And welcome to another episode of stuck my mind podcast. I am your host. W I z e. My next is my next guest is an author, a pod fellow podcaster with over 50 years of experience and a resilient spirit. Welcome to the show, Debbie Weiss. Well, thank you so much for having me. Oh, the pleasure's all mine. So how are you this fine day? I'm good. Great to be here. Happy to talk to you and your audience, and I just, like, stuck in my mind podcast. I can't think of a better name.
Yeah. It's it's been a a great 4 years being able to do the podcast. So yeah. Well, congratulations. Let's let's jump right into it. So can can you share that pivotal moment in your life that inspired you to chase your dreams? Yeah. It was really when I turned 50. Something about turning 50 made me stop and think, you know, reflect back on where I was, but I think more importantly, look ahead and think to myself, if God forbid today was my last day, would
I look back on my life with regrets? And I sure would have. And I realized that I don't wanna be that person, and only I can do something about it. And, when I turned 50, I had been caring for my loved ones since I was 17. And my friends insisted on taking me away for a weekend to celebrate my 50th birthday. And I protested because I didn't know how anyone was going to survive without me and, figured I'd go away for the whole weekend just being worried about everyone
else. And I was wrong. I once I met my friends at the airport, the laughter started, and I forgot all about my family members. And we had a wonderful weekend, and it was the first time in 30 years that someone said, what do you wanna do, and where do you wanna eat? And I kind of reconnected with things about myself that I had actually forgotten. And those two things combined just made me say, it's time. I have to figure out where do I really wanna
go from here. Okay. So so how do you navigate through difficult times and maintain a positive outlook? Well, I didn't on the out outside, I always did maintain a positive outlook, and I I think I I am just naturally inclined to be positive. However, I was feeling sorry for myself. I had been, you know, why me? Why did this happen and this happen and this happen
to me? When I looked at my friends and family members, you know, I felt like their life wasn't as challenging as mine had turned out to be. So even though I was still positive, I I really was had a chip on my shoulder. You know? And it was that moment, that kind of after 50, you know, I started changing my mindset when I didn't even understand what mindset really was. I just kind of fell into it. Once it helped me in one area, I thought, Oh, gee. I was able to change my outcome
just from changing the way I thought about it. If it worked for this, maybe it'll work for something else. And that's kind of how my my journey began. It it's it's amazing. Because even for me, it it took me 44 years to figure out my purpose and what I wanted to do with my life and and what what was because, like, you, I've fallen in a a trap where things started happening, and I'm like, oh, why me? Why me? Like, am I such a bad
person that all these things are happening to me? And why am I losing this such and such personal? So and and and I had to face reality that it wasn't necessarily happening to me. It was just life was happening. Exactly. And so when I finally got figured that out, things started changing. Like, the the the the mindset and all the other stuff started coming coming back because I was, introduced into self development in,
early 2000. And so when my wife passed away, I kind of steered away from that and and and and got into that mindset of, oh, why me? Oh, why me? And what why why am I what's so what am I why am I so am I so bad that all these things happened to me? So once I really kind of got out of that, things started really falling into place. Like, I I met the woman that I I'm I'm married to now.
My life started changing. Things started happening for the positive. I discovered that I have a voice, and I have and I I can impact people's lives doing my podcast. So it's like so at 44 in in 2020, I I discovered there is something out there for me to do. I have a purpose. Exactly. I mean, my story is pretty much the same, except I'm older. And and you know what? I'm okay with that because I love that there is no time limit. You know? You you can't say, so I'm 60.
So I can't say, oh, I'm 60. It's too late. You know? I should practically be retired. Why don't I just forget about it? No. No. There's always time as long as we're on this earth living and breathing. I don't care if I was 90, I could do something about it. Yeah. Absolutely. Definitely. It's it's very important that you, you realize that that regardless of what age you are, you're still
capable of doing things. Exactly. Or what your circumstances, no matter how dire they are, there's still something that you can do. So what what advice would you give someone struggling with limiting beliefs and fears? Well, oh my goodness. I struggled with limiting beliefs my entire life, and I don't think that that's unusual. Obviously, they still hit me every once in a while, but now I recognize them. You know, for me, the big moment was realizing that just because I thought it doesn't
mean it's true. And so all those thoughts you know, we've been telling ourselves the same story over and over and over again for years. So it's just our way of thinking, and we just assume that it's correct. But when you stop to kind of challenge those thoughts, you realize, well, maybe it's not so. Maybe I am good enough. You know? Maybe I am smart enough. Whatever it is that you feel about yourself, it's really your insecurities, right, that they
deserve and need to be examined. Don't believe everything you think because it's not true. And, yeah, it's you're absolutely right. We've gone through so many years of programming, of having people having our limiting beliefs as well as other people put their beliefs on you as well, especially when they when they say, oh, you can't do that. Mhmm. You're not capable of doing that. And and we kinda get stuck in that that group where maybe they're right And and in no
actuality no actuality, they're not. You you you can do whatever you set your mind to, whatever It's it's it's just amazing because even with, like, when I started my podcast, it was not the most polished show. It took me improve going keep going keep recording and keep recording. And with every episode, I improved. So it took me just finally releasing that one episode and getting and getting that off my off my, like, net off my back and, like, yeah, let's just put it out there.
