Episode 3067 ChattingWSA 01/09/26

Ah, so good.

Come on in.

We're going to have a guest and you don't know who it is yet.

And it would be really good.

Do not have applesauce on me.

I could really use a towel on my chest.

Come on in.

So, I'll tell you what we're up to very soon.

Going to use lots of napkins.

So, here's the plan.

I'm going to test some guests who have already signed in but have not yet been approved.

So, I'm going to see the the technology will be a little wonky today.

Let's see what happens.

All right.

Go see if I can check out some people in no particular order and you'll get to talk maybe.

Can everybody hear me?

All right, let me pick um Richard.

So on locals the locals platform I just um invite participants right I'm trying to invite let's see what happens require approval yes in progress so separate way.

I'll be with you as soon as I figure out the technology here.

You're in the waiting room.

Good participants.

I know you're in the waiting room.

See what happens.

Well, clicking on the participants doesn't help.

Invite participants.

Huh?

Why doesn't it work?

Two of nine want to go in.

There's only two of us, but Richard is off.

It could be that Richard does not have his microphone on.

Let's go to the waiting room where there are many more people.

I'm going to accept, accept, accept, accept.

And then we'll go that way.

Really?

Can I not really figure this out?

So it' be participants four out of nine.

Let's see what happens when I go to the auto.

Okay, that's just me.

Duo.

Just me.

This would be really cool if it worked.

So, I guess you're going to bear with me.

What do you say?

Just me, right?

Time to take a free preip.

Yep, that burned me.

Ouch.

Good morning, All right.

Still trying to get anything but me on the screen.

So there's the screen share.

There is not that.

It's a participation.

Copy invite.

That part worked.

What is that?

Accept.

Crusher.

Is it accepted?

Requires approval.

Yes.

Accept.

Accept.

Accept.

Accept.

Now I've got participants, six of nine participants.

They're in the waiting room and I click on them and nothing happens.

If I go to the participants, there's a whole bunch of people with their microphones off.

But the microphones do not come on.

>> Hello.

Can you hear me?

>> Whoa.

What's this?

Promote to moderator.

Let's try this.

Somebody might be getting promoted to a moderator, but I don't know who.

I cannot make out this interface at all.

All right.

Require approval.

Yes, man.

Waiting room ingress ingress nothing participants I've actually got a new moderator picked but it doesn't go active it's all red all right let's try this I'm going to take a picture of my screen.

We're going to go old tech here.

Oh no.

I'm going to take a picture of my screen and then you're going to tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong.

And I'm going to send this to anybody who knows what button to push.

Of course, it's totally unreadable.

All right.

So, I've got this.

Oh, maybe this is it.

Oh, hold on.

What happens if I pick solo and pick you?

Then that would have to be still trying to get the All right.

So, you can see me now, right?

So, here's what we're going to do.

If I go to my locals, I won't be able to see your comments.

Could you not hear me before?

There was no sound before.

All right, for a few minutes, we're going to let you come in and just enjoy the day and then we'll do a simultaneous sip.

I was hoping that some of you had looked at the news today and you could be my instant co-hosts.

But there does seem no way to put another face on here without really making me mad.

So, if it were a duo, let's see what happens with the duo.

Duo, nothing changes.

auto.

Let's see if auto changes.

I've got definitely got people here who want to come in, but we cannot figure out how you you can talk among yourselves.

That would be perfectly acceptable.

All right.

So, if you're coming in late, I was trying to wake up late unprepared and simply post some of you on the screen.

If you didn't notice, there's a link to join that is on locals.

So, if you go to my locals feed, it have to be on mine, you should see the invitation.

It will apply only to locals, people who can find it.

If you can't find it, it's not going to work.

And then I would go back to Oh, here we go.

>> Hey, Scott.

>> What just happened?

>> I enabled my camera.

>> All right.

Who am I talking to?

>> This is Richard Picket, one of your fans.

>> Oh my god.

So, are you telling me that the problem was not on my side?

>> Yes.

I thought you maybe had accidentally invited some of us into the studio and you didn't really expect us to be here.

So, out of respect for you, I just kept my camera and my microphone off.

>> Oh, so the whole time I thought the problem was on my end.

>> It was just us.

>> Yay.

Yay.

All right.

So, we are deep into the simultaneous experience.

I'm going to read it off of my other cup and then use my real cup.

Is everybody ready for this?

All right.

The simultaneous sip.

All you need is a cup or mug or a glass, a tanker, jealous sign, can't even show a flask, a vessel of any kind.

Fill it with your favorite liquid.

I like coffee.

And join me now for the emperor pleasure of the dope here today.

The thing that makes everything better.

It's called the simultaneous sip which is actually in my other cup.

It's time go.

Now that's now I can hear everybody's microphone unless you turn it off.

You don't have to turn it off because I want this to feel like um you're just in my living room and you got you were all invited over.

Some of you have some beverages, some of you don't.

So, of course, there'd be some background noise, but the vibe would be we just found some stuff to talk about.

Now, if you could hear yourself, you probably want to turn it down real background.

Does anybody have anything to eat?

No.

Is there anybody who want to uh tell me what's going on today in the news?

You just volunteer.

And by the way, if you don't have anything to talk about, perfectly fine.

We're just getting together and experiencing the simultaneity.

And as you can see, the uh the chat is working fine.

So, we've got it looks like we've got as many people as Here's an update.

I think I'm hearing myself.

Let me test this.

Am I hearing myself?

Am I hearing myself?

Not bad.

So the big reason I can't work this morning and maybe not again in the usual way is that my hands have some kind of a shaking and when I try to type my hands be phantom typing.

So I keep selecting things that would you know put me in jail and so I can do voice extension voice just would take up maybe a don't cry I'm here it just won't be as good a Oh, who do we have in the middle?

Who is it?

Who is the the nice woman with the glasses on in the middle of my screen?

>> That's me, Nicole.

>> Hi.

>> Hi.

It's great to see you and talk to you today.

>> Is there anything you wanted to say?

>> Oh, man.

I didn't know I was going to be on, you know, so I'm not prepared, but um I didn't do anything this morning.

I had my breakfast tacos and my matcha latte and I didn't read the news yet.

>> Well, here's what we can do for you.

>> There's nobody who doesn't speak >> and if you get off the you totally have nothing to say.

You should always have something prepared.

So, not >> very good point.

>> That's a deal.

>> Yeah.

But funny always says always have a story prepared because you never know.

So and the second thing you learn is not to be.

So if you can do those three things, not be embarrassed and also come up with a story, you could have a really successful morning because that's just practice.

So, here's my here's my putting you on the spot for the purpose of giving you practice being put on the spot.

Number one, uh, and this applies to all but one of us.

One of us is the right distance from the screen.

It's a gentleman on the top right of my screen.

I I don't know where you are, but the bearded gentleman with the headphones.

Wave if you hear me.

So, he I believe he probably has more experience than you do in how to set up the right height and everything.

You also want to make sure that you're at the right.

So, he's got the right height and the right distance.

uh when when all of these it didn't look like the distance now and by the way I tr your cash name hearing problem right now what's your name the uh the nice woman in the glasses wait what's your name >> Nicole >> Nicole so Nicole you're now perfectly set up and you are the insp inspiration to the rest of us.

So, you got the right height and you got the right distance.

Uh, if you get too close, it's creepy to the person that is.

So, that's >> all right.

Now I stalled a little bit and it made me wonder if I could you a little story very short doesn't have to be long about anything from what was the first time you joined coffee that one because the reason you practice with that one is that you already know the answer you don't have to think about this presentation so with our permission and mostly with your permission just tell us briefly uh how you came upon it how long you've been watching it and then also make it succinct so we can get to somebody else.

>> Perfect.

Okay.

So, I always read Dilbert growing up and I was always um when I would went on my work travels in particular, I'd be riding the London tube and I would be just like stifling my laughter um because it's not really appropriate to laugh out loud on the tube.

Um and so it was, you know, I already knew of you through that, but then um I I started looking for the comic online when I stopped getting the newspaper.

And I think it was through reading the comic online that I heard about your blog.

And then it was through the blog that I eventually heard about the Periscope.

So I've been watching for a long time.

But um yeah, that's how like I I really just found you by seeking out Dilbert Comics and then liking the blog content and moving on to liking the Periscope and just keeping keeping on going.

>> So I would rate that A+.

>> Excellent.

I also just realized that Matt who has added his name to the uh screen.

So apparently there's an option for adding your name, right?

>> That's correct.

>> Matt, can you tell us what you do for a living that would suggest why you kind of were the first and uh best role?

What is it in your background?

Um, well, the funny thing is that I'm I'm a software engineer, so like I already work from home.

I have a setup for all this.

So, the distance from the screen, I take meetings all day like this.

Um, actually probably should be in a meeting right now, but you know, there's sometimes more important things, I'll be honest.

Um, but yeah, I've been doing this for a long time and I I started listening to you back in 2016.

Um, read your blog.

Um, came upon our very first Periscopes you were doing, um, as well.

Uh, the first simultaneous SIP.

So been around for a long time.

Often I you know I haven't been here every day um throughout that time but there's been periods of time where I listen a lot.

Um sometimes work makes it very hard for me to join live.

So oftentimes my listening is later in the day.

Um but you know have always appreciated the sips and yeah just uh I had started in the corporate world right when I met you or you know met you through your Periscope and everything and your blogs.

Uh so it was a perfect time for me to start my career.

Um, and honestly, you've had a tremendous influence on the trajectory of my career and how how far that's gone for me up to this point.

So, thank you so much for that.

>> Wow.

You're very good at this.

The only thing I would advise is if if I can see your ceiling, then your your camera setup has to be a little bit higher.

>> I usually blur out the background actually when I'm in my work meetings, but that's a great point.

So, thank you.

>> And there's these uh I think you've seen it in the man cave.

There's these little wooden stands there.

They say it's for your printer, but it's way better for adjusting your camera.

So, that's >> Appreciate that.

Thank you.

>> All right.

Um, excuse me.

There's going to be some in the middle of my screen.

I see two gentlemen who are bearded who do who do not have their names up.

Is it intentional that I can't see your name because there's obviously a place to put it somewhere?

>> I think I I have my name but it I see that it's showing up on the bottom bar but not showing up on your presenter view.

I'm not sure why it's sub it doesn't display in Rumble.

>> This is going to go away from me right away.

>> But but also I don't see anyone else's names in the in the top view.

I only see their our names down where we're pictured below.

So now now Matt's name is gone.

I wonder why.

Let me try.

>> I >> um bearded man number one and bearded man number two.

We'll try try sorting that out.

All right.

So, I'm going to try some other uh other people coming in just to give them a chance.

Okay.

Might make everybody disappear.

All right.

We got nine people, but there are more.

Most of the problems are on my end, it looks like.

I like it when you sit here and let me work out my tech problems.

All right, we'll go to duo.

Ah, okay.

That's duo mode.

So, if if this were a official presentation, I'd want you to look about what where I look.

If you can see the size and no ceiling.

All right, I'm going to be just struggling through this.

So going to go to to there's a participant place where I can add more people.

Um invite participants.

This is where my finger is doing things I don't want it to do.

So 57 of them.

Oh, I can scroll them.

Okay.

I was missing the scroll.

All right.

We'll invite a few more people.

Where am I?

Why is it not accepting?

Feel free to sip.

Invite participants.

Okay.

How could this not be working?

Reject.

Hey, Scott, while you do that, would it be okay if I tell my story about how I came across you?

Oh, >> I'd love that.

Yes.

>> Okay.

So, um, I grew up on your comics.

Um, you're you're probably about 10 years older than me.

Uh, so I kind of always looked at you like the older brother or the the smarter uncle.

Um, and I remember reading the comics.

Uh, we had the one of the worst bosses I've ever had.

We would he would say things through the week and it would show up in your comics the next weekend.

You know, something that the pointy-haired boss did.

So, we started clipping them out and putting them on his door and he would come into work and he'd read them and he wouldn't realize it was about him and he would just die laughing.

He just thought they were the funniest thing.

Um, one day it came out that that was really him and he was he got so upset he just came and like literally clawed everything off of his door um because he was he was so pissed off.

Um, and then, uh, you know, of course, I bought, uh, your books through the years, followed your comics, and I didn't really pay a lot of attention to, uh, politics.

I I knew this Kurfluffle was going on with Trump, uh, during his first year.

But then during, uh, COVID, I was really looking for someone to help bring stability to my view.

And, you know, we had the summer of love and all that kind of crazy stuff that was going on.

And you really uh, helped stabilize me.

You reminded me that we had a dark period in the 60s and 70s of a lot of uh internal to turmoil and you really helped provide the stability to me to know that we'll make it uh and we'll get through this.

And then I thought it was uh wonderful for us to see, you know, Trump too get started and uh I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me through probably the darkest period I've ever been through with our with our country, which has been the the past four to five years.

So, thank you.

>> Wow.

It makes me really happy when people tell me I helped.

And that was maybe the darkest period of my life.

Would you agree?

If you looked at >> not just your own personal life, but if you looked at society, that that was the darkest point.

And I'm I'm sure there are tens or hundreds of thousands of people just like me who you helped through that period of time.

>> All right, I'll put you on the spot.

What was the or what were the things I did besides just being here that made the biggest difference?

Was there something I said or did or allowed that were that really got you to that point of I can make it through this?

Some of it was realizing that you called balls and strikes.

Um you you you were not 100% Trumpian.

Um and you could point out some bad things on the on the side of the right, but the the we've been here before.

we've had this sort of thing happen in the past and we'll make it through.

And especially because I I didn't live through it, but I remember the stories of uh the turmoil we had in the 60s and 70s.

That was a period of my parents and you reminding me that our country had already been there and we made it out.

Um the another thing was you gave hope that I really felt like and still feel like most of our politicians in the the deep state structure is uh evil and it's in place and it's it's fighting to survive.

>> But it seemed like you gave a the the golden age was something that you kept bringing up and it gave this light that there's a light at the end of the tunnel >> and the right will prevail.

The I don't mean the right side left and right politics.

I mean the right way of doing things will prevail and just be patient and that really helped me through that period of time.

>> Wow.

What do you remember that in the first days when there were these presumably now fake videos of Chinese people falling on the streets?

That was scary.

And do you remember that I was very um angrily or at least animatedly saying we should shut down traffic from China at least at least until we figured out what's going on.

>> Do you remember that?

>> Yes sir.

And there was so much opposition to that idea.

Um yeah, the same the Trump had it right too with ISIS and Trump won, you know, he he greatly restricted immigration and who was coming into our country and the the left was vehemently opposing him and turns out he was right.

You know, the the left got got their way for four years and it's been a disaster.

And now we see, you know, the the uh not all Muslims, not all people in Islam, I don't want to classify in that way, but we see that there's this huge threat that we've allowed into our country through their four years.

And now hopefully Trump will be able to correct that.

>> Yeah, it was tough to be a persuader during that period because you didn't know what to persuade to.

You know, I'm no doctor, but if something shows me pictures of people dropping on the street in another country and then they say, "This this could be really catchy." My first instinct is just, you know, you do what is the lowest risk.

So, I was like, "All right, hold on, hold on.

Let's find out what this is." Now, I don't know if that was a right or wrong choice.

And there's going to be a lot of stuff that will be lost in history.

I'm sure there's, you know, x number of things I got wrong, x number of things I got right, but I since nobody knew the truth at that point, you know, we we got smarter over time, but since nobody knew the truth, uh I was very much into the uh uh riskreward mode.

>> I I would say actually, you know, you mentioned that you may have some things that you got right, some things that you got wrong.

I I think that people uh un Um, unfortunately for them, they view things like that.

And I think that you touched on the thing that is correct.

You do riskreward analysis.

This was another thing that you taught us very well.

You do riskreward analysis and then you act off of that.

It doesn't mean your outcome will always be the right way or the, you know, that you'll always avoid the wrong, but at least you did it with a lot of forethought.

So me deciding to drive a car, although thousands of people die in car accidents, you know, every year, is a riskreward analysis.

It doesn't mean I'll never die in a car accident.

Um it doesn't mean that I definitely will, but I'm going to I'm going to do sound analysis before I take action.

And this is what we were missing during the times of COVID is they they you know they just said, "Oh, you know, six feet everybody will die.

You all have to wear a mask." And it was just ridiculous, >> right?

All right.

So, uh, have we given time for anybody to, uh, check the news and fill me in on what's happening on X?

Anybody got a good story?

Just based on the news, not based on yourself.

So, is Iran about to fall?

What do you think?

Anybody can jump in.

If you take your microphone off, you could just fill us in.

And by the way, do you know all the good places to check?

If you're not watching um on X, if you're not watching Mario, you're missing a great way to start the morning because he has these long uh summaries of what's happening for the topics of the day.

And boy, are they good.

And he gets up before I do.

I'm always impressed.

>> Hi, Scott.

Hi.

>> Can you hear me?

This My name is Sean Carlson.

Uh it's a pleasure to talk to you.

>> Yeah.

Thank I want to just say thank you for everything you you've done.

You've been a a great inspiration to me.

Um I I'll I'll start.

I live in uh Plymouth, Minnesota.

So I'm just outside of Minneapolis.

