LIVE Book Signing Conversation With Dan Bongino and Paula
Summary
➡ The speaker shares his journey from being a secret service agent to entering politics, highlighting the importance of embracing failure as a stepping stone to success. He emphasizes that every success he’s had was born from a failure, and encourages others to let their children experience failure as a learning opportunity. He also shares his memorable experiences as a secret service agent and his admiration for Ronald Reagan.
➡ The text is a conversation between a man and a woman, discussing various topics. They talk about why great athletes may not make great coaches, using Michael Jordan as an example. They also share their personal story of how they met and fell in love, despite initial hesitations about a blind date. The conversation also includes a Q&A session where they answer questions about their fears, favorite school subjects, and the most interesting person they’ve met recently.
➡ The text is a casual conversation between two people, discussing various topics such as favorite movies, pet peeves, hobbies, and life advice. The speaker emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and surrounding oneself with knowledgeable people. They also express a desire to visit Italy and discuss their greatest achievement, which they believe is yet to come.
Transcript
I just got done signing about 750 copies, so it’s kind of a limited run. So if you want one, pick one up. They’re actual books. There’s not a plate or any of these are the books I’m signing right here. Paul is going to ask a couple questions that were submitted by supporters and fans. I’ll answer some of them. We comparing answers, too? I’m a little nervous about that. What if I. That was going to be a surprise. Okay. Because what if I screw up? If I screw up the answer, we’re deleting this. We’re just like, I’m pulling this off the.
I’m going to pull you some clout to make this thing go away, but pick up the book if you want. I loved writing this book. It’s the first book I wrote that was more about personal stories. And one of the reasons I wrote the book is we were doing the rumble had gone public. It wasn’t really doing anything. We just showed up. But Rumble had gone public, which, as you know, is a video platform alternative to YouTube, this free speech platform. And we’re walking back from this thing in the Nasdaq and it’s amazing. This is amazing day.
It was raining, though. I know you remember, but we were in Times Square, so we were back in Times Square. It was rainy, it was cold. But, you know, rain’s kind of good luck. And it was funny. Cause a bunch of my haters and I got a lot of haters, people really can’t stand me, which I get sometimes. I can’t stand me either. So I totally understand that. But we’re coming back and people are like, man, this damn bongino, what a piece of garbage. Whatever these liberals are saying, what a failure. And I looked at Paula and I said, failure.
I said, we just launched a billion dollar company. An alternative to YouTube for the first time. Like a real free speech company went public. I said, that’s failure. Bring on the failure. Like, I want some more of that failure. It was great. So that’s where the book started. I tell that story in the first chapter, our battle with YouTube, when they banned me for saying masks don’t work, which is freaking hilarious now because they don’t. And them banning me was probably the single dumbest business decision in their life because I was a really huge creator over there, and I went out and with Chris, the CEO of Rumble, we blew that up.
But it’s not just stories about that and the parallel economy. There are stories in there about my time as a secret service agent. Failures, big failures, small failures. But the message of the book, of course, is the gift of failure, not like failure is awesome. Failure can be a gift, but only if you look at it through the right lens. And I think one of the messages you’ll see in the book where I tell all these stories, little failures and big failures, is if you see it as a permanent obstacle and you paint yourself as a victim, you’re kind of aft.
Like you’re screwed. Like you’re just never going to get off the mat. And I’m not going to tell you when I failed. Like, I write the story about me trying to get into medical school in a book I studied for a year and busted my ass. And you know what happened? Nothing. Did I get in? No, you didn’t. No, I didn’t. I did not get in. And did anybody cry for me? Maybe me. Okay, the answer? Yeah, maybe. Did anyone else cry for me? No, they didn’t. Okay. Thank you very much. Of course she cries for me because she loves me.
I love you, too. I would have cried for you, too, but no one else did because nobody cares. Nobody gives a shit. No, nobody cares. You know why they don’t care? Because they got their own shit going on. So you know what I did? I got up, dusted off, and went to freaking business school. And it was great. And I had a good time. Gift. The failure was a gift. I didn’t even know it at the time. Like, where’d we find this guy? I just met these people there. They’re wonderful. So I tell some stories about that.
