100 – It’s a big deal…

Welcome one and all to the 100th episode of being a better man.  Its a very special episode for me…next Wednesday it will be 101 and then we’ll be moving towards 200, it will be back to work as usual…but for now, for today, I am relishing this accomplishment. I’ve been wondering what I was going to talk about for the 100th episode, and when ever I thought about it one particular dominant feeling would wash over me every time.  That was the feeling of gratitude.  I am very, very grateful. I have said it before, but this program truly would not exist without you out there listening.  You are listening from every state in America.  From there, in order of quantity you are listening from Canada, Australia, Norway and the Untied Kingdom.  After that you are listening from all over Europe, Asia, the middle East and Africa…from everywhere in the entire world…except Antartica and Greenland. Obviously it’s pretty cool to me, knowing that I am getting the message out to all the corners of the earth…but I’m also telling you this just so you will realize that you are not alone.  Wherever you are listening from can seem like a very solitary place.  It’s just you, your headphones, and me.  But you can also know that there are men all over the world listening to the same message, thinking the same thoughts.  Men who, like you…have decided to be a better man today than they were yesterday. I am thrilled and humbled at the reach Being A Better Man is starting to have.  Just yesterday I was doing an interview with Thomas Hayes, a famous comedian and author and an extremely dynamic individual, and a future guest.  He lives in Boston, all the way across the country from me, 3,000 miles.  He told me that a friend of his, a woman, actually called him up to tell him about this show and that is how he got ahold of me. It’s all pretty amazing to me and when I think about it I get a little overwhelmed sometimes by the gratitude I feel toward all of you.  I am so thankful that you are all taking the time to listen, I’m especially thankful for all the feedback I have received.  When I get a letter from someone telling me how this show is making a difference for them, it makes my whole day.  I usually print it out and show it to my wife.  So please, keep the feedback coming, because it makes me very happy and it inspires me to keep going. So, for this 100th episode, gratitude is number one.  Thank you, each and every one of you. The next thing I decided I would do is to talk for a few minutes about what exactly this podcast is trying to do, to reiterate the mission, to remind everyone and to inform any first time listeners about why this show exists in the first place. There are some things I repeat a lot on this...