And so they've been having all kinds of uh protests and unrest after, you know, the uh the the tragic shooting of that girl.

Um, I my first impression of it is is we I was talking a lot about it with co-workers and different people yesterday and everyone is sad because this this girl lost her life, but it's hard to it's hard to say that she shouldn't have been there and she shouldn't have been antagonized.

The general consensus that we got from the people that work around me in my bubble is that she shouldn't have been there.

She shouldn't have been antagonizing these these people and she shouldn't have been um you know we can't as you as you've always taught and I actually mentioned this yesterday as you've always taught you can't get inside of that person's head and assume what she was thinking >> and I actually brought that up to my co-workers and and and we don't know what the what the ICE officer agent was thinking at that time.

I'm assuming he was in fear of his life or he was in fear of something worse happening.

So, um the overall uh response that we've had from our political leader leaders here, uh I'm looking at Jacob Fry on on the news here and then I've looked at uh Tim Walls um and and their response too.

And the one thing that I get an immediate gut reaction to is that they're ineffective leaders.

And and and the reason I say that is that they they posted their conclusions prior to having all the evidence.

And so when I was talking to my my co-workers and such, they kind of agreed with me on that.

And you know, small group, eight people.

So, it was it was a small census of of of what's happening.

But my the people that I was talking to, they live in Minneapolis.

They live in the south.

They live a couple miles from where it happened.

And so, they're seeing the ICE agents out there.

They're seeing the other people as well.

So, it's a um a new story that's developing here.

And and uh and it's also >> is that the story of the ICE agent who had already already been hit once?

>> It was.

Yeah.

And from what I understand that the gentleman had been hit.

He's actually had to he was hospitalized.

He had 33 stitches >> from being hit with a car.

And so, you know, did that play an effect into his mindset of when this, you know, seemingly maybe similar event occurred with him?

I don't know.

But that's that I think he'll have his story to tell and he'll have his um his time there, too.

And and the other, you know, other to segue a little bit too, the other main story that's that's occurring in the news right now is our fraud cases.

and and it's just it's such a dominating story.

You've you've mentioned so many times on you know when you scroll through X that it's every story in in in the collective bubble and the general feeling too here just again from uh coffee with with my co-workers is that it's it's really embarrassing to be a motan at this point in time.

It's it's it's it's shameful to to to feel like we can't um trust our government to be in our best interest.

And you know, I I've seen different posts and I've seen different things too that we um I saw one of these it was it was a different influencer from a different thing on X, but it was a lady from Brazil.

She she broke it down very well and that bribery in Brazil and other countries and third world countries isn't that far off from from um or loss of trust is the initial thing and then bribery and subsect of you know okay I'll have to get mine you have to get yours and all of these different areas of of people um not um believing in the them.

That's when it occurs when you have that that that breakdown of trust and that breakdown in belief in government.

So >> I think I think there's a George Soros uh type of model going on, meaning that Soros figured out we could control cities by controlling just the prosecutors.

And then >> if you get the mayor, which is also not that expensive, then you can basically steal and cheat any way you want.

And it it will it will automatically be something that you could get away with it.

So >> absolutely.

>> Why do they get away with it?

So, >> and and to your I've been a listener now for a while and to your you actually opened my eyes to the fact that if there isn't any audits, if there's no controls, you have a bunch of money, a lot of complexity.

I think that's your formula.

Bunch of money, a lot of complexity, there's automatic theft.

And and >> and there and we're finding it in Minnesota that it's it's it's at enormous scale.

It's not even conceivable that it's beyond We knew it was happening, but it's beyond even comprehension.

So, it's it's >> I think it's really shameful.

>> I said this on the show, but if you've worked with budgets before >> and you start to you start to get this instinct about when the budget is off that other people just can't see.

And so I don't know when it was a year or two ago I started looking at the budget numbers and I thought there's no way that you can get here just by not watching the numbers.

This has to be a coordinated gigantic effort.

>> And that that's what blow me away.

>> All right.

Do we have >> Thank you so much.

I appreciate you and and uh and I pray for you every day actually.

So I uh I um Thank you.

>> So So here's what we're trying to do.

Trying to move the business model of what we were doing here from the coffee with Scott Adams, which you could enjoy it that way, but try to move it into more of a casual uh well-informed living room competition.

or if somebody wants to not competition, but if somebody wanted to just tell us something that wasn't really coming out.

So, it could be somebody wanted to say, um, today I'd like to teach people something I learned on a mini lesson or something that if you were a young person, you'd really want to have this skill.

So, we're going to go on a wild experiment in which there is no well there will be rules but they will be made up by the people who participate.

So, for example, who's the gentleman in the middle who had his dog?

>> Richard Picket.

>> Yes, >> Richard.

I love that.

All right.

So, you're you're exactly the right vibe.

If you can't pick up your dog in the middle of it, we're not where we want to be.

So, dogs are good.

All right.

I don't know how to change the people who have been invited already to another view of people who have been invited already.

I might have to delete people to add people.

So, I'm still experimenting.

Well, I was going to say maybe um if we go off camera and you invite more people then we're off and then new people can come on.

>> Yeah.

I was just trying to figure out how that but I might drop you all.

Let's see what happens.

>> Thank you, Scott.

>> Thank you, Scott.

You do.

You do.

>> We'll see if I can >> see if I can >> All right.

You can't hear me.

>> Well, I can hear my mic.

>> So is off >> your microphone.

>> Your microphone.

>> That would be good.

>> That would be good.

>> Okay.

How about it?

Oh, holy cow.

Here's Mike Bird.

Let's see what happens if I go with Mike Bert and Cryptic and Heisenberg.

Somewhat uh random, but I know some of these people by name.

Sergio.

Hello.

Sergio's in uh Beaver Slayer Jan.

All right.

For that you must be accepted.

Um, wait.

It says I thought I accepted you.

Well, maybe it did.

And all right.

So, oh, there we go.

So, we've got some people who were on before, some new people.

Um, again, I'm waiting to see if there's any way I can see your names and I'm going to turn off the microphone for some people.

All right, if you've already spoken, uh, I should have found a way to turn you off, but I didn't.

All right, I'm going to try to turn on Why is it all the same people?

Half the half of you are the same.

Don't know why.

All right.

Every time.

>> So, can I Scott, sorry to interrupt you.

I think what's happening?

You've invited it looks like you've invited 15 people to participate.

Um, in order for us to come on or come off like with our cameras, we have to do that ourselves.

So, we have to either share or unshare our camera.

I don't know how to take myself off as a participant, but those people who just joined, if they share their camera, they should be on.

And then for those of us who are on, we can unshare ours.

>> All right, I'm going to hit a dismiss button.

It looks like it's going to dismiss everybody, but then I'll add people back on and see what happens.

Nope.

All right.

It took me three clicks, but we're not getting anybody here.

How do I delete some of you, but not all of you?

JRC, can you turn your camera off?

You You would also disappear from There you go.

Thank you.

>> Oh, new people.

Hello, new people.

>> What's up?

>> All right, we're going to try to uh Who is We're going to turn on your microphone.

You I guess you have it off.

So, there's a woman in the middle of my screen toward the bottom who has just waved to me.

Okay.

Uh, no, that's another one.

>> Hello.

>> Yes.

Hello.

Hello.

>> This is Sarah.

>> Sarah.

>> Did you say Sarah?

>> Sarah.

Yes.

>> Sarah, how about you let us know what you're up to?

You could you could tell us what's in the news that we haven't seen yet or you could talk about something else.

We're still experimenting.

>> Okay.

Um well morning I was just but anyway um I did catch up on news and uh you know just watching left Europe to give us another round of 2020 has me concerned.

I think um it'll be interesting to see uh what Trump decides to do because it seems like the leadership of Minnesota is just bait them into doing something and um but I don't know that the country's in the same position we were in in 2020 um in terms of I guess being supportive of you know white what again and fires and you you know, lots of destruction.

So, I'm interested to hear what you think uh might uh happen in order to like shift the direction of that we seem to be going in uh at the moment.

>> Oh, you're talking about a state or the country?

Uh well Bes I mean it looks like blue cities are gearing up right to you know last night New York City um you know really getting a lots of people out on the street and then of course uh Minneapolis it looks like they're trying to set up another chaz type situation.

Uh yeah, they're setting up a barrier around kind of around the area where that woman was killed uh to keep residents from their homes and everything is what I saw this morning.

Uh so like I said, are we going to, you know, sort of just let that go on again or is something, you know, going to happen that's a little, you know, stamps it out a little bit better?

I don't know.

I'm just >> Well, at this point, doesn't everybody know that the um that the protests are not organic?

You know, it's a Soros, it's, you know, some guy from China, some billionaire from China.

I wonder if it's going to have the same effect when it become really, really obvious that it's not coming from inside the tent.

It's coming from billionaires who may may not have our interest in mind.

How many of you how many that these were inauthentic protests?

Raise your hand.

Yeah.

So, >> Yep.

So, I got a feeling that at least part of the country is completely filled in now.

That's got to make a difference, don't you think?

So I I hope the process say weak and that looks performative.

>> Okay.

>> What about the international news?

Anybody have any update on Iran?

Because that looks as inauthentic as as our if anybody wants to jump in just ahead.

>> Well, any moment now it just seems like we're going to jump in on Iran.

It's not a moment of if, but when.

And it's probably going to be very soon.

>> Do you believe that we're already going to we're already poised to go in militarily?

>> Definitely.

Um, >> Trump, >> what would it look like?

>> Yeah.

I mean, what Trump wants to do, I think, is similar to the Venezuela tactic, which is just a inn-out type thing.

Kind of like what happened a few months ago in Iran where he bombed the facilities and all that.

But other countries want us to or another country wants us to go allin more for a regime change type battle.

So I I'm hoping there's no false flag, nothing that'll draw us in super like super deep, super heavy into it.

So there's no telling.

We'll definitely be involved, but to what to what scale?

I don't hopefully not not super super invested in Iran.

It's just it's it's too much of a risk, I think.

>> So if we don't get invested, what's that going to look like?

Well, that's shouldn't be as much of our concern as they're making it out to be.

Uh, honestly, we shouldn't be involved in Iran to the extent of uh inter interceding.

If there's like protesters being hit, as Trump mentioned recently, we should uh we should help the protesters if they're shot at or killed.

Um there that happens a a a lot more often than not, but it seems like a pretext to be able to say, "Oh, we're jumping in to help, you know, to show face for the international community." But that's more of a pretext because we've we've been wanting to uh bomb Iran according to what they've been uh indicating, posturing.

>> Yeah, it looks like there's a lot of posturing.

>> Yeah, >> but it seems inevitable.

There's a gentleman in the top right who has his microphone off.

He looks like he's just dying to say something.

Well, >> hello Scott.

This is Eddie.

>> Hey, Eddie.

>> Been a long time fan and thanks.

>> Love you, man.

>> Now, the the new rules are you don't have to be prepared and you don't have to say anything in particular.

So if you just >> just got logged in.

>> So do you have any thoughts on Iran or Venezuela?

We'll say >> I think with Iran, I'm not sure what we as the US can possibly do to do anything overtly.

There's probably plenty going on behind the scenes that we can never understand.

Uh, I think you might recall a week or two ago we saw something about Israel claiming they had a presence there.

>> Yeah.

>> So, I'm wondering what, you know, what's really going on with that.

So, >> yeah, it did make me wonder why uh why Trump would admit that we're there and MSAD is there and we're ready to go.

Seemed like too much.

But so far, and I guess Elon Musk has sort of secretly provided some Starlinks so they can't turn off the internet entirely.

Seems dangerous, though.

Is there no way the regime can find out where the starings are and then go kill the citizens?

>> It's probably hard to trace.

You know, if you have a base station and it's pointing straight up at the satellites, I'm not sure what mechanism they'd use to search it.

Some sort of radio signal device, maybe, but it would have to they would have to know what they're looking for.

My dad's got one down in the hills in West Virginia, and it works great.

And uh I I could see it being pretty stealthy.

>> I I could I could imagine it also being discoverable by Chinese technology.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

But but maybe not everywhere in every way.

>> You might have to pick it up and move.

>> All right.

Um, how's this working for all of you?

I know you didn't expect this.

>> Love it.

>> It's great.

>> I got a nice dog.

>> Show us your dog >> right here.

Yeah.

Oh, let Come on, Lyra.

Yeah, let me move >> there.

Let me see if I can get her in there.

She I just adopted her from Let's see if I can um get the camera.

Yeah, she she just came from the shelter a month ago.

Um, I'd lost I'd lost my dog my dog the day before Mother's Day and it took me seven months of really grieving and deciding what to do.

But she is just a wonderful dog.

She's four years old and she is just made my life complete again.

So, um I'm very happy and she's real happy here and I tell her every day she will never be abandoned again.

>> Well, if you're teaching your English, that's going to work out really well.

>> That's right.

That's right.

I've been I've been doing more looking at just by the the news by is u Robert Garcia because he's from my city of Long Beach and most corrupt uh I'm sure stealing every bit of money in this city.

It's terribly blue liberal.

They actually promote on their um website and Facebook page how we're going to fight ICE and um we got to protect all the illegals and and I call him the upcoming designated liar.

If you watch him, he is going to he is he's going to become that's what he's really training for there.

There's nothing good about uh what's going on here.

And I see it just expanding.

They want to that redistricting.

They want to take over the Huntington Beach and the other Orange County cities.

They want to put Garcia in there overseeing them because they're very red and very Republican and you see them trying to squaltch everything.

So, I I've been kind of watching in, you know, more I mean, I love getting all the international news and and but just seeing what's happening in my area.

Um, and so that's that's a a lot of what I do.

I just want to thank you.

I've been my my boyfriend turned me on to you in 2019 when we started dating and you got me through the pandemic.

you have expanded my knowledge and I've actually helped me um really turn away and just eliminate toxic people in my life and I want to thank you for that.

Thank you.

Thanks for telling me.

Um I always enjoy hearing that but um gentleman in the blue t-shirt in the bottom left.

>> Hi Scott, I'm Paul.

Hey Paul, it's my second time on your show.

First time in person.

First time was just in name only.

Uh my last name is Skidmore.

And you I sent you an article about uh a truck that had crashed with a bunch of marinara sauce uh all over the road.

And you thought that was funny coming from a guy named Skidmore.

And uh so that you opened your show with that one morning that my my dad and I got a big jolt out of that.

We listened to all the Periscopes and everything all through especially the early days of the pandemic and it was really helpful.

Uh, I got one news thing and one helpful thing since you asked for that.

Um, the news thing that I saw that I thought was interesting is that UAE announced that it's going to cut fundings for citizens who want to study in the UK out of fear of Emirati students being radicalized by Muslim Brotherhood Islamists on British campuses.

>> Oh wow.

>> So, you have an Arab nation that's saying, "Don't go to the UK.

You'll be you'll be radicalized." And uh I've I've only been to the UK one time.

It was to Scotland, but we saw there all these gorgeous, beautiful churches that had been there for centuries, and they're all like bars and nightclubs and stuff now.

And um I I just, you know, it's kind of nature of horrors a vacuum.

And if you get rid of one ideology, if you get rid of one thing, some other uh aggressive ideology is going to come in and fill that space.

And I think that we are seeing that happen in Europe.

And I think um you know a lot of times the US is just a little bit behind what's going on in Europe uh politically and culturally sometimes.

So I think we need to just look at that and think about that.

But I think that it points to things that you've taught us in terms of persuasion and that um if you persuade people against something then they'll just focus on that negative thing or other negative things will come in.

But if you persuade somebody towards something, then uh there's some new positive thing that fills that space and and you sort of don't go back from there.

And so anyway, that's why I feel like your stuff has been important for us because it gives us more often than not gives us something to um to to look forward to and and to fill all of our our fear, our anxiety.

It gives us some sort of positive thing or some action to take, which I've really been appreciative of.

>> Yeah.

You know, I've been making a big deal about about the fact that the world never stays the same.

And if if you're moving and everything does, you're either getting bigger or you're getting smaller.

And once you realize that that's like a almost an unbreakable rule, uh then you can sort of see the future.

So to the extent that Islam is growing in Europe, once it reaches a kind of a maybe a 10% threshold, you can't stop it.

So the only thing that would stop it is something that reversed it, >> you know, because stopping isn't an option.

So I it looks to me like uh Europe or most of it is going to become Islamic and there's no about it.

It's an intentional part of of at least a section of the ideology.

I've seen it here in my my hometown here in the south in the US where a little tiny Baptist church has a giant mosque built behind it.

It's built specifically as close to the property line as they can get it higher than the church so that you see the mosque over the church as you're driving towards it.

Um, you know, it's really it's really intentional and um I don't know a whole lot about it.

I'm trying to learn a little bit about it, but um I just think it's something that we should take note of, especially when other Arab nations are like, "Hey, don't go over there." Uh my useful thing uh which is probably just a rehash of things that you've shared with us before, but um I'm a extremely introverted person and when called upon, I I can talk about things that I'm passionate about without an issue.

I don't have any problems with public speaking.

I don't get stage fright or anything.

But when it comes to talking with a group of people or being in a social situation, that has been difficult for me historically.

