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The Rotary Spark Podcast
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The Rotary Spark Podcast
#0027 - Marisa Yakutis
What happens when ancient mystical wisdom meets modern business strategy? In this eye-opening conversation, Brian Triger sits down with Marisa Yakutis, a self-described "business alchemist" who brings together astrology, numerology, and practical business acumen to help entrepreneurs transform their ventures and lives.
Marisa breaks down what it means to be a business alchemist – someone who uses elemental understanding to bring balance and transformation. She explains how recognizing whether someone has dominant fire (action-oriented, impulsive), earth (grounded, practical), air (intellectual, communicative), or water (emotional, intuitive) energies can reveal both superpowers and blind spots in business and life. Far from limiting people to categories, this knowledge empowers them to work consciously with their natural tendencies while developing balance.
The conversation thoughtfully addresses the skepticism surrounding astrology, with Marisa sharing how her own Christian background ultimately complemented rather than conflicted with her astrological practice. She dispels common misconceptions, particularly around newspaper horoscopes, explaining that real astrology involves analyzing complete birth charts rather than just sun signs. What emerges is a nuanced view of how understanding your "elemental blueprint" can create greater self-awareness and compassion.
Perhaps most fascinating is the practical application of these seemingly esoteric concepts. Marisa describes how she helps clients identify communication styles for difficult conversations, recognize their natural strengths, and find greater purpose in their work. "Having purpose and seeing that in yourself changes everything," she shares, describing the transformation she witnesses when people understand the unique gifts they bring to the world.
Whether you're a spiritual seeker or practical business mind, this conversation invites you to explore how different perspectives can open new pathways to understanding yourself and others. As Marisa puts it, her goal isn't to be treated as a guru but to serve as "a guide walking beside you," helping people discover their own answers and potential.
Ready to discover your elemental superpower? Listen now to explore how ancient wisdom might inform your modern life and business in surprisingly practical ways.
Welcome. Welcome to the Rotary Spark Podcast. I'm your host, brian Schreiger, and with me today is my longtime friend, marisa Yucoudis, from Of the Sea Alchemy. Let's just dive into a self-introduction. Tell us about yourselfisa will do?
Marisa Yakutis:that's a loaded question, but I do a lot of things. I'm kind of a jane of all trades in a way. Um, as you know, I'm an astrologer, I'm a numerologist. I also help business owners, not only through these methods, but, um, just streamline their businesses with my tech knowledge and things like that. Basically, I'm a mystic, but I'm also a business alchemist. I refer to myself as a business alchemist in a variety of ways, just the way I support entrepreneurs, but also I bring in that, you know, splicing the mysticism in order to really up-level the things that they're doing as well.
Brian Triger:Tell us a little bit more about what a business alchemist does.
Marisa Yakutis:So really, you know, I'm not talking about mixing actual potions, as one would consider an alchemist. This is about transformation, really, um, and alchemist gets thrown around a little bit in spiritual communities. But the reason I chose to use that term is because I literally use well, I would say figuratively the elements to support myself and other people on a personal and a business basis. So, for instance, uh, you know, we have earth, air, fire and water. Let's say, someone has a whole lot of fire. That can be a pretty spicy person and they know what they want and they take action very quickly. But if there's too much of that element, for instance, they can just be too impulsive and almost think of a wildfire out of control. They don't really have boundaries, they don't really have boundaries, they don't really have structure. And so that's when I bring in those missing elements and to support in a really holistic way.
Brian Triger:That's really cool. From an outsider's perspective and more of a kind of a skeptic mindset, I just visualize elements being used in maybe an abstract way and you having an inherent ability to create more balance in someone's life by being able to objectively analyze some personality traits and maybe organization and lack of organization in different areas of life. Uh, that may be entirely based on internal assumption, but would some of that be accurate from an outsider's understanding?
Marisa Yakutis:That is accurate. Uh, basically, when I, you know, use these terms, uh, when I really get into it with people, I do describe traits of each element and why they need each other and how they flow together and what it looks like if one is dominant, too dominant, and one is lacking. I kind of call it your elemental superpower and I want people to own it. I don't want anyone to think, oh no, I'm too to this or to that, own it. I don't want anyone to think, oh no, I'm too to this or to that. I want to say, look, how can we balance everything out and how could we add to what you're missing here? And what that looks like practically is?
Marisa Yakutis:For some people could be I need structure, I need a to do list, I need software to keep me on track in my daily life. For others, it may mean gosh, I think I need to be more open-minded and I think I need to to learn more, um. And for others it may be gosh, I really need to add more spirituality into my life, a little more magic, a little bit be, a little bit more go with the flow, and things like that.
