In this listener-email focused episode, Dan talks about public speaking, facing challenges at work, and debt as slavery, how your job can affect your mental health, building an independent portfolio when you can't at work, and more.

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Dan is joined in studio by Shlok Vaidya(@shloky) to talk about the importance of having a plan, for-profit vs non-profit entrepreneurs, applying for jobs, and how it's all about your perspective when you're searching for a job.

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• Elite Daily - Tweet
  "Everybody loves you until you become competition."

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Dan responds to listener emails and talks about customer service, making time for the thing you love to do, and more.

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Dan takes calls to talk about the importance of a company name, if it's too late to start something new, and more.

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• Studio Kittie
  
• 5by5 | Quit #30: Personal Independence Day
  
• Area code 952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• 14 Inspiring People Who Found Crazy Success Later in Life | Inc.com
  
• Lauren Hooker - Tweet
  "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon

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Dan takes some of our best calls to date, with topics including reputation and legacy in the workplace, fear of communicating with your boss, reevaluating a business when it doesn't seem to be working, and the importance of being smart but also kind.

We also learn more about our growing teenage audience.

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• 5by5 | Quit #66: Pick up the Bandsaw
  
• Texas Blues Alley
  
• Twitter: Lauren Hooker - "Entrepreneurs are willing to work...
  "Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours per week." Lori Greiner

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Quit is back! Dan talks about the name change back to Quit, having enough energy for the thing you love, applying to a job out of state, and more.

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• Conshy Upcycle - Lighting
  Etsy Shop

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Dan talks about #talkpay, the difference in mindset between starting your own business and being a freelancer, and running a business.

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• Doom II: Hell on Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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Dan is joined in studio by Shlok Vaidya to talk about always being ready for an interview, choosing between a dream job vs. money, zombie companies, choosing freedom, taking risks, and more.

Links for this episode:

• High school student scores $72 million playing stock market
  He’s the teen wolf of Wall Street.

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Dan returns to the all call-in format, with great listener calls about changing your life and career.

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Dan takes calls to talk about defining success, finding your grit, being put in a box, and more!

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• Dunbar's Number
  Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. These are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.

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