Some may know him as John Robinson Jr., but to me he’s
J.J.
I met J.J. for the first time over 10 years ago when we
were paired together for the radio talk show, The Cutting Edge on York University’s CHRY 105.5 fm. I think we were both overly thrilled to be on
radio. That’s probably one of the reasons why we acted like two kids with a
microphone! But between giggling and
joking around, we did manage to speak about music, hip hop videos, and on
occasion, politics.
But all good things come to an end. He was gone from the
show and I was given a new host.
Fast forward 12 years.
As you know, I attended Trey Anthony’s Millionaire Artist
workshop earlier this year and guess who I saw sitting just two chairs away
from me.........? Yep, it was my ex co-host J.J. from back in the day! We hugged and quickly caught up. He told me that he was in real estate now,
and also had a life coaching blog called Joy and Love. I told him it sounded exciting and that I
would love to write about it.
That was early on this year and we finally made it happen
on October 3, 2013. Even though it seems
like it took ages for us to reconnect, as J.J (I mean John) said, “it was the
perfect day.”
We met at 1:00 pm at a cafe (my usual spot) but I found
it too cramped to conduct the interview.
I wanted John to be free with his answers and I also didn’t want to
bother the other patrons. We opted to
leave and find another comfy spot. We strolled
up and down Yonge Street peeking in random restaurants and cafes trying to find
the best setting, but then agreed that it would be even more fun to do the
interview outdoors. We walked around looking
for a quiet place, and finally located a secluded area behind a high school. We both sat down, I pushed REC on my voice recorder
and so began the interview.
Were you always
interested in radio?
Straight out of high school I wanted to be a Broadcast
Journalist. The idea was to host
RapCity. I went to the National
Institute of Broadcasting and I put together a demo reel. I thought it was pretty good....so I stepped
to the host at the time—Master T, and I had a one-on-one lunch with him. And he was like, “I like your style, I like
your swag, but it’s not up to me.” Time
went by and I got lost in the shuffle. So I said, let’s not just focus on this
one demographic. Let me check out CBC and others.
What did you do
after our show?
After university I got my Real Estate license and I’ve
been doing real estate for 10 years now. Eight years local residential real estate,
and for the past two years I do international real estate where I do beachfront
property in Costa Rica as well the Caribbean coast of Honduras.
What was the
journey like becoming a life coach?
As I was touring around buyers showing them 10-15 homes,
the conversation would go further than real estate. They would ask questions about my
spirituality, my health, even relationships and wealth. During those house tours in the car, I would
actually give pointers to people that wanted to hear it. I had more than one
client tell me that I should really write some of these things down. Life coaching always came natural to me.
How important is
it to have a life coach?
Every successful person has had a mentor or a coach. There’s no Michael Jordan without Phil
Jackson. It’s not necessarily someone to
pat you on the back and say way to go, good job! It’s more than that. It’s
about you holding yourself accountable to your targets. It helps you stay on track. Besides that, it’s always good having good
energy around you.
What is the Joy
and Love movement?
It’s a lifestyle.
I wrote a book titled Joy and Love. The idea is to maximize the joy in
your life and love in the world. I broke
it down on how to achieve these goals using one formula.
The formula is love energy. The way I describe love
energy is like breathing. When you inhale, inhale faith, confidence, gratitude,
and when you exhale, exhale empowerment, compassion and a guiding hand for
others. As this flows that’s when
answers, clues and rewards really start opening up in your life on how you can
achieve your desired end result. This love energy can be applied to different
elements of your life.
What do you think is
your life’s purpose?
To continue to empower others. There are two ways
inspiration works– 1. To inspire someone to be the best that they can be, 2. You
can also inspire someone by showing them that YOU lived your life to be
the best that you can be. And when they see that they feel like it’s possible
for them.
How would you
describe yourself?
Spiritual, deep thinker, I try not to take life too
seriously.
Who are some of
your favourite thinkers/speakers?
By far, Barack Obama. When he speaks he speaks with
passion and dignity. He’s honest. I look
at how he speaks and what he is saying.
What’s next for
you?
I am releasing the e-book on October 15, 2013. I’m doing
an e-book launch party at Blow Fish on the same night between 7-10pm. I am launching a video this evening...it’s
like a documentary about me speaking about my philosophy. The video is not just me though; I have 4
guest speakers speaking on how love energy has worked in their lives and how it
has garnered them success.
Looks like John has
a lot going on. Although the interview
only lasted a mere 25 minutes, I was happy to find out more about his Joy and
Love movement and what his future plans are for the movement.
So proud of you J.J. I definitely love your passion and drive and
I had a blast reminiscing about our radio days. CHRY105.5fm 4 life! Lol!
For more info on John Robinson Jr. and the joy and love movement, visit www.joyandlove.ca
Michelle