Brian Triger:That's really fascinating and it really ties into, you know, one of Rotary's causes. You're really assisting businesses and individuals with your understanding, also with your organization, with promoting peace, and sometimes I get somewhat cautious in talking about anything spiritual because of Rotary clearly not being a political or religious organization, but I do see that there's really nothing against spirituality. A lot of our organizations, or at least our clubs, meet in churches, they pray, and there are a variety of different things. That kind of what I'd like to see maybe be some gray areas within an organization that claims to not be religious, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does touch into the fact that we are all spiritual in different ways ways. I'd really like to maybe dig into the stigma that comes up with astrology. Since you've been doing this for a while, do you have some ideas as to why there's such a strong stigma tied to astrology specifically?
Marisa Yakutis:I do. I mean, I've kind of heard it all and I'm a very I'm a thinker, I am a logical person. I love to hear different perspectives and provide what my experiences and the things I've studied as well. And I should start by saying I was born Christian. You know, I was in a Christian family, preachers on both sides from the Bible, belt, all of that, and so I come from that background and I've come back into the teachings of Jesus. Actually, I've really resonated with that at this point in my life.
Marisa Yakutis:And the two don't have to be, you know, exclusive. You can be a Christian and follow astrology. There are many Christian astrologers. I know there's conflicting information in the Bible about divination, which astrology falls under, but to me, you know you look at the three wise men. They followed a star, they were astrologers in the Bible. So to me, and also you know, there's been pharaohs that have been guided by astrology. There's been kings that have been guided by astrology. They have their personal astrologers, christian people Henry VIII, princess Diana, these people used astrologers to guide them, and so to me, you don't have to pick one or the other, and so part of it is some of the mentionings in the bible that, um, that mentioned divination, but I feel that is misconstrued a bit, because we know that that people did practice astrology then at those times. Um, and then the other stigma would be someone reading these general newspaper horoscopes saying, oh gosh, that's not me at all. No, I'm not a Libra, that's, that doesn't fit me whatsoever. So they throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Marisa Yakutis:What I look at is the entire chart and there's so many things going on. You're not just your son's sign. So, for instance, brian, you're an Aries son. You know that. I think you know that sun, you know that? Yeah, I think you know that. We've. We've had a couple of conversations.
Marisa Yakutis:Yeah, yes, so, but then I look at other things. Then I look at your moon sign, which is actually taurus. Okay, that's earth. Aries is fire, so you have an earth moon. You're also a virgo rising. That is earth. And so when I saw your chart, I said there it is. I knew there was other stuff going on, because you are such in my mind, in my eyes, you're a very down-to-earth person, you're a very practical person and that really shows that earth that you have going on, earth is your dominant element. So on paper, someone goes oh, he's an Aries, he's all fire. No, not necessarily. You're actually dominantly earth. That is your superpower. You create structure and, as a Virgo rising, you communicate, you bring community together, you serve. You know all of that. And so then people start to go oh, wait a minute. That does kind of feel like me. So that's the stigma there is.
Marisa Yakutis:You know these people that are too eager to say my horoscope or whatever I read online was inaccurate, because they're only looking at one small piece of the pie and so what I show people is the entire piece and it literally looks the chart looks like a pie. I look at the entire thing and I say, well, this is how you communicate in life, or this is where you thing and I say, well, this is how you communicate in life, or this is where you have structure in your life, or this is where you need structure in your life, this is how you are in a relationship. I look at the whole thing and once people leave even the most skeptical skeptics, once they leave a reading they just kind of go Okay, I bite, like I get it, I get it. There are changed people because, because they understand now and they see the bigger picture the time with perspectives that are outside of my own.
Brian Triger:But if I latch onto the stigma, I'm literally judging your metaphorical glasses, the lens, one of, if not one of the primary lenses that you see people and that you see the world through. How am I supposed to connect with you If I don't acknowledge the fact that everyone has a different perspective? Like my lens may be more tech based, because that's the space that I live in, it doesn't provide the entire picture, but it's a unique perspective with a certain lens. And then you know I have a weakness tied to maybe more traditional spirituality. And you know I have a weakness tied to maybe more traditional spirituality.
Brian Triger:Sometimes I give people in religious communities a little bit more of a hard time and I kind of go the scientific route.
