When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be

but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling. Join up dots features

amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.

This is your blueprint for greatness.

So here's your host, live from the back of his garden in the UK, David Ralph.

Yes, hello there, good morning to you.

How are we all in internet land?

I hope you're okay.

I'm a little bit depressed actually, it's a 22nd of June so yes we all know what

that means it's gonna start getting darker we're on our way to winter so make the most of

the weather that you've got at the moment and enjoy the conversation that I'm

going to be having with my guest because my guest is a lady who has a story and

it's a it's a career that can be split into two almost clearly defined halves. The first half was based firmly in the

military as over 23 years she was employed by the Air Force as a negotiator and

contracts expert. The Air Force used her to negotiate contracts from $1 to over $100 million

both state side and internationally. She was deployed to the Middle East after 911,

has worked in the White House,

and even holds a top secret security clearance

and has been a trusted agent of the US government

for 30 years.

But upon leaving the military,

our guest didn't just consider the skills that she'd

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