Exactly. Oh my goodness. I I didn't do it for the longest time, and, you know, I've I've only been at it for a little under a year now, and I'm still a big work in progress for sure. But why didn't I wanna do it? The same reason that I think we stop ourselves from doing a lot of things. Well, I'm not good enough at it yet. It's not perfect. It has to be absolutely right. I have to be a 1000% ready. We're never gonna be ready. Right? We're never gonna be perfect
because we're not perfect. And it it was funny because I had that belief at one time. And then as the more the more I did my show and just seeing everything, and then people would come on and they would have the same limiting beliefs that what that I started with. Like, oh, no. I had like, I had a guest, and she didn't do video. All she did was audio. And, and she's like, oh, man. I love that you you're you're brave enough to do the video and all this and all that. And I'm like,
you can do video. She says, no. No. It's not perfect yet. I'm not ready. I'm like, but you're doing video right now. You're a guest on my show. You're doing video. You're a lot you're live on video. You can do video. I said, this is never gonna be perfect. If we wait for perfect, it will never happen. You know what? I've gotta say something about the video. When I first started with, you know, having to go on social media, not my favorite thing, And they said, you have to do video. I'm
like, video? What am I gonna say? What am I gonna wear? I gotta make sure I you know, I hate to say it, I think it's a little bit different for women, you know? I've gotta I've gotta look good, my makeup has to be on, my hair has to be done. And those first few times, that's what I did. And I you know, just to make a one minute video, I'm talking, and I had cards to make sure I knew what
I was saying. I was so uptight. One day, I was walking my dog, as I do every morning, and I just thought, you know, if I don't record this right now, it's what's on my mind and on my heart, I'm just gonna do it. And I did it. And I had no makeup, and my hair was in a ponytail like it is now, and people resonated with it. And once I let go of that, it was so much freer. It was such a great feeling, because I don't wanna see someone who looks perfect all the time because I don't look
perfect all the time. And here today is a perfect example. I don't have any makeup on, and I and I thought, you know what? Who cares? Is if that's what someone's gonna judge me for, then I'm not really interested in that person anyway. Yeah. You're not really for that person. Yeah. No. So Listen. You know? It's it's we gotta get out of our heads. Oh, wow. It's hard. I people like, oh, is there a way I do want my listen. Just come show up. Just be you. Exactly. We'll figure out the rest.
