WEBVTT - The Strongest Man In The World

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a really fun one. I've known Robert

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<v Speaker 1>Oberst for a little bit of time now. We met

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<v Speaker 1>at the Holler Music video as I met a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of these guys, a lot of these big influencers, and

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<v Speaker 1>the big is an understatement when it comes to Robert.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like three hundred and eighty five pounds and six

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<v Speaker 1>eight He's a big dude. But there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>big guys. And what makes Robert so special is that

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<v Speaker 1>he has taken something, you know, his his his drive

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<v Speaker 1>is it comes from much more than just his size.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the guy has competed for a long time

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<v Speaker 1>at World Strongest Man competitions. He's been a finalist a

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<v Speaker 1>handful of times, and he still can copeting to this day.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, he's training for twenty twenty and so I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to talk to him about what drives the strongest

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<v Speaker 1>man in the world. And this is not just a

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<v Speaker 1>national event, like if you're listening to this podcast, this

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<v Speaker 1>thing is worldwide. This guy goes out and he'll he'll

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<v Speaker 1>travel all over the world and go to the world

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<v Speaker 1>Strongest Man in competitions and win, and that's saying something.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wanted to talk to him about, Well, there's

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<v Speaker 1>millions of big guys. You know, there's everybody knows big guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and so how do you take that and take it

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<v Speaker 1>to the next level and decide that you want to

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<v Speaker 1>compete at that kind of level? And Robert is that guy.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys are gonna like this podcast. Welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>Granger Smith Podcast. Eye Did Kids and dcl times and

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<v Speaker 1>long line of bi fo of up and down the

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<v Speaker 1>back range your cool watch eageation. So people will occasionally

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<v Speaker 1>come to me and they'll say, do you have any

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<v Speaker 1>advice on being a singer? I want to be a singer.

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<v Speaker 1>What's some advice you can give me? And I have

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<v Speaker 1>a little trick to that. My trick is I'll say

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<v Speaker 1>my first thing else telling is well, do you have

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<v Speaker 1>a fallback plan? Because if things don't work out, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, you have a good option of something. And

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<v Speaker 1>if they say something like actually, yeah, you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>father in law's got a concrete company, I could probably

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<v Speaker 1>come in as manager, then they failed to test. Right's

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<v Speaker 1>the only answer in my business is there's no fallback plan, man,

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<v Speaker 1>This is just what I do. No parachute man, you

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<v Speaker 1>got to learn to fly. And I thought about you

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<v Speaker 1>because it's got to be the same at your level.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no fallback plan. No. That's literally what I tell

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<v Speaker 1>people all the time. When I got into strong Man,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone was telling me you can't make money, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>make money, you can't make money. And I said, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>well I'll show you how you make money. Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 1>it was the same exact thing I tell people all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. If you have a plan B, then you

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have that plan A. And in life, that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>go for everything, it doesn't fit everything. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>should always be prepared and being an eagle scout, I

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<v Speaker 1>have to say that. But you know I know that

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<v Speaker 1>about you, Yeah, for sure. And so you know in

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<v Speaker 1>your passion, if you're going to pursue a dream, you

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<v Speaker 1>got to go all out. You just have to, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>be it as a man. Maybe you're going to hit

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<v Speaker 1>the ground and smash, but that's what it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>take for you to make it. So and there's there's

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds easy when you say it like that, but

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<v Speaker 1>there's a timey percentage of people that even do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, and it sounds easy, but I mean most

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<v Speaker 1>people thinking of this are like, oh, there's no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>no no, Like I couldn't do that. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>sounds it sounds like to us it was easy. I

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<v Speaker 1>would guess they're thinking. But I mean, I mean, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got people you got to take care of you and

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<v Speaker 1>and for me, I have a son and and I

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<v Speaker 1>had to do the exact same thing. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to just got to be all in. So you

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<v Speaker 1>want the strongest men in the world. And but I

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<v Speaker 1>was thinking about this today. So there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>big dudes, a lot millions probably in the world seven billion.

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<v Speaker 1>There's probably a million really big guys. What six over

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<v Speaker 1>six eight and three four hundred pounds, yeah, right, six

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<v Speaker 1>six seven and a half three ninety five right now,

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<v Speaker 1>So you're like right on, and a lot of them

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<v Speaker 1>are really strong. But to compete at your level and

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<v Speaker 1>win or even qualified pro level, there is a switch

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta flip. And I'm interested to hearing from you

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<v Speaker 1>how you flip that switch, because it's not about at

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<v Speaker 1>a certain level, you got to eat so many calories,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta train, you gotta train hard, you gotta have funding,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta have the genetics. But that just gets you

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<v Speaker 1>in the door. So then where do you flip that

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<v Speaker 1>switch to become the guy that wins. For me specifically,

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<v Speaker 1>it just comes from the way I was raised, in

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<v Speaker 1>the environment I was around. My dad worked sixteen hour days,

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<v Speaker 1>busted his ass, and we never had any money. And

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<v Speaker 1>my mom, she just always made me feel like I

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<v Speaker 1>could do anything. You know. I had a really good

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<v Speaker 1>mom who I was a chubby kid who should have been,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, very self conscious, but I wasn't. My mom

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<v Speaker 1>told me I could be anything, and I just believed her,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew when she said it that she meant it.

