WEBVTT - Fire & Ise 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:04.400 This is How Men Think with brooks Like and Gavin 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:08.559 to Grab and I heard radio podcasts. Welcome to another 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:10.960 episode of How Men Think. My name is brooks Like 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.560 and I'm super excited. I always say that every show, 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.680 but I'm super excited about this one. I'm really excited 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:19.800 about this one for two reasons. One, we have a 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.320 wonderful co host who will get to in a second. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.880 And I love having co hosts on who are also 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:26.920 hosts because I actually just get to learn from them, 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.040 and it's great to have great to have people that 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:31.800 actually have skills there, whereas Gavin has no idea what 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:34.720 we ever do on this show. And then too, we 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:38.680 are diving into your guys thoughts. You have sent us 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:42.080 emails and questions. These are the top things that people 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.120 are thinking the most about right now, and we are 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.640 going to get into all of these questions and thoughts 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:49.920 and we are going to give you the male perspective 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:54.200 on these. So joining me today. He's best known as 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.920 the host of NBC's four time Emmy Award nominated hit 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:03.000 competition series American Inja Warrior, which I have never been on, 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:04.720 but I'm dying to go on. And so he's gonna 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.480 invite me on this show. Welcome to the show, Mr 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.160 Matt Eisman. How are you doing, Buddy Brooks. I'm good 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.200 to be. I'm super excited too. And by the way, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.680 if you only said you were excited, I would have been. 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.319 I would have known that doesn't mean anything. You need 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.400 to be super excited every if I if I listened 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:22.000 to like any show, if I go back and listen 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:24.399 to any show, it's like, I'm super excited for the show. 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.839 You find your Yeah, you say that a lot. People 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.280 always pointed out though. That's the wonderful thing is the 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:34.840 people listening love to point out the things we do right. Yeah, 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.080 It's just honest. It's it's like going I used to 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.840 go back and review game tape and you'd see like 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.399 patterns and tendencies. Now when I go back and I 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.960 listened to podcasts and like, oh, I say that a lot. Oh, 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.560 I say that a lot. It's because we do one 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.480 podcast a week and I kind of forget about it, 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:51.880 get to the next show, and then it's like, I 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.360 haven't done a podcast in a week. I'm super excited. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:58.560 You are super excited. It's genuine. Also, Buddy, um, your 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.559 boy bar has been on the show, so I'm gonna 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:06.840 have you. Yeah, he's actually hosting Miss USA, uh coming up. 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.200 He's out in Graceland. Yeah, he's he's doing it out 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:14.079 there in uh In, in Memphis. So he's busy out 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.799 there and I'm here. But I'm telling you how men 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.000 think right now? This This is why we're here, buddy, 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.000 that's what we're here for. Um. Also a question for you, 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:26.960 because you have done everything in TV, how did you 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.720 pivot from having a medical degree to I'm gonna go 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.760 do TV. Ken Jong and I are the two. We're 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.440 trying to figure it out. I have no we certainly 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.280 wasn't planned. I mean I was so, I'm a doctor. 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.040 I went to medical school, I was practicing medicine, and 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.360 then honestly, it came down to I realized my heart 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.120 wasn't in medicine. And it's not a job. It's a calling. 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.880 It's not a job that you just punched the punch 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.240 the clock and do. So I decided I gotta take 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.000 a break. I have to figure out what's going on 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.800 because I'm not helping my patients, I'm not helping myself. 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.160 I've done stand up a couple of times in med school, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:58.519 and I thought, all right, I could go be a 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.720 scheme bum, I could go travel the world or whatever. 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:03.160 And I thought, no, I'm gonna go to l A 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.400 do comedy for a year, grow up, go back be 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:10.480 a doctor and being a responsible human being. And instead, 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:12.840 twenty years later around here in l A like live 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.600 in the Green, How did that? I love? I love 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.600 that for so many reasons. One, you bet on yourself 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:20.120 and you went and you made it happen. I love 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.760 That's what I always encourage people, bet on yourself. Um, 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.480 but too was everybody in your world be like you're crazy, Matt. 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.639 You crazy? You have you have a medical degree, you're 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.560 a doctor. You're going out to l A to do 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.840 stand up my uh my friends were all like, no, 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.400 you're at least the seventeenth funniest one of us, Matt. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.640 This makes total sense that you're gonna go be a comedian. Honestly. 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.480 The crazy thing was I think my friends probably thought 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.320 you'll outgrow this. The hardest part. My dad's a doc. 