We'll make the rest of it work. It doesn't it doesn't matter. There's no dress code here. I there's sometimes I'm wearing a hoodie and a hat and Yep. I'm I'm me. I I come to be comfortable. I want my guests to be here comfortable. You don't have to be uptight. I want you to just come here and have a good time and have a great conversation, and and we'll let it go from there. Exactly. And I think that's what people wanna see. Oh, and it tends to be
some of the best episodes. Exactly. There's been times where guests have had has sent me all these questions guest feels comfortable answering, and I'm like, oh, well, maybe I don't feel comfortable asking these questions. Maybe I wanna ask my question. Like Yeah. This is my show. Right? Yeah. So so so there there's there's been times where people say, oh, I'm like, I don't I don't want you to be comfortable. I want you to come here and be
yourself. Be honest. I'm gonna ask you honest questions. Exactly. And you give honest answers. Yeah. Definitely. Agreed. So how how has your experience as a as a family caregiver influenced your perspective on life? Oh my goodness. I mean, tremendously. So I became a caregiver to my dad when, he had a massive stroke. He just turned 46. And he survived but was permanently disabled. He lived for 30 years, and, my parents were soon divorced, actually, after the stroke. And he
became my responsibility. So he did not live with me, but I was responsible for his money, where he was gonna live, his doctors, his you know, all all the other things that one needs to do. Being in my early 20s and having to understand the difference between Medicare and Medicaid and all disability, you know, stuff. I don't even know what car insurance was. How did I know about any of that other kind of stuff at that point? You know, that I think it
did 2 things. At the time, I didn't realize, but looking back, right, I think when we all look back at all the hardships that we've had, we've seen how that has made us who we are today, usually has somehow made us stronger or developed some kind of skills. And it certainly did do that for me. But it was it was very difficult to be so young and to have that responsibility. You know? I was not feeling as carefree as my other 25 year old friends. I could
I could, imagine that. I I could definitely imagine that where you're, like you said, 25 years old, and you're responsible for your for your father. And you you're just the beginning at you just the at the beginning of your life, learning how to live life, and and now you have all these these responsibility responsibilities trust trusted in your lap. And and how are you supposed to take that? Yeah. And and in the beginning, you know, I
was thrilled to step up. You know, I was daddy's little girl. If I could do something to help him, you know, and I also think that that, brought I don't wanna say praise upon myself because that's not really what I was looking for. But I think it gave me a sense of purpose instead of you know, it took me a little bit out of my limiting beliefs, and it made me realize I was capable, and it made people look at me differently. And so that was that was certainly a positive.
Then when my oldest son was 2, he was diagnosed on the autistic spectrum, and he's 23 now, has since added and changed diagnoses and has had a challenging life. But, you know, that is a whole different type of caregiving. And then my husband, for the last 5 years of his life, had both physical and mental illness and then, was diagnosed with a terminal blood cancer. And he survived for 6 months. And in those 6 months, I stopped working and was home with him full time.
So it's literally defined my life and made me who I am today. K. Can you share, share a story from your memoir on on second thought? Maybe I can. That that resonates deeply with you. Like, that's it's it's a really Oh, gosh. They all do. That's a that's a tough one. Let me think about that for a second. Any specific topic you want it to be about? No. What what No? Something that really something that really has impact. Like, any anything that's that has a major impact on your life. Okay.
So I don't know why this came to my mind, but it did. It was actually when I was 5 years old, maybe because we were talking about limiting beliefs. And a lot of my limiting beliefs of not being worthy enough or good enough had to do with my weight. I was a chubby little girl. I've had a weight problem my entire life. And at that age, to think now, the impact that this had is just so interesting to me, because I don't think I realized it until I was older and
really examined it. So I love to dance. I still love to dance. And back then, you know, you didn't start, formalized classes when you were 2 years old. Right? So I think at 5 or 6, that was the first time that they had any kind of dance class available. And I was so excited, and I remember going out, and I had to have because I love pink. And I had to go out and have the pink tutu and the
tights and the the whole deal. And I walked into the class, and I remember thinking, at that age, those little girls look different from me. Look at how I look in these tights. Look at, you know, the bumps I have on my legs, and, you know, how I'm wider at the bottom, and and started noticing those things. But once we started dancing, I was good at it. I was one of the best in the class
at 5. Okay? At 5. So I'm one of the best in the class, and the sense then of pride that I took because I kind of felt like, oh, maybe they're not noticing my lumps and bumps anymore because I think people were looking at me at least this was my perception, looking at me differently because, Oh, look at that chubby little girl. She can really dance. And so I loved the class. And in springtime, the teacher announces that it's gonna be the recital. And of course, I'm so
excited. This is my first recital. And I get cast as I I don't honestly recall if it was one main lead character or a couple, but I I do think it was 1, and they chose me. Now back then also, they had costumes. You didn't have to go out and buy them. And one day I walk into class, and one of the moms who was helping the teachers came at me with a measuring tape. And she measured whatever part of me, and she said to the teacher, she won't fit in the costume.
And I ran out of there crying and would never step foot back in there again for the rest of my life. And I know that woman, that mom, had no idea you know, maybe she thought I didn't hear. Maybe she thought it didn't make a difference, whatever she thought. And it's always been a huge regret of mine that something that I love to do so much, I didn't do because of this experience at 5 years old.
