The Bounce Rate Podcast

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Welcome. This is The Bounce Rate. We’re so glad that you’re listening to us.

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Eric and James, how’s life?

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So both of us are fighting a little bit of a bug, a little bacterium, we think.

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Maybe a virus, maybe a bug. I don’t really know the difference.

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It’s definitely something tropical. I will comment that because I’m,

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pardon my French, this is the NC-17 part, I’ve been going to the bathroom a lot.

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Nice. I am observing things about my shoes that I have never looked at closely

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because I’m spending so much time looking at them.

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I’m like, oh, well, I didn’t even know that they had that feature.

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Once again, our sponsor, Payless Shoes. If you are- If you want us to do this

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podcast from your bathroom- We’ll do it. Call soon.

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To answer your question, James, Bug, I think, is referring to any of the three-

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little microbial creatures. We’ve got virus, we’ve got bacteria,

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and then we’ve got parasites. I think all three of those we call a bug because

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they’re tiny, they’re microscopic little beings.

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So you might add, oh, go ahead, sorry. And some of them are quite bad to have.

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Some of them are good. So we’ve got microbes in our stomach that help us.

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And you might wonder how could Eric and I both pretty much have the same thing. Yeah.

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We were both at our annual manager’s meeting last week in Costa Rica.

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Living the life. On the beach. Living the life. Living the bug life.

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The bug life. It was a bug’s life. Drinking drinks, eating bugs.

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That’s right. That’s right. Doing meetings. Doing meetings.

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Well, we’re glad you’re back. I was not in Costa Rica. I was here in Houston. And it was chilly.

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And I feel like we had the same situation as we did last year.

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Yeah, last year snowed. I know. It’s straight up snowed, but not- This year it like froze.

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Yeah, the super cold was at least before I went down. So I got to at least feel

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some of the cold. I was very excited about that. Yeah.

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Well, we, I don’t, this is our first podcast back after the cold,

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after the, y’all were gone. What cold?

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Well, exactly. Y’all didn’t experience cold. I missed it. It was freezing for

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a couple of days and I came up with a great way to keep warm.

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And so I just want to share that with you. So we had a bunch of hot chocolate

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that we didn’t end up eating, drinking during Christmas because it was hot.

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So it was super cold and we’re like, oh, you know what, let’s have this hot chocolate. And it…

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I came up with this, with the idea. You make the hot chocolate,

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you take a donut hole, you bite the tip of the donut hole so the inside’s exposed.

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You dip the donut hole in the hot chocolate and it saturates it.

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And then you get this moist, cakey, chocolatey donut hole. That is a really good idea.

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That does sound good. It’s just great to keep warm. If you are in a situation

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where you’re like, oh, I got to keep warm for my own safety,

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you can do this donut hole dip.

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That sounds like a Tres Leches. It ties in very nicely with the theme that I

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had for the company last week, which is that a dream without a plan is just a wish.

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A customer without a contract is just a lead. And a donut without a hole is just a Danish.

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I wish that, well, if it was filled. So speaking of heat, my daughter lives in Brooklyn.

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And for the past month, she has not had heat.

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Oh, no. It’s been cold up there. Does she have a- Very cold.

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They got a space heater. They had to buy a space heater. They’ve been calling.

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You know, New York is supposed to be a really tenant-friendly city and so forth.

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They’re getting no response from the city.

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Management’s like, yeah, we know there’s a problem, but they’re not talking

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about discounting rent or anything.

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And, of course, you have to keep paying rent because if you breach,

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that’s when it gets bad. Yeah, that’s their allowed to.

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They’re paying rent, but they’re not getting any, I mean, it’s, I’m like, not fun.

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Wow. Yeah. You know what is fun?

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Sports. I agree. We got a big sports game coming up. This is Sunday. It’s the Super Bowl.

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I believe it’s going to be the Seahawks versus the Patriots. Correct. Yes.

