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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
That's why I pointed him. Then Trump gets upset that Russia has been removed from the G8 for quite some time, Donald. He's like, that should never have happened. That should never have happened. That's what you're talking about while a war has just broken out between India and Pakistan? Play this clip. What's going on right now?
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
And by the way, didn't Donald Trump say that he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, that he would end the war in Gaza in 24 hours, and he would bring peace to Gaza in 24 hours? Remember he said that peace he promised. Remember Donald Trump said that no wars would start? Well, there you have it.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
Donald Trump then gets upset when he finds out that Russia has been banned from playing in the World Cup. He's like, I didn't know that. I just found that out. Here, play this clip. It's going to be very strong. Thank you. Yes.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
Then you have J.D. Vance threatening tourists who show up in the United States to watch the World Cup in 2026. And J.D. Vance says you better leave when you're supposed to go or else Kristi Noem, less Secretary Noem, is going to come after you. Play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
Oh, that's very funny. You're threatening people. They're going to end up in concentration camps in El Salvador. Ha ha ha. When you're actually disappearing human beings and you're putting tourists in detention centers, when you're taking tourists and basically treating them like criminals and you've destroyed tourism into the United States. You find that funny?
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
I mean, these people are sick, demented people. Speaking of, Christine Ohm, Dog Killer Homeland Security Secretary, shows that this regime is basically just like Kim Jong-un. Thank you. You're making everyone's dreams come true, Mr. President. Here, play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
You had the newswire saying Pakistan will respond to attacks by India. Military says India army says justice is served after strikes on sites in Pakistan. Donald Trump says, I don't know if I'm supposed to say soccer or football. Pakistan begins process of retaliation against India strikes. That's what's going on. And Donald Trump says the following. Let's play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
Then Donald Trump reflects on his disastrous press conference with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier in the day, where Prime Minister Carney went elbows up, stood up to Donald Trump and said, not now, not ever. Canada will never be a 51st state. And Donald Trump was like, maybe, maybe, maybe. And Prime Minister Carney is like, never, never. So now Donald Trump, again, while a war is
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
is taking place in India and Pakistan. Donald Trump is like, should I call him? I've never called him Governor Carney. Should I call him Governor Carney? Here, play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
So then finally, finally, Donald Trump says something about the attacks between India and Pakistan. And Donald Trump's response is, it's a shame. I hope it ends soon. It's a shame. Here, play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
That's your response. It's a shame. You know, maybe make phone calls, maybe reach out to NATO. Oh, wait a minute. You've alienated all your allies. You've alienated the world's community. You've created such instability that India's even going about this because they think that there's nothing that you're going to do to retaliate against them.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
So you've basically shown complete and utter weakness and capitulation around the world. By the way, that statement's the weakest thing ever as well. Then Donald Trump is asked, so why haven't you done any deals yet? And Donald Trump's like, I could announce any deal. I could announce 100 deals tomorrow. Play this clip. Yeah.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
You got more Donald Trump attacking New York Attorney General Letitia James. I don't randomly play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
I've known Donald Trump then talks about Um, uh, he's asked a question about progress as it relates to, um, Russia and, and, uh, peace in Ukraine. And then Donald Trump's now like metric. He's like, I did it. I solved it. Russia would have taken over Ukraine, but I stopped him. No, no, you didn't. You didn't do anything at all. But this is Donald Trump's new view. We won.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
I did what I said I was going to do there. They are stopped. Play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
And then Donald Trump at this bizarre press conference asks Rudy Giuliani's kid, who's one of the leaders of the 2026 World Cup task force. Trump asks Giuliani's kid, if my golf game is good, he goes, tell everyone I'm a good golfer. Tell everyone I'm a good golfer. Here, play this clip.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
So utterly deranged. So utterly deranged. Folks, we're going to keep on following what's going on in Pakistan as well. We know that there are significant clashes between the Indian and Pakistani army ongoing in the Kashmir region. Small arms, machine guns, mortars, heavy artillery being used against military positions on both sides.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
The United Nations is out with a statement the world cannot afford. a military confrontation between India and Pakistan. Pakistan's information minister tells Sky News that they have shot down two Indian jets. Reports of another fighter jet being down over South Kashmir, which has hit a school. Lieutenant General of Pakistan says it's an act of war.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
A war has just broken out between India and Pakistan as India struck targets in an area in Kashmir controlled by Pakistan. What is Donald Trump doing while that was taking place? He was holding a 2026 World Cup playoff. planning task force. That was one of the most bizarre press events that I've ever seen. Just take a look what the newswire was saying.
