Welcome to the Building of Story Brand Podcast, where we believe if you confuse you'll lose,

Noise is the enemy and creating a clear message is the best way to grow your

business. I'm your host Donald Miller. I'm joined by my co-host

Dr. J. J. J. J.

today we're talking about being vulnerable and the importance of being

vulnerable as a leader. Okay. And the question, can you take it too far? Ooh, yes, I 100% believe you can.

Okay, let's get examples from you.

You took it too far.

Well, am I going to be vulnerable?

Am I going to take it too far by being vulnerable here on this podcast?

Well, okay, very specific is we didn't really plan this until this moment because I wasn't thinking about this, but over the break, break over Christmas when I was home for Christmas

I actually had to have a tooth broke and I had to have a emergency extraction and I go into the

dentist and he puts up my x-ray on the wall after he's talking to me

He seems very nice competent he's sweet guy puts my x-ray on the wall and all of a sudden he starts pacing and he starts going

now this was the only dentist who was open the only dentist who was open it was

Friday he had no other choice yeah so I went to this guy I'm not here in

Nashville I'm in another town yeah and he goes he's looking at the x-ray and he goes ooh this is going to be rough he goes

That's an angry nerve that is an angry nerve and those roots are close to it. And so he's just like, oh my gosh.

It's only funny in hindsight.

Yes, purely in high sight. So I was like, okay, are we okay? Can you do it?

Yeah, so I go in ends up being a two and a half hour surgery about an hour and a half into it

Forgive what I'm about to say, but I need the listeners to experience what I was experienced so this man man, half my tooth is out, half is still in, and he has his hands

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