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I am so excited you guys welcome back to my channel and another two-life series So we have with us delay Williams the author of pants prep You guys oh my if you don't have this book yet You absolutely need to go get it if you're in a PA school if you're trying to get into PA school Go right now to this website It's www.pantsprackpearls.com go right now and get this because this is single-handedly making PAs okay This is like putting PAs out there, and I know I've done quite a few videos Just talking about pants in and of itself and how it's helped me in my studying So this is really exciting being able to talk to you and just get some insight behind it I know everybody wants to Just find out a little bit more about the man behind the book So this is really gonna be a great treat for you guys if you guys have not seen my other two-life series Please go ahead and do so I have a playlist with all of these different two-life series about being minority Owning your own business so you can go check that out on my channel right now. So The number one question on everyone's mind For all the thirsty ladies out there. Are you single? So once the app is done, then I'll have much more time Okay Now that we got that out of the way It's a little like because trust me like everybody wanted to know that Oh wow I was like, well, I mean I saw a picture of you and it looked like you had a wedding ring on so Yeah, some of the girls I was talking to I was like, well, I think he has a wedding ring and they're like, oh man So now you just made people's lives a lot better Tell me a little bit more about you. Tell me about Dwayne Gotcha. So a little fun fact about me is that besides being a PA, I actually do modeling for like streetwear Like high fashion streetwear, so I'm diversifying the things that I get myself into Really born in Panama, so I'm you know, the spanish and Also, you're fluent in Spanish. Yeah, actually spanish is my first language So I'm always thinking my accent's kind of funny because it kind of makes between Spanish English and Caribbean Okay, but uh, you know, so I was raised in New York, so I'm a New Yorker by heart Panama by blood, but still New Yorker, so I love being have always been here Okay, and so that's kind of who I am on the side besides doing the But you were born in Panama. Yeah, I was born that came here when I was about six. Okay. All right So I'm a New Yorker by heart And I heard the little accent coming out so I was like, I don't know if that's like the New York thing Or if it's Caribbean, but that's cool Like a weird hybrid so people I was like, where are you from? They know I'm not from here, but they don't know where exactly Yeah, I wanted to learn another language. Just I still haven't come across doing that yet Do you wear urban streetwear like I'm never like the first time that people always see like the exact opposite of that Okay, okay. I cuz I'm pretty sure everybody just sees white coat. Yeah waves in the hair I think I've seen that picture a couple times waves white coat It's the point where sometimes I like if I'm on the street and I'm like in my regular clothes We will pass me have no idea. That's me. I mean, that's good. That's a benefit That's a benefit. I mean, I would not want to be walking down the street and everybody knows who you are because that I mean I kind of just takes away from your privacy. So in your private life, like, what do you like to do? What do you my biggest thing I do is travel? I love to travel Okay, I love dancing. So I like I'll go out to like clubs and dance. What kind of dancing Spanish hip-hop dancing Or a little bit of everything. Are you so now are you like are you a not necessarily trained? But do you do like dance moves or are you like a club dancer because that's like two different Dancers. Yes, not choreographed. It's all natural That's a club dance She went to LaGuardia school performing arts the family school So actually I trained in vocal but at the time I was going there my girlfriend She's a dancer. So like I would you know, I would cut class be honest I cut class and would like spend some time and hang out with her for a few hours up there And so I was never really for me training dance, but I learned a lot of technique without realize I was learning technique be there So it kind of is like, you know, it's a nice blend between acting dancing and singing So you sing? I used to sing. I mean, I don't know if anybody can say they used to sing Like do you ever lose your vocal talent? Like you can still hold it. Can you still hold a note? I can still hold a note. Church choir. Yes. Okay. I was my director for like many years. Well, if you church choir, you can sing if you're a church choir. Do you do church hands? I do church hands as well. I do. I want to fish with church more. That's a good thing. Well, that's cool. I mean, these are things that I would have never known just from the Persona that you see on social media and that is that is a hint for some of you guys, okay? Social media isn't all that is cracked up to be so what you see on social media. That's not it So just be aware of that just in general and in your dating life as well Yeah, definitely personal life You can see that social media is pretty much how people want to portray themselves That's kind of the story that they put out there, but it could be very different when you meet them in person. I'm like, oh You're not that person I So you have some bad experiences Okay All right, so come with your a game though. All right after this and you when you hit him up for a book You've come with your a game. That's right That was Dwayne outside of pans prep pearls you guys But now we're going to get to Dwayne inside behind pans prep pearls Um, so we're gonna just have the questions. He's gonna be here I'm gonna step on out and I'll see you guys at the end of this. Somebody's getting pans prep And not only are you getting pans prep pearls, but you are getting a signed copy of y'all getting this brand new copy Fresh and it's gonna be signed by Dwayne right now And he's gonna put a little something special in it for you. Um, so just be sure to read it Like it's not for everybody That's for somebody special You are not a warrior you are a warrior Okay, this is a gift from Dwayne from one of you guys so be ready for this the The details