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So a couple of things about me that maybe you can relate to, I don't like to be told what to do.

When things are my idea, I don't mind doing them, but when I'm told that I need to do them,

for some reason I push back into this immature, and you would think by now you would outgrow that,

or I would outgrow that, but I haven't. And I don't like to be told I have to do something.

Again, if it's my idea, but the moment somebody says you have to do something,

or we have to do this, or Sanders, like tomorrow night, we have to.

As soon as I hear, we have to. I just push back. The other thing is I tend to think that my way

is a better way of doing things, even when it's something I've never done before, which is very

problematic. So all that to say, it means that I'm human, human. Any other humans in the room?

Do we have any other humans in the room that just still haven't outgrown? Yeah, being told what to do.

You think after about 16 is like, oh yeah, I should just say yes and go long. The other thing,

maybe you can relate to this, is I don't like to read instructions, which means I have to redo

things oftentimes if they can even be redone after I have done them wrong because I wouldn't read

the instructions. It's why I can't cook. Sandra says all the time, look, anybody who can read

instructions can cook. And I'm like, I know, but I just can't follow instructions very well,

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