We chat with radio legend Dean Hill, who rocked the airwaves for nearly five decades, bringing laughter and connection to the city of Vancouver. He’s all about showing up for your life, finding pride in those small wins, and learning that reinvention doesn’t stop just because the mic is off. Dean’s journey teaches us that it’s not about chasing trends or perfection—it's about preparation, flexibility, and a whole lot of curiosity. So grab your earbuds, settle in, and let’s get inspired by Dean’s incredible story of resilience, community, and living life to the fullest!

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Takeaways:

1. Dean Hill, a radio legend, emphasizes that success isn't just about the big wins but also celebrating the small victories every single day.
2. In this episode, we dive into the idea that our self-worth isn’t tied to the opinions of others, so let go of that baggage and just be you!
3. Flexibility and curiosity are key ingredients for staying relevant in a world that changes faster than a cat meme goes viral.
4. It’s all about showing up for your life, finding joy in the little things, and connecting with others, no matter where you are on your journey.

Companies mentioned in this episode:

1. Ignite Voice Inc.
2. LG Morning Zoo
3. Rock 101
4. CBC
5. CFOX

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It took a while to realize that because I used to spend a lot of time wondering what people thought of me. And now I just don't care. I really don't care.

Today's guest spent nearly five decades showing up, making people laugh. He woke up an entire city for decades and somehow kept showing up through every wave of change.

Dean Hill spent 47 years in radio. Wow. Adapting from the LG Morning Zoo and Rock 101 Days to a world where attention lasts about a second and a half.

He'll tell you the secret wasn't chasing trends and it wasn't about perfection for him. It was preparation, flexibility, curiosity, and being willing to try new.

And now in retirement, he's proving that reinvention doesn't stop when the mic turns off. He's redefining self worth through community, adventure, and even healing from a broken back with a whole lot of gratitude.

This is a conversation about showing up for your life, finding pride in small wins, and choosing the positive no matter what stage you're in. Here's our conversation with radio legend Dean Hill.

But I think, hey, I disagree with it. Everything's going to be okay, even though it doesn't look like it on tv. Over reported. Every.

Every station's over reporting everything from missing kitten to take over in Venezuela.

Why is that? Why is that happening? What's the culture that we've created that everything is being over reported?

Well, it's 24 hour news. A lot of. A lot of time. Not everybody's 24 hours, but you have to fill a lot of space.

And also you have a lot more access to people on the ground in the particular area where the crabs hit in the pan. Can I swear on this?

Oh, yeah, you go for it.

The shit is hitting the fan and they take us to the scene and they show us the bodies and the buildings falling down. What really can we do about any of it?

Well, that's what we're here for, Dean. And actually the podcast we just released this morning talks about the Gaza Strip and the west bank and real time genocide.

And I hate to say it, Dean, but that is true. That is a reality. So when we say we're all going to be okay, I guess it depends who we is, Dean.

Well, we're not there, Kevin. And the. I think the bottom line with that. Just my own personal Nanaimo theory. They're just looking to the real estate. They always have been.

Well, for sure. I mean, that's settler colonialism to a great extent. Just go in and take over a place and make it yours and free. It's free land.

But I think there's another demographic thing that's coming into play. I think people who are in our position are sitting quite comfortable. I think my kids, for instance, who are young, they're heading into teenagerhood.

The world's not so pretty. They're not feeling as good as you and I are.

Well, my daughter is 30 something now and yeah, she feels the same way. Very dark.

I think, too, we've interviewed different people who have brought out that a lot of the youth nowadays are determined not to have kids. They do not want to bring them into the messed up world. So that shows. Whoa.

Something's going on that's a little different than what people who are comfortable see.

What about your kids, Kath?

My oldest son has chosen not to have children. My youngest son has two. So I'm a grandparent and it concerns me, Dean. It concerns.

There are other reasons to choose not to have children. Yeah, freedom is one of them. Money is certainly a factor.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

A lot of kids have decided that they're never going to buy a piece of real estate, so.

Yeah. Well, Ryan has said to me specifically he's not wanting to bring them into this world because of what's going on. He has said that out loud.

Whether he changes his mind, I don't know.

But I think the youth are very aware of things that we as baby boomers proudly ignore. Global warming being one. We've pretended that it doesn't really matter. That's not how the youth see it at all. That's not how science sees it.

So what are we gonna do about that?

