How Not to Be Boring

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🗓️ 27 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:28.2	We're talking about how not to be boring.
0:31.4	Well, when you stop being boring, it's still not the same thing as being interesting,
0:35.0	so you really have to push down on one,
0:38.2	lift up another.
0:43.9	Routines are really good things to get things done.
0:51.6	However, too much of a routine makes you boring.
0:55.7	The interesting thing, and I've mentioned this before, that bored people are generally boring people.
1:04.5	They often have the expectation that some stimulation of somebody from the outside is just supposed to make them happy and excited about life.
1:12.5	No, you've got to put in the effort.
1:13.8	So,
1:14.0	you have to be able to shift gears in life
1:21.0	and chew life up.
1:23.8	It's very precious.
1:24.6	Chew it up.
1:28.4	So,
1:29.4	the problem with giving up routines
1:31.7	is that it brings some uncertainty and risk.
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