So there's something I want to say that honestly might get me in a little bit of trouble with you.

So I apologize. It's going to be a little bit of like a rant, but stick with it.

Personal development, and if you've got kids listening, fair warning language, personal

development is bullshit. Like it really is. And I know this isn't a brand new idea, right? I've talked about this before on this

podcast, but I'm just, I'm at that place where I just need to make sure that you know what it is we're doing here.

This show, this podcast, I'm trying my best

to not do the same nonsense that every personal development show does because personal development as a whole as a practice is

Bull shit it is designed not to work.

And I know that sounds crazy and conspiratorial.

I get it, but it is.

That is the state of things.

So here's what I mean.

Personal development is seen as a way and it's marketed as a way to drive

change in your life, right? Something you can control if you just work on being better at something, right?

You learn a new skill, you meditate so you can learn to control your mind, you improve your

mindset, you work out and eat right, and all of those things.

And it feels helpful.

Because it is, honestly, like it is helpful for you as an individual.

And in your life, if you do the things

and you do it consistently for long enough,

you feel like you've made progress.

And you have.

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