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That’s a big deal for me. No, even knowing that because I, uh,

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our regular listener listener will know that I only, I, I’ve started watching WNBA.

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I watched some NBA, but I don’t watch that much as far as sports go.

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It’s an odd one just to pick out of the sports sphere, but I think that’s awesome

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that you were watching women’s pro basketball anyways the i you and the other

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six people no sorry sorry,

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watch out well we’ll have a whole episode breaking

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it down i’m a big supporter of the w and you’re correct

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not enough people are watching it but the it was funny because you know everyone’s

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like oh well the you know the dudes are so much more aggressive and i watched

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an nba game the other day and it was not that much more aggressive i mean like

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no way the the playoffs maybe the playoff,

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if it’s just like LeBron James showing off, but just a regular mid-season game,

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it’s not that aggressive.

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No, man, those girls go after it. They go at it. I’ve seen it.

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Crazy. Anyway, but that’s not what today is about. Today is about the NFL.

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The All-American NFL AFL. Yeah.

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Do y’all follow any NFL teams? I’m a fantasy football nerd.

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Oh, that’s right. I know all the stats and all of the stuff.

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I’m a Texan. We’re in Houston. I’m a Texans fan, which was very painful this year in a way. Yeah.

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ESPN, if you’re looking for some color commentary, you need to talk to James.

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He’s our… ESPN, if you want us to host your podcast in your bathroom… Yeah.

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I’m sure you have cool bathrooms at the ESPN.

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Yeah. So, I…

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My dad was always a, our family’s from Dallas, so he loves the Cowboys. Who’s that?

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Who indeed? They’re a Dallas football team.

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And everyone used to make fun of the Cowboys when I was growing up because I

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didn’t understand the feud between Houston and Dallas, which I don’t really see that.

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But we would watch some Dallas games, some Cowboy games.

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But then I remember when we had Oilers and Oilers left to become Titans and

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then we got Texans and everyone was excited and then liking Texans turned into

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this rollercoaster thing. Sure did. Yeah.

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Yeah. And I think it’s a lot like owning a local business somehow.

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I’m going to say that. Yeah. Well, that makes sense because when you’re a fan

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of something, something local, you know, I like I know that whenever I like I lived in L.A.

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For a little bit and my favorite thing was to find a little there’s there’s

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there was this little taco place that I would go to that every time I go back,

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I go find this taco place because I associate it with the time that I was a resident. Same here.

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Like if I ever have someone visiting from out of town, I’m like,

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I got to take you to this pizza place because you’re not going to find any other pizza quite like it.

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So I think there definitely is parallels between, you know, that being a fan

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of your local business and the commitment to sports teams.

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And just the ups and downs of running a business mirrors the ups and downs of any sports team.

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And I, you know, it would be, you know what? This is what we ought to do here.

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We ought to produce this.

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And Paramount, if you’re listening and you have a nice bathroom,

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I think this is what Paramount should do.

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Make a business movie, but make it a spitting image of, or a spitting remake of like Major League.

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The movie so so like you see the customers coming in and you play the slow music

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when not as many customers come in and then you start ramping up the music as

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more customers come in have that whole season for a for a restaurant or for

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a local business it’d really be fun if it were insurance.

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Like a sports movie about insurance

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that’d be awesome i would totally watch that i

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would certainly well i should i i would certainly watch

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it before i watch melania well sorry

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moving on moving on i don’t know i you know normally i i go through and edit

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these and i by the way that’s not a political statement no i am not interested

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in melania that has nothing to do with politics well do you watch documentaries

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yeah some some not a lot i like i like the documentaries,

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with animism i mean she has a story for sure right i mean there there is an

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actual interesting story there. I just feel like…

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There’s so many moments I could edit from this podcast, but you know what?

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I’m not going to because it goes on a physical route. If you’ve made it this

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far into the podcast… Yeah, we’re at 10.

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But one of the things that I want to talk about in this episode was it’s an analogy.