You're 5 years old. It it it's understandable. Like, you're 5. You don't you don't know about regret and and all these other thing. Now now that you're older, you said, yeah. But it's it's not easy when you're 5 years old and you hear someone say something like that. It's it's it could be very traumatic. Like, I I don't know. I was a chubby kid when I was growing up, and then as I got older, I got into sports, and and so I kinda leaned
out and and stretched out. Yep. But, yeah, it was, it was it was in I could imagine it wasn't easy hearing someone say that. Mm-mm. Not at all. And and, you know, and then that was just the start of it with all peers and stuff teasing me forever. But this was a little different just because, you know, now as an adult, I have done I haven't really I've taken a couple of different types of dance classes. But, now, I just do Zumba and Jazzercise and stuff for fun, and I get
to really enjoy it. And I love it, and it's great, and all of that. But I do think back and you know, think, wow. Maybe it would have been something I would have enjoyed through my youth. Who knows? Yeah. So what motivated you to start the online store, Sprinkle of Hearts? So, one night, it was November of 2022, I was it was a month and a half before my husband passed away, and I was scrolling through my phone shopping for
something. And I went in the search bar, and I typed hearts, which I do all the time because I've always loved hearts since I was a little girl. And all of a sudden, I don't even understand why it popped into my head that particular night. It reminded me that when I was in college in Washington, DC, back then there was a store that only sold items that had hearts on them. And I loved this store. I wanted to live in this store. And I told my friends, someday,
I'm gonna have a heart store. I don't know whether it's gonna be this one in DC, or I'm gonna open a different one, but I'm doing it. I'm doing it. I'm doing it. And they got sick of hearing it. And I graduated and, you know, went on to do whatever I studied and forgot literally forgot about it until almost 40 years later that night. And then it dawned on me, it's 2022. I don't need to have a brick and mortar store. I can now my dream can come to reality online.
And I, had a connection, and I called her and I said, well, I don't have a lot of money, and I don't have a lot of time, and I don't want any of it. Like, I gave her all the things, and, she said, you know, we can still do something. It might not be exactly what you were thinking of, but with those requirements, we can still make it happen. And 2 months later, it was online and open. And, actually, I'm wearing a a sweatshirt from there today. You can't see, but I am. Awesome.
So how do you balance running an insure an insurance agency, an online store, and you're a host a host of a podcast. Yes. Well, I am extremely lucky and grateful that my I've been an insurance agent now for 29 years. It's my 2nd career. And I have just the best team who doesn't need me. And I I don't have to be involved in the day to day operation. I'm not the one answering the phone and helping the customers and and doing all of that. Of course, I'm there to, you
know, overall run the place and any problems. Of course, I'm there for that. But that really has gives me time to do all these other things that just bring me such joy. Awesome. So what role does laughter and staying active play in in maintaining your well-being? Yeah. So I've also always loved to be active. I played, sports as well, which has been, you know, a wonderful part of my life and continues to be as an adult. Gonna say, besides what it does for my physical well-being, And the say this
goes with laughter as well. Right? For my mental health, it's incredible. Because I could be you know, you asked before, how do you deal with all the caregiving? The amount of stress that I was under, that I was not relieving when I was not prioritizing my own self care, which for me would be physical activity as one of the things, I was like a ticking time bomb. If you said hello to me and you sounded funny, I might just, you know, What do you mean by that? Because I was so
uptight. I could walk into whatever activity I'm doing and be stressed out, and I never leave feeling that way. It's like I walk out, and it's this big exhale because whatever it was that I was doing, that's all I was focused on for that hour or however long I was doing that activity. I forgot about everything else, and it just all melts away. And that's what you need. You know? You need you need to step away and take care of yourself regardless of
what's going on in your life. There's always time to do that, and it's necessary to do that. Okay. So how do you how do you inspire others to live their best lives despite their circumstances? Well, my memoir, that was, you know, how I started with just sharing my story. Maybe other people could relate to some of my circumstances, or it doesn't matter even if those circumstances that I talk about, are relatable. You at least know, as we said in the beginning, or as you said,
this is life. You know, everybody has stuff. And so I think that inspiring and showing people that none of that stuff makes a difference. It's all us. And, you know, when I learned, one of the the I am also a certified Canfield trainer in this his book, The Success Principles, and one of the things that he talks about in there is taking full responsibility. And because, actually, I'm an accountant, that was my profession by, I guess, by trade. I'm a numbers girl. Right? And, like, those
kinds of things make sense to me. And in the success principles, they talk about an equation, e plus r equals o. I was like, okay. It's an equation. I get that. I'm a math kid. E is the event, plus r, your response, equals o, the outcome. So something happens in our lives. Right? And it's you respond to it, and the 2 together determine the outcome. I'd never thought there was an r part. Right? I just thought something happened and that's the outcome.
