{"id":7485,"date":"2023-06-04T07:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2023-06-04T07:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T13:53:17","slug":"why-am-i-rob-lawless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=7485","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Rob Lawless"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-571\" src=\"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thumbnail-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thumbnail-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thumbnail.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-cTTdyq dgjojm\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Hey everybody, I\u2019m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I talk to interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today.\u00a0 My guest this go around is Rob Lawless, or as I like to refer to him(a younger, better looking Greg).\u00a0 Rob is on an adventure to make 10K friends. This mission is so important that he quit the rat race to pursue it full time, and after seven years he&#8217;s over halfway there. There are so many parallels between our missions(it\u2019s pretty crazy), that it seems we spend a good bit of the time just comparing notes which is actually pretty interesting for me\u2026in fact I think it\u2019s inspired me to start some public speaking surrounding what I\u2019ve learned\u2026I suppose inspiration is all around us all the time.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy this chat with Rob. <\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\" 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