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Speaker 1: A low team. Hope you bloody terrific. Welcome to another

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Speaker 1: installment of the show. I recently spoke about a thing

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Speaker 1: paraphrasing a few people. No matter where I am, it's

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Speaker 1: then a day or two later, it's not great. And

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Speaker 1: Or maybe I had it for a little while but

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Speaker 1: or not long after, you were like, ah ah, you

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Speaker 1: know that high. You had that sense of excitement and satisfaction,

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Speaker 1: then pretty soon you're back in the cycle, the grind

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Speaker 1: a psychological hamster wheel. Does that sound familiar? Well, if

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Speaker 1: it does, don't stress. You're not broken. You're very much

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Speaker 1: like a lot of people. You like me, I've done this.

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Speaker 1: You're not ungrateful, you're not doing life wrong? Are you

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Speaker 1: quite typical? Quite typical? Sorry about that. You're not special,

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Speaker 1: You're just you're just regularly, You're just human. And that

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Speaker 1: Even after major wins or conversely painful set we adapt

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Speaker 1: So let me give you a few examples. So you

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