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RICK URBANSKI

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Went from utterly lost to an exceptionally good life – through rationality, self-education, and a few philosophy books. Sharing what worked for me.

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Since summer ended, I've worked extensively on my course – to upgrade it to the next level. • clearer structure • higher filming quality • new lessons Will be finished in a few weeks. Pre-sale until then. If you want to learn from me, join here:

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9 months

I will lose alot of followers over this, but someone has to say it: There

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The answer is both. Know when to shift.

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Use your 20s, my friends. This is the decade to figure it out. Avoid chasing status symbols. Avoid obeying your parents. Go within. Analyse yourself. Then design a life you love.

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Don't fear death. Whether you die at 30 or at 85. It doesn't matter. It's simply the end of you. Fear not enjoying your normal, daily life. For this is what life is.

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Return to calmness. Stress, noise and distractions are too normal these days. They hinder your ability to think clearly. Retreat into silence and go within.

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Don't aim for constant growth. Nor for constant balance. Each has its time. Know when to shift.

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I've build a pretty exceptional lifestyle for myself. • a 1h/day job that covers my expenses. • an amazing girl on my side. • slept in daily, for the past ... 5 years? • full control over my day's schedule. • long forest walks, swim in lakes, and cook my favorite foods in

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Your happiness is irrelevant to the system. Parents want you safe. Education wants you diligent. Boss wants you productive. It's up to you to build a life you love. But damn, it's worth it.

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10 months

The internet is an amazing place for those who know exactly what they want – and the most dangerous trap for those who don’t.

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Having a clear mind is great – but clearing your mind from years of consuming mindlessly sucks. Having a strong body is great – but strengthening your body from years of barely using it sucks. Having great habits is great – but building them after years of giving in to every

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11 months

A good indicator of the quality of your life is how often you don't know whether it is Monday or Friday.

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2 years

You need a vision. It gets much easier to be in a boring job when you know it's only temporary. Not having a vision - that's the soul killer. Create one.

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5am, morning walk in the foggy forest. Letting my mind ramble. No better place to return to clarity.

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Age is no longer a good predictor for wisdom. It used to be. Evolutionarily, it made complete sense to blindly trust, respect and do what your elders said. But these days, it's wise to disobey everyone. Let me explain.

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2 years

People spend 2 hours a day in the gym but have no daily routine of training their brain. My friend, have you noticed the industrial age is over? A strong body is a nice-to-have, but in this information age, the ones with the superior mind win the game.

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Counter to modern trend, I don't filter people by what they think – but whether they think. Most people don't think at all. They just blindly subscribe to another man's thoughts. When they speak, you're just hearing a cheap version of their favorite influencer or news channel.

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2 years

As long as you don't know what you actually want in life, you will take anything. You will: • chase shallow status games, • blindly obey to the outdated beliefs of your parents, • and end up miserable, bored and lost. Get clear.

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The social concept of time completely vanishes from your life once you achieve full control over your day. People ask me how long I meditate for; my answer is always:

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10 months

Most people never think. They only have thoughts – too many of them. The common man calls this "overthinking". But it has nothing to do with thinking. It is an overflow of unprocessed thoughts. "Overthinking" is under-thinking.

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The root of modern misery is our desire for everything to be easier, faster, and better. The antidote to modern misery, therefore, is to become strong, calm, and able to find joy in the small things.

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3 months

The difference between a discussion and a conversation is the level of interest in eachother's perspective. Most people just wait for their turn to talk again. This realization made me cut 90% of my old social life – because it was an illusion. Made space for the real ones.

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10 months

I, once again, want to remind you: It is solved by walking.

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3 months

The self-improvement world keeps preaching that happiness is a mindset skill. But from my experience, it's much easier to be happy on:

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2 years

@orangebook_ Only being smart is not enough. Only doing a lot is not enough. Do both. Know when to shift.

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I hate working. I remember when my last year in school began and everybody started asking what work I want to pursue. My answer was always the same:

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2 years

Get your own life in order, first. People try to rescue the world, while their own life is screaming for help. Invest that energy into your health, money, relationships, and education. Once you are doing well, you will have a much bigger impact on others.

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One of the biggest factors to my success is that I don't rush. I don't obsess. I don't hustle. I don't grind. I don't go 'monk mode'. Instead I prioritize this:

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Sure, you can learn a bunch of techniques to deal with a stressful life. Or, you know, you create a life that isn't stressful.

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2 years

Clear, calm, rational thinking. That's what got me out of modern misery. There are no hacks or tricks. No one that can save you. Only your own ability to think. With it, victory is assured. Without it, you're trapped.

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Not 10,000 hours will get you there. Nor 10,000 reps. 10,000 iterations is what it takes. One iteration:

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About 10 years ago, I started going for long walks. The chaos I had in my mind, the uncertainty of what I wanted out of life, the sheer amount of problems I saw in front of me – only long walks seemed to help. Away from the computer, away from

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From kindergarden, all the way to the end of university. Our whole life is preplanned, each day is scheduled for us. And then, all of the sudden, we are dropped and have to plan life by ourselves - without having ever learned how to. No wonder most people end up miserable.