Something happened that sucks. The outcome sucks. I was taking myself out of the equation. You know? Did I have control over the fact that, you know, my husband died or that your wife died? No. I couldn't do we couldn't do anything about that. Mhmm. But we can control how we react to that. And if we're not happy with the outcome, well, then the only thing we can go back and look at is the r. How are we responding? Maybe if we change that a little, we'll be happier with the outcome. Oh,
oh, crap. I'm responsible for all of this. You know? But then it's empowering. Because if I'm responsible and I don't like what's happened for the 1st 50 years, that means I have the power to change it regardless of all the things that are swallowing swirling around me. And that's what I my goal is to let everybody else who was like me or you who didn't know, who just thought, well, this is it. This is the cards I've been dealt. There's nothing I can do about it. Absolutely.
That's not the case. Yeah. No. It it it's not, and it took me some time to figure that out. And when I finally did, it was, like, a big burden lifting off me. I didn't even realize, like, God isn't out to get me. He's not it's he's not doing this to me intentionally. Yeah. It's not happening to me on purpose. It's just life. It happens. And I can either take the lumps and and pick myself up or or or continue to play the victim and and stay down. And I'm not built that
way. I was not I have a mom who's who's resilient, who came over here to give her children a better life, and she she left her family behind in Puerto Rico, came over here in 1973 and and change change the better. Right now, she has over 20 something grandkids, over 40 something great grandkids. She's even got great great grandkids. Oh my goodness. And and we just we just buried her last month, but she she lived 84 years and Sorry. She she but she's
she lived the she lived her life the way she wanted to. There you go. So seeing her live her life the way she did and and me going through my struggles and then coming to face coming to face them and and and just getting to finally truly live my authentic life, who I wanna be, who what what are my goals, what are what are what is my purpose. And so just seeing her live her life, it kind of made just it it just inspired me even more.
I love that. I love that because I think the same thing. I hope I'm doing the same thing for my for my kids, you know, and especially because they've seen both sides of me. You know? They saw beef the before and after. And so I hope that I inspire them as well to see that they have options. Definitely. Alright. Can you discuss the importance of resilience in achieving personal and professional success? Oh, gosh. You know, without it, it's so
easy. And, well, let me just use an example because I was actually just thinking about this. I was an accountant for 10 years, from Long Island. That's where I worked for 10 years. And then I got this opportunity to move to New Jersey and, become an insurance agent for a major carrier through a friend of mine that I went to college with. I didn't know the first thing about insurance. It didn't sound much better than accounting. And, you know, my friend was really trying
to sell. My husband and I, actually, we were just engaged at the time. And I had no sales background, but he did. And she said, oh, it's perfect. He he can do the selling, and you have the business background and blah blah blah. And okay. Great. She got us all excited and said we were gonna do it. And it was so much harder than I anticipated. And in the 1st 3 weeks so at, it's not done this way anymore, but back then, I started with business that I inherited from
another agent who had retired. And the company sent out these letters, and it was just like they had no idea. And it said, you're assigned to this new person. Well, at the same time, the agent's son was also became an agent. And the clients didn't understand, you know, behind the scenes how this whole thing worked. And he was taking over basically his
father's agency. And in the first three weeks, I had 500 people call and scream at me for stealing the son's business and called the company and asked to be transferred back to the other agent. And we had no money. I had no idea what I was doing. We were living in my friend's basement, and I cried every day and every night. And I wanted to say forget it. Let me just go back to what I was doing. This was
a ridiculous idea. And I have to say, if it weren't for my husband, but really my friend, because my friend had you know, she kinda, like, stuck her neck out to get me this opportunity. Yeah. So I felt like I couldn't do it to her because I was so grateful. So I had to stick stick in there. The first two years were one
challenge after another. If I had not been resilient, and again, my natural tendency really was not because it was so, so hard, I never would have one proven to myself that I can, right? And what laid on the other side look at where I am now, where I just told you that I have the most incredible team, and, you know, it's allowing me to pursue my passion and what I feel is my purpose.
And it also gave me so much freedom when my kids were little and my son my oldest son had issues and I needed to do things. And when my husband was sick, I I mean and it gave me secure job security, like, so, so, so many things. So I think that if we don't face our fears, if we don't continue to push, then we're really missing out on what is waiting for us on the other side. And and we build we build our we we show ourselves what we're capable of because we all are capable.
