Mark Evans (DM) speaks directly to an audience about staying present in both business and personal life during difficult times. He emphasizes the importance of being physically and mentally present with family, notes gratitude for being in a room with talented people, and encourages active networking—using visible tags (e.g., 'investor') to connect purposefully and speak up about opportunities.
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You know, we all have to, we all have a lot of hard work going on. And we're going to talk about this because right now, business and life, things are difficult. The universe is kind of messing with people and, you know, but when you're at home, you're at home. So again, we talked about this in the DMFamily. It's like, if you're at home all the time and you're running business, doing life, sometimes you can get a little, you know, you're not being present with the fam, you're not doing the things, you know, we signed up to do. Like, we're very lucky to be in this room. There's a lot of people that wish they woke up today, let alone be in a room like this, because there is amazing thinkers, amazing doers to meet a lot of amazing people and connect with a lot of cool people. Your tags alone, if you pay attention to the tags, I hope you guys all got like, I'm an investor. Green. I have opportunity. I'm a blue collar business. What we're trying to do is get you guys to connect quicker so you connect the dots. Hey, you're an investor. What kind of investor? Here's what I'm looking for. Don't be shy. This is not a shy room.