But one question that I found that has helped me with that is what are you thankful for?

And you can ask that to somebody in elevator.

You can ask that to your cashier, to your uh the person serving you at at a restaurant.

You can ask it to your family, to your best friend.

And it's better than how are you because it doesn't demand sort of a pad answer.

Makes them have to think about it.

Makes them think about positive things.

Even if they give you a pad answer back like oh my family or my job, that that gives me something to then say, does your family live here?

Or how long have you been working here?

something that just kind of gives me a genuine interaction with a human being.

I'm a spiritual person, but not everybody is.

And so, uh, saying things like, "Can I pray for you about something?" or something like that is sometimes a little too forward for people.

But I don't think I've ever had anybody, uh, be offended by asking what they're thankful for.

And so, if there's other people watching, um, that find it difficult to start conversations, that's a great conversation starter and it'll give you someplace to go.

That is a really good tip because I can tell you're not um intimidated by any kind of anything.

Basically, you're you're obviously a brave person who overcomes um not a stage fight, but you know what I mean.

Uh you know, Dale Carnegie has this little list of things you should ask, where do you work?

You know, blah blah.

Well, yours will work.

yours would work every time because it makes people stop and think and it makes them stop and think about something positive.

So that's a really good tip.

>> So So what are you thankful what are you thankful for this morning, Scott?

>> You know what?

I'm thankful that we're here and we're we're making this experiment and so far it looks like it works.

Now, we don't know how well well it will still I'm still slurring my speech from the the paralysis.

We don't know how it will work if I'm not part of the mix.

But what I'm seeing already is that people are uh polite, wellinformed, and willing to sort of adopt a set of standards without being told.

And that's actually exciting to me because I don't believe every audience would be able to do what we're doing right now which is taking turns waiting understanding the you know the role and then being polite about it.

So with that I want to thank you for this gentleman who's been waiting here a long time whose name I don't know.

Um you have a black beard and some headphones on.

If your microphone is on, can you jump right in?

Don't have sound yet.

Is your microphone off?

Yeah.

So, we can't hear you.

Can you hear me?

Okay.

There must be a microphone button somewhere on your screen.

No.

It should be in the bottom left or just the bottom.

>> No.

>> Okay.

Can you hear me now?

>> Yes.

>> Weird.

>> Yeah.

My heads up for everything else.

But yeah, now is uh Yeah.

Thank you, Scott.

Um, so yeah, I I just had a story about like how you actually like really helped um me surprise my wife on my wedding.

It was like a year-long thing.

So like my uh my wife uh she's a great singer, right?

um and she loves to sing and um so I used what you you taught us um to like teach myself like how to sing um in like a year's time, you know, not not great, but like better than I was um for sure.

Um but yeah, so I I surprised her at a wedding with with a song and um so way he helped me was um through um systems over goals um affirmations and then simulation as well.

So, um I I I scheduled, you know, um doing like weekly like vocal lessons and like doing like it for like a half hour every day like going through going through it.

And then I was doing affirmations and my affirmations were um this is like the crazy crazy part is that I was my affirmations were um I was saying to my wife perfectly.

All right.

I was saying to my wife perfectly and I I would write that down every day.

I was super nervous about it.

And um so I I would do that and then as I was picking my song um the song I ended up picking was was Perfect by Ed Sheeran.

And um unbeknownst to me that's the same song that she ended up walking down the aisle to perfect by Ed Sheeran.

>> Yeah.

>> Wow.

>> Yeah.

So it was uh it was crazy.

Um but yeah, so we get to the we get to the day get to the part where I sing to her and um you know I've been practicing this like forever because because of the systems and I had a a special vocal um like backing for it um like a special like piano version of the song.

So, I sent it to the DJ and the DJ was streaming it and then halfway through the the song um the internet goes out like so I I'm I'm up there um and my wife is there and like um I'm in front of all of our family and friends and um I got through the first verse um and then you know I had to go to the second verse and then I just I just did a capella.

I was like we're in a simulation and it doesn't matter anyway.

Um, so I'm just I'm just going to do it, you know.

Um, and yeah, then like you know with the affirmations and her picking that song and I was like this is this is my chance.

I'm just going to do it.

I'm going to go for it.

Ac capella and I did it.

That's uh like you know parts everybody remembers and yeah I'm very very grateful for um you know your teachings.

>> The the fact that you could get through that and that you could you know just instantly accommodate it is super impressive.

Um, I've had some speeches like that where, you know, the sound goes out in the middle and blah blah blah and it's recovering that people remember.

So, how comfortable would you be singing to us right now?

Hold on.

Not the whole song, but just a little snippet to just show us where you're at.

And remember, the goal here is not to do it well.

The goal is to show us that you could do it, that that you're not afraid of it, and that that's something you've conquered.

It could be five seconds long, but if you feel comfortable, I don't want to put you in the spot, but I also I I do want to put you in the spot just because I want I want to see Well, I want you to see that the other people will just sort of appreciate it, but there's no downside to it whatsoever.

Do you improv?

Uh, >> I found a love for me, darling.

Just dive right in and follow my lead.

I found a girl, beautiful and sweet.

I never knew you were the one waiting for me.

>> Thank you guys.

Yeah, I I'm so nervous right now.

Yeah, thank you.

>> What did you just learn?

It was a positive experience.

>> Yeah.

Yeah.

No, I feel good for doing it.

>> Yeah.

Well, thank you for that story.

Thanks for the accompaniment.

Who's doing the >> Who's doing the accompaniment?

>> What's your name?

>> Uh, my name's Jeff Colorado.

>> That was nice.

How How did you know what to play?

>> I just strumming some chords, some basic chords here.

I've actually got uh I've got the Witchita Lineman here drawn up in table.

>> It's beautiful song.

I'm learning to play that today.

one of the best songs of all time.

All right.

Well, that was impressive.

If you had put me on the spot like that, um that would have been a challenge.

And I do a lot of this, you know, online.

So, you know, I I I uh I thought you might ask when I brought brought the story.

Oh, man.

That's so funny.

But yeah, I don't know.

I am the one like so ever since I started doing that I'm I'm the one at like you know our parties and stuff doing karaoke and I'm kind of like known for that now and like it's a it's a lot of fun.

So yeah, you gave me a good gift.

>> Yeah, you you have a great natural voice.

That's half the game.

>> Thank you.

>> So >> I've got a tip for I've got a tip for you.

uh just record yourself and listen to your voice over and over and see yourself improve and actually begin to enjoy your voice more and I think that helps you evolve as a performer.

>> Yeah.

So I actually um after after resaying like I I was like um yeah I I I I've gotten out of it.

Um, like I I I I practice so much for the wedding and after the wedding like I I don't know.

Um, we do it for fun, but I'm not like I don't want to do it like uh you know super perfect.

I don't know if I Yeah, with with more systems I could.

Sure.

Um, >> good point.

>> Well, that that was a great experiment and let's talk to some other people.

Um, I usually don't go too far down the music road because I don't know anything about it.

Uh but I see Mike Bird up here.

Is Mike Bird on screen?

>> Maybe if you all may I make one point about the affirmations?

>> Yes.

>> So in one of your books or in several of your listenings, you you had said that you had not kind of figured out how to make the affirmations or why they work.

Um I actually did some research on it and so the neurobiology of your brain.

So you have an area of your brain called the reticular activating system >> and so your your brain itself um only follows you I've developed the whole system and largely credit to you but your brain will follow instructions unconsciously.

So it'll search for meaning throughout the day.

And so whatever you put into it, I'm going to sing beautifully to my to my wife or I'm going to, you know, be the best number one comic in the world.

Your brain finds meaning in the world.

And so it's how we are neurobiologically wired so that we could survive.

And so we need to find food.

We need to find a mate.

We need to find, you know, shelter.

When we're when we're programming our mind into the affirmation itself, it actually searches for meaning where there wasn't one.

Like it's like you buy a car and all of a sudden you see that car or you've bought a house and all of a sudden you see that house.

That that's that's the the neurobiology wiring for it.

So anyways, thanks for thanks for helping me go down that rabbit hole.

Now I'm seeing um I don't see who is talking.

I can't figure that out.

Wait, >> they had their camera off.

>> I had my camera off, Scott.

So I was I was just I I was >> Yeah, chiming in.

Thanks.

>> One more thing.

Can I add to it?

Um that thing taught us was the uh embarrassment superpower, >> right?

>> That not getting embarrassed is a superpower.

And uh yeah, that's uh definitely very helpful.

Just want to add that.

Thanks.

>> Do we have a cat?

All right, we're gonna go to Catman.

>> I can get off mute.

I don't know how how long Catman will last.

This is Cat Peanut and she's very unhappy about it.

>> Well, did you have something you'd like to contribute or >> Yeah.

They don't do it.

They don't do it.

>> Yeah, cats are not very patient.

Yeah, thanks.

Thanks, Scott.

It's uh this is such a fun format and um kudos to the gentleman that sang on live.

So, I was actually the thing I wanted to uh share was that how freeing it is that not being afraid of embarrassment.

That's had a huge impact for me.

um just not taking yourself too seriously and uh living life like the adventure that it is.

Um so that's been hugely impactful for me.

So I appreciate that, Scott.

And uh this this format's a lot of fun.

So >> I was not expecting that.

I'm I've missed four work calls.

A lot of emails are coming in, but this is a lot more fun.

What can I say?

So >> good choice.

>> Yes.

And as time goes by, you're all going to realize that the person who got the most out of this is the gentleman who sang for us because it was the biggest risk and the biggest reward and that was well taken.

So, all right, let's see if we can get some more on international news.

see if anybody's into the Venezuela because I feel like I'm a little bit behind on Ukraine and Venezuela and China's response.

Is there anybody who's caught up this morning?

>> Uh, no.

Here.

>> All right, let's let's take a gentleman with the white earphones on and then after that we'll talk about some international news.

Hey, good morning, Mr.

Adams.

>> Hi.

>> Thank you for having me.

Uh, I just wanted to tune in.

Uh, thank you so much for all the time, energy, and effort you put into your show.

Um, you know, I found you about, you know, I think it was about three years ago when you had initially gotten cancelled.

Um, and around that time, you know, for the past like four or five years, uh, I was really interested in the non-stop sensationalism around like race and critical race theory and left me really frustrated and skeptical about how we were shifting as a society on the topic of racism.

And, uh, when you got cancelled for your comments, I just didn't buy the media narrative about it.

Um, and I didn't believe you were actually a racist because I felt like that false accusation was going around so much.

So, I actually started watching your videos mainly to fact check and see for myself.

And I ended up deciding that I didn't believe the media narrative about you.

But, um, I also realized I stumbled onto something genuinely amazing.

Uh, your commentary on politics and culture and life is some of the most cleareyed and insightful stuff I've ever come across.

And, uh, actually, when I found you, I was struggling hard with addiction, uh, career direction, um, relationship issues.

Yes, sir.

And um you know I was just trying to figure out what the hell my purpose was and um your perspective and reframes have been a really bright spot in a pretty rough spot in my life.

Um and you know I was able to quit my addiction.

Um I was really deep into I don't know if you guys know what is um but it's essentially that at least the levels that I was doing it kind of like painkillers.

Um I was able to stabilize my career and expand on my business that I've been running for the past 10 years.

um I was able to pursue building talent stacks and um save my relationship that was really struggling at the time.

So um you know I and I found a really great meaning by being useful to other people and being more present for people because you know my addiction and things like that was something that made me very absent uh in a lot of people's lives and I wasn't being as useful as I could be.

So, I just wanted to thank you so much for everything that you've done for us and I'm really grateful for all the time you've done, all all the things you've done for us.

Um, I've watched you every single day ever since the day you got cancelled and um I'm really grateful for your generosity.

>> That that's what I do it for.

You are the reason that this has meaning for me.

And when you tell me it has extra deep meaning because you know you you want to go through this world knowing that you made an impact and a good one.

And so I've told you this story of course how uh after my divorce I pledged myself to the world and hoped that you know there would be some kind of ripple effect that went forward.

So it means a lot to me when you tell me that.

Thank you.

>> Thank you Mr.

Adams.

>> Let's see if we can get some um topics about the world.

Okay, if you've been on a while, could you turn off your camera and we'll get some new people who come up here.

And if there are some new people who have been >> Good morning.

>> How are you?

>> I'm good.

How are you?

>> I'm great, thank you.

It's It's nice to connect with you and this is a really fun form that you have going on.

I I like the fact that people are not walking over each other and everybody's being polite.

I wasn't sure that would be the case.

>> Do you have anything to say?

>> Yeah, I'll keep it brief.

Um I just want to say a thank you.

You've been a a great guide in this crazy world, especially as a young person.

And um things that you have taught such as talent stacks, systems over goals and embarrassments have been um really crucial lessons in my successes and uh my continual successes.

Um, I my the path I took in life was to learn this crazy niche trade of uh of of making neon signs.

And um to learn this and to to go uh here and to be successful really required each one of these systems uh to ensure my success.

So again, thank you and a daily listener for a very long time now.

>> Good.

I'm glad that worked out.

Thanks for telling me.

I'm going to give one tip to the the uh collar just above you.

Um to move your face away from the screen a little bit.

>> My arms are only so long, Scott.

So, you know, I'm on my phone, so I I That's about as far as I can go.

>> Much better.

Much better.

>> I apologize.

>> All right.

Um, so I go by Heisenberg um because I'm in the uh occupied state of California and um >> That's better.

That's good.

>> There we go.

Um I guess it was also the clipping from the u from the uh other people on the screen.

So it clipped up my uh my my uh video.

>> Um >> so uh really appreciate you and everything you've done.

I um uh just I don't know if you've recall any of the comments I've made or anything, but you know I um uh I'm a cancer survivor.

I had a um bladder cancer and a pretty severe bladder cancer and so I kind of walked um with you here in in this uh journey here.

So um my my result has been good so far for 10 years.

So um >> nice but I really appreciate that you fought the fought the fight and you continue to fight it because we we love to have you here with us as long as we can.

>> Wow.

>> Nice.

Yeah.

Well, I guess I feel like a >> You got you got you got to clean right here.

>> This is the problem with this model.

My lips are paralyzed.

Yep.

>> Got it.

>> You got it.

>> Now, isn't that better than just listening to a podcast off me?

>> Well, I guess >> Yeah.

So, lots of love from everybody here.

Everyone's really happy to see you every day.

So, >> thank you.

Uh, looks like somebody below you wants to make a comment in the orange.

>> Hi, Scott.

>> Hi.

>> How you doing?

I'm >> good.

>> Excellent.

>> Did you have anything to say about international affairs?

>> Uh, to be honest, uh, it's very fascinating and I'm just pretty much an observer.

Uh, I just have to pay attention and, uh, see what everybody's got to say about it.

I like to look at it from like the most logical uh perspective.

Uh and I'm getting a lot of that from you.

And uh I recently joined uh the uh locals uh I want to say about three weeks ago and uh and I did it because you actually remind me of my dad >> and uh he's not with us anymore.

He passed away in 20ou 2004 and uh yeah, I just kind of stumbled across everything.

I'm I'm a late bloomer, I'm going to be honest.

And uh uh yeah, it's uh you know, I do I I've been watching a lot of stuff on X.

That's mainly where I get my news.

And um and of course uh locals uh been been here every morning since I've joined.

>> Wow.

I can't hold my uh I'm on my phone.

I tried to use my computer.

I couldn't figure that one out.

Um I'm It's morning time and uh you know I'm in my morning I I got the silly hat on.

I apologize for that.

But uh it's not real warm in my house.

I'm in lower Michigan.

Real windy.

>> And uh >> Well, thank you for joining and thank you for >> I'm glad I figured it out and thank you.

I'm really glad to talk to you.

I never dreamt that I'd get to actually talk to you.

>> I I was just talking I was talking to another cartoonist yesterday about how our early days when we were single and early periods I was single and if I do a uh a book signing there'd be a long, you know, line of people want to get their book signed.

Uh, and I looked in the row and it' be like man man.

And then there would be one, you know, attractive woman and I say to myself, it seems that I'm very attractive to some women because they're standing in line to get my book signed.

And then when they come up, every single time the woman would say, "Oh, my father loves you.

Can you sign this for my dad?" Well, that's >> my ego would go.

>> No, you actually look like my dad.

Um I wish I could show you a picture of my dad.

I don't have a way of doing it, but uh um you really resemble my father.

>> I am your dad.

>> I think you might be uh incarnation.

It's pretty wild.

He was a very logical-minded guy.

He uh when I was very little, I didn't even pay attention to anything or anything about politics.

And uh he told me uh uh that uh Biden is a crook.

And and and I was pretty young.

I might have been like 14.

I'm I'm uh going to be uh 64 pretty quick.

And uh and and I I remembered him saying that.

And then I just started kind of paying attention to stuff and and you know at the time I wasn't voting or anything obviously I was pretty young and um then then when I got older I always voted you know conservatively and uh started paying a little bit of attention to stuff but as I got older I started paying a wee bit more attention and learning you know there's some pretty interesting stuff but then when uh President Trump got elected on his first term is when everything kind went from darkness to light.

That's when like it was like the big reveal when we really started learning about the stuff that we didn't get access to before.