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Trump Holds Inexplicable Press Event as War Starts
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WSJ What’s News
India Sees a Golden Opportunity in U.S.-China Trade War
In an age of unprecedented disruption and opportunity, success depends on what you do with your data and how fast you do it.
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India Sees a Golden Opportunity in U.S.-China Trade War
Elsewhere in higher ed news, the Education Department says it will start collecting on defaulted federal student loans for the first time since 2020 when collections were put on pause due to the pandemic. According to the department, borrowers in default will receive an email asking them to make a monthly payment, enroll in an income-driven repayment plan, or sign up for loan rehabilitation.
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President Trump is vowing to stick by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in spite of new revelations that the Pentagon chief used his personal phone to place sensitive military information into a signal chat featuring his wife, personal lawyer, and others.
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Speaking at the White House Easter Egg Roll yesterday, Trump said that Hegseth was doing a great job, while Hegseth blamed former staffers he fired over alleged leaks of information for running to reporters.
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According to U.S. officials, Trump is unlikely to fire Hexeth at least anytime soon, given the political capital he spent to get him confirmed. Dismissing him could also raise questions about why he held on to National Security Advisor Mike Walz after he added a reporter to a separate signal chat about military plans. the U.S.
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is dialing up its trade dispute with China, targeting the regional supply chains of some of its leading solar panel manufacturers with triple and even quadruple-digit tariffs. I asked Journal Energy Transition reporter Ed Ballard what effect the new levies on imported solar cells from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia could have on the global renewables market.
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Ed, is that the only outlook for American industry here? I see that one U.S. coalition, the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, came out and called this tariff action a decisive victory for U.S. manufacturers.
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India Sees a Golden Opportunity in U.S.-China Trade War
And in market action today, U.S. stock futures are pointing to a higher open following yesterday's rout, which was spurred by trade anxiety and concerns over President Trump's attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell. A wave of big industrial earnings is due this morning, including from Lockheed Martin, while Tesla's results are due after the market close.
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And the IMF will release its World Economic Outlook at 9 a.m. Eastern. a window into its view on the global economy and inflation amid Trump's tariffs. Coming up, the US and India agree to talk trade. We'll catch up with our editor in New Delhi about what could be on the table after the break.
WSJ What’s News
India Sees a Golden Opportunity in U.S.-China Trade War
The U.S. and India have agreed to broad terms of negotiation for a potential bilateral trade deal. That news followed a meeting between Vice President J.D. Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and we report that the talks will likely be broader in scope than the deals the U.S. is seeking with dozens of countries before a pause on reciprocal tariffs ends in July.
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India Sees a Golden Opportunity in U.S.-China Trade War
Tripti Lahiri is the journal's South Asia bureau chief. Tripti, I know that when Prime Minister Modi visited Washington in February, he offered to expand bilateral trade substantially. Decode that for us in the context of these talks.
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It's Tuesday, April 22nd. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. Harvard is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the government violated the university's constitutional rights by freezing billions of dollars in federal funding and jeopardizing its academic independence.
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That mention of the high duties that Tesla had been complaining about, that's a good segue to some reporting that you had for us earlier this month, noting India's long history with tariffs, part of a protectionist strategy that it first pursued after independence from Britain. How does that factor into how the government may be looking at this current moment?
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You mentioned the 90s were seen as an opportunity for India to pivot away from the USSR, but that now some see this as a golden opportunity. How so?
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OK, so maybe an opportunity here for India to siphon away business from China, but maybe also from other regional economies, many of which are targeted with much higher reciprocal tariff rates than India.
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Tripti Lahiri is The Wall Street Journal's South Asia Bureau Chief. Tripti, thank you so much for the update.
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And that's it for What's News for this Tuesday morning. Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach and Kate Bullivant. Our supervising producer was Christina Rocca. And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal. We will be back tonight with a new show. Until then, thanks for listening.
