It seems like the more access we have to self education,

the less self education happens. Hey, welcome to the Empire Show. My name is Bedros Koolian and this is a solo episode.

Just myself in DJ E-Rock, Ed behind the camera. Well, because we are all on quarantine,

and I wanted to keep pumping out content for you

that's gonna help you navigate,

not only through this virus period,

but above and beyond that with the economic crash that we're

experiencing so listen there's something really important that you need to

know and that thing is this like this is like the that really important that you need to know.

And that thing is this.

Like this is like the one thing that's going to change your life.

That might sound like a bold promise right now,

but bear with me, I'll tell you.

So let me tell you a little story first.

When I graduated high school, I knew that I wanted to be a personal trainer.

And I knew I wanted to be a personal trainer because well up until 11th grade I was a fat kid

You know when you come from a foreign country you know we escaped Armenia communist country and I was six years old when we came here and God bless my mom.

You know, she did the best she could, but, you know, we were living on a budget, we were living in

Section 8 housing. Oftentimes, especially in the first couple years, my dad would find food and

dumpsters behind grocery stores. This was food that, you know, bread and cheese

and stuff that had, you know, milk that had expired, but hadn't gone bad so we

would fish out you know food from

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