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.160 He's uh, he's a professor medicine, world renowned physician. He 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:53.120 used a professor at the University of Colorado. Right was 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.800 doing my residency and that That was the hardest part 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.080 was telling him because I thought I thought my dad 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.760 was just gonna be devastating, just disappointed, heartbroken, right or 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.120 think you're nuts, you're not gonna go. But when I 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.040 told him, I was leaving, and then I wanted to 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.920 try comedy. First words, he said, where life is short, 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.960 do what makes you happy, and it's it was. It 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.120 was a weight was lifted, but it's it's been. The 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.000 best advice I got is is to go after it. 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.480 And what you said is something I always say too, 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.159 is bet on yourself, because you could bet on a 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.159 career like health care is always going to be stable. 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:26.599 You could bet on you know, living, working in the 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.200 family business, whatever it is, or bet on your passion, 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.040 bet on yourself. And I always felt like, if I'm 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.200 gonna if I'm gonna take a swing, you gotta you 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:37.200 gotta go for it. And and I love that. I 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.760 think betting on yourself is the way it motivates you. 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.840 And it's also it's the way you put your head 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.280 on the pillow at night and go, all right, I'm 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.320 doing I'm doing what I'm passionate about. So how did you? 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.640 I love it, buddy, and I hope our listeners like 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:52.640 really received that when they hear that UM question for you? Then, 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.840 how did you get from stand up comedy to like, 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.320 then you won the Apprentice and now you host, you 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.919 host American Ninja Warrior, American Ninja Warrior June. You're UM 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.360 and you have an extensive like TV career? How did 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.039 you pivot from comedy into that? So I think you 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.159 know another. Another thing I say is say yes to everything, 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:14.000 and my my approach has been UM. There are so 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:17.479 many talented people in any industry, but particularly in entertainment. 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.920 And if you're sitting on your ass thinking I'm so talented, 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.880 people are gonna find me. They're not gonna come knocking 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:24.720 because there are other people beating the doors down. And 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.520 the thing I found was I initially came out. I 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.280 thought he was gonna do stand up comedy, that I 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.080 was doing some sketch comedy and thought I'd be a 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.800 sitcom actor. But somebody came in and said, hey, we 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:35.800 want to submit you to host this show. And this 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.960 was back in two thousand four, and I said yes. 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.440 And that show only lasted a season, but it led 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.320 to UH it was a game show, and it led 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.600 to a home makeover show, and it led to Sports 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.479 Supersports comedy show, and that led to Ninja. Whereas that 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.240 first hosting job I got led to the job I 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.680 have now and and you know that got me on 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:58.280 Celebrity Apprentice, and and so many things have come about 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:02.320 from from saying yes, and and and and being being 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.679 the kind of person people want to work with, and 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.720 and that is showing up working your ass off, being 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:08.960 professional when things don't work out, saying hey, I appreciate 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.320 the opportunity, or if it doesn't work out right, then 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.599 realize life is a marathon. So something might not work 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.159 out in the short term, but it could come to 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:20.160 you know, six months later, five years later, ten years later, 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:22.760 that can come back. And so I think for me, 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.600 I've always tried to say every opportunity, I'm going to 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.240 go in there and and hope that they would want 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:33.200 to work with me again, because it's just been a gift. 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.120 It's been awesome, but it's gonna go away, and I 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.480 need to figure out how do I land that next show. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.080 I hope it doesn't go away for a long time. 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:42.480 But it's that idea of you're always you're always kind 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.159 of looking for the next thing, And I think the 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:48.000 way to do it is to to try to find 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.680 those people and that you really connect with because I 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:55.200 think there's there really is a power in networking of 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:59.000 of connecting with people and building relationships. Uh that can 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.800 that can manifest in ways you don't even understand, but 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.280 I think it's and and it's helping people out to 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.720 like doing a favor for somebody and you know, not 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:11.040 expecting anything, but but building that goodwill because I I 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.280 see it. I've seen it. I've been out here for 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.160 over twenty years now, and I've seen how those little 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:20.120 kindnesses and those little efforts and those things overall, it 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.840 just builds that momentum that you need to survive to 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.960 any business, but particularly one that's as insane. Is this 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.920 one right? And it's it's the same, it's no different 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.480 in professional sports. Um intangibles. As you kept speaking, I 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.480 kept thinking about intangibles. Is this person a good person 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.040 in the locker room? Are they a good person to 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.800 every single person in the building, the security staff, the 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:45.200 dorm and everybody, the trainers, the medical staff, the intangibles? 