This is the flavor every once in a while I meet somebody and I have no idea the

impact they're gonna have on my life and I know if they're having a great

impact on my life they're gonna have an incredible impact on millions of

people's lives and that's what my experience was when I met Damon West he's

an incredible keynote speaker he's changing life not just with his story but

the meaning that he gives these inflection points into five moments of his

past which are incredible I found him to be a soulmate the minute I met him

welcome to the playbook Damon West David man thanks a lot for having me do

I'm so excited to be here you have no idea not just because it's so fine it's

you man I can finally get to do your podcast David I really appreciate the

opportunity it's incredible and you're wearing the shirt says be a coffee bean

and when I first met you and had you on another show I was like what's this

idea of being a coffee bean you had been highly recommended Ed my let loves you

John Gordon loves all my men's group loves this guy Damon West and I'm so

excited to see you on this show and then you unravel a story about the

significance of a coffee bean and I thought it'd be great to set the stage by

talking about number one the significance of a coffee bean and then backtrack

how that is synergistic aligned with your journey and how you impact other

people still I guess I'll get into the story of the coffee bean then we'll

backtrack to where I heard you're okay with that yeah absolutely life is like a

pot of warm water day and you have three choices of how to respond to this

pot of warm water called life you can be like the carrot that turns soft and

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