so if it's inspired somebody else
to do something different but equally positive, great,
then - [Kelly] Yeah.
- Then it worked.
- It's true success,
- [Court] Yeah - I think.
- [Court] 100% - Yeah
I think that's true success.
Just to know that you've like impacted someone
in a positive way. That's so cool.