It's just so easy to turn away when it gets rough. Yeah. Yeah. It's easy. It's easy to give up when when you fail. Yep. It's just much easier to give up, but I'm glad you didn't. I'm glad you kept it up because you wouldn't be able to come in and share your amazing story. So what what strategies do you use to stay motivated and focused on your goals? So I really try. I have, really stick to my morning routine, which is new for me in the last 5 years. I never understood a
morning routine and all of that kind of thing. But beside 3 mornings a week, I do go to an exercise class at 6 AM. But in addition to that, I do meditate every day. That's super helpful. I also journal. Sometimes I don't get to freeform journal, which is something I I only started doing about 2 years ago, but turned out I really loved. But a strategy that really helps me is to always identify, you know, what are those top 2 or 3
goals that I'm working towards? And in the morning, set my day up at a minimum to say, what are 2 or 3 actions that I'm gonna take today to move me towards that main goal? And they can be really small things. Right? But I do find that when I'm intentional about taking those actions that make me feel good, like it is one little inch closer that, you know, it just fuels the fire, so to speak. And then, you know, you want to continue.
It's so easy. And and I do it. You know, it's so easy to be like, oh, I turn on my computer, and then it's the email, and then it's who called, and then there's a problem and a message and all these things. And, yes, some things you do have to address right away. But, you know, I'm not I'm a morning person, not an and I think you have to be aware of when you do your best work. Right? So I'm trying now to write my second book,
and I gotta do it in the morning. Mhmm. And so I really try and stick to that goal of you know, every day, it might not be able to be at the same time because of a schedule, but I know every day when am I gonna when's my writing time. And that means when I want to pick up my phone because I can't figure out what to write next, and so I might as well just check my email. I cannot do that. So it's holding
yourself accountable. Yes. So how do you how do you define success, and how has your definition evolved over the years? Oh, gosh. You know what? Success is living a happy life. You know what? I used to think, right? It's about money. It's about no, it's not. It's not about any of that. Just like you just talked about your mom, my aunt just turned 85. And I mean, she's comfortable enough, but I but I look at her and I think about some other older
folks that I'm thinking about. And the difference is, is you can just tell her being with her loved ones, with her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, that's all she needs. It just fills her up. And I look at her life, and I can you know, she's she actually became a widow in her forties. And so she certainly had a lot of challenges. But in my eyes, her life is so incredibly successful because she's enjoyed it. She's enjoyed the journey, and she has so many people that love her and
that she loves. And that's all she needs. And that's success to me and enjoying enjoying the journey. Right? Because it's not about the destination. My whole life changed when my journey changed, when I started changing my journey, right? That's when everything changed. I think to myself too, okay, here's all my goals. What's going to happen that's different? What am I going to feel different then than I feel now?
Probably nothing because I'm feeling it all now because it's just, you know, this excitement and fulfillment Yeah. And happiness. Now is is the part of the show where you get the solo screen. You get let people know where they can find you, the website, the books, the podcast, everything. Okay. Well, thank you. So the website's the best place for pretty much all of those things. One stop shopping, you can get it all from there. The website is debbie r weiss.com.
The r is important. Otherwise, you'll wind up, on a realtor in California. You can also find it on the website. And, you can also find it on the website. Awesome. Awesome. Thank you for for being such a great guest. I I greatly appreciate you stopping by and and and giving us some of your precious time. So I greatly appreciate it. Oh, thank you so much for having me and the great conversation. It was wonderful. Oh, no. And yeah.
Well, you're welcome anytime. When you write that second book, you can definitely come back and and come promote it and talk about it. I would love to. But don't leave just yet. Let me close out the show, and and we'll chat a little bit off the air. But thank you once again for being such a wonderful guest. Thanks. Alright. Now it is time to acknowledge some people in the chat. What's going on, Corrado? Thank you for stopping by, brother. Greatly appreciate it.
Corrado has been following me since my first audio episode. I greatly appreciate you, brother. Appreciate the support. I don't know how many times I gotta tell you, but I will continue to tell you because you you you are there every single time, so I greatly appreciate it. As always, a big shout out to my RealWise fam, Papi j, Brandy j, love you guys. To the boss lady, appreciate and and love
everything you do for me and our family. And as always, a big, big shout out to all the essential workers out there. God bless you. Be safe. You know how your boy, Wise, does it? Peace out.