Okay. Are we going to start with like some front stabbing? Like how does this go?

Oh, wow. Well, we're really starting there, John? Are we really starting there? Wow. That's what we're going to pick up the edit. This guy, before we officially come up live, he's going to throw a little quick jab. We're going to get to that in a second. Normally, I have a different introduction, but hey, welcome to the family. You're sitting at a table alongside of us. My name is Jasmine Star. This is the Jasmine Star. And I was going to do a very warm and gracious warm up to the following guest. But he came out, guns blazing. Oh, yeah. John Leaney, thank you for being here to the Jasmine Star Show. Are you kidding? This is going to be so much fun because I'm going to give you such a hard time. You are. I have no doubt. Older brother. I have no doubt. I'm just so happy that you said older brother.

I'll take that.

I'm no doubt. Older brother. I have no doubt.

I'm just so happy that you said older brother. I'll take that. I'll absolutely take that.

I'm not annoying older brother because my little sister is far more successful. So like the only advantage I have is still being like bigger, right? Oh, okay. Ladies and gentlemen, we're starting here. Now, I want to take you back a tiny second. So we're going to like maybe cue a little bit of storytelling music. So just imagine receiving an email in your inbox that's from a nondescript email address. And they're inviting you to a small dinner about 10 or 12 people, but you're not going to know who's going to go to the dinner. And you're going to cook the dinner yourself. And when you get to the dinner, you can't say your last name and you can't say about what it is that you do or what has made you successful. But this dinner is called the influencer vet. So one might imagine when they get this email, they just immediately delete it because they're trying to harvest my organs or sell me time share.

That was my first, you know, my first inclination. It was like, well, of course. Like, who could this possibly be inviting me to dinner?

The name is so, like the name is Cody Smith.

Yes.

So it sounds like.

Yes. Yes.

The name on the email is Cody Smith.

And so you're just thinking, wow, this is just one step away from John.

I didn't believe it.

Yeah.

And then all of a sudden,

just if you would like to set up a call with John, the host. And so, of course, I Google you,

and I see that you are a New York Times bestselling author, and you have viral TED Talks,

and you are absolutely beyond brilliant. This is your younger sister saying something nice.

Occasionally it comes out. And so I agree to go to the dinner. And I have to tell you, John. Thank you. Oh, it was a joy. Thank you. And so let's start the conversation, John, with what that editor, I believe it was the new, an editor had mentioned that she thought she was going to go to a dinner. Can you give me,

can you tell that story? Oh, so, you know, I've been hosting this dinner for a while. And at the

beginning, we had a pretty famous journalist come to one of the dinners. And she said, I was

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