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" Not only are we working less, we're enjoying ourselves more. As we're working toward this world of abundance, we're able to increasingly enjoy leisure time. "
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" In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years! "
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" Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business. "
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" The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago. "
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" Now the amygdala is our early warning detector, our danger detector. It sorts and scours through all of the information looking for anything in the environment that might harm us. So given a dozen news stories, we will preferentially look at the negative news. "
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