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Actor Alexander Ludwig on How Stoicism Helped Him Get Sober

The Daily Stoic

CHAPTER

The Trap of Not Hording Yourself

I think the trap is Trying to build you know what I mean trying to keep them. It's like okay Like as an author you want to hit number one on the best seller your hit and sell lots of copies so The more you think about that the less energy you're actually focused on making something good Yeah, right? So as soon as you stop thinking about that you actually have more energy more effort more purity in the thing And then let's say that actually gets you the thing you hit number one and selling that crazy What can happen is now you're like that's normal. That's what I deserve That's who I am and now you're thinking about keeping it. You're already

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