I tell some funny secret service stories, too, and had it with some small fags. You know, some of them are just kind of, like, thrown. Thrown in the book because they’re funny stories. And I really thought they’d be interesting to you. Like how there’s this myth out there in the public, you know, us in the secret service, like these big, like, you know, steely iron guys with these glasses on, stuff, we screw up stuff like everyone else. We were up by Camp David one time, and I was with my friend. I forget what I call him in the book.
I don’t use his real name. Call him Terry or whatever. It doesn’t matter. And we had to go fill up the limits. The limos, the armored limos, they were, you know, big trucks, but they got to get gas like anything else. So, you know, friends of mine be like, where do you gas them up? I’m like, the gas station? Like, you take off? Yeah, what do you think? We have a gas truck. We, like, we get. We go to the gas station like anyone else. So we go to the gas station. I’m with this guy. I call him Terry, and he drives away, and we fill up both cars.
And I’m driving, I’m looking at the car. I’m like, why is that car of a tail? Like, that’s weird looking. A mouse or something. He took the gas pump with him. He never took the gas pump out of the car we rent. The poor gas station owner. I was like, all right, that’s not really. There’s not really a big message in that story other than I thought it was freaking hilarious. So I throw it in a book. But there are some big failures in there. You know, like, when I. I tried to get into one of these specific details, and it didn’t work out, but eventually turned out again because I kept a really positive attitude.
Turned out to be a gift. I tried to get on the first lady’s detail, which is where all, like, the, you know, I guess kind of the guys who. The management really loved Wendt, and they said no, because some stuff had happened, which you can read about. But I wound up in the transportation section instead that does motorcades. It was the best thing that ever happened to me because it’s really difficult, and it’s a lot of logistics. And I tell that story in the book, and then I even tell some stuff from when I’m a kid.
So I think you’ll enjoy it. So you got some questions for me? I do. It was a great book. I enjoyed reading it, too. There were some stories in there I’ve never heard. Really? Well, you heard them now. Did you like the audiobook, too? I didn’t listen to it. You should have. Cause I improv. Then you’re in my. Yeah, I told some stories about. Yeah, you know, I just read a comment, and I’m sorry. It’s date night tonight, so, you know, listen, 20 years. Glad he still drives me crazy. But you did. What did you get into? What kind of show is this? No, seriously, you had some good stories in there I’ve never heard, and some that just brought some really sad memories and I know made me cry while I was reading.
Yeah. Folks, I’m not messing with you. There’s, like, some real, like, we really screwed up a lot of stuff. Like, I bared my soul in the book. I didn’t know. I didn’t hide anything. Don’t think, like, this successful radio host thing happened overnight. It’s like, luck more than anything. All right, so I do have some fan questions here. So here’s the first one. Tim from Indiana. What or who inspired you to write this book? What or who inspired, well, I guess the rumble story that night when we were leaving and walking out of there. But, you know, we had always talked, you and I, about doing, like, one kind of final book, and I think I wanted to leave something to my kids.
You know, I wanted my kids to understand so they. I guess they could be, like, the real inspiration outside of that one rumble event. I wanted them to, you know, they’re gonna have stumbles, too. And, you know, they only knew me when we were relatively successful, and I didn’t want them to think, like, you and I had this linear path. So I have a special question for you. This is from Isabel. Isabel, she’s 20 now. That’s my daughter. She got to. She got to experience life when you were in the secret service. Yeah. So she wanted to know what made you want to leave the secret service and pursue politics despite the risk, man, Obama.
I mean, that’s just the hard truth. I mean, you know, you lived through me. I was like, I can’t believe that this is where, you know, you heard. I heard what these guys, we’re talking to him. I mean, you’re there. It wasn’t like anything crazy. But you’re with this every day, and you’re not up in his face all the time, but staffers, and you’re on the road with them. And I’d never heard so many crazy ideas. And, I mean, you remember the night with the Jerry Walker email when he was. I do remember. So he loses to John McCain, and the night McCain concedes, it was the same election night.
