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This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

This is the JamesAltecher show on the Stansberry Radio Network.

Hey, so I got Tom Rath on the phone. Tom, how's it going?

Good, how you doing today?

Good. Tom, first off, I'm blown away. You've sold five million copies of your books.

Yeah, quite a few readers over the years. It adds up over time.

And your latest one is, are you fully charged, which I think is just excellent

and we were talking really briefly before the podcast.

I said I was, for me, almost surprised how inspirational it was.

Like I was afraid it was going to be kind of a bland business advice.

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