Yeah, well, what this podcast is about is communication is one of them.

Connection.

Getting out of denial, talking to each other, getting out of our bubbles, Facing facts, not fiction. A lot of those things, you know.

Understanding each other's point of view.

If I read correctly, the government has decided to drop their mandatory EV rule. What was it, 19, 20, 35? Everybody had to have an electric car.

Well, coming from a small town, and this is a small town I'm living in now, I just can't see these guys. Every second car is a pickup truck. And I just don't see these dudes trading it in for an evil frame of mind.

I think I agree that. Is there one Easy solution. I will just. I'll switch to electric vehicles and we'll be fine. No, no, there isn't one easy solution. You're right.

I think hydrogen is going to be an expert.

Works in the transportation industry and he's saying that how on earth would they be able to move products from one side of the country to the other? Being an EV is just not practical, not going to work for that industry. So I don't know how we're going to make it.

You have an interesting angle. You were one of the big legacy media people in Western Canada at one time, huh?

Oh yeah.

The LG Morning Zoo.

Oh yeah.

You guys were the top show in Canada for five years running at some point.

They stopped giving away at the Nelly the year after because it's usually CBC that was winning everything so well and.

No one could compete with the LG Morning Zoo. Come on, let's just be fair.

You were on it, Kat.

Well, that's funny that you bring that up because you have my book.

Yes, I do.

Did you read the chapter on the Nut Hut in the book?

First thing I read, of course.

What was so fascinating is in working with you, when I was younger I was so intimidated and the LG Morning Zoo was the pinnacle. So to work with you guys, I was unable to participate in the way that I wanted to because I couldn't find my voice.

My self esteem was hidden under all these layers of self doubt and worry and could I. I couldn't be the Samantha that I wanted to be and I was looking up to her.

It's all about practice.

It is, it's about practice, but it's about being worthy in and of yourself and knowing that you have a voice and having to find that. How did you find yours?

Lots of practice. I was on the air for 47 years and I started like if everybody starts out just rough as hell and I sucked, frankly.

I was quite happy being happy all the time at work most of the time.

How did you feel when you started the zoo? Did you feel you were ready and you just dived in with full confidence or what was that shift like?

Well, it wasn't our idea, first of all. It was an idea that was taken from New York City. Scott Shannon. But they Gave us an outline.

Gary Russell, the late great, gave us an outline of what he was expecting. Let us listen to some shows. So we developed our own take on all that with characters and. And so on and just kind of grew and grew and grew.

And David Kay was a world regular character with cowboy dick, which was so funny. Hilarious. Yeah, I listen, we. We all got together a few weeks ago in Graham Hatch's house and just listen to some old stuff.

And my God, David Kay, even then young guy was so talented. And now of course he's taken that talent and become a very rich man.

In Los Angeles and down to earth still, you know.

Yeah, he really is.

Yeah, we had him on the podcast. I know and just he's such a great person and connector and so fascinating. Such a great character.

Well, it's all really about just. And Doc Harris, the legendary Vancouver guy, said the he who wins in radio is the guy who shows or the woman or guy who shows up every day.

A lot of people don't do that.

And I passion understandably for radio is kind of I got in at the right time, got out at the right time because right now it seems like they're continuing to turn out people from broadcast schools. YouTube work at one, right?

We sure do.

Are there still students in broadcasting class?

Well, it's not really broadcasting anymore. It's. Radio is gone. Yes. It's storytelling on multiple platforms. Right.

Good content creation.

Yeah, that's great. Yeah. But wait, wait. I make a transition.

I found the women were the most enthusiastic and a guy I know who taught briefly at BCIT once asked his class, hey, I'm working the weekends at Rock101 and would you like to come in and just watch what it's like at a real radio station? And nobody showed up. So I thought, wow, that's kind of weird. Back in the day, I think I did one of. One of us would have just jumped the.

At the invitation and definitely showed up with a lot of questions.

When you say show up, what do you mean? Because you know, a lot of people, a lot of us think, okay, we show up, we come into work and we're there. Is that showing up?

Well, I found myself in the last half of my career living it really. I'm thinking about it all the time. I wake up in the morning, I start researching, I start writing stuff down.

I go to work, write stuff more stuff down, prepare preparation. More preparation that than the show took was kind of the what was working for me. So. And you always got the ability to go from plan A to plan B.