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<v Speaker 1>So in my heart, I knew that I could do

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<v Speaker 1>whatever I wanted. And growing up we were just extremely poor,

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<v Speaker 1>Like in high school for most of it, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have any electricity and we had ten people in a

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<v Speaker 1>three bedroom house no electricity, and I saw the way

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<v Speaker 1>that we were all you're not really suffering when you're

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, when you got brothers and sisters and you

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<v Speaker 1>can play outside and all that, you don't feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm suffering. But I knew that there was more to life.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew that I wanted myself and to not have

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<v Speaker 1>that like that pit in their stomach worried about, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>what are we going to do tomorrow or how if

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<v Speaker 1>we get kicked out of the house again, what's going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen? All that kind of stuff. And and for me,

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<v Speaker 1>that's where the switch came from. The switch came from

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<v Speaker 1>the faith that I knew I could do it, but

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<v Speaker 1>also the fire that knew I had to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>So good, your siblings are as big as you. No,

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<v Speaker 1>actually I'm the big one. It's it's it happened. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, man. It took eight kids and on the

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<v Speaker 1>eighth one it was it was the giants. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's two younger than me, so there's ten of us,

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<v Speaker 1>number eight and yeah, yeah, and so that just came

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<v Speaker 1>out huge. I don't know. It was weird because my

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<v Speaker 1>mom and my dad aren't aren't big. My dad's got

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<v Speaker 1>like a barrel chest, but he's not very big. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at my dad's dad and my mom's dad,

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<v Speaker 1>they're huge. My dad's dad is just this big german

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<v Speaker 1>dude who like ran a farm his whole life, and

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<v Speaker 1>he looks like he ran in a farmer's whole life.

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<v Speaker 1>And then my mom's dad was like six eight, just

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<v Speaker 1>this giant. He used to run horses and stuff. And

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<v Speaker 1>so I think it skipped a generation and then it

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<v Speaker 1>skipped eight seven siblings right for me, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>got it all yeah, you did so all right? So

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<v Speaker 1>the switch right? So there is there this moment when

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<v Speaker 1>like what is log press? Right? So you got the

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<v Speaker 1>fans yelling at you, You're adrenaline's pumping, and you get

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<v Speaker 1>it right? Here is there is there a moment when

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<v Speaker 1>it wants to come down and you go huhuh oh

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<v Speaker 1>for sure? Do you are? Are you conscious of that

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<v Speaker 1>moment or something else kicking in? It's it's it's unique

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<v Speaker 1>in every situation. My favorite, my favorite memory with log presses.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in Australia and we were competing at Arnold

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<v Speaker 1>Swarzenegger's show and I'm competing against my rival Eddie Hall

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going through and I'm I'm beating his ass.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing great. And Arnold shows up for the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the log press so I'm the last one on

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<v Speaker 1>the log. I'm I'm nobody else can touch this weight.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the only one that's still on stage and I

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<v Speaker 1>get the log in my lap. And when you get

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<v Speaker 1>in your lap, this is kind of a reset. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>It's like it's heavy, you put it down, You're like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a break right before I go to real work.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have it in my lap and I look

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<v Speaker 1>up and I see Arnold there, and then I look

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<v Speaker 1>over and I see Eddie watching. I'm like, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>eat this dude's lunch right now. And it was fire

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<v Speaker 1>in my soul, like I'm getting goosebumps right now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And that it that when you when you roll, when

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<v Speaker 1>you roll five hundred pounds up your chest and you're

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there and you're looking up at the sky and

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<v Speaker 1>you're you're hoping you've got enough in you not to

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<v Speaker 1>fold in half. There's there's not much time for you

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<v Speaker 1>to feel like the process of can I can I

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<v Speaker 1>is it going to happen? That that kind of already

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<v Speaker 1>goes out the window before you get it up. But

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<v Speaker 1>for me, I always have that thought before I go.

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<v Speaker 1>I always I don't know what it is, but I

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<v Speaker 1>always have this like you can snap your back, you

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<v Speaker 1>can do this, you can do that. I always have

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<v Speaker 1>that feeling and that that visualization in my head, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I shake it off and I'm like, nah, we're going,

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna go. And I think feeling that fear and

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<v Speaker 1>then accepting it makes me stronger. It makes me feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I've got I've got that. And and once you

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<v Speaker 1>once you face down the demons and you've stared it

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<v Speaker 1>in the face and you know it's it almost feels

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<v Speaker 1>like there's just no way I can't do it now, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>David Goggins, it taking souls. There, you got the moment. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about to take your soul exactly. And that visualization.