Brian Triger:But again, I'm kind of being critical of the lens when what I really need to do is, you know, maybe taking a skewed variation of what's said in the Bible, but maybe I just need to kind of wipe away some of the dirt from my own glasses, essentially, and just appreciate the fact that there's a lens on the other side that is looking into me or at least actively deciding hey, I'm going to spend this time and I'm going to use my perspective to communicate with you which is is is so precious.
Brian Triger:I don't always remember that, like you know, whether it's through objectification or through, uh, so many different things, maybe unmanaged stress, like I could probably list a hundred different things that would basically maybe create a little bit of fear and give me an excuse to latch onto that stigma. But but yeah, no, thank you for kind of opening up my eyes a little bit. What about you Tell us a little bit, if you're willing to tell us a little bit about your own chart is and also maybe the challenges of of viewing oneself Like did did that take? Did that take a little bit more time to have that type of like introspection?
Marisa Yakutis:Well, really, I started out learning my own chart, and that's what I advise people to do who are new to it, because we're well let's. Let's be honest, we're all self-absorbed. We're built away. Before we start looking at other people Right, we want to know what we're built with. Before we start looking at other people right, we want to know what we have.
Marisa Yakutis:So, I started studying my chart. But then from there I started studying, you know, historical figures, celebrities, and it's really fun when you approach it that way. At least for me it was really fun to do that. But it's kind of a know thyself, you know. So I studied my chart and I studied and I verified and it really resonated with me, so much so that then you kind of branch out to family and you look at their situation and go, wow, this is, this is very accurate and it helps me give myself and others grace.
Marisa Yakutis:I don't say, you know, it's an excuse, like, oh, that person has this planet in this area, you know I'll give them a pass. No, it just helps me understand more so that I don't get so triggered or angered when somebody approaches me in a certain way or when I myself have a certain behavior. I kind of go, look, I was born with this blueprint. Yes, we all have free will. But wow, let me just give myself a moment of compassion here, because I'm working with what I have, and awareness is key. Just to be aware, so that you could work with what you have.
Marisa Yakutis:It's, it's. There are no curses here, that's nothing like that, um, but just working with what you have really helps. You just give yourself a freaking break, and others too, um. So that's where I come from. It's I'm a compassionate person and I really, really try to put myself in other people's shoes and see their perspectives, and astrology has greatly helped me do that and that's part of how I bring it um into business and into partnerships and things like that, because I say, oh, okay, this is what your co-worker is born with and this is how maybe you could talk to them about this specific subject. You know, this is, this is maybe you know a better way to communicate with that person. Um, and that's just an example of practical, practical uses in both business and in your personal life, where you could kind of go oh all right, this person has mercury here or wherever it is, and maybe this is how I could broach this difficult subject with them in a way that maybe will not trigger them.
Brian Triger:Interesting. It's, uh, it's such a different, it's it's such a different world, but it it, you know, as I opened myself up to it, it's, uh, it's kind of nice to to find some of the similarities. It gives me a little bit more push to maybe go past the resistance, not only in astrology but kind of other areas of life right, like it really is okay to, you know, open myself up to alternative ideas and it's just refreshing. I think you know we were speaking about this earlier One of the things that you know. We've known each other for at least 20, 21 years back in, you know, from the.
Brian Triger:MySpace era, and one thing that I appreciate about you is that you know I'm sure, just like anyone else, you have your own stuff. Everyone has issues that they need to deal with. It's part of life. But you've always brought a great deal of peace and I just feel you know in my bones that not only is there a good part of you that wants to bring out peace, but also connection, or at least the awareness of connection, throughout our species, and you know you've just opened up about so many different things and I trust you, so there aren't a lot of people out there that I'd want to, and it's because I'm skeptical. Right when I look at astrology, I think about those horoscopes and I think about you know, I think about those horoscopes and I think about you. Know, I had a medium client once, you know, doing some tech work and that was a very bizarre experience.
Brian Triger:But and I won't go into that story, but that doesn't necessarily represent the entire lens or the entire trade, so to speak. Like spirituality is vast. There are so many different components and a spectrum.
Marisa Yakutis:Yeah, it's definitely a spectrum as well.
Brian Triger:Sure. So how did you? How did you? Has it always been part of your life? How did you stumble upon it?
Marisa Yakutis:Well, I was one of those kids who was interested in everything. I should say I'm a Gemini son and I'm just a cure. I've always been curious, I love to read, I love to study, and so I was always open to mysticism. And it really started with being in the church. That's spiritual, it is mysticism in a way, and so I think that helped me have that foundation. I don't look back, you know my parents did leave the church, but I don't look back in, you know, in regret. I'm glad I have a spiritual foundation. That does help.
