It's Not What Happens To You

Mark begins with self awareness and the flywheel of life - How we respond to things now versus when we were younger Jim shares his thoughts on the wheel and self awareness. "We grow bitter or we grow better" He say we work hard not to grow into the bitter old man Jim shares his "only in San Francisco" story. Parking meters and silly parking laws. "Only in San Francisco" Mark comments after laughing about how upside down San Francisco is right now Jim laughs at how he responded to the crazy - over emotional Mark gets into the laughter and jokes about San Fran being bizarro world Mark shares his Honda driving story and how competitive he used to be Both guys agree that conflict is more dangerous now Mark - "I used to lose m y shit in my car" Mark shares his car conflict - "Merry Christmas" Mark talks about pausing and  readdressing how he responds to other drivers now Jim reflects again on his parking ticket story They both laugh again at "only in San Francisco" Mark says "all this shit's a choice". You either make your choices or you give your choices away…and that is also a choice Self awareness makes you happier. You don't have control over much Jim says being self aware allows you to calm things down. It's a sign of good leadership Both guys think we are moving away from woke and back toward free speech Mark quotes Scott Galloway's Ted talk and "Do you love Your Kids" Jim says our future leaders need to change the narrative - Stop scaring and misleading the kids M ark says Biden is compromised across the board Jim says more people are liking Trump because he speaks from his heart - not scripted Mark says the election is going to be interesting He says we are getting distracted from root causes and distracted with propaganda Mark says the Dems are propping up abortion because it works. And there are maybe 10 topics more important than that. Safety, economy, border, etc… Mark uses "the river to the sea" example. What river?  What sea? Jim had a young man change his perspective about the protests today. The young people today don't know what they are protesting and many of the protesters are paid agitators Our young people have been scared, misled and screwed by Covid. There anger and frustration is almost justified. They got a shit sandwich Mark says it's still just "other things" and they're still just choices Jim brings up the frat boys who raised the flag and then a go-fund me to the tune of half a mil Mark brings up pausing in response to negative emotions Jim shares his dinner story with some Disney related folks and how Disney is aggressively moving away from woke. The biggest box offices are pro America movies Mark says we will continue to hear things that don't make sense while Biden is still in office Mark talks about the value of focus, objectivity and respect in having challenging conversations You have to hold people accountable to what they say and do Jim says capitalism fixes things. The market dictates what people will do eventually Then he brings up Bud Light, Target and Planet Fitness as examples of wokeness backfiring Mark says life is a meritocracy. Sports is life and it's great for kids. Work ethic, consistency, respect…These messages work everywhere Jim mentions the San Francisco government school entity that is going bankrupt. Enrollment dropped Different testing for different races…it's a comedy show Florida and California are different planets. Jim says where he lives might as well be Texas or Florida Mark says that why many laws belong down at the local level Mark ends with self awareness, choices, how you respond to thing - you are regaining control over your happiness Jim says if you ever go to San Fran…remember to turn your wheels