EP 165 Interview With the Worlds Youngest Inspirational Speaker.
In this special episode of the "Pretty and Punk Podcast," join hosts Dan Caldwell and ILdiko Ferenczi, alongside their son Daniel, as they explore the intersection of entrepreneurship, parenting, and personal growth. With their unique blend of experiences.
Dan and ILdiko dive deep into the challenges and joys of nurturing future leaders within the family. This episode shines a spotlight on young Daniel's journey as he steps into the world of public speaking, sharing insights from his recent standing ovation-worthy performance in front of his largest audience yet.
Hear these inspiring insights, from the world’s youngest inspirational speaker, as he recounts what he does to prepare for these big speeches. Discover the power of positive affirmations, the impact of embracing practice despite fear, and the ripple effect of inspiring others by simply pursuing one's passion.
Whether you're a budding a young entrepreneur of your own, or a parent striving for balance, this episode promises to leave you with valuable takeaways and a heart full of inspiration. Tune in to hear a family's story of love, ambition, and the belief that when you inspire the people around you, you can ultimately change the world a little bit at a time.
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I feel like not doing it and
the practice always takes such
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hard work,
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but I know you need to do hard work
to finish your goal. That's right.
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I just feel like not
doing it, but I have to,
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so I do it anyway. That's.
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Great. That's amazing. I love
that answer. That's such.
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A good answer.
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No. Oh, that's better, right, babe?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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She founded an architectural
concrete company. He.
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Founded a hundred million
dollars clothing company.
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She took the world by storm
as a social media star. He.
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Took the world by storm as a
famous serial entrepreneur.
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Together we started a.
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Business and had babies.
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Now we're figuring out
the best ways to do both.
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Join us as we learn from other
entrepreneurs going through the same life
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struggles.
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As they share their life,
hacks about success, love.
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Kids, and everything in between.
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Whether you think you can or you
think you can't, you are right.
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Quote by Henry Ford.
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Everything is possible for
the person who believes.
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Mark 9 23.
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Hi guys. Welcome to the
pretty and Punk podcast.
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My name is Dan Caldwell and I'm
here with my beautiful wife. You.
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The Cole Fed. Yeah.
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Here to her to really
spice it up. Spice. And.
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I'm Daniel and I'm here with
my beautiful sister Destiny.
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And this is a very special
episode for us because.
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Wait, we didn't introduce
a podcast. Welcome to the.
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Pretty punk.
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Business Parent Podcast. Podcast.
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Didn't say that. Didn't I say
that? No. Welcome to the Yes.
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I did. I said it at the beginning.
It's what I started with.
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It's what I like. No, because
he never got to say his.
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Part. He didn't say it because I started
talking to you about your introduction.
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See, we missed it.
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See, I wasn't even listening
to my sweet husband. Hold on.
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Let him tell everybody.
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What is the podcast about?
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It's about including your children.
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No, but what is the it's for?
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It's for.
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Entrepreneurs with kids are thinking
about having kids like me and my sister.
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There we go.
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Say hi, destiny.
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Hi. Oh boy. Oh, this is
going to be a fun one. Yeah.
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This is going to be
good. The funniest one.
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Apple. Of course.
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So this is really a special
podcast because we wanted to,
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Daniel recently spoke on
stage in front of 3000
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people and 3000.
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And something people.
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And he did an amazing job
and he got a standing,
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unbelievable. I saw women
in the front row crying.
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Just unbelievable what this kid
can do. I really truly believe it,
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just because of the way
we're bringing him up.
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So we thought we would
interview him. This is not,
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we didn't practice this or anything.
So whatever happens, happens.
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And we'll see how it goes. We're.
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A little nervous.
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But the crazy thing is he's already
getting booked for speeches already.
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And this is a dream of his.
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And I guess I have to rewind a little
bit. When I was pregnant with him,
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he's my miracle baby. I couldn't get
pregnant for years and then boom,
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all of a sudden it happened.
And weirdly enough, I.
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Had a little something to do with that.
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Kind of possibly. But what,
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two years earlier, it was at a Tony
Robbins event. Event. That's right.
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And.
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Something about me.
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It was something about you
at the end of the event.
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Event,
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he basically told us to talk to our
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future selves about
something that's impossible.
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And I thought it was going to
be manifesting or praying for.
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I think I agree on that.
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Yes, you do.
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But I wrote to my future
unborn child, I said,
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do you want something impossible?
That's what it's going to be.
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And two years later, I got pregnant and.
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Had me.
