Hey, hey, you can afford anything but not everything.

And that's true, not just of your money, but also your time, energy, focus, attention,

anything in your life that is a scarce or limited resource.

Opening one door and walking down one path means that you are closing off a few others.

And yes, that can be scary, but that is why it is so critical to take this time to think

about the decisions that you are making and to learn how to make smarter decisions,

how to make better choices, how to critically evaluate your options.

My name is Paula Pat, host of this podcast and today I am having a conversation with John

Lee Dumas.

He is the host of a podcast called Entrepreneur on Fire.

He is aired almost 1500 podcast episodes in which he interviews top notch entrepreneurs,

Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferris, Marie Forleo.

Trying to figure out what makes them tick, how did they get to where they are?

And so today I turn those tables on him.

I try to get the story of John, what happened?

How did he go from being a small town boy growing up in rural Maine to where he is today?

A host of a very popular podcast.

And by the way, he puts his income reports online.

He publicly discloses the money that he makes in 2016.

And we'll link to this in the show notes so that you can see the specific breakdown.

But in 2016 alone, his business, which is his podcast and all of the ancillary product,

services, resources, everything that comes from that, his business grossed $2.6 million

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