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So a quick question to get started. And I know the answer is yes, but just to kind of get our head

and to the game a little bit. So have you ever been invited to something? And you said no.

And then you regretted it later. Like, what? Who showed up? They did what? They won.

What you had front row, you know, it's like, it's like, oh my goodness, I just missed out because

I just should have gone, but you you were busy or you had something kind of a lame excuse or you

were excited. Then afterwards, it's like, if I could, you know, just turn back time, you know,

just you feel like in some ways you missed not the opportunity of a lifetime, but maybe a once

in a lifetime opportunity. And then the other side is have you ever been invited to something?

And at the time, it just felt like more of an obligation than an opportunity, but because of who

invited you and your husband's like, come on or your wife or, you know, your kids is like, I don't

want to go, but you went anyway. And then something so amazing happened. You every once in a while,

when you think back to that moment or that event, whatever it was, you think, oh my goodness,

what if I hadn't gone? You know, you were you were just so close to missing out on something,

you know, kind of epic. I think we've all to some degree and other had those experiences.

The big one for me that all that builds up to is when I was in my late 20s, I'm a friend of mine

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