If something happens, hits the fan, you dump all the plan A, which we really good at, on the zoo and go to plan B. If they've got to be flexible, suddenly. Yeah, and that was, that was quite important. And radio stations now don't do that.

If there's a tsunami somewhere, who's going to be reporting on the tsunami or an earthquake or pick your tragedy.

Yeah, that was a great thing about radio is the, the prominence to this, the event that's happening. You could get right there better than television faster.

Yes. We have to get the truck together and get the crew together and all the equipment together.

A lot of work in television.

Well, social media has really replaced that, hasn't it? I mean, radio is just sunset technology. It's gone. We deal with youth frequently under 30, and to them radio is a track.

Radio just does not exist in their life. And that's just the reality. Okay. So the technology moves on. They use their phone and all the social media that hits them constantly.

So it's up to date, you know, just different.

You've had an amazing career and now you're retired.

Yeah.

How does that feel, Dean? You're retired. Like where, where do you bring your. Find your self esteem now? Because as a performer, that's huge, you know. Now, now how does it feel?

It was okay. It's. I need a hobby.

I thought you were gonna say I need a hug. I give you a hug.

I need a hug too.

Hug, hug, hug.

Since I moved here, there is a huge variety of things to do. Road trips to make parks to visit beaches to visit beautiful little towns. Half an hour away from here is. It's a different world.

And five minutes from here, you're in the country. It's really a cool place to be. And the locals hear me say that. They say, shut up, we don't want it. We're full is what they say.

And yet building continues. And even my wife mentioned that the traffic is getting worse. But it's just by Vancouver standards.

Traffic, nice try.

10 lights at a. 10 cars at a stoplight. Oh, it's chaos.

But you're talking about a different method of communication. You're communicating now through your senses rather than through, you know, the medium. So you're.

You're looking to create this, this peaceful world around you.

Yes.

And that's really important, isn't it?

Well, it's such a beautiful day today.

I think I may get the dog and put him in the car and go down to the beach and put a park on and just it's just that kind of place it brings and it is a different world for me to have a dog to have a final life and a pretty good life and we travel a lot too. We're actually Quick story. I broke my back in April. What? Dean? Yeah, I slept in the bathroom. No.

Oh that the chute didn't open is what I'm supposed to say. So on the bathroom floor at 3 o' clock in the morning this happens.

And down I went and walked around on it for five days, went to the ER and I got to tell you, once you sit in the ER for nine hours and the curtain come comes open and said it's your turn. Things start to happen. It was so cool. So they told me they took X ray salad.

You've got a broken back and take wear this thing for a few months and it's a brace. Looks like a start wars stormtrooper outfit.

It was like that and the neck thing and so that helped a lot and I'm the last few months when walking a lot and so that's been. That's my.

The reason is because three weeks after I hit the bathroom floor we were supposed to go to on a South Pacific cruise so we had to cancel that. We have since rebooked and now I'm in training for this cruise by doing the walking and I'm. I'm going to show up for this cruise.

It's going to be fantastic. It's totally a bucket list thing so I'm quite looking forward to that. So there's a little bit of something to keep your mind on.

It's not till June but the train is doing well. Just walking with sticks and it's quite enjoyable. This is a great place to walk too. Wow.

No kidding. It's gorgeous. I love the island. I'd move back in a heartbeat if I could.

Well then come.

I will eventually. I still have a job. Dean.

That's a huge transition that we're talking about. You know we talk a lot about how you present yourself to the world. You know that's the the angle on our podcast and all that that encompasses.

So a couple of things.

You know, do you find yourself presenting yourself self to the world and engaging with others differently now that you're out of the media and you get your ego served in a particular way from your 40 odd years in radio and then suddenly you're out. Do you see yourself differently? Do you talk to others differently?

No, I don't. I don't. And the same guy I eventually listened to some of the old Zoo tapes. That's.

That sounds old when everybody was talking like this, and that includes myself. And it was just, wow, I really did that. And now I've come around to this. I just. This is the way I talked on the radio too.

So that was a very comfortable place to be.

And I don't have a lot of social stuff going on over here a little bit, but my wife and I do again, road trips and meet people and have basically a blast.

But you have a good sense of self, a good sense of self worth. You're aware of that, right?

I suppose so. What's that mean?

I don't know. That's what we try to figure out with our guests.

