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Speaker 1: Welcome to money making conversations. I'm Sean McDonald. I recognize

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Speaker 1: that we all have different definitions success. For some, it's

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Speaker 1: a sizeable paycheck. Mine is helping people wake up and

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Speaker 1: inspiring them to accomplish their goals and live their very

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Speaker 1: going to do for you. I want you to stop

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Speaker 1: tripping over small challenges I really do, and prepare to

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Speaker 1: rise above the bigger obstacles to life. You will present

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Speaker 1: to you my next My next guest. She's she's laying

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Speaker 1: was an eighteen year veteran and stand up comedies that

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Speaker 1: started doing statard back in ninety two death comedy Jawn

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Speaker 1: to do but stand up. Look at I couldn't do

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Speaker 1: it and Michelle was No strangers Netflix subscribers, the Netflix

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Speaker 1: films Someone Great, Always Be, My Being, Always Be My Maybe,

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Speaker 1: and Netflix series Rushing and Doll Tales of the City,

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Speaker 1: and continued appearances including the Hosting and Netflix Where Out

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Speaker 1: of the Competition series The Circle which is renewed for

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Speaker 1: a second season. She's talented and she's beautiful, and she's

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Speaker 1: starting her new Netflix stand up comedy special, Michelle Bauto.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Otavia Beutopia. Dad, are you a counting? You

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Speaker 1: listen all the things like I gotta start bringing W

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Speaker 1: nine to W tense is interview? Well, you know when

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Speaker 1: you're busy and you're talented, like you just got renewed

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Speaker 1: I saw the special first. It was first of all,

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Speaker 1: you know what they do with Netflix. Uh, they sent

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Speaker 1: me an account of putting my patchword. It was on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: and someone when people start making me laugh, I have

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Speaker 1: sit up. And then you made me stand up, Michelle

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Speaker 1: because I was laughing. And so so first of all,

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Speaker 1: let me let me lay down. Everybody know about Michelle Hill.

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Speaker 1: See when when you're really talented comic and she knows this,

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Speaker 1: a statup comic, who's a real stand up comic, here's

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Speaker 1: I really really do, and honestly like and you know

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Patopia, September twenty night, Netflix, Starwing the Incredible Michelle. Michelle,

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Speaker 1: great special, Michelle. I want to just thank you. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to allowing me to see you as a stand up

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