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<v Speaker 1>Every every major athlete, all of them will talk at

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<v Speaker 1>some point about visualization, visualizing that final effort, that that win. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's one of the most important. It's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most important parts of training. Is that we always like

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<v Speaker 1>to we always like to quote Madden from Football, I

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<v Speaker 1>say ninety percent of it's half mental, and it's just

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<v Speaker 1>because it sounds funny, but the truth is it's a

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<v Speaker 1>big mental game. And if you haven't seen yourself succeed

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<v Speaker 1>over and over and over, how do you know that

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<v Speaker 1>the pass they're supposed to walk to get there. I

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<v Speaker 1>go on my cardio sessions and I do my weight training,

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<v Speaker 1>and every time I'm doing it, I'm seeing myself win

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<v Speaker 1>every single time. It's just in me now that I

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<v Speaker 1>even I'll go for a little ten minute walks, and

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<v Speaker 1>all my walks in my head, I'm seeing the steps

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking, I'm seeing I'm seeing the people falling behind

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<v Speaker 1>me as I creep ahead. And then I'm seeing myself

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of that walk, even though it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a little walk, I'm seeing myself step upon the podium

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<v Speaker 1>and take a trophy, you know, and that has translated

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<v Speaker 1>into real life. That's why you win. And the reason

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<v Speaker 1>I even bring it up is because there might be

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<v Speaker 1>people that think, yeah, you could think the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>about NFL. I mean, when you're that big, or when

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<v Speaker 1>you're that big, it just comes natural. You just lift

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<v Speaker 1>the log up and push it over yet, right, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>But but the fact is, and what I was saying

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<v Speaker 1>is there's millions of big guys, right, There's a millions

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<v Speaker 1>of strong guys. But there's there's a certain switch, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a certain level that that makes you elite. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>just your genetics, it's not just your size that just

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<v Speaker 1>got you in the door. Right, There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>big guys that sit at home and play video games

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<v Speaker 1>all that, absolutely, and God bless them, do your thing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but you know, to get up on the

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<v Speaker 1>big stage. You're gonna have to pay a price for sure. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw something about you today. It makes me and

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<v Speaker 1>you have something in common history majors in college. Oh yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's important. You got to know your history. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>we repeat it and you're seeing it. It's a great

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<v Speaker 1>example today we repeat history if we don't learn, absolutely right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's in a personal, personal way and in a

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<v Speaker 1>big you know, in a way for our whole country.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's important to know that kind of stuff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's absolutely right. I see when people say things like

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<v Speaker 1>this is the most divided our country has ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you seen a civil war? Man? Do you even

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<v Speaker 1>know about the Civil War? Right now? I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>we can't head that direction again, but but hey, we're

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<v Speaker 1>okay right now. Right and making statements like that has

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<v Speaker 1>become a thing where it's like it's really divisive, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's really like polaristic, and everyone wants to say this,

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<v Speaker 1>this half is this way and this half is that way,

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<v Speaker 1>and it just seems so divisive. If we all just

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<v Speaker 1>took a minute and talked about the things that we

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<v Speaker 1>get along with the things we agree with, Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more of those than the things we disagree with.

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<v Speaker 1>It's way more man. That is the absolute truth, dude, yeah, absolute.

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<v Speaker 1>I see some some some of your scars. Yeah yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>bicep surgery. Huh yeah, that's bicep surgery. And this one actually, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>that one, that scar cost me seventeen thousand dollars for

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<v Speaker 1>me to get insurance. It's I just it's almost impossible,

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<v Speaker 1>and for me to have it, it's thought of it

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<v Speaker 1>that way. It's not worth it. It's like I'm paying

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<v Speaker 1>for surgeries all every month. So uh, this was straight

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<v Speaker 1>out of pocket. And it's not like we make a

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<v Speaker 1>ton in strong Man and strong Man. The winner of

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<v Speaker 1>World Strongest Man gets forty thousand dollars and that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>the big payday, forty grand. It's like, okay, you know

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<v Speaker 1>last month exactly. And so for us, we're professional strong man,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're entertainers, don't. We don't get money from lifting weights.