I said to Paula, I’m like, we’re going to be in deep trouble here, man. With this guy, I knew he was, the guys had been like, this guy’s no good. I knew it. I knew he was going to be bad. So I had to leave and get out. So he didn’t just say to me, hey, Paul, I want to quit my job and run for a town mayor. He’s like, hey, Paula, I’m going to quit and run for the US Senate. If you’re going to go, go, big daddy o, don’t. That was it. But I won the primary, did I not? You did.
I did. Thank you very much. No one, they told me, there’s no way. They said, you don’t know anyone. You have no money. You will never win a primary as a first time candidate for the United States Senate with ten other people. I said, why is it hard? It was kind of like legally blonde. Remember legally blonde? It really was a moment that was. It was right when she was like, you got into Harvard. She goes, why is it hard? I said, I’m like, why is that hard? And we won. We didn’t win by much, but we won.
Right? Katherine from Kentucky, how did you come up with the title of this book? That was my idea. That was my. Remember, nobody liked the title, but I loved it. I thought it was a great. Because it has been a gift, I think of it. There is not a single success I’ve had in my life. Forget about personal relationships, obviously. Well, who knows? Maybe. I mean, I screwed up with a lot of ladies before I met, so maybe there was a gift there, too. Total gift. Yeah. I know. You maybe rescued me from that craziness, too.
But everything I got in my life, jobs, opportunities, was always. Every single one was born from some ridiculously bad failure. First. It was the craziest thing, and we always just, like, dust it off and figure it out. Some new path that was better than the thing we failed at. So that’s what. May I have some of your water in my mind? Sure, sir. Thank you. What else you got for me? All right, so Gregory wants to know there are certain failures that can’t be redeemed. Well, yeah, there’s, like, death. Like, if you fail at life and you’re dead, you’re kind of fucked.
Like, that’s why I say don’t get dead. So that’s kind of. But other than that. Should have worn the shirt. Yes, I should have worn the don’t get dead shirt, which we should have. What were we thinking? Yeah, no, but, yeah, failing at life and getting dead. Not a good idea, but, no, I don’t think there are. I think there are really catastrophic things that happen to people. Bankruptcies, deaths in the family where, you know, you read a story like, forget about people’s politics for a minute. You read a story about, like, Ben Carson or Colin Powell, right? Guys who did not grow up with silver spoons.
Again, forget the politics. Doesn’t even matter. Just throw it out. Cause then people get like, you know, you get in these bites, this box and that box, regardless of they’ve led relatively successful lives. I mean, Ben Carson is one of the most prominent neurosurgeons in the world. The guy had no opportunity whatsoever growing up. None. Zero. He didn’t have a silver spoon. He had like, a lead spoon. Like, that was it. And so, no, I don’t think, other than dying, that there’s things you can’t overcome. I don’t think that at all. Chad from California wants to know, what was your time like as a secret service agent? Man, the secret Service was crazy.
It was like. It was like the closest thing to being famous without anybody knowing who you are. You’re around the world in these private jets. That’s essentially what they are. Air Force one, what do we call them? One, the DHS. Oh, coast Guard. One with the DHS secretary travel fund, this coast guard plane. But they’re all like, nice planes. You’re at these high end parties, but you’re like a fly on the wall doing this stuff. And for a young kid like me, whose mom worked a checkout counter in the supermarket and whose dad was a plumber, you know, I was in my early twenties.
You’re running around the world. I mean, I think I was like, 25 or so when I took my first trip to Moscow. Like, Moscow. My first trip in New York was to New Jersey when I was, like, 18. Like, I never left New York ever. So I recommend the job highly for anyone who wants to get into law enforcement. You may not stay there forever, but those ten plus years there were really transformative and some of the best people I ever met, amazing people. JT asks what has been a pinch me moment or highlight in your career? Pinch me moment.
