10 things you can do this week to be happier. We have a special guest, James’ wife, Prudence!

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yeah.

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Welcome, welcome, welcome.

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Welcome to the Parents Make a Profit Show,
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who are entrepreneurs helping them be the
best parentpreneurs they can be.

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I'm James Oliver Jr., co -founder of the
World's Cutest Twins, husband to an

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amazing wife, founder of the Parentpreneur
Foundation and CEO of Cabilla, which

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Yo, today, today, today, I have a treat
for you.

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Why?

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Because I love you.

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We have a special guest in the building.

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Someone you hear me talk about a lot on
the podcast.

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Someone God has blessed me with as a life
partner.

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You know, the Bible says, he who finds a
wife finds a good thing.

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Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the
great

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that I found in my life, my wife Prudence
Oliver.

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Hello baby.

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Hi baby.

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Hey, what's going on?

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What are you doing here with me?

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my goodness, this is such an exciting
treat.

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Thank you so much for inviting me to
follow us with you today.

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Yeah, so y 'all don't know like anytime I
drop episode, I'm like, all right, babe,

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you got to listen to this because I need
your feedback.

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You know, was this good?

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Was this bad?

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Like, what do you think?

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So I'm excited that she took the time to
do this with us today.

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Y 'all know she's super introverted.

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So this is way outside of her comfort
zone.

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This is not really her jam, but she's
like, leaning in with me on some of this

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non introversion stuff.

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And I appreciate that.

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Appreciate her for that.

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So today's episode is inspired by a real
simple article called

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10 micro adventures you can take when you
need a quick happiness boost.

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And I thought it would be fun to have my
wife join this episode because happiness

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is something we were recently talking
about.

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And so first I wanted to find like what is
happiness for the purposes of this

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discussion.

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So I just did a quick search, babe, and
found some things that, know, so says

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happiness is feeling or showing pleasure
or contentment, feeling joy, delight,

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feeling euphoric, ecstatic.

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blissful or elated.

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Are you cool with that definition for the
purpose of this conversation, Prudence?

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I am.

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think that's a good working summary or
definition, yes.

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All right, cool.

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So I think, and I think we talked about
this too, like part of the quote unquote

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problem, I don't wanna say problem, but
part of the thing with happiness is that

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it is fleeting.

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Does that make sense?

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Do you agree or disagree with

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Totally agree.

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Okay, just so y 'all know, she does not
always agree with the things that I say.

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So I don't want you to be, she just agree
with him.

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Because that's her husband.

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No, no, no, no, that's that's not how that
works.

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So, so, you know, some some might argue
those I was just searching around on the

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internet.

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And I saw that some people might argue
that life satisfaction, purpose and

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meaning living a good life are better than
happiness, because these things are more

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sustainable.

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According to many articles across the web,
there are many benefits to being happy,

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like better immunity, immune system,
increased resilience, reduced stress,

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longer lifespan, and a bunch of other
things.

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And like, who doesn't want more of these
things, right?

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Absolutely.

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All right, cool.

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So because of that, we should talk about
how can you get more happiness in your

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life?

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So let's get into these 10 things that you
can do from the article if you need a

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quick happiness boost.

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These are things that you could start
doing this week.

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Like commit to doing, if any of this
resonates you, please commit to doing just

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one of them this week.

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So number one, take a different route home
from work.

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So I appreciate this because there are
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And you've been in a car with me, we might
be going to Total Wine, I'm going to pick

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up a bottle of Pinot Grigio, because
that's what I like to do.

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There are times when I take a different
route to go to the store, even though I'm

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like, you know, it takes a little longer
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the scenery and it makes me happy.

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Your thoughts.

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Yeah, no, I totally agree with this.

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This is a good practice for the mind.

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But I also think, you know, taking a
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general, especially if you're a woman and
you're kind of, you know, taking a

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different route, I think is just a good
thing to do overall.

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You just never know who's watching.

