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randomly and see what happens here. This one is from Allen and Fort Lauderdale. I was a very

successful opener for a famous comedian for over a decade. He passed away

a while ago, and I have not made any significant progress in the business in 15 years.

How can I turn my business life around? Well, Alan, you know, it just starts with day one. I just

had a podcast interview with somebody. And, Alan, you know, it just starts with day one. I just had a podcast interview with somebody.

And that's the thing, you know, it just, you just have to start.

And you just have to figure out that day when you want to start and you're ready to start and you're committed to starting. And then from that point on, it's everything's possible and everything's out there and everything's on the table

for how you can monetize your talent, your skill set, whether you're a writer,

you know, you could write a book, you could write a show for yourself that you could film.

You could do a one-person show. This particular person, whoever they opened up for, passed away.

If they're a person who does impressions or knew them well, they could do an impression of them.

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