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and I am giddy right now.

I think I'm on 1,72 two episodes of the playbook,

but this is a guy that I've watched from afar for a long time and we have been getting closer and closer

touring around America at the number one inspirational aspirational tour in America the The biggest names, sometimes I can't even believe I'm

sharing a stage with some of the people and the names, but it's more than names Eddie

Wilson, CEO and founder of collective influence.

It's more than the names, it's the actual impact.

And I watch a lot of places where people come and go

and they give rehearsed really colorful entertaining speech but you

change lives and it's not just the people you bring in I love watching you speak and the things that you do to change lives and

inspire people and to continue to have a relationship with people. Now you have a

podcast called Think Reality. You actually utilize a lot of mindset

lessons in order to effectuate success in all the different things from you estate to coffee to influence that you have.

Where did you learn the lessons and the stories that you have about how to have the appropriate mindset, the abundant mindset that you teach and impact so many with.

Sure, yeah, I've got an amazing growing up years, right?

Like my parents are amazing. I had such a privilege in growing up years, right? Like my parents are amazing. I had such a privilege of growing up in their

household. I have two entrepreneurs for parents who were massively resilient. And honestly, where I learned was in my early days, you know, I've exited over

a hundred and twenty-three companies now and my passion is private equity and just constantly

churning out these businesses and it's been trial and error, you know, like even though I grew up in entrepreneurs home, you know, I didn't really learn until I was taking advantage of myself and I really struggled in my early days.

It got taken advantage of by some big corporate guys and just decided I wasn't gonna

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