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Embracing Failure and the Role of Support

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The Idaho Painter Podcast | Part 2

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The speaker elaborates on his philosophy regarding failures, stating that he views them as opportunities to learn how far one is from succeeding. He connects this perspective to his athletic background, where he learned resilience. He shares an anecdote about a bicycle race where he was dropped by the peloton but decided not to give up, eventually catching up with a group and then the main pack. He emphasizes the importance of persistence and not knowing what opportunities lie ahead. He then transitions to discussing the profound influence of his wife on his success, describing her as his biggest supporter through all his endeavors, whether he succeeded or failed.

Goal: He discusses his philosophy of learning from failure and how his athletic background instilled resilience. He highlights his wife's unwavering support as a key factor in his successes.

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whether I succeeded or failed she was always there for me she was always my biggest um in life of everybody my biggest supporter and um somebody I could always count on and you know I think that's a big part of My Success you know is somebody that you know and my wife too whether you know success is Divi defined like in many different ways you know I mean we could have I I we did have nothing in um in the beginning and my wife will tell you we had everything we needed so gave you a different perspective on things she did and she still does so um you know uh that's you know a big part of My Success comes from her and her support you know and um and then my kids too I mean eventually my my wife raised kids that were just like her and they've been you know my biggest supporter too was she the first person that you felt like truly believed in you um or did you have other people that you like mentored you or fully supported you before that point so yeah cuz I was part like part of my story you know I was leading to and sometimes I have a tendency to talk a lot that's fine that's that's good it's good for those setting and so um you know I I would say in my life the big big turning point you know for me in my life was I was an athlete and I was very obsess obsessed with um competing and I was a bodybuilder and I spent a lot of years um bodybuilding competing and then I started powerlifting and I was really obsessed with powerlifting I was obsessed with wrestling but I my wife um her mother was an amazing person [Music] and take your time yeah [Music] yeah it's so hard yeah you're good so you know she totally but like believed in me we moved to Idaho and she she was like the one person in my life that you know I I I would say at that point in time in my life I was a total failure and I I in your eyes at least and I would say in my eyes because there was um a lot of family members you know telling me that too and so I think I I started to believe that because other people were telling me that but my wife

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