The Reagan. Reagan’s. Reagan’s funeral. I love Ronald Reagan. He was just like the Gipper man and just like, totally reset conservatism. I mean, you talk about a landslide guy in 1980. ₩4.49 states. Who the hell? That’s not even. That’s not even possible. He won four. And the state he lost was Minnesota, to Mondale, who was from Minnesota. And he even lost that state only by 3000 votes. So I love Reagan. So when I was in the training center as an instructor, they needed post standards for his funeral. And I just, like, raised my hand right away.
And, you know, that kind of. I know it sounds crazy, but that I just felt like I was part of something special, like a chapter in a history book. I was going to change. Politics in the United States had just closed, and, like, you were there for it. So that was kind of a big thing for me. This is. I like this question here. Shannon from Florida, how can we help support and challenge our children when they fail? Your hair looks very nice. Thank you. Just notice that. What was the question? Sorry. Distracting me. How can we help support and challenge our children when they fail? Sorry.
I’m kidding. I got. Sorry. How can we help support our children when they fail? First, you’ve got to let them fail. So that’s number one. Now, I got to tell you, I’m being a little bit of a hypocrite on this, and I got to acknowledge that I have rescued my daughters on times I shouldn’t have. I don’t do it all the time. And you know, this, too. There are times like, no, let her figure it out. And because it’s your kid, you just love them with anything you like, because when they hurt you, it’s really tough.
I know, but you and I, you know, this has happened. Yeah. But we’ve gotten better about it recently. Even by the recent situation. We’re like, it only took 20 years. Took us 20 years to figure it out. But I said, kiddo, you were on your own for that one, but you’ve got to let them fail. I think. And we did. When they were younger, we did. I mean, we would. My daughter would go in these competitions, and she would lose a swimming, and she would come up and complain. I’d say, I don’t want to hear it.
Practice more. Like, I’m not going to sit here and wine with you, but you gotta let them fail. Nobody wants to let the kids fail. Everybody. You know, these kids go out to learn how to ride a bike. They’re in, like, a hermetically sealed suit and, like, a bubble. You gotta let the kid fall. I mean, don’t let them crack their head open, but they gotta get some scrapes and stuff, you know? So you gotta let them fail first. They’re all sudden. What’s to learn from? Well, Jerry from Missouri wants to know, do you think you learn more in successes or failures? No.
Failures, 100%. I mean, honestly, that’s why I wrote the book. That’s kind of a good question. Relationship to the book. Because here’s a problem. I always think of this story. I was told once about why amazing athletes make really terrible coaches. Who’s the most amazing athlete? Like Michael Jordan, right? I mean, the greatest. Maybe the greatest athlete of all time. Definitely the greatest basketball player. I mean, it’s not even close to LeBron. Lebron? Not even close. Like, I watched Jordan play. They’re not even like, forget it. It’s not even close. But why would a guy like that not necessarily be the best coach? And the answer is, even though he was a really hard worker, things came easier to him.
I’m not saying he worked hard. Jordan had a sick work ethic, but he had just phenomenal genetics and basketball knowledge. He was different. So things came easier to him, and he combined it with hard work to become the greatest ever. I want the guy who was mid. Who was a mid level player, who made himself a really good player, because he’s developed every trick in the book to be at that level. Other people don’t need the tricks. It comes naturally. So that’s, you know, that athletes and stuff, that’s. That’s who I want. Those people, you know, that has regards to the question.
Those people fail a lot. The mid, low level guys, these super talented guys. Again, I’m not taking away from their work ethic at all. Jordan was a beast. I mean, just an animal. But he didn’t have to learn a lot of these tricks. Cause he probably didn’t fail a lot. I guarantee you he was a pretty good basketball player throughout his life. So failures, definitely. All right, one more question. Is there anything you wish you could change? No. I mean, listen, that’s over. These are good. Cool. These are like. That was my question. You would really.
The last one. I definitely wouldn’t change. Getting married. It’s the best decision I ever made. Mine, too. Turn that camera. I’m kidding. This is. This is rated g. See, we got. Wait one more hour till official date night. Yeah, we do it. That’s right. That’s very good. Wait, wait. No, no. Here’s why. You look back and you say to yourself, that question. People ask that a lot. And, you know, the whole butterfly effect. A butterfly flaps his wings and is a tsunami. Like, around the world, you change one little thing in your life, nothing’s the same.