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Yes. And I was speaking. As
soon as I knew I was pregnant,
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I was speaking over him
and just pouring into him
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powerful words and just telling
him he was going to be incredible
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how loved he was going to be. That should.
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Be totally true, because you
tell me that all the time.
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That's.
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Right. You actually had this
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microphone thing that went on your belly
and you would plug it into your phone
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or recorder.
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And he'd be listening.
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To like Tony.
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Robbins messages, Tonys podcast,
and Jerry, Joel, Steve. Yeah.
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So it's now wonder he's sitting
some of those words right now.
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Tell me this all the time. From
time to time to time to time.
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That's right. I think we need.
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To, so I think you tell me that because
you just don't want me to forget it.
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That's.
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Right. That's exactly.
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Why I don't want you to forget
how great you are and all the
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capability.
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Why can't you just tell me
it from year to year to year?
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Because I have to tell you every day.
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Yes, you inspire us so much, buddy.
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That I think it makes us want to
remind you because we know you
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already know this is.
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From day to day to day to day. Yes.
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This is from month to month to month.
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Okay. Maybe we'll just do
it from month to month now.
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Yeah. And this is from beauty.
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We can't, we got to tell you every.
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Day, this is from you, to
you, to you. Okay. One, two.
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Why don't we start the
interview. Can we interview you?
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Oh.
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Wonderful. We brought you
on. What's your full name?
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Daniel Inc.
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Incorporated.
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So if you can't tell already
we're in a different studio.
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So the mics sound a little bit different,
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interview. We really want you to hear it.
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It's so good. And so before
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Daniel,
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what made you want to become
an entrepreneur and a speaker?
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What inspired you to start doing that?
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Well, my parents,
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inspiring other people
makes me want to do it.
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So my parents inspiring other people,
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so they inspire me by
inspiring other people.
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They don't inspire me what
they're doing for other people.
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When I see them doing it, it looks fun,
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so I want to do it too.
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But sometimes I get scared because
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what if I go and then they go boo.
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So that's why I'm always a bit
scared to do a speech in front of
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some people.
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So I feel like not doing
it and the practice always
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takes such hard work,
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but I know you need to do
hard work to finish your goal.
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I just feel like not
doing it, but I have to.
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So I do it anyway. That's great.
That's amazing. I love that.
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Answer. That is such a good answer.
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That's wonderful. Good answer. So
honey, I have a question for you.
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No, wait, can I keep saying
something real quick? Sure.
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Finish your.
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Thought.
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I'm super duper excited
to be back on the podcast.
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I know you are. I know.
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I know you are. Now. Go on.
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Okay, so my question for you is,
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what is your favorite
thing about speaking?
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I dunno, but I'm going to
try to give you some answers.
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The thing right now is that
I get to inspire people.
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That's great. That's what your
favorite part about it is.
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Yeah,
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and my favorite part of my last
speech is all of them cheering for
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me. That.
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Was awesome.
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How did that make your heart feel?
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How did that make your heart feel when
you knew you were helping people when
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they came to you and said, wow,
that if you can do it, I can do it.
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How did that make your heart feel?
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It makes it feel easy,
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but when I started doing it, I got really,
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really hard. I have to
do all the hard work,
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but I'd have to do it anyways though.
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I love that.
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Who are some of your favorite speakers
that inspire you that you learned from?
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I'll tell you all of
them. Louis, how's Gary v.
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Steve Jobs And who's that guy
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and who we watch live?
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Who we watch every Sunday? Joel?
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Yeah.
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Oh, grant Cardone. No.
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No, the other guy.
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The other guy who speaks in
front of all those people.
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Who goes.
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Tony Robbins? Yeah.
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Yeah, him.
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That's the one you listen
to through my belly.
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Yes. That's wonderful.
You love Tony Robbins.
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Come sit on my lap then.
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I can't see you.
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Daniel. What is the hardest part
about speaking to an audience?
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The hardest part. Wait, wait.
So what do you mean by that?
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Is.
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There anything you feel
is challenging or hard?
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Oh my gosh.
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I think I already told you
that the hardest part is
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practicing,
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but you have to do it anyways
so you can be good at something.
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So sometimes you might want to practice,
sometimes you might not want to.
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But you do it anyway. Yeah.
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You have to do that anyway. That's.
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Great. That's what I do. It's amazing.
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How big would that audience that
you spoke in front of the last one?
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Oh.
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That was the big one.
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You've done a few speech,
but the largest audience.
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Oh, the largest audience
was my last audience.