Um, and then it really just snowballed.

I mean, it was like amazing.

And then when uh Elon bought Twitter, I mean, that I'm just going to say that just saved us all.

That's probably saved maybe the entire world.

I know that's a big thing to say.

And uh it's it's a great time to just be uh aware of what's going on.

>> Yeah, amazing time.

I I'm trying to multitask here and describe >> what's that?

>> Oh, uh I was just wondering um it's really intimidating coming up on camera in front of all these people and everything.

Uh, do you think maybe we should offer some people to just like talk from the uh waiting room uh on audio only?

>> Well, that's what I'm trying to figure out.

Is that >> Well, all they have to do all they have to do is um un unmute their mic and talk.

And so, if we just invite them, I think they they might.

>> But the video would be there, right?

>> Uh the video is not going to be up in So, you're you're in auto mode.

So, it only pulls people up if um but I think they can unmute from the U.

Can somebody try to unmute and say hi from the waiting room?

>> Yo yo yo.

>> Okay.

Who is that?

Jeff.

>> That was >> So, you could all hear Jeff, but you cannot see him.

Right.

>> Right.

>> And we don't know who it is.

that the people that are just watching won't know who it is if they don't tell us.

>> Okay.

>> Yeah.

I think there are only 15 people in here and I think I think it seems like most people who wanted to speak have come on camera and talked already.

Um maybe there's some >> because I'm already looking for Owen and I see that Owen volunteered but I do not know how to get Owen on audio but not video.

But Owen is smarter than I am.

So, right now I'm just showing I go to auto.

I can only go back to the people I've been viewing.

Let me see what happens if I dismiss.

All right.

One extra person jumped on.

Do I have to dismiss again?

This interface needs some clarification.

There's a whole bunch of people I I allowed, but they don't show up.

Let's try.

I've got duo photo solo.

Might be a delay here, too.

It keeps going back to the last three.

>> Scott, I just wanted to mention this is Jeff again.

I didn't get to say this when I was on the live stream, but I was actually referred to you by chat GPT.

>> Really?

>> Yeah.

About about a year and a half or two ago, I was asking I put in some filters.

I asked about podcasters commentary and things like that.

and uh you came up in the list and it's been smooth sailing since and I just wanted to also uh wish you a wonderful day and look forward to you know continuing to take in your content and consider uh consider the wisdom.

Well, thank you.

>> Now, why are some people popping in and out?

Uh, it's because their video turns on and you're in auto mode.

>> Okay.

So, I'm looking at a gentleman in the old wooden room.

>> And you are?

>> Uh, my name is Grant Turner.

Scott, nice to meet you.

>> And oh, look, sorry, you got you got overshadowed by >> a little girl in the book.

Deservedly served.

That's a cute one.

>> Ah, wait.

What book do you have?

>> Uh, Dbert, >> which one?

>> Don't be shy.

Seven Years of Highly Defective People.

>> Oh, that's good book.

>> You like it, Mimi?

>> Yeah.

I think it's a little funny sometimes.

>> She found this book in my stuff and she's she's obsessed with it lately.

>> >> and settle settle and uh she asked for calendar and so she has your 2026 calendar.

>> All right.

I feel like we really pulled away from Is it Jeff?

>> Come begin.

>> The the Grant.

>> Yes, sir.

>> So, Grant, um I feel like you have something else to say that look good and we'll we'll keep an eye on the book.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Um, yeah, Scott, I'm I'm I am so grateful to have found you.

Um, I'm I'm a I became an entrepreneur early in life and I was I got in very deep and then I learned about systems and oh my god, my life changed in a hurry and uh the the first decade of being an entrepreneur was brutal.

and uh systems has allowed me to just kind of cruise through the second half of my of my career as an entrepreneur and I I owe it to you.

I'm so grateful.

>> Wow.

What What did you do differently exactly with systems versus goals?

>> Well, I was reactive only.

So, I spent all day putting out fires.

I never um I I never had the luxury of really planning ahead.

I namely because I I just grew so quickly.

I started with a construction company and then it was a restaurant and another restaurant and uh it just it was a runaway train.

I was more productive than I could keep up with.

Um so systems for everything.

if it's if it requires me to be involved, I'm not doing it.

So, um and it's not just delegating.

It's it's and and it's part of my system is never just okay, this is my system, I'm done.

I refine it and refine it and refine it.

And when I think I'm done, I just keep refining it.

And it feels like I guess the the best way to put it, my business 10 years ago before I found you felt like an old tractor or something, you know, like it was it was breaking down and smoking and shaking and rattling.

And now it feels like a Tesla.

It feels like a self-driving car.

It's smooth.

It pers.

It's wonderful.

And maybe the most rewarding part of it is that I'm now giving your books to my employees who are showing an entrepreneurial spirit and coming up underneath me.

I'm passing your lessons along.

But I got to tell you, Scott, while I've got you, I got to tell you the number one thing that you've done for me in my life.

Um during COVID, my businesses, my restaurants were shut down.

My my girlfriend was at the time was was things weren't good.

COVID was not was not fun for us.

So, she split up.

uh we split up and uh I was about 40 and alone and our late 30s alone my business is crumbling and I was going down baby like it was not good for me and thank you so much Scott the simultaneous swaddle was it really was it it saved me um and I stayed the course and I stayed stayed strong and I stayed optimistic for everybody around me.

And now I'm just so blessed that my businesses have recovered.

My girlfriend and I got back together and uh we've we have two kids now, the two of the most beautiful kids in the entire world.

And I really do owe a major debt of gratitude to you, Scott.

Thank you so much.

>> Wow.

I'm really happy to hear that.

It's wonderful.

>> So, here's what I'm going to do from here on out.

Uh, because I've seen what you've accomplished and how how high you've set the bar, it's not enough for me anymore just to keep doing what I'm doing and building and starting businesses and, you know, that's all great.

Um, I'm I'm going to do two things.

I'm going to change the way houses are built.

Um, I've got a I think I've got a design that will that will revolutionize housing.

Um, every anything from tiny homes up to multi-million dollar customs.

And I I'm going to that's that's one thing I'm going to do.

And then the second thing I'm going to do, I'm in a unique position because I live in Boulder City, Nevada.

We're the we're the only 16,000 people population, but we're the largest city landwise in Nevada.

So, it's just a really unique town.

We're home of Hoover Dam.

We've got massive solar fields, and I'm going to because I'm I'm not tooting my own horn, but I'm really influential.

Um, whatever the next big energy thing is, whether it's nuclear, whether it's fusion, um, I'm going to give free power to Boulder City residents for life in exchange for putting some sort of major energy center in our already bustling energy, you know, in our we already have a really strong energy sector.

And, um, I'm going to I'm going to I'm going to do uh much bigger things, Scott.

>> Wow.

Well, I think you will.

I I can see much bigger things in your future.

>> I don't want to take all your time, Scott.

I just wanted to say thank you and uh you're you are you're my guy.

>> I'm glad that's working.

I'm now trying to figure out um it looks like it looks like Owen is going to do a coffee with them with Scott Adam spaces at the usual wait.

Yeah, today.

So, if you know how to get there, uh there will be more under the spaces um feature.

And I'll just say a few more things and then I'm going to be pooped out.

Um, yeah.

So, go to Owen Gregorian and uh after the show and you'll get more more goodness.

All right, we have a woman who just joined who's playing with her hair.

>> Good morning, everyone.

Good morning, Scott.

>> Good morning.

What's your name?

>> Uh, my name is Jessica.

I've chatted with you over the years.

>> Oh, hi, Jessica.

>> Yeah.

Hi.

And, uh, yeah, it is it's wonderful to see all of you on here and to to hear you, Scott, that you're seem like you're doing better this morning.

So, um, I just appreciate everything you've taught all of us over the years and the way that you've helped us to be bolder and how you've been showing up right now with so much courage.

So, thank you so much for for that inspiration.

We need more men like you.

>> If there were more men like me, I'd be competing with more people.

>> No, just kidding.

Well, did you have anything um that you would like to add to the group in particular?

>> I I guess I will just say when I I came across you again probably in like 2015 2016 and uh you and I used to chat and I think I got you in trouble on Twitter a few times.

So my apologies.

I always had a good time.

I always had fun and um you got in trouble.

>> Yes.

>> Yeah.

um with it was the the Kaiser Con situation on on the Gold Star families at the DNC.

I think I >> Yeah.

But um but yeah, no, I I think you really helped people to step up and be bold and to um and I I definitely felt that in the career trajectory that I had.

You made me do things or inspired me to do things that I never thought I could possibly do.

And now that I'm a mother, I feel like it's also transformed the way I'm going to raise my son.

And um I'm more hopeful for his future because of what you've shared with me and with us.

And I can't wait for him to read your books when he's older.

So >> thank you for that legacy.

It's going to be generational for sure.

>> I hope so.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, thank thanks for checking in.

>> Thank you.

And I want to make sure I talk to uh I have not yet talked to black t-shirt, have I?

We'll get back to orange as well.

Right after black t-shirt.

Okay.

>> Hi, Scott.

My name is Caleb.

Um I just wanted to chime in quickly because I I knew that I might not get a chance to do so again.

And I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything that you've done.

I uh first started listening to you at the tail end of my college experience and at the time I was a big Bernie supporter and you would often start your shows by saying that you were uh to the left of Bernie but you understood economics better.

Um and so I was always eager to listen to better arguments and smarter people and it was obvious that that was you.

Um, and you often have said that Trump would change the way that we saw reality and would change uh how we saw the world.

And I think really that's your legacy.

Um, teaching us about two movies on one screen.

Um, teaching us to enjoy the the golden age and to understand what that could be.

Uh, while other people are kind of suffering in their mind and from from their own media sources, they're not willing to look beyond.

Um, and like everyone else has said through co I mean you really got us through that time.

uh your nightly shows turning into the man caves and the micro lessons.

Uh a lot of what you shared uh with the UI for reality.

You know, I had a mother who suffered from cancer for nearly 15 years.

Uh and she believed very strongly in the power of words and the power of affirmations and that the way that we see the world and communicate and the the words that we use uh can alter our own reality and our own experiences.

And I really saw that prolong uh her life, which was so important to me growing up.

And so when you taught us that, a lot of that was reinforcing what I felt like I had learned uh early on in life.

But I just have to say that every single day um whether it's don't use the top of your car for temporary storage, which I'm tempted to do every day, and I your voice is in my head not to do that.

uh from tiny things like that to massive uh massive things you know about globally economics and understanding data and um and and the user interface for reality all of that has completely changed my life and allowed me to start my career um after college in a strong way and uh especially your how to get a raise which I which I loved and so all of that has changed all of our lives in in an enormous way and I'm so grateful for you in ways that I can't even express.

So, um, I wish you peace and strength and I love you from the bottom of my heart.

>> Very well said.

I appreciate that a lot.

>> Um, if you if you don't mind to orange jumpsuit.

>> Yeah, I don't know if that's me, but uh, we'll go with that.

Scott, it's an incredible opportunity that I thought I'd never have to actually say hi to you.

Um, I I'm so old.

I I've started reading Dilbert in the newspapers, you know, many many years ago and followed it through there and then followed you online and and I think a few things and I want to share a couple things with you.

I think you and Trump and Elon did more for changing and saving this country than probably any other three individuals that I can possibly name.

um >> your getting cancelled and stepping out and starting to speak the truth felt like it began to open the door for the rest of the world to say it's okay to speak truth and uh appreciate that so much.

I mean um and I always wanted to say thank you and I've typed that online it's like if I had the opportunity to say thank you one day I'd love to do that and just this this came up this morning I just it could be the best gift I've ever been given.

Um, >> in other words, in other words, affirmations worked.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

Yeah.

That it's it's uh and I want to share with you a couple other things real quick.

You know, there was one time you had gotten your ebike and you went on a test ride and and you referenced going to a Starbucks and I knew roughly where you live.

I live on the other side of the country, but I knew where you live and I was like, man, I'll go I'm just going to go out to that Starbucks one day and see if I happen to bump into them.

It'll be great.

But uh I had a dream the other night.

I've been thinking a lot about you as we all have.

And uh I had a dream the other night and I had been thinking that day a lot about like if I ever had a chance to meet Scott, what would I say to him?

And things like that.

And in my dream that night, which I don't dream a lot, you actually had me over to your house and you kind of took me on a tour of your house and we went up to your putting green and you made all three putts.

Uh so I look forward to the day that hopefully I can meet you up again at some point and we'll do some putting practice.

Uh so I thought that that was that was kind of whether you want to call it the simulation or anything else that was the gift that was given to me to say hey if you don't have the chance to meet him uh here's here's your chance to have a little interaction with Scott.

So this is just feels like a bonus day.

I daily I run to wherever I am to some electronic screen, my phone somewhere at 10:00 and if it's 9:59 and I'm not logged in yet, I'm running to try to get to that sip because that simultaneous sip has become such a high point in my day of just like, okay, that resets me for the day.

It's going to be a great day ahead.

Um the sigh that we all collectively do after that that sip, uh I think has been good for you, Andy.

I just I can't thank you enough for everything you've done.

I I've got a two adult kids.

I am taking your material to them, teaching them about refframes.

Now I've got two grandkids now.

When they get a little older, I'll teach them about your content.

I mean, I think that's been one of the things that'll be your legacy will be that what you have done for the world in this generation has been amazing and that's going to get multiplied throughout time um beyond a scope that understand.

>> Here's my question to you.

things either grow or shrink as I've said too many times.

Do you think my legacy will grow or shrink?

>> I think it has to grow exponentially grow.

I I don't know the size of your audience.

I mean, I can see how many people are logged in and watch your streams every day and things of that nature and buy your books, I'm sure.

and your your messages and your your way of thinking and teaching and you know now that it's been put into you know music and all the other things it is it is it is such a way of of uh having us to focus on life that just I don't find anything like this anywhere else right I have my own you know spiritual beliefs and things that that guide me but you know from a practical human standpoint I I you know you're up at up at the top And I think that a lot of us feel that value and we're going to want to continue to share that with others.

So your idea of keeping the community together and having different people maybe teach different topics and things like that.

It's a fantastic idea because we're the the world needs it and the world's hungry for it and we'll need to continue to share that on and on and I know that you'll be able to watch from wherever you'll be and and watch that grow over time as well.

So I'm I'm comforted in that.

I am absolutely amazed that this has worked so well this morning.

It really says something about the group, you know, as much about me.

>> So, you brought some great people together.

Obviously, there's a lot of people who love you and it just speaks to the content of who you are as a person and the amount of giving that you've done in your life to the rest of us and we appreciate it.

>> I got to figure out how to invite specific people.

We'll get that next time.

So, for now, I have to say goodbye.

Um, >> hey, Scott.

>> Yeah.

>> Can we just all give you a simultaneous hug right now?

>> Absolutely.

>> Simultaneous hugs.

>> Simultaneous hugs.

>> Big hugs.

Big hugs.

>> Big hugs.

All right.

I appreciate that a lot.

I'll I'll try to be back tomorrow.

If I'm no worse tomorrow, then we'll do this again.

Oh, cat.

Yeah, be free to bring your cats whenever you like.

>> Okay, everybody.

Goodbye for this morning.

>> Take care.

>> Thanks, guys.

Love you.

>> Love you.

Bye.

>> Thank you.

Love you.

Ah,

so good. Come on in. We're going to have

a guest

and you don't know who it is yet.

And it would be really good.

Do not have applesauce on me.

I could really use a towel on my chest.

Come on in.

So, I'll tell you what we're up to very

soon.

Going to use lots of napkins.

So,

here's the plan.

I'm going to test some

guests

who have already signed in but have not

yet been approved. So, I'm going to see

the the technology will be a little

wonky today.

Let's see what happens.

All right.

Go see if I can

check out some people

in no particular order

and you'll get to talk

maybe.

Can everybody hear me?

All right, let me pick um

Richard.

So on locals

the locals platform I just

um

invite participants right I'm trying to

invite

let's see what happens

require approval

yes

in progress

so separate way. I'll be with you as

soon as I figure out the technology

here. You're in the waiting room.

Good participants.

I know you're in the waiting room.

See what happens.

Well, clicking on the participants

doesn't help.

Invite participants.

Huh?

Why doesn't it work?

Two of nine want to go in. There's only

two of us,

but Richard is off.

It could be that Richard does not have

his microphone on.

Let's go to the waiting room

where there are many more people.

I'm going to accept,

accept, accept,

accept.

And then

we'll go that way.

Really? Can I not really figure this

out?

So it' be participants four out of nine.

Let's see what happens when I go to the

auto.

Okay, that's just me.

Duo. Just me.

This would be really cool if it worked.

So, I guess you're going to bear with

me.

What do you say? Just me, right?

Time to take a free preip.

Yep, that burned me. Ouch.

Good morning,

All right.

Still trying to get

anything but me on the screen.

So there's the screen share.

There is

not that.

It's a participation.

Copy invite. That [clears throat] part

worked.

What is that?

Accept.

Crusher.

Is it accepted?

Requires approval.

Yes.

Accept.

Accept. Accept.

Accept. Now I've got participants,

six of nine

participants.

They're in the waiting room

and I click on them and nothing happens.

