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62. Your Ideas About How Life Is Supposed to Work Are Holding You Back

Wild Geese

Show Notes

"If you’ve achieved a bunch of your goals, and you’re still not happy with your life, consider giving up on self-chosen plans. Instead, listen to your life, inner and outer, and see if you can feel a current. Then fall into it, especially if it has nothing to do with the story you had about where you were supposed to be going."

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