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It’s an original analogy from our own Eric Schaefer about the game of football

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compared to other games and how it compares to the…

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The challenge of being a local business owner. I thought it was pretty astute

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if you can remember what it was. I can, in fact.

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So this is something that I think, I don’t know, I think about it a lot because

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I’m a systems kind of guy. I like building systems.

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I like building. You love systems. I love systems. I really,

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I want to build something and never manage it.

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That’s my goal is that I don’t like run and maintain.

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So if you think about football, I think the really cool thing about football

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is that every play you line up, you have a plan and you execute it.

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And you have all these people working together to run a play, a plan.

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They have, you know, and there’s obviously some things happen.

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You get a blitz, whatever, and you try to adjust and so forth,

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but you have contingencies for that.

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So there’s a, it’s an overall strategy.

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Now compare that to a game like soccer.

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Soccer is about having amazing individual performers because at any given time,

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it’s really just one person.

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It’s one-on-one for the most part.

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And they pass and you try to get open and so forth, but you’re just handing the ball off.

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And so there’s not really a system there.

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It’s a collection of superstars trying to make something happen by exploiting

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individual opportunities.

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So it’s a really good parallel thinking about your business.

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And I’ll go, I won’t do insurance again. I’ll do a restaurant.

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Restaurants really can look like this a lot. There can be restaurants that are

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very disciplined in how they have people deliver, who’s what role,

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how food comes out, make sure it’s the same quality,

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right measuring cups, all that stuff.

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There’s also people that just have amazing talent, great cooks,

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super friendly staff, and they’re just out there and they’re making it happen

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and it’s working and so forth.

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In the long run, the system always beats the,

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even an all-star team. Because if you can ever imagine having a football team

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out on a field and they, with their pads, run over soccer players,

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you know who’s going to win.

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Well, I love that analogy. And two thoughts that come to my mind.

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The system matters, right? And let’s take the Patriots. They’re in the Super Bowl this year.

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Last year, they were a bad team. they get a new

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coach brings in a new culture new system and

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lo and behold they the very next year they’re in the super bowl not much change

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in the players i mean obviously had some some change but nothing like super

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major so that tells you it’s all about the system right execution so important

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and when i think about restaurants the one example that really sticks out to me about,

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execution in a system that really was

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noticeable early on was chick-fil-a oh yeah

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like they just changed it the way everything was and they were just so on point

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every time and you know i mean like so yeah yeah for sure i well i’m and you

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think about mcdonald all the fast food the quick serve restaurants that’s what

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you’re buying when you’re buying those franchises you’re buying the system.

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You’re not buying a lot of individual management.

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I can take average everyday people off the street and make them great performers

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if I have a great system. Yeah.

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See, I’m going to show off that I may know a little bit about football.

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I’m going to put myself in between James and Roger, but really, really close to Roger.

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The Patriots went from having one of the oldest quarterbacks to one of the youngest

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because their current quarterback is like, This is what, his third season?

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Second season. Second season.

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Still went to the Super Bowl with both. Do you think that’s about how great

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and amazing the quarterback is or having a team and a culture that really works? Well…

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You’re on the right path, but. They’re both really. Well, Tom Brady left.

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Then Bill Belichick was the coach that was Tom Brady’s coach for that glorious run they had.

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Well, then he left or got fired. I can’t remember.

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Then another coach came in for two seasons. They sucked. He got fired.

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Then the new coach came in this year, a proven coach that brought in a good system.

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And now they’re in the Super Bowl. Yeah, I think that proves my point,

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though. So it’s not necessarily having the most talented, most outstanding performance.

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In fact, if so, this may be a little dated for you guys. You ever hear of Lake

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Wobegon? Sure. Of course. Yeah.

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Garrison Keillor. Prairie Home Companion. It’s an NPR skit. It goes back way, way back.

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But the motto for Lake Wobegon is it’s where all the men are handsome,

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all the women strong, and all the children above average.

