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Welcome back.

This is Phil Anderson, and I'm going to talk about a book that both Ed and I really, really think is an important business book.

And it's called The E-Mith Revisited.

It's a book by Michael Gerber.

And I'm telling you, I was on a plane in, gosh, around 2002, traveling to Southern California when I noticed the guy next to me reading a book.

And, of course, I'm not too shy. I'm kind of an extrovert.

And I asked him what he's reading.

He said, he's reading this book, the E-Mith, revisited.

And he explained it may be the best business book he's ever read, which of course got my attention.

I got the book. I read it and I absolutely agreed with him. And so I'm going to share a couple

concepts about the e-myth in general. And I'm sure Ed and I will probably do a full main course

episode on this book at some point down the road.

But in the next couple weeks, I am going to actually visit the book's premises.

There are three components to every business.

You've got the entrepreneur, the technician, and the manager.

And I'll get to those in a minute.

But in the subsequent weeks,

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