this one day I was walking to class. I realized like, wow, I'm just part of this herd.

Like we're all walking in the same direction. And I'm not even at a good college. And so here I

am one person out of this herd of cattle. And we're all going the same direction. I like turned

around. And I just said to myself, I may not succeed, but I'm definitely not walking the same

way as everybody else. I said, I'm going to go try to build my business. And even if it doesn't

work, at least when people, you know, ask me, I'm not just going to give them a resume that's

the same thing and everyone else, it'll say, dropped out to, you know, follow my dream.

I am Mission Latiani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers

and thought leaders on the planet. It has cast the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth

for my body, spirit and work. Greetings folks and welcome to the Mind Valley podcast. I am

recording this from Brasov, Romania. It is two days to Halloween. And I'm here with my son

and my daughter and my kids are horror movie freaks. And my daughter turned turned nine on Monday.

And for her birthday, we wanted to bring her to Romania to visit Dracula's castle. We literally

just got back from visiting Bren Castle here in Romania. And I'm now back in my hotel room

recording this episode. And this episode is something I'm so excited about because this man,

Elliott, this now has had a pretty big impact on my life through his series of initiatives and

companies that is best known as summit series. So before, before I begin, before I tell you about

Elliott's impact on my life, let me give you a quick idea of what this guy has done. So firstly,

he is the co-founder of the summit group. He's built a global community of entrepreneurs,

academic scientists, spiritual leaders and beyond. Elliott is at his heart, a community builder.

And he runs a company called This Now Media. Well, he started This Now Media with his father

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