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2022 - The NBA All Star Weekend is happening in Episode 26
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Salman soliloquizes on the NBA All-Star weekend, the Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson moment and self help advice
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Introduction to Expat Brad Podcast
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Hey, welcome back to the Expat Brad podcast.
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This is Salman Qureshi with his podcast voice.
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That's right.
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I practice this all week, so I sound so good when I'm speaking on this podcast, but of course,
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clearly it's not working um it's not working people it's uh it's that time of the week where we talk about the most important things in the world which is basically my view my perception on things as they happened all right so get ready for a real roller coaster of i don't know i don't know i've um
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I'm still getting used to sometimes the fact that there's a change in the weekend out here in the UAE.
Weekend Changes and WFH Realities
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It's a funny one because your mindset is like it's already Friday, it's Thursday, Friday should be the weekend.
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No, I got one more day of work and then it's the weekend.
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And also the amount of inconvenience caused to me because I chose Monday because usually it's a day.
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The second day of the week is usually when it's quietest the most for me.
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And I thought this would be really easy to follow as a routine to record my podcast.
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And then they went ahead and changed the weekend.
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And now it's the first day of the week.
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And I'm all like, oh, I got to do this stuff.
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But I gotta say I feel better than most people who are getting, you know, you guys would have had a great weekend and now you have to go into the office and that kind of sucks on so many levels while I sit in my pajamas and record this.
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All right, now I know you're picturing me.
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Stop it.
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Stop it.
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Okay, go ahead and do it.
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I don't care.
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This is really ugly pajamas anyway.
Office Life vs. Self-Help Dreams
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But, you know, at the same time, there's a lot of stuff about being in the office I miss, to be honest.
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There's, you know, you get a bad boss who can tell you off and you feel miserable about life.
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And then you come to that point where you're like, I'm going to change everything.
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And then you either apply for life or start something of your own.
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I miss that.
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I miss that so much.
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I'm really making you guys feel bad, right?
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Okay, jokes aside, don't.
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All right, I think way too many self-help, you know, authors and fakers out there, life coaches and stuff are out there going, do what you love.
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Do what you really, really love.
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And I'm like, stop it, man.
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No one loves their job or whatever they do for a living 100% of the time.
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All right?
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There are days when I do gigs and I'm like, I want to kill myself after I've done that gig.
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You know?
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There are clients I meet or shows I do and I'm like, oh, I wish I...
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hadn't turned this into a career.
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Seriously, it's just crazy.
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You got to just understand the stuff you do for maybe, I guess, for money or whatever, or, you know, for living.
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And a lot of times that's fine, man.
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It's all right.
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Get a hobby instead.
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You know, do something for fun.
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Let off a little steam.
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Find some
Critiquing Self-Help Clichés
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friends.
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You're probably just lonely, to be honest, you know.
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I need meaning in my life.
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Nah, you just need a girlfriend or a boyfriend.
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I don't know, you know.
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And yeah, that's basically my take on that self-help stuff, you know.
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People just need to relax about it and stop telling people their life will change when they do this and that and blah, blah, blah.
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So it's a...
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I want people to be honest.
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I want these self-help people to be honest and go, listen, look at someone and go, listen, you, you do, you do what you're doing.
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All right.
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You keep doing that, that accounting job.
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Keep it.
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Cause you know what?
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Maybe, maybe it's best for you.
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Maybe it is what you really want.
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You know, I'm looking at you and thinking you're doing actually quite well.
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I would have thought you'd be doing worse the way you are.
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That'd be fun.
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That'd be really fun to watch.
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But I guess it wouldn't sell books and hope.
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And that stuff is what sells really well and makes a lot of money.
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Yeah, but this weekend thing, man, I have to say, I find it really funny when people get upset about the weekend.
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There were a lot of people who were like, just Friday is the day I spend with my family.
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It's the day we all get together and blah, blah, blah.
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And how can they just change our weekend?
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And I kind of find it really funny because...
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Yeah, well, then just do it on a Saturday now or a Sunday instead.
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You know, people get used to it.
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They just need to complain.
Humor in Weekend Complaints
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We just want to complain.
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And 90 percent of these people are complaining out here.
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What I find really funny is they're all trying to apply to Canada where the weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
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So what's their big plan?
