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So a lot of people feel like this show is about finding motivation and you know creative pep talk is probably my fault for naming it creative pep talk.

But that was just a catch your title then what was maybe more accurate which I'll get to in a second. But yeah, people I think think this show is a motivational show but I actually think that that is not true.

I don't think most people's problem is that they don't have motivation if you find yourself in a place where you just can't take a step forward because every step you take just feels more painful than the last you don't need more motivation.

You need to listen to that pain you need to stop what you're doing and solve the real problem which is what we're going to talk about today.

There's a bunch of times on this show that I have talked to you about the time when I was living in England and I impulsively decided to run to a tower that was 11 miles away but I know how far it was away.

And I got super super lost I got lost for like six to eight hours and my my parents were freaking out they called the police nobody knew where I was I'm not going to tell all the details of that story I've told it a billion times but I want to just stop and say I think I know why that story is one that I tell over and over on this show because I think it gets to the heart of what the real problem is.

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