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Changing the World with $1 | Dr. Jonathan Donath

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Um it's been it's been I feel like it's been a minute since we did one of these cuz last week was sort of a meditation episode, which a lot of really good feedback on that. Yeah? Baruch Hashem. The feedback? A lot of good feedback. Baruch Hashem. Baruch Hashem people are and they're getting ready for pause. It's a new platform that drops, so stay tuned for that. But on this week's episode we sat down with an amazing amazing fellow. What a year. Put this in the folder of hidden gem, you know, hidden gem. Not so hidden anymore because he's doing so much crazy anymore because he's doing so much crazy work. Yeah, his project's not so hidden. No, not really, but he was not known his name. Yes. Yes. Might have not not known his name. And um but the impact I I love it that someone had an idea and just a couple years later it equaled over $6 million worth of tzedakahs given to different organizations and and literally things being done. pace like as of now like $4 million a year Yeah. going out. That's amazing. That's amazing. each day. each day. Yeah. Going to various organizations. This is this is the episode that we did with Dr. Jonathan Donath. Um and I hope you Dr. Jay. Hope you will enjoy that. You might notice that if you're watching this episode that you see Momo wearing a sweatshirt that that says be kind on it. Interesting. Um Momo didn't get the memo that we didn't launch our our me a sweatshirt, I'm going to put it on. It was cold today. launch our movement yet, but coming late October this will be in the Meaningful Minute merch store. These be kind magnets will be given out

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  1. 0:00Um it's been it's been I feel like it's been a minute since we did one
  2. 5:02and like laughing to pretend that I know what you're talking about. That's that's the zone
  3. 10:36you like take an accountant, you know, that's like the I guess the most stereotypical boring
  4. 16:11One second. Before before you take us to Rabbi Paysach Krohn Okay. Slow your roll. It
  5. 21:41expectations. Yes, you didn't manage expectations. I'm not great at. You're like we're very idealistic. You're
  6. 27:18thing. It's not like everyone knows what this is. So it's like I mean I'm being
  7. 33:29the up a very good number is in a quarterly email is considered 20%. If you
  8. 41:08Right? And so yeah, it's discouraging sometimes. Sometimes I still get upset and like I just
  9. 47:47bills, but let's say you're you're you have a loved one that's that has cancer. The
  10. 53:54organizations. We're we're about to add a couple more. Um and um so then every basically

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