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I figure I could give people some

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maybe holiday gift ideas.

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>> Oh, yes. I've got some great ones.

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>> First thing I can recommend, something

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you can fit in your pocket. So, this

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right here looks like a golf ball with

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little not quite spikes, but like studs

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on it. They're flattened. This is called

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a rubs ball. R U BZ. And I travel with

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this. You just roll out your feet on

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this before you go to bed. And I have

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felt this help everything from relaxing

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and just winding down.

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>> What I have noticed, and this is

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something I spoke with Ed Con about 100

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years ago, long time ago. He's the

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greatest powerlifter of all time, a

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phenomenal athlete and very nice guy.

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But basically, if you address your feet,

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sometimes you feel it all the way up the

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kinetic chain. Lower legs, knees, even

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your low back can sometimes release. So,

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this I think it's costs less than 10

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bucks. This is a rubs ball. You can buy

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it on Amazon or anywhere else. That's a

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very easy one that's just pocket-sized.

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We can go back and forth. What you got?

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>> Okay. So, this one is awesome, dude. You

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have my doc that I sent you right with

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the links to everything.

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>> Yeah, I do. I don't know if you have up

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in front of you. So, if you click on the

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second one down, these bonsai nanolocks.

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So, I've been talking about nanoblocks

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for a while.

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>> Hear me out, dude. This is a fun

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stocking stuffer. People are going to

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love this So, it's $38. It's these

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little baby bonsai trees. Nanoblocks are

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like Legos, but they're like onetenth of

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the size. So, you need tweezers to

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assemble them. It is oddly satisfying to

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build these little tiny like bonsai

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trees. You get all six of them for $38.

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And if you use the code Tim, no, there's

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no code, but if [laughter] you they're

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amazing. They're so fun. Anyway,

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Nanoblocks are awesome. This is a little

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fun little pack. Great stocking stuffer.

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They're super tiny and they're they're

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cute and they make Look at the There's

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nanoblocks up there on my up there

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behind me. See that beautiful tree?

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>> There it is. You recommended a book to

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me. Do you want to mention it? It's last

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in your list. I bought the audio book

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and I listen and I listened to it on my

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flights recently. I thought the narrator

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was really, really good. Also, it it's

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called Stop Fixing Yourself. Wake up.

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All is well. It's by Anthony Dlo, the

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Jesuit priest and therapist that we

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talked about earlier. We had both

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somehow discovered this this book

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originally, not this book, but the other

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one we were talking about,

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>> awareness.

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>> Awareness. And it was really cool to

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hear that you were into it because I was

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one of my favorite books that we we did

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not compare notes and we read this

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independently. I don't know how the hell

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that happened, but we both loved it. And

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this is another one where I was just

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like, damn, this is so good because

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there's so many core truths here that

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apply to my practice on the meditation

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side. And I just loved it. But it it

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does require a little bit of

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understanding. It's not like someone

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from off the street can totally read

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this and be like, "Oh, that makes a ton

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of sense to me." I don't know if you

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felt that way.

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>> I feel like, well, there are two things

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I would say just having read a lot of

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Anthony Dlo that I think awareness

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subtitle conversations with the masters.

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It used to be the perils and promise of

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reality, but they changed the subtitle.

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I preferred the old one, but Awareness

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by Anthony Dlo. His last name is two

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words, D E space M L O is 184 pages and

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I've gifted it to at least 50 people. I

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mean, I have an entire bookshelf full of

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this book in my guest bedroom in my

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house just to give friends.

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>> Same dude. That's so funny.

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>> And I would recommend people read

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awareness first. I don't think you need

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anything special in terms of background

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for that.

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>> Well, you do need one thing. You need to

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know that it is a a lecture. So it it

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reads like a lecture. It is it doesn't

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read like a book,

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>> which I like. Which I like. And he's

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very nononsense.

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>> I gave it to a couple friends and they

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started reading it. They're like, "Wait,

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is this a talk that he gave?" And I'm

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like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, I should have

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told you that. It's an actual talk."

