So I want to start today with a clip from Mr. Tim Ferris who was on our show probably five years now from now.

I've bumped into Tim along the way since that show and look we're all big fans of Tim Ferris I remember reading his book

the four-hour work week back in like 2005 when I was still working as a banker

and I remember reading it and then I did a show and he came to my to my to my to my house at the time and I always tell people when you come on my broadcast yourself I said the books that are on your nightstand,

those authors will be coming over to your business to do podcasts.

And everyone's like, that's crazy Brian, but that's been the story of my life.

All of my heroes as a child now come over and hang out with me.

So it's always cool when something like that happens.

And this is Tim Ferris.

I remember when he came over, he said, Brian,

for the new year, I'm not thinking about what I want to add to my life

I'm thinking about what I want to take away from my life and I think this is really powerful

So as you watch this clip I want want you to think, what are the toxic people, routines, or habits in your life

that you want to remove?

And if I look at my life over the past eight years

or even 20 years, it's been a process of removal, removing smoking cigarettes, removing doing drugs, removing

drinking, removing negative thought patterns, removing bad habits, removing fears and inhibitions, that's what's made me so strong.

And I think this is a really powerful point, so listen closely to Mr. Tim Ferris.

I think that ego is underrated. I think you have to, to have any degree of confidence to do things outside the norm.

You have to believe that you are able to do things that in many cases haven't been done before.

And it doesn't mean you're an arrogant bastard about it, but I do think that that requires a certain

irrational self-esteem that people could

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