If I go to the participants,

there's a whole bunch of people with

their microphones off.

But the microphones do not come on.

>> Hello. Can you hear me?

>> Whoa. What's this? Promote to moderator.

Let's try this.

Somebody might be getting promoted to a

moderator,

but I don't know who.

I cannot make out this interface at all.

All right. Require approval.

Yes,

man.

Waiting room

ingress

ingress nothing participants

I've actually got a new moderator picked

but it doesn't go active it's all red

all right let's try this

I'm going to take a picture of my

screen.

We're going to go old tech here.

Oh no.

I'm going to take a picture of my screen

and then you're going to tell me what

the hell I'm doing wrong.

And I'm going to send this

to anybody who knows what button to

push.

Of course, it's totally unreadable.

All right.

So, I've got this. Oh, maybe this is it.

Oh, hold on.

What happens if I pick solo

and pick

you?

Then that would have to be

still trying to get the

All right.

So, you can see me now, right?

So, here's what we're going to do.

If I go to my locals, I won't be able to

see your comments.

Could you not hear me before?

There was no sound before.

[clears throat]

All right, for a few minutes,

we're going to let you come in and just

enjoy the day and then we'll do a

simultaneous sip.

I was hoping that some of you had

looked at the news today and you could

be my instant co-hosts.

But there does seem no way to put

another face on here without really

making me mad.

So, if it were a duo, let's see what

happens with the duo.

Duo, nothing changes.

auto.

Let's see if auto changes.

I've got definitely got people here who

want to come in,

but we cannot figure out how

you you can talk among yourselves.

That would be perfectly acceptable.

All right. So, if you're coming in late,

I was trying to

wake up late unprepared

and simply post some of you on the

screen.

[clears throat]

If you didn't notice, there's a link to

join

that is on locals. So, if you go to my

locals feed, it have to be on mine, you

should see the invitation.

It will apply only to locals, people who

can find it. If you can't find it, it's

not going to work. And then I would go

back to Oh, here we go.

>> Hey, Scott.

>> What just happened?

>> I enabled my camera.

>> All right. Who am I talking to?

>> This is Richard Picket, one of your

fans.

>> Oh my god. So, are you telling me that

the problem was not on my side?

>> Yes. I thought you maybe had

accidentally invited some of us into the

studio and you didn't really expect us

to be here. So, out of respect for you,

I just kept my camera and my microphone

off.

>> Oh, so the whole time I thought the

problem was on my end.

>> It was just us.

>> Yay.

Yay.

All right. So, we are deep into the

simultaneous experience.

I'm going to read it off of my other cup

and then use my real cup. Is everybody

ready for this?

All right. [snorts] The simultaneous

sip. All you need is a cup or mug or a

glass, a tanker, jealous sign, can't

even show a flask, a vessel of any kind.

Fill it with your favorite liquid. I

like coffee. And join me now for the

emperor pleasure of the dope here today.

The thing that makes everything better.

It's called the simultaneous sip which

is actually in my other cup.

It's time go.

[sighs]

Now that's

now I can hear everybody's microphone

unless you turn it off. You don't have

to turn it off because I want this to

feel like um you're just in my living

room and you got you were all invited

over. Some of you have some beverages,

some of you don't. So, of course,

there'd be some background noise, but

the vibe

would be we just found some stuff to

talk about.

Now, if you could hear yourself,

you probably want to turn it down real

background.

Does anybody have anything to eat?

No.

Is there anybody who want to uh tell me

what's going on today

in the news? You just volunteer.

And by the way, if you don't have

anything to talk about, perfectly fine.

We're just getting together and

experiencing the simultaneity.

And as you can see, the uh the chat is

working fine.

So, we've got it looks like we've got as

many people as

Here's an update.

I think I'm hearing myself.

Let me test this. Am I hearing myself?

Am I hearing myself?

Not bad.

So the big reason I can't work this

morning

and maybe not again in the usual way is

that my hands have some kind of a

shaking and when I try to type my hands

be phantom typing. So I keep selecting

things that would you know put me in

jail

and so

I can do voice

extension

voice

just would take up maybe

a don't cry

I'm here

it just won't be as good a Oh,

who do we have in the middle? Who is it?

Who is the the nice woman with the

glasses on in the middle of my screen?

>> That's me, Nicole.

>> Hi.

>> Hi. It's great to see you and talk to

you today.

>> Is there anything you wanted to say?

>> Oh, man. I didn't know I was going to be

on, you know, so I'm not prepared, but

um I didn't do anything this morning. I

had my breakfast tacos and my matcha

latte and I didn't read the news yet.

[laughter]

>> Well, here's what we can do for you.

>> There's nobody who doesn't

speak

>> and if you get off the you totally have

nothing to say. You should always have

something prepared. So, not

>> very good point.

>> That's a deal.

>> Yeah. But funny always says always have

a story prepared because you never know.

So and the second thing you learn is not

to be.

So if you can do those three things, not

be embarrassed and also come up with a

story, you could have a really

successful morning because that's just

practice. So, here's my here's my

putting you on the spot for the purpose

of giving you practice being put on the

spot. Number one, uh, and this applies

to all but one of us. One of us is the

right distance from the screen.

It's a gentleman on the top right of my

screen. I I don't know where you are,

but the bearded gentleman with the

headphones.

Wave if you hear me.

So, he I believe he probably has more

experience than you do in how to set up

the right height and everything. You

also want to make sure that you're at

the right.

So, he's got the right height and the

right distance.

uh when when all of these

it didn't look like the distance now and

by the way I tr your cash name hearing

problem right now what's your name the

uh the nice woman in the glasses

wait what's your name

>> Nicole

>> Nicole so Nicole you're now perfectly

set up and you are the insp inspiration

to the rest of us. So, you got the right

height and you got the right distance.

Uh, if you get too close, it's creepy to

the person that is. So, that's

>> all right. Now I stalled a little bit

and it made me wonder if I could you a

little story very short doesn't have to

be long about anything from

what was the first time you joined

coffee

that one because the reason you practice

with that one is that you already know

the answer you don't have to think about

this presentation so

with our permission

and mostly with your permission just

tell us briefly uh how you came upon it

how long you've been watching it and

then also make it succinct so we can get

to somebody else.

>> Perfect. Okay. So, I always read Dilbert

growing up and I was always um when I

would went on my work travels in

particular, I'd be riding the London

tube and I would be just like stifling

my laughter um because it's not really

appropriate to laugh out loud on the

tube. Um and so it was, you know, I

already knew of you through that, but

then um I I started looking for the

comic online when I stopped getting the

newspaper. And I think it was through

reading the comic online that I heard

about your blog. And then it was through

the blog that I eventually heard about

the Periscope. So I've been watching for

a long time. But um yeah, that's how

like I I really just found you by

seeking out Dilbert Comics and then

liking the blog content and moving on to

liking the Periscope and just keeping

keeping on going.

>> So I would rate that A+.

>> Excellent. I also just realized that

Matt who has added his name to the uh

screen. So apparently there's an option

for adding your name, right?

>> That's correct.

>> Matt, can you tell us what you do for a

living that would suggest why you kind

of were the first and uh best role?

[laughter]

What is it in your background?

Um, well, the funny thing is that I'm

I'm a software engineer, so like I

already work from home. I have a setup

for all this. So, the distance from the

screen, I take meetings all day like

this. Um, actually probably should be in

a meeting right now, but you know,

there's sometimes more important things,

I'll be honest. Um, but yeah, I've been

doing this for a long time and I I

started listening to you back in 2016.

Um, read your blog. Um, came upon our

very first Periscopes you were doing,

um, as well. Uh, the first simultaneous

SIP. So been around for a long time.

Often I you know I haven't been here

every day um throughout that time but

there's been periods of time where I

listen a lot. Um sometimes work makes it

very hard for me to join live. So

oftentimes my listening is later in the

day. Um but you know have always

appreciated the sips and yeah just uh I

had started in the corporate world right

when I met you or you know met you

through your Periscope and everything

and your blogs. Uh so it was a perfect

time for me to start my career. Um, and

honestly, you've had a tremendous

influence on the trajectory of my career

and how how far that's gone for me up to

this point. So, thank you so much for

that.

>> Wow. You're very good at this. The only

thing I would advise is if if I can see

your ceiling, then your your camera

setup has to be a little bit higher.

>> I usually blur out the background

actually when I'm in my work meetings,

but that's a great point. So, thank you.

>> And there's these uh I think you've seen

it in the man cave. There's these little

wooden stands there. They say it's for

your printer, but it's way better

[clears throat] for adjusting your

camera.

So, that's

>> Appreciate that. Thank you.

>> All right. Um,

excuse me. There's going to be some

in the middle of my screen. I see two

gentlemen who are bearded who do who do

not have their names up. Is it

intentional that I can't see your name

because there's obviously a place to put

it somewhere?

>> I think I I have my name but it I see

that it's showing up on the bottom bar

but not showing up on your presenter

view. I'm not sure why it's sub it

doesn't display in Rumble.

>> This is going to go away from me right

away.

>> But but also I don't see anyone else's

names in the in the top view. I only see

their our names down where we're

pictured below. So now now Matt's name

is gone.

I wonder why.

Let me try.

>> I

>> um bearded man number one and bearded

man number two.

[laughter]

We'll try try sorting that out. All

right. So, I'm going to try some other

uh other people coming in just to give

them a chance. Okay.

Might make everybody disappear.

All right. We got nine people,

but there are more. Most of the problems

are on my end, it looks like.

I like it when you sit here and let me

work out my tech problems.

All right, we'll go to duo.

Ah, okay. That's duo mode.

So,

if if this were a official presentation,

I'd want you to look about what where I

look. If you can see the size and no

ceiling.

All right, I'm going to be just

struggling through this. So going to go

to

to there's a participant place where I

can add more people.

Um

invite participants. This is where my

finger is doing things I don't want it

to do. So 57 of them.

Oh, I can scroll them. Okay. I was

missing the scroll.

All right. We'll invite a few more

people.

Where am I?

[clears throat]

Why is it not accepting?

Feel free to sip.

Invite participants. Okay.

How could this not be working?

Reject.

Hey, Scott, while you do that, would it

be okay if I tell my story about how I

came across you? Oh,

>> I'd love that. Yes.

>> Okay. So, um, I grew up on your comics.

Um, you're you're probably about 10

years older than me. Uh, so I kind of

always looked at you like the older

brother or the the smarter uncle. Um,

and I remember reading the comics. Uh,

we had the one of the worst bosses I've

ever had. We would he would say things

through the week and it would show up in

your comics the next weekend. You know,

something that the pointy-haired boss

did. So, we started clipping them out

and putting them on his door and he

would come into work and he'd read them

and he wouldn't realize it was about him

and he would just die laughing. He just

thought they were the funniest thing.

Um, one day it came out that that was

really him and he was he got so upset he

just came and like literally clawed

everything off of his door um because he

was he was so pissed off. Um, and then,

uh, you know, of course, I bought, uh,

your books through the years, followed

your comics, and I didn't really pay a

lot of attention to, uh, politics. I I

knew this Kurfluffle was going on with

Trump, uh, during his first year. But

then during, uh, COVID, I was really

looking for someone to help bring

stability to my view. And, you know, we

had the summer of love and all that kind

of crazy stuff that was going on. And

you really uh, helped stabilize me. You

reminded me that we had a dark period in

the 60s and 70s of a lot of uh internal

to turmoil and you really helped provide

the stability to me to know that we'll

make it uh and we'll get through this.

And then I thought it was uh wonderful

for us to see, you know, Trump too get

started and uh I just want to say thank

you from the bottom of my heart for

helping me through probably the darkest

period I've ever been through with our

with our country, which has been the the

past four to five years. So, thank you.

>> Wow. It makes me really happy when

people tell me I helped.

And

that was maybe the darkest period of my

life. Would you agree? If you looked at

>> not just your own personal life, but if

you looked at society, that that was the

darkest point.

And I'm I'm sure there are tens or

hundreds of thousands of people just

like me who you helped through that

period of time.

>> All right, I'll put you on the spot.

What was the

or what were the things I did besides

just being here that made the biggest

difference? Was there something I said

or did or allowed that were that really

got you to that point of I can make it

through this?

Some of it was realizing that you called

balls and strikes. Um you you you were

not 100% Trumpian. Um and you could

point out some bad things on the on the

side of the right, but the the we've

been here before. we've had this sort of

thing happen in the past and we'll make

it through. And especially because I I

didn't live through it, but I remember

the stories of uh the turmoil we had in

the 60s and 70s. That was a period of my

parents and you reminding me that our

country had already been there and we

made it out. Um the another thing was

you gave hope that I really felt like

and still feel like most of our

politicians in the the deep state

structure is uh evil and it's in place

and it's it's fighting to survive.

>> But it seemed like you gave a the the

golden age was something that you kept

bringing up and it gave this light that

there's a light at the end of the tunnel

>> and the right will prevail. The I don't

mean the right side left and right

politics. I mean the right way of doing

things will prevail and just be patient

and that really helped me through that

period of time.

>> Wow.

What do you remember that in the first

days when there were these presumably

now fake videos of Chinese people

falling on the streets?

That was scary. And do you remember that

I was very um angrily or at least

animatedly

saying we should shut down traffic from

China at least at least until we figured

out what's going on.

>> Do you remember that?

>> Yes sir. And there was so much

opposition to that idea. Um yeah, the

same the Trump had it right too with

ISIS and Trump won, you know, he he

greatly restricted immigration and who

was coming into our country and the the

left was vehemently opposing him and

turns out he was right. You know, the

the left got got their way for four

years and it's been a disaster. And now

we see, you know, the the uh not all

Muslims, not all people in Islam, I

don't want to classify in that way, but

we see that there's this huge threat

that we've allowed into our country

through their four years. And now

hopefully Trump will be able to correct

that.

>> Yeah, it was tough to be a persuader

during that period because you didn't

know what to persuade to. You know, I'm

no doctor, but if something shows me

pictures of people dropping on the

street in another country and then they

say, "This this could be really catchy."

My first instinct is just, you know, you

do what is the lowest risk. So, I was

like, "All right, hold on, hold on.

Let's find out what this is." Now, I

don't know if that was a right or wrong

choice. And there's going to be a lot of

stuff that will be lost in history.

I'm sure there's, you know, x number of

things I got wrong, x number of things I

got right, but I since nobody knew the

truth at that point, you know, we we got

smarter over time, but since nobody knew

the truth, uh I was very much into the

uh uh riskreward mode.

>> I I would say actually, you know, you

mentioned that you may have some things

that you got right, some things that you

got wrong. I I think that people uh un

Um, unfortunately for them, they view

things like that. And I think that you

touched on the thing that is correct.

You do riskreward analysis. This was

another thing that you taught us very

well. You do riskreward analysis and

then you act off of that. It doesn't

mean your outcome will always be the

right way or the, you know, that you'll

always avoid the wrong, but at least you

did it with a lot of forethought. So me

deciding to drive a car, although

thousands of people die in car

accidents, you know, every year, is a

riskreward analysis. It doesn't mean

I'll never die in a car accident. Um it

doesn't mean that I definitely will, but

I'm going to I'm going to do sound

analysis before I take action. And this

is what we were missing during the times

of COVID is they they you know they just

said, "Oh, you know, six feet everybody

will die. You all have to wear a mask."

And it was just ridiculous,

>> right? All right. So, uh, have we given

time for anybody to, uh, check the news

and fill me in on what's happening on X?

Anybody got a good story? Just based on

the news, not based on yourself.

So, is Iran about to fall?

What do you think? Anybody can jump in.

If you take your microphone off, you

could just fill us in.

And by the way, do you know all the good

places to check? If you're not watching

um on X, if you're not watching Mario,

you're missing a great way to start the

morning because he has these long uh

summaries of what's happening for the

topics of the day. And boy, are they

good. And he gets up before I do. I'm

always impressed.

>> Hi, Scott. Hi.

>> Can you hear me? This My name is Sean

Carlson. Uh it's a pleasure to talk to

you.

>> Yeah. Thank I want to just say thank you

for everything you you've done. You've

been a a great inspiration to me. Um I

I'll I'll start. I live in uh Plymouth,

Minnesota. So I'm just outside of

Minneapolis.

And so they've been having all kinds of

uh protests and unrest after, you know,

the uh the the tragic shooting of that

girl. Um, I my first impression of it is

is we I was talking a lot about it with

co-workers and different people

yesterday and everyone is sad because

this this girl lost her life, but

it's hard to it's hard to say that

she shouldn't have been there and she

shouldn't have been antagonized. The

general consensus that we got from the

people that work around me in my bubble

is that she shouldn't have been there.

She shouldn't have been antagonizing

these these people and she shouldn't

have been um you know we can't as you as

you've always taught and I actually

mentioned this yesterday as you've

always taught you can't get inside of

that person's head and assume what she

was thinking

>> and I actually brought that up to my

co-workers and and and we don't know

what the what the ICE officer agent was

thinking at that time. I'm assuming he

was in fear of his life or he was in

fear of something worse happening. So,

um the overall uh response that we've

had from our political leader leaders

here, uh I'm looking at Jacob Fry on on

the news here and then I've looked at uh

Tim Walls um and and their response too.

