What does the, the word artist reveal about how you approach creating something that other people might primarily see as a financial asset?

That's a good question, Blessed.

Um, so back maybe 15 years ago, the Wall Street Journal was the m- publication that gave me that title.

I did not give it to myself.

They, they called me the real estate artist.

Uh, they s- said, they said he...

And I know we're not using a video here, but if you put up a picture of me, it, it looks like I might be able to sing or play an instrument of some kind, because my hair is longer.

What draws you to exploring questions of spirituality, morality, and the human experience through storytelling rather than simply discussing those ideas directly?

After pushing your body through the Badwater 135 13 times, what have you learned about the conversation between the mind and the body when both are telling you to stop?

Fantastic question, Biggie.

Um, let me be very, very clear about this part of the podcast.

If you get your mind right, the money will follow.

If you get your mind right, the miles, in my sport, will follow.

If you get your mind right, the relationship will follow.

So I had to get my, my mind right before I had any chance of running 217 kilometers in 125-degree Fahrenheit temperature.

What questions were you pers- uh, personally wrestling with when you began to write the book?

So at what point did you realize that success alone wasn't enough, that your life also needed meaningful impacts? It needed meaning and impact, so...

No, it's okay.

When I was...

I was quite successful at a young age, and I was what you call...

Well, you call it in Kenya or Nigeria the same thing you call it in America.

I was a consumerist.

I was an egotist.

What question was born inside you that made you feel this story had to be written? So