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Interesting, okay, that's an example of
something as a man, I would never consider

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that, but I appreciate that different
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Okay, so number two, stop at a new place
for your morning coffee, maybe order

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something you never tried.

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So I appreciate this suggestion, but for
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So I take our dog, Thor, to the dog park
every morning, and I was going to

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Starbucks almost every day, and I realized
like, yo, this is a total waste of money.

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And so then I went to the store and I
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disposable cups.

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And I make that and drink that on the way
to the park.

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And that makes me happy.

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And this makes me happy because I'm not
wasting money at Starbucks on top of that.

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What do you

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Yeah, I mean, I think that's kind of like
number one as well.

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I believe that doing something new or
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just a good practice to have in general.

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I think it's just a great thing, yes.

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100 % agree.

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Again, she don't always agree with me just
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This is a total anomaly.

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So anyway, I like this.

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How can we get more of this?

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Just kidding.

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I don't need you to agree with me all the
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time.

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Number three.

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Well, you think I'm wrong more than half
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Is that why you're laughing?

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I don't have an opinion right now at this
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We'll talk offline.

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Yeah, okay, I don't want no trouble.

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Anyway, number three.

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Move in a new way, meaning take a dance
class, ride your bike, go for a long walk,

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anything that's different from what you
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So I recently started walking.

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getting 3 ,000 steps in every morning when
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So this has been something that I look
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Like yesterday, I took Thor to the park
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miles.

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I do that, you in the weekend when we
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But I think this is great.

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What do you think about this?

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Absolutely.

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Any form of physical exercise is always
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endorphins, you know, It's a really great
thing to just move your body.

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And so you're getting exercise, you're
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It's just a great way to feel happy and it
has the physical payoffs as well.

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Yes.

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because you know, I'm over here getting
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Yes, I am.

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Number four.

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Number four, rearrange your furniture.

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So I'm let you talk about this one, why
you think this is a good way to get happy.

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Why is that?

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my goodness.

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So I have a little bit of OCD, but I am,
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other cases I can mention.

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There's some people that are certainly
inspiration for me to, I'll never be able

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to reach what they could do, but certainly
decluttering and rearranging things or

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thinking about new ways

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to look at a space or an area is a great
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a space.

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And this happened just this Friday, this
past Friday.

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And we did this just by changing around
some furniture in our living room area,

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dining room area, and our bedroom, right?

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Just like one small change.

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I don't know what happened, but we just
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the mood in our home.

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And yeah, we're really, I think, excited.

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What do you think?

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What are your thoughts on what happened
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Yeah.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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here now it simply makes me very happy.

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So I 100 % cosine rearrange your
furniture, which is like do it.

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If if you know, you don't think it's
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please.

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It will make you happy.

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And declutter.

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Yes.

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All right, number five, go to a new
restaurant, try new cuisine.

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So I can't wait to do this with you, babe.

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You yesterday we were walking at the
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after having lunch at our favorite Tex
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actually haven't done in a while, in part
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puppy, but it was delightful.

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And so anyway, we were at Avalon, which is
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I live in Alpharetta.

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John's Creek area and it's beautiful.

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And on the way to get ice cream, while
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you.

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my God.

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And William Sanova, I pointed out that
this, sorry.

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What'd you say?

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Yes.

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Yeah, it was fun.

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So I pointed out this Persian restaurant
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amazing.

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Like I've been hearing about this place
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And I suggest that we go there, right?

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And I can't wait to try that with you.

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As you know, you're vegan.

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I assume they have lots of vegan slash
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And I'm just excited to go there with you
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food.

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I am too.

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Really looking forward to that.

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Yes.

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All right.

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Number six, have a weeknight dinner party.

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Doesn't have to be fancy.

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The point is to have fun on a school
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What do think about this?

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And what should we

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We did this back in May on your birthday
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the middle of the week.

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And so, yes, and we actually had suprika,
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We did, we did, we did with the kids.

