Welcome to the Gritty podcast. I am your host Brian Call and today I am

All by myself

my brother isn't here. Brands not here the Gritty Bromant. I'm just here to late at night and I've been sitting here

with some ideas in my head to do a podcast spend on my mind for a few weeks and you know on the Gritty podcast we talk

often about personal

Responsibility, accountability, hard work, you know, developing grit

It's been a recurring theme on the Gritty podcast to take ownership of your life be responsible have personal accountability and you can achieve great things through

Persistence never quitting working hard. So here goes. I'm gonna tell you a little bit about

myself some things I've never shared on the podcast before

Those who grew up with me in elementary school

High school they know this about me most of them

But most of you don't because I've never really spoken about it

When I was growing up I hated losing like I hated it

I think that's one reason why I hate board games and and games today that are mostly games of chance

Because I can't control the outcome and I so I can't stand

And I can't stand losing so I have no control over whether I can win or lose in these games of chance

and I might lose and I don't like losing so it's really not a fun thing for me to do

Games so unless there's a game like chess or checkers or something where you're

Pitting your skill against someone else and you're using your your intellect or your

You know, maybe your poker face to sort of outplay someone else that

Appeals to me, but games of chance. I cannot stand

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