Is that good, bad? We're supposed to plan our lives, right? We're supposed to have a life of intent.

Yeah.

You know, as you talk, I got about four hours of conversation with you because we are definitely brothers by another mother because I am an invert, yet I've got chops.

I've got skills.

When I'm engaged, I'm good.

And I just love hearing you say that.

The answer to your question is it is all play.

We can still get the three points.

Sure.

Sure.So obviously I'm not an idiot.

Credentials in some categories are absolutely vital.

But I teach entrepreneurship, and in entrepreneurship it's not relevant very often.

So what I'm trying to get...

I, I-- Just recently, the reason I'm in this sport outfit is at my late age I teach champion pickleball players, believe it or not.

I got two kids I'm currently teaching who will be on TV this weekend.

I had the Commodore 128.

Mm-hmm.

So I sh- I, I, I get to George's office that day, and I walk in, and I go to w- I want to paint the picture.

It was a huge office.

It was the biggest office that I had ever seen to that point in my life.

And he was behind a desk so large it looked like he was a Visigoth meets the Pope or something.

I mean, it was majestic and a little intimidating.

So I had to get over myself.

Yeah.

What's, what's number two?

Number two is there are no small moments.

And I could pick from 10 different illustrations.

But I just got to share with you that people may think watching me, Rick, oh, there's a social butterfly.

There is a gregarious guy.

There is a guy that loves to party or go out.

My wife can barely get me to do three double dates a year.

I'm going to share with you a

oh, oh, O'Reilly.

Auto Parts.

Woo! What do you do, Mr.

Sergeant? And I then said, and this is a choice, not a chance, a choice.

I said, I own one of the most powerful franchise development companies in the world today.

We specialize in taking early concepts first.

and turning them into market leaders.

course you can.

What are the three steps to tell a great story? So tell us, Jay, what are the three steps for people having a great story?

Great.

Well, thank you for having me here this morning, Harry.

It's wonderful being with you.

You know, I started out just writing a book to my great grandchildren because our family just had a new baby.

little baby odin is now two months old so yesterday i was holding him in my arms and my motivation was i'm 78 now just about to be 79 and i'm probably not going to know odom when he's 25 and someone's going to say oh your papa jay he was so funny he did so many dramatic wonderful things but they won't know the stories so i wrote this book right here shift so that my great grandchildren could know the Ray Sprinkles story, the this story, the that story.

And as I wrote it, Harry, something started to happen because I've been a lifelong coach and teacher.

He said, Jake, there's