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Well, if you can’t hire people that are all above average, if that’s your only

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criteria is to only get people that are above average, you have quite a challenge ahead of you.

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But if you can take an average person, just somebody that’s dedicated,

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will show up, is consistent, may not understand, but will perform the work,

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you’re going to do a good job.

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To build on the, and correct me if this is off, because I know so little about it.

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I don’t think there’s another popular sport that features so many different,

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like, special skills or divisions.

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Like, you’ve got a kicker, you’ve got a, you know, a quarterback,

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you’ve got defensive, you’ve got offensive, and they’re all doing,

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like, different things. Now, granted, you do have that in other sports,

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but I feel like it’s super visible in football.

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This is the time for the kicker. This is the time for the quarterback.

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This is the time for this.

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And that makes me think of how when you’re running a local business and you

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have specialized skills, I remember the business that I run with a business partner, we are both.

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Sales brains. We are a sales and marketing brain.

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And when the going gets tough and we need to market ourselves out of a situation,

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the best thing for us to do is to combine and go after it.

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We are not accounting brains.

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We are not finance brains.

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So in that situation, it became extremely important that we have team members

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whose brains are like that.

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And we say, your brain is working different than mine. And that is a great thing.

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The diversity of thought and experience is what we need on our team to make this system work.

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So it was, it was, I remember when the, in the first couple of years,

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it was rough because in our minds, we’re like, well, we’re the business owners.

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And so we just need to do everything. And then we realized, well,

00:16:22.534 –> 00:16:28.454
wait a second, this thing that’s important is not one of our skills, our strengths.

00:16:28.674 –> 00:16:33.794
And that’s okay because there’s other people who are super cool and that is their strength.

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And then having a team where people have their different strengths,

00:16:39.474 –> 00:16:40.794
that makes everyone stronger.

00:16:41.274 –> 00:16:43.794
Well, interesting you say that because when I had the agency,

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I started thinking of myself as like the general manager and these were my players

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and I needed to go out and trade and draft and get the right players, right?

00:16:53.974 –> 00:16:57.674
Because just like a football team or soccer team, the better talent you have,

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the better overall you are. The piece that I missed was.

00:17:02.246 –> 00:17:07.026
That I tried very hard to get was the system, the playbook, right? Yeah.

00:17:07.426 –> 00:17:10.546
I think people underestimate the value of that.

00:17:11.046 –> 00:17:15.486
And, you know, I think like franchises, when you’re purchasing,

00:17:15.666 –> 00:17:18.386
if I was going to do a small business, run my own business again,

00:17:18.546 –> 00:17:20.506
I would strongly consider, you

00:17:20.506 –> 00:17:23.746
know, going into the franchise business because you have that playbook.

00:17:24.306 –> 00:17:27.486
Generating all that from scratch is really challenging.

00:17:27.746 –> 00:17:31.906
You know, I see so many small business owners, they just get into it.

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And the next thing you know, you’re so busy. There’s so many moving parts.

00:17:35.486 –> 00:17:39.566
It’s hard to catch your breath and really think through processes and then go

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out and implement them, right? If you have them from the get-go.

00:17:42.846 –> 00:17:43.806
Man, it’s a different world.

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And I think it’s interesting because it’s not just the fact that they’re giving you the system for it.

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They’re defining what success looks like too.

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And I think when you’re a solopreneur, solopreneur, or if you’re just in a very

00:18:00.326 –> 00:18:03.426
small business and you’re trying to find your way and who’s your target market

00:18:03.426 –> 00:18:07.246
and so forth, like a web development company is perfect example.

00:18:07.606 –> 00:18:11.866
Hey, I can take on these really huge websites. I can do these low level websites.

00:18:11.866 –> 00:18:13.746
I can be kind of a support person.

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I can be one and done and create it and then hand it off.

