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Many years ago when I was a younger man, early 20s, I would say I got to be I was asked to be a correspondent for E news. E

E and I said yes

And um, they sent me because it was a free trip. Anything for a true free anything I would do and it was

a free trip to Monaco. You still do that. Yeah, no, I know. I don't know. I used the best sense and

they sent me to Monaco and I remember I interviewed

Patrick Duffy and I got to meet I think I interviewed him Prince Albert of Monaco royalty and I thought

well, how are they letting me do this? Like how do I have the credit? I don't have any credentials except an e-badge.

Those are credentials. Yeah, I guess so, but like it's not literally credentials. I know, but not like professional credentials as someone who

had done that before and he's like a royal a member of a royal. I know I think that now, but at the time I thought a prince

and he looked like just he was very nice. He looked like just like a normal. He looked like a suburban dad. Like he looked like a guy

like who would bring his kid to soccer in the town we grew up a regular guy. She did. I got news for you. He is a regular guy.

Albert. I know, but I know but royalty. It's so stupid. I know but at the time I thought who I was under that impression that like

royalty is special and like that. I subscribe to that ridiculous belief. So what happened? He was just fine. He was nice and like whatever.

Nothing much happened. That's a hell of a story. Right, here we go. If you like that, you're gonna love the show.

You're listening to Life is Short. I'm your incredible storytelling host. Just fine.

With me is always his Christian long. My brother. You have you have a better name than I do Christian long. Just it Justin not only is it easier to say, but it's less overtly embarrassing. Also the name Christian. It just like notes too much.

Connotes. What's the difference? I don't know. I feel like I don't know anything anymore. I'm pretty sure I'm getting dumber as I get older. Well, I think it doesn't make sense. Your brain just degrades.

But that's why you got to read and keep. I have been reading. I have been reading. You know, a great book to read is this book called 10%. What is that?

Well, it's actually written by our guest today. Well, it was a quick pivot to pivots and also the reason that we're talking about correspondence.

Oh, yeah, you're a correspondence. Once and I think I already told this, but the other thing I remember doing as a correspondent was falling in front of Donald Trump. You have told that. Yeah, I will say that story, the Prince Albert story as stories go. It was a really good setup for a story.

Yeah, you're a monoco working for you. You're interviewing Prince Albert and then he was a nice guy.

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