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Phil Stutz + Barry Michels on The Tools (Encore)

The New Man

CHAPTER

The Importance of Exoneration

There is this sense of there's a finish line. I've really never seen any self-improvement program that actually takes this into account. It sounds depressing to accept that ceaseless effort will be part of your life forever. Once they accept that, they're actually much happier because they accept that it takes effort and that effort is part of life. They're happier making that effort than trying to get out of it.

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