And the one thing that I

get an immediate gut reaction to is that

they're ineffective leaders. And and and

the reason I say that is that they they

posted their

conclusions prior to having all the

evidence. And so when I was talking to

my my co-workers and such, they kind of

agreed with me on that. And you know,

small group, eight people. So, it was it

was a small census of of of what's

happening. But my the people that I was

talking to, they live in Minneapolis.

They live in the south. They live a

couple miles from where it happened. And

so, they're seeing the ICE agents out

there. They're seeing the other people

as well. So, it's a um a new story

that's developing here. And and uh and

it's also

>> is that the story of the ICE agent who

had already already been hit once?

>> It was. Yeah. And from what I understand

that the gentleman had been hit. He's

actually had to he was hospitalized. He

had 33 stitches

>> from being hit with a car. And so, you

know, did that play an effect into his

mindset of when this, you know,

seemingly maybe similar event occurred

with him? I don't know. But that's that

I think he'll have his story to tell and

he'll have his um his time there, too.

And and the other, you know, other

to segue a little bit too, the other

main story that's that's occurring in

the news right now is our fraud cases.

and and it's just it's such a dominating

story. You've you've mentioned so many

times on you know when you scroll

through X that it's every story in in in

the collective bubble and the general

feeling too here just again from uh

coffee with with my co-workers is that

it's it's really embarrassing to be a

motan at this point in time. It's it's

it's it's shameful to to to feel like we

can't um trust our government to

be in our best interest. And you know, I

I've seen different posts and I've seen

different things too that we

um

I saw

one of these it was it was a different

influencer from a different thing on X,

but it was a lady from Brazil. She she

broke it down very well and that bribery

in Brazil and other countries and third

world countries isn't that far off from

from um or loss of trust is the initial

thing and then bribery and subsect of

you know okay I'll have to get mine you

have to get yours and all of these

different areas of of people um not

um

believing in the them. That's when it

occurs when you have that that that

breakdown of trust and that breakdown in

belief in government. So

>> I think I think there's a George Soros

uh type of model going on, meaning that

Soros figured out we could control

cities by controlling just the

prosecutors. And then

>> if you get the mayor, which is also not

that expensive, then you can basically

steal and cheat any way you want. And it

it will it will automatically be

something that you could get away with

it. So

>> absolutely.

>> Why do they get away with it? So,

>> and and to your I've been a listener now

for a while and to your you actually

opened my eyes to the fact that if there

isn't any audits, if there's no

controls, you have a bunch of money, a

lot of complexity. I think that's your

formula. Bunch of money, a lot of

complexity, there's automatic theft. And

and

>> and there and we're finding it in

Minnesota that it's it's it's at

enormous scale. It's not even

conceivable that it's beyond We knew it

was happening, but it's beyond even

comprehension. So, it's it's

>> I think it's really shameful.

>> I said this on the show, but if you've

worked with budgets before

>> and you start to you start to get this

instinct about when the budget is off

that other people just can't see. And so

I don't know when it was a year or two

ago I started looking at the budget

numbers and I thought there's no way

that you can get here just by not

watching the numbers. This has to be a

coordinated gigantic effort.

>> And that that's what blow me away.

>> All right. Do we have

>> Thank you so much. I appreciate you and

and uh and I pray for you every day

actually. So I uh I um Thank you.

>> So So here's what we're trying to do.

Trying to move the business model of

what we were doing here from the coffee

with Scott Adams, which you could enjoy

it that way, but try to move it into

more of a casual

uh well-informed

living room competition. or if somebody

wants to not competition, but if

somebody wanted to just tell us

something that wasn't really coming out.

So, it could be somebody wanted to say,

um, today I'd like to teach people

something I learned on a mini lesson or

something that if you were a young

person, you'd really want to have this

skill. So, we're going to go on a wild

experiment

in which there is no

well there will be rules but they will

be made up by the people who

participate. So, for example, who's the

gentleman in the middle who had his dog?

>> Richard Picket.

>> Yes,

>> Richard. I love that. All right. So,

you're you're exactly the right vibe. If

you can't pick up your dog in the middle

of it, we're not where we want to be.

So, dogs are good. All right. I don't

know how to change the people who have

been invited already to another view of

people who have been invited already. I

might have to delete people to add

people.

So, I'm still experimenting. Well, I was

going to say maybe um if we go off

camera and you invite more people then

we're off and then new people can come

on.

>> Yeah. I was just trying to figure out

how that but I might drop you all. Let's

see what happens.

>> Thank you, Scott.

>> Thank you, Scott. You do. You do.

>> We'll see if I can

>> see if I can

>> All right. You can't hear me.

>> Well, I can hear my mic.

>> So is

off

>> your microphone.

>> Your microphone.

>> That would be good.

>> That would be good.

>> Okay. How about it? Oh, holy cow. Here's

Mike Bird.

Let's see what happens if I go with Mike

Bert

and Cryptic

and Heisenberg.

Somewhat uh random, but I know some of

these people by name. Sergio. Hello.

Sergio's in

uh Beaver Slayer Jan.

All right. For that you must be

accepted.

Um, wait. It says I thought I accepted

you.

Well, maybe it did.

And

all right. So,

oh, there we go.

So, we've got some people who were on

before,

some new people.

Um, again, I'm waiting to see

if there's any way I can see your names

and I'm going to turn off the microphone

for some people. All right, if you've

already spoken,

uh, I should have found a way to turn

you off, but I didn't. All right,

I'm going to try to turn on Why is it

all the same people? Half the half of

you are the same.

Don't know why. All right. Every time.

>> So, can I Scott, sorry to interrupt you.

I think what's happening? You've invited

it looks like you've invited 15 people

to participate. Um, [clears throat] in

order for us to come on or come off like

with our cameras, we have to do that

ourselves. So, we have to either share

or unshare our camera. I don't know how

to take myself off as a participant, but

those people who just joined, if they

share their camera, they should be on.

And then for those of us who are on, we

can unshare ours.

>> All right, I'm going to hit a dismiss

button. It looks like it's going to

dismiss everybody, but then I'll add

people back on

and see what happens.

Nope.

All right. It took me three clicks,

but we're not getting anybody here.

How do I delete some of you, but not all

of you?

JRC, can you turn your camera off? You

You would also disappear from There you

go. Thank you.

>> Oh, new people.

Hello, new people.

>> What's up?

>> All right, we're going to try to

uh

Who is We're going to turn on your

microphone. You I guess you have it off.

So, there's a woman in the middle of my

screen toward the bottom who has just

waved to me. Okay. Uh, no, that's

another one.

>> Hello.

>> Yes. Hello. Hello.

>> This is Sarah.

>> Sarah.

[clears throat]

>> Did you say Sarah?

>> Sarah. Yes.

>> Sarah, how about you let us know what

you're up to? You could you could tell

us what's in the news that we haven't

seen yet or you could talk about

something else. We're still

experimenting.

>> Okay. Um well morning I was just but

anyway um I did catch up on news and uh

you know just watching

left Europe to give us another round of

2020 has me concerned. I think um it'll

be interesting to see uh what Trump

decides to do because it seems like the

leadership of Minnesota is just bait

them into doing something and um but I

don't know that the country's in the

same position we were in in 2020 um in

terms of I guess being supportive of you

know white

what again and fires and you you know,

lots of destruction. So, I'm interested

to hear what you think uh might uh

happen in order to like shift the

direction of that we seem to be going in

uh at the moment.

>> Oh, you're talking about a state or the

country? Uh well Bes I mean it looks

like blue cities are gearing up right to

you know last night New York City um you

know really getting a lots of people out

on the street and then of course uh

Minneapolis it looks like they're trying

to set up another chaz type situation.

Uh yeah, they're setting up a barrier

around kind of around the area where

that woman was killed uh to keep

residents from their homes and

everything is what I saw this morning.

Uh so like I said, are we going to, you

know, sort of just let that go on again

or is something, you know, going to

happen that's a little, you know, stamps

it out a little bit better? I don't

know. I'm just

>> Well, at this point, doesn't everybody

know that the um that the protests are

not organic?

You know, it's a Soros, it's, you know,

some guy from China, some billionaire

from China. I wonder if it's going to

have the same effect when it become

really, really obvious that it's not

coming from inside the tent. It's coming

from billionaires who may may not have

our interest in mind. How many of you

how many that these were inauthentic

protests?

Raise your hand.

Yeah. So,

>> Yep. So, I got a feeling that at least

part of the country is completely filled

in now. That's got to make a difference,

don't you think?

So I I hope the process say weak and

that looks performative.

>> Okay.

>> What about the international news?

Anybody have any update on Iran? Because

that looks as inauthentic as as our if

anybody wants to jump in just ahead.

>> Well, any moment now it just seems like

we're going to jump in on Iran. It's not

a moment of if, but when. And it's

probably going to be very soon.

>> Do you believe that we're already going

to we're already poised to go in

militarily?

>> Definitely. Um,

>> Trump,

>> what would it look like?

>> Yeah. [clears throat]

I mean, what Trump wants to do, I think,

is similar to the Venezuela tactic,

which is just a inn-out type thing. Kind

of like what happened a few months ago

in Iran where he bombed the facilities

and all that. But other countries want

us to or another country wants us to go

allin more for a regime change type

battle. So I I'm hoping there's no false

flag, nothing that'll draw us in super

like super deep, super heavy into it. So

there's no telling. We'll definitely be

involved, but to what to what scale? I

don't hopefully not not super

super invested in Iran. It's just it's

it's too much of a risk, I think.

>> So if we don't get invested, what's that

going to look like?

Well, that's

shouldn't be as much of our concern as

they're making it out to be. Uh,

honestly, we shouldn't be involved in

Iran to

the extent of

uh inter interceding. If there's like

protesters being hit, as Trump mentioned

recently, we should uh

we should help the protesters if they're

shot at or killed. Um

there that happens a a a lot more often

than not, but it seems like a pretext to

be able to say, "Oh, we're jumping in to

help, you know, to show face for the

international community."

But that's more of a pretext because

we've we've been wanting to uh bomb Iran

according to what they've been uh

indicating, posturing.

>> Yeah, it looks like there's a lot of

posturing.

>> Yeah,

>> but it seems inevitable.

There's a gentleman in the top right who

has his microphone off. He looks like

he's just dying to say something.

Well,

>> hello Scott. This is Eddie.

>> Hey, Eddie.

>> Been a long time fan and thanks.

>> Love you, man.

>> Now, the the new rules are you don't

have to be prepared and you don't have

to say anything in particular. So if you

just

>> just got logged in.

>> So do you have any thoughts on Iran or

Venezuela? We'll say

>> I think with Iran, I'm not sure what we

as the US can possibly do to do anything

overtly.

There's probably plenty going on behind

the scenes that we can never understand.

Uh, I think you might recall a week or

two ago we saw something about Israel

claiming they had a presence there.

>> Yeah.

>> So, I'm wondering what,

you know, what's really going on with

that. So,

>> yeah, it did make me wonder why

uh why Trump would admit that we're

there and MSAD is there and we're ready

to go. Seemed like too much.

But so far, and I guess Elon Musk has

sort of secretly provided some Starlinks

so they can't turn off the internet

entirely. Seems dangerous, though. Is

there no way the regime can find out

where the starings are and then go kill

the citizens?

>> It's probably hard to trace. You know,

if you have a base station and it's

pointing straight up at the satellites,

I'm not sure what mechanism they'd use

to search it. Some sort of radio signal

device, maybe, but it would have to they

would have to know what they're looking

for.

My dad's got one down in the hills in

West Virginia, and it works great.

And uh I I could see it being pretty

stealthy.

[snorts]

>> I I could I could imagine it also being

discoverable by Chinese technology.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. But but maybe not everywhere in

every way.

>> You might have to pick it up and move.

[snorts]

>> All right.

Um, how's this working for all of you? I

know you didn't expect this.

>> Love it.

>> It's great.

>> I got a nice dog.

>> Show us your dog

>> right here. Yeah. Oh, let Come on, Lyra.

Yeah, let me move

>> there. Let me see if I can get her in

there. She I just adopted her from Let's

see if I can um get the camera.

Yeah, she she just came from the shelter

a month ago. Um, I'd lost I'd lost my

dog my dog the day before Mother's Day

and it took me seven months of really

grieving and deciding what to do. But

she is just a wonderful dog. She's four

years old and she is

just made my life complete again. So, um

I'm very happy and she's real happy here

and I tell her every day she will never

be abandoned again.

>> Well, if you're teaching your English,

that's going to work out really well.

>> That's right. [laughter] That's right.

I've been I've been doing more looking

at just by the the news by is u Robert

Garcia because he's from my city of Long

Beach and most corrupt

uh I'm sure stealing every bit of money

in this city. It's terribly

blue liberal. They actually promote on

their um website and Facebook page how

we're going to fight ICE and um we got

to protect all the illegals and and I

call him the upcoming designated liar.

If you watch him, he is going to he is

he's going to become that's what he's

really training for

there. There's nothing good about

uh what's going on here. And I see it

just expanding. They want to that

redistricting. They want to take over

the Huntington Beach and the other

Orange County cities. They want to put

Garcia in there overseeing them because

they're very red and very Republican and

you see them trying to squaltch

everything. So, I I've been kind of

watching in, you know, more I mean, I

love getting all the international news

and and but just seeing what's happening

in my area. Um, and so that's that's a a

lot of what I do. I just want to thank

you.

I've been my my boyfriend turned me on

to you in 2019 when we started dating

and you got me through the pandemic. you

have expanded my knowledge and I've

actually helped me um

really turn away and just eliminate

toxic people in my life and I want to

thank you for that.

Thank you. Thanks for telling me. Um

I always enjoy hearing that but

[laughter]

um gentleman in the blue t-shirt in the

bottom left.

>> Hi Scott, I'm Paul. Hey Paul, it's my

second time on your show. First time in

person. First time was just in name

only. Uh my last name is Skidmore. And

you I sent you an article about uh a

truck that had crashed with a bunch of

marinara sauce uh all over the road. And

you thought that was funny coming from a

guy named Skidmore. And uh so that you

opened your show with that one morning

that my my dad and I got a big jolt out

of that. We listened to all the

Periscopes and everything all through

especially the early days of the

pandemic and it was really helpful. Uh,

I got one news thing and one helpful

thing since you asked for that. Um, the

news thing that I saw that I thought was

interesting is that UAE announced that

it's going to cut fundings for citizens

who want to study in the UK out of fear

of Emirati students being radicalized by

Muslim Brotherhood Islamists on British

campuses.

>> Oh wow.

>> So, you have an Arab nation that's

saying, "Don't go to the UK. You'll be

you'll be radicalized."

And uh I've I've only been to the UK one

time. It was to Scotland, but we saw

there all these gorgeous, beautiful

churches that had been there for

centuries, and they're all like bars and

nightclubs and stuff now. And um I I

just, you know, it's kind of nature of

horrors a vacuum. And if you get rid of

one ideology, if you get rid of one

thing, some other uh aggressive ideology

is going to come in and fill that space.

And I think that we are seeing that

happen in Europe. And I think um you

know a lot of times the US is just a

little bit behind what's going on in

Europe uh politically and culturally

sometimes. So I think we need to just

look at that and think about that. But I

think that it points to things that

you've taught us in terms of persuasion

and that um if you persuade people

against something then they'll just

focus on that negative thing or other

negative things will come in. But if you

persuade somebody towards something,

then uh there's some new positive thing

that fills that space and and you sort

of don't go back from there. And so

anyway, that's why I feel like your

stuff has been important for us because

it gives us more often than not gives us

something to um to to look forward to

and and to fill all of our our fear, our

anxiety. It gives us some sort of

positive thing or some action to take,

which I've really been appreciative of.

>> Yeah. You know, I've been making a big

deal about about the fact that the world

never stays the same. And if if you're

moving and everything does, you're

either getting bigger or you're getting

smaller. And once you realize that

that's like a almost an unbreakable

rule, uh then you can sort of see the

future. So to the extent that Islam is

growing in Europe, once it reaches a

kind of a maybe a 10% threshold, you

can't stop it. So the only thing that

would stop it is something that reversed

it,

>> you know, because stopping isn't an

option. So I it looks to me like uh

Europe or most of it is going to become

Islamic and there's no about it. It's an

intentional part of of at least a

section of the ideology. I've seen it

here in my my hometown here in the south

in the US where a little tiny Baptist

church has a giant mosque built behind

it. It's built specifically as close to

the property line as they can get it

higher than the church so that you see

the mosque over the church as you're

driving towards it. Um, you know, it's

really it's really intentional and um I

don't know a whole lot about it. I'm

trying to learn a little bit about it,

but um I just think it's something that

we should take note of, especially when

other Arab nations are like, "Hey, don't

go over there." Uh my useful thing uh

which is probably just a rehash of

things that you've shared with us

before, but um I'm a extremely

introverted person and when called upon,

I I can talk about things that I'm

passionate about without an

[clears throat] issue. I don't have any

problems with public speaking. I don't

get stage fright or anything. But when

it comes to talking with a group of

people or being in a social situation,

that has been difficult for me

historically. But one question that I

found that has helped me with that is

what are you thankful for? And you can

ask that to somebody in elevator. You

can ask that to your cashier, to your uh

the person serving you at at a

restaurant. You can ask it to your

family, to your best friend. And it's

better than how are you because it

doesn't demand sort of a pad answer.

