Brad Jacobs
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1,288 appearances
1 recordings
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 4 Aug
Brad Jacobs’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But the message I was getting from my father was, you know, I may not be such a good looking guy.
Okay.
On the other hand,
The other message he was giving me was, but you have leadership skills.
You have personality.
You have charisma.
You can get people to follow you.
You can become the president of your class.
You can become your group leader.
You can be the leader of your band and so forth.
You can be president of the student council.
And somehow or another, despite your, what he considered that not pretty appearance, not beautiful appearance, you were able to
Be a leader and accomplish things and get stuff done and form teams and get people.
So I think in a very paradoxical kind of way, my father insulting me on that gave me confidence.
It gave me confidence of, okay, so maybe I don't have...
great all-American good looks, who cares?
I've got something else.
I've got something in terms of being able to lead.
So maybe that helped give me confidence because that's an experience that I've relived many times over my life, my father, because it's a big deal what your father thinks of you, what your mother thinks of you.
On my mother's side, if I had to think, what was something that gave me a lot of confidence from my mother?
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