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.040 Are you respected? Do you show up? Are you on time? 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.840 Are you played? Are you courteous? Just like do you 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.840 invest in other people? Do you ask people about their day, 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:58.400 their life, their family, and all of those intangibles come back. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.400 Like you said, maybe it's not next year, maybe it's 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.920 five years from now, maybe it's ten years. Maybe it doesn't. 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.920 But you invested in people, and it's not what you know, 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.880 it's who you know. And so many times I've actually 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:13.239 got it. I've got opportunities from people from my playing life, 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.960 from people I met ten years ago because I remember you, 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.360 remember you. We had a really good connection. I just 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.640 loved how you respected me and talked with me. And 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:24.800 just like, things come back around, and uh, I think 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.520 it's a you don't do it for that. You invest 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.200 in people to be a good person and to discover 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.400 their journeys. But be it does come back around, it's 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.280 gonna find you again at some point. I've seen it 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.520 in l a. I've seen it in friends. I've seen 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:39.320 it in their lives. They've been on different projects and 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:42.120 I see the same people on the different projects. I'm like, Wow, 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.800 you guys all work together. I love each other. Adam 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.520 sand is the prime example of a guy who works 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.199 with his friends again. You see, you know, anytime you 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:51.839 see one of his movies. It's like the Old Big 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.280 Crossbones where it's like the same people again and again, 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.720 but it's perfect. Someone He's like, these people make me 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.480 my best. Um, they've they've been good to me. I'm 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.160 gonna be good in them. And I think when you 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.120 help us. When the other thing is, you also learn 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.079 a lot anytime you any experience you have, if you're 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.160 if you're open, if you're earnest, if you invest in it, 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.360 you learn things that inevitably imprint on you. And I 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.480 think hopefully continue to elevate your game because we're all 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.040 trying to grow. Right. If you're stat that you're you're dead. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.959 So yeah, it's it's and it's a fun I mean 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:26.199 entertainment is is it's a ridiculous a ridiculously fun job. 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.120 And the opportunities that we get to do and and 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.240 and and the other thing is I always try to 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.720 appreciate it is to say, like I literally when I 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.120 was in medicine, it's truly life or death. You see 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:41.800 what really true? Life or death situations are an entertainment. 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:43.920 We act like it's life and death, but you know 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.360 we're talking about Ninja's or I'm on the shorts and 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:51.160 those things. And I always try to step back and say, 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.760 particularly growing I grew up in Colorado, it was always 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:55.800 sports in school. Entertainment was never on the radar. But 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.040 I loved I loved movies. I loved entertainment. And now 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:00.800 I'm out here, and you know, I get to work 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:02.679 at Universal Studios or you get to meet some of 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.679 these people, and to always say I have an appreciation 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.280 for it. And and to to also say I choose 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.440 a career with a lot of risk and a lot 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.640 of a lot of issues, but you get some of 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.280 these opportunities and never take those for granted. And and 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:20.000 and just sit back. And the other thing I would 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:21.599 love to do is to talk to my friends like 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.760 I grew up with, and and to just remind yourself, man, like, 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.240 remember where you came from. Remember be grateful. I guess 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.320 is you know, have gratitude for the stuff you're getting 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.679 to do, and not worry about what you're not getting 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:34.520 or what you're missing, but then be grateful for you 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.040 do have, which which is a challenge, particularly during the 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.560 pandemic and everything. We're all a little for it. Yeah, 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.400 we'll get into that, because that's very much part of 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:45.480 the listener questions, But, Um, you're inspiring me because there's 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:49.360 there's been I never thought i'd want to get into TV. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.800 I never I wanted to play hockey. It didn't play 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.320 hockey because it was on TV. I played hockey because 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.160 I loved it. But there's been a there's been a 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.319 couple of things that have come my way. Um, And 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.120 I've thought about it, but kind of like, yeah, I 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:03.559 don't want to. I don't want to give up a 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.040 day at my lake house for that. I don't want 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:06.880 to give up a day of like flying or doing 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.880 something fun for that. But you're inspiring me to see 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.480 the fun in it, to see the joy in it, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:15.040 see the opportunity in it. Um. And it's something that's 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.719 been kind of a couple of things have landed in 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:21.360 my inbox that I've I've thought about but ultimately not 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:23.199 moved towards. I don't know if I was ready for 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:24.360 it or I don't know if it was the right 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:27.160 time for it. Um, But you're inspired maybe to give 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.640 another look at it. It's what Yeah, Well I was 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.360 gonna say, look, you you've got a great personality, you 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.760 got a great look. And it's the thing I think 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.880 when you go into it with the idea of there's 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:39.199 no downside. Right where you go, people like, hey, you 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.880 might look like a jackass or something. Well, look, I'm 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.920 not afraid of embarrassing myself. And I also trust, I 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:48.160 trust that I will do well enough to to be 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.400 where I can hold my head up high. But when 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:51.800 you start to when you start to go into it 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:53.439 and say, hey, man, I could really have fun and 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.160 expand something. And the thing I love about what I've 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.840 created in TV is largely I get to be myself, 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.800 which would really is a blast. Like I go on 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.400 and I'm a naturally enthusiastic guy. I love I love 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.679 meeting people. I love telling stories. Ninja. We got to 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.480 tell these incredible stories that you know, I was an 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.480 athlete growing up, or and and and just love seeing 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:17.439 people push themselves past it and and when you get 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:21.079 to when when you get to the secret I think 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.559 to being good in Hollywood is very often figuring out 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:26.640 how to be yourself and get out of the way 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.160 because we all kind of put these things on. And honestly, 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:30.920 that's where, like the first ten years of my career 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.199 we're doing is you know, you you try to be 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.440 will Ferrell, or you're trying to be Alex Trebek rest 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:37.960 in Peace or any of these people, and then all 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:39.160 of a sudden you're like, no, man, I want to 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:40.719 be Brooks, like I want to be mad Eyes, but 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.920 I want to be this person inside who I am. 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.640 Because the thing you see, particularly when it is person 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.280 when you're hosting, it's people want some authenticity. They want 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.679 to know this is who you are. And I think 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.280 once once you figure that out and you're able to 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.480 deliver that, that's what people respond to. Okay, love it. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.880 I'll take that advice. Thank you, buddy. One last question 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.320 then we're gonna get into our list. Your thoughts, um 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.480 your favorite give me your absolute favorite thing about being 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:09.120 on TV and the opportunities that you have said. Look, 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:12.280 I would love to say Celebrity Apprentice was amazing because 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.199 we got to raise a million dollars for the Arthritis Foundation. 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:19.360 I have rheumatoid arthritis UH, chronic autoimmune disease that changed 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.920 my life, diagnosed in two thousand two. So to get 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.600 a raise a million dollars and and just as importantly 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.240 to share my story and raise awareness was awesome. If 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:28.880 I said that was my favorite part, that would make 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.679 me a good person. My favorite part of was that 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:35.640 I've become friends with Arnold Schwartzeninger. Like I my childhood bedroom, 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:37.760 I'll be there for Thanksgiving. My parents still live in 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.480 the house I grew up in. My bedroom hasn't changed 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.320 since I graduated from high school. The Predator posters up there. 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:47.960 I mean ever since ever six I've slept with Schwarzenegger 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.920 in my bedroom. And now I'm friends with this guy. 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.559 We've got the travel globe doing charity events and and 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.480 my buddy, my buddy was just it was just he. 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.960 I was so excited my last birthday anyway, we went 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.319 to Austria together and on my birthday, Arnold brought a 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.280 cake at We're having stogies, and I sent a photo 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.160 to my buddy and he goes. He said, if everything 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.800 went away, if if you had to leave it, you 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.000 had to go whatever you know, jig ditches, do whatever 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:18.480 you got, you made it. This is like sixteen year 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.320 old that would have been like life is complete. And 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:25.040 in that moment, I've got a photo. Let me see this. 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:30.720 This photo Schwarzener hand me to his Christmas party was stallone. Yeah, 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.640 like and in this photo I was just like, that's 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.040 it's next to like the photos I got with my parents. 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.960 It's like that photo that that's it. That's why I 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.280 came out here. And so like that moment was really 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.320 one when when those two guys whose movies I can 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.160 still quote to this day, when I got to meet 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.200 them and like, you know, not be peers, but but 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:51.920 but like work with him and hang out with him, 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.440 it was that was amazing, And that's certainly made at 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.160 this point, I'm playing with how some money in this career. 