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>> It's a collection of

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polished lectures that he gave. So

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awareness would be the first. And then

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in the case of the stop fixing yourself,

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I really enjoyed it. There's a lot of

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overlap with awareness. So there are

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certain points that get reiterated. The

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audiobook rendition of Stop Fixing

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Yourself is very very good. I disagree

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with some of the conclusions which are

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effectively

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along the lines I I shouldn't say this

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may might sound unfair but in the

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conclusion he talks about how ultimate

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freedom is not depending on anyone for

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anything and you could be perfectly

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happy in isolation by yourself and I was

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like evolutionarily I think that's

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actually a pretty hard sell but what I

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would suggest is if you listen to or

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read these books as with any book expect

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that you're going to disagree with and

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maybe even discard 10 20% of it, but

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don't throw the baby out with the

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bathwater. These are really, really

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helpful books. Well said. Let me grab

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another one here. I'll recommend two

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others in case people are interested in

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books. So, fiction, tomorrow and

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tomorrow and tomorrow. I think it might

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just be tomorrow. Tomorrow and tomorrow.

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Anyway, it's tomorrow three times by

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Gabriel Zean. Zev Vin. It's a fiction

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book and it was on the New York Times

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list of the 100 best books of the 21st

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century. It's a new one and it is all

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about entrepreneurship and game design

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and love unrequited. And when I

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recommended this book initially in Five

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Bullet Friday, my newsletter, one of my

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attorneys who helped craft the agreement

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for Coyote, another stocking stuffer,

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the card game that I made with Exploding

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Kittens. I noticed it's on Black Friday

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sale, by the way. It's like 38% off on

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Amazon right now or something like that.

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>> Yeah, it's $7.99 right now. It's doing

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super well. The reviews are great. It's

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like 4.7 or 4.8 stars. So, I'm so proud

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of you, dude. This is so cool to see you

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having success here. Thanks, man. I

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thought you were going to do the five

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hour body and I was like, "Ah, you

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probably shouldn't go there and it's

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nice to see you doing this."

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>> Yeah. So, it's [clears throat] been

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super fun. But my my attorney who helped

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with the negotiations on deal

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structuring for Coyote specializes in

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video games and he's been involved with

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some epic deals and amazing

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mergers and acquisitions and all this

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crazy stuff. And he texted me after I

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put that in the newsletter and he said,

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"That book is so good. It was eerie

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because it is so accurate down to the

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finest detail that it felt like somebody

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was looking over my shoulder when I was

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doing these deals. Like that is how well

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researched this book is. You would love

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it. I really think you would enjoy it.

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My old assistant Sarah, who is amazing,

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she gifted it to me and it burned in the

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fire when my house burned down. Oh, you

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got to read it.

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>> I need to get it cuz she was like, "You

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got to listen to this book."

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>> Oh, it's so good. Yeah, it's great. And

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then the last one I'll recommend just

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because I gave we gave some non-fiction

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then just gave fiction. I'll give poetry

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which people that might not expect but

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it's a little tiny compilation. This

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also has an entire shelf in my guest

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room. It's called Gold. It's by Roomie

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and then the translator Hala Liza Gapori

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last name G- A F O R I 112 pages and it

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is just an incredible collection of

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poetry of course originally by the great

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Persian mystic room but with incredible

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new translations by Hal Liza Gofori who

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is an American poet of Persian descent.

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So she's a native speaker and also she

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herself a poet and musician. So, if you

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read one or two of these poems before

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you go to bed at night, it just makes

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everything better. So, I would also just

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recommend So, I can keep going with gift

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recommendations, but I suspect you have

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more. Would you like to mention any

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more? I've got some great ones, dude.

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All right. While we do two at a time,

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why don't you do two and then I'll do

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another two. Okay. I'm going to make you

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a multi-billionaire from how many people

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buy this next one. I'm going to say with

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your ail Amazon affiliate link. This

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right here, my friend, is the best

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purchase I've ever made in my life.

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>> Whoa, that's a strong statement.

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>> Well, I mean, okay, maybe not, but it's

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high up there.

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>> Yeah. Okay. Have you ever been in one of

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those situations where you need a small

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little screwdriver or a screw head and

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you're like, you can't find the right

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one that fits?

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, this is 25 different micro like

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everything from hex nuts to screwdrivers

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to flatheads and it's a magnetic little

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insert into the actual wand. Now you

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think, okay, who cares? But it's $7.79

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and it acts like a $25 screwdriver. It

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is the best stocking stuffer in the

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world. You know, once a year or twice a

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year, you'll get something where it

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takes like two doubleas's or whatever.

