Hi guys, welcome to the Wabi-Sabi podcast. This is episode number 802. How to stand out in a sea full of fakes and phonies and wannies and people that maybe haven't quite hit their mark yet.

How the fuck do you stand out? Well, it's been an interesting last six weeks. I feel revived.

I feel rejuvenated. It is so important for us to take breaks, to celebrate our wins, our milestones,

and to celebrate a bit of time off with a boundary, which is what I have done that makes me feel

so good on top of all the other tasks I have to get done. I decided that I really wanted to spend time on my personal life

for the month of May. We also did a absorbent amount of work for Asian-American, Native Hawaiian

Pacific Islander Month. Happy May in celebrating AANHPIN-H-P-I.

We celebrated my 40th birthday.

I say thank you to all of my friends and colleagues who attended, and a big thank you to Shasato for throwing an epic party.

I feel liberated in letting go of numbers.

The only game that we need to be concerned with numbers,

as far as I'm concerned, is when you're in negotiations,

when you're buying a home,

and when you're negotiating your contracts with work.

Other than that, null and void,

if you look 24, you're 24. If you feel 24, you're 24. And that is all

that really matters. That's what sunscreen is for. I feel that we have had some deep conversations

on this podcast when I started my business in 2007 formally. I typically started

fit modeling on my own in about, I would say, no, 1998. No, maybe in the 2000s, let's just put

it that way. I started independent contracting. So May was a huge

month for us because we celebrated an official 15 year mark of our articles of incorporation,

but we actually celebrated about 17 to 18 years of independent work. The reason why I think

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