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The internet is full of people seeking or selling 'incredible results'. • Get dozens of women in 30 days! • Make a lot of $$$ without lifting a finger! • Look incredibly good and have a six pack! But to me, the real goal was always:

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It's normal to feel lost in your 20s. The problem is that most people never find their path, but settle for "whatever".

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At 21, one of my big desires was financial independence. By 26 I achieved it. To get there, my first step was

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I became aggressively selective with what I pay attention, who I spend time with, and what I consume – once I understood that my mind has to process everything it perceived, before it can return to calmness once again.

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People in their 20s have always been drawn to political movements that rescue the world. It's an easy way to feel useful – but it's not at all. The most useful thing anyone can do is:

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9 months

Looking back, the single competence which served me most in life is

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I always pity people that waste their 20s on a creative hobby – as if they are already financially free. They spend these impactful years on

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11 months

A little reminder that 95% of your problems will solve themselves on a two-hour-long forest walk.

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A few years ago, when I was still miserable, I thought I wanted to go on hikes every day. I thought I wanted to live in Italy forever. I thought I wanted to eat in nice restaurants daily. But since I arrived in that life, I found out that,

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9 months

Know yourself. Most people stumble blindly into life – without any awareness of who they are and what they value most. Entire life plans build on fragile hopes and irrational fears. Of course the average person is miserable in their work, relationships, and lifestyle.

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"Living in the present" is not something you can learn. It is an indicator. An indicator of the quality of your life. The worse your life, the more you live in the past and future. The better your life, the more you live in the present, naturally.

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Some people need a whole lifetime for what takes others a week. It's not about time passed – but energy invested.

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This is where you'll find me, most of spring. Nothing better than the first warm sunshine, after a long winter. Fresh bread in my bag, a crunchy apple, and a little notebook. Happiness is simple.

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2 years

The state of your life is the state of your life. You can try to manipulate your perception of it all you want, be it through meditation or through drinking alcohol. You're only temporarily fooling yourself. Much wiser to design a life you don't have to distract yourself from.

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I'm not an exceptional guy. Pretty normal, actually. I just built myself a life that allows me to invest alot of time into the right things, consistently – which in turn creates exceptional results. You don’t need to be a half-god to live well.

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You are hard-wired for security. Humans settle, specialize, and are habitual. So if you don't figure out what you actually want in your life, you will default to the "okay" in everything. "Okay" partner for life. "Okay" location for life "Okay" work for life. Fuck that. 🙂🔫

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One not-so-obvious benefit of having full control over my time is:

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9 months

The only relevant metric for success is your own opinion on your life quality. And the best way to measure it, is how often you can't stop yourself from uttering, "Holy sh-t, I love my life." Forget other people's opinions – they're irrelevant. Single-player game. 👽

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"You can achieve anything that you focus your energy on." It's just that most people don't have enough energy, nor know what to focus on. So they don’t achieve anything noteworthy.

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Mood for life. Whatever good I have achieved in my life – it all comes from this habit: An hour of undistracted thinking. A sheet of paper, a walk in the forest, or simply sitting in silence. The method varies, but the outcome is always the same: A clear, calm mind.

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10 months

Clear thinking will save you from: • 1000s of misspent dollars • loads of unnecessary suffering • years of "experimenting" chaotically Lack of clear thinking will cost you the same.

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Looking back, these 3 simple sentences made a big difference in my life:

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2 years

Your purpose is not some airy-fairy, esoteric "calling" you find. It's a rational decision. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. Deliberate self-limitation. Most won't.

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Some years ago, I chose to become completely uninformed about almost everything. In this age of noise, it’s fashionable to always be up-to-date and consume 24/7. But only the focused few will rise above. You'll find me in the quiet, doing my thing. 👽

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Your childhood depended on your parents. Your adulthood depends on how you use your 20s.

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2 years

Choose work that you will do even if no one thanks you, applauds you, or pays you generously. Then try to achieve all three. (1/x)

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I dropped out of university at 22. Now, at 30, I can safely say that it was the most important decision of my 20s. The reason I dropped out was

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You’ll need less “recreation” once your life is less “destruction".

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Every great achievement of mine, like … • working only 5h per week • incredible relationship • 10x'd health • a lot more money … was always the result of

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Not every person suits you, not every book interests you, not every study, not every job, not every place, not every sport. An interesting, meaningful, and ultimately fulfilling life requires reflection, self-analysis, and the willpower to strive for what you really want.

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Most people stumble blindly through life. And they will remain stuck – because they keep making one simple mistake:

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10 months

People who just became parents say, this is what life is about. People who are pursuing freedom through online business say, this is what life is about. People who are traveling a lot say, this is what life is about. Life can be a lot of different things. Don't be fooled into

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11 months

I tried to become more focused. But then I designed a life of zero distractions – and permanent focus came naturally. I tried to become more disciplined.

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9 months

I have full-on conversations with myself while walking through the forest. 🌲🌲🚶‍♂️🌲🌲 Often for more than an hour. It is the perfect sweet spot between only thinking quietly in my head and writing notes. Loose and flexible, like thinking. Slow and accurate like writing.

