CZ Lopez

And then, of course, it's like, do you smile?

Are you angry?

And that was a very just different kind of photo.

And I just put it out for feedback from people.

And we decided to just go ahead and stick with that.

But everything from the small silver bullet thing, I wanted everything to have meaning just because that's exactly the way that I approached the book and the paper from the beginning.

That is awesome, man.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And, and again, you know, I started the book with, uh, with a Mark Twain quote that, you know, experiences the bread, the blood, the heartbeat, you know, of the, of the essence of any book an author writes, you know, and, uh,

Then I mentioned that the book wasn't about theory.

It was about experiences.

And I think that that is really an approach that more people with similar backgrounds as us that have had the honor and opportunity to influence others to be better.

We need to do this more often.

And I believe that leadership is in decay in America.

Everybody's looking for a finger to point.

The divisions are so rampant right now to where I do not want to associate with this group because I'm part of this group.

And we need to go ahead and put all of that to rest, man.

We need to put a wrecking ball to some of those freaking walls that are being built, you know, amongst each other.

And I think that one of the best ways that we get after that is just to go ahead and start talking a little bit more to learn from each other, you know, gauge the differences and see the value of being different.