29. Taking A Risk To Move Forward
Give It To Me Straight
Dear Media
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Moving forward in life isn’t always the easiest step to take, especially with the risks involved. The uncertainty of what lies ahead can cause any person to question their next move. In this episode, Jon and Alex answer listener questions about asking out a coworker, a boyfriend stealing his girlfriends dream job, what guys really mean in their text messages, and when your entire friend group turns a blind eye to a traumatic event.
(0:00) Intro
(10:50) The Things You Say Matter
(12:50) Five Years Ended With A Phone Call
(15:43) Shoot Your Shot, Workplace Edition
(19:36) Every Fiancé Has That One Friend
(22:30) Boys Will Be Boys
(29:08) From Chasing Dreams To Stealing Dreams
(34:35) Never Been Kissed
(37:19) Best Friends To Lovers
(42:18) Is She The Right One For You?
(47:21) Balancing Med School And A Relationship
(52:09) Don’t Lower Your Standards For Bad Friends
(56:21)Icks
(1:00:21)Listener Review
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| 0:00.0 | That's who I am today. I'm wrist taker. You're not a fucking risk taker. You have all the anxiety. You make sure that everything is calculated before you take a leap. Before you even leave the door, you're like, who's going, where are we's going where are we gonna when are we |
| 0:13.4 | going when we're leaving who's gonna be there like you don't do anything that's |
| 0:17.1 | not calculated you're a fucking liar. |
| 0:20.3 | And welcome back to YouTube Street! |
| 0:25.0 | Wow, John! |
| 0:27.0 | I'm John! |
| 0:28.0 | And I'm Alex. |
| 0:29.0 | I usually go first. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Alex. |
| 0:32.0 | And he's John. I don't know I just feel like it is like you know how we have like the same intro we have the same outro and welcome to our podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Episode 29. |
| 0:46.0 | Wow. |
| 0:48.0 | That's... |
| 0:50.0 | Oh, season 2. |
| 0:51.0 | We had like 80 or something in our first season. I know. I know. |
| 0:55.0 | Guys, we got back from New York last night at 3 a.m. |
| 0:59.0 | Last night this morning. |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:02.0 | 3 a.m. So if we don't give mediocre advice, it's not because we're not good at giving advice. |
| 1:06.8 | I mean, wait, no, if we do give mediocre advice, it's not because we're not good at giving |
| 1:11.7 | advice. Okay, anyways. |
| 1:13.0 | So, what? |
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