The theme that's going to drive you or sort of the question you're trying to answer is pretty much set by the time your age eight.

And you're going to have a really hard time shaking it like that's going to be the story you need to tell.

And I really think that it's true. The more I look at the work I've made and working with clients, I think there's a great deal of truth to it.

And I friend of mine is that was a early childhood education specialist and her I asked her about it and her theory was like seven or eight is sort of what early childhood specialist call the age of reason is sort of where kids see themselves as separate individuals in the world like that's the point where that starts to happen.

And so, you know, something in that separation process builds a template or a theme.

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Peter, welcome to the unmistakable creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Thank you for having me on. I'm really happy to be here.

Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here. So I found out about your work by way of your publicist. And as we were just joking before we had record here everything that I, you know, do when it comes to choosing podcasts.

This guest is based on personal curiosity and your story intrigued me. But before we get into all of that, I want to start asking you what is one of the most important things that you learn from one or both of your parents that have influenced and shaped who you've become and what you've ended up doing with your life.

Oh, wow, that's, that is a very big question.

I'm pondering deep here.

I think one thing I learned from both of my parents actually was the power of education.

We were like really big on school in my family. And I'm the youngest of five. All my siblings have at least one advanced degree. I have one.

We were all pretty good at school. And I think that was a real value.

Both of my parents instilled.

And from the standpoint of like, you know, you need to learn. It's incumbent on you. And that education is a process you engage in and have to show up for.

And that it's a continuous process as well that it wasn't just, you know, okay, you graduated from college, you're good, you know, figured out from there.

I was a little bit of that, but I was, you know, I was pretty clear we were on around after college.

But I think, yeah, that's, I would think that's the biggest thing with the power of education.

So numerous questions. When you mentioned that you're the youngest of five, I'm kind of wishing I'd started with the question of your birth order.

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