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Glumly Parsing My Clutter On Posting Day
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Distractions from Fear
seanessay.com Dear Derek, (link) Greetings from the Great Plains. When you were asked why your famous successful peers didn’t give in to distractions, you said they stayed active because of “holding themselves in high regard.” To me, the flip side of that is not “normal regard,” it’s “low self esteem.” Commentary What society doesn’t talk […]