From Grief to Global Impact: The Inspirational $8K Gamble That Turned Pain into Purpose

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I welcome you to episode 370.

Hey, I'm your host, Kevin Lowe, and you are listening to Grit, Grace, and Inspiration.

What is up?

This is Kevin Lowe back again in the studio with another amazing guest.

This time it just so happens to be a guy named James Brackett.

James, welcome to the studio, man.

It is so great to be with you, man.

SPEAKER_02: Thank you for having me.

SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.

Well, well, James, I'm I'm excited for us to get to explore your story.

And I guess I always love to kind of start us off.

And I figure the question I want to start off today with is, you know, I feel like in life, like when we achieve things, but we're either driven by one of two things.

It's either the dreams that we have, the desires, or maybe it's the fears, anxieties that we're running away from.

What do you feel like has been that driving force for you?

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I mean, that's a great question because I think more than ever this year, that's really changed, honestly.

I think for the beginning, and I think for a lot of people in the beginning, the thing that pushes them is they don't want to be where they are.

So it's that it's that fear of, I mean, we're gonna be driven a lot more from going away from something than we are to go towards something.

I at least find that for a lot of people.

So for me when I first started, it was definitely a fear of staying where I was at, going toward what I saw people were at in their lives, not enjoying what they were doing, just kind of coasting through life really.

And this year, I've got to a point where I feel it's kind of the opposite now.

It kind of feels like more than ever, I'm just trying to figure out what excites me each day.

And how can I continuously be excited about life?

Because I mean, if we're not excited to wake up in the morning, what are we doing here?

Because this life is so quick, but we we we kind of live like we're not going to die sometimes.

SPEAKER_01: Yes, exactly.

No, I I agree.

And it's if if you're like me too, it can be so easy if you're not intentional to fall in that trap of just monotony with one week blending into the next.

SPEAKER_02: Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, especially when you work for yourself, it's kind of like, oh, now I make my own hours.

And I think for a lot of people, they think that they want to be self-employed, but what they really want is just like choice.

I don't think they really want to be self-employed.

They just want choice to be able to do what they get to do with their day.

And if that means working under somebody else, but still having, you know, the clarity of what they get to do with their day and kind of deciding what they get to do, I think a lot of people would be just in a much happier position.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.

I agree 100%.

Well, James, I would love to explore a little bit more of your story to kind of how you got to this point in your life.

And would you mind talking with me about because I know that I read that you actually had three losses in your family at a young age.

Would you talk to me a little bit about that?

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.

So my father and my uncle both passed at 37.

And I honestly did not realize how young that was until, you know, I got a little bit older and started really just realizing how young that was.

I mean, I really couldn't comprehend it.

Then my grandfather passed away a few months before his retirement.

And that was what really hit me because I was a little bit older at that point.

And I see my father and my uncle both passed away.

All three were unexpected, by the way.

So we weren't expecting any of this to happen.

It wasn't something that it happened and we were like, yeah, this makes sense.

It was just more so life kind of feeling like, why is this happening to me?

It's what it felt like for a long time.

And then I kind of started asking the question, how was this happening for me instead of against me?

And my life really started to change because those things that were once a thing that felt like life was pushing me down were they were the exact things that kind of helped me move forward in my life.

So yeah, three of the most important men passed away really young in my life.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

How old were you when that happened?

SPEAKER_02: My father, I was six.

I think my uncle, I was around 10 or so.

And then my grandfather, I was probably 12, 13, something like that.

So I was still young for all of them.

I mean, I know when my my father passed away, I I I don't even think like I couldn't tell you what his voice sounded like.

I've never really, I don't feel like I've ever really met the man, to be honest.

SPEAKER_01: Wow.

Wow.

Maybe from your perspective now, when you kind of look back, because I think when we kind of go through life, it's just it's our own norm.

But when you look back on it now, like, can you see how maybe your life was impacted by those losses?

Your childhood?

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, I think for me growing up, I didn't really have a role model, I guess.

And I think that was a blessing more than anything because it helped me create my own identity, kind of step into figure out what I wanted to do.

Wasn't having anyone's kind of expectations of what they wanted for me out of life.