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And it's like, oh, there's a little tiny

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screwdriver thing you got to undo. And

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I'm like, where am I going to find

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something that fits that? This is that

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thing. And then when you want to like

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tweak your glasses or whatever, you need

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those micro screwdrivers. Dude, $7. This

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thing rocks. It's amazing. How did you

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find this thing? It had good reviews on

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Amazon. I bought it and when I got it, I

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was like, they should be charging three

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times as much for this thing. The torque

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doesn't actually ruin the bit heads,

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which is great cuz often times with the

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cheaper ones, like the bit heads get

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ruined. You have to have it in every

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junk drawer in your house. You know, one

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of those things.

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>> But I love these things cuz you often

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asked me back in the day when you were

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doing Five Bullet Friday where you

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wanted me to like contribute stuff. You

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would say, "Hey, what's the best thing

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under $50 or whatever that you love?"

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You know, and this is it. And this is

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one of those things that's under $10

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that is absolutely worth every penny.

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So,

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>> love it. All right. So, under $10. I

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don't know if it's $10, might be a

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little bit more. But in addition to the

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rubs ball, I'll just give a couple of

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quickfire. There's something called the

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alpha ball by Tuneup Fitness. It was

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actually introduced to me by Inseimma

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Inyang or Eyang I think is how he

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pronounces it. But you sent me his

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video. So, you are responsible for me

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ultimately connecting with him. But this

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alpha ball for rolling out your hips,

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for traveling with it. It's about the

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size of a soft ball, but it's just the

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perfect density and texture. You can get

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everywhere you need to get, which you

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cannot do with a foam roller, nor is it

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easy to travel with a foam roller. And I

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just love this thing. I use it pretty

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much every day. I didn't see it on

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video. Did you hold it up? No, I have it

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downstairs in my suitcase, actually.

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Okay, let me look it up. What's it

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called again? Alpha Ball by Tuneup

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Fitness. You can find it on Amazon and

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it's $19.99.

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More than worth every penny.

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>> And I can send you a link to it, of

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course.

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>> Sweet.

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>> Then other things I'll throw in there.

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This is my version of your little TED

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talk that you just gave on on the $7

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screwdrivers where people are like, "You

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got to be kidding me." This is my

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version of that. Which is the I don't

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know how to pronounce this. Maestry. M A

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E S T R I. Masonry House rechargeable

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milk frother. Wow.

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>> Yeah, I know. Mine was better than that,

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but I

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>> Well, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. So, I

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have owned so many of these frothers for

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coffee, for tea, for whatever, right?

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Protein shakes or whatever. These little

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hand froththers.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. They all break. They all

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suck, dude. They all break. Or the

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batteries die and then you can't

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recharge it. Or it's like an outboard

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motor and you're like, "Oh, let me just

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do this for my tea and relax." and it

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like shoots liquid all over the place.

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>> Right. There are so many issues. This

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thing is it's like the Lamborghini of

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milk frothers. Oh, I love that. Yeah. It

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costs how much? 30 bucks. It's not that

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crazy. Well, it's USBC, too. Charging.

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That's amazing. It's USBC and you

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basically turn the very top of it to

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adjust in any increment you want the

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intensity of the agitation. I have to

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tell you, I asked somebody on my team to

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just due diligence and get me a frother

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that would solve all these problems that

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I mentioned and he knows how to do a lot

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of research and this was his conclusion

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and I got it and I was like, where has

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this been all my life? Oh my god, has

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almost 3,000 reviews or 2600 reviews,

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4.5 stars. This thing is just amazing. I

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use it every day.

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>> So, that's one. And you know, when I put

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this in Five Below Friday, what I wrote

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was, "It reminds me of sage wisdom from

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Kevin Kelly, who is the founding editor

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of Wired magazine."

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>> Oh, I love Kevin Kelly.

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>> Amazing guy.

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>> Yeah. We did a walk with him together.

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>> Exactly. So, he had at that time, I

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think it was a draft of a book that he

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put together, this tiny book called

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Excellent Advice for Living, which are

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these pathy little quotes from Kevin

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that he used to put in his I think they

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were his birthday letters to friends

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where he'd be like, "Here are the 10

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things I learned this year." And one of

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his pieces of advice is take note if you

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find yourself wondering where is my good

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knife or where is my good pen. That

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means you have bad ones. Get rid of

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those.