How to we help people with self worth so that they can present themselves to the world in a way that mirrors who they feel that they are rather than hiding behind Persona, rather than hiding behind something that they think they need to be. So when we talk about, you know, ego, there's two ways to look at ego. Ego is the. The self of who you are, who you think you are.

But then there's that inflated ego of who you may want to present yourself to be. So you have that good sense. So how do we help people find that within themselves? Like I go back to the LG Morning Zoo.

I didn't have that then, I have that now. And as you said, it's practice and it's, you know, it's taken me how many years, Dean? 40.

It's a 10,000 hour thing. That's totally true.

Yeah, but self worth is an internal dialogue you have. Are you aware of that? Do you know where it came from for you?

Yes, I am aware of that. And all I can say is I try to do something even in my condition, which is there's a lot of pain involved.

Try to do something that I'm proud of every day. And that's even if it means something has fallen on the floor and I can't quite get to it today. I can't quite pick that up today.

Don't you pick it up. I'm going to pick it up. So a day goes by, still can't do it. Week goes by, okay, now I can do it. And that's, that's something I've accomplished.

I think of that in my head. It's quite interesting that you, as your back recovers, you're able to have achievements like that. I think it's important to mark your recovery.

Also, I think it's important to do something you're proud of every Day and what. I don't know what that. Emptying the dishwasher. In my world, it's pretty quiet, but.

Well, you know, that's a great way to approach retirement and aging. I don't know. Everybody approaches it that way. In some ways it can feel like, well, I can't do nearly what I once did. It's all hopeless.

It's all downhill from here. You haven't taken that approach?

Not yet. An easy way to go, but yeah, I'm quite this broken back.

Has been kind of, kind of a blessing in that it's got, it's really stirred up my competitive desires. So I'm competing with myself now and just to be a better person and better, more fit. Because retirement the first.

They say a lot of people die in the first two years of retirement time. Right. I could see why you crack the wine at noon and that's it. And then the day goes by so quickly because you can't remember the last half of it.

And I don't want to be that guy.

Now. Dean, do you pass this wisdom on to your daughter?

I try to, but as I mentioned earlier, she's. She's in a bit of an angry spot right now with the way things are going in the world.

And again, my impression, if she listens to this, forgive me, she takes certain select items, often conspiracy theories, and they become real. And I hear about this and current prime minister is going to be the worst thing ever to happen to this country. And I said, how can you say that?

This guy has run huge banks and running a country is not that different from running a bank. It's. Economically, if you're, if you're savvy, you are going to do a good job. But anyway, that's, that's, that's kind of the way it is with her.

I don't think she's the only one, though, Dean. I think there's a lot of conspiracy theories and there's not maybe as much critical thought because there's so much information coming at us.

We don't know what's true or not anymore. And younger people may not have had the, the time that they've needed to develop that art, put it that way.

And picking your news is kind of dangerous.

I think one of the things that we work with a lot is trying to present critical thought to the skills involved with that. I teach a course on policy development and my academic background is policy development.

So I find it fascinating working with younger people who see no value in policy, who don't have the Skills to look deeper at society and the structure.

Maybe that's why they don't see the value of policy.

Yeah. And so what we're about, even with this podcast, often, is to provide the skills to start down that path.

They're not respected that much anymore in our current society. In many ways. Right.

Why wouldn't they be? I mean, just a little bit of effort. Think about things in so many different ways, at least more than one way, and give that a go. I don't know.

Critical thinking is so important.

The world's a complicated place. It's very attractive. Well, two things are attractive. One, I think we're susceptible to simple stories as humans, and that's a problem.

The world isn't black and white. There isn't black hats and white hats. It's gray. And that level of grayness is difficult to process.

It takes work, you know, and maybe we don't want to work.

Well, and we can also get political with that and say that governments aren't putting enough money into education. Why would you want an educated populace when you have people who are buying into their own stories?

People stupid.

And they're not criticizing the policies that they make because they haven't been educated, because there's no money behind education. So you look at that.

Maybe a conspiracy theory with legs. I. I don't know.

Well, I. You know, the MAGA movement, that. That's a big part of it, and.

Oh, we're going to that now.

Well, I do that just because I don't want to demonize. I want to look at people who are falling for some of this stuff, these simple stories, and I don't want to be mad at them.

I want to go, how did that happen? And likely there's some missing skills, and if we can skill people up a little, they're not stupid. They just don't have the skill in the first place.