It was more so me just being open-minded about what could come of life.

And I think for me that that was such a blessing.

And I didn't see it at the time of just stepping into what I wanted to do.

And now I look back and I think, I mean, becoming a quote unquote life coach at 17 years old, starting a podcast at the same time, going down a path that, I mean, was a complete left turn from what everyone else was doing when I graduated high school.

I think the the thing that really gave me that ability to step out of my comfort zone and step into things that, you know, felt most in alignment with me was not having anyone ahead of me kind of saying, This is what you should do or this is what you need to do.

And I really look back at that as a blessing.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.

I I love, I love and appreciate that mindset tremendously.

Now, you just said you became a life coach at 17.

Yeah.

Talk to me.

Where did that even come from?

Because that is not the typical thing.

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I know.

Even now, like I'm 21 now and I feel like I've been, I feel like I've I'm a veteran, but also a beginner at the same time.

Like I've been at it for so long, yet also so early on in my journey.

And I think for me, I mean, I was listening to podcasts, reading books, stuff like that, just getting into the self-improvement industry.

And I was listening to a podcast at the end of it, they were talking about a coaching program.

I had no idea what that was, didn't even know what a coach was.

I just knew that kind of felt really right.

Like what they were, the way that they were explaining it, what they were talking about the past few years of like my transformation that I really been able to, you know, transform myself with no external help outside of, you know, books, audiobooks, stuff like that.

I thought, well, what could really happen if I stepped into hiring my own coach?

Like having someone outside of me that's ahead of me, that's, you know, in a place that I want to go.

What would life look like if I could step into that?

And so I invested more money than I had in my bank account.

I mean, like I had about probably$3,000 in my bank account at the time, and the coaching program was about $75,000,$8,000.

So didn't know how I was gonna make it happen, but I put the down payment on it.

And man, my life really changed from that moment because when you when you pay, you pay attention and I realized the value of just investing in yourself.

I really can't emphasize it enough.

And I became a coach from that point on.

I mean, I took a couple weeks of that, I think it was a 10-week course of really just to learn how to become a coach, how to help people get out of their own way and what coaching really is at the core of it.

Because a lot of people think it's just giving advice when I'm a 17-year-old, what advice do I have to give?

Because I barely lived a life, is what a lot of people would see.

And the thing that I really came down to when my first mentor really taught me was that I don't have to have the answers, I just have to have the questions.

And I think that that's where through the podcast and through coaching, I've really been able to excel is just kind of help people access a part of themselves through just asking really intentional questions.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, i if you think about it, it's kind of like if we want to do sports analogy, I mean, the best coaches, they've never even played football.

You know, I mean, yeah.

Now, so when that happened at 17, were you still in high school?

SPEAKER_02: I just about graduated high school.

And that was the funny part was I I just graduated high school.

I was getting into real estate thinking that that was gonna be the thing for me.

And then I realized in getting into real estate that I hated doing that and I didn't, that was not gonna be the path for me.

And so it was like this I was at home and I didn't have anyone, all the judgment that I was fearful of and uh wouldn't allow myself to step forward.

It was kind of like that moment in time where I realized, hey, this is like the perfect time because I'm not in school and all the people can judge me, but I'm at least not gonna be around them.

And it's just gonna be kind of me in this, I guess like monk mode, that idea of just for a long time right after high school.

I mean, that's all I did for six years or six months to a year straight, was just intentionally figure out how I can make this thing happen.

Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_01: Now, while you were in school, so say, you know, teenage years going into high school and stuff, did you ever have any ideas at that point, like what you thought you would want to do as a career?

SPEAKER_02: You know, what's funny is when I was growing up, like a really, really young age, my mom and my sister told me that I told them that I wanted to be a motivational speaker.

Now, I don't remember ever saying that.

I don't remember ever that being a thing that I wanted to do.

But to step into podcasting and coaching, and definitely speaking might be a thing in the future, but right now it just doesn't really excite me.

I'm still in that pathway, and it's funny that I ended up where I'm at right now because I could have never predicted it.

Because no, I mean, when I was in high school, I just knew I didn't want to struggle, I didn't want to think about money.

And I wasn't really thinking about making an impact.

