Hello and welcome to the Mark Groves podcast.

Excited to be in your ear,

and I hope that my voice finds you well wherever you're at in the world.

In this sort of busyness, you know,

I listen to a podcast while I'm doing things generally.

And it's a great way for me to consume information while I'm doing other things.

And I think so often I don't arrive at the place, at the podcast, at the thing, and just take a deep breath.

And I think we should do that collectively right now.

If you're driving, don't close your eyes.

But if you're not, close your eyes.

And just take a deep breath.

And just acknowledge yourself for doing the work,

for consuming information that improves your relational health that

that you show up for yourself this is evidence in the self-love deposit bank says i am worthy of

self-improvement of putting deposits within myself so i acknowledge you for that and i really want to

make sure that you acknowledge yourself for that.

We're in the time when as the economy sort of continues to shrink and, you know, business is close and all the things that are occurring,

it's like, what can we do in this space, you know, to transform ourselves, to give birth perhaps

to a different business, to a possibility of starting our own business. And, you know, when

economies start to shrink and jobs start to be lost, it's a big birthplace of entrepreneurship, of dreams, of

creating whatever we can. And it comes from that, I need to survive hustle feeling. And I'm like,

yes, let's dig into that. But let's not, you know, no matter where you might be at in listening to this you might have

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