Dave Smith: belief

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…Yeah, yeah, yeah. I already know you, and it’s not just that we have friends of friends, but I’ve just seen so much of your stuff that it’s like I know who you are. And then it’s weird because people come up to you and they’re like that. It’s like they know you. I’ve had this experience. I had this experience with Joe. I knew him before I knew him. That was one of the things that I really learned from doing the podcast over the years, was how much that’s actually a relationship. You actually have a relationship with your listeners. In the same way that you can’t lie to people in your life, you also can’t lie to your… They’re a relationship too. You can’t lie to your audience. I think that there’s often almost shortcuts that are presented before you, but there is a payoff to not taking the shortcuts and to doing it the way you want to do it. What do you think is the number of hours it takes to form a relationship? Because I absolutely agree with you. First of all, I should say I’m a huge podcast fan. I’ve listened to you as a guest and your own show a lot. I think with you I’ve already crossed the threshold of hours where I feel like we’re friends, one way, and I guess because you listen to me, it’s the other way, which are separate, parallel [inaudible 02:42:20].…

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