I mean, I could drive them crazy with my. All this stuff about time and stuff. I don’t want to bore you to death, but everything that’s ever going to happen is probably already happened. If you look at, like, time dilation, you can’t change anything. You are who you are because of stuff that happened. If you manipulate one little thing. Oh, yeah. I would have thrown a fastball instead of a curveball in high school, and that guy wouldn’t have hit the home run, and then I would have been drafted, number one or whatever. Then your life would have been totally different, but then I wouldn’t have met you, and all of a sudden, so, no.
Can you believe this guy didn’t want to go out with me? Look at her. I did. She’s not kidding. You want to talk about a failure blind? Well, back then, I mean, come on. There was no blind dates. Yeah, they were blind. Like, they would not. I mean, we had cell phones, but there were no picture phones or nothing. They weren’t even a thing. We had startax, remember? So they. They hook us up. A family member had known her friend, and they hook us up in this blind date, and, you know, we’re both out of long term relationships.
And I was like, what kind of. She’s a computer programmer. I’m like, single computer, corporate. Like, not exactly like, you know, she would have said, sports Illustrated, swimsuit model, unemployed. I’d be like, oh, I’m like, this isn’t gonna go well. So I didn’t want to go out with her, but we decided, and she didn’t want to go out with me either. She’s like, she. You know, she was kind of like, eh, whatever. This guy sounds like kind of a weirdo or something. Like, I was on the phone, like, hey, it’s Dan. Cause I was always in a mood, you know? And I see her on the line.
This is the funniest story. We go to this bar, Sullivan’s in New York, and there’s an outdoor line, so I’m on the phone with her. I’ve never seen her before, ever. And I’m like, what are you wearing? Because there were only, like, ten people on the line. And she’s like, I have black pants and a red shirt. I never forget. I always get that right. I’ve never screwed this story because I remember, like, it was yesterday. This is a long time ago, too. This is, like, a week before 911 happens, so it’s happened a while ago.
And I’m looking, and I’m like, holy shit. This woman is. Is hot. What the hell just happened? How is this woman a computer program? I’m like, there’s no way she’s making this up. This is a fake resume. I’m getting catfished. Even though that wasn’t even a thing back then. That wasn’t even a show. We should do a show. Together, right? Don’t you think? Like a real show, like the Dan and polish. So I see her, she comes in the bar, and I’m with friends, and I had a corvette at the time. I know. Italian guy, Corvette.
I get all the jokes. They’re all true. So it only had two seats. And I brought a friend in case this date wasn’t going well because I’m like, you got to rescue me. So I look at my friend. I didn’t know this. I would have turned my. And I said that. My friend comes over, and he’s like, oh, my gosh. This woman’s, like, gorgeous. I’m like, I know. I said, you got to go. And he’s like, what do you mean? He goes, I got to get back to my house in Westbury. I said, here’s $140. This should pay for, like, the cab.
He hung out the whole night, should pay for the cabin. So that was it. We hung out the whole night, and I was like, I was in love. And she says she wanted to marry me. I knew I would marry him. First night we talked till 03:00 a.m. i know. I know we did. Would have been later, but you said no. I did. Sent you right home. I know you did. Good. All right, so I guess this is one of the fan favorite segments, where I ask you some questions and you answer. Okay, what I did here is that I answered them, too.
So we’re gonna compare. I already saw the last one because it bled through. I’ll pretend I didn’t see that. That’ll look really smart. Why don’t you show me all of them so I’ll know? Not gonna work. All right, so some are easy. This is actually all easy. What was your first job? I better get this right. Oh, my first job. Newspaper. Oh, key food. Well, yeah, I guess you’re right. Key food. The newspaper wasn’t really. It was kind of, like, paid by tip, so. But key food. Yeah. Okay. I already failed. Huh? I may have had a job off the books, but I think the statute of limitation.
