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The idea of the more I give, the more I receive,

is only true if you are able to receive.

So here's what happens, almost to everyone,

my faves are here, so almost to everyone that I meet and

and this is we talk about a zero-sum game I promise you that if you don't listen to this

lesson that at some point in your life

whether it's your 30s 40s 50s or 80s you're gonna end up with zero no matter how much you

give if you're gonna be be at zero. This is to me the

poignant lesson of the zero sum game versus a value ad game and here's how I've learned

to articulate it. It's not the more I give the more I receive. It's the more I give the more I receive it's the more I give the more I'm given

it's up to you to receive all that you're given so most people with good hearts

this is what happens.

They give everything and then they're given everything,

but they feel guilty. They feel resentful that they don't want to receive it.

So in the context they the more you give the more you're given

but if you don't receive more and you receive less of being given more you end up with less than you gave.

And eventually, I don't know where this ends, like for my mom, it was later on in her life,

but eventually if you're receiving less than you're given, even if you're given less than you're given,

even if you're given more than you gave,

you're going to end up a zero.

And so most people, they live their lives trying

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