Randy Wilburn: No, no. I love that. I think that is a great testimony, if you will, to just the power of podcasting and what you've been able to accomplish and do. But you're absolutely right. I mean it's simply just going out there and doing something new and engaging and it's so funny. I've told this story before and I'll end with this because we've been going on over an hour now and I don't know, there's something about you when you connect with certain people. You're like, man, I can just talk to this person all day. When I started the Zweig Letter podcast, it was literally me just having Mark Zweig read his Zweig Letter articles that he had written because he's a great writer and so he tells amazing stories. And so we did that. Then we were like, let me interview you and we'll talk about the article. Then it became let me interview you, but then I'm m going to also interview some other cool people that are doing interesting things in this space. Then it became, you know, I'm just going to go out and connect with a lot of really cool people in the design industry because there are so many stories that have yet to be told, and I want to help tell some of those stories. And then I was very fortunate to have people like Ed Friedrichs on Kit Miyamoto. I've had so many amazing guests on the podcast that have lent themselves to what this podcast is all about and more importantly, have been able to tell a great story about what the design industry is all about. So my goal is just to continue to tell those stories early and often. And so you're doing the same thing. So we're almost like kindred spirits in that sense. And so I applaud everything that you're doing and the success that you have achieved in a short time. Three years. I mean, that's three years. It's not a lot of time. And you've, But it is at the same time, right? Cause I tell people all the time, if you're going to do this, you got to have some type of commitment to it and at least try it out, right? Because there is such a thing as pod fade. And if you don't have a plan, it's probably not going to work out. But if you do have a plan, and I think every design firm has an interesting story to tell, I could think of so many different ways that firms could highlight what they're all about. And what they do is podcasting would be a really fundamental way for them to continue to fine-tune the work that they do and who they are as individuals. And like they say, I, mean, Jeff Bezos has said it a million times, but your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room. And so I know that when I hear Cherise Lakeside and the work that you've done, you operate with a level of excellence. And people are always saying good things about you when you're not in the room. So I want to applaud you for the hard work that you've put in here in this industry. I'm so glad just learning more about the trajectory of your career. It's fascinating, to say the least. If nothing else, it should give anyone hope that the design industry offers something for almost everyone. Cherise Lakeside: It really does. And I tell my students that there is a place if this is really your thing. I recently had a student who is an architect. She has an architecture degree and was in the middle of taking all of her architecture exams. Somebody told her
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