of the giveaway will be down below. I'll put that in the description box down below So, uh, just don't forget to go like there and see how you can win this Hi, my name is Dwayne a williams author of pans prep pearls and this is my true life Pearl to me is the ultimate study guide. It's more than just appearing for the pants I designed the book so that's helpful for all three years of PA education So for your didactic year is great for studying for exams In the different fields For clinical years also great because um as a preceptor There are certain times that there are things that we would pimp you guys on And for those who don't know what pimping is as preceptors We kind of like hay students and say like what's the most common cause of cupan cutitis And there's certain things you just have to know on rotations And so what I did with the book was I put those things in bold and italicized So that way students can know that these are things that I need to know about the disorder So that they can kind of excel on their rotations and of course ultimately to basically pass the pants So it's more than just a prep for the pants But again kind of like an ultimate study guide for PA school in general Uh, so I kind of was like a tongue twister But the idea was again, I wanted people to know that it was for the pants But I also wanted to make some people know that it was like all the things that you need to know Without the fluff. So these are just like pearls. These are the most important things to know You know, I think sometimes when we're studying a lot of information We kind of don't know what's the things that are most important What are the take home points? And so I try to like basically put those pearls in there So you know that if I don't know anything about the disease I definitely will know these high yield points So that way you can kind of know all the stuff you need for the exam itself So basically I was uh, I would do like basically board prep for different students Kind of like on a private session And my notes were very distinct that I would hand out to the students And then one day I was on the train And I bought like 10 students had these notes And my notes are very characteristics with the bold and italicized Those who use the book know exactly what I'm talking about I kind of highlight certain things in a certain way And but the thing was that they weren't my students And so I said would you guys get this from They said wow this you know these notes are really helping me to do well in this exam And so that's when I realized that I had an idea about Writing a book that could help other people Because not only students that I was working with was helping But it was helping many other people as well The process of writing a book however, you know with me not knowing I was going to write a book I had no idea how to write a book That's like YouTube and Google kind of like the idea of how to be an author And then when I finally wrote the book And I went to different companies to publish it A lot of them were like well it's very different than the traditional book Which is the reason why I wrote the book Because I want it to be very different I study very differently and when books are kind of boring and looking the exact same I kind of get bored with it And so I wanted to go for a different look And a lot of companies didn't want to kind of take that chance With the different type of book And so what I decided to do was just do self-publishing and just do it myself Which ended up being better for me because I had more control over the book I had more control of how I presented my material And to do it my way and it was kind of a great thing to be able to do There were so many times when I started the book process and said look I just Should I do this? I think the first step was kind of again not being an author And kind of want to do something that was very different and was already out there You know I kind of wanted to go with the deciding to kind of make the book Almost like if you put all your notes together In one area that's what the book was going to be like So I didn't want it to be a traditional textbook So I think trying to basically make it more authentic was one challenge alone Teaching medicine making standardize but still making it more More like a user friendly more student friendly was the first challenge And then pretty much the book is kind of like a one-man show Like I wrote all the stuff in the book I kind of edited the book myself I kind of got the photos I kind of basically did Pretty much did everything index all of this stuff I did myself And so that was a big challenge because again it was like Making all the different pieces fit together at the same time was kind of difficult And then even with that I remember when I was trying to like publish it It was just a lot of process with that as well And people were like well, you know, you're not a known author And so you want to have that challenge of no one wanted to buy your book I think I think that a lot of those challenges Were very difficult for me in the beginning But then I just felt like I had something in me that I had to put out there And I said no one buys a book that's fine But at least I've made that effort to put out what I felt in my heart Was different out there and the best book for me You know, sometimes I learn in life that sometimes you're in a process of doing something And you don't really have an idea that you're on that process I mean I've been teaching now for 16 years And so I would teach different courses And I kind of had like my notes that were very specific And not really that I was making a book But I kind of was making a book in that process And then once I decided to make the book, it's kind of when I put all of it together But it was pretty much I kind of sacrificed friends, family, relationship Hence why I'm single now Because again, it was a lot of, you know, it was very intense Kind of basically put a 500 page medical book together by yourself And edited and all that stuff like that And so, but I was really passionate about it And so because I was so passionate about it I kind of just put all my time and energy into doing it So, like I said, I had the notes from before Not necessarily in the kind of a book form So once I decided to actually go forth and make the book It took me about two and a