The Importance of Shifting Environments

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"I often wonder what if that one moment what if that conversation didn't happen like could that simple gap of a few minutes have literally changed the trajectory of somebody's life?" "There are all sorts of more subtle even imperceptible ways that environments can reinforce what that key moment did or what it made happen," he says. 'We need to make sure that we invest our efforts in shifting environments'

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