Makes them have to think about it. Makes

them think about positive things. Even

if they give you a pad answer back like

oh my family or my job, that that gives

me something to then say, does your

family live here? Or how long have you

been working here? something that just

kind of gives me a genuine interaction

with a human being. I'm a spiritual

person, but not everybody is. And so,

uh, saying things like, "Can I pray for

you about something?" or something like

that is sometimes a little too forward

for people. But I don't think I've ever

had anybody, uh, be offended by asking

what they're thankful for. And so, if

there's other people watching, um, that

find it difficult to start

conversations, that's a great

conversation starter and it'll give you

someplace to go. That is a really good

tip because I can tell you're not um

intimidated by any kind of anything.

Basically, you're you're obviously a

brave person who overcomes

um not a stage fight, but you know what

I mean. Uh you know, Dale Carnegie has

this little list of things you should

ask, where do you work? You know, blah

blah. Well, yours will work. yours would

work every time because it makes people

stop and think and it makes them stop

and think about something positive.

So that's a really good tip.

>> So So what are you thankful what are you

thankful for this morning, Scott?

>> You know what? I'm thankful that we're

here and we're we're making this

experiment and so far it looks like it

works. Now, we don't know how well well

it will still I'm still slurring my

speech from the the paralysis. We don't

know how it will work if I'm not part of

the mix. But what I'm seeing already is

that people are uh polite,

wellinformed,

and willing to sort of adopt a set of

standards without being told. And that's

actually exciting to me because I don't

believe every audience would be able to

do what we're doing right now which is

taking turns waiting understanding the

you know the role and then being polite

about it. So with that I want to thank

you for this gentleman who's been

waiting here a long time whose name I

don't know. Um you have a black beard

and some headphones on.

If your microphone is on, can you jump

right in?

Don't have sound yet. Is your microphone

off?

Yeah. So, we can't hear you. Can you

hear me?

Okay. There must be a microphone button

somewhere on your screen.

No.

It should be in the bottom left or just

the bottom.

>> No.

>> Okay. Can you hear me now?

>> Yes.

[laughter]

>> Weird.

>> Yeah. My heads up for everything else.

But yeah, now is uh Yeah. Thank you,

Scott. Um, so yeah, I I just had a story

about like how you actually like really

helped um me surprise my wife on my

wedding.

It was like a year-long thing. So like

my uh my wife uh she's a great singer,

right? um and she loves to sing and um

so I used what you you taught us um to

like teach myself like how to sing um in

like a year's time, you know, not not

great, but like better than I was um for

sure. Um but yeah, so I I surprised her

at a wedding with with a song and um so

way he helped me was um through um

systems over goals um affirmations and

then simulation as well. So, um I I I

scheduled, you know, um doing like

weekly like vocal lessons and like doing

like it for like a half hour every day

like going through going through it. And

then I was doing affirmations and my

affirmations were um this is like the

crazy crazy part is that I was my

affirmations were um I was saying to my

wife perfectly. All right. I was saying

to my wife perfectly and I I would write

that down every day. I was super nervous

about it. [laughter]

And um so I I would do that and then as

I was picking my song um the song I

ended up picking was was Perfect by Ed

Sheeran. And um unbeknownst to me that's

the same song that she ended up walking

down the aisle to perfect by Ed Sheeran.

[laughter]

>> Yeah.

>> Wow.

>> Yeah. So it was uh it was crazy. Um but

yeah, so we get to the we get to the day

get to the part where I sing to her and

um you know I've been practicing this

like forever because because of the

systems and I had a a special vocal um

like backing for it um like a special

like piano version of the song. So, I

sent it to the DJ and the DJ was

streaming it and then halfway through

the the song um the internet goes out

[laughter] like so I I'm I'm up there um

and my wife is there and like um I'm in

front of all of our family and friends

and um I got through the first verse um

and then you know I had to go to the

second verse and then I just I just did

a capella. I was like we're in a

simulation and it doesn't matter anyway.

Um, so I'm just I'm just going to do it,

[laughter] you know. Um, and yeah, then

like you know with the affirmations and

her picking that song and I was like

this is this is my chance. I'm just

going to do it. I'm going to go for it.

Ac capella and I did it. That's uh like

you know parts everybody remembers and

yeah I'm very very grateful for um you

know your teachings.

>> The the fact that you could get through

that and that you could you know just

instantly accommodate it is super

[clears throat] impressive.

Um, I've had some speeches like that

where, you know, the sound goes out in

the middle and blah blah blah

[clears throat] and it's recovering that

people remember.

So, how comfortable would you be singing

to us right now? [laughter]

Hold on. Not the whole song, but just a

little snippet to just show us where

you're at. And remember, the goal here

is not to do it well.

The goal is to show us that you could do

it, that that you're not afraid of it,

and that that's something you've

conquered. It could be five seconds

long, but if you feel comfortable, I

don't want to put you in the spot, but I

also

I I do want to put you in the spot just

[snorts] because I want I want to see

Well, I want you to see that the other

people will just sort of appreciate it,

but there's no downside to it

whatsoever.

[music]

Do you improv?

Uh, [laughter]

>> I found a love

for me,

darling. Just dive right in and follow

my lead.

I found a girl,

beautiful and sweet. I never knew you

were the one waiting for me.

[laughter]

>> Thank you guys. Yeah, I I'm so nervous

right now. [laughter]

Yeah, thank you.

>> What did you just learn?

It was a positive experience.

>> Yeah. Yeah. No, I feel good for doing

it.

>> Yeah. Well, thank you for that story.

[laughter]

Thanks [snorts] for the accompaniment.

Who's doing the

>> Who's doing the accompaniment?

>> What's your name?

>> Uh, my name's Jeff Colorado.

>> That was nice. How How did you know what

to play?

>> I just strumming some chords, some basic

chords here. I've actually got uh I've

got the Witchita Lineman here drawn up

in table.

>> It's beautiful song. I'm learning to

play that today. one of the best songs

of all time.

All right. Well, that was impressive.

If you had put me on the spot like that,

um that would have been a challenge. And

I do a lot of this, you know, online.

So, you know, I I I uh I thought you

might [laughter] ask

when I brought brought the story. Oh,

man. That's so funny. But yeah, I don't

know. I am the one like so ever since I

started doing that I'm I'm the one at

like you know our parties and stuff

doing karaoke and I'm kind of like known

for that now and like it's a it's a lot

of fun. So yeah, you gave me a good

gift.

>> Yeah, you you have a great natural

voice. That's half the game.

>> Thank you.

>> So

>> I've got a tip for I've got a tip for

you. uh just record yourself and listen

to your voice over and over and see

yourself improve and actually begin to

enjoy your voice more and I think that

helps you evolve as a performer.

>> Yeah. So I actually um after after

resaying like I I was like um yeah I I I

I've gotten out of it. Um, like I I I I

practice so much for the wedding and

after the wedding like I I don't know.

Um, we do it for fun, but I'm not like I

don't want to do it like uh you know

super perfect. I don't know if I Yeah,

with with more systems I could. Sure.

Um,

>> good point.

>> Well, that that was a great experiment

and let's talk to some other people. Um,

I usually don't go too far down the

music road because I don't know anything

about it. Uh but I see Mike Bird up

here. Is Mike Bird on screen?

>> Maybe [snorts]

if you all

may I make one point about the

affirmations?

>> Yes.

>> So in one of your books or in several of

your listenings, you you had said that

you had not kind of figured out how to

make the affirmations or why they work.

Um I actually did some research on it

and so the neurobiology of your brain.

So you have an area of your brain called

the reticular activating system

>> and so your your brain itself

um only follows [clears throat] you I've

developed the whole system and largely

credit to you but your brain will follow

instructions unconsciously. So it'll

search for meaning throughout the day.

And so whatever you put into it, I'm

going to sing beautifully to my to my

wife or I'm going to, you know, be the

best number one comic in the world. Your

brain finds meaning in the world. And so

it's how we are neurobiologically wired

so that we could survive. And so we need

to find food. We need to find a mate. We

need to find, you know, shelter. When

we're when we're programming our mind

into the affirmation itself, it actually

searches for meaning where there wasn't

one. Like it's like you buy a car and

all of a sudden you see that car or

you've bought a house and all of a

sudden you see that house. That that's

that's the the neurobiology wiring for

it. So anyways, thanks for thanks for

helping me go down that rabbit hole. Now

I'm seeing um I [clears throat] don't

see who is talking.

I can't figure that out. Wait,

>> they had their camera off.

>> I had my camera off, Scott. So I was I

was just I I was

>> Yeah, chiming in. Thanks.

>> One more thing. Can I add to it? Um that

thing taught us was the uh embarrassment

superpower,

>> right?

>> That not getting embarrassed is a

superpower. And uh yeah, that's uh

[laughter] definitely very helpful. Just

want to add that. Thanks.

>> Do we have a cat? All right, we're gonna

go to Catman.

[laughter]

>> I can get off mute. I don't know how how

long Catman will last. This is Cat

Peanut and she's very unhappy about it.

[laughter]

>> Well, did you have something you'd like

to contribute or

>> Yeah. They don't do it. They don't do

it.

>> Yeah, cats are not very patient. Yeah,

thanks. Thanks, Scott. It's uh this is

such a fun format and um kudos to the

gentleman that sang on live. So, I was

actually the thing I wanted to uh share

was that how freeing it is that not

being afraid of embarrassment. That's

had a huge impact for me. um just not

taking yourself too seriously and

uh living life like the adventure that

it is. Um so that's been hugely

impactful for me. So I appreciate that,

Scott. And uh this this format's a lot

of fun. So

>> I was not expecting that. I'm I've

missed four work calls. A lot of emails

are coming in, but this is a lot more

fun. What can I say? So [laughter]

>> good choice.

>> Yes. And as time goes by, you're all

going to realize that the person who got

the most out of this is the gentleman

who sang for us because it was the

biggest risk and the biggest reward and

that was well taken. So, all right,

let's see if we can get some more on

international news. see if anybody's

into the Venezuela because I feel like

I'm a little bit behind on Ukraine and

Venezuela and China's response. Is there

anybody who's caught up this morning?

>> Uh,

no. Here. [laughter]

>> All right, let's let's take a gentleman

with the white earphones on and then

after that we'll talk about some

international news. Hey, good morning,

Mr. Adams.

>> Hi.

>> Thank you for having me. Uh, I just

wanted to tune in. Uh, thank you so much

for all the time, energy, and effort you

put into your show. Um, you know, I

found you about, you know, I think it

was about three years ago when you had

initially gotten cancelled. Um, and

around that time, you know, for the past

like four or five years, uh, I was

really interested in the non-stop

sensationalism around like race and

critical race theory and left me really

frustrated and skeptical about how we

were shifting as a society on the topic

of racism. And, uh, when you got

cancelled for your comments, I just

didn't buy the media narrative about it.

Um, and I didn't believe you were

actually a racist because I felt like

that false accusation was going around

so much. So, I actually started watching

your videos mainly to fact check and see

for myself. And I ended up deciding that

I didn't believe the media narrative

about you. But, um, I also realized I

stumbled onto something genuinely

amazing. Uh, your commentary on politics

and culture and life is some of the most

cleareyed and insightful stuff I've ever

come across. And, uh, actually, when I

found you, I was struggling hard with

addiction, uh, career direction, um,

relationship issues. Yes, sir. And um

you know I was just trying to figure out

what the hell my purpose was and um your

perspective and reframes have been a

really bright spot in a pretty rough

spot in my life. Um and you know I was

able to quit my addiction. Um I was

really deep into I don't know if you

guys know what is um but it's

essentially that at least the levels

that I was doing it kind of like

painkillers. Um I was able to stabilize

my career and expand on my business that

I've been running for the past 10 years.

um I was able to pursue building talent

stacks and um save my relationship that

was really struggling at the time. So um

you know I and I found a really great

meaning by being useful to other people

and being more present for people

because you know my addiction and things

like that was something that made me

very absent uh in a lot of people's

lives and I wasn't being as useful as I

could be. So, I just wanted to thank you

so much for everything that you've done

for us and I'm really grateful for all

the time you've done, all all the things

you've done for us. Um, I've watched you

every single day ever since the day you

got cancelled and um I'm really grateful

for your generosity.

>> That that's what I do it for.

[clears throat] You are the reason that

this has meaning for me. And when you

tell me it has extra deep meaning

because you know

you you want to go through this world

knowing that you made an impact and a

good one. And so I've told you this

story of course how uh after my divorce

I pledged myself to the world and hoped

that you know there would be some kind

of ripple effect that went forward. So

it means a lot to me when you tell me

that. Thank you.

>> Thank you Mr. Adams.

>> Let's see if we can get some

um topics about the world.

Okay, if you've been on a while, could

you turn off your camera and we'll get

some new people who come up here. And if

there are some new people who have been

>> Good morning.

>> How are you?

>> I'm good. How are you?

>> I'm great, thank you. It's It's nice to

connect with you and this is a really

fun form that you have going on.

I I like the fact that people are not

walking over each other and everybody's

being polite. I wasn't sure that would

be the case.

>> Do you have anything to say?

>> Yeah, I'll keep it brief. Um I just want

to say a thank you. You've been a a

great guide in this crazy world,

especially as a young person. And um

things that you have taught such as

talent stacks, systems over goals and

embarrassments have been um really

crucial lessons in my successes and uh

my continual successes. Um, I my the

path I took in life was to learn this

crazy niche trade of uh of of making

neon signs. And um to learn this and to

to go uh here and to be successful

really required each one of these

systems uh to ensure my success. So

again, thank you and a daily listener

for a very long time now.

>> Good. I'm glad that worked out.

Thanks for telling me. I'm going to give

one tip to the the uh collar just above

you.

Um to move your face away from the

screen a little bit.

>> My arms are only so long, Scott. So, you

know, I'm on my phone, so I I [laughter]

[clears throat]

That's about as far as I can go.

>> Much better. Much better.

>> I apologize.

>> All right. Um, so I go by Heisenberg um

because I'm in the uh occupied state of

California

and um

>> That's better. That's good.

>> There we go. Um I guess it was also the

clipping from the u from the uh other

people on the screen. So it clipped up

my uh my my uh video.

>> Um

>> so uh really appreciate you and

everything you've done. I um

uh just I don't know if you've recall

any of the comments I've made or

anything, but you know I um uh I'm a

cancer survivor. I had a um bladder

cancer and a pretty severe bladder

cancer and so I kind of walked um with

you here in in this uh journey here. So

um my my result has been good so far for

10 years. So um

>> nice but I really appreciate that you

fought the fought the fight and you

continue to fight it because we we love

to have you here with us as long as we

can.

>> Wow.

>> Nice.

[clears throat]

Yeah. Well, I guess I feel like a

>> You got you got you got to clean right

here.

>> This is the problem with this model. My

lips are paralyzed.

Yep.

>> Got it.

>> You got it.

>> Now, isn't that better than just

listening to a podcast

off me?

>> Well, I guess

>> Yeah. So, lots of love from everybody

here. Everyone's really happy to see you

every day. So,

>> thank you. Uh, [clears throat] looks

like somebody below you wants to make a

comment in the orange.

>> Hi, Scott.

>> Hi.

>> How you doing? I'm

>> good.

>> Excellent.

>> Did you have anything to say about

international affairs?

>> Uh, to be honest, uh, it's very

fascinating and I'm just pretty much an

observer. Uh, I just have to pay

attention and, uh, see what everybody's

got to say about it. I like to look at

it from like the most logical uh

perspective. Uh and I'm getting a lot of

that from you. And uh I recently joined

uh the uh locals

uh I want to say about three weeks ago

and uh and I

did it because you actually remind me of

my dad

>> and uh he's not with us anymore. He

passed away in 20ou 2004

and uh yeah, I just kind of stumbled

across everything. I'm I'm a late

bloomer, I'm going to be honest. And uh

uh yeah, it's uh you know, I do I I've

been watching a lot of stuff on X.

That's mainly where I get my news. And

um and of course uh locals

uh been been here every morning since

I've joined.

>> Wow. I can't hold my uh I'm on my phone.

I tried to use my computer. I couldn't

figure that one out. Um I'm It's morning

time and uh you know I'm in my morning I

I got the silly hat on. I apologize for

that. But uh it's not real warm in my

house. I'm in lower Michigan. Real

windy.

>> And uh

>> Well, thank you for joining and thank

you for

>> I'm glad I figured it out and thank you.

I'm really glad to talk to you. I never

dreamt that I'd get to actually talk to

you.

>> I I was just talking

I was talking to another cartoonist

yesterday about how our early days when

we were single and early periods I was

single and if I do a uh a book signing

there'd be a long, you know, line of

people want to get their book signed.

Uh, and I looked in the row and it' be

like man man.

And then there would be one, you know,

attractive woman and I say to myself,

it seems that I'm very attractive to

some women because they're standing in

line to get my book signed. And then

when they come up, every single time the

woman would say, "Oh, my father loves

you. Can you sign this for my dad?"