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Like I have shelves full of shitty

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frothers that have been sent to me or

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that I've bought and they're just

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terrible. So I just got rid of all of

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them and replace them with this thing.

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>> That's so awesome. Other things real

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quick. Microphone. You know, I got this

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microphone for [snorts] travel called

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the Elgato. One word, E L G A T.

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>> Oh yeah, love Elgato.

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>> Elgato Wave 3. It is a gorgeous piece of

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design. It makes me think of Braun

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design back in the day. B R A N.

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>> And it actually solves somehow bounce

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and echo better than even this fancy

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mic, this sure mic that I'm speaking

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into right now. Yeah, it is really

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impressive. I don't know what they do

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with the firmware, software, whoever the

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hell designs these types of things, but

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this has become my favorite travel mic

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is the Elgato Wave 3. Also, not that

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expensive. Have you seen their prompter,

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by the way? They make a tiny little

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prompter like if you want to like read

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scripts or anything like that. I haven't

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seen it. Oh, Elgato makes this beautiful

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little prompter you can control with an

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iPhone or an iPad. And for people that

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are doing kind of like monologues and

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podcasts and stuff like that, Elgato's

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some great gear and it's not that

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expensive. It's well priced. Yeah, this

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one, the Wave 3, I'll check out the

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prompter. It's got almost 10,000

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reviews, 4.7 stars, 150 bucks, and

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I rely on it for to the extent that I'm

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professional, professional level

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recording. [laughter]

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And there's a lot more I could jump

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into. I'll tell you what, I'll give one

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that is expensive but the best of best

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of breed, which is the Tank M3 push

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sled. This is a sled. It's literally

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sitting right outside my door about 100

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ft away. I have tried so many different

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sleds for resolving back pain, for

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building

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all posterior chain development,

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strength, glute activation, you name it.

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Pushing and pulling a sled just gives

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you so many dividends. Knees over toes

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guy also talks about this at length. But

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the Tank M3 push sled.

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>> Holy

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>> It's bar none the best sled I've ever

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used. Yeah. How much is it? You just

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pull it up.

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>> 1,500 on Amazon.

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>> Yeah. 1,500 bucks.

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>> It looks amazing though.

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>> I would not trade it. You can easily

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rotate it. It is It has mechanical

15:08

resistance. So, for instance, I'm

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pushing it in a gravel driveway. It's

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not just skids. You can use this on

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turf. You can use this on carpets.

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You can use it indoors without

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destroying the floor. It's just an

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amazing sled. So, if people are looking

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for best of the best in my opinion and

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versatility, that's one. And then if you

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don't want more stuff or you want to

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give something to friends or family who

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don't need more things like physical

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things, [laughter]

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I am talking my book a little bit here

15:39

because I'm involved with the company.

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But the way the Way app, it's so easy,

15:44

right? I mean, we're going to be doing

15:45

hopefully another retreat in person

15:48

together. Henry's the best, man. It

15:50

started out as just my handdown favorite

15:52

meditation app. It's the easiest way to

15:54

get back in the habit. I just used it

15:56

yesterday morning and this morning. I

15:58

tend to do 10-minute sessions and then

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sometimes do an extra 10 minutes of like

16:02

TM or something after the fact. But I

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think you can get 30 sessions for free

16:06

with no credit card required to try it

16:09

out. And then if you want to give an

16:11

annual membership, that's a h 100red

16:13

bucks and you can just download the app

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for free and then tap my way and share

16:19

it with people that way with a gift

16:20

button.

Interactive Summary

The video offers a variety of holiday gift recommendations across different categories and price points. Practical items include a pocket-sized "rubs ball" for foot massage and a versatile 25-in-1 micro screwdriver set. Unique and fun gifts suggested are bonsai Nanoblocks and the card game "Coyote." For book lovers, recommendations range from philosophical works like Anthony de Mello's "Awareness" and "Stop Fixing Yourself," to the fiction novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow," and Rumi's poetry collection "Gold." Higher-end or specialized gifts include the Elgato Wave 3 travel microphone, the Maestry rechargeable milk frother, and the Tank M3 push sled for fitness. Lastly, for those seeking experiential gifts, "The Way app" for meditation is highlighted.

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