Right.

For critical thinking. Yeah.

I can't help but think that a lot of these people were in the trailer when Donald Trump was hosting Celebrity Apprentice, and that's where he became a star.

And the guy that made him a star and thereby made him the president is that producer whose name just has gone out of my head still around producing shows. But he produced that show, made Donald Trump the host, and people just really admire Donald Trump with the way he handled people.

I mean, you get to fire Gene Simmons, that kind of thing. Yeah, that's my kind of guy.

The power of story and the. The media's ability to project that story.

And make it up in Their own heads.

And we're here to offer alternate possibilities, alternate ideas. Ideas, alternate solutions. And what people do with that is what they do with it.

We can't tell someone what to do, but we can encourage and think and challenge. Right.

What I'm curious how that conversation goes with your daughter. You know, you have the outlook, you have the experience, and yet someone in your life is falling for some of that stuff.

And how does that conversation go?

Rocky at times. She's not doing the critical thinking. She's not looking at the other alternatives, not looking in a wide sense. And I know.

Forgive me, Sadie, if you're listening. I know a lot of this is because other people in her life feel the same way. And people are cynical, kids are cynical.

And because they have access to things they don't have, they don't know the backstory of a lot of stuff.

And that's really important to get the backstory of Venezuela, for example, and of the American history of doing this kind of thing, taking over, expelling people they don't like or anti us. And just. Which, I suppose is. It's celebrated in much of Venezuela, the removal of this leader, but other factions are not so happy about it.

So it's just. That's why it's not really turning into a huge story. I think it's a huge story, but it's a act of war. But is there a. Vietnam was not a war.

It was never declared a war, which I always find surprising. So they called it the Vietnam War, but it was a police action. Action, yes.

Yeah. I mean, it's similar to our discussion about the Palestinians and Israelis and, and, and.

Wow, that's complicated and emotional and there's a lot of things involved in that.

It's horrible.

And so, you know, we need to bring people into the discussion.

So what you were talking about is a generational discussion, really, is trying to pass your wisdom on to the next generation, trying to not have everybody get defensive and blame and can you keep. Can you keep the discussion open? And are you able to do that with your daughter? Are you able to. To work with how difficult that is?

Oh, yeah. Well, we work it out once in a while most times, and then we decide we're just not going to waste the short amount of time we have together.

She's still in Vancouver discussing these things, which are, in most cases, it's speculation. That seems what the news is these days, just speculation.

What helps with, at least Kevin says it all the time, is what helps with these, you know, difficult conversations is curiosity when we can ask each other questions rather than give judgments. Right. Curiosity is that bridge for connection for a conversation.

Well, the thing is I'm. I'm as stubborn as she is when it comes to opinions. And so I have my opinions of manly and they're all pretty good.

She thinks he's the devil incarnate. And she. I've asked her about Polye Polyvere. What is it? And would you rather have him in power? And I don't. I get no response.

So that seems to me she hasn't researched this guy or looked into who he really is or isn't. And. But that's really the alternative. Unless he gets kicked out.

And it's beholden to all of us to do our own research, isn't it?

But it is, it really is. And come to a conclusion that is a product of a little bit of digging. People are lazy. What's the attention span these days?

Not very long.

15 seconds. My daughter went through a course with a guy to become an influencer on Instagram and he said, and he's quite successful at this, a coach.

And he said, you have to grab them in the first, second and a half, otherwise they're gone. And that's the same way with tv. And my wife, who's younger than me, with. We happen to have a radio in our car and it's stop.

And even when we're streaming stuff, which is a great thing, it's still ch. I don't know, let's do something else. Stop. Give me that thing. So that's the way it is. We have to.

But you have to spend a little bit of time, pick a topic, spend a little time really investigating it.

Like I'd like to see documentaries on I dead curious about things like the Civil War, the American Revolution, which is an outstanding series just ran, and the Vietnam war, World War II. All these things, why do they start? Why is this happening? And the Vietnam War was happening in the 50s and just around the world these things happen.

It's all slowly creeping up and it's all history, of course, but history does repeat itself.

Uh huh. I was watching a really cool documentary called the Roman Empire. If you like docudramas, it's excellent. Watch it.

And you can see history repeating itself over and over and over.

What we're talking about a lot is putting things in context and the current prevailing media system isn't very good at that. And then we're heading down Marshall McLuhan path of, you know, the medium is the message and society structures itself around that message.