Marisa Yakutis:And so later on in life I just got more interested in astrology. And then I joined various communities in my late 20s and met some astrologers and I started digging more deeply and learning from them. And then I took off. I mean I, when I'm passionate about a subject, I just I read everything, I absorb everything about it graciously, and so I I am a quick learner and I learned a lot. And then, about a year after that, I started doing professional readings and so I've been studying astrology in a serious way for about a decade now, just over a decade, um, and then that led into different types of things like numerology I bring that in as well, and so I call myself the alchemistic, but it really it's hard to say. I'm just an astrologer, I'm just an intuitive or I'm just a numerologist, and I've had to make peace with the fact that I'm all of these things and that's okay, and I've stopped trying to put myself into a box for it. I'm also an oracle, I do, or do Oracle readings as well, and generally just tap into what's going on with an energy field and all of that. So it's just, it's a combo of things and I'm glad I've embraced that about myself.
Marisa Yakutis:And, yes, my mission here is to bring peace into people's lives, to make things a little bit easier for them. But not only that, but to inspire. I've had people come to me that they're just like their energy feels like almost like a flat line, and I want to breathe life into them. I want them to know that they're here for a reason in why they're here and what they're here to do. Having purpose and seeing that in yourself changes everything. It changes everything and that's what I feel I'm here to do is to help people connect with who they really are, and I've seen miraculous transformations and I'm just so grateful to do the work that I do.
Marisa Yakutis:I've had people tell me look, I'm in therapy and this is helping me more than therapy. I should say do not take her into your therapist. I never advise people to do that. I believe in this system, but uh, I say, hey, just sprinkle on a little bit, something extra, a little bit of mysticism and astrology in order to, um, get a more holistic view of what you're dealing with and how to overcome it. You could use both, just like you could be a Christian, you could be an astrologer, you could experience Western medicine, but you could also explore something else. If it's not fully working for you, there are other options.
Brian Triger:Yeah, you can.
Brian Triger:you know, thinking of it in more of just like a structural way, you can add more elements to a foundation, uh, at least one with a crawl space and then, uh, you know, or you can, you know, uh, you can improve the structure of everything on top of the foundation or add decorative elements Like there's just um, you know, if someone's outside of the foundation, or add decorative elements Like there's just, you know, if someone's outside of the flat line. Once they get that kind of jolt, that inspiration, then they can essentially create whatever life that they want to.
Marisa Yakutis:Yeah, and that's I want to empower people. And some people think you know. The naysayers will say, well, astrology takes your power away. Because you're saying, hey, look, you know, these stars and these planets dictate everything I do. Well, that's not so, that's just something. It's like your blueprint. Well, a blueprint. You work with it, but you don't have to stick to every little thing. You just know what you're working with and you build, build on it, you build off of that and um, and that's what I try to inspire people to do hey, take, take this into your own hands. And I even say, hey, do your own research too. Don't just, don't just take what I say as gospel. I don't want to be treated like a guru, I want to be a guide. I am a guide walking beside you, not in front of you, um, and leading you to the waters to drink for yourself as well.
Brian Triger:No, that's really cool and for anyone who's interested and we'll definitely have the link tied to the contributors page. It's oftheseauchemycom and, if I'm not mistaken, you can find all of the information and all of the services on that website. Is that correct?
Marisa Yakutis:Yes, yes, except for at the moment, my business services are more on a case by case basis, so they're not public. So if anyone has business inquiries, I could provide my email address to message me directly, but that's on my website as well.
Brian Triger:Okay, yeah, do you want to do a quick shout out? I mean, we can list it in the show notes as well if you're comfortable just sharing it on the air.
Marisa Yakutis:It's just Marissa M-A-R-I-S-A at of the sea alchemycom.
Brian Triger:Perfect. Well, thank you for that. And and where, uh, where are you guys out, or? Uh, uh, I'm just going to leave that in, that's okay. So where are you out of? You're in California, is that correct?
Marisa Yakutis:I am in the Central Valley, California.
Brian Triger:Okay, really cool. Yeah, I think we connected when I lived in I believe I was in Pleasant. East Bay I think yeah, pleasant Hill.
Marisa Yakutis:Pleasant Hill yeah, that's where it was.
Brian Triger:I graduated from San Ramon Valley High.