00:18:16.366 –> 00:18:19.126
There’s a lot of different ways you can do it. Well, when they give you a franchise,

00:18:19.686 –> 00:18:24.586
they say, these are the people you’re targeting. Here’s where you’re going to make money.

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Manage these three things. And because all that’s already defined,

00:18:29.666 –> 00:18:32.666
you know, football is easy because you know what the ultimate goal is.

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You have to get the ball across the line at the end.

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So that is a given. And I think that’s something really people struggle with.

00:18:39.346 –> 00:18:40.206
Yeah, that’s well said. You’re right.

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Cause, and I had those very thoughts and discussions like many,

00:18:45.476 –> 00:18:48.116
many times, like, you know, who is our audience. Right.

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And it changed over the years. Right. Trying to, you know, as we’re getting

00:18:51.656 –> 00:18:55.656
learning and, you know, mature and evolving, we started to realize more and

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more, but it’s not always easy right out of the gate.

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No. And I see it a lot with like insurance.

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Am I commercial? Am I private? Am I, you know, am I auto and home or am I doing

00:19:06.036 –> 00:19:10.176
something else? And depending on where you get your first opportunities and

00:19:10.176 –> 00:19:13.816
hopefully that starts snowballing, then you get this one customer like,

00:19:13.956 –> 00:19:15.516
oh, they want a lot of home stuff.

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Maybe I’ll gear up for home. And now you’re rewriting your system.

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I think that’s the biggest mistake I see with so many businesses.

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They’re so scared to, you know. Say no.

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Say no. Like they want to cast that wide net, which just makes it really hard, you know.

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It also, it makes me think of, this is not what this episode is about.

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It is demonstrably different than this.

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But I’ve been playing around with digital musical workstations, like Ableton and stuff.

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And it’s interesting because there are some tracks where you have control of everything.

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You’ve got control of, you know, in digital music, like you’ve got all different

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kinds of volume. all different kinds of timbre, all, all different kinds of stuff.

00:20:02.893 –> 00:20:07.053
And it’s a lot of work, but you have lots of options.

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Then you’ve got situations where it’s, you get these sounds out of the box and

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you can, you can arrange them.

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And it’s still a lot of work, but it’s concentrated into something else.

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The other stuff, someone else is doing it.

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And that just makes me think of the, what you’re saying about franchises versus

00:20:22.333 –> 00:20:25.653
being a sole proprietor or, you know, having your own concept,

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Because let’s say you do love branding or creating your own brand.

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Let’s say you do love coming up with your own processes.

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Great. You know, do that. But if your mindset, if you’re a quarterback,

00:20:39.993 –> 00:20:45.053
if you aren’t defensive line person and you just want to be a quarterback,

00:20:45.393 –> 00:20:49.033
then franchises are a good option for that. If it’s like, are you good at blank?

00:20:49.333 –> 00:20:53.253
Well, we have this other stuff figured out. You can put all your attention in

00:20:53.253 –> 00:20:57.093
that. Is it still hard work? Hell yeah. But it’s specialized.

00:20:58.493 –> 00:21:02.273
Watching you talk about all this sports stuff.

00:21:03.318 –> 00:21:08.358
Sports terminology and kind of relating to it, it really reminded me of the

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office episode where the women, where Jan comes in and the women are having

00:21:12.998 –> 00:21:15.658
a women empowerment scene.

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And she says, okay, you know, a lot of men will use sports metaphors.

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So let’s just cover these, you know, on par is good, even though you have a lower score.

00:21:25.758 –> 00:21:29.498
And, and then Mindy has Jan, she says, so, so what does it mean that Michael

00:21:29.498 –> 00:21:30.978
got to third base with you?

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Anyway, I, sorry, I’ve said it before. I would love sport.

00:21:37.958 –> 00:21:45.458
I would follow sports more if I could just get past the announcer voice. No, I cannot take it.

00:21:45.658 –> 00:21:50.538
You know what? I don’t like what I don’t mind the announcer nearly as much as

00:21:50.538 –> 00:21:54.218
the constant screaming in the background of the fans.

