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Where I can't know what the questions are and neither can my dad. So our colleague at the time, Rosie, she wrote the questions and they're beautiful. And And the reason that I can't be the one asking the questions in the experience is because there's no equanimity because then I'm in control because I'm writing the questions. So I have to be just as surprised as my father.

Where I can't know what the questions are and neither can my dad. So our colleague at the time, Rosie, she wrote the questions and they're beautiful. And And the reason that I can't be the one asking the questions in the experience is because there's no equanimity because then I'm in control because I'm writing the questions. So I have to be just as surprised as my father.

That creates a safe space of equanimity. You know, I think, look, I can't have the conversation with everyone in my family. It's a testament to the relationship I have with my father that we can sit and discomfort and also allow the autonomy of the other person's opinion. For me, my father is one of the coolest, most interesting, charismatic, unique souls that I've come across in my life.

That creates a safe space of equanimity. You know, I think, look, I can't have the conversation with everyone in my family. It's a testament to the relationship I have with my father that we can sit and discomfort and also allow the autonomy of the other person's opinion. For me, my father is one of the coolest, most interesting, charismatic, unique souls that I've come across in my life.

And I wanted to obviously have the conversation with him, but in terms of publicly sharing it, because I'm a very private person, I didn't really want to do that. But then again, You know, if I'm going to talk the talk, I need to walk it too.

And I wanted to obviously have the conversation with him, but in terms of publicly sharing it, because I'm a very private person, I didn't really want to do that. But then again, You know, if I'm going to talk the talk, I need to walk it too.

And if I've been privileged to have all these incredibly courageous people to step into the ant and share a bit of themselves and their relationships with each other and with the public, I should do the same. And so I did. And fortunately, my father agreed to it as well. But there's two conversations. One, what, five years ago before, two weeks before I had life-threatening surgery.

And if I've been privileged to have all these incredibly courageous people to step into the ant and share a bit of themselves and their relationships with each other and with the public, I should do the same. And so I did. And fortunately, my father agreed to it as well. But there's two conversations. One, what, five years ago before, two weeks before I had life-threatening surgery.

And then, what, last year. Now, the law changed in those five years. I became married. I became a father. But look, I can't have that conversation with other people in my family, for instance. Not as a judgment call, but people's ability to sit in discomfort, I think, is also commensurate to the quality of their experience of living. That's my opinion.

And then, what, last year. Now, the law changed in those five years. I became married. I became a father. But look, I can't have that conversation with other people in my family, for instance. Not as a judgment call, but people's ability to sit in discomfort, I think, is also commensurate to the quality of their experience of living. That's my opinion.

And I don't mean as a judgment call of better living or worse living. I just mean the depth of the emotion of which you experience in the act of living. It's deeper. Why? Because you're sitting in more discomfort.

And I don't mean as a judgment call of better living or worse living. I just mean the depth of the emotion of which you experience in the act of living. It's deeper. Why? Because you're sitting in more discomfort.

I'm passionate, I love what I do. I get a lot of energy from it. It was not sustainable for a long time. And it was not sustainable because I had an unhealthy relationship to money. And then basically I had to do a substitution. It wasn't money, it was energy. And when I understood it was energy, what that meant for me was, okay, I'm gonna put something out into the world. It's a lot of energy.

I'm passionate, I love what I do. I get a lot of energy from it. It was not sustainable for a long time. And it was not sustainable because I had an unhealthy relationship to money. And then basically I had to do a substitution. It wasn't money, it was energy. And when I understood it was energy, what that meant for me was, okay, I'm gonna put something out into the world. It's a lot of energy.

Hopefully it has enough value in the world such that more energy comes back so that I'm not depleted, but I actually get more energy. such that I can put more energy out into the world. Now that excess energy, some people call profit. You invest into something, a service or a product. You put it out into the marketplace. You're offering value to people.

Hopefully it has enough value in the world such that more energy comes back so that I'm not depleted, but I actually get more energy. such that I can put more energy out into the world. Now that excess energy, some people call profit. You invest into something, a service or a product. You put it out into the marketplace. You're offering value to people.

You get paid for that and hopefully get in excess of the energy and the amount that you put in. And with that excess energy, that profit, you then are able to put more out into the world that can offer more value.

You get paid for that and hopefully get in excess of the energy and the amount that you put in. And with that excess energy, that profit, you then are able to put more out into the world that can offer more value.

And when I was able to do that substitution, I was able to move more freely from the vantage point of an artist, because an artist wants to create value all the time, in my opinion, but they're not looking at sustainable value over time. And I was putting a lot of things of value that were winning awards and people love, but there was no business model and not excess energy was coming back.

And when I was able to do that substitution, I was able to move more freely from the vantage point of an artist, because an artist wants to create value all the time, in my opinion, but they're not looking at sustainable value over time. And I was putting a lot of things of value that were winning awards and people love, but there was no business model and not excess energy was coming back.