It took me 37 years to realize what I'll tell you in 18 minutes.

Today is uh a not so special day, but it is the day that I was born. Um and I'll read some stuff to you to piss some people off in the comments just to get things cracking. How's that sound? Um >> [laughter] >> don't say I never did anything for you. And so yeah, let's let's begin with the

tweet that has pissed everyone off. Um your level of maturity is inversely correlated with how much you want other people to celebrate your birthday. I've never admired anyone who insisted his birthday was a big deal. And uh I want to be really clear. I think celebrating other people's birthdays, absolutely. Honoring people for being alive, for making this far,

all for it. I think the difference is when you demand everyone do it for you. I think that's where that's where you get the uh this is my birth week, this is my birth month, uh all that kind of stuff. And I think that is uh I think that is the wrong direction on

entitlement. Um my two cents, obviously, you know, it's all it's worth and you can take it for for what it is. Um but uh on this uh not so special day, um one of my one of my team texted me this thing, which is my favorite text of the day. Uh and he said, "Today is the day

Genghis Khan died and you were born." Quote from the Khan, "There is no good in anything until it is finished." Um and I love that. Uh it's all about starting what you finish. And so um I'll read this to you cuz I've had a lot of deeper thoughts on my mind lately as you

I think you when you hit whatever deadlines you have. Stand tall, don't crack, endure. You can die tomorrow. Today you do the only thing you can do. You fight, you rage on, you do what you came to do, you finish what you started. No matter how much it costs, how long it takes, or how much it hurts, because you