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<v Speaker 1>We get money from being entertaining, from having following and

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<v Speaker 1>showing other people how to do that. That's literally I

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<v Speaker 1>stopped calling myself a professional strong man. I am an entertainer. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Well okay, so what are you doing right now entertainment

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<v Speaker 1>wise because dude, you got a new YouTube channel. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>just flying right now, I'm cracking on YouTube. We're doing videos,

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<v Speaker 1>We're making stuff, and that I feel silly that it

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<v Speaker 1>took me so long to get going on it. But

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<v Speaker 1>you got to have a good camera guy and everything.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't have crap content going up because then it's

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<v Speaker 1>no good for anybody. So I've got that going and

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<v Speaker 1>I I just started a new nonprofit called Little Monsters,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's where I grew up. Like I said, we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have much. And I fell in love with the

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<v Speaker 1>gym because instead of getting in trouble and messing around,

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<v Speaker 1>I would go to the YMCA. And at the YMCA,

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<v Speaker 1>I met people that showed me, like, you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a way to get all that out of you, to

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<v Speaker 1>feel better, to exercise, and to just feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>have a community. And then when I went to high school,

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<v Speaker 1>I missed my first two years of college. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>I was a second team All American, first All State

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<v Speaker 1>in California, which is a big deal. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>you had to take SATs to go to college. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>in my family was around. I didn't know. So I

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<v Speaker 1>fell through the cracks and right now My goal is

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure I can sew up those cracks as

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<v Speaker 1>much as possible for the kids in my community and

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<v Speaker 1>help them. Free training is just the beginning I want.

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<v Speaker 1>I want them to understand that, you know, everyone tells

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<v Speaker 1>you you got to go to school, you got to

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<v Speaker 1>get your grades, but nobody explains to you that getting

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<v Speaker 1>a two point five and getting an eight point fifty

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<v Speaker 1>on your SATs means you can go anywhere. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can if you want to play sports. There's there's

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<v Speaker 1>NAIA Division III, Division two that will happily pay for some,

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<v Speaker 1>if not all, of your schooling. There's schools out there

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<v Speaker 1>begging for kids, and there's kids that are ending up

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<v Speaker 1>not having any type of education because they didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>know about it. So that's it. That's my biggest transition

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<v Speaker 1>right now. And just get get Little Monsters going and hopefully,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we'll get through this lockdown period and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be able to get going on that. And what's

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<v Speaker 1>the website for Little Monsters right now? The website is

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<v Speaker 1>just the Americanmonster dot com and Little Monsters doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>its own official website yet. We just got done with

0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:51.080
<v Speaker 1>the paperwork and then it got it got logged back

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<v Speaker 1>like crazy because it was right right when the when

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<v Speaker 1>the pandemic had started, we'd we had started pushing for it,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it going through the government. Right now is

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<v Speaker 1>just it's really hard. They're busy, and the YouTube is

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<v Speaker 1>American Monster, American Monster Productions, American Monster Productions. What about Hollywood?

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<v Speaker 1>They come knocking on the door. Yet, We've we've done

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<v Speaker 1>a few things. I actually just yesterday I got offered

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<v Speaker 1>a commercial for some stuff, and I've I chased a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of that for a while. And it feels just

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<v Speaker 1>I moved to LA and I was living in LA

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<v Speaker 1>trying to work, and it just felt like it stole

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<v Speaker 1>my soul, Like when you go out there and you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to like audition after audition and you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>please these people who are like So I separated myself

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<v Speaker 1>from that, and since I've separated myself, more people come knocking. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>So we've we've we've got a possible commercial coming up

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<v Speaker 1>in the next couple of weeks, and then I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a TV show and that we're supposed to film in Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>They women spent a month out in Georgia doing this

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<v Speaker 1>big show that I'm I'm not supposed to say what

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<v Speaker 1>it's right now, but it's it looks pretty cool and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see you know, I'm I'm I'm much more inclined

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<v Speaker 1>to do stuff on my own instead of working. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the right way, man, make them come to you. Build

0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:17.359
<v Speaker 1>this YouTube channel, and your channel is is multifaceted. You know,

0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:22.359
<v Speaker 1>there's there's some just sit down serious talking, there's funny stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I think that's the right thing to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I could see you personally. I see you one day

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<v Speaker 1>in some medieval movie with a massive accent. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>most common thought. My goal. I don't really have any

0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:39.040
<v Speaker 1>dreams of being like big Hollywood any of this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But my goal is to just have one epic death scene,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I just want the most gnarly like warrior death

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<v Speaker 1>scene where I can have like a five second clip

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<v Speaker 1>that I'll keep forever. You know, that's what the guys

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<v Speaker 1>like you are usually the guys that get killed by

0:20:55.920 --> 0:21:00.760
<v Speaker 1>the little guys. That's the hero. And run me over

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<v Speaker 1>with a tractor or run me through with a sword.

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<v Speaker 1>Just make it good, dude. I appreciate you getting on

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<v Speaker 1>here me and you're about to go film some stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>You're at the Ee Farm. Buddy and I hope we

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<v Speaker 1>get to do this again one day, anytime, brother, brother,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Mm hmmm mmm