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How to Find Real Life in Stories with George Saunders

The One You Feed

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Playfulness Is the Opposite of Playful

The opposite of playful is ego. If you were not so much centered in yourself that would lead you to a more playful thing like oh this story is kicking my butt a little bit ha ha isn't that a privilege to be in relation to this difficult story? Playfulness i think is another word i try to use a lot in my own mind because i can get very inward and kind of beat up on myself and in my writing stuff. The same thing actually with personal development it's all pretend you know it's all it's all funYeah i'd like to end by talking about a topic that buddha's all over the world always talk about which is we could use different words for

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