I started as the office manager and then we became business partners.

If you get a chance to be close to the sun, work with the CEO, a chairman, somebody in a senior position.

What people don't see is you want to be the assistant of the assistant of the assistant

of the assistant, you have to be not the junior manager hell I'd rather be his personal trainer

however close you can get you should do it you must do it like that was a big lesson for me and I just started to study every

paper that went in the office every paper that went out just listening learning

creating a network with everyone coming to see him learning how to build

relationships like it was the best training I could have ever asked for and by the end of my four years with him we ended up being business partners

I don't think I've ever had such a close intimate relationship with any of my authors as I do today

Maha and I've worked together for almost a decade at this point, right?

Today we are going to be talking about her new book.

I'm super excited about talking about the seven rules of self-reliance.

I'm excited that Maha is here and I think now about the seven rules of self-reliance.

I'm excited that Maha is here,

and I think now for the next two to three minutes,

my like always, I always like to say,

comic book number one, origin story,

like, who are you and why did you write this book? Well first of

all Gary being here is extraordinarily special to me not just because of our

relationship but because all the things I've learned from you. So I want to start by saying thank you

and there's a big piece of you in that book

and I know listeners will resonate

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