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Hello! Welcome to my daily podcast, where every

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day is a continuous test with no subject. What's

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your answer? What's meaningful? Why do we do

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what we do? And where does that come from? And

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if the answer is... solely to make money or provide

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for my children then we've missed something even

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in my own industry where people have to prove

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themselves and write essays and hundreds of hours

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of volunteer especially people that look like

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me get in by saying that they'll help People

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that look like them. But we don't do that. Stuck

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in a rat race. Keeping up with the Joneses. And

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all truly. It's of no purpose. And. It's a lost

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art. Of purpose. And I feel as an outsider, as

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such as I believe I'm the father of community

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dentistry, architect of active dentistry, which

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is the mid -level modern care management of oral

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health, and the zeitgeist of mobile dentistry

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in the 2020s. I see where I want to go. I see

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what I want my legacy to be. of course we all

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need to make ends meet that's why we work of

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course we all want our offspring and next generation

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to be strong but that's not it it's got to be

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something deeper it's got to be something for

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you not a cookie cutter and we all had that at

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least growing up as a child that's why i love

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being around my children in the next generation

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because they have that spark that want that unfiltered

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knowledge of where they want themselves. Even

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if it's only to arcade or to get some sugar,

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however they know that it's for them. What's

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for you? And when you find out what's for you,

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how do you maintain and stay the course to get

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that? And also knowing that. You can never truly

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attain it. But it's always just something to

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reach for. To go for. And that's the beauty of

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the human experience. And with that. Let's start.

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Song of the day. Choices. Legend 40. I'm just

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thinking about that all day. We all make our

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choices. This life is based off choices. Even

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if you think that you have no choice. You do

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have one. It just may be hard. It may make you

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wait. And it may hurt. But you still have a choice.

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What did I read today? I am on. The Art of Closing.

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And today I got. Keeping expectations low, leading

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yourself into the next meeting, saying something

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at the end like, if anything. Value propositions.

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I'd like to learn more about your company is

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not good enough. Provide why and how you are

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offering. Control every part of the process.

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However, you still don't control the outcome.

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The number one commitment is time. Don't ask

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for time via email. Call. And it's likely you'll

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get rejected the first two times. Spread it out.

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Because if you ask for something more than three

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times, it sounds like a demand. Again. Whatever

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industry you think you're in, you're in sales.

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Was I physically active today? low -key proud

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of myself went hard this whole weekend friday

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saturday and even sunday being able to block

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out the noise or why i shouldn't or what's going

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on around just to pour into myself even today

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july 29th 2025 at 3 22 p .m Pacific Standard

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Time. Or a little bit earlier. Put out that mat.

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And did my ab circuit. And. Choose my physical

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body. Over the laziness in my mind. Your mind

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will always tell you. What to do. That's. Least

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amount of stress. The least work. Got to be able

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to push through. And be there for your physical

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self. And I was there. Still more work to do.

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What did I get from meditation? Your journey

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in this life is solely your own. You are granted

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the miracle of life and the privilege of choice.

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No matter how seemingly hard these choices may

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be. In times where there is seemingly so much

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on your mind, take a moment. To clear your mind.

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You will come back stronger. And that taking

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a moment may be a meditation. It may need working

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out. And it may need an extended amount of time.

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Maybe 10 minutes. Maybe an hour. Maybe an hour

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each. It's up to you. But you will come back

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stronger. When I see that today. For me. It's

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a success. When you stick to the standard. Nobody

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cares about what you're doing except when you're

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not doing what you're supposed to be doing. So

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I always like to acknowledge that I did what

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I was supposed to do. Regardless if that's getting

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the children, going to work, being on time, being

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a good human being. And also remembering how

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I got here and keeping up with all my promises

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and holding others to the promises they kept.

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But also leaving that choice to know if you don't

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want to keep that promise. There's another way.

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That's success to me. Success of stability. Success

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of consistency. And also the success of. This

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is my 23rd 24 hour fast. It's actually going

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to end in four hours. Goal of the year is 36.

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And with the caveat of once a week. And at least

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three in a month. And so this is my third of

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the month. Once a week. 23rd out of 36. And just

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being able to build and have that discipline.

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To have. To really be able to pour into myself.

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Success. What made me smile today? Just the simple

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pleasures of. Heading off to work and. Saying

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goodbye to my spouse. Getting my children and.

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Letting them be in the world and. Just being

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able to greet my mother and my son and just being

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able to see those pillars of my life just as

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a privilege on the frequent. Something I don't

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take lightly. So a smile. And also having a job

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to go to. And being there on time. And respecting

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the patients that I serve. It makes me smile.

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What do I think of my day overall? Choices. To

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choose purpose. And to go through the hard part.

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So. Journey -ous. Consistent. challenging, worth

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it. What grade do I give myself? I'm going with

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the A. I couldn't ask more of myself than what

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I gave. I read for over 30 minutes. I gave physical

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activity. I meditated for over 10 minutes. I

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wrote in my journal after that meditation. I

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tried my best. And when you try your best and

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you stick to the guidelines that you have for

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yourself, then you have to be kind to yourself

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and not be so hard on yourself. Don't move the

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goalpost on yourself. Congratulate yourself.

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Because you deserve it. Because you did it. Because

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you're worth it. And I hope that you can see

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me trying to take my own advice and it's not

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easy. That you can always say. Oh I could have

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did this. I could have did that. But no. I did

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enough. I did what I was supposed to do. And

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I didn't. Stop at the finish line. I ran through

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it. With that. Once again.