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Jul 2023
49m 55s

Set Your Future Self Up for Success

THE ART OF MANLINESS
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As you move through time, you exist as a present self who makes decisions, an in-between self who should carry out those decisions, and a future self who will benefit from those decisions. Yet as we all know, in-between self often fails to follow through on what present self resolves, leaving future self pretty bummed out.The solution to this dilemma, my gue ... Show More
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