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In this week’s 5-minute podcast, I talk about the power of both/and—what it looks like, why it’s so difficult, and what how you can introduce more of it into your life.

As a society, we’re conditioned to see either/or. In school, business, politics, and the media, so much of the world is presented in binary concepts and choices. Our brains easily snap into either/or thinking without even noticing it.

Either/or may serve us in making quick and efficient decisions, but it doesn’t serve us in creating authentic, expansive, powerful lives.

If you want to bring more both/and into your life, ask yourself:

* How can I appreciate the both/and parts of myself today?

* What is my relationship to either/or, to limits, to tradeoffs?

* What does it sound like when I talk (or think) in either/or terms?

* How can I create more time and energy for both/and?

Ultimately, our lives are both/and. Humanity is both/and. To be truly Courageous—to move toward ourselves—it requires embracing and integrating the various parts of ourselves at once.

- Elliot

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