half years to kind of fully put it all together In book form and kind of go through the editing process I think that that was the biggest challenge, like I said Just trying to put it all together to make it all cohesive And very easy to use You know, ironically I didn't think it was going to be this big The real idea behind writing the book besides helping students out Was that I actually wanted to do border view courses Because I felt like I was really good at doing border view courses But I didn't really have the credentials And you know, I didn't, you know, I wasn't at the time I wasn't a full-time faculty on any school And I didn't really have anything to say Well, I am an author, you know To basically say that I can do a border view course And so the book was kind of like a means to an end I was trying to write the book to that later on When I did border view courses I can say, look, this is the author of this book So therefore you should come to the border view course And so pretty much I wrote it, like I said I went through self-publishing So I didn't really have a good marketing team It pretty much was just me and my manager But I pretty much used social media and Instagram I created a hashtag which everyone knows now is PPPwarriors So that people who did use the book Could feel like they were part of a community But I definitely didn't think it was going to be Like number one on Amazon I definitely didn't think, as some people call it The Page School Bible It's kind of amazing to me the process that I went through And seeing how the book has grown And helping so many people out in terms of It's usefulness and it's impactfulness in the profession Both not only for students But also for people who are practicing as well But I'm happy about it though It's a great thing So I'm excited about it And there's much more to come Yeah, so Passport Pearls is my personal Baby is my favorite of all of my three books I'm not gonna lie It's kind of like the one that started everything off It was one that was my hardest challenge But in addition to the Passport Pearls I do have a pants and panty question book It's kind of like 600 pant style questions What's good about it is almost like There's a proverb in the Bible that says If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day If you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime And so what my question book teaches you Is kind of how to think as a strategist In terms of taking an exam And how to think through a question And know how to pick out what's right in the question When you're down to two choices, you're not really sure So that's my other baby The third one is what's called The Ultimate Medical Pneumonic Comic Book It's kind of a fun way to study It's kind of basically taking mnemonics To kind of help you to remember those much difficult topics Also have an app called FlipMed Which is kind of like when you want to study to go You kind of basically like look at different topics It's doing really well right now And next month, I'm actually very excited About this new project Which is going to be the pants and pants question app It's going to be basically 2000 pant style questions But you can create an exam So let's say you study for cardiology In your first year And you want to just basically study cardiology questions You can pretty much create your exam And it will kind of find your weaknesses And kind of help to improve your strengths as well So that's kind of like my newest baby That I'm very excited about So right now I'm a full-time I'm the director of Daptic Education At the Long Island University program I'm also teach as an adjunct faculty For the Wild Cornell PA program As well as go to different schools I do guest lectures at schools So any school that wants to come Reach out to me I'll definitely come to your school And you know Share with you my pearls And things like that of life But teaching is really my biggest passion now Medicine is my passion It's kind of what got me to this place But I feel like I have a gift In terms of making difficult things simpler And so I've kind of been following that gift of teaching With board of view courses And also with teaching clinical medicine And so my passion really is teaching And showing students that medicine is really not as bad As it seems or as daunting as it seems Once you have a strategy on how to approach medicine So I work with the P's So when you're learning the disease You should first start with the pathophys of the disease You know how does that disease present Based upon that pathophys You know how would you pick up the disease On testing based upon the pathophys And then how do you treat it Which ultimately reverse the pathophys So if you kind of understand that one disease in one line Pretty much everything about that disease Will help to follow You can kind of basically put all that information Into a very small box And therefore be able to easily access that box Whenever you need it So teaching is my biggest passion right now I love teaching I love being around students I love when students get that aha moment Like ah it makes sense That's kind of what makes me feel really good inside And warm and fuzzy so to speak The first thing I would talk about The biggest thing I learned is one is that Don't let anything stand in the way of your dreams Most importantly yourself You know when I decided to write the book I kind of doubted I said you know I'm not an author you know No one knows who I am I'm self publishing the book And I went through the stumbling block of Of doing that as well But I never gave up on myself And I said you know what I really believe in the product that I have And I believe that people will end up Gravitating towards it as well I remember actually when I first put the book out And no one knew the book I remember going to this one school And trying to basically pedal the book So I had my book and I said look No one knows about this book But it's going to become decent in medicine And I remember the director of that program Kind of looked at me and was like What school you go to and I explained And he said you know Does anyone know this book and Basically basically told me They don't want to use the book Because it's kind of like a new book And it's not really tried and tested yet And my goal was I said you know what Next year I'm going to come back to the