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Sep 2021
21m 32s

1: Personal Enjoyment vs. Personal Gain

LANA BLAKELY
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How often do we do the things we do because we purely enjoy it, and how often do we do the things we do because we're hoping to gain something from it? In this episode, Lana reflects on why it's sometimes difficult to sort out our intention for doing things, especially as a social media creator where opportunities to utilise situations for content creation lie in every corner.  

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