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Oh my God. My wife hates that.

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It’s like, yes, the whole time. And I wait until something happens.

00:22:02.738 –> 00:22:05.918
Then cheer right if i’m watching hamilton

00:22:05.918 –> 00:22:08.838
nobody’s clapping during the song we

00:22:08.838 –> 00:22:11.598
wait until the performance is over then you

00:22:11.598 –> 00:22:14.798
clap how crazy how crazy would it be to

00:22:14.798 –> 00:22:17.758
play football in a stadium of you know 2

00:22:17.758 –> 00:22:20.878
000 people and it’s complete silence well

00:22:20.878 –> 00:22:23.518
wait until they run a play at least we don’t need to be

00:22:23.518 –> 00:22:26.458
screaming oh as they’re coming out onto

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the field like you do that in tennis tennis you’re not allowed to cheer yeah

00:22:29.738 –> 00:22:35.278
yeah and golf golf crazy speaking of so there is a sport where you have all

00:22:35.278 –> 00:22:41.278
that strategy you have a team you’re trying to figure it all out and yet having

00:22:41.278 –> 00:22:44.718
one super overachiever wins the whole game,

00:22:45.358 –> 00:22:48.958
Can you guess what the sport is? Ooh, Quidditch. That’s exactly right.

00:22:48.958 –> 00:22:50.198
Oh my gosh, that was awesome.

00:22:51.458 –> 00:22:54.698
Quidditch is the… No, what is this? Harry Potter.

00:22:55.158 –> 00:22:57.738
It’s such a dumb thing too. Where they’re flying around in the brooms.

00:22:57.778 –> 00:23:01.798
Yes, and they’re like, okay, we scored seven to six goals. We’re just about

00:23:01.798 –> 00:23:06.598
to… Oh, he caught the magic golden Quidditch thing and now it’s all… It’s called a snitch.

00:23:06.738 –> 00:23:09.578
A snitch. He caught the snitch. It’s all done. Doesn’t matter.

00:23:09.878 –> 00:23:14.038
Nothing you did makes a difference. It’s kind of like voting. They’ve…

00:23:15.838 –> 00:23:19.118
They’ve given the HP series a lot of flack for that.

00:23:19.838 –> 00:23:22.578
So will y’all watch the Super Bowl? Of course they will. You will?

00:23:22.738 –> 00:23:26.938
Yeah. Are you going to watch? If it can be on my phone while I’m staring at my shoes, maybe.

00:23:28.498 –> 00:23:33.278
We’ve got three days. So now that I mean, you guys obviously aren’t the biggest

00:23:33.278 –> 00:23:35.118
sports fans out there. We’ve established that.

00:23:36.038 –> 00:23:43.538
If you watch the Super Bowl, would it be more for the commercials and the halftime show or the sport?

00:23:43.718 –> 00:23:48.758
Huh? I’m, I’m polarized, I think. So my take on it is I think.

00:23:49.662 –> 00:23:58.722
The level of commercial that we have on the Super Bowl should be the standard for every ad.

00:23:59.062 –> 00:24:02.182
And I feel like it is becoming more and more over the years. Really?

00:24:02.562 –> 00:24:06.202
Yeah, yeah. I mean, commercials have really stepped up since we were kids.

00:24:06.802 –> 00:24:09.402
Like, there are a lot of funny commercials out there. I don’t know.

00:24:09.882 –> 00:24:11.522
There are a lot of crappy ones, too, though.

00:24:11.622 –> 00:24:14.722
I think watching social media kind of ruined me because, I mean,

00:24:14.782 –> 00:24:17.022
there’s a lot of funny short stuff.

