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Are you easily distracted like when you have a task that you are like, oh but I also want that very easily it's tough because the entire

system is set up to distract you and that's what we're here to talk about on my

podcast the system every week we break down. What's wrong with the system? I'm talking

with a Parnan-Cherla whose voice you might recognize as Holly Hawk, I'm Bojack Horseman.

You might also be familiar with her from the Comedy Central series, Corporate.

Or you may just be aware of her as a comedian.

She's done half hour comedy specials on Comedy Central and Netflix and

she has an album of stand-up called Just Putting It Out There. When major

publications write articles touting the best and most innovative comedians working today,

Aparna is a fixture on those lists.

But we're not here to do an overall career retrospective.

We're here to focus on one very specific accolade that a partner received a few years ago on

social media.

People kept texting me, Congrats, and then someone just texted me, Tom!

Exclamation! Exclamation! And you didn't know. one just

in me, Tom, exclamation, exclamation. And you didn't know what it was yet?

No, and then at the time I think I was very into Twitter

and I was just like, what happened?

And then I saw it and I think I was in such

disbelief that I kept looking at it periodically through the day to make sure it was

real. I think it was the closest I've come to really the way people are like, oh, I went viral and my life exploded. I think that was, that's been my closest feeling to that.

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