one of the things that actually made a big difference in my life was watching the pursuit of

happiness. True story. I watched that movie, I want to say a handful of times throughout my

life and every single time I watch it, I get a new perspective from it. But one of the first

perspectives that I got was that why chase this thing? Why chase happiness? Why

I think of it as it's something that I'm going to achieve once I have X number of dollars

in my bank account or once I've built this particular body or once I'm doing this or I'm doing

that. Every single day I can choose to wake up and put a smile on my own face, even on days

where I may not feel like doing it. You can still find something to laugh at or laugh with.

You can find joy within every single day. And I firmly believe that's true, regardless of how

difficult your circumstances may be. So when we, when we go

through these challenges, I think it's always important to understand that there's a choice that we can

make. And it's choice that equals freedom. That was Oleg Lohid. This is the Share Podcast.

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Hey everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Share podcast, and today we have Oleg Loheed joining us on the show.

And today's episode is an incredible example of overcoming some insurmountable odds. But more importantly,

it's a conversation that we had prior to this coronavirus becoming a global pandemic. And so

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