And then when I graduated high school, that was the only thing I really thought about.

Because I, a coach told me, and this has stuck with me ever since, is that you do a disservice by not bringing your unique gifts into the world.

I think everyone has something here on this earth, and we're here for a reason, but most of us aren't able to access that reason, or most of us aren't able to believe in that.

And so having someone believe in me more than I believe in myself really helped me access that for myself so that I could, you know, help other people do that for themselves as well.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.

So, my next kind of like one of the other last questions in regards to the life coaching thing is how did you even come to that idea of this is the path I want to take?

SPEAKER_02: It wasn't really, I mean, I it wasn't, it was kind of like something like a path that chose me more than I chose it, I guess.

Because I think for for many people, opportunities show up in their life, right?

So opportunities, synchronicities, things that if you were to really look out for them, you'd notice them.

But I think for a lot of people, we're looking for all the things that reinforce where we are rather than where we want to go.

And so when I was at the end of listening to one of the podcasts I was listening to when they were talking about a coaching program, again, I had no idea what that is.

I housed on a sales call, they sold me, it just happened really quick.

And from there, it really changed my life because I put in the work from that point.

And so it wasn't really something that chose me.

I just knew I I knew I wanted to start a podcast that definitely always felt in alignment with me.

I mean, at least from like my later ages, but that always felt in alignment.

And so I thought, well, if I'm gonna invest into a coaching program to become a coach, I'm gonna have to start posting on social media, so I might as well start a podcast at the same time.

And everything kind of just started from there, really.

It wasn't really something that I chose, but it was more so something that I felt chosen for.

I mean, I I think the the distinction I like to use is most people feel pushed in their life, pushed towards something, and I felt pulled towards it.

And so it wasn't really my choice.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

Oh man, I love that so very much.

Now, I want to ask you something, and I mean, I I hope you take it the way that I mean it is the fact that I learned like in my own life, my own situation, that I kind of came up with this idea that things in our life that are bad, they're only really bad if we can't figure out how to make good come out of them.

And I can't help but wonder for you taking this path, getting into coaching and then podcasting and this whole realm that you're in, do you feel like you are here and are the person you are because of experiencing those three losses as a child?

SPEAKER_02: I mean, I don't know if it's directly like causation correlation kind of thing.

I don't know if it's exactly why, but I definitely know that I took that meaning from it.

I think I heard something recently, and I don't remember, it might have been Victor Frankl, whoever it was, but suffering is only suffering if you can't find the meaning in it.

And so for me, I found the meaning in it.

And for so long it I didn't find the meaning in it.

I mean, it was the exact opposite, really.

It was why is life coming after me?

Why is life pushing me down?

Why is this happening to me?

Just why, why, why questions.

And then I started asking how questions.

So, why is this happening to me versus how is this happening for me?

And so then I just started to look for it in my life.

And when you start to look for it in your life, you start to see it because it's always there.

You just you're not looking for it.

And so absolutely, I think everyone's pain turns to purpose if they are able to turn it into purpose.

And I just went out of my way to do so.

SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.

You said that you have a sister, correct?

Yes.

Did your sister handle things similar to you or differently?

SPEAKER_02: It's funny.

We we kind of went down a similar path, but different approaches.

So she became a social worker, master's degree, social work, went down that approach, and I went down the approach of, you know, coaching, podcasting.

So we're both trying to help people through our, I guess, the trauma that we went through.

And so that was the kind of approach that we took, was just more so like, how can I, how can I help people through what I went through?

I guess.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, I love that so much.

So podcasting.

We we talked about coaching.

So you said that you had thought about wanting to start a podcast.

So at what point in this, this kind of journey did you decide, you know what, I don't have enough on my plate.

Let's add podcasting.

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think it was honestly, man, it was about a probably a few days after I made that investment.

So think I'm a I'm a 17-year-old.

I have no idea what a coach is, I don't know how I'm gonna make this work.

I just invested more money than I had in my bank account, so I have to figure out a way to do it.

And so, and I'm still thinking about, you know, I just graduated high school not too long ago, so I'm still thinking about what other people are gonna think of me.

