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Holy smoke-a-licious baby, let's go!

We are here, what a wild bro it is Ben, but welcome to Trading Secrets and the first episode.

I promise, let me start off by saying this, I promise to not always have that let's get ready to

rumble voice, but I am so excited and fired up about this podcast and I want to start off by just saying

thank you, thank you for giving me a chance. I can't wait to hear from you, I can't wait to learn

from you, and most importantly I can't wait to build every aspect of this podcast for you.

If you don't know me, my name is Jason Tardic and I'm your host of Trading Secrets. My very quick

stories I grew up in Buffalo, New York and I'd say my family is a bit of, you know, we have

modern family vibes. Growing up in a small town, Jewish liberal mother, Catholic conservative

father, and a happily married gay brother. And as far as work goes, I was your typical

follow the career rules guy, be the yes man, get my degree, grind at the bank, got my MBA,

left the bank only to come back to the bank. I was the yes man, they relocated me all over the

country, the biggest move from Rochester, New York to Seattle, Washington, all to get my cool,

amazing senior vice president title. Wow, that was wrong. That was chasing the wrong things.

And the thing is, as I end up miserable, the title, the company, the promotions, even the pay,

none of that put a smile on my face. And it's the most 2021 thing a human could say,

but what turned my life upside down was going on a reality TV show called The Bachelorette.

Needless to say, my company soon pushed me out the door. I'll get into those details in this

podcast. I promise. And actually, speaking of podcasts, I was actually offered a podcast in

the last year, a really solid offer. And all the details I actually disclose in this first episode,

but I declined that podcast. And I did it because it just didn't align with my passion at all.

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