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Slack.com slash DHQ. One of the things you've probably noticed, if you tune into this podcast

on a regular basis, is that over time, everything becomes the Andrew Clayvin show. Others

may start out with different opinions and points of view, but eventually they all come around

having my opinion and my point of view, which are otherwise known as the truth. And I

know what you're thinking, you're thinking, how does he do that while remaining so incredibly

common, physically attractive? Is it because my brain is closer to the surface and therefore

better able to absorb reality? Or is it because having been born in the reign of Amen-hoped

epi-ah-rah, I have acquired the wisdom of several lifetimes? Or is it just because I'm

an old bald guy which amounts to much the same thing? The answer is this. When I'm wrong,

I change my mind. To put that another way, when I make an assumption and the facts then

contradicted, I abandon my assumption and replace it with the facts. For instance, when I first

saw Donald Trump was running for president, I said he seemed to me like an ignorant blow

hard who knew nothing about the issues and would therefore do a poor job. Trump countered

that he was a smart guy who would learn the ropes when he needed to and would appoint the

best people to do what needed doing. It turns out we were both right. He wasn't ignorant

blow hard, who was unprepared for office, and he was a smart guy and he did appoint the

best people, so after a chaotic start, he's had an amazingly productive and even excellent

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