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to go over and move in and have enough of their people and have friday declared um as the weekend i think i think that's their plan i suppose uh that's how crazy we are as people but i'm getting used to it it's just mentally you do need to get used to it sometimes like i said you know you're like at thursday and you're like ah weekend no one more day
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And that's cool.
NBA All-Star Weekend Criticism
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Speaking of weekends, it's the all-star weekend, man.
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The NBA.
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See how smooth that segue was?
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You didn't even notice, did you?
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But now that I've pointed it out, you have.
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It's kind of dumb of me to do that, I suppose.
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Maybe I should have just been quiet and taken the success instead to speak up.
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How stupid of me.
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uh but here we are and the all-star weekend was pretty decent i don't know what else people want people go you know the three-point shootout i'm just like what when was that exciting the last time it was exciting was maybe when larry bird was in on it you know has it ever been exciting after he left he's the only one made three point like hot maybe not curry i suppose and but they gotta if they want it to be entertaining it's gotta add something apart from the speed round
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You got to have this.
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I haven't watched the shootout.
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Is there further levels where people do different things?
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Like you need to have like shoot from the logo with your eyes closed kind of stuff going on.
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Eat a burrito while you're shooting the three point.
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I don't know.
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Do it one hand.
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Do it while you're being drowned.
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I don't know.
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You know, just add the excitement again.
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People just, you know, either you complain or you watch.
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That's what it is.
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It's some people shooting threes and that's great.
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And the dunking competition.
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I had someone, one of my friends, a couple of my friends actually say, you know, it's not the same.
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And it was just boring.
Reflecting on NBA Nostalgia
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And I'm like, it always has been.
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It's only been great every like 10, 15 years.
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You know, there's a Jordan and Wilkins thing.
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Then the Vince Carter one, the Renaissance of the NBA dunking competition.
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And then the Zach, who was it?
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The 2016 guys, right?
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I'm forgetting names now.
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And that was exciting.
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And that was really cool.
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But have you noticed the frequency of those amazing dunking competitions are far and wide, my friends.
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So keep watching them in another 5-10 years when the human body will evolve a bit further.
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then you'll have a great dunking competition, maybe a three-handed dunk, because now we have three hands.
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I don't know.
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It could go crazy.
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All right.
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So keep watching.
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Stop complaining.
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It is what it is.
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And just remember the timeline.
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We might be able to speed it up for you if...
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Genetics come into play and we can speed up DNA changes and whatnot.
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Who knows?
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Some of that stuff's happening.
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We're growing meat in a lab.
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Maybe we'll add some stuff to the human body or maybe that lab meat will turn us into something more than we are.
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So I don't know.
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Keep watching and there'll be a good one coming around hopefully before we die.
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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, guys.
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This is the other thing I kind of found interesting.
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about the NBA All-Star Weekend was Jordan making it, you know, because they're celebrating the 75th.
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I think he missed the photo shoot.
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And then as soon as he arrives, because he's got these car racing things, right?
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And he had two of his cars racing.
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I don't know.
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So he came in from Florida, reached Cleveland.
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And he comes out, probably took a private jet, ran off immediately, made it, didn't make the picture.
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But as soon as he walks in, he looks at Magic Johnson and the video is kind of going viral right now.
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And he looks at him and says, he's the old dog.
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I challenge him, you know, let's put on our shoes.
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Let's go one on one.
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And it's kind of funny to watch.
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It's kind of, it's nice to see the camaraderie, camaraderie.
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What was the word?
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Camad, camaraderie.
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It's not coming out of my mouth now.
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It's nice to see the friendship between the two players, and it's cool.
Making All-Star Games Competitive
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But then the internet goes wild, right?
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This is the problem with us.
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We just take it to another extreme.
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Nice little moment, nice little fun banner, and then the internet kind of goes, oh, my God, I'd rather see that than the all-star matchup, right?
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It's so cool.
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Let's make it happen.
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We should happen.
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It's so cool.
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It would be fun to watch.
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No, no, it wouldn't.
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No.
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You know who I'd love to see play against each other?
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Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.
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But these two are not the Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.
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We know these are two old people.
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Michael Jordan is actually coming off a little bit like an old angry man here.
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Like just go, come on, put your shoes on.
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We're going one on one now.
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It's not as cute anymore.
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It's not as impressive anymore when you're not a competitor out there.
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Now you're just like, I don't know.
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It just sounds bad.
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I love Michael Jordan, but that to me, I don't want to watch it.
