Jim Rome

Yeah, you're right. Well, exactly. Well, okay. But like, just as you probably pivoted, I'll get back, I'll get back to the construction angle in a minute. But just as you pivoted, probably at some point, I could do that. I could go there. Like, I'm pretty cognizant of the landscape, which is why I went off of linear cable and try to take this shot. And I'm not, I love this.

Yeah, you're right. Well, exactly. Well, okay. But like, just as you probably pivoted, I'll get back, I'll get back to the construction angle in a minute. But just as you pivoted, probably at some point, I could do that. I could go there. Like, I'm pretty cognizant of the landscape, which is why I went off of linear cable and try to take this shot. And I'm not, I love this.

Now that I'm on the other side of this, I'm not wedging in my pitch like people do to you and I when they talk to us. But this is why I made this decision to go to X and to go to the Fast Channel because people are now consuming their content in very different ways. And I had to be real. I was not changing with the landscape.

Now that I'm on the other side of this, I'm not wedging in my pitch like people do to you and I when they talk to us. But this is why I made this decision to go to X and to go to the Fast Channel because people are now consuming their content in very different ways. And I had to be real. I was not changing with the landscape.

I was busting my ass doing that show, that hard thing you were talking about, but I was not changing and recognizing that the world had changed. I had kids that didn't even watch TV. They never watched TV. I mean, that was their TV. So we did that. And yeah, I ultimately made that thing. But the point about I'm not saying things to say things, I'm not aggregating. No, you're right.

I was busting my ass doing that show, that hard thing you were talking about, but I was not changing and recognizing that the world had changed. I had kids that didn't even watch TV. They never watched TV. I mean, that was their TV. So we did that. And yeah, I ultimately made that thing. But the point about I'm not saying things to say things, I'm not aggregating. No, you're right.

I'm not doing that. Now, I could. I could. But the thing is, I want to sleep well at night. I want to look in the mirror. I want to respect myself. My thing always was, have a take, don't suck. Have a take, don't suck. My thing was never, hey, you know what?

I'm not doing that. Now, I could. I could. But the thing is, I want to sleep well at night. I want to look in the mirror. I want to respect myself. My thing always was, have a take, don't suck. Have a take, don't suck. My thing was never, hey, you know what?

Say something that you don't really believe that you know will get you viral reaction and clicks and people will talk about you and you will provoke and you will incite. I just wanted to say things that were on my mind that I meant that I could defend and that I could back up and elevate a conversation. So I still do what I've always done. But I recognize what's going on out there.

Say something that you don't really believe that you know will get you viral reaction and clicks and people will talk about you and you will provoke and you will incite. I just wanted to say things that were on my mind that I meant that I could defend and that I could back up and elevate a conversation. So I still do what I've always done. But I recognize what's going on out there.

And by the way, I'm not judging. That works for people. That works for people. That's just not the way I do it. And really quickly, back to construction.

And by the way, I'm not judging. That works for people. That works for people. That's just not the way I do it. And really quickly, back to construction.

Yes, thank you. This is why one of the reasons I go hard and have always gone hard, I did get out of the business for a minute. And it went badly, badly. I went in, I had a bad experience my senior year in high school or in college where I worked for a radio station for nine months for free, happy to do it. And then the news director says to me, I got good news for you, son.

Yes, thank you. This is why one of the reasons I go hard and have always gone hard, I did get out of the business for a minute. And it went badly, badly. I went in, I had a bad experience my senior year in high school or in college where I worked for a radio station for nine months for free, happy to do it. And then the news director says to me, I got good news for you, son.

We got you a paying job. And I'm like, man, Not only am I on a commercial radio station, not the college station, but a commercial station paid. Hell yes. My time. He goes, all you have to do is cut a demo tape, play it for the owner. He signs off and we are gold, baby. I'm like, you got it. I knock out this tape. I give it to the owner.

We got you a paying job. And I'm like, man, Not only am I on a commercial radio station, not the college station, but a commercial station paid. Hell yes. My time. He goes, all you have to do is cut a demo tape, play it for the owner. He signs off and we are gold, baby. I'm like, you got it. I knock out this tape. I give it to the owner.

And the owner goes back to the news director, my boss, and goes, I hate this kid. I hate him. He's not on my station. And I'm like, I already am on your station for free once a week. And I'm like, that's a bad experience. I can't control my destiny. I don't like that because I have a family business to fall back on. So I go to my same father. I'm like, hey, dad, I'm going to come to work for you.

And the owner goes back to the news director, my boss, and goes, I hate this kid. I hate him. He's not on my station. And I'm like, I already am on your station for free once a week. And I'm like, that's a bad experience. I can't control my destiny. I don't like that because I have a family business to fall back on. So I go to my same father. I'm like, hey, dad, I'm going to come to work for you.

And he looks at me and he says, hey, son, the hell you are. I'm like, what? He's like, you're not working here. I'm like, what father doesn't want their son to be a legacy and follow in their footsteps? He said, me. You never once expressed any interest in this business. You cannot work here. I'm like, wow. because I was young and dumb. I just, I'm like big house, nice car, president.

And he looks at me and he says, hey, son, the hell you are. I'm like, what? He's like, you're not working here. I'm like, what father doesn't want their son to be a legacy and follow in their footsteps? He said, me. You never once expressed any interest in this business. You cannot work here. I'm like, wow. because I was young and dumb. I just, I'm like big house, nice car, president.