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Donle Pani, welcome to The Unmistakable Creative. Thanks a much for taking the time to join us. Thank you, Shrini. It's been quite a few years, and thank you for having me back. Oh, it is my pleasure to have you back. I always say anytime we have somebody back for a second time, it just says a whole hell a lot about what an amazing guest they were the first time. So no pressure at all. Thank you. But part of the reason that we're having you back this time is that you have a new book out called The Power of Unwavering Focus, all of which we will get into. But before we get into the book, I wanted to stop asking you, what did your parents do for work? And how did that end up shaping and influencing the choices that you

have made with your life and your career? I've never been asked that question before. My dad

was a biochemist, a PhD, and my mom was a mom and a housewife. And I would say my mom greatly influenced me in the spirituality,

and she still continues to do it. But I would say the choices that I made in this life to pursue

a spiritual path, to live as a monastic for 10 years, and now as a Hindu priest, was driven by my

previous lives. I believe in reincarnation, and I believe in previous lives.

I pursued a very deep spiritual path

that in this life,

it was easy for me to get back on it

and pursue it again.

I had wanted to be a monk since I was four or five years old,

and there was nothing that happened between zero and four and five

that caused me to go down this path.

I just naturally could get into it without too much difficulty.

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