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Probably one of the best decision of my life was moving within walking distance of a forest. Lately spending my mornings there – enjoying the sunrise and onset of spring. Here is a moment from this morning. Turn the sound up. True wealth.

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Most fail at building a life they love, because school doesn't teach us that. Your happiness is simply not relevant to the system – so its not part of the curriculum. If you want to live well, you must take that education into your own hands.

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The whole idea of 'productivity' is based on the assumption that squeezing more into your day will get you to a better future – at the cost of a stressful present. But obviously that's nonsense and a miserable way to live. The real trick is to

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Expose yourself to boredom daily. Few competences are as useful as the ability to sit with boredom for a long time. The masses run from it fearfully, escaping into their addictive distractions. They don't know that inside this boredom, the gold is hidden for which they yearn.

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I used to bite, scratch, and claw myself towards my goals. The "hustling" years of my 20s sucked – and I achieved very little during them. These days it's a very different story – I achieve all of my goals, while enjoying life. Here's a screenshot of my 7 principles.

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Envy is a good thing – up until your early 20s. It helps you figure out what you want. But as you get older, that envy should be replaced by looking at other people's life and saying:

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9 months

Learn to remain calm. It's one of the fundamental competences only few people have. From car accidents to over-enthusiastic ideas – it has served me 100s of times. Most people are rushing around in great panic, victim to their inner, anxious primate. With dire consequences.

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The habits, which will improve your life dramatically, are not the exciting ones. Not the quick ones. Nor the cool ones. They are quiet. They are boring. They are repetitive. Going to bed early. An hour of meditation. Preparing your coming day. Doing the same workout over

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Every once in a while, I make the mistake of ...

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A few years ago, as I built my life plan, people told me to "just live my life" and not be so exact about what I want. But, I already knew what they didn't: The more I planned my life, the more I enjoyed the present. The less I did, the more my life was ruled by hope and fear.

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I'm offline these days. Not just on my computer – but in many other ways as well. Recalibrating. Letting my mind rest. "But don't you have a business to run?" No. I am not running anything. There is no "hustle" here. I purposefully put myself into a position where I can take

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Few better feelings than when I solve a problem in my mind, which I've been wrestling for a few days. That moment, when it just clicks – never gets old. The release of tension, after days of

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11 months

Few people actually listen to each other. Most just wait for their turn to talk again. They use each other for (chaotic and inefficient) reflection. The more I reflected in solitude, the less I needed to talk to people. Funny how that works.

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Most relationships are based on loneliness. Most careers are based on lack of money. Most vacations are based on exhaustion. The average life is just a cheap version of the real thing. For a better version of everything, get out of fundamental lack first.

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To understand what's inside – sit, walk, or write. To understand what's outside – observe, ask, or read.

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Got a number of messages, asking if I have died or something... No, all good. My life in the last weeks was consumed by

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Always fascinating to see human creativity peak when it comes to finding new ways to distract themselves from their actual problems.

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A good indicator of your life quality is this:

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"Most men, the herd, have never tasted solitude. They leave father and mother, but only to crawl to a wife and quietly succumb to new warmth and new ties. They are never alone, they never commune with themselves." – Hermann Hesse

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Throughout my 20s, many people told me to "let loose" and enjoy my young years. "Don't think so much. Don't be so harsh on yourself. Don't be so rigid." And now, a handful of years later, those same people

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My take on book recommendations:

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Most people prefer a philosophy that helps them accept their misery – instead of choosing a philosophy that helps them get out of it. This is why religions dominate the globe. "You don't have to change. Life is suffering anyway. Just wait until you're dead – heaven awaits you."

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From 20 to 25 I used to get nowhere in life. I was lost, stuck and had no idea how to change it. Looking back, understanding this simple concept made a big difference. Once I understood and lived by it, everything changed.

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You have no idea how often I've been told: "Don't overthink so much". Especially from 2015-2018, when I felt utterly lost in life. But instead of resisting my mind's tendency, I

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The global education system is laughable. Produces a bunch of nobodies that waste their youth on near-useless competences and come out with no idea how to build a life they'd love to wake up to. Create your own curriculum, and self-educate.

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Most goals are not hard to achieve. People are just too distracted, incompetent, and unclear in their mind – making their actions mostly useless. This then creates the illusion that it was, in fact, hard.

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When I was 21, my mind was completely occupied with one question: "How can I make millions of dollars?" For more than a year, it was all I thought about. I still have notebooks from that time – filled with business ideas. But it all came to a screeching halt when,

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The happiness of the individual is irrelevant to the system. The system has problems it needs solved. It's up to you to find problems you enjoy solving & design a life you enjoy waking up to. The system doesn't care about your happiness, nor will it help you. Do it yourself.

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People love the idea of sudden enlightenment, shortcuts and quick fixes. They want instant healing. But the reality is,

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Success and happiness are normal. Don’t think of them as something special, reserved for the lucky few. They're the logical consequence of using your brain and acting consistently on it. It's just that the masses do neither. So they remain miserable.

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Whenever I think the answer to my current problem is "powering through", "just do it", or "hustling" – then

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