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And so we did this and it was just a
refreshing break away from the norm, but

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it was also just such a lovely way for us
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you know, talk about you and celebrate you
and just all that you do for our family.

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And so, yeah, it was just a great night of
gratitude.

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So, mm -hmm.

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like that was, that was one of the best
birthdays I ever had.

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And like the cards, like you come up with
the most amazing cards.

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where do you get these cards from?

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It's just so amazing.

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That was an amazing day.

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Thank you so much for that.

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Yes, let's do it again.

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We need to just find something to do
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We can either just you and I, or when the
kids are here, it was so much, so much

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fun.

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All right.

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Number seven.

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Find a new poem and read it out loud.

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What do you think about this

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I'm more into the visual arts and instead
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And so this doesn't resonate as much with
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well by by something written.

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I would more so turn to music rather than
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hairs.

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mean, whatever I think would inspire you
and make you happy.

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I also just want to say that for anyone
who might be thinking, boy, this is kind

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of getting into being a long list of
things or I have to do this all at once.

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I think that, James, you can correct me if
I'm wrong, but this is all to just inspire

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some, the, the brownie points.

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I mean, just, I mean, come on, listen,
it's just having me here.

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the brownie points got a real short shelf
life.

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So I got to get those things accumulated
as often as I can.

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Well, listen, with me already being here,
guess I'm already, I mean, it's already a

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jar full.

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So, you know, but I just, I just wanted to
bring up the point that if you're anything

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like me, you're just feeling a bit
overwhelmed with where to even start.

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You know, this is something that I think
you maybe set your intention on doing just

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one or two things that feel attainable,
not on all 10 that we're about to explore.

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James presents this as something that just
shows how you can even maybe organically

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have these things to happen throughout the
course of your days or months, weeks,

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whatever, and not to sort of tackle all in
one day or even a month.

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I think it just shows that there's so much
variety in the ways that we sort of live

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out our lives that could encompass any of
these small changes.

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But Small Bytes is what I

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100%.

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Just get started.

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Just do something, right?

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Just do something.

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Pick one thing this week and do it.

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All right, so I don't know about the poem
thing.

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That's not really my jam, but okay.

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Yeah, whatevs.

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Yeah, I'm with you.

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like, I don't know about the poetry, but
some people might be into that.

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That's your jam.

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Like, go for it.

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All right, number eight.

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Spend an entire day outside.

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Look, you know I love this.

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You know how much I like to sit on a patio
with music.

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with you, with Thor, that's our dog, and a
cigar.

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Like this makes me extremely happy.

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It is my happy place.

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Yes.

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Yes, I agree.

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I'd love to join you when I can, honey.

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Yeah.

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but it looks like it's gonna rain, bummer.

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So anyway, all right, that's my jam.

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Outside, it's my jam.

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Number nine, discover new music.

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So you know this is my thing.

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So I love doing this, but because I
primarily like soulful house music, it's

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hard to find songs that I like.

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And sometimes like the juice isn't really
worth the squeeze.

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I have a website that I go to,

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I could literally spend like an hour
looking for new songs and not find a

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single one that I want to add to my
playlist.

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But it does make me super happy when I
find new songs that I can add to my

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playlist.

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Cause I love to listen to them when I ride
my

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Yeah, totally agree.

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You know, the funny thing about you is we
have, you know how they say opposite to

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track, right?

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It's so true in this case.

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We are like diametrically opposed in some
ways.

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And like even with music, you know, we
like some of the same music, but overall,

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you know, Soulful House music is never
something you were ever trying to listen

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to.

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But I remember you told me like, you know,
I do like some of your songs and I saw

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like the music come on, I see you bob it
to me and like.

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I heard you singing one or two.

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I'm like, okay.

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Once I'm on the top, like, okay.

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I like that.

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Get into

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I do.

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You put me on to some things, James.

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Yes, I do, it's my job, so I'm here for
it.

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As do you, put me on to some things,
right?

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So, all right, and finally, number 10,
drive to an intriguing place you've never

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been.

