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would like to do a simultaneous sip? Is it time? Yeah, let's do that. Because I know why you're here. You're here for the simultaneous sip. All you need is a cup or mug or glass or tankard or chalice or canteen or stein or flask or vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine hit of the day. The thing that mak…

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nary. So, so good.

Well, speaking of mind blown, some of you know, but if you didn't know, yesterday Owen Gregorian held a spaces event. That's the audio feature with an X where people can volunteer to talk and it's audio only. And the topic was, despite the fact that Venezuela had just been taken over, the topic was about me.

So Owen generously did an entire spaces that lasted, and here's the amazing part, it lasted six and a half hours.

People wondered, Scott, did you actually listen to that? Yes, I did. Now, I couldn't listen to it all live. I was dipping in and out because I had people coming in and out and nurses and a bunch of medical stuff. But after it was done and I had some serious pieces of my own time, I listened to the whole thing and I was blown away.

People saying very nice things, there were tears, there were compliments. But I wanted to especially call out some people I'm really proud of. And that's the people who were terrified about public speaking. And here's the key. They did it anyway. They did it anyway.

Now, I hope I may have been part of your journey to realize that freedom from embarrassment is a superpower. And I saw a number of people mention that as a superpower. And I will tell you, I was watching people who have obviously acquired that superpower do things that they were clearly uncomfortable with. And it all worked out. It all worked out.

So to those of you who were frightened but did it anyway, here's to you. Second sip.

And if you were concerned about reciprocity, another thing I talk about a lot, boy, did you pay it off? Wow.

Well, anyway, Owen is planning on another different topic. He's going to follow after the show. He'll do another spaces. And by the way, Owen was amazing. If you want to hear somebody be a good host, if you want to see how it's done, listen to Owen. Just amazing.

Anyway, he'll do a second one after the show. But this one will be more about not about me. It'll be about Venezuela. I think probably some other things will come up, bu

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t Venezuela will be at the top of mind. All right. I'm going to start by blowing your mind. Now, here's my challenge. That's a pretty big claim, right? And I'm going to add a thought to the universe that, as far as I know, has never been there before. It goes like this. Oh, I should also warn you. The topic I'm about to talk about, a lot of you do not like. But I'm going to convert the people wh…

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