I mean, the biggest fears were, you know, what are other people gonna think?

What if I fail?

What if I look like a like silly?

And, you know, all the fears that most people have.

But for me, it was like, okay, if I've already invested, it's up to me.

Now it's like, now there's no way like I can go against this because I I put money down on it and more money than I had.

So I literally had to find a way to make money just to pay it back, just to even make even on my investment.

So at that point, I'm thinking, well, if I have to start posting online to, you know, attract clients and start helping people through that way, might as well start the podcast because I've always wanted to do that as well.

And so it was kind of like an indirectly the exact thing that allowed me to just get out of my own way and start showing up for the thing that I know I always felt called to do.

Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_01: Now, did you ever think, was it always just podcast?

Or I mean, a lot of people immediately tend to think, you know, ooh, YouTube channel.

Or was it always just podcasting?

SPEAKER_02: I think for me, uh they go hand in hand, really.

I mean, my YouTube channel has is where most of my podcast, I guess, listenership comes from.

But I think, yeah, it was just more so an approach of I'm learning so much from these books, from these podcasts, from this kind of stuff.

Like over the past couple of years, my life has changed dramatically.

I feel like I've lived two separate lives.

And my second life really started when I started realizing that the first life I was living wasn't really my life.

It was more so an attachment to my thoughts or who I thought I was, not so much who I actually was.

And so I thought, what would be the coolest thing in the world if I could read a book?

I still have a lot of questions about the book, and then I can interview the author about the book or entrepreneurs that I found really fascinating from building massive companies.

Like what could we learn from them?

And so, especially from my perspective, I mean, not many people at 17 years old have a podcast, let alone are interviewing people that are, you know, in the trauma, anxiety mindset, personal development kind of space.

And so that was the approach I took.

I just thought it would be the coolest thing ever.

And to this day it still is.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely, 100%.

Now, talking about books and reading and stuff, when did you really get into reading?

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's funny, because I grew up thinking that I would never read a book.

I mean, I remember my mom, my sister would always tell me, like, you'll eventually start liking books.

And I went through my entire schooling life just taking a lot of pride in never reading a book, to be completely honest.

Like I'd still pass the grade, but I didn't read anything kind of perspective on things, just because I mean, I think most of the books that I read gave me no value.

And so when I left high school, like I said, I started listening to podcasts and started, you know, surrounding myself with different kinds of people.

And from there, it was, I don't know, I think it was probably similar books that most people come across, where it's, you know, think and go rich and rich dad, poor dad, that kind of stuff.

That came into my life.

And then from there on, I've just just went down a rabbit hole of just wanting to get more of a gist on the challenges that I was trying to overcome in my life and all of that kind of stuff.

So it was around that same time.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah.

Okay.

Okay, amazing.

So I guess I'm curious to understand a little bit, is you know, we talked at the beginning about like kind of what drives you.

Do you feel like it it's still the same thing?

Or do you feel like as you're continuing to evolve as a person, evolve in in your career and what you're doing, do you feel like that driving force changes?

SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.

Absolutely.

I think when I first started, it came from a place of lack.

And so trying to get to a place of not having to think about money, not having to think about just the basic needs that most people need in their life.

Like just knowing that I could step into this path, this route, and have full certainty in myself that I'm going to make it work.

That was kind of like the fear from the beginning.

And that was what was driving me from the jump.

But nowadays, I think it's just more so continuously trying to find outlets of impacting people that excite me because there's a lot of ways of making money.

There's a lot of ways of building businesses, there's a lot of ways of impacting people as well.

I mean, there's podcasting, there's retreats, there's group coaching, there's one-on-one coaching, there's events.

There's so many ways and things of that we can do.

And so for me right now, it's just continuously experimenting, trying things, having interesting conversations, hopefully impacting people, giving people a space to be vulnerable and and and open and work through the things that they need to work through.

And just finding things that excite me and make me want to get up in the morning.

Because I think for a lot of people, they get to their work and it's something that they want to get done with.

I mean, I like the idea of retirement in general never really jived well with me.

Like I never really want to say that I want to get away from work because then I would lose my purpose in life.

