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Nov 2024
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#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To Peo...

Chris Williamson
About this episode

Visakan Veerasamy is a writer and an entrepreneur.

It's perhaps the biggest competitive advantage no one ever talks about because it's so obvious. But just what does it mean to be a serious person? And if it's such a help, why is it so hard to find?

Expect to learn why being serious is so important, how to deal with being too harsh on yourself and holding high expectations of others, how to get better at being disliked, the relationship between seriousness and earnestness, ways to deal with procrastination more effectively and much more…

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