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And how big was it?
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3000 And something people.
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Was it amazing?
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Yeah.
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And the theater was amazing too. It.
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Was beautiful.
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And the audience before
that was about a bit bigger.
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I mean a bit smaller than that.
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It was about a hundred and between
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110, somewhere in between there.
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Oh, that's wonderful. Hey Daniel,
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how do you handle setbacks or failures?
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Wait, did I mention 50?
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Yes.
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Oh, okay.
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How do you handle setbacks and failures?
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Okay,
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so I'm going to tell you how I handle
failures to make them set back.
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So first I do something wrong,
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but not on purpose.
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I just do it by an
accident and I keep doing
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it and doing it until I get it
right. Everybody knows that.
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A lot of people do. So it becomes
a lesson, a very valuable lesson.
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Everybody does that though.
A lot of people know that,
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but they don't all do that.
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That's what separates the people who are
successful from the people that are not
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successful.
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But that's why I'm telling
these, these people.
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How you learned.
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No, no, no. Wait, I'm going to tell
the audience something right now. Okay.
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So guys,
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you need to practice from your mistakes
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so you can do something,
right? Don't just be like,
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I'm just going to give this up.
I'm not going to do it anymore.
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I'm going to give up.
You shouldn't do that.
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You should actually just keep going.
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Yes.
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So you can fulfill what you needed to do.
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Your destiny.
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And your purpose.
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To fill your destiny and
your God-given purpose.
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Yeah. What would you tell other,
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it's beautiful young entrepreneurs
or who want people who want
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kids that want to speak in an
audience. What could you tell them?
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What inspiration would you tell them or
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what's something that you could
tell them to get them started?
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Can we try to tone those lights down?
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It's getting a bit too
bright for my eyes down.
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My eyes are starting to get itchy.
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Okay, well this will be the
last one. We'll wrap it up.
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Okay.
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And I'll turn them right off and we'll go.
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Do you want me to ask the
question again or do you know?
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Wait, no.
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So what advice can you give to
other young entrepreneurs and kids
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that want to start speaking or
want to start their own business?
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What advice can you give them? They.
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Might feel scared like me all the
time. I feel scared all the time
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when I'm about to do an
audience speaking show.
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But I'm still scared
when I'm about to do it.
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But I just keep practicing and
practicing and when it's the
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day when I have to do it,
I just go on stage. And
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if I forget something
and I don't even know it,
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well you don't even know it,
so you'll just keep going.
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But if you do forget something
and you do notice it,
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that's what I'm scared of.
Yeah, but you do, you could go
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and like I said, a couple minutes later,
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they might go boo like that,
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but they don't.
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And you're really good because you
put all the So don't think about it.
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Don't be
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just be like so be like
this in your head. Oh no,
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I forgot something, but I
don't know what that line is,
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so I'm just going to skip that
line and go to the next line.
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Exactly. Yeah.
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And that is so good, Daniel.
That is so smart. But.
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I haven't told you how I do
it for other kids. Okay, sure,
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go ahead. So
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if I will meet and there was
another person of me and they
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were scared to do an audio
show for the first time,
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but I did lots
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because I'm a future me.
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So I would say this,
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you should just believe in your
goal like I did when I was little
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like you. That's right.
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So you should do what I did actually.
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Well, but if this was real,
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if I wasn't actually a future me,
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I would let him be. He would
do the same thing as me.
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I was a future me.
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So do you have some
inspirational words for.
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Them? If it was like a
different kid, I'd be like,
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you just need to believe in it.
You need to believe in your goal.
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Believe in yourself.
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If you don't believe in
yourself, you can achieve.
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Oh, I love.
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That. I love that. If you
believe you can achieve.
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That's your words. You.
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Used to say that. Do you remember.
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That? Yeah. We were at the grocery
store and I was like, that's.
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The video.
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I recorded I cannot achieve.
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I said, what did you say? You said,
if you believe you can achieve.
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I like this. I believe,
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I mean I achieve because I believe that's.
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What, that's.
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Exactly.
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What you said. I was like, hold on.
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I'm so glad I was recording
when you said that. Yeah.
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It's so cute.
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That's awesome. Well thank you.
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Good job Daniel. Daniel.
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For joining us on the pretty and
punk business Parent podcast.
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Podcast. Today.
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Entrepreneurs with kids are thinking
about having kids. That's like me.
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And your sister.
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Yeah, and my sister over there.
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Daniel, I really feel like you sparked
something within someone out there.