00:24:17.022 –> 00:24:20.822
That’s true. some of its promoted sponsored content

00:24:20.822 –> 00:24:23.882
and i i don’t always filter

00:24:23.882 –> 00:24:27.642
it out and i’m like oh this was a funny ad haha so it’s

00:24:27.642 –> 00:24:30.462
not i don’t think it’s a the unique experience it used

00:24:30.462 –> 00:24:33.142
to be i agree watching the super i think you’re

00:24:33.142 –> 00:24:36.042
right because it used they used to really stand out but now you’re

00:24:36.042 –> 00:24:39.002
like yeah like they release them the week prior to yeah

00:24:39.002 –> 00:24:42.362
they really and then they play them and definitely you know and they have like

00:24:42.362 –> 00:24:45.182
here here’s the thing i have a hard enough

00:24:45.182 –> 00:24:48.582
time watching severance and keeping track on

00:24:48.582 –> 00:24:52.522
some mini series okay i don’t need my commercials

00:24:52.522 –> 00:24:59.782
to have a cinematic universe yeah yeah what i what i will say is what so i’m

00:24:59.782 –> 00:25:03.922
not that invested in ads anymore the ads anymore i will definitely watch the

00:25:03.922 –> 00:25:08.522
first half of the game and then the halftime show and then i’ll probably peter

00:25:08.522 –> 00:25:12.122
off interesting yeah i will be around the queso bowl yeah.

00:25:12.861 –> 00:25:16.061
Because that’s what I need, evidently, is a lot of cheese. More cheese is going

00:25:16.061 –> 00:25:17.881
to really help out your stomach bug situation.

00:25:18.221 –> 00:25:22.321
That’s it. What about you? I mean, you and the kids are going to watch the whole thing.

00:25:22.541 –> 00:25:25.881
No, I’m not in a pool. Do you do the Super Bowl school? No, I’m not in a square thing.

00:25:25.981 –> 00:25:31.301
I’m not into it. I used to, but I’d rather make a bet where I’m actually betting

00:25:31.301 –> 00:25:34.821
on something I know versus just taking a random square.

00:25:35.261 –> 00:25:38.321
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? I’d rather go bet the over on under

00:25:38.321 –> 00:25:42.981
or something. You know what I mean? Some parlay. I’m going to say the Seahawks are going to win.

00:25:43.481 –> 00:25:48.041
Why not? I would agree with that. Seahawks. This is right. The Patriots don’t

00:25:48.041 –> 00:25:50.461
have Tom Brady anymore. They do not.

00:25:51.721 –> 00:25:56.521
He’s gone. But they have a good quarterback. Do they have Warren Moon? No, just kidding.

00:25:58.401 –> 00:26:02.301
But, you know, we don’t really do Super Bowl parties either anymore.

00:26:02.501 –> 00:26:07.201
We’ll probably just, as a family, sit down and watch the game, have dinner.

00:26:07.781 –> 00:26:10.821
Like, it’s usually a pretty fun experience, right? Well, knowing you,

00:26:10.901 –> 00:26:14.481
you’ll sit down with the family, watch the game, and then one of your kids will

00:26:14.481 –> 00:26:17.881
get a fish hook in his thumb or they’ll break a leg.

00:26:18.481 –> 00:26:22.281
Totally. The over-under on that is there’s actually a percentage chance,

00:26:22.641 –> 00:26:25.081
right? Like one kid pushes the other kid.

00:26:25.401 –> 00:26:28.741
Next thing you know. Glass breaks. Something goes into somebody’s artery.

00:26:29.141 –> 00:26:30.361
We’re at the emergency room.

00:26:31.401 –> 00:26:35.921
I can’t decide, James, if your kids are really just adventurous or clumsy.

00:26:37.661 –> 00:26:43.001
I can’t decide either. I think a little bit of both. Yeah. Eric,

00:26:43.181 –> 00:26:45.581
are you Seahawks? Oh. Hmm.

00:26:46.421 –> 00:26:49.921
Well, I mean, sure.

00:26:50.521 –> 00:26:54.721
I don’t really have any basics. If Seahawks lose, you have to shave your head. Oh, dear.