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Back to episode — Episode 3015 CWSA 11/11/25

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by the things in my life, ask yourself how many of those things you'll be thinking about on your deathbed. And the answer is none of them. Once you realize that you won't care about any of them on your deathbed, it turns out it makes it easier to not worry about them today. So this is one you just have to try. You literally just imagine yourself at the end of your life and you know your loved one…

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much. I mean, you might have to fix it. Whatever the problem is, you might still have to fix it, but you don't have to worry about it so much.

All right, let's get to the big stories of the day. The big story of the day is that the Dilbert calendar is available. Okay, you already know that you can only get it at Amazon and it's available to Americans or Americans who can buy from Amazon.com or anybody who can buy from Amazon.com. It's available to you and it's got comics on both sides. Oo, got the spicy stuff.

Well, are you supposed to say happy Veterans Day? I've never known how to navigate this. Instead of saying happy Veterans Day, may I just take a moment to show my undying respect for all veterans and to thank you in case you don't get thanked enough today. How many of you are vets? How many watching this are veterans? You're the special people today. So if you happen to be a vet, just know that I am thinking highly respectful thoughts about you right now because we wouldn't get any of this stuff without you. I am quite aware that the quality of my life directly springs from the fact that there are brave people who go to war when it needs to be done. Sometimes even when it doesn't need to be done, but that's another story. So all respect to you veterans.

Well, in other news, you won't even believe this, but the TPUSA group was trying to do an event yesterday at UC Berkeley. How do you think that went? Do you think any of the UC Berkeley Democrats complained about having TPUSA there? Of course they did. A fight broke out. There was bloodshed. There were police. I don't know how bad it got. It might have been just a few people fighting, but remember how I tell you that I used to be, well, honestly, there was a long period in my life where the thing I was mo

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st proud of, most proud of my own performance in life per se, is that I got my MBA at Berkeley, the Haas School of Business, and that I did it while I was working full-time. Now, if you've never tried that, let me tell you, it's a little bit challenging to get an MBA at night while you've already worked full-time during the day. It's hard, in case you're wondering. It's hard. And it lasts three y…

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