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The suit asks a federal court to halt the funding freeze and declare the move, as well as demands made of the university by President Trump's anti-Semitism task force as illegal. Those demands include federal government oversight of admissions, hiring, and the ideology of students and staff, which Harvard says go against the First Amendment.
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This is the era of KX. KX, survival of the fastest. Harvard sues the Trump administration, setting up a legal fight over the president's campaign to reorder elite higher education. Plus, Washington slaps heavy tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia and why the escalating U.S. trade war with China is a golden opportunity for India.
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The task force, which in recent weeks has shaken up several top American universities, says it's targeting schools that failed to protect Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests last year. A White House spokesman responded to Harvard's suit, saying the university had failed to meet the basic conditions of accessing taxpayer funding.
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We like to start off with backgrounds and childhoods and things like that. So in your own words, you were a fat kid growing up. At one point, you were almost 300 pounds. And it turns out you were sick and you didn't even know it. So talk to us about your health journey and how you ended up starting this path on biohacking.
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Yeah.
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That's super powerful. So speaking of being a futurist, you think that people are going to start living a lot longer. And you say that you think you're going to live to 180 years old. Now, the average human.
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I didn't realize that. So you think you're going to live to at least 180 years old. I believe you. I mean, I know that you've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars biohacking your body and we can get into that later. So I definitely believe you on this because humans are, you know. living to be older and hopefully we figure out the science to do this.
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But talk to us about why you think this is even possible, because a lot of people are hearing that and, you know, the average lifespan is 80 years old and we're tacking on 100 years to that. Why is that even possible, in your opinion?
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120 or something like that.
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Yeah, your tongue is blue. What's that about?
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You're definitely going to want to try this for your business. Again, that's linkedin.com slash profiting. Terms and conditions apply only on LinkedIn ads. Do you think that there's a max limit to the human lifespan? I just want to pick your brain about the future, what humans will look like in your opinion.
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That is so interesting. And it's so important. I definitely want to drive this point home. There's like 13 million people by I think 2050 are going to have Alzheimer's. And I think the rate of Alzheimer's is at an all-time high. It keeps increasing. And there's so much dementia going on.
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And like you said, when we think of older people, we think of children now instead of these wise people where we should be getting information from. And it's so important that as we all grow older, that people actually have the mental capacity to tell the knowledge to everybody else so that we can learn from those people.
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Oh my God.
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Well, that's really cool. I mean, everybody knows you as Bulletproof, Dave Asprey. That's what we know you as. But it turns out you had a whole super successful career before all of this. You made $6 million by the time you were 26. You had a very successful career. And I actually did a bunch of research and found out that you were the first person to ever sell anything on the internet.
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Yeah. I'm so happy that you're working on all this kind of stuff. It's really important that you're doing this kind of work. So a couple last questions before we move on to Fast This Way. You're currently, I believe, 49 years old. I'd love to know. 48.
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That's exactly what I was going to ask you. And by the way, I totally agree. I look way younger than I am. And I hate when- Are you like 24? No, I'm not. I'm in my early 30s and nobody believes, and like I look way younger.
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And so I hate when people ask me because I'm like, no, I worked out my whole life. I eat healthy and yeah, I look younger and I'm not, I don't feel my age. And so I love that, like saying a percentage of your goal. So what are you biologically and how do you figure that out?
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And the second part of the question is how much money have you spent on this and what are the types of things that you do to reverse your aging?
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So talk to us about your whole background before being the father of biohacking.
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Yeah. Well, this has been so interesting. I would love to move on to your book, Fast This Way, because there's so much...
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You wanted to know how much I spent. Yes, how much you spent. And what are the types of things that you're spending your money on?
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Love it. So why don't well, let me ask you one other thing. What is it? So you spent two million dollars. What would you say is the most effective thing that you've done so far?
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Hmm. Okay. Well, this is a great segue into your new book that came out last January called Fast This Way. So I thought the best way to kick this off is to get your definition of fasting because it's not only about food.
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I remember when I used to sit down to review our company's monthly budget, spreadsheets open, coffee in hand, and wasting 45 minutes just trying to find clear, up-to-date numbers from our bank accounts. I couldn't get a clear picture of our cashflow without toggling between tabs and downloading clunky PDFs. And that's when I realized we needed something smarter.