And so I think for me right now, it's just really finding ways to continuously be excited about what I do and not overcomplicate it in the meantime.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, 100%.

All the guests that you've you've interviewed on your podcast, obviously, the podcast, I mean, it's we do it for our audience.

We we want our audience to get value.

But but talk to me a little bit about the value that you've received by interviewing the people you have.

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02: I'll even uh go a step further by saying that my first hundred and five episodes were solo.

So you see, you see it now when you see, you know, amazing guests, Seth Godin, you know, uh Tyler Henry, so many other amazing people that I've had the opportunity to speak with.

But my first hundred and five episodes were in my car, no microphone, like just completely doing it with my computer, just kind of like a public journal, honestly.

Just going over things that I was learning, things that I was working with clients on, and hopefully giving some kind of just perspective based on my life.

I mean, I I never want to come from a place of I'm giving advice like I know things, but more so just from a place of, yeah, I don't know.

But hopefully this is helpful to you because it was helpful for me.

And so through the podcast and then through interviews as well, I think more than anything, it's just really allowed me to expand my mind.

I mean, it's what it's done for me is what I'm trying to do through the podcast is of you can too is just helping people reframe what they believe is true, reframe what they believe is possible for themselves by questioning what they believe and expanding their mind on what is possible by showing and sharing stories from exp expansive people that have done it themselves.

And so continuously doing it week after week of just inspiring stories that people have done that have overcome amazing things and done astounding things, it continues to remind me that I need to as soon as I think that uh I've reached a certain place or I've done enough, uh, just continues to expand my mind of what's possible.

SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.

You said that your your dad and your uncle, you said were 37.

Yes.

When they passed away.

You are how old now?

21.

21.

Okay.

I am 38, and I can tell you I still feel way too young to be this old.

Um, but um what does that do for you is just a mindset because I mean the fact is true is I mean, none of us know how long we're here on earth.

SPEAKER_00: No.

SPEAKER_01: And I can't help but think that with all that you're doing, and and I mean, and and I mean, I think I need to just say that listening to you to your mindset to what you say, you're so much wiser than than your age.

It's absolutely amazing.

And and and I guess I my question is is does that age of 37 does it weigh on you?

Thinking Of how short life really is?

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's a big question.

I think for a long time it has.

And I think it's like we all have those things where we have mental blocks or perceptions, preconceived notions based on our past experiences.

I definitely think for a long time it's and I still think to some extent of when I when I hit 38, it's going to be cool because it's just going to be this like mental breakthrough of, man, I I I passed that milestone kind of thing.

But I think just like anything else, it's the the anticipation of it is more so the thing that really kind of gets in your head more than the actual event itself.

So definitely reminds me how short this life is when I think of it.

But I don't think it holds me back in any way.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, absolutely.

You know, I when you were saying that, I couldn't help but think of of my own situation story as I remember when when it had been the 18-year anniversary of when I became blind.

And I remember that was kind of weird, kind of how you talk about turning 38 when I hit that 18 year because that meant I was had been blind one more year longer than I had been able to see.

And I remember always thinking like that that would be like really weird.

Even even the 17 to think that I had been blind as long as I had been able to see.

You know, it's always kind of funny, is exactly what you said.

It's the anticipation for something is a lot of times the best part of it all.

Because once you reach it, you realize, well, yeah, it's just like any other day.

SPEAKER_02: You know?

I had a conversation with a guy named Daniel Lieberman earlier this year.

Incredible, incredible author.

He wrote the book.

I'm blanking on the name of the book right now, but incredible guest, I would definitely recommend.

And he was talking about how I mean, dopamine in itself, like the anticipation of things, is more than the actual event.

We we get dopamine from the anticipation, not so much of the actual thing itself.

Great example that I like to use, and it's something I experienced this year.

The number one place in my bucket list was Hawaii.

And this year I got to spend four months on the island of Kauai, which was a dream of mine.

I always grew up watching Hawaii 5.0, the second version.

And it was always a dream of mine to go there.

And then I spent four months on the island.

And to say it was a dream is an understatement.

It still is amazing that I had the privilege to go there.

But you know, after two months, after three months, you kind of get you, it's just normal at that point.

