In two thousand and eight, everything tanked. And dave walked into another firm as a partner and possibly got a race. How did he do that? He had a huge book of business. Some of his clients went out of business,. But he still had goldmen and all these other clients. Those guys all were punished by the recession. Dave ends up writing his own ticket. This is a massive indictment of to keep your head down in work strategy. It's a huge indicator that making relationships and creating something outside yourself are massively important. So i decided to focus on that. I started with some pretty amateur steps. Took a dale car Carnegie class. Was ok, but