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And I am so grateful that you
were able to touch some hearts and
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inspire how people get over.
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Some stage.
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Fright. Even grownups.
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There's going to be parents out there
that show this to their kids and they're
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going to say,
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look at this little 6-year-old who's
out there speaking in front of all these
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people in front of adults.
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And inspiring them. So
if any kids watch this,
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I'm just say this to them.
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So if you are about to speak on stage,
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don't be scared. I was, well,
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you can be a little bit, just don't,
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I'm not going to do this practice.
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I just want to skip the
event. Don't be like that.
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You just have to keep practicing and
practicing until you get it right.
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Sometimes you might forget
what you say and if you notice
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it, don't be like, don't like that.
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So you should only be
like, oh hey Mr. Paul,
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do that in your head.
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Don't speak it out loud
or they'll hear you.
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You should.
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So you should just keep
going to the next ward.
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If you dunno next that ward,
just go to the next ward then.
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But if you forget it by accident and
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you don't even know it that you forgot it,
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you'll just keep going.
That's what you should do
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when you forget it by an
accident. And you notice.
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That's true. Daniel, you
have great advice for kids,
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but what about, do you think you're
inspiring people when you speak?
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Of course I do.
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What do you think you're
inspiring them to do?
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Do what they believe in,
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to do what they don't
believe in they can do.
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I inspire them to do it though.
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That's awesome.
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That's right.
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Well, thank you so much for joining
us on it. You are so inspiring, buddy.
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When you get up on stage,
I see these adults.
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Inspire, inspire and come to.
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Me. Me. Yeah. You do
inspire me. And you also,
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you're inspiring these parents
that come up to us and go,
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I'm going to show this to my little
kid. They were filming videos.
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All those cameras that were up,
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they're filming the video and a lot
of 'em posted on their social medias.
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But they said a lot of parents
came up to me and said,
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I'm going to take this home and show
this to my kids so that they can see
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you doing this.
00:21:25
Because they want to inspire their kids
to do something special like that. Can.
00:21:29
I tell something to the people
out there? If you get kids,
00:21:34
show this to them right now. If they're,
00:21:39
they'll about
00:21:42
not you just show it to them.
00:21:45
Yeah.
00:21:46
That's awesome bud. And that's true.
00:21:48
After you show it to them,
00:21:53
they'll know how to speak on stage.
00:21:55
You're right. You're right. Yeah.
00:21:57
He's so right. Daniel. Daniel. Also,
00:22:01
what was so crazy is not
only did he inspire children,
00:22:04
but he inspired all those adults
to try to get over their own
00:22:09
stage fright. Oh yeah. And
I think that that's lot.
00:22:11
Of adults that said, I would.
00:22:13
Not, they were telling what.
00:22:14
Your son just did. He.
00:22:15
Was getting so was so great. Anyway, I.
00:22:19
Got my own autograph.
00:22:21
Yeah. Sit down. Sit.
00:22:22
Down. I get my own autograph.
00:22:23
Yeah. When you signed that guy's thing.
00:22:27
Yeah. Remember you met a few great
speakers up there too. You did so good.
00:22:32
And you're going to continue to do amazing
things and I can't wait to see what
00:22:37
you do in the future, Daniel.
You just blow me away. Mike, you.
00:22:40
And your sister are going to do great.
00:22:42
Things. Yes. And your sister will. Very.
00:22:44
Proud of you guys.
00:22:45
You guys, I know she's going to
start inspiring people too. Right.
00:22:50
Destiny.
00:22:51
What?
00:22:54
Okay guys. Well thank you so much for.
00:22:56
Joining us and our family.
00:22:59
Thanks for listening to the,
oh wait, nevermind. Yeah.
00:23:03
Say it the pretty punk.
00:23:04
For listening to the pretty punk.
00:23:07
Business.
00:23:08
Business.
00:23:12
See.
00:23:12
If you change it too many
times, that's what happens.
00:23:17
Thinking about.
00:23:17
Having Absolutely.
00:23:20
My sister.
00:23:21
That's right.
00:23:22
Thank you for joining
us for the Pretty Punk.
00:23:26
Business Parent podcast.
00:23:29
And thank you for joining our family.
00:23:31
And be sure to check us out on
Instagram at the Pretty Punk
00:23:36
podcast or pretty punk.com and we'd love
00:23:41
to hear message from you. We're
really responsive on Instagram.
00:23:44
Especially. Definitely connect with us.
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We're going to have some
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00:23:52
and we'll see you guys next
time. Yes, God bless. God bless.
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