And so, just like anything, the hedonic adaptation is going to come in.

And so that's why I never like to put too much emphasis on something in the future, because it's never going to live up to my expectations.

Because the expectations is what makes the the feeling more than anything.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, I agree a hundred percent.

I love that.

Do you have anything for somebody listening today who, whether they're young or young at heart, and they feel like there's there's more for them, would do you have any advice for them?

I mean, because again, I mean, you're a young guy, and I look at what you've done.

You went against the quote unquote norm of, you know, after high school.

And and I can't help but find just great inspiration in that and and wonder, you know, what would you say to that person who's thinking, wow, I kind of wish I could be a little bit more like James Bracken.

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I mean, I would look at the name of my podcast, right?

I mean, it's the whole core of what I do is I'm trying to be a living representation of what I what I'm saying.

And through the conversations that I have, through the life that I'm trying to live, I mean, I think it's the the same thing goes.

And so if I would say that if that feeling is inside of you that there's more here, that there's more for me to do, I would say that your intuition isn't lying to you.

You're just lying to yourself.

That you've been lying to yourself for so long, saying, you know, kind of living in alignment with what you don't want more so than what you do want.

So if you keep pushing down that intuition, the quieter that intuition is going to get, and the the less that you listen to it and the less it'll show up in your life.

And so I would just say say yes to the things that your intuition is saying yes to, because you'll start saying yes to yourself and life will start saying yes to you.

SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I love it 100%, man.

Dude, James, you you're such an awesome guy, man.

Such a killer story.

Honest to goodness, I mean, you as a child, let's let's face it.

I mean, you went through the unthinkable.

Even though you were young, it obviously has an impact.

And the fact of where you are today, what you're doing, and just the person that you've become.

I mean, I I have to say, I mean, anybody listening has to feel just honored to meet you and proud of what you've been able to do of overcoming the challenges, overcoming these bad circumstances.

To be here today, uh just kind of blowing all of our minds with the amount of wisdom you have to share.

It's it's really amazing.

SPEAKER_02: Man, you're doing the exact same thing just through different, uh, a different lens, right?

I mean, so I I really appreciate that immensely.

You you probably experience this sometimes too, where you forget the impact that you're having because you're just trying to do the best that you can.

And so uh there's a lot of times where I completely forget that anyone listens to my podcast or anyone that I've ever coached ever got value from working with me.

I mean, it's it's really easy to forget how far you've come when you're looking at about how far you want to go.

And so I really appreciate that.

It means a lot.

I mean, I I I almost died when I was born.

So to even be here to begin with is just a blessing.

SPEAKER_00: Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: Wow.

Just another layer to this, this, this onion that we've been unpeeling, man.

Well, well, James, tell me where's the best place, easiest place to find your podcast, plus anybody who either wants to see about working with you as a coach or just getting plugged into your world.

SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.

Main points is Instagram and YouTube is where I'm most present.

You can find my podcast, you can too on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Instagram, everything that you can think of.

But those are the main platforms that I'm on.

I'm on LinkedIn and everything else as well, but those are where I'm most at.

SPEAKER_01: Well, fantastic.

Well, I'll be sure that all of that is in the show notes and it will be on the webpage for today's episode.

James, man, dude, it's been a pleasure to meet you, a pleasure to get to hear your story.

And uh I thank you for spending a few minutes with me today.

SPEAKER_02: You are incredible, man.

Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me.

You have such an incredible story.

You're such an amazing host.

You have the perfect voice for it.

I thank you for for taking the time to speak with me and giving me this privilege to speak with you and talk to your audience.

SPEAKER_01: Oh man, you bet 100%, dude.

For you listening today, hopefully you're smiling as big as I am.

Hopefully, you're also feeling a little jacked up right now because I feel like we just got a shot of a little James Brackett in our life, something that maybe you didn't even realize you needed, and now you realize you can't live without.

So go ahead, enjoy today's episode.

Well, hopefully you did enjoy today's episode.

Share it with a friend, and hey, maybe you need to hear it all again.

Hit rewind, if that's a thing in podcasting.

Rewind and listen again.

This guy is amazing.

You get out there and enjoy the day, stay awesome, be inspired.