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#118: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton

The Tim Ferriss Show

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How Proofs Can Change Your Life

When i graduated e i was very aware that time was short and that there immense pressures on young people to prove themselves pretty early on. Er, very much hiad come from a family of high achievers, and i was born with a sort of sense f like, you know, you've got to prove yourself. And eriit was a kind of madness i now recognize it was. It was not easy or the best thing. I don't think that's a great ideology to have, but, but there we have it. No oner did i graduate that i really started asking myself the biggest questions, like, where do i want my life to go? That's how i

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