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I don't want to watch two old people try to shoot.
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The whole time I'll be watching him going, please don't hurt your hips or something.
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I don't know.
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I'll misplay it.
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I don't know, break a knee or whatever.
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I'd be worried more than I'd be enjoying the game.
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And then you just destroy your memory of what great athletes and great basketball players these guys were.
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If you don't realize, that's why people were pissed off at Michael Jordan's Washington Wizards term.
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And I know he put on, and the internet keeps reminding me,
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He put on great numbers and it was super good for a 40-year-old or for any athlete to average 20 points, play all the games, blah, blah.
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It is impressive.
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But at the same time, you know, I loved when he was competitive on a competitive team trying to win championships.
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And that was amazing.
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And I didn't need, you know, we didn't need this.
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And we definitely.
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definitely do not want to see Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan play at this age.
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All right?
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So shut that shit up.
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Shut it down real fast.
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All right?
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And stop talking about internet.
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Do not go crazy.
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I don't want to see something like that happen and ruin my sleep or something or just spend my day worried about how long it took them to recover.
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Okay?
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As a 40-year-old myself, I'm quite worried having come from a knee surgery as well.
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I care about the body a lot and our limitations, I'm very conscious of it now.
Final Thoughts on Work and Aging
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So that was kind of cool, though, to see.
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I haven't really sat down and watched the NBA All-Star Weekend, so it's kind of nice to just sit down, enjoy it, and watch some of this stuff.
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Even if it's not the most fun thing.
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You know what?
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They also need to get some skin in the game for the All-Star game.
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And what I mean by that is there's got to be some consequences.
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All right?
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So if you – the result and the performance of the players on there, because, you know, they're not playing strong, D. They don't want to injure themselves.
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And they're playing up for the points.
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It's a shooting fest.
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They play until, what, 163 points.
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First team to 163 points.
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That's cray cray.
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And I'd rather see a little bit of defense with them because then, you know, why do you watch the All-Star weekend?
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Because you get all the big players in, you're getting to watch all of them play together, and you can kind of, a little bit of it is like your imagination going, hey, Curry and LeBron on the same team, wow.
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But it's not really seeing it like that because these guys are playing it soft, right?
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It's a soft game.
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And it's still a little bit of fun.
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But get the skin in, man.
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Get consequences in.
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I don't know.
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Stuff like you lose some kind of percentage of your income.
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Yeah.
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I don't know.
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Maybe they're too rich for that.
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They won't care.
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Something to do with the championship run.
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You know, you get my point, right?
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I'm running out of ideas right now.
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I didn't really come up with any ideas.
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But the core idea is to get it more competitive.
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Let them risk their limbs.
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All right.
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That's what I want to watch.
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Sounds so sadistic.
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I was just preaching about how I'd be concerned about people getting old.
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But when you're young, come on, man.
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You can do it.
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You can put in some effort and then we'll see some game.
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And I think that'll bring in the crowd again.
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Blood.
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Blood.
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That's right.
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Oh, dear.
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NBA All-Star Weekend.
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Enjoyed it.
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Last time I watched it was 20, 30 years ago.
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I actually haven't sat down to watch it.
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So I just realized how old I'm getting.
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Why do I keep reminding you guys of that?
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Yeah.
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Great stuff.
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So, you know, leaving you with some kind of cool messages here.
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The first one being don't chase what you think you need to chase and just enjoy your job.
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And the second, when you're old, just sit at home.
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All right.
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Truly inspiring podcast from yours truly.
Call to Action and Gratitude
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I feel so bad about it now.
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I'm actually going to go out for a walk right now and banish these thoughts.
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And if you have any sense, you will not have listened to anything I've said and just enjoyed the ride and put it all away and get back to work and do something great with your life.
00:14:03
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Yeah, how about that for some strong self-help motivation?
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That's right.
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I've sat on a sofa in my pajamas and given you some self-help talk right there.
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And before I leave, I got to run now, guys.
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So you take care.
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Have a good week ahead.
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I'll catch you in the next episode.
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Remember, do share, like, and subscribe to this stuff.
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So you just need to put in a dollar or two.
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But it goes a long way to help me keep this podcast going.
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Thank you very much for listening.
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All of you.
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I love you.
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Have a good week ahead.
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Take care.
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I do really love that.
00:14:48
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I do.
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Have a good week.
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Bye.