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:02.760 I I once met Arnold but couldn't see me. You 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.440 get it, you get it. My my one of my 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.040 best buddies. That's his favorite line from that Get to 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:13.680 the Chopper obviously, but then he couldn't see me. Um yeah, 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:28.120 So okay, buddy, I love it. It's so good, so good. Okay, 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.200 let's get to some of these. Let's do it. I 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.320 want your input on these, so our listeners, our listeners 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.160 are pouring out to us. A lot of people are struggling, 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.680 a lot of people are uncertain with the future. Um 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:42.200 COVID obviously is taking a massive impact from people's professional 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.360 and personal lives. So they've reached out to you and 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:45.920 I Matt, and we're going to do our best to 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.640 try and help people. Let's do it. Um, here's the 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:52.000 first one from our community. Where will I end up 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.920 after college? Where do you think somebody in college right now, 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:56.400 where are they going to end up? What's the world 0:15:56.480 --> 0:16:00.280 look like for somebody coming out of college? Why? I 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.400 I think, Look, I have no idea. I have no 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.240 idea what the world's gonna look like. I mean, we 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.160 just heard news today of a vaccine that might be 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.800 effect if it really is, that could really change the 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:16.080 face of COVID. But I think this pandemic has been 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:21.000 an extreme example of the reality that we don't know 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.880 the future really, it's it's so unpredictable. Um. And we've 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.920 been very fortunate to largely you know, I think back 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:31.920 in my lifetime, the events nine eleven, uh, this pandemic, 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.440 I I think are just those events. I think Reagan 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.800 being shot, like the Space Shuttle blowing up, those kind 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.760 of landmark events. Um. But but this pandemic and nine 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.080 eleven particularly being ones that I think shifted the world 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.520 moving forward. So I don't know what the world's going 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:49.000 to be moving forward. But but the reality is, um, 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.040 you if you're in college, you are still at a 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:57.760 place where you are you are able to mold your future, 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.160 and I think that that was one of the great 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.560 things in college. Here's what I will say. When I 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:04.800 was in college, I thought I knew what I wanted 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.440 to do for the rest of my life. I thought 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:08.480 I was going to become a doctor. I thought I 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:10.920 had it all planned out. What I've realized since then 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.399 is I had no idea. So I think there was 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:16.240 always a lot of pressure though, when you were in 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.360 college to feel like you had life figure it out. 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.320 And I want to just tell people you don't. I 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:23.200 said it before. Life is a marathon. Don't feel like 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.280 you need to have all the answers. What I think 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.760 you would want to do is to try to to 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:29.680 try to build up your knowledge base, find something you're 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.560 passionate about, but also be okay saying, you know, whether 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:36.720 you take a job, whether you travel, whether you whether 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.320 you choose something safe, or whether you choose to take 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.399 that big risk or go to law school, whatever it is, 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:43.440 to say, this might not be where it goes and 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.720 that's okay. Things could change, and just to say what 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.000 I'm going to do is to continue to search for 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.000 that thing. Hopefully search for that passion that's something that 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.760 really excites you, because again, I don't, I don't work. 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.200 I don't. I mean, obviously it's entertainment, so it's not 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.240 that hard. But I love what I do and I'm 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.440 so grateful to have found that. So if you're in college, 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:07.480 I would say, just try to be okay realizing that 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.280 you may feel all your classmates everyone around you has 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.119 life figured out or has their plans out there. They don't. 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.560 Most of them are just like me, where you thought 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:18.800 you knew something or you kind of thought, hey, this 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.600 is the right answer, but you're going to experience in 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:23.680 the next you know, ten years out of college, I 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:25.520 think is when you really start to grow up and 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.680 find out who you are and just to be okay 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:29.520 with that and to say that the world is changing, 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.320 but it's really just that this has been a very 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:35.440 surface realization of life so always changing. So I think, 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:37.159 just be okay saying you don't have to have it 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:41.159 figured out, um, but just kind of being able to 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.199 live with that discomfort and to say I'm really going 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.840 to commit to bettering myself, to betting on myself, to 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.600 saying yes opportunities and to finding something you're passionate about. 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:51.000 I like all of that. I love I love all 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.280 of that. I love that you kept the door open 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.840