Marisa Yakutis:I spent most of my teen years there and that's when we connected and we've known each other. Ever since We've weaved in and out, I feel that the people who are meant to be in your life. Sometimes there's a silence or an absence, but they always resurface and I love that.
Brian Triger:So so tell us a little bit more. I feel the spirit of of Mac Patel, If he's listening, just to poke him a little bit, nudging me to ask you this question have you ever been exposed to rotary before?
Marisa Yakutis:I haven't actually. After we talked a little bit and I found out you know, I always see what you're doing, I'm always interested in that. Again, curious Gemini girl, um, and so I'm like you know, I've heard the term rotary, um, let me look it up, you know, and by the time I looked it up, I'm I literally searched for rotary in my area. I said, wow, this is, this is actually on my alley. I mean, it's I. I really love the values um presented from what I I learned about rotary and I I thought you know, can I add one more thing, one more thing to my life? Let's see, let's see if I can fit this in.
Brian Triger:No, that's really cool. I mean I've uh, you know I've been in for about a year and a half to two years it's. It's changed my life. It's another lens that I look through the world. I just came back from a leadership seminar tied to multiple districts and kind of squeezed in, you know, just for a day prior to coming back and just to kind of see the energy in the room and the legacy of something that was started, you know, about 120 years ago.
Brian Triger:It's interesting uh, how, uh, how strong an idea can be. And one of the I forget exactly what the, the title of the book. Maybe I can throw it in the show notes or facebook at some point. But there were uh, there was an individual, uh, one of the uh foundation members tired. The rotary international read us a children's book about uh ideas. Actually, let me pull it up really quickly child children's literature idea. Um, let's see what do you do with an idea?
Brian Triger:And honestly, I wasn't paying attention at all. I have a tendency to space out and get my dopamine fixed. I do you know a cellular device if I want to close off my attention because I like to keep myself authentic. But I think it's important to. I think that question itself is very important. I'm sure that book is fantastic for children. I just wasn't in a space to to pay attention, especially when I'm put into an auditorium I have I. I just kind of resist the whole. Hey, the nostalgia of being placed into a childlike state tied to elementary school is not something that I'm interested in experimenting with, right now so and that that's my own personal limitation.
Brian Triger:But anyway, aside from that kind of ramble tied to my internal thought process, going back to what I was originally saying, the fact that you know an idea from a few different people, would that happened about 120 years ago, creating more purpose for this very conversation, and that this conversation traveling out to the web and maybe hitting 50 to 100, several hundred, maybe even a thousand people as time goes on. I think there's just a lot of power behind that.
Marisa Yakutis:There's a lot and actually it ties into something I was thinking about a lot yesterday. It's the quote vision without execution is hallucination. So that's kind of like what you're talking about with having that. What do you? What do you do with an idea? And I'm, I'm very much of the mindset of you. Know what. You have these ideas. You have to get them out there or else they almost dissipate you. You have a responsibility when you have these ideas. You have to get them out there or else they almost dissipate you. You have a responsibility when you have this inspiration, this, you know this eureka moment, to do something with it. You have it personally for a reason, and it's up to you how you're going to deliver that, and I'm I'm really passionate about doing things like that and the the good, the, the, the deep seated ones.
Brian Triger:They really do stick around. They will, at least for me they'll. They'll drive you, they'll drive me nuts Like.
Marisa Yakutis:I don't they nag at you until you get them out there.
Brian Triger:Sure, just like the like, the podcast, I felt like it. It it wasn't even a choice, it was light exposure tied to several other external ideas and the natural state of you know where our media was or wasn't at the time, and it was just a daily thing. It was thinking, okay, you know, you know, do I go out and buy a microphone? Do I go, and you know, get some space tied to the library? Like there were so many different thoughts just kind of nagging at the excuses and it felt like these neurons were just firing off, uh, like intentionally trying to eliminate a wall so that the idea would come to be, whether I wanted it to or not.
Marisa Yakutis:Yes, that's how you know, just like I said, with people coming in and out of your life, an idea, if it's meant for you to execute, it's going to come in and out of your life until you go okay, fine, I guess all different and then it feels really good. Once you just get those wheels into motion, it feels. It feels actually pretty pretty good and I can say, looking at knowing your chart, that you are here to facilitate community, to create community, to bring these big ideas to the masses, but also to rock the boat a little bit. So you may be a bit abrasive to some people, you may question their, their mindset and belief, but you know, obviously do not be apologetic about that. That's, that's what you're born into and I think that's a beautiful, beautiful gift to to have this balance.
