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Episode 43 - I have a Secret that I have NEVER Told anyone till Now! · RealTalkwithMikeD

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Real Talk with Mike D. Alright, welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to Real Talk with Mike D. I am the one,
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  Speaker 1: the only, and the original Mike D. Ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: I have a good one for you today. I am
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  Speaker 1: going to share something with you that I have never
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  Speaker 1: shared with anybody in my entire life. And I have
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  Speaker 1: to know, are you prepared for what you are about
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  Speaker 1: to hear. I can't hear you. Are you prepared? Ladies
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  Speaker 1: and gentlemen, I, Mike D, want to be rich and famous.
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  Speaker 1: There you have it. I said it. I want to
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  Speaker 1: be rich and famous. I want the money. I want
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  Speaker 1: the recognition. I want people to know my name. And
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  Speaker 1: you know what? I am not ashamed of that at all.
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  Speaker 1: Because I think sometimes we're taught that wanting money or
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  Speaker 1: wanting fame automatically makes you shallow, selfish or materialistic. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's that simple. Because sometimes when somebody says,
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  Speaker 1: I want to be rich, what they're really saying is,
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  Speaker 1: I'm tired of struggling. And when somebody says, I want
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  Speaker 1: to be famous, sometimes what they're really saying is, I
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  Speaker 1: want somebody to finally hear me. And that is exactly
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  Speaker 1: where I'm coming from. Now, let's start with the money.
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  Speaker 1: I want to be rich because I know what it
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  Speaker 1: feels like to worry about money. I know what it
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  Speaker 1: feels like to look at your bills and wonder how
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  Speaker 1: everything is going to get paid. And I know what
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  Speaker 1: it feels like when your paycheck comes in and before
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  Speaker 1: you even get comfortable seeing that money in your account,
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  Speaker 1: it's already spoken for. Could be gas, credit cards, Or
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  Speaker 1: maybe an unexpected expense. Something always seems to come up.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you're not trying to live some extravagant lifestyle. You're
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  Speaker 1: just trying to breathe. That is the difference. I don't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily dream about having a million dollar house just so
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  Speaker 1: I can tell everybody. I have a million dollar house.
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  Speaker 1: I dream about having enough money that an unexpected $ 500
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  Speaker 1: expense doesn't ruin my entire month. I want financial freedom.
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  Speaker 1: I want security and I want the ability to help
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  Speaker 1: my family without having to destroy myself financially to do it.
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  Speaker 1: I want to be able to say, don't worry about it.
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  Speaker 1: I got it. That's what money represents to me. Freedom, options,
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  Speaker 1: but most importantly, it represents peace of mind. Now, let's
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  Speaker 1: talk about fame. Fame is a completely different animal because
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  Speaker 1: some people hear the word famous and immediately think red carpets, Lamborghinis,
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  Speaker 1: mansion cameras, people screaming your name. And yeah, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: going to lie, that sounds pretty damn cool. But that's
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  Speaker 1: not the whole reason I want it. I want people
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  Speaker 1: to know real talk with Mike D. I want someone
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  Speaker 1: to hear my voice and say, that guy gets it.
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  Speaker 1: I want somebody sitting alone in their car after a
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  Speaker 1: horrible day to turn on this podcast and feel like
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  Speaker 1: somebody understands what they're going through. I want somebody who
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  Speaker 1: is struggling to hear me say, you're not the only one.
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  Speaker 1: That's what being known means to me. Not just having
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  Speaker 1: people recognize my face, having people recognize my message. Because
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  Speaker 1: here's the thing, everybody has a story. Some stories are glamorous.
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  Speaker 1: Some aren't. Some people grow up with everything and other
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  Speaker 1: people had to fight for everything they have. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: can go through years of your life wondering, does any
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  Speaker 1: of this even matter? The struggles, the mistakes, the disappointments,
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  Speaker 1: the times you felt like giving up, the people who
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  Speaker 1: walked away, the people who didn't believe in you. times
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  Speaker 1: you looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the person
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  Speaker 1: looking back at you. Maybe all of that can eventually
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  Speaker 1: become something. Maybe the things that hurt us can become
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  Speaker 1: the things that help somebody else. That is what I
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  Speaker 1: want this podcast to be. A place where I can
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  Speaker 1: take the good, the bad, the ugly, the embarrassing, and
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  Speaker 1: the painful, and the funny parts of my life and
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  Speaker 1: turn them into something meaningful. You know what? I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to be completely honest with you. Part of wanting to
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  Speaker 1: be successful comes from wanting to prove something. Not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: to the people who doubted me. Although, yeah, there's probably
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of that in there as well. But
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  Speaker 1: more than anything, I want to prove something to myself.
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  Speaker 1: I want to prove that I can still dream. I
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  Speaker 1: want to prove that I can still build something. I
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  Speaker 1: want to prove that age doesn't automatically mean your best
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  Speaker 1: days are behind you. Because sometimes society tells you that
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  Speaker 1: once you reach a certain age, you're supposed to settle down.
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  Speaker 1: You're supposed to stop dreaming, stop taking chances, stop chasing
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  Speaker 1: something bigger, just go to work, pay your bills, go home,
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  Speaker 1: go to sleep, and repeat. And I'm sorry, but I
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  Speaker 1: am not ready to accept that. I still have dreams.
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  Speaker 1: I still have things I want to accomplish. I still
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  Speaker 1: have things I want to sing. And I still believe
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  Speaker 1: there's much more ahead of me. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: that is going to do it for today's episode. If
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  Speaker 1: any of you out there have a dream, want to
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  Speaker 1: do something big, what's stopping you? Go for it. What
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  Speaker 1: do you have to lose? I'm doing this because I
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  Speaker 1: love it. Yes, I want to be rich and I
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  Speaker 1: want to be famous. And yes, I want to be heard.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, I want my voice to be recognized. But
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  Speaker 1: I also want to help people. I want people to
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  Speaker 1: know they are not alone. And there's someone out there
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  Speaker 1: has gone through, or is going through, exactly what they are.
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  Speaker 1: But anyhow, if you like this episode, please leave a comment, like,
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  Speaker 1: and subscribe. And as always, I will see you all
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  Speaker 1: on the next episode. Peace! Thank you.