Dave Smith: evaluation

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…Mm-hmm. … the people who he sees as the good guys, the guy’s worth helping. I just think that’s such an unbelievable thing. The first time Rogan had me on his podcast was, I believe, in 2016. I might’ve had 5,000 followers or something like that. I was completely unknown. I did nothing for him. It was just the fact that he heard me on Ari’s show and he was like, “Oh, I like what this guy’s got to say. I think this is cool. Let’s talk about it.”. Again, he’s just been such a great guy to me. And at every little angle, everything you open for him, he takes care of you better than anybody else does. You’d work his club, his club pays better than anybody else does. He’s always great to the people who are around him. I have a wife, I have two little kids. He’s put me in a situation where I can provide a great life for them. Don’t get me wrong, I did something with the opportunity. It’s not like he just gave me… He gave me the opportunity and I did something with it. But still, he didn’t have to give me that opportunity. I will go to my grave being enormously grateful for his friendship and the platform that he’s given me. I try not to abuse this, but there’s been a few points over the years where I was like, “I really need advice on this.”, and I’ve gone to him and he’s been the absolute best, literally, every single time. I followed it a few times. A few times I didn’t follow his advice, and I really regret not following his advice. But he was the absolute best guy to be like, ” All right, let’s talk about this. ”. And the last thing I’ll say is that it’s freaking crazy, because he’s got more shit going on than anybody else in the world and is still very interested to take time out to discuss some thing that I’m asking him about, which is a really, really great quality. Yeah, always takes a phone call. Yeah, you’re right about the advice. His advice is spot on. For me personally, what’s needed is he’s been through so many fires that he’s really good at making you feel like don’t fucking worry about it.…

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