Well, that's

>> my ego would go.

>> No, you actually look like my dad. Um I

wish I could show you a picture of my

dad. I don't have a way of doing it, but

uh um you really resemble my father.

>> I am your dad.

>> I think you might be uh incarnation.

It's pretty wild. He was a very

logical-minded guy. He uh when I was

very little, I didn't even pay attention

to anything or anything about politics.

And uh he told me uh uh that uh Biden is

a crook. And and and I was pretty young.

I might have been like 14. I'm I'm uh

going to be uh 64 pretty quick. And uh

and and I I remembered him saying that.

And then I just started kind of paying

attention to stuff and and you know at

the time I wasn't voting or anything

obviously I was pretty young and um then

then when I got older I always voted you

know conservatively and uh started

paying a little bit of attention to

stuff but as I got older I started

paying a wee bit more attention and

learning you know there's some pretty

interesting stuff but then when uh

President Trump got elected on his first

term is when everything kind went from

darkness to light. That's when like it

was like the big reveal when we really

started learning about the stuff that we

didn't get access to before. Um, and

then it really just snowballed. I mean,

it was like amazing. And then when uh

Elon bought Twitter, I mean, that I'm

just going to say that just saved us

all. That's probably saved maybe the

entire world. I know that's a big thing

to say. And uh [snorts] it's it's a

great time to just be uh aware of what's

going on.

>> Yeah, amazing time. I I'm trying to

multitask here and describe

>> what's that?

>> Oh, uh I was just wondering um it's

really intimidating coming up on camera

in front of all these people and

everything. Uh, do you think maybe we

should offer some people to just like

talk from the uh waiting room uh on

audio only?

>> Well, that's what I'm trying to figure

out. Is that

>> Well, all they have to do all they have

to do is um un unmute their mic and

talk. And so, if we just invite them, I

think they they might.

>> But the video would be there, right?

>> Uh the video is not going to be up in

So, you're you're in auto mode. So, it

only pulls people up if um but I think

they can unmute from the U. Can somebody

try to unmute and say hi from the

waiting room?

>> Yo yo yo.

>> Okay. Who is that? Jeff.

>> That was

>> So, you could all hear Jeff, but you

cannot see him. Right.

>> Right.

>> And we don't know who it is. that the

people that are just watching won't know

who it is if they don't tell us.

>> Okay.

>> Yeah. I think there are only 15 people

in here and I think I think it seems

like most people who wanted to speak

have come on camera and talked already.

Um maybe there's some

>> because I'm already looking for Owen and

I see that Owen volunteered

but I do not know how to get Owen on

audio but not video.

But Owen is smarter than I am. So,

right now I'm just showing

I go to auto.

I can only go back to the people I've

been viewing. Let me see what happens if

I dismiss.

All right. One extra person jumped on.

Do I have to dismiss again?

This interface needs some clarification.

There's a whole bunch of people I

I allowed, but they don't show up.

Let's try.

I've got duo

photo solo.

Might be a delay here, too.

It keeps going back to the last three.

>> Scott, I just wanted to mention this is

Jeff again. I didn't get to say this

when I was on the live stream, but

I was actually

referred to you by chat GPT.

>> Really?

>> Yeah. About about a year and a half or

two ago,

I was asking I put in some filters. I

asked about podcasters commentary and

things like that. and uh you came up in

the list

and it's been smooth sailing since

and I just wanted to also uh wish you a

wonderful day

and

look forward to you know continuing to

take in your content and consider uh

consider the wisdom. Well, thank you.

>> Now, why are some people popping in and

out? Uh, it's because their video turns

on and you're in auto mode.

>> Okay.

So, I'm looking at a gentleman in the

old wooden room.

>> And you are?

>> Uh, my name is Grant Turner. Scott, nice

to meet you.

>> And

oh, look, sorry, you got you got

overshadowed by

>> a little girl in the book. Deservedly

served. That's a cute one.

>> Ah, wait. What book do you have?

>> Uh, Dbert,

>> which one?

>> Don't be shy. Seven Years of Highly

Defective People.

>> Oh, that's good book.

>> You like it, Mimi?

>> Yeah. I think it's a little funny

sometimes.

>> She found this book in my stuff and

she's she's obsessed with it lately.

>> [laughter]

>> and settle settle and uh she asked for

calendar and so she has your 2026

calendar.

>> All right. I feel like we really pulled

away from Is it Jeff?

>> Come begin.

>> The the Grant.

>> Yes, sir.

>> So, Grant, um I feel like you have

something else to say that look good and

we'll we'll keep an eye on the book.

Okay. Go ahead.

Um, yeah, Scott, I'm I'm I am so

grateful to have found you. Um, I'm I'm

a I became an entrepreneur early in life

and I was I got in very deep and then I

learned about systems and oh my god, my

life changed in a hurry and uh

the the first decade of being an

entrepreneur was brutal.

and uh systems has allowed me to just

kind of cruise through the second half

of my of my career as an entrepreneur

and I I owe it to you. I'm so grateful.

>> Wow. What What did you do differently

exactly

with systems versus goals?

>> Well, I was reactive only. So, I spent

all day putting out fires. I never

um I I never had the luxury of really

planning ahead. I namely because I I

just grew so quickly. I started with a

construction company and then it was a

restaurant and another restaurant and uh

it just it was a runaway train. I was

more productive than I could keep up

with. Um so

systems for everything. if it's if it

requires me to be involved, I'm not

doing it. So, um and it's not just

delegating. It's it's

and and it's part of my system is never

just okay, this is my system, I'm done.

I refine it and refine it and refine it.

And when I think I'm done, I just keep

refining it. And it feels like I guess

the the best way to put it, my business

10 years ago before I found you felt

like an old tractor or something, you

know, like it was it was breaking down

and smoking and shaking and rattling.

And now it feels like a Tesla. It feels

like a self-driving car. It's smooth. It

pers. It's wonderful. And maybe the most

rewarding part of it is that I'm now

giving your books to my employees who

are showing an entrepreneurial spirit

and coming up underneath me. I'm passing

your lessons along. But I got to tell

you, Scott, while I've got you, I got to

tell you the number one thing that

you've done for me in my life. Um

during COVID,

my businesses, my restaurants were shut

down. My my girlfriend was at the time

was was

things weren't good. COVID was not was

not fun for us. So, she split up. uh we

split up and uh I was

about 40 and alone and our late 30s

alone my business is crumbling and I was

going down baby like it was not good for

me and thank you so much Scott the

simultaneous swaddle was it really was

it it saved me um and I stayed the

course and I stayed stayed strong and I

stayed optimistic for everybody around

me. And now I'm just so blessed that my

businesses have recovered. My girlfriend

and I got back together and uh we've we

have two kids now, the two of the most

beautiful kids in the entire world. And

I really do owe a major debt of

gratitude to you, Scott. Thank you so

much.

>> Wow. I'm really happy to hear that. It's

wonderful.

>> So, here's what I'm going to do from

here on out. Uh,

because I've seen what you've

accomplished and how how high you've set

the bar, it's not enough for me anymore

just to keep doing what I'm doing and

building and starting businesses and,

you know, that's all great. Um, I'm I'm

going to do two things. I'm going to

change the way houses are built. Um,

I've got a I think I've got a design

that will

that will revolutionize housing. Um,

every anything from tiny homes up to

multi-million dollar customs. And I I'm

going to that's that's one thing I'm

going to do. And then the second thing

I'm going to do, I'm in a unique

position because I live in Boulder City,

Nevada. We're the we're the only 16,000

people population, but we're the largest

city landwise in Nevada. So, it's just a

really unique town. We're home of Hoover

Dam. We've got massive solar fields, and

I'm going to

because I'm I'm not tooting my own horn,

but I'm really influential. Um,

whatever the next big energy thing is,

whether it's nuclear, whether it's

fusion,

um, I'm going to

give free power to Boulder City

residents for life in exchange for

putting some sort of major energy center

in our already

bustling energy, you know, in our we

already have a really strong energy

sector. And, um, I'm going to

I'm going to I'm going to do uh much

bigger things, Scott.

>> Wow. Well, I think you will. I I can see

much bigger things in your future.

>> I don't want to take all your time,

Scott. I just wanted to say thank you

and uh you're you are you're my guy.

>> I'm glad that's working.

I'm now trying to figure out

um it looks like

it looks like Owen is going to do a

coffee with them with Scott Adam spaces

at the usual wait. Yeah, today. So, if

you know how to get there, uh there will

be more under the spaces um feature.

And I'll just say a few more things and

then I'm going to be pooped out.

Um,

yeah. So, go to Owen Gregorian

and uh after the show and you'll get

more more goodness.

All right, we have a woman who just

joined who's playing with her hair.

[laughter]

>> Good morning, everyone. Good morning,

Scott.

>> Good morning. What's your name?

[laughter]

>> Uh, my name is Jessica. I've chatted

with you over the years.

>> Oh, hi, Jessica.

>> Yeah. Hi. [laughter]

And, uh, yeah, it is it's wonderful to

see all of you on here and to to hear

you, Scott, that you're seem like you're

doing better this morning. So, um, I

just appreciate everything you've taught

all of us over the years and the way

that you've helped us to be bolder and

how you've been showing up right now

with so much courage. So, thank you so

much for for that inspiration. We need

more men like you.

>> If there were more men like me, I'd be

competing with more people. [laughter]

>> No, just kidding. Well, did you have

anything um that you would like to add

to the group in particular?

>> I I guess I will just say when I I came

across you again probably in like 2015

2016 and uh you and I used to chat and I

think I got you in trouble on Twitter a

few times. [laughter]

So my apologies. I always had a good

time. I always had fun and um you got in

trouble.

>> Yes.

>> Yeah. um with it was the the Kaiser Con

situation on on the Gold Star families

at the DNC. I think I

>> Yeah. [laughter]

But um but yeah, no, I I think you

really helped people to step up and be

bold and to um and I I definitely felt

that in the career trajectory that I

had. You made me do things or inspired

me to do things that I never thought I

could possibly do. And now that I'm a

mother, I feel like it's also

transformed the way I'm going to raise

my son. And um I'm more hopeful for his

future because of what you've shared

with me and with us. And I can't wait

for him to read your books when he's

older. So

>> thank you for that legacy. It's going to

be generational for sure.

>> I hope so.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, thank thanks for checking in.

>> Thank you. And I want to make sure I

talk to uh I have not yet talked to

black t-shirt, have I?

We'll get back to orange as well. Right

after black t-shirt. Okay.

>> Hi, Scott. My name is Caleb. Um I just

wanted to chime in quickly because I I

knew that I might not get a chance to do

so again. And I wanted to thank you from

the bottom of my heart for everything

that you've done. I uh first started

listening to you at the tail end of my

college experience and at the time I was

a big Bernie supporter and you would

often start your shows by saying that

you were uh to the left of Bernie but

you understood economics better. Um and

so I was always eager to listen to

better arguments and smarter people and

it was obvious that that was you. Um,

and you often have said that Trump would

change the way that we saw reality and

would change uh how we saw the world.

And I think really that's your legacy.

Um, teaching us about two movies on one

screen. Um, teaching us to enjoy the the

golden age and to understand what that

could be. Uh, while other people are

kind of suffering in their mind and from

from their own media sources, they're

not willing to look beyond. Um, and like

everyone else has said through co I mean

you really got us through that time. uh

your nightly shows turning into the man

caves and the micro lessons. Uh a lot of

what you shared uh with the UI for

reality. You know, I had a mother who

suffered from cancer for nearly 15

years. Uh and she believed very strongly

in the power of words and the power of

affirmations and that the way that we

see the world and communicate and the

the words that we use uh can alter our

own reality and our own experiences. And

I really saw that prolong uh her life,

which was so important to me growing up.

And so when you taught us that, a lot of

that was reinforcing what I felt like I

had learned uh early on in life. But I

just have to say that every single day

um whether it's don't use the top of

your car for temporary storage, which

I'm tempted to do every day, and I your

voice is in my head not to do that. uh

from tiny things like that to massive uh

massive things you know about globally

economics and understanding data and um

and and the user interface for reality

all of that has completely changed my

life and allowed me to start my career

um after college in a strong way and uh

especially your how to get a raise which

I which I loved and so all of that has

changed all of our lives in in an

enormous way and I'm so grateful for you

in ways that I can't even express. So,

um, I wish you peace and strength and I

love you from the bottom of my heart.

>> Very well said.

I appreciate that a lot.

>> Um, if you if you don't mind to orange

jumpsuit.

>> Yeah, I don't know if that's me, but uh,

we'll go with that. Scott, it's an

incredible opportunity that I thought

I'd never have to actually say hi to

you. Um, I I'm so old. I I've started

reading Dilbert in the newspapers, you

know, many many years ago and followed

it through there and then followed you

online and and I think a few things and

I want to share a couple things with

you. I think you and Trump and Elon did

more for changing and saving this

country than probably any other three

individuals that I can possibly name. um

>> your getting cancelled and stepping out

and starting to speak the truth felt

like it began to open the door for the

rest of the world to say it's okay to

speak truth and uh appreciate that so

much. I mean um and I always wanted to

say thank you and I've typed that online

it's like if I had the opportunity to

say thank you one day I'd love to do

that and just this this came up this

morning I just it could be the best gift

I've ever been given. Um,

>> in other words, in other words,

affirmations worked.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. Yeah. That it's it's uh and I want

to share with you a couple other things

real quick. You know, there was one time

you had gotten your ebike and you went

on a test ride and and you referenced

going to a Starbucks and I knew roughly

where you live. I live on the other side

of the country, but I knew where you

live and I was like, man, I'll go I'm

just going to go out to that Starbucks

one day and see if I happen to bump into

them. It'll be great. But uh I had a

dream the other night. I've been

thinking a lot about you as we all have.

And uh I had a dream the other night and

I had been thinking that day a lot about

like if I ever had a chance to meet

Scott, what would I say to him? And

things like that. And in my dream that

night, which I don't dream a lot, you

actually had me over to your house and

you kind of took me on a tour of your

house and we went up to your putting

green and you made all three putts. Uh

so I look forward to the day that

hopefully I can meet you up again at

some point and we'll do some putting

practice. Uh so I thought that that was

that was kind of whether you want to

call it the simulation or anything else

that was the gift that was given to me

to say hey if you don't have the chance

to meet him uh here's here's your chance

to have a little interaction with Scott.

So this is just feels like a bonus day.

I daily I run to wherever I am to some

electronic screen, my phone somewhere at

10:00 and if it's 9:59 and I'm not

logged in yet, I'm running to try to get

to that sip because that simultaneous

sip has become such a high point in my

day of just like, okay, that resets me

for the day. It's going to be a great

day ahead. Um the sigh that we all

collectively do after that that sip, uh

I think has been good for you, Andy.

[clears throat] I just I can't thank you

enough for everything you've done. I

I've got a two adult kids. I am taking

your material to them, teaching them

about refframes. Now I've got two

grandkids now. When they get a little

older, I'll teach them about your

content. I mean, I think that's been one

of the things that'll be your legacy

will be that what you have done for the

world in this generation has been

amazing and that's going to get

multiplied throughout time um beyond a

scope that understand.

>> Here's my question to you.

things either grow or shrink as I've

said too many times. Do you think my

legacy will grow or shrink?

>> I think it has to grow exponentially

grow. I I don't know the size of your

audience. I mean, I can see how many

people are logged in and watch your

streams every day and things of that

nature and buy your books, I'm sure. and

your your messages and your your way of

thinking and teaching and you know now

that it's been put into you know music

and all the other things it is it is it

is such a way of of uh having us to

focus on life that just I don't find

anything like this anywhere else right I

have my own you know spiritual beliefs

and things that that guide me but you

know from a practical human standpoint I

I you know you're up at up at the top

And I think that a lot of us feel that

value and we're going to want to

continue to share that with others. So

your idea of keeping the community

together and having different people

maybe teach different topics and things

like that. It's a fantastic idea because

we're the the world needs it and the

world's hungry for it and we'll need to

continue to share that on and on and I

know that you'll be able to watch from

wherever you'll be and and watch that

grow over time as well. So I'm I'm

comforted in that. I am absolutely

amazed that this has worked so well this

morning.

It really says something about the

group, you know, as much about me.

>> So, you brought some great people

together. Obviously, there's a lot of

people who love you and it just speaks

to the content of who you are as a

person and the amount of giving that

you've done in your life to the rest of

us and we appreciate it.

>> I got to figure out how to invite

specific people. We'll get that next

time. So, for now, I have to say

goodbye.

Um,

>> hey, Scott.

>> Yeah.

>> Can we just all give you a simultaneous

hug right now?

>> Absolutely.

>> Simultaneous hugs.

>> Simultaneous hugs.

>> Big hugs. Big hugs.

>> Big hugs.

All right. I appreciate that a lot. I'll

I'll try to be back tomorrow. If I'm no

worse tomorrow, then we'll do this

again. Oh, cat.

Yeah, be free to bring your cats

whenever you like.

>> Okay, everybody.

Goodbye for this morning.

>> Take care.

>> Thanks, guys. Love you.

>> Love you. Bye.

>> Thank you. Love you.