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That's shopify.com slash profiting. So let's stick on that since you brought it up, skipping breakfast. I think it's, you got to wait six hours. I think in your book, you said six hours after you wake up is when you should first, you know, break your fast, I guess, or eat your lunch. Is that true?
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Okay.
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So fastestway.com. I'll stick that in my show notes. So when people think about fasting, I think the big buzzword is ketosis. Everybody knows about ketosis and that's what they want to enter into a state of ketosis. But then there's also another important world called autophagy. Phagy? Autophagy?
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Autophagy. Sorry, I read it. I didn't hear it. Autophagy, right? So tell us about the difference between ketosis and autophagy.
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It is so, so interesting. You know, I was always never a fan of fasting because I grew up Muslim. Right. I'm the least religious person ever.
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And so, like, I was tortured being fasted fasting during Ramadan. And it was so hard because you're not even allowed to drink water. And I think spiritually, I respect it. You know, I don't I haven't fasted since. high school because I decided that it made me sluggish and that I couldn't compete. I wasn't going to... When I was getting my MBA, I was like, I won't get a 4.0 if I fast.
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When I was in corporate, I won't be competitive. Now I'm an entrepreneur. Same thing. I feel like I can't be competitive if I'm fasting for a month. And then plus, I feel like it's kind of an unhealthy way to do it. So you only eat... when it's dark outside.
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And a lot of people usually wake up at 4 a.m., they eat, then they'll eat again at like 7 or 8 when the sun goes down, and they'll probably eat all night. And then you can't have water or coffee during the day. So what do you think about this kind of fasting? It can't be good for you.
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I don't know. Losing weight?
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Dave Asprey: Biohacking for High Performing Entrepreneurs | Mental Health | YAPClassic
Water? Okay.
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Yeah. So, well, that's all really helpful. I guess you gave me a little bit of motivation to figure out how I could do it.
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Hmm. That's, that's super interesting. So let's talk about, uh, I know we're running a little short on time, so actually I'm going to skip to something else. Let's do a quick fire segment. I'm going to rattle off some ways that you can fast and why don't you tell us quickly what they are and the good and the bad with each one. So let's start with the 16, eight fast.
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Dave Asprey: Biohacking for High Performing Entrepreneurs | Mental Health | YAPClassic
Okay. Let's do OMAD, one meal a day.
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Dave Asprey: Biohacking for High Performing Entrepreneurs | Mental Health | YAPClassic
The 5-2 fast.
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Dave Asprey: Biohacking for High Performing Entrepreneurs | Mental Health | YAPClassic
Okay. Spontaneous meal skipping. Okay.
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Hmm. Okay, so let's go back to, you just mentioned something that I want to touch on. You said that women and men fast differently. Why is that?
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Now I just got it. Now I got it. It took me a minute. I was like, kickstand.
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Guys, I have to say Fastest Way has so much information. There's so many things we didn't get to talk about, really, like sleep related to fasting, exercise related to fasting. You guys can get all that information in Dave's book. Dave, the last question I ask all my guests is what is your secret to profiting in life?
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Love it. And where can our listeners go to learn more about you and everything that you do?
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Amazing. Thank you so much. I love this conversation. It was so good.
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Yeah. Oh, my gosh. What a cool story. And probably so many people tuning in had no idea that you were the first one to sell anything on the Internet.
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So you had this computer science background and you also had a love of coffee pretty early, which is which is kind of funny looking at your career now and the fact that you created Bulletproof Coffee so many years later and it's all started with caffeine T-shirts. It's kind of do you ever look back at that and think like, wow, like I was on to it already, like since back then?
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Yeah. So let's go back to you said you got into Entrepreneur Magazine. I think I read that you were 297 pounds when you were in that magazine. So what made you decide like, you know what, I've had it with computer science. I want to kind of take what I learned with computer science and apply it to my body now because I'm almost 300 pounds.
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I'm just going to say I love that. I just love the story. You go ahead.
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Hmm.
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That is such an amazing story. And it's so cool how just having good intentions will almost always when you're starting a business or starting something, having good intentions and just wanting to help people, eventually the money will come find you. You know, you just wanted to put that information out there to the world.
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And it all worked out because you were doing a service to others and having pure intentions with it. I find that a lot with all the people that I talk with.