school And all of this will have it It's going to force this director To kind of like basically buy the book And ironically a year later All of this ended up buying the book The director of that program Ended up coming to me and saying Look actually use it to pass my recertification And to me that was like a big moment for me Because it was the first time that I tried to basically Sell this book and it was pretty much denied And said no you know They didn't want to believe in the book And then the director ended up Not only believe in the book But using it as herself to pass Her recertification exam And so it taught me one is that You have to believe in yourself more than anything else And never let anything or anyone Including yourself stop you from your goal If you believe in yourself and you have a goal Follow the way through Don't stop just because things are going to mess up Things are going to naturally mess up anyway But if you believe in yourself And you're a warrior You're going to always win The second biggest thing I would say is You have to have tough skin No one's going to love everything that you do You know as much as people love Pants but Pearl There are people who hate it or don't really like it And for me it was a big struggle first When you know you get those five stars You're like excited when you get that first one star It's like it's devastating to you Because you're like wow this is my baby And someone hates it But one it teaches you that one That not everyone's going to love it But for those who For every five that hate it There's a hundred who love it And you're helping other people out And so you can't let the haters Sort of quote unquote stop you from Doing what you want to love to do Because that's the most important component of it It's a blessing beyond words for me One because of the fact that Not only am I inspiring PAs But like a lot of my friends I have a few friends of mine Actually one of them is my manager Pamela Bodley Who after she saw me write books She decided to write three books of her own A lot of my friends have decided to become authors Because they saw me go through that process They saw me struggle They also saw how I triumphed at the end of it And so I've not only inspired people to write Medical stuff but also people to kind of Basically go through their own businesses as well One of my little brothers he actually decided To do a candle business because he saw What I went through with my business And so it's been a blessing to be able to Not only reach the people that I don't know But also the people that I'm surrounded by To inspire them to kind of follow their dreams I think many people have dreams And they're kind of so scared of What would happen if it actually comes true Although you want it to come true You're kind of really scared about that And I think that when people see that someone Has done it and gone through that process It gives them that inspiration Also like when students say to me That I've failed the boards a few times And your books or your products have helped me Become have passed That's a blessing because not only Am I now helping that student But I'm helping the patients that the students will see So it can become a lot of times In a sense I can be at home or hanging out And someone will walk up to me and ask me questions About like medicine when I'm not In the mind state speaking about medicine But despite that I've been able to travel across The country doing stuff I've traveled across the world doing stuff Related to the books and stuff like that And so it's been a blessing for me Just meeting people and hearing stories Of how the book has helped them become better students And ultimately better clinicians And also making people realize That they can follow their dreams And that you can have no backing No major publishing company And become the number one in whatever Is that you do as well So it's been a blessing to me It's also made me become a better person Because now I realize that I just can't put out a mediocre product People rely on it And so I have to put out my all and my best So it's been a blessing not only to people But also to me as well It's made me a better person Besides making other people better clinicians And better people I mean one of the reasons that I use the hashtag PPP Warriors to kind of basically Address my followers and people that appreciate the book Is because I believe Warriors are very powerful And so I didn't just want to just say PPP Pearls or whatever It was more Warriors because when I think about What a warrior is A warrior is fighting a battle Every day they're fighting a battle And a warrior gets wounded They get worried They get tired But the warrior always continues to fight Because they know that They're going to always win at the end of the day May lose some battles along the way But you're going to win the war at the end of the day I think that PA school Looking at back at my entire life You know this book was the hardest book That I ever wrote of all the three books But looking at life Looking at the books Looking at the products Nothing was as hard as PA school itself was You're learning all of medicine Literally in two years You're away from your friends Your family Dealing with your own personal things It's the hardest thing you'll ever do in your life But when you get on the other side of it It's going to be one of the most rewarding things The thing about it is you have to keep going You know You have those breaks in between Take those breaks kind of recharge your battery Know that you know You were chosen out of a thousand people who applied to that school You got that seat Which means that there's something in you That people saw That they realized that you have what it takes to do it You have to realize that even when you're tired Even when you're wounded Even when you're weary Remember that you're not a warrior That you're a warrior You can actually win this war But you have to fight it Even when you're tired You just have to get up Lick your wounds and continue to fight But know that you have something inside of you That the world is waiting on And when you know that the world is waiting on it You kind of can't allow yourself to let your depression Let your worries kind of hold you back from it Because the world is waiting on you to be great Because you are great Thank you so