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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged, and today's guest is a powerhouse in the world of small business success, personal branding, and entrepreneurship.

Actually, he has been a virtual mentor of mine for many years and hasn't even known it.

As the author of the celebrity CEO, he has empowered entrepreneurs to become the face of their businesses and

connect more deeply with their audiences. Please join me in welcoming the energetic, the insightful,

the influential, my mentor, Mr. Ramon Ray. Ramon, how are you doing today, brother?

What is it, brother? I'm blessed and fantastic. It's good to be here. And thank you for that honor.

I receive it, as so many have been a mentor to me from a distance. Seth Godin, I've been to so many of his events. I've read so many of his books. So I understand the feeling. Somebody he knows me. But, you know, we don't rock like every week. But yet I follow his journey. And I'm like, you know what? That's somebody I can aspire. So I'm honored to be that way.

And thank you for having me here on your show.

Appreciate it very much.

Man, I am the honored one.

And I truly mean that talking about being a virtual mentor, a mentor from afar.

Because the things that you talked about, particular for me, personal branding, changed my life, man.

Like, I was a person who I kept everything private, right?

Like, I do things and it's like, I don't need the world to know what's going on.

And then I started reading some of your insights, a lot of your books, following you on social. And it's like,

no, Mick, it's okay to give a glimpse into what you're doing. Like, your brand isn't a brand

unless someone knows about it. Like, essentially, that's what I got from you, right? Like,

you can, you can be the best person, but if no one knows, it doesn't matter. You can have the

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