And maybe we're just a product of that.

You're so intellectual.

Isn't he?

Not really.

And I get to work.

Several times in the course of our chat, I've wondered if you've had university people on doctors, on very esteemed people on your show. What the hell am I doing here? Is what I'm asking myself.

Because there's a self esteem issue, I think.

Kat, you're an amazing communicator. You're someone we both admire. You're someone who has such wealth of knowledge and history to share and insights.

Like through all your years of performing and just being this amazing human being. No wonder we have you here, Dean.

We're all just people. Aren't. But you want to know something funny, Dean? I used to replace you when you went on holidays or did whatever on the LG Morning Zoo.

So I was your backup for a while.

Awesome.

I struggled with that.

You were great.

No, I don't think I was any good at all. I was young. I was trying to kind of be Dean Hill. And I'm not Dean Hill. And I struggled with it. So.

So at the time, kind of like, Kat, I think I worshiped you and had trouble filling your shoes.

And I had trouble filling your wife's shoes. Samantha, at the time.

So you guys say that it's trouble. I just don't think that was true.

You made a big impression on us.

So I learned recently, actually, I learned just before I retired. One important thing is to realize people are not looking at you. Nobody cares. And I. There's a guy named Marcus Aurelius.

Yes.

Who wrote a book in First Century or something. And part of that on. In his book he covers. I downloaded the book, he covers that very same thing. Nobody cares.

Don't be caught up in what the world thinks of you. Just live naturally, live yourself and enjoy your short time on Earth is my paraphrase.

I have a funny little story for you. So the RPM Radio people meet luncheon.

Yes.

They awarded the LG Morning Zoo an award for your contribution to radio. And I wasn't there and I didn't know. I went to the next luncheon and they presented me with an award for the LG Morning Zoo.

And they brought me up on stage and Joe Leary put a mic in my hand. I was like, what's happening here? And I was shot back right to the LG Morning time. And I couldn't speak.

And I said to myself, wow, here's a presenter that's talking about presenting and I can't speak And I left that luncheon thinking I could shame myself for this. But I thought to myself, you know what? At the end of the day, nobody really cares. Nobody's ever gonna remember that moment.

What they're gonna remember is that time that we sat down and we had a nice chat. So.

Well, they're gonna picture beautiful you with a microphone in your hand and your mouth not moving. Cause you're so caught up in emotion in the moment.

Yeah. It was wonderful.

Everybody's gonna go with a positive. I think. I think not. Because she's an idiot.

Yeah. But we forget that because we get caught up in our own selves, don't we? And I think Marcus Aurelius was absolutely right. And a brilliant.

I've got some quotes from him in my book. And a brilliant leader. So cool.

I don't know much about him. I just know that I thought that was pretty cool. And that was an interview with a movie star who quoted him.

And that's why I got the book, because this movie star was promoting a movie. But Marcus Aurelius came up. I don't know why. And that. That really was profound to me.

And. And he walked the earth a long time ago.

A long, long time ago.

Yeah.

Humans maybe in some ways haven't changed all that much. We're all just trying to enjoy our time here before we die. Which what you just said, really, you're positive guy. Because you recognize that, right?

Well, I took a while to realize that because I used to spend a lot of time wondering what people thought of me. And now I just don't care. And I really don't care. It's wonderful. That's why I guess I didn't shave this morning.

Is there anything that was the turning point that helped you arrive there?

Just agent experience. Agent experience. And I talked to some people at the dog park. It's my little group of social people, beautiful people, all very accomplished.

There's artists, sculptors, painters, of all sorts of different. Really cool. Mostly ladies. And the guys were old, retired guys. Nothing to say. But these women are really outstanding. And they all feel it too.

They get to a certain age and find some. I wasted so much time worrying about what people thought of me, and no longer.

That wisdom needs to be passed down the generations, doesn't it? And it's not said much anymore. Where there's not much respect for older people, I think. Huh?

No, I got new respect for these people and older people generally.

Dean's wisdom communicates that success isn't just about big moments. It's about doing something every day you can be proud of.

Whether it's rebuilding after injury, starting a new chapter, or simply choosing connection over fear.

His story shows that growth never really stops. And maybe, maybe the real win is letting go of what people think and.

Giving yourself permission to live fully right where you are.

Mmm.

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