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Welcome to Networking Unleashed, Building Profitable
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Connections, the show where networking goes beyond
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business cards and handshakes to explore the
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relationships that shape our lives, our leadership,
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and our legacy. I'm your host, Michael Foreman.
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Today, we're talking about something that's often
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missing from conversations about success, the
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person behind the success. In a world where social
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media highlights victories and AI can manufacture
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polished perfection, it's easy to believe everyone
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else has it figured out. But behind every entrepreneur,
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creator, and leader is a journey that's usually
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filled with setbacks, uncertainty, growth, and
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moments that quietly redefine who they are. My
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guest today is a young entrepreneur whose podcast
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became much more than a platform. It became a
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classroom for life. Through meaningful conversations,
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personal adversity, and an honest look at mental
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health, he's discovered that some of the most
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valuable lessons don't come from success. They
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come from the people we meet, the challenges
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we face, and the courage to keep moving forward.
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This isn't just a conversation about podcasting.
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It's about resilience. It's about authenticity.
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It's about relationships that carry us through
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the hardest seasons. If you've ever questioned
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your path, struggled in silence, or wondered
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how your greatest challenges might become your
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greatest source of purpose, this episode is for
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you. I'd like to welcome to the podcast... Brendan
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Brown, listen, he has done it all. You would
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think at such a young age he's missing something,
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but he really has gotten to the grassroots of
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things. Brendan, first of all, welcome to the
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podcast. Thank you. Why don't you give us a little,
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let's say, cliff notes of how you got where you
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are today. How I got where I am today is, first
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of all, my faith. I am a believer of Christ.
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And it starts from there, the foundation. And
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as it went by, I've been through different events
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when I was younger that kind of shaped me into
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who I became. That was very, I would say, traumatic
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in a way, verbal and emotional. And it let me
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be resilient in what I'm doing. And by me watching
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YouTube, educating myself, creating and self
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-teaching myself with different skills, I evolved
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to where I am today. And that's just how I got
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to where I got to from a generalization standpoint.
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But if you want to go more in depth, just let
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me know. I got a couple of questions for you.
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So sit back, relax, and just give me your best
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answers. You've shared your journey very openly.
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Looking back, how have your greatest struggles
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changed the way you build relationships with
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people? How my biggest struggles change the way
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I have relationships with people. How you build
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relationships with people. Being authentic and
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sharing what you relate with them. Because recently
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with a brother I was speaking to yesterday, and
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this is on my faith. Like I said, not trying
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to roll my faith to nobody, force anything. This
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is me. I was talking to a brother in Christ yesterday,
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and he was telling me about how he was dealing
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with some fake people. And he was like, it's
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just something how. There are so many people
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in this world that can have this fake light to
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say they love God. And then they don't really
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show the compassion or acts of it. And I told
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him I had that experience. And he said at the
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end, as we talked, he thanked God that I talked
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with him because he said, I really appreciate
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this man. I really felt trusted by it. Not trusted.
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respected by what you were saying you understand
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me you feel me and i say it's because it's the
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experience and i thank god because a lot of things
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i've been through no young man should have been
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through having to provide for a parent through
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allowance money from other relatives having to
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grow up with a father not really being there
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the way he had to be there when as he got older
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he got better but it still wasn't as good at
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that time before he had changed what he did having
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relatives that didn't understand my perspective
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was a lot but I stayed rooted I stayed strong
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in my faith and in my God and that's what connects
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me with so much people is that they love the
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fact that I'm just rooted in what I'm doing even
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if they're not a believer of Christ they still
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respect the fact that I have the attributes of
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it and I'm not perfect but I continue to just
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try my best to just show that love and authenticity
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to people because the main thing is I have to
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feel how they feel because think about like how
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Earlier today, I was at the restaurant. I told
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my grandmother, I said, we have to always remember
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that people, if we step in their shoes, we'll
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know how they feel. And we sometimes have to
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reflect and just think about what they are. Because
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even as simple as a waiter, a waiter coming by,
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they're doing their job. But if you really take
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time with them and talk with them, because some
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of them are going to have a rough day. And you
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talk with them, they'll say, wow, he took. or
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she took time with me to talk. And I loved it.
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How's your day been going? My days were going
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great. Where are you from? I'm from XYZ. You
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going to college? Are you at another job? Yeah.
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And you build relationships. You build it. So
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that's how I have my biggest struggles to relate
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with people. By just knowing that whatever weakness
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you're going through right now, I need to find
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a way to either relate with it with you or see
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where I lived. that could relate to you. Because
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everyone's circumstance is different. But you
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can at least relate, and we all can, with struggle.
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That's true. My mother always said, everything
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happens for a reason. And it's true that it does.
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And you are placed in that situation for that
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person. Right. You were there at the right time
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at the right place. You gave him the answers
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that he was kind of looking for. So I understand
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that. And that's building the relationship with
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the person. And you brought up having a waiter
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because I'm a firm believer that you treat the
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janitor as well as the CEO. Because you never
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know. First of all, you never know who he is
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or what he went through to get where he is today.
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So you have to give respect to everyone. And
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like you said, the phonies, the people who put
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the facade on. And you can tell them in business
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because they're always like, hey, how are you
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doing? And that's that big smile. And when they
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go away from you and when they get in the car
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or go home, they're a completely different person.
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And that's not the person you want to hang out
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with. All right. But anyway, I digress. I can
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go on this for all day. Yeah, likewise. Podcasting
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introduced you to people from all walks of life.
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What's one lesson about human connection that
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surprised you the most? One thing that surprised
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me about human connection the most is just how
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people can really think creatively. How when
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you go in this social network of the Internet.
