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In this episode I will talk talk about:

  • Why rewarding yourself with negative habits isn't a reward
  • Why the unsexy work makes you better
  • Why your here to blaze your own path and be different

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude". Colin Powell

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