Well, it's not the destiny. It's the journey. It's the journey. It's not the destination.

Because really, there is no destination. Like I think about, like, you know, no, it's the journey.

It's the every day. And it's the attitude and the willingness to learn that is really going to make you survive and thrive.

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Stuart Cohen, you are really my perfect guest because you're working creative and you're

also a serious business person.

And those, I feel like,

tend to be some of my favorite conversations to have. So first and foremost, thank you so much for being on your brand amplified. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. And actually, that's putting me

in a pretty good place because it's not the norm. It's not the norm, but I do think people who are creatives,

you know, sometimes they don't have the business sense, but those who have both just really

hit it out of the park like yourself. I mean, you're the owner of Stuart Cohn Pictures. You've

captured compelling visual stories for Fortune 500 brands, ad agencies, editorial clients.

You lead superstock. It's a visual licensing company. So you bring a lot of depth and experience.

And this is particularly interesting because I also teach digital marketing and digital media at the university level.

So we are always talking about

particular learning and class and teaching right now, digital content direction, how much is

professional, how much is user generated, and where does AI intersect with both of those?

So we may have to dive a little bit into that, but before we do, I really want to hear more about

how you chose your line of work, what made you

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