Hello friends, me again, with another episode of the way I heard it specifically.

311, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle.

Another direct quote, Chuck, from another fantastic guest.

Yes, Tom Odom is his name.

We heard him briefly on Will Swames episode, which was 294.

If you want to catch up on that, when we were talking about AB5 and how it's affected

Tom Odom's life, I believe that episode was entitled The Ballad of Tom Odom.

Yeah, it's not mandatory, guys, but if you really want to sort of track the conversation,

you might want to start with that if you haven't heard it.

Episode 294, The Ballad of Tom Odom, quick review.

Our friend Will Swames wrote an article about a terrible bit of legislation threatening

to completely upend the freelance world as we know it called AB5.

It's happening here in California, but it's also been writ large in Congress with something

called the Pro Act.

Anyhow, Tom Odom is a truck driver, an independent truck driver who relocated his business from

California to Tennessee and is in the process of relocating himself and his family from

California to who knows where, because this law is completely upending, not only Tom's

life, but the lives of freelancers everywhere.

This has always mattered to me, and for whatever reason, it matters to me now more than ever.

I think maybe because our foundation right now is giving away another bunch of money for

work ethic scholarships and so many times, I just assume that the people applying are

going to be working for a wage, but that's not true.

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