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LIFE IS SHORT: The Upside of Death

The Next Big Idea

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Are You Too Present Focused?

Dean Obeidallah: My life is a kind of balancing act between what I call these two basic archetypes, which is an over focus on the future and planning. He says there's this fine line between being too present focused or too future focused. "I used to go without sleep for days and days on end on a regular basis," he said. 'And it was pretty brutal'

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