much I don't know if I'm supposed to call you Mr. Williams Or Wayne Everyone calls me Wayne Thank you Thank you so much for doing this I learned a lot I took away from it Like one of the most kind of just memorable things that you said Was you're not a warrior Because I had to take a minute y'all Because he talks a little fast So I had to take a minute and be like What was that? You're not a warrior Like you're not worried You're a warrior So that was really deep to me I like the wordplay And I mean it's hard You know when you're in PA school You do worry a lot You worry about your grades And how many tests you have coming up And how you're going to pass this How you're going to write this note That kind of thing So just being able to understand That you have to keep pushing through it And be a warrior And fight through it And overcome Like that's inspiring And that's really beneficial to me Especially because I only have a couple weeks left Till I get into clinical Y'all in second year of PA school So I'm really excited about that Thank you so much Again if you guys have not already Like I don't know if you guys caused this video And you went and you bought this book But you should have And if you haven't go right now to www.panspreppros.com Get this book It's really helpful It's really beneficial y'all And also get um You know look at his other products as well And see if there's anything else that you might Benefit from I know a lot of people Benefit from the medical mnemonic books So go ahead and cop that one too If you have the funds to do so Tell them about the app Tell them about the app Oh yes and it's coming out June 2018 you said What is it called? Pansprep app Okay Pansprep app But I do have FlipMed app Out that's currently out right now as well Okay So he has two apps he got Guys the FlipMed So get that June 2018 It's coming out Um go support him He is single handedly No say poor single Hey guys he's helping us pass Go support him Again I really really want to thank you for this And thank you guys so much for watching this If you want to reach out to Dwayne He does have an Instagram What's your Instagram handle So where they could reach you Sure it's pants underscore prep underscore pearls Okay Our original right So go hit him up at pants underscore prep underscore You can send him an email at the website as well Where you can buy the books And um just you know You can ask him a couple questions Not when he's out eating Okay you guys respect his privacy It's not that time Let him eat his stated peace But um other than that uh we had a great time Had an amazing time I'm really excited I'm glad that you guys got to learn a little bit more About Mr. Williams Dwayne And just see what he's about And the whole process about following his dreams To make pants prep pearls And the Dwayne Williams empire come to fruition Again if you haven't already done so Go hit up my other true life series And thank you guys so much for watching Be a warrior Not a worrier you guys um stick to it You guys can make it And I will talk to you guys next time Um you know honestly I was so impressed by You know what God is doing For a few reasons One because I remember when I was in PA school I could barely have time to brush my teeth Much less do anything else Um so the fact that you're able to do All that you're doing while being in PA school I think it's it's amazing that alone Um two is that I think that our profession You know it's only 50 years old Which may seem like a long time But it's really not You know in terms of our profession is growing Leaps and bounds Um and there are certain things that Are what I call gaps In terms of whether it be gaps in education Or gaps in things that are Or things that are in place That are not there right now And I think you're basically creating Uh a niche for yourself For a place that's really needed I'm great in terms of board review stuff And medicine But I was I graduated 16 years ago So that process of going through PA school And trying to apply I don't really know what that's like anymore And I think most people who are Practicing don't really know what that's like So for you to take what your experience is And using that your trials now to become a triumph And also to basically help other people out I honestly think it's inspiring even to me Who's on the other side You know because it takes a lot to do that It takes a lot to basically follow your passion To believe in yourself despite people You know saying to you whether They like what you're doing or not Like what you're doing to kind of continue to do that I think it's it's inspiring I would say that Do what you're doing because The world is also waiting on you for it as well Well thank you Thank you I feel I feel super inspired right now to continue I really appreciate that Like it's cool hearing it from you Because you know like I read your book all of us every day While I'm studying So that's really that's really cool Especially because for me like I know that When even with the book Like when I was writing the book Like I said you know I There was I didn't have a major publishing company I didn't have any of those things in place And I kind of almost had to like Say to myself you know you can do this You know I didn't really have anyone Show me that it's possible I had to believe it So being on the other side now Seeing you doing it And just saying like no you can do this And know that you can do it It's it's you know it's a blessing Well thank you I really appreciate that I really appreciate that And I'm excited to see how much It's going to grow for you and you know I mean I'm excited too But I'm just trying to pass PA's first That's right First things first Let me get the C at the end of my PA's That's right Not a C in the exam but a C in the exam No at the end of my PA's C That's right Yeah dive a little bit more as to More deeper as to That's that's like the surface But what's a little like What's a little bit more Story behind why you wanted to make it Like you saw that But even when you got the idea What was next like It was like how long did it take you to really Turn that thought into like I'm really going to do this I guess give us a little bit more story Sure To behind that Oh just Can you explain the question one more time Just so He looks so his face He looks so sad He was sure about it He was like yeah sure