Having that awareness that people are still going to care, no matter how much I mess up, gives me the permission to go try something new and make mistakes.

And those who aren't willing to make mistakes, I think, are going to be stuck at some point in their life.

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like a lot of friends. I felt like we were breaking apart. And I had moved here. All this was

happening. And I was just started to ask myself these questions, why is this happening?

The common denominator was me. I was at fault for all these things. I was responsible for

the breakups in every relationship. And being in LA traffic, I was at fault for all these things. I was responsible for the breakups in every relationship.

And being in LA traffic, I was driving here today in the rain. There's always a lot of traffic.

I remember being stuck and everyone was stuck around me honking their horn, screaming.

And I said to myself, like, man, there's a lot of people who are stuck in life just the way I feel

stuck right now. There's got to be a way to reach people and to inspire people who are feeling

stuck, whether it's in traffic or just in their life through breakups. And I thought to myself, I need to

learn. I need to humble myself. I need to learn and ask questions to the most inspiring people

in the world.

You were someone that came on recently. We've had incredible people, and that was six years ago, and it's been an amazing ride. So how did you get into sort of even there, right? Because your background is really in sports. You play in the arena football league, and you're obviously an athlete. You play on the U.S. handball team. So how did you get from point A to point B? I think I was always good at observing people. You know, in school growing up, I was in the

special needs classes. It was hard for me to read and write at a second grade reading level

in the eighth grade. I always struggled on tests and homework. I just, I was the opposite

of you, right? You were excelled. You skipped multiple

grades. I was the one that should have been held back. But I kind of like cheated my way and

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