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ReThinking: Ed Helms on growing through failure

Worklife with Adam Grant

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Exploring Creative Struggles and Absurd Historical Plans

This chapter explores the tension between mindfulness and flow states, focusing on how too much awareness can hinder enjoyment in experiences. It also shares anecdotes of creative struggles in television and a historical misadventure involving a nuclear missile plan aimed at the moon, highlighting the extremes of ambition and its consequences.

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