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Look, I get this, but I'm a black man
living in Atlanta, which is basically

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Wakanda, right, for black people.

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So you go too far outside of Metro
Atlanta, and it is

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Capital N -O -T, boldface italicized
underline.

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It is not Wakanda.

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And I don't feel super safe, quite
honestly.

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while I get this one, I'ma pass on it and
stay at Wakanda.

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Your thoughts.

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Totally agree.

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And so that's one where, you know, it's
safety first and you create your own

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oasis.

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And so I think that what we have in the
backyard sometimes out on the patio is

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more than sufficient to create our own
sort of paradise.

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Alright, So I love all these ideas except
for the one or two that I didn't.

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I think this is a great list.

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Look, we all need to be, want more
happiness, right?

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And I already listed off the reasons that
it's good to be happy, the benefits.

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So these are some really easy ways for you
to just pick one and see if it makes you

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happy.

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If it does, like do another one.

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If it doesn't, like pick another one see
if that makes you happy.

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We just want more happiness for you in
your life.

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and for your family's lives.

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We just want everybody to be happy.

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If you're into happiness, try these 10
ideas and check out the late great Dr.

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Wayne Dyer's book, Happiness is the Way,
How to Reframe Your Thinking and Work with

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What You Already Have to Live the Life of
Your Dreams.

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All right, so that's that.

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And now...

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It's time for my favorite part of the
show, baby.

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The dad jokes.

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Why are you shaking your

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I just hope that it's a good, clean, well
-mannered dad joke.

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I don't know.

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dad jokes are always clean and
sufficiently romantic, because you know,

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do have the kids critique the dad jokes,
so the dad jokes are usually pretty age

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appropriate.

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And by the way, you're laughing, but
you're lucky that I didn't tell you in

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order to be on this show, you had to come
with your own dad joke.

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I wasn't ready for it anyway.

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Would you like me to tell this

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okay, yeah, let's do

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what did I step into?

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Well, you know, like, think my sound
effects are ready.

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Hang on a second.

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Okay, ready when you are.

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Do you know the joke or no?

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I know the joke.

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All right, let's hear it.

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What's the dad joke?

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What happens when frogs park illegally?

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I don't know what happens when frogs park
illegally.

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They get towed.

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Yes!

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Yeah, I love that one.

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my God.

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love that.

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I'm gonna give you a little extra here
because I love you.

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Right?

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Yes.

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my God.

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I can't wait to play that in the car for
the kids and they hear you tell that dad

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joke because my son is just so
hypocritical to the dad jokes, man.

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Daddy

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please vote for me as the best dad joke
person on the podcast.

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Zoe might have my back.

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Zoe might have my

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Yeah, she would for sure.

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All right, well baby, thank you for
joining me on the show.

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Will you come back and do another episode
with me at some point?

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I'm so honored and absolutely yes.

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Please.

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Thank you.

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not be surprised if this ends up being our
most listened to episode ever.

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my gosh.

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my goodness.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I hope.

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Please help me to live up to that.

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My goodness.

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you know, they're probably tired of
hearing from me.

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So it's just probably happy to hear from
you.

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They would have liked it more if you'd
have ragged on me a little bit and bust my

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chops a little bit more, but I'm glad you
did it.

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Next one.

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All right.

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So let's play this outro music and get on
outta here.

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So look, we know you like the show because
you're still listening.

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So please subscribe, follow and rate the
show.

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You can follow me on Twitter at James
Oliver Jr.

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That's JamesOliverJR.

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Connect with me on LinkedIn.

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All right, I'll drop my LinkedIn profile
in the show notes, know, which please

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include a note that you heard me on the
podcast.

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Cause I'm a bit of a LinkedIn snob, but
just say, Hey, you love to connect, heard

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you on the podcast and tell me what you're
thinking about this episode.

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Tell me if you try some of these tips, did
it make you happy?

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What did it do?

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I would love to hear from you and we will
catch you next time.

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See you later.