That was your first official job? Do you guys any lawyers, statute limitations gone on that? Like, the paper route or something? I think I’m good, right? It was 40 years ago. Yeah, they say I’m okay. I owe about $7 in taxes. I think I made $20 in that. What short do you hate doing the most? Quite sure I hate doing the most. I swear to you. I’m not even kidding. I was like, why would she ask that? She knows I hate all of them. Like, that’s, like a setup question. That’s a trick question. Yes. I don’t like doing anything at all.
All right. It’s a serious one. What is your biggest fear? My biggest fear? Spiders. I hate spiders. Seriously? No, no spiders. Like, I’m not scared of anything else. No? Okay. No. What’d you say? I’m not scared. I’m not. No. I’m not like Superman. I just. I don’t. I don’t know. I’m not really scared. All right. Who makes you laugh the most? Who makes me laugh the most? These are hard. Who makes me laugh? It’s me. It’s me. The Paulita. It’s me. We’re not very good at this. No. Didn’t they used to have a show like this? We would fail.
We would have been out. You do make me laugh. Laugh the most. Okay. What is the one thing you need to have in your fridge at all times? You better get this right, because this is like. All right. Okay. There you go. I finally rescued on camera. Milk. Whole milk, though. None of this, like, skim milk. Lactose, too. Skin. Milk’s from Worcestershire. Don’t drink skin. What was your favorite school subject? Science. Yes. Yeah, of course. I love science. This may be more for me, but you better answer this right. Who is the most interesting person you met recently? We had dinner with him.
We did? Trump. No, we met him a long time ago. Somebody we met recently. You know, I don’t remember my schedule. Oh, Chaz. Yeah. I love this. I think it’s two z’s, though. Oh, okay. I’m sorry, Chaz. That’s like, Chaz. Chaz Palm and Terry. Yes. That was amazing. One of my favorite movies, a Bronx tale, usual suspects and. Man, what a great time that was. That was an amazing time. He told us all the stories behind, like, a Bronx tale and the usual suspects. That was a great dinner. I love that movie, by the way, his restaurant, Manhattan, Chas palmitarians, is really good.
Check that place out. Okay. What is your biggest pet peeve? My biggest pet peeve? Am I, like, one for seven or something like that? I’m not really doing it. The milk thing was easy. Yeah. My biggest pet peeve. I mean, you give me a hard time about this, like, all the time. I do? Yeah. Oh, man. Being. Oh, my gosh, I hate it. I know him better. What? You see, I was right. He doesn’t even know himself, folks. It’s like the clock is the clock. Like, I don’t understand. It’s like I have to build in like a buffer zone.
If we have to be somewhere by seven, I’ll tell her 630. But now she’s figured the buffer zone out and knows it’s a scam and is late for that. I’m like, I don’t know what the. I don’t understand this with the clock. It’s like there’s a guy outside waiting. Oh, it drives me crazy. It really. Oh, I hate it, man. The only time I was almost late for a flight. Remember that? They’re like, calling us out. I’m always, I’m like, at the. I’m that guy who’s at the airport 7 hours early. That’s me. I’m the guy for an 08:00 at night flight.
Who’s there at four in the morning? That’s just me. Not her 08:00 at night flight. She’s there at 08:01 and she knows she’ll get on the plane. The only time has ever remember we were in Palm beach airport and we’re putting their stuff through there, and I hear Bongino and I’m like, what the hell? She goes, oh, shit. I read the ticket wrong. And we got on that play. I know. We were, we were in security. Oh, I was so mad then. All right, what is your favorite hobby? My favorite hobby? Lifting weights. Oh, okay. I had working out, but I changed it.
I changed it to Friday night. Well, that’s the same thing. That story’s not, that’s not in the book. Well, we can come. Okay. What is your guilty pleasure? Sometimes Saturday, too. We’ll see. See how this weekend goes. We’ll see how the Morgan Mahler concert goes. All right. Do you have any hidden talents we’ll have to come back for? You know, I was just telling these lovely folks here at premiere I was never writing another book. Maybe we’ll write the non g rated version of the book. I have some. All right. What color is your toothbrush? Black.
