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I was essentially like finally had made it like six years into basically working my butt off, working for free since I was 18, 19 years old.

And I was the lead of the show.

They got us a studio on Broadway.

They filmed us all summer, multiple episodes.

And then they pulled the plug two weeks before the show was supposed to air.

And it was another slap in the face.

And at this point, I was like, OK, maybe everyone's right.

Maybe I need to be normal, get a real job, go back to school.

And I remember all my siblings were doctors and this is not or in their residency.

And I remember like my my brother and sisters like seriously like telling me like, oh, you like basically saying the highest level I could achieve was like being like a speech language pathologist or an occupational therapist.

And not that those are bad things.

But like that's what they saw my potential as, you know, and I actually applied to 14 speech language pathology schools and got rejected from every single one of them.

And I went into business.

I got my MBA and, you know, one thing led to another.

And I started my podcast and started this media empire and way more successful.

I love my siblings are very successful and smart, but way more successful than them.

So yeah.

It just goes to show that like you do not need to follow anyone's path.

And what we were talking about earlier on my podcast, never listen to people who have not been where you want to go.

My podcast itself.