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podcasting whatever industry you're in it's interesting
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to see how there's so much different gifted people
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in whatever field you're going for the prime
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example is you see in a basketball how one player
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comes in you see another one with this personality
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come in they do their part and for me personally
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it's surprising just to see like i said once
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again the creativity how vast a person's mind
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is with podcasting and then as i went from podcasting
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social media and etc It's so true. And I have,
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I don't know, just under 200 podcasts published
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already. And I see it from different countries,
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Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Europe, all
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these. But everybody has that same common, they
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want to see you do better. And I want to see
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them do better. And this whole podcast is about
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how you network with people. and get to the root
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of what their problems are so you can help them.
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And I go into a networking event with what's
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called a servant's heart. I go in expecting to
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help people instead of what they can do for me.
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So it's a very big difference. We often celebrate
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success publicly, but struggle privately. How
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has being honest about your mental health changed
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the quality of your relationships? When I released
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the memoir, because the warm -up was the podcast.
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At that time, I was going through a lot, just
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recovering from just so much chaos at that time
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that the pandemic had happened. And I started
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recording. And eventually, when relatives did
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not understand my perspective, I just started
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venting on it, venting about different things,
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venting about what they may have done and how
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it inspired me to be strong in what I do. And
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I sometimes use those stories to inspire other
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people. And they would look at it as an, OK,
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it's inspiring me and not all about, OK, it's
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gossiping. But of course, to my relatives, they
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thought it was. And then when the memoir came
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up, that was a big whole issue because everybody
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was like, oh, wow. But the people outside my
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relative space were like, that makes sense. That's
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understandable. And as time went on, even right
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now as it's recording, it's gotten better. They
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understand where I'm coming from. They might
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not understand fully my entrepreneurial drive,
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but they do understand at least a concept of
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what I'm doing. They understand that I'm a unique
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person. I'm a one percenter in the mindset wise.
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To hopefully answer your question, but to finally
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put the nail on the coffin, this answer is that
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it made it better and it made me more stronger
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because it started out feeling hurtful, but it
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ended up being stronger. Even now, if I do deal
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with the hurt, the pain, I just continue to go
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up no matter what happens. Take the practical
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steps, discern and listen to what's right. Discern
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and listen to what's wrong and kick that out.
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And don't even let that come in. And that's it.
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Okay. Do you think people are craving authenticity
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more than expertise today? And if you do, why?
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Okay. I believe people are loving more authenticity
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than expertise today because of the fact that
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people want real stories now. I was in the self
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-improvement space because I started doing this
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since 2021 with podcasting. A lot of people started
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to stop watching it. After certain creators started
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getting exposed for having these gurus and different
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things in business, people started realizing,
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a lot of young people my age, too, realized that
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starting a business is hard. Starting this is
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hard. Starting this is hard because of the fact
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that, number one, it was oversaturated. Number
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two, some people were not taking the initiative
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to do it to start a business. But number three,
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it just was too much going on. And there were
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people who were just literally really scamming
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people who really worked hard for what they did
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or didn't work hard and they still took their
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money. And now people just really want realism.
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And especially now with AI, it boosted that because
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there's so much AI slops because that's a whole
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nother conversation, but I'm not going to get
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into that. There's AI slop and there's real AI
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work that I believe can be really creative. And
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the people who are doing the bad, of course,
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is covering all the good. And people want that
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real authenticity. And so when we're having a
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podcast like this, a real talk. This is becoming
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more valuable because at one point it was oversaturated
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too, because every celebrity was trying to do
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podcasting before it was a small thing. But now
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authenticity, people may want to hear a podcast
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again, especially if it's a well -known person.
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And that's just why I believe authenticity is
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even more important than expertise. And I would
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want to add into your question here. They can
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combine too, but I know you didn't ask that.
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Okay. Authenticity is a buzzword that has been
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thrown around so much that it almost has lost
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its meaning. But if you can substitute authenticity
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with being yourself, being real, that is what
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is lacking in today's, whether it's podcasting
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or anything else, especially with AI. AI, it's
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very easy to put prompt in. have a polished letter
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come out, but it doesn't sound like you. AI doesn't
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have the emotion that you and I have, right?
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And when we put the emotion into our writing,
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then all of a sudden it's, whoa, hey, this is
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so much better than AI. But AI is a starting
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point. If that's all, you have to put five, six,
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seven prompts into AI before you get a true answer.
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And you have to look at that. But I'm more into
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the person -to -person networking meeting. Zoom
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is great because wherever you're calling from,
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wherever I'm calling from, all of a sudden we
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came together, which is fabulous. But I also
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believe the networking, the one -on -one, the
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one, I walk into a networking event where there's
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300 people, we're human beings. We need that
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human touch. And we'll go so much further with
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that. Okay. Many people see networking as collecting
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contacts. Do you believe it's actually about
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creating spaces where people feel enough to be
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themselves? That's what it should be. Yeah, I
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agree with that. It should be there. It absolutely
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should be. We went beyond. collecting contact.
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I use the pandemic as a line in the sand. Pre
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-pandemic, we collect contacts and we build our
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mailing list. Post -pandemic, we create relationships
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and we collect relationships. And that's what
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I see is the biggest difference. All right. As
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someone in your 20s, what do you think your generation
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understands about relationships that older generations
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sometimes overlook? Be careful. I get your joke
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there. I get your reference there. I was like,
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what's the joke? And I'm like, I got it. But
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what I think is one thing that we got that older
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generations overlook is that we know how to come
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together. I know that there's this saying that
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the Gen Z doesn't come together or something
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like that. I don't know. I hear from some people,
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but I believe we really do come together because
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we're the first generation you can really see.
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that really looks out for each other. There are
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still some negative people, of course, that's
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always going to be worse because I believe our
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generation is the strongest at being the worst
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and the best. But I believe looking at the good
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side of it, we can come together because if there
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are two talented Gen Z people, they can do it.
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There's been stories where you may have heard
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on the internet or maybe in person, you might
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know of young people in apartments saving money
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just to live and they... Do that. Some of them
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may pursue their passions together and succeed.