Brian Triger:I I'm going to go buy all of the uh rock the boat uh t-shirts later on. I'm thinking about uh uh one with Jesus holding a kitten, and I'm I look forward to that acquisition, so um.
Marisa Yakutis:I mean, yeah, I look forward to seeing you in that, in that t-shirt.
Brian Triger:So for any of our listeners that are just kind of starting off, whether they're joining Rotary for the first time, or maybe starting a business or you know um, maybe embarking on a new job or career, uh, someone that you know, uh, maybe is a little bit lost. Are there any you know, as a, as a business owner, as an astrologist, as a business alchemist, as a mother, as a wife, just as a human being, regardless of how many labels are or aren't attached to you, any words of wisdom to drop for that person that's just really trying to figure it out?
Marisa Yakutis:I would say, due to you know the information age we're in and, by the way, I feel that we are into the age of Aquarius now and that is the information age, as you've all witnessed, I'm sure, with AI and all of that. So I would say there's a lot of information. It's overwhelmed. We're in information overwhelm. We don't know who or what to believe, who or what to study. So I would say, if you really, really, really want to get brass tacks, you can discover your dominant elements, and that will open so many doors for you and what you could do.
Marisa Yakutis:There's different calculators online you could use. I would say you could absolutely start there to just know what you are and understand what that element means for you. But I would really truly advise you to find someone who could also decipher that for you a little bit more. There are things that you will not know to look at that. An expert will know exactly how to advise you into how to use that element for yourself. Every chart is, you know, is its own special blueprint and you need to know how to work with it yourself. But a good, good start is saying hey, wow, like Brian, you know, I'm, I'm so much earth.
Brian Triger:What do?
Marisa Yakutis:I do with all this earth. And also how could I balance it out a little bit. If it feels like too much, if it feels too rigid or too closed minded, what can I do to counterbalance that? And so that would be my advice Look at that dominant element Again. You could just look up dominant element calculator. You put your birth information in and it spits out what your you know fire, earth, air or water, which one you have the most of and which one you have the least of. And what I do is I look at that for somebody and I I tell them how to maybe tone down the dominant a little bit if needed, and how to embrace the one they're missing, so that we just have this beautiful, beautiful balance, harmony of these elements.
Brian Triger:I love that. Uh, I think I'm going to go home and try it for our. For anyone who's interested in experimenting a little bit or looking for another signpost, I just encourage you to try it out, why not?
Marisa Yakutis:I mean, you know.
Brian Triger:I'm all about trying new things, so thank you. Thank you for joining us, marisa, I really appreciate you.
Marisa Yakutis:This is really great. Thank you for having me. Like I told you, I was surprised because I know your chart and so I thought wow, he's asking me more about astrology, even though he's been open-minded in the past. But to bring this to Rotary, it really really warms my heart to Rotary. It really really warms my heart and it makes me very excited because I know that part of why I'm here is to do similar to what you're doing bring these ideas to the masses in an easily digestible way, an inspiring way for people to go. Wow, I'm super curious, I'm hungry for more, and that's I'm just really grateful for this opportunity to do that with you, and that's I'm just really grateful for this opportunity to do that with you.
Brian Triger:I I love that, and it just reminds me that just kind of leaning into more of an abundance mentality is, uh is just so is so important. The more I close myself off to things that I really don't need to be afraid of, the the more open and more inviting my life is, uh, not only to myself, but just others around me. So I really appreciate you. I want to take this chance, or this opportunity, to thank the Almonte library, the metropolitan library system, for letting us use this space and this equipment. I want to thank, uh, everyone at our district, everyone in our district. Uh, whether I've met you or not, or we get along or not, I think you guys are great.
Brian Triger:I don't always show that or say that, but I think that just being in this entire organization, all of just Rotary International, it's a fantastic opportunity. So thank you Rot, rotary international and Rotary district 5750. And then all also to everyone that I've encountered, you know, in life. Uh, you know I could uh just think about the future and thank everyone who I haven't, but I feel like, uh, I'm not ready to do that and I don't think it would serve me right now, but anyone that I've interacted with or cross paths with, I just really appreciate you because, uh, I I'm not ready to do that and I don't think it would serve me right now, but anyone that I've interacted with or cross paths with, I just really appreciate you because I I'm just I'm in a really good season and I appreciate this podcast as well, whatever it's turning into. So, again, I'm sure that there are plenty more, or plenty of more organizations to thank. I'm very grateful for everything tied to this podcast and have a good night, everyone. You.