All right. He got that right. Yes. There we go. Two. Two. Cause I just bought you this one. Of course, you’re gonna get right. What is your pet’s name? Lucy. Lucy. Of course. Screw up. Like, what is your favorite. Oh, I’m gonna change it. I’m gonna change this to words. What are your favorite words? My favorite words? Yeah. We got a theme. We got a theme? We got a theme. Okay, folks, she’s not kidding. Let me see. Listen, I love my job. Don’t get me wrong. It’s the greatest thing ever. I look forward to it. But, you know, you’re in the studio all day, 4 hours.
Remember, no one does 4 hours. I do four live. I do a podcast and three hour radio show. So Friday night, by Thursday, I’m, like, ready to go. I’m like, robin, it’s like tequila time. And let’s do it. Let’s get the hell out of the studio. And I. What is the last song you streamed? The last song I streamed? Yeah. Or downloaded. Lies. Lies. Lies. There you go. It’s a banger, by the way. Did you. Yeah. That song is a total banger. Morgan Wallen. This is new one. What is the last gift you gave? Last gift I gave.
I don’t know. I forgot about this sneaker. Oh, yeah, the kids. Yeah, yeah. He bought the kids sneakers. Yeah, they love those, the both of them. Mm hmm. Okay. What is. What. What’s the. Cause that’s dear to your heart? Cause dear to my heart. You guys. And educate. Oh, yeah. That’s, like, a big thing with me. I’m always, like. I always say, don’t waste time. Like, life is. No, I mean it. Like, don’t always. You can be. You should be smarter every day. And here’s the golden rule about that. I know she’s. She knows me better than myself.
Always be the dumbest person in the room. You’re like, that’s dumb. No, it’s the greatest advice I can give you. If you’re in a room and you’re the smartest person, you will leave dumber. It’s just the law of averages. If you go in a room where you are the dumbest person, there’s three doctors, four dentists, and two engineers. You will leave smarter and you’ll be better. If you’re the smartest person, you leave dumber. Just a fact. It is the law of averages. Take that advice, and I promise you’ll be a success in life. It’s not your parents, it’s not your.
It’s your network. And if you’re the dumbest person in the room, you will leave smarter, and you have a great network. Just words of advice for you. All right, two more. Where do you want to go that you’ve never been to Italy. Oh, not like I got one. Right. But I told you I cheated on that. But still, that she’s right. It was Italy. Cause I saw it on. I know I switched it. Maybe I would confuse you, but I guess. No, no. Well, I do want to go to Italy. I’m italian. I’ve never been to Italy.
How embarrassing. I’ve been all over the world. Never been to Italy. We’ll make it there, sweetie. Yeah. All right. What is your greatest achievement? Greatest achievement? I don’t know. Because my life’s not over, so I will withhold an answer. I’m just gonna say your kids. Well, of course, I mean, you. I’ve dedicated the whole book. Here’s the dedication. The dedication to this book. Because someone asked me, like, I hate dedications to books, but I said, for this one, I said, I dedicate this book to my wife and children. They’ve never failed me. I meant that. Was that the last question? That is.
Yeah, man, that was fun. I failed you a couple of times. No, you didn’t. Okay. No, I’m serious. You better not fail me tonight. It’s Friday. All right, folks, it’s Friday. Please tune in. Monday morning update. This will be some morning. This may be a Monday morning update for the. For. But go out for the year. For the. For the era here. But go pick out the book, the gift of failure. I had a lot of fun writing it. I promise you, you’re gonna love it. Read the reviews on any of those book websites. People really seem to enjoy it.
Put a lot of work into it. A lot of great stories in here. Really appreciate your time. Hope you enjoyed our back and forth. You can see why I talk about her on the radio a lot, because that’s genuine, man. You can’t buy that stuff. That’s the one thing, like money. Can’t purchase a good relationship like that. Take care. All right, guys. Take care. Hey, this is John Acuff, New York Times best selling author of seven books and someone who’s done a live signing. If you like the one you just watched, make sure you check out our YouTube channel.
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