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And that's where I believe it is, if I answer
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your question. Don't want to get on a little
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rant there. I was about to get on a rant. No,
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that's all right. That's all right. City has
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a way of revealing who really stands beside you.
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How has hardship changed your definition of friendship,
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community, and professional relationships? See
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how the guy couldn't hear you. Adversity has
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a way of revealing who really stands beside you.
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How has hardship changed your definition of friendship,
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community, and professional relationships? It's
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shown me that you have to be strong. For me,
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it showed me I have to be strong in what I'm
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doing. I have to not let the best or the worst
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get to me, but know that. It's the results is
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what happens. It's what I believe what is best
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because I don't contradict myself. It's what
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I believe is best to let the best come through
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me. Dealing with so much negative people, especially
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last year that I dealt with personally, I just
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came to the conclusion that I have zero tolerance
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for anyone who doesn't want to see success. If
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they don't want to see success, if they don't
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want to see growth, I don't want to be bothered
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with them. That doesn't mean that I... I'm just
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going to be an idiot and not listen to nobody.
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I'm still going to listen to what's needed if
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I need criticism. But if you're a person that's
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not wanting to develop or grow, or you're just
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very doubtful, or you're just, in my opinion,
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not following the right ways of how you should
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go along with faith too, then there's no need
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for me to be bothered with you. Because at the
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end of the day, you're not trying to grow. You're
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not trying to improve. And so why do I need to
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be bothered? Recently, I talked to, and I'm going
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to make this a story here so I can relate to
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the audience here. Last year, I had this friend
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who was, quote unquote, starting off with being
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friends. And then eventually he started just
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causing chaos, causing ruckus. We had a chat
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we started where we all come together, talk about
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different things. And then the chat got worse
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and worse. And me and that guy wanted to start
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a business together. This is a business podcast.
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We're going to start a business together. And
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we were going to do an AI app for a Bible app.
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And he had just said that he wanted to do it
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X, Y, Z. We had two other people come in. One
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guy was just worrying about the money. The other
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guy was just quiet and sneaky. And then the main
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guy, Timo, who I met, he just didn't know what
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was going on. And he just loved the fact that
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it was chaotic. And when I gave structure, he
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didn't like that. And I said that it's better
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for us to come as a unit. and have our skills
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come together creatively. Then for it to just
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be two people working, one person at the bottom,
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three people working, one person at the bottom,
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it should be you come together and work. But
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it's an experience I had to learn at a young
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age, what to know. I thought it had potential,
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but it didn't. Like I said, a boy who I had,
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who we were collaborating with, he was worried
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about the money too. So it was two of them that
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was worried about money in a way. And eventually
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I cut him off. When I cut the guy off, The idea
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of me came to create that children's book. And
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then a few months later, January, after October
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2025, when the idea came, January 2026, I launched
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this children's book. And so with AI, this was
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the image, but the work, the writing, the story,
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the soul of the characters were all me, all written
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down. Even my children's YouTube channel I have
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from that book, adapted from that book, is AI
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videos, but it's all written by me, scripted.
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Everything was all through me cooking my brain
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to figure out what to do. Because the AI, I only
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just want that to be what I'm visualizing. I
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don't ever want it to direct or do nothing I'm
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doing. Because it's my work. So people can see
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it's my work through what I've done. And so when
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you go through hardships, just know this one
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thing. You see this individual that's not doing
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right, leave them alone. Test them out first.
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They're not doing right. Leave them alone. Go
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to a new person. And see where you can learn
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something from it. Because despite all that,
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I learned something from it. And I learned about
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discerning certain people. I learned about how
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to do better in business relationships and how
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to conduct. If a person's not really ready to
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conduct, to go through, then there's no need
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to be bothered with them. You know, there's an
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old saying. And you take your closest five friends,
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take them and see type of person they are, how
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they act, how they react. And that's really what
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you are, right? Because if they are your close
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friends, you can't say, I will do that. I'm above
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that, but I like them. Because sooner or later,
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you're going to fall in with the five. So if
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you have five friends that are successful and
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you choose to be successful, you're always fighting
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to get to that point. You'll be successful. If
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you have five friends that are just sitting around
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and not doing anything, you're going to lose
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all your momentum and you're going to sit around
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and not do anything. So my suggestion would be
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to make sure that your friends are up there or
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they want to be successful. So that's. The only
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thing I want to say. Yes, sir. If someone quietly
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is battling anxiety, depression, or self -doubt,
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what role can a community and meaningful relationship
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play moving them forward? Well, like I always
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say this, if somebody's dealing with anxiety
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or something, if you need professional help,
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go get it, because I would never tell no one
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don't get it. Go get it if you need it. But if
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not... If you just need somebody to talk to,
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call that trusted friend or that trusted adult.
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If you're a minor, if you're an adult, call that
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trusted adult that you know. And as a teenager,
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I don't know, young adults who look and call
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that trusted friend as well and talk with them,
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vent with them if they're trustworthy and see
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where they can be to help you out. And if they've
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been helping you out lately and giving you the
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right advice on what to do, continue to follow
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that because that's the best thing. Last night,
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like I said, once again, that same guy I was
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talking about who I talked to and he was telling
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me about fake friends and things. I talked about
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that earlier in this podcast from the beginning.
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When he talked to me and called me, he called
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me late at night and he said, I'm sorry for calling
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you so late. I just wanted to call you because
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I know that you're very trustworthy. I really
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trust you and I know you're a person that won't
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take me the wrong way or go against me the wrong
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way. And it goes back to what I said earlier.
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When you relate to somebody and you talk with
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them and you get to feel how they feel, they're
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going to want to trust you more because it's
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part of psychology. Even in business, we have
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to practice psychology. And it's not in a bad
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way, but in a great way because some people can
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use reverse psychology, the evil type, I guess
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I'll say. And some people can use the best psychology,
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the good one. And my dose, I guess I'm just using
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a pun intended, my dose is... I'm going to use
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the best psychology to help somebody out, to
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help them improve and be better than what they
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can be yesterday. And that's the best way on
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how a person should be if they're facing anxiety.
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Talk to that trusted individual. I know it's
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basic, it's generalized, but just do that and
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know that they're trustworthy. But hopefully
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my experience maybe fleshed out something for
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that individual who is looking for that. On that
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same note, and let's bring this podcast full
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circle. So imagine someone listening today. feels
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disconnected, feels discouraged, or believes
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that they're facing life alone. What's one truth
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about relationships that you hope they never
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forget? Your legacy. I know that's a big one,
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but your legacy. Why? Because if you talk to
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somebody, and every time you leave a footprint
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in their heart, a positive one, they're going
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to come back. They're going to want more. Because
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just like when, hopefully I'm using an example,
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when you print something, pun intended, like
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when you print something, you got to reprint
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it again if it's losing its color. Or if it's
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something that you always use and you always
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put on something, you got to redo it. Hopefully
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I'm using the right analogy. And that's how it
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is when it comes to that individual. If you can
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put a footprint in their lives, in their heart,
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they'll come back. I hope that answers your question.
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It absolutely does. Brendan, this was an enlightening
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podcast. I think you're well beyond your years.
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You've written a book and everything else. Listen,
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if somebody wanted to get hold of you or learn
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from you, be mentored by you, or even just call
00:25:36.450 --> 00:25:40.230
you just to say hi, what's the best way for them
00:25:40.230 --> 00:25:42.839
to get hold of you? They can get hold of me just
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like this. You can follow me at BrownStay100.
00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:50.640
B -R -O -W -N -S -T -A -Y 100. That's at BrownStay100
00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.420
on all socials. If you have Facebook, TikTok,
00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:56.519
any social media you have, whether you're young
00:25:56.519 --> 00:26:00.119
or old, I'm on all of them. The main ones. Facebook,
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TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, etc. And my YouTube
00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:06.980
channel, of course, is at BrownStay100. That's
00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:11.339
my media company channel. And my... Email is
00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:14.559
at brownstone100 at gmail .com if you want to
00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:17.660
email me there. At brownstone100, no, brownstone100
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at gmail .com. And then I know you didn't mention
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this, but if you want to support my books and
00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:25.500
what I've done, I have a memoir out that came
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out last year called Trials and Tribulations
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and Trauma, A Story Built Through Adversity.
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That's on Amazon. You can just type my name.
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I'm Brennan M. Brown, B -R -E -N -D -A -N M.
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Brown. And it's on there. You'll find that book.
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And then, of course, I released my latest, if
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you're a parent, children's book right here called
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The Best They Had to Come, which is a story just
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talking about the little boy who was a man in
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this image, Matthew, and the little cub, which
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is a lion named Leo, who is there. Leo, the lion
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is there as support to help the boy become strong
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and encourage him what he needs to do in life.
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Because many of us as adults and for our kids
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who's looking at this, they can be inspired by
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this to know that, OK, I may be going through
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things, but I can do it. If Matthew can do it,
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I can do it. And it can inspire the kids and
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even the parents will kind of be like, wow, it's
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inspiring. And I adapted a show from it that's
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exclusively on YouTube as well. And it's there
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to help inspire the kids too. So if they don't
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want to read, they can watch the stories. And
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I do episodes weekly on there every Monday and
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Friday at 12 p .m. EST. And for those, like I
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said, the channel is called The Best Is Yet To
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Come YT channel. And if it's not that, it's Matthew
00:27:36.009 --> 00:27:38.609
and Leo. And if you can't find it, type both
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of them together, Matthew and Leo, and type in
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the Best Yet to Come YT channel on YouTube, and
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you'll find the YouTube for a TV show. And then
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for the book, it's called The Best Yet to Come.
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Once again, if you look under my name, Brendan
00:27:49.329 --> 00:27:50.849
Brown, you'll see all my books all together.
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It will show my memoir, my children's book, and
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my first two self -help books, which I'm not
00:27:56.369 --> 00:27:58.369
really mentioning that too much because now in
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a day and age, we live with AI. Most information
00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:03.579
is already out there. So it's best just to show
00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:05.779
you all stuff that hasn't been made yet, which
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is my IP, my memoir, my life story. That's something
00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.640
that AI cannot replicate or take. And you can
00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:13.880
be a part of that story to see where my life
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is and my work, of course, too, of what I'm doing.
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And for anyone who's looking at this, I'm actually
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also planning on... releasing a superhero as
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well soon too soon through books and adaption
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different things and now be launched very soon
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so just stay tuned and once again i mentioned
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everything you can rewind this episode if you
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need to listen again about where i'm at and everything
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and if you want to support please support thanks
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that's great and i tell all my listeners to listen
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to this very carefully to follow brendan because
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he has so many good ideas and i think it's very
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good for children So today's conversation is
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a reminder that networking has never been about
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collecting contacts. It's about finding the people
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who challenge you, encourage you, tell you the
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truth when you really need to hear it, and remind
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you that you don't have to carry life's burden
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alone. Success is meaningful, but significance
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comes from the lives we touch along the way.
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The strongest relationships aren't built because
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everything is going well. they're built when
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people show up for one another during the moments
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that matter most here's my challenge for you
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for the week reach out to someone not because
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you need something but because they might a simple
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conversation a sincere question or a genuine
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check -in could become the encouragement someone
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next door for your career. It may be the person
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who reminds you who you are when life gets hard.
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Build relationships with integrity. Lead with
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compassion. And never underestimate the impact
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of showing up for someone else. Brendan, thank
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you so much for coming on my podcast, and I hope
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to speak with you soon. Yes, sir. I appreciate
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everything. Thank you so much. All right, folks.
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Welcome to Networking Unleashed, Building Profitable
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Connections, the show where networking goes beyond
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business cards and handshakes to explore the
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relationships that shape our lives, our leadership,
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and our legacy. I'm your host, Michael Foreman.
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Today, we're talking about something that's often
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missing from conversations about success, the
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person behind the success. In a world where social
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media highlights victories and AI can manufacture
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polished perfection, it's easy to believe everyone
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else has it figured out. But behind every entrepreneur,
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creator, and leader is a journey that's usually
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filled with setbacks, uncertainty, growth, and
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moments that quietly redefine who they are. My
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guest today is a young entrepreneur whose podcast
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became much more than a platform. It became a
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classroom for life. Through meaningful conversations,
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personal adversity, and an honest look at mental
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health, he's discovered that some of the most
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valuable lessons don't come from success. They
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come from the people we meet, the challenges
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we face, and the courage to keep moving forward.
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This isn't just a conversation about podcasting.
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It's about resilience. It's about authenticity.
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It's about relationships that carry us through
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the hardest seasons. If you've ever questioned
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your path, struggled in silence, or wondered
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how your greatest challenges might become your
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greatest source of purpose, this episode is for
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you. I'd like to welcome to the podcast... Brendan
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Brown, listen, he has done it all. You would
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think at such a young age he's missing something,
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but he really has gotten to the grassroots of
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things. Brendan, first of all, welcome to the
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podcast. Thank you. Why don't you give us a little,
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let's say, cliff notes of how you got where you
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are today. How I got where I am today is, first
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of all, my faith. I am a believer of Christ.
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And it starts from there, the foundation. And
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as it went by, I've been through different events
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when I was younger that kind of shaped me into
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who I became. That was very, I would say, traumatic
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in a way, verbal and emotional. And it let me
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be resilient in what I'm doing. And by me watching
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YouTube, educating myself, creating and self
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-teaching myself with different skills, I evolved
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to where I am today. And that's just how I got
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to where I got to from a generalization standpoint.
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But if you want to go more in depth, just let
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me know. I got a couple of questions for you.
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So sit back, relax, and just give me your best
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answers. You've shared your journey very openly.
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Looking back, how have your greatest struggles
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changed the way you build relationships with
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people? How my biggest struggles change the way
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I have relationships with people. How you build
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relationships with people. Being authentic and
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sharing what you relate with them. Because recently
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with a brother I was speaking to yesterday, and
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this is on my faith. Like I said, not trying
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to roll my faith to nobody, force anything. This
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is me. I was talking to a brother in Christ yesterday,
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and he was telling me about how he was dealing
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with some fake people. And he was like, it's
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just something how. There are so many people
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in this world that can have this fake light to
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say they love God. And then they don't really
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show the compassion or acts of it. And I told
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him I had that experience. And he said at the
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end, as we talked, he thanked God that I talked
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with him because he said, I really appreciate
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this man. I really felt trusted by it. Not trusted.
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respected by what you were saying you understand
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me you feel me and i say it's because it's the
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experience and i thank god because a lot of things
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i've been through no young man should have been
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through having to provide for a parent through
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allowance money from other relatives having to
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grow up with a father not really being there
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the way he had to be there when as he got older
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he got better but it still wasn't as good at
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that time before he had changed what he did having
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relatives that didn't understand my perspective
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was a lot but I stayed rooted I stayed strong
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in my faith and in my God and that's what connects
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me with so much people is that they love the
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fact that I'm just rooted in what I'm doing even
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if they're not a believer of Christ they still
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respect the fact that I have the attributes of
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it and I'm not perfect but I continue to just
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try my best to just show that love and authenticity
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to people because the main thing is I have to
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feel how they feel because think about like how
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Earlier today, I was at the restaurant. I told
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my grandmother, I said, we have to always remember
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that people, if we step in their shoes, we'll
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know how they feel. And we sometimes have to
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reflect and just think about what they are. Because
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even as simple as a waiter, a waiter coming by,
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they're doing their job. But if you really take
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time with them and talk with them, because some
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of them are going to have a rough day. And you
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talk with them, they'll say, wow, he took. or
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she took time with me to talk. And I loved it.
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How's your day been going? My days were going
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great. Where are you from? I'm from XYZ. You
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going to college? Are you at another job? Yeah.
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And you build relationships. You build it. So
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that's how I have my biggest struggles to relate
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with people. By just knowing that whatever weakness
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you're going through right now, I need to find
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a way to either relate with it with you or see
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where I lived. that could relate to you. Because
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everyone's circumstance is different. But you
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can at least relate, and we all can, with struggle.
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That's true. My mother always said, everything
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happens for a reason. And it's true that it does.
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And you are placed in that situation for that
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person. Right. You were there at the right time
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at the right place. You gave him the answers
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that he was kind of looking for. So I understand
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that. And that's building the relationship with
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the person. And you brought up having a waiter
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because I'm a firm believer that you treat the
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janitor as well as the CEO. Because you never
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know. First of all, you never know who he is
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or what he went through to get where he is today.
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So you have to give respect to everyone. And
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like you said, the phonies, the people who put
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the facade on. And you can tell them in business
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because they're always like, hey, how are you
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doing? And that's that big smile. And when they
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go away from you and when they get in the car
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or go home, they're a completely different person.
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And that's not the person you want to hang out
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with. All right. But anyway, I digress. I can
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go on this for all day. Yeah, likewise. Podcasting
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introduced you to people from all walks of life.
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What's one lesson about human connection that
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surprised you the most? One thing that surprised
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me about human connection the most is just how
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people can really think creatively. How when
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you go in this social network of the Internet.
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podcasting whatever industry you're in it's interesting
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to see how there's so much different gifted people
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in whatever field you're going for the prime
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example is you see in a basketball how one player
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comes in you see another one with this personality
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come in they do their part and for me personally
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it's surprising just to see like i said once
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again the creativity how vast a person's mind
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is with podcasting and then as i went from podcasting
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social media and etc It's so true. And I have,
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I don't know, just under 200 podcasts published
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already. And I see it from different countries,
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Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Europe, all
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these. But everybody has that same common, they
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want to see you do better. And I want to see
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them do better. And this whole podcast is about
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how you network with people. and get to the root
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of what their problems are so you can help them.
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And I go into a networking event with what's
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called a servant's heart. I go in expecting to
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help people instead of what they can do for me.
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So it's a very big difference. We often celebrate
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success publicly, but struggle privately. How
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has being honest about your mental health changed
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the quality of your relationships? When I released
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the memoir, because the warm -up was the podcast.
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At that time, I was going through a lot, just
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recovering from just so much chaos at that time
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that the pandemic had happened. And I started
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recording. And eventually, when relatives did
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not understand my perspective, I just started
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venting on it, venting about different things,
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venting about what they may have done and how
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it inspired me to be strong in what I do. And
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I sometimes use those stories to inspire other
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people. And they would look at it as an, OK,
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it's inspiring me and not all about, OK, it's
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gossiping. But of course, to my relatives, they
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thought it was. And then when the memoir came
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up, that was a big whole issue because everybody
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was like, oh, wow. But the people outside my
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relative space were like, that makes sense. That's
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understandable. And as time went on, even right
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now as it's recording, it's gotten better. They
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understand where I'm coming from. They might
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not understand fully my entrepreneurial drive,
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but they do understand at least a concept of
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what I'm doing. They understand that I'm a unique
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person. I'm a one percenter in the mindset wise.
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To hopefully answer your question, but to finally
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put the nail on the coffin, this answer is that
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it made it better and it made me more stronger
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because it started out feeling hurtful, but it
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ended up being stronger. Even now, if I do deal
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with the hurt, the pain, I just continue to go
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up no matter what happens. Take the practical
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steps, discern and listen to what's right. Discern
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and listen to what's wrong and kick that out.
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And don't even let that come in. And that's it.
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Okay. Do you think people are craving authenticity
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more than expertise today? And if you do, why?
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Okay. I believe people are loving more authenticity
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than expertise today because of the fact that
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people want real stories now. I was in the self
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-improvement space because I started doing this
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since 2021 with podcasting. A lot of people started
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to stop watching it. After certain creators started
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getting exposed for having these gurus and different
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things in business, people started realizing,
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a lot of young people my age, too, realized that
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starting a business is hard. Starting this is
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hard. Starting this is hard because of the fact
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that, number one, it was oversaturated. Number
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two, some people were not taking the initiative
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to do it to start a business. But number three,
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it just was too much going on. And there were
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people who were just literally really scamming
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people who really worked hard for what they did
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or didn't work hard and they still took their
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money. And now people just really want realism.
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And especially now with AI, it boosted that because
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there's so much AI slops because that's a whole
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nother conversation, but I'm not going to get
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into that. There's AI slop and there's real AI
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work that I believe can be really creative. And
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the people who are doing the bad, of course,
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is covering all the good. And people want that
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real authenticity. And so when we're having a
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podcast like this, a real talk. This is becoming
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more valuable because at one point it was oversaturated
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too, because every celebrity was trying to do
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podcasting before it was a small thing. But now
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authenticity, people may want to hear a podcast
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again, especially if it's a well -known person.
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And that's just why I believe authenticity is
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even more important than expertise. And I would
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want to add into your question here. They can
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combine too, but I know you didn't ask that.
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Okay. Authenticity is a buzzword that has been
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thrown around so much that it almost has lost
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its meaning. But if you can substitute authenticity
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with being yourself, being real, that is what
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is lacking in today's, whether it's podcasting
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or anything else, especially with AI. AI, it's
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very easy to put prompt in. have a polished letter
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come out, but it doesn't sound like you. AI doesn't
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have the emotion that you and I have, right?
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And when we put the emotion into our writing,
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then all of a sudden it's, whoa, hey, this is
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so much better than AI. But AI is a starting
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point. If that's all, you have to put five, six,
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seven prompts into AI before you get a true answer.
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And you have to look at that. But I'm more into
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the person -to -person networking meeting. Zoom
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is great because wherever you're calling from,
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wherever I'm calling from, all of a sudden we
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came together, which is fabulous. But I also
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believe the networking, the one -on -one, the
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one, I walk into a networking event where there's
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300 people, we're human beings. We need that
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human touch. And we'll go so much further with
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that. Okay. Many people see networking as collecting
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contacts. Do you believe it's actually about
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creating spaces where people feel enough to be
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themselves? That's what it should be. Yeah, I
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agree with that. It should be there. It absolutely
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should be. We went beyond. collecting contact.
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I use the pandemic as a line in the sand. Pre
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-pandemic, we collect contacts and we build our
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mailing list. Post -pandemic, we create relationships
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and we collect relationships. And that's what
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I see is the biggest difference. All right. As
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someone in your 20s, what do you think your generation
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understands about relationships that older generations
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sometimes overlook? Be careful. I get your joke
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there. I get your reference there. I was like,
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what's the joke? And I'm like, I got it. But
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what I think is one thing that we got that older
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generations overlook is that we know how to come
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together. I know that there's this saying that
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the Gen Z doesn't come together or something
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like that. I don't know. I hear from some people,
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but I believe we really do come together because
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we're the first generation you can really see.
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that really looks out for each other. There are
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still some negative people, of course, that's
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always going to be worse because I believe our
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generation is the strongest at being the worst
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and the best. But I believe looking at the good
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side of it, we can come together because if there
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are two talented Gen Z people, they can do it.
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There's been stories where you may have heard
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on the internet or maybe in person, you might
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know of young people in apartments saving money
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just to live and they... Do that. Some of them
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may pursue their passions together and succeed.
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And that's where I believe it is, if I answer
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your question. Don't want to get on a little
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rant there. I was about to get on a rant. No,
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that's all right. That's all right. City has
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a way of revealing who really stands beside you.
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How has hardship changed your definition of friendship,
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community, and professional relationships? See
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how the guy couldn't hear you. Adversity has
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a way of revealing who really stands beside you.
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How has hardship changed your definition of friendship,
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community, and professional relationships? It's
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shown me that you have to be strong. For me,
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it showed me I have to be strong in what I'm
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doing. I have to not let the best or the worst
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get to me, but know that. It's the results is
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what happens. It's what I believe what is best
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because I don't contradict myself. It's what
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I believe is best to let the best come through
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me. Dealing with so much negative people, especially
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last year that I dealt with personally, I just
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came to the conclusion that I have zero tolerance
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for anyone who doesn't want to see success. If
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they don't want to see success, if they don't
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want to see growth, I don't want to be bothered
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with them. That doesn't mean that I... I'm just
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going to be an idiot and not listen to nobody.
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I'm still going to listen to what's needed if
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I need criticism. But if you're a person that's
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not wanting to develop or grow, or you're just
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very doubtful, or you're just, in my opinion,
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not following the right ways of how you should
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go along with faith too, then there's no need
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for me to be bothered with you. Because at the
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end of the day, you're not trying to grow. You're
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not trying to improve. And so why do I need to
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be bothered? Recently, I talked to, and I'm going
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to make this a story here so I can relate to
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the audience here. Last year, I had this friend
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who was, quote unquote, starting off with being
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friends. And then eventually he started just
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causing chaos, causing ruckus. We had a chat
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we started where we all come together, talk about
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different things. And then the chat got worse
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and worse. And me and that guy wanted to start
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a business together. This is a business podcast.
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We're going to start a business together. And
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we were going to do an AI app for a Bible app.
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And he had just said that he wanted to do it
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X, Y, Z. We had two other people come in. One
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guy was just worrying about the money. The other
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guy was just quiet and sneaky. And then the main
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guy, Timo, who I met, he just didn't know what
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was going on. And he just loved the fact that
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it was chaotic. And when I gave structure, he
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didn't like that. And I said that it's better
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for us to come as a unit. and have our skills
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come together creatively. Then for it to just
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be two people working, one person at the bottom,
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three people working, one person at the bottom,
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it should be you come together and work. But
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it's an experience I had to learn at a young
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age, what to know. I thought it had potential,
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but it didn't. Like I said, a boy who I had,
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who we were collaborating with, he was worried
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about the money too. So it was two of them that
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was worried about money in a way. And eventually
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I cut him off. When I cut the guy off, The idea
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of me came to create that children's book. And
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then a few months later, January, after October
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2025, when the idea came, January 2026, I launched
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this children's book. And so with AI, this was
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the image, but the work, the writing, the story,
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the soul of the characters were all me, all written
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down. Even my children's YouTube channel I have
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from that book, adapted from that book, is AI
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videos, but it's all written by me, scripted.
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Everything was all through me cooking my brain
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to figure out what to do. Because the AI, I only
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just want that to be what I'm visualizing. I
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don't ever want it to direct or do nothing I'm
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doing. Because it's my work. So people can see
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it's my work through what I've done. And so when
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you go through hardships, just know this one
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thing. You see this individual that's not doing
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right, leave them alone. Test them out first.
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They're not doing right. Leave them alone. Go
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to a new person. And see where you can learn
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something from it. Because despite all that,
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I learned something from it. And I learned about
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discerning certain people. I learned about how
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to do better in business relationships and how
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to conduct. If a person's not really ready to
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conduct, to go through, then there's no need
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to be bothered with them. You know, there's an
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old saying. And you take your closest five friends,
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take them and see type of person they are, how
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they act, how they react. And that's really what
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you are, right? Because if they are your close
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friends, you can't say, I will do that. I'm above
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that, but I like them. Because sooner or later,
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you're going to fall in with the five. So if
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you have five friends that are successful and
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you choose to be successful, you're always fighting
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to get to that point. You'll be successful. If
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you have five friends that are just sitting around
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and not doing anything, you're going to lose
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all your momentum and you're going to sit around
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and not do anything. So my suggestion would be
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to make sure that your friends are up there or
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they want to be successful. So that's. The only
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thing I want to say. Yes, sir. If someone quietly
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is battling anxiety, depression, or self -doubt,
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what role can a community and meaningful relationship
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play moving them forward? Well, like I always
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say this, if somebody's dealing with anxiety
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or something, if you need professional help,
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go get it, because I would never tell no one
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don't get it. Go get it if you need it. But if
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not... If you just need somebody to talk to,
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call that trusted friend or that trusted adult.
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If you're a minor, if you're an adult, call that
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trusted adult that you know. And as a teenager,
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I don't know, young adults who look and call
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that trusted friend as well and talk with them,
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vent with them if they're trustworthy and see
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where they can be to help you out. And if they've
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been helping you out lately and giving you the
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right advice on what to do, continue to follow
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that because that's the best thing. Last night,
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like I said, once again, that same guy I was
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talking about who I talked to and he was telling
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me about fake friends and things. I talked about
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that earlier in this podcast from the beginning.
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When he talked to me and called me, he called
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me late at night and he said, I'm sorry for calling
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you so late. I just wanted to call you because
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I know that you're very trustworthy. I really
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trust you and I know you're a person that won't
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take me the wrong way or go against me the wrong
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way. And it goes back to what I said earlier.
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When you relate to somebody and you talk with
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them and you get to feel how they feel, they're
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going to want to trust you more because it's
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part of psychology. Even in business, we have
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to practice psychology. And it's not in a bad
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way, but in a great way because some people can
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use reverse psychology, the evil type, I guess
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I'll say. And some people can use the best psychology,
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the good one. And my dose, I guess I'm just using
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a pun intended, my dose is... I'm going to use
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the best psychology to help somebody out, to
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help them improve and be better than what they
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can be yesterday. And that's the best way on
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how a person should be if they're facing anxiety.
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Talk to that trusted individual. I know it's
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basic, it's generalized, but just do that and
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know that they're trustworthy. But hopefully
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my experience maybe fleshed out something for
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that individual who is looking for that. On that
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same note, and let's bring this podcast full
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circle. So imagine someone listening today. feels
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disconnected, feels discouraged, or believes
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that they're facing life alone. What's one truth
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about relationships that you hope they never
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forget? Your legacy. I know that's a big one,
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but your legacy. Why? Because if you talk to
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somebody, and every time you leave a footprint
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in their heart, a positive one, they're going
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to come back. They're going to want more. Because
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just like when, hopefully I'm using an example,
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when you print something, pun intended, like
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when you print something, you got to reprint
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it again if it's losing its color. Or if it's
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something that you always use and you always
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put on something, you got to redo it. Hopefully
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I'm using the right analogy. And that's how it
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is when it comes to that individual. If you can
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put a footprint in their lives, in their heart,
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they'll come back. I hope that answers your question.
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It absolutely does. Brendan, this was an enlightening
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podcast. I think you're well beyond your years.
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You've written a book and everything else. Listen,
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if somebody wanted to get hold of you or learn
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from you, be mentored by you, or even just call
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you just to say hi, what's the best way for them
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to get hold of you? They can get hold of me just
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like this. You can follow me at BrownStay100.
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B -R -O -W -N -S -T -A -Y 100. That's at BrownStay100
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on all socials. If you have Facebook, TikTok,
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any social media you have, whether you're young
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or old, I'm on all of them. The main ones. Facebook,
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TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, etc. And my YouTube
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channel, of course, is at BrownStay100. That's
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my media company channel. And my... Email is
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at brownstone100 at gmail .com if you want to
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email me there. At brownstone100, no, brownstone100
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at gmail .com. And then I know you didn't mention
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this, but if you want to support my books and
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what I've done, I have a memoir out that came
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out last year called Trials and Tribulations
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and Trauma, A Story Built Through Adversity.
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That's on Amazon. You can just type my name.
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I'm Brennan M. Brown, B -R -E -N -D -A -N M.
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Brown. And it's on there. You'll find that book.
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And then, of course, I released my latest, if
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you're a parent, children's book right here called
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The Best They Had to Come, which is a story just
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talking about the little boy who was a man in
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this image, Matthew, and the little cub, which
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is a lion named Leo, who is there. Leo, the lion
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is there as support to help the boy become strong
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and encourage him what he needs to do in life.
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Because many of us as adults and for our kids
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who's looking at this, they can be inspired by
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this to know that, OK, I may be going through
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things, but I can do it. If Matthew can do it,
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I can do it. And it can inspire the kids and
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even the parents will kind of be like, wow, it's
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inspiring. And I adapted a show from it that's
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exclusively on YouTube as well. And it's there
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to help inspire the kids too. So if they don't
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want to read, they can watch the stories. And
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I do episodes weekly on there every Monday and
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Friday at 12 p .m. EST. And for those, like I
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said, the channel is called The Best Is Yet To
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Come YT channel. And if it's not that, it's Matthew
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and Leo. And if you can't find it, type both
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of them together, Matthew and Leo, and type in
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the Best Yet to Come YT channel on YouTube, and
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you'll find the YouTube for a TV show. And then
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for the book, it's called The Best Yet to Come.
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Once again, if you look under my name, Brendan
00:27:49.329 --> 00:27:50.849
Brown, you'll see all my books all together.
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It will show my memoir, my children's book, and
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my first two self -help books, which I'm not
00:27:56.369 --> 00:27:58.369
really mentioning that too much because now in
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a day and age, we live with AI. Most information
00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:03.579
is already out there. So it's best just to show
00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:05.779
you all stuff that hasn't been made yet, which
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is my IP, my memoir, my life story. That's something
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that AI cannot replicate or take. And you can
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be a part of that story to see where my life
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is and my work, of course, too, of what I'm doing.
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And for anyone who's looking at this, I'm actually
00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:22.710
also planning on... releasing a superhero as
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well soon too soon through books and adaption
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different things and now be launched very soon
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so just stay tuned and once again i mentioned
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everything you can rewind this episode if you
00:28:30.950 --> 00:28:33.609
need to listen again about where i'm at and everything
00:28:33.609 --> 00:28:36.250
and if you want to support please support thanks
00:28:36.250 --> 00:28:41.710
that's great and i tell all my listeners to listen
00:28:41.710 --> 00:28:45.769
to this very carefully to follow brendan because
00:28:45.769 --> 00:28:48.950
he has so many good ideas and i think it's very
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good for children So today's conversation is
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a reminder that networking has never been about
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collecting contacts. It's about finding the people
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who challenge you, encourage you, tell you the
00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:05.480
truth when you really need to hear it, and remind
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you that you don't have to carry life's burden
00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:11.619
alone. Success is meaningful, but significance
00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:14.700
comes from the lives we touch along the way.
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The strongest relationships aren't built because
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everything is going well. they're built when
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people show up for one another during the moments
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that matter most here's my challenge for you
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for the week reach out to someone not because
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you need something but because they might a simple
00:29:33.690 --> 00:29:37.349
conversation a sincere question or a genuine
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check -in could become the encouragement someone
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remembers for years If you found value in today's
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connection may not be the person who opens the
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next door for your career. It may be the person
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who reminds you who you are when life gets hard.
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Build relationships with integrity. Lead with
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compassion. And never underestimate the impact
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of showing up for someone else. Brendan, thank
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you so much for coming on my podcast, and I hope
00:30:52.769 --> 00:30:55.789
to speak with you soon. Yes, sir. I appreciate
00:30:55.789 --> 00:31:01.390
everything